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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
WAS A SPECTACLE
Given to Those Who Watched the
Army ManeuVers Now Go.
ing on at Fort Riley.
THIRTEEN THOUSAND 1T VIEW
All at the Same Time-British Officer
Surprised at Our Style Of
Strategy.

Fort Riley, Kan, Oct. 23.-As a spec
tacle to gaze upon the military maneu-
vers would be difficult to surpass, but
in point of dramatic action they
amounted to very little. Two entire
force in camp formed into a division
under the command of Brigadier Gen
eral Grant and ordered to deploy in line
of battle to protect Fort Riley against
an imaginary enemy advancing to at
tack it. All arms of the service were
out, including baggage wagons, and the
scene as the long lines of cavalry, in
fantry and artillery wound over the
hills to take up their positions, with the
skirmish line dashing on at a run far
in advance. while the cavalry scouts
were but dots on the distant hills. was
a pitcure that must have been seen to
be appreciated.
An Army In Sight All at Once.
Thirteen thousand men moving into
battle at one time, and nearly every
man in plain view, is something that
cannot often be seen in this country,
and the spectators who were hardy
enough to brave the distance out to the
line of battle were enthusiastic in their
praise of the maneuYer as a thing to
look at. On the deadly practical side
the posting of the men on points of
vantage was considered we'll done by
the umpires, and the days work was
therefore a distinguished success all
around.
Britisher Criticises the System.
The United States system of placing
q line of battle in the hollows and
leaving the high ground comparatively
undefended was something of a sur
prise to Colonel Foster, the English
military attache. Il should have
placed greater strength on the hills"
he said. Colonel Slower, of the Fourth
cavalry, pointed out that the United
States idea was to shelter the men as
much as possible in the low ground,
where the scene of operations was as
destitute of natural cover as is the
ground at Fort Riley. BY keeping
them down." said Colonel Slower, I'VE
avoid all tie chance of a consecutive
fire upon our men, and have a chance
TO put it into the other fellow" Colonel
Foster admitted this advantage, but
considered that the idea of abandon
ing the high ground was not without
defects.
VIII BE a Hot Time To-day.
Today the problem is to be the
weightieSt of the entire series, and
there will be a weary lot of men in
camp tonight when the programme is
concluded. General Barry, with the
Second, Twelfth and Twenty-first reg
ulars, the First sand@ Second Kansas
infantry, the Eighth and Tenth cav
airy and two batteries, marched out
last night and bivOuacked. Today he
will advance toward the post. General
Bell, with the remainder of the troops
will make a reconnaissance in force
and General Barry will attack him as
soon as possible. 1t is estimated that
the troops will march from fifteen to
twenty-five miles during the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
KANSAS BANK TOUCHED
FOR $4,000 BY CRACKsMEN

Wichita, Kans., Oct. 23.-Three rob
bers dynamited and robbed the State
bank at Burton, securing about $4,000.
They escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
Runners Set Pace.

The trial was made with two rum
ners TO set the pace. sulky preceding
the PAGER, carrying canvas strip be-
tween the wheels. The first quarter
was reached in % seconds, the half in
IS and the three-quarters in 1:27H.
As the horses swung into the stcetch
Dan Patch was pushing the forward
runner so closely that scarcely a
hands breadth interviewed between
his nose and the back of the driver in
the forward sullly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
TEXAS GUARANTEED
AGAINST SAN ANTONIO

Austin, Texas, Oct. 23.-Gov. Lam
ham today quarantined all Texas
against San Antonio on account of
the yellow fever there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
Result Of Court Ruling
in Montana Mine
Case.
OPERATIONS STOPPED
Streets of Butte, Mont,
Thronged With
Employees.

Butte. Mont, Oct. 23.-By the gen
eral shut down of the Amalgamated
Copper company's properties last
night from $4,000 to $4,000 men are
directly thrown out of employment.
Others will be indirectly affected
within a week, so the grand total will
reach 10000.
The Great Northern and the Butte,
Anaconda & Pacific railways Will lay
off freight crews. Numerous other
enterprises, large and small, which
relied upon the .Amalgamated as their
chief customer, will lie obliged to cur
tail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
Harvest For Justices.

The streets are filed today with
1000 miners THROWN out last night
Boarding house keepers. storekeepers,
etc. whom the miners owe, have be-
sieged the justice courts seeking gar
nishment orders. Constables cannot
serve the papers fast enough and jus
tice clerks are working overtime fill
ing them out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
Estimates of Government
Expense Are Re-
duced
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Pension Appropriations
Will be Less by
100000.

Washington, Oct. 23.-The total re-
quirement of the interior department
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1905, are $156,OOO,OOO, about $3,OOO,OOO
less than the appropriation for the
current year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-23
Decrease In Pensions.

The estimate for pensions is $780,
600 less than this year. due to cal
culation on the death of pensioners
made by the commissioner of pen
sions.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
A NEGATIVE MAN is NAueHT.
Confidence In Ones Self Absolutely Es
sentiaI to Success.

sentlaI to Success.
A vacillating, undecided, negative
man can never amount to anything, no
matter what his environment or ad-
vantages may be. 1t would be impos
sible. He constantly subordinates his
opinions and even his plans to what
others say and think. There is no
certainty as to his action, because he
is always subject to outside influences
He never relies upon himself or the
inward authority that speaks to him.
He is the echo of the last man who
pleaded his case before him. He is re-
magnetiZed every time he comes in
contact with a new personality. Blown
hither and thither by advice and opin-
ions as opposite as the poles, like q
leaf whirled on the autumn wind, no
onS not even himself, knows where
he will alight.
The man who lives to any purpose
or accomplishes anything of good in
the world has an abiding faith in him
self, in his forcefulness and originality,
in his efficiency in the management of
his own affairs, and in his power to
accomplish whatever fs puts himself
to do.-O. S. Marden, in Success.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
ANCIENT GOLD MINES IN AFRICA.
Operations Were Carried On Many Cenro
Ago in British Zambesa.
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still easy to recognize. They are sunk
into the floor. The furnace blowpipes
are made of the finest granite-powder
cement, and the nozzles of the blow
pipes are covered with splashes of
gold. When the first lining became
worn by the heat, fresh lining OF
cement of an excellent quality, which
has outlasted time, was smeared round
on top of the old lining. One can
take an old lining. split off the layers
with knife and find gold splashes in
abundance.
Apparently the ancients wasted gold
lavishly. Gold has been found in large
quantities in the form of pellets as
large as buckshot in the vicinity of the
furnaces, and also thrown away on the
debris heaps outside of the buildings.
The tools of the ancient workers
which have so far been discovered in
clude small soapstone hammer and
furnishing stones of water-worn rock.
to which gold still adheres. There are
evidences that the ancients carried on
an extensive industry in the manufac-
ture of gold ornaments and utensils.
Thirty-five thousand dollars worth OF
gold ornaments have been taken in the
last five years from the ruins of Mata.
beleland alone.-Youth's Companion.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28

Rhodesia or British Zambesia. ranks
among the chief gold-bearing countries
of the world. The ancients mined and
carried away enormous quantities OF
the precious metal, but under the sci
entific mining systems of the present
day their operations will be greatly
surpassed. In the recently published
work on the Ancient Ruins of Rho
desia," the authors, Messrs. Hall and
Neal, endeavor to discover who the
ancients were and whittier the gold
went.
Perhaps Rhodesia was the ancient
land of Ophir, the land of the mys-
terious king Solomon's mines" but
the theory is strongly combated by
some Investigators. The ancient gold
workings are the basis of modern
workings. For every ten square miles
of Rhodesia there was one ancient
mine, that is, there are $4,000 old
holes. which means that stupendous
wealth was dug out of the earth be-
fore the days of Cecil Rhodes. Much
of this wealth must have gone to the
north and east; it was probably
wrought into the crown of the Queen
of Sheba and filled the Golfers of
Solomon.
The ancient smelling furnaces are
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
The Wiles of the Widow.

The lady whose teeth dropped into
her plate while she was dining at the
Criterion restaurant, in London,
brought suit against her dentist. 1t
was, however, stated in evidence that
she had, at time when the teeth
were in the earliest bloom of their
youth, written the following warm
testimonial to her dentist: You have
altered my appearance. l look quite
q different woman, and | shall be able
to get another husband. My daughters
will not be able to have it all their
own way now" The London News re-
marks that the warning of the elder
Weller against widows receives some
support from the remarkable document
Just quoted. The same philosophers
contention that one who understood
horses understood humanity receives,
at the same time, limitation. Any
attempt to guess the age of a person
from the appearance of the teeth, as is
done with horses, would only lead to
an error in such case as this.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
Insanity Among Women.

A German scientist, Prof. thinner OF
Berlin, has of late devoted consider
able time to the investigation of the
causes of insanity among women, and
has come to the conclusion that il
women are admitted into competition
with men the inevitable result will be
tremendous increase of insanity
among the women. He finds that the
percentage of women teachers who
become insane is almost double that
of the men teachers. Inquiries were
also made about women employed as
telegraph, sales clerks and in the
telephone service. and. furthermore,
with regard to women engaged in the
Swiss matchmaking trade. These
inquiries showed that in the occupa-
tions mentioned far larger proper
ton of women than men succumb to
mental disorders.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
eARNUM FOOLED THE LAWYER.
Great Snowman Had His Joke Even
When on His Ceathbed.

The late P. T. Barnum was always
fond of Joke. His whole career was
studded with instances in which he
INDUCED this propensity. But few
days before his death he summoned
his lawyer to the side of the couch
where he was lying. 81 am much wor-
ried," he said, about certain mat
ter, and l want to consult you. My
neighbor keeps peacocks. Suppose
some of them should fly over into my
yard, which they are doing all the
time, and lay some eggs here. Would
these eggs belong to me or would my
neighbor compel me to give them up?"
The lawyer, having auly scratched
his head, answered: We'll. Mr.. Bar
mum. | must take time to look into this
matter. But the best thing for you to
do would be to keep the eggs and let
your neighbor sue for their possession
In that way your rights would be de-
termined and we should have vaiu-
able test case"
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
WOMEN ARE SHREWD' CRIMINALS.
Old Police Officer Gives Testimony Their Aby Pkpocke-
Into Sale-Blowing.
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Women are making progress along
more than one line" remarked an old
member of a city police force. "A
recent example shows that they are
quite as efficient as men in the matter
of safe-blowing. Woman in the role
OF safe-blower is new to the police.
The fact is that the operation of fe-
male offenders has heretofore been
confined to offenses of the daytime or
of the early part of the night. But
here comes a story from Tennessee of
the arrest of several women who be-
long to a gang OF expert craftsmen,
and who actually took part in safe
blowing in n small town near Nash
vile, where they robbed a bank and
got s1,700.
Women have often developed into
epxert forgers, as for instance in the
recent case of an American woman
abroad who succeeded in conducting
a forgery scheme for a considerable
length of time. and until she had
fraHdulently collected vast sum of
money. They make high-class pick
pockets, and, in fact, are infinitely
more successful in this line of work
than men.
"One curious fact in this connection.
despite the frequent announcements
publicly made of offenses of this kind
committed by women. men are never
on the lookout for the female pick
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28

Thought He Was Obeying Orders.
1t was in Penn avenue saloon that
this happened. A young man, fresh
from Ireland, had been engaged as a
bartender, position that had been OBJ
tanned through the influence of a
friend of the saloon keeper. The new
man was awful green, but after work
ing with him several days the pro-
prietor of the place had an errand
down the street, and he decided to
leave his new man in charge for a few
minutes. He gave him a number of
instructions and departed.
No sooner had he gone than a cou-
pie Of men came in and asked for a
drink. They were dirt-begrimed and
wore small lamps on their caps and
the bartender eyed them suspiciously
What d. yez do fur a livin'?" ne
asked.
I'VE dig COAL" was the reply.
well, ye can't hev anything to
drink"
AN why not?"
9TH boss towld me not to sell t.
minors."-Pittsburg Press.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
LAWSON AND HIS FRIENDS.
Great Flnancler Must Be Pleasant
Man to Meet.

Man to Meet.
Thomas W. Lawson, who has taken
q wonderful place in the front ranks
OF financial circles during the past
few years, despite the criticism to
which a man In his position is natur-
ally subjected, is a man with a big
heart. and for his friends there is
nothing too good.
This disposition shows itself In an
unostentatious way very frequently,
and without it coming to the knowl-
edge of the public. Only a year or
two ago, on a certain day when he
was taking an active hand In a
sugar drive on the short side, and
while standing personally over the
ticker in his old office on Congress
street-Brown, Riley & Goa friend
walked into the office, and going up
to him began to Jolly" him little
about sugar and told him that he was
on the wrong side of the market.
Whereupon Mr.. Lawson turned to
his broker, who was standing near,
and said, without any comment:
Sell for Mr.. -. my friend here,
300 shares of sugar short at market"
The order was Immediately execut-
ed, and within fifteen minutes the
price dropped five points. The stock
was covered only. Mr. Lawson pulled
out the profit that had been made in
crisp greenbacks-S1, ,500-and turned
1t over to his skeptical friend, who
expressed his gratitude in a very en-
phatic manner.
Merely a pleasant Lawson eccen-
tricity.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
TERRORS OF RUSSIAN LYNCH LAW.
Prevalence Of Horse Stealing Has Driven the Peasants Stern easa
Of Repression.
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ants horse is almost his only property
and his chief instrument of labor, one
can understand his bitter hatred of
the horse thief His hatred is nour-
ished and famed to fury by the knowi-
edge of the light punishment which the
Russian law provides fer horse steal
ing. This is the explanation of the
presence of lynch law in Russia and OF
its recent violent manifestation.
The mode of lynch law most preva-
lent in Little Russia is this: When a
horse thief is caught the men in the
village club him to death, each trying
to strike in such way as to inflict
no injury more serious than bruise.
Far more horrible is the method of
binding the feet OF the criminal to the
tail of young and active colt. lad
leaps upon the animals back and gal
lops away over ditch and meadow. A
very few minutes of ride like this
and little is left of the horse thief.
A similar punishment is to bind tho
thiefs feet to the axle of cart and
then drive away as fast as the horse
can travel.
Less general is the refined method
of severing the knee tendons, which
makes the thief cripple for life.
A death of fearful agony is that by
pin pricks. For this mode of execu-
tion the thief is bound hand and foot
to a bench or log, and the women are
then called together and proceed to
thrust needles and pins into the soles
of the wretched victims feet and other
sensitive parts.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
ROOSEVELT AND THE BEARS.
Chief Executive Safe in Promising
Them a Position.

Them a Position.
Two bears. one real and the other
an impersonation, looking for the pres
ident, were features of the Grdiron
club dinner at Washington few
weeks ago.
The guests were informed by one
of the bears that they were from Mis-
sissippi. AS the president had not
found them they decided to find the
president.
This mild allusion to the presidents
hunting trip pleased the executive i'm
mensely. ''If they call on me-" said
Mr.. Roosevelt, 81 can do something
for the real bear which 1 cannot do
for the impersonator."
And what is that?" asked the gen.
tleman, who had told him about the
dinner.
III give him cabinet position"
explained the president, smiling, and
then, by way of explanation, added,
after he is stuffed
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28

An extraordinary affray took place
few days ago at Lopatcheyo, popu-
lous village in the government of Kieff,
Russia This place has lately earned
an evil repute as harboring a band OF
cattle and horse thieves, who systema-
tically raided the cattle of the viii
lagos and hamlets in the adjoining dis
trict.
The rural police took little notice of
the complaints of the victims, and the
latter therefore took the matter of
chastisement into their own hands.
They organized an overwhelming at
tack upon Lopatchevo, which they ap-
preached in three columns from vari-
Gus points. There were no firearms
among the attacking parties, but they
were well equipped with stout cud-
gels. The enemy had. however, re-
ceived warning and were prepared for
the onslaught, which was delivered
with desperate vigor.
The conflict lasted a couple of hours,
when the attacking party had to re-
tire, leaving five of their number be-
hind beaten to death. The defenders
lost three killed, making eight fatal
tiles altogether. There are thirty-three
combatants in hospital, many of them
injured for life.
Year by year, so soon as the dark
nights of autumn begin. a veritable
plague of horse stealing breaks out in
the rural districts of Russia. There
seems to be no means of checking this
evil, which is now at its yearly zenith.
When one considers that the peas
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28

pocket unless they find themselves in
n questionable resort and in bad COM
pany. For this very reason women
find it much easier to pick mans
pocket. They can get closer to men,
too, without becoming offensive, and
can lift the diamond pin out of his
scarf, nip his watch and chain, or any
other valuable thing he may have be-
fore he will ever dream of danger.
In that kind of pilfering, too, pc
culiar to kleptomania, she is more
successful because in this instance of
the way she dresses and woman's pe-
culiar demeanor around the counters
in dry goods stores. If a man, for in
stance, should go into dry goods
store and begin to pick up little things
and tumble over them, apparently for
the purpose of inspection. he would at
once arouse the suspicion of every
clerk within visual range. On the
other hand, woman may do exactly
the same thing without exciting the
least suspicion. 1t is simply looked
fo- the kleptomaniac.
But the woman safe-blower is a
new type. as far as my experience
goes, and | suppose it simply means
that the police CT the country will soon
be confronted with many new prob
lens in dealing with the female Of
fender"
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.
Congressman Geo. II. Whites Case
Noted ScuDtress Cured,

writes the following letter from 3417
Wabash avenue. Chicago. ILL.,:
II suffered this winter with a severe
attack Of la grippe. After using three
bottles of Peruna i found the grip had dis
appeared. Mrs 7. Schmitt.
Mrs. Celeste Covell writes from 219 N.
avenue, Aurora, ILL.,:
"Only those who have suffered with la
grippe and been cured can appreciate how
grateful feel that such splendid medicine
as Peruna has been placed at the door OF
every suffering person. Mrs. c. Covell.
Noted scuIptress Cured of Grip.
Mrs. NJ. c. Cooper, of the Royal Acad-
envy of Arts, of London. England. now
residing in Washington. d. c.. is one OF
the greatest living sculptors and paipters OF
the world. She says:
"Itake pleasure in recommending Peruna
for catarrh and la grippe. l have suffered
for months and after the use of one bottle
of Peruna am entirely we'll. Mrs. M. c.
Cooper.
D. L. Wallace. charter member of the
International Barber's Union, writes from
IS Western avenue. Minneapolis. Mimi:
Following a severe attack of la grippe
seemed to be affected badly all over.
"One of my customers who was greatly
helped by Peruna advised me to try it, and
l procured bottle the same day. Now my
head is clear, my nerves are steady. enjoy
food and rest well. Peruua has been worth
a dollar dose to me. D. L. Wallace.
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt. of the Salt Lake
City Barracks of the Salvation Army.
writes from Ogden, Utah:
1.-Two months ago was suffering with so
severe a cold that could hardly speak.
Our captain advised me to try Peruna
and procured a bottle for me- and truly it
worked wonders. Within two weeks l was
entirely we'll. ."-Clarice Hunt.
Congressman Whites Letter.
Tarb0ro. NJ C.
OenfIemen:-Ta am more than salts.
fled with Peruna and find Ii 10 be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca
farrh. have used 1t In my family
and they all join me In recommending
1t as an excellent remedy. "-QeOrge
III. White, Member of Congress.
Mrs. T. w. Collins. Treasurer indie
pendent Order of Good Templars. of
Everett. WASH. writes:
After having a severe attack of la grippe
I continued in a feeble condition even after
the doctors called me cured. My blood
seemed poisoned. Peruna cured me. -
Mrs. T. w. Collins.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna. write
at once to DIR. Hartman, giving full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, Ohio.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28

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lAls 10 sLarimer Street. Denver. Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
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Denver Directory.
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The Lamar register., 1903-01-28

We'll" said Mr.. Barnum. while you
are looking into the matter will you
find out how it would be If the eggs
were laid by pea-hens?'
The lawyer swore- softly to himself,
hut never made ADMINISTRATION.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-28
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