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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
MAYORS To MEET
Program for Annual Session of
State Association at Bloom
ingtonis Issued -.--
ADLAl STEVENSON SPEAKS
Addresses to Be Made by Some of the
Well Known Executives of
Illinois Cities.

The official program of the conven--
ton of the Illinois Mayors associa-
ton, which meets Tuesday and We'd
nesday at Bloomington, was announced
today by George w McCaslrin, the
association president. The meeting
day morning The headquarters will
be at the Illinois hotel, Bloomingto /.
The program includes addresses by
some of the best known municipal ex-
ecutives in the state.
The Program.
The complete program follows:
InvocatiOn-Rev. F. X Hawley,
Bloomington.
Address of welcOme-Edward Ho!-
land. mayor of Bloomington.
Response-Carl BottsfOrd, secretary
of the association. Elgin.
Appointment of credential commit
tee and adjournment until 200 p m
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Delegates assemble at 200 p. III. at
Illinois hotel.
Presidents report-George w. Nc
Caskrin. Rock Island
Report of credential committee.
The Legal Department and Publ ,
Improvements" Roy Seeley, city At
torney of Springfield
"The Needs of the Health Depart-
ment." Dr. F. l.. Marstiller. mayor ,:
Geneva
The Factory and the City Silas
Cook. mavOr of East ST. Louis.
THE Value of Parks to the Cities
of the State" Thomas O'COnner
mayor of Peoria.
EVENING SESSION. 7:30 p. NJ
Entertainment by Business Men,
association.
Visit to Miller park.
| Theater party.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. II. 900 y. NJ
Seeing Bloomington from an aut }
mobile.
Exhibition run by fire department
BUSINESS SESSION.
Municipal Legislation. Hon. E.!
ward d. Shurtleff, speaker of 45th gen
eral assembly, Chicago.
, At1ER\OON SESSlON. 2:UU l.. VI
THE Commercial Needs of a Grea
City" Alderman Milton J. Foreman
Chicago
Bloomington" Hon. A. +. Steven
son. ex-vice president of United States
! Bloomington.
The Value of Interurban Lines t.
Our municipalities" George Shumway
mayor of GdlesburS.
Permanent improvements" w. \
Panneck. mayor of La Sale
"The Duties of a City Engineer.
Wallace Treichler. city engineer. Roc
Island
Election of officers and selection {
Injecting place for next annual NEE
ing.
Adjournment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
Arctic
Expedition Wrecked
Off Alaska.
SHIP YIELDS TO THE ICE
Captain MikeIson Reported Lost,
But Later Is Said to Have
Reached Aid.

London, Sept. THE Evening News
announces ii cable dispatch was re-
ceived at London frCm Gibbon. Alaska,
saying Captain MikelSOn of the Arctic
steamer Duchess of Bedford and his
companions are safe, having reached
there after wreck of the ship.
First News Received.
Athabasca Landing, Canada, Sept. :
News of the probable loss of the
schooner Duchess of Bedford the ship
belonging to the Anglo-American Arc
tic expedition. which hoped to find a
new continent north of the Mackenzie
river, was brought here by Alfred Har-
rison, who has been in the Arctic cir
Gle for two years and who came here
on the steamer Midnight Sun.
Mr. Harrison said Ernest Stefans-
son of Harv@rd university, after whom
the expedition had been called. him.
self brought the news of the loss Cl
their beat to Herschell island. He
also brought the news of the disdb-
pearance of three members of tn.
party and expressed the fear that
they had met death in the frozer
north.
| IliinOis;n Among Lost.
The missing men are Captain Mikel
son, a Dane; Ernest Dek Leftingwel
of Chicago and J. NJ. Marks. They
| left the ship in February with g.
days provisions for the supposed Ian,
,t-te the north, and had been gone a
days and no news had been receive
from them. One of their dog teams
had returned and it is likely the part.
will never be heard from again.
The schooner Duchess of Bedfor
StefanssOn thought, had probably sunk
The ship had filled with water, prob
ably from the ice strain. but they ha,
been able to remove everything .
value to the main shore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
LETTER CARRIERS
ELECT w. E. KELLEY
Brooklyn Man Chosen to Succeed HoI-
land Who Accepted Hint from
Washington.

Canton, Ohio, Sept. 7.-The National
Letter Carriers today elected these of
ficers:
President-W. L. Kelley, Brooklyn.
Vice President-E. J. Gamer. Mum
Gle, Ind.
Secretary-E. J. Cantell.
Member of committee on constitu-
tion-B. F. Smiley, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Director of the Retirement associd-
tion-E. Schmidt. Quincy, Ill.
Holland withdrew from the race on
a hint from Washington
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
DIVERTED FUNDS
TO HIS OWN USE
Serious Charges Made Against Presi-
dent Of the Failed Erie Heat
ing Company.

Chicago, Sept. "A receiver was
today appointed for the Erie Heating
The liabilities were placed
at 100000 with little assets. Charges
are made in the petition that F. w.
Gale, president of the company, d.
verted large sums of money from the
company to his own use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
DENEEN TO SEE JAMESTOWN
With Staff Leaves Thursday Night for
Illinois Day Exercises,

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 7.-Governor
Charles S. Deneen and party will leave
Thursday night to attend Illinois day
exercises on Saturday at the James
town exposition. The party will in
clude Dr. Edmund ]. James, president
of the University of Illinois, the state
exposition commission and various
state officers. The party will leave
jamestown for Springfield Saturday
night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
GIRLS ASTRIDE o. X. SAYS
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
President Gives Approval to This
Fashion After Seeing Glass Re-
view at Academy.

Oyster Bay \. Y, Sept, 7.-Riding
astride for women received presiden-
tial approval here yesterday, when
President Roosevelt reviewed the class
of the Planting Field Riding academy.
The girls in the summer class ride
astride and the president expressed
himself as in favor of that method
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
NOBODY WANTS BOND OFFER
Only $4,000 of Million Dollar Boston
Loan is Taken.

Boston, Mass, Sept. 7.-Boston ap-
pears TO have made practically a dead
failure of its attempt to float a million
dollar loan in per cent bonds. Though
on the market for several weeks, the
total sales over the counter to date
have amounted TO but S14S,000. The
failure is credited to the fact that New
York City offers S40,C00,000 in Az per
cent bonds, the advanced rate taking
the wind out of Boston'S effort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
BOAT BURNS; CREW IS SAFE
River Steamer Henry X. Stanley is
Destroyed by Fire.

Gallipolis. Ohio, Sept. THE steam-
er Henry X Stanley, the packet plying
between Charleston, w. Va, and Gin
einnati, burned yesterday at Gallipolis
! island. The crew was on board and
narrowly escaped death. The loss was
s2O. 900. An exploding lantern caused
| the fire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
KILLED ON WEDDING NIGHT
Body of Texas Young Man Found in
the Woods

NacodOches, Texas, Sept. ID. d.
Owens, who was to have been married
Thursday night TO Miss Maggie Will
kerson, daughter of farmer near here
disappeared just before the ceremony
Last night a searching party found his
body in the woods. He had been shot
aud a rope placed around his neck. A
negro Is suspected of the crime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
BURTON NAMED FOR
ClEVELAND'S MAYOR

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 7.-Congress-
man Theodore E. Burton was today
nominated by acclamation for mayor
of Cleveland at the republican city
convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
Love Waits on Law IS Years.

London, Sept. IA Mancheste..
couple, respectively 20 and Go years
old, having waited 20 years for the
passage of the act legalizing marriage
with a deceased wife's sister, have
given the necessary notice of their in
tention to marry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
CHICKEN POISONS
THRESHING CREW
son, Iowa, But All Are Ex-
pected to Recover.

Manson, Iowa, Sept. Twenty men
and boys of a wheat threshing crew
north of Manso4i Thursday were poison.
ed by eating chicken sandwiches. A
number are Desperately sick, but the
physicians believe all will recover.
Ptoma:nes had developed in the
chicken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
HALF LIFE.
Girl Who Slew at Command of
Tyrant Husband at Last
Freed From Prison.
HAD LONG BEEN FORGOTTEN
Pathetic Case of Mrs. Wihemina
Baehr, Victim of Stern Justice
of Wisconsin Courts.

Madison. Wis, Sept. AFTER serv-
ing 1G years i'll states prison-one-half
of her life-Mrs. Wilhelmina Baehr
was set at liberty yesterday by the
pardon of the governor. She entered
prison a girl wife, ignorant of the law
unable to speak English. She left it Il
broken, faded woman. Half of her life
had been sacrificed TO the greed of Il
husband old enough to have been her
grandfather.
In 1891 Wilhelmina came to Wiscon-
sin from Germany. She was then scarce
Is years old. Her parents took farm
in the woods in Shawano county, and
widOwer named Baehr, because her
parents told her to.
Baehr was % or so years her senior
and had children older than she. He
was known as Il srasping man, willing
to do anything to get money. Wilhcl-
NINA became his household drudge.
One night a traveller, Michael Sells,
stopped at the Baehr home for the
night. Apparently he had money.
The greed of old man Baehr was eX-
cited, ana he resolved to put Sells out
of the way Accordingly he told Viii
helmina to put poison in the food she
gave Sells for supper She did so, and
Sells died the next day.
Put Blame ON Wife.
Confronted with arrest, Baehr put
the whole blame on his child wife and
she was accused of the crime and put
in Jail. When her trial was called, her
husband advised her to plead guilty
telling her that if she did so she would
escape with light sentence in Jail.
The girl did as she was told In.
stead of giving her a light Jail sen
tenGe, the judge sentenced her tc
states prison for life. Even then she
did not realize how great her punish
ment was to be. and on the day that
she was taken to prison she told hel
friends she would be back in seven
months.
Forgotten in Prison.
Soon after she entered the state pen
iitCntiary her husband committed sui
eide. driven to it, it is claimed. by re
morse for his act in compelling his wife
to poison Sells. After Baehrs deatl
the case of the girl wife in the STATE
penitentiary was forgotten and she wa
left without friends.
| Two weeks ago several wealthy ant
influential citizens of Oconto count,
interested themselves in her behalf AM
petition for her pardon recitfng tn,
facts in the case was laid before Gov
ernor Davidson. He Investigated fo
! himself and became convinced that jus
ticC had been satisfied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
FIRE FOR PLAGUE HOSPITAL s
San Francisco Authorities Plan to Burn
City and County Buildings.

San Francisco. Sept. THE board of
health has recommended to the board
of supervisors that the city and county
hospital, which has sheltered num-
Der of plague cases, be burned. The
city and county hospital is collection
of frame buildings and it has long been
planned TO demolish it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
Forgotten in Prison.

leo and placed in the Presbyterian
hospital. There it was given out that
some of them are in a precarious con-
dition.
Fireman Killed in Collision.
BOtsfo, Conn, Sept. In a col
lision here last night between New
York, New Haven d Hartford freight
train and passenger train Of the same
road, George Chambers, fireman of the
freight, was killed and several persons
on the passenger train were slightly
injured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
BELL HEADS THE EAGLES
Entire Administration Ticket Is Elect
ed at Norfolk Convention.

Norfolk. Va, Sept THE admin
istration ticket headed by Theodore
Bell of California won out in the ele2-
tion of grand officers of Fraternal o.
der of Eagles The full administration
ticket was elected over the anti-admin-
istration by large majorities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
TRIED TO END ALI
Fred M. Fish, Wealthy Chicago
Broker, Kills Wife and At
tempts Suicide.
ILL HEALTH SUPPOSED CAUSE
ST. Louis Man Held for Killing Son
When Latter Came Home Drunk
Claims SeIf-Defense.

Chicago, Sept. Mrs. Fred NJ. Fish,
wife of wealthy retired Chicago bro
ker, was found murdered in her home
at Evanston early today. Fish was
found with his throat cut in the same
room with his wife. The police believe
Fish murdered his wife, first shooting
her with a shotgun, then hacking hec
in a horrible manner with butchers
cleaver, and afterwards attempting sui
eide.
His recovery is doubtful. The only
cause assignable for the tragedy is i'll
health and dependency on the part of
the husband.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
Father Kills SON.

St Louis. Mo, Sept. Locked in a
cell awaiting the cOroner's inquest,
Christian Kelley, Sr., aged AZ, grieves
over the death of his son, whom he
Christian, aged 20, was reprimanded
by his father, and it is claimed by the
father attacked him with chair. and
in the struggle the elder Kelley in self
Idefense stabbed the son with pocket
knife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07

Waterloo. Iowa, Sept. 7.-Threc more
OF the injured i'll the wreck of the ROcl;
Island express train yesterday at Nor
ris died here today. This raises the
death list to II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-07
Small Port Bombarded.

Tangier, Sept. IA French warship
bOmbarded yesterday the small port of
Fedals, 45 miles northeast of Casa
Blanca. but the bombardment did not
prevent the Portuguese ship from land.
ing arms there for the Chaouias tribe,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-31
More Gold Engaged for
Shipment From
Abroad.
INVESTORS NUMEROUS
November Dividend and interest
Payments Are Record Breaking
in Amount and Will Further
Strengthen the New York
Financial Situation.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.--The restoras
ton of public confidence is indicated
by the diminished interest taken in the
financial situation. which continues 10
rrdJust itself to a normal basis. The
sold engagements were increased to-
day by S1,500000. bringing the total up
to $2a. 100000
The Bank of England's increase oe
the bank rate to 5M per cent. was fully
expected, and was even, better than
expe cted, as the advance was TO per
cent. last year. when the Bank of Eng
lend protected its gold stock against
Withdrawals to tho United States.
The stock market fluctuations did
not differ materially from those of or
binary times. The market in general
Was very strong. Several of tie bank
ing institutions which have experienced
recent difficulty held meetings during
the day to readjust tfeir affairs and
resume business. and the few runs
which have been going on dwindled
to practical close.
The enormous extent to which in
vestment buyers are taking advantages
of the declines in the prices of stocks
to buy UP small lots was Indicated to-
day by the estimate of competent au-
thorities that investment buyers have
taken 100000 shares of stocks out Of
the market within the last ten days.
The average value Is estimated at $50
a share, making total investment OF
500. 100000.
This Investment is believed 70 90
going on at the rate OF Sl0.000, 900 q day.
and financial authorities say st~ig- i Fl,
4 fordlng much relief in the money l11a~-
ket. Bankers are facilitating the move
ment in all possible ways, and fred
| morning until night stock exchanges
messengers stand In line at the trans
fer offices with certificates TO be split
into odd lots and divided among many
small buyers.
The run on the Colonial Branch OF
the Trust Company of America ceased
today, all waiting depositors having
been satisfied In the first hour after
the opening of the office. That at the
main office of the Trust Company Of
America had dwindled today TO few
bank runners. who were compelled to
Continued on Third PaEe.)
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-31
BONFIRE FATAL
TO LITTLE
GIRL
Margaret McGilI, 6 Years
Old, Set Clothing AbIaze
in Street.

Margaret McGill, the 6-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
Gill, of So Oliver street, died in st.
James's Hospital early last evening
from the effects of burns received an
hour and half before while playing
around a bonfire with several COM
panions.
Margaret. with several other chill
drtn about her own age. made the bon
fire almost directly in front of her
home. ana as the flames began to
shoot UP the children became over
Jcyed at the spectacle, They Joined
hands and began TO dance around In a
circle.
Presently, Margaret thought the
( flames were beginning to die out, and
she ran a short distaree and got some
dry sticks and some excelsior, which
she was throwing or the fire when her
dress became ignited
1t is thought that she was a little
dizzy from the effects of the dancing,
and in this way lost her balance.
In less than minute her body was
wrapped in flames. A passing truck
driver heard her screams. and, hastily
grabbing his blanket. ran and threw
1t around her. BY this time the child's
mother had reached the scene and
carried her child into the house. Others
ran for a nearby doctor. When he
arrived he ordered the little girls re-
moval to st. James's Hospital.
There 1t was found that she had in
hailed some of the flames and that
there was no chance of her recovery.
She fingered for about an hour and
a half. suffering excruclating pain, be-
fore death came to her relief
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-31
DOCTOR DEAD:
DUAL LIFE
REVEALED
Had Committed Bigamy and
Fearing Exposure Killed
Himself.

BOSTON, Oct. 13.--That fear of ex-
posure of the dual life hefwas leading
caused the suicide of DIR. Albert Cush-
man Day, Of Brooklyn. N. Y, the
young staff physician of the Boston
City Hospital, who shot himself
through the heart in the woods at
West Roxbury Friday, two days after
his clandestine marriage to Miss Es-
telle Maude Callahan, of Edgewood. r.
l., the Gibson girl nurse at the Re-
lief Hospital was made certain today
by the discovery that the young doc
tor already had wife who was about
to bring proceedings against him fol-
lowing the announcement OF his recent
wedding.
It was learned today that Dr. Day
was married on March 16, 1904. at
Brockton by Assistant City Clerk Pack
ard to Miss Martina Thompson, aged
16, a daughter of w. A. Thompson, of
West Roxbury, where DIR. Day made
his home. The marriage was kept Sc
cret, as Dr. Day stated he wished to
complete his medical course of study
and hospital work before having his
marriage made known to his family.
1t has also been learned that after
this earlier marriage DR.. Day became
engaged to marry a young lady Of
Haverhill, but she broke the engage
ment after an interview in which the
doctor told her he had planned to
marry another girl.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-31
Frasef's Written Plea to
Judge Who Sentenced Him
TO Three-year Term.
NEVER GOT PROMISED AID
His Story Charges Attorney,
Whose Name Is Given, With
a Cheap Imposition-.Ten
Eyck Is Looking Into
the Case.

Judge Ten Eyek. of the Court of
Quarter Sessions, has under investiga-
tion the story told in the following let
ter which he has received from Will
lam Frazer and which explains itself:
County Jail. Newark:
'Honored Sir--I was arrested on Sep
tember and had on my person $25.4 and
some other property which did not belong
TO the case at all. AS ! intended and did
plead gully did not need a lawyer TO
defend me, but | needed the money arfo
engaged a lawyer to get ii for me. d1ere
q name and address are given.) He agreed
to get the. money for me and make a
plea for elemency for IS of the money.
He told me he would not get the money
until twenty. days after was sentenced
lie also told me that he went to New
York. got reference from party I
worked for, which was a lie. because he
Gid n1t see the party, as the man lives
in one of the largest hotels In the city
lie said he came downstairs In dressing
comes downstairs in hotel in q dressing
gown. Furthermore, the man is blind and
could not write a reference himself
Toa epf ssst he Tds wa not in the court
you sentenced me on Monday to three
years in State Prison.
,,,l III ~ you can help hell me get this money and
live to get out will need it very badly.
as | am subject to epilepsy and my gem
eral health Is not very good:
Hoping you viii do what you can for
me IN this matter, 1 am, Yours very re-
spectfully, w, FRAZER.
1 never got any of the money"
The wall from the Jail was written in
lead pencil and inclosed in a letter from
Captain Carroll, of the detective bu-
reau, which set forth that the money
was turned over to the prisoners coun-
sci on an order signed by Frazer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-31
BOLD REPLY
|. IS MADE BY
BLOOMFIELD
Says Question Of Veracity
Lies Between Fort and
Governor.
USES WORD "FALSEHOOD"
Takes Up Candidates RefutatiOn
Of Senate Bill 2O2 Charges.
In Statement Quotes Letter
That He Says Stokes
Wrote.
USES WORD "FALSEHOOD"
Especial to the Evening star.l

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 81. -
Charles A. Bloomfield. of Metuchen,
whose charges with reference to former
Judge Forts connection with senate
bill 262 Candidate Fort answered at
the mass meeting in Perth Amboy
Tuesday evening, today explains his
authority for the charges he made In
the following letter to a local paper:
II have before me what Is claimed
to be an exact report of ex-Judge
Forts answer to my charges with
reference to his connection with Senate
bill 262. This bill l denominate law
to encourage crime in public officials
and rob the people of Middlesex County
of tens of thousands of dollars. Judge
Fort in his speech at Perth Amboy
Tuesday evening is reported as say
ing, first, I never knew of the prepara-
ton of Senate bill 262 or the introduce
ton of that bill into the Senate. l
never saw it or was consulted or
spoken to about it by anyone when IL
was pending in the Legislature;' Sec
ond, I never saw or spoke or wrote 10
the Governor IN relation to it, and
never requested him, directly or indi-
rectiy, in any way to approve of that
bill;' third, I never saw the bill or
knew that it had been approved until
Il was brought TO my attention on APP
plicatlon which was made on the first
day of January. 1906, to vacate rule
which 1 had granted on the 22d of
August, 1906: which rule contained n
hstay with relation to the payment of
moneys due upon the Amboy bridge.
I'm answer TO the above, let me quote
to you from Governor Stokes's letters to
me, the first one dated June 12. 1906:
Judge Fort thinks this bill should be
signed.
Again LET me quote from Governor
Stokes's letter dated January %, 1907:
g When you say I signed Senate bill 262
10 please Strong you are mistaken. |
signed bill 262 at consultation with Judge
Fort and the AttorneyrGeneral.'
who is telling the truth? Who will
profit by false statements?
when consider Judge Forts career, I
look upon his election to the position Of
chief of the great commonwealth of New
Jersey as one OF the greatest misfortunes
that could happen TO 1t. Yours sincerely.
CHARLES A. BLOOMFIELD"