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The Washington herald., 1907-09-10
POWDER suit BEGINS
Hearing in Alleged Trust
Case Held in Wilmington.
JUDGE ARCHIBALD ON BENCH
District Attorney Granted Leave 10
secure Jurisdiction Over NOHresi-
dent Defendnnts' Names I'm Gov
ernmenrs Bill i'm Order to Insure
Attendance at Proper Time.
snecIaI to The ws.hinston Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Wilmington. Del, Sept. 9.-The first
hearing in the suit recently brought by
the government TO dissolve the Du Pont
Powder Trust was held in the United
States Court here to-day.
District Judge Archibald. Of Scranton.
Pa. who was requested by Federal Cir
cult Judges Gray, Of Wilmington, and
Dallas Of Philadelphia, to sit In the pre-
liminary proceeding, was on the bench.
District Attorney Nields. Of Wilmington.
who viii aid IA the prosecution OF the
trust. was granted leave TO secure jurls-
dicdon over nonresident defendants
names in the bill OF complaint IN order
TO insure attendance when the case shall
be called here. They include officials or
the combine in New York. San Francisco,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago. Boston,
and other places throughout the country.
The nonresidents will be served with pro-
cesses by the Federal authorities Of the
respective places.
The American F. c. Schultz Gun Pow
der Company. OF London. England, IS also
named as a defendant in the bin. 1t is
not known how this concern can be
reached.
Judge Gray in Case.
It was said to-day that Judge Cray viii
probably sit in the case. The suit was
brought in the Third Federal circuit Of
the United states Court, Of which Judges
Gray. Dallas. and Burlington. the latter
Of Pittsburg. are the judiciary. It IS re-
ported that Judge Cray Is dislnclined 10
sit. because Of the Delaware interests in
volved. he knowing many Of the Du
Points
Inasmuch as Judge Archibald was asked
to preside to-day. it is believed that he
may be the judge who viii be on the
bench when the case begins. The selec-
ton Of a presiding judge is in the hands
Of Judges Gray. Dallas and Burlington.
District Judge Bradford. Of this city.
viii sail tomorrow from New York for
Venice as q delegate 20 the International
Maritime Conference Daring his absence
Judge Archibald viii be on the Federal
bench here. This increases the probability
Of the latter hearing the powder suit
Judge Bradford would not sit In the
case IN any event. his wife, now deceased,
having been a Du P0nt
The Washington herald., 1907-09-10
Three Piece PaFIor
Suites.
Dressers.
China Closets.
SideboardS.

The only exceptions the discount rule bedding springs
and Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets
The Washington herald., 1907-09-10

While at work at the plant Of the Port
ner Brewing Company this afternoon J.
William KEEL. who resides at the corner
Of Queen and Pitt streets, had his foot
caught and severely mashed by a large
block Of ice. He was conveyed to the
Alexandria Hospital
The Washington herald., 1907-09-10

October S. 1897. Remember the date.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-10


The clerk OF the city school board to-
day issued $50 permits to white children
to attend the public schools Of the city.
OF this number 81 were to boys and $40
70 girls. On the corresponding day of last
year CS permits were issued
Virginia. the infant daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. LAWYER. OF Norfolk, died yes
terday at Round Hill. The remains were
forwarded to Norfolk to-day by W. De-
maine &c Son, undertakers. Of this city.
The Alexandria County board of super
visors has decided TO direct a vote Sep
tember q in Arlington and jefferson dis
tricts on a proposed extra levy Of 10
cents on the 500 for school purposes.
The purpose Of the levy is to provide new
schOolhouses.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-10
Jury Also Finds
C. Markell GuiltleSS.
FIRE IN BRICK YARD STABLES
buildings Practically Destroyed,
but Horses and Mules Are Rescued.
Thomas Dix Loses Right Foot as
Result of Trying TO Board Moving
Train-To Nominate Candidate.
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.

80 hlng street
Alexandra, Va, Sept. Sin the Cor
poration Court to-day, Judge Barley pre-
siding, verdict of not guilty was rem
dered 10y jury in the case Of J. Harvey
Robinson, who was tried on an indict-
ment charging the larceny of a quantity
Of copper wire from the Western Union
Telegraph Company The same verdict
was rendered in tho case OF Charles
Markell. charged with completely in the
alleged offense
Attorney Edmund Burke. OF Washing
ton. represented Robinson. and Attorney
Charles Bendheim appeared for Markell.
The prosecution was conducted by Com
monwealth's Attorney Samuel G. Brent
In the case OF Meade Hansbrough
against c. R. Beales. and against the
Southern Railway Company. the court
rendered judgment 'for the plaintiff for
the amount of money in the hands OF TN,
Southern Railway Company belonging to
the defendant
\ noue pros was entered IN the case Of
the Commonwealth against A. A. Shriver.
which was an appeal from q decision Of
the police justice.
A special grand jury was ordered FOR
tomorrow morning to investigate a num-
Der Of criminal eases.
Brick Yard Stables Burn,
Fire tonight. about 1890 o'clock prac-
tically destroyed the stables in connection
with the Bromilaw brick yards. owned by
Park Agnew. and situated south Of tails
city on Hunting Creek Although the
scene OF the fire was considerable dis
lance south of the corporation line. the
fire department responded 10 the alarm,
and an engine was sent 10 the place. Sew
eral horses and mules were confined in
the stables. but all the animals were
rescued without being injured.
The damage amounts TO about $500. COW
cred by insurance. II IS supposed that
the Ere was started by sparks from an
engine al the brick yards.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-10

Springfield, H., Sept 9-Bound, gagged
and tortured With flames by two masked robbers
Warren Mundy aud wife wealthy old residents Of
Logan Coanty, were compelled b reveal tie hiding
place OF $50 las night The robbers applied lighted
matches to the bare feet Of Mundy and his wife.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
Can't Save Niagara.

Judge William II. Taft. the portly
and good-natured secretary of war, has
rendered a decision adverse to Mag
ara. He has not discovered that the
millions of gallons which the power
companies now are planning to take
from the river above the falls will
greatly diminish the scenic grandeur
of the cataract They are diverting
iG0. .000-hoTse power on the Canadian
side and 1900 cubic feet on the Amer
ican side. 1t is the opinion of the
amiable secretary that these quantities
can be spared without much changing
the magnitude of the fall. This may
prove a suggestion for a very convent
ent and effectual sliding scale. by
means of which yet more water power
may be claimed and used as the busi-
ness of the power makers demand it.
1t is an easy presumption that the
scenic grandeur of the falls will not be
substantially affected by any partic-
ular 15.600 feet of water that the pow
eT company may grab. 1t might not be
possible for a spectator to prove any
important difference resulting from
the diversion OF that quantity of water,
so the process may be continued in
definitely, and by such a graduated at
tack the cataract may at last all be di-
verted to the uses of corporate greed, |
while nowhere in the series may be !
precisely determined the particular di- !
version which terminated the greatest |
scenic glory of the world.
1t was hoped that President Roose-
velt's influence would have been eX-
erted effectively to stop now these in !,
sidious attacks on the grandeur of the |
great falls, and that there would have
been no compromise with the water
but all would have been warn
ed to let the great falls alone.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
Earthquake Dug a Well.

San Francisco Chronicle: 1t has
just been discovered that the upheaval
of April Is did funny things to the
wells in the courtyard in the rear of
the San Francisco mint. For years
prior to April Is these had been Ordin-
airy, well behaved wells. yielding wa
ter pIentifully when a steam pump was
employed But now they are spOuting
artesian wells, from which a steady
stream of water flows when no pump
ing is done This was discovered when
the pump was taken out for repairs.
the courtyard being flooded within a
short time.
The wells were bored many years
ago. and are about 175 feet in depth.
There was apparently a subterranean
connection between them, for the
pumping of water from one lowered
the water in the other. Normally the
water was within 80 feet of the sur
face, and that was the condition when
the pump was taken out last March.
For the first time since March. the
pumps were again removed, when it
was discovered that the water flowed
freely
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

stopped on the way ana stepped again
as he went aboard Il steamer for South
America. but that card Of the governor
carried him through.
The search for Broughton was thor
ough and long drawn ont. As it was
the first escape from DartmOor under
Governor Cunningham reign. he was
overanxious for the mans capture. IN
the course of a month ffiy different
men were arrested in different parts of
England. but of course none of them
proved 10 De tine person wanted. Not
until Broughton reached South Amer
lea and llnew that he could not be ex-
tTadited did he give himself away.
Then there was fun in the Dig prison
and at the governors mansion. The
cOnviCts laughed among themselves.
and the press roasted the governor for
an ass. and the result was resigna-
tion and the abandonment Of the inter-
csting study OF criminology for all time
to come. NJ. QUAD.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

the governor was James BrOugnton,
who had received Il sentence Of five
years for embezzlement The family
was Il respectable one, and this was
the first offense for a hundred years.
BrouEhton himself had anything but
criminal tendencies. He was well edu-
Gated, well appearing and was remark
ed for his intelligence. The governor
found in BrOughton the acme for
which he sought. He put him down as
man who was born with the in
stincts of a thief. He did not credit
him with ordinary intelligence. He
found him n victim of homicidal mania.
BroughtOn had entered prison de-
termined to make his escape if it was
within the possibilities. After years
good conduct he WAS named for the
agricultural gang, the TRUSTEES who
moved the meadows and raised
share of the fresh vegetables consumed
in the prison He had friends outside
to aid him in SO far as furnishing him
Il suit of citizens clothes and sman
sum of money. He had made UP his
mind to g to South America, and he
must have several hundred dollars.
L hC IsiNl iuIl I.c hucN ilOb NhClC ~
raise the money prevented his escape
for months. 1t was not until after the
governor had made him Il choice speci-
men of crimilology that Il brilliant idea
came to him. AS the agricultural gang
marched back to prison one evening
Broughton was missing. and the alarm
was given. He had found the suit, had
been met by Il friend with horse and
buggy, ana by the time the guards
were securing the country for him the
convict was at the governors house.
rather queer thing had happened
to the governor ten years before, and
as the incident had been published it
was common property in prison and
out. He had made a trip to Russia,
aided an anarchist without knowing
what the man was, and after being |
shut up in n fortress for d month he |
lad been given his liberty and escorted |
ID the frontier. This humiliation ran |
kled in his breast, and he was not |
backward about saying to freeman or |
convict that he would do most any
thing to get square with the Russian |
government He had been so outspo-
ken that he had received hint from
Ills own government to moderate his
speech. He took warning by ii, but he
'tiu chafed. The telephone called the
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
A BALD NEWSPAPER MAN.
Getting a New Crop of Hair, and Has
No More Dandruff.

Everybody in the northwest knows
Colonel Daniel Searles, the veteran
journalist and publicist of Butte. Jan
10. 1900. the colonel writes: q use
a couple of bottles of Newbro's Herpi-
eide with marvellous results. The dan
druff disappeared. a new crop of hair
has taken root, and the bald spot is
rapidly being covered" Herpicide is
the only hair preparation that kills
the dandruff germ that digs up the
scalp in scales as it burrows its way
to the root of the hair, where it de-
stroys the vitality Of the hair, causing
the hair to fall out. Kill the dandruff
germ, with Herpicide. Sold by leading
druggists. Send 10c in stamps for
sample to The Herpicide company. De
troit, Mich. Two sizes. SOC and S1.00.
T. II. Thomas, special agent.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
DAILY. STORY.
THE ANARCHIS

Copyright. 1906. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.l
John Cunningham had been gov
ernOr of Dartmoor prison for thirteen
years, and during that long interval
not u convict had succeeded i'll making
niS escape. The governor battered
himself on this fact He lived four
miles from the prison. and the less he
visited it the better things were run.
Governor Cunningham finally decid-
ed to write n book on criminology.
That was Il perfectly natural thing,
since he had SO many specimens at
hand. He meant that book to be a
standard and to contain matter to as
tonish the world. He was entirely ig-
uOrant of his subject, but he went to
work like Il man who means business.
To get his data he had to have prison.
erS brought before him to be question
cd and to have their heads examined.
The governor had boasted more than
once that he could tell u predisposed
criminal ten rods away.
One OF the prisoners called before
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

foreigners, Why, we had mince pies
and egg-nog! What more would you
want? Nobody made any speeches
We just snuggled together, and sopped
gravy and loved one another. There
was a royal duke, two or three gran
dees, and a don of the Order of Chile
con-came, and, of course, we said 'Vive
les Espagnols,' But we did not forget
Uncle Sam, you bet, nor Kentucky, and
what was left OF the wittles and drink
was not worth carrying away"
And this is why people like to go
abroad? What a dull time, after all,
this must be as compared with life in
Kentucky; but, judging by the tenor
of the colonel $ comment, they have
in Barcelona which ade-
quately takes the place of the world
famed mint julep of the Blue Grass
state. So. after all what's the differ
ence which side of the pond" one is
on. so long as one is outside an indi-
vidual palatable pond banked with
plenty of "wittles?"
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
IN FIELD OF LITERATURE
Situation Every Fisherman Will Ar

Situation Every Fisherman Will Ap-
preciate.-The situation was this: The
| river here is shaped like big Y. The
| salmon went down the inside edge
of the lefthand fork. The canoe fol-
lowed him down the outside edge of
the same fork. When he came to the
junction it was natural to suppose that
he would follow the current down the
main stem of the Y. But instead of
that. when the canoe dropped into the
comparative stiffness of the pool, the
line was stretched. taut and culver
ing. across the foot of the left hand
fork and straight up into the current
of the righthand fork. Hes gone up
the other branch" shouted Chichester.
above the roar of the stream. Eve must
follow him, Push across the rapids,
Push lively" So the men seized their
setting poles and showed as fast as
they could across the foot of the rap
ids, while the rushing torrent threat
ened AT every moment to come in over
the side and swamp the canoe. There
was a tugging and a trembling on the
line. and it led. apparently, up the
northeast branch. past Brackets
camp. But when the canoe reached
the middle of the rapids the bowman
uttered an exclamation, leaned over
the bow. and pulled up the end of
tree top, the butt of which was firmly
wedged among the rocks. Around the
slender branches. waving and CULVER
ing in the current with life like mo-
ton. the line was lOoped The lower
part of it trailed away loosely down
the stream into the pool.
Chichester took in the situation in
flash of grieved insight. We'll" he
said. that is positively the worst.
Goodby. Mr. Salmon. Louis, pull out
that er. er-that branch!" and he be
gan slowly to reel in the line. But old
Louis, in the stern of the canoe, had
taken hold of the slack and was pull
ing it in hand over hand. In a second
he shouted: "Arretezl Arretez. M'siue,
il nest pas parti, il est la!'-
From His Oother Engagement" by
Henry Van Dyke, in the February
Scribner.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

governor up TO inform him that n con-
vict had escaped, and while he was
fussinS about it the card of stranger
was brought in. The name was that
of Russian, and the governor ut once
thought of anarchists and nhilists and
arbitrary measures and became hot.
There was confab lasting an hour.
The Russian did not hesitate to confide
in the governor. He informed him
that Il plot was on foot to ovcrturn
the government and raise republic
on its ruins. He was asked TO assist
i'll the conspiracy. He knew that such
action would make him amenable to
the law, and yet he remembered the
dreary days and nights in that cell in
the fortress. He had never talked with
a more Intelligent man. He had never
met with another foreigner who spoke
the English language SO correctly.
The warning received by the great
man was ringing in his ears, but he
thought of the miserable food, the wet
straw and the manner in which he had
been bounced out OF the cars domin-
ions and warned to stay out. The tele-
phone gave him the particulars of the
convicts escape and inquired about of
fering a reward, but he was too busy
to attend to such trifies. He first said
no, but as the Russian rose to leave
the house the governor brought out a
bag containing $500 in gold and placed
it on the table and turned his back
and began to hum the air of tune.
The Russian tumbled to the subscrip-
ton and murmured his thanks. With
the gold he picked UP one of the gov
ernor's cards. An hour later a train
was bearing him to Liverpool He was
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

A London writer expresses this
opinion of Andrew Carnegie: "He is
perhaps the most brilliant example of
unassisted seIf-manufacture that the
world has ever produced BY his own
colossal enterprise he has scared
above his fellows; he has risen On
stepping stones of their dead selves.
as the poet felicitously remarks. to a
pinnacle of opuIence and distinction
whose altitude constitutes a record in
the annals of our time"
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
Watterson Abroad.

Among other interesting observations
made by Colonel Henry Watterson in
writing to his Courier-Journal from Bar
celona under December dates are the
following:
"They make no great ado over
Christmas in Spain. But, at the consul
generaIisto. or, rather, 'instado' q am
fast losing my English), we had high
old time under the mistletoe and flag.
I1Ordl How the flag comes in away
from home among those frog-eating
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

Eric Geddes, recently appointed
freight manager of the Northeastern
railway in England. is an American
who IA years ago was agent at small
station on the Baltimore & Ohio road.
Later he was prominently connected
with railroad enterprises in India. His
good work there attracted the atten-
tion of the corporation with which he
is now associated
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

The two things that are essential
to Rock Islands industrial develop
ment are the southwest storm drain
and more railroad tracks in the west
end
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

One of the most talked of men in
California today is Mayor Frank Mott
of Oakland. He refused a position
with a big corporation at $4,000
year that he might remain mayor of
Oakland at s35OO- His terms of office
will expire in three months, but there
is little or no doubt as to his reelec-
fiOu
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

A boosters club" has been Organiz-
ed in East St. Louis. That's what Rock
Island needs-.a local boosters club
numbering enough citizens to elect a
mayor who will boost" Rock Island
morally as well as commercially.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

Tillman's attempt to make a min
strel show out of the senate has made
the people smile an inscrutable smile,
and not entirely because the interlocu-
tor has been deserted by his troupe.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

The mayor of Kingston, by his wire
to New York for assistance, permits
the broad inference that the governor
general is tolerated by the Jamaica
population as well as by the rest of
tho world
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

According to the Houston Post
witness who testified in recent trial
in Silver City was 109 years old. A
jury that would believe the statement
about his age could easily be cOnvinc-
ed about anything.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

Political unrest is reported from va
riOus districts in Brazil. According TO
the South American temperament, an
other revolution is about due.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill LEn-
tered at the postonice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

Writing paper has advanced 10 per
cent and from this on. writing on the
margin will be permissible.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
The Grip.

Before we can sympathize with
others. we must have suffered our
selves" No one can realize the suffer
ing attendant upon an attack of the
grip, unless he has had the actual eX
perience. There is probably no dis
ease that causes so much physical and
mental agony, or which so successfully
defies medical aid. All danger from
the grip, however, may be avoided by
the prompt use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Among the tens of thousands
who have used this remedy, not one
case has ever been reported that has
resulted in pneumonia or that has not
recovered For sale by all leading
druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
Thursday, Jan, "a, 1907.

The ship subsidy grab is popular
only with those whose hands are in the
bag.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24

Kate-Outdoor life is good for nerv-
Gus people. 1t occupies the mind pleas
antly. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea cheers the heart and makes life
worth living. 35 cents. tea or tablets.
T. HI. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-24
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
TERMS = Daily, 10 cents per week

TERMS - Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
SALE OF POISONOUS DRUGS

1t is a disgrace to Los Angeles that
poisonous drugs are so easy to be OBJ
tanned.
There are plenty of laws, statutory
and ordinance, but a number of drug
stores have apparently found it profit
able to ignore and violate both, with
out much fear OF detection.
Happily Chief Kern and the police de-
partment have awakened to the neces-
sity of putting a stop to these whole
sale violations of law, and to that end
have begun making arrests of persons
charged with the crime.
The sad stories printed in The Herald
yesterday, and on many previous ocCa-
sions, of the wrecks of humanity caused
by the ease with which opiates can be
obtained in this city are sufficient to
stir public sympathy and arouse on
the part of the authorities a determine
ton to stop the promiscuous sale of
drugs of this character.
1t must be remembered, however, that
most druggists are conscientious and
law biding. 1t is only the minority
who will consent to hand out opiates to
anybody who may call for them. But
this minority is dangerous to the well
fare of the people and should be taught
a wholesome respect for the law.