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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
Extends Manual Training.

So pleased was the board with the
results of the manual training as
taught in the seventh and eighth
grades that it ordered it taught in
the NTH and sixth grades. H. f.
Brown, principal of the high school,
was authorized to make arrangements
for commencement, at the Illinois
theatre. June 3. and Supt. H.
Il. Hayden was empowered to arrange
for the certificates of graduation
from the eighth grace to the high
school. The presentation of diplomas
at the high school commencement will
be made by F. c. Denkmann. president
of the board of education.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
REV. FOWLER Is AUTHOR
OF OUR ANGEL FRIENDS

Rev. Alfred Fowler, the singer
speaker, who is to conduct union
meeting of the protestant churches of
the city at the Memorial church this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
Lot. In Old Ball Park Now o. Sale.

The old ball park on the west side
of Eleventh street between Thirteenth
and Fifteenth avenues. recently pur-
chased by Louis Mosenfelder. has been
staked off into lots and are now being
Offered for sale. No such lots suitable
for nice. modest homes are now on
the market. The lay of the land is all
that could be asked, being high and
beautiful and very convenient for
street car service. Prices will range
from 1925 to $3.50 with discount of
SIS on each lot to cash purchasers
Will also sell a limited number of lots
on monthly payments without inter
est. For further particulars inquire
of Louis Mosenfelder or Capt. Dack.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
CORPS UNCHANGED
Teachers of Public Schools for
Coming Year Reappointed by l..
Board of Education.
EXTEND MANUAL TRAINING
Ordered Introduced In Fifth and
Sixth Grades-Getting
Free Water.

| The teaching staff of the Rock ISL
and public schools was appointed in
its entirety for the ensuing year by
| the board of education at its monthly
| meeting last evening. There were no
| vacancies reported by the committee
the teachers are as follows:
superintendent of Schools - II. b.
Hayden.
Principal of High School - H. E.
Brown.
Supervisor of Music e. L. Phil
brook.
Supervisor of Drawing - Abigail
Dean.
Supervisor of Manual Training -
Charles w. Kent
Teachers in High School-Cora
Eastman, Alice Rush. Charles W. Kent,
Anna III. Marshall, y. d. Hamilton,
Jacob {. Miller, Augusta Hellpenstell,
Rose NJ. Clark, Bertha Hanna, ID. b.
Thomas, Samuel Z. Dove, saba Mae
Lidders.
Teachers in Graded Schools. c.
Daugherty, Harriet i. Henderson. Jul
liza NJ. Anderson, Lou NJ Harris.
Maude Robertson, Emma Battles.
Marion J. Banding. Emily Freeman,
Bella F. Cooke. Mrs. l.. NJ Copp.
Blanche +. Barnhart, Nellie +. Keller
Strass, Mary Platt. odessa Wakefield.
Jessie 3. Frick, Ellen S. Freed. Belle
McConochie, Miriam Haverstick. Ber--
tina +. Bowman, Meta c. Wittig. Lucy
A. Taylor, Eta Wakefield. Natalie f.
Thompson, Emelie III. DeSanto. Mary
E. Entrikin, Margaret j. Wilson, Sara
II. Hitler, Mary Lannen. Elsie r.
Johnston. Mary \. Brennan. Margaret
Repine, Dora Hartz, Mary Mills, \. L.
Fitzpatrick. Louella V. StOdGard, AIDA
Ellen Muse, l.. j. Philip, Emma Roder-
lex, Frances Oswald, Julia II. Chan
non. Perpetua 4. Major. Martha John
ston, Bride NJ. Egan, Sarah Johnston,
Sara Montgomery, Josephine Whistler,
Minnie Martin, Annie Kirkpatrick. Lee
onOra WitherspOon, Grace Noftsker,
Jennie G. Johnson, Charlotte Kenw or
thy, Anna y. Johnson, Lila Fulsinger
Agatha G.. Nevin. Susie c. Lee. Mary
l.. Carter, Elizabeth Kennedy. Clara
q. Freeman, Clara p. Harrington,
Dora +. Newton. Clara NJ. Grandin
Katherine Brennan, Elizabeth SteIck,
Luella Huthmaker. Ida W. Lundy.
Mary s. Dewey, Minnie j. Frederick.
Clara Redecker. Jane L. Wilcox, Ma
tale Mirfield. Minnie Quayle, Anna L.
GrOtian, Mabel f. Levey, Anna T.
Bromley, Helen Pryce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
Have Been Hitting School Pipe.

The discovery has been made that
several residents in the neighborhooG
of Nineteenth street and Fifth avenue
have been securing water at the eX-
pense of the Kemble school, the serv-
ice pipe to the latter building having
been tapped at different places, but
where consent to do so was obtained
the board has been unable to ascer-
tain. The secretary was instructed to
request the mayor to have the con-
nections discontinued. as the pipe is
barely large enough to supply the
school without furnishing water to
the neighbors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
ABOUT THE CROPS
Uniformly UnfavorabIe Conditions
That Have No Precedent
in the Records.
ACREAGE OF WINTER WHEAT
Amount Abandoned and Average
ConditiOn-Rye, Hay and Pas
tures-Spring Flowing.

Washington, May 11.-Returns TO
the chief of the bureau of statistics
of the department of agriculture, made
up TO May /. show the area under Win
ter wheat in cultivation on that date
to have been about 2T.0S3,500 acres.
This is 1882. 1OO acres, or 15.4 per cent.
less than the area sown last fall, and
5.427 eco acres, or 1877 per cent. less
than the area of winter wheat har-
vested Last year.
Abandonment by States.
OF this abandonment InGfana reports
9O4 ,OCO, Kansas, 713,OCO; Ohio, 49,
600: California (nainly the usual cut
ting for hay), 391. OGO; Oklahoma, 373,-
600: Texas 10000; Illinois, 100000;
Michigan, 259,0OO; Nebraska, 21S,OOO,
and Pennsylvania. Kentucky and Mis-
s0uri. each, between 100000 and 2OO.-
600 acres. 1t is a noteworthy fact
that the whole of The thirty-one stntoS
having more or loss winter wheat I'M
der cultivation report some abandon
nlent of acreage.
Condition the Same as April.
For the 27.OS3, 800 acres remaining
under cultivation the average condition
on May 1 w-;ls 100, which is identical
with that reported on April / for the
entire acreage SOwn. The general con
dition averages reported on May 1.
1903, and May 1. 1902. were respective
ly 92.6 and T6.4, the mean OF the May
averages of the last ten years being
S42.
Rye, Hay and Pastures.
The average conGition of winter rye
on May / WAS SD, ais compared with
SOB on April /. 1901; 93.3 ON May J.,
1903; S3.4 at tire corresponding date in
1902. and S9.5, the mean of May aver
ages of the last ten years. The aver
age condition of meadow moving lands
on May was 81, against 92S on May
/. 1903. SEQ at the corresponding date
In 1902 and 90.7, the mean of the May
averages of the last ten years. The
R~era ge condition of spring pastures on
May 1 was 500, against ~ on May J.,
1903; $40 at the corresponding date
in 1902, and 9O.3. the mean of the
MAY vi Otll -
Progress of Spring Flowing.
OF the total acreage of spring plow-
ing contemplated 57.3 per cent. is re
ported as actually done up to May 1, as
compared with SO per cent at the
corresponding date last year, and
ten-year avera ge on May l of 1913. The
available records of the department
show for no preceding year such uni
formity of unfavorable conditions as is
rtD0rtcd this month.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08

were in progress in Rose Hill Gene
terry and all of them were the inter
ments of victims of the fire.
In the rooms of one undertaken on
the south side of the city fraternal
organization held services over tlve
members of their order at the same
time, and all of them were buried side
| by side in Waldheim Cemetery. The
! funeral services over the remains OF
Ella and Edyth Freckelton, sisters,
were held in Boulevard Hall at Fifty
fifth and Halstead streets, fully 200
persons being in attendance and 500
more stood outside in the wind until
the funeral had departed for Oakwood
Cemetery.
In the home of the millionaire manu-
facturer, Ludwig Wolff, on Washing
ton boulevard, was held the quadruple
funeral of his daughter, Mrs. VIM. H.
earn, and her three children. A crowd
of more than 1000 people surrounded
the house and the police were COM
PEELED to open passageWay for the
pall-bearers.
A funeral conducted in humber
manner was held a few squares from
the Wolff residence. 1t was that of
Mrs. Mary w. Holt and her three chill
dren, all of whom died in the Inflated
second balcony Fully as many people
were around the small frame church
in which this funeral was held as were
gathered outside the pretentious Wolff
mansion, and here as in front of Mr..
VOLTS residence, the police were com
PEELED to open a passage way for the
caskets as they were borne to the
hearseS.
LIST OF DEAD INCREASED TO $685.
The list of dead was increased to 5SS
by the death of Leroy Rainbold, boy
OF four years. who was severely burned.
Of the 10 bodies at the county morgue,
four were identified today. They were
Mrs. Mary . Fair, Sadie Ludwig,
Dorthy Lemenager, Is years; Emma
Reynolds, Z years.
The injured now number 1O3, OF
which there is any record, although the
of those who were hurt slight
ly would swell this number greatly.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Thirty Pc. sons Injured.

Woodbridge, N. j., Special.-An ex-
plosion wrecked the hotel and hall of
Joseph Gallalda, and more or less seri
ously injured 80 persons at Keasby,
four miles from here while the St.
Johns Benevolent Society was cele-
brating it's anniversary by dance.
There were about 500 in the hall and
one of the two exits was closed by the
wreckage. The people became panic
stricken and fought to get out, many
being tramped on and seriously in
jured. 1t is believed that some one with
a grievance against Gallalda or the So
ciety used dynamite. The walls of the
building were blown apart and imme-
diately collapsed.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
News in Notes.

The Administrator is said to con.
template energetic action in Santo Do
mingo, with the object of restoring or
der in the island and protecting Amer
lean interests.
1t is stated that friends OF Admiral
Scbley are considering the advisable
ity of action by the Maryland Legisla-
ture to enable the Admiral to register
and vote in this State.
Cotton prices dropped about 81 a
bale in New York.
Japan bought the armored cruisers
Rivadavia and Moreno, building at
Genoa for Argentina.
A returning missionary brings &C
counts of bar5arous practices in LII
IBERIA.
The Paris strike of bankers col
lapsed, owing to the vigorous course
of the police.
The Marquis of Sligo died at West
port House, Westport, County Mayo,
Ireland at the age of "a.
Edward F. Kimball has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the money
order system Of the Postoffice Depart
ment.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
DOwie Waits 81. Island.

New Orleans, Pecial- Alexander
Dowie, self-styled Elijah, reached this
city last night in a private car No. 80
of the Arkansas Pass Railroad. Assis-
fant General Manager Agent Lupton,
OF the road, is personally conducting
him. Dowie has been misleading the
newspaper men, and his real objective
point was not made known until after
he arrived here, and that by accident
He is going to Arkansas Pass to look
over Montngorda Island with the idea
of purchasing it. This island contains
10000 acres, and il he buys the whole
tract, he will remove the eternal city
from the shores Of Lake Michigan
to that island.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08

false alluremcnts of selfish advantage
and forgetful alike of it's international
obligations and of the duties and re-
sponsibilities of sovereignty, would
thwart the efforts of the United States
to enter upon and complete a work
which the nations of America, reecho-
Ing the sentiments of the nations Of
Europe, had pronounced to be not only
worthy of the greatness of the Ameri-
can people," but also in the highest
sense "a work of civilization
In conclusion let me repeat that the
question actually before this govern
ment is not that of the recognition of
Panama as an independent republic.
That is already an accomplished fact.
The question, and the only question,
lis whether or not we shall build an
Hshmian canal.
/ transmit herewith copies of the
latest notes from the minister of the
Republic of Panama to this govern
ment and of certain notes which have
passed between the special envoy of
the Republic of Colombia and this gov
eminent.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House, Jan. 4, 1904.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Conditions Bad.

Berlin Germany, by Cable.-The
st. Petersburg correspondent Of The
Lokal Anzeiger says that conditions
In the Caucasus are intolerable, owing
to the Armenian revolutionary move
ment and the excuses Of the bril-
gands. The correspondent adds that
the Grand Duke Nicholas has arrived
at st. Petersburg for the purpose of
explaining to the Gar that Prince
Galitzin, the Governor General of the
Caucasus, is unequal to dealing with
the situation.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Tragedy at a Dance.

Greensboro, N c., Special-It is re-
ported here that Miss Mary Martin,
who was shot at a da1.ce Saturday
might, near Mayoden, Rockingham
county, died today. John Cans, who
was deeply enamored, and who had
been drinking, asked the young wO.
man to dance with him. She declined
and, without warning, he shot her, the
ball passing through her chest. At 8
preliminary trial this evening Gans
was sent to the Wentworth Jail. Re
ports from there indicate that, for fear
of lynching, the prisoner will be
brought to jail here.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Not Badly Damaged.

Washington Special.-A dispatch
received at the Navy Department
Sunday from Rear Admiral Sands,
commanding the training squadron,
says the torpedo boat destroyer Law
renee, which was rammed by the Oil
vette at Key West, Is not deemed de-
sirable to be sent to Northern navy
yard for repairs. board of investiga-
ton will determine whether that shall
be done or whether the repairs will be
made at Key West.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08

Whatever else may be said about
automobiles, their sturdy qualities can
not be denied. They have crossed
the American continent, travelling over
every kind of road, and in fact at
times running where there scarcely
could be said to be any road; they
have climbed great attitudes, includ-
ing Mount Washington in New Hamp.
shire; they have journeyed to the
polar region over painless tracts of
ice and snow; they have done pretty
nearly everything except swim the
ocean, and machines capable of such
achievements as these have probably
come to stay for all time.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Charged With Blgamv.

Minneapolis, Special C.
Hazard, alias Samuel Hargrave, a
former officer of the United States
army, has been arrested in this city
for alleged bigamy. Hazard is a
graduate of West Point, and served
four years as instructor in the army.
AS lieutenant in the army Hazard
went all over the country as inspec-
tor. He also went to Europe, it is
said, to inspect the armies of foreign
countries, and was held in great favor
at army headquarters in Washington
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Deep Sympathy.

Washington, Special.-On behalf of
his government and people, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador, Mr.. Hen
gelmuller, has expressed to his gov
eminent profound sympathy for the
sufferers of the Chicago theatre fire.
The ambassador, in conveying this ex-
preston of sorrow, called attention
TO the fact that the people of Austro-
Hungary felt the catastrophe with
especial keenness because of the sim
ilar disaster which that country suf-
fered some years ago in the Ring
Theatre horror.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08

! lHlCely eStaDllSned at 58l, or Wnlcn Du
IL remain unidentified.
Bells tolling at noon suspended bust
ness activity, and long lines of funerals
making their way to the outlying dis
tricts where the cemeteries are stu
ated-these circumstances evidenced
Chicago's outward grief for the vic
Tins of the Iroquois Theatre disaster
Saturday. Priests and ministers Of the
different churches were kept busy, as
they will be for some days.
The unidentified dead will be kept
as long as possible at the morgues. If
no one comes to lay claim to the bodies
they will be buried at the cities eX-
pense. BY common consent of the
clergy, Lead, Kindly Light" the great
hymn written by Cardinal John New
man, is being sung at all the funerals.
When it was IL o'clock the chimes
of the North Side Church tolled dirge
and the northeast wind waited it over
the city. Before the first notes had
died away, another chime, farther
south, sounded a mournful information.
Then hundred bells broke forth in
mighty diapason, whose iron means
seemed to reach the gray clouds and
echoed back again in solemn accord.
A snow storm which prevailed added
to the solemnity. An intense quiet
ness in the atmosphere itself, the alb
sence of all holiday appearances and
the numerous funeral oorteges, as they
slowly moved through the snow-storm,
while the church bells were tolling,
combined to make the occasion one as
peculiarly cherries as it was solemn
and impressive.
The city hall, except the absolutely
necessary departments, was closed to-
day. The board of tarde closed an
hour earlier than usual, and a number
Of mercantile and manufacturing estab-
lsihments also closed earlier The big
State street department stores closed
their doors at noon. The purpose of
the proprietors had been to afford IA
cilities for Che bereaved thousands to
secure mourning goods by keeping the
stores open.
Thirty-four teachers in the public
schools are known to have lost their
lives in the fire, and the schools were
closed Monday in their mem
Dry.
Chicago, Special-Sunday was day
If funerals in Chicago and for the first
thine in the history of the city all of
he people who desired to bury their
lead were unable to do so. The I'M
,recedented demand for hearses and
carriages would have been enough in
tself to task to the utmost the re-
of the undertakers, but the
,eavy snow thas has fallen during the
asst two days has increased their diff
iculties enormously. All of the ceme-
cries In Chicago are miles from the
BUSINESS centre. Arrangements were
made by the undertakers to have as
many funerals as possible held in the
arly part of the day in order to allow,
I possible, the use of the hearse for
econd funeral in the afternoon. IN a
lumber OF cases this was done, but
here were instances where the faml-
les who were to wait for the return OF
he hearse were disappointed and were
to defer the burial on their
cad until tomorrow.
The cemeteries were compelled to
eep men at work all through the
light digging graves, and in some OF
ne larger cemeteries they barely man
ged to make them at sufficient speed.
t one time this afternoon. Ia bur'a's
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
Chicago Recovering Slowly From
Shock of Great Fire
ARE FUNERALS ON EVERY HAND.
The List of Dead Still Growing
Sunday Was Day of Universal
Mourning.

Chicago Special.-The total number
of dead in the theatre fire has been def
initely established at 5S7, of which but
II remain unidentified.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-08
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY
Ioub!e Daily Servica.

Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta. New
Orleans andPOintS South and West
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21
MATRIMONIAL.
Acton-Schultz.

At four o'clock yesterday Sunday
afternoon at the home of the brides
parents, John Schultz and wife, sol Elm
street, Miss Mary Schultz was united in
wedlock to w. v. Acton, the Rev. Mr..
Hemann, of the German Evangelical
Lutheran church, performing the cere-
mony. The wedding was a quiet one,
only the intimate friends and relatives
being present.
The bride is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz and has grown to
womanhood here. The groom came here
from Decatur county. He has recently
been employed as night clerk at the
Hotel Pullman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Acton, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Harper, went to
Albion, Neb., Monday morning on the
early train. Mr.. Harper has been the
cook at the Park Hotel and he and Mr..
Acton will engage in business at Albion.
The Democrat joins the many friends
of Vern and the estimable young lady he
has chosen for bride, in wishing them
all the happiness to which flesh is heir.
Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21
Charlton Chautauqua.

The third annual Chautauqua Assem-
bly, will open at Charlton of SATURDAY..
July 23d, and continue until August 1.
The management has been very success
full in previous years and this year are
making an extra effort to make it a
grand success, the attractions being
among the very best that are booked by
Chautauqua assemblies. On Saturday
OF this week, the opening day, there viii
be joint debate on "Republicanism ys.
Democracy between Gen. Chas. II.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Hon. Champ
Clark, of Missouri, and it will be a meet
ing of two of the best political speakers
in the United States. VIM. j. Bryan is
booked for Friday evening, July 10th.
Other lecturers are Geo. McNutt, DR..
John Merrite Driver, DIR. Frank G..
Smith, DR.. D. F. Fox, and Gen. 2. T.
Sweeney. As entertainers Adrian M.
Newens, Catherine Cole, Estelle M.
Clark readers, and Ash Davis, CARTOON
ist. In the musical line are the Chicago
Lady Entertainers, Giant Quartette and
Temple Male Quartet. AS special at
fractions DR.. D. w. Robertson's Edison
Projec ctoscope, Brush the magician. and
Garretson, the juggler. The Charlton
Chautauqua grounds are only two blocks
from the square and are cool and shady.
rate OF one and a third fare has been
granted by the railroads and doubtless
number Of Leon people will attend
during the session.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21
For Boys and Girls to Solve.

If you are good at guessing or an
swering, here are a few questions you.
can wrestle with: "You can see any
day a white horse, but did you ever see
a white colt? How many different kinds
of trees grow in your neighborhood, and
what are they good for? Why does
horse eat grass backwards and a COW
forwards? Why does a hop-vine wind
one way and bean-vine the other?
Where should a chimney be the larger,
at the top or bottom, and why? Can
you tell why horse when tethered
with rope always unravels it, while
cow always twists it into kinky knot?
How old must grapevine be before it!
begins to bear? Can you tell why
leaves turn upside down just before a
rain? What wood will bear the great
est weight before breaking2 Why are
all cow-paths crooked?- Wesleyan Adj
ayocate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21
Weather Crop Bulletin.
FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 1s, 'O4

les MONIES, Iowa.
For the rapid growth of corn and
other belated crops this has been the
best week of the season. The average
temperature has been about normal, and
except in limited area there was no
excess in moisture to retard the farm
work. The advancement of the corn
crop has been all that could be desired
in fields that are we'll drained and have
been well cultivated. Early planted
corn has attained about the normal
height, and tassels are beginning to
appear. Except in low and moist lands
the crop has been we'll cleaned and laid
by in good condition. On account of
detective seed the stand is generally
below the average. Haying is in pro-
gress, and reports indicate an extra
quality, though the average yield may
be less than usual. The harvest Of early
oats, barley and rye is progressing
favorably. Spring wheat is filling we'll,
and will soon be ready for the binders.
Generally there has been less than the
usual amount of damage to grain crops
by rust and blight. The early potato
crop is quite heavy, and the late pota-
toes are promising. Apples are doing
nicely.