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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
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The Worlds Greatest
Skin Soap.
The Worlds Sweetest
Toilet Soap.
Sale Greater than the Worlds
Product of Other Skin Soaps
Sold Wherever Civilization Has
Penetrated.

Millions of the worlds best people
use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuti-
cura Ointment, the great skin cure,
for preserving, purifying. and beau
tifying the skin, for cleansing the
scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff,
and the stopping of falling hair, for
softening, whitening, and soothing
red, rough, and sore hands, for baby
rashes, itchings, and chafngs, for
annoying irritations, or too free or
offensive Precipitation, for lucrative
weaknesses, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially
mothers, as well as for all the pu.-
poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Cuticura Soap combines delicate
emollient properties derived from
Cuticura, the great skin cure, with
the purest of cleansing ingredients
and the most refreshing of flower
odours. No other medicated soap
ever compounded is to be compared
with it for preserving, purifying, and
identifying the skin, scalp, hair, and
hands. No other foreign or domestic
toilet soap, however expensive, is to
be compared with it for all the pur-
poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Thus it combines in one soap at one
price the most effective skin and COM
plexion soap, and the purest and sweet
est toilet. bath, and nursery soap.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
Comfortable Bicycle.

A novel bicycle has been built in
London which has been pronounced
las comfortable as rocking chair
and which shows remarkable mealan-
zeal ingenuity. This new machine is
fitted with an antivibrating easy chair
like saddle which affords wonderful
relief to a tired back and which proves
a luxury when coasting down long
hills. The ladies' machines are meet
ing with particular favor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
His EXPENSES.

One of the candidates at an election
In Derbyshire, England, was a new
conner not remarkable for his generoS-
ity. He found himself defeated at the
polls and babe adieu to the electors
with the words, AT any rate. ladies
and gentlemen, my wife and L have
spent a very happy fortnight in the
peak" YES" came a sudden retort
from the crowd, land that's all you
have spent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27

tile. On arriving at the home or MS
brother in the Capital City he plans to
change. places with the family groom
and himself drive his sister and sister
in-law home from the embassy ball,
meanwhile giving them a scare by
reckless driving. He. however. draws
the wrong carriage call and consequent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27

reached In 1:27la. but before this It
was seen that whatever the time OF the
mile Audubon Boy would have TO make
1t entirely unassisted, the pacemaker
then being a hundred yards in the rear.
Gatcomb did not make a stirring drive
at the finish and was 0=31a coming to
the wire. making the time for the mile
J; 59I
AS result Of Audubon Boys per
formance a match between the east
and west Is considered probable, Audi
bon Boy representing the east and Dan
Patch the west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
steel Rails on Curxe..

On the sharpest curve OF the Boston
elevated the wear OF the rails is so
great that they have to be renewed
every fortyfour days, wearing down
In this short period from O.6O to OFT
inch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
A Pleasure to All.

No pill is as pleasant and positive
as DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
famous little pills are so mild and eff
fective that children, delicate ladies
and weak people enjoy their cleansing
effect, while strong people say they
are the best liver pills sold. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
FRANCES ALTHERR.

the amateur shooters. Men whom Miss
Aftherr beat at the traps are recog-
nized as good gunners.
Her first days score of 73 out Of -
targets attracted close attention 10
her, but the next performance Of 81
out OF 100 was better shooting.
She is looked on as the successor to
Annie Oakley's laurels.
Miss Altherr is the daughter of a
well known trap shot and gives prom
Use OF acquiring skill that will put her
in the front ranks of the women ex-
perts at the traps.
The photograph, from which the &C
companying picture was drawn. was
taken while Miss Altherr was sighting
at target with her double barreled
hammerless gun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27

fiscsI year just ended smashed al pre-
yious records. 1t amounted to $685.
9O7. 1888 as compared with S2-451.914
GO In 1904, the previous record year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27

In the presence of more than 1900
enthusiastic followers Of harness rae
ing who assembled at the Readville
CMass.) track recently Audubon Boy
paced one of the most wonderful miles
ever made, adverse conditions consid
cred. His time for the mile was 1 :5914
equaling the worlds record, made by
Star Pointer seven years ago. Audi
bon Boy started to beat 2:00% and
won; therefore the time made Is a
technical record.
In making the trial for the record
James Y. Gatcomb. owner OF the chest
nut stallion. refused to use wind
shield or to have a running horse draw
cart with canvas attached between
the wheels in the lead during the mile.
preferring to make the attempt under
normal conditions in the same way that
Star Pointer gained the worlds record
of 1:59A at the Readville track sevNn
years ago. Since then Dan Patch has
gained record of 90. but this mark
was made with a running horse In
front to break the natural resistance of
the atmosphere
Audubon Boys first quarter was
made in O:29 and the next In O:2S1A
making the time for the half mile
O:57h. The three-quarter pole was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
Novelty I'M Boats.

A Norwegian named Ole Brude has
constructed a new kind of small boat
which. it is claimed, cannot be sunk
and which, 1t is expected, will be adopt
ed on passenger steamers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
Hopper,
Dixey,
O/cOtt
Three Sta~s In NezU Pro-
ductions--"H abby-
3iand" a Hit--Margue-
rite CLARK Makes Critics
Sit Up and Take Notice.
Edmund Burke.

(From Our New York Dramatic Core
spondentl
In "Happyland." at the Lyric thea
ter. DE Wolf Hopper has comic opera
that has not failed to win approval and
popular patronage.
The drama, IN two acts. is by Regi-
maid De Koven and Frederic Ranken
and staged by II. 81. Burnside. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27

two settings show scenes in the court
yard OF the imperial palace in Elysia
and in the Elysian fields.
The music Is of Mr.. De koven's best
vintage. approaching that of Robin
Hood his greatest success. Mr.. Ran
ken's book ia bright in spots. but ii is
not overburdened with the incandes-
cence of operate humor. However. Mr..
Hopper Is a fun factory all by himself
and covers what otherwise would have
been bare stretches in the production.
The striking feature OF the play is
Marguerite Clark, who as the Princess
Sylvia proves fascinating enough 10
give Mr.. Hopper a close race for pre-
mier honors. Miss Clark is a winsome
bit of saccharine femininity who sings
and dances as prettily and as unaffect-
eddy as a genuine nymph of the woods.
THE Man on the Box" Grace Living
ston Furniss' dramatiZation of Harold
MacGrath's novel. was recently given
its initial performance at the Madison
Square theater under the management
OF Walter y. Lawrence. The story Is
a tale OF the adventures of young
man who becomes enamored of a
young Washington woman. All his eff
forts 10 make her acquaintance are fu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27

Growth of American Commerce.
American foreign commerce In the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-27
D0ings In
The WOrM
Of Sport
Frances Ahhe,r, the Won-
der5aI Girl Shot, Is IN
ME Oakley's Successor.
audubon Boy NoqU Ri
cal of Dan Patch For
Pacing Honors.

Frances Altherr, a girl of seventeen
years, is a remarkably skillful trap
shot. This slight girl. weighing scarce
~ more than 100 pounds. shoots a
twelve gauge gun loaded with a heavy
charge and at the recent open handicap
easily excelled the scores Of many Of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
County COMMITTEES.

The following compose the commit
tee. which it was decided at the >
mass Rsstinng Should Dc aooolD sednt !
- aAAmaa adyis
take such action as was ,-.---. -
able with regard to grand jury matters
Chairman-Mayor Parkill, Owosso.
Secretary-Charles Whelan, Shiawas
see.
Antrim. J. Anterior, Lewis Skin,
ner.
Bennington-A. B. Cook.
Burns-N. X. Potter.
Caledonia-J. F. Bilhimer.
Fairfeld-Park Scott.
Hazelton-Frank Perry.
New Haven-C. s. Dickinson.
Middlebury-Will j. Brookings.
Owosso-Geo. T. Mason.
Perry-C. d. Colby.
Rush-E. e. Bunting.
Sciota-G. w. Swarthout.
Shiawassee-E. J. Cook.
Venice-M. M. Byington.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
KILLED SON-IN-LAW.
Quarrel Near Niles Has Tragic
EndinQ,

EUuIHSs
Niles, Mich, Nov. 2S.-Albert Hink.
ley, aged 81, shot and killed his son,
in-law, William Tuttle, aged ~, at the
home of the former, at 1920 o'clock
Monday morning, about six miles
north Of here. Hinkley claims futile
was trying to separate him and his
wife.
Last Thursday futile went to Hink-
ley's house and induced Mrs. Hinkley
tC go home with him. She is his
mother-in-law, and he claimed that
she was being abused by her husband.
At 2 o'clock Monday morning, Mrs.
Hinkley left Tuttle's house and went
back home. Tuttle followed her at
1920, and when he arrived at Hinkley' q
house, Hinkley ordered him off the
place.
Damned If I'll co. Is what Tuttie
Is alleged to have said.
Hinkley then fired with a shotgun,
tearing away the right side Of Tuttle's
head. Hinkley telephoned the police
and gave himself up. The police found
Tuttle's body lying over the threshold.
Hinkley says that he didn't intend
to kill Tuttle; that he had his gun
ready to scare him, and seized the
muzzle of the gun, which exploded
with fatal results.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
CHANGE INAUGURAL DAY.
National Committee Decides Upon the
Last Thursday In April.

Washington, Nov. 29.-The last
Thursday of April was decided upon
Tuesday, at the meeting. of the ma
tional committee on the proposed
change of Inauguration day as the
day to recommend to congress for
future presidential Inauguration. Il was
decided that no action should be
taken on proposing new date for the
assembling of congress.
The vote was unanimous. The COM
mittee having the matter under con-
sideration consists of fifteen residents
of Washingtn and the governors Of tn 2
states and territories. Gov. Lea, of
Delaware, was the only state executive
present, though letters commencing q
change in. the date of Inauguration had
been received from all the remaining
state and territorial governors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
Crazed BY Jealousy, Husband Shoots
Wife, Children and Two Men.
THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
One Child Dies-FrightfuI Domestic
Trageyd Enacted In Polish Family
Near Grand Haven--Two Are Nor.
tally Wouned.

Grand Haven, Mich, Nov. 2S.--Two
dead, two dying, one seriously injur-
ed and another but slightly shot, sums
up the butchery which occurred in
Robinson township, II miles from this
city, Monday.
Carl Kokosinski, an enraged Pole,
was the slayer. His little son, Ed
die. is dead, his wife, Hattie Koku-
sinski, is shot through her face and
one arm, but it is believed will live;
Frank Dubrowski, who was looked up
on as Mrs. Kokosinski's paramount, Is
dying at a neighboring farm house
with a 32-calibre bullet in his lungs
and another in his side.
Innocent little Max Kokosinsh,
aged 5, is lying with bullet in his
head in the very room where his
crazed father shot him; Joseph Smith,
who happened to be stopping at the
house. has bullet wound across his
abdomen, but the injury is only a
flesh wound.
Carl Kokosinski, after completing
his deadly work, put bullet in his
own brain and died instantly.
The tragedy occurred in the farm
home Of Frank Dubrowsb, an unmar-
ried Pole, aged 25. Dubrowsh and
Kokosinslzi were supposed to be
friends, and the latter's family lived
at his place since last August. The
two men had for three years been
shopmates in the big Pullman works,
Chicago. When Dubrowsh bought i
farm here two years ago, he urged
Kokosinski and his wife to come and
live with him.
This August they came, and some
weeks ago both men returned to Chi
cago to work, leaving the woman and
children at home. Dubrowski, after
time returned. Neighbors gossiped
and declared that Mrs. KokosinsM
thought more of Dubrowslli than Of
her husband.
Monday morning, Kokosinski arriv-
ed from Chicago He hired rig 1T
local livery and had the young man
drive him out to Robinson.
Reaching spot quarter OF mile
from where the butchery later occur
red, Kokosinski got out Of the rig and
walked the remainder of the distance.
Mrs. Kokosinski says that while she
and Dubrowski and Smith were eat
ing, the door suddenly opened. She
turned around and saw her husband.
Wife Is Shot.
He shot her flush. in the face. She
jumped up, the blood squirting from
the wound, to receive another bullet
In the arm.
Then Kokosinsk turned the gun
upon Dubrowsl1i and shot twice.
Smith, who is an old man, was next
shot, but he begged for his life and
the murderer allowed him to run from
the house Kokosinsli did not pursue
his wife and Dubrowsli, who ran to
neighbours across the road.
Dubrowski fell once from weakness,
but Mrs. Kokosinsld pulled him into
the house, fearful that the murderer
would pursue.
Alone in the house with his two
little sons, Kokosinski put bullet
into the head of each, and then ap-
piled the gun to his own brain.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
MILES OF FISH NETS
Seized BY Game Warden--AIso Tug
and Four Tons of Fish.

Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich, Nov. 20
The game varden's department seiz-
ed 30 miles of nets owned by G.. l..
Giexen of Charlevoix Tuesday morn
ing, together with tug and four tons
Of fish. This is the largest seizure
OF the year The outfit is valued at
thousands of dollars. 1t is alleged
that Gieken had been violating the
fish laws on q wholesale scale.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01

Adam w. Johnson, Of Washington,
former United States marshal at
Nome, Alaska, died in New York, Tues
day, in a sauitarium following an op
eration.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01
Wanted.

By a prominent monthly magazine.
with large, high-class circulation, local
representative to look after renewals
and increase subscription list In Owosso
and vicinity. on salary basis, with
continuing interest from year to year in.
the business created. Experience desir-
able, but not essential. Good oppori
tunity for the right person. Address
Publisher, box SO, Station o, New
York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-01

Vernon -. J. Patched. F. N>Conn.
owossol City-1st ward-E O Dewey.
snd " la: w. Detwiler.
srd Z" j. H. BRANDED.
9th g" ID. N. Christian.
Wool, l'l-R. F, Kay.
Corunna list ward-w. A. Knight.
led ward-L, d, Baldwin.
l3rd ward-James Simeon.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01

At 8 o'clock this morning, the weather conditions on the Yukon river and along the line of the W. P. < Y, R. were as follows:
 Skagway-Clear, strong north wind, 20 above,
 Glacier-Clear, calm, 12 below.
 White Pass-Clear, northwind, 9 be low.
 Fraser-Clear, calm, 30 below. , Log Cabiu-Clear, calm, IS below. Bennett-Clear, calm, 90 below. Pennington-Clear, calm, S2 below. Caribou-Clear, calm, 30 below Cowley-Clear, calm, Ss below. Whitehorse-Clear, calm, 30 below. Lower Labarge-Clear, calm, 30 be- low. t. Hootalinqua-Clear, light south wind, 70 below.
 Big Salmon-Clear, calm, S6 below. Yukon Crossiug-Clear, calm, P be- low.
 Selkirk-Clear, calm, 30 below. Selwyn-Clear, calm, 46 below. Stewart-Clear, calm, 46 below. Ogilvie-Clear, calm, A below. Cloudy, south wind, a be- low.
 Fortymile-Clear, north wind, 30 be- low.
 Eagle-Clear, calm, below. Atlin-Clear, light north wind, 30 be- low.
 Tantalus-Clear, calm, 25 below.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01
Startling But True

People the world over were mortified On learning of the burning of a ChicsgU theater in whicd nearly six hundred ? 'ople los5 their lives, yet more than i've times this rum CT or over 3,ooo pope died from phe mCuia in Chicago durirg the same year with scarcely a passinH notIce. Every one of these cases re u ted from 8 cold that could have been pI event by the timely use of Chamber aims Cough remedy. A great many who have ha every Teas1 70 10 fear pneumonia have wsrded it of by the prompt use oi this remedy. The l. lowing is an istsnce of this sort: "I ou much nnot be said in favor Of Cham beraiu's Coug Remedy. ana esoecisll, for colds and influenza. I know thet Iy cured my daughter, Laura, of a severe cold, and believe saved her hfe when she was threatened with pneumonia. 9 ". D. Wilcox, Logan, New York, Sold by Kelly Drug Go.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01
THE PHoNoGRAPH.
Its Invention Was the Result of [
 Cut on the Finger.

Its Invention Was the Result of a
 Cut on the Finger.
 An accident-a cut on the finger caused Edison to invent the phono- graph, or talking machine.
 Mir. Edison told the story of this invention to a reporter. At the time, be said, he was singing into tele phone. and in the telephones mouth piece he had placed, for safe keeping, a fine steel point. Suddenly this point cut his finger. He found, to his sur prise, that 1t had been moving here and there and roundabout guided by the vibrations of his voice.
 He placed a strip of yellow paper under the steel point, replaced 1t in the mouthpiece and said the alphabet. The steel, while he spoke, ran over the pa per, and for each letter of the alphabet 1t made a different mark or scratch.
 This was what Mir Edison had hoped for. He now held the steel point still and drew the paper scratches slowly over 1t. There was given forth, very faintly, the alphabet as he had re peated 1t.
 Thus the principle of the phonograph the registering and the reproduction of the voices vibrations-was dlscov. cred through the cutting of a finger. It was Edison's finger, though, that was cut. Smiths or Browns might have been quite hacked of and no phono, graph would have resulted.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01
NoNe Musicians.

Of the TagbaDOua, a tribe on the long narrow island called Palanwan, in the Philippines, Mir. Landor writes: Most muScians of other nauonalittes play wind instruments by applying them to the mouth. The Tagbanoua plays them with his nose! The lantul a reed flute, has two holes, and one nose piece at one end of the cane, at the joint. The lantui is pressed by the thumb against the left nostril, the right nostril being held tightly closed by the first finger of the hand. The Tagbanoua nose is so flattened at the base and has such expanded uOstrilsr elongated at the side, that it Is es. pecially adapted for this purpose. The Tagbanoua musician can get in this fashion some sweetly pathetic sounds by far the most melodiOus sounds l have ever heard from any body's nose, and he Is even bold enough to attempt, with success, too, a trill."
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01
A Pussy Nuisance.

Of a prominent lecturer of London an acouaintance says: "On one occasion be was the guest of friend of mine, a busy Liverpool merchant, and when the popular lecturer returned from the hall he asked for all sorts of impossible dishes and liquid connections peculiar to abstainers, a demand which some what upset the routine of the house hold. When in bed his nervous tenn perament was tried; he could not bear the ticking of the clocks, so he paraded the house in the small hours of the morning and stopped them all. In con sequence of this the servants had to be reused by violent bell ringing. But the guest was not to be distressed, so he arose again and ordered the servants back to their rooms and locked them in and then went back to bed"
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01

It is a strange thing that the people of Alaska whom Gov. Brady says are dwi1dlipg in numbers are constantly consuming more provisions. Last year they purchased foods utfs to the value of sS, ,ss6, ,O43 or s1, 3O6, ,625 more than the consumption for the year before, when the tcods.uffs imported were valued a' g 5T9, ,423. If the people of Alaska are not groWi0g 10 numbers there certainly has been an enormous development OI 1he app tiles of those who are here.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-01
JOHN w,'TRoY, EDITOR TOWN | JENSEN, PUBLISHERS
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ALASKAN TRADE.

That is a marvellous tale told by the figures given out by Collector Jarvis in his statement showing the value ot merchandise consigned to Alaska anu the value of the exports from this dis trict. It is story of thrift, enterprise and energy and of available natural re- sources that cannot be duplicated from any other section of the world.
 A comparison ot the figures that ap- pear else~here in the Daily Alaskan with those of other sections of the country will make their wonderful pur- port apparent. Estimating the Popula- tiou of Alaska at 5000, the value of the exports ot this district ex' eeed S45O for each man, woman snd child in the district, Compare tha, with the exIortS from the states ot the union The banner year in the history of American trade shows expectations to the value of g, 2,445, S6O,9l6.
 CIfthe exports of the nAuon were as great per capita as those of Alaska the annual shipments from the United States wouli amount to more than thlrt, five billions ot dollars, or sOout 6tteen times greater than they really are Using the same figures as basis and assumiug the same hypothesis the excess ol the exports over the imports from the states would be about fourteen billions of dollars as against less than e4nO OOO, 900, the real figures.
 UGov Brady's estimate of the DOD- ulation of the country is correct these Iuppositious figures would have to be doubled
 It may be argued that more of the products of Alaskan labor a,e exported thG1 is the case with the pc pie iu the states, and that is true, but not to the extent that many believe. Those en' gagged iu the transportation business, the mercantile pursuits, hotels, reS'au rants, machine shops and hundreds Of other avocatiOns iu the town, and those who are prospecting and develoniug the resources Of the district are mol producing for export. As with most new countries, by far the greater DOT. tion of the population of Alaska are non-prOducers as yet. A great major ivy of the enterprises Oi the district have not passed the development stage It requires the employment of far more people iu the transportation of freight and passengers in prOpOportiOn 10 the volume of business than Is required ir the sts ss, and probably more than hal of the z iuers in the country are pros pectors. whose locations have no' reached the producing stage. As s natter of fact, the products that make up the more than s2l,OOO,OOO of export: from this district are the results of the labor of 8 largely minor portion of the population. Ia g. few years, when the properties of AlasSs that are now ir progress Of development shall have be- come producers, Alaskan trade statistics vii stsrtle the world. No portion of She earth offers as great opportunities for fortune making as are waiting capi' tal and enterprise in Alas>a.