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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
CALL new PASTOR
Memorial Christian Church Asks
Rev w. 3. Clemmer to Sue
coed Rev. O. w. Lawrence
COMES FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Will Assume Charge Here in March
Foreign Missionary Rally Meet
ing to Be Held.

The Memorial Christian church yes
terday voted to extend a call to Rev
w. B. Clemmer, pastor of the
First Christian church of Council
Bluffs, Iowa; to become pastor of the
church here, succeeding Rev. o.
w. Lawrence. who removes to Deca-
tur in February to take charge of the
church there. Rev. Mr.. Clemmer
was in the city last week, and those
who met him at that time are con-
WINGED that he will prove a worthy
successor of the retiring pastor. He is
a man of strong character and has
shown marked ability. He will as
sumo charge of the church in March.
Missionary Rally.
At the Foreign Missionary rally to
be held at the Memorial Christian
church tomorrow there will be two
sessions, one beginning at 10 a. m. and
lasting until noon, and the other be-
ginning at and closing at 4. Stephen
]. Corey, secretary of the Foreign Mis-
sionary society. will have charge of
the rally, and DR.. e. |. Osgood, re-
turned missionary from China. will be
present and speak of his work in that
field.
Addresses will be given as follows:
THE Preachers Part in Missions
Rev. o. w. Lawrence.
THE Missionary Mandate"-J. N.
Harker, Long Grove.
"Stewardship"-Rev A. Martin, DAY.
export.
The Missionary Motive''-H. H. Jen-
ner. New Bedford
THE Missionary Communicated
E. Henry. Moline.
Victor F. Johnson of Clinton. Iowa,
Charles Blanchard of Wapello. and G..
G. Hughes of Erie will also be present
and will speak on some phase of mis-
sionary work Maps. charts and curios
will be on exhibition and will be ex-
planned.
A public invitation is extended to
both sessions, and no offerings or
pledges will be solicited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
PERSONAL POINTS.

S. NJ. Goldstein of Peoria spent inc
day here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McHugh have
returned from Monmouth.
John H. Roth of Omaha is visiting
his brother, William Roth.
f. G.. Cole of Toulon spent the day
with friends here yesterday.
NJ. ]. Brum of Rockford is visiting
friends in the city for a few days.
DIR. Maude Dunn of Chicago was Wis,
iting friends in the city yesterday.
w. E. Russell of Danville. ILL.,, is
spending a few days with Rock Island
friends.
H. Clemann and Louis Salzmann left
yesterday for Grand Rapids, Mich, and
Chicago.
DR.. II. G. Trent leaves this evening
for Chicago to attend a clinic at the
Northwestern university.
George w. Reilly of Danville, ILL.,,
and R. R. Smith of Brookfield. Mo-, di-
rectors of the M. w. A., are in the city
today.
Miss Bertha Fleming is in the city
from Niles, Ohio, visiting with her un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. DUFF
fin. 1916 Fifth avenue.
Hon. Thomas Campbell has returned
to Springfield after attending the con-
ference here on the plans for the i'm
provement of the Cemetery road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
Victor Van Neste.

Word has been received here of the
death of Victor Van Neste, director
and superintendent of the Rock Island
Battery company at Cincinnati, which
occurred in that city a few days ago
death being due to typhoid fever. h
had been sick for about three weeks
Mr. Van Neste formerly resided in
this city, removing to Cincinnati re
Gently when the battery company re
moved it's plant there. He was born in
Belgium and was about 50 years OF
age. The funeral services were held
in Cincinnati today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

awakening and recognizing him, he
was compelled to kill her
Other crimes the history of which
IS given. are the suicide of DR.. w. d.
Powell two years ago followed a
month later by the murder of Attorney
John V. Streed; the killing of her
seven children and herself by Mrs.
Clarence Markham; the finding of an
infants body floating in Edwards riv-
er; half a dozen suicides. and the rob-
bling of the Cambridge bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
HUSBAND CRUEL TO HER
Is Charge of Mrs. Mary Baron in Bill
for Divorce.

In bill for divorce. filed in the cir
cult court Saturday by Mrs. Mary +.
Baron against her husband, Albert c.
Baron of Hillsdale, the complainant
charges that her husband at different
times picked her up bodily, and threw
her to the floor and beat her. and that
on one occasion he threw a saw at her.
They were married in Rock Island.
Nov. 5. 1901, this being Mrs. Browns
second marriage. She asks for a de-
cree of divorce and alimony. An in
junction has been issued by Judge
Gest restraining the defendant from
disposing of his property. and from
interfering with his wife. Connolly &c
Connolly represent the complainant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
CLOSED A CHURCH
Scarlet Fever Epidemic increases
in Moline, and 35 New
Cases Are Reported.
DID NOT FUMIGATE DRESSES
contaeion is Spread at Second Congre
gational Church-Number Here
Not Alarming.

| The scarlet fever epidemic continue:
to spread in Moline. and 50 new case:
were reported during the week. 1t was
necessary to close the Second Congre
gational church yesterday on account
of the contagion, it developing that &
number of new cases had been discov
cred, thought to have been contracted
| at a meeting at the church Thursday
evening. 1t appears that a number OF
ladies in whose homes the disease had
prevailed. had neglected to have their
clothing fumigated at the time the
home was treated in this manner. Tile
ladies feared that the fumes would
injure their dresses, and as a result, It
is thought, the contagion was spread
at the church meeting Thursday.
The church will be fumigated, and
services will be held again next Sun
day The church is located in a thick
ly settled district on the hill. where
the epidemic is most marked. The
number of cases now is between 80
and 100. There We're 6S cases in all in
Moline a week ago, but the 35 new
CASES dr. SOIu0WHdI OHSeJ ny the nullf-
Der of recoveries in the week
Not Alarming Here.
The number of cases of the disease
in Rock Island is not alarming, and IS
not greater than is usual at this time
of year. There were but seven cases
known here Wednesday, and since
then three new cases have been re-
ported. Up to Wednesday there were
but three cases which had been report
ed by physicians, the other four having
been discovered by Health Commits
sioner DR.. J. F. Myers, through the
agency of an anonymous letter. The
letter informed him of one case. and
his investigation brought to light three
others.
Nearly All from Moline.
Nearly all of the cases in Rock Is
land are traceable to Moline, the ma
jOrity being in Swedish families having
relatives or friends there The num-
Der of cases here is expected to be in
creased on account of the prevalence
of the epidemic in Moline, but no
spread of the disease is anti
cipated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
PLEADING is HELD GOOD
Judge Gest Overrules Demurrers in
Case Against Telephone Company.

Judge Gest in the circuit court this
afternoon overruled the demurrers of
the people to the pleas of the Central
Union Telephone company in the quo
warranto case brought by the people
on the relation of G. A. Shallberg, city
attorney of Moline, to compel. the
company to show on what right it op-
crates in that city. The plea OF the
company set up that it operated under
a franchise contract.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
johnson Funeral.

Funeral services over the remains of
Andrew Johnson, 522 Third street.
were held yesterday afternoon at 2
O'Clock at the Swedish Lutheran church.
The services were conducted by Rev.
F. o. Hanson. Hymns were sung by
the church choir, and Miss Nellie Free
man sang Face to Face" Burial took
place at Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

j. S. Battles is at Pontiac, where he
was called by the death of Mrs. Bat
ties father. w. OFT, president of the
OFT Lounge company, which occurred
there Saturday morning. Mrs. Battles
has been at Pontiac for some time, on
account of her fathers illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Broadway Presbyterian.-Prayer SER
vices will be held at South Park
chapel Tuesday evening and at the
church Wednesday evening at 7:30.
The Juniors will meet in the pri-
mary room Friday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Grace Lutheran.-The Forward so
ciety meets this evening with Miss Lii
liam Blomgren, 1928 Thirteenth street
Moline.
| The confirmation classes will NEE
Tuesday and Friday evenings at 7:3O
|o'clock and Saturday afternoon at 2.
Prayer meeting will be held Wednes
day at o'clock.
The council will meet in the church
Friday evening at s.
The annual congregational meeting
will be held Jan. %.
Trinity Episcopal.-Trinity guild
will meet with Mrs Tuckis, Twelfth
avenue and Fourteenth-and-a-ha
street. Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock.
First Baptist.-Prayer meeting will
be held Wednesday evening in the
church
At the First Baptist church yester-
day morning Miss Luella May Crisis
man sang "My Prayer" sacred song
composed by Miss Otillie Reupke of
Davenport. The song is full of pathos
and tenderness. and its simple sweet
ness was we'll brought out by Miss
Crissman's sympathetic voice.
Memorial Christian.-The teachers
and officers of the Sunday schools will
meet this evening at the home of Mrs
F.. w. Reimers. ia Twenty-first street.
Tomorrow there will be missionary
rally at the church at 10 a. m, and
again at p. m.
Free Methodist.-Special meetings
will be held every evening this week
at 1870 o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

county infrmary. where he had been
confined as an inmate for seven years.
He was n years OF age. Death was
due to the infrmities Of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
imnrovement MEETING Called.

Members of the First and Second
Ward Improvement association are re
quested to meet Tuesday evening, Jan.
Is, at 924 Ninth street. BY order OF
COMMITTEE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
Barth.

Funeral services over the remains of
the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Barth. who died Saturday, were held
at the home, 1926 Tenth street, at 10
O'Clock this morning. The funeral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
Albert Green.

Albert Green, resident of Milan for
many years, died last night at the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Are you tired, tagged out. nervous,
sleepless. feel mean? HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens your
nerves, aids digestion, brings refresh
ing sleep. So cents, tea or tablets. T.
II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

lecture room of the church Jan. "a at
which time the dollars will be col
lected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing
At Beal & Schmitt's, Illinois theater
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Services were in charge of Dean J. ].
Quinn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Dewitt's Little Early Risers, reliable
little pills. Recommended by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
NEW INTERURBAN OPENED
Connecting Link Between GAINESVILLE
Chicago, and Freport.

The line of electric railway from FL
gin to Belvidere, H.. was completed
yesterday and a trial trip made. This
line. over which express and passen-
ger business is expected TO be carried
in 10 days, is the connecting link in
the road between GAINESVILLE, Wis, and
Chicago and Freeport, Ill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05

no sellers, organize no exchanges, dc
not systematic or concentrate their
capital, but leave to the individual to
dispose Of his property as best he may,
and the net result is the south's pow
erty
Our uplan for organizing is to build
ware houses. elect board Of directors
and a business manager, and, as cot
ton is practically money, allow the in
dividual to hypothecate his cotton to
these companies and receive a loan
sufficient to meet his pressing obliga-
tions; these companies to concentrate
their holdings and sell to the purchas-
er at a price representing. as said al
ready, a legitimate profit to the pro-
ducer and legitimate profit to the f.
nancier, plus the necessary cost of
ware housing, insuring and storing.
The modern facilities for transporta-
ton and communication make the
organization of the cotton interest of
the south easily practical and wonder
fully remunerative.
II beg the business men and the
newspapers of the south to study the
problem and help me in my earnest
effort to solve It,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05
A THREATENING EVIL.
Are the American People to End As q
Nation of Gamblers.

nv SN"'S'iSoh SSPsS ~ .be ~ =
Nation Of Gamblers.
Twenty-three years Of my life were
spent at the New York police head
quarters, where the final results Of the
race track are checked off in the case
Of those who lose, and, often enough
of those who win. too, says Jacob A
Riis in the Century. l have seen the
thing work from the time the Office
boy caught the contagion and
"swiped" stamps at the Office to bel
at the poolroom. ever conveniently
handy to downtown business, to the
day when, man in years, he was
taken to Sing Sing, handcuffed, fol
stealing his employers thousands
They had gone the same way as the
stamps, into the Golfers Of "the house
that ran the game. and there was left
the poor thief, the wrecked manhood
and the desolated home.
One man knew personally for
many years. who. up to the day when
he went to Coney Island and on bet
Of IS won $3.50, was decent, indus
trious man, and good father. From
that day he was a ruined man. With
in year he robbed his friend and
employer and deserted his wife and
children. The gambling devil had him
and had him for good. The detectiI e
office could fill a book with such cas-
es and have enough left for sermons
for every preacher in the land. Don't
fear / am trying to preach one. am
merely telling you my reasons for
saying that horse racing now serves
no good purpose whatever it once did
One Of the reasons: How much
has 1t to do with this spirit that seeks
ever to get something for nothing
something that has not been earned
with the corruption Of the. young even
in the street, where shooting craps is
the game Of the gutter; with the more
thar doubtful ways that make old
business men shake their heads these
days; with the grating" which Dis
trict Attorney Jerome says is virtually
universal? Ask yourself. How much
has 1t to do with the be-giving and
bribe- taking that is our national curse
and peril? How much with the dicing
habit in politics that sits on the fence
waiting to see (which way the cat
will jump" before making up its mind
that is, afraid Of throwing away
its vote" by casting 1t for the right
when that is in peril Of losing-that
sacrifices good government, principle,
party, to coming in winner" and
boasts Of 1t as IL it were the aim and
end Of citizenship just to win. Reason
il out and see IL you do not think
there is connection, and a very close
one.
This evil thing is gripping us tight
er every day. In corrupting the pleas
ures Of the young, 1t Is laying heavier
mortgage on the future Of our peo-
pie than any nation can we'll stand
How are we to shake 1t off? We need
to be about it without delay unless
this people-chosen Of God, as I veri-
ly believe, to water and tend his tree
of human freedom, which underneath
all crudeness and all error has some
how in 1t the germ Of the divine, OF
the ultimate life-is to end Instead
as a nation Of gamblers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05
FATAL NUMBER 49,"
People Who Fear the Hoodoo Still
Patronize Queer Medicines.

People Who Fear the Hoodoo Still
Patronize Queer Medicines.
1t Is usually supposed that nova
days education has practically done
away with superstition, and that
whatever manifestations Of 1t are left
are to be found only among the ignor-
ant, and almost exclusively among
the foreign immigrants into this coun-
try who have not had the opportuni-
ties that have been provided here.
says the Journal Of the American
Medical Association. The recent au-
tomobile race on Long Island, how
ever, almost provided another strik-
ing example of the influence of super
stition even on educated people. There
were to have been fifteen contestants,
but fortunately the number was re-
duced to twelve before the race actu-
ally took place. Last year, with more
contestants in it, though, the differ
ent machines were numbered In rota-
ton, the number thirteen was not CIV
en- out because 1t was understood that
the drivers objected to riding with so
dread a talisman on their cars. They
are perfectly willing to risk their
lives making records Of more than so
miles an hour on an ordinary road,
but they are not willing to take the
awful added danger that would be In
ourrad by identifying themselves with
the number thirteen. 1t Is well known
now that most Of the passenger steam
ships, at least those which leave the
eastern ports Of the United States, do
not have staterooms numbered thir-
teen because of the objections which
many passengers have to travelling In
such a room. Many of the hotels that
have been built recently have elimina-
ted the number thirteen from their
series of rooms for a similar reason
Is II any wonder that, with this sense
less superstition still rampant, people
should continue to think that various
peculiar methods of treatment and
even nonsensical remedies will relieve
them Of their pains and Ills? What
Is needed. evidently, is not education
in general, but specific training In a
state Of mind and a development OF
character that will prevent the domi-
nation of such foolish remains Of the
ignorance of former generations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05

I But at night we always carried Tat
ters back to our shack This greatly
amused the boss, who said he had
never thought it possible for fourteen
| men to "go so crazy" over a little
tramp of a dog.
While at work we not infrequently
talked of Tatters. And each night as
we came home in the cumbersome old
wagon we, before going round to the
stables stopped at the cottage to ask
how went the battle with Tatters. For
few days the answer which Mrs.
Daley or the little girl gave US, con-
vinced us that Tatters was not get
ting along we'll. We feared he was
going to lose out. His life hung In
doubt before us.
But on the fifth day we believed that
Tatters Of battle was going to win.
AS usual we drove by Daley's and CALL
ed the little girl to the door.
How's Tatters?" we asked. The lit
tie girl shook her head more in disap-
proval than in fear Of disappointing
us.
He's naughty, naughty dog" she
said solemnly. To-day mother cooked
the cutest cake for me, and while 1
was eating it, Tatters came along and
snatched 1t out Of my hand and swal-
lowed it at a bite" We threw our hats
in the air and shouted. And as we
turned our horses and clattered round
to the stables, the little girl, her face
beautiful in the fading afterglow,
looked after us in mingled wonder and
pleasure. Perhaps she did not under
stand why we, great, sturdy, grim men.
were singing as we went. But then 1
guess she didn't know that men are
only boys grown big, and that every
boy If he is the right sort OF a boy,
loves a dog that can fight. And, for five
days, had not Tatters gone out to
deaths battle-ground.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05

FILLING UP A VALLEY.-A unique
piece of engineering now in progress
at Newcastle-on-Tyne includes a nov
ell application of ferro-concrete. The
rapidly growing suburb Of Heaton
is separated by a valley from 300 to
100 feet wide and 120 feet deep at
the bottom of which runs the Ouse-
burn river, and after rejecting va
rious plans for improving communi-
cation the engineers have decided to
fill up the valley.
A parabolic ferro-concrete culvert
for the stream 80 feet wide by 23 feet
high and nearly half a mile long,
will be covered by filling about 100
feet deep. The steel framework OF
the culvert, with a total weight or
$50 tons, consists of bars from 5-16
to ID inches in diameter, having a
maximum separation Of II inches'
and the ferro-concrete at the crown
is only eight inches thick. with the
steel strengthening, it is calculated
that this thickness is ample to support
the enormous weight. which will in
clude buildings on the made land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05
CHAPTER II.

A friend sweet, singing wind? will he
supply my need?
In his life his love he will be friend
indeed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05
Addendum

P. S.-"Dick" Britton has just been
in to inform ye scribe that he has
read this article on 1.-The Troubles Of
a Proofreader" and that he doesn't
like It. "Dick" Is foreman Of the shop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05

10The Forth bridge can safely sup
port a weight of 1900 tons.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05
SALVATION TATTERS
The Story of a Friendless Dog.
BY ROBERT q. LEE.
CHAPTER I

Written for The Yorkville Enquirer;
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-10
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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-10
ARE USING HEAVIER RAILS.
Changes Being Made on All Belgian
State Railroads.

Consul H. A. Johnson of Liege
writes that experiments are being car
ried on with view to replacing the
rails now in use on the railway lines
owned and operated by the Belgian
government by rails of heavier weight
"a change made necessary by the in
creased weight of the rolling stock
He writes:
While formerly the maximum
weight of locomotives used on the Bel
gian lines was from 40 to As tons, the
weight of locomotives now in use
has doubled, being from 80 to 90
tons, with cars of from 20 to 25 tons
in weight. So far the heaviest used
are what are known as the Vignole
rails, having a maximum weight of
40.65 kilos, or about 125 pounds a
meter (39.37 inches). A limited num-
Der of the heavyweight rails, it is true,
have already been placed on these
lines, but their use is confined to
crossings, branchings and switchings
only, their weight being 81 kilos, or
ia pounds meter. &
me Welgnt Oh the new rail with
which experiments are being made is
81 kilos, about 125 pounds a meter.
The line selected for experimental
purposessis that from Liege to Ger
many, the immediate locality of the
experiment being on that part of the
line between Liege and Welkemraedt,
distance of some 80 kiloaneters
(kilometer 0.62 of mile), bringing
the total length of double track to
about 60 kilometers, making neces-
sary the use of something like 5000
tons of rails. 1t Is obvious that the
use of these heavier rails will COM
pei corresponding notifications In
other appliances on the lines affected
by the change"