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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22
Mystery Surrounds Murder.

Duluth. Mimi. Nov. pa myster-
ions murder was the outcome of festiv-
tiles that followed the marriage OF
John Bolter and Anna Wedgely at Ele-
loth. Mimi. Frank Palchner of Aus
tria. who has been visiting friends al
Eveleth. was the victim. Palchnei'
was killed almost instantly by two re
volver shots. fired by some unknown
person in crowd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22
Arguments for Public ownership.

recent dispatch SAYS that the Stan
dard Oh interests demand at least two
repres sntatives On the Santa Fe direc-
torate and shat Stillman and some 9th
or member of the Rockefeller party will
De name'i This is plain. honest speak
ing S.n,c = election there has been
printed i complete schedule Of the con-
solidaJ ons Of the railroads OF any i'm
portance IN three or four syndicates
acting in harmony. This publication
was not IN tbs so-called yellow press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

Three governors arc already GA hand
in 81. Louis waiting to see the presi-
dent this week-the governors of
Maine. Minnesota and Montana. With
the worlds fair in progress il probably
will not seem "a long wait. but if the
hours by any possibility should begin
to- drag. there is always the recipe of
the governors OF North and South Car
olina for Willing away the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

The strenuous rivalry between VIII
liam T.. Curtis and Walter Wellman i'm
the endeavor ON the part of each to
show who Is the nearer the official
household. is one of the incidents of
post-eIection Washington correspond
encp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

l.. ID. Meyer. of Emporia. Kans.. will
go TO Topeka Thanksgiving day and in
front OF the capitol building take of
his shirt and burn It. William Allen
White. the author OF What's the Mat
ter With Kansas" will apply the
torch. Twenty years ago Meyer prom
Used to- burn his shirt when Missouri
went republican. and now he intends
to make good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

The governor OF Suez has ordered all
vessels not To- throw anything into the
Suez canal while the Russian fleet Is
passing through. Probably afraid the
Russians will sink the canal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22
eY THE }. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS - Daily. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year in advance
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Correspondence solicited from every
township IN Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

Mr. Henderson. says a Los Angeles
dispatch. may settle here and practice
law" Which leads the Dubuque Her
Telegraph to- say: Los Angeles
not being Dubuque. Mr.. Henderson will
not settle there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

Corn must De- king. Circuit court
adjourned for two weeks in Edgar
county because everybody was busy
huSkin corn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22
THEARGUS.

Publisher Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island Ill. lEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22
Tuesday. November p. 1908.

An Indiana farmer found $1,000 in
tin can. Moral: Don't boil Your tin
cans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

Tom TaGGart SAYS that The scenery
at French Lick Springs is simply i'm
mense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22
Chicago Dental Company
Painless Extracting

the best and most careful treatment
given TO all cases.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

in all probability have been settled
ere this had it not been for the fact
that the attorney here who acted, sup
posedly, in the interest of the Simpson
claim never sent his papers to the
principals in Seattle.
ITO explain the situation fully,
will say that when an attorney repre-
sents a client before a court the client
is bound by his action and cannot re-
pudiate the attorney, but this rule does
not hold in the land office, and, mas
much as the Simpson people know alb
solutely nothing as to what was done
here by the attorney who represented
them, they have repudiated the whole
proceeding, and the testimony in the
case will have to be retaken and sent
out before the case can be closed.
found Mr.. Simpson disposed to take a
very fair view of the matter, and an
ticipate no great difficulty in closing
the matter at once.
II think all complications will be
disposed of and the final title to the
property delivered before the close of
navigation
Mr.. CostOn will probably make q
verbal report to the city council at
Monday nights meeting, and later will
present a complete report in writing.
The report published here early this
spring to the effect that patents had
been ordered issued to holders of town
site property here is fatty denied.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18
CONDITION
OF TITLES
Attorney P. }. CoSton
Explains.
What Has Been Done and What
Must Follow Before Titles
Become Complete.

Porter j. Coston, who went to Ju
neau last fall armed with authority
from the Nome city council to make APP
plication for United States patent tC
townsite property in Nome, was one OF
the arrivals from the outside IA few
days since, and, in speaking of accom-
plished results and what he antici-
pated in the matter, to a NUGGET re-
porter Mr.. Costou said:
~ believe | succeeded in doing all.
and even more, than was expected
when | went out.
CATER the accomplishment of the
notice of application, now being adver-
tised, and the filing of an amended
plat, the other necessary steps will be
principally matters of form.
II experienced some little difficulty
altogether unanticipated, in the matter
of the surveys submitted, and it is due
to this fact that corrected plat, show
ing the ground occupied by the school
aud court houses, and defining the
boundaries of the government reserve,
will have to be filed.
Regarding the Arthur contention
concerning the title to the tOwnsite, it
may be said that the matter is pro-
crossing favorably and that the depart
ment has required a further showing
concerning the character of the ground
with relation to the title, and our mo-
tion for review of the findings of the
secretary of the interior has been filed
in Washington, and the matter will be
again considered. | may also say, in
relation to the Arthur contention, that
the ground claimed embodies only nine
acres in the extreme southwestern cor
ner of the townsite, and can in no way
affect any other portion, nor can it
have any bearing whatever upon any
contention which may hereafter arise
What has proven the most vexa-
tious complication in the whole pro-
ceeding, to me, because it was entirely
uncalled for, is the condition of the
Simpson contention. This claim affect,
the east end of the townsite, and would
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

The first of our summer shipments,
comprising house, hume and sluice lum-
Der, is now here. Tanner a. Clark.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

Fresh beef mutton, pork, veal, poul-
try, etc, just received by the Pacific
Cold Storage company.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

Ranges, all sizes; stoves, all kinds,
at Giese's, Front street.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

Drinks two for 2SC, the same as
formerly 7Sc each, Board Of Trade.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

For glass, paints, oils, wire rope, go
to Giese's.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

TO BUY miniature skin canoes state price pei
running inch. A. II. Gottschall, $50 Hum
mel street Harrisburg, Pa.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, best references
wi would like to secure position rs cook In
mining camp or boarding house. Address Mrs
:. S Whalen, Y. w. {. A. ONCE, Seattle, Wash
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

GOOD cook, man, wants position. Inquire a
u Eldorado saloon.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18
FOR SALE

"A RS. Annie Means wants buyer for all her
w mining claims and city property. viii
take SIS, 900 cash for all. Some one with
money come and investigate before sluicing the
dumps on the claims begins, and you will find
bargain. Apply Room over Nalhaila saloon. ct
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

nIANO, mandolin attachment; good condition.
r for sale or rent. Apply manager A. b. hall.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

DY practical miner with ample capital lays OIL
% options on claims on producing creeks
give number OF claims and name of creek or nc
attention will be given answer; address X. Y. y
Nugget office. u
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

COMPETENT Gasoline Engineer desires posi-
L ton. Inquire Carliss Bros $50 Front st.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

EIRST-&LASS rooming house, IS rooms. In
quire Nugget Office.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

TWENTY FOUR newly furnished rooms, over
Totem saloon.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

THREE ROOM nicely furnished house: In
] Quire barber shop, 1924 Front street S
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

JAPANESE cook wants position as cook; ad
u dress II. N, Nugget ofrce.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

POSITION as cook in camp or In town: adj
dress +. S. Nugget office.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

AUNDRY, doing n first class business. Apply
l. at No II, First Avenue east 81
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

nAUL. RICHARDS, of 3l6 Winston street
Los Angeles. Cal, inquiries for his brother
Robert Richards, who is supposed to have
come to Nome in 1901.
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

COR SALE or lease.-Cabins, rooms, stores,
barns, warehouses, gasoline engines, steam
boats, pianos; also four graphite. four
n m m
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

WANTED
The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18

CHEAP, some rich claims tin and gold, must
L sell on account of i'll health. Address
Miner. Nugget office, lS.S-5t.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
REFUSES TO LEAVE.
A Methodist Preacher Will
Not Obey an Order
GIVEN BY MASKED MEN.
Proposes to Stay in Victor, Col,
and Defend Himself.
GIVEN BY MASKED ME-
CONDEMNED DECORATIONS
Rev. Leland, the Cowboy Preacher" !"
Says He Will Resist Any Mob that
May Attack Him-Would-be Deport-
ers are Defeated After Fight.

Cripple Creek, Col, Aug. 12.-Five
men went to the home of George
Shedit Wednesday night for the pur-
pose of deporting him. After the men
had gained entrance to the house
Shedit began shooting at them. The
fire was returned by one of the party
and a dozen shots were exchanged,
but no one was wounded. The would
be deporters finally retired. Shedit
was taken to jail, where he will be
protected.
Rev. Thomas S. Leland, pastor of
the Victor Methodist Episcopal church,
who was warned Wednesday night by
masked men to leave the Cripple
Creek district, declared yesterday
that he intended to remain and would
resist any mob that attacked him.
"If l am forced to defend myself
will not appeal to the sheriff for as
sistance," he said.
Mr.. Leland is known throughout the
west as the cowboy preacher" He
/ had taken no part in the industrial
struggle here up to last month. Their
he became outspoken in his pulpit
against lawlessness and was unspar.
ing in his. condemnation of the depor.
tation system.
twenty-five of the most prominent
church women of the district have
called on Mayor French. of Victor, ant
demanded that adequate protection bs
given to Mr.. Leland.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
PERSONALS IN PASSING.

George F. Bowermann. new librarian
of the District of Columbia, is a news
paper man.
A. w. Payne. of Bangor. Me-. Is
credited with being the oldest practic-
ing attorney in the United States.
Miss Hobhouse. of New York, in
tends to take some Venetian lace
makers to South Africa and have them
teach their art to the Boer women.
Nine. Loubet, wife of the French
president, is to be the first recipient
of a new decoration bestowed in
France on those who have distin-
guished themselves in the cause OF
charity.
A newspaper clipping bureau in
Manhattan has collected STA newspa-
per stories about the late Senator
Hanna since his death. On an order
from Elmer Dover. Mr.. Burelle, the
proprietor, has arranged these clip
pings. in an album, consisting of 3.312
pages. 1t will consist of eight vol
umes, and IL will contain matter equal
to 16,321,536 words.
Admiral Makaroff, precisely ten
years before he went down with the
Petropavlovsk, delivered a lecture on
St Petersburg on the submersibility
of warships. The Victoria catastrophe
in the British navy was used as an
illustration. and he had model which
he sank repeatedly to show the au-
dience how rapidly an injured vessel
of that class goes down.
In an attic room of his costly Fifth
avenue palace Col. John Jacob Astor
the possessor of between 5000, ,00C
and 500, 100000. spends much of hi:
time studying and experimenting in
electrical science. A practical and
watchful man of business, he neglects
no part of his duty in the management
of his vast properties. but his mint
has a scientific bent, and 1t is recrea
ton for him to solve complex prob
lens.
John Philip Sousa, the conductor, hai
received notice Of his promotion from
Officer de PAcademie Franchise t.
"Oficier de rInstruction Publique" o
France. The new distinction gives Mr.
Sousa the golden palms and rosette o
the French academy. He is the onl.
American who has received this dec
Grafton. He Is also a member o
the Royal Victorian Order of England
having been decorated by King Ed
ward VII. three years ago.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
NOTES ABOUT ANIMALS.
I is a curious fact in natural history
Il no bird can fiy backwards

II is a curious fact in natural history
hat no bird can fly backwards.
The largest serpent ever measured
was a Mexican anaconda, which was
found to be 81 feet in length.
Durham possesses four dogs TO every
pig, while in Lincolnshire there are
four pigs to every dog. In Lincoln
shire there are more pigs than in any
other county, the number reaching no
fewer than 116.94S.
Man has a rival in the art of shaw
ing in a South American bird called
the ''motmot," which actually begins
shaving on arriving at maturity. Nat
urally adorned with long blue tail
feathers, 1t Is not satisfied with them
in their natural state. but with its
beak nips of the web on each side
leaving only ifttle oval tuft at the
end Of each.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
RACIAL PEcULIARITIEs.

Five feet is the minimum height of
the Russian and French conscript.
The average Japanese soldier is not
more than five feet four inches high.
Rheumatism is almost unknown in
Japan. The Japanese escape the NAL
ady to a great degree by avoiding the
excessive use of alcohol mad tobacco.
In fasting feats the sect known as
the Jains. in India, is far ahead OF all
rivals. Fasts OF from 30 to 40 days are
very common, and once a year the
people abstain from food for 75 days.
japanese women are seldom phys.
lcally weak, fact that is ascribed to
the very general adoption by them OF
scientific system of bodily training
Curiously enough, the average Jap
anese woman weighs about as much aS
the average Japanese man.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
A Remarkable VOYAGE.

Ponta Del Gada, Azores Islands,
Aug. 1.-THE little British Columbia
sailing canoe Tillikum, which is of but
21a tons, an ordinary dugout canoe
carved out of the trunk of a single
tree by an Alaskan Indian, in 1S43,
sailed yesterday for London from
here. The Tillikum left Vancouver
in May, 1901, bound for Europe by way
of various islands in the Pacific, Cape
Horn and the Azores Islands. The
Tillikum is in command of Capt. ]. C.
vJss. who is making the journey with
a single companion named Harrison
The canoe has already covered nearly
40, 900 miles of the journey.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16


ing de We're, appeared to the fool as
the real thing and he thought the little
girl in the country too plain and sim
ple-and he forgot to write for a long
time. When he came out of his trance
the shoe was on the other foot and he
realized that he was not worthy to tie
her shoe and that his life was not fit
even to suggest to her. And so the fool
is alone and will continue to paint his
mug nightly, when the managers are
good enough to let him. and make faces
at the gaping crowds and to nurse the
shylocks until some day when you. my
dear friends, will have the proud privi-
lege to chip in for a cheap coffin and a
cheap preacher and a cheap grave
somewhere"
Benton sat down and plunged his
face into the beer mug. Archie Neville
said dam" and the de We're leaped
again into the chair to try and dispel
the atmosphere. when a sudden inter.
ruption occurred. The girl sitting in
the corner had moved quietly to Ben.
toms elbow. She laid her hand on hii
arm.
Russell" she said softly. You sait
you would come for me and said
would wait have waited all thes'
years and you have not come So
have come for you. Father is dead ant
the farm is mine-ours. Come home
oh. It has been so hard to find you"
Benton rose as one dazed and looked
at the girl. Then without glance a
the party he put his arm about her ant
together they walked out of Maffiolis
well. wouldn't that make you artic
ulatei" exclaimed Tony Neiman. in
low voice to Brooks. But the poet wa
busy making notes.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
TWO MEN WITH PISTOLS.
They Fought a Duel in . New York
Street and Shot a Boy.

New York, Aug. ia duel with
pistols was fought here yesterday In
Fourth street in sight of many pleas
ure seekers who watched the duelists
from the recreation pier at Third
street and the East river. Neither Of
the principals was injured, but one of
the bullets hit small boy, Abraham
Garlick, In the back and passed en-
tirely through him, but he walked to a
physicians Office, where his wound
was dressed.
Tony Rodi, 25 years old, and John
Doncelo, aged %, had a quarrel In a
tailor shop in which they are employ
ed. Rodi says that Doncelo finally
challenged him to fight it out with
pistols and he agreed. They left the
shop at noon, bought revolvers and to-
gether walked to the river. Accom-
panying them were two men who
acted as seconds. When they reached
Lewis street the seconds measured on
ten PAGES, the men took positions and
at a signel began shooting. One man
fired five times and the other four. The
police arrested Rodi and his second
but the other two men escaped. Latel
Abraham Garlick, the boy who wal
hit, made a charge of feloniors assault
against Rodi on which the prisoner
was held In 81 900.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
Attempt to Wreck a Train.

Northampton, Mass, Aug. 12-Of-
ficials of the Massachusetts Central
railroad are investigating an attempt
to wreck a passenger train between
Hadley and this place, discovered
Wednesday night. Three miles out OF
Northampton the engineer noticed
that the air seemed full of splinters
and as the train was travelling 40 or As
miles an hour he was at loss to &C
count for 1t. When the train pulled
into Northampton an examination
showed that a railroad tie about eight
inches wide and six inches thick was
wedged under the pilot. 1t had been
carried in such way that it had es-
capped the roadbed for the entire dis.
tance
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16

conceived the idiotic notion that an ac-
tor was the greatest man in the word
and that an actors life was one long
dream of bliss. He went back home
and began to read about actors and
plays. Then some other idiot in the
neighborhood got the amateur theatri-
cal craze and the fool took part, and a
lot OF well-meaning. but addle-headed
people told him that he did well and
was cut out for an actor.
well, the fool got stage-struck and
decided that the farm and fresh air and
the good living and the good old father
and mother and all the honest friends
he had were not good enough for him
and that he must go to the city and
carve out a career His mother was
heartbroken and his father righteously
angry at his decision. But OF course
the fool knew better than they. All
fools know better than their mothers
and fathers-especially cub-fools. So he
went bravely away to the city. and by
the sheer force of the physical vitality
the country air and good living and de-
cent hours had given him. he wormed
himself into the perfesh and for ten
years has been living in ill-smelling
hotels and stuffy back rooms and eat
ing everything from free lunch weiner-
wurst to the sort OF rot this dago con-
cocts in his rotten kitchen.
"The FOOLS father was a strong man
and Just. and when he died few years
ago he left his property to the fools
brother, who was wise man and
stayed with a good thing. and knew
enough to come in when 1t rained
This proves that the FOOLS father knew
his business. So now the fool is elect
ed to eke out his miserable existencs
In company with other fools Of botf
sexes in stuffy lodgings and on liver
wurst and beer and other abomina
tions, while his brother PEACEFUL,
smokes his pipe in comfort and happi
ness and watches his boys and girl
grow to manhood and womanhood II
the green fields which will be thei
heritage-unless they inherit their un
Gle and become fools"
And the girl" suggested the poet
20, yes; the GIRL" replied Benton
THAT is the most pitiful Of all. Yo
see the girl really loved the fool an
her love blinded her to his folly an
she thought It was all right for him {
go to the city and demonstrate tn
depths of his idiocy. And the foe
loved the girl. too. in a fool way an
when he left he took her in his arms an
kissed her and swore eternal fidelit
and promised her future part in hi
future triumphs. A few letters passe
and then the fool graduated from tn
supe class into a speaking part, me
up against this sort of a bunch and tn
paint and the rouge and the pads an
the abandon and the wit and all tn
rest Of II, as exemplified In our charm