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The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
RIGID TESTS FOR ENGINEERS
Seven Discharged for Failing to OBJ.
serve Surprise" Signals.

Omaha, May 30.-Rigid tests of the
Union Pacific enginemen are being
made daily and nightly by means OF
Surprise signals" set along the right
Of way. Seven engineers have already
been discharged within the past two
months and many more are expected
as long as the tests continue.
The many terrible accidents result
ing from the passing of signals and
from heedlcssness in observing them
have lately aroused the railroad Off
Gals, not only on the Union Pacific,
but on other lines.
There are several ways Of making
the tests. In n case some employe
OF he road, under instruction, lifts
the switch lamp from the rod and
turns It so that the red light shows.
The track is all right, the semaphore
signal shows clear, but the light Is
red. II IL the engineers duty to stop,
but many pass by on seeing that the
track Is sll right. These men were
among those discharged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
Improvement Is Slow.

New York, June 1.-R. G. Dun's &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Seasonable merchandise goes into dis
tribution slowly, which causes accu.
mutation of spring and summer dry
goods and millinery in the hands of
dealers and retards collections, while
making operations for fall and winter
much more conservative. At some
points the last week of May brought
pronounced Improvement in CONNER.
cial activity, but the holiday retarded
recovery, and progress Is slow. Manu-
featuring plants are producing at full
capacity in most industries, orders
covering output far into the future,
and more New England cotton mill
employees have received advanced
wages, making the change affect about
$4,000 hands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
. KUROKI OFF FOR ST. PAUL
Japanese General Spends Day at Fort
LeavenWorth.

Leavenworth, Kan, June 5.-Gen.
eral Baron Kuroki and party left for
st. Paul in their special train after a
day spent at Fort Leavenworth. The
day here included a reception ten
dered by General c. B. Hall, COM
mandant OF the fort, and other Off
GERS; a luncheon, a review of all the
troops at the garrison, including heavy
batteries, field artillery and infantry,
and an inspection of the army service
schools and the post in general. Gen
eral Kuroki took especial interest in
the Great crowds of peo-
pie gathered in the city from nearby
points and the visitors were cheered
wherever they went.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07

would like to point out that you can
never get the right kind, the best
kind, of labor If you offer employment
only for a few months, for no man
worth anything will permanently &C.
cept a system which leaves him in
idleness for half the year. And most
important of all, l want to say a spe-
cial word on behalf of the one who is
too often the very hardest worked la.
borer on the farm-the farmers wife.
Reform, like charity, while it should
not end at home, should certainly be.
gin there; and the man, whether he
lives on a farm or in a town, who is
anxious to see better social and eco
nomic conditions prevail through the
country at large, should be exceeding.
ly careful that they prevail first as re.
CARDS his own womankind. The best
crop is the crop of children; the best
products of the farm are the men and
ONE raised thereon"
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
) CONFEDERATES AT CAPITOL
Denied Admission Until They Had
Lowered Flag and Disarmed.

Washington, June 5.-One hundred
confederate veterans from Tennessee,
carrying the stars and bars, were de-
MED admission to the United States
capitol until they had lowered their
flag and disarmed. The old soldiers
came to Washington from Richmond,
and after visiting the white house
marched down Pennsylvania enu
to the capitol. The capitol police in
formed them hat they would not be
allowed admission to the capitol only
as private citizens and not as an or
ganized body. Congressman Gaines
Of Tennessee, who accompanied the
veterans, entered protest. The police,
however, insisted that the veterans
must break ranks and disarm before
entering the building. Finally this
was done and the old soldiers were
shown through the capitol.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
e HARTMAN MUST ANSWER
Legal Proceedings to Be Instituted
Against Him.

Washington, June 5.-After a con.
ference with President Roosevelt,
Commissioner Lane of the interstate
commerce commission announced that
before July l legal proceedings would
be instituted to compel e. II. Harri-
man to answer certain questions pro
pounded him by members of the COM
mission at the recent hearing in New
York, when the merger of the Harri-
nan lines was under Nestigation.
Previous to his conference with the
president, Commissioner Lane had
conferred with Frank b. Kellogg, spe-
cial counsel for the government in the
Standard Oil prosecutions, and 1t was
arranged that Mr.. Kellogg should rep
resent the government in the case to
be brought against Mr.. Hartman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
EARTHQUAKE WAS DISASTROUS
Heavy Loss Of Life at Hsing kiang
THROUGH Recent Disturbance.

Victoria, B. c., June 5.-The steam
err Shawmut brought news of a disas-
trous loss of life following an earth
quake at Hsing Kiang. A telegram
received from Picking by the Nishi
Shimbun at Toxic shortly before the
Shawmut sailed, reported that 1000
persons were crushed to death, a vast
number of houses destroyed and many
persons left starving. The empress
dowager has telegraphed urgent in
structions to the local governors to
take measures to relieve the distress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
THREE BLOWN I0 ATOMS
CAR LOADED WITH GASOLINE
ExPLopEs AT REDDICK, ILL.
ALL WINDOWS IN TOWN BROKEN
Chimneys of Houses Demolished for
Miles Around-victims Were Watch.
ING Freight Cars Burn That Had Be.
come lanited From Hot BOX.

Reddick, H., June 5.-Three per-
sons were killed here by an explosion
Of a car loaded with gasoline. One of
the men killed was Fred Hating, a
barber of Reddick. The names of the
other two men are unknown, as they
were strangers, having come to Red
dick on a freight train earlier in the
day. The three men, together with
several other persons, were watching
three freight cars burn that had be.
come ignited from a hot box on one
Of the trucks. AS the train neared the
junction of the Chicago, Indiana and
Southern railroad and the Wabash
railroad, the car with the hot box was
derailed, two other cars loaded with
oil were also dragged into the ditch.
and all caught fire. Right next to
these cars was another car loaded
with gasoline, which caught fire from
sparks from the burning cars. A fear
full explosion followed, which broke
all the windows in the village and
demolished chimneys of houses for
miles around. The three men killed,
who were standing close to the gaso-
line car at the time, were blown to
atoms and the fragments Of their bod
les scattered for 100 yards around.
No one was injured, as the trainmen
who knew of the contents of the gaso-
line car, had fed to a safe distance.
Several other freight cars compos-
ing the train we're burned up before
they could be removed after the ex-
plosion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
CHICAGO Priests Open Theater.

Chicago, June 5.-Chicago has a he
alter, the management of which is en-
tirely in the hands of Catholic priests.
At a total expenditure OF $500 900, the
College theater, at Sheffield and Web
ster avenues, was opened to the pub
lie for the first time. The theater is
one of the handsomest in the city.
The first attraction Of the new play
house was the late Frederick Gran
Gleason's grand opera, in English,
"Otho Visconti."
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
DETECTIVES KILLED BY BOMB
Te,rorists Throw It at police and Sol.
diers Fire Into Crowd.

LODI, Russian Poland, June 1.-Two
detectives were killed and two soldiers
mad three other persons wounded in a
street here by a bomb thrown at the
police officials by terrorists. A patrol
of infantry. attracted by the explosion,
appeared on the scene soon afterward
and opened fire on the crowd, wound
ing thirteen persons. Thirty arrests
we're made in connection with the at
fair.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
plsreaards Restraining Order.

South McAlester, |. T., June Dds
regarding the restraining order of Dis
trict Judge Pancoast, William II. Muir
ray, president of the constitutional
convention, issued a proclamation call
ing an election Aug. 6, when the con-
stitution framed by the committee for
the proposed state of Oklahoma will
be ratified or rejected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
Minnesota Murderer Arrested.

Portland, Ore, June 5-Peter Ma
thiesen, who has admitted he killed
his companion, Johanson, in a lonely
cabin near Ten Strike, Mimi, was
taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff
Bailey of Bemidji, MINI. He will be
taken to Minnesota to answer a
charge of murder. His apprehension
was due to his i%ndiscreetly writing to
acQuaintances in Ten Strike.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
French Strike Situation.

Paris, June 5.-The strike situation
still continues uncertain, but officials
Of the navigation companies are of the
opinion that a general resumption OF
work Is a matter of a short time only.
The men at several ports have ex-
pressed a desire for the continuation
of the movement, but the officers gen.
orally are inclined to go back to work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
REBEL RAID ON MISSIONS
METHODIST MISSIONARY MERci.
LEsSLY BEATEN BY CHINESE.
OUTBREAK DISTURBED PLANS
Insurgent Forces We're Not Ready at
Tin'e Of Attack Upon Officials, the
Date Fixed for the Uprising Being
June "a.

London, June 5.-A special dispatch
received here from Hong Kong says
that Mr.. Pollard, a Methodist mission.
airy at Chao Tung Flu, has been merci.
lessly beaten by che Chinese. His
lung was pierced by a weapon. The
missionaries are flocking into Hong
Kong from the Swatow and Pakhoi
districts.
The leader of the insurgent Chinese
forces has issued an address exhort-
ing the people to support the move
ment and to confine themselves for
the present to guerrilla tactics. 1t
appears that the attack on the officials
at Juan precipitated the outbreak
against the government, the date
fixed for the uprising being June "a.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
Wreck on Great Western.

Dubuque, June ga Chicago Great
Western passenger train, ~westbound,
was derailed six miles west of Du-
buque. Five persons were injured.
Spreading rails are supposed to have
caused the mishap.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
ironworkers' Strike ls Over.

San Francisco, June 1.-The iron
workers strike has been settled.
Twenty thousand men are involved.
The men return to work on the same
conditions that prevailed before the
strike.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-07
EXPLANATORY RHEUMATISM CURED IN
3 DAY

Merton l.. Hill. of Lebanon, Ind. says; M
wife had Infammatory Rheumatism In every
muscle and joint: her suffering was terrible
aud her body and face were swollen almost be.
yond recognition: had been In bed six weeks
and had eight physicians, but received no
benefit until she tried the Mystic Cure for
Rheumatism. 1t gave immediate relief ana
she was able TO walk about In three DAYS. 1 am
sure IL saved her life." Sold by IL. e. GricN
Druggist, Red Cloud.
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the Ironclad company, the discovery of
which confirmed the immediate sus-
picions Of Boyd when he saw a man
on the platform below him.
Under an assumed name" Boyd
presently rejoine1, "RaWson has been
occupying that lower room for some
weeks. His man who raised the stock
certificates had the room above, to
which Mayo conducted Gray.
at was quite a scheme, that of buy
ing a five-share certificate and then
raising it to five hundred, TO be sub
stituted for the one held by the insur-
ance company" observed Coleman. 1T
was a bit odd, though, that you found
Rawson absent when you first entered
his ROOM
Not at all, Jimmie" protested Boyd.
He probably had been watching out
side the house, to see when Mayo and
Gray arrived. BY stroke of good
work on our part. he did not discover
that they were being Swallowed. Yet
he's a crafty dog. Instead of going up
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to the fifth-flOor room in the ordinary
way, he has kept that room below it
solely with a view to using the fire
escape when visiting his confederate
that he might not be rung in with them
in case of a day arrest, and that he
might have an avenue Of escape II the
room was raided during one Of their
night conferences"
Crafty, surely, as you say"
1T was all by chance that I went
through the lower room just in advance
of him." added Boyd. He came in a
little later, saw nothing wrong, and
was on his way up to join Gray, when
he discovered me outside the upper
window. There was a minute Of lively
work, Jimmie, Internally lively, and
then it was all over but the shouting"
And the settling, Felix" supple
mented Coleman.
Aye, and the settling, Jimmie" ad-
mitted Boyd, a bit grtmly. Barring
Gray, whom 1 will stand by for what
he deserves, they shall get all that's
due them, take my word for that"
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no thought. Moving quietly and eau
tiously, he mounted the narrow iron
stairs leading to the small platform
outside Of the window above, upon
reaching which he found, as he had an
ticipated, that he could peer under the
partly drawn curtain.
The room was brightly lighted and
was occupied by four men, including
Mayo and Gray. The others were
strangers to Boyd, and he could only
conjecture whether either of the two
as RaWson. The entire party appear
ed to be talking at random, however,
as if waiting the arrival of another,
and Boyd, after listening vainly for
several moments. prepared to make an
other move.
IF Rawson has not yet arrived" ne
said to himself, II must return and
caution my men to be guarded, lest he
sees them and scents danger when he
approaches. 1t will take but a minute
or two"
With this project in mind Boyd quiet
ly turned and prepared to descend the
iron stairway. He barely had set foot
on the upper stair, however, when he
discovered that a man was mounting
them from the platform below.
The man below discovered Boyd at
the same moment.
MOI a worn DdSSBQ between IDenl-
there was no time for words.
Three ringing pistol-shots instantly
broke the stiffness of the night Raw
son had fired not only to insure his
own escape, but also to warn his con-
federates in the room above of their
danger.
Boyd felt the sting of a bullet as it
piowed across his shoulder, and the
whiz of another within an inch of his
ear He heard, too, the crash of the
ball from his own weapon, as it went
shapeless against the iron platform be-
low.
In another instant. Rawson. bent up
on speedy escape, was half through the
window of the room from which he had
emerged, the same window through
which Boyd had passed barely three
minutes before.
As vivid lightning flashes, half-a-
dozen thoughts tore through Boyd's
mind-the dark room below; the catch
lock on the door. of which Rawson pre-
sIimably had the kay, yet which he
himself must delay to open; of the sew
erai detectives on the floor above, none
of whom could prevent Rawson's
escape.
Of the peril he was about to embrace,
however, in making the one move that
appealed to him as unfaiIing, he had
not thought. He did not trust in the
gloom to a second shot from his re-
voiver. He did not delay TO pick his
way down the narrow stairs. Instead,
forty feet above the ground and In the
semi-darkness OF the night he did what
only one man In ten million would
have done at the call of whatsoever
duty-ne leaped bodily from the upper
platform and landed. like panther
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upon a hare, upon the hips and legs
of the man passing through the lower
window.
The shrek of pain and rage that
came from RawsOn was entirely lost in
the crash of breaking glass, the rending
of iron bars and crumbling brickwork,
the swapping of splintered boards, as
the lower platform gave way under the
mighty shock.
Despite the appalling situation,
Boyd's mind was clear and he thought
he saw his inevitable finish.
For a moment, while he chung like
a leech to his man, the two hung,
struggling on the coping of the open
window, Rawson madly striving to
shake off the awful weight that was
dragging him out; and then-a fall
neither could prevent-both crashed
down upon the platform next below.
1t shrank and shivered, groaned as
the men themselves might have groan-
ed in the mental agony of such mo-
ment of suspense, and then it held fast
in its place.
And Mr.. Felix Boyd held fast to his
man.
AS usual next morning, Boyd was at
his Pine street office, but he walked
with a cane. his left arm was in a
sling. his right shoulder was bandaged
ana his DIOW was VIII
geon's plaster.
The central office man, Coleman,
came in about 10 o'clock and looked
him over.
still in the ring, eh?" said he, gIee-
fully rubbing his hands.
"Oh, yes said Boyd, smiling
through his pipe smoke I'm still good
for several more rounds, If need be-
You're a hard nut to crack cried
Coleman, laughing loudly. by Jove.
Felix, you're the only man in the
world I really lOve!'
MANY thanks, Jimmie" grinned
Boyd. Better keep it for your wife,
however"
Man. I said. Really all right. are
your"
Near enough 20 1t, Jimmie, have no
fears. Twas a close call. but we land
ed them, eh?''
Every mothers son of them" re-
clared Coleman. Luckily. we heard
the pistol shots, and we raided that
/ fifth-floor room Ike bulls boiling at a
gate. We got all four of them, and
| Vaughn and Cory were taken in later.
Rawson is in bad shape at Bellevue,
but 1 reckon he'll pull through. His
kind don't croak easily unless plugged
with an ounce Of lead"
| Boyd smiled family, and for a mo-
ment made no reply.
OF the gang arrested, one proved to
be an old-time forger. only recently lib
Grated from Sing Sing, and all were
subsequently convicted of being par
| ties to the crime which Boyd so
shrewdly had discovered, and. for the
most part, prevented. In a drawer In
the room on the fourth floor was found
the entire lot of securities stolen from
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GLASS s. PAINT CO., State Agents
y West First South Street.

J. H. HAMLIN, rs West First South Street.
MIDGLEY- B0DEL CO., 80 East First South Street.
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There was a mist in the heavens.
Only stars OF the first magnitude were
ciscernible, and the street electrics
burned with a yellowish halo. A half
filled moon coursing down the western
sky had ring around it. which the
central office man declared was IA
vorable omen.
ssIt signifies that we shall surround
This gang of crooks" he growled softly,
at Boyd's elbow. 1T looks like a
cinch, Felix"
'sThe prospect appears favorable GER
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GEO. w. EBERT & CO., ST Main Street.
kNAPT0N-CU CO., PIT South State Street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-26
Notice of Publication.

State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
ty-Ss:
IN the Circuit Court, September term.
\ y. 1907.-In Chancery. General No.
John w. Good, complainant. VS.. Eliza
u. dodge, Ephraim l.. Dodge, Minnie
W. Good. Anna Benson.
Affidavit of Gun-rcsidcnCe of the above
named defendant. Ephraim L. Dodge.
Eliza G.. Dodge. Minnie w. Good. and
Anna benson, having been filed in the
Once OF the clerk of the circuit court
OF SAID county. notice is therefore here
.bE gwen to the said nonresident de-
Icnddnt that the complainant filed his
bil OF complaint in said court. on the
Chanccry sid" thereof. on the 18th day
of July. 1907, and that thereupon a
summons issued out of said court
wherein said suit is now pending, re-
turnablc ON the first day of the next
september term thereof, as is by law
required Now. unless you, the said
nonresident defendant above named
Ephraim l. Dodge. shall personally be
and appear before said circuit court. on
me HrSt day of the next September
term thereof. to be holden at Rock Is
land IN and for the said county. on the
10Th day of September. y. ID. 1907. and
plead. answer or dCmur to the said
compartments bill of complaint the
same and the matters and things there
III charged and stated will he taken as
confessed. and a decree entered against
you according to the prayer of said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island, Ill, July p, 1907.
Jackson. Hurst * Stafford, complain
ants solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-26
Publication Notice.

State of Illinois, Rock Island Couu-
ty-ss:
County Court of Rock Island County.
TO the October term. y. II. 1907.
Jacob Amman. administrator of the
estate OF Jacob ZuelliE, deceased. vs..
Amanda IuelliG. Mrs. Jacob Baumann.
tncc Magdalcna ZuclliED. George Zucl-
liz. Marie Zuellig, Anna Zuellig, and
ZuClliG). and John ZucIliE.
Affidavit Of the non-rcsidcnce of Mrs.
Jacob Baumann ,nec MagdaIena zuelligD.
George Zucllig. Marie Zucllig, Anna
Zucllig. and Mrs. Herman Struchcn tnce
Bertha ZuelliG). and John Zucllig. de
PENDANTS above named. having been filed
in the Office of the clerk of the county
court of Rock Island county. notice is
hereby given to the said Mrs. Jacob
Eaumann Cncc MaGdalcna ZuclliE.
George Zuelli-. Marie Zucllig. Anna
Iucllig, and Mrs. Herman Struchcn (nc,.
Bertha Iucllig), and John ZuclliE. that
the said plaintiff, Jacob Amman, ad-
mlnlStrator of the estate of Jacob Iucl-
liz. deceased. has filed his petition in
said county court of Rock Island coun-
ty, for an order to sell the premises he
longing to the estate Of said deceased.
or so much of it as may he needed to
pay the debts of said deceased. and de-
scribcd as follows. tu-wit:
About one ana onC-half acres of land
in the southwest quarter ca of section
"a. in township l6, north range No. >.
west of the 4th principal meridian. be
ing So much of said quarter section %
land as lies south of a public highway
running east and west through the
southwest corner of said quarter sec
ton.
Also eight acres of land. more or less.
being so much of the south end of the
east half 90 of the northeast quarter
ca of section %, in said township 16,
as lies 50 s.h of the public highway run
ming thro. al said land, east and west;
all in couhN of Rock Island, state OF
Illinois. AIf,f that "A summons has been
issued out of said court against you, re-
turnable at the October term, y. u.
1907. of said court, to he holden on thu
9Th day of October \. -. 1907. at the
court house in Rock Island. in Rock Is
land county. Illinois.
Now, unless you, the said Mrs. Jacob
Baumann tnec Magdalcna ZuelligD
George Zuellig. Marie Zucllig, Anna
Zucllig, and Mrs. Herman Struchcn tncS
Bertha ZuelliG), and John Zucllig. shall
personally be and appear before said
county court of Rock Island county, on
the first day of Il term thereof to be
holden at Rock Island, in said county
on the 9Th day of October 1907. and
plead. answer or dcmur 10 the said com
plainant's petition filed therein. the
same and the matters and things there
| in charged and stated will be taken "a
confessed, and decree entered against
| you according to the prayer of said bill
Rock Island. Ill, Aug &c, 1907,
ii. b. HUBBARD, Clerk.
Searle & Marshall, complainants so
! licitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-26
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of Frederick Schmale. deceased
IubIic notice Is hereby given that tbe
vi signed, Anna Schmale and George
L. othinaic, executors of the last will
ana testament of Frederick SchmtIe
ue'eaScd, have ON the 10Th day of Ieb
IudfE' a d., 1907. filed their final re-
port and settlement as sucb i'm ~ -
~ court or Rock Island county. and
ntaIihS on said report has been set for
september ., 1907, at 9 o'clock a IN
al Nhlch time persons Interested NAV
appUar ana make objections thereto
anu ii no objections are filed, said re-
port VIII be approved at that time and
OF distribution, and will also ask tn ba
discharged ~ "S
Rock island. Ill. August Q. 1907.
ANNA SCIIMALE
GEORGE +. SCHMALE
Executors of the last Will and Testa-
ment of Frederick SchmaIe. deceased.