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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
Quarterback Put Out.

Four minutes later EhThorn crossed
the line after a long run, leaving the
score % TO o. Mcfarland, the college
quarterback, was put out of the game
with a slight injury, and his place was
taken by Mcclure Rock Island, by
steady gains carried the ball to the
goal line. and Collins was sent throug \
the line for another touchdown. Nc
Manus kicked the goal, making the fin
al score of IS to 0.
In the remainder of the half Angel
replaced Shinstrom at guard and Tay-
lor replaced Collins at full back. The
game ended with the ball in possession
of the college team, in the center of the
field.
Several times the two teams were
penalized for off side plays, and on
several plays the college team was
caught in an Illegal formation. The
rules require that six players be on the
line, and a violation means a penalty
of 10 yards. The Davenport team
played a clean, consistent game, and
had they had the benefit of first class
coaching they would easily have been
the superior of the Rock Island team.
The visitors won hearty praise for
their plucky fight. and the adherence
70 clean. fair methods
Lineup.
Following is the Iinp-un and sum-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
LIQUOR DEALERS DENY 1T
Say Story Published in Chicago Papers
Was Without Foundation.


To the Public: A rumor has been
circulated throughout the state of IL
linois that the Liquor Dealers assOcia-
ton purposes to raise fund of 500, 600
10 defear a local option bill in the next
legislature and many of the newsDa-
pers have given publicity TO the same.
We would ask you in the name of
right and justice that publicity be Civ
en- the following denial. This denial
appeared in the Chicago Record Herald
and the Chicago Evening Nsws-in
which papers the story had first been
printed:
In reply / desire to deny most en-
phaticaIly that the officers OF the Ii
quor Dealers Protective association OF
Illinois have at any time considered
the raising of any fund for illegal pur-
poses. and as an evidence of this per
nit me to quote from our legislative
committees report-which was pre-
scented to our late convention. and at
which Mr. Burke and his colleagues of
the Anii-Saloon league we're present
copy of which has been sent you.
While our expenses have been larg-
CT than expected. we have the salts
faction Of knowing that every dollar
spent was for a legitimate purpose.
and our books are open for the clos
est inspection OF friend and foe. and
we can confidently say that not one
cent was expended for Illegal or cor
rupt purposes. Notwithstanding that
me exceedingly pious Anti-SaloOn
league, a supposed federation of all
churches. scandalized tie peoples chos
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
strong en- Defense.

The Rock Island team, when on the
defensive. held their opponents AMI
me college team could find no weak
places in Rock Islands lineup. o.
offensive McManus. Lift. and Elrhorn
made steady gains on runs. and Col
lins. through the line carried the ball
ahead regularly. After II minutes of
play had passed. Rock Island was on
he 10-yard line. and an attempt was
made for goal kick. The ba.! went
% one side. and was kicked out by the
college team. No scores were made
during the remainder Of the half.
In the second half. though a num-
Der of changes We're made in the Rock
Island lineup, three tOUchdowns were
made. Lift was the first to be taken
from the line on account of a slight in
jury. Paul was put IN at center
Streckfus took Ehrhorn's place at
tackle. and EhrhOrn replaced Lift at
half Two minutes later McManus
who is one of the best ground gamers
Of the Rock Island team, went around
ne end for 25-yard run and a touch
down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06

SuDstitutes-Rock Island. Paul. An
gel, and Taylor; St. Ambrose, Mcclure
Referee-Dr. Ned Middleton, Davcn-
port Umpire. Hall. Rock Island
TimeTs-Woodin. Rock Island; Driscoil,
Davenport Linesman-J. X. Hart.
Rock Island: ssistants-O'Connor
Rock Island McDirchoff, Davenport.
Time OF halyes-20 minutes
ToIchdowns-CoIlins 90. McManus
90. EhThorn. Goals-McManus Cd,
Lift.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
/ he New Jewelry Store
FORGING AHEAD.

What does . absolutely That
asonalla kind be nationally
CURED should b. kept production
throughout the world should be collected staples novel
fashion;
p
conditions on upward
of welngh
stu higher ofier
The Incomparaby
in the fact that the head of this stock lives the
comprehend deicacy
precise o
0 the to
shimmerng
\ needed at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06

emanated from the leaders Of the Anti
Saloon league. with a view of inducing
the citizens Of the state to contribute
more literally 10 their large fund of
$4,000 Respectfully yours.
HENRY MAtWURM,
president Liquor Dealers Protective
Association OF Illinois"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
MAKE HIGH SCORE
Rock island Team Too Much for
Davenport College Ag-
gregation.
VISITORS LACK The SYSTEM
St. Ambrose Squad is Heavy-With
Better Coaching Would Be Dan
Gerous Foe.

s.. Ambrose college of Davenport,
with which both Davenport and Moline
refused 10 play. cancel.ing scheduled
games. went down in defeat Saturday
afternoon before the Rock Island high
school football team. with Il score of %
o 0. Notwithstanding the high score
,or the high school team. the game
was a hard one, and the local team
earned every score that was made. The
81. Ambrose boys are slightly larger
than the high school players. and
played a hard game. They lacked the
practice and experience of the local
players. and this disadvantage over
came the advantage OF superior weight.
The high school teams advantage was
Inc 10 Il better knowledge of the game.
and more efficient team work The St
Ambrose team is the equal or superior
Of either the Moline and Davenport
high school teams in weight. and the
Indications are that the games between
tie two high school teams and Rock
island viii be desperate contests.
After a few minutes of play Saturday
Il was seen that the nigh school team
was the better, and in little over two
minutes the Rocl; Island team had
worked almost to the goal line. In
less than two and one-half minutes
Collins went over the line for Rock
Stands first score. McManus kicked
goal. making Rock Islands score 6. Il
required five minutes of hard play for
he locals again TO reach the line. the
Davenport team playing hard and fight
.ng every foot of ground McManus
was sent around the end for another
touchdown. and Lift kicked the goal
doubling the locals score.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
GOpHERS PUT OUT
Minnesota Eliminated From Wes
Tern Chamoion' Race
Saturday.
WISCONSIN WINS is TO IL
Hichigan Easily Defeats Illinois BY
Superior Weight and Skill
SO &c Q.

3ATuRDAY'S FOOTBALL SCORES.
Moline 0; Davenport o.
Wisconsin. 1G; Minnesota. -.
Michigan, 80; Illinois. 0.
Iowa. As; GrinncH. o.
Purdue. "a; Missouri, o.
Yale, SO; Columbia. 0.
Dartmouth. 6: Princeton. o.
SwarthmOre. IA; Cornell. o.
Penn State. 6; Lafayette. 6.
Harvard. %; Carlisle. Il.
Pennsylvania, 81 Annapolis, Il.
Minneapolis. Mimi. Nov. 6.-Wiscon-
sons foot ball eleven defeated the Uni
versity of Minnesota on NOrthrup field
Saturday afternoon by a score of 1G
10 II. With an attack, the sustained
Herceness of which even according to
the Minnesota adherents has never
been seen here before. the Wisconsin
eleven scored TWO touchdowns in the
first half and won the game i'll the
second half by d pretty drop kick
from the 32-yard line by Quarterback
Helzner. Minnesota scored first. a
tumble of a punt by Melzner being re-
spon5ible for this touchdown. and al
d6d another touchdown in the se'.nnd
half when the team was apparently
hOpelessly beaten
Illinois Easy for Michigan.
Champaign Ill, Nov G.-Befora s.
600 persons the University OF Michi-
gan easily defeated the University of
illinois by a score of 33 TO o. The
POINTS were rolled in by Michigan with
much trnnbfn he Cd,
ing outclassed in general and outweigh
cd 10 pounds TO the man. Michigan
confined its playing TO straight line
plunsing, readily gaining three to five
yards on nearly every play.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06

sures a record crowd for the game of
Nov IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06
TIE IN HARD B&TTLE.
Moline and Day export High schools Fail
TO Score in Saturdays Game.

Davenport and Moline high schools
proved evenly matched in the first
game for the tri-city champions nip
played across the river Saturday af-
geInoCn. Neither side scored. The first
aalf was Moline's and twice when with
in a f5w yards OF the Iowa's goal the
Illinois team fuTnbled and LOST The ball.
Davenport punted out of danger. In
The second half Davenport took a brace
and twice came within striking dis
tance Of the Moline goal. failing in
each instance in an attempt AT pace
l-irl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06

Following is the lineup and sum
mary of the game:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06

Obstinate constipation, indigestion
and stomach disorders are permanent
IIy and positively cured b. taking Hol
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c. tea
or tablets. T. II. Thomas pharmacy.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
/" MISS N'LEOD," AUTHOR,
WAS WELL-KNOWN MAN
Death of Essayist William Sharp Shows
Supposed Woman Novelist to
Have Been Fictitious.

LONDON, Dec. 15.-Simultaneousiy
with the announcement Of the death
of the author. William Sharp, in Sicily
comes the news that Sharp was the
author OF works published under the
name OF Miss Fiona Macleod"
Throughout his busy life, Sharp kept
this secret well-so well that 'Who's 3
Who?" solemnly publishes a short sketch
OF the works and recreations Of Miss
Fiona Macleod"
Sharp has published almost as much
under that name as under his own As
Miss Macleod" he gave 10 the public
'Pharais, a Romance Of the Isles;
The Mountain Lovers, The SIN
Eater" THE Washer Of the Ford,
Green Fire From the Hills oi
Dream" and others.
Under his own name he wrote for
magazines, published poems. literary
criticisms and such books as Flower
of the Vine" Literary Essays, Also
Studies in Art" The Human Inherit
ance." "Earth's Voices" and Children
of Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
''DolI Town" is Upstairs

Doll Town viii attract
III
o. the
Negigee Chldren's Clothes
rugs,
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
GIRL TAKES PRIZE
IN BABY CONTEST
Gets Silver Cup and Bank Account
Boys Give Little Queen
Hard Race.

e most remarkable group OF ba-
bies ii has ever been my good fortune
~ e. is the way in which Manager
tan y characterized the little collection
Cf prize-winning infants entered In the
final contest for the beauty Champion
ship of the baby class at the Food Show
yesterday afternoon.
Every one OF the ten plump, bouncing,
rosy-cheeked little contenders deserved
prize. Manager Nancy stated. and to
bear out his words he added a fourth
purse TO the list of prizes.
While a mite of a baby girl succeeded
IN capturing first honors, her victory
was by no means a runaway affair for
the boys made a stirring finish and
managed to win the other prizes
The capital prize. a dual affair con-
sisting of a silver cup and bank account
in a local savings bank, went to baby
Virginia. the little daughter OF Mrs
l.. A. Poole. She is six months old, tips
the grocer's scales at twenty-five pounds
and reigns queen among the other
babies at the Princeton fats.
The second 10 rOmp home was dimi-
nutive baby Almont. mite OF colored
tot the prize and joy OF Mrs. Lillian
Worden, OF 14l4 Corcoran street north
west. AlmOnt is a weight carrier. TOO.
for he tips the beam at thirty pounds.
Almonts prize was a bank account.
Next in order. the third and fourth
priZe-takers, came little William Greg
ory and tiny Francis Sherry Anderson
the baby sons OF Mrs. A. h Gregory
of 500 North Carolina avenue south
east, and Mrs. w. j. Anderson. os l0Os
Pennsylvania avenue northwest
AT the close OF the show last night
Manager Rose announced that Saturday
would be the final day Of the Food Ex-
position of 1895. In view OF this. hS
added, the merchant exhibitors would
be lavish with their gifts
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
BLAZE THREATENS
BIG GAS PLAN I
Fire RACES Over Hackensack Meadows
and Approaches $4,000, 900 Cor
poration Plant.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Threatening q
81. 900 gas plant of the Public Service
Corporation. fire RACES over the Hack
ensack Meadows 10 the west OF Jersey
City today.
Four companies OF fiTemen are on the
scene. They are powerless 10 cope
with the flames.
Twenty acres are ablaZe. The rank
grass and reed growth make fine fuel.
The wind Is blowing a. rain Of sparks
from the Meadows TO the city.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
COLORED MEN ROW
OVER LYONS JOB
Leaders in South Attack b.
L. Washington.
PRESIDENT ASKED ADVICE
Tuskegee President Recommended Kan
san and Chicago Lawyer, and Is
Accused OF Peanut Politics.

1t looks as II Booker T. Washington
has again stirred up a hornets nest
among the colored politicians of the
South.
Washington has many enemies among
his own people in the Southland. His
bitterest foes are the men of his race
in the South who believe he is wrong
in his ideas for the advancement of the
colored man.
The trouble now is in connection with
the appointment of a successor to Jud-
son W. Lyons. Register of the Treas
ury. Lyons Is from Georgia. and TO d
great extent is considered by the color
ed politicians of Dixie as their most
representative man. Lyons term VIII
expire in March. and it Is known thai
the President Will not reappoint him.
President Asked Washington.
Some time ago the President called
Washington to the White House fnr \
conference about the successor Ihe
colored people of the South feel that
a Southern colored man should be ap-
pointed TO this place. and believe that
Washington would pick some man from
that portion of the country. However
he recommended two men. neither OF
whom was from below the Mason and
Werner. of the Quindaro Institute. OF
Kansan and L. 5. Williams. a coloreu
lawyer of Chicago
This has brought the charge that
Washington is endeavoring to smut OF
the colored men Of the South.
just which Of these two men VIII gel
the appointment is NOT yet known.
Charge Pull.
1t was stated Saturday night that
Washington. who was at the White
House had finally recommended VII
liams In this action. the colored peo-
pie of the South also md room FOL
criticism. Williams wife is brilliant
writer and much of her writings are
about the Tuskegee institution.
II is now said that the writer used
her influence with Washington for he,
husband. Washington's recommended
tion of Williams is declared by his enc.
mics to be a misuse of mis- infiuenc,
with the President 10 discharge his per
sonal obligstiioIis.
The entire Kansas delegation is work
ing for Vernon. and seem confident o,
offsetting the influence or Washington:
recommendation and landing the ap-
pointment for the Kansas man.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
STEN0GRAPRER MANGLED
BY ELEVATED TRAINS

NEW YORK. Dec. l5.-John H. Kenny,
forty-one years old. employed as a
stenographer by the Manhattan Trust
Company found dead on the
tracks OF the Third avenue Il" at Pei
ham avenue station today
de had been run over and terribly
crushed against the station platform
Although he probably had been killed
by the first train that struck him. II
is thought a dozen trains passed over
him
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
WHY'S OF PHOTOGRAPHY
EXPLAINED BY DR.. DIXON

DR.. Dixon I'm his Wednesday night
lecture on modern photography in Ma
tional Rifles ArmOry drew Il large
audience He explained the methods by
which everyday life is caught. repro
duced, and made permanent signs Of the
times TO be handed down TO posterity.
The walls of the hall in which the lee
ture was given We're covered by high
class examples OF photography.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
CROWD IN CORCORAN
TO VIEW NATIVE ART
Thousands Examined Work of American Illustrators and
Find Remingtons Pictures of Energetic Outdoor Life
Especially Inspiring TO Their Sympathy.

pranks and even in kittie's naughty eye,
there is the humor of Mr. Herford
Another picture much admired IS Mr..
Smedleys beautiful pictures of home
draw with her children. also Henry
Hunts rollickine youngsters in a snow
storm with d sled and. of course an old
man with high hat 10 pelt
Andrew Castaigne shows you Christ
mas Eve in Paris-the peddlers Of toys,
almost hear the babble and noise of the
streets. There are the girls Of Wen
zen, Gibson, and CT risty. Ii is nice to
meet your picture sW We~thearts on a large
scale. If not in life.
Gibson's Work Promising.
Many for the first time yesterday
looked upon the work of Gibson in his
new departure painting. The artists
determination to give up illustration for
painting lends additional interest TO his
PORTRAITS in oil that are certainly highly
promising, if nothing more.
One is n rather roughly painted old
mans head, more of a study than a fin-
ished work. and the others are por-
traits of great promise. One in particu-
lar, red-haired woman with laughing
eyes. whatever it may amount to as a
portrait. is surely clever enough as a
picture TO warrant the artists friends in
hoping much. There is, of course, good
drawing I'm IT. but there is also warm
and effective color
Much interest was displayed in the
marine work OF Henry Reuterdahl. per-
haps the leader on this subject of IL
luStration
The exhibition viii be held daily until
December p
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
RUNNING PISTOL FIGHT
WITH GANG OF ROBBERS

NEW YORK. Dec. 15.-In a running
fight with railroad thieves early today
for eight blocks along the tracks OF
the New York Central from Ninety
sixth street 20 Eighty-eighth street,
twenty shots were exchanged between
two policemen, a watchman. and d
gang or nine robbers who were caught
looting freight cara
At Eighty-sighth street the thieves
dispersed and fed in all directions and
made good their escape.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15

The First View at the Corcoran Art
Gallery yesterday afternoon of a collec-
tion of original drawings and paintings
by Americas foremost illustrators, at
tracted a gathering Of over 1000 lovers of
pictorial art.
Among the drawings and paintings on
exhibition one finds samples of practi-
caily every kind that counts in American
art today. Ever separate piece here has
been seen by almost everyone. in repro
duction at least. But one finds the work
as 1t came from the artists hand a far
different matter from the best reproduc-
ton. Scores of examples of the Work
Of the modern American worker with
pen and ink or brush are hung.
The work of Remington proved a
drawing card yesterday. In his work
there was noticed a richness Of color and
atmospheric effect But Rer--ISton did
not absorb all the popular attention. for
the original paintings of such men as
Charles Dana Gibson. Walter Appleton
Clark. Everett Shinn. A. B. Frost. Max
field Parrish and many others equally
well known found much favor.
In Louis Loeb's white-clad girls, are
seven willowy creatures in a group. with
| a dog and only one man. and this. too.
! on moonlight night.
Herford Popular
There is also Oliver Herford's THE
Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten" Here
college girls and the oldest visitors
fingered Every verse and every picture
of the kitten was exhibited. In all the
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
Here Tonight
SANTA CLAUS

The good Saint will be
found enthroned here tonight
and will welcome all Wash
ington. Gentlemen are par
ticularly invited. Sweethearts
and wives will need no invita-
ton. Open until 9 D. M.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
PROBABILITIES. S.

That Quebec mob must have been
terribly infGriated TO <throw eggs at
Bernharct, with eggs so high unless
the eggs were unduly ripe.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
Baltimore and Return, sI.as, BaltimOr.

and Ohio Railroad. Every Saturday and
Sunday All trains both ways both
days. except Royal Limited Hourly
Service" week days.
The Washington times., 1905-12-15
A Fairyland Basement


beautiful display this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-07
LACKED PRESENCE OF MIND
Two Passengers on a Launch Watch
Two Young People Drown IN
Willamette River.

Portland. Ore. Aug. Sowing to a
want Of presence of mind in all but
one of twenty occupants of a launch
which had collided with a rowboat,
two Of the three occupants of the row
boat drowned within a dozen feet OF
the launch. The drowned were Fred
Steffensen, aged 20 and his sister
Madeline, aged 16.
The launch and the rowboat were
travelling along the river in front OF
the city after dark tonight in opposite
directions. The captain of the launch
failed to see the rowboat, which car
ried no light, and the launch hit the
smaller boat One man seized the third
occupant of the boat, Miss Lille Their
kelSen, and dragged her aboard. The
others on the launch were so excited
that they allowed the boat to drift
away without attempting a rescue.
The two left in the row boat had be
come frenzied with fear and their &C
lions capsized the boat. After strug-
Cling helplesSly for a few moments,
they drowned in plain sight of the then
powerless people on the launch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-07
GOMEZ DEFIES THE GOVERNMENT
Candidate For President of Cuba Gives Out Interview Which
He Says He Will Not Obey the Mandates
of the Courts.

we would not obey its mandates. be
cause of its partially in favor of eN-
ecutive authority. The court would be
certain TO be agai3st US in order to in
crease its favor with the government -
He said that of the force of 1000 rural
guards half were inwardly i'm his favor.
Military officers absolutely deny this
statement and say that the only COM
pany of rural guards in which disaf-
lection was shown was that of the San
ia Clara province, now removed to
Havana, the captain of which resigned
to avoid being disgraced
The noderates express satisfaction at
Gomez statements, which they term
sensational and reckless and which
they assert will certainly defeat him.
as the Cubans will never elect presi-
dent who has defied the courts or
sought to inculcate in the soldiers a
rebelliOuS spirit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-07
Score Of other suspects.
FIRED FATAL SHOT.
Young Man Kills His stepfather in
San Francisco.

San Francisco. Aug. 6.-John A. LO-
gan Bell, aged % years, today shot
and killed his stepfather. Joseph Bart
lett, aged So years. Bartlett was a
fruit peddler and Bell worked for him.
The men were continually quarreling.
Today another quarrel arose Bell is
understood, while Bartlett was large
and powerful. They came to blows
and Bell secured an axe, but Bartlett
wrested il, from the younger man and
cut him with il. During the fight Mrs.
Bartlett mother of Bell. tried to act
as peacemaker and was accidentally
struck with the axe. She tainted and
Bell ran into the house to get small
rifle 1t is claimed that Bartlett then
started to attack Bell with the axe
and was warned away, but did not
stop. Bell then shot him in the breast
and death soon followed Mother and
son were taken into custody.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-07

~ AVANA, Aug. 6.-Jose Miguel Go
n mez, governor of Santa Clara
province and liberal candidate for
the presidency of Cuba, has given out
an interview full of defiance TO the
Palma government. With reference TO
the VueItas case and the Cuban gov
ernment's assumption of the right to
inspect municipalities without respect
10 the provincial authorities, Governor
Gomez says: Il will not allow anyone
excepting the provincial authorities to
inspect the municipalities of this
province Should a municipality be
governed by moderates, / would refuse
to consent to this procedure just the
same and would deliver justice to them
if permitted.
If the supreme court decides against
the contention we are now maintaining