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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18

was rounded up with total of $113,-
$50 Saturday night. The event was
one which will stand out prominently
in local events, however, for such q
celebration has never been known in
the three cities before. For three
hours the town was wild, and noise
that shook the earth was made.
BEGAN At CLUB.
The fun began at the headquarters
of the Industrial commission at the
Rock Island Club, at 7:30. Members
of the club and other citizens began TO
gather there at an carly hour, and by
the time BleueTs band appeared, hun
dreds were about the club house. While
the band played, "There'II be a Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight" the
committee in charge of the arrange.
ments for the celebration was blu sy
supplying the people with noise produc
ing canes and tin horns. Postmaster
n. A. j. Mcdonald acting as marshal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18

Success in life is accompanied by in
crease of enemies. That's why Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea has so many
imitators; it's success. 35 cents. Tea
or Tablets. Harper house pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18
THE MARKETS,
Chicago, June 1S.-Following are the
market quotations today:


Chicago, June 1S.-Following are the
market quotations today:
Wheat.
July, 911s, 921s. 9Os4, 911s.
September. "a, 95, 931a, 94A.
December, 95as, 967s, 95as, 96H.
Corn.
July, 52a4, SO, 521a. 52A.
September. 527s. 531s, 52@s, So.
December. Sis, 51H, 81, 51B.
Oats.
July. 4S$, 45k. 43&, 44B.
September, S61a, S71s. 1914. 36A.
December, 37H, 375s, 81, 373s.
Pork.
July, 1890, 1890, 1897, 1890.
September, 1900, 1910, 1900, 1907.
Lard.
July, S.72, SIS, $40, $40.
September, $50, S.92, S.S7, S.S7.
Ribs.
July, $50, SCI, $50, $50.
September, Si2, SIT, S.72, SIS.
Receipts today-Wheat. 90: corn
S24; oats, ISL; hogs. 10000: cattle. :?
900; sheep, 5000. Hogs left over, $50
Hog market opened strong to 81
6.05@625; mixed at.
butchers, 6.0O@6.25; good heavy, So
@6.20: rough heavy, 5.S5@5.95.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18

Rock Island celebrated last night TO"
Greater Rock Island. Except as d
matter of recording local history it
would be unnecessary to publish an &c,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18

count of the ceIc
bration, for GO
percent at IeaCt
of the population
of the city par.
ticipated in the
d e m o n S tratior
over the raising
of the new fla.
tory fund, whicH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

[Society news, written or telephoneo
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and addreSs.]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18

Maccabee Dancing Party.-The sec,
ond Of series of dancing parties was
given last evening at the Tower by Is
land City hive No. $40, Ladies of the
Modern Maccabees. A large number
of couple were in attendance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-18

Farewell Party.-The friends of Miss
Jessie Van Arsdel will give a farewell
party for her at the Tower next Fri
day evening. Miss Van Arsdel Will
leave soon to spend the summer at
Seattle, Wash.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-11

with his splendid household furnishings
go get job now, Jim," his friends
all advised. ''That's all you can do"
Nobody had any confidence in
Keene's speculative ability-that is, no.
body but himself. He believed that he
could make good. He kept to the curb
stone and hoed a mighty hard row
until he met Senator FELTON, of Cali
fornia. The senator had seat in the
San Francisco Stock Exchange. He
liked Keene. When FELTON, became as
s1stant United States treasurer he gave
Keene his seat on the exchange, to be
paid for at whatever it might be worth
when the young man was able to pay.
A few months later Keene paid Eel
ton several times the value of the seat
at the time he acquired it, but he was
making money so rapidly that the out
lay was not felt. By 1876 James R.
keene had made several Millions
some say $6,000,O00-by specializing In
mining stocks during the bonanza"
period. Then his health failed and he
determined on trip to Europe.
When Keene reached New York. the
Wall street atmosphere so charmed
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-11
By ROBERTUs LOVE.


UST now those who take an inter
est in turf matters are hearing
~ much about the winnings of
James r. Keene's horses. It Is
the horses that win, not the horseman.
MT. keene seldom bets a dollar. He
is not a sport. Neither on the turf nor
on the stock market does he gamble.
He is speculator on the market and
sportsman on the turf. Between a
Speculation and a plunger the gulf is
quite as wide as that between a sports
man and sport. These distinctions
should be borne in mind by any one
who cares to know the character Of
James r. Keene
Both as speculator and sportsman
Mr.. Keene's reputation clicked into
the top notch at least a quarter Of a
century ago. 1t is a question whether
his cash or his colts have brought him
the wider distinction.
Born in London sixty-eight years
ago, Of father who also was a native
of England, Keene nevertheless is real
ly an American. His ancestors back
of his father lived in Virginia for sew
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-11
Had Literary Ambitions.

keene, according to Joaquin Miller,
who also frequented that part Of Cali
fornia in these days, had literary am
bltlons. But as Shasta county Jour-
nallsm was not a money making insti-
tuition he shortly stepped off this STEP
ping stone to the literary life, and
America lost Charles Lamb. Keene.
1t is said, peddled milk, clerked around
mere and there and finally found him
sen IN the mining camp of Virginia
City, New. In some unrecorded man
ner ne managed to get together a stake
OF $4,000. About this time Miss Sarah
Oa1ngerfeld, a Virginia belle, visited
ner brother, a United States Judge.
keene met her and fell in love. But
Judge Daingerield scorned the Young
man who had descended upon San
francisco and become a curbstone bro
ker: can upstart curbstone broker"
sneered the judge. s'Huhw
nevertheless Keene loved we'll. Love
ana luck ran together. @Keene soonnain-
creased his cash to ;$175;Oo0, married
tne girl and set up housekeeping on7a
taV1sh scale. BY the time be had dou-
pled MS fortune a crash came. and IN
one day he was wiped out to the hasa.
nent, so that he was comDe],ed n 49,
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eral generations. Moreover, when the
rather failed in business abroad the
family came to America, settling in
California when young James was on
~ about fourteen.
The boy got a job taking care Of
COWS and mules at a military post.
He worked at various occupations until
he grew up, when he studied law. For
a time he taught school. Then he edit
ed country newspaper at place call
ed Horsetown, in northern California.
The name of the town probably had no
particular influence upon Mr.. Keene's
career. The late Charles A. Dana, who
used to read the Keene editorials,
maintained to the last that for style,
force and lucidity the pen Of no Eng
l1sh writer since the days of Charles
Lamb surpassed that Of Keene when
he edited the Horsetown sheet at
salary Of $40 a week,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-11
chief Wall street sometimes makes

chief. Wall street sometimes makes
men So,
But Keene, when he heard Of this
incident, did not faint. Referring to
the manipulations by which he had
been cleaned out, he said:
''This has taught me caution, and
the lesson will be worth while. l will
still walk Wall street when every man
Of the band that has plotted my ruin
and worked it will be either dead or
bankrupt
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-11
Jay Gould After His SCALP.

InOse were the days of the Individual
Spectator. This is the day Of com.
b1nations. Keene went it alone, used
his Judgment and made large win
nings. But Jay Gould was after his
scalp. BY the year 1884 Keene's for
tune had more than doubled. Then he
got into combination against his own
Judgment to corner the worlds wheat
market. Just when it seemed that all
was ready for the big rake off Jay
Gould and others sprang a coup that
came near shipping Keene back by
the box car route. There is still In
the street the tradition of forged tel
egram which split the corner and
smashed Keene to smithereens. When
he crawled out from under the ava
lanche he was about million and a
half In debt. Everything went, in
Guiding one Of Rosa Bonheur's mas
terpieces, ''Sheep," which was the
pride Of Keene's household. A little
later a gentleman now we'll known in
New York journalism had occasion to
call at Jay Gould's residence on Fifth
avenue. Gould pointed to a magnif-
cent oil painting on the wall.
"See there" he said exultantly.
There hangs the scalp Of James r.
Keene."
The painting was Rosa Bonheur's
"Sheep." Gould had bought it at a
fabulous price from the man who bid
it In at:the Keene sale. Gould gloated
over it. AS a work of art it meant
little or nothing to the wizard, but as
his badge of victoryz II, ftMas TO him a
trophy as satisfactory asJds Sthe drip
ping scalp Of a paleface IS an Indian
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-11
DearIV Loves Horses.

Mr.. Keene's love for horses is his
ruling passion. One day horse fan
cier whom Keene had met in Ken
lucky called to see the great fnancier
in his New York Offices. Half a dozen
men were in the anteroom. The Ken
tuckian finally requested the young
man to tell Mr.. Keene that Bill Scully
Of Kentucky had dropped in to say
'Howdy." Scully started away, but
as soon as the millionaire heard that
he had called the door few open, and
Keene rushed out into the hall, yell
ing:
"Hey, Bill! Here, Scullyv'
When Scully was dragged into the
inner sanctum he protested that he
was taking up Mr.. Keene's time.
'Not by any MEANS" replied Keene
II can talk stocks any day, but it isn't
often that 1 get to talk horse with a
Kentuckian."
There is nothing saturnine about
Keene. He likes his little joke. Not
long ago he was reading review Of
certain financial undertakings when he
reached this sentences:
1T was then that the Rockefeller
stocks came to the relief of these agi-
tated, overcapitalized properties"
"That's disguised way Of saying
that John D. poured oil on the trou-
bled waters" remarked Mr.. Keene.
A country boy in Indiana wrote Mr..
Keene that he wanted to make for
tune, but so many doors were closed to
him that he didn't know which one to
open. "Open the one labeled PUSH"
wrote back the financier. 81.
James R. Keene has one word of ad-
vice to all persons who evince dis
position to speculate:
"Don'tv'
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him that he did not go to Europe for
fifteen years. He stayed in Wall
street and specialized. One of the
most familiar stories of the street is
to the effect that somebody remarked
to Jay Gould, then the wizard of Wall
street:
'They say Jim Keene, the California
millionaire, is coming to New York in
a palace car
"All right" returned Gould. "I'n
send him back in a box car"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
THIS THE ORIGIN OF COFFEEl
II Sounds Much More Like Excerpt
from "Arabian Nights

Near the middle Of the fifteenth century
a poor Arab was travelling through Abys-
sinia, and, finding himself weary and
weak from fatigue. he stopped near a
grove then, being in want Of fuel to cook
his rice, he cut down tree, which hap
pened to be covered with dead berries.
His meal being cooked and eaten, SAYS
the Dundee Scotland Advertiser, the
traveller discovered that the half-burned
berries were very fragrant. He collected
d number Of them, and, on crushing them
with a stone. he found that their aroma
increased to a great extent
While wondering at this he accidentally
let fall the substance into the can which
contained his scanty supply Of waterloo!
what a miracle. The nearly putrid water
was almost instantly purified. He raised
it to his lips; 1t was fresh, agreeable, and
in a moment the traveller had so far
recovered his strength and energy as TO
be able 70 resume his journey The lucky
Arab gathered as many berries as he
could. and, having arrived at Alden, In
Arabia, he informed the mufti OF his dis
covery. That worthy divine was an IN
yeterate opium smoker. and had suffered
for years from the influence of that poi
sOnous drug. He tried an infusion OF the
roasted berries, and was so delighted at
the recovery of his own vigor that in
gratitude TO the tree he called it cahuah.
which in Arabia signifies force"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
HARTJE DECREE NOT GIVEN
Decision VIII Probably Be Made
After Several Days.
Attorney for Plaintiff Confirms Ru-
NOR TINT Nadine Has Made Full
Confession.

Philadelphia, Oct S.-No decision was
handed down by the Supreme Court to-
day In the Hartje case, as was expected.
Il Is probable that it viii not come for
several days. This afternoon Attorney J.
Scott Ferguson. for Hartje. and Attorney
J. NJ. Freeman. for Mrs Hartje made
arguments before the court in the appeal
Of William De Costa for a new trial
De Costa, who Is a negro, was convicted
on a charge Of perjury. lie is alleged
to have sworn falsely that Nadine met
Mrs Hartje at his tailor shop
The rumor that Tom Nadine has made
a fun confession was corroborated here
this afternoon by Attorney Ferguson. for
Hartje, who said.
Yes, Tom Nadine has made a con-
fession which Will be used. Some Of it
has not vet been written. but will say
that it shows conclusively the relations
between Mrs. Hartje and the coachman.
He gives names, dates and places He
admits that what he previously swore to
was false He declares that Mrs. Hartje
really pursued him. and that he was not
TO blame.
John NJ. Freeman. Mrs Hartie's attor-
ney declared this afternoon that all the
new letters in the case are fOTgeTies, and
that they would be proven so.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
SPOONER CALLED A WOLSEY
Georgia Editor Refuses to Meet Fa-
nous Badger Statesman.
Won NOtOriety by Alleging Trusts
Challenged J. 5. williams.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. S-Sydney Caesar
Tapp editor of the American Republic.
who has won notoriety by alleging that
the trusts have threatened to assassinate
him. and by challenging John Sharp
Williams to a history duel, glared so
fercely at ex-senator Spooner, Of Wis
consin. to-day in Federal Court that Mr..
Spooner became a bit nervous, and asked
a friend What's the matter with the
MANI"
Tapp recently attacked Spooner in an
editorial, and when the editor heard that
SpOOner was there representing the rail-
roads in the rate litigation, ne hurried to
the courtroom TO look at him.
As soon as Spooner was told that the
glarer was Tapp, the ex-senator gazed at
the editor and smiled. The smile irritated
Tapp, and he glared even more fiercely
and painted as though wrestling with rage
And so the pair remained some ten min
utes, Spooner blinking merrily, Tapp glar-
ing dangerously. Finally the Judge no.
ticed Tapp and ordered him to be seated.
When asked If he should not like TO
meet the Senator, Editor Tapp said:
mo, thousand times no; regard him
as a Wolsely and the court of Henry
VIII"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
GIANT FLAGSTAFF IS PLACED
Tops Singer Building Nearly 700
Feet Above Ground.
Ernest Capene VIII Gid Globe mt
Stan TOp-Feat VIII Break
High Climb Record.

New York oct. 8-Ernest CapeHe. a
nervy little man whose trade is steeple-
jacking. expects 10 put up new high
climbing record tomorrow. when he as
cends the flagstaff OF the Singer Build
ing tower to clamp the gilded globe to
the top Of the staff Pretty nearly 100
feet above ground. Capelle Will go to
work then 10 ,Iste gold leaf on the
globe.
They raised the staff yesterday after
noon through the elevator shaft by
means Of hand winches. Altogether, the
STAFF OF welded steel is IS feet inches
long. Above the pinnacle Of the tower it
stands 81 feet inches, while "a feet of it
is firmly set into the tower. The base
Of the stat is 1024 inches in diameter. at
the tower top 81 inches. and at the top
where the ball will rest. IS inches. It
won't break no matter what gales whirl
over the tower but it may bend little
the architects think.
The steel globe. which Capelle will do
stunts with tomorrow. IS y inches in
diameter. At its greatest heIgh; above
ground It viii appear about the size OF
a door knob. CapeIle will Doe slapping on
gold leaf exactly 70S feet inches above
the ground
Its the biggest job I ever tackled, q"
he said to-day, but il does not worry
me any. I'll 60 up the flagstaff by a
b0sun' chair rig and hand bOwlines,
hitching myself Up n few inches at a
time. You bet I'll see 90 II that the
lines are strong.
That's all that would worry me. Wind?
ThereU bee a breeze up there that would
bother a laudlubber, but I've worked in
stiff winds before and l guess ] can
keep from being blown away
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
VESSEL FLIES IRISH FLAG
Steamer from Java Arouses Interest
in New York Harbor.
Irish Monarch Runs Through Mon
soon and Is AflFe and Hits Hur-
ricnne, but Survives.

New York, oct S.-With the flag of Ire
land swapping haughtily from her fore
truck and a yellow poodle barking a
greeting TO the Goddess Of Liberty, the
Irish Monarch. 400 tons, and the pride
of the Emerald Isle, has steamed into
port. sugar laden from Java
For more than year the four hundred
footer, with her Irish officers and a crew
OF thiTty-five Cinnamon. had been wan
dering over the Seven Seas. She was
afire once. She ran through monsoon
which blew the blouses of eight China
men and picked sllvers of the deck.
She fell afoul of a hurricane IN the In
dian Ocean and was all but sent heaven
ward by a cyclone off the Cape. She
picked her way through a forest Of
Naterspouts in the West Indies and
ripped up few spouters which got in
her path.
But never once did the irish flag fail
TO flaunt its yellow and green from the
masthead-its yellow harp upon an
emerald field.
In Java it caused CONSERVATION. Ma
tives trained their field glasses upon Il.
as persons elsewhere with the history OF
Robert Emmet and St. Patrick, asked
whence the ship steamed.
''SiTs, said Capt George Gordon GTa-
ham, of Cork. the Irish Monarch came
from Ireland. and she flies the flag OF
what viii be the greatest nation in the
world, England willing"
And she Will fly 1t. says he, as long rs
she plies the main. which, weather favor
ing he expects 10 be thirty-ive or forty
years.
NO. sir: the Irish Monarch Is not the
Irish navy" said Capt. Graham yester-
day standing on the bridge alongside the
yellow poodle, which he proudly said was
second in command. "She IS q plain
everyday ship. able 70 take care Of her
self wherever she goes, and she files thu
finest flag that was ever sewed together
Why have l no Irishmen In the crew
Do you see the officers? Well, they're
Irish amt they?'
Capt Grahams ship is mOOred along
side the Havemeyer & Elder sugar refn-
cry in Williamsburg
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
CHIEFS WERE SURPRISED.
Colonial Beach Department Efficient
and Up-tO-dHte.

Il was something Of surprise 10 the
members Of the fire chiefs convention
when they learned that Chief Charles
Bolts, wha has taken an active part in
the proceedings. Is the head of the fire
department at Colonial Beaach. Va. Chief
Bolts. IL is said by his confreres. is well
posted on all fire affairs, and his depart
ment is sure 20 be efficient il II Is as
up-to-date as its chief. In speaking Of
Colonial Beach's fire protection last
nighht Chief Bolts said.
LAS there are between 1900 and S.00O
WashingtOnians owning property at Col
0nial Beach, ! am sure that they will be
glad 10 learn that the insurance COM
panes last week reduced the fire insur-
ance rates by OGe-hah. Ultil then the
rates were prohibitive. 1t is a wooden
town. and we are making every effort to
give it ample protection. We have nearly
fifty men. with two engines and one
truck The engines are run by gasoline.
and are modern. In order that we might
keep in touch with the latest inventions
In fire fighting, the town appropriated
enough money 10 send me to this con-
vention. which shows that they have
great interest in their fire department"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

Grafton, Oct. sc. A. Hertzog, a pioneer
Of Grafton and the oldest empoye Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, is dead at the age OF
sixty-two years He was a member Of the Knights
Of Pythias and Of the Brotherhood Of Railway
rrainmcn.
Spottsylvania C. H. Oct S.-John Gran
we'll siXty-flTc years old, committed suicide at his
home near here yesterday evening By drinking
laudanum A first attempt, earlier In the day,
was frustrated
Brucetown, Oct S.-swimley Brothers.
merchants, assigned for the benefit Of their cred
itors- The liabilities about 5000 with assets
about the same.
Huntington. Oct S.-The annual meeting
Of the West Virginia conference, Methodist Episco-
pal Church begins tomorrow. Bishop Henry
SpCllmeyCr. Cf Cincinnati. viii preside The lay
electoral conference win be held here October Il.
Winchester, Oct S-Harry II. Parsons
and Miss Edith NJ. Sumption. both Of Winchester.
quietly married IN Washington Monday by
Rev. J. Iryins.
Elkins, Oct S.-The Elklns Power Com
pany, recently incorporated viii establish an cleo
tric light and power plant at Elkius, at a cost Of
$4,000. John T. Davis son Of former senator
Henry G. Davis Is president.
Winchester. Oct. S-Rev. Ulysses SlmD-
son CrOwder pastor Of the Methodist EDisroral
Church ct Davidsvile. Nd and Miss Ruth smith
an heiress Of Whitehall, were married today. Rev
Crowder is native Of GTandleman. n c.
Fredericksburg, Oct. S.-Mr Charles T.
Darling and Miss Virginia Gertrude Dickinson were
married Saturday at Berry Plain the home Of
the brides parents, Rev Father PcrriE. Of St
Marys Catholic Church. officiating.
Norfolk, Oct S-Gov. Preston Lea. of
Delaware, accompanied by his staff, State officials
and others arrived here to-day from Dover and
Wilmington for the Deleware state day Celebration
at the jamestown Exposition to-morrow.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
WILLIAM H. COMSTOCK DEAD.
Passes Away Suddenly I'm Trenton
with Acute Indigestion.

Utica, Oct. S.-WilIiam H. Comstock,
referee in bankruptcy for Oneida and
Herkimer counties, was found dead in
bed at his home in Trenton, few miles
north of here. to-day, victim of acute
indigestion.
Mr.. Comstock. because Of his long and
varied career as a lawyer and confidential
adviser Of the late Roscoe Conkling, was
known throughout the State, and. In the
days when Mr.. Gonkling ruled the Repub-
Iican party, Mr.. Comstock was a man of
much influence in politics.
He was born in Norway. Herkimer
County, seventy-four years ago, and
graduated from Union College in 1853.
Among his classmates was Chester A.
Arthur, afterward the President of the
United States. and among those who
voted for President Garfield and Mr.. Ar
thur in the Republican nominating con-
vention in 1850 was Mr.. COmstock.