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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
IOWA IMPLEMENT MEN
GUESTS OF THE TRI-CITIIS

The implement dealers of Iowa be-
gan their annual sessions in Daven-
port this afternoon. and Rock Island
manufacturers are joining with those
Of Davenport and Moline in entertain
ing them. There are nearly 1000 of
them in attendance and most of them
are customers Of local concerns. The
visitors will be shown every courtesy,
and social features will Overshadow
the business matters during their
stay. Today was spent in looking
through the manufacturing plants of
Davenport. and this evening the first
meeting will be held, at which there
will be a smoker and entertainment.
Tomorrow evening there will be Il
theatre party. Thursday afternoon
trolley ride and visit to the Moline
factories has been arranged, and
band concert will take place in the
evening at Turner hall in Davenport.
Friday the Rock Island factories will
be visited. For the benefit of the del
egates through cars are being run on
the street railway line from Daven-
port to Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
INvENTs sPIKE-L0CK
FORUsE ON RAILROADS

+. {. Winters. of Rock Falls, has
been allowedaa patent on Il recent in
vention that bids fair to become a
thing of general use by railroads, and
II source of income to the inventor.
1t is a spilke-lock for railroads; which
Will reinforce the spikes and hold
them firmly in contact with the rails
and prevent accidents by keeping the
rails from spreading. They will also
save the railroads much expense by
keeping the spikes from coming loose
and working up out of the ties. This
has been one of the chief difficulties
in-the railroad work of the country
from the time when the first rails
were laid The passing heavy trains
gradually work the spikes loose and
the section men have to go over the
tracks often to keep them down.
There have been inventions along
this line, but they are all complicated
divices and not simple enough to war
rant the railroads in putting them
into general use. One of the chief adj
vantages of Mr.. Winters invention is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
PROHIBITIONISTS MAKE
AN APPEAL FOR MONEY

The state prohibition committee
is in need of money according to Il
letter sent out by State Chairman Will
liams. He says the committee is in
debt $500 witI-Hotes falling due,4feF
which he is personally responsible,
and he cordially asks contributions
of So from each precinct in the state
Immediately. Local prohibitionists
have received official letters of the de-
felt and the urgency for funds. y
copy of the letter follows:
Chicago, Nov. II, 1908.
Dear Chairman: are the of
fetal representative of Your precinct
of our state and county organization
and as such we place before you a
matter of much Importance.
Your state committee made n he
role effort last winter to put the New
York Voice into thousands of homes
for this year. Our people rallied no.
bly, and the paper is now going into
nearly 10000 Illinois homes every
week. We cannot measure the good
this is doing in education. agitation,
stimulation and conversion. This eX-
pense was covered in part by pledges.
many Of which remain unpaid. but
are good. We have $4,000 due now
and unpaid on our pledges. This con-
dition has somewhat embarrassed our
work and made the burden quite
heavy for me. ] have n note fer $500
at the bank due Dec. /. which must be
paid on that date. 1t was given in
part payment of this most worthy eX-
penditure. | am personally RESPONSE
BILE hut must raise that amount from
the field within two weeks. We have
the pledges YOU see to cover it but
payments are slow and receipts small
i'm comparison with our needs.
now appeal to your loyalty and
devotion TO our blessed cause and
ask you to raise in your town or pre-
cinct the small sum of s. and for
ward to headquarters by Nov rs. With
faith in God ask each friend for so
cents or 81 towards this literature
fund. Many of those papers are sent
to missionary territory covering near
ly every county where the party was
weak and lifeless / must depend upon
you at this critical time and ask you
for immediate cooperation in this
special call. Don't neglect it. Don't
put off action, but try at once to raise
what you can and send by Nov. % TO
our office at above address. Let me
assure you that it will be received
with gratitude. and | am sure you win
have Gods blessing in this noble mis-
sion. Very hopefully,
ALONZO f. WILSON,
State Chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
Assuenee,s Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed assignee
of the Rock Island Furniture COM
pany, a corporation of the state of
Illinois doing business at the city of
Rock Island, in Rock Island county,
Illinois, and all persons holding any
claim or claims against said company
are hereby notified to present the
same to the undersigned under oath
or affirmation within three months
from this date whether said claims
are due or not. All persons indebted
to said company are requested to
make prompt payment to the under
signed.
Dated Rock Island, H., Oct. 81, A.
D., 1908.
CENTRAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK,
Assignee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
AT THE HOTELS.

At the HARPER L. Smith. Boards
town; l.. W. Berry. Beardstown; FL.
Cathe and wife, A. Russell, Bloom
ington; j. y. Burlingame, Chicago;
George \. SuPpel, Iowa City, Iowa;
Edwin S. Strauss. New York; G. Ba-
berry. Chicago; c. L. Dean, Chicago;
George f. Zimmerman, Chicago; X.
NJ Whitman, Aledo; j. Duffy, Chica-
go; Adolph Betz, Savanna; w. c. Gal
loway. AIedo; s. Graham. Canton, H.;
Il. f. Kenney, Canton. ILL.,; p. y. Base,
Chicago; w. j. Borkenhoff, Peoria;
II. NJ. Harper. Philadelphia; j. NJ. Hill
ton, Chicago; w. FL. Porter. Chicago;
C. A. Du Bosh. New York; II. w Kim
ball. Chicago; c. Il. Folsom, Milwau-
kee.
At the Harms (European)-W. S.
Conners, Cincinnati; f. Stratton. NJ.
Van Buren,, B. Holmes, W. l.. Wilson.
Chicago: II. l.. James, Blue Island;
W. C.. Foster, Chicago; George f. De-
pew. Chicago; r. ID. Bull. New York;
j. Rice, Lafayette. Ind; NJ. Carthyn,
Canton. H.; j. NJ. BrOdie. Dayton,
Ohio; c. f. Gates. Cincinnati; John
O'Brien. Streator. ILL.,; Leslie Davis,
NhiSdSO. W. -. NllNNs -NCN Olhs -
L. Mansfield, Boston; c. j. Arthurs,
Chicago; f. l.. Miley. Chicago; s. d.
Franklin. Pittsburg; S. j. Williamson,
Chicago; ID. c. Murray, l.. j. Stoddard,
New York; \. j. Brugman, IL. IL.
Sampson, Chicago; c. c. Cruger, Ce-
dar Rapids; l.. a. AIifer. Muscatine;
L. j. Goodwin, Z. \. Littlefeld, J. J.
Grogan, Chicago; p. c. Trump, Morri-
son, ILL.,; G. 4. Gould, Chicago; b. 4.
Halter. c. f. Muller. St. Louis; &. f.
Cruise, Peoria; ID. G. Mulligan, Louis
vile, KY; G. y. Manning. Denver,
Col: NJ. c. Atherton, Peoria; j. C.
Mansfield, Lexington, Ky; d. d. Wal
lard, New York; L. j. Kaufman, c.
l.. Billings, L. A. Wheaton, Chicago;
S. j. Macon. Marshalltown, Iowa.
At the Rock Island-George T. Ha-
vens, Davenport; c. Campbell, Mar
shall, Iowa; j. y. Stone, Rock Island /;
John Brown. Chicago; H. Keuhl, Dav-
export; \. S. Judd and wife, Rock
Island; c. II. Cowles. Peoria; c. A.
Bopes. Reynolds: j. b. Titterington,
Reynolds; S. F. Long, Dixon; c,
Hoard, Chicago; Miss X Bopes. Chi
scago; John Smith. Chicago: w. Pen
ny. Peoria; T. Detwig. PEORIA; II. ii,
Savage, Peoria; T. Hitler. Beloit
Wis; H. II. Williamson, Springfield;
w. \. Rogers. Milwaukee,; c. J. VIII
son. ST. Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01

the fact that it can be stamped from
single piece Of sheet metal and re-
quires no auxiliary means to hold it
in place. 1t is a small arch embrace
ing the head of the spike, having two
small wings or plates extending un-
der the rail on top of the tie. From
the top of the arch clinch plate eX-
tends downward to engage the tie
and hold the lock in place, keeping
the plates from slipping from beneath
the rail. 1t can be readily removed
for the replacing of ties or rails and
can be used over again, making it
economical, safe, cheap and almost
a necessity for the up-to-date rail-
road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
WE EXCHANGE
RECORDS

Bring US your old disc records that
you have grown tired of (either CO.
Iumbia or VictOr), and we will ex-
change them for the new Improved
Columbia Disc Records. We will al
low you 80 cents for your 10-inch
record and other sizes in proportion.
The new Improved Columbia Records
are of elegant workmanship and are
a decided advancement in the art of
record making. They have a full
sweet tone, and owing to the manner
in which they are made they have
less scratching tone; the needle seems
to run smoother on the record. We
also wish to introduce to your notice
the new Grand Opera Sound Box,
which is designed to obviate the
scratch of the needle and at the same
time retain the full volume of tone.
We will exchange the new Grand
Opera Sound Box for any of the old
style Columbia sound boxes now on
the market. Call at our warerooms
and get our plan of exchange. We
carry the largest line of records in
the city.
Graphaphcne headquarters at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
FREEP0RT MAN TRUSTEE
OF WATERFOWL HOSPITAL

Gov. Richard Yates has appointed
William Trembor, of Freeport, a
trustee of the Watertown hospital,
vice ID. Z. Munger. who has removed
from the state.
Caleb c. johnson. of Sterling, has
been appointed a trustee OF the sol
diers' home at Quincy, vice Gen. John
c. Black, of Chicago, resigned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01

David Howard, who is nearly 65
years of age, and who has lived at
Maquon the greater part of his life,
was found dead at his home yester-
day. The superstition is that he COM
mitted suicide by poisoning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
TimeIxTopIc.

At this season of coughs and colds
it is well to know that Foley's Honey
and Tar is the greatest throat and
lung remedy. 1t cures quickly and
prevents serious results from a cold.
All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01

Fritz Trap, aged so. farmer of
Tazewell county, was frozen to death
early yesterday morning. He was in
Peoria Sunday. leaving for home at
midnight intoxicated. and fell from
his wagon, his team going home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
BARRIOS DIAMONDS

Have caught the pablo fancy. Every
year they are growing in popularity. To
meet the growing demand, the BARRIO9
DIAMOND co. now has stores in Chicago,
Pittsburg, New York, Buenos Ayres, Paris,
London and scores of smaller cities in the
United States.
Come, see these magnificent limitations
that have caused the admiration and
wonder Of the entire world, fooled pawn
brokers, deceived experts and puzzled gov
eminent inspectors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
A Costly Mistake.

flunders are sometimes very expen-
sive. Occasionally life itself is the
price of a mistakes but you'll never
be wrong if you take DIR. Kings New
Life Pills for dyspepsia, dizziness
headache, liver or bowel troubles.
They are gentle, yet thorough. rs
cents, at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01
Are You
Satisfied!
YOU Will Be

more than pleased with our new
method of selling meats. if you
will only give us a call. Look over
these prices:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01

a tonic that strengthens the stom-
ach, cleanses the clogged up liver,
makes every organ of the body move
correctly. That's what Rocky Noun
tain Tea will do. I. H. Thomas phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-01

A new and novel method of suicide
and one that ought to recommend
itself to those who wish to go the
route by easy stages was tried at
Kewanee Sunday night. Though 1t
failed, the fact ought not discourage
others from trying it. James ID. Ans
bro is the genius who invented the
method. He was languishing in the
police station at the time and evident
~ came to the conclusion that sui
eide would be an easy way to get out
of paying a fine for drunkenness.
Casting about for something with
which to accomplish the desired end
he found a corkscrew in his pocket.
He promptly drew it and beganfwist-
ing it into his neck, near the jugular
vein. In its gYrations it missed the
mark, and James still lives.
David Howard, who is nearly 65
years of age, and who has lived at
Maquon the greater part of his life,
was found dead at his home yester-
day. The superstition is that he COM
mitted suicide by poisoning.
Fritz Trapp, aged so. farmer of
Tazewell county, was frozen to death
early yesterday morning. He was in
Peoria Sunday. leaving for home at
midnight intoxicated. and fell from
his wagon, his team going home.
Mrs. David Plapp, of Malta. Ill, was
found dead yesterday morning from
exposure AT o'clock her husband
missed her, and, following her tracks
i'm the snow, found her in a snowdrift.
Whether she left her bed in her sleep
or was temporarily. deranged is not
known. She was the daughter of Rev.
Switzer. of the German church, and
was the mother of 10 children, Is of
whom are living.
The Fulton county narrow gauge
sustained severe loss by fire yester-
day morning, when the engine house
at Havana and one of the largest en-
gines on the road were consumed.
The burning of the engine will Grip
PIE the road quite badly.
r. w. Sweeney. of Galesburg.
prominent member of the Knights of
Pythias and member of College City
lodge in that city, has received the
appointment as general organizer of
the endowment rank of the order. to
succeed the late Abe Pollock, whose
death occurred several months ago.
Mr.. Sweeney will have as his territory
all of the state of Illinois except Cook
county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
DUAL LIFE Is ENDED.
Moody Merrill alias @. F. Grayson,
Dies in New Mexico

Boston, Dec. 26.-Moody Merrill OF
Boston, known as c. f. Grayson in Sill
yer City, N. M, died suddenly in Silver
City of pneumonia. With the death
of Moody Merrill probably vanishes the
last hope of solving the mystery that
surrounded the dual life of q. most re-
markable man. Merrill was brought
into the light of publicity last May
when a man who gave the name Of
John Brown was arrested in New York
on the charge of being a defaulter for
large sums of money.
Then it was said the man was Chas.
F. Grayson of Silver City, N. NJ, and a
successful banker in that city. Then
followed his identification as Moody
Merrill, once candidate for mayor Of
Boston, a leader in scores of enter
prises, and the man largely responsible
for Boston's present park system.
Throughout the time he was in Jail
in Boston and up to the moment he
again left Boston Merrill had nothing
to say concerning his dual career ex-
cept that he was not guilty of the
charges against him.
Ten years to a day. before his arrest,
Moody Merrill vanished from Boston.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars had
been intrusted to him for investment.
He had just been defeated for mayor
after an exciting and costly campaign
No word came from him and his estate
was wound up to pay creditors and
claimants, many of whom had little TO
snow IN support or uhelr CLAIMS, nav
ing trusted everything to him.
The name he assumed in New Mexico
was that of a young engineer who had
been a frequent guest at the Merrill
home in Boston and who had died only
a short time before.
1t was said that he had confessed his
guilt by flight to protect another per-
son, who was the real criminal. Re
garding this Merrill had nothing to
say beyond the fact that all just claims
against him had been paid from New
Mexico. Then it was asserted he had
oeen betrayed here in Boston by sup
posed friends, to whom he had sent
money to pay old claims and who had
simply stolen the sums so intrusted to
them
Merrill was arraigned under an old in
dictment based on the claim of Sarah
Cohen for $195O He entered a plea of
loo to appear for trial. He never ap-
peared for trial. FORGETTING his bond and
disappearing again from Boston. Revela-
lions were promised. but never material
lied, and Merrill, under his assumed name
of GraysOn, went back to New Mexico
and continued in his business there as a
banker and financier with marked success.
Just what his estate will realize now is
as much a m stery as his other affairs,
and it is more than likely that the true
story of Moody Merrilrs career in all its
details will never become known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26

Salina Journal: The Journal sends its
Aindliest Christmas greeting to E w.
Hoch in his effort to establish upon this
particular section of the earth peace and
good will toward men.
The refusal of Ed Hoch to become
candidate for governor does not change
the situation so far as Governor Bailey
and his friends are concerned in the
least. 1t leaves the critics Of the gov
ernor up in the air and the only thing
they viii attempt now is the defeat of
MI. Albaugh for chairman of the state
committee This is also contest
which the friends of Mr. Albaugh will
not shirk, neither 90 they fear the re-
suit any more than they did the con-
test which these same critics attempted
upon the gubernatorial nomination.
Now that Mr. HOch is eliminated as
candidate for governor the Topeka poll
ticians viii commence to beat the woods
for a candidate for chairman of the
state committee. Many will be mention
ed before the man who will lead the
fight has been selected, and whoever he
the leaders in the fight against Mr.. Bal
ley's nomination at Wichita. Stubs of
Lawrence seems to be now the choice
of the OPPOSITION to Mr.. Albaugh. He
has all the qualifications which the To-
peka politicians are looking for in a
candidate for this place He was
against Bailey at Wichita; he was op-
posed to Long in the senatorial fight at
Topeka last winter; he was opposed to
Pringle for speaker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
Investigation of Agent Anderson.

Washington. Dec 26.-Indian Inspec-
tor Jenkins is at the Colville Indian
agency, Washington, investigating
charges against Indian Agent Anderson
The charges include alleged irregulari-
ties in vouchers executed some time
ago There are a number of other
charges. including some growing out of
religious difficulties. The Indians in
the Occur D'Aiene agency. Idaho which
is under the same administration as the
Colville agency, are regarded by the de-
partment as being in need Of but little
supervision owing to their progressive
ness and its speration from Colville
agency and the appointment of a sub
agent there has been urged. It is prob
able that d government farmer will be
appointed to take charge at the Occur
D'Alene reservation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
WILSON'S BOOK IS GONE.
Question Whether Second Edition
Will Be Issued.

The Harmon D. Wilson book has
proven a success. In less than a week
its first edition of ], 900 copies vanished
from the market and the question is
now before the newspaper men of To-
peka whether a second edition shall
be published.
To no one of Wilson's friends or of
his family can the success of the little
volume of his work be more gratifying
than to the newspaper men whose will
ing hands put the pages together. To
the eye of the public the volume was
little more than collection of clever
verse and prose, philosophical in turn
but happy in spirit But the book was
a good deal more because it stood as
memorial of the friendship of the as
Eociates of the writer. 1t had not been
written to be put in a book. Wilson
had worked along from day 10 day as
q newspaper Photographer and with no
thought that the things that he wrote
would not be thrown aside and lost to
the world. He intended some time to
write book of clever things; he knew
he had # in him.
But wilson was stricken down before
his dream had been accomplished 1t was
Albert T. Reid who first proposed the
Wilson book Reid and Wilson had been
warm friends and knew something of
each others aspirations After the Sug-
gestion of the idea there were ready
hands to carry It out. short council
OF newspaper men was held and plans
talked over. George a Clark, state
PRIMER d5AEtt ~ ~ Inc WI n a. NOr't:
livery newspaper writer who could found
something to do and there were SO many
anxious to help that the individual parts
of the work seemed Insignificant There
was enough willingness manifested TO
have succeeded in the compilation of an
encyclopedia. Perhaps the largest share
of the drudgery fel upon another OF
wilson's most intimate friends, J. E.
House He acted as editOr-in-chief and
final court of appeals upon the material
which entered the pages And so the book
was made From its inception until its
final disappearance from the market
shelves was but a few weeks and while
each who helped feels that he has done
but little for the better remembrance
OF a great hearted friend who was lost
too soon the recollection that they had
a hand in the making of his memorial
will ALWAYS be a pleasing one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
SOLICITOR ARRESTED.
n. Barnes Got Subscriptions to a
Newspaper

Albert Wooster, an Elrnont farmer,
caused the arrest today of H. Barnes,
a young man who has been in Jail on
a larceny charge within the past two
weeks, for obtaining money under false
pretenses. Barnes approached Mr..
Wooster on the street and wanted to
take his subscription for Topeka
newspaper. He said that the price was
SO per year. Mr.. Wooster remarked
that the paper was not worth it, so
Barnes cut down the price to $3.50.
Wooster wanted a receipt, and Barnes
said that he had no receipt blanks with
him but would get some. Wooster did
not pay the $3.50 until Barnes came
back ten minutes later and found him
in a jewelry store. This time he had a
receipt book, which he probably pur-
chased in a store, as it did not contain
the names of the publishers. Wooster
paid his money and got receipt, but
becoming suspicious went to the pub
fishing office and asked if it was all
right. He was told that it was not, as
Barnes. although formerly employed as
a solicitor for the paper, was discharged
last Monday.