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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
HUNDREDS LOST
IN JAP FLOODS

Victoria, B. c.. Sept. 27.-Advices of
a terrible disaster and great foods pre-
vailing in Japan have been received.
The overflow of the river Otonashigawa.
running through the town of Fukucni-
yama, near Kyoto. caused the loss of
rising more than 80 feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
EX.MAY0R SCHMlTz DOMINATES
FRISCO UNION LABOR CONVENTION

San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 27-The
union labor. city and county convention
last night nominated the following par
tial ticket, and adjourned at the call of
the chair for its completion:
For Mayor. H. Mccarthy, presi-
dent of the building trades council.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
TEN SAID TO HAVE
DIED ON RAIL

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 27.-It is re-
ported here that 10 persons were killed
and several others were injured in
wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Duncannou, 19 miles west of here. A
relief train with physicians and nurses
aboard was sent from Harrisburg at
11:40 a. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
ULTIMATUM FOR THE SHAH
High Persian Officials Demand New
Policies or They Will Resiun.

Teheran, Persia, Sept. 27.-A signed
document by high officials and COM
manders of the army has been present
ed to the shah TO the effect that unless
the sovereign accepts without reserve
and will act according to the demands
of the constitutional government, they
will resign in body from his service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27

present incumbent
For City and County Clerk-Harry I.
Mulcrevy, the incumbent
For City and County Recorder-John
II. Nelson. the incumbent
Program is Carried Out.
The program of former Mayor E. H.
Schmitz was carried out to the letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
SERIOUS FIRE AT H0NGKONG
Many Die in Blaze Believed Caused by
lncendiary Because of Taxation.

Hongkong. Sept. 27.-Hundreds OF
houses and many bridges and pontoons
were destroyed today by fire at WI
chow. 1t is feared the loss of life is
heavy. The confiagration is said TO
have been due to incendiarism growing
out of the establishment OF a new col
lector of customs station at Wuchow,
the inhabitants of which are bitterly
opposed to any extra taxation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
New Use for the Wireless.

Lyons, France. Sept. 27.-The newE-
papers here announce that a local III
ventor has discovered a method of
transmitting electrical energy long
distances by wireless telegraphy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
Government Makes In
portant Allegations in
Borah Trial.
HIT WELL KNOWN MEN
Senator Kincaid Originator OF
me---BurIington, Iowa,
Citizen Named.

Boise. Idaho. Sept. 27.-In the trial
of United States. Senator William r.
Borah, charged with timber land frauds,
former Judge Burch of Detroit, special
prosecutor yesterday outlined the gov
ernment's case against the senator. Ii
was stated TO the jury that the idea of
making money out of the timber lands
which the United States threw open TO
settlement in Idaho in tracts nor TO
exceed 100 acres to any individual ana
a a price not to exceed $3.50 per acre,
originated with Senator John Kincaid,
one of the men indicted with Senator
Borah. He is alleged to have gathered
several men around him. among them
the late Governor Steunenberg.
Exhausted Resources.
Steunenberg. who had exhausted his
personal resources, met James T. Bar
Der. the lumberman, who Immediately
took a deep interest in Idaho timber
lands. Governor Steunenberg soon had
a bank account of $3S, 900. it is alleged.
which he checked from as agent"
In connecting Senator Borah with
the conspiracy. Mr.. Burch says the
government will show that all deeds
from dummy" trustees to the Barber
Lumber company passed through his
office. and were recorded, as the rec
ords will show, at his request
In the governments outline of its
case it is said that James T. Barber, in
sending one of his men to Idaho, was
heard to remark: "If there is anything
you want in Idaho, go to William e.
Boran. He IS our attorney out there"
divided in Three Parts.
Boise Idaho, Sept. 27-The govern
ment attorneys have divided the land
grab case against Senator Borah and
others into three sections. The first
deals with the claims which were turn
ed over to Albert f. Palmer of Spo.
kane who is said to have acted as a
dummy" trustee for the Barber Lum.
ber company. The second set OF
claims. it is alleged. were handled
through Horace S Rand of Burlington
Iowa. and third and last set by George
S. Long.
Thirteen Have Testified.
S. X. Rush of Omaha, the special as
slstant to the attorney general. who
has been active in timber and coal
lands prosecutions throughout the west
has assumed control of the case. while
the evidence is being put in. Thirteen
persons have testified that they tool
out timber claims for the purpose ot
transferring them TO a syndicate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
Sees No Objection to WI.

Washington, Sept. 27.EPresideng
Roosevelt announced at the White
house yesterday that he assumed
there would be no objection to the
appointment of WI Ting-fang as min
lister from China to the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
KILL AND WOUND
Warfare Over Right of Way for
Railroad in Alaska Reaches
Serious Stage.
ENGINEERS ARE FIRED ON
Guggenheim Employees Threatened
With Rough Treatment by Mob
Should They Be Caught.

Valdez. Alaska, Sept. 27.-Forces of
the Guggenheim railroad. the Copper
River & Northwestern. shot and killed
one man and wounded five employed
by the Alaska Rome railway in Key
stone canyon. Is miles from Valdez.
Wednesday. The party was making
preliminary survey for the Rome rail-
road. which is planned from Valdez to
the summit. They had advanced about
100 yards up the canyon when they
were surprised by an ambush of the
Guggenheim men, headed by Edward
Hassey, an eX-United States marshal.
Thought Ii Bluff.
Hassey hailed the surveyors and or
dered them to stop. saying his men
would shoot if any further advance
was made. The surveyors believed
Hassey was bluffing and continued
working. They We're met by a fusilade
of bullets.
Deputy United States marshals arm
ed with rifles left Immediately for the
scene, and at latest reports were scour-
ing the woods for the guilty persons.
Popular feeling is running high and
citizens are talking of wreaking sum-
mary justice should the men who did
the shooting be caught.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
Lusitania at Liverpool.

Liverpool, Sept. 27.-The Lusitania
arrived here at D. m. and was greeted
by a large crowd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
Seek Lives OF Southern
Pacific Train Crew
After a Wreck.
EIGHT WERE KILLED
Armed Relief Party dispatched
to Protect Men Who Are
Hiding in Hills.

Bakersfield. Cal. Sept. 27.-Accord-
ing to the latest accounts from the
scene of the wreck Of the Southern Pa.
cific train which collided with a freight
train near the entrance to a tunnel
Il miles west of Lehachapi last night
eight Greeks were killed and 20 in
jured.
Crew Hiding IN the Hills.
The crews of the trains are still fugi-
tiyes, hiding in the hills to save them
selves from the enraged' comrades of
the victims. who attacked the trainmen
after the accident and threatened the
destruction Of much railroad property.
Relief Train Sent.
\ special with 90 armed men on
board was dispatched to rescue the he
leaguered trainmen and relieve the
wounded. There were about so Greeks
on the car that was demolished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
Thirteen Have Testified.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO BROTHER

Will of Grin Root Mentions Secretary
of State Elihu Root.
Utica, Sept. 27.-The will of Profess
sOr Grin Root, veteran instructor in
mathematics at Hamilton cOeege anG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27
The PROFITS VAST
Standard Oil investment of
,229,OOO Yields 4,4O1,- .
22O in a Single Year
BOOKS OF INDIANA CO. SHOW
Government Attorneys Strengthen
Charges as to Violations OF the
Hepburn Law.

New York. Sept. 27.-The Indiana
Pipe Line company, a subsidiary OF
the Standard Oil, made a profit of $l,-
401 ,220 in 1903 on a total investment
of $2.22S. .OOC, according to the com
pany's figures produced by George
Chesbro, controller of the National
Pipe Line company. who appeared as
witness yesterday in the federal suit
against the oil combine.
Chesbro testified the Indiana Pipe
Line company was a common carrier
and engaged only in the transportation
of oil. From balance sheets Of the com
pany the government sought to show
the Indiana company was making eX
cessive profit and that it maintained a
high schedule of tariffs to prevent ship
ments of oil by independent oil pro
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27

Chesbro testified the Indiana company
transported practically only the oil of
the Standard company. Counsel for
the government allege it will be shown
the profits made by these pipe line
companies have in some cases been 20
times the actual cost of operation.
Calvin w. Payne, with II. c. Folger,
of Texas, was under examination yes
terday. and stated the tanks and re-
ceiving station at the end of the pipe
line of the New York Transit company
were called the National Transit COM
pany of New Jersey, and that the ter
minals of the pipe lines of the Nation
al Transit company at Center Bridge,
Pa, and Pond Grove, Pa, were built
the year the Hepburn law went into
effect.
Payne was stating that he supposed
there was some legal reason for build
ing these receiving stations on the state
lines of New York and New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA and Maryland. when
John G. Milburn, chief of the defend
ants counsel, interposed and advised
the witness not to talk further on the
point
Milburn, cross examining the witness
developed testimony that the pipe lines
connecting the terminals at Unionville
Center Bridge and Pond Grove with
| tidewater at New York and Baltimore
were private lines of the Standard of
New Jersey and were not public car
riers. PAYNE said the National and
New York Transit companies were
prepared to accept business over Tie
lines and to deliver it at their receiv
| ing stations.
| Starts Another Suit.
| Findlay, Ohio, Sept. 27.-A Another
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-27

Findlay, Ohio, Sept. Another
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Walking With God.

And Enoch walked with God; and
he was not; for God took him.-Gen-
esis, ", "a.
The Bible is the book Of God. In
this book one may breathe the atmos-
phere of God and walk with God. IL
the holy volume man and God are
brought face to face.
In this wonderful book we have a
record of the first great sorrow thai
fell upon the hearts Of parents; OF
the first foul murder and it's dire con-
sequences. Sin. brought forth death.
In the fifth chapter of Genesis the
dull monotony of names is broken by
a marvellous statement. The advent
of Enoch was like a CLEAN Of light IN
a dark night. All about him W1s
black and foul with sin, but "Enocb
walked with God"
So far as we can determine the age
in which this good man lived was an
age of intelligence. Then was the
beginning of things-music, arts ar.
chitecture, city building, culture, but
mems minds were away from God.
+. Incidental references are made to
Enoch in the epistles to the Hebrews
and of Jude, and from these we learn
that it was not easy then to walk
with God any more than it is to-day
in New York.
1t means a struggle in this age tc
be honest, sincere, upright and faith
full in business, at home and In public
matters. The downward path is easy.
The upward way means climbing.
But what does it mean to walk
with God? That we are GODS
friends, that He is u friend. We
walk with friends, not enemies.
We walk with God when we go IN
the same direction, travel His path.
way, submit plans to. Him n
hold our lives open to His inspection.
When we are on intimate terms with
the Infinite One we walk with God.
Are there any satisfactory evidence
by which it is possible to determine
whether or not we are walking with
God? Yes. What? To use a must.
cal phrase, we walk with God when
| our souls are in tune with the Inf.
mite. The skilful musician quickly
detects when the musical instruments
| are out of tune. There is discord,
| h~eartrending discord, to his trained
| ear. When we are not in tune with
God there is sure to be lack of har.
mony - .discord - in our souls and
lives. When the human will is IN
harmony with the divine will peace
results.
When any person is. ready to give
up what is d~ispleasing to God 1t Is
| good evidence that he is in the right
way and is walking with God.
And the end of it all? God TOOK
| Enoch home because all through lie
they were friends. This pleasure
awaits US if we love God and are
loyal to Him all our lives-home at
last! Did not the Great Master say,
II go to prepare mansions for your.
If we walk with God through our
| lives at the close God will take us, as
he took Enoch, to be with Him for
ever. This means a blessed immor-
tally Of companionship, work and
worship. - David G. Wylie, Scotch
Presbyterian Church, in the New York
Sunday Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
The Useful Cow.

Milk, the first, and often the last
food of man, while the most ancient,
is yet the most modern of foods. 1t
is as old as the Bible, but some of it's
products are almost as new as ra-
dunn. 1t is certain that the COW was
not the original milk producer, which
honor belongs to the goat or the
sheep, and it is probable that the
5000 or 5000 pounds per annum
thoroughbred of to-day would not
recognize its ancestor, the little wild
animal of the jungle, whose period
of l~actation was short and yield cor
respondingly light. Among some SUI
perstitious people the COW is held in
the highest generation, and it is con-
sidered sacreligious to treat her un-
kindly. If some American farmers
had a little of this superstition they
would set more milk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
A POOR MANS PRAYER.

Protect me. Lord, from these, Thy saints,
The sanctimonious few;
o. save me from their clutches
When my mortgages come due
o, lead me not into their hands,
These brethren, long and pale.
Who call this earth "A Vale of Tears,
(And promptly seize the "Vale.")
o, put me not into their power,
These too good,
Who teach us what we shouldn't do
And preach us what we should.
These saints who squeeze a shilling twice,
And wear cheap aureoles;
Who take our children's bread and then
Attempt to save our souls.
Give me instead a human man,
With some few human stains
That show he has the common blood
OF manhood in his veins,
And heart that overfows sometimes
To overthrow constraints;
But in my need. protect me, Lord,
From these, Thy hungry saints.
Emanuel Elias, in The Argonaut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Kentucky's Drouth Spreads.

The drouth in Kentucky continues
to spread, and there are now ninety
four totally dry" counties, out OF
the total of 119. Two months ago
there were eighty-two dry counties,
but since then many precinct and
county elections have been held here
to vote whether liquor should be sold
or not. In these twelve counties have
gone dry, and the only victory gained
by the "wets" was to carry the town
of Cloverport, in Breckenridge Coun-
ty.
The remarkable spread of temper
ance in the Bourbon Commonwealth
has been more strikingly evidenced
in the past ten days than ever be-
fore. In that time eight counties
went dry-Ballard, Logan, Pulaski,
Lewis, Greenup, Pendleton, Whitley
and Todd. The "drys" met with one
disappointment. Middlesborough, the
county seat of Bell, is the only wet
spot in the Eleventh Congressional
District. This district includes the
mountain counties of Eastern Ken
lucky, where "m~oonshine' trickles In
a continuous stream. There isn't a
county in Kentucky that is totally
wet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Character Creates Atmosphere.

It is a marvellous thing to see how
a pure and innocent heart purifies all
that it approaches. The most zero.
cious natures are soothed and tanned
by innocence, and so with human be-.
ings; there is a delicacy so pure thai
vicious men in it's presence become
almost pure; all of purity which Is
in them is brought out; like attaches
itself to like.
The pure heart becomes a centre
of attraction, round which similar
atoms gather, and from which dis
similar ones are repealed. A corrupt
heart ELECTS in an hour all thai II
bad in US; a spiritual n brings out
and draws to itself all that Is best
and purest. -,
Such was Christ. He stood in thu
world, the Light of the world: tt
which all sparks Of light gradually
gathered. He stood in the presence
Of impurity and men became pure
F. w. Robertson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Co., -.
YR0Al HENRS2
9a5heTed jCr fbe
QUIET hoUR)
STRENGTH OUT OF WEAKNESS

Not when, with self dissatisfied,
y Lord, ! iowly. he,
So much | need Thy grace to guide,
And Thy reproving eye
Az when the sound of human praise
Grows pleasant 10 my ear,
And in its sight my broken ways
Fair and complete appear.
By failure and defeat made wise,
We come to know at length
What strength within our weakness lies
What weakness in our strength.
What inward peace is born Of strife,
What power, of being spent;
What wings unto our upward life
Is noble discomfort.
0 Lord, we need Thy shaming look
That burns all low desire;
The discipline of Thy rebuke
Shall be refining fire!
Frederick l.. Hosmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
British Versus American Flour.

Consul F. w. Mahin writes from
Nottingham On the decreased use OF
American -four in Great Britain. He
interviewed one of the wholesale bak-
ers, who formerly bought from $780,
900 to $4,000 yearly of American
flour, who now does not buy $500
worth. This Nottingham baker says
that he believes the superiority OF the
British -four is due to the different
treatment of the grain in the mills.
He believes that British mills as now.
equipped can and do take American
wheat md make better -four from 1t
than American mills do. He admits
that the American -four will make
more loaves of bread per sack, but
adds that he would gain less from
this advantage than he would lose In
trade by using American -four.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
THE GREAT
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.

What a Man is Notwithstanding
the Damage Done to the Indus.
trialism Of the Country by the
Liquor Traffic.
The money value of a man indus
trially has often been the subject Of
discussion. 1t comes up when a man
is killed by a railroad. We believe
the damages awarded average about
$4,000. 1t is often an element in
damage cases against the liquor
traffic.
Particularly is it a matter of in
terest in estimating the damage done
by the liquor traffic to tn" Industrial
ism Of the country. Liquor kills
many an able-bodied laborer. How
much does it damage the values of
the country thereby? Many a law
yer, physician or merchant is dam
aged by strong drink destroying his
efficiency, perhaps terminating his
otherwise useful life. How much are
the assets of the community, consid-
cred in dollars and cents, hurt there
by?
We have some approximation to an
answer in certain papers and discus
sions recently presented at a session
of the American Medical Association
in Boston. The u~tterances of this as
ISOLATION help in reducing the worth
of human life to dollars and cents.
A press dispatch from Boston says:
The opthalmology section of the
American Medical Association dis
cussed to-day a mans worth in dol
lars and cents, and whether or not
flesh and blood can be reduced to
figures with the dollar sign before
them. DR.. Erastus Holt, of Portland,
Me-, showed by a table that a mans
value could actually be determined
by taking into consideration his oc-
cupation and age. DR.. Holt reafirmed
the famous DR.. Osler theory, and, by
a table, indicated that the economic
value of a laboring man began to de-
crease after his tWenty-fifth year,
and that the economic value of a pro-
fessional man began to decrease after
his fortieth year. -.
BY DR.. Hollis table rates a boy OF
ten years is shown to be worth
s26O1.62; at fifteen years he is
worth $4623.66; at twenty-five he is
worth, if he is a laborer. S544S.30,
and from that time on his value de-
creases until at seventy years he is
worth only $17.13, and at eighty
years he is a drawback on the COM
munity to the extent of $S72.S4.
"a professional man at twenty-five
years has an economic value OF $780,
SOS.94, and his highest value Is at
forty years, when he is worth $780,
344.6S."' .
By taking these figures as at least
approximately correct, and then null
tiplying them by the number OF
known deaths from alcoholism in any
community, readers of an inquiring
mind can figure how much any COM
munity has been damaged IN its
money making powerb by strong drink:
The worth of a man in dollars and
cents can be estimated by many a
village, as having been lost to 1t
through a man killed by whisky, that
would far outweigh all the revenues
of the saloons. American Issue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Hatred of Cats.

Napoleon Bonaparte showed a NOR
bid horror of cats. The night before
the Battle of Waterloo a black cat
passed near him, and at the sight the
great warrior vas completely un-
nerved. He saw an omen of defeat.
Henry III. of France swooned when
ever he saw a cat, and one Of the Fer
dinands of Germany would tremble
in his boots if I harmless tabby got
in the line of his -ision.
Among the Romans the cat was a
symbol of liberty, The Egyptians
held the animal in veneration under
the name of Aelrus, a deity with a
human body and a cats head. Who
ever killed a cat, ever by accident,
was put to death. Diana assumed the
form Of a cat and excited the fury Of
the giants.-London Mirror.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
The Strength Of the Word.

A man was compelled one night to
cross a wide, frozen river. Notwlth
standing the assurances of those VINO
were thoroughly familiar with the
region and repeatedly crossed on the
solid ice, the traveller feared to under
take the trip, but finally began te
crawl his way over. When near the
middle of the frozen stream ne was
startled by a sound in the distance
and caught sight of a negro dIlVing
a heavy team of horses pulling e
great load of pig-iron; yet there was
not the least sign of a crack IN TINS
ice. What a foolish thing to fear Il
crawl like that! Will the Word OF
God hold? Some fear to trust 1t
Why, man, it cant fail. - Rams
Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
To Stamp Out Tipping.

According to the Hamilton Herald,
the police commissioners of that city
have determined to stamp out tipping
amongst the police officers. There Is
a rule that says that any officer, in
or out of uniform, who is caught
drinking or playing cards in a hotel
or licensed shop is unfit for the force,
and liable to dismissal. The commits
sioners told Chief Smith to enforce
that rule, and they promised to stand
by him. 1t seems that there has been
some trouble on account Of officers
drinking, and the commissioners &C
ton is the result.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-06
Giant Granite Block.

The largest and heaviest single
block of granite ever sent into Can.
ada from the United States has just
been shipped from a Barre (Vt.)
quarry to Cote des Neiges, P. O., a
suburb of Montreal. The huge stone
is three and a quarter feet square
and thirty-two feet long and weighs
thirty-two tons. It was consigned
to j. Brunei, the sculptor.