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The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Charles D. Mathews of Albuquerque,
N. M. and Miss Pearl Wood of Kansas
City, Mo, were married at the residence
of the brides sister, Mrs. al Franklin,
2231 Curtis street, Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock, only members of the family
present. Mr.. and Mrs. Mathews will re-
side in Durango, Cole, where he is in
charge of the Savoy Hotel as head chef.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
The Best Policy.

Presiding Elder Western District, M
E. Church.
Denver, Colo, Feb. %.
Commonwealth Life, Denver, Colo.
entlemen-Believing that con-
Germ which is always honest and
prompt in it's dealings with people,
should have corresponding recognition,
1 am glad to be able to give you my en-
dorsement.
l have carried policy with you for
some time and believe you have the
best policy know of. l can certainly
commend you cordially. 1 am yours
sincerely, HENRY SOUTH
Presiding Elder.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
A CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our friends for the
kindness shown during the illness and
death of our beloved child, and also
for the beautiful floral offerings and
many letters and kilograms of sym
pathy.
JOHN w. TRAVERS AND WIFE.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Nicely furnished room for rent fol
man and wife, can have the use of the
whole house. Apply at 2425 Humboldt
street.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

If all the colored people go to Gold
field, Nevada, that are talking about
going, Denver will lose half Of her pop
ulation before the end of the year.
Some of them are even talking of walk
ing to that bonanza camp. They will
find it a long, dusty tramp.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

The boy problem is the
ever pressing problem Of
society. Between the ages
of II and 1s years the
average boy is a very un-
certain quantity. 1t is a
perilous period. L h c
home is prominently the
place where not only the
beginning, but the shap-
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
8allnnn NaH ]1rarttral
gutltrr, B1tt Nut III AtrHl1tu
By HENRY HELM CLAYTON,
of Blue Hill Observatory.

HE spherical balloon navigator what
~ navigation of the water. 1t the first beginning
! J: !
of the art Could balloons be pushed along by poles
driven slowly by motors kind there hardly doubt
HAu but that steady the would
A#I followed the invention of the balloon and great
gSE would now traverse the air from city to city, But mfor
SI& unaey, the balloon
sport of fierce aerial which along entirely
beyond the control of
This has progress dangerous difficult
have made the of the balloon The
ton Of the elongated balloon and the adaptation modern light
for driving through the have made possible
short chosen advance But such balloons
barely stem the ordinary currents prevailing few hundred yards
above the arth and somewhat much the
of the winds the spherical balloons.
The weknown engineer Octave Chanute who has this
much study that improbable that the balloon
driven with exceeding 40 miles hour without bursting
SantosDumon who has probably had wider
ing elongated balloons than e that practice when the
balloon motion the forced back the end of the balloon,
great speeds
exceeded without danger of bursting the material of which bal
looms now be made
improbable greatly
exceed its Development and students the subject look forward
the evolution of the flying machine without the
of the air But this denying practical future for the balloon
The spherical balloon frequently used for pleasure
and recreation, its usefulness will doubt steadily this
purpose as devices for handling it are improved.
The balloon has also most useful method of exploring the
heights exceeding miles light recording
attached to unnamed balloons This method
widely used in Europe and has recently been introduced America
Mr. Roch with great They
by Mr. Hergee for obtaining the temperature heights above the
balloon followed by
recovered when it falls.
Other practical for the balloon fohadowed Hence,
but % not % as an % aihp % except m in P sport ~ >41@<17
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

The coming of W. A. Hunton, Inter
national Secretary of the Y. M. G. A. was
a rare treat. Mr.. Hunton is on his way
to Toxic, Japan and Shanhi, China, to
attend the International conference Of
Y.M.C. A. workers. His address at
Zion church Sunday morning and talk
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

The Women's Guild of the Church of
the Redeemer will have their annual
entertainment at East Turner hall Tues
day, April 16, 1907.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

N. Carper has gone tn Lansing, Kan.
to be at the bedside of his mother who
is not expected to live.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Read carefully our article on the front
page about our New Thought articles if
you want US to speak on this subject
then drop us line addressed N. L. d
1924 Curtis st. Room 25.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Miss M. L. Giton of Austin, Texas i
visiting in Denver and is the guest o
Mrs. j. B. Moore of 1925 Glenarm place
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Mrs. Catherine D. Tillman of Colora-
do Springs is the guest of Mrs. W. w. S.
Dyett.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

The Presbyterian Church, Rev. D. d.
Cole, pastor, held a successful gift fair
Wednesday night. The church was
crowded and a large sum of money
was realized.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

In honor of her birthday, Mrs. Ida
Koontz of 2O32 Humboldt street, en-
tertained a few friends at cards on
March 1st. An enjoyable evening was
spent by all present.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

In various ways during
the last few years the
public press as well as
our statesmen, economists
and business men have
been calling attention to
the marvellous resources
of this nation and the
wonder full development
of the same in the last
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Mrs. Harvey Page left last week for
a visit with relatives and friends at
Grand Junction, her former home.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

John w. Hodges, formerly of this city
was shot at Benson, Ariz., last week and
is reported to be in serious condition.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Mrs. Fannie Motley left the city
Sunday for Springfield, Missouri, hav-
ing been summoned there on account
of the death of Richard Motley, her
brother-in-law.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

w. P. johnson will leave next Friday
for Chicago where he will visit for few
days before proceeding to his home in
New Haven, Conn.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

James johnson of 1888 Sherman aven.
ue, is confined to his bed with an attack
of pneumonia.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

The Executive Board of the State
Business League is called to meet at
Colorado Springs, March 10th.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

at the Alliance won for him host of
friends in Colorado. He was invited to
stop over in Denver on his return from
the orient.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

John Lester, the two-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Travers, of PAIL
Clarkson street, died last Saturday of
pneumonia. We extend to the bereav-
ed parents our sympathy.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
Has Pheasant Farm.

Mrs. Mcmillan. wife Of United States
Senator Mcmillan, Of Michigan, has a
pheasant farm at her summer home
near Magnolia, Mass. She employs
Ans unaa servants to care for then
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Mrs. R. B. Johnson of 131 West
Tenth avenue is much improved from
her illness.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Nice three-room brick house for
rent at 1913 Clarkson street.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Thomas Arlington is on the sick list
with an attack of la grippe.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

h Miss Jennie Hicks has been ON the
z sick list for the past week.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Furnished rooms for rent for gentle
men only in modern house at 2539 Lin
coin avenue.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

President Allen of Lincoln Institute
is expected in Denver this month.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Mrs. j. P. Wilson has gone to Gold
field, to join her husband.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
Local Notices.

Hair cut 15 cents, 1S47 Blake street
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

Keep off of date of April lst. Easter
ball. The Elks.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
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James F. Clark was on the sick list
few days last week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
COLUMBIA REPLACED
BY HELEN BLAIR
Leaves on First Trip of Season to Bur,
lington-soth in Service
Later.

The steamer Helen Blair left here at
4 O'Clock this afternoon on its firsV
regular trip to Burlington this season.
The Helen Blair was taken from its
winter quarters some time ago, but has
been in Davenport harbor. being re-
painted and remodeled The steamer
Columbia, which has been making the
Rock Island-Burlington trip since the
opening of the season, will be taken l..
this evening at the Davenport harbo'
and overhauled for its regular trips
running opposite the Helen Blair later
The Columbia will run an excursion
from here to Muscatine Decoration
day returning at o'clock in the even
ing. 1t will then leave on its first trip
opposite the Helen Blair to Burlington.
This will make daily trips between
here and Burlington, each boat leav-
ing here at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
except Sunday, when the Helen Blair
will make short trips to Muscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
SUBMARINES PROVE
EQUAL TO THE TEST
Crews of Lake and Octopus Come to
Surface in Good Condition
After "a Hours.

Newport, r. l., May 1.-THE suO-
marines Octopus and Lake completed
their long twenty-fOur hour submerged
habitability test yesterday afternoon
at the naval coaling station at Brad
ford, the Octopus coming to the sur.
face at $40 and the Lake at 1903, the
times that the two boats were sealed
up Wednesday afternoon.
AS soon as the boats came to the
surface they were boarded by the ma
val trial board for the purpose of eX
amining the air and conditions inside
the boats, and in both instances they
were found to be of the best. All Of
the twenty-three men who had been
confined in the boats were found to be
in the best of condition, they claiming
that they had spent a most comfortable
day beneath the surface of the bay
and were spry when they emerged
from the boats.
Both boats during the long test hal
twice blown out the foul air and re
plenished it with fresh from the com
pressed air tanks. The Octopus hal
used just one forty-fifth of its air sup
ply, while the Lake used about 4)i
yards of its supply During the nigh
a small leak was found in the Lake!
superstructure. This was easily r
paired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
MINISTER WHO MARRIED COREY IN
HUMBLE APOLOGY TO SAVE JOB

New York, May 17.-Rev. John Lewis
Clark, pastor of the Bushwick Avenue
Congregational church, admitted last
night to the trustees and deacons of
his church that he had committed a
wrong in marrying William Ellis Corey
and Mabelle Gilman and begged the
forgiveness of his church. AS one act
of atonement he said he has returned
Coreys fee, which is stated to have
been $1,000.
At a meeting last night the trustees
consented to forgive the minister and
share with him, as they put it, the
humiliation and chagrin" he had
brought upon the church.
Pastor Clark's confession of wrong
doing was contained in a letter to the
trustees of his church, dated May Is.
The letter follows:
Gentlemen: My professional con-
duct as a Congregational minister in
performing the wedding ceremony at
the Hotel Gotham on May IA, having
been challenged. l desire to say that
upon reflection and examination | am
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
EAGLES NOT ALLOWEDBOOzE AT Meet;
KANSAS OFFICERS RAID PRIVATE CAR

Tokepa, Kas., May IA private
car stocked with liquors, taken to Io.a
by the Leavenworth delegations to the
state convention of the fraternal order
of the Eagles, was raided late last
night by the county attorney and sher-
iff while the delegates were making
merry in the Santa Fe yards.
President Hunt of the state organ;-
zation was in the car, but was not ar
rested. Eight of the Leavenwortc
delegates, all prominent in business
circles, were arrested. charged with
violation of the nuisance clause of the
prohibitOry law. Five of the men ar
rested are J. A. Braun, S. Heale, J. \.
Kavanaugh, w. II. Blouselt, J. Slaught-
ly. All were arraigned in the justice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

convinced that without intention I did
wrong in my Office as Congregational
minister, to my church and the Chris
tion conception of the marriage rela-
ton.
81 most sincerely regret having used
my ecclesiastical Office to sanction this
wedding, and beg pardon of my church
and denomination for having, unwill-
ingly, and without due examination and
reflection, been induced TO officiate.
will humbly receive any censure which
may be visited upon me, for | realize
increasingly the gravity of my trans
sression. | have returned the fee which
was given me and ask for such charita
BILE judgment as Christian forbearancc
may afford.
"If this great error, which was not
committed with evil intent, can be con
doned, | promise most solemnly in the
future that all my uses of my ecclesi
|astical Office shall be strictly within
the principles and practices of my de
nomination.
JOHN LEWIS CLARK"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

would expose everybody, and protect
nobody | stand by what | said
namely: that those persons who were
drawn into corruption against their
will and by the force of overwhelming
circumstances shall not be made ta"-
gets by me; but that those who en-
braced criminal acts of their own w.
lition will not be protected by me.
do not know what | shall he asked be
fore the grand jury, and | prefer not
to make any further statement until
after | have testified
Grand jury AdiOurns.
After a long session the grand jury
adjourned last night. No indictments
were returned.
Theodore V. Halsey, indicted for the
bribery of supervisors in the intere5t
of the Pacific Telephone company, was
arraigned before Judge Dunno on tel
indictments The cases were all post
poned to May %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

court and released under $500 bond 10
appear for trial in the district court.
lola was wide open town until the
recent crusade of the attorney general
began, and the Eagles ran a bar fo"
the members of the order in a club
room The club was raided two weeks
ago. however, the steward arrested
and permanent injunction issued 5y
the district cOSlrt restraining the flu
ther drinking of Intoxicating liquor IA
the building.
The town thus being made entirely
dry" the delegates provided refresh
ments for the convention by taking Il
well stocked private car to lola. This
was the car raided. The liquors were
not being sold, but given away to mem
bers of the order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
USE MASH MAN DROWNED IN
10000 Gallons Will be Made Into
Whisky by the DistiIlers,

Detroit, May 17.-Ten thousand ga
Ions of mash, in which William Ken
ney was drowned in a distillery Tues
day night, will be made into whisky
and served in approximately 100000
drinks to patrons of bar-rooms. Ken-
ney was not in the mash more than 10
minutes at the most, but he was dead
when found. "Of course this mash
will be used" said Franklin II. Wa
ker. vice president of the company.
"The fermentation and distillation di s.
pose of any impurity that might get
into the mash"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
SALARY GRAB BILL
Is DONE TO DEATH
Lieutenant Governor Sherman Refuses
to Sign Measure Raising Pay
of Legislature.

Springfield, H., May 17.-(Argus Spe-
cial)-The bill increasing the salaries
of the members of the legislature from
$1,000 to $4,000 per term and So per
day for extra sessions, is dead because
Lieutenant Governor Sherman refuses
to sign the same and return it to the
governor owing to the senate having
not legally passed the motion receding
So per day for extra sessions. The
motion should have been voted on by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
TREASURE FOUND
IN RUINS OF Inn
Evidence of Murder of Former Owner
in 1874 Also Uncovered at
Cleveland, Ohio.

Cleveland, Ohio, May 17.-Erie rail
road bonds worth $116,740 and $575 in
blackened gold coins were found yes
terday when a rusted tin box which
was recently unearthed in the ruins of
a century old inn was forced open.
The original owner of the treasure
was George c. Moran, who mysterious
ly disappeared in 1874 A heap of
charred bones, found several days be-
fore the box was dug up. in bricked-in
fireplace, now seems to substaDtiate
the theory held that Moran was MUIR
dered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Former Missourian I'm the Box.
W. W. TO MAKE TRIP
Boat Will Carry Excursion to Musca-
tine Sunday Afternoon.

The excursion steamer w. w. will
leave port Sunday afternoon with an
excursion by the East End Athletic club
of Moline TO Muscatine. This will BE-
the last of the excursions for the w.
the excursion of the Hello" girls Of
the Union Electric Telephone company.
The boat after Sunday will go down
the river it being scheduled to rul
excursions from Burlington, Ft. Mad
ison, Keokuk, and other Iowa towns
returning here June /.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Tanners Win Mace Raise.

Kenosha, Wis, May 17.-Twelve hun
dred employees of the n. r. Aliens Sons
tannery, who quit work three days ago,
returned to work today The men will
receive the same scale of wages as
paid by the Milwaukee tanneries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
IBUTE TO THE 100000 NEW FACTORY T
JUDGE CHARGES ATTEMPT
TO INFLUENCE SENTIMENT

explosion of a blast at the foot of
Lookout mountain yesterday.
The bridge was crushed in by sew
eral tons of rock hurled by the blast
just as a Southern railway freight
train was going over it. Other pieces
of rock crashed through the pilot of 2
pile driver, killing Engineer Shafer and
Fireman Hyder instantly. Other pieces
of rock, hurled 500 and 600 yards,
struck the residences, crashing
through the roofs and the floors of the
buildings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Bad Fire at PittSpurq.

Pittsburg, May 1.-Two firemen were
injured, five manufacturing plants de
stroyed and a number of small resi-
dences were badly damaged early to-
day by a fire which started in the
Brush & Stevens company pattern and
model plant. The loss is 100000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
PLAGUE CLAIMS THOUSANDS
Victims in Six Weeks in India Reports
Show Reached 451 1892.

Simla, May 17.-Governmental re-.
turns published today show deaths
from the plague throughout India, for
six weeks ending May II, reached the
appalling total of 451, 1872.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Drinks Whisky on Bet; Dies.

St. Louis, May Ito prove his ca
pacity for whisky, Thomas Taylor. a
cab driver, wagered that he couii
drink large quantity of liquor. He
consumed the nineteen drinks without
break. according to the wager, an
died seven hours later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Sales Even Greater Than
During the Letter
Corner.
RESULT HIGH PRICES
Rush Of Buying Orders Forces
Futures Still Fur
ther Up.

Chicago, May 17.-Scenes of wild eX
citement which attended yesterdays
sensational advance in wheat on the
board of trade were dcpulicated dur
ing early trading today. The market
showed sharp declines on initial trans
actions losses ranging all the way
from u to compared with yester-
days close. Within the first Is min
utes however, the market had not only
regained all the opening loss but II
some cases advanced 112 in addition
July opened at 9G1a and advanced y
1915 and Sept. rose from 9T12 to SO to
101.
Grows ScnsatiOnaIly strong.
BY noon the market became sensa-
tionally strong and the activity extend
ed into corn and oats. Wheat, however,
was still easily the star attraction, and
a new record was set when July made
frenzied jump to l02, which was 81
higher than yesterdays close.
Selling Orders EnguIfed.
September, in long jumps, went to
102A, and December advanced to
1C3M. The upward trend of prices
during the forenoon caused consider
able short selling among professionals
who play habitually for a downward
turn, but the nation wide demand com
pletely engulfed the selling orders and
figures continued to grow on the black.
board almost as if there were no sell
crs. In volume of trade all records, in
Cluding those of the Letter corner
days and the mon who went before
him, were. eclipsed. according to state
ments of traders who have been on the
board more than generation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
BLAST CAUSES GREAT HAVOC
Three Men Killed, Five Injured, Train
Wrecked, and Houses Destroyed.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 17-Three
men killed, three so seriously injured
that they will die, and two others bad
ly injured, in addition to the crashing
of Southern railway freight engine
and eleven cars through a bridge into
Chattanooga creek and the destruction
of three residences and a pile driver
near by, was the result of a premature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Elopes With Married Man.

Quincy, ILL.,, May 1.-THE police
here yesterday intercepted Miss Ma Y
McGenn, who had eloped from Gales
burg, ILL.,, with Harry Hough, Bu--
lington clerk, who has a wife and child
at Galesburg. Hough went on to St.
Louis. The girl, who is but 16, was
sent home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
YIELDS TO L0NGSHOREMEN
One Stevedore Finally Grants Demands
of the Strikers

New York, May 17.-Joseph Caruva,
stevedOre contractor for the Cuneo,
Trinidad, and Donald Steamship COM
panies, whose vessels dock in Brook
lyn, today granted the demands of the
striking 'longshoremen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Old Yale Professor Dies.

Norfolk, Conn. May 17.-Professor
Gustav J. Stoeckel, first head of the
department of music at Yale univer-
sity and the second Oldest professor
emeritus of that institution, died today,
aged IS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
SCHOOL CLASS ON STRIKE
commencement Exercises Are Held Up
Until Member Gets Diploma.

Ottawa. Kan, May 1.-THE mem
bers of the high school graduating
class, loyal to one of its members, went
on strike last night and refused to al
low the commencement exercises to go
on until the facility had issued a di-
ploma to a neglected member and had
allowed him to take his place on the
platform.