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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
JUDGE WADE WAS
AT TOUL0N ON TIME
Covered o. Miles in 1o-Horse Power
Runabout Yesterday in Just
Three Hours.

Judge NJ. J. Wade of Iowa, City, who
left Rock Island yesterday in an auto
mobile with a limited time in which
to reach ToulOn, where he had an en-
gagement in court. was delivered safe
~ and in good season at his destina-
ton. George Yaggy in Robert Smythe'5
10-hOrSe power Maxwell runabOut.
whirled him across the 81 miles of
rough intervening roads in three hours.
They left this city at 1880 a m. and
arrived at TouIOn at 100 p. m. The
chauffeur returned al his leisure i'm
the afternoon and was at home by
dark. Auto experts consider the run
remarkable for runabout. especially
when the condition of the roads and
the fact that the driver had never been
over the route is considered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
Mason Might DO.
FINED FOR ASSAULT
ON VILLAGE MARSHAL
Julius DeLede. Shot in Skirmish. Pleads
Guilty-Another Fined for Sell
ina Skim Milk.

Julius DeLede plead guilty in the
county court yesterday afternoon To Il
charge of assault and battery. and was
fined 500 and costs by Judge f. +. Par
menter. DeIede was placed under ar
rest by the marshal at East Moline.
and when he resisted seriously the
marshal shot him through the leg. He
was represented by John Looney.
Lee Robinson plead guilty this morn
ing to an information charging him
with selling skim milk AT the Crown
restaurant He was fined $40 and
costs by Judge Parmcntcr. The othcr
milk dealers and restaurant men
against whom informations were filed
some time ago are TO be given hearings
Tomorrow afternoon in the county
court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
ANOTHER ElGHT-HOUR ACT
President Orders Inquiry Into Work on
Great Lakes Contracts.

Washington. oct. 23.-President
Roosevelt has instructed District At
torncy Sullivan at Cleveland to investi-
gate alleged Violations of the H-hour
law by government contractors on har-
Dor improvements on the great lakes.
Mr.. Sullivan called A. the White House
to report on the Standard OIL trial at
FindIay and the new evidence brought
ont there. which is TO be used by him
and former District Attorney Morrison
OF Chicago in the oil rebate prosecu-
tons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
3 FALL BEFORE ASSASSIN
Woman Killed, Son Wounded, and
Neiqhber Fatally Shot.

Cole Camp. Mo. Oct 23.-While
Mrs. Alice Winemillcr, a widow was
sitting with her five children in their
home seven miles from Warsaw. shots
were fired through u window and Mrs.
Winemiller was instantly killed Her
son, aged IA years. was badly wound
ed. Felix Crawford. a neighbor. who
heard the firing and hurried 70 the
scene, was shot and died two hours
later. His son-in-law. J. A. Long. is
charged with having done the shoot
ing. using a shotgun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
TAFT TO HELP CANNON
Secretary of War Will Speak in the
DanvilIe District.

Washington. Oct 23-Secretary of
War Taft is going 10 Illinois TO help
ont Speaker Cannon in hs campaign.
1t is announced that the secretary VIII
speak at Decatur and al DanviIle. the
home of the speaker. oct 80 Mr.. TAFT
Will start next Friday on campaign
tour that will take him as far west as
Idaho and will keep him busy until the
eve of the election. He will go first
to Baltimore and speak in Represent
ative Wachrcr's district His next APP
pearance On tae stump Will be at
Cleveland. Lancaster and Logan. Ohio.
After his Illinois addresses he viii
speak at Omaha Oct. 81, at Denver
Nov. l. AT Pocatello, Idaho. Nov. >. and
at Boise Nov. :.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
NAVY PAY CLERK Is HELD
A. S. Porter of BattIeship Rhode Island
Accused of Thefts.

Boston, oct. PA. 5. Porter. who
was pay clerk for Paymaster Dexter
Tiffany. Jr., of the battleship Rhode
Island, has been formally placed under
arrest on that ship on the charge of
having misapproprIated funds. He will
be tried at the Charleston navy yard
Friday next before a special court mar
tial. Paymastcr Tiffany and Porter
We're relieved about month ago pend
ing investigation of an alleged short
age in the funds of the Rhode Island.
1t is alleged Tiffany has paid the navy
department nearly $1U.000 TO cover de
fciencics and has resigned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
A SPARK IGNITES POWDER
Three Miners Killed by Explosion in
Kansas Shaft.

Pittsburg. Kan, Oct. 23.-Three
Austrian miners were killed and a
fourth probably fatally injured yester-
day by an explosion of powder in a
mine near Mineral. 30 miles south of
Pittsburg The miners were getting
shots ready for shot-firers and had sew
eral open Jacks: of powder, each con-
tanning II pounds. A spark from the
lamp in the cap of one of the men fell
into an open key, causing the explo-
sion. The sheets of flame which swept
down the entry burned every man
there The dead men were literally
roasted alive
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
Notice of Sale.

On Oct %. at O'Clock p. m, there
will he sold at public auction on Mar
ket square. one lot of household goods,
levied upon by execution ON a Judgment
rendered against Dora Bolmer i'll favor
of Amanda Hassett PAIL.
p. J. HEVERLING. Constable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
HOLDS COURT ON TRAIN
Authorities Fear Attempt to Lynch Al
legged Assaiant of Girl.

Mapleton. Iowa. oct 23.-Court was
held on a Northwestern train at Maple
ton yesterday. and Claude Fisher. ac-
cused of assaultng Miss Minnie Baker.
was bound over in $4,000 bonds and
taken to Jail at Onawa. The author
ties feared an attempt might be made
To lynch him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
Give AN OPINION
In Answer to Hypothetical Cues
ton Physicians Say Pa
tient Was Insane.
REFERRING TOFATHER MACKIN
Examination of DR.. Ludewig is Com
pIeted, and DR.. G. L. Eyster is
Placed on the Stand.

In the circuit court this morning in
the Mackin will contest the cross eX-
animation of DIR. w. II. Ludewig was
completed. and DR.. G.. l.. Eyster was
called to give expert testimony as to
anacmia and its result on the mind of
the person afflicted. After DR. Eyster
had answered a number of questions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
OIeSon Funeral.

The remains of GustaVuS OlcsOU
who died at DEBORAH. Iowa, yesterday
were brought 10 this city this morning
and the funeral was held from Mrs
Frank Larson's residence. 1923 Fiji
teenth street this afternoon. Burial
took place at Chippiannock cemetery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
Explosion on Launch.

St Paul. Oct 23.-Peter THU. 10
seph Thul and George Schnelle, were
seriously burned and Mr.. and Mrs
William Schnelle received minor burns
by an explosion on a gasoline launch
on the Mississippi river Yesterday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
WOE IN THE CAMP
cummins Cancels Engagement
to Speak for Republicans
Here Tonight.
HUNTING FOR SUBSTITUTE
Axel KohIer and Johnny Rinck Scour-
ing About for Speaker-May
Have to Call for Mason.

Woe prevails in the camp of the re
pubIicans this afternoon. Governor \.
b. Cummins of Iowa, who was herald
ed to speak tonight at the meeting
which was planned to do something in
the way OF applying the lash, has can
celed his engagement He was expect
ed to whip the voters into line by a
fine show of Oratory.
When the news was received the
managers of the meeting proceeded 10
get busy in desperate effort to find
some one to fill the governors place on
the program AXel KOhler and Johnny
Rinck were running about this after
noon attempting TO prevent the failure
of the whole plan.
Mason Might DO.
Their work seems unprOductive. and
they seem at Il loss To know who In
call in for the occasion. Ii would be 4
joke if it became necessary To call
back Billy Mason from the down and
out club as a last resort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
OBITUARY RECORD.
Caldwell Funeral,

The funeral of William II. Caldwell
will he held from the home. 1l121a
Third avenue. tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock Rev. q. w. Lawrence pas
tor of the Memorial Christian church.
will conduct the services. The family
has requested that no flowers be sent.
Burial takes place at Chippiannock
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
FREEPORT BANKER
GIVEN A SENTENCE
Pleads Guilty to indictments for En-
bezzIcment and Will Serve
Time at Joliet.

Toilet, Ill. Oct. 23.-Howard S Ba-
kor, president of the Bank of Frank
fort. H.. which recently failed. pleaded
guilty today to two indictments for en-
bezzlement and was given concurrent
sentences of 1 to Is years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23

t. assess Lut half of l Llill tax for
school purposes. The latter acton Is
taken for the first time in .he history
Of the state. 1t is announced that the
state treasury had $2,1S3.00o cash Oct.
/ the largest sum record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
Ecuador in Severe Straits.

Quito. Ecuador. Oct. e. President
Alfaro has informed the assembly that
it is impossible To contract loan in
Europe ON account of the feeling of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
sosToNs BARBER REGULATIONS.
Board of Health Orders Sterilization Of
All That BARRIERS Use on Customers.

\ spec al dispatch from Boston May
H. 1900 10 the T. Y Sun gives new
regulations of the Boston board of
health as 10 barber shops: Mug.
shaving brushes and razors shall ba
stcrilized after each separate H."
thereof. \ separate. clean towel shall
be used for each person. Material t0
stop the flow Of blood shall be used
only in powdered form and applied on
a towel Powder pufrs are prohibited"
Wherever Newbro's "Herpicidc" is
used for face or scalp after shaving or
hair cutting. there is no danger of in
lection. as il is an1iSeptic. and Kill"
the dandrun germ. Sold by leading
druggists. Send Toe in stamps for
sample 10 The Herpicide Co, Detroit.
Mich. T. II Thomas. special agent.
All the news all the time TIE
ARGI-S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
SAVE THE WOMEN
Protection From Forced PartiCi-
patton in Politics Asked
in Letter
BY MRS. CAROLINE CORBIN
President of State Association Oppos
ed to Female Suffrage Uses
Strong Argument.

Chicago. Oct. 23.-Mrs. Caroline F.
Corbin. president of the Illinois asso-
citation opposed to the extension OF
suffrage OF women. has addressed a
letter to Leasing ROsenthal. chairman
of the committee on the municipal suf-
fragc Chicago charter convention. in
which she dwells on the relation Of
woman suffrage to the propaganda of
revolutionary socialism, which she de
clares a most active and strenuous foe
of Christian civilization.
Rest Traits Destroyed.
Mrs. Corbin declares in the letter
any economic scheme which puts
woman upon unitarian equality with
man and makes her his competitor in
The market places. works to the de-
struction OF her value as "a home max
er. which deprives her of that value
that alone fits her for The duties Of
motherhood by abrogating marriage
and encouraging promiscUous relations
between sexes. aud must expect TO be
Judged according to its merit by the
world at large.
should he Protected.
We ask that YOU will remember
your mothers, wives. the women Of
your homes. and by your action pro
tect them from the evil designs of So
cialism. that you will guard them from
forced participation in political strife
and contention whose atmosphere will
tend to reduce them to the coarse and
materialistic level of the sOcialistic
conception of wOmanhoOd"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
VIII Eliminate State Tax.

Madison. Wis. Oct. 23.-The state
ID eliminate I'll state tax this year and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23

distIust created by the opposition
press. He added that the economic pD-
sition of the government was desperate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23
Bcfng Cross Examined.

The cross examination of DR.. Eyster
is being conducted this afternoon. The
contestants are nearing the close OF
their case. but il will be over week.
probably. before the case is given TO
the jury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23

along general lines pertaining to the
disease, he was asked the same hypo-
thetical question which was asked OF
DR. Ludewig. This question, covering
10 pages of typewriter matter, sets
forth the facts said TO have been shown
by the contestants. DIR. Eyster. IN
answer. stated as DR.. Ludewig did. that
if these conditions were assumed to be
true. the patient was i'll his opinion IN
sane and incapable of making a WILL
L.. 1901
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-23

All the news all the time - THE
ARGUS.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21
The Cumberland Presbyte-
rians Convened.

obion presbytery Of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church was in ses-
SIGN at Roellen, near Dyersburg.
last week. With hfty-two delegates
present. four ministers absent and 5
strong loyal congregations not rep
resented, making a total OF sixty
one. A close poll Of the eongrega-
tons represented showing $3.50
members loyal to the Cumberland
Presbyterian creed and organizing
and us members having gone to the
Northern Presbyterian Church under
the union movement. A complete
canvass is expected 10 show about
1850 out Of the 4 500 members still
Cumberland Presbyterians.
The local church here is divided
10 a certain extent, although We
hope a reconciliation will be brought
about soon.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21
Failed to Show up and His
Bond Was Forfeited.

!. c. Brown, a local insurance
agent Of Fulton. who was arrested
on the charge Of forging the names
Of X. N. Whitehead and J. NJ. Alex
ander, prominent physicians, TO an
alleged health certificate required by
his company. and thus swindling the
company. il Is said, failed to appear
for trial and his bond OF $500 was
declared forfeited.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

teacher will all have less trouble Ia
collecting their rills because the
farmer will be prosperous. Every
body will have better roads because
the farmer must have better roads
TO haul his produce and receive his
rural mail at all seasons Of the year.
All this can be done and ye, fur
nish the consumer his bread. meat,
calico. domestic. etc, just as cheap
as he gets Il nov aud nobody hurt
except the gamblers who sit in the
grain pits aud price our produce be-
fore We barely get il planted.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

Say, kids.
What do you think Of SCHOOL,
BY gum.
Amt il buml
And yet you've got TO have 1t
It's medicine you see,
To cure you for the uses
OF our futurity.
II takes your baby knowledge
And spreads It big ard vide
Into a power Of greatness
That swells the nations pride
Il makes the feeble potent;
II lifts the strength OF man
To such an elevation
As nothing mortal can;
Il builds you into something
You can't at present see,
And makes you what your Maker
Intended you TO be.
So. kids.
Stick 10 il through thick or thin,
And you're bound to win,
But jusi now it's tough
Enough
Amt III
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21
New Spur Being Put in for
Sand.

Workmen began work this week
laying new spur Of railroad track
from the old coal track near the
depo, to the wharf. for the purpose
loading sand Lately a great deal
Of sand has been shipped from here
to Nashville and other points and
the demand was so RIeat Tor the
spur that the request from Agent
r b. Johnson was readily granted.
Special freight rates we're granted
on sand from Hickman to Nashville
OF 20 cents per ton Of 10 car lots.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

One OF the prettieSt home we'd
dings OF the season was that Of Miss
Lima Clore to Robert A Wright,
at the residence Of S. F. Lovely. at
Fulton. Rev. Kirkland officiating.
After a reception and dinner to the
guests, the bride and groom lief. for
a weeks honeymoon in the East.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

We are in favor Of the Standard
Oil buying up ali the dis,illeries, for
in that way We could get a jug Of
booze, labelled coal oil. without ex-
citing remark. Licker under any
other name would taste as WE'LL
Hardeman Free Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

Doc Wray, a contractor living
near New Madrid, vent to More
house one day last week with some
drunken companions. and in a difh-
Guilty with one Of them, was shot ami
killed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

Services at Presbyterian church
Sunday morning and at night at s
O'Clock. by Rev. K. II. Brown. Of
Kenton.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

A writer should quarrel with his
wife, notebook in hand. for women
are often oleveresi and witties, when
they are angry.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21
If. A. S. of E. COLUMN
JAMES II. sAUEDERs)

.rbe Uaions Of Fulton County meet
follows Hickman LIST and 3rd
.arlav nights, Simmons End and
(. tuesday 3 p. m. Montgomery
4 ard 4th Wednesday 3 p. m.
..r ist and 81 Saturday 3p. m.
nucleus al Hazel Dell meets ls
Sd Wednesday AZ 3 p. m.
.r one is cordially invited 10 at
d these meetings.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

Some people are SO artificial that
their ariihciality becomes natural TO
them after a time.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21
n -~T~--
MO-. .A'l gi'7'.-

4
The sun shines even on the wicked
| Never judge a man by his actions
an hour after he has been eating
boiled cabbage.
What a lot Of good copy" is
lost In the unrehective heat Of a
domestic quarrel.
No man can amass a fabulous for
tune and al the saa.e time hold in
tact the finer virtues OF the soul.
The future depends upon the
rising generation. Where do the
Pae-dog ladies get in on this plat
form1
Not all the written fiction is pub
lished. There are the love letters
Of man whose wife is visiting in
the country.
A Louisville firm advertises to
furnish sermons for 90 cents each.
Your wife furnishes them free.
doesn't she
II the young men Of the United
States we're TO each give two cents
daily they could send 800. 900 young
men to college one year.
Meet your old school friend 20
years later. He remembers all his
generous acts be recites such, but
all his mistakes are forgotten.
No matter how small a mans
salary may be. there are some Hick-
man girls who would try to make
him believe two could get along on
il.
A Georgia Judge says 1t is every
mans duty to kiss his wife when he
returns home. Why not marry a
Kentucky girl. 50 it will be a pleas
ure1
The young lady on Moulton street
who keeps sending Us poesical manu-
script, viii please enclose postage
hereafter that We may return poems
promptly.
A man who claims TO know says
that the cigarettes brought to
Hickman are the worst made.
They must be longer than those sent
10 other places.
Newport society mas Just enJoyeu
''bsby party" the guests dressing
and acting like babies. The next
should be a "dunce party" and
then the guests can act naturally.
Calendar makers are now taking
orders for 1907. The styles shown
the Courier seems to run a little
more 10 Dutch windmills and a
little less TO pink tights than last
year.
The Mayheld & Columbus Electric
Railway Company is selling stock
at $40 per share. At last, this is an
opportunity for country editors to
rise to the coveted realm OF railroad
stockholders.
A Hickman restaurant man ad-
vertises, AFTER a full meal at -
you will eat at no other place"
After eating a full meal. your Uncle
Fuller seldom wants to eat any
where. for an hour.
II you expect your prayers 10 be
answered, young man. just take off
that high-board-fence collar, and
get down and hustle. Praying and
advertising are mighty good adjancts
TO success. but its up to you to pro-
duce the goods.
A Union City dude had his ear
bitten OF by a COW while. he was
laying in a hammock in Fulton.
This vas hardly sufficient reason for
the city council Of the latter named
city to pass a stock ordinance. Any
ccw has an appetite for green stuff.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

All people Who are capable Of low
ing are at the time idealists. Love
is founded on idealism. and idealism
love.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21
Hickman will be Benefittedby
the NJ. &C. Electric r. r.

- ~"f~ ~ NtbtAAAhtlatlQl
from the Courier. concerning the
May6eld & Columbus Electric Rail.
way and TO what extent il might be
beneficial 10 Hickman. Mr.. Skagon,
the chief promoter. writes;
Dear Sir;-The enclosed is a
copy o: the Official prospectus Of the
M. & c. E. X. R.. as far as Hick-
man Is concerned. The two steamers
can be put into commission in a very
short time. II is an absolute
certainty that the M. & c. E. r. R.
will be built. and II you will look at
the map you will see that Columbus
and Hickman ought TO be connected
by rapid transit service on the river.
II is possible that Tiptonville, five
miles from Slough Landing AMI forty
miles by water. can have a stage or
auto line as the complement Of the
river portion Of the work. My pro-
posed schedule FOR the two boats
would include a daily trip 10 Slough
Landing. The river is being re-
susciiated. and river traffic will be
what Il once was. Anything you
will do 10 put this matter before the
people Of Hickman will be APP
preciated. II you could name a
day that you would like to hear me
talk to them. / would make Il a
point to al the engagement.
Yours Truly,
Edward NJ. Skagon
That part Of the prospectus.
mentioned in the letter. which is Of
interest 10 our citizens follows
Hickman and Cairo. Whatever the
MaYheld & Columbus railway may
do 10 the way Of hauling freight. it
Is certain that express goods and
viii have regular and
rapid transit between Hickman,
Columbus, aud Cairo. The In.en-
ion is TO commission two small. fast
passenger yachts. one 10 leave Hick-
nan for Cairo in the earlv morning
connecting with the morning car from
at Columbus. and leaving
Cairo for Hickman In the evening,
again connecting With the last May
held car at Columbus. The other
boat from Cairo. starting for Hick-
man early and meeting the train
from Mayheld al Columbus. will
~ So - -. --o~nin0 and
leave In the afternoon for Cairo,
connecting on the north-bound trip
with the evening car, OF train, for
and from May6eld The running
time will not exceed one hour from
TO Columbus by railway or
Two hours from Columbus either 10
Hickman or Cairo by boat. hence a
total Of three hours from Mayfeld
10 Hickman OF Cairo. by rail and
water, and four hours either vsy be-
tween Hickman and Cairo. Boats
will have buffet luncheon and other
yacht accommodations"
The capital stock for this new
road will be s2SO.000. and divided
into shares OF $40 each. But il is
not intended that the stakeholder
shall be called upon TO pay the full
face value Of his stock. He must,
however. according TO law, pay 81
per share. OF 20 per cent of the
stock for which he subscribes at the
time.
The building Of this road is prae-
tically assured, and the management
expects to begin work on II about
November LIST.
Il should have the hearty CO.
operation Of the people in every
town and community which it will
benefit. This is a good work. push
It along.
Services at Presbyterian church
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-21

Judge NaylOr returned from Cayce
Saturday.