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The Forrest City times., 1905-05-05
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The Forrest City times., 1905-05-05
To Cure a Colo in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Qainine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. k. W. Groves signature is on each box 25c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

it's the Indians!'' -.., .
In the street in front Of the house
a crowd of women had gathered and
were talking excitedly. Their little
children feeling the apprehension that
was in the air, had quit their play and
were clinging to their mothers skirts:
3" was a-tellin Alonzo this mornin
that if them halfbreeds were, a
when She was cut. off by a shout:
Listen!''' ~, ssl1 d. ..,Gs
=. A cry came to them from the dis
lance. A moment later young man
turned into the street two blocks above.
He was running rapidly and would not
be detained, but in answer to anxious
queries which he met at every house
he shouted back, as he ran on, the dread
exclamation: 1zg>
"The falls are going out"
i. i.
It was a cold, drearYz day in the early
spring Of 1865. The ominons cry which
the young man uttered was spreading
over the little cities of st.:SAnthony
and Minneapolis. There was conster-
nation everywhere. Men hurried to the
rivers brink to see for themselves.
Their worst fears were realized. Above
the falls Of ST.: Anthony and near the
western shore Of Nicollet island there
was an immense hole in the ledge
into which a cataract Of water was
pouring in an enormous whirlpoo which
engulfed every thing. that came its way
The hole grew with appalling rapid
. ity. Mill after mill was undermined
waters. Of the east channel. The infant
industries on Hennepin island, grist
mills and other plants, were ruined ant
every one expected at any moment tx
see the main falls in the west channe
collapse. + ..ss
Despair settled on the inhabitants o:
two towers, 8 viii ch were ebegin1ai1
an era Of prosperity after many year
of adversely. They saw their hope
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
f<RM ANA, why doesn't papa come

JHH The child was in a playful
AVA mood. The mothers anxious
s.. face did not convey to him
the meaning an adult would have read
there. For more than an hour she had
now and again, thru the chill Of the
early-spring day, to the gate, watching
for the return OF her husband Mean
while the meal had burned to a crisp
while she tried to keep it warm, know
ing that he had but a brief time at
home at noon. She sank into chair
and the little fellow climbed into her
lap. s.7.
"You can t fool me, mama, - he de-
elared; pulling her hands st away from rom
you re doing-crying just like t Ellsg :, did
when Sam hit her with a SNOWFALL. Z"
her breast, but did not reply. He re-
peated, insistently: "Why doesn It papa
come home, mama9''
1T cannot tell, my child, = she said,
stroking back his hair. eel do not
know. He never remained away from
dinner, before. The only thing can
IMAGINE But she did not express
her fear ri wish I did knowl" she
added. ss.N s.
Another hour dragged on. The child
had fallen into his afternoon nap. But
the mothers mind was on the I'M
accountable absence Of her hus-
band. She determined to go to o
neighbor, tell her of her new anxl-
: the neighbor rushed in thru the kite hen
door, saying: s,,
ssGeorge has not come home for dim
ner. I wonder what is keeping him9
"Your husband, tool" The fears of
the mistress Of the house were In
creased.
And I've been all thru, the neigh
borhood,' y said the visitor, and not
q man has been home since morning
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

in the river they comprehended what
destructive work was going on. They
felt that the bright hopes for large
Industrial colony /. here were doomed.
But despair gave way to stern resolu-
tion among a number of those who
yet curb and tame the mighty river.
The falls could and would be saved.
There must be no surrender as long as
there was man left to fight.
Back thru the towns they ran, stop
ing at every place Of work or business
and calling all men to the work Of res
cue. Proprietors Of stores fastened to
the falls, taking their clerks with them; =
bakers deserted their ovens, lumbermen
were ordered from the mills, BARRIERS
left their customers unshorn; mechan-
les dropped their tools; lawyers shut up
their books or stopped pleading in the
courts; physicians abandoned their Of
fees. Thru the streets hurrying hun
dreds were seen on their way to- the
falls. Those natural leaders who appear
at every crisis took up the work with
masculine Minneapolis almost to a man
lined up for the most strenuous bit of
public work that ever attracted volun-
teers. There was much to be done. The
x
+ + .s5.s 4, ! z sz
d All who looked beheld a great hole
in the river short distance above the
falls. Into this the water poured, and
from it it was thrown a boiling mass
of foam. Not all who saw the sight
knew how or why 50 81 strange AN E an asea-
who, with A.. n. Wilder, had secured
control of Nicollet island, had planned
to establish a large manufacturing col
onyI on the lower end Of Nicollet island.
/. In 1867 he began the construction OF
long tunnel starting from the south
end Of Hennepin island, extending be-
meath it and under the bed Of the river,
across to Nicollet island, terminating
in the main channel on the west shore,
probably about half way. between the
lower end and the suspension bridge.
The tunnel was to be used as tail
race, and BY carrying it to Nicollet
island Mr.. Eastman expected to secure
q head of forty feet for the develop
ment Of hydraulic power. The plan had
. the sanction Of the Chute brothers, who
had majority interest in the st. An
thony Falls Water Power company
which controlled the east channel Of
! the river, and it was generally approved
s by business men OF the two towns.
.4s The tunnel work had been almost
completed .when, one day, the roof gave
way and the river, in mighty tor
rent, swept thru, und ermining the foun;
1 dation Of the rock ledge. az
Essz here was the gaping hole into which
4 the water was pouring, thTeatenlnXS u
L tear away the rock and make the rive
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

there, in channels which avoided. the
full force Of the main stream, they built
dams contrived to let the water fall
upon their homemade :miHwh heels, which
turned, !creaking and lacking, but with:
force sufficient to grind wheat into
-four, and corn into meal for the towns
men and the country folk 3. aa5 ., ,..ssSs
The mills were set close to- the shore.
Parts Of them dipped into the Missis-
waterside, like strange arks. A. good
half Of the structures were built on
piles. The water ran In under: the,
board floors; there, too, were holes, well
the fish caught there. Above the main
fall, the surface Of the water was
smooth and as clear as q mirror; below,
a seething, foaming torrent into which
dous force. For yards, then, the water.
swirled among great, sharp rocks which
now and again could be seen thru the
mist.
These rocks told the story. They were
proof Of the condition which was trou-
bling the Minneapolitans of that early
day. Frequently, standing on the shore;
one might see big pieces Of the ledge
tumble with the water which flowed
over it.. 1t was we'll known at this
rock ledge extended only asfeW hun
,,dred feet above the crest Of the falls.
It did not even reach to the old sus-s
pension bridge, and it was thin and
scanned with cracks thru which the
water flowed. In 1922 the government
gristmill was built near the foot a.of
What Is now Seventh avenue s.. BY.
1869 they had receded more than 300
feet, An equal recession and the water
would strike the clay and sandbed and
danger. with all that it meant to the
new towns, had been. unprecedented for
years, and gravely discussed. &c was
realized that the future of Minneapolis
depended in large measure on the falls.
and nothing was nearer the heart Of
the. pioneer. who had invested every
thing here, than the preservation Of this
mighty, tho as yet uncontrolled, power.
!.
When the cry arose: { The falls are
going OUT there was no need to tell
the people further what had happened.
The alarm went on, foot and horseback
from house to house; no telephones; in
those DAYS; no well -organized police
force to be summoned from many miles
5 in q single moment; no amessenge com
panies to dispatch their boys on bicycle
and streetcars to arouse the people
S But every man who heard the cry
knew full we'll what 81 meant, and he
passed it to his neighbor. They stopped
not to discuss the why and wherefore
Of it,. Aba1nd oni sstor Of fees. and
4 shops, they ran to the bluff above thu
! falls and when they saw the ImaelstFcu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

there nothing but stretch Of valueless
rapids. The first thought that came to
the men who had assembled there was
that the hole, must be flled-in no other
way could the ledge and the falls be
saved. ~: B, Is q
: Then began the search for stuff to
use as filling. Hundreds Of hands be-
gan carrying to the scene everything
portable. Rocks, stone, bags Of earth,
wood, brush heaps, even whole trees
that were pulled from the ground by
dropped into the hole. & When stuff of
little or no value had been exhausted,
other material Of positive worth was
taken taken from anywhere, every
where Bridge square was then the cen
trail market place. On this fateful day
many farmers were in town with loads
Of hay and produce. Frantic citizens
went to these men, told them what had
the falls were going
out; without the falls there would be
no town-no market for their products.
They coaxed them to give their goods
to fill the hole, believing that the only
way to prevent the worst effect Of the
disaster. Those who would not consent
were coerced. There was nothing else to
be done. SO it happened, that, added to
the tons of material already dumped
into the hole, were loads ssof hay and
other stuff which came from the farms
The work was conducted with feverish
energy Men worked as they; had never
worked before.
But it became apparent that this
plan was useless. Like an immense
mon sterswhose appel could never be
appeased, the maelstrOm took every.
thing, swallowed it ravenously and
showed no effects Of its overdose.
Then it was decided to construct q
Golfer dam above the hole. This work
was conducted with the utmost vlgor.
Mechanics from the Milwaukee car
shops and other wood working plants
were ordered to the scene. Fhes teams
began to haul timb,ers, the mechanics IS
to bore holes, others prepared big
the Golfer dam had taken form and was
growing rapidly. All day long the
men worked, stopping only long enough
to eat hastily the food which was
brought to them from all parts Of the
# By night the dam was practically
4 completed, the flood was partially
STAYED and the tired workers laid down
their tools. AS they walked home
4 crowds cheered them as tho they were
soldier heroes returning from g victori
There was Joy. in Minneapolis thai
night. The falls had been saved
& Danger still stir eatened, itswa as true, bu'
!, . great and good work had been done
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

Had the falls gone out feared they ould when
the Eastman tunnel caVed in, the consequences you'd
have been disastrous to the. community. Industry
would have been paaly3ed and the toNns would have
receiveda setback from which they might never have
recovered lido not know Of period in the history of
Minneapolis when the crisis acute and people
so anxious their future welfare And they never
had more cause for anxiety.-Former United States
Senator w. D. WaShburn. ..~=~ =. :. ..... .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

shattered, the fruits Of years Of unre-
hitting toll and their cautious invest
ments swept away in that awful flood
which was pouring into the %maelstrom
and with ruthless; power was cutting out
the sand on; which. rested the limestone
ledge retaining the IA ls---5tt main re-
lance Of the pioneers who had cast
their lot here. "
:: II j. -: :
Ruin stared the ambitious young com
munity ~squarely In. the face, .,-t,.s
! There was not. in the northwest
loveier bit Of nature than that about
the Falls Of St. Anthony in those days
before man had conquered them. To
the right and left the little cities Of
Minneapolis and st. Anthony, surround
ed by thick woods Of century-old trees,
which rose up; the gentle slopes, filing
the horizon with. sea Of verdure when
things were green. The Mississippi
came down from out the pine woods.
where few men had travelled and it
seemed to bring with it the. GOODNESS Of
the pines, beneath which it flowed for
miles-the GOODNESS and the mystery Of
the. deep, dark forest. One felt, while
walking near the falls-then unal-
terranean lakes were forcing their way
thru the moss. and rocks, and taking adj
vantage of the smallest assures, to
overflow in crystalline fountains. The
roar Of the seething water rose SO high
and yet so unsteady, that it drowned
the songs Of the birds that scared above
and daringly dipped themselves in the
spray, and also the noise Of the traffic
which was starting in the little cities
noon, the sun cast it's rays straight
down, the water, pouring over the ledge,
was blue like molten glass or glacier
flow, and the mist held a myriad Of
colors. Children on their way from
school; stopped. to play on the dragged
rocks at the waters edge, to throw
sticks into the stream and then marvel
at the rapidity with which they were
: engulfed in. the; torrent. On Sunday
!. afternoons young men went thither
with their best girls, for there thev
found coy. half secluded hooks, which
ssare to the liking Of young men and
their best girls. .5:. s
The pioneers who had come from afar
seeking homes and fortunes. In the new
northwest, stopped here because they
(. saw: at first glance, the tremendous
power the river at the Ills would give
/; them. These early settlers lacked cap.
ital, and devices for Harvesting nature 3
forces. were not SO plentiful as now. But
with tho same spirit with which they
felled tho first tree in tie virgin forest
or planted the first seed in the land
!, they began scheming to make the Mis-
, sissippi work for them. Here anl
y .-E 3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

results brought encouragement to the
whole community.
+ + !.
/ From shore to shore under the river
near the crest Of the falls there is
a solid concrete wall 400 feet long, 40
feet high, 6 feet thick at the bottom
and A feet at the top. Set in the rock
of the banks at both ends, it stands
as. permanent guard against the en-
:croachments of underground streams,
and it will endure for ages. AS a fur
action Of the water an apron Of heavy
timber has been built across the face
Of the fall. over which the water flows
harmlessly.
Biologists say that in past ages the
falls were down at Fort Smelling and
they have computed that it took nearly
four thousand years for them to move
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-16
'1lSS0R0FR

In the fall Of IeoS Icontracted that fear
ful disease, Blood Poison. 1t gained such
headway that was forced to resign my
position and seek relief at Hot Spring.
After spending all the means had went
TO Memphis In less than three weeks
was in hospital, and after nine weeks of
sudering I was discharged as cured. In
less than month every bone in my body
seemed to be affected and felt as IL they
would break at the least excrtion. Again
was compelled to resign, and returned
TO the hospital for a seven weeks stay.
When came out I was advised to try
farming. When first went on the farm
prevailed on the only firm. who handled
drugs to get me one dozen bottles of 6. &.
.. AT that time both of nv hands were
broken out with blisters and was covered
with boils and sores. In the meantime NV
druggist had gotten two dozen bottles Of
8 s. s. for me and began its use, and
efter taking the thirteenth bottle nde n
sore or boil was visible r p. POWELL.
East 9Th St, Little Rock. ARK.
of all human diseases, Contagious Blood
Poison Is the most hideous and hateful.
The victim Is tortured with eating ulcers,
sores and absceaseS, unsightly blotches,
eruptons and other symptoms of the mis-
cradle disease. S s s. has been used
successfully for nearly fifty years for
Contagious Blood
!
Poison. II con-
tains no mercury,
potash or other
~ mineral. Our home
treatment book
gives all the symp-
L Ia toms of this dis
ease. Medical ad-
vice free.
The Svift Sooctflc comsanv. Atlanta Ga
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-16
Indigestion.

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en-.
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Kodol will correct it. If diseased
Kodol will cure it.
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Kodol is good alike for young and old.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-16
DALZEll KILLED A WOLF
Rock Island Engineer Has an Unusual
Experience at Peoria.

experience dt FcOFId.
B. F. Dalzell. the well-known Rock
Island engineer running out of this
city. is the hero of the following Incl
dent related by the Peoria Journal:
Lucas Butts will be called upon to
pay bounty for the skin of fun size
wolf which was killed in almost the
center of the city yesterday afternoon.
The animal. which Is a full-sized tim
Der wolf. was captured after IN excit-
ing chase at the head of Spring street
by F. B. Dalzell, an engineer for the c.,
r. l. e. p. railway. and Dan Cullen.
Cullen first saw the animal chasing a
chicken in the vicinity of Spring street,
and securing the help of Dalzell and a
shot gun, the two chased it into a grav-
ell pit at the head of the street Here
DalZell fired on the animal and broke
its leg, but the chase continued until
the wolf crawled under barn. where
it evidently had its abode.
Four shots from the gun ended its
life and the county will now pay for
the first VOLTS skin captured in this
vicinity for some time
Ii is said that the creature has been
seen several times in the vicinity and
has been doubtless driven to its bold
dcpredations by hunger caused by scar.
city of food in its accustomed haunts
in the timber along ii. river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-16

them being charges that she forged
the name of the multimillionaire, An
drew Carnegie. to notes aggregating
nearly n million dollars.
Mrs. Chadwick's career is shrOuded
in some mystery. but 1t Is alleged that
she was born i'm the early fifties in the
province of Ontario. Canada; that her
name was Elizabeth Bigley and that
her father was poor farmer with
eight children. She was heard from in
Cleveland as the bride of q DR.. W. s.
Springsteen, who married her. think
ing her to be an Irish heiress and cap
italist. On discovering the falsity of
these pretenSionS he deserted her. She
afterward married c. l.. Hoover, who
on dying left her a wealthy widow with
4 son. Leaving Cleveland about 1888.
she is said tOihaye lived in Toledo un-
der the name OF Nine. Devere and to
have practiced as q clairvoyant. Nine.
Devere was tried for forgery and SEN
fenced to a long term in the peniten-
tiary, but was paroled after serving
only part of the term. When the
heroine of high finance was recently
taken to the Jail i'm Cleveland she was
identified by the authorities there as
the Devere woman. Mrs. Chadwick
reappeared in Cleveland as masseuse
and met Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, wild
over Of wealth and social standing.
whom she married. and through use of
his standing i'm the community and the
claim of relationship to Andrew Car
negie she obtained such credit with
flnanciers of Cleveland and elsewhere
that she was able to borrow hundreds
Of thousands of dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-16
Taft Makes Report.

Washington. Jan. 11.-Secratary Tart
has submitted to.tbe president the an
nual report of lie Philippine commits
sion, together WITH the separate re-
ports to the compission of the civil
governor of the islands. and of the
heads of the fourldepsrtments and the
the president today transmitted them
with the secretary's letter to congress.
The secretary says in his letter OF
transmittal to the president that the re
ports show the great benefit which has
been conferred upon the islands by a
continued state of tranquility. Except
in the wild. mountainous regions of the
UNEMPLOYED island of Samar and in the
Moro region of the Rio Grande and
Lake L.anao in the sparsely settled isl
and of Mindanao. and in the island of
Jolo. conditions as taTtranquility and
ladronism. he says. continue to i'm
prove. and except III the places men
toned agriculture and the arts of peace
are not at all interefered with by law
less bands or depredations.
The union of the military arm with
the civil arm in the Moro province has
proved to be an excellent arrangement
and I see no reason whv i. should not
indefinitely continue. The Moro IS so
different from the Filipino. and so much
below him in civil governmental Ca
pacity. that while such unior. is en-
tirely untitled for the development of
the christian Filipinos. it seems to 5e
the only kind of government. adapted ~
the AIproS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-16
WE MAY HAVE NATURAL GAS
Cities in This Part Of State to be Sup
piled From Kansas Field.

The GalesburG Republican-Regist
learns that the Standard Oil company.
which is laying its big pipe line from
Kansas fields To- Whiting. Ind. to- COM
plete the system that will permit the
pumping of OIL from Kansas TO New
York. is also about TO lay 1G-inch gas
main along the same route. This will
pass through Knox county along the
right OF way of the Santa Fe road
and the announcement is made that
Illinois cities along the line will be
supplied with gas. There is said also
to be possibility that others in this
part of Illinois will be piped to and
supplied with the natural product.
There are possibilities for the tri-cities
in this.