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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28

cured through Reidy Bros. A very
choice home and a rare opportunity.
A special menu for New Years
night from 6 to o'clock at the Har-
per. A fine musical program will be
one of the features. Go with the dis
eliminating ones and enjoy fine din
ner.
New Years night, from 6 to o'clock,
the Harper will serve tempting din
ner. The Bleuer-Hemenway orchestra
will furnish a special program. Your
friends will appreciate am invitation to
dine with you.
The Young Peoples league of the
Central Presbyterian church will give
chicken pie supper Monday, Dec. 81
at the new Fox flats, Fourteenth street
and Eighteenth avenue. Supper served
from to $50 o'clock for 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
MORE FORGED PAPER
IN WAYNESBURG BANK
Examiner of Wrecked institution Finds
New Notes Bringing Total to
$4,000.

Waynesburg, Pa, Dec 2S.-John B.
Cunningham, examiner and temporary
receiver of the Farmers and Drovers'
National bank, has sent an urgent APP
peal to the department of justice,
Washington, to send IN officer :;nmeGi-
ately, as a 'esuit of the discovery of
new forgeriej The department had
arranged to detail a man in a week or
so, buJ Cunningham has discovered
such serious conditions he needs ex-
pert legal advice Immediately. Gun
ningham has discovered among forged
notes papers signed by eight directors
of the bank. He sent for the men, and
they promptly declared the signatures
forgeries. During the day he discover
ed 100000 more forged paper. This
brings the forgeries up to 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
CITY CHAT.

i Beal & Schmitt,
| High class tailOrs,
/ Illinois theater building.
| Oysters at .Passig Bros.
| Insure with Beecher Bros.
| Buy home of Reidy Bros.
| Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robbs
| For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
Oysters and celery at H. Tremann' )
| Sons.
Jewel. Jewel, Jewel, the great cough
drop. Absolutely pure.
| Dressed turkeys, ducks and chickens
at II. Tremann's Sons.
Fresh dressed turkeys, geese, ducks,
and chickens at Schroeder's.
Nicely dressed chickens at Cole
mans market, 1913 Second avenue.
H. r. Siemon wants your tin and fur
mace work 1526-152S Fourth avenue.
Cleaning, pressing, repairing and
| dyeing. Panitorium, 1909 Second ave-
niue.
Lewis Single Binder costs more
than other cent cigars. Smokers
know why
Passig Bros. will have their usual
complete display of fresh fruits and
vegetables tomorrow.
Mrs. Austins famous buckwheat
| makes the finest buckwheat cakes.
| Ready in moment.
A special sale of solid gold, genuine
Bohemian garnet bracelets for $3.50,
all day Saturday at Ingalls,
Invite your friends to dine with you
New Years night at the Harper. A
tempting menu will be served from 6
| to o'clock.
| Mrs Austin's buckwheat flour gives
you the real genuine old buckwheat
flavor. Ask for Mrs Austin's buck
wheat flour.
Attend the grand ball given by Ma
drigal club at Industrial hall New
Years eve. Music by Bleuer's orches-
ira. Tickets, so cents.
Expert manicuring, shampooing and
thorough treatment of the hair and
scalp given by Mrs. Sol Levi, 736 Sew
enteenth street. Old phone west SO.
The beautiful Keator home. across
the street from the Broadway church,
lis now on the market and can be Sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
COURT STOPS BEARD PULLING
Cleveland Man Gets Injunction Against
Wife Pending Divorce.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 2S.-By order
of the court Johanna Glade yesterday
was enjoined from pulling cuc the hair
or whiskers of her husband, John
Glade. The injunction also restraints
the woman from "jawing' her husband
in the street until his suit for divorce
has been settled In his petition for di-
vorce Glade says that Us wife has a
particularly bad temper when she has
been drinking, but that even when She
has not been drinking at all she has
way of jumping on him, pulling out his
hair and whiskers. and otherwise an
noyiDg him tiidt HI loes no. like.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
SUESFORDAMAGES
Mike Dallas. as Administrator of
Estates of Two Greek la
borers, is Plaintiff
AGAINST The ROCK ISLAND
For $4,000 Each for Death of Starva-
John Reed Wants $4,000.

Two suits were commenced in the
circuit court this afternoon, for $10,-
900 each, for damages for the death
of the victims of the accident at East
Moline recently, whereby three Greek
laborers lost their lives. Mike Dallas,
as administrator of the estates of Star
varos Xenos and of the estate of Gust
Gournaras. is the plaintiff. the Rock Is
land railway being made the defend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
City Cannot Cut Gas Price.

Omaha, Neb., Dec 2S.-The Lincoln
Gas & Electric company has secured
from the United States circuit court a
temporary order restraining the city of
Lincoln from enforcing ordinances re-
Gently passed reducing the price of gas
from $3.50 to 81 per 1000 feet and as
sessing special tax upon the earn
ings of the company. The hearing on
the order is set for Jan. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
GRAIN TIEUP NEARLY BROKEN
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Report Increase in Traffic.

Minneapolis, Dec. 2S.-The backbone
of the grain tieup will soon be broken
as hundreds of cars of grain are now
coming into the city daily, particularly
over the Great Northern, Northern Pa
cific, and 500, the roads which handle
the most grain. Great Northern Off
Gals assert that they will have handled
over 1000 grain cars locally by the end
of December, as against 5000 in the
month of November. The Northern
Pacific will have handled between / 200
and 1,500 cars at the end OF December,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
TOM JOHNSON AGAIN HALTED
Court Enjoins Effort to Lay Tracks Of
Three Cent Fare Line

Cleveland. Dec. 2S.-Yesterday morn
ing the Forest City railway. the three
cent fare line. was stopped in an eff
for to reach the public square by an
injunction secured by a property own
er Barred by the injunction of Judge
Phillips from the joint use of the
Cleveland Electric's tracks between
Water street and the square, Mayor
Johnson sought by coup TO ''sidestep"
the injunction. His plan failed, how
ever. when a counter injunction was
served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
VERDICT SET ASIDE
Judge Gest in Circuit Court
Grants a New Trial of Noted
Mackin Will Case.
WAS AGAINST PROPONENTS
Held that Jury's Findings Were Not in
Accordance With Weight of Evil
dence Introduced.

| The verdict of the Mackin will con-
| test, returned at this term of court,
and by which the will probated as the
last Will of the late Dean Thomas
Mackin was declared not to be his will,
| was set aside today in the circuit court
by Judge w. H. Gest, and a new trial
of the case was granted. Judge Gest
| set the verdict aside on a motion filed
| by the proponents of the will. asking
for new trial, on the ground of errors
| of the court in certain law points, and
| that the verdict was not in accordance
with the weight of evidence introduced
in the case. Judge Gest in making the
ruling on the motion this morning,
stated that the main reason for set
ting the verdict aside. was his abiding
accordance with the evidence.
Long Arguments Made.
The ruling of the court was made
after the arguments on the motion had
been concluded, J. T. Kenworthy and
Rollin Sturgeon speaking this morning
on the part of the contestants. Hon.
William McEniry, who made the argu-
ment for the proponents on the motion,
addressed the court three days.
After the trial of the case, which
consumed nine weeks of the term just
coming to close, the verdict was re-
turned breaking the will. A motion
was soon afterwards presented by Hon.
William McEniry and Hon. William
Jackson, attorneys for the will, asking
a new trial The arguments have been
in progress for over a week.
The case is one which has become
noted throughout the state. and the
features of the long trial are familiar
to all who followed the accounts of the
hearing
Changes May BE Taken.
There are rumors that an effort will
be made by one side to take change
of venue from Judge Gest, and that if
this is done, a change of venue from
the county may be applied for by the
other side. 1t is not probable that the
case will be tried again at the jan
uary term.
Attorneys in the Case.
The attorneys in the case were Stur
geon, Stelck & Sturgeon, and KenwOr- |
thy & Kenworthy for the contestants, |
and McEniry &c McEniry and Jackson, |
Hurst & Stafford for the proponents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28

ant. B. F. Peek and C. E. Dietz of
Moline are the attorneys for Dallas in
the cases.
1t will be remembered that these
two men, with a companion, jumped
from the Silvis work train at East Mo-
line, and were struck by an eastbound
switch train. all three being killed al
most instantly.
Sues for $4,000.
John A. Reed has filed suit for
$4,000 against Deere &c Co.. in the cir
cult court. for personal injuries. The
plaintiff is represented by Judge Lu-
clan Adams. The praecipe in the suit
was filed today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
POISONED BY RAW OYSTERS
Kirby Lunn, Grand Opera Contralto, III
as Result of Christmas Feast.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Kirkby-Lunn,
the grand opera contralto. is i'll at the
Hotel Woodstock with ptomaine poi
soning While very sick, she is not
dangerously ill., The singer ate raw
oysters Christmas night and directly
afterwards became ill.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
Terrorists Rob Railway Station.

MiedzyrzecZ, Poland. Dec. 2S.-A
small band of terrorists stormed the
railroad depot here today. drove off the
.gendarmes on duty, dynamited the safe
and escaped with the contents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
Kaiser Gets American Horses.

New York. Dec. 2S.-EmperOr Will
liam of Germany is importing Ameri-
can mares for his stock farms. Mabel
L., richly bred mare, with trial rec
ord of 2:10H, is now aboard the Amer
ican-Hamburg liner and viii be shipped
to Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
DECLINES 100000 A YEAR
Secretary of Treasury Invited to Ac-
cept Commercial Position.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Secretary
Shaw has rejected the offer of a big
commercial combination to become its
treasurer with headquarters in New
York at salary of 100000 year I'M
der a five years contract. Mr.. Shaw
denies he has been offered the pres
idency of any of the great insurance
companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
THE W Ed TIL T. Il.

Generally fnir tonight and Saturday;
not much change in temperature, the
lowest point tonight being Rbout the
freezing point.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28

! as against 55S in November. The in
crease on the two big roads is growing
daily. and it is therefore believed that
the tieup will not last much longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28

Temperature at "a. M. IS; at 3:3O
u. M, ri. Maximum temperature i'm last
n hours, IA; minimum, 20. Velocity of
wind ut y a. m, q miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
He MADE scRIBNER's COVERS
William Appleton Clark, We'll Known
Artist is Dead.

New York. Dec. 2S.-Walter Apple
ton Clark, the well known artist and
illustrator, is dead, aged 81. He was
connected with Scribner's magazine,
and his cover designs attracted much
favorable comment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28

Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing
At Beal &c Schmitt's, Illinois thcater
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28
Changes May BE Taken.
Attorncys in the Case.

The attorneys in the case were Stur-
geon, Stelck & Sturgeon, and KenwOr-
thy 6 Kenworthy for the contestants,
and McEniry &c McEniry and Jackson,
Hurst & Stafford for the proponents.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
COUNCIL WILL
AID FINANCIALLY
Firemen'S Review In Con.
leCtiOn With Halloween
Celebration is Assured

Members Of the joint Halloween
committee Of the Mercantile Associa-
tion and Fraternal order Of Eagles APP
peared before the members Of city
Council last evening in the mayors
Office and asked for financial assist
ance In giving a fremen's review in
connection with the proposed big Hal
lowe'cn celebration. A general discuss
sion followed and after the Joint com
mittee retired the councilmen decided
to assist in securing the music for the
firemen, but not TO the extent antici-
pated by the committee.
AS a police and fremen's review will
meet with public approval. Councils
action viii have the endorsement OF
every merchant in the city. A num-
Der OF details viii have TO be arranged
before final arrangements are COM
lploted for the review
The FIRE committee Of Council and
representatives Of the various fire com
panies win meet with the joint COM
mittee in the Bader building, Seventh
land Shiplcy streets, Tonight and dis
cuss plans in connection with the fire.
lmcn's review. Every fre company in
the city is expected to be represented.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
STEEL PLANT
WILL BE SOLD
Judge Bradford Made Order
to This Effect in Court
To-day

Judge Bradford in the United states
Court to-day made an order for the
sale Of the piant OF the Diamond state
steel Company The receivers. James
+. winchester and Howard II. Wallace
must mae return Of the sale by
December l.
-Four weeks notice must be given
by the receivers before the plant can
be sold. Itawill be advertised for thai
length OF time.
5ondholders Made Petition.
The petition for an order for the sale
Of the steel plant was made last sum-
mer by a committee representing the
oondholders OF the defunct concern.
This committee was represented bv
William S. Hills.
Judge Bradford's decision win he
hailed with delight by the residents
beyond Third street bridge. For years
the big plant furnished living for
many families there, and when it was
closed down many Of the ironworkers
were forced to leave Wilmington to
obtain work
IL is now expected that the plant
viii be started soon after sold.It has
been kept in excellent condition and
with little preparation could be start
cd within a week.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
LAST
EDITION
800 p. m.
PARTY BACK
FROM ALBANY
Delegates to Prison KardenS
Congress See Prisoners I'm
dergOing Punishment

Levy Courtmen H. A. Brown, G. Candy
Hopkins and John W. Greenfield, have re-
turned from Albany. N. y. where they
attended The anntal Sc sion Of Pr san
Wardens and County Commissioners.
They were accompanied by Warden A. $.
Meserve of the county worlkhouso, and
Dr. Ralph r. stubbs. physician at that
institution.
MI. Brown said to-day that the sessions
OF the convention were instructive ana
many views on prison reform were heard.
Mary prominent men also made addresses
ana interesting discussions were held.
Undergo Terrible Punishment.
While at Albany the wilmington dele
sltion visited the county prison there.
MT by invitation. however. They found
an old and Gntiquated institution. with.
In the walls of this jail are confined
about 300 priFoners. yet only a few work
Ihc punishment they undergo, however.
Is terrible. All day long they sit 50 and
60 IN a room facing an armed guard. The
scene presents school room appearance
each prisoner occupying a desk lie IS nct
allowed TO talk or turn, but must Keen
his eyes on the guard sitting ON a raised
PLATFORM before him Day IN and day
CUT 'hoy must sit like this excepting dur
l"s meal periods" said Mr. Brown.
Mr.. l'rown said further that he heard
many favorable comments in the New
Castle County Workhouse from dele
gates attending the convention. Many OF
the "c'tern delegates Will stop here 20
inspect ;hc prison before returning home.
Ihe Wilmington party stopped at Tren-
ton N. j. on the way home and inspected
'ne penientiary there There they found
model prison ana were pleased wifi,
their visit.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
HANDY OUSTED
BY SALISBURY
Had Three Votes Against
Bayard'S Fifteen and
Withdrew His Name

An aftermath of the meeting Of the
Democratic State Central Committee.
at Dover yesterday. is the story that
the friends Of l.. Irving Handy were
surprised and disappointed TO discover
that their strength in the committee
had been greatly overestimated.
In the fight for chairman Of the
state Committee. Mr.. Handy counted
but three votes. while the salisbury
kenney combination lined up with i50
OF the committee voting their way.
After hint OF the strength Of the
opposition Mr. Handy withdrew and
then the Salisbury faction presented
the name Of Thomas T.. Bayard. whose
selection was made unanimous.
Throughout the meeting Mr.. Handy's
friends were in a hopeless minority
and theresult bids fair TO nip the bud
ding hopes of the New Castle county
Democratic orator for the United
states Senatorship, should Demo-
cratic majority land in the Legislature.
which fills the vacancy created upon
the expiration Of Senator Allee's term
in March.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
DIR. BURTON SPENT
THE DAY HERE

Congressman Hiram H. Burton is in
the city to-day comforting with his
friends in the Republican party. His
presence here has no political signific-
ance other than the general campaien
arrangements and many Of his visitors
ana conferers were personal well wish
ers.
Last night at late hour at the
clayton House. Or. Burton held a
lengthy conference with II. Coleman
DUPONT, but the matters discussed
were OF no special interest and were
largely personal
DIR. Burton arrived in Wilmington at
10 o'clock last night and registered at
lhe clayton House. 1t was his inten-
ton TO be present at the gathering Of
colored voters in Bavarian Park. bnt
ne was unavoidably detained i'm Wash
ing by official duties. In speaking on
the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal
project he was particularly enthusias-
nc and stated that he had no doubt
but that the canal would be converted
py the Government into the waterway
an which Delawareans are so much in
terested DR.. Burton win. he saws. do
an IN his power 70 advocate the inter-
ests OF the project and has no doubt
nut that the desired end viii be OH
tained. He will be present at meet
ing Of the canal commission in this
city on Wednesday next.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
SUES FOR DIVORCE
THE SIXTH time

CHICAGO. Sept. 21--Joseph E. How
ard, a theatrical manager. and his
wife, who Is known on the stage as
Ida Emerson, will.for- the sixth time
air their domestic troubles in the di-
vorce court.
Mabel Barrison. who sang Put
Down Six and Carry Two" in Babes
in Toyand." IN the Majestic in New
York. may be mentioned in thelatest
domestic tangle
Miss Barrison is the wife OF will
liam Castor. Last week in Indian
apolis Castor attacked her while she
was with Howard in hotel dining
room.
Several footlight favorites who aided
In making Howard's musical comedies
successful are mentioned in the papers
filed by Mrs. Howard Howard in
his answer alleges that his wifes let
ters show she is jealous without
cause
Romantic reconciliation have fol-
lowed theenorts of the Howards to di-
vorce each other. once, after they had
appealed to the courts after a bitter
quarrel. Howard wrote song which
touched his wife's heart. and she beg
ged him to forget the past.
After another separation Fiss Emer-
son was asked TO sing at a reception
and responded by a song written by
her husband. Howard who was in
the room. did not know OF his wife's
presence until he heard her voice, and
when he recognized her he Joined In
the melody with such effect that she
burst into tears, and they were re-
united
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
TRYING TO SAVE SHAD
Interstate Commissioners Map Out
Code Of Laws.

HARRISBURG. Sept. 21-Fish Com
missioner Meehan said that unless
stringent measures are at once taken
by the State the shad viii become ex-
tinct. The causes of the trouble that
threaten to exterminate this foodhsh,
he says. are the improper use and
character of the nets used in fishing
and the pollution OF the streams. The
chief source of water pollution Com
missioner Meehan declares, are the
numerous oil rehneries along the
streams.
At the last session of the Legislature
a special commission, consisting of
two Senators. three Representatives
and Fish Commissioner Meehan. was
created for the purpose OF inquiring
into this matter and cooperating with
other States to put an end to the FISH
destruction.
They have met with the New Jersey
and New York committees and maps
ped out legislation that will provide
for a longer close season, closer super
vision Of all nets and the regulation OF
dumping refuse in the water.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
WOMEN WISH
REFERENDUM LAW

Interest in the Initiative and Refer
endum movement is increasing and
the women Of the city and State are
now taking up the cause.
At a regular and stated meeting of
the Womens International Union La
Dor League, in the Bader building. the
following preamble and resolutions
wero adopted
Whereas. This league is organized to
secure justice for the workers Of the
power of the Initiative and Referen-
dunn is given to the people. laws can
be passed which will distribute justice
TO men and women;
Resolved, That we most heartily en-
dorse the principle of the Initiative
and Referendum, believe that it will
educate the masses Of wealth produc-
ers on matters Of public policy, instead
Of appealing to partisan political pre-
iudices, which must ultimately lead
to the overthrow of the foundations Of
our republic; therefore. he it further
Resolved, That we believe it will
abolish the corrupt lobbies that con-
gregate In legislative halls for no
other purpose than the seeking Of spe-
cial privilege and confer a greater
power on the masses than the men
they delegate to represent them in the
law making assemblies, giving them
the power to initiate legislation and
also the veto power. which is their own
by proper right, be it also
Resolved While not possessing the
right TO franchise. we earnestly urge
every man to register and vote for this
great principle. which appeals to men
OF every political creed.
Evening journal., 1906-09-21
HAS NOT
BEEN NOTIFIED
Knows Nothing Official About
Ills Having Been
Nominated

Aubrey Vandever, nominated by the
Union Republican rump convention
last Monday night, when seen this
morning by "a representative of The
Evening Journal said; s-.-
Il have not as yet received any no.
tihcation other than that of the news
paper reports of my nomination. Not
a word of any official nature has
reached me and / am therefore in a
decidedly awkward position. l can
neither decline nor accept something
that has not been offered to me-"
What are you likely to do?" was
asked Mr. Vandever.
That would be decidedly poor taste
for me TO say In view of the fact that
so far as I know officially I am not a
nominee for any Office" replied Mr.
Vandever, but I will say this" he add
ed. II regard it as an honor to be
nominated for any Office by any body OF
respectable men"