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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
BISHOP sPALDING TO ATTEND
COMMENCEMENT AT VILLA

The Sisters of the Visitation of the
Villa de ChantaI are sending ont the
annual invitation to the exercises of
the 41st commencement. to be held
June 5 at $50 a. IN. Bishop j. l..
Spalding will attend and give an ad-
dress. \ musicale will i've given by
the pupils Tuesday, June :, at $3.50
o'clock. The graduates are Eleanor
NJ: Byrne, Marianne c. Miller. Mary \.
Shuey and Mary |. Grant. The class
motto is "Respice Finem."
The following program will he given
at the commencement exercises:
Minuetto, from OPP. Z .......... .Grieg
Misses Mary Shuey. Marianne Miller.
Address to our Rt. Rev. Bishop.
Miss Mary Shuey.
Hear. o, Lord" semi-chorus (adap-
ted to ChOpin's 18th Prelude. ..
Young Ladies.
Salutatory, IF there be nothing new
but that which is. hath been be
fore, how are brains beguiIed =
laboring for invention?". ..
...... ........... Shakespeare
Miss Marianne Miller.
(aD Schilflieder ..............See Seeing
OBJ Norwurf .............Ha berbieT
Miss Louise Gibbons.
summer" vocal solo. .Chaminade
Miss Hattie Larkin.
Class Poem ............. .........
Miss Mary Grant.
(a) Canzonette. violin. -. .d'Ambrosio
| OBJ Ungarische Tame Joachim
Miss Florence Chamberlin.
Barque of Dreams with violin
obligatO) ................ Bartlett
Miss Marianne Miller.
Concerto, OPP. % ......... Mendelssohn
Miss Eleanor Byrne.
Orchestral part on second piano..
Miss Luella Jones.
''The Day Is Ended" solo and quar-
tet with violin Obligato) . Bartlett
Misses Byrn". Miller, Downing.
Larkin
NaIedictory. There Is Clay Every
where" Pippa Passes) 80. Browning
Miss EleancT Byrne.
ADDRESS -....-..-- .-...-..-.--
Rt. Rev. J. L. Spalding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
SHOULD HAvE BEEN SHUT OUT
Decatur Securing Single Score on a
ON a FIuke in the Ninth
Inning.
Results Yester day

Results Yesterday
Rock Island =. Decatur !.
Dubuque ,. Rockford =.
Cedar Rapids 0. Davenport 1.
Springfield ;, Bloomington B.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03

the 10th. Stauffer was pitted against
Holmes and gave but four hits.
Swacina is the aleck of the Commo-
dores. He has always got n chip on
his shoulder Some fellow bigger than
he is is liable to knock it off one of
these days.
Mcfarland put it up to Weigand to
make il three straight for the Com
modores yesterday. Weigand pitched
the first game and won it. He was in
winning form yesterday. allowing only
three hits and tanning six.
Rock Island and Davenport lawyers
have agreed TO renew the contest for
supremacy in baseball this season.
The first game will be played Satur-
day. June II. in one city or the other.
and return game viii follow.
Among the members of the Marion
team who will be transferred to Pc
oria are Teddy McGrew. Jim Hack
EFT. Catcher Shannon. once with
Davenport. Lawrence, once with Ev-
ansville, and Joe Grim, who is captain
and manager.
The receipts for the Decoration day
games in the Three-Eye league have
all been received by President Holland
and less 10 per cent which goes in the
league treasury are as follows: Rock
ford, $42S.4O; Dubuque, $6sO.S0: Rock
Island. S421.5O and Bloomington
S374.55. 1t was decided to divide this
money equally between each team,
which gives each one $214.34. Bloom
inGtOn and Decatur teams are the
ones that are benefited by this ar
rangement. as if this had not been de
cided upon they would have had to
divide $685., which was taken in on
that day. and in this way each team
would have received S1S7.771%. Rock
Island, it will he remembered. had but
one game. and the receipts were near
ly equal to those of the two games at
Rockford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03

Summary: Two-basc hits-McFar-
land. Miller. Bases on balls-BOtsford.
3; Weigand. 3. Struck out-Botsford.
3; Weigand. 6. Passed ball-Smith.
Time-1:5O. Umpire-Milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03

Summary: TwO-basc hits-McFar-
land. Miller. Bases on Botsford
3; Weigand. 3. Struck out-Botsford,
3: Weigand. 6. Passed ball-Smith
Time-1:5O. Umpire-Milan.
Springfield 5, bloomington 3.
Springfield, H.. June 3.-Springfeld
defeated Bloomington for the third
straight time in a game full of errors.
CafTryn's catch was the feature of the
game. Score:
Springfield ........03 000OO2 -
Bloomington .....1 OO1OO-3 10 j
Batteries Clarke and Latimer; Nc
Cafferty and Donovan.
Davenport 1, Cedar Rapids o.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, June 3.-Holmes
pitched 10 innings without allowing
the visitors a hit, but in the 10th they
made the lone score on two errors,
an out and long fly. Score:
Cedar Rapids .....OOO0000 5000 {
Davenport .......OOOO0O 5000 Ii .
Batteries - Holmes and Ludwig;
Stauffer and Williams.
Dubuque 3 Rockford 2.
Dubuque. Iowa. June 3.-Three sin
=
plate for Dubuque in the ninth inning
of Il hard fought battle. in which both
pitchers did good work. Score:
DUBUQUE OOOO1O1O 1-3 9 ]
Rockford .......O0 02000O0-2 } .
BATTERIES Eastman and Thiery:
Jaeger and HessIer.
In Big Leagues.
Chicago. June g - Following are
the base ball scores:
LCague: At New York-Cincinnatl
l, New York -; Observation-Disclosures.
American: At DCtrOit-New York
:. Detroit 4; ut Decentralization >,
Cleveland 6; ut st. LOuiS-Rain; at
Chica Washington .. Chicago 13.
Association: At Indianapolis - Co
lulnbus =. indianapolis 3-ten innings:
at Milwaukee - Minneapolis 10. Mil
waukPe 4; at Kansas City-St. Paul
4, Kansas City 6: at Toledo-Louis
vile g, Toledo 10.
Western: At Sioux City-St. Jo-
seph 4, Sioux City l; at Colorado
SDrinGs-Weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03

several seasons by stopping on the
other side of the river. The practice
that several of the league teams have
gotten into of putting up in Davenport
instead of here has been commented
upon throughout the league, and on
his late visit here President Holland
recognized the fact that this is not
fair and said that he would use his
influence to have the matter RENE
died. Since then teams coming to
play the Rock Island series have stop
ped here until today, when the club
from President Hollands own town
displayed its feelings toward Rock Isl
and. Rock Island money is invested
in the Rock Island team. Every cent
cent that visiting clubs pay out
while here should be spent in Rock
Island when they are slated to play
here and not in Davenport. This city
Is in a position 10 furnish hotel serv-
ice second to none. in fact, far super
Tor to that of Davenport, and the peo-
pie of Rock Island do not propose to
stand for discrimination any longer.
Mr.. Sexton received telegram from
President Holland, of the hree-Eye
league. stating that he had wired
ConnOrs ordering him to board his
team in Rock Island during the games
here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
Hughey's Little Roast.

The congress is in recent Of n com
munication from Bloomington. writ
ten Ivy the corresponding secretary OF
the union in that city, stating that
Hugh Nicol and his team of ball play
ers had stopped while there al the
Illinois hotel, to which there is con-
nected nOn-uniOn shop. and that the
team also rode on the street car line
there, the owners of which are stead
Easily refusing to grant the terms
settlement asked by the striking union
employees. who have been out for sew
eral weeks. The union asks that the
ball club of Rock Island. when in
Bloomington. refuse to patronize the
street railway, and that they ShoulC
not stop at place where a non-union
shop is run in connection
The small attendance At the con
gress meeting was another very i'm
portant subject preached. Here of
late, according to the members, each
meeting has been attended by small
er body than the previous one. II was
pointed out that unless the congress
had a strong attendance at its meet
ing it would lose power in the three
the laborerS.
Display Wonderful Spirit.
The unions that have had trouble
regardless of the nature of the differ
enccs. now that the congress has done
its duty. have been taking less inter
est in the meetings. the congress says.
In the past few months five unions
have withdrawn their delPuateS TO the
congress because OF minor grievances.
This matter is to he investigated i'm
mediately. The organization of the
beer drivers and yard men of the tri-
cities was reported at the meeting,
and also that the Roofcrs' union de
sired to be admitted to the congress.
The resignation of Perry Shipman,
who had been appointed as organizer
of the Women's Union Label league.
was rendered and accepted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
Real Estate Transfers

June 2.-Ferdinandiana /. CorneIs Il
c. w HamIer. 366 feet lots and ?
block I. lie Claire's Reserve. s.. 700.
Lille f. Sum. et al, to r 6. Allen
tract by metes and bounds. seH, seL
30, IS. 1w. $500.
\ T. Sehnert. Jr.. TO Ira II. Buffum
part lot ,. assessors plat 1870. sea -
Il. Wv. 81
Christina Olson 10 r. T. Wattansch
Jr.. -, 81 lot II. Sarah J. Aiken's
subdiv.. middle Is, ~ >. Il, 2w, So
200.
Dayid Cramer to p. j. PfafT. lots 81
and 70. Cottage Grove add, South
Rock Island. 500.
l. ID. Van Scoyk TO d. !. Hange-
berg, Ell, swA 6, 90, 1e, $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
Kr.bs Plays Rowdy Trick.

1t was Il pretty exhibition. Once a
fight seemed imminent between Miller
and Krebs. Trouble was avoided by
interference of the umpire and 9TH
er players. krebs should have been
put out of the game for his dirty
work. blocking Miller i'm his effort to
execute Il double play in the seventh
inning.
There was excitement at the start,
the Decatur players gathering about
Umpire Milan. as if they were bent on
mobbing him when he sent Nichol, who
had made home, back to third base.
and called out Gruebncr for bOotin@
I ball knocked between second and
third by Swacina. The umpire called
time and showed the rules to Manager
Mcfarland. but the latter was obsti-
depreciation. He appealed to NJ. II.
sexton. president of the local associa-
ton, who was a spectator in the grand
stand. but Mr.. Sexton replied that it
was not any affair of his; that the
umpire was in charge. of the game,
and that if Mcfarland was sure of his
point he had the privilege of pro-
testing the game before the board of
directors OF the league. Mcfarland,
after cooling off. realized that he was
in the wrong, and proved himself the
gentleman by apulogizing to Umpire
Milan for some hot words that he had
INDUCED during the argument.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
WILL DROP UNIONS
Tri.city Labor Congress Gives
UItimatum to Locals That
Have Failed to Pay Dues.
GRACE TILL NEXT MEETING
Hugh Nicol Scorched for PatronizInR
Non-Union Hotel at
Bloomington.

At the regular meeting of the Tri-
City Labor congress held last night,
the delinquents in not paying their
dues, the lack of interest manifested
in the congress as shown by the small
attendance of members. and Hugh
Nicol and his team of Rockford ball
players while in Bloomington, where
they are said to have stopped at the
Illinois hotel. which has a non-union
shop adjoining and running under the
same management. and the teams rid
ing on the street railway in that city
the owners of which refuse to make
a satisfactory settlement with its
striking union men, were the chief
topics of discussion.
There are 81 unions in the labor
congress and number of the MEM
bcrs have derived benefits from il
without reciprocating by paying their
dues. After the subject had been
thoroughly discussed il was decided
by the majority of the delegates pres
ent by adoption of a motion that all
those unions on the delinquent list
will be suspended at the next meeting.
thus considering them as being unfair
to organized labor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
Looks Shaky at Start.

In the first inning Nichol and Grueb-
ner. the first two men up for the WISH
tors. were passed. Nicol stole. Me
Farland was retired on bounder to
Nandine, and there would have been a
score ON Swacnia'S hit to short had
not Gruebner kicked the ball. Roxy
Walters flied To Lister. In the second
Decatur punched two hits. but Krehs
was tagged at third when he tried to
stretch from first on NeigGni's single
by Kuhn and III. Walters. neither
knocking the ball out of the diamond.
There was another close call IN the
seventh. when Kuhn. who had lit.
went to second on Smiths passed
ball H. Walters was famed. krebs
waited for four. bat was caught at
second On Weigand's liner to RebSchcr.
There would have been n double
here but for Kreb's rowdyiSm in
blocking Miller. Nichol retiring the
side on a grounder between first and
second. Miller making n beautiful run
ming pickup
Three men were up in the eighth.
and the score was two and nothing
when Decatur went TO the front in the
ninth. After Il. Walters and Kuhn
had been retired. H. Walters hit and
made home on Lally's drop uf KTebs
high one Krebs was on second and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
Games Tomorrow
Games Tomorrow
bloomington at Rock Island.
Springfield at Decatur.
Davenport at Dubuque.
Rockford at Cedar Rapids

Rock Island fans had their first
smile in three days at Twelfth street
park yesterday afternoon. Even Old
Sol, who had been hiding in threaten
ing clouds, which broke into shower
that almost prevented the game. took
a giaddcning peep at the crowd as ii
was leaving the park. \ small boy seat
ed on the curbing on Seventh avenue
who had shouted at passenger on Il
returning car. when told the result
claspcd his hands in supplication, fell
back apparently in Il faint, and then
gave forth a shout for joy. The good
news was too great shock for him.
Charles Botsford, the newly signed
twirler. proved the savior of the
Colts. hating them on the disastrous
ride they have been having on the to-
boggan the past few weeks. He has
an easy delivery, very much after the
fashion of Lakaff. only be is right
handed. He displayed cool head,
ard twice he pitched himself out of
tight places in which il looked a safe
wager that Decatur would score
Botsford would have made his debut
with Il shut-out but for an error by
Lally in the ninth inning, Hank Wal
terS. who had connected, scoring from
first base on Krebs' fly in left. LalIy
made a long run, the ball, which HAD
been knocked until il was nearly out
# sight. gIancin@ toward the foul line
in its descent. The fielder just got a
piece Of it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
hit would have tied. But weigand

a hit would have tied. But Weigand
could not find Botsford, striking out.
Lister Brings FIrtt Score.
In the first five innings Lister was
the only Rock Islander who was able
to locate Weigand's curves. drawing
4 single i'll the second. The first score
came in the sixth. Thornton. who had
been passed, coming home on Listers
hit after he had been sacrificed on to
second by Donahue. Miller drew his
base on balls in the seventh. and
was advanced by Rebscher's sacrifice.
but Smith flied to third and Botsford
made his third succe ssive strikeout.
The second score for the Colts came
in the eighth. Miller bringing in Van
dine, who had gotten his base on
wild throw to first by Swacina, with
the prettiest hit of the game, a two
baser in left. The score:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-02
CITY RAILWAY WINS.
May Build Tracks on the Skin
ner Property.

Judge Hazen refused the injunction
asked for by Q. D. Skinner to prevent
the City Railway company from build
ing tracks across his property on the
north bank of the Kansas river.
The railway company can now pro-
coed with the building of the bridge
across the Kansas river and the laying
of tracks to North Topeka. Mr.. Skinner
asked for the injunction and claimed he
had made no definite agreement with
the company to allow them to lay tracks
on his property. The company main
tanned that q verbal agreement was
made and that the company set price
which was accepted. and was willing to
pay the $500 for the right to lay the
tracks on the property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-02

unaccountable things which it accom-
pIishes. In the performance of his acts
Mya displays the remarkable develop
ment of the muscles of his and legs
which long practice has made possible.
His principal acts are those performed
with large wooden balls, about the size
of croquet balls. Five of these are
placed on the floor in front of him.
With his supple toes he graSpS one and
losses it into the air, catching it upon
his shoulders. Another ball is trabls-
ferred to his other shoulder in the
same manner. The next two balls are
thrown behind and are caught in the
holIows behind his knees, requiring
that he keeps his legs bent to hold
them. Then he manip1slates the last
ball so as to get it on top of his right
foot, and while holding it in the air he
allows the ball on his right shoulder to
fall from it's position to his bent knee.
where he balances it nicely for a few
moments before divesting his person
of all of the balls. In another act Mya
losses a ball with his foot and catches
It upon his forehead.
The six members of the PachecO fam
fly the native Mexicans, who appear
here in an acrobatic performance are
of the best class. Their acts are in
many respects similar to those that
have appeared in Topeka with the best
circus performances but they introduce
q few features which are really new.
In one of these the senior member of
the troupe lies upon his back with his
legs raised and has a boy of fifteen sit
ting on either foot. From their sitting
posture the two boys clasp arms and
turn summersault alighting again in
the same position. The smallest mem
Der of the troupe, a girl of seven or
eight years. turn a, triple summersault
and takes the top part in some spectac-
ular pyramid work. Several features of
this pyramid work are new and are
very difficult of performance.
DeMora and Graceta appear in some
difficult and novel balancing acts while
triple bar specialtfes boy the Steiners
are entertaining parts of the afternoon
and evening performances.
Mondays attendance was good, total
ling something over 5000 admissions.
While the afternoons attendance was
fair the house was crowded upstairs
and down at night. Increased interest
IS manifested in the exposition the
opening day of the second week and
there is reason to believe that the at
tendance records will increase steadily
until the end. That has been the ex-
perience of previous expositions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-02
DEATHS BY GAS.
May Be Made Subject of Official In
quiry in New York

New York, Feb. 2.-Mayor Mcclellan,
Health Commissioner Darlington and
Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas
and Electricity Oakley are named as
parties in a petition which will be filed
today in the state supreme court, aimed
at the gas companies furnishing illum-
inant in this city. Summons alreads
has been served on Commissioner Oak
ley.
Robert G. Langdon, the petitioner,
asks the court to issue a mandatory in
juaction ordering the city officials
named to investigate the conditions at
tending the manufacture and diStribu-
ton of the illuminating gas of every
company in the city of New York; to
inspect the gas Of every company; to
test the same both as to candle power
and purity; to collect the fines accru-
ing to the city from such companies for
violations of laws; issue orders which
shall require every company to desist
from supplying gas of Illuminating
power of less than twenty candle power
and not complying with a reasonable
standard of purity as fixed by the city
and stop the alleged higher rate of
pressure than that fixed by law.
The petitioner alleges that he has
been overcharged by one of the com
panies and numerous deaths in this city
recently from aSphyXiatiOn are cited.
A report was made to the governor
only few days ago by the state meter
inspector declaring that out of nearly
73, GEO meters here one out of every hve
was defective in favor of the COM
9an-.
Examination of the Manhattan rec
ords of the coroner's office showed that
in November 25 persons were asphyxi-
ated by gas, in December %, and in
January IS, making total of Sc for
the three months Coroner Scholer as
serts that the figures are almost as
high in the other boroughs of Greater
New York. The coroner declares that
his experience in hospital work former
ly showed that persons lying all night
in a room partly filed with gas fire.
quently recovered. but that now the
victims almost invariably die after
breathing the fumes an hour.
As a rule the cases investigated by
the coroner showed that the victims
had gone to sleep with a light burning
low; that the pressure let up, eXtin-
gushing the flame, and then was re-
newed. causing the suffocation of the
sleeper. The coroner is now preparing
a report on the subject. which he will
hand TO the raavor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-02
Charles Wolf.

The sandwiches to be had at the
display of the Charles Wolff packing
house at the Auditorium are becom-
ing famous among the patrons of the
Midwinter Exposition They are made
from the choice ham for which that
packing establishment is famous
throughout the west. In excellence
they certainly can not be surpassed
This years Wolff packing house display
is more interesting than that of any
past Exposition because it shows a
wider variety of products which that
progressive establishment is putting
on the market. The Wolff company has
learned. like every other great packing
establishment. to utilize every portion
of the animals which are dressed by
it The fact that nothing is wasted and
that every article is put to some COM
mercial use makes it possible for the
Wolff packing house to devote special
attention to the Derfecting. of those OF
it's products which are calculated for
use on the tables of exacting patrons.
This accounts for the high STANDARD of
its famous Banquet hams and Banquet
breakfast bacon, two of the most widely
known of the Wolff products. The
Wolff company is rapidly and steadily
extending its field of commercial con-
quest as we'll as widening the territory
which pours in its live stock to the
Topeka market. It is probable that the
Wolff company has done more than any
other Topeka establishment to make
Topeka an important shipping center in
the eyes of the rest of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-02

sight of by this enterprising company
The same applies to the candy prod
uctS which form a considerable portion
of the Loose Wiles display and of
the revenue producing outputs
of the factories. The Loose-Wiles COM
pany has devoted itself to the produc-
ton of the less perishable grades of
candies such as confette CHOCOLATES and
d.. bonbonS. No more toothSome dis
play can be imagined than that enclos-
ed within the glass candy jars in this
BOOTH The LooSe-Wiles company de-
votes no attention to the production of
the cheap grades of commercial candy.
Their confectionery may be found in
any of the best candy stores of the
west. The stick candy possesses a
purity and flavor to equal which COM
petitors have been defed. A journey
to the exposition without a visit to the
Loose iles booth is altogether incom-
plete. Not only is the arrangement of
its contents pleasing to the eye but q
study of the many and widely varied
products of the factories is decidedly
interesting. By sheer merit of its man
ufactured product and by judicious de-
votion of energy in advertising lines
this company has already fought its
way to the front rank of American
manufacturers and has been able to
withstand the assault of an immense
opposing combination of industries
A scenic view of the large factory at
Kansas City, Mo-, is reproduced by
panorama opposite the stage. This ad-
junct to the display of products is in
teresting as it gives an idea of the ex-
tent of the factory which the panorama
shows in full operation The stables
and all the other accessories OF this
immense establishment are also shown.
The panoramic display is one of the
cleverest of the electrical devices in the
Auditorium.