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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-06

The ROchfCr:! baseball club has re-
ceived a check fer $500 from the De
troit club for the purchase of Pitcher
Ed killian. the star Of last seasons
Rockford tea. Killiau was released
by Cleveland aftr" trial and Manager
Nicnl at once placed him with Detroit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-06

Manager Nicol, of the Rockford
team. has signed another man who
promises To he star this season. The
player is 6. Ia Dalrymple. He is over
six feet tall ANA weighs $50 pounds or
more. and in spite of his size he i a
fast man on the bases. Ns hitter
he shines most. however. and his rec
ord with the Santa Barbara team in
California. where they have fast play
Crs. was 800 last season. according tn
an account i'm Santa barbara paper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-06


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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23

recently been supplanted by "continu- ous aim firing. or the art of keeping la gun trained on the target, regardless of the oscillations of the vessel during the whole or a portion Of the roll.
 The method for training men by the |new system-by the use of "dotter''- was devised by Capt. Percy Scott of the British Navy. The dotter is a me- chanical device which causes small target to move across the face of a gun. with a combined vertical and horizon tai motion. The gun-pointer must make the gun follow the target, and when ever the sights are on the bullseye he presses a button. This causes a pencil to dot the target. That is his shot. The other method of instruction is with the Morris tube, which cosists of a small gallery rife fitted on the gun, to take the place of the dotter's pencil
 So proficient have the bluejackets be- come in handling the turret guns that in actual target practice on board the Alabama a 1S-inch gun is loaded and fired in thirty-eight seconds. Two kinds of target practice are employed now in Fall navies, one in which the target is stationary and the ship moving; the other in which both ship and target are Imoving.-From the Worlds Work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23
DEATH IN A DESERT.
Bones of Twenty Men Discovered in
 Reclaiming California Land.

Bones. of Twenty Men Discovered in
 Reclaiming California Land.
 Mute evidences of the unspeakable suffering and horrible deaths of some twenty men from starvation were found in the clearing of the land in the Imperial Valley of California" said A. H. Heber, president of the company which has reclaimed five hundred thou sand acres of the former desert. These were the skeletons of twenty men, which were found in little punches of twos and threes bleached and dried by the fierce desert sun. They consti- tuted the only traces of men who had probably been missing for years and whose friends never knew their where Iabouts
 Some of these skeletons were found west of what is now Imperial, fifteen miles from the foot of the mountains ! in the open plain. They had evidently
 been searching for New River, a stream (which flows about one month in the year, to drain the. dessert of it's sum- mer rains. Their bones were in little piles a mile from the river Others were found in the Alato river valley between l the sand hills.
 l "But the saddest find was that of a number of piles of bones which show ed that five men had perished at one time from thirst within hundred yards of each other. These bones were scattered all around, and there were some traces of vehicles in the noun tains not far off, where the bones of animals aold the tale of starvation
 This was the only instance in which traces of vehicles were found. and the !supposition is that most of the men whose bones were found had been afoot and had probably gotten lost in the de- lsert while looking for their wagons. This thing was not uncommon, for it lis almost impossible in the Colorado desert to find directions. While we were laying out the town of Imperial we had an instance of this in the loss of a young Japanese cook The young fel- low was employed in our surveying party and started out one day to find friend who was employed as a cook in a camp about four miles distant. He l lost his way and failed to return. Searching parties were started out to | find him. They traced him for six days, but finally entirely lost the trail and had to return to the camp. The Japan ese was never heard of and I presume his bones will be found some day. ..'-- Mexican Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23
TREES PLANTED AT NIGHT.

More Likely to Live Than if Trans
 planted in the Daytime. | I have long since observed that bud ding trees, when transplanted in the evening. and immediately and copious- ly watered. were much more likely to thrive than those that had been moved lin the day. But this knowledge did not lead to any well-defined theory on the subject until the experiments of M Rene Rounault, French expert, proved beyond doubt that distinctly Beneficial results could be gained by transplant ling wholly at night.
 Being called upon to transplant a tree toward the end of May, 1oS, M. Rounault determined to work at night, land in order to be sure that he made no mistake he transplanted Holland lind- en, which had been in his own nursey for five years, at 10 o'clock at night He carefully watered the tree, and the branches which bore buds were freely lmoistened. The linden did not appear to suffer from this transplanting, and lcontinued to grow normally, without showing any signs of weakness. En- lcouraged by this success, M. Rounault lperformed the work of transplantation entirely in the night time. The results were excellent, only two trees dying, though the choice of the species was ex- tremely wide, containing many which {, do not readily submit to the process of ltransplantation.
 With reference to the precautions to lbe observed 1t should me stated that trees should not be transplanted while their buds are too tender and that the work should be done between 10 o'clock P M. and 2 o'clock A. M. It is desireable that the roots should be covered with earth which has for sev- eral days been exposed to the effects of air and light This should be settled by copious watering, which forces the earth between the roots, and not by pressure with the feet. For the first fifteen days after transplanting the boggs and leaves of the trees should be abundantly sprinkled-From the Philadelphia Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.

Why has this portion of the south west been left until the twentieth cen tury to be developed?
 Several forces conspired to retard the natural course of development. The first was the paralyzing effect of the civil war. As a general proposition inn migration moves along isthomeral lines.
 The west and northwest received their recruits from the east and middle west. The southwest should have been devel- oped by the south, but for thirty years
 after the war the south had all it could
 do to recuperate from the ravages of a four years conflict, which not only took the flower of it's manhood, but de- lvastated the country
 The second reason was the locking up of what was called Indian territory from the forces of western immigration.
 This territory was not only a sealed
 book to the enigrant, but it acted as closed gate to any movement to the
 southwest until it was opened by the
 railroads and the national congress to commerce and settlement.
 Another factor which tended to keep this region back is the fact that the
 western emigrant of twenty years ago
 was prairie crazy. He was sick of the woods and wanted land cleared to his [ hand. And this southwest country is mostly wooded. Now that timber is timber and the standing oak, maple and elm is as valuable as stnding pine the proposition presents quite another phase It is to this country, with it's | rich soil, it's coal and it's timber that the emigrant of the middle west is now turning his attention. Aided by the railroads of the southwest, one of the greatest immigration movements which this country has ever seen is just be- ginning-an immigration movement which will continue until this undevel- Ioped portion of Uncle Sam's dominion is brought into step with other favored regions s.-Opportunity.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23
TRAINING GUN POINTERS.

Great Care Observed in the Selection
 of Men-Use of the Dotter
 When China found herself arrayed against Japan she offered $500 cash per month for skilled gun pointers, but in all great navies gun pointers are trained, not brought, and when the fight is on it is too late for instruction.
 How does a man become an expert gunner?
 Diligent drill and constant training are not enough, without a certain a. mount of natural aptitude. One man after another is tried. A few days drill in the turrets eliminates all except the fairly promising. For the talent of eye and nerve which makes the born gun pointer the Government pays from $2 to $10 a month in addition to the re- gular pay. This premium is not confin- ed to any race, creed or color. On one vessel in the navy one of the gun pointers is a negro.
 Having selected the men for gun point CTS, the next step is to train them. Having selected the men for gun poin- ters, the next step is to train them. Two methods are now in vogue, both having the same principle but differ ing in detail. In the old days of sails and smooth bore guns the invariable rule-and the only rule the gun cap tains knew-was this: Fire at the top of the downward roll (just as the ship begins to roll toward the target), and aim at the enemy's water line.
 This rule lasted far into the age of steam and turret guns, and has only
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
ROYAL ARCANUM GOING TO SAVIN ROCK.

Ladies' Aid Society of Grand Avenue Baptist Church Getting Ready for En- Entertainment-Ente to be Given by Epworth League This Even
 ing-The Programme.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Grand avenue Baptist church are rehearsing a spicy little dialogue to be given in connection with a musical and literary entertainment Wednesday evening, June 2s
 The New Haven hautauqua union will hold it's annual meeting and lawn party at the home of John F. Shepard. 72 Fairmont avenue. on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, June 25. All Chautaueuans are invited. | A big time is looked for at the White City," Savin Rock. to-day when the Royal Arcanum's of the state will take possession.
 The entertainment under the auspices of the East Pearl street Epworth league to be given this evening in the Sunday school room promises to be very fine. Several we'll known artists have been secured to render vocal and instrument al music, and Rev. E. c. Tullar will give a half hour. stereopticon lecture, showing views taken by himself frornl all parts of the world The admission price is by fifteen cents. and the affair should command a large audience Ice cream will be on sale at the close of the entertainment. The programme is as follows:
 PART I.
 Male quartette-The Yale quartette. Soprano solo a. Now Desire" .............. Nevine l b. 'The Rose in the Garden" ........ :. ..Neidlinger Mrs. Elmer E. Okeson. Reading-Miss Peannette Futile. Baritone solo-George Sheath (Yale). Sketch-C Christmas Chimes.
 Miss Sadie Cooper, Miss Lula John
 ston, wentworth Floyd, Larry Att water.
 PART II.
 Male quartette-The Yale Quartette. Tenor solo-C. D. Morris (Yale). Reading-Miss Jeannette Futile. Soprano solo-"O Dry Those Tears. .............. :. Del Reigo Mrs Elmer E. Okeson. A half hour with the stereopticon-
 Rev. Edgar c. Tullar. Unclaimed letters at station A are as follows: Mrs. F. l.. Richmond and Galati Vincenze.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23
Lawn Mowers, and Other Things.

Most of the 1owspriced lawn-mow- CTS are fearsome things to push. They are cheaply constructed and carelessly put together, their bearings and work ing parts are rough and ill-fitted and of course they run hard. But we have make here that sells for only $2 to $2.50 that runs with the ease of a toy wagon and clips the grass into velvety smoothness. Look at these if you want one.
 Everything else that the lawn or gar- den needs lis here. Grass hooks, watering pots, garden hose Ca very good make for 71zc foot,) hose reels, garden tools everything.
 Refrlgerators kinds you can trust; kinds everybody but the ice man likes. $5..75 upward.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
Grimes and Criminals.

Edwin S. Georges fur house in De-
troit was entered and $500 worth OF
sealskin sacques were stolen.
Charles Comment has confessed to
killing George G. Farrants, an English
man, crushing his skull with a neck
yoke while he slept, near Glendive,
Mont.
frederick G. Kline, SO years old, un-
der arrest in Chicago, has been iden-
tilted as one of the men who held up
the Illinois Central Diamond Special"
train on the night of Aug. 1.
Warrants were issued at Kansas
City for fifty negroes by the county
prosecutor, charging them with illegal
registration. The penalty for the
crime is from two to five years in the
penitentiary.
According to the accusations, r. w.
Taylor, teamster out of work, had
been quarreling with his wife atWinni-
peg. Taylor brought an axe from the
woodshed and struck the woman with
it until he had killed her.
Alice Klingenberg, "a, who caused
the death of her six-weeks-old niece,
Is held in New York without bail to
await the action of the grand jury She
gave the baby spoonful of cresolene
in mistake for paregoric.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
LATEST STORY OF THE GIGANTIC
BLuNDER lNsTHE NORTH
SEA.
ONE TORPEDO BOAT REPLIED
COMMANDER THOUGHT He WAS
BEING ATTACKED BY JAP
FLEET.

st. Petersburg, Nov. /. 1t is
learned on high authority that the
Russian minister of marine has def
mite information that the Baltic fleet
fred upon it's own torpedo boats,
which they supposed to be Japanese,
when they suddenly doomed up out of
the fog in front Of the Russian battle
ship division.
The torpedo boats were doing scout
duty around the squadron, when two
Of them appeared near transport
which was in front of the warships.
The officer of the watch at once sig.
nailed that he was being attacked.
One Boat Escaped.
One torpedo boat, maneuvering
quickly, crossed the bows of tho
transport and escaped as soon as the
firing began.
The commander of the second tor
pedo boat, as soon as he was fired
upon, thought he was attacked by JAP
anese, and replied with his quick-fir-
ing guns. Several men on the nearest
battleship were wounded.
The torpedo boat commander was
the first to discover the mistake. He
made number of frenzied signals
and succeeded in getting out of range
of the fire.
Trawlers Take Japs on Board.
Paris, Nov. 1.-The Petit Journals
Torrent (France) correspondent
Days:
"The captain of Danish schooner,
which has arrived here from the
North sea. declares that when he was
forced to put in at an English port
owing to stress Of weather, he saw
steam trawlers taking Japanese and
explosives aboard, openly
British Warships on Watch.
tivity in naval preparations which
London, Nov 1.-THE feverish ac-
characterized last week. has abated,
but naval reports show that. British
war vessels are so disposed as to
keep sharp watch on all movements
along the proposed route of the Rus
sian Baltic squadron, including the
Canary islands, where the Russians
have prepared elaborate arrange
ments for coaling from German
steamers. Admiral Rojestvensky'
four battleships remain at Vigo, but,
according to some reports, the firing
in the North sea was done by Admiral
Voelkersam's squadron, which is now
at Tangier.
The Russians own inquiry into the
Dogger Bank affair was opened at
Won IN Sunday. tba RritiSh iOo,,iry
will open at Hull forthwith.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock centers.
st. Paul, Nov. 2. = Wheat = No.
Northern, $1.21@1.22; No. 2 Northern.
$1.16 1-2@1.1S IL; No. 3, $1O7@1.14.
Corn-No. yellow, 55c. Oats-No. 2
white, 20 1-2c.
Minneapolis, Nov. 2.-Wheat - No.
hard, $1.201-S; No. Northern,
$1.1S Is; No. 2 Northern, s1.13 1870
1.141-s. oats-No., 3 white, 2s1-4c.
Duluth, Nov. 2. = Wheat - No. 1
hard, $1.20; No. Northern, S1.1S;
No. 2 Northern, s1.111-4; flax,
$1.14 IL; oats, zoe; rye, 79c.
Milwaukee, Nov. 2. - Wheat-No.
1 Northern, $1.1S; No. 2 Northern,
$1.10@1.16. Rye-No. 1, 84@84 1-2c.
Barley-No. 2, 55c. Oats Standard,
81 1-2@32c. Corn-No. 3, 58@59c.
Chicago, Nov. 2. - Wheat = No. q
red, s1.17@1.2O; No. red, $1.13@1.17;
No. 2 hard. $1.11@1.15; No. 8 hard,
$1.05@1.11; No. 1 Northern, $1.17@
1.20; No. 2 Northern. s1.13 @ III.
Corn - No. 2, 81 1-4@54 lie. Oats
No. 2, 20 1-2c.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 2. - Cattle
-Beeves, $3.50@5.SO; cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.20@3.25; stockers and feed.
ers, $2.75@3.70: calves and yearlings.
$3.50 q 1925. Hogs - Bulk, $3.50.
Chicago, Nov. 2. - Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.SO@6.6O; stockers and
feeders, 1904; cows. $2.25 q 4.5O;
heifers, $2@5; calves, $3@7.50. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $3.50 q $50;
bulk of sales, $5@5.15. Sheep-Good
to choice wethers, $3.5O@4.15: native
lambs, $4,000; Western lambs, 81
@5.6O.
South st. Paul, Nov. 2. - Cattle =
Good to choice steers, IS q 5.25;
good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50
@3.25; butcher bulls, s2.25@3; veals.
81 q 5; good to choice stock steers,
$3.50 a $40; good to choice stock
COWS and heifers, $1.5O@2.25; good to
choice mich COWS, $1,000. Hogs
Range price, s4.so@5.15; bulk, $3.50
@5. Sheep = Good to choice lambs,
s4.65 q 5; fair to good, $4.25 a 4.65:
good to choice yearling wethers. $3.40
q 1856; good to choice ewes. $3.50 a
$50. #
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
AlRsHip MAKES aA \ GREAT TRIP,
Not Only Dirigible, but Can Make
Ms Roadway Acalnst Breeze. sS3 .sIss

Not Only Dtrlgtble, but Can Make
Roadway Against Breeze.
st. Louis, Nov. q After circling ii.
every direction at height Of q, 900
feet above the Cascades. In sight OF
thousands of cheering, enthusiastic
spectators on the worlds fair grounds.
"A. Roy Knabenshu OF q Toledo, Ohio, In
command Of the Baldwin airship, yes
terday returned 4 to the place from
which he had started over the same
course that he had come, covering the
three miles and half Of the round
trip under his own power, and demon
strating the claims Of the inventor,
Capt. Thomas s. Baldwin of San
Francisco, that the "Califoria Ar
row" is not only dirigible; but that it
can make Roadway against a moder-
ate breeze. Knabenshu started from
the aeronautic concourse at 1897 p. m.
and returned after
His Remarkable Flight
at 4:05 o'clock. In the round trip the
airship sailed back to the exact place
where it had risen and glided about
gracefully to the ground.
The descent of the Arrow" was the
signal for demonstration the equal
of which has not been seen since the
wheels of the worlds fair started
last April in response to the pressure
on a key by President Roosevelt.
Dozens Of eager hands were up
stretched to grasp the frame of the
airship, and the flying machine, with
it's daring navigator were carried
around the concourse upon the shout.
ders of shouting men.
Hats were thrown in the air, ana
when Knabenshu called for three
cheers for his home town, they were
given with will and another round
followed for Knabenshu and Baldwin.
Although he had just completed the
most remarkable flight in the history
of American aeronautics, Knabenshu
had only praise for the flying machine
he had directed.
There was not a moment" said
Knabenshu, when l did not have
complete control of the airship. 1t
needed but the slightest pressure ON
the helm to change the direction of
the vessel and the Arrow responded
to every demand that made upon it"
Capt. Baldwin was exceedingly op-
timistic regarding the future of his air
ship, and now says that he will not be
content to leave St. Louis until he has
had several trials for the 100000
prize. He says he feels confident
that the ARROW" can make the re.
CURED distance within the time limit.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
SENDS ONLY EIGHTEEN coFFiNs.
The Mining Company Says No More
Bodies Are in Tercio Tunnel.

trinidad, Colo, Nov. 2. = Eighteen
collins were shipped to Tercio yester-
day on an order of the Rocky Noun
tain Coal and Iron company for the
burial of the victims of the mine ex-
plosion that occurred last Friday.
The bodies have not yet been recoy-
cred, but local officials of the company
who have canvassed the town now
claim that only eighteen men were in
the mine at the time of the explosion.
It is conceded that none of these will
be. found alive. The wide discrepancy
between the list Of dead given out by
the company and the list Of forty-nine
made by the coroner, is explained by
the fact that diggers enter the mine
without reporting to the shaft bosses.
The exact number of victims will not
be ascertained until the mine has
been thoroughly exploded and many
days may elapse before all the bodies
are recovered.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
General.

Martial law continues at Berkley
Va, where the negro politician Blount
was taken from Jail and murdered.
Canada will apply to the United
States for the same rights in the Hay
channel that it has in the st. Mary's
river
Whisky took sudden drop of cen,
and a half at Peoria, being posted at
$1.25 on the basis of finished goods, a
drop of 3 cents in sixty days.
Illinois coal operators have been in
conference for several days regarding
next years wage scale. 1t is possible
that strike involving 1890 men may
result.
Three new steamers will be added
to the fleet of the Austro-American
passenger line for service between
New York, Italian ports and Trieste,
Austria.
Tommy Ryan middle-weight cham
pion of the world, knocked out Tommy
Wallace of Philadelphia in the fifth
round of bout scheduled to go ten
rounds.
A report that the Union Pacific rail
road had secured an option on the Chi.
cago Great Western road was denied
by President Hartman of the Union
Pacific system.
Indications point to heavy exports OF
gold from this country to Paris and
Berlin before the years end. One es.
innate places the amount at not less
than $20,0O0,0OO.
One of the big steel steamers con
tracted for by the Pittsburg Steam.
ship company is to be built in Supe
rior. This means employment fol
probably 1000 men. *
Men believed to be Russian spies
have visited the railway yards at Hill
lard, Wash, apparently trying to trace
the shipment Of Japanese torpedo
boats en- route to the coast.