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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
FAST TRAIN
Is WRECKED
Eighteen-HOur Pennsyl-
Vania Flyer Strikes
Obstruction.
BUT PLOWS THROUGH
Freight Car on Opposite Track
Buckled in a Sudden
Stop.
BUT PLOWS THROUGH

Harrisburg. Pa, July ls.-The Penn
sylvania flyer. the 1S-hour train be-
tween Chicago and New York on the
PENNSYLVANIA road. ran into a freight
wreck near Port Royal, a few miles
west Of the city. early today. The en-
gineer was the only person injured.
Passengers were not even awakened
by the accident.
Car "BuckIed."
\ weStbound freight train nearing
Fort Royal tried TO stop suddenly. and
the engineer made Il too violent appli-
cation of air. the consequence of which
was that the car buckled and was
thrown over TO track No. /. on which
the flyer was speeding east An at
tempt was made To flag all trains, but
the break occurred almost simulta-
neously with the arrival of the flyer
and the train plunged into the wreck.
The momentum threw the wrecked car
from the track. but the flyer did not
jump the rails.
Engineer Jumped.
Engineer Miller. when he saw the
obstruction on the track. jumped from
the engine and was hurt about the
head and back. Fireman Garman
brought the train to stop. The pas
sengers, all of whom were in their
berths, did not know there had been
an accident until after the train had
been stopped for some time. They
were not even shaken up.
Four Killed ON l.. a n.
Mount Vernon, Ind, July 15.-In a
head-on collision between two freights
on the Louisville & Nashville, near Up
ton, today four persons were killed and
eight injured. one fatally. The dead:
John Spradley, of Evansville.
Leonard Price, of NichOlasville. Nv.
An unknown tramp.
l.. G.. Cooke. brakeman, McLeans-
bOro, III.
The fatally injured:
Engineer Lawrence McMichaeI. Ey-
ansville. Ind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15

Funston on the street stated if the of
ficers had done their duty the explo-
sion would not have occurred a
crowd was drawn to the scene and an
officer requested Funston to desist in
his talk, the two clinched and Funston,
it is alleged attempted to draw a re-
volver. The court room was crowded
today. A verdict is not expected until
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
REPUTATION HURT; DIES
Aged New Jersey Man Suicides After
Sensational Divorce Case.

Jersey City. y j. July 15.-LOuis
Apgar. aged 65. wealthy. married, and
a grandfather. shot and killed himself
today as a result Of sensational dis
closures which terminated yesterday
In the granting of a divorce to George
NJ Meyer against Clara Z. Meyer Ap-
gar was named as correspondent. The
suit attracted wide attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
JOHND'S FATHER AT OTTAWA?
Sire of Oil King Believed to Be Living
Under Assumed Name.

Ottawa, Ill. July 15.-Circumstances
have led TO the belief being general
here that Dr. William Livingston, d
venerable travelling physician, is the
father of John d. Rockefeller, the oil
king. and that he has been living IN
der an assumed name for years. He
is IS years Of age and entirely deaf
and almost blind His wife. who is
many years his junior either does not
know of his past or refuses 10 tell the
facts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
FRENCH SUBMARINE
BOAT Is FLOATED
lowed to Harbor at Bizerta 10 Be
Opened and Bodies of Sailors
Removed.

Paris. July I5.-The minister Of the
marine has received a dispatch from
Bizerta Tunis. saving efforts 10 raise
the floating dock to which the sunken
submarine boat has been fastened.
were successful this morning. The
dock was taken 10 Sidi Abdallah.
where it will be Immediately placed in
dry dock for the purpose Of opening
the submarine and taking out the II
bodies of her crew.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
Minister ON Way.
CADY ON THE DIRECTORATE
Local Golfer Elected BY Trsns-Missis
sippi Golf Assoc istion.

St Louis. July 15.-Ofhcers were
elected for the Trans Mississippi Coll
association for the ensuing year, as
follows:
President - Walter Fairbanks. Den
yer
Vice Warren Dickinson
Des Moines, Iowa Col George S. Nc,
Grew, ST. Louis.
Among the directors are: J. r. Max
well. of Keokuk. Iowa: John ID. Cady
of Rock Island. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15

with strychnine and sent it to the
school with a note saying it was for
the teacher only" The orange was
laid aside
Tried other Course.
Having failed in this direction. the
girl is alleged TO have poisoned the
Johnson well. Fortunately, no one
drank of the water The orange was
sent to the state chemist and it is said
it contained enough strychnine to kill
a score of people.
Church Founder Dead.
Columbus. Ohio, July 15.-John F.
Lippard. founder of the Soulist Church
of the World, died today of typhoid fe-
yer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
Illinois LIQUOR Dealers Meet.

Peoria. H., July 15.-Representatiyes
of the Illinois Liquor Dealers associa
ton were in Peoria yesterday arrang
ing for the annual state convention 70
be held here in September. JOHN Sen
nerberger and L. J. Calligan. both OF
Peoria, were elected president and sec
retary, respectively, of the committee
on arrangements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
MAKE FISHING PROFITABLE
Carp Shipped Out and Sold for Bass
to Suckers.

The use of hoop nets, about 6 feet
in length, and 2h feet in diameter. in
the slough waters above the bridges. is
resulting in big hauls for fishermen.
Carp are about the only fish caught,
but as many as - FISH have been taken
from one net in a single haul. While
there is but scant market for these In
this locality some are sold as bass, and
the deception is profitable for the fish
ermen. The carp species caught here
are said TO be a cross between the Ger
man carp and buffalo. but when ship
ped east find fair market. Such COED
strings have not been taken from the
river since fish traps were used before
the state laws prohibited that method
of fishing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
c. T. Yerkes Seriously 40.

London, July 15.-Charles T. Yerkes
the traction magnate, formerly of Chi
cago. is seriously i'll of kidney trouble
No one but the physicians and nurses
are allowed to see him. His friends
say his condition is not alarming and
that his progress toward recovery is
satisfactory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
ARMY WORMS SWEEP FIELD
Farmers Organize to Fight Insects
Near South Bend. Ind

South Bend, Ind, July % Count
less army worms have swept clean 800
acres OF timothy as well as much oats
and barley near the southwest corner
of this county. and are still advancing
Farmers are attempting To stay the
ravages by plowing deep furrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
TRUST
Leading Actors in America Form
Combination to Get
Rights.
LEE SHUBERT is MANAGER
Houses Already Secured in All the
Leading Cities and Others Will
Be Available.

New York, July 15-Announcement
of a new combination of actors in
America against what is known as the
theatrical trust has been made by Lee
Shubert. The leading companies in
the new combination are those headed
by David Belasco and Mrs. Minnie
Maddern FisEe. Lee Shubert will man
age the line of theaters. which will he
placed at the disposal of Mr.. BelascO,
Mrs. Fiske, and others
The new combine will back II COM
panies on the road and such actors as
Sarah BernhaTdt. Ada Rehan. Jeffer-
son De Angels. Henry Miller, Lillian
Russell. David WariieId. Blanche
Bates, Bertha Galland, Robert Hilliard.
Mrs. Fiske. Bertha Kalisch. and Mrs.
Carter. These actors and actresses
under the new management expect
within another week TO have a suffici-
ent number of theaters on their own
circuit in America and England to play
in the year round
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
PANIC ON FERRY
IN HUDSON RIVER

New York. July 15.-To avoid q col
lision with a ferry boat. the crowded
passenger steamer Asbury Park ran
at half speed into her own dock On the
Hudson river today. A hole was torn
in the steamers side and panic spread
among the passengers. Only hurried
landing averted more serious trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
Bought Copy at $500.

New York, July 15.-After a prelim-
mary examination before Magistrate
McAvoy in the Tombs police court yes
terday, Charles H. Able, solicitor of the
Society Editors association, was held
to the grand jury upon a charge of ex-
tortion brought by Edwin NJ. Post of
the New York Stock Exchange, who
testified that Able induced him to pay
$500 for a copy of Americas Smart
Set" which he did not want, by
threatening that if he did not subscribe
that amount Town Topics would pub
lish a story about him which had pre-
viously appeared in very guarded
form in the New York Inquirer, anoth-
er weekly publication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
NEW CATTLE FRAUD
AT KANSAS CITY. MO.

Kansas City. July 15.-The grand
jury today returned indictments
against William A. Towers. a promin-
ent cattleman on the charge of fraud
and Carl H. Rightmier. Bruce Reichel-
derwer. and Charles Virgins. weigh
masters in the Kansas City stock
yards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
WEALTH SAVED CRIMINAL
Kansas City Dentist Guilty of Murder
in Second Degree.

Kansas City, July 15.-Dr. Louis
Zorn, who in 1903 shot and killed Al
bert Sechrest, his tenant, was today
found guilty of murder in the second
degree and sentenced to Is years in
the penitentiary. The murder was
cold-blooded and unprovoked. Iorn,
who is so years old, was wealthy and
fought the case stubbornly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
INSIST ON
MODERATION
Russian Papers Deny In
tention to Pay Dear
Iy for Peace.
CARS VIEWS AIRED
Whites Appointment Declared
to Have Been Mis-
construed.
CZAR'S VIEWS AIRED

st. Petersburg. July i5.-The Sviet
which sometimes interprets the views
of the military party, today indignant
" rejects the Interpretation put on NJ.
Whites appointment abroad, namely.
that il is equivalent to accept at once
any peace terms Japan may choose to
offer. except leveling Notifications at
Nladivostok.
Emperor Is Quoted.
The paper calls attention TO the en-
peror's marginal notes on various ad-
dresses expressing his determination
10 continue the war, and especially re-
fers to his telegram to Gen. Linevitch,
June IA, which the commander-in-chief
read TO the army and which has just
been published here. in which the en-
peror pledged himself TO do everything
possible to tighten the heavy task of
the army and expressed confidence that
all obstacles would finally be overcome
and that the war would end happily for
the Russian army, as proof that the
emperor has no intention TO make peace
at any price.
Balance of Power.
The Slovo thinks the desire of the
powers, especially Great Britain. in
view of Emperor Williams attitude to-
ward France, to see Russia at peace in
order to preserve the balance of power
in Europe, should become a strong
diplomatic weapon in the hands of the
RussiOn plenipotentiaries for the res
toration of practically the status quo
ante -bellum.
DIatruHt Cleared Away.
The Bourse Gazette says. inasmuch
as Japan appreciates Whites sincere
desire for peace, the ground at the out
set is cleared of distrust and suspicion.
At the same time, the paper adds. ia
pan will find that, while Witte will be
reasonable. he will make no disgrace
ful or humiliating concessions.
WItte VIII Serve.
st. Petersburg. July 15.-Witte had
another long audience with the emper-
or today. Investigation in authorita-
tive quarters enables the Associated
Press to positively announce the re-
ports current here late last night that
Witte might not go TO Washington were
incorrect. Whites instructions name
him as first plenipotentiary and clothe
him with plenary powers The instruc-
tions are couched in general terms.
Engage PassnEe.
Paris. July 15.-The North German
Lloyd company has received a dispatch
finally engaging passage on the steam
er Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. sailing
from Cherbourg July &c. for the Rus
sian peace plenipotentiaries and their
party.
Minister on Way.
Shanghai. July 15.-M. PokOtiloff
Russian minister 70 China. left today
for Vancouver on the steamer Empress
of China. He is on his way 10 Wash
ington to attend the peace conference
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
FALLING WALLS
KILL AND MAIN
Cyclonie Wind at Winnipeg Blows
Down Building in Course Of
Construction.

Winnipeg Man. July ia large
four-story building in course of erec-
by a cyclonic gale. and in falling its
walls crushed adjoining houses. kill
ing four persons and injuring dozen
others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
TRANSFERS PROPOSE REORGANIzING
AS RESULT OF THE CHICAGO STRIKE

Chicago. July 5.-Reorganization of
the teamsters along conservative lines
will be attempted at the coming con
vention of the International Brother
hood of Transfers and Helpers. There
calling powers of the general officers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
REEVES ONE OF RECEIVERS
Ex-congressman viii Assist in Hand
lin DeVIin Property.

Peoria. ILL.,. July l5.-Through an or
der issued by Judge Humphrey yester-
day and filed in the United States court
in this city, Walter Reeves, ex-con-
gressman. is appointed receiver of the
Devlin Illinois properties, to act in con
junction with J. f. Hurley and Cyrus
Leland, receivers of the Kansas prop
critics
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15

and vest that authority solely in a
referendum. The Chicago strike is the
cause of the proposed reorganization.
\ strong move has been initiated to
revise the constitution of the organiza-
tion. using as a model the constitution
of the United Mine Workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
CIerk-Carrier Examination.

ID. F. KreH announces that there will
be a clerk-carTier examination con-
Quoted at the postofIice under his dlrec-
ton July %. II IS urged that all ap.
plicatiOns be filled early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
RIOT IN STREETS
Police of New York Have Battle
With Mob of Several
Thousand.
STARTED OVER AN ARREST
Policeman Undertook to Run in
White Man for Attacking a
Negro.

New York, July 15.-"San Juan
HILL the district bounded by Amster-
dam and West End avenue, and Sixty
first and Sixty-third streets, was the
scene last night of a furious race riot
which required $50 policemen to quell
after many shots had been fired and
several persons had been seriously in
jured.
The trouble began shortly after 3
o'clock when a policeman arrested Ed
ward Connolly for attacking Henry
Williams, a negro. and was pursued
TO the station house with his prisoner
by mob of ConneIly's friends. hurting
showers of stones and other missiles
Missiles Thrown.
When the station house reserves
turned out the whole neighborhood
was in an upToar and the blacks en-
gagged in desperate struggles IN the
streets. Torrents of missiles were
hurled from roofs and windows. With
in 10 minutes not less than 1000 men.
boys and women. black and white,
were engaged in furious combat.
The small party of police were pow
erless and reinforcements were sum
moned. These also We're driven back
to the station by the mob. and further
reinforcements were made. A force
of more than $50 policemen were gath
cred and attacked the rioters. Squads
cleared the roofs of neighbOring build
ings while others swept the streets OF
rioters BY IL O'Clock the fighting had
ceased.
Receive Surgical Attention
In all seven whites and two negroes
had their injuries attended to by the
ambulance surgeons. but scores OF oth-
ers less seriously hurt were taken 10
their homes by friends. Five whites
and six negroes. among them women
of both races. almost all of whom bore
traces of the conflict with the police,
were arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
GAINING GROUND
Japanese Rapidly Taking Posses.
sion of the Island of
Sakhalin.
MEET STUBBORN RESISTANCE
Considerable Loss InfIicted-LineVitch
Has Given up the Idea of
Attacking.

Washington, July 15.-The Japanese
legation here has received a cable
gram from Toxic detailing the action
on the Island of Sakhalin July 10 and
II. in which the Russians were forced
TO abandon their positions. The cable
gram follows:
"The Sakhalin army reports that in
pursuing the enemy it dislOdged him
from the neighborhOOd of Veladimior-
zka and Blijimeye, twQ miles west of
Veladimirozka, on the 10th of July, and
occupied both places.
Meet Strong Resistance.
The enemy's main force retreated TO
fortified positions northwest of Dalin-
eye. where with some machine guns a
stubborn resistance was offered. Our
army commenced a vigorous attack on
the 11th and routed the enemy toward
Mauka, on the dawn of the 11th. The
enemy's loss is not obtainable, but is
probably at least l50.'
LinevItch on Defensive.
Toxic. July 15.-An officer who has
returned from Manchuria says the eX-
pectation that Linevitch would assume
the aggressive is diminishing. and it
is believed Linevitch's tactics now are
TO be non aggressive and entirely on
the defensive. Reports of the existence
Of epidemics and contagious diseases
among the Russians continue TO reach
the Japanese army. Later details
from KarskakoTvsk say the fire which
continued 10 burn until July 10 prac-
tically destroyed the town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
Has Many Houses.

Mr. Shubert announced that his COM
pany now has ii playhouses under its
control. including theaters in New
York. Philadelphia. Chicago, St. Louis.
and London. and that he would within
week be able 20 open half a dozen
more theaters 10 his attractions.
among them a house in Boston. Be
sides these places, the new combina-
ton is counting on the support of inde-
pendent houses all over the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15

from east TO west at $40. and was of
between and 10 seconds duration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-15
Engage PassnEe.

Paris. July 15.-The North German
Lloyd company has received a dispatch
finally engaging passage on the steam
er Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. sailing
from Cherbourg July &c. for the Rus
sian peace plenipotentiaries and their
partV
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-10-25
Cisaro az Their Eest.

55 Buy your cigars in quantities,
put: them in q cedar boz, lay the
!: box away in your cellar and at: the
end Of three. Or four years they are
Just right for smok king, !, said a deal
A cigar. j il pperly kept, inn
proves with age, and at the end Of
four years storage reaches the maxi
mum Of xcellence. There are some
curious things, however, about even
the costliest kind that. every !. con-
zloisseur Teoog ognizes,, In certain lo-
oalities the best brand :,of Havanas
acquire - bitter taste after ii being
laid away for q few. days. rs ! don't
know whether il is atmospth pthseeric in- i IL;
hnence %, what tho cause may be,
but certain it Isl that some climates
are rzlinpus i 10 their flavor. Anv
smoker Of The finest goods viii also
tell ssou that it! Is necessary at times
to change from the imported .to the
domestic cigar, If only for q g. brrief
se,asoI 81 i ] tire Of cigars costing 40
Z cents SH elesss!a aasss;is cannot
again take pleasure in them until L
have indulgedaa for q period in some
genuine & Conn cticuts e Washing
ston% Post : s s.. 3; =,
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TINE.
ifn osvisibility and lts Relation 90 ems
Gzt 8 81 ST Speed Of the Planets, # a. TX

ssn Divlsibility and lts Relation ~ alss
i Speed of the Planets, u: 3:$ n & s
Napoleon, who knew the value of
time, remarked that it was the QUAR-
ter hours that's won battles. The
value af minutes has been often rec
ognizea and any person 4Fateiling 8
Q railway clerk handing oat tickets
and change during the last fear mix
utes available must have been struck
with how much could Re done in
those short portions Of dime. !.
At the appointed honr tie train
starts and by aI,d by is carrying pas
.ssengers at the rate Of sixty miles an
ho2r. In second you are carried
tEenty*nine yards. In one twenty
ninth OF q seooad you pass over one
yard Nov, one yard is quite an
appfeciable distance, but ono twen-
ty-ninth OF q second is period
which cannot Big appreciated:
-l( Yet IL is sghen we come to plane
tary and stellar motions that the
! motion OF the infinite divisibility Of
tss 9 ai: Us ,oIl us In new light.
7It would seem that no portion Of
time, however microscopic. .is una
yaila bic. Nature can perform prod-
ieies not eeEtts, IT, il Jess than no
tiJ.Ie, but lin portions 5!,9f it. SO. mi
mute ass to be altogether inconceiva-
/ ble.i q The earth revolyes on her axis
in twenty-four- hours. At the equa-
TOR her circumference IS 25, 900
miles; henee55i that part. Of the
earth q person lis being carried east
at the rate /. Of 509 yards Der
seeondthat is, he: Is s. moving over
"a yard, whose leng ii is; conceivable Cd
in the period OF one .fYe-hundred-
ard-ninth part Of d second, OF which
we can have no conception at all. z. !;
But more, the orbital motion Of
( the earth around the sun causes the
formeI to perform q revolution of
nearly $50, ,,000, QUO miles in d: & year,
or somewhat less than 7O, 600 miles
an hour which is more than 1000.
miles q minute Here, then, Our
second carr: S Is t..s = the long Distance
SOf about nineteen miles. The.
mighty fbnini thus Hies about d mile
IN the nineteenth part Of d second.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-10-25
ALONE In A CROWD.
ons Phase Of Apartment House Life IN
tho Great Clties, :

ShT Thasa. OF Apartment House Life On
the Great citiea. :
There are perhaps 100 people in
our apartment house, 1000 or it
may be 1000 or 5000 in our block.
They live in small, comfortably confer ttaahbiiy fur
nished and very convenient apart
mcnts, but they live alone. No one
ever sees any exchange Of courtesies
between them. They are not inter
ested in the progress of the lives Of
the people about them. You might
ln'a there year or ten years, and 7
doubt if your next door neighbor
would even SO much as know of
your existence. He is too busy.
Your business might FAIL, your chill
dren perish. You might suffer every
calamity from heartacho to literal
physical destruction, and doubt
whether he would ever hear of it.
Marriage, birth, death, any and all
Of the other homely and really es-
sential happenings Of life are all
trivial andef the new dispeusation.
Neither you nor your wife nor chill
dren nor your children's children
have any Interest for him. 1t is all
as if you really did not exist.
The pathos of all this is that
these people never quite realize un-
til some of tho real calamities Of life
overtake them what they have been
ignoring and casting aside. Until
they are old, until they arc stricke1,
with Illness, until they stand bereft
OF fortune or until they are visited
by death-tlacn and then only do
they become aware of the impor-
tance OF the individual relationship
1t matters not in such IN hour what
the prime importance of the world
may be. 1t will not avail them to
know that the world still goes Oh
and. that the principal thorough.
fares of the great cities are alive
with a spectacle forever fascinating
and forever new. Life in the alb,
stract cannot aid them then. They
are. alone, left longing for o per,
sonal relationship, with an achins
and, too often,. a breaking heart
Friendship, affection, tenderness
how they loom large in the hour oi
despair I-Theodone Dreiser in Ton
Watson's Magazine. '.:f.+ /,