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The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
GE0FFRIN No. 2O671.

Black Percheron, champion Of three
states. Weighs a ton. Ninety per
cent of colts are black.
This horse will make the season after
April lst at Halls old breeding barn
in Julesbur5, Colorado.
Terms TO insure colt $500. Accidents
at owners risk.
The above cut shows him as he is,
G. NJ. HARRIS & son, Owners.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
For Sale...Jack.

For Sa1e.--JaCk.
This is one Of the best Jacks in the
west. Good size, good color, quick and
gets splendid, large mules. Some of
his get have weighed 800 pounds at Is
months old. Terms to suit For furth-
er particulars call on or address
w. E. Coumbe,
Julesburg. Colo
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18

For Sale.
Two good second hand saddles, and
two sets work harness. w. f. Cnumhe
For Sale.
One John Deer Disk, nearly new,
Will make price right.
w. E. Coumbe,
JuleSburg, Colo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
WOMAN DYING FROM DARE"
Slides Down "Chilkoot Pass" And
Suffers Fatal Injury.

New Haven. Aug. 6. - Because she
would not take dare, Mrs. John Lar
ry, Of go West Ninety-first street,
New York. is reported to be dying at
her summer home, Palm Cottage,
Savin Rock. Her left leg is fractured
above the ankle and she suffers from
serious internal injuries. She did the
"Chilkoot Pass" at the White City
with d woman friend who had dared
her. In sliding down her ankle struck
one of the numerous bumps and she
landed heavily at the foot of the in
cline, several persons falling upon her
before she could get up.
The Pass" is a steep incline OF
wood on which are many ''hummOCks.' -
it is made very smooth by waxing.
Mrs. Larry is quite stout, and she slid
unusually fast, starting before she
had expected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
MILLIONAIRE'S SON
SUED FOR $4,000
Bank of California Demands Payment
From Charles w. Clark, Who
Has Just Married.

Redwood City, Cal, Aug. G.-Charles
w Clark, son of the millionaire sena-
tor from Montana, who married Celia
Tobin Thursday, has been sued by the
Bank of California for $25.000 and
an attachment has been placed upon
his San Mateo home. The action was
commenced. according TO the COM
piaint.. because Mr. Clark failed to pay
two promissory notes for $12,500 each.
held by the bank. each of said notes
being dated December 81, 1908, and
bearing interest at per cent per an
mum. Judgment is asked for the full
amount of $4,000 with interest. The
records of the county show that the
property attached for the debt stands
in the name of Senator w. A. Clark
of Montana. he having purchased it
from Walter S. Hobart in April last,
but in levying the attachment the
Bank of California have some reason
10 suppose that the defendant in the
action holds some interest therein.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
HAVE MARTIAL LAW
Town OF ZeiRIer, Ill.,, Taken in Hand
To Prevent Threatened
Trouble.
LINES ARE CLOSELY DRAWN
Armed Men in Stockades Guard Joe
Lieter's Mining Prop
erty.

Carhondale, ILL.,, Aug. G.-W. c Dow.
ell of this city. formerly deputy war
den of the state penitcntiary. assumed
the position yesterday as chief deputy
marshal of the town of Zeigler. This
was done as a result of Marshal Hitch
declaring martial law in the district
affected by the trouble.
The move of Hitch was unexpected
and caused bitter feeling among the
men. The miners officials claim their
legal rights have been annulled en-
tirely and a situation created similar
TO that of Cripple Greek. Evidence is
being gathered by the strikers officials
from men who have been imported by
Letter TO show that gross violations of
the Illinois law are being practiced.
Attorneys for the strikers are now
III Springfield and will file affidavits
asking to have the Injunction annulled
Lines Drawn Closer.
At Zeigler yesterday the lines were
drawn closer than at any time during
the strike. No one was allowed on the
grounds. Watch towers have been
erected at the corners of the stockade
and on each of them We're four guards
armed with rifles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
FOUR SOCIETY GIRLS
ARE ADRIFT IN A FOG
Young Women Found Anchored Out
Side the MarbIehead Break
ers at Boston.

Boston. Aug. -Four society girls
of MarbIehead have been picked up
in their sailing dory off South Break
ers. Marblehead coast. after being
adrift in the fog l. hours. They had
anchored off the breakers in despair,
after trying vainly to set a course for
home. All the girls are expert yacht
woman, and had entered their boat in
the dory class for the COrinthian
Yacht clubs midsummer races. a
dense fog set in soon after the races
started. At the finish the girls boat
was not TO be found. When the dory
did not come in by nightfall an alarm
was given and boats put out in search.
At 2 o'clock in the morning one of
the boats. skirting the south break
ers, found the girls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
SWINGS FROM TANGLED
ROPE 800 FEET IN AIR
Young Rigger's Life is Jeopardized
by Choking Of Tackle at
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. Changing
to the foot of a great cross that sur.
mounts the steeple of the Salem Ger
man Reformed church. 300 feet above
the ground, Frank Eickenroth, young
rigger. was held by a rope choking
in the block of a tackle, his life in
constant jeopardy. for nearly an hour
Eickenroth had been gliding the cross
which is II feet high and eight feet
broad. When he started TO descend he
found the tackle by which he was sus
dended would not work and he was
unable to move up or down. His fel-
low workers, when they discovered
his situation, climbed up the inside
of the steeple and pulled up a second
block and tackle, by which Eicken-
roth safely descended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
TO BE NO MORE RECRUITING
Naval Officers Recalled Although it
is Said to Be Temporary.

Washington, d. C., Aug. G.-Orders
have been issued at the navy depart
ment recalling the three naval recruit
ing parties which are travelling in diff
fcrent parts OF the country securing
recruits for the navy. This action is
due to a recent decision of the comp
troller of the treasury that officers
engaged in recruiting duty are not en-
titled to travelling expenses but may
be allowed the usual mileage. This
mileage does not equal the actual ex-
penscs of the officers by a large mar
gin for the reason their itinerary com
pels them TO make frequent short
stops. One of the recruiting parties
is now operating in central New York.
another in Texas and a third In Kan
sas. II is said al the navy department
that the suspension is only temporary
and that recruiting will be resumed in
a short time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
ARREST COLORADO MAN
AS DYNAMITE PL0TTER
J. J. Neville is Charged With Being
Implicated in independence
Outrage.

ThermOpolis, Wyo.. Aug. G.-J. j.
Neville has been arrested at a camp
in the hills and will be turned over
10 Sheriff Edward Bell of Teller coun-
". Colo. Neville is charged with hav-
ing been implicated in the dynamite
outrage on June 5. where over a score
of men were killed at Independence,
Colo. where he formerly was in the
saloon business. His house was with
in 200 feet of the station where the
explosion occurred. and his wife was
struck by some of the flying debris
Neville's saloon was burned few
days before the explosion. After the
explosion Neville and a companion
went away on hunting expedition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Promises Avail Nothing.
MOB PURSUES A NEGRO
Black Murders Former Employer and
Narrowly Escapes Lynching.

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 6.-Henry Os-
borne, a former police commissioner
and one of the leading business men
of this city, was murdered yesterday
by Joseph Watson, a negro. his for
mer body servant. The negro was
found last night hiding under a bed
in the basement of the Osborne house
and narrowly escaped lynching by a
crowd of 1000 persons who had gath
cred there. With cries of xiii him.
Lynch him." the mob followed the
prisoner to the station, where the po.
lice had difficulty in preventing the
disturbers from forcing a way into the
guardrOom. Watson. who is Is years
old, says he killed Mr.. Osborne be-
cause he had it in for him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
POLITICS IN ARMY
OFFICERS CHANGE
Gen. Grant and Gen. Funston Ex.
change Places at Request
of Roosevelt.

Chicago. Aug. Cen. Frederick
Funston has been appointed command
er of the department of the lakes at
Chicago and Gen. Frederick D. Grant,
now holding that position. has been
transferred to the department of the
east, with headquarters at Governors
Island, y. Y. according to dispatches
from Washington. This reverses the
order made by the war department a
month ago. for the good of the ser
vice" The change was made at the
instigatiOn of President Roosevelt
clearly for political pOlicy's sake.
Since the state of New York has be-
come a doubtful quantity in the eyes
of the administration, Gen. Grant is
given the post at New York because
of the great influence he can exert in
that state by reason of his family con-
nections. Gen. Funston. being practi-
cally a stranger in New York. would
be unable to help the. administration
politically
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
DEVILS LAKE HAS A SERPENT
North Dakota Resort is Latest Claim
ant to Uncanny Monster.

Devils Lake, y. D., Aug. 6.-This
resort was the scene of a satanic mani
festation in keeping with its name.
Mrs. c. F. Craig, wife of a banker of
Leeds, y. D.; Mrs. Edgar Larue and
Mrs. Carr Cleveland of this city vOuCh
for a story that a monster serpent
was seen by them from the chautau-
qua camping g ounds. 1t was swim
ming some distance from shore, leav-
ing a trail OF foam in its wake. had
a large. snakelike head and was GOV
cred with black scales, they say. All
tell in deep earnestness of their Nun
chausen-like adventure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
MANAGER HORN is ARRESTED
He Was Connected With Home In
Vestment Scheme.

Springfield. Ill. Aug. &C. w. Horn.
manager of one of the numerous home
investment companies, which Attorney
General Hamlin claims are illegal, was
brought TO this city yesterday by Chief
of Police Anderson, who arrested him
in Chicago. Horn gave a bond of $500
in the circuit court TO appeal for trial.
He is indicted on the charge of en-
beZZlement. He was manager of a CO.
operative home investment company
association which promised to buy
homes for persons making a certain
deposit with the company. 1t was al
legged the company failed TO make good
its promises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
PURSUED BY BLACK HANDS
Man Refuses to Leave Town and His
Business is Dynamited.

Passaic, y. J.. Aug. G.-Angered be-
cause he disregarded the warnings
Of the Black Hand society, which is
operating in this city, to leave the
city dynamiters placed bomb in the
doorway Of Frank CostellO's barber
shop yesterday and wrecked the four
story double fiat house in Sherman
street and Main avenue. in which his
shop was located. The entire front
Of the first floor of the building was
blown away and the walls fell. That
no one was injured is regarded as d
miracle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
JUST MISSES A WATERsPOUT
Rises on Outer Edge of Gulf Stream
100 Feet in Height.

New York. Aug. G.-The steamship
Koenigen Louise, which arrived Thurs
day, narrowly escaped running into a.
waterspout. The phenomenon was
near enough TO get fine snapshots of
it. It was Monday at noon and on the
outer edge Of the gulf stream that
the spout was discovered. It was
abont five miles distant of the star
board bow. Capt. Velger estimated
the pyramid-shaped base 70 be 20 feet
in diameter and the body about five
feet in thickness, towering nearly 100
feet high.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
ILLINOIS VILLAGERS
THREATEN LYNCHING
Attack on Child Rouses People of
lie Roy to Killing Pitch.

Bloomington, H.. Aug. G.-There is
a possibility of a lynching in the VIII
lage of lie Roy. 20 miles east OF
Bloomington. Sheriff Edwards was
appealed to at 9 o'clock last night to
come at once and bring every avail
able deputy. He departed a half hour
later with five men.
The cause of tie excitement was an
attack on Leland, the 13-year-Old
daughter of Sheridan Anderson, well
known resident of lie Roy. The man
charged with the crime is Milan
Dimes. said to be an ex-cOnvict.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
BULLET HOLE IN BRAIN:
MAN MENTALLY SOUND
Second Case of the Kind on Record
in the Newark City
Hospital.

New York. Aug. with a bullet
hole through both lobes of his brain.
Frederick Book, who shot himself July
II, is in the city hspital in Neward
mentally sound. He will leave the
hospital in a few days and the physi-
clans say he will never feel any i'll
effects from the wound. Books case
has only one precedent-that of a man
whose brain was pierced with a crow
bar and was treated successfully. Ac-
cording to the surgeons attending
Book there never has been a case
where mans brain has been pierced
that the sight or mind was not af-
feCted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Major DeImar Makes Record.

Poughkeepsie. y. Y. Aug. 6.-Major
Delmar broke the half-mile record at
Hudson River Driving park yesterday.
going the distance in 0:59h. He
broke his worlds record of 1:O1. made
1t Memphis on Oct. 23. 1902.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Victim From Rhode Island.

Woonsocket, r. /. Aug. 6. - Mrs.
O'Reilly. who was one Of a yachting
party of ten drowned near Disby. y.
s. Thursday and was thought to have
come from New York, is believed 10
be the wife of Col Francis l.. O'Reilly
OF this city. owner of the WoOnsocket
nnnra house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
WOULD BAR OPIUM TRAFFIC
Taft Committee Favors Government
Monopoly and Final Prohibition.

Manila. Aug. G.-The opium commit
tee appointed by former Gov. Taft rec
ommends that the opium traffic should
be made strictly a governmental mon
opoly at once and that at the end of
three years the importation should be
absolutely prohibited with the excep-
ton of medicinal requirements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Accident at CronStadt.
ONE KILLED AND THREE HURT
Cage in HecIa Mine Falls 800 Feet
Brake Fails.

Calumet. Mich, Aug. :. - Louis
Francisco was killed and three others
seriously injured by the falling OF a
cage in the Hecla mine. The brakes
failed to work, and the cage fell 500
feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Diner on Interurban.

Chicago. Aug. 6.-The Aurora. FL
gin & Chicago Railway will add a
$12 900 dining car to its equipment
within two weeks. Although at first
only available TO special parties. the
dining car eventually viii be placed in
general service. making four runs
daily between Chicago and the Aurora
and Elgin terminals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Postal Clerks Must Give Bond.

Washington. Aug. 6.-The postoffice
has issued general order
directing that every railway postal
clerk shall give $1,000 bond for the
faithful discharge of all his duties.
About 10000 employees are affected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
condemned Stranger" coIIapses.

Columbus. Ohio, Aug 6.-Alfred
Knapp. the stranger" condemned TO
die in the electric chair Aug. 10. has
collapsed and cannot eat nor sleep. He
has joined the Roman Catholic church.
The prison officials fear he will have
to be carried TO the chair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Cheap Passage From Europe.

London. Aug. 6.-The White Star
Line has reduced it's steerage rates
10 sl0 by all steamers. It is expected
that the Cunard line will make a sim
liar reduction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
WATCHMAN LEFT
THE GATES OPEN
Cause of Collision of Train With a
Street Car at Kansas
City.

Kansas City, Mo. Aug. Ga SaDta
Fe passenger train crashed into a troll
ley car at the Belt line crossing, on
Fifteenth street, today. J. l.. Morris
of Pleasant Hill, Mo, was killed, and
10 persons injured, one seriously. The
accident was caused by the bars being
up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Tragic End of an Outing
of Children at
Alton
BATHING IN THE RIVER
Confused by Waves From a
Steamer They Get Into
Deep Water.

Alton, ILL.,, Aug. eight persons
a man and seven members of a merry
bathing party of little girls-were
swept into the channel of the Missis-
sippi river by waves from n passing
steamer while bathing last evening
and drowned. The dead:
BRJ'M. BESSIE. II years old.
RRUM. MYRA. 10 years old
MARSHALL. RUTH. II years old.
PATES. LIZZIE. IA years old
PATES, LUCY, S years old.
RILEY, MICHAEL, 81 years old.
RILEY. ELIZABETH. II years old.
SYNER. ALICE. II years old.
Only One Girl Saved.
The only member of the party to sur
vive is Mary Timiny. s years Old She
was hysterical for hours after the
drowning. but finally was able to tell
a broken story of the death Of her
companions. Mr.. Riley, with his daugh-
ter and her little playmates. had gone
to the river for an outing. Mary Tim
iny says she waded some distance into
the stream, keeping carefully to a
sandbar, when the wash from the
height to come ashore Before enter
ing the water Riley instructed the lit
tie ones to maintain a tight grasp to
each others hands, he taking IA place
in the center.
Created Confusion.
The wash from the steamer created
confusion among the girls, Mary ex-
plains, and in the darkness they lost
their bearings, and before they were
aware of their danger two of them had
stepped off the Sandbar into the chan
mel, dragging the others with them.
Mary was at the end of the line and
when her companions dragged her
from the sandbar she was the nearest
to shoal water and to that fact she
owes her escape.
The children struggled and scream
ed. fighting desperately to reach the
sandbar. where the water was only Il
foot or SO in depth. Riley, who was a
good swimmer, is thought to have been
made helpless by the girls clinging to
him and hampering his efforts to save
them.
Beach Deserted.
The beach where the accident oc-
CURED is practically deserted after
nightfall. and the cries of the little
survivor failed to attract anyone to-
the scene. After Riley and her play
mates had disappeared beneath the
water, the child ran from the beach
and reached her home screaming. Her
father organized a rescue party, but
when they reached the beach there
was no sign OF Riley or the girls.
Boats were hastily secured and four
of the bodies wore rncnvernd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
DELHI WINNER OF
SARATOGA RACE

Saratoga. Aug 6.-The Great Re
public handicap. valued at $4,000 was
won by Delhi. Mercury second, The
Picket third
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
FAvORS OWN TOWN
Chairman TaRgart WOuld Make In
dfanapoIis Western Democratic
Headquarters.
COMMITTEE MAY OVERRULE
James n. EckIes on Finance-Far
West to Be Well Taken
Care of.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. eff the eX
| ecutive committee of the democratic
national committee does not override
Chairman Taggart, western headquar-
| ters will be established in Indianapo-
lis. The national chairman returned
to New York determined to exert all
his influence in favor of his home city.
He felt SO confident of carrying his
point before he started east that he
made inquiry about suitable quarters
for the western organization.
Joseph T. Tanning. member of the
state committee from the seventh dis
trict who went east with Taggart. will
likewise urge the adbisability of plac-
ing the western branch of the national
organization in indianapolis. and Will
liam H. OBrien. chairman of the state
committee, who will leave for New
York this afternoon, will add his infiu-
ence to that eXerted by Taggart and
Tanning.
EckeIs on Finance Committee.
James II. Eckles is to be a member
of the finance committee of the demo
cratic national committee, the selec-
tiOn of the Chicagoan by Chairman
Taggart having been announced yes
terday.
The naming of Mr.. Eclles for the
finance committee means he will prac-
tically be a member of the executive
committee, for. under a resolution of
the convention, the national commit
tee has the power to combine the two
under committees. and it is under
stood that action will be taken.
Far Western Committee.
Another thing learned yesterday is
that a special far western executive
committee will be appointed. with For
mer Senator Fred Dubois as the most
probable chairman, with headquarters
at Denver or Salt Lake. The west
erners are going TO make Il determined
effort to carry the mountain states,
Colorado. Utah. Montana. Idaho and
Nevada.
National Committeeman Roger c. |
Sullivan entered an emphatic denial
yesterday to the story that no serious
effort will be made to carry Illinois
this fall. He said that the stiffeSt sort
of a fight will be made in every cOun-
ty. and that the prospects for success
have never been better.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Letter Exposes Weakness
of the Packers PO-
sition.
GOT OUT BY ACCIDENT
More Western Men in Chica-
go to Arrange a Con-
ference.

Chicago, Aug. G.-From the inner
offices of the big packing companies
has come q private statement of the
conditions at the yards which differs
have been issued to the public daily
by the packers.
This private explanation was CON
tanned in a letter to statesmen, and a
copy of it fell into the hands of some
of the strike leaders. who say it is
genuine. The letter is signed by
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger. and the
strikers say it reveals the general
feeling among the packers.
Business Not Brisk.
In the letter, which is under date of
Aug. 4, the company declares that
business is not very brisk" and that
prObabiy not over % or 80 per cent
OF the business is being done that
would be under normal conditions"
Continuing, the company notifies it's
statesmen that ''it looks to be matter
of Il fight TO a finish, with the odds a
little in favor of the packers just now"
Conference RumOrs.
RumOrs of another peace conference
between the packers and the strikers
were occasioned last night by the ap-
pearance at the live stock exchange
of John NJ. Bordman and VI. T. Miller,
president and secretary Of the Mon
tana Roundup association, an organ
ization of drovers which sends nearly
25O.00O head of cattle to the yards each
several million dollars, and announce
that they are in Chicago TO investigate
the causes and conditions surround
ing the strike. Although the employees
deny the knowledge of a peace move.
it is understood the Montana men will
try to arrange a conference.
Claim Increase in Output.
The packers asserted there was
considerable increase in the number
of cattle killed yesterday compared
with Thursdays work. The strikers
declared the strike from now on would
be active"
Labor leaders held an all-day confer
ence and last night it was announced
another meeting will be held today.
when some action in regard to calling
out the city will be taken.
Bank stands Run.
Chicago. Aug. 6.-The run on the
Drovers' Trust & Savings bank con
tinued today but Vice President Til
den said they were prepared for every
emergency.
When closing time came at the
Drovers' Trust e Savings bank yes
terday afternoon there were at least
a thousand persons waiting for their
money. The place was kept open un
til every depOsitOr who presented him.
self at the window had been satisfied.
The bank kept open until after
O'Clock. but nearly two hours before
that time the last man in the line had
been paid in full and fresh arrivals
had ceased coming. II is estimated
that upwards of 5000 depositors with
drew their deposits during the day