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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
NEGLECT OF DUTY
CHICAGO MAYOR and CHEF MUST
FACE GRAND JURY.
Failure to Enforce Laws VIII Be
Subject of Inquiry--Law Pro-
vides for Ousting Officials
Who Fail to Enforce Laws Inn.
partially.

Chicago, Feb. 18.-Mayor Dunno
and Chief of Police Collins may have
to answer to the next grand jury for
their refusal or inability to stop gam
bling and close the brothels that in
fest Chicago. The mayor and his chief
Of police take great pains to deny
daily all rumors that gamblers or any
other votaries of vice are working
openly at their trades in this city, but
a mass Of evidence has been prepared
by the states attorney and by prom
inent reform association in an effort
to prove that city hall officials are
incorporating the facts and that
dens Of vice abound, while gambling
is easy.
Drive Out Vice or Be Ousted
The February grand jury meets to-
day. The grand jury will resume the
January grand jury's inquiry into tho
reasons why the mayor and the chief
of police are unwilling or unable to
fulfill their oaths Of Office and drive
the gamblers and other lawbreakers
from the city, or else crowd the pris-
ons, the jails and the Bridewel with
them.
Section 352 of tho criminal code
provoides that 'every person holding
public Office, either state, county or
municipal, who is found guilty Of pal
pable omission Of duty, malfeasance
in Office or partially in the discharge
of the duties of such Office, may be
fined not to exceed $40, 1000, or be re-
moved from such Office, trust or en-
ployment, or both, unless otherwise
provided.
Said State Has the Evidence
Since the last grand jury adjourned
after delivering the scathing denunci-
alton Of the mayor and chief of police
for their failure to enforce the laws,
Investigators working for the states
attorney have been busy collecting ev-
idence Of the public wrongs Of which
the grand jurors complained bitterly.
The mayor and chief of police joined
in attempting to ridicule the action
of the last grand jury, stating that
grand juries are becoming mere ''lec-
turing bodies"
Asked about the matter one bar
tender said: ''We have the best pro-
lection in town, and there is no more
danger of real raid here than there
Is of an earthquake. We have good
game, make good money and are will
ing to pay for the protection we get.
The coppers DOM get the coin, though.
It goes to the Office of either the chief
of police or the inspector"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
DAMAGE SUIT is BEGUN
Delay in Beginning Evidence in the
Campbell Case.

Delay in Beginning Evidence in the
Campbell Case.
The trial of the case of James Camp
bell against the Rock Island for $25,-
900 damages for the loss of a leg in
an accident in Moline, was begun in
the circuit court yesterday afternoon,
but up to this afternoon no evidence
was taken. The plaintiffs attorney de-
sired the production of various rec
ords in court, and this was contested
by the company.
Next week the criminal docket will
be taken up, and the following trial
list has been set by the states attor-
ney for the week, and the cases will
be called for trial and disposed of as
speedily as possible:
Charles A. Wallace. Burglary.
Charles Emerson. Burglary and la
ceny.
Frank Miller. Malicious mischief.
Frank Brown and Magnus Nelson
Burglary and larceny.
Charles Dickerson. Rape.
Bert Williams and Sadie Perdue.
aDuuctlOn.
John Wanderschied Grand larceny.
Charles Gravel. Assault to murder
Daniel Mcclellan. Grand larceny.
William Messenger Burglary AMI
| larceny.
Daniel Mcclellan. Grand larceny.
Elizabeth Langhausen. Abandon
ment.
Frank Brown and Magnus Nelson
Burglary and larceny.
William Reese. Abduction.
Albert D. Hill. Grand larceny.
| Archie GOldstone Grand larceny.
John Looney ct al. Conspiracy.
Albert D. Hill. Grand larceny.
John Looney ct al. Conspiracy.
Archie Goldstone. Confidence game
VERNE Archer and Edward Evans
Burglary and larceny.
VERNE Archer and Buel Beaver
Larceny
| Buel Beaver. Larceny.
John Looney. EXtortion.
| John Looney. Bribery.
| John Crane. Assault (appeaD.
| RUDE Dunbar Disorderly conduct
Joe Johnson. DisOrderly conduct.
Dan Grouse. DisOrderly conduct.
George Hart. Disorderly conduct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
WORK UNDER Way
Grading and Other Preliminar.
les to Construction of Big
Water Power Are Begun.
WIDENING THE SEARS CANAL
Embankment Being Built for Golfer
dam and Crossing for Teams
While Bridge Is Closed.

The track of land. and water too,
near the first bridge over Rock river
at Sears, is to be completely trans,
formed, and already a big change in
the appearance of the place has been
made. The work has as its ultimate
object the developments of thousands
of horse power, and is being done by
Power company, controlled by S. S.
Davis and other Rock Island men.
The work now under way is in charge
of David Sears of Sears, and he has a
force of from Is to 80 men at work
grading and doing other work prelim-
mary to the actual excavation for the
water power canal
To Widen Canal.
The old Sears canal is to be widened
to 151 feet, and this winter a new
the Clinton Iron & Bridge company
The bridge is to be a 1871 feet span.
1t will extend almost to the first
bridge over the river, and will be ii
little higher than that bridge. The
concrete abutments have already been
constructed, and the men are now a
work building an embankment just
east of the bridge, to serve the double
purpose of a cofferdam to keep out
! the water while the excavations are
being made, and to accommodate tn ,
! traffic over the river during the time
the bridge is being built This en-
bankment will be finished in a little
over a week, and the work of remoy
ing the old bridge and eXcavating the
canal under the structure will be com
menced at once. The street car traf-
fic will be stopped, and a stub line
will be operated between Milan and
the bridge.
Is Big Undertaking.
The construction of the water powe.
plant is big undertaking, and will re
quire the expenditure of over a quar-
ter million dollars. 1t includes the
building of concrete and steel dam
across the river above the bridges
! the construction of the canal, and the
construction of the power house proper
The work was authorized by an act
of congress last year. The canal IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
ELECT A MANAGER
Union Electric Company Gre
ates New Office and Oirec-
tors Choose the Man.
H. H. BRATT Is NAMED
Will Be in General Charge of the Tel
ephone Service-New Line to
Clinton Contracted.

At meeting of the directors of the
Union Electric Telephone & Telegraph
company yesterday afternoon, the CON-
pany created new Office, that of gen
eral manager, and elected H. II. Bratt,
who has been superintendent in the
three cities, to fill the place. The in
tention of the move is to change the
method of management, the affairs of
the company formerly having been en-
tirely directed from Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr. Bratt states that the company
also plans more aggressive policy,
and that all matters of extensions in
the service, and of improvements, in
GLIDING the automatic exchange, have
been referred to him with recommends
lions. He assumes his new duties at
once, but will be absent for two weeks
taking a vacation.
Clinton Line Soon.
Contract has been let for line be-
tween the tri-cities and Clinton, to be
in operation about Jan. 1. This will
give connections with a number of i'm
portant Illinois cities, including Ster.
ling, Aurora, Elgin, and others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
CHANGE IN COAL COMPANY
w. n. Carpenter Retires, and N. L.
Crawford Buys Interest,

w. H. Carpenter of the Empire Coal
e Coke company has sold his interests
in the firm to n. l.. Crawford of Dav-
export and has removed TO Los Ange-
les, Cal. where he will take up his
residence permanently. Mr. Carpenter
has officiated as manager for the COM
pany in it's local Office for the last six
years. He felt that his advanced years
permitted his retirement from active
business, and he will take a rest at
Los Angeles, where he lived for two
years at previous period. Mr. Craw-
ford was connected with the Home
Fuel company of Davenport, and sold
out his interests in the firm previous
to taking up his duties with the Empire
company. He is an experienced coal
man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
IN FIGURES
Judge Olmsted Files Decision
on the Report of the States
Attorney.
PROOF NOT CONCLUSIVE
Held in Hearing That Correctness,
Rather Than Mistakes, Should
Be Shown in Court.

Judge R. w Olmsted in the county
court today filed a decision in the mat
ter of the investigation of the report
of States Attorney ]. X. Scott, which
was opened and examined on the pati
ton of S. ]. Ferguson, county superin-
tendent of schools The court holds
that according to the evidence there
are errors in the recapitulation of the
report, and that the states attorney
owes the county $21G.7S.
Exceptions Are Taken.
Mr.. Scott has taken exceptions to the
findings of the court, and may appeal
the matter. He claimed that in OPEN
ing the report the burden of proof
should be on the county superintend-
ent, while the court held that the
states attorney was required to prove
the correctness of every item charged
against the county in the report. The
evidence was unsatisfactory to the
court in some cases, and after throw
ing out all charges where the justices
could not recall accurately whether
the states attorney appeared or not,
the court found the small amount due
The findings of the court are in eff
feet victory for the states attorney,
the amount claimed being of little con-
sequence, and the circumstances be-
ing such that difficult legal question
is involved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
averaging 80 tons capacity each, $4,000
would be charged.
Where the Combine Exists.

averaging 80 tons capacity each, $4,000
would be charged.
Where the Combine Exists.
The railroads own large number
of the mines of the state and consume
a big percentage of the output, thus
maintaining the demand. In other
mines they hold the controlling in
terest and the figures indicate that
they work hand in hand with the job
bers in allowing supply that boosts
the prices. The transfer of the coal
from he mines to the jobber thus gen.
orally doubles or more than doubles
the original cost The jobber and the
retailer are the parties remaining
through whose hands the coal must
pass before reaching. the consum ar
and the statements of the small re-
tailers indicate that they are almost
as much at the mercy of the bigger
corporations as the public, who finally
get the coal at from $3.50 to 81 so per
ton. The mine operators, the railroads
and the jobbers are the corporations
existing between the powerless miner
and the retailer and are undoubtedly
the controlling parties in the naming
of market quotations for coal
The Poor Man Pays.
From all of this, it is shown, that it is
i'll the end the poor man who is paying
the freight, and he it is who is getting
hit hardest. The corporations which
consume great quantities of coal get
it first hand at wholesale rates but
the householder is held up for some
thing like a dollar a ton excess in
order to fatten the purses of those in
volved in the combine.
1t is this combine dealing in one of
the prime necessities of life in a com
modify provided by nature for the use
and comfort of man that there should
be, and surely is. some way of bring
ing down upon them a crushing blow
1t ought to be hit as hard and rs
mercilessly as it is just now hitting
the consumer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29

of the bridge over the canal will be
paid by the water power owners, $4,000
will be paid by the Tri-city Railway
company and the balance will be paid
by the city The city's portion will
amount to but little more than the
cost of the much needed repairs t.
the old structure, and the arrangement
was a happy settlement by means of
which an immense undertaking was
furthered and a new and modern
bridge is secured, suitable for interur-
ban street car traffic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29

rebuild it has ever been made The
mill had its own water power system.
separate from that of which the oil
canal below the bridge was a part.
Both were maintained by means of the
old mill dam extending across the
river several hundred feet above the
bridges. The new dam is to be bull.
just below this old mill. The Old
Sears mill was one of the most perfect
plants of its time, and 100000 was
spent in building and equipping it be-
fore a wheel was turned. 1t was the
last of the Rock river water power
industries.
abandoned Long Ago.
The old Sears canal, now to be re-
built and become the center of a big
power plant, was abandoned about Is
years ago, when the old straw board
paper mill on the bank of the river
below the railroad track was wrecked
and abandoned. This paper mill was
supplied by water power from this
canal, but for about 10 years the water
course has been abandoned, the lower
end being blocked by the railroad EN-
| bankment.
The work on the new water power
was formally begun April Is. this yea"
but the work was begun in earnest
only this month, after the city adopted
| the ordinances for the construction OF
the bridge, and permitting S. S. Davis
to widen the canal across the highway
Rock Island avenue. Half of the cost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
CITY CHAT.
uy a home of Reidy Bros.


Vote for the District Leader.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Me to Jones for a cheap stove.
Kerler & Co., rugs made and sized.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robb's.
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
Bet $4,000 the District Leader is
elected
Place your bet on the District
Leader.
Bring your friends to the shower for
the Old Ladies' home Friday
Miscellaneous shower at the Old La
dies home Friday afternoon, Nov. 1.
Dancing classes for ladies Monday
and Thursday evenings at Villa de
Chantal.
l defy you to beat my prices on all
kinds of stoves. Jones, the second
hand man.
Don't shiver yourself into sickness,
take your small change to Jones AMI
get stove.
81 per dozen photos at $3.50 per
dozen, $3.50 saved. Kerr, 1907 Sec.
ond avenue.
Emig knows how to fit the "hard-to-
fit" when it comes to making trousers.
Give him a trial
Attend the dance given by the Rock
Island division, Illinois naval reserves,
tonight at Armory hall.
Attend the dance given by the Rock
Island division, Illinois naval reserves,
tonight at Armory hall.
| Attend the miscellaneous shower at
the Old Ladies' home Friday afternoon
Bring something in the line of pro-
visions
Buy your Christmas present at the
Woman's Relief Corp bazar at Me.
mortal hall, Oct. 80 and 81. Admis
sion free. Afternoon and evening.
Come to Memorial hall and have
your fortune told for 10 cents by the
| famous gypsy fortune teller. Good
/ program every night. Admission free
/ Expert nanicuring, shampooing and
thorough treatment of the hair and
scalp given by Mrs. Sol Levi, 736 Sew
enteenth street. Old phone west 7S6-K
You should order that fall suit OF
overcoat at once so that you will moi
be disappointed when the rush comes
Choice patterns to select from. Emig
the tailor
i Attend the w. r. c. bazar anG
help a worthy cause Refreshments:
served. Admission free. Good pro
gram every night Oct. 80 and 81
afternoon and evening.
II We display tomorrow a line of beau
tiful new pattern dress hats, pictur
esque Gainsboroughs in black ant
white We are also showing the lates
evolution of the Bebe hat. and the
smart military hats for street wear
Brandenburg Millinery Store.
II The Old Ladies' Home association
will give miscellaneous shower a
the home, Fourteenth-and-a-ha stree
and Sixteenth avenue, Friday after
noon, Nov. l., All ladies Interested are
invited to attend and bring anything
that will be of use in the home. Jelly
canned fruit, apples, potatoes, or anv
thing in the way of provisions will bt
most acceptable. Refreshments will b,
served during the afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
Saloon Notice.

Coon lunch Wednesday night It
Deisenroth's place. 1901 Fourth ave-
niue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29

to have its inlet at point $50 feet
above the bridge, the canal walls eX-
tending in a southeasterly direction
from a point just east of the bridge.
From the bridge the canal will extent
directly west for 200 feet. and at that
point a power house with Is or Il
enormous wheels of the modern tur-
bine type will be installed. Below the
power house the canal will exten
southwest, the outlet being just above
the railroad bridge, and between the
abutment and first pier of that struc,
ture. 1t is planned to secure II FOOT
fall in this canal. and the resulting
will be eight feet deeper than the OH
abandoned canal, giving a depth Of
about 80 feet The walls will be of a
concrete core construction. with a fill
ing of riprap, rock and dirt
The whole tract to be excavated IS
old canal, and the promoters have un
dertaken a big job. 1t will be mex
summer before the actual constructor
of the walls and the dam will be com
menced
Remove Old Relics.
The preliminary work on the con
struction of the canal includes the r.
moval of the old Sears flour mill ruins
at the north end of the first bridge
This mill, built by David Sears AMI
his brothers in 1869, was destroyed by
fire IS years ago, and no attempt -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
THE W E4TH T. Il.
Threatening weather. with showers,
tonight or Wednesday,; warmer to-
night.
j. VI. SHERIER, Local FOrecaster.

Temperature mt u. M, ~; at 3:3O
p. M. 30 Maximum temperature In last
- hOurs, 81; minimum, AZ. Velocity of
wind at IL. M. 4 miles per hour. Stage
of water. 3S feet, IA fall of Il foot. Pre-
cipitatiOn, .O2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
Stove ExpIodes; Two Killed.

Belvidere, H., Oct. 29.-E. c. Shippe
and Lawrence Bowman were burned to
death in fire which destroyed their
home. An explosion of a gasoline
stove was the cause.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29
ROYAL TRAIN WAS DERAILED
King and Queen of Spain in Small
Wreck, But Escape Injury.

Cherbourg, Oct 29.-The king and
queen of Spain had another close es-
cape from injury early today The
train on which they are travelling to
England while entering Cherbourg ran
off the rails. The royal party escaped
injury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29

! kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Is
safe. sure and prompt remedy TO-
coughs and colds and is good for every
member of the family. Sold by al
druggists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-17

nounced scarcity of high-grade oils in
the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
districts, due to the enormous in
crease in the demand for by products
of petroleum, and it is believed it will
not be many years before the Stand
ard Oil company will be depending
more upon western than eastern oils
The same,results can not be obtain.
ed from the slow-grade as from the
high-grade oils and it will be neces-
sary for the company to increase it's
refining and pipe line capacity as it
becomes more dependent upon the
products of the Texas, California,
Kansas and Oklahoma fields. AS soon
as the litigation in which the Stand
ard Oil Company is involved is out OF
the way the question of increasing the
capital stock to figure that will be
more in harmony with the market val
uation of the securities will be taken
up for consideration.
Standard Oil representatives are
more confident than ever that the cor
poration will come out victorious in
the suits instituted against it. They
hold that practically all the charges
against the company are based on
technicalities,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-17
A RTHUR POWELL DAVIS, the new

A RTHUR POWELL DAVIS, the new
IA chief engineer of the reclamation
service, will spend more than $1,000
600 a month, employing more than
10000 men, in reclaiming 100000
acres of desert land included in the
rs irrigation projects now under con-
struction by the government. He
has just been selected for this re-
sponsibility by Secretary Garfield of
the interior department., on the recon-
mendation of Director Newell, whose
assistant Mr.. Davis has been for the
last few years in the vast work be-
ing done to conserve the waters of
the arid west. The appointment is a
notable instance of the promotion for
merit policy of the administration.
Mr.. Davis was born in Illinois on
February 9, 1861. He was educated
in the public schools of Junction
City and Emporia, Kan, and later
completed an engineering course in
George Washington university At the
age of % he entered the, United States
Geological Survey as member of the
topographic branch, and since then
has been closely connected with the
topographic, photographic and engi-
neering work of the government. His
early work was in the west, where he
spent several years in surveying
reservoir sites in the high mountains
and in measuring the streams of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-17

~ HE most widely published and
! best known photograph in exist
ence is said to be that of President
Roosevelt taking a fence on his favor
lite hunter. This has been printed in
almost every paper and magazine in
the world which uses half-tones, and
the sales from it have already amount
ed to more than. $40, 900, making it the
most profitable photograph ever taken.
Nearly 5000 copies have been
signed by the president to be used as
special gifts, and the demand for it
wherever it has been placed on sale
has been steady during the three and
a half years since it was made. It was
made with shutter that opened and
closed in one f1fteen-hundredth part
of a second. The president, accompan-
led by an orderly, left the cabinet
meeting one morning and Joined the
photographer at Chevy Chase in the
suburbs of Washington. It was neces-
sary for the president to force his
horse over the fence a dozen times be-
fore successful picture was taken.
President Roosevelt is probably the
most photographed man in the world,
with the possible exception Of Em>
peror William, and photographers as
sert unreservedly that he is most diff
ficult to pose. He is nervous, and is
often snapped In what might seem
|sa hit or miss style: but every picture
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-17
WILL SPEND MILLIONS
RECLAIMING DESERT SOIL

Great American Desert His name is
attached to many Of the original maps
of Arizona, New Mexico and Califor-
mia. The reports of his Investigations
are valuable contributions to the
knowledge of the arid country and it's
possibilities, and have been of espe-
cial value in the preliminary work of
the reclamation service.
In 1S98-1900 Mr.. Davis had charge
of the photographic work on the
Nicaragua and Panama canal routes,
and his reports furnished much need
ed and important information con-
corning both plans He joined the
reclamation service Immediately after
the passage of the reclamation act,
and since that time has taken part in
all the engineering work connected
Herewith
MI. Davis is man of great indus
try and is enthusiastic in developing
efficient and businesslike methods in
the operation of the service. His
characteristics are clear Judgment
and sound common sense, and these,
combined with thorough understand
ing of the principles of engineering
design, fit him for the responsible
post to which he has been appointed.
His promotion meets with the un-
qualified approval of all the engineers
of the service, and is regarded by
them as reward for faithfulness and
efficiency.