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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
OIL OFFICIAL is A THIEF
Topeka Grand Jury lndicts II. H. Tuck
er of CherryvaIe, Kan

Kansas City. April 9.-The federal
grand jury at Topeka today returned
an Indictment against H. II. Tucker,
Jr., of Cherryvale. Kan. secretary of
the Uncle Sam Oil company, charging
him with using the mails to defraud.
The company has capital of $1,000.
GOO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
lTAlY'S KING IN ATHENS
Victor Emmanuel and Members of Cab
met Welcomed at Greek Capital.

Athens. April 9.-King Victor En-.
manuel of Italy. accompanied by Fo:
eign Minister Tittoni. Minister of Ma
rine Mirabello, and a number of court
dignitaries. arrived here yesterday on
a visit to King George of Greece He
was given an enthusiastic welcome by
the pOpulace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
Snow in Copper Country,

Calumet, Mich. April Snow has
fallen in the copper country the past
IS hours and one of the worst bliz-
yards ever known at this season of the
year is prevailing today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
FLOOD CREST NEAR
MisSissippi Not Expected to
Reach Danger Mark on
Present Rise.
WAS 1877 FEET AT NOON
LowIands Nearby Are OverfIowed-New
Fifth Avenue Sewer Pump in
Operation.

The Mississippi continues to rise at
a rate that. should it continue, would
reach the danger line in a few days.
At noon today the mark at the Rock
Island bridge was 1921, a rise of . feet
in six hours. The danger point is l5
feet, but. according to Observer SherieI
it is not likely that this will be reach
ed. The crest of the present food is
expected to arrive about Friday. when
it is figured a mark of 13.5 will be at
tanned Already the unprotected low
lands in this vicinity are largely under
water and some of the Easements
along the river front in Davenport
have been flooded.
Test for Sewer Pump.
The Fifth avenue sewer pumping
plant has been placed in operation AMI
the new machinery is receiving il
first trial. The pump is capable OF
raising 5000 gallons of water minute
and it is operated by a 30-horsepower
electric motor.
The Ruth was the only boat through
the Rock Island draw today.
The stage of water was 12.5 at G
a. m. and l2.1 at noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
BODY RECOVERED
Remains of John Walker Taken
From Mississippi Below
Cordova.
WAS DROWNED CROSSING ICE
Started from Iowa Side Late on Night
Of Feb. and Was Not Again
Seen Alive.

COrdOva, ILL.,, April 9.-(Argus Spe-
cial) )-The body of John Walker, who
was drowned while crossing on the ice
from Princeton. Iowa, opposite this
place, Feb. 2, was found this afternoon
by Will Scott about two miles below
the village. Thomas Engdahl brought
the remains to this place and Coroner
Eckhart was notified.
Feb. , Walker had been in Princeton
during the afternoon and evening
spending most of the time in a saloon
Late at night he decided TO return
home. He borrowed a lantern, and
against the advice of friends. set out
on his way across the uncertain ice
! field
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09

rescued her. In this condition of mini
Harry Thaw left New York and went
to his mothers home in Pittsburg. Uu
to this time Thaw had been man o.
cheerful temperament, but the moth
er's eyes saw how change had come
Affects Every American.
Delmas this afternoon said the spe
cies of insanity from which Thaw suf
fered was the insanity which makes
every American believe his home e
be sacred
Delmas concluded his argument a
3:17. He spoke altogether five an
one-quarter hours. AS soon as he fin
ished the court adjourned until tomo.
row morning when jerome will Civ,
the final argument for the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
Light Disappears.

Watchers on shore followed his course
till he neared the Illinois side, when
the light suddenly disappeared. Moth
ing more was known of the mans fate
till today, when the remains were posi-
lively identified.
The dead man was so years of age
single. and made his home at this place
clam digger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
FOR LIFE
Not Hanging Fate of Mrs. Aogie
Myers and Frank Hott-
man.
SAVED BY GOVERNOR FOLK
Executive Holds Public Morals Better
Conserved Without Execution
of Murderers.

Jefferson City, Mo, April 9.-The
sentence of death imposed upon Mrs.
Aggie Myers of Kansas City and Frank
Hoffman of Higginsville, Mo-, who were
convicted of having murdered the wo-
mans husband. Clarence Myers. i'll
1904. were yesterday commuted by
Governor Folk to Imprisonment for
life. They will at once be brought to
the state penitentiary here.
Will Go on with Case.
The appeal Of the case of Mrs My
ers to the supreme court of the United
States will not be dismissed by her at
tOrneys. In a message to the secretary
of state relative to the action in com,
states that he believes that public NOR
J ais will be better conserved by com
muting the sentence of Mrs. Myers to
! life Imprisonment than by hanging her
, In the Hoffman case he said, similar
Ifacts to those in the Myers case exist
Hottmans sentence to life imprison
ment.
Was Second Husband.
The woman had been divorced be
fore she married Myers After hel
marriage 10 Myers she fell in love with
Hoffman. and they conspired to mur
der Myers so they could get married
She admitted him to the house afte1
midnight and directed him to the bed
room where Myers lay asleep. Myer:
arose in bed when Hoffman struck hin
with a club. The men clinched, ant
the woman came to Hottman's aid
Mrs. Myers hit her husband with
bed slat and stabbed him with a pal
of scissors, AS he cried to her, Hell
me, Aggie, help mel she slashed hin
nine times across the face, throat an
chest with a razor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09

Mrs. Sage Aids Girls School.
Northfield, Mass, April 9.-Mrs. Rus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-09
Confident of Result.
Quotes Jerome's Denuncintion.

The state. Delmas said, had attempt
ed TO set scene for the last act il
the deplorable tragedy upon the flimsN
basis of the affidavit dictated by 's
felon-a man convicted of perjury.
Delmas quoted briefly from the speecl
of Jerome when Hummel was up 70,
sentence. At that time jerome urgeC
the maximum penalty of the law on The
ground Hummel had been a menace
to the community for 30 years.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23

the newspapers and business men op- posed the coming of the Western Fed eration they were standing by the men at work in the mines and support ing every business enterprise in that camp.
 What the sentiment of the men em- ployed at the Douglas smelters is to- wards the Western Federation We do not know, but we judge that they can judge from what has occurred in Bisbee as to what will occur in Doug las should this labor organization gain strength here; it will mean that no man can longer work at the smelters here without being branded as a 'scab" and enemy to the cause of labor. The Western Federation in Douglas means a strike at the smelt- CTS for the same ridiculous reason that a strike was called at Bisbee- because the companies refused recog- milton to the organizers-the Raw lingses, the Cannons, the Semples and the balance of the walking delegate brigade.
 It is known in Douglas that neither the Copper Queen or the Calumet and Arizona will ever recognize a union of the Western Federation. Without recognition a union cannot possibly be of any service to anyone and be- comes simply a source of revenue for the organizers, pickets and walking delegates, who. it seems, have aban- doned Bisbee with a view of trans ferring the seat of trouble in the smelter city.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
WANTON WASTE
 IN MINES.

The American nation will go down in history as the most extravagant na- tion that ever existed. It commenced by exterminating the Indian. It next exterminated the buffalo. It then turned attention to the forests, and has almost eliminated them. These things were serious, but they were not beyond repair. The career we have launched on now is resulting in something that can never be repaired We are skimming the cream of the mineral riches. with which the land has been so endowed in our haste to get rich. We are destroying at least 50 per cent of everything in the min eral line that we lay our hands on. Nothing but the richest gold mines are worth looking at; the same thing applies to all the mines of precious minerals and precious stones. When we come to our iron deposits nothing but the richest of the ores is shipped away; the Ieaner ore Is wasted, much of it destroyed forever. 
 It is a fact, and has been proven by the United States geological survey that 40 per cent of the magnificent anthracite deposits in Pennsylvania, the duplicate of which cannot be found cn earth, has been lost forever. We believe it is true that up to this time. 50 per cent of the bituminous coal area worked over has been wan tonly destroyed, and destruction is be- ing swiftly carried on on every side. The man who tries to conserve the mineral wealth of this country is iduSHSQ dI as d AOOi
 The man who cannot produce ton of coal cheaply in the estimation of some people is no miner at all; fin fact, they guage mans ability by the cost at which he produces a ton of coal, no matter if he destroys ten tons of coal for every one he gets out Our president, who seems to have the faculty for probing everything, has not yet probed the mineral industries of this land, but it Is evident he is being awakened to the fact that wan ton waste is running riot through the land; for he has directed that the coal seams underlying the unsold pub lie land shall not be disposed of, and we don't doubt that he will follow this matter further and probably order an investigation into mining methods of this land.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23

expend s750,000 in development work and reduction machinery and for this expenditure they are to receive 60 per cent of the stock of the old com pany. Seven hundred and fifty thous- and dollars judiciously expended should certainly place the Troy prop erty on a paying basis.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23

The smeltermen of Douglas who are advised by Organizer Rawlings to get together and own a newspaper should ask this trouble-breeder what became of the paper recently run there by his
 right-bower semple. The Douglas Ex-
 arniner was the only paper in Cochise county to favor Rawlings and Cannon
 in their efforts to destroy peace and prosperity for the laboring men of
 Bis5ee and Douglas. and the Examiner
 was systematically "scabbing" on it's creditors from the day it started un- til the mortgage owners finally called for payment and put the paper out of business.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
HOSTING MACHINERY
 FOR TWO QUEENS
(Florence Tribune)

(Florence Tribune)
 The final installment of material for the pipe line and hoisting machin- cry of the Two Queens mines, passed through here Sunday. Also a lot of tee rail for the tunnels and drifts. Late reports from these mines are very favorable.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
The Hanging of Pictures.

A woman bought three pictures in q Fifth avenue art store.
 Shall send some one up to hang themT' asked the dealer.
 TT don't know" hesitated the wO- man, who had already exceeded her al- iowance in buying the pictures. How much extra will it costF"
 Not q cent" the dealer assured her. 'In the case of any important sale we prefer that one of our men superin- tend the hanging of the picture. That insures justice for the painting. With out meaning any disrespect for our customers, must say that not one per son in a hundred who has had no spe- ciaI instruction in art can take pie ture home and place it in an advan- tageous position. A man who has been trained to that business, on the other hand. can tell at glance where to hang 1t and all the others in the room so that each will bring out the best points of all the rest."-New York Sun.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.

The tact that the newspapers and business men in Douglas and BisDee who have opposed the coming of a local union of the Western Fedora tion of Miners to this section cannot be construed into opposition to org anized labor. In this day few would deny the fact that labor, as a whole, has been benefited 0y organization.
 But the opposition to the proposed unfonizing of Bisbee and Douglas comes from the knowledge that any organization at Bisbee and Douglas cannot possibly benefit the wage earn CTS of the districts. Where there are no wrongs being suffered by the la boring man theg union can find 10 Ie- gitimate work to perform.
 So satisfactory were labor condi- tions in Bisbee that when 1t was pro posed to form a local union of the Western Federation of Miners there the miners at work-union and non union alike-opposed it. This oppo- sition was based on tie knowledge that in the Warren district were many miners who would never con sent to become members of the West ern Federation of Miners because of the history this organization had made in Idaho and Colorado, where contin- ual industrial war was the record un- til the organization was practically driven from the field. A local union in yBisbee meant that friction would at once have appeared between union and non-union men and that the dis trict could not continue in the enjoy ment of peace sd prosperity as it had for thirty years in the past.
 For this reason the coming of the  Western Federation to Bisbee was op- posed bys a large majority of even the union men in the camp; it was opposed by all the non-union miners who had worked there from the begin ming of mining in that district. They knew the presence of a local union there meant the walking delegate and finally loss of their employment un- less they became members.
 At Bisbee union and nop-union men had always worked together side by side in peace ;they were always re- ceiving the highest wages paid in any mining camp in the west and, judging the future by the past, they had as surance that they would always have the best wages and be surrounded by all conditions-free schools, churches and libraries-which go for promot- ing the higher class of mankind and citizenship.
 It was under these prevailing con ditions in Bisbee that opposition was announced there to the formation of a local miners union. Let 1t be re- membered that s7 per cent of the men at work in the mines were op- posed to the local organization. When
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
CLARENCE DARRoW.

It is reported that Attorney Rich ardson has drawn out of the defense of Mover and Pettibone, giving as his reason that he will not be associated with Clarence Darrow, that Darrow's closing speech in the Haywood trial ought to have hung his client. The news further is that in the succeed ing trials Darrow will have full swing. Since then the New York World has outlined his life and drawn conclu- sions from it which We lay before our readers, as follows:
 When at the close of his address to the jury in the Haywood case Clarence Darrow said, For thirty years have been giving my best ef- forts to the cause of labor" there must have been more than one man in the courtroom who mentally added, For a consideration"
 MT. Darrow has grown gray and rich also in the service of labor, and no man living has been able to coin more money out of popularity with working men than he. A good law yer and an efficient pleader, he prob ably earns all that he gets, but will not be thoroughly understood unless the fact is borne in mind that he in variably gets all that he earns.
 Thirty years ago Mir Darrow was not so much a servant of labor as he was an ambitious young lawyer. He did as other men do and without reproach to himself. He held office. he accepted a partnership in a firm of corporation lawyers. and for a time he was exclusively a corporation law yer himself.
 Originally a democrat of the con 'aDtionaI sort, Mr. Darrow fell under he influence of JoLa Peter Altgeid and from that strange bu: in some re spects admirable character, received an impulse which changed his per spective and revolutonized his opin- ions unon practically every phase of society and government. As is often the case with discipleship, the man who sat iat the feet of Governor Alt geld outran his master.
 There is a certain comity among lawyers which enables them with i'm punity to assail law, courts and gov ernment. Men have been hanged in Chicago for utterances in this vein which were much more circumspect than those which in carefully pre- pared books bear Mir. Darrow's name.
 An infidel, a misanthrope, a revolu- tionist, a hater of the rich, con temner of the educated and the po- lite, hopeless cynic, a man whose soul revolts at every manifestation of intelligent self-interest in others and who evidently has lost faith in his fellows, Mir. Darrow, nevertheless, cherishes the idea that he is the cham pion of the oppressed, and he has persuaded 8 good many people to think likewise.
 Young lawyers will find some phas- es of this mans career which are worthy of imitation, but more of them against which they should turn their faces like flint. He is able and he is eloquent, but he is otherwise a sole cism. A household, a community, state or nation of Darrows would be impossible.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
Well Trained.

Old Lady Improving the occasion)- An, my poor man, you would not be in this position if you had received an early training in some trade or call Ing. Tramp-DOn't you tork too sud den about wOt you don't know nOthin' about, missus. No trainin', indeed! wy, was in prison afore I was four teen.-London Mail.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
His Luggage.

Ticket" said the collector as he opened the door of a carriage in which sat q man who looked as if he was an chored to his seat. The man handed over the required pasteboard, which was duly inspected. Then, looking around, the collector said, 'Is there another gentleman in the carriageT' "No." 'Is that other portmanteau yours, then, too?' Other portman- tcauT' "Yes, on the floor there by the other" ''Those," said the traveller, with dignity, are my feet."-London Globe.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
NOTICE.

4 reward of $500 will be paid for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties stealing The Review from subscribers.
 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW,
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
TactfuIly Put.

He-Who is that plain lady? She That is my mother. He-Oh, beg pardon! I didn't notice the resem bIance.-London Opinion.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 County of Cochise. ss.
 1. N. A. Patterson. circulation mana ger of the Bisbes Daily Review, do soiemnly swear that the above state nent gives the actual and bona fde circulation of the daily editions of the 'sfsbee Daily Review for the month of July, 1907, and that from the ststement all spoiled and left over pa- esrs have been deducted.
 N. A. PATTERSON.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-23

Roy Trexel was down from the Okla homa camp Wednesday. He received the wayy bill for the new hoisting ma chinery, pumps, boilers, etc, for the Oklahoma company on the 24th of last month and is expecting the ma chinery to arrive any day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-10-18
WilmOut.

From the Tribune:
". Bartlett of Worthington, was
Wilmont visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. Clyde Ager of Wortaington,
was up visiting his brothers Ray and
Walter the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Montgomery
and daughters Ada and Ruth and Mr.
Roy Lewis visited at the Edwin Brick
son home in Adrian Sunday.
Edgar Mayclin, the small son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Mayclln, was
kicked in the head by horse Satur-
day and his shull was fractured. The
doctor was immediately called and
dressed the wound; which released
the little sufferer, who is progressing
nicely at this writing. ~
Mr.. and MIRA. James Montgomery
will move their household goods to
Worthington today and will follow
sometime next week. Mrs. Mont
gomery and two daughters will go to
Ellsworth for q few days visit with
relatives before moving into their new
home in Worthington.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-10-18
Elk.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. FREQ left for San
burn Monday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Frees father.
Mrs, Venus Eshelman is visiting
with her brorher Roscoe, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Schechter, of
Hancock, Mimi, are visiting here this
week. They will leave for the west
with Mr.. Filbrun the last of this
month.
Miss Selma sundberg visited with
her sister, Mrs. J. scheshter, q couple
of days this week.
The Sisters Mission Band met with
Mrs. Mark Eshelmsn last Wednesday
afternoon. ..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-10-18
MOBILES COUNTY NOTES
Indian Lake.

Crowded out last week.
Miss Violet Saxon began teaching
school in the Laneseth district last
Monday.
The Ladies Aid OF the Baptist
church met with Mrs. August Ander-
son last Thursday.
Philathea met with Miss Josie
Thompson Tuesday evening.
Miss 'Adelia Hactor entertained a
large lumber of her young friends
at luncheon last Sunday afternoon.
Ling Bros. of Iowa have large job
of threshing to do in this neighbor-
hood.
Potato digging is nearly done and
very little blight is noticed this year.
Duck shooting is very good this
fall. George and Wallace Saxon each
bagged a fine gray brant Tuesday af'
ternOOn,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-10-18
Ransom

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Theodor'
Cramer, on Tuesday, Oct. LIST, a son
Theodore is proud man these days
A little boy of Mrs. Hoper's is quite
sick.
The roads are fine, and everyone il
hoping they will remain so until i
freezes up. There is still quits lit
tie hauling to be done, and to. thos'
who have it to do the state of the
of roads count for great deal.
"A. Milton came hoSe on Satur
day. He is rather thin and pale, but
he says he feels quite we'll. 10
Miss Jennie Sieisema has taken q
school for the winter in the neighbor'
hood of Ocbeyedan. Ransom never
fails to supply its full quota of school
teachers. IS
Lewis T. Eide raised quite a crop
this year. He sold u thousand bush
els of oats at 45c and a quantity of
barley at SOC a bushel. It looks very
much as if the farmers would be able
to worry thru the winter. Y
Jake Steven. with two men to help
him, is hard at work on the buildings
he contracted to put up for Mrs. Nicoll
on section Z. The cold weather will
soon he here, so Jake is making every
day count.
Chris Kunkel, after visiting the
and seeing how people live
there, has concluded that United
States is good enough for him. Ger
many is good country to live in if
a man has plenty of money, but it is
a poor country for poor man. The
man who wants better country than
The Union wAlhave to go long way|
TO find it. :" ~
4. R. Thompson, who lives on the
R. Prideaux place, came near: meeting,
with a serious loss the other morbings|
About four o'clock on Monday morn4]
ii,pg hs was'agakened by 2 brigR
light which saeoded, the room, and
iuinpihe odt ofbed to learn the causa|
be found that the strawstack near tho
barn was on fire. Fortunately thu
wind carried the fire away from The