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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
CHANGES MADE IN
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Sovereign Grand Master Odd Fellows
Chief Inspector Rifle Practice
Third Brigade.

Edwin S. Conway, of Oak Park, SOW
ereign grand master of the Odd Eel
lows, on the recommendation of Gen. D..
Jack Foster. commanding the 3rd brig
ade. Illinois National Guard. has been
appointed chief inspector of rifle prac-
tice of the 3rd brigade with rank of
lieutenant colonel. succeeding julius r.
Kline. who is assistant adjutant general
of the brigade. Mr.. Conway is ex-
chairman OF the Cook county republi-
can central committee
Adjt. Gen. Scott Issued an order &C
cepting the resignation of Capt Fred
Beebe. of Company NJ. 5th infantry.
Canton, and ordered a board of survey
to convene at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Jan.
Is. at Canton to report upon and fix
the responsibility for the loss of certain
public stores. the property of the
United States and the state of Illinois
for which Capt. Beebe is responsible.
The detail for the board consists of
Lieut.. Col. s. o. Trip. 4th brigade
First Lieut.. J. Grafton Moss. 5th in
fantry. and Second Lieut. Walter Sc
bree, 9Th infantry.
The election of E c. Chacey to be
captain of Company E.. 5th infantry,
IS confirmed.
James NJ Taulbee, first lieutenant of
Company E.. 5th infantry. Hillsboro.
is ordered to report for examination
before the examining board of the
9Th infantry. at Quincy at 2 D. m We'd
nesday, Feb. 15. TO be examined as TO
his fitness for a commission.
Charles ID. Center. of Quincy. is or
dered TO report to Col Nicholas Sem.
surgeon general of the Illinois National
Guard. at 10 a. m. Saturday. April 30,
at Rush Medical college. Chicago, to
be examined as to his fitness for com
mission as first lieutenant and assistant
surgeon of the 5th infantry.
The leave of absence of Capt. Jonn
T. Galbraith, of Company c.. 4th in.
fantry, from Zeigler. where his COM
pany is doing guard duty for the Lei
ter mine. is extended for one week
from Jan. 16.
AdJt. Gen. Scott has issued an order
revoking the permission to drill AMI
parade with arms given to Battery ID.
chicago This organization was mus
tered out of the military service of
the state about year or more ago.
and the adjItant general has received
from business men of Chi
cago that the members of the organi-
cation have been soliciting contribu
lions for its support. giving the i'm
preston that the organization was
still part of the Illinois national
guard. Another thing which has led
TO the revoking of the permission. the
adjutant general says. is that the bat.
terry has allowed prize sghts % take
Mace in IFS armory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
MAIL CLERKS STILL WAIT
Court Decision on Back Pay Allowance
is Expected Soon.

The railway mail clerks are still
waiting for the allowance of back pay.
which has kept them awake OF nights
for the past few years. And Judging
from the present condition of affairs
there will be no immediate relief.
IL will be remembered that some
years ago. a dozen or so. law passed
congress providing for the reimburse
ment of the mail clerks for all ex-
penses they are TO when away from
their several headquarters. There was
no effort made at the time Of the pas
sage of the bill TO collect any sums Of
money, but on investigation the rail-
way mail clerks found that they are
the only class of government employees
who do not have their expenses paid.
They found that the government REIN
burses the superintendent of mail
service, the assistant superintendent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
ARCTIC STEAMER IS
BOUGHT BY zElGlER
Will Send Terra Nova to Far North
to Find Fiala and His
Party.

Tri-city people feel special interest
n the arctic explorations promoted by
William Ziegler, owing to the fact that
he is frequent visitor to his relatives
n Davenport. and that the Davenport
Academy of. Science has been so gen.
erously remembered by him with tro-
phies of the Baldwin expedition The
following from the Chicago Tribune's
New York correspondent is therefore
worthy of note:
Referring to the announcement that
William Ziegler had purchased the
arctic steamer Terra Nova from the
British government, William S.
Champ, secretary of the Zeigler
polar expedition. said: 1.-The Terra
Nova is considered the strongest and
most powerful arctic vessel afloat,
having been especially built for arctic
navigation. The British government
selected it as the most suitable vessel
for the relief which was sent out in
1908 to the antarctic expedition COM
manded by Lieut. Scott in the discov.
cry.
equipped. prepared. if necessary, to
over-winter, to reach the members of
the Ziegler polar expedition by sledge.
I'VE have not heard from COmman-
der Anthony Fiala since July. 1903. but
there is every reason to believe that he
and his men are safe in winter quar-
ters in Franz Josef land. The expedi-
ton was abundantly provided and
there is plenty of game. such as polar
bear. walrus. and seal to be found dur
ing the entire year.
Il expect to sail for England within
a few days to formally take over the
Terra Nova and complete other neces-
sary arrangements for the relief expe-
dition.
The Ziegler provision depots laid
down on the east coast of Greenland.
on Shannon island, and Bass Rock will
also be visited by the steamer this sum-
mer."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
A Surprise Party.

A pleasant surprise party may be
given TO your stomach and liver. BY
taking a medicine which will relieve
their pain and discomfort, viz: DR..
Kings New Life Pills They are .
most wonderful remedy. affording sure
relief and cure. for headache. dizziness
and constipation. % cents at Hartz
& Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
JOHN |. LECTURER
Former King Of Ring to Begin
New Tour Coming
Week.
MAY BE SEEN IN THIS CITY
Believes He Has Gold Mine in This
Undertaking - Looks
~ Well.

John l.. Sullivan, last seen in Rock
Island some years ago as the hero in
a blood and thunder drama, is to go
on the. lecture platform. He begins
his tour next Monday evening in Chi
cago. and probably will be seen here
before the close of the season. if the
former champion does not so broke in
the meanwhile.
The man who less than 10 years ago
was known as the champion of all
champions. and for over 10 years was
considered invincible, is the same old
John l.. in the matter of bass voice,
But in other respects he is another
man. His hair and mustache, formerly
Jet black, are now white; his weight,
from $50 pounds when in the pink of
condition to upset the best of them
IN four rounds, has increased. as he
said yesterday, to 301. Intoxicating
beverages, at this moment. are as for
aign TO him as they are to new born
babe. and matters pug:listic, while he
follows the game closely. are not his
ole topic of conversation, besides
which he has taught his left hand
know what his right hand is doing
Looks Like business Man.
To sum him up, as he appeared yes
terday. he looks like a retired business
nan who has accumulated wealth by
the sweat of his brow. knows the value
If dollar. and is spending It accord
ingly. He does not carry the earmarks
If the spendthrift. despite the fact
that he tossed a cool million to the
winds, of which he makes no boast.
There is no stating the amount IF
hard and soft liquid the big fellow
has encompassed during the last %
years, but it must have run into bar
rels. and. strange to say. he looks none
the worse for it. excepting, of course.
n bulk His complexion. for man
he has gone the pace for five and
wenty years, is healthy, his eyes are
lear. and his movements, for the over
weight he is carrying, are those of an
athlete.
Sees New Riches.
One habit. that of smoking big, black
cigars, he still retains, and life would
probably not be worth living if
lie UlU MOI have ulS, DlfCh oiiC SluSh
INTO the left corner of his mouth at
an angle of IS degrees.
Although John, as he likes to be
called. has not put up his "udkes'
since his memorable battle with James
J. Corbett at New Orleans in Septem-
Der, 1892, he has not lost track of the
stars of the game. both old and new,
and when moved to speak of their do
ings in and out of the ring he shows
remarkable memory of names and
1ata.
He is highly elated over the finan-
cial prospects of his new stunt and
talked some of making Burton Holmes
take the count. MY lecture, he said,
will surely take. as | carry my aud
fence with me throughout my travels
and toss in enough funny stories TO
keep my hearers in good humor. l
saw a cartoon of fighting faces several
weeks ago, and the cartoonist was
kind enough to place mine with such
financial fighters as Morgan, Lawson
and Rogers. That gave me the tip.
and ! will use that cartoon to boom
my show. This is the first big city
am trying my show in, and you want
to be there and call me down if | don't
make good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
THE HOTELS.

AT the Harper-R. l.. Porter. Gales
burg; ID. l.. Ballard, Youngfield; Ira
Slower. Thomas +. Joyce. Chicago !;
Mrs Jessie l.. Mitchell. Ionia; Alice
c. Nash. Minneapolis. Mrs. Florence
Brown. GAINESVILLE; Benjamin Smith
Mankato; j. f. Brenton. Danbury: E
ID. Parker. Cedar Rapids; l.. Hemmel
Chicago; J. w. collars. Minneapolis:
w. Dawson and wife Chicago; Theo
dore Baker. Geneseo; J. T. Greenwood
Geneseo; ID. S. Spear, Milwaukee: G.
c. Zeuch, Davenport; G. III. Sieberger
Chicago; James a. Parsons. Jackson
Vile; V. Wyetunge. Ceyion; X. l.. Por.
ter. Galesburg; II. c. Carpenter. Chi
cage: J. II. Morgauroth, Paul ID.
Starke. New York; w. E. Sacked
Cleveland; Henry Gleason. New York :;
a. T. Mathews. Worcester: G. G. Hy.
ner, Chicago; S. G.. Armstrong Cedar
Rapids: Henry Waterman. Geneseo:
II. G. DART. Chicago; w. Jappung,
Cincinnati; NJ H. Beach. c. r. Brown.
NJ. Prindville. Chicago; Albert s.
Strauss. Cincinnati: J. A Delaney,
New York; William A. Miner. Ridge.
way. Mo.
At the Rock Island European
James G. Britton. Andalusia Albert
Jackson, Charles Johnson. a. Wercken
city; Charles B. Grant. Peoria: G. b.
Lenark. Dubuque: w. p. Thompson.
Aurora: Ira Thoms. Charles City, Ia;
f. C. PATTERSON. Galesburg: l.. c. Bax-
ter. Chicago: Alice Spencer. Wyom-
ing. Ill: p. b. Manley. Cairo: X. a
Ripley. Ottumwa; Charles Stanton
Benton Harbor. Mich: Charles L.
Rooney. Sedalia. Mo: James II. Gar
nett. Boston: NJ. II. Brown. Chicago;
y. S. Kendall. New York: William NJ
Coslley. Peoria; Bill Hicks. Geneseo;
F. West. Chicago: J. w. Caldwell, A.
w. Kelso. city: c. S. Frip, Fairfield;
c. S Wiley. St Louis: p. J. Farrelly
Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kirk.
Carthage: l. Metzenberg. Chicago:
A. G. Pierce. Monmouth: A. w. Hayes
Rockford: Mrs ID. Binning. Giadwin
Iowa; II. w. Guy. Clinton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Greaqains After "PreIims."

San Francisco. Cal. Jan. 14.-AleX
Greggains is preparing for two good
preliminaries TO the Neil-Hyland figh;
the last day of this month. He will
match Jack Cordell and Joe Angel for
the first bout and Spider" WEIGH and
Mike c'Twin") Sullivan for the Sec
ond The twin is at present in Boston,
but is eager for a chance to come on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Rauch to Meet kennealIy.

South Bend, Ind, Jan. 14.-Morris
Rauch of Chicago and Pat kenneally
of South Bend will meet in a ten round
bout at Elkhart Jan. IS. Rauch lost Il
ten round decision to Kennealiy at
South Bend last fall. A semi-windup
of six round will engage Packy Mac
Farland of Chicago and Bobby Ferris
of Elkhart. The first preliminary will
be between Jack Wood and Jimmy Sa
ger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
E:ohts at Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 14.-Tom-
my Barry of Chicago lost to Johnny
Wirth of Grand Rapids after ten
rounds of furious fighting. Barry was
not in condition, having been given
only a days notice TO take the place IT
Eddie Preston of Battle Creek. Ernie
Hoffmaster of Grand Rapids earned
decision over Jack holland Of Muske-
gon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Beth Plead Guilty.

John Williams and Charles O'Neill.
both of Moline. against whom there
were filed informations charging them
with lewdness and indecent exposure,
pleaded guilty in the county court yes
terday afternoon. and Judge E f Par
menter fined each $25 and costs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Local Men Own St. Joseph Club.

ST. Joseph. Mo-. Jan. 14.-President
Chamberlain denies the report sent out
from Omaha that the ST. Joseph West
ern league baseball club had been sold
to Roy Runcie of St. Paul, supposed TO
represent the Tebeau and Burns inter.
ests. The citizens of ST. Joseph have
raised fund Of $4,000 with which 20
start the local team next season. and
Chamberlain will continue at its head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
AIdrich Defeats Gay.

Galesburg. ILL.,. Jen. 14.-W. 5. Adj
rich of Galesburg threw Thomas Gay
of Streator, two BEST out of three pin
falls last night. Alirich exceeded
Gays weight 10 pounds. Gay holds
the lightweight championship of Brit
ish Columbia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14

OF the Standard Oil company from the
Kansas fields TO Whiting. Ind and sew
eral miles OF the pipe is being laid
daily. Work will soon be carried into
Knox county. A pumping station will
be established at Williamsheld. The
pipe is eight inches In diameter and
the pumping stations are 10 be 50
miles apart. The line is being laid
along the Santa Fe railroad on the
right of way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
New Player For South Bend.

South Bend, Ind, Jan. 14.-Hippert,
a third baseman who played with
Bloomington and Dubuque in the
Three-Eye league in 1908, will be a
member of the South Bend Central
league team. He refused to sign a
Three-Eye league reserve clause last
season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Mckinley Quits Baseball.

South Bend. Ind. Jan. 1T. c. Nc
Kiniey, signed by the Dayton club last
season as a catcher. and later put on
first base. where he showed fine form.
has quit the game to take up manu-
featuring industry. Shortstop Baird
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Western Offer 20 DOUGLAS.

Wellsville, Mo-, Jan. 14.-Billie
Douglass of this city. former catcher
for the Philadelphia baseball team, has
been offered the management of
Western league club at a salary of
$4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14

will be given a chance at the initial
sack if regular first baseman is not
signed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14

and the chief clerks for expenditures
when they are away on business.
Consequently. several test cases were
carried UP in the United States court
and the hearing was had in December.
but no decision has been handed down
and none is expected for some weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
TRAvERSES KNOX COUNTY
Laying OF Big Pipe Line Across Coun-
try PROGRESSING Rapidly.

gang OF 1000 men is working at
Stronghurst, ILL.,, on the big pipe line
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-16
sFeMENTARY SCIENCE.

The alpha rays OF Iadium have been
found by Prof. Rutherford to have one
eleventh as great velocity as light.
A giant pig, with a skull measuring
nearly a yard long, has been found
among the later tertiary deposits OF
Nebraska in fossilized remains. II
has teen christened Dinochoerus brol-
landi.
The newest smoke absorber Is q
litter Of coke saturated with petroleum
The SCOT is caught by the coke and
subsequently used as fuel, while the
gases are rendered innammable by
the petroleum vapors
Some minerals, such a. diamonds
give out light when rubbed together
Sir William Cookies Gays that he has
prepared an artificial sulphide Of zinc
which Is more luminescent under fric-
tion than any natural mineral.
Since the final products Of the per-
feet combustion OF any fuel are water
and carbon dioxide, neither OF which
constitutes or makes smoke, the exist
ence Of smoke is proof Of the imper-
feet burning Of whatever substance Is
consumed for heat or power.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-16

One thousand four hundred ana
twenty-five characters are described
In the "a books written by Charles
Dickens.
The rule followed by editors Of both
the Oxford and Cambridge Chronicles In
the position OF the letters A. M. and M.
A., for the title master Of arts, Is that
where the context Is In Latin the form
- A. NJ, and where II is English, M. A.
The real name Of Gabrielle d'Annun-
Eio, the Italian novelist, is Rapagnetta.
His father-in-law was Due De Gallese, q
Frenchman who received permission to
take that title on marrying the widow
Of a former duke. The author is now
trying to obtain divorce.
Once year or SO william Dean
Howells, the distinguished novelist,
drops into the ONCE OF the Ashtabula
CO., Sentinel. rolls up his sleeves and
sets type for half an hour, Mr.. Howells
began his career as printers appren-
tice in the Sentinel Office, which was
then owned by his father. His knowl-
edge of typesetting has been of immense
value to him In his literary career.
John Kendrick Bangs, the author. who
for some years has been dividing his
time between Yonkers and New York, Is
soon to become countrymana again. Il
have blue-penciled city life." he said,
recently. my eye Is on q farm In Now
England, where hope before long to be
able to provide an appreciative public
with limited editions of sQuab-chickenr,
large paper turkeys and deckle-edged
eggs. And" he added, slyly, mo item
in either class will go out without my
signature"
Miss Alice French chose her pen name
of Octave Thanet in curious fashion.
Octave was the name of ore Of her
schoolmates and was selected because 1t
gives no hint as to whether the person
who bears 1t is man or a woman.
Thanet was adopted from passing rail-
road car that Miss French CHANGED to
see and is pronounced with the accent
on the second syllable. Born and edu-
Gated In New England, the writer has
lived most Of her mature life in the west
and In the south, which has made her
familiar with widely varying phases OF
American civilization. Her first maya
zine story was written and accepted in
1873.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-16
THE OUTLOOK GOOD.
Education of the Times Is Towards
the Farm-More Scientific
Farmers.

Reports from all the leading agricul-
tural colleges show an increase In at
tendance and larger proportion OF agri-
cultural students than ever before. The
statement is often made that agricul-
ture Is, at present, enjoying boom ana
the growth in numbers of college
trained farmers Is pointed to as proof
of the statement. 1t Is true that at no
time has agriculture presented so broad
arange of possibilities as 1t does to-day.
II may be true that q few men are at
tracted to the work merely because Of
its increasing popularity. A vastly
larger number are learning to realize
the Importance and possibilities Of the
profession In the development and
growth of the country. Too long has
agriculture been looked upon as an occu-
patton OF the hands and not the head.
As such II had no attractions for the
progressive student whose ambition
was to win standing in the higher
branches OF learning. For this reason
the farmers sons have been turning
their attention 90 other professions.
such as law, medicine, literature, etc.
Every year the universities of the coun-
try have been graduating large numbers
of these professional men, many Of
whom witness the departure Of their
boyish dreams while waiting for their
first client or patient. In the meantime
the technical Institutions have been de-
veloping the less attractive sciences.
The agricultural colleges have made
rapid progress and the result is a gen.
eral awakening of interest in the prod
ucts of the farm. The business scope OF
the farm has broadened. The Develop
ment Of agricultural science has given
the farmer commercial standing. This
improvement of plants and fruits; new
discoveries in the betterment of the soil
all have opened up q new field for the
Investigator and excited the curiosity
Of those who formerly regarded farming
as mere drudgery. The tendency is now
toward technical education. The oppor-
tunities are abundant for the we'll
equipped man, and with more scientific
farmers in the field the profession will
become established as the most i'm
portant contributor to the nations pros
perity. Agriculture is not booming; 1t
is developing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-16
A. BRAIN WORKER.
Hust Have the Kind Of Food That
Nourishes Brain.

Il am literary man, whose nervous
energy is a great part of my. stock in
trade, and ordinarily have little pa
thence with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made of them. But
I cannot withhold my acknowledge
ment OF the debt that owe to Grape.
Nuts food.
Il discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness Of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one clear head, the
power of sustained, accurate thinking.
I always felt heavy and sluggish In
mind as well as body after eating the
ordinary meal, which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
II tried foods easy of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri-
ment. experimental with many
breakfast foods and they. too. proved
unsatisfactory. till reached Grape
Nuts. And then the problem was
solved.
"Grape-Nuts agreed with me perfect.
" from the beginning, satisfying my
hunger and supplying the nutriment
that 30 many other prepared foods
Lack.
Il had not been using 1t very Ions
before / found that was turning Out
an unusual quantity and quality Of
work. Continued use has demon
stratcd to my entire satisfaction thai
Crape-Nuts food contains all the ele
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-16
GROWING ALFALFA.
Several Points to Be Noted by the
Farmer as Suggested by Ex-
pertinent Station.

In bulletin 40, just issued. J. H. Girls
dale, central experiment farm. Ottawa,
summarizes the points to be noted In
growing alfalfa as follows:
/. Sow sufficient seed.
2. Sow good seed: that Is, germinablc
seed.
8. Sow on well-prepared land in good
state of fertility.
4. Sowing without nurse crop over
comes in some measure poverty Of soil.
6. Proper preparation of the right
kind of seedbed and careful observance
Of directions for first year treatment
are necessary to secure long series Of
remunerative crops.
6. Before sowing be sure that sum-
cheney Of plant food exists In the surface
soil to grow a good crop (40 bushels to
the acre) Of oats.
z. Do not sow on poorly drained land !;
well, drained should mean drained to a
depth of at least two feet.