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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-24

In the presence of so relatives and
intimate friends the wedding of Miss
Sophia Sundine, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Sundine ,515 Fifth ave
nue., to Edwin Lakin, of Fort Wayne,
Ind. was celebrated at noon yesterday,
Rev o. V. Holmgrain, of Rock Island,
officiating, and the bridal party was
unattended The bride was gowned
in beautiful white Persian lawn
dress, trimmed with valenciennes lace.
After the ceremony a sumptous we'd
ding dinner was served. The bride and
groom departed on the afternoon
train for Fort Wayne to spend their
honeymoon at the home of his parents.
They will remain away only two weeks
and when they return will reside at
2710 Eighth avenue, where they will
be at home to Their friends after Sept.
10. Mr. Lakin is employed as fireman
on the Rock Island road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-24

Phil Hedin, captain of this years
football team, had an experience Mon
day afternoon near Campbell's island
which he will not forget for some time
to come. He had just finished putting
the candidates for the team through
their first practice and then went to
the bathing beach on the island to
take a swim. He swan across 10 the
small island used by the government
and then started back, a distance OF
200 yards Here the current is very
swift and just below is the dam. The
current was too much for him and
shot him over the dam. The water
flowing over causes an undertow,
which made 1t almost impossible for
Hedin to get out. so he called for
help. An attendant on the island i'm
mediately came to his assistance in
boat and took Heden in feeling none
the worse for his experience but q
great deal wiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-24
up Agin" a Good Thing

Up HStn 1000 nitlS
a man when he commences to
patronize the American Steam
Laundry. 1.-The best laundry ever
struck is what those who indulge
in a little slang would say. But
entire nous il you want your linen
as faultless as when you first
bought it, in color and finish. we
will guarantee to do it to your sat
isfaction every time. Careful hand
ling and artistic work are among
our up-to-date methods.
AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY.
Twelfth Street and Fifth Avenue.
PhOne 1885
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-24

An unknown party. or parties. is do
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

given the alarm and the fire fighting
appliances are brought into action.
The Waterman is an automatic fire
detector, II consists of a thermostat,
with an attachment known as an am
monia diaphragm about the size of a
scent piece. alright and filed with
ammonia. A thermostat is located in
the ceiling of each room and is con-
nected by wires with an annunciator
in the hotel office. Should a fire break
out in any room, the ammonia in the
diaphragm begins to boil as soon as
the heat reaches n temperature of $50
degrees expanding the diaphragm and
closing an electrical circuit; thus auto
matically an instant alarm is given
and red light glows. in tiny bulb in
the annunciator corresponding to the
number. of the room.
Doors Close Automatically.
Directly this alarm is given, the no.
tel clerk. by merely moving a lever,
closes every door leading to the
stairs and elevator enclosures, and thus
prevents draughts from carrying the
smoke and flames to any other part of
the building. The boiling of the am
monia in the thermostat not only indi-
Gates the whereabouts of the fire on
the signal board in the main office, but
1t also rings a gong in an elevator in
TO carry corps of ten specially drilled
the alarm comes.
AS the apparatus stands always
ready for instant use in one of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

push them open and pass through but
the doors left to themselves imme-
diately close again. AS a result. in
case of fire. the smoke which is more
to be dreaded than the flame. is, kent
from spreading through the building.
Another evidence of the care architects
nowadays bestow upon details is shown
by the location of the paint and car
penter shops in the Astor. They are
IN what are practically separate build
ings on the roof and their contents
might burn UP without damage to the
hotel itself.
Watchmen as Safeguards.
One of the greatest safeguards
against the spread of fire is the placing
Oh Watchman in every room-a. watch
man on duty every hour of the twenty
TOUR and one who never sleeps. Sun
pose guest carelessly allows a lighted
cigarette to drop on the floor as he is
leavlng his room. He locks the door
ana goes his way while a puff of flame
turns into tongues of fire licking at
the draperies and spreading to the 9TH
er infiammable contents of the apart
ment. Before the smoke is smelt i'm
the corridors or the cracking of the
names is heard, the Waterman has
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
FIRE FIGHTING IN
BIG FIREPROOFS
TO MAKE SAFETY ABSOLUTE
MEANS TAKEN IN GREAT HOTELS
AND TALL BUILDINGS.

Automatic Watchmen in Hotel
ROOms-Fire Doors which May BE
Closed by the Turning of n Dis
tant CranlS-A Hotel Fire Depart
ment With a Private Elevator in
New York City.
New York. Dec. 10.-To provide the
means of fighting fire in freproof
buildings seems like carrying Goals to
Newcastle yet architects, engineers
and inventors are uniting in the work
of safeguarding the non-infiammable
structure from the danger of the
flames.
These elaborate precautions are taken
because, while the building itself will
not burn. draperies and furniture are
combustible and. therefore. fire may
originate even in the fireproof build
ing. On the other hand, modern meth
DDS of construction and the use of
many wonderful devices for giving an
alarm can be so employed as to make
it practically impossible for a fire in
a towering office building or great no.
tel to gain any Roadway before it is
extinguished. In fact as theaters may
be so constructed as to render a repe-
tition of the 1roquois disaster impos-
sible, hotels may also be so built that
there can occur in them no such fire
as that which several years ago cost
a number of lives in a New York no.
tel which was. SO far as the building
itself was concerned, practically fire.
proof.
In the $7,OOO,OOO Hotel AstOr.
The seven million dollar Hotel Astor,
as it is the latest addition to this city's
great hotels, is perhaps the best ex-
ample OF twentieth century means of
preventing and fighting fire. In the
planning OF such a building, the ar
rangement of staircases and exits is as
carefully considered with reference to
fire as if the building itself was COM
posed of infammable material
In this case. the architects, intro
duced some novel ideas, as the result
of which the hotel may in one way be
compared to vessel. The battleship
or ocean liner is divided into a great
number of water-tight compartments
and in case of danger a single man by
moving lever is able to close all the
doors between the compartments.
Like an Ocean Steamer.
In this building, there is a somewhat
similar system. Staircases are shut in
by walls and the long corridors are
divided into sections by doors. Ordi-
narily, the doors giving access to the
stairWays and those in the corridors
are open, but should the fire alarm
give its warning in the office on the
street floor. the clerk by the turn of
a crank. causes all the doors to swing
shut. They do not lock; people can
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
THE GIRAFFE ''LIVES HIGH"
Like n Boy IL Sometimes Eats Best
from the ManteIpieee.

Like Boy IL Sometimes Eats Best
from the ManteIpieee.
You can always tell giraffe country
at a glance" said Capt. Manel. the big
game hunter. A place of low bushes
or no bushes or trees at all. is sure not
to have any giraffes in II. Always look
for low trees with abundant LEAKAGE be-
fore you look for the giraffes. No mat
ter how fertile the ground may be, or
how full 1t may be of fine juicy grass
es and other vegetation that would fur
nish abundant food for the glraffes,
you won't be likely TO find them unless
there are trees. The reason for this is
that 1t is very nearly as hard for a gi-
rafIe TO browse on the ground as II
would be for a man to stoop over with
out getting on hands and knees, and
pick something up from the ground
with his mouth. There is no more
awkward and painful sight than to see
one of these beautiful beasts feeding
from the ground. 1t straddles its im-
mense forelegs out sideways till they
look as IL they were being stretched
like India rubber. Then IL slowly and
elumsily lowers its body. jerking its
forelegs spasmodically to keep its bal
ance. That is why giraffe is not
eager to browse on low growing vege-
tation."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

F. Marion Crawford, famous as au-
thor and traveller, was at dinner in
New York a few evenings ago, and was
presented by the host as 'Mr. Craw-
ford to a smartly dressed young
woman who did not suspect his identi-
ty. They chatted for half an hour. and
later the host asked the lady what
she thought of his friend Crawford.
"Oh, so, So" she replied. Hes hand
some and lazy and conceited, you
know, and all that. but he strikes me
as being quite shallow and sadly lack
ing in knowledge of the world"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

city's fire engine houses, so this ele-
vator is always at the disposition of
the fire squad. Its use for any purpose
except the answering of alarms of fire
is forbidden. The men who rush to it
when the gong rings are all employed
in the engine room and take their or
ders from a fire captain. They are
provided, of course. by fire extinguish-
ers. axes and hooks.
Hose in Readiness.
Coupled to the standpipes on every
floor are the lines of hose, ready for
use, and here new wrinkle is found
The hose is no longer wound upon
reels, but is looped from a rod in such
manner that it may be brought into
play in the quickest possible time. Be
sides that. it is kept in better condition
hanging loosely from the iron bar than
would be the case if it was bound
tightly on a reel.
While the elevator is carrying the
hotel firemen to answer an alarm, bells
are ringing in the Railways and SER
wants quarters on the floor where the
fire has broken out. Just as the en-
CINE room men are trained to extin-
guish fires, so every other employee
an emergency
The chambermaids are instructed to
stand near stairwayS and elevators in
case of an alarm to inform the guests
as to the quickest way out; but the
maids are taught more than this and
each be-capped and white-aproned
young woman knows how TO handle a
fire extinguisher. Fire drills are held
every other week and are conducted
by an expert in the business of fight
ing fire, these drills being as thorough
and exacting as any held on warship
or liner. 1t is by their means that dis
cipline is maintained and the knowl-
edge necessary to the prompt and skill
full use of the apparatus is obtained.
Twice a month, the drill is held re-
gardless of the fact that the danger
of fire actually breaking out in the
building is extremely slight. 1t is very
likely that the fire squad will never
be called upon to cope with an Trtual
blaze but the men are always ready
and the special elevator is always
waiting. What is done in this New
York hotel is typical of the precautions
taken in many others of the great city
buildings and those in a position to
know say that similar measures of
protection are destined to become
more and more nearly universal, so
that in modern buildings the danger
of serious fire will be practically over
come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

An administration official declares
that 1t is all nonsense about men re-
fusing cabinet positions and congress-
ional nominations on the sole score that
il is too expensive TO live in Washing
ton. ''Nine-tenths of them" he says,
mot only live within their salaries.
but save money. Some spend a great
deal more than they receive from the
government, and they can well afford
to do so. Good formal dinners and
similar entertainments can be given In
the capital as cheaply as I'm any other
place and at less cost than in many
large cities"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

DOROTHY's UNABRIDGED


Dorothy had driven half the house.
hold wild by her attempts to discover
the meaning of word. At last her
mother. in despair. took down the
big unabridged dictionary and showed
ii to her. The next day Dorothy was
in strange house, and got into an ar
gument with the youths of the place
over the meaning of another word. To
convince her that they were right
the pulled out a small school die
tionary and showed her the definition
But If they expected Dorothy to be
impressed they were bitterly mis-
taken.
HUH" said she. wrinkling up her
nose and mouth i'm a highly insulting
and sarcastic manner. That dick
shonery don't count. That's only one
of those old bridge dickshoneries
Wait till you come to my house and
I'll show you I'm right with our big
unbridged one"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
Trnnsposed words.

Transpose an Irish city and get a
stone.
and get to post.
Transpose a city in Scotland and get
beam of light.
Trsnspose a city in New York and
get an advocate for royal power.
Transpose a city I'm Central America
and get solitary.
Transpose a city in Illinois and get
kind of cabbage.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
MIND BRIGHTENERs.
Beheadments.

Behead to huctuate and get to af-
firm.
Behead to WELD and get a road
Behead entire and get a perforation.
Behead to ascend and get a steeple.
Behead to abbrevlate and get a part
of the nose
Behead pressure and get a ringlet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

caf leares Neff aife ~ CITY Narkef
for itlociN Park $50 a. o.. aB1 every
~ Hies thereafter Dnfii n ~ n ~
f1f IfaFes iSnfCi1 Park ~ hafkef
- a. vi 80 gyery ~ minutes there
fffff 1rfN ~ ~ OclDfk uIfrlr1L
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
A PnsTER nov SAYS,

MY goodness mel" said Willie Bogg,
what ails our sister there?'
"A painter man. with violet paint, has
put II on her hairl"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

French Chocolate cakea.--For the
foundation. allow 3 eggs, 4 ounces ~
powdered sugar, ~ ounces ~ -four.
" vanilla nEfTaO. Separate fhf eggs
an1 beat fbf yolka a. n cream. then
a11 he powdered sugar. me nour ana
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
Effective Dec. 4. 1904

MONTGOMERY LINE.
Between Montgomery and 10th Street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

,sr1 as,s' y Nili.ss ,ss L,a 1a'' iron
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

Nothing more IL said. The brown.
strong faces look az each other grim
~ for q moment. Then each man
goes ostentatiously about some COM
monplace task and there is silence on
the vessel. That IL the deep-sea
fisherman's funeral service over his
kind-silence that makes believes not
10 care.
All night long the bells ring out.
high and clear. deep and solemn. loud
ana faint. far and near. All night
long the horns blare out al around tie
circle Of the sea. All night long the
vessels roll and sway--now Gown.
down, down tlli their sides press into
the heavy surge; then up. up. fiil their
bows point high ana the sterne
squeeze with Rurgie ana choke into
the froth behind.
But the llfelees rattle - o0rcaRe
ceases ffs melancholy p10nofony, ~
BY Bit ~ the night gross %. an1
while the plntfy dawn A. efll Ear BE-
low the Eastern ga rim. a cole wind
blows strongly % from north
ch0ppiDg the Iona. swinging FNeilf N
~ The Gfny tcpf and pufnre raHfed
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27
III 1and . me Smokers Protection

Louisville to the effect that 1t is build
ing special cars for poker games which
will be part Of the equipment for the
Chicagp-St. Louis service over the
Eastern Illinois line. New and hand
some cars are being built for the ser
vice between the two cities but no pro
vision is being made for poker parties
The p%romiscuous card game on rail-
road trains is more or less frowned
upon BY railroad managers, and es
peeially in the west, and on some Of
the larger systems, particularly on
the suburban trains, card playing is
forbidden entirely. The Frisco will
have no car for poker parties on its
new trains.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

light their way TO the front by sheer
ability Of management. If ] have APP
peared enthusiastic at times ii Ii he
cause was greatly impressed by the
courage With which the railroad ofi-
GERS have faced their difficulties and
the pluck with which they overcome
them. Il Is impossible to associate.
with the great men who have made
Their mark on American railways, /
may say American national history,
without being infected with some Of
the enthusiasm they show for their
business, and no man can travel over
their railways without becoming pos.
sessed OF a great deal more knowledge
THAN ne previously had, or without
getting many valuable hints. Many
of their methods are different from
those one has been brought up To be.
iieve the only correct method; and il
is not until one realizes that the one
idea in the mind of American railway
men is to get there and that they do
set there by the shortest and quick
est way. and do not allow themselves
to be turned aside either by red tape,
old time prejnaices. tradition, or any
other Of the bogeys BY which older
countries are assailed, that one un
derstands how the results have been
obtained which one secs there. Amer
lean railway men are quick to q Il
new idea; they are quicker still to
try It; they take a great pride in their
profession and are all striving to get
at the science OF 1t. That their meth
obs are not always perfect is but what
might have been expected; brt they
have managed to do what no other
country In tho world has dono. and
that is: Carry their goods traffic
probably at extraordinary low rates.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
pay Q for their labor than any
other country. It Is in the study Of
how they do this that much benefit
can be derived by other countries, and
II have in some degree succeeded
in throwing light on their methods, |
shall feel that ! have benefited others
as we'll as myself BY my visit u Ella.
great country where the courtesy OF
the people is only exceeded BY heir
hospitality"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

damages sustained on March 10th,
1903.
The plaintiff alleges that while dis
charging his duties he was obliged
to set a brake on a flat car that had
been altered so as 10 be used for trans
porting oil. He says that while try
ing to board the car he fell under the
wheels and his right leg was so bail
" mangled that amputation was nee
essary.
Negligence is charged against the
railroad company in providing a hand
rail and furnishing proper facilities
for boarding the said car. Judgment
for thirty thousand dollars and costs
of suit is asked.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

The Optic viii DO your Job printing
In the best possible styls and It the
lowest prices. The badness man who
grisvss because citissns send for
thinss In his line TO other cities and
tAsa sends his own printing 70 some
cheap sastsrn sstablisAnsat wApfs
The charsstse u the work = thsaS6
tAaa Ne pviss. 3 sstAlsssl1 noe 49,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

II. A, Pease, editor Of the Gallup
Republican, left for San Jacinto
Springs, Cal, where he will try the
Of the healing waters for q SO.
we're case of rheumatism. Mr.. Pease
expects to return to Gallup in about
three weeks.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27
After the Santa Ee.

Mike Sherlock. a former switchman
in the yards at Albuquerque. has com
menced SUR against the Santa Fe com
pany in the district court at Ell Paso.
The action is to recover for personal
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

The surest and safest remedy for
kidney and bladder diseases Is Foley's
Kidney Cure. II taken In time It af.
fords security from all kidney and
bladder diseases. It makes them
right. Don't delay taking. For sale
Dy Depot Drug store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

Neville Priestly, under secretary to
the government of India. railways de-
partment, who was sent 70 the United
States last summer to study and rel
port on American railways, has sub.
mitted his report. 1t is an exhaustive
review Of the subject, and. in con-
clusion, pays a high tribute to Ameri-
can railway enterprises and manage
ment.
THE railways Of America. says
Mr.. Priestly, ''are commercial under
takings on a gigantic scale and are
operated under conditions which are
to be found no where else in the
world, since they receive no protec-
lion from the state, and have had to
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27
Air Motor Invention.

Foreman AL Rossetter, of the ma
chine shops of the Texas & Pacific. at
I'll Paso. has just made an improve
ment in the air motor that is used to
lower and raise the engine wheels In
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27
D. s r. q. System
Santa Ee Branch
Time TabIs:NoI7i.
directive Wednesday April i. 1908.
WEST HOUND
Trains run daily except sunday.

Trains run daily except sunday.
Connections with the, umain: line and
branches IA follows:
A. Antonito for Durango, Silverton ana all
points In the San Juan country.s
At Alanoss with standard gauge) for La
veta. Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver
also with narrow gauge for Monte Vista. del
No,te oreede and all point inthe San Luis
valley.
At Salids with main line. ~tstandard gauge
for all points east and west including Lead
Vile and narrow gauge points between Sal
ida and Grand Junction.
A. Florence and Canon: City for the gold
camps Of Cripple Greek and Victor.
At Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver
with I'll Missouri river lines for all points
cast.
For further information address the undcr.
signed.
Through passengers from Santa .Fe In
standard gauge slocpers from Alamosa can
have berths reserved on application.
J. b. DAvis.iAgent,
Santa Fe. N n.
X 8. HooPEH. q. r. A..
Denver. C0l0
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27
Strike Breakers.

i bunch of twenty-five machinists,
en route from different points In the
east to san Francisco, passed through
El Paso the other morning, When
asked where they were going they
stated that they were recruits for the
U. S. navy yard at San Francisco, but
in view Of the fact that trouble is now
on between III eSanta Fe railroad com
pany and the machinists III lis employ,
it Is believed that the men were real
~ strike breakers, being sent to San
Francisco to take the places Of the
strikers should they decide To 30 ont
on d strike.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27
No Extra Trains.

j. II. Hurley, general superintendent
Of the eastern grand division of the
Santa Fe, says that the Santa Fe
will not put on any extra trains this
year on account Of the increased tray
Ell to the worlds fair.
The only additional train there
will be" he said, twill be the Colorado
flyer. which will be put on again as
usual about June l. We are already
running a large number Of trains and
can run some pretty large trains, and
| believe that we can handle the bus.
mess with them all right. OF course
1t will frequently be necessary to run
extra sections. but there will be no
extra trains"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-27

the drop pit. Mr.. Rossetter has just
added an air piston 70 the tracks Of
the motor to push II from ii track
to another. This piston Is also work
ed by air and is a great help over the
"Strongarma system used previously.