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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
A Man of Giant Strength.

Judge Parker is six feet tall and a
man OF giant strength. His shoulders
are broad and his chest deep. His
muscles, developed by hard work on
the farm aud by daily horseback rid
ing. are the muscles of an athlete. He
slopes perfectly as man should. from
his shoulders to his feet, and IN spite
OF his nearly fifty-two years and his
weight OF 1876 pounds his step is as
light as a boys. and he can vault into
the saddle with ease.
His face rs that OF a country bred
man, strong and full OF color. The
eyes are large and Of an agreeable
brown; lionlike eyes but for the kindly
expression. One notices the eyes first
and then the immense jaws and formi-
dable round chin. The lower part OF the
face is heavy, but not brutal 1t has
a powerful line and outward thrust
that suggest tremendous will power
The mouth is large and masculine
with thick lower lip. The upper teeth
are big. fat and white. The lower teeth
are smaller The coarse. tawny mus
tache goes well with the brilliant brown
eyes and the reddish brown hair.
The judges nose is aQutline. he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Likes Magazines and Novels.

He is a confirmed magazine reader,
delighting in such periodicals as Har-
per's and the Outlook. He seldom
reads poetry, but is fond of good nov
els. Mrs. Parker is always on the alert
for a good new story for her hard
working husband. But his natural
taste is for Dickens. Thackeray and
Scott. He delights in the vigorous out
of door atmosphere of "The Scottish
Chiefs" Jefferson is his favorite polit-
ical writer. Any book or article on ag-
riculture or cattle breeding is sure to
interest him.
His daughter, Mrs. Hale, is an ac-
complished. musician and used to sing
in choir at Kingston. The judge took
her to Germany TO study music. but
Mrs. Parker's health failed suddenly.
and her daughter insisted on returning
to the United States. Mrs. Hale plays
the piano for her father. and he occa-
siOnally sings. His musical tastes are
very simple, and classical compositions
are apt to bore him.
After he has spent a morning work
ing on his judicial Opinions-hours of
grave concentration, when no one is
permitted to interrupt his quiet-and
when he is waiting for LUNCH, hisssec-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

rotary, Arthur MacCausland, viii sit
at the piano while the judge in sweet
tenor voice sings old fashioned ballads
or hymns, Il Feel Just as Young as
Used to Be-" "Only an Armor Bearer"
Hold the Fort and so on.
Its all very simple and natural in
that house, and hospitality is the first
law. Indeed, the judge carries hos
pitality to an extreme. All his neigh
bors are his friends. When he sits at
the head of the long mahogany dining
table with his wife, mother, brother,
daughter, son-in-law and grandchil-
dren, with one or two guests and per-
haps a neighbOr visitor, he is the life
OF the scene-gentle, dignified, helping
the conversation, but never forcing il,
rare gift in man of strong men,
falifV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

Since Alton i. Parker, chief JUS
tice of the New York court of appeals,
was indorsed by the democratic con
.vention of his home state for the
presidential nomination, popular in
terest in the eminent jurist has been
marked. Therefore a sketch of his
career recently prepared following
close range personal study by James
Creelman, the famous special CORES
pendent for the New York World, is
of particular interest:
While the country is calling for in
formation about Chief Judge Parker,
TO whom millions of Democrats are
turning for safe leadership in the
struggle for control OF the nation. the
politicians of both parties who swarm
over the hill on which the capitol of
New York stands, the agents Of cor
ruption, rascals in and out of Office,
leaders of the bar and noisy pettifog-
gers. all have daily sight OF him as he
strides through the streets Of Albany
between the Hotel Ten Eyck. in which
lie lives, and the court of appeals, over
which he presides.
Even in this center of political and
legislative intrigue, where the weak
nesses and selfish ambitions of public
men are so soon searched out, this
strong, brave. modest man has not an
enemy. at the top of the Albany hill
he sits, black robed, on the bench.
At the foot of it is the law office from
campaign to make him president of
the United States. Yet men of all par
ties, including his associates on the
bench, bear witness that Judge Par
Kerr in the face of exceptional fattery
and against the pressure of a thousand
influences, has maintained the highest
traditions of his great judicial office
by his consistent aloofness from poll
tics, his simple, unpretending dignity
and his devotion to his public duties.
1t is not that he is colorless or with
out ambition. There is no more warm
blooded or aggressive man in the coun-
try. And he is known to be deeply at
tached to his party. His silence is the
result Of self discipline and a cOncep-
ton of judicial propriety which moth
ing can shake. 1t is not a political pos
ture, but a deliberate line of conduct,
which he has followed for nineteen
years.
The kindly looks turned upon him in
the streets, the Difference paid to him
wherever he moves, without respect to
party, and the frank admiration ex
pressed when his name comes up in pri-
vate conversation in this cynical and
suspicious neighborhOod show how
fully his sincerity, breadth of mind and
modest independence have impressed
themselves upon those who have him
under daily scrutiny.
Kindness of heart, firmness of will,
charity in the judgment of others. con-
stancy in friendships, love of work for
its own sake. neighbOrliness, a quiet
scorn for demagogy, self righteous
attitudes or spectacular methods -
these are hts recognized traits. He is
never a boaster, and his sense OF hu-
NOR Will not permit him to be pOmp-
Gus. 1t would be hard to find a man
OF more simple and wholesome man
ners-a cultivated jurist who has al
ways been and still is a successful
practical farmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Stopping a Panic.

And now a tremendous excitement
was stirred up in consequence of local
political disturbances. The leading
newspaper of Ulster county, to en-
barrass the bank and thus injure some
of the original trustees, advised the
depositors TO draw out their allowable
% per cent as soon as the banks doors
opened, as it would probably be all
they would ever get.
y frantic crowd of depositors
storrned the bank. The run" meant
ruin. But when tie doors opened
there was Judge Parker, with bag
of money which be had obtained in
New York. He was determined to
prevent q panic. Leaping on the. treas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

Michael, Nicholas
IFS brother and
heir apparent, and
Grand Duke Nladi-
mir stand between
Cyril and the Ro-
manoff crown.
The Grand Duke
Cyril, who q is only
twenty-eight. has
already served in
both the army and
navy of Russia, and
is considered an eff
ficient officer in both
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

The Grand Duke Cyril. who was
wounded in the disaster to the i'll fated
battleShip PetropavlovSk, which cauS-
ed the death of Vice Admiral Maka-
rolf. is the eldest son of the Grand
Duke Vladimir. uncle to the ear, and
therefore in the line of succession TO
the Russian throne. AS the present
car has no sons, only the Grand Duke
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Poker was Once .scbarwenreI.r

Germans claim that poker is an old
German game, which for more than
100 years has been played and is still
being played in some districts Of West
phalia. Emigrants took # to the Unit
ed States, and there its name OF
"scharwenzer' was changed into 'pok-
er."-LondOn. Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

service. He is u captain in the Fifty
second infantry regiment and was for
Il time an officer on the cruiser Admiral
Nakhimoff. Emperor William of Ger
many some time ago appointed him on
the staff of the German navy and gave
him the order of the Black Eagle.
The young grand duke has strong
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

is a beautfruI place. all -up-ano down
hill, fronting the Hudson and extending
on either side of the rocky road that
sprawls in from the village Of Esopus.
Across the great river is seen one of
the new Vanderbilt houses. In the 9th
er direction are the lovely wooded
mountains leading toward the Cats
kills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
His pIsanpenrIng Pulse.

"Myw exclaimed the doctor. You've
hardly any pulse today"
well, don't you remember, doctor"
replied the patient, you took it when
you were here yesterday ?'-Yonkers
StateSman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

eral staff and has spent so many years
in Siberia and Manchuria that he
knows the country and the people well.
Prior to his detail as Kuropatllin's
right hand man General Zilinski was
quartermaster general of the cars
army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

erty he has acquired mostly by saving
and good business judgment. His farm
at Cortland came to him from his
farmer father. He was born on it
and worked along its burrows as a
hoy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

highly thought OF
in Russian military.
circles that 1t is
said the whole ar
my rejoiced when
Kuropatkin chose
him for his present.
duty. General Ii
linski has long been
one of the best in
formed and most
energetic members
Of tho RnScion ron
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Sleeps Only Six to Seven Hours.


Notwithstanding the early hour at
which he rises and the steady vigor
with which he works, Judge Parker
does not retire before II o'clock or
midnight. He sleeps soundly and is up
again, clear eyed and smiling, at $50
o'clock. He averages less than seven
hours in bed.
To understand the judges business
capacity and his common sense way
of dealing with difficult situations it is
necessary to know how he saved the
Ulster County Savings institution. In
September, 1891, this important bank
which had deposits of s., 800 600, closed
its doors in consequence of embeZZle-
mentS by the treasurer and assistant
treasurer of sums which, with the divi-
dends due, amounted to 100000. This
wiped out the supposed surplus and
left the institution with u deficiency.
The usual action was taken by the at
torney general to wind up the business
and distribute the assets, and a tempo
rary receiver was appointed
1t was found that it was impossible
TO wind up the affairs of the bank in
the ordinary way without substa ntialIy
destroying the market value of the real
estate of the bank. This WAS so be-
cause the institution had invested about
$1,000, 900 in real estate mortgages, one
half of which were on farms. To
throw so many farms on the market
would have caused a crash in their
values.
Among the trustees of the bank were
Judge Parker, General Sharpe and
Judge Kenyon. Judge Parker was on
his farm at Accord when he got a hint
that there was something wrong He
left his fields, hurried to Kingston,
made a quick investigation and had
the assistant treasurer lodged in jail
that night.
To save the depositors from loss
Judge Parker took the leadership. He
tried to get some strong institution
like an insurance company to take an
assignment of the mortgages, with
some local bank as discount agent No
institution willing TO take the assign
ment could be found. 1t looked as il
the mortgages would have to be fore
closed to pay the debt, which meant
a destruction OF values and little as
sets for the depositOrs. who were in
state of terror and confusion.
Judge Parker began to look about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Judge Parker's Working Traits.

Considering the fact that within a
few months Judge Parker is likely to
be the Democratic candidate for presi-
dent it is worth while noticing his
work Ing traits as a public officer. He
goes at his task without nervousness.
1t is hard to imagine less nervous
man. He works with method and de-
liberately. Unlike President Roosevelt
he does not lurch at things in a fury
of energy, but makes progress in an
orderly and calm mood. After dictat-
ing an opinion he goes over the sheets
and strikes out everything unnecessary
or rhetorical. But his corrections or
dinarily relate merely to details: he
does not have TO pull his work to
pieces. Nor is there any one who ever
heard him speak discourteously or in
anger to a subordinate. His tact and
natural kindness make things move
smoothly. Yet there is an iron firm
ness about him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23

While there has been no mention OF
submarine boats in the reports of the
naval battles around Port Arthur, 1t is
not Unlikely that this new engine OF
naval warfare may be given trial be-
fore the conflict is over.
So far as known Japan has no sub
marines. but il is believed that Russia
has two or three of them in the east.
Early in the winter an entirely novel
type of this class of vessel, named the
Petr Kochka. was launched at Cron-
stadt, and several others were being
pushed to completion with all speed.
The most original feature of the Petr
KOchka is the fact that she was built
in nine sections, presumably with the
idea of her easy transportation over
the Siberian railway to the Pacific.
The Petr Kochka is seventy-seven feet
long, fourteen feet beam, has dis
placement of twenty tons and carries
crew of twelve men. Her motive
power on the surface is n petrol en-
CINE, and while submerged she is drlv-
en- by an electric motor. The three
center sections contain the propelling
mechanism, and the stern and forward
sections are cut away at the top and
bottom and are fitted with planes for
raising and lowering her. The arma-
ment consists of two Whitehead tor
pedoes. The Petr Kochka was built
from designs made by Lieutenant
Kohlbassieff Of the Russian navy
Lieutenant General ZiIlnski. whose
name is also spelled Shilinsl1y, occu-
pies the important position of chief OF
staff to General Kuropatkin. Russian
commander in Manchuria He is SO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Sketch of Judge
Alton B. Parker
Close Range Personal |f11dy of Emf
nenf JLtrrSf BY James Creelnan.
|peciaI Correspondent.

has high check bones. Gut the charac-
teristic is not marked. His high, broad
forehead slopes back without a bump.
1T is a singularly symmetrical brow,
showing penetration. observation, am
bition and energy. The block head is
not large and is somewhat straight. so
that IT does not balance with the great
jaws and the fighting chin.
Nowhere in the face or head is there
a suggestion of craft. Nor is there
anything sidewise or sly in the eyes.
They look at you straight The prac-
teal and logical dominate the imagi-
native qualities-impulse is a slave to
will. The lack of wrinkles between
the eyebrows and the smooth forehead
indicates a man who can concentrate
his mind without the great effort
which contracts the facial muscles.
Judge Parker dresses well and al
ways I'm dark colors, usually grays.
His ordinary attire is a cutaway coat
of rough gray cloth and gray trousers.
He wears q standing collar and sim
pie black cravat, held by small pearl.
Few men are more decOrous or careful
in their dress. In spite of his passion
for work and his many pressing duties
he usually dresses three times a day
for riding. for business and for dinner.
And his clothes fit him, which cannot
be said of most men in public life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
His Farm at EsOpus.

At the end of every week and dur
ing the summer vacation Judge Parker
is to be found on his picturesque farm
at Esopus, which overlooks the Hud-
son river He has three farms in New
York state-one of 80 acres at COrt-
land. another of $50 acres at Accord
and still another of 80 acres at Esopus.
He manages these three farms and
makes them. on the whole. pay. He
is no dilettante stranger TO the coun-
try, playing with agriculture as with
a toy. but n real farmer, who directs
the work. superintends the blowing
and, in harvest time, goes out in his
shirt sleeves to work with his men in
the hay and sorghum.
A careful estimate Of Judge Parker
wealth places the value OF all his pos
sessions at about .Q0o.---This -pron-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Cousin of Car
Grand Duke Cyril
Who Was Wounded ar Port A<4rf6rfr-06frd
In Line Of |ucceSSior7 10 the
ROmanoIJF Cr0sOn.

holds or has held Some nign commands
in the Russian army. They had no
end of trouble with their daughter
Helen before she married the son OF
the king OF Greece. 1t is said that
among her other achievements she
blinded her governess for life by throw
ing vitriol ut her one day when the
governess had corrected her for some
fault. Her parents had to give the
woman 4 handsome pension.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
Dignity Suggests Great Power.

ooA&SSNS
There is a grave dignity as well as a
suggestion of immense power in Judge
Parker which goes we'll with his black
silk robe when he presides in the court
of appeals. He is the youngest man
in the row of judges. He is attentive
to argument ana keeps his eyes stead
lily on the lawyer who may be plead
ing. His courtesy to lawyers is well
known. When he makes a ruling he
does not waste words. 1t is useless to
argue; the thing is done. All his ASSOC
ciates say that he does everything in
his power to save them from unneces
sary work, and it is Indicative of his
nature that he is the only member OF
the court of appeals who is always
present when the court is open. The
other judges take their weeks off reGu-
Iarly, but Judge Parker serves every
day OF the session, so that there shall
always be some one on the bench IA
miliar with every ruling or agreement
made in court.
AS the judge sits high up I'm the great
oaken hall of justice, with its bronze
statue of Livingston and its paneled
portraits of dead juriSts, John Jay in
his crimson university robes high above
them all, he can see through the win
dows the Hudson river, which sweeps
the shore of his beloved farm at ESQ
pus, sixty miles away, where his FAM
lily, his crops and his herds await him
at each weeks end. However deeply
his mind is immersed in the complex
problems of his great office, his heart
is always in his farm. for he was born
farmer and will be one till he dies.
This familiar and practical knowledge
of farming and farmers is of great
value to the court in dealing with ag-
ricultural cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
An AbstemiOuS Man.

His ordinary lunch consists of thin
soup, tea without milk or sugar, fruit
and custard or pumpkin pie.
Then he goes to court and sits on the
bench until 6 O'Clock, or, if he is on the
farm, he divides his time between his
cattle. crops and judicial writing.
He always puts on evening dress for
dinner. That meal is generally made
up of soup and a roast, such as beef.
lamb or spareribs, principally of his
own killing. followed by a salad and
fruit or pie. His one abomination is
"buttermilk pap beverage which his
wife delights in, but seldom serves
when he is present.
The judge usually drinks water with
his dinner. save when he has guests,
and then Mrs. Parker sets forth wine.
He occasionally takes n whisky high
ball with his meal. Altogether he is
strongly abstemious man. He smokes
after dinner, but never before.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-08
CAUSE OE IOckIAM

Lockjaw. or tetanus. is caused by a
bacillus or germ which exists pleuti.
fully in street dirt. IL Is inactive SO
long as exposed to the air. but when
carried beneath the skin, as in the
wounds caused by percussion caps or
by rusty nails, and when the air is
excluded the germ is reused to actiy.
ity and produces the most yirulent
poison known. These germs may be
destroyed and all danger of lockjaw
avoided by applying Chamberlain Is
Pain Balm freely as soon as the In.
jury is received. Pain Balm is an an
tiseptic and causes cuts, bruises and
like injuries to heal without matura
ton and in one-third the time required
by the usual treatment. 1t is for sale
by j. J. Sherwin.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-08

Mineral Survey No 1921.
L. { Laas Orcs
Denver. Coiora-o. August B. 1904.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
Parry and Sarah A. Broad whose posioffice
IS Russell Gulch, Colorado, have made ap-
plication for a patent for 1900 linear feet
each on the Minnie Moore and Ashland
lodes and for 1854 linear feet on the
Ashland Extension Lode bearing gold
and silver, the Minnie Moore Lode being
iISs feet n. So deg. and 20 min e. and
g f. >. So deg 80 min. W, the Ashland
Lode being 500 Il. ii. 79 deg. and 80 min.
e and 1000 fl s..7o deg. W. the Ashland
Extension Lode being 10 feet n. eo deg. e.
and asa. 81 II. $ 69deg. 90 min. ". from the
respective discovery shafts thereon, with
surface ground on each $50 feet in width,
situate in Idaho Mining District, Clear
Creek County, State OF Colorado. and
described in the plat and field notes on
flle IN this Office, as follows, viz:
MINNIE MOORE LODE
Beginning a; Cor. No. !, whence the ".
! Cor. Sec. 80, T } 5. X. n W. bears 5.
% deg. 70 min, q sec. e s747 .os fl. Thence
81 deg 80 min. " 1890 fl. to cor No. =,
thence n. : deg. 20 min. ". $50 #. to
cor No. J. thence II Szdeg. 90 min c.
1900 feet TO cor. No q: thence 5. deg. 70
min. e iso # to cor No. the place OF
beginning.
ASHLAND LODE
Beginning at Cor. No. I whence the W.
: cor. sec. 90, T. 1. 5. X. u ". bears 5.
20 deg. q min. n sec. {. 62sS 80 IT,
Thence 5. 7e deg. 80 min W. 1900 Il TO
cor. No. ,, thence n. 10 deg. 90 min. ".
f5o II. to cor, No /. thence II. % deg. 90
min. e. 1890 It. 10 cor. No &. Thence :.
10 deg. 50 min. c. $50 #. to cor No. /. the
place OF beginning.
ASHLAND ExTENsIoS LODE
Beginning al cor. No. /, whence the W.
Z cor. sec 80. T. J, 5. r. n ". bears $
70 deg. IS min 81 sec. e, 7b2i - II.
thence 5. o9 deg ". 1854 II to cor No.
?, thence n. 10 deg. 20 min W 1916 #
TO Cor. No. ), thence n. So deg e. se3 3.
II. cor No. !. thence $. 10 deg go min. e.
1876 II. 10 cor. No. l, place OF beginning.
Containing s.sI9 acres, expressly ex-
cep,ing and excluding all conflict
with Surveys Nos. 6556 Am. $3.50.
o646 and IoII7 and forming portion of
the unsubdivided S OF r 7s W OF the
9th p. m. said locations being recorded in
vols. IoS, So and I59 pages 42I, IsS and
100 of the records Of Clear Greek County,
Colorado.
Adjoining claimants the owners of sur
veys Nos. ia, 6556 Am, es3o, ee46 and
IofI7.
c. D. FORD, Register.
First pub. Aug s, 1904.
Last pub. Oct. S. 1904.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-08
MINING APPLICATION NO. Isis.
H neral Survey Nc. iesis-
pen.r,. celets.s. sep,e.sss. p ,s. iAis q. W..

Denver. Colorado Septettel Fl. iyst.
sotlcs is hereby given that The asmrsofh C,osa
ssiuing Tunnel an. Ralifa13 Eonrany. by r
Wrlians IT'S szrnt ami sfforpes in fact. @fose fst-
once s1aFess IS Posi-0f.cs Box SO. Denver Cos3-
rsso. has made a99iirafoH TOT patent f8r fouresn
hsn4fes farts siS 5s-70o i+f655l linear on the
Hyrcu n. io3e. heafing silver and gold. the same
s-ing SD = .rei q G. ss ard 20 feet as -, ~
from discovery thereaH Nifh surface sfoani one
hunIres hfgY Tres With slti4sts In Cascade sna
Jackson Mining DiSttct. Clear Greek County. Stat.
O. Coosa.o ana sescfieea tie Plat ant fel1 norrs
osl ts IN this once follows siz:
Begianinz al Dol. granite stone. whence The
IT. o. I9~ " 3Dit-a5 f.; cor. sur 60. issrl
64s s. f. 70 COZ granite siones thsnce 81
- 80 Il. 10 no 3. gfAnite stone. thence 5
So 81 I5i.73 #. 70 cor M. 4, granite stone
~t,snce cor. NJ. l. sur. ISz-S. Es4uimauS it,1s
hears n S77 2f = - 81 f. theucs A. ~ 80 n
cor. ;. granite stone thence -S ~ SO 81
# 20 cor 10. Is. granite sipnr, ihencs So 81 I.
I5l - II 10 cor no. ] the place Of Beginning.
Con;aininY slnafs acres, expressly excepting ara
szciB5ing al conficI With Survey No l25. essls.f-
mau1 Io5s ard forming PORTION Of tlr y Ia Sss
{. - Sex 6. AMI g Ia See. T.. r Ts y 81
ne Oh p NJ Said Iscatiou beng recorded IN .ei
iia page 10. of the records of Clear Creek County
Colorado.
A. l,sulns ciaimzn,s Sur. No. isgss. Eseuinaus
ode On the south. and Aammoih NIL site on III
Eurth-
C. D. FORD. Register.
Prs puh SEPT - iaal.
l-sxf e \ Nov ~ 1904