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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-01

Next week belongs to the farmers of
the nation so far as Rock Island is
concerned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-01

After having whaled Russia with war
ships, Japan is collecting fleet of
whalers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-01
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. ILL., lEn-
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-01

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-01

Umpire Taft hasn't been mobbed
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
TIFFANY WINS n TITLE.
Takes Hudson RiUer Championship
for Third Smccessiue Time.

Gilman P Tiffany won the individual champion
ship tournament of the Hudson River Golf Associa-
tion yesterday for the third time in succession. In
the final round at S6 holes the links of the
ST. Andrews Golf Club Tiffany defeated Ralph c.
Carroll, of the BrlarcliR Golf Club, by up and |
to play. The cup now becomes Tiffany's personal
property. He began Thursday by winning the
low prize in the qualifying round and yester-
day morning he also captured the gross score cup
in the handicap with a a. By placing him at plus
the committee gave him small chance for the net
prize. There tie for this prize between H.
Nelson and A II. Vail, two Dutchess Golf and
Country Club representatives, each OF whom re-
turned a..
In the early stages of the final round for the title
both men missed short puts but they Speedlly
fany go out in SO. where he stood up.
second shot TO the long grass, was T1fanys only
mistake coming home. His card showed 3S, CIV
ing him a a for the round and leaving him up.
When Carroll lost The fourth hole in the after
noon making him down the day, the gallery
expected to see Tiffany go on and win easily But
the uncertainty of the game was then illustrated
Carroll winning three out of the next four holes,
which left him only down at the turn
Tiffany the tenth hole in T. They haIved the
eleventh In 8, but Carroll again displayed good
by winning the next two holes and squaring
the match. His at the thirteenth hole was the
result OF a twenty-five foot putt. Tiffany rose to
the occasion by winning the fifteenth hole IN and
the seventeenth in 4, which gave him the match
He ran down a twenty-footer the last green.
Their cards follows:
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

Gibraltar July Passed steamer Moltke (Cier) Ruser
Genoa and Naples for New York
MoviIe July Arrived. steamer Caledonia tf haNteF
New York for Glasgow (and proceeded
Hull July Arrived. steamer Suram tBrl Hocken New
Eavre July . 10 a m-Sailed steamer La Bretagne Fr)
Antwerp. July T-sailed. Mississippi for New
York.
Rotterdam July :. 9 m-ATrived. steamer Nooriam
tIlutch). Stenger New York via BoulOgne. Sailed .
m steamer Sloterdyk Dutch. Metz New York
Naples July Z. a m-Arrived. steamer PTinz Adalbert
(Ger), bempWolf. New York via Gibraltar for Genoa
(and proceeded.
Genoa Juy Z 10 m-ATrived steamer Koenigin Luise
(Gerl. Voger New York via Gibraltar and Naples
BROW Head July z $50 m-Passed. steamer Etruria
C3r1 Potter New York for Queenstown and Liver
pool
Smith tfrOm Manila. etc). New York
Santos July 4-Saed steamer Siegmund (GeFl. Schuldt
New
Malta 0.-Passed. steamer RuceTos
son Kurrachee for Philadelphia and New York
July 4.-Saed steamer Alberto TFeves Utah.
Crosse (fFOm Smyrna. etc) New York ard Phiadel-
phia
Palermo July 1.-Sailed (Aust) Ragusn
from TLtestel. New York; 3 PsTugia (BEl. Johnston
lrron NAJlaA s1o1 Now YOTA
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
GAME FOR MEADOW BROOK
FreebOoters Beat Nez0 HaUen Polo
Club Team at CedarhurSt.

Cedarhurst, Long Island July (Special).-LOvers
of polo were treated to another good game this
afternoon. when the four from the New Haven
Polo Club met the Meadow Brook Freehooters on
the field OF the Rockaway Hunt Club for the Rock
away Hunt Club cups The Meadow Brooks won
by liz goals to g.
ball in for the opening play. Rat7ole captured it
and carried it down the line tn,,ard the Freeboot
ers goal posts, and would have scored had not
Grace caught him he was about to make the
final drive and sent the sphere in another direction
The Freebooters soon scored the first goal. The
second goal made by the same players three
minutes later. and other goals made in
this period.
At the end of the second period the Freebooters
had overcome the handicap of the New Haven play
and terms with them. The Wis
itors were never thereafter in the running. The
lineup and summary
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
SMITH MAKES RECORD.
Open Golf Champion Plays Is
Holes an 81 Strokes.

Alec Smith the national, Western and metro
politan open champion upheld his reputation
on the links Of the Somerset Inn Golf Club, at
Bernardsville, N. J., yesterday. In a thrty-siX
hole, medal play, invitation tournament the Nassau
Country Club pro led the field with score OF
135, three strokes better than the next best man,
George Thomson, of the RoSeVille Golf Club.
Smiths golf was sensational He began by max
ing the first round of the nine-hole course in 81
which broke the nine-hole record He followed
this with 80, giving him total Of 81, or four
strokes better than the best previous eghteen-hole
mark held by Alec Pirie, the home professional
In his round of 81 Smith had no less than six 3'S.
The fact that Thomson able to finish within
three strokes of the leader under such conditions
speaks well for the North Berwick product Stew
art Gardner, of Garden City, and Dave Ogilvie. of
the North Jersey Country Club. tied for third place
with 144. First money $lO0, second $15 and
third $50. Smiths card in full and the scores of
the others follow
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
PRACTICE ROUNDS at ENGLEWoOD

About fifty OF the amateur championship entrants
played the EnglewoOd Golf Club yesterday
Jerome Travers. playing with Hobens. did 70. H
Chandler Egsn, the title holder, took part in a
fOur-ball match. He did not put particularly we'll
going out, but scored Il, and coming IN he had 36
the a being the second best card of the day. j. G.
Anderson, of Amherst, winner OF the New England
Collegiate Association championship, made 79
which was equalled by Eben N. Byers, OF Allie
gheny. Lippey. the Seattle entry, had So
The tie between three of the members for the
Wells Cup won by D. f. POmeroy. $3.50
In the tie between six TO qualify for the Inde
Dendence Day medal the winners F. p
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New York, Saturday, July z, 1906
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Steamer La Touraine Gr). Fajole Havre June so. to
the Compagne Generate Transatlantque with 193
and COS steerage mails and mdse Arrived
the a 334 .
Steamer Prince Arthur (Br). Kinney. Yarmouth. N g.
July T. w y Munson, with passengers mdsa
Arrived via City Island
Steamer Monterey. Smith. Vera Cruz 2S ProgresO
80 and Havana July 3. TO James r Ward Co. with
passengers. mails and mdse Arrived at the Bar
Railroad Steamship Company. with 40 passengers
and mdse Arrived at the Bar at $50 m.
Steamer Kansas city Lewis. Savannah July the
Ocean Steamship Company, with passengers mdse.
Left Quarantine at b:15 a m
Steamer Winnie (Br). shotten. Tampico IS with
Refining Company. Passed in Sandy Hook 1922 o m
Steamer Jefferson. Dole. Newport News Norfolk 20
the Old Dominion Steamship Company with passengers
and mdse Left Quarantine at SD
Steamer Apache, staples, Jacksonville Julv a and
Charleston D. to the Clyde Steamship Company with pas
sengers and mdse. Left Quarantine az 30 D m
Steamer st Paul, Passow, Southampton Cher
bourg June 80. to the American Line, 25s cabin
and S2l steerage passengers. mails and Arrived
at the Bar at 6:47 m.
Sandy Hook. j. July 2 s:aO p m-wind northeast.
moderate breeze: cloudy.
SAILED
Kroonland. Antwerp. via Dover Bul-
garia Ger Hamburg AfnnetonlIa (r) London: PhiIa
depha. southampton via Plymouth and CherbourQ.
Italia (Brl LeghoTn and Naples Astoria (r) GLASGOW
K6nig Albert tCier Genoa and Naples IMcania 93r,'
Liverpool via Queenstown ATizonian. San Diego San
Francisco. etc: Wlesden tBr) Melbourne sydney ETC.
(Aust). Norfolk Philadelphia. san Juan CSIra
etc; Berwind Ponce, Aguadilla etc: MORO Castle
Havana: Finance Colon Prinz Waldemar ((ser) KnCE-
Savanila. etc: CFaigaTd CT) HavTs Newport.
port News; Columbus Savannah: simon Cf3r,
Fremante Adelaide. etc; Chesapeake baltimore
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS


Liverpool July Arrived steamer Cevic (Br). Clarke
New York sailed steamer Campania (Br) War;.
New York via Queenstown.
Queenstown July S;45 m-Arriyed. steamers
proceeded; Cedric (I3rl, Haddock. New York FOR
Liverpool (and pFoceeded).
Southampton July Z, l:40 m--Sailed. steamer Min
neapOlis (Br). Gates drOm Londonl. New York
Copenhagen. July 5-Sailed. steamer Arkansas CDan)
Peterson, New York
London July ARRIVED. steamer Nara sansett CEr).
Scott, New York
Hamburg. July g. p m--Arrived. steamer Pretoria
tGerl. 6ehrotteF. New York via Dover
cherbouTg July 1870 m-Sailed steamer KaiseTin
Auguste Victoria (GeFl. hopm (frOm HambuFs and
OoVerl. New York with 2eT nrst, ass second and
l1s thrd cabin passengers In the stssrass).
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

c-baronionsbin CUP (hnaI round)-Ciiman p. Tiffany.
Powelton. Ralph c. Carroll, Brarc. up and to
play.
F. Coykendall TwaalfskiN 5 and to play
Third sixteen Cinal ronnd)F. l. Madden. BriarcliH.
beat F. v y Longacre Saegkill,
saegkin beat J. W. Farquhar. Briarcl. up and to
play.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
WIRELESS REPORTS.

The Columbia reported Siasconset yesterday 130
when 13O miles east OF Nantucket Lightship She
will probably dock to-day about a. m.
The Celtic reported to Siasconset yesterday 45O
when 100 miles of Nantucket Lghtship. She Is
expected to dock to-day about a N.
The Umbrla reported to SiasconSet yesterday D
when 12O miles of Nantucket Lightship. viii
probably dock to-day about m.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
Proposals.

FORT SLOCUM. \. Y JUNE 10 ls''L
Sealed proposals. IN tripIicate for coustre Fl S
eiecIric lghting system here will be received .sst
=. N--s JlH ~ IStn Information furIlSll- 4
c6Von u ) reserves rtght reject or aces-- s.
az Si9s OF parts thereof Envelopes coltaal
should Dc marked Proposals for electric ls'--e
tenn. addressed = n. JONES. CousiE 9 ~
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
OUTGOING STEAMER
rRANsPACIFIc MAILS.

Destination and steamer.
New Zealand. Australia Except West)
New Caledonia. Samoa, Hawaii and
Fiji Islands-Sierra (via san Fran
CiSCO) ..........s
Hawaii. Japan. Corea. China and Philip
pine IsIands-China (via San Fran
cisco)
Australia Except West). Fiji Islands and
New Caledonia-Aorangi (via Van
couver and Victoria, B C0.......
Hawaii, Japan. Corea, China and Philip
pine Islands-Mongolia (via San Fran
ciscOl ..............
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

George Thomson. Roseve 1873; Stewart Gardner Gar
den City, 144 Dave ogyIe North Jersey. 144; Bernard
Nichols Van Cortland 145; Hunter Essex County
Isaac Maekie. Fox Hills. 1852: Alec Pire Somerset
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
MoRR1sTowN WINS ON TUXEDO LINKS.
Fourteen Visiting Golfers Take Team Match
by Margin of Three.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

tBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Tuxedo, n. Y, July IA team match on the Tux
edo links to-day between the Morristown Golf Club
and the Tuxedo Golf Club resulted in victory for
the visiting team by of II to A. Play was by
the Nassau system. and there were fourteen play
ers on a side. Following IS the summary:
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
mEo1L PLAY AT RICHMOND COUNTY

-Four qualified for the July medal in the monthly
handicap yesterday at The Richmond County Coun-
ary Club the gross score medals IN the classes be-
sp1 won by G. West Tainter and Ralph Mckee
The summary:
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
WEE BURN GOLFERS WIN TEAM MATCH
Beat BrOOklawn Players After Close Contest
bY Margin of 2 Points

The forty-tVO side team match between Brook
lawn and Wee Burn wound up at the latter course
yesterday the home team winning by 2 up Scores:
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
OPEN TOURNAMENT GOLF
SHEPPARD WINS TROPHY.
4WtO accident NGbes Sherman De-
fault Match at 4pazUamis.

w K. Sheppard. Of the New Haven Country Club
the chief cup in the open golf tournament on
the links OF the Apawamis Club yesterday. The
Connecticut champion. defeated Dwight Par
fridge. Of the Bedford Golf Club, by up IN the
final round.
ShepTapd's entrance to the last stage Of the
tournament made rather easy through the de-
fault Of r. NJ. Sherman in the morning. The latter
should have met Sheppard in the Semi-final but
an automobile accident left the Wykagy1 crack
stranded the road somewhere between this city
and Rye.
Partridge earned his right to a place in the final
at the expense of Charles H. Seely, the former
Metropolitan champion Going out in capital
shirtv-Eeven Partridge had his down at the
turn and the Bedford player. then practically settled
matters by winning the tenth and eleventh holes in
fours. They halVed the next three holes, and then
Partridge the match by four up and three to
play with a four at the fifteenth, and their cards
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
JoHN NJ. WARD wins AT Eox ANUS.

Glass handicaps at the Fox Hills Golf Club
brought out large fields. J. NJ. Ward won in Class
A, and A. V. Blake and c. Fitch tied in Glass B.
The results:
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
FIRST PERIOD.

One-hall goaI agSIhSt meadow Brook lot Ioul - ,
by penalties. y goal; total. 11lh goals. New Haven By
allowed handicap goals; by earned goals, 81
goals Referee-Rene Montague. Scorer-Ceorge
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise Abs Sunset 7S Moon e:Se Moons age Il
HIGH WATER.
A. M-Sandy 921 Gov. Island s4s Hell Gate l14i
P. MSandy Hook 9:32 Gov. Island e5 Hell Gate
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

Kingston. july 6-Sailed. steamers Ia tAtt 80. .
nal (rum New York etcl. Southampton; = N'
Dix 0rom Southampton Barbados. com
York. 1a Ns
Lizard July steamer ST. louis. Iai..ss5- 1.cn
York for Plymouth ChcToourg ana 1l----,n -
ported By wireless telosEaQh 10 Wese. 81 u m
WAL .zOh2hly reach Queenstown ao0-. = r
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
CI.Ass A.
PLAY FoR TWo cUPs Ar ARpsLEY.
~ . = =
VAIL cup.

Results in two cup events at the Ardsley Club
registered Morris and Hodson as the
winners. Scores follows:
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
4muSemeRts.

WIZ NJ AlNeitA SCOTT. high class Qt-e. - -etr<
t1iner and Skakespearian reader; can DO ,aiDs
audience. has travelled eNtonnivoly visited
india. Australia and New Zealand. open 4 - y -
gagementa. G. W. HARVEY. Secretary. O-o -
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

a T. Taylor, of the home club. the 36-hole
medal play handicap his card reading 172-24-14S
F1ndlay s Douglas won the gross score prize with
score Of 19 the best thirty-sX holes the tour
nament The summary is follows:
First cup (semi- i-hnall-W. X Sheppard New Haven
oeat T. a. Sherman WySagyl, by default: Dwight
70 play
Final-shePpard beat Partridge. by up.
Beaten eight cup tseni- finals. D. Bowers Brook
lawn. beat r. D. Sanford. Wee Burn by up and 10
play DE Carl Martin, Fairfield beat B. c. Fuller Apa-
wants, by
FinsI-BoweTs beat Martin. by UP.
Second fsem-fna-T. w. : PhilIfps Siwanov
best B. H. Warford. Fairfield. by Up and 2 to pIay
a A sherman. Apawams beat II. B. Clark. Apawamis
by up and play.
F1naI-Sherman beat Phillips by . up and / to play
c. c. Rove New Golf by 4 up TO play: F. II
Thomas Morris County, beat A. LAchtenhaiE, WykagyL
by 5 up and 4 20 play
Final-Thonas beat Taylor by up and / to play
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

The linalists had the closest kind of a match,
and Partridge might have won but for a wretched
exhibition of putting the last two greens. Nei-
ther scored as well might have been expected.
their cards showing 42 each to the turn, where the
match all square.
BY winning the twelfth and fourteenth holes
Sheppard got what apeared to be a commanding
lead but Partridge back with As the hf-
teenth and sixteenth holes. winning both and max
iI-- tie match again level.
1t the seventeenth green that Partridge
practically threw away the match by missing a
put OF scarcely than a foot. Had the put
gone down Partridge would have won the hole in ..
.,ut WAS. they haved in g. After they had
bOtn reached the home green their second
shots Partridge hubbed his approach put The
mistake proved fatal. Sheppard putted up dead
on the like and won the hole in TO s and the
match l IN Their cards were as fnnurs.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

sAQDrsnt.os allowance
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-23

Martin Conway, the famous traveller,
have American wives.
Three American authoresses have
become practically English by domicile
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
creator Of Little Lord Fauntleroy": /:
Miss Gertrude Atherton, author Of
THE Arlstocrats" and a native OF san
Francisco. and Mrs. Craigie (John Oil
yer Hobbs), q woman Of outstanding
culture who is appropriately native
of the learned city Of Boston. Mrs.
Craigie died shortly after this article
was wrtten-Ed.1
Three well known English nove1ists.
Sir Gilbert Parker, Anthony Hope and
IL. Phillips Oppenheim, have American
wives Mrs. Anthony Hope is a sister
Of Miss Susanne Sheldon, who herself
has an English husband, Henry Ainley,
one of the most interesting of the
younger members of the theatrical
profession. Mrs. Oscar Beringer
busy London journalist novelist and
playwright, and the mother of Miss
Esme Beringer and Miss Vera Ber-
niger both well known actresses, was
born In Philadelphia.
American Actresses
Many American actresses have set
tied in England among them Miss
Genevieve Ward. Miss Gertrude Elliott,
the wife of Forbes Robertson; Miss
Mary Anderson and Mrs. Brown Potter
Among women conspicuous In Lon
don society are Mrs. Mackay, whose
entertainments at Carlton house ter
race are well known, and who is the
widow of John w. Mackay, the bo-
nanza King; Mrs. Arthur Paget, who
was recently the victim of serious
accident Mrs. Bradley Martin, and
Mrs. RonaldS, famous for her musical
tastes Mrs. Ronalds' daughter. RS.
Rltchie, wrote the "book" of
"L'Amour," the ballet now being per-
formed at the Alhambra theater.
The dean of Hereford has an Ameri--
can wife. as has the present Lord
Leigh.
Lady Bagot. whose husband was a
lord in waiting under the last govern
ment: Lady Deerhurst, whose husband
is the eldest son of the earl of Coven-
try; Lady Donoughmore, whose hus-
band held office under Mr.. Balfour. and
who Is credited with being one of the
cleverest men in the house of lords;
the Hon. Mrs. Cecil Barring, whose hus-
band is Lord Revestoke's heir, are all
American.
Sir Bache Cunard of the Cunard
Steamship company, is appropriately
married to an American woman.
1t would be quite easy to add many
other more or less conspicuous names
to this list, but it may be noted as an
fact that curiously large
number of journalists holding impor-
tant positions on London newspapers
are married to American women.
Many American women have married
the possessors of foreign titles. Mrs.
Mackay's daughter is the Princess di
Stigliano: the Marquise de Breteuil is
a sister of Lady w. Gordon Cumming;
the Countess Bernstorff, wife of the
recent councillor of the German en-
bassy in London was Miss Meyer of
New York; Princess Auersperg and
Princess Hatzfeldt are Americans. and
the Comtesse Boni de Castellane was
Miss Anna Gould.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-23
PEN PICTURE OF HEARST

"A person Intellectually sterile, So
cially vulgar and morally obtuse, in
suits the decent people of state, ire
spective of party, by seeking the nomi-
nation of political party by advancing
dollars. not ideas, and by methods akin
to those of the blackmailer.'
That is the caustic description of w.
r. Hearst that is presented by William
Travers Jerome, New Yorks district
attorney, who has been induced to be-
come a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor All who are
familiar with the character and in
tecedents of Hearst will recognize
Jerome's estimate as a perfect fit.
Mr.. Jerome was averse to entering the
contest for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton, preferring the more congenial Of
flee in which he has won the admiration
of the best citizens of New York. ire
specive of party affiliation. On this
point he says THE only reason for my
taking an active part in politics this year
is to carry out the fight of last year.
which was a fight to free the people and
parties from the domination of just
such political handlers"
Hearst is stalking all that he has-his
money and his gallon the hazard of
winning the governorship of New York
His sole reliance for support is in the
disreputable class of New York poll
ticians and other loafers who are ready
and willing to follow any leader who
will supply them literally with money
Hearst's monumental egotism leads him
to believe that he may reach the presi-
dency II he can first win the governor
ship of New York, as a stepping stone
to the higher office.
The foregoing characterization of
Hearst by Mr.. Jerome expresses the
estimate I'm which the purveyor of yell
low literature is held by the decent peo-
pie of the metropolis of all classes
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-23
RECOGNIZED THE GREETING

An old farmer was skeptioal as to
whether people who were miles apart
could really talk to each other over
a telephone wire.
One day his wife went to make a
visit to a distant friend who had
telephone In her house. During the
afternoon the farmer visited a near
neighbor who also boasted a house
telephone and who persuaded the
farmer to call up his wife as a little
surprise.
. Following instructions he put the re-
oeiver to his ear, and after the usual
preliminaries he shouted:
Hello, Janet"
Just then fash of lightning caused
by the heat OF the summer day struck
the wire and he fell sprawling on the
floor. The neighbor was chagrined that
the old man should meet with such an
accident on his first trial OF telephone
and assured him that such a thing
would not happen except in case of
storms. But the farmer was convinced
of the possibilities of communication,
however, and would not try again. He
rose to his feet and shaking his head
knowingly, said:
'It's wonderful That was Jane. all
right. ladies Home Journal.