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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13
HAD BRAIN TROUBLE.
Thaw's Mental Equilibrium Bad, Says
DIR. Evans, Expert

NEW YORK, February 13.-Dr. Evans re-
sumed the stand Immediately after the re-
cess yesterday.
Doctor asked Mr.. Delmas, "as a re-
suit of your eight visits to Mr.. Thaw did
you form an opinion as to the then mental
condition of Mr.. Thaw?'
Yes"
WAS it based in part on the oral state
ments of Mr.. Thaw during those visits?"
TT was, in part"
''Will you now state what that opinion
was?'
Mr.. Jerome objected on the ground that
lContinued on Twelfth Payel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13
Fourth-class Postmasters Named.

The following appointments Of fourth
class postmasters were announced at the
Post Office Department today:
At Araby, Frederick county, Md.-Maud
NJ. HALEY, appointed to succeed q. NJ. Hal
ley, deceased.
At Natural Bridge, Rockbr1dge county,
va.-James J. Moore. appointed to succeed
8. ]. Mcdaniel, removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13

Continued on Twelfth Page.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
! cfdedTy interesting for the four footed
skuikers that have grown fat on NUT
| ton, pork, veal and poultry.
Voice From the Pacific Elect,


Well. it's goodby. Angeviny. we are or
upon the briny,
And it's very glad to go I am.
For it's rare and fancy gravy to be work
in for the navy III
On this Cooks excursion tour of Uncle
Sam.
Oh. there isn't any KNOWN where the
divvil we are goin'.
/, CAS- the admiral remarks to me,
well, we won't be solemncolic-it's q
fight or it's a frolic.
And We amt a-carin' which," says he)
Will we touch at Madagascar or continy
Will we stop in Frisco bay? asks you.
That's the question-whats the answer?
Guess the riddle if YOU can, sir
And I'll pass the information to the
crew.
Modern warfare amt no stranger to the
element of danger.
CAS- the admiral remarks TO me.
Maybe We'll be shootin lilacs with our
guns all draped with smilax;
Then again. perhaps we WON'T" says
he.)
They're a-gittin' awful solemn in each
editorial column.
And they're fioatin' forty fleets in ink.
Will Japan raise up a holler and git red
around the collar
When she sees US splashin' water in her
sink? ~.
Won't the entire British nation die OF
nervous Strangulation?
CAS- the admiral remarks to me,
Jones'" says he, "the honest fact is
truth depends on target practice
Talk is cheap. but powders DEAR" says
he.)
But suppose while were a-fioatin' round
the ocean pleasure boatin'
We should bump into n war somehow
With navy sent by Russia. Ireland
Switzerland or Prussia,
Which was absolute iHsistin' on row.
Should we cautiously avoid 'em and be
sorry we annoyed EN-?
CAS- the admiral remarks TO me.
Guess I'd send a line by airiess Jest tc
tell .ems to be careless
And remind 'em we was there" says
he.)
Well. we're Off in foam and laughter
though We don't know what were
after,
And we don't know who's a-pullin' Of
the strings
We are doves of peace all right sir. will
coat of peaceful white. sir.
And some twelve inch trouble seeker.
meath our wings.
Foolish folks has foolish notions big a,
continents and oceans.
CAS- the admiral remarks to me.
Lei the burned old mermaids rollick-it':
fight or it's a frolic.
And we amt a-earin' which," says he
Wallace Irwin in Golfers Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
ABLE NOW
Aldern4en Finally Got the Elec-
trical lnspector Ordinance
in Proper Shape.
CREATES A NEW OFFICE
viii se seif.sustaining from Fees Pro-
vided Foreclosure to Be Up
for Passage Soon.

The members of the city council last
evening at the committee of the whole
session, finally reached an agreement
ON. the electrical inspector ordinance,
and it is likely that the ordinance Will
now come up for adoption at the next
regular session of the council. This
ordinance was one of the measures
with which the council in the old adj
ministration spent many long hours.
When the new council took Office. the
ordinance was one of its legacies.
The ordinance provides for the Gre
alton of the office Of an inspector to
look after all electric wiring in the
city. He is to receive a salary of 500
a month, and the fees of the Office are
to be paid over to the city treasury.
The idea of the city is that the office
will be self sustaining, and that it will
prove a valuable departure.
Fees to be Charged.
Various duties of the electrical in
spector will be discharged on the pay.
ment of fee by the property owner
or contractor Wiring for incandes-
cent lamps will be inspected for 10
cents per lamp involved, and wiring
for arc lamps will be inspected for SO
cents for the first lamp and 25 cents
for subsequent lamps at the same
place. Various other fees. are pro-
vided for in the ordinance.
The understanding is that no APP
pointment will be made until the next
fiscal term, even though the ordinance
be adopted at the next meeting.
Nothing About Phones.
The aldermen adjourned without TAX
ing up the ordinance of the Union
Electric Telephone company. The al.
demen are sounding telephone users
with view to determining their posi-
ton in relation to the ordinance, be-
fore taking the matter up in the coun.
Gil sessions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
M DANIEL RESIGNS
Secretary and Manager Of Bug
oy Company Succeeded by
George E. Bartholomew.
PLANS NOT ANNOUNCED
w. 3. Mixter Becomss Cashier, Charge
Taking Effect aNonoe-S. w.
chiids Leaves City.

c. S. Mcdaniel has resigned his po-
sition as secretary and general man
ager of the Rock Island Buggy COM
pany, and has been succeeded in that
who is promoted from the Office of
cashier.
Mr.. Mcdaniel has been associated
with the company for number of
years, and has for some time directed
the affairs of the manufacturing plant
as manager and secretary of the COM
pany. His plans for the future are
not given out as yet. He is an able
business men, and his genial dispo-
sition and clean manliness have won
him host of friends, all of whom
hope that his resignation does not
carry with it contemplated removal
from the city.
w. b. Mixter as Cashier.
Mr.. Bartholomew, the new manager,
is succeeded as cashier by W. B. Mix
ter, son of President Mixter of the
company. Mr.. Mixter has been en-
|ployed in the Office for some time.
The new manager is young man
of demonstrated ability, is son OF
Professor E. F. Bartholomew of Au-
gustana college, and his friends
feel confident of his success in his
new position.
:. w. ChiIds Leaves.
S. w. Childs, connected with J. G.
White G. Co., leaves the city the first
of the year. Mr. Childs has been con-
nected with the local Office of the con-
struction company for some time. He
is a man of world wide experience in
engineering. having done work in Aus
tralia, Japan, many places in the old
world, and all over this country Apart
from his services in the direction OF
immense undertakings, he is possessed
of many personal charms that make
him man whom it is delightful to
know. He may now go to the Philip
lpines for the company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
WAR ON WOLVES.
How Oregon Stock Growers Plan to
Kill the Pests.

How Oregon Stock Growers Plan to
Kill the Pests.
The offering of bounties for the
scalps of predatory animals has so
often failed to accomplish the good
hoped for that the bounty plan has
lost favor in many localities The
Wool Growers association of Oregon
has just gone on record at its recent
meeting at The Dalles as fayoring the
abandonment of the bounty system
and substituting the system of killing
the animals by private effort and EN-
ployment of professional hunters. The
association will take up the work aud
ask assistance from the national as.
sociatien.
]. n. Burgess, president of the asso-
citation. estimates that Oregon sheen
owners lost the past year $250,OOO by
predatory animals and that the loss
Of other farm stock. including poultry
would increase the loss to half mil.
lion dollars.
The United States forest service has
demonstrated that efficient work car
be done by trained hunters, who are
sent to the ranges to make a specia
business Of killing wolves and sucf
other denizens of the forests as prey
on Jocks Of sheep. A number Of sucl
hunters are now at work, aud they ars
Kidding some OF the ranges very rapid
~ of the animals which do SO much
damage each year. Wolves are track
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31

Special to Rock Island Roller Skaters.
The Coliseum management has ar
ranged to take care of out-oftown
skaters between sessions on New
Years day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
a Professors Bull.

Professor Paul Honus of Harvard at
the Teachers association meeting the
other day in concluding his address
said. according to the Boston Record.
81 am now done, but before I have
finished let me say What he in
tended to say was drowned In the
laughter of his audience.
DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pills are
sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
Count ToIstoi Injured.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 31.-News has
reached here that Count Leo Tolstoi
was thrown. by the stumbling of his
horse and sustained a dislocated Shout
der. In spite of his advanced age, the
count is making rapid recovery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
CITY CHAT.
NV a home of Reidy Bros.

( Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Pocahontas lump at MueAer's.
It's going, going Mueller coal.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Me to Jones for cheap stove.
LaSalle big chunks at Mueller's.
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robb's
The Bijou makes regular delivery
of Chicago papers.
To insure delivery, order your Chi
cago paper from the Bijou.
Let Krell G. Siemon do your furnace
and tin work; 1916 Third avenue.
Special dinner at the Rock Island
House cafe New Years day from Il
m. to 8 p. m, so cents.
l defy you to beat my prices ON ali
kinds of stoves. Jones, the second
hand man.
Special dinner at the Rock Island
House cafe New Years day from 1.
m. to p. M, so cents.
Don't SILVER yourself into sickness
take your small change to Jones and
get stove.
Special dinner at the Rock Island
House cafe New Years day from 1.
m. to p. M, so cents.
Save trouble and annoyance by sub
|scribing regularly for Chicago papers
at the Bijou.
Special dinner at the Rock Island
House cafe New Years day from 1:
m. to p. M, so cents.
Skating all day New Years day
Band music afternoon and evening al
the Rock Island roller rink.
The 15-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Salzmann is seriously il
at the home, I'll Twenty-fifth street
with pneumonia.
The ladies of the Central Presbyter
ian church will serve New Years
day dinner in the church from IL to 2
Dinner, So cents.
Attend the dance given by the B. H
B. club at Industrial hall New Year:
night, Jan. 1. 1908. Gentlemen, 81
cents, ladies free.
Expert manicuring, shampooing AM
thorough treatment of the hair AMI
scalp given by Mrs. Sol Levi, 736 Sew
enteenth street. Old phone west 7S6-K
Bring your wives and sweethearts
and skate the old year out and tn,
new one in at the Rock Island role
skating rink, New Years eve, Dec. 81
Just the thing for furnaces or heat
ers- 2,0G0 pounds LaSalle big chunks
and 1000 pounds Springfield Goa
mixed At Muellers New Years Goa
SALE
The Eagles today delivered to Beth
any home the prize porker disposed o
at their fair recently. The animal
which weighed 800 pounds alive, wa
converted into meat before being turn
ed over to the institution.
Police officers have been instructet
| by Chief Eckhart to enforce strictl
the state law regarding the speeding
of automobiles, and automobile OWL
ers who exceed the speed limits in tn
city are to be brought before tn
magistrate and fined
This evening at $50 there will b
/ a New Years wake at the Swedis
Free Mission church, corner Elevent
street and Fifth avenue. A program
has been arranged and Rev. job
Karlson will preach. All who undel
stand Swedish are welcome. Mex
week. beginning Sunday evening. Their
will be prayer meetings every night a
s p. m. except Saturday.
| Belgian Minister Is III.
Brussels. Dec. 31-M., De Troo
i -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs. Clyde c. Eokert, Bride of
Few Months, Victim of Fatal
Tragedy at Her Home.
USED OIL TO START A FIRE
Flames Enveloped Her Body, scoreh-
ing Clothing, and Cooking the
Flesh from Head to Foot.

A tragic accident, resulting in the
fatal burning of Mrs. Clyde c. Eckert,
a bride of few months, occurred last
evening at her home, 1910 Eighteenth
avenue. Mrs. Eckert, in attempting to
renew fire in the cook stove, threw
In a quantity of kerosene, causing a
tongue of fame to leap from the front
veloping her body in mass of flames.
She ran from the house screaming, and
her cries attracted the attention of her
husband, who had retired a few mo-
ments previously, and two neighbors,
Mr. and Mrs. Mes p. Vestermarck.
Burned from Head to Foot.
When Mr. and Mrs. Vestermarck ar
rived they found the woman standing
in agony on the front steps of her
home, every particle of clothing burn
ed from her body, and the flames eat
ing into her flesh. Her husband, who
had rushed down stairs upon hearing
the cries of his wife, was frantically
endeavoring to smother the flames
Mrs. Vestermarcl tore off part of
her clothing, and with this and a
blanket secured by Mr.. Eckert the
flames were at last smothered out.
The woman, who was suffering terri
bly,, was carried upstairs to her room,
and Mr.. Eckert ran TO the home of a
neighbor to summon a physician by
telephone.
Becomes DeIiriOus.
Mrs Eckert for a time was delirious
from the terrible pain of the burns, and
cried continually for water The flesh in
places peeled from her body. Physi-
clans We're secured after some delay
and when they arrived the ambulance
was called and the victim was taken
to ST. Anthony's hospital, where she
passed away at 4:30 this morning
suffering, but it was seen Immediately
following the accident that the burns
would prove fatal After her first de.
lirious spell she regained conscious
hess, and talked with her husband till
she died. Coroner Eckhart held an in.
quest over the remains this afternoon
the jury returning a verdict of acct
dental death.
Married Short Time Ago.
\ Mrs. Eekert, formerly Miss Pearl M
Peck, was married to Mr.. Eckert about
two, months ago. She was born in
Iowa and was 20 years old April IS
Besides her husband she is survived
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. c.
Peck. and brother Fred, who reside
at 1902 Fortieth street.
The funeral will be held from the
home of Mr.. Eckert's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Eckert, 1911 Thirty eighth
street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Rev. F. e. Shut of the Spencer
Memorial Methodist church will con
duct the services, and burial will take
place at Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
the wholesale quotations on the market
Provisions and Produce.

the wholesale quotations on the market
today:
Provisions and Produce.
Eggs Fresh, 23c.
Live Poultry = Spring. chickens, Sc
per pond; hens. per pound. Is; ducks.
per pond, &c to Sc; turkeys per pound
12c to Sc: geese per pound &c to &c.
Bdtta-Dairy, 23c to 24c.
Lard-10c.
Vegetables - Potatoes, SOC; onions.
I55c to soc.
Live Stock.
Hogs-s4.00 to $4.25.
| earnings or over, $500 to
IS. 90; lambs, $3.50 to s6.75.
Il Cattle-Steers $3.50 to $500; cows
land heifers $500 to $500; calves, $500
Ito $3.50.
II Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, 4Sc to soc; oats, 45c.
I45c.
I Forage-Timothy HAY. $11 to S13;
Iprairie, $500 to s1lOO; clover. $1,000
Ito $11.O0; straw. 5000.
WOODLAND, per load, $500 to $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
Coal-Lump. per bushel, lac; slack.
per bushel, &c to SC.
IOWA STUDENT STOPS BULLET
o. w. Fetters MysteriousIy Wounded
at Oes Moines,

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. SO. w.
Fetters of Washington, Iowa. a Stu
dent attending the Highland PARK COL
lege. was mysteriously and probably
fatally shot today. Fetters says he is
unable to explain the shooting, and
that he was walking near a gun club
enroute to school when he was sud-
denly felled with bullet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
Beer That Is Beer.

IL You want to drink good beer, order
the Davenport Mating company's pale
export. Delivered anywhere in Rock
Island. Both phones 1853.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
THE MARKETS.


Chicago. Dec 31.-Following are the
market quotations today:
Wheat
December, 9s3. 997s. 977s, S9%.
May. 1865. 1865, 1889, 1855.
July, 9sB, 9SA, 967s. esq.,
Corn.
December, 55k. 56A, 551s, 56ls.
May, 59k. 60ls.. 5Ss4, 6Gas.
July. 5St, 59as. 57a4, 593s.
Oats.
December, 4Sa4, 1915, 4ss4, 1875.
May, "a, 54h. 5S5s. SAG.
July, As, '4SA, 475s, 4SA.
Pork.
January. 1897, 1912. 1887. 12.42.
May, 13.G5, 1912, 1907, 1910.
Lard.
Januarys 7.65. 7.65. 7.57. 1852.
May. $50. 1855, 7.S0, 7.S5.
Ribs.
January. 6.62, 667, 6.62, 6.65.
May. 7.O5, 7.O7, 7.O2, 7.05.
AeSSOiPlo w neat,
SIC; oats. so; hogs, $4,000; cattle,
$500; sheep, $4,000.
Estimated receipts Thursday:
Wheat, 40; corn, 1874; oats, 10S; hogs,
$4,000.
Hog market opened weak SOLO
cents lower, Hogs left over, 1890.
Light, s4.20@4.G0; mixed and butch.
ers. s4.25@4.70; good heavy. 1880
40; rough heavy, s4.25@435.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened strong.
Omaha-Hogs, 10000; cattle. $1,000
Kansas City-Hogs, 10000; Cattle,
5000
Hog market closed weak lO@15
cents lower Light, $4.l5@455;
mixed and butchers, $4.20@4.65s good
heavy, $4.20@4.65; rough heavy. $42t
@430.
Cattle market closed steady, Beeves
s3.5O@6.15; cows and feifers, $1,000
400; stockers and feeders, $2.35@425
Sheep market closed strong to II
cents higher.
Northwestern receipts. Minneapolis
To-day, III; last week. 4S0; las
year, holiday. Duluth-Today, ITS: las
week. &C; last year, holiday.
| Export clearances-Wheat and -four
I656,0OO; corn, $4,000; oats, none.
Liverpool opening cables-Wheat 2.
| to u lower, corn u lower.
Liverpool closed Wheat u lower
corn rs lower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quetations on Privilege, Iivs
Sock Feed and Fuss.
Rock Isltnd, Dec. 3l.--FollJging are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
Saloon Notice.

Roast pig and baked beans at the
Highball saloon tomorrow, $50 Seventh
avenue and Twelfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31

New York. Dec Following are
the quotations on the market today:
u. p. 118h, U. S. Steel preferred
IsSIk. U. S. Steel common 2ei4 Read.
ing 95, Rock Island preferred 30, Rock
Island common 15A. Southern Pacific
7SN, N. Y. Central 90M, Missouri Pa.
|cifc 1874, L. & N. s22, Shelters 705k,
C. F. I. 1914, Canadian Pacific 1884,
Penna 10sss, Erie 1854, G. & o. 3o1k,
B. r. T. SO, B. & o. SIT, Atchisorl
|69A, Locomotive S5, Sugar sstx. ST.
Paul 104z. Copper 46zs Republic
Steel common 1sss, Southern Ry. l3s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
snecial Announcements.

4 The Hotel Harms will serve table
ssfhote diusser New Years day from u
10 2 p.. nj and 6 to 8 D. m. Good
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
The Presidents Apprentice.

1t takes juvenile wit to fit the ado
quate word to a mans occupation.
A group of small boys-playmates
of Quentin Roosevelt-were standing
in front of the Rochambeau statue in
Lafayette, square, Washington, the
other day when a victoria rolled out
of the White House grounds and
headed up Jackson place. The man
who rode in the victoria wore a dark
mustache and glasses and a silk hat
was set above his agreeable face.
The smallest of the boys raised his
cap and executed the most polite sal.
utation in the direction of the vic
toria, the occupant of which returned
the bow with a genial smile.
"Who were you bowling to, Kid
die?" said the tallest to the littlest OF
the boys, and the latter replied with
the utmost pride and respect, Il was
bowling to the presidents appren.
tice."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
FIVE FALL INTO GRAVE.
Remarkable Incident That Disturbed
SoIemnity of Funeral.

Instead of the accustomed quiet
which prevails at the burial of the
dead, great excitement and fear at
tended the burial the other day of
Michael Serene, a prominent merchant
OF Westport, when by the ~collapsing
of a grave the coffin and several per-
sons attending the services were
hurled into a small pit.
The final prayer had been said by
the preacher, and the assistant to the
undertaken stepped to the foot of the
coffin to arrange the rope for letting
the coffin into the grave. At that mo-
ment one of the ~pallbearers acct
dentally kicked out the crosspiece
that supported the coffin. The coffin
quickly descended into the grave, the
body going feet first. The assistant
hastened its descent by tumbling on
1t. Several persons rushed to the
edge Of the grave, causing the soil to
yield, and in a few seconds five Der
sons were lying in the pit half covered
with dirt.
They were pulled out, the coffin was
dug out and laid fiat, and after the
grave had been redug the burial was
completed.-N. Y. Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
At a Diplomatic Luncheon.

Really, l felt horribly o~verdressed
and apologetic," the attractive young
wife of a far-away senator laughed
the other. day, in describing a Babel
luncheon at Washington in honor of
Mrs. Creel, at which she herself had
been present. my costume was so
Infinitely more costly than that of the
guest of honor" The pretty senatress
wore a $500 lace robe. The richest
woman in the world appeared in a
simple little tan-colored yelling that
would have been nc particular bar.
gain at $35 all told. Nor were the
senora's fabulous jewels the least in
evidence. A miscellaneous assert
ment of diplomatic danes surrounded
the multi-millionaire Mexican, each
struggling in her own pretty tongue
to be understood by her neighbor.
Those unequal to French or Spanish
sat at meat, mum chance-extra dry.
There was the latest diplomatic bride,
Nine. Corea, wife of the liquid-eyed
little minister from Nicaragua-he of
romantic past. India Corea, however,
in spite of her double-barreled geo.
graphical name. is a domestic and not
an imported beauty, a Washington de-
butante. There were the ladies of
several South American countries and
several European specimens. The
courageous hostess who spoke naught
but her native Pennsylvaniaese, re.
duced her remarks to her foreign
guests to the most elemental prin.
ciples, enunciating each word with
kindergarten simplicity, touching only
on the obvious.