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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

this man is at the height of his pow
Srs. He approaches the fight of his life
fully equipped and equal to the occa
sion. He is in his prime physically
and intellectually. Age has broadened
and deepened him. but has not i'm.
paired his vigor or curbed his spirit
Science and correct living are now set.
ting the old age line back anyway.
and in II few years we may expect to
see men active and forceful until well
in the eighties. Oslerism never had
less Of an excuse for existence than to-
day.
It has been said that the pioneer may
never expect the reward for his effort
that the Agitator can never become the
leader; that the John the Baptist must
look for nothing more than to be be-
headed and forgotten. While rebelling
against the injustice of this dictum
men generally have admitted 1t u he
true. Here is one that cOmbats it.
There is no reason why the man who
stands i'll the vanguard for truth
should not be rewarded when her
cause is triumphant. Nobody but self
ish camp followers ever denied him
such reward. Who is better entitled to
be the leader of Il movement than the
man who has created that movement?
or late the word reform is somewhat
in disrepute, not because of real re-
formers. Ibut of spurious ones. Yet it
Is Il good word and the fact that there
are counterfeit men who use it does
not detract from its worth. A genuine
twenty dollar gold piece is none the
less desirable because imitation ones
are in circulation. We only need to
learn discrimination, so that we can
detect the false from the true. \ self
seeker always lands himself and his
followers in the ditch, but the work
Of Il man who fOrgets self and seeks
to serve truth grows in reputation with
the years. Lew Emery is the real
goods. If he had been self seeker
there are a hundred places in his ca
reer that would have been different,
points ut which he could have secured
wealth and position by turning from
his principles.
1t has been said that words are
cheap. but theX are so only in the
mouth of cheap man. Words always
reflect the character of the one speak
ing. One who can read between the
lines has no difficulty in determining
the caliber and sincerity of the one
penning the lines. It is a matter OF
again. By any test
the following utterance of
Lewis Emery rings true:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

Another buffalo killing has been
scheduled for the 101 ranch. near Bliss,
y. T., according 10 a dispatch TO the
st. Louis ost-Dispatch. j. G. Miller,
president of the famous range, an
nounces that he has concluded TO Fe-
peat the great show given in June GS
last year, with lot of new features.
The dates for this years roundup
are Sept. Is and 10, the anniversary
of the opening Of the Cherokee strip.
The run for that tract of 6.O00,000
acres was made in 1893. Next to the
killing of the buffaloes q sham repeti-
ton of that famous scramble for land
will be the feature of the two days
of wild west life.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 people
We're entertained last year at the
ranch on June IL. This year the Mil
lers are looking for n much bigger
crowd. Arrangements have been made
with the Santa Fe railway to run 100
extra chair cars to Bliss to carry the
pilgrims.
What are you going to call the
show?" was asked of ]. c. Miller.
Another Big Time at the 101
Ranch" was the answer.
''WilI you kill any buffalo?'
Eyes, two. We have a herd of thirty
six on our ranch now. The ones killed
will be big. full grown animals. One
will be killed by the indians and given
them to eat and the other will be
killed by the white men and cut into
the smallest possible pieces, so as to
give every visitor a piece which he
may carry away as n souvenir"
Mr.. Miller would not tell the manner
in which the animals will be killed.
Last year he had a world of trouble
over the slaughter of pair of animals.
Things got TO such a stage that the
state militia of Texas was ordered out
and then President Roosevelt was
asked to interfere. He instructed
Oklahomass governor TO prevent the
killing of the animals If it was to be
done in a brutal manner. But the In
dams got in their work with their ar
rows before the troops got on the
ranch.
So this year Mr.. Miller is decidedly
wary about giving out the manner in
which the old kings of the prairie are
to meet their death. Nothing will be
said about that at ALL" he said. THE
visitors who come will see it for them
selves and will fpd out in that way.
But the killing will take place-that Is
a certainty"
"How are you going TO initiate the
great run of 1882" was asked.
'That can be arranged very nicely"
he answered. I'VE expect to have
about 10000 Indians under old Chief
Geronimo at the ranch. All of the
white settlers in our neighborhood for
miles about will be called upon to help
us. especially those who participated in
the. actual run. They know just how
it was done.
Buffalo Jones will be with US and
repeat his famous ride with two horses
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
Forward, Oklahoma,

Hark forward, Oklahoma!
Child Of the yesteryears,
Full grown now and corn and cotton
crowned.
Proud of your red blood youth OF states,
Tanned and ruby checked and spirit high
As when you rode some hundred thou
sand strong,
Free lance, free heart, free will,
And called mo Mans Land" your homes
Or when that later time, In '93,
The signal cannon doomed along the
waiting line
OF thousands hungry for the tempting
land.
Unleashed the thunder hoofs OF horses
In rudy race across the fenceless.
Trackless waste Of verdant plain.
10. canvas cities blossomed in an hour,
And cornerstones were set for future
farmsi
At noon "phe Strip virgin prairie roll
ed
At night n people tented plain.
And now this pioneer OF yesteryear,
This rugged infant Of the western wild,
Is lifted to the glory and a place
Among the statehood constellation OF the
starsl
John N. Edwards in St Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
Re.uIt of Intense Emotion.

A young cat was seen to catch his
first mouse. AS he was carrying it in
triumph to the house he suddenly be
came paralyzed in the hind quarters,
and for an hour remained stretched on
the ground. Then movement returned.
but it was observed from the way he
knocked himself against the furniture
and made no effort to take food which
was given to him that he was blind.
For two hours be remained in this con-
dition. Finally the blindness suddenly
vanished and pussy was himself again.
His was a case of hysterical paralysis.
brought on by the intense emotion OF
his first mouse. ---------- -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

merchandise store in Illinois. Because
| of conditions mt the close of the war
| this venture turned out badly. Emery
| then went to Pennsylvania at the be-
| ginning of the oil excitement. Several
more years of hardship and i'll luck
| followed. but afterward the young
| man struck ii rich in the famous Brad
| ford field and was soon not only
wealthy but one of the foremost opera
| tors in the state.
1t was at this time that the real fight
of his life began. The Standard Oil
company was beginning its encroach-
ments. and Emery became member
| of the Oil Producers association. which
| waged war on the Rockefeller inter
ests Had he chosen to ally himself
with the Standard people he might
have become one of the great oil kings.
have amassed millions and have lived
In comparative ease and comfort He
chose TO oppose what he deemed an
unjust combination and to retain his
own self respect and the well wishes
of mankind.
Father of Interstate Commerce Act.
As the head of the Oil Producers
association Mr.. Emery was practically
the father of the interstate commerce
act. He began the fight for this meas
ure In 1872, when he was the moving
spirit of committee which drafted an
antidiscrimination bill and had it in
troduced in congress. 1t was defeated,
but was reintroduced at successive
sessions until finally enacted into law.
Thus thirty four years ago Lew EN-
cry began the struggle against railroad
rebates, which has now become the
foremost issue before the American
people.
Another fight made by Emery was
for an Independent pipe line TO the
seaboard. He started to build such a
line, but had to carry it under bridge
owned by the Erie railroad. All the
railroads were IN league with the
Standard, and the Erie enjoined him
from crossing under it's right of way.
although to do so would in nowise
have interfered with its business. The
case was carried into the courts, and
Emery was defeated. He then rief
another route. but this time had to
cross under the Pennsylvania tracks,
and was again enjoined, with similar
result. At last. after years of effort
and Intervening legislation which he
himself framed and forced through, he
reached seaboard and gained an ac-
cess to the markets for himself and
other independent producers.
In 1878 Mr.. Emery was elected TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

the society furnishes them.
DIR. Alfred Gordon, one of the operat-
ing surgeons, reports that he has dis
covered surprisingly large number
| of cases of feeble mindedneSS among
children supposed to be the victims of
cruelty, who are really in Il condition
bordering closely upon imbecility and
calling for constant and patient care
of a character their busy parents are
unable to give them. 1t is proposed
that these children in many cases shall
be sent to the institution for the feeble
minded which is to be built at Spring
City, where the evil can be corrected
| to Il great extent and perhaps result
| in the total cure of the children, who
would otherwise be turned out upon
the world misunderstood and regarded
as common criminals. 1t is believed
that the criminal instinct in their
| brains, caused by the defect, would in
crease as they grow older.
Medical men in Philadelphia are
greatly Interested in the new and I'M
precedented move of the society, and
the most prominent of Philadelphia sur
geons have volunteered their services
in the cause
DR.. J. II. Burtenshaw of New York
remarked that such experimental oper-
atoms as those detailed from Philadel-
phia had been conducted in various in
sane hospitals and in prisons with ia
| vorable results. He thought that Phil
adelphia, and Philadelphia physicians
and surgeons, led by DR.. S. Weir Nit
chell and DIR. A. c. Abbott, had accom-
plished more with these operations than
any other city
He knew, through a young student
friend, that much had been tried along
the same line with excellent results in
Toronto hospital. Children with de-
monstrated criminal tendencies. chill
dren already sent to reformatories,
had been operated upon in the last two
years with distinct and beneficial re-
suits. He said that it frequently had
been found that children with bad tend
encies not Inherited could be some
what deprived of these tendencies by
an operation on the skull
There would be found a mating to-
gether OF the membranes of the brain
close to or adhering to the skull in
such cases usually. If the surgeons
were successful in locating where that
condition had Notwithstanding it
developed from an accidental blow-an
operation would relieve it.
"Of course" DR.. Burtenshaw re-
marked, ''the work at present is tenta-
tive and in way experimental. but
there have been definite and hopeful
results in changing tendencies not in
herited.'
DIR. W. B. Noyes of Columbus hos
pital. in New York, said that in certain
cases any sort of an operation would
sometimes stir a b-ain with benefit.
In any case where there is normal
defect which may be due to an obvious
injury to the head, it is well recognized
that it Is good surgery to Qpera.e. If
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
Great Sbo6e, az Ranch

Men fa=,iliar with thai time VIII re-
member that he went I'm on two horses,
riding one Il part of the time and then
jumping on TO the other while at full
speed. He beat all the others He will
duplicate that ride. The run will be a
great feature. So nearly as possible, it
will be a duplicate of the great race.
There are a great many persons in
Oklahoma who participated in ii, and
they VIII help to make it as nearly real
as possible"
who will be the big guests?"
I'VE will send out a lot OF invita-
tons, but have not so far because we
have Just decided on having another
buffalo killing. Last year we enter
tanned 5000 newspaper men. We want
them all again this year, and more, and
will give them everything they want in
the way of comforts. They can come
early and stay late. We will have
some prominent men Of the country in
attendance. They like to see the fun
as much as any one else"
Sept. ID is Saturday. That day the
Miller Bros 101 ranch show will repro
duce the run to the Cherokee and at
night the 10000 Indians will give a
war dance. Sunday morning John
Eastman, a Sioux Indian Christian
preacher, will deliver a sermon. In the
afternoon the killing OF the two buff
faloes will take place and at night the
great buffalo barbecue will wind I'D
the festivities. This is just the rough
sketch of the programme. Mr.. Miller
says that he will fill it out with a half
dozen other attractions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

mere Is depression or the skull OF
other trrifcatior-w which might bear re
lation to the criminal tendency or the
weakmindedness present in the patient
an operation is justified, but scarcely
otherwise
DR.. Coerr of Roosevelt hospital, il
New York, said that the Philadelphia
operations were interesting and the re
suits would be noted.
LAS to operations on the brain for the
purpose of correcting criminal instinct
we believe as a rule that it is all rot
and partakes of chicanery. We cannot
create a new man or change the par.
ticular character of an individuals
brain. AS to the operations on the eyes
and other parts of the body, we deal
with a purely physiological question
and know that results may be accom-
plished.
Eye strain may cause q tendency to
crime. and proper treatment may cor
rect it. Physical conditions often
prompt bad mental conditions. and
these are possible of being corrected in
q legitimate and scientific manner. Be
yond that we do not know much about
curing criminal instinct from medical
or surgical point of view.
Great progress has been made in the
study of the brain. but not in the sense
of correcting the criminal instinct.
NeurologistS have as rule had ample
opportunity to study the brains of Grim
inals and of ignorant persons, and of
recent years educated persons have
willed their brains in the interest of
science. All the examinations made,
however, reveal but little difference
between brains of ignorant or criminal
men and those of educated men. In
one instance portion of an educated
mans brain was found, to be slightly
larger than that of the average igno-
rant mans brain, but we cannot tell
whether 1t was due to education or to
some other cause
DIR. Baumann of st. Marks hospital
In New York said:
'New York physicians will naturally
watch with interest the experiments i'll
Philadelphia. We have never had any
Of that kind in New York that | have
heard Of. There were a few in Toledo,
O., year ago. and / understand they
proved very successful OF course, if
good results are accomplished opera
tons of that character will doubtless
be tried in this city.
DIR. Kents of bellevue hospital said:
Operating on the brain to correct
criminal tendency is far fetched 1
doubt if anything beneficial could be
accomplished. even if the patient recov-
cred from the operation. There have
been operations on the brain for cpl
lepsy, but I believe in most cases the
patients died. AS to the operations on
the eyes and body. some good may be
accomplished. l do not know that sur
gical operations to cure criminal tend
encies have ever been performed here.
but If it be demonstrated that they are
possible and successful have no doubt
the subject would be promptly taken
up"
Operations on the SKULL" observed
DIR. David Bovaid, Jr, of New York.
''are generally of service where there
has been an injury which results in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

HOR more than thirty-five years
Lewis Emery has fought the
- Standard Oil company. He is
practically the only conspicu-
Gus independent" who has Won out in
that sort of battle. Many times dur
Ing the long struggle he has been de-
feated and forced TO the wall, but
there are some men who are stimu-
lated more by the bitter cup of defeat
than others are by wine, and Emery
belongs to this class. He is a natural
fighter and is never more pugnacious
than after receiving crushing blow
In the panic of 1873 he failed and went
100000 to the bad, but paid it all
back, regained his footing and won his
way again to fortune.
Now, at the age of sixty-seven. this
veteran in tie antitrust war is the re-
form candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania. If he should win. as
his followers enthusiastically assert
that he will, the honor, they say. would
be fitting reward for u long service
in behalf of the people
Independent In Business and Politics.
Il believe in honesty in office and
government by law-one law for ALL"
u Emery's motto. He has ever stood
against graft and corporation domina-
ton in politics He opposed the
Pennsylvania railroad when it meant
political death to do so. He opposed
John d. Rockefeller when it practi-
cally meant financial death to do so.
He fought the Cameron machine, the
Quay machine and now Is fighting the
Penrose machine. Though a lifelong
Republican. he has never hesitated to
support i boiling movement if he be-
ieved it right. He helped to defeat J.
Donald Cameron for senator and Beav-
ers and Delamater for governor, and
he stumped the state for Berry, who
was elected state treasurer by the re-
form movement last fall. He has been
an independent, not only in business,
out in politics, and now that the indie
pendent uprising is coming throughout
the nation, perhaps his day of COM
plete triumph is at hand.
Lewis Emery. Jr., was born in the
state of New York and reared in the
state Of Michigan For n time he was
apprenticed in n wooden mill and at
nineteen became q country school
teacher. When of age ne joined his
father in the manufacture of flour, but
four years later struck out for himself
and established Il sawmill and general
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
NEVER TOO OLD FOR GOLF.
British Experts Decide That 1t May
Be Played While Life Lasts.

ne EAhy w
DIR. L. G. Allbutt, regius professor of
physics at Cambridge university. re-
Gently gave out the dictum that the
law ought to forbid any man 20 begin
playing the game before he is thirty
five years old, until which time he is
capable of more vigorous athletics.
DIR. AIlbutt, according to n London
cable dispatch to the New York Sun.
left it to be inferred that golf should
only be regarded as a kind of last re
sort for those tottering down hill to-
ward senility.
The presentation of the golf problem
in this form led to inquiries among the
best known opponents and amateurs
of British athletic games. AS a result
the following table was compiled, rep
resenting theories as well as practice:
Cricket should be abandoned at 40
years; football, 80; hockey. 80; lawn
tennis, by women, 40, and by men 60;
rowing, GO. The age for quitting cy-
cling was not definitely fixed
According to the table, golf should be
played while life lasts, but should not
be begun too young. Scotland's ice
sport, curling, alone takes no regard
for time, but looks forward to eter-
nitv
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PAGES 9 TO IL.
j r.

IF l take the governors chair, as
sure as there is God who takes ac-
count of the actions of men, so help
me God, the statute laws OF this com
monwealth shall be enforced and the
eighth commandment shall be obeyed
in every department of the public
service"
Here Is another of the same sort:
Il trust that | am neither a dema-
gogue nor an anarchist. / have never
truckled to power in order TO curry ia
vor nor pandered TO the Vicious in Or
der to gain votes, but for more than "a
quarter Of "a century have labored to
establish a reign Of law. have fought
for popular rights. honest government
and equality of opportunity under the
law. That is all / now seek"
Here is one more that packs it all
into Il few words:
The square deal means equal and
exact justice for ALL
That is it; no discrimination. no ia
voritism, no Partially: equal treat
ment, fair play, no stacking of the
cards, play the game on the level. That
is all the people demand, and that Lew
Emery is determined they shall have.
y man with such ideals voiced in
such direct English and backed by a
life of such deeds can be trusted.
EnGEDTnN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
Cutting Europe Wi1h a Canal.

Zurich newspapers are discussing a
great scheme proposed by Swiss en-
gineer to unite Switzerland with the
North sea and the Mediterranean by
two great canal systems. The first
system would connect Lake Constance
with Rotterdam by means Of the Rhine
and the second would join Lake Como
and the Mediterranean by means Of the
River Pc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

anxIous TO secure those papers. One
of them offered an insult to Emery,
who was then on the witness stand
with the papers in his hand That
combative gentleman at once proceed
ed to protect his honor. a free fight
started, the lights We're turned out. the
combatants We're forced out of the
room and IT, doar was locked. Get
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
Sic WnA Left.

Miss Oldham awoke in the middle OF
the night and found burglar ransack-
ing her trunk. She did not scream;
but. looking him square in the eye. sho
pointed to the door and said:
Leave me at once. sir"
.'Oh. that's all right, madam" said
the burglar as he backed toward the
door. Il had no Intention OF taking
Won a"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
BOSS TRUCkMAN A BOY.

Twelve year old Running n Big
business While Father Is Sick.
Say, sergeant, sent dozen teams
out this afternoon, and they haven't
any light. so if you see them shoe them
around the back way amt got no
So to pay for fines
Thus spoke twelve-year-old Johnny
Farley of New. Rochelle. n. Y. who is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

the legislature and helped to defeat
the Pittsburg riot BILL which was de-
signed to give the Pennsylvania rail
road and others $4O00,OoO for the
property destroyed in the strike of
1877.
During the fight on this measure
State Treasurer Kemble and others of
fered bribeS amounting TO 81 900 for q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

vote and $500 for vote and speech
in favor of the riot bill. An investiga
ton was ordered. and Emery was one
of the chief witnesses. He had over
heard Iemble make n direct offer to Il
member and had papers and documents
to prove his case, all of which he
brought before the committee. The
friends of Kemble were exceedingly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
The Mans Business.

"Aw-really," remarked Gussie Dude
ley, isn't it ridiculous to say clothes
do not make the mann" "Quite So"
replied ChOlly Dresser. IF one didn't
have SO many clothes one would not
need a man." Philadelphia Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
LEWIS EMERY, JR.

ing plank. emery cInnDed TO one or
the windows of the house, forced it
open. entered the room and secured his
papers where they had been scattered
about the floor. He pressed the in
vestlgation and secured the conviction
of Kemble and others.
In 1880 the fearless fighter was elected
to the state senate. where he continued
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

pressure on the brain. If these opera
tons We're of that sort they are likely
to be fortunate. But to operate with
out any indication as to where the
trouble lies would of course be operat-
ing in the dark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10
Her Reference.

81 am not quite satisfied with youR
references" said the lady of the house
to the cook applying for work. Nay
ther am l. mum, but they're the best
I could get."-MilwauSee Sentinel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-10

Adversely borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatieace.- Horne.