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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
MOLINE MAN TRIES
TO POISON CHILD
Thomas G. Conner Gives Two-Year.
Old STEP on Muriatic Acid
to Drink.

Thomas G. Conner, of 1921 Four
teenth avenue, Moline, is held pris-
oner at the county Jail on a charge
Of attempting to take the life of his
2-year-old step-son Saturday after
noon by giving him muriatic acid to
drink when the child called for water
Conner had been in a troublesome
mood all week. having been arrested
on complaint of his wife and fined for
disorderly conduct. He promised not
to further annoy his family, and re-
manned away until Saturday after
noon, when he returned.
Conner was visiting with his little
step-son when the child asked for a
drink Of water. Conner went into an
other room and returned with Il glass
apparently containing water, but as
he handed the glass to the child his
wife and her mother, who were near
overheard his remark that it would
be the last drink the child would take.
They rushed to the side of the child
and grabbed the glass before the lit
tie one had placed it to his lips. Con-
ner is - years of age and has been
employed at the mill of the Republic
Steel company. He is believed to be
losing his mind, and an inquiry will
be had into his mental condition this
week in the county court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
KEWANEE IS EASY
Rock Island Ran Up ~ Points
Against Henry County
Lads.
LATTER SCORED EARLY IN GAME
Davenport High School Proves
Slightly Superior to
Moline.

At II o'clock Saturday night
crowd of jubilant high school stu
dents welcomed their victorious foot
ball heroes home from Kewanee, The
game at that place Saturday after
noon was easily won by them, the
score being AZ to 3. Every man on
the team did excellent playing and is
deserving of special mention.
The boys left home Saturday morn
ing at $40 and reached Kewanee at
1873 They were all kept quiet on
the train in order that all energy
might be reserved for future use.
Those who played went to the new
hotel and remained there until p.
m, when all walked out to the park,
nearly mile from the town. At $3.50
the game began.
Kewanee kicked off and S0uders re-
turned the ball. EhrhOrn fumbled
and Kewanee got the pigskin and by
quick series of end plays secured
touchdown. They failed to kick goal,
however, and Adamson kicked off.
The ball sailed over the goal line, so
was punted to Rock Island on the 25-
yard line. 1t was returned, and by
line bucking the first touchdown for
the local team was made. Graves
kicked goal. BY line plunging two
more touchdowns were made for Rock
Island. and the half ended with the
score Is to ).
In the second half several sensa-
tional runs were made by Rock Island
players. Souders ran GO yards for a
touchdown, Grifiiths made several of
his brilliant end runs, and Adamson
made 90 yards. In the last five min
utes' play Lift, though not seriously
hurt, was taken off the team and Adj
amson took his place, Harms playing
quarter back Four touchdOwns were
made in this half four times Graves
kicked goal. making a total of ~
points for Rock Island. End plays
were not much in favor; Kewanee was
too strong there, but in line bucking
Rock Island was superior, and therein
lay the secret of their success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
Mummy Held Chilly.

The jury in the case of Daniel Muir
ply, the man held at Clinton for al
legged completely in the robberies that
have taken place in that city and vi
cinity in the past two years and for
which Michael Conroy has already
been tried and George Burrier is do
ing time, has decided that Murphy is
guilty. In the case of Conroy, it will
be remembered that there was a dis
agreement, and it is thought likely
that the trial viii be held in Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
Davenport Defeats Moline.

Davenport high school Saturday
defeated Moline high school %
to s. Warm rivalry brough 1900
spectators from the two towns. Mo-
lines victory over Hyde Park last
Saturday leading strong hopes in that
town of winning the game. Hodgson,
of Moline was badly hurt by col
lision with another Moline player in
tackling Nalerius. The lineup:
DAVENPORT MOLINE
Soper. left end -. Towndrow
Fisher ........left tackle. .Mortensen
Henrichson. left guard. A. lbertson
Schlaplohl. center. . Lindberg
Gould. right guard. -. Suffer
Mccullough. right tackle. .Isaacsen
Herdile. right end. Hogdson
Nalerius -. quarterback. Bergin
Holiday 1900. left half. .Stromberg
McGaw ..... right half 1900. Griffin
Grams. full back. .. .Boas
Score-Davenport. 23; Moline s.
Touchdowns. Grams CD, McGaw,
Stromberg Goals-Crans (3), Isaac
sen. Safety-Crans. Referee-Cold-
ron. Umpire-Johnson. Head linesman
Clancy. Timers - Thatcher and
NintOn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
Clinton shows Up Well.

has beaten in game this fall,
played Grinnell high school at
Clinton yesterday. Although Grinnell
last year won the championship of
Iowa, Clinton succeeded in holding
them down to II points Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
Bennetts win at Moline.

The Bennetts went to Moline yes
terday afternoon and took a team
from that city into camp by a score
of 10 to o. The line bucEing of the
BENEFITS was too strong for the Mo
line boys. The latter tried end runs.
but the quick work of Sullivan and
Gason soon brought them down. H.
Woods, half back for the BENEFITS,
made repeated gIins through the Mo-
line line. The whole team played eX-
cellent ball and showed better train
ing than did their opponents. The
BENEFITS play at Stewartville next
Sunday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
WHEN you ARE UP AGAINST 1T

Money everything
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26

Rocky Mountain Tea will positively
cure blood poverty, blood poison, in
active bowels, headaches and loss of
ambition. A spring tonic for the
weak. IS cents. T. H. Thomas phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
PIattduetschen Breeder of Rock Island
Have Meeting

Have Meeting.
The Plattdeutschen Breeder met
Saturday evening and elected officers
for the year as follows: ~
President-Henry Timm.
Vice President-Fred Peterson.
cretary-Charles Ohrus.
Financial Secretary-H Henry Roehr.
Treasurer. H. Beselin
Janitor-J. II. Haak
Trustees - William Langhinrichs,
Claus Stelk, John Buck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
vOSS SECRETARY
Rock Islander Placed in Charge
of Galena Young Mems Chris.
tian Association.
TO WORK IN NEW FIELD
For Several Years Active in Affairs
of Local Organic
alton.

Henry w. Voss, of this city, has
been appointed secretary of the newly
organized Young Mems Christian as
sociatiOn at Galena, ILL.,, and expects
to enter upon the work there two
weeks hence. Mr.. Noss has for sew
eral years been active in the work of
the local association, and doubtless
Will give Il good accounting of him
self at Galena.
In this connection it is interesting
to note the number of valuable work
ers in the association that have been
developed and sent out from Rock Isl
and, chief among whom are y. NJ.
Bruncr and Louis \. Bowman. both
of whom have attained the positions
of assistant state secretary.
Others are Henry Hansen and Emil
Hansen, secretary and assistant secre-
tary at Elmira, y. Y; j. S Freeman,
secretary at Monmouth. and Chauncey
futile, assistant secretary at Aurora.
The latter is at present student in
training school at Chicago. Mr.
Bruner makes Rock Island his head
quarters, while Mr.. Bowman is sta
toned in Chicago.
Meeting Date Deferred.
The meeting of the board of direc-
tors announced for tonight has been
deferred until Tuesday night of next
week owing to the absence from the
city of President o. l.. Benway.
Plans are making for a splendid
time at the Halloween social next
Saturday evening to be given by the
b. y. p. L. of the First Baptist church
at the Y. NJ. c. \.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
DIES AT SAN FRANCISCO
Gustav Schmidt. Son of L. A. Schmidt, and
Former Resident.

Louis a. Schmidt, the druggist, has
received the sad intelligence of the
death of his son, Gustav Schmidt, at
San Francisco, Cal, Saturday. Dcce-
dent was 81 years of age and was born
here. He left this city about fifteen
years ago and located at MERGED, Cal,
where he continued to reside up to
the time of his death. The fatal all
ment was cancer of the stomach and
the end came in hospital at San
Francisco. Besides the father, wife
and sen, the latter years of age, and
a sister, Mrs. Ida D~ockman, of Coal
City, H., survive. The remains will be
buried at MERGED.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26
The Lineup,
Following is the lineup:
ROCK ISLAND. III

Time Of halves-25 and 20 minutes.
Of1icials-Hamiton. first half referee:
second half umpire. Time keeper,
Dove; lineman, Maucker. Touch
downs-Sullivan 3; Souders, ,; Lift,
=. GOaIS-GraXeS. Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-26

Rock Island friends will be grieved
at the announcement of the death at
Pittsburg, Pa, yesterday afternoon at
3 o'clock. of Miss Annabel Fleming,
for years a resident of this city. I'm
til her departure from Rock Island
last August for Pittsburg to make
her home with her niece, Mrs. Patter-
son, she lived at 1923 Second avenue.
She was a woman of means and de-
vited herself principally to religious
and charitable work, being devoted
member of the Central Presbyterian
congregation. She was an aunt of
Miss Belle Cooke, of this city. The
funeral of Miss Fleming will occur at
Pittsburg Wednesday afternoon at
,: 80 o'clock.
The evening world., 1903-05-09
PREPARED FOR RIOTS
IN THE SUBWAY STRIKE.
Contractors Pay Off Warning Italian
Laborers and Hurry Away to Confer
ence with John B, McDonald-Say
They Will Displace Strikers with
Negroes and Go On with Work on
Monday.

Contractors on the subway began paying off the Italian strikers to-
day in the belief that the men Will not return to work. While their cash
iers were attending to this the contractors themselves hurried to John b.
IMcDonald's office to make plans for replacing the strikers.
w. C. Douglas. assistant to Mcdonald, speaking of the situation, said:
THE contractors will wait for the meeting Of the strikers and the
Central Federated Union tomorrow before taking any further action. II
the men do not return to work or decide TO arbitrate their places will
be filled on Monday. The contractors expect to find a plentiful supply of
men near here. They will not send to the South unless forced"
In the expectation that the contractors will put non-union men at work
on Monday the police are preparing for trouble along the subway. There
have been many threats by the Italian strikers, and that noaunion men
can be employed without outbreaks OF violence following is not believed
by tho police.
Every contractor oil the subway, including severa who are not mem
hers Of the Contractors Association. met at Mr.. McDonads Office or to-
days conference. The concerns represented included the Degnon-Mc1ean
Nand Farrell, Hooper & Co, all members of the association, and John C.
Rogers, McNinin & Mclean, E. b. Roberts. John Shields and James S.
McCabe.
The other side Of the subway strike was given to-day by Herman Robin
son. who organized the subway strikers.
Il believe the men will agree to arbnrate when they meet to- morrow
night. at One Hundred and Thirteenth street and Third avenue" he said.
They have twice rejected that plan in order to help the building excayators,
but W e believe they will vote 'or arbitration this time"
The evening world., 1903-05-09
BUILDING TRADES WAR
GOES ON UNCHE CKED,

The United BOARD of Building Trades
received A rebuff to-day when II commit
tee appointed by 1t attempted to get in
communication with the labor com
mittcc of the Lum5erman's Association,
which has locked out the building ma
terial drivers.
The trade committee called up a mem
her OF thu labor committee of the bosses
association on the telephone and asked
for a conference. The representative Of
the bosses hung up the phone without
waiting To near more than "A brief state
ment. by the union men. lie did moi
even reply to them.
The door will be shut in their faces
II they come down here" said one of
the lualJer dealers at No. Is Broadway.
their headquarters. They nave inter
fered in our business and we will have
nothing to do with them
In the mean time some OF these lumber
Gellsrs are driving their own trucks in
an effort to prevent total paralysis of
the building industry of the city. They
are trying eSloclally to deliver to STATE
ana ely build ngs and the subway. But
mott ~ the builiiny of the city Is ser!-
Gusiy crippled by the lockout.
j. :. Crary, Secretary of the Lumber-
The evening world., 1903-05-09

mems organization. suil to-day:
We shall hold a meeting Of the Labor
committee. hut theIe Will be no effort
10 compromise with the strikers"
The mna who Is bencntting most hv
the condition ia the lumber trade Is
william A. pane. who has granted the
union : demands and - delivering lum-
Der Win SlNty-twD teams.
One " the association members sail
To-day that Mr.. PaIne's attitude was
ne only thing threatening Their posi-
tI"h' The members. white they are nut
Wirdy k,ep.ns a solid front to the Zoe.
Tear that Mr., faine's competition nay
iprce some OF them t. compromise with
the strikers.
Thai the strikers arc willing to con-
cede some points to which the bosses
object IL the statement of NJ. j. Rngan.
citation.
Frank Duffy. Secretary of the
i.rotherhood Of Carpenters. said to-day
that the union was going right ahead
WIN ne strike ana was prepared 10
make a long hght.
1t ls not true" said Mr.. Duffy. that
me AmaIgamtted Carpenters and JOIN
tfs are absorbing II If our men. II
me ohcers II that union make any
such assertion. 1t Is a lie.
g nave a large strike fund on hand:
Sufhcicnt To allow the men to live com
tortab'y now ana enough to allow them
SIp n week In tine of stress. We are
to Il nn,sh." ~ '
The evening world., 1903-05-09
DYNAMITE SEIZED TWICE.
Bureau OF ComhIstibics Takes Four
Hundred Pounds Attached
by sheriff.

George Murray. Inspector OF the Bu-
reau OF Combustib,es, to-day seized
form the Sheriff OF New York County
400 hundred pounds of dynamite and 800
electric fusers. These were seized by
tSe Sheriff from McCabe Bros. when
an attachment was served on them.
The permit granting the ccntrnctors
permission to have In their possession
this quantity of dynamite says that at
All times an experienced man must be
in charge OF the explosives. Inspector
Murray did not consider the county au-
thorities experienced and concluded to
seize the explosives. They were takSa
10 Fire headquarters.
McCabe Bros. had the contract for
constructing the subway from One Hun
Id-ed and Fitty-sigh;h street to Dyckman
street.
The evening world., 1903-05-09
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The evening world., 1903-05-09
SUMMONS FOR
POLICE CAPTAIN
Shire, of East Thirty-fifth Street,
Must Answer in Magistrates
Court for Breaking Into
Rooms of Mohawk Club.

EcnJsmln steinhar7t. OF Howe & Hum
mel. appeared before Magistrate Crars
In the Yorkville Court to-day and cot
q Summons for Police Captain Nathaniel
hsire. OF the East Thirty-hfth street
station. who, he charges. exceeded his
authority by breaking into the rooms OF
the Mohaw k Association at No. 2o5 East
Twenty-seyenth street, on the afternoon
o. Mays.
Nr. S~teinhar1t argues that the Mo.
hawk Association is a duly Incorporated
club. and that no person had n right to
break Into It. On May . Capt. Shirs
secured three warrants for persons who
he alleged we're running a pool-roon o.
the premises OF the Mohawk Club, and
with Scyen men went there to fine them
lie got W prisoners.
The summonst calls for the police cap.
|aInsB appearance. before Magistrate
|Hane on Tuesday nexL. 4
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The evening world., 1903-05-09
BUTLER ROBBED
Mr.. A. BELMONT
Reynolds Took SiiverWare and
Pearls Valued at $4,000
from the Bankers Home at
Hampstead, /. |.

II did no: tax George Reynolds, Sec
ond butler for August Belmont at Dlcu-
ton Manor. Hampstead, l.. J.. a great
while to arrange for stealing all he could
lay his hands on. nor did 1t take the
Police Department OF New York a long
time to nab Reynolds.
Less than six hours after he left
Hampstead Yesterday with loot valued
at about 5000 he was picked up In the
TenGerloin by Central Once men and
all OF the stolen property was recovered
Reynolds. a typical butler In appear
ancc, reached New York from England
a little over "A week ago. He applied al
Blcnton Manor for employment and Sc
cured the position OF second butler,
A model man was Reynolds In the
household of a wealthy lie took
interest in his work, Reynolds ala. and
wltlin n few days he knew all about
the house and the ways o! rs inmates
Made III. Plans Quickiy.
Merely in the line OF dlty he learned
| wacrc the silvcrware was KEEP, and how
To get at II; nc learned all about thu
location OF the jewel boxes belonging t'
the various members OF (he house""'"
| and In i've days had arranged his plans
80 well mai he though, 1t about lime Il
make a move. Not being su?erstitlous
he had no hesitancy in choosing Friday
as the date FOR his operation.
lie secured permission from the helt
butler yesterday to corr to this cit!
on the preteREc that ne had a lot o
clothes :, storage here. To get th'
clothes he borrowed n large. stron!
val!sa. Into this he packed l6O pieces o
silver. From Mr., Be.mont's room h
stole a lin box continuing 5000 wor,l
OF pearls Il some valuable papers
This box he put In with the s!lvsrware
With all the aplomb in The world h,
walked away with his heavy sa;cho
sagging him down on one side, Tn
theft was discovered within two hours
and Mr.. Belmont ~telephoned to Inspec
tor Mcclusky asking that Reynolds b
supplemented.
~ left NaIiac IN Saloon.
Doubtless Reynolds had no idea tina
y his Job would be detected 40 auiekb
The evening world., 1903-05-09

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The evening world., 1903-05-09
O M DROPS OUT OF SIGHT.
Comes Here with Child to Meet Her
Sister nnd Disnppcars,
ISpec'al u the EVen!ng WorIdO
A uNIlE ~ NJ d

TETFNdT " TTV IsNVf9WN NVIIUT
SARATOGA. y. y. May 9.-Mrs.
Green. Wife OF Hugh /" Green, OF the
Liberty Wall Paper Company, o,
Schuylervlllc, y. y, has been misslns
since Ap;il 70, when she Q to New
York City to meet her sister. WHO was
expected to arrive on the Anchor Ia,
steamer Columbia.
Her husband went to New York thi
week and failing, to tiUl Il trace o! 70.
last night roSncd rhe New York polls,
VIA is Iorty-S.N years Did, took tn.
youngest Of her five children with he:.
The evening world., 1903-05-09
DYING OF STAB WOUNDS.
William rafferty, VIII o Disclose
Name OF Man who Assaulted Him.

William RAFFERTY,, thirty-hve years old.
of No. pc twelfth street. is lying In a
dying condition In the City Hospital.
Jersey City. as the result OF stab wounds
received in n desperate fight in a closed
freight car on pier l., OF the Peansyl-
vania Railroad. He refuses to tell who
stabbed him.
The evening world., 1903-05-09
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