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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-23
No game here tomorrow.

Decatur has signed Joe Murphy, late
of Louisville, and has released Birdie
King and John Dowell. Bloomington
has released Whitmore.
Eugene F. Bert, president of the Pa
cific Coast Baseball league, has sent
the following telegram to j. F. Farrell,
secretary of the National Association
of Professional Baseball leagues, at
Auburn, N Y: Morning papers adj
wise that eastern clubs are dickering
with Pacific Coast league players
Please wire Immediately to National
association, stopping same. Our league
wilbremain intact"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-23
DOPE FOR THE FANS.

Manager Doyle of the Des Moines
baseball team has been indefinitely
suspended by President ONeill of the
Western league. Doyle's retirement is
because of Il disturbance he created in
the game between Omaha and Des
MoineS at Omaha.
In connection with the display OF
rowdyism by some of the players in
the Western league game at Omaha
yesterday, w. A. Rourke, manager OF
the Omaha team, wrote letters TO man
ayers of other teams, in which he said
the actions of the DeS MOineS players
had become unbearable. He blamed
President of the League Norris O'Neill
for not disciplining them. In an inter
view Rourke declared that unless some
action is taken he will withdraw his
team from the league.
"Wee Willie" McGill, who graduated
into fast company from the Evansville
team when that city was in the Three
Eye league, will appear in Moline Sat
urday to do the twirling for the Chi
cago Mutuals, one of the fastest of the
Windy City's semi-professional teams,
which will play with the Moline indie
pendents on that day.
, 1906-12-04
OF THE RICH.

If it is hard for the rich man to get
into Heaven, it is nothing like as hard
as it is for him to bring up his children
unspotted and unspoiled by his pos
sessions. The children Of the
rich are frequently the most pit
liable objects of luxury that our
self-indulgent age has brought forth.
What with servants and expensive toys,
with improper food and exciting muse
ments, the child of ease who arrives
at manhood or womanhOod with an un-
distorted view OF this life is a miracle.
No matter how many indulgences and
Injuries a man may consider roper
for his own mature life, no sane person
will deny that the simpler, more natur-
al. the life of the child is, physically
and morally, the greater will be the
chances for success and happiness in
any kind of world that he may grow
up into. All that wealth can buy for
a child is a certain amount of physical
care and good food, a certain amount of
education. 1t cannot buy real friends,
or real interests, or sound appetites.
Therefore, the best thing that a rich
parent can do for his offspring in many
cases is to Danish him from his own
house to some more Spartan habitat
where the young can enjoy the print
, 1906-12-04
my PEOPLE OF THE PLAINS

Bishop Talbot's book, my People
of the Plains, is giving many people a
great deal of pleasure. 1t is really a
series of short stories, which are told
in the bishops most pleasing style. He
gets about as close to nature as n
American writer.
The current number of the Literary
Digest has a review of the book which
The Republican knows will be Of great
interest to its readers because of their
great friendship for the distinguished
author:
Very human and full of picturesque
incident is Bishop Talbot's book. The
experiences related took place during
the eleven years that the bishop min
istered to the pioneers of the Rocky
mountain region embraced in the terri
tory now included in the states of Ida
no and Wyoming. 1t is an interesting
phase of life, full of a and ad-
venture, that is described in these
pages; and the fact hat it has entirely
passed away owing to the advent OF the
railroad and the consequent usages of
the east gives added value to this in.
innate record of it. SID.
In 1856 the missionary district of
Wyoming and Idaho was established,
and DR.. Talbot was elected its first
bishop, He established his home in
Laramie, and an idea of his surround
ings may be had from a remark made
by the venerable rector of Rawlins,
who, when the question of commits
sariat came up observed that so far
as meat was concerned, all the new
bishop had to do when his larder need
ed replenishing was ito step out on
the hill adjoining the house and bring
down a fine elk with his Winchester "
The new diocese comprized n terri
tory larger than all the New England
and middle states combined, with the
state Of Maryland included. The popu.
lation was small or scattered in little
communities or grouped in mining
camps, The bishops parochial vista
lions had to be made in long journeys
with the most primitive accommoda-
lions. The people are described as
bright, intelligent, and enterprising,'
Though not irreligious, many through
lack of religious services had become
careless about attending church. Bish.
OPP Talbot met with a hearty welcome
from these rude populations, and his
work prospered from the first. Though
he modestly refrains from giving prom,
inence to the dangers and h~ardships
of his mission, n gathers from the
narrative that these were of no mean
order. The literary style is effective
and the book adds a new chapter to
the history of American missions"
, 1906-12-04
A cockRELL ILL.
Veteran Missouri Statesman Gradually
Wasting Away.

Washington, Dec. 4-Former United
States Senator f. NJ. Cockrell Of Mis-
souri is lying critically i'll at his nome
in this city and grave doubts are ex-
pressed for his recovery. Senator Cock
rell has no specific organic complaint,
but his condition is attributed to a
general breakdown due to natural in
firmtties of age.
Senator Cockrell is a member of the
interstate commission now
sitting in the west in coal land and
coal rebate cases. He is one of the
best known members of the upper
branch of congress-.
, 1906-12-04
PoRTueAL's cooL.HEApED KING
Carlos Conduct in the Lisbon Disaster
Won Rcclamation.

London.-It Is not very often that
we hear much of King Carlos in his
snug little kingdom of Portugal, but
he has certainly won the worlds
reclamation for his GOODNESS at the
Lisbon disaster-coolness which alone
averted a frightful panic, when a
canopy fell on a state procession. The
private life of Portugal's monarch is
rather interesting, because it is more
like that of a private gentleman than
the daily round of a sovereign. AS he
rises at five in the morning, he a
ages to get all his work done before
midday, then five days of the six he
gives over the afternoon and evening
to his one amusement-sport.
, 1906-12-04
WYOMING NOTES..
Clipped from the Denver Post.

Clipped from the Denver Post.
The other night Cashier Taylor, at
the Rawlins freight depot, found him
self unable to open the safe. Acting
upon a bright idea he called up the
warden of the penitentiary and asked
IL he had anybody among his guests"
there who understood safes. The war
den was soon on hand with a prisoner
who showed his knowledge of safe op-
ening by swinging the door outward in
less than five minutes. Taylor compli-
mented him on knowing so much about
safes. 81 wish I'd never g e a d-n
safe" the man said. Then the warden
and he returned to their boarding
house.
"The stockings of 800 dozen girls in
New York." said Bill Barlow of Doug.
las, ARE Illegally supported, so runs a
supreme court decision against a local
dealer in a suit brought for infringe
ment of patent, and they are subject
to prosecution II caught with the goods
on. How would you like TO be Hawk
shawn"
Miss Marie Buchanan of Cheyenne,
who went abroad a few years ago to
study the violin, has returned to this
country a full-fedged artist and bring
ing her commentator from many of
Europe's great musical critics. She
will visit Cheyenne soon.
Wyoming Tribune: A little four
|year-old hoy watched his mother pre-
pare the Thanksgiving turkey. Seeing
her remove the wind pipe he asked.
Mamma. did God put a piece of maca-
roni in my froat to breathe fru?"
Parkman, tw~enty-eight miles north
west Of Sheridan, is putting in a water
system. When the plant is installed
Parkman will probably be the smallest
town in the country having water
works.
Leslie Davidson, formerly owner of
the Basin Republican, is contemplating
establishing a paper at Boyson, the
copper camp near Thermopolis. 1t
will be called The Copper Mountain
Miner.
, 1906-12-04
Visit San

Write for illustrated booklet descrip-
tive of this superb winter resort. Very
low rates via Colorado and Southern
railway. T. e. FISHER,
General Passenger Agent, Denver.
, 1906-12-04
KING CARLOS.
(The Popular Monarch of Little Por
tugal.)

He has explored every corner of his
kingdom in his motor car, and a short
time since, when driving through some
out-of-the-way place, he had rather an
amusing experience. Arriving at a
small town, he found a crowd waiting.
but no one recognized him. In fact,
the chief point of interest at that mo
ment was an old woman, who had hac
her basket of eggs upset by those who
jostled her. The king, with his usual
good nature. approached and asked
what was the matter. "They say the
king is coming through here to-day,
so these idiots are waiting to see him
One cannot even do ones daily labor.
with this crowd watching for a fat
lazy fellow, who does not work and
spends his time in eating" The king
laughed, presented her with a coin to
pay for the eggs, and to remember
the fat, lazy fellow by" and a moment
more the royal car had vanished in a
whirl of dust before anyone ruew il
had arrived-save one dumb struci
peasant woman.
, 1906-12-04
PLUCkY DEED Of
LITTLE HEROINE
FlFTEEN.YEAR-OLD GIRL SHOOTS
INTRUDER FIVE TIMES AND
HE FALLS BACK DEAD,
Man Had Deserted Wife and Children
and They Were Being Cared for at
Home of Neighbor-Husband
Forces His Way Into House and
Ethel Smith Fires With Pistol.

Thornton, r. l., Dec. 4.-Ethel Smith,
the ~15-year-old daughter of Special Pc,
liceman Leander Smith, is under ar
rest in the home of Chief of Police
Rowland Kimball, charged with killing
Elmer Briggs, so years old, a resident
of this town. Chief Kimball took her
to his house, gave her a Thanksgiving
dinner, and declared that she should
not go to Jail so long as she was under
his Jurisdiction.
, 1906-12-04
A Home Made Happy by Chamber
Iain's Couch Remedy.

About two months ago our baby girl
had measles which settled on her lungs
and at last resulted in a were attack
of bronchitis. We had two doctors
but no relief was obtained. Everybody
thought she would die. 1 went to eight
different stores to find a certain rem
edy which had been recommended to
me and failed to get it, when one of
the storekeepers insisted that I try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1 did
so and our baby is alive and well today.
George W. Spence, Holly Springs,
N. C. For sale by the Eggleston Drug
company. e.
, 1906-12-04
The Caruso Case

ne CdTuSo Sdec-
Americans have perhaps hardly been
able to make up their minds about the
Caruso case in New York. That is to
say, his guilt has not been so complete
ly established by the evidence as to
leave no doubt in the public mind. This
remaining doubt may save him from os,
tracism and Punishment from the
American stage. Nothing but that lin.
gering doubt can save him, however,
unless, of course, 1t would be complete
exoneration, which appears out of the
question. Caruso has found, as Gorky
discovered, a moral standard in this
country which will not tolerate def.
ance even in men of genius. America,
which acknowledged Caruso as the
greatest tenor in the world, and which
poured at his feet a golden food Of dol
lars when 1t heard his glorious voice,
would hiss him from the country if it
believed him to be an insulter of wo-
men.-Buffalo Voice.
, 1906-12-04
QUICK PAYMENT
OF DEATH CLAIM

Art Jones today received from the
head officers of the American Order of
Protection a draft for S 1000 for Mrs.
Marguerite Kelley, whose husband,
George Kelley. was killed in the awful
collision at Ridge on the 10th of Octo-
Der. Mr.. Kelley carried insurance in
the order for $4,000, but the terms of
the policy required that he would have
to be a member for three years to
receive the full amount, the additional
$1,000 being not effective until that
time.
, 1906-12-04

Old papers, 25 cents a hundred. at
The Republican office. s
, 1906-12-04

tive pleasures and hardships that make
for health. To see Il child sliding down
the venue in an automobile or shep-
herded to school and the theater by
governesses and tutors is enough to
make the angels weep. The purest
democracy rests in the heart of a lit
tie chi'1. To keep that heart unsnob-
bish, unselish, unsated will take more
than Enthusiastically Evening Post.
, 1906-12-04
STATE PRESS MME
A Great County

A Great County
The whole of Crook county is under
laid with coal, while timber for fuel
and building purposes abounds in near
ly every section Of the county.-Crook
County Monitor.
, 1906-12-04

Weekly Republican only 81 a year.
, 1906-12-04
Deserted His Wife,.

The tragedy was the elimination OF
an e-strangement between Briggs and
his wife. About two weeks ago Briggs
is alleged to have deserted his wife.
leaving her without means to support
herself and her three small children.
Special Officer Smith took pity upon
the destitute woman and he and his
wife received Mrs. Briggs and her chill
dren in their home.
Cut Screen from Door.
Thursday, in the absence of Smith,
Briggs went to the Smith house and
demanded admission, which was refus-
ed. He drew a large carving knife
from beneath his coat, and cut away
the netting from the screen on the
front door. He then smashed a pane
of glass in the door, reached his arm
on the inside, turned the key in the
lock and threw back the bolt.
Shot Him Five Times.
AS he started to enter the house Eth.
ell warned him that she would shoot.
Briggs paid no attention to her, and as
he forced the door open the little girl
fired two shots at him, both bullets
lodging in his body. Briggs hesitated
for a moment and then kept on. She
fired three more shots, every bullet
taking effect, and Briggs staggered
back and fell dead on the steps.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Tha RiRht Kind of Hen.

AS is always the case on the eve Of
an election, there is and will continue
TO be great deal Of talk in the press
of the State about the character OF the
men that should be elected to office. 1t
is easy TO talk and to write about the
qualifications OF the candidate Intelli.
gence enough 10 understand thoroughly
the duties of the Office he seeks: indus
try enough 70 perform those duties ef-
fciently; honesty enough to place him
above even a breath Of suspicion Of US
ing his office for private gain or for
gratifying personal likes or dslikes,
These are a few of the qualifications
which apply 10 any and every candidate
for Office. Besides these there is an.
other TO which comparatively little at
tention is paid by our people 1t is that
every candidate should know how "a
conduct himself like a gentleman. If
you do not know enough Of decency and
good manners to refrain from abuse Of
his opponents, or If he wants the office
so badly as % resort to mud-singing to
get it. then it is safe to say he is not
worthy TO hold il.
Let us have a clean canvass this year
and every year hereafter. There was
mud singing enough in the State can
vass two years ago to last a lifetime --
Barlow Courier Informant.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
OUR COUNTY
COMNIISSIO NIERS
This nOnth's Meeting and Business
TranSActaa.

At the regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held Tuesday,
April Sd, there were present Mr.. 70. g.
Smith, chairman, DR.. John A. Anders,
Messrs, John c. Moore, w. d. Stouta-
mire and w. A. Register.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Several accounts were approved and
ordered paid and warrants for the sew
eral amounts drawn.
W. A. Register, who was appointed
a committee Of one, to investigate the
claim of Mr., Coggins, who professed to
have lost horse from injuries received
on account Of bridge over the Munson
Slough not being in good repair, report
ed that upon investigation he learned
that the. horse did not die while, in Mr.;
Coggins' possession, and that he used
him in making a crop last year and then
traded him to someone else.
After due consideration the board re-
fused to pay the claim of $3.50 for loss
Of the horse.
The committee who were appointed TO
investigate the proposed route for pub
lie road from T. l.. Goes to the Alex
Byrd place made a favorable report and
the clerk was recommended to adver-
tise opening of said road.
A motion was made by DR.. Anders
and seconded by Mr. Moor that the tax
collector be allowed extension of time,
until the regular meeting in May to col
lect taxes.
Elizabeth Pitts was put on the pen
sion list for SO per month.
DIR. Anders made a motion which was
seconded by Mr.. Stoutamire that $500
be appropriated for the bridge to be
built across the Ocklocknee river at
Fairbanks Ferry
1t was moved by Dr. Anders and sec
onded by Mr.. Stoutamire that the clerk
advertise for bids TO build bridge at
Fairbanks Ferry, said bids to be open
ed at the next regular meeting OF the
board
Advertisements for repairs Of Jail as
per plans and specifications were placed
on file with the clerk
The board then adjourned.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Au--speal Privileges None

counterfeiter's outfit was buried, neal
q water tank in West Tampa.
Then q United States secret servicC
man told Of the finding of cOunterfeitinl
directions in Stephens room and one Of
the New Orleans mint dollars, specified
in the directions as the one to be useC
as a guide.
THE STORY OF HIS SHAME.
The governments case was now com
plete, but Stephens, when testifying II
his own behalf, added to the strength
Of it.
When his own pitiful story, weak II
practically every particular, was ended
the cross-examination began Then he
detailed the story of that incsndiarism
up in Pennsylvania, the story that he
had hoped had been forgotten. The eff.
feet of it all he saw, and vainly, like
some drowning man clutching at a straw,
he sought to shift the blame Of this
from his shoulders.
And the story that he had told wal
pitiful because Of its weakness, because
Of the fact that il showed on it's very
face that It was untrue. He said that
he had shouldered the blame to shield q
fellow-professor, who would have been
charged with the burning of Pardee
Hall had Stephens not assumed his
guilt.
His attitude on the stand, according
to those who watched him, was one Of
constant evasion, and especially when
the keen, searching questions Of Judge
Boarman again began tearing the pitt
full story to shreds, did the man weaken
and seek vainly TO strengthen the poor,
unbelievable tale on which he had hung
his hope of acquittal.
BREAKS UNDER SENTENCE.
The end of the trial was the only end
that could come after such a story, and
twelve men declared that George II.
Stephens was guilty of counterfeiting
United States money.
Judge Boarman, like that State judge
in Pennsylvania, was also merciful, and
as he pronounced sentence said he felt
that he did not do his stern duty as a
Judge in making the sentence a light
one. And then came the last dramatic
touch of the trial, a touch almost theat-
rical in its intensity, for the convicted
man, now broken in spirit, turned to
the court and answered:
Punishment is not measured by du-
ration, but by intensity. Anguish and
remorse have done such awful work
upon me that am almost bereft of
reason.
Once, at least, George H. Stephens
had told the truth during the trial, and,
as the officers led him away with two
years to serve at hard labor, the man
broke down and wept like a child.
There Is but one more scene TO the
sorrOwful, pitiful story, and that one
shows the Princeton graduate and the
former college professor working in a
Federal prison.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Good Judgment

is the essential characteristic Of men
and women. Invaluable to good bust
ness men and necessary TO housewives
A woman shows good judgment when
she buys Whites Cream Vermifuge for
her baby The best worm medicine
ever offered to mothers, who write ex-
pressing their gratitude for the good
health of their children, which they
owe to the use of Whites Cream Yer.
mifuge. Sold by all Druggists.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Why

have a torpid liver when Herbine, the
only live regulator will help you? There
is no reason why you should suffer
from Dyspepsia, Constipation. Chills
and Fever or any liver complaints, when
Herbine will cure you. + G. Waite.
Westville. Fla, writes: II was sick
for a month with chills and fever. and
after taking two bottles of Herbne am
Druggists
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
THE OTHER EVIDENCE.

Then came another dramatic scene,
when one Hammond took the stand and
detailed how the mar, while in the
Ocala Jail, had described TO him a plat
ing outfit that he had, with which he
hoped TO make gold and silver counter
felt money, swearing that when released
he would begin turning out spurious
twenty-dOllar gold pieces.
Dexter Washington, a jail trusty as
though TO shame even more the man
VINO was on trial, took the stand and
identified letter written by Stephens
TO q friend, telling him Of where the
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
HArahon.e StOrnGa.

! am now prepared TO store In my
clean and dry warehouse any kind Of
goods, furniture or article one may wish
stored away for safe keeping.
X. A. SHINE,
6tf At Armory Warehouse.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Blood Poisoning

results from chronic constipation, which
is quickly cured by DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They remove all poisonous
germs from the system and infuse new
life and vigor; cure sour stomach, nau-
sea, headache, dizziness and collie, with
out gripping or discomfort. 25c. Guar
anteed by all druggists.
-~~~-N-~-~-~---A-~--~~~
ca CoIIins fnr all kinds ~ pysintinu
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Rheumatism Makes Life Miserable.

A happy home is the most valuable
possession that is within the reach Of
mankind. but you cannot enjoy its COM
forts il you are suffering from Thcuma-
tism. You throw aside business cares
when you enter your home and you can
be relieved from those rheumatic pains
also by applying Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. One application will give you
relief and its continued use for "A short
time will bring about a permanent cure.
For sale by all druggists.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06

Recent further experiments with peat
have demonstrated that the cOAe de-
rived from the product makes most
valuable fuel. 1t burns easily and makes
bright, glowing fire. 1t has durable
qualities also and outlasts wood as II
fuel burning almost as long as coal 80
st. Augustine Record
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
Don't Put OF

for tomorrow what you can do today.
If you put off buying bottle of Bal
lard's Snow Liniment, when that pain
comes you won't have any; buy a bot
tie today. A positive cure for Rheu-
tracted Muscles, etc. T. S. Graham,
Prairie Grove, Ark, writes: Il wish
to thank you for the good results l re-
ceived from Snow Liniment. 1t posi-
lively cured me Of Rheumatism after
others had failed. For sale by all
Druggists.