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Athletic School 10 the hall over the
Palace saloon at Palace square.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11

As it happened the next two men up,
Schoenhoyen andCrockett, did not have
the goods on them, the former fouling
to Smith and the latter lifting to
Thornton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
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Agency and Information
Bureau u. %.

2O7-20o Brady ST.. Davenport, Iowa.
Claims, accounts and informations col
lected everywhere. Both phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
Groom Does Not Know Her.

Time-1:45. Umpire-Bearasley At
tendance-5OO.
Decatur 10. Dubuque
Decatur, May 1.-The game be
tween Decatur and Dubuque was full
of bad plays on both sides, but was
won by the locals. Score:
Decatur ......OO122 $40 16 Z
Dubuque O5OOOO1- :
Batteries - Seitz and O'COnnor;
Hughes and Moody.
Bloomington g, Rockford 8
bloomington, May 11.-Both teams
gave poor exhibition, but Rockford's
errors cost more, while the hitting of
the home team was timely. Score:
Bloomington ....2 OOO11o IS II )
Rockford 1OO1OO-3 II 5
Batteries - Barker and Donovan;
Baker and Stark.
Cedar Rapids 3. Springfield o.
Springfield, May IL Springfie-.
cannot win when McCafferty pitches.
Cedar Rapids shut out DonneIly's hust-
Iers, two of the three scores being
home runs. Score:
Springfield 100000 1000 .
Cedar Rapids ....OO11OO1O# -3
Observation-Disclosures and Latimer;
Moore and Ludwig.
To Big Leagues.
Chicago. May IL. - Following are
the base ball scores:
League: At Cincinnati - Brooklyn
Z, Cincinnati 9: Mt Chicago BOs-
ton Z, Chicago 1: at ST. Louis - New
York 1, St Louis IA; at Pittsbrg -
Philadelphia o, Pitts5urg =
American; At Boston New York
2. Boston !; at Cleveland and Phila-
delphia-Rain.
Association: At St Paul-Indianap-
oils ., st. Paul IA: at Minneapolis
Toledo ,. Minneapolis >: at Nilwau-
kee - Louisville 6, Milwaukee Z; at
Kansas City - Columbus 6, Kansas
City eight innings
Western: At Omahl-Dcs Moines
:, Omaha G: at Denver Sioux City
o. Denver B: at Colorado Springs -
St Joseph II. Colorado Springs Z.
The PlowshOps and the Bankers
play their first game of the season at
the Twelfth street park tomorrow af-
ternoon. The teams will line up as
follows:
Plowshops-Onion. c; Wilson, SIS;
Sehnert. 3b; Hull. 1b; Head, IF; Jones,
p; Sheldon, cf; Bergston, 2b; Meidke,
BaHkers-Gest, c; Bartholomew. p;
Gest, johnson. Id; Lift. -; Wiess. 2b:
Graham. BIB; Patterson, If; D. Setter
1ahl or F. Setterdahl, Of; Casteel, Tf-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11

Mr.. Smith, the Cambridge merchant
Who plays ball to keep his muscles in
condition for the handling of butter
irkins and turning the coffee grinder
in his store in the Henry county town
'eturned to Rock Island yesterday to
lelp out the Colts while their back
stops. Moore and Donahue. were laid
up for repairs. and just to show that
ne still was in possession of his bat
ing eye damned ont Il hit in the last
half of the ninth lining at the Twelfth
street park and sent Jeems Hayes anG
his Davenport string across the creek
With long faces. But one man was
lown when Smith connected. pushing
the ball over in the vicinity of third
Dase, bringing home Eebscher. who
lad drawn Il pass.
Interest never Jagged in. the game.
was close from the start, each side
setting a score in the opening inning.
-akaff and Wallace. both southpaws.
were on the slab. Davenport had the
BEST. of it in. hitting, having eight TO
TX for the Colts. but was not so sue
cessful at punching as on the previous
lay. The pitchers each famed three
men. Lakaff displayed more GOODNESS
tight places than he had in former
rames. an Improvement that if he is
lble TO maintain through the season,
will make him one of the most valu.
lbfe members of the league pitching
taft. In addition to his splendid work
IN the firing line he smeared for a
pretty two-sacker in the fifth inning,
registering Rebscher, and giving the
Colts a lead of one score.
Passed Balls Give Visitors First Score.
Smith had a bad time of it in the
first inning, Ives. who had singled
making the circle on two passed balls.
Smith had not taken part in a game
for fully a week, and consequently
his blunders were eXcusable. He did
not suIk. as do some players, but
waded in determined to make amends,
md that he succeeded most beautiful
v any one who was witness TO his
performance with the willow in the
ninth will testify.
In the second. third and fourth the
side was retired three in row. In
the fifth Alperman drove for two bags.
but died on base, Gwin and Williams
flying and Corkhill swatting the at
mosphere. In the sixth. after Wal
lace had gone ont second to first, and
Ives had connected for a base. your
old friend Umpire Beardsley moved
ntO the lime light and endeavored to
play Santa Claus for Davenport by
calling Ruby safe at first on a hit to
hn inf n1 hn hD hnaV 90,
five feet by a throw by Rebscher.
Ruby himself knew that he had been
caught, and chuckled in his sleeve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11

behind the bat. Guess that hit in the
ninth was poor.
The Rabbits got two of their three
runs yesterday at Springfield on home
runs.
Manager Thornton called the atten-
ton of Umpire Beardsley to repeated
balks by Pitcher Wallace. The umpire
paid no attention.
It's about time for Hugh Nicol to
disappear in the woods of Wisconsin
and turn up with string of ball
players. Hugh has had leather seat
built on his trousers.
Umpire Beardsley certainly has en-
deared himself to the Davenport fans.
1t is probable he will be made the
permanent referee of the games on
the Davenport grounds throughout.
the season. Davenport could not do
better choosing Il home man.
Peoria, ILL.,, May 11.-Lawrence Cas-
well HubbeH, II years old and son of
Mark Hubbell. real estate dealer, is
dead, having been struck by base
bah directly over the heart. Heart
trouble set in. from the effects of
which young Hubbell died. He missed
u pitched ball.
Gwin explained his stupid play in
being doubled at second to his captain
by claiming it was his understanding
that two men were gone. Gwin has
been acting badly the past two days,
and is liable to be transported to the
brush if he does not show immediate
Improvement.
Fourteen errors were made in the
Dubuque-Decatur game, seven by each
team, yesterday. There were 10 in
the neutrality-suspicious. game, the
errors divided equally. Rock Island
had Just one, and that on foul fly
to the catcher There is not a team
in the Three-Eye league playing
cleaner or faster fielding game than
the Colts.
Ruby, who has been promoted from
the field to second base. went asleep
at the switch yesterday. \ man on
first started to steal and when Will
liams whipped the ball it passed right
over the bag without interference,
Ruby having wandered away down to-
wards Parson Davy. \ Davenport
EOOttT SuSStS leu NIldN NlilldIiS bhN
an alarm clock for Ruby.
Smith, the catcher, is to remain
with the Rock Island team through
the season. After he signed with the
team here he had an opportunity to
engage in business at Cambridge that
he could not afford to let pass. Ac~
cortlingly he returned to Cambridge,
but today, after conference with
the management of the Rock Island
team. he consented to an arrangement
of his business affairs that would per
nit of his playing through the season
as a member of the club. This will be
joyful news to the fang Moore is to
he sent to his home in Kansas TO re-
cuperate.
Referring again to the statement of
the Davenport Democrat that the
Rock Island ball team was sustained
by the patronage it received from the
town on the other side of the river,
the Democrats memory should be re-
freshed on some facts that are his
tory: Rock Island supported two
pennant-winning teams before il
hooked up in the Three-Eye league
with Davenport. Furthermore. Dav-
export never knew what il was to live
through a season with a league until
it got into the same company with
Rock Island. Davenport papers please
copy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
DUST FROM DIAMOND.

The Colts open tomorrow at Cedar
Rapids.
There will be nothing doing at the
Twelfth street park for Is days.
Five hundred people. many of them
women, saw the game yesterday
Patsy Donovan has assumed the
management of the Washington team.
Outside of his two muffs in the first
inning, Smith was in his oId-time form
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11

If you are pale, no energy, no ambi-
ton. irritable, cross, ugly, take Hob
listers Rocky Mountain Tea, and see
it revitalize your whole system. II
will do the business thoroughly. IS
cents, tea or tablet. For sale by I. II
Thomas, pharmacist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
STOPS A MARRIAGE
Woman Claims Groom as Her
Husband at Church Wed.
ding in Dubuque.
ELECTED, CEREMONY GOES on
Believed She Was Insane-Escapade
Not Taken Seri.
Ously.

Dubuque, Iowa, May 11.-Presuma-
bly, suffering from dementia. Mrs.
Ruscht ran down the middle aisle of
St. Mary,s Catholic church yesterday
screaming THAT man is my husband;
stop the narriage!"
Kneeling at the altar rail and about
to be Joined in wedlOck were Joseph
Frick and Miss Mary Hartman. Faith
err Rohlman was reading a nuptial
mass. the relatives of the bride and
groom were seated in the front pews
and the church contained a goodly
number of the couples friends
Heavy set and wild look in her
eyes. Mrs. Ruscht, screaming and yell
ing. rushed to the kneeling couple and
peering into the face of the groom,
screamed anew: That's him, that's
him. that's him; he's my husband;
stop the marriage!
Fights with Men.
The witnesses were aStounded. The
priest, turning about on the altar, sig
nailed two men in the rear to come
forward and remove Mrs. Ruscht She
fought them off. however, and still
wildly gesticulating and screaming de-
clared that as Frick was her husband,
she would sit with the relatives. Then
she sat near the brides relatives.
But she would not be stilled and fl
nally was escorted out of the church,
the two men putting their hands over
her mouth in an effort to check her
screams. Going ont the door she de
clarcd she would return with assist
ance and stop the marriage. She was
not seen after that. The mass was re
sumed and the marriage performed
without further interruption.
Groom Does Not Know Her.
At the Hartman home, 1874 Wash
iDgton street, there was no trace of
Identification of the woman. Mr.
Prick. the man whom the woman
claimed as her husband, did not take
the matter seriously, but, instead,
laughed over it.
Il don't know who the woman is"
said the groom. Il never saw her be-
fore, and / am at loss to account
for the strange occurrence. None of
the friends know the woman. She's
crazy. That is the only way l can
account for it,
The relatives of the young couple
took the matter as joke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11

Ischoe1hoyen and Crockett, didnot have
the goods on them, the former fouling
to Smith and the latter lifting to
Thornton
? Pass Proves Costly.
Alperman again Toasted on Lakaff
n the seventh. tiefng up at the second
landing. But it proved another case
similar to that suffered by the Colts
Monday. The men who followed him
could not put the ball in a safe spot,
Gwin dropping to Thofnton CorkhiIl
dying via short and first and Williams
third TO first. The visitors evened up
in the eighth, Lakaff making his first
costly mistake of the game By passing
Wallace, who was first up. Ives follow.
I'd with n single and both were moved
up base by Ruby's sacrifice. Schoon-
hOven laid to for a peat single and
Wallace and Ives registered. Thai
ended the scoring for Davenport,
Crockett and Alperman expiring sec
ond TO first. while in the ninth. pref,
" double play executed by HedleyS
Miller and Lister deprived them of
chance to get lead. .Gwin, who had
goneto bat first and hitting safely. be-
COIi at SNCOutN VII NifftdtIlS
Ay to left field. CorkhiH had foulet;
TO Smith.
Old Army Game ON Williams.
\ base on balls TO Hedley, hit by
Lister and a double steal by Hedley
md NanGipe. the latter getting on
through fielder's choice when Lister
vas tagged at second, brought the run
FOR the Colts in the first inning. He'd
ley and Nandine piifered while Miller
Vas up, Van starting for second and
lrawing a throw from Williams, and
Hedley hot-footing from third to home
plate. 1t was Re-of the neatest tricks
of the game. 1t was nothing new.
simply the old army game, with a few
the bait. bobber and all. Only three
men were up in the second and third,
Rebscher and Smith going out on {.
double in the second. Four were up
in the fifth. Lister hitting and Van
dine. who had made first on Listers
out at second. stealing, but Lally and
Miller, next two TO face the pitcher,
went out. Rebscher and Lakaff got
their two-baggers in the fifth. result
ing in Uie score. Four were up in the
sixth, and in the seventh. Rebscher.
who had connected once more, came
home on OWNS drop of Thornton's
fly in right field.
Wallace Has Wild Spell.
Lister. Vandine and Miller flied III
the eighth, but in the ninth, after
Lally had been retired on hit to sec.
ond, Rebscher waited for four wide
ones, Wallace having begun to let
down under the strain and Smith
swatted square on the nose the first
one that the little twirler put over the
rubber. There is nothing more to tell.
Here is the tale in figures:
POEE ISU AVN d ID II ID 4 L,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11

Games Tomorrow
Rock Island at Cedar Rapids.
Springfield at Dubuque.
Decatur at Davenport.
Bloomington at Rockford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-11
us HIT FOLLOWS A PASS
Interest IL Intense From Beginning
TO CIose-One More With
Davenport.
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
Rock Island 4. Davenport ,.
Bloomington 8, Rockford 3.
Cedar Rapids 3, Springfield o.
Decatur 10, Dubuque 6.
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
Use of Trees In the characterization of Cities

nurturlng the young trees, and for keep
ing those already planted IN good con-
dition The invention during recent
years of several appliances which per
nit the transplanting of full grown
trees has proven a great boon TO cities
DESTROYS Of utilizing trees in street orna-
mentation as 1t renders it possible to
have the benefit of symmetrical trees
with wide-spreading branches instead OF
being confronted with the old-time
necessity OF waiting years for the young
trees to attain presentable proportions
All the more progressive American Cit
les are now adopting the plant of con-
source of supply for the trees desired
for the adornment OF city streets The
rearing and nurturing of young trees
requires not only expert skill aud eN-
perience. but the exercise Of the Iiyreat-
est care. The young tree is transplant
ed three times in the nursey err IL Is
finally placed in the position on "a pub
lie thoroughfare where II Is to- spend
the remainder of it's natural ilfe The
frequent transplanting is resorte6 to in
order to strengthen the roots and en-
ables the tree TO mature more rapidly
and certainly than If it we're left TO
grow continually In the same place.
The period allowed for the grOysth Of
a tree I'm the nursery varies according e
the species, but is in no instance shorter
than one year-the internal allowed f0T
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

the silver maple and a majority OF the
other species occupy at least two sea-
sons before they can safely be planted
in permanent positions, and left to fight
their own battle In the world II Is
customary TO protect each tree set out
on a street and the box or netting pro-
vided as a protection against nibblins
horses and other detrimental influences
is allowed to remain in position for q
year or two. By that time the new re-
cruit in the army Of shade givers has
acquired sufficient vitality to withstand
the wounds likely TO be inflicted upon
It.
The increasing use OF trees in Amer
lean cities is contributing materially to
the creation OF attractive street vistas
1t may perhaps be conceded that the
United States has not yet rivaled that
most famous of the worlds street Wis
Jas-that Of the Champs Elysee. in
Paris. looking up from the Place de
Concorde TO the Arc de Triumphe: but
there are on this side Of the Atlantic
many notable perspectives Of thorough
fares. notably the one looking north
from Grants tomb, in New York city,
and several of the vistas which radiate
from centers in Washington. like spOkes
Of a wheel. extending from the Capitol
or other central points. Even in win
ter when the branches are covered with
snow. trees contribute most effectively
TO the general effect of such street
yistas. WALQON FAWCEIG.
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
STORIES TOLD OF and BY MEMBERS OF TIE SENATE AND HOUSE

took all his earnings save $50 a month.
Questioning brought out the fact that
the young fellow had got mixed UP with
money which belonged 10 tie road, wild
companions having led him 70 use Il.
The road knew that he had been faith
ful and honest, and he was retained in
the service, with the understanding that
he was to make good by having a GER
tain sum deducted from his envelope
each month or pay day, leaving him
only a balance of $3.50 TO live on.
That's scrimpy living said An
drews, when he had listened to the
young mans story, and you have shown
a disposition 10 make amends Cor the
past. / sincerely hope IL will be a les
son TO you. but this road is not being
run with the purpose Of starving its
employees 10 death. Take this $50, and
get a substantial outfit OF clothes and
shoes, and send this telegram TO Wash
ington. Good-by.'
THE telegram was to the pay depart
ment instructing that the young mans
fun salary be sent him, and that the
shortage be marked paid
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
Generals Favorite Writer.

After this story by General Pickens he
branched off on literary topics. express
ling decided fondness for the writings
of some OF the SouthetN humorists and
poets, naming Joel Chandler Harris.
Frank Stanton, Samuel Mlnturn Peck,
and added Now. during my visit TO
Nashville want to meet this fellow Will
Allen Dromgoole. who Is printing some
Of the best short poems I ever read
He must be a clever fellow"
II, too, think he Is decidedly clever"
suggested the correspondent
I understand that Mr. Dromgoole Is
regularly employed on the Banner. in
Nashville. and I'm going to call and
invite him out to liquidate"
But Gen. VIII Allen Dromgoole is a
lady. not n man"
Great ghosts of Bunconbe county, IS
that so? VIII Allen Dromgoole wears
petticoats.' Well. I'll be ID. Good
] by"
And the great big. white-haired. pleas
ant faced man who had fought battles
on the field, and at the bar and who had
talked so entertainingly and related SC
| many meaty yarns, pushed his way into
the sleeper and was not seen again un-
I'll next day at the Maxwell House. II
! Nashville. when he was asked If ht
has called on Mr." DromgooIe, givinf
as his answer, NO" It's another
! Charles Edgar Craddock affair &"
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

pers. and II read something like this, as
near as / can recall:
Buck Shoals can accommodate
three or four boarders Of a decent
stripe, Of the male persuasion They
must be men who go to bed at . O'Clock
without a cigarette or pipe in their
mouth. and must take off rants, coat,
vest, and shoes before retiring. It is
Gun wish that they rise in time TO wash
their face and hands before breakfast,
and are not entitled 10 use the family
brush and comb When sitting around
the fire they will be requested not 10
pu: their feet on the mantle board or
bureau and expectorate In an opposite
direction to the bread tray. The head
OF the family at Buck Shoals has a
copyright on privilege Of making faces
at the hired help. Board must be paid
weekly. monthly. or semi-monthiy, as
agreed upon. and with n smile on the
face. and if these requirements are car
ried out / will be found rs pleasant as
a possum in a persimmon tree or a mig
ger with watermelon
NY friend, II will be a LONG time be-
fore this country produces another Bill
Nye -
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
"ScrimpYn Living.

You know that A. b. Andrews, first
vice president OF this road (the South
ern), Is a native OF North Carolina, and
no position or salary could tempt him to
reside elewhere. Parenthetically,
might say that some OF the natives be-
lieve he owns the road and they know
that he f. one Of tn hest of men.
think it was last winter that Colonel
Andrews was going pvtE this-the Ashe-
ville-seCtion of the line in his private
car, making short stops at the sta
tions. At q small place this side OF
'Lungcrville." as Asheville Is now
known. Re found the station agent. who
also acted as telegraph operator. with
not enough clothes on to keep a jaybird
warm, and what few clothes he wore
were ragged and threadbare. and his
shoes were totally disreputable, but his
face and hands were clean. and his hair
neatly combed. Andrews sized him up
for a few moments, and asked why ne
didn't dress better, and he received the
answer that he was paying a debt which
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
Character of an Oath.

One of the lawmakers from far-away
Oregon. where there IS plenty OF gold
and silver. tells this story of a witness
who gave his explanation Of what con-
stituted an oath:
Colonel Timmons. a one-horse lawyer,
had contracted a debt which II seemed
he never intended to IiQuidGte Suit was
instituted on the note. but the colonel
swore the note of. However. the plain
tiff proved the debt and obtained judg-
ment. Not long after this the colo eel
was interested in another case in court
and was cross-questioning one a the
witnesses. a gentleman who had been
interested in the colOneFs case IN the
suit on the note
DO you know the nature Of an oath?''
asked the colonel.
II think I do" answered the witness.
it Is
a oath is like a note-a legal tender
with which some people try 10 pay their
debts"
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

that one Of the Yankee bullets would
send him 70 the Great Henceforth. One
day after one OF the almost hand-to-
hand battles over here in Tennessee. the
negro announced that he Was going back
to Norf Kerliner. saying TO General
Carr. 'Marster. peers 10 me like I ough-
ter 20 be back at home wild old misses.
could do more good at home now dan
bein' here. sab. l could courage our
people to hold on
But you are not going 10 tell them
you left us while running from the
Yankees?' asked the general.
I" No, sab, paarster; nothin' like dat
Tell en- nothin' to 'moralze en-. sab.
But how will you manage to get
around that, SAM?
Use gwine TO tell EN- dis. dat when
1 let de army you ali wuz in mighty
good sperits, but dat OWN 10 de sitter
alton of de country. an de way de lam
lay, dat you was advancin back ards.
an dat de Yankees was 'treatein' on