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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11

l.. +. Loree, the new president of
the Rock Island, the greatest railway
system in point of mileage in the
world. i believer in starting right
and getting with the right crowd from
the start.
The exact salary paid Mr.. Lorec is
known to but few, but one thing i
known To many-that he was only in
ducCd To leave the Baltimore d Ohio
for IA salary which is said tn be the
largest paid any railroad official in
the United States, and, basing this
fact upon what j. known of the sal
AIRY paid many high-priced officials, it
il safe to presume that the Rock Isl
and railroad pays its chief executive
100000 d year.
Evidently he has started ana kept
with the right crowd.
Young for his years and place, with
not speck of gray in his black hair
and beard. he looked capable of mas
tering the tremendous mystery of the
huge. undigested. hastily constructed
system of which he has just become
the executive head.
1T was almost by chance" said Mr.
Loree, that | entered the PennsylVa-
MIA service. | WAS Young man look
ing for employment, and there came
To me two offers. one of them from
the Northern Pacific system. | select
ed the Pennsylvania because il paid
little better and because the men
among whom | knew | would he
thrown were acquaintances. Most of
them have arisen to important places
in the Pennsylvania system, and to
their inspiring influence as workers l
attribute my success very largely.
II suppose if | had started in "a a
grocery clerk l would have had 4 shop
of my own someVvher in the country.
But il just happened that | started in
railroading. and railroading is all |
know They advanced me from one
place to another until | arrived here
MY new place throws me into an
entirely new class Of people. On the
Baltimore 4 Ohio was dealing large
" with soft coal and manufacturing
enterprises. Now | am going on
road whose dominating influences are
agricultural The people in the Rock
Island territory are rich. both ordin-
AIRY farmers and cotton planters.
Railroads are certain To be pros
porous because the world i prosper
Gus and America Is the world. What
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11

outside of the three cities, Indicating
the interest that is generally felt in
the appearance here of this famous
man. Many have a great desire mere
ly to see him, aside from the interest
the subject he will treat upon carries.
Society will be well represented. for
we all enioy hearing ourselves dis
cuSsed in an impersOnal and enter
tanning manner.
The position MIR. WattersOn holds in
the world of politics and of letters is
unique. He is one Of the few living
editors who are famous for the power
of their editorial utterances, aud il
may be added he is the greatest Of
them all. The influence he has exert
ed in politics the past 80 years is be-
yund estimate. lie has made and I'M
made numerous statesmen and he is
respected and feared ny his enemies
no less now than formerly, notwith-
standing changes that have detracted
from the general effect of the editor
ial pen.
Social Reformer.
On social subjects Mr.. Watterson
has always been a reformcr of more
or less radical stripe and he has cham
rioned his views with such able per-
sistency that he has come to be look
ed upon as one of the very foremost
advocates Of social purity and in
tegrity.
The sale Of seats for the lecture, at
prices given elsewhere in this issue.
opens tomorrow morning. The house
has been equitably divided 80 that
seats may be reserved i'm advance in
all three cities. In Rock Island res
ervatiuns Will be made at the Illinois
Smoker in the theatre building. at
Fluke's in Davenport, and at the
Union News depot in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
IN WITH RIGHT CROWD.
Mr.. Loree on Success.

America does in the next generation
will be what the whole world will do.
for cur nation is the dominating in
fiuence. For that reason alone | ex-
pect that the Rock Island System. as
well as the Baltimore d Ohio, will en-
JOY very large measures Of prosperity.
THE present Iull in the steel bust,
ness does not necessarily mean any
thing serious. All the roads have their
rolling stock and rail problems well in
hand. The future il not going to see
so much of entirely new railroad con
structiun as il is of improving ter
minal facilities in large cities and in
making more substantial the lines be-
tween the cities.
How will the Baltimore d Ohio get
along without me? II i left i'm capa-
bic hands. and il i such splendid
system. with such valuable properties
tributary to il. that its future i not
subject to even mOmentary doubt.
The vast improvements now under
way will he completed as planned. for
the money is all raised. Business is
already picking up along its lines"
President Loree will leave his family
III llllll'lIt ibI a Few NtthS liltll ht
becomes more familiar with the de
tails of his new post. He will then
make his home in Manhattan. where
the chief offices of the Rock Island
railroad are now established perma-
neutly.
Here are Il few of Mr.. Loree's hints
ON success:
Il suppose if ! had started in as a
grocery clerk / would have had a
shop of my own somewhere in the
country.
Keep out II the limelight. 1t re-
quires the greatest self-control for
railroad president TO let the good men
in the roads employ get all the
credit they earn. That is one of the
qualities a railroad president must
have.
Il don't know how | came 10 be a
railroad president, while others of
equal ability. who started with me,
have thus far reached only such
places "a general managers of rail-
roads.
1t i hard 10 tell why one man goes
ahead Of another.
As for myself. | got in with 4
crowd of good people who were NOV
ing along l stepped into the middle
of the road and stayed there, and
moved with the crowd"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
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ROCK ISLAND.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11

The EIkhart Und) Truth says of
The Billionairess." which is 10 be pre-
scented here Wednesday evening: Miss
Lorraine Buchanan appeared at the
Bucklin opera house last night i'm The
Billinunaircss, comedy of merit. The
laugh producing features of the play
do not depend upon green be-whisker-
ed lrishmen. or the time h0nored slap
stick. Moreover. unlike the usual must
cal comedy, the plot is not as thick as
Mormons at a Salt Lake City picnic.
The chief feature of the performance
is Miss Buchanan in the role of Julia
Nnrdeau. The situations of the play
are extremely clever and the merits
of the comedy, as II whole, are OBJ
viuus. Robert Mansfield portrays the
part of Stanley Marlowe in Il mastery
manner; and by the way, MIR. Mans
field The does not claim any relation
ship with Richard ManstieId) will long
be remembered by the writer in his
chHract CREATION Of Sanballat in the
original production of Ben Hur at the
Broadway theatre, New York City.
Many other characters in Miss Blu
chanan's support were well deserved
of special mention. All who saw the
play were unanimous in pronounciug
Miss Buchanan the superior of Alice
Fisher, who sought to embOdy SINH
lar character in her play Mrs. Jack. p"
j. Lod Sutherland. stage manager
Of the Wizard of Or" company. and
one of the leading actors in the cast
died i'm Beloit, Wis. at Mercy hos
pital, from hemorrhage of the stom-
ach. The death came as a sad shock
to the members of the company. who
knew that he was sick. but had no idea
that his malady was Il serious one.
The sister is Miss Anna Sutherland.
who is starring i'm "More Than
Queen" which appears in Rock ISL
and tomorrow, the IL. Mr.. Sutherland
was an old Snowman, having appeared
in this vicinity with the prince of
Pilsen," and King Dodo." companies.
He was about IS years old, and in the
Wizard of or took the part of the
Indian. He was more than & feet in
height and of good build for his
height
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
What'RIn "A Name.

Everything is in the name when il
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. L. c. De-
Witt e. Co., of Chicago, discovered
some years ago how to make salve
from witch hazel that is a specific for
piles. For blind, bleeding. itching and
protruding piles, eczema, cuts, burns,
bruises and all skin diseases DeWitt's
Salve has no equal. This has given
rise TO numerous worthless counter
feits. Ask for DeWitt's-the genuine
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
OPENS TOMORROW
Advance Sale Of Seats for Lee.
ture of Henry Watterson
on Society"
GREAT INTEREST IN his COMING
Society Will Embrace Opportunity
TO Hear Itself Talked
About.

Inquiries concerning Hon. Henry
Watterson's lecture on Society" at
the Illinois theatre under the aus
pieces of the Tri-City Press club Thurs
day evening are being received in not
a few instances from people living
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11

vOrite as a coincidence; Rose Botti,
little Boston girl, of the dark Spanish
type who is regarded as one of the
cleverest dancers and singers on the
stage; William Danforth, Hubert
Wilke. Harry Fairleigh, Parker
COOmbs. Frank Ranney, Albert ,Iuhre,
Sally McNeel and others. The large
chorus was recruited in Boston and is
said to be one of the handsomest and
most capable. vocally and otherwise,
that Mr.. Savage has ever engaged.
More than Queen" which comes
tomorrow, is from the French of Emile
Bergerat, translated and adapted for
the American stage by Charles Fred
eric Nerdlinger and Charles Henry
MeltZer, and its first act takes place
in the Chautereine residence of the
Bonapartes. Josephine is represented
as gay grass widow in Paris. Bona
parte. who has been ON conquering
expedition. is expected back from
Egypt. He returns in Jealous and
suspicious mood after a stormy inter
view between them. Josephine re-
tains her hold upon his affections by
her arts. The second act is laid a
Malmaison. Here the first consul and
his wife are found surrounded with
courtierS. Talleyrand. and the MEM
bers Of the Bonaparte family, who are
inimical to Josephine, are among the
members. The desire of Bonaparte
fer an heir is made manifest in this
act. In this act the offer of crown
is made and accepted. The third act |
is very brief and contrasts splendidly |
pomp and pettiness. Family jealous
les harass Jos ephine at the moment of
her coronation at Notre Dame. The |
last two acts represent domestic dis |
preceding the divorce. and |
the lowliness of the woman who has |
been more than queen" after she has |
been set aside. Not only is the play |
strong i'll historic possibilities, but.
as a spectacle, it ranks among the fin
est ever given on the American stage. |
Among the many beautiful sets shown
perhaps. the one of the coronation in II
Notre Dame, in which the combination
of living and inanimate figures is
with great skill. is the most
The dresses are of richness
that appeal tn the feminine heart and
have attracted a great deal of atten-
ton throughout the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
LOOKING INTO 1T
President Holland Will See if
Springfield is Above SAL
AIRY Limit.
MAY BE CUT DOWN
League Towns are Ar
ranging Ante-Season
Games.

President Holland of the Three Eye
/ league. has decided to investigate the
reports in circulation concerning the
salary list of the Springfield club, and
has requested a conference with the
manager II * understood Mr.. Hol,
land will have heart to heart talk
with the Springfield representatives
and point out to them the necessity
for not exceeding the league limit of
5000 ~ Il result Of the conference
there may he some scaling of con-
tracts previously accepted.
Some disappointment is felt over the
refusal of :. Cusack, Jr.. of Chicago,
10 accept 4 position as umpire for the
coming season. He is looked upon as
a first class man. He was willing to
come if the salary was sufficient. but
in his letter of declinatiOn stated that
SI2j Il month and travelling expenses
was not enough. II. f. Powers, of
Cairo. who umpired in the X. !. r.
league last season and who i also a
first class man. has not yet accepted.
y place will he held open for him UNI
til the first of February.
Decatur has signed a pitcher named
Edward Sietz. who was recommended
by Tom Farley. Sietz halls from the
Wisconsin league. Decatur has lost
several stars since last season. Hank
ey, who goes to Minneapolis; Jacob
sen To Washington. and Ross Thorn
ton to Rock Island, constitute Il trio
that was largely responsible for the
fine showing made last season.
ArranoIrO ExbIbItIoD GaVnsG
Decatur is busy making arrange
ments for exhibition games, and has
already booked Minneapolis for sew
eral contests in April. The Minneapo-
lis team il planning to spend several
weeks in spring practice at Decatur.
and will probably reach there about
March - and stay until the middle of
April. The ST. Paul team * also book
ing games in Threc-Eye territory. Two
games will be played at Decatur,
Springfield, and Bloomington, and
perhaps engagements will be made
with other clubs. The indianapolis
club has also written to Bloomington
and other Three-Eye league clubs ask
ing for engagements.
II i no longer possible for clubs of
the same league to play together. ac-
cnrdiHg to Il rule adopted by the
Association of Minor Leagues. 1t was
thought TO he productive of unjust
criticism of club if defeated by a
club of the same league during anti
season games. During these exhibit
tinn games the players do not play
their fastest gait. but take things
easy for fear Of injury that may inn
pair their playing during the whole
season. \ club that has Il succession
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11
THE STAGE

Jan. 11.-"The Yankee Consul"
Jan. More Than Queen"
Jan. 13.-"The Billionaircss.
Jan. 14.-Hon. Henry Watterson, in
lecture on society" under Tri-City
Press club auspices.
The company appearing in 'Ari-
iona" at the Illinois last evening was
minus three of it, leading people as
result of sickness, but by reassign-
ment of the characters and substi-
tuting underStudi"S managed to Strug-
gle through. Thoma, \. Lowell, east
fer the part of Col. Bcuhanl. went on
in the first act. but before he had
spoken more than dozen words he
COLLAPSED and staggered to his dress
ing room, where "A physician was sum
moned to attend him. The curtain
was rung down and the announce
ment made that the play would be re-
sumed as soon as an understudy could
be made UP for the part. LoweIrs
Illness il not serious. The company
plays Muscatine tonight.
Raymond Hitchcock. comedian
who has long been popular. will be the
offering by Henry W. Savage. as a star
in a brand new comic opera at the
Illinois tonight. Mr.. Savage's latest
offering to the stage is called The
Yankee Consul" comic opera in two
acts. with book and lyrics by Henry
VI. Bloom. Jr.. who wrote Checkers.
and the music by Alfred G.. Robyn. Il
composer of several operas and the
popular songs, Answer and You"
and the famous Manzanillo dance.
Mr.. Savage. ii will be remembered, i
the sponsor for many of the most
notable successes on the stage. 1t was
he who produced King Dodo, Peg
gy frCm Paris" The Sultan of Sulu,"
The Prince of Pilsen," THE County
Chairman" and the English Grand
Opera company. The new opera Is the
most elaborate of the kind ever staged.
II comes here direct from Chicago.
Mr.. Savage has selected in addition TO
Mr.. Hitchcock most capable cast. |
which includes such well known names !
a Flora Zabelle, the dainty dancer
who was with king Dodo: Eva Dav-
export, for long time a popular IA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-11

manager TO refrain from OYer-eXertion
l. apt to receive criticism from pat
rons that may last throughout the
season While clubs are playing with
those of the amateur class. or out
side leagues, allowances are made and
no disappointment is manifested The
Rockford and Dubuque clubs have
made engagements for exhibition
games and these will have to be can
eeled.
Dir. Sexton Complimented.
NJ. II. Sexton is in receipt of the
following communication from Presi-
dent Ed Holland. of the Three-Eye
league:
AT the request of the directors of
the Three-Eye league. as expressed at
the recent meeting in Chicago. and
also wishing to voice my own views i'm
the matter. | wish to extend the sin
cere thanks of every one who has the
interests and welfare of the league at
heart for your past services as presi-
dent. The league ewes YOU debt of
gratitude that perhaps can never he
repaid. II was the wish If the di-
rectors that you still retain your in
terest in the organization. as YOU in
Dictated at the Bloomington meeting.
and your friendly cooperation and adj
vice will certainly he appreciated.
The past success Cf the organization
was largely due to your able admins
tratiOn. and as president YOU served
il faithfully and well. | am confident
that this feeling is an unanimous one
throughout the circuit
Notes of Baseball.
Ted Price has signed with Wheeling.
Frank King has signed with Fort
Wayne. Last heard of King he was
in hospital from u swat on the ear
with a fast pitched ball.
The Mcfarland brothers. Charley
and Mont. have purchased Il cigar
store at Decatur and now have the
baseball headquarters of that city.
Baseball players do all kinds of
work. If you don't believe ii
look at this. There's Harry
Bay, who plays cornet and is u travel
ing Snowman during the winter;
Pitcher Crabill and First baseman
Frantz take Il delight in evangelical
work during the off season: Dale Gear
practices law. as does Miller Higgins |
and host of others. Stovall i Il |
street car mCtorman: ClinGman works |
a. an expert engraver and Pitcher |
Thomas and Lever are known as the
SchOOmasters: Rube Waddell does !
most anything that another man
would not think of doing; Knoll wields !
the tr0wel; Harry Hardy blows glass
during the winter; Hans Wagner
plays basketball; Fred Clarke farms; |
Sebring plays the role Of turnkey |
at his father-in-law's county prison; |
is Il college student at Ann |
Arbur; Bob Wood lives on Il farm; Al |
Pardee works i'm a shop; Kip Setback |
Is a crack bowler during the winter
lvor Wagner is grocer. |
This is Just u starter. Go over the |
list and see for yourself how many
ball players are doing things that a |
ball player would not be expected to
10 ordinarily. The profession is grow
ing more thrifty year by year. and the
men who play the national game are !
fast learning that it is a safe plan To
provide for a rainy day by putting
aside a nest egg when money comes
Dispatch.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-13

Asa rule the citizens Of this city
are very careful In the z important
matter Of guarding against fires
and the injunction to watch fires
cannot be made TOD often. 1t Is
frequently thecase that immunity
from fire causes a feeling of care
lessness bJa fel9xation from those
on guard and then comes q fire. i
} .The eoiderthe weather the eImofe
danger ethsre Is OF fres., Most fires
i'd lSistefsviiie as we'll as every
,whererelse, sreadae tonarelessuess
The wonder Is that there are NOT
more ofthem than there are; and
vet the newspapers every day ~cou-
tain reports kofl many Destructive
fires 10 all parts sfr the conatrv.
People 30 to bsd1eavi9E great gas
or coal 6res blazing tofthe mantels;
the wood, dry as tinder, catches Ia
the night and away 60 house and
contents. II criminal carelessness
could be taken Anto account /
every case, insurance companies
would be excused from paying
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-13
GUARDING AGAINST FIRE:

many a big policy. The human
race Is so familiar with fire that It
forge's the fact that the elemer t
can be his worst enemy as well as
Ibis best friend. ;: Night watchmen
a, public buildings have 9 most re-
sponsible duty to perform. and n"
house public and private, should
be closed for the night without
every FIRE being carefully inspected
and, as far 'sas possible, turned ca
for The night. 1t. doesn't pay to
take careless chances night af'er
night. BY all means-guard against
6re, especially at this season OF the
year -. -
G. o. Cutler, superintendent of
the City Water Works, drained all
ithe fire plugs today. He states
thas he found the plugs In good
condition, not a single one of them
being frozen up. Our citizens will
be pl ased to learn of this lmpor-
tant matter of news, as 1t Is OF vast
interest. to one and all In case of
fire This was a good day. to~open
the plugs, as the weather was mild
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-13
NO LIMIT YET

Every once In a while W. are
told that the limit has been about
reabhed In certain lines of achieve
ment. For many years the pro
daction of a horse which could trot
a mile In two minutes was deemed
almost an impossibility, and that
time was fixed as the lowest CT
tain minimum. Yet that record
has not only been made, but
lowered. So, too, In the matter of
building. The limit Of the sky.
seraper was promised at 80 stories
OF less, and now plans for one of
As stories are being made. This
building Is to be constructed In
New York City and will be SIS
feet high when completed aHd Is to
cost $1,000, 900. I
In the case of ocean steamships
the Great Eastern, built nearly
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-13

half century ago, was considered
to have passed the safe limit as to
size, and In fact, 1t was condemned
as failure and broken up. Its
length was 68o feet and It's width
50 feet, and for some years after It's
destruction 90 attempt was made
to even equal these dimensions 10
any new vessel. But for some time
past vessels conslderab' I exceeding
the Great Eastern In size have been
successfully plying the ocean. The
largest of these, the Celtic, Is 725
feet in length Now comes In the
news that company has ordered
the construction OF a steamship
which will be 755 feet long, or3o
feet more than the Celtic. And
there Is food reason to believe that
a few years hence will see eFen
this proposed monstei vessel scou,
siderably outclassed IL N5e.