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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Commander Brown of G.
.. R. Says Such Action
is Impossible.
VETS ARE REUNITED
Forty-first Encampment viii
Open Tonight at Saratoga
With Campfire.


of various regiments occupied much of
the time at the opening of the 41st an
uual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic today. This afternoon
an excursion was given to the Sara
toga battle ground.
First Session Tonight.
This evening the first session of the
encampment will be held. Governor
Charles E. Hughes will welcome the
veterans to New York state. Other
speakers will include Commander-in-
Chief Brown and James Tanner, for
merly commander-in-chief, and Arch
bishop Ireland.
AT the evening meeting Mrs. Carrie
Sparlllin of st. Louis, Mo, president of
the Woman's Relief Corps, will present
to the Grand Army of the Republic the
silver jubilee Offering which had been
raised by the Woman's Relief Corps.
Reception to Newspaper Men.
Last evening Commander-in-C Chief
Brown was the guest of honor at a ban
quet at the Elks' club given by the vii
iage of Saratoga to the visiting news
paper men. The commander was one
of the speakers, delivering an eulogy
on the newspaper profession.
For the parade tomorrow afternoon
elaborate hospital arrangements have
been made. Ambulances and automo-
biles will be stationed at short inter
yals on the line of march. Twenty
thousand veterans are expected to
march.
Endorsement for Roosevelt.
Mingled with reelection gossip there
has been a rumor that an attempr
would be made at the encampment to
endorse President Roosevelt for a third
term. Commander Brown declared that
the rumor is utterly groundless.
THE Grand Army of the Republic is
not a political organization, he said
land such work would be entirely be
yond its jurisdiction"
Five Candidates for Commander.
rive candidates have arrived in the
field for commanderin-chief, and al
active campaign is being made by al
OF these for the Office. Among then
are p. H. Coney of Topeka, Kan; Gen
eral John Twilder of Knoxville, Tenn.
and Charles G. Burton of Nevada. Th>
election will take place Friday morn
ing. Five candidates are also in the
field for president of the Woman's Re
lief Corps.
Want Next Camp.
! -Four cities want the next encamp
ment, providing the selection of Wash
ington, d. c., is not made permanent
| These are Omaha, Salt Lake. Detroit
and Atlantic City. 1t is probable ths
a western city will be chosen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
RESISTS PAYMENT
OF THAT BIG FINE
Standard Oil Company Applies to Fed
eraI Court at Chicago for
Writ of SuperseGeas.

Chicago. Sept. 1O.-The Standard
Oil company today applied to the fed
eral court for a writ of supersedeas
preventing the government from pro-
ceeding to collect the fine of $29,
100000 recently entered against it on
the order of Judge Lands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
SEATTLE LEADERS AT The
HEAD OF ANTI-JAP RI0TS?.

Geneva, H., in charge. One of the
feature papers of the day was read by
the Rev. n. J. Forsberg of Calumet.
Mich, who enumerated a long list Of
duties of the Swedish ministers. Rev.
Gothfried Nelson spoke yesterday af
ternoon, and last night the Rev. p o.
Bosell of Chicago and the Rev. G. a.
Elliott of Austin, H., delivered ser
mons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Channel is Cleared.

The government sand dredge Geyser
has been towed to the Moline harbo-
following a weeks dredging at the
mouth of the Hennepin canal Sedi-
ment had accumulated just below the
last lock and the water was becoming
shallow, especially in low stage OIL
the Mississippi. A line of sand pipe
was laid and the sediment deposite
down stream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Proof of Contention.

Proof of Contention.
In this statement and his argument,
Major Richie endorses the contentious
of the national rivers and harbors con-
gress, that developed rivers and har
bors will do more to solve the trans
portation problem than any laws. In
presenting his figures, Major Richie de-
votes little space to pointing out the
discrepancy i'll rates between points
connected by waterways, and those not
so fortunate He says: while it is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Maid Knew of Plot.
HUMANE SOCIETY CHARTERED
License to incorporate Secured fro \
the Secretary of State at Springfield.

Springfield, H., Sept. 10.-(Argus
Special)-The secretary of state is
sued license to incorporate today to
the Rock Island County Humane so
ciety without capital stock, and
the object is prosecution of those
guilty of cruel and inhuman
treatment The incorporators are Dr..
j. w Stewart, DR.. Joseph DeSiIva an
George c. Wenger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Preparation to Discharge 0bli-
cation Incurred on Account of
Big Stock Purchase Agi-
tates Money Market.

New York, Sept. 10.-The Union Pa
cific railroad is to make payment this
week of the banance of the $685.
432 due to the Pennsylvania railroad
on account of the Baltimore and Ohio
stock purchase by the Hartman road
last fall. The Pennsylvania road, III
anticipation of the receipt of his mon
ey, yesterday was offering large sums
in time loans TO run unil Nov. l next,
when the road will need the money for
the paying off of the S50,000,000 Of
notes which mature on that date.
The Union Pacifics debt is in the
shape of Az per cent collateral trust
notes of the Oregon Short Line. These
notes were secured by the Baltimore
and Ohio stock to pay off this debt,
and will require most of the money
which the Union Pacific will receive
today from the underwriting syndicate,
which will make final payment to the
Union Pacific for the S75,000,000 of
convertible bonds recently fioated by
the road.
VIII BE Put Out Again.
The money will, of course, be put
out again. Some disturbance in the
money market was caused yesterday
however, by these transactions and
preparations for the New York city
bond SALE Call money got as high as
| 6 per cent.
| In connection with the paying off OF
| the Oregon Short Line notes it was
lpointed out that Mr. Hartman, at the
time of the announcement of the SIS,
I000,0 900 convertible bond issue, said
that no part of the proceeds of this
bond issue would be required to com
plete the payments on the various rail
road stocks purchased by the Union
Pacific last fall adding that those pur
chases were already fully provided
flor
slump Causes Change in Plans.
1t was indicated by Mr.. Hartman al
that time that the Hill stocks then re
lmaining in the Union Pacific treasury
would fully cover the balance due OF
lthis Baltimore and Ohio stock. 1t i!
lgenerally understood, however, that al
lof the Hill stocks are still held by tn,
Hartman road.
The violent declines in these stock;
lit is believed, prevented their sale il
thine to meet his obligation to tn
Pennsylvania company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
VIII Is Admitted.

The will of the late Oziah McNau
of Drury was admitted to probate in
the county court today. Minor be-
quests are made to the children, and
the bulk of the real estate is left to
the widow. James McNali is named
as executor. The will was made July
30, 1907.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
VALUABLE REPORT
That Filed by c. S. Richie of
This City Has important Bear
ing on Rate Question.
GIVES TABLE OF FIGURES
Showing Comparative Freight Rates
and Effect of Waterway competi-
ton with the Railways.

Major &. ). Rlche, in charge OF the
local office of the United States army
engineers which directs the work of
the upper Mississippi and the Illinois
rivers, has recently made a report TO
the war department at Washington
which is attracting much attention be-
cause of the bearing it has on the rail
way rate question. President Roose-
welt, dissatisfied with the working of
the railway rate law, is said to have
embodied, in his message to the Goth
congress, recommendations for changes
in the law. Just now, when experts on
rate regulation are at sea, Major
Riches report proves of much value
and its contents and deductions from
them are being widely circulated.
Water Regulates Rail.
Major Richie, as is known here, main
tains, as do many prominent men who
have studied the subject, that the bet
terment Of waterways acts as a regula-
ton of Iail rates. His report is quite
lengthy, but the strong point of the
argument is given in a short table of
comparative figures showing the rates
between st. Louis and st. Paul, a dis
tance. of 573 miles by rail and 729
miles by water, and from st. Louis tC
Oklahoma City, distance of 543 miles
with no waterway competition. The
figures follow:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
PLOTTED To KILL
Countess Tarnowsky of Austria
Had Fiance Murdered to
ColIectHis Insurance.
.FINALLYTELLS WHOLE STORY
Made Arrangements with Lawyer, but
Haste to Collect 100000 Fastened
Suspicion Upon Them.

Vienna, Sept. 10.-The Countess Tar
ski, who was shot by a man named
Naumoff, said to be the lover of the
countess, last Thursday night, has con
fessed that she made an arrangement
with a Moscow lawyer named PrilukOfi
for the murder of the count.
The count was insured for a large
sum and when the countess was arrest.
ed it was said she had worked upon
Naumoff's jealousy to commit the crime
in order that she might secure the
100000 life insurance of the count.
Greed Leads to Arrest.
According to her confession, the Mos
COW lawyer arranged the insurance fol
her. She sought to draw the money
just as soon as she heard of the count
death. The lawyer and the countess
were arrested, and there were crimina
tiOnS and recriminations Each claim
ed he or she was the others victim
Finally the countess collapsed, went
into Mysteries, and made full confes
sion.
Maid Knew of Plot.
Elise Perrier, the French maid of the
countess, has also been arrested. She
confessed that she knew that the count
ess and Prilukoff were plotting. Fur
thermOre, she knew that Naumoff, the
real murderer of the count, did moi
know Prilukoff or anything about the
insurance scheme. PrOlukoff, she says
was another lover of the countess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Reported Americans May
beC0nnected With Van
C0uver Trouble.
FOUND WITH THE MOS
0rlentaIs Said to Have Armed
Themselves Anticipating
Another Outbreak.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 10.-There is
every indication the Vancouver riots
were carefully planned to impress
merce. 1t is significant the leaders of
the Seattle organizations against Jap
anese immigration were in Vancouver
heading the demonstration Saturday
night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Ready to Apologize.

Toxic, Sept. 10.-The foreign office
has received dispatch from the Jap
anese consul general at Ottawa say
ing the Canadian government will eX-
press its regret for the occurrence at
Vancouver and take steps to prevent
further trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
HarnnEucd the Mob.

Although the announcement was
made in private letters from anti-Jap-
anese leaders that the Seattle men
harangued the mob not to do violence,
the society itself believes their pres
enCe had to do with the demonstration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Donations Received.

Donations received at the homs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10
Water Regulates Rail.
Class.

CLASS.
> 1
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06

voted to nature in all its varied forms
and loved a mOdicum of solitude for the
thoughts il brought him there was lit
tie of the typical poet about the young
Maine student He realized the value
OF an education, and he did not let the
divine atfiatus distract him in the pur-
suit Of it. The poetic fire that may
nave burned in his inner nature did
not conflict with the New England pru-
dence and thrift that are part of the
original equipment of him who is a
native of the Pine Tree State.
Upon shis graduation-he was not
quite Nineteen at the time-LongfeI-
low did not give himself unreservedly
10 the business of verse making as
might have been expected from a man
who was a poet and who knew his
power He had shown himself to be
of such studious temperament that
the trustees of Bowdoin asked him to
accept the chair of modern languages
which they were about to establish.
IL was offered TO the young poet on
the condition that he should spend
three years abroad in study and travel.
Bowdoin was only what the witty DR..
Holmes dubbed a fresh water" college
IN those days, and the salary was the
paltry sum OF $1,000 per annum but
Longfellow did not hesitate. to accept a
post which was so much 10 his liking.
His progress during his three years
residence in Europe was wonderful but
1t was not a Doetical advance. He Ac-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06
sTENooRAPHER,s ENGLISH.

In some stenographic systems an ar
bitrary sign may stand for one, twe>6F
even three words. Sometimes the mis-
translation of one of these signs leads
to funny results.
THE deed shocked the nation to the
heart core was what was said, and
the typewriter evolved. THE dead
shocked the notion to the hard car"
THE rumOr was but transient though"
was hardly recognizable as The ram
mer was trains end through" A rear
end collision was evidently in that girls
mind.
las mama fed the Jews" was in
geniously tortured by another young
woman into las mamma fed the jays
Yet she was a Sunday school teacher.
plays. creeps and laughs. the limo
cent" crooned the man one day. mouth
ing the opening lines Of some projected
baby verses When the typewriter tap
ped out plays craps and leaves, the
innocent" he scanned her visage close
ly.
When But she held Jake too dearly
for that. and so-passed on" was dc
tated. ard it came out, But she held
jacks two, drawings for that and 50
passed one" would il have been unjust
to credit the girl at the machine with
an elementary knowledge Of gamblingH
Success
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06

given him some reputation. especially
in England. During all these years he
had written absolutely no poetry
A few months later, while in Ger
many. he had the misfortune to lose
his wife. Even then his grief did not
show itself in poetic expression. as il
must have done in less we'll disci-
plined young man who was a poet He
completed his year OF study and then
began his work at Harvard, becoming
a lodger in Cambridge at the old
Craigie house, which afterward became
his own property. II was here that he
permitted his poetic genius TO resume
its activity.
First came Footsteps Of Angels and
the Psalm Of Life" They were recog-
nized Immediately as the work Of a
master hand. a year later he publish
ed his novel. Hyperion which added
greatly to his reputation. His Voices
Of the Night followed. and it estab-
lshed his rank as one OF the American
poets from whom great things were 10
De expected The young poet-p professor
woke I'D TO find himself famous Liter
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06

Quired a working knowledge Of sew
eral languages and made the acQuain-
lance of many persons who were Of
great service to him in after life. One
of them was Washington Irving, who
was then attached to the American
legation in Spain and was putting the
finishing touches to his Life Of Co
IumbuS."
At the expiration of the European
visit Longfellow returned to Maine and
at once entered upon the duties of his
professorship. He acquitted himself
admirably. 20 well that just before he
had reached the age of twenty eight
he was invited to ill the chair Of
modern languages in Harvard. This
was doing exceedingly well, and the
young man realized it. He had mar
ried meanwhile, and the responsibilities
of married life had broadened his am
bition- The new position involved an
other visit to Europe and. accompa MED
by his wife, he sailed in the spring Of
1885 for London Previous to this he
had published "Outre Mer," a volume
OF sketches of his first tour. and it had
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06
INGENIOUS LOCK.

A Jamaican inventor has constructed
a remarkable combination lock thar
seems likely to, defy the most expert
lock picker. The Combination is ar
ranged in four sets Of letters, t~enrS-
four letters in each. and each letter
represented by a figure. It can be set
to a sentence in ALMOST any modern
language, one letter being taken from
one set, one from another and so on
The person who would open the lock
must first know what letter each sfg-
ure represents ard then what language
the sentence is in The Sciertihe
American considers that one trying to
pick the lock would have tos~ork over
81. 0ee. 900 years at the rate sdfr sixty
numbers a minute before arriving ~
tia correct combination
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06

airy Boston had set the seal Of approval
on his work, and the lovers of genius
were ready to do him homage
Then he married Miss Appleton,
bought the Craigie house and settled
down into the career of never failing
literary prosperity which was inter
rUpted only by his passing from the
earth No man ever had more friends
or more enjoyable ones. The world
did not hesitate to accept him as one
of its most promising singers. and in
time the old Craigie house became the
center of poetic expression in the coun-
try There was no history of struggle
and failure Of appreciation. There
was appreciation enough to turn the
brain of less we'll balanced poet. and
there were golden dollars in abundance
II seems that LongfeIIow never eX-
perienced the annoyance brought by
UnmarketabIe literary wares. The
Skeleton In Armor" one of his shorter
poems, did net quite meet the approval
OF the readers of Boston periodical.
and the inimitable Sam Ward. who was
q stanch friend, indignant at the hest
tation, took the manuscript TO the edi-
tor of the Knickerbocker magazine and
almost forced him to pay for it the
highest price that had ever been paid
voted friend took the manuscript of the
Hanging of the Crane" to Robert Bon
ner Of the New York Ledger and OBJ
aimed a check for $4,000 for it, The
1,oe,n contained only 200 lines.
If there had been any doubt as to
Longfe!sow's power 10 reach the popu-
lar heart il was dissipated by the ap-
pearance Of 'EvanCeline." It's beau
ty Of diction and simplicity of treat
ment captivated the entire English
speaking world. II was stroke Of,
great good fortune that the poet hap
pened on so popular d theme and SO
exquisite a setting. and he was always
ready 10 acknowledge his Indebtedness
to Hawthorne, TO whom the subject
was suggested by friend. Hawthorne.
however. was not attracted to IL and
yielded IL willingly TO the poet
In 1881 LongfeIIoy experienced his
second great SORROW. which MAS ae-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-06
COMMITTEES Of
STATE SENATE
Appointments Made by
President Harris at
Opening of Session
Special to The journal

Tallahassee, April 5-President
Harris has appointed the following
standing committees for the senate
OF 1907:
Judiciary-H. H. Buchanan, chair
man; John ,. Beard, Thomas F. West,
l. c. Massey, Frank w. Sans, John
W. Henderson, E. E. Canova, s. w.
Clark, James E. Broome. ]. B. Crews,
]. r. Willis, Park Trammell, Z. s.
Grill. Joseph H. Humphreys, F. NJ.
Hudson, r. Cone.
Constitutional Amendments-John
S. Beard, chairman; H. n. Buchanan,
Frank w. Dams, James E. Broome, j..
tR. Willis.
Appropriations - Frank Adams,
chairman; John S. Humphreys, H. H
Henderson
Mining and Phosphate-C. i. Leg
gett, chairman; w. X. Jackson, Z.
! S. Grill, 1. n. Withers. F. P. Cone.
Temperance-JOseph H. Humphreys
chairman; James Z. Crane, l. N.
Withers, w. NJ. Girardeau, F. w.
Sans
Enrolled Bills-F. w. Sans, chair
man; James E. Broome, E E. Cano-
va, DR.. Theop West, Jr, ]. b. Crews.
Canals and Telegraph. b. Crews,
chairman; John S. Beard, II. H. Buck
man, James e. Crane. S. w. Clark,
Jmmigration-D. H. Baker, chair
man; F. NJ. Hudson, w. X. Jackson,
John Neel. E. L. Cottrell.
State Affairs-John Neel, chairman;
l.. w. Sim, Thomas S. Davis, Thomas
F. West, F. NJ. Hudson.
Public Health-Dr Theo. West,
chairman; James E. Crane. w. K.
Jackson, H. H. Buckpan, E. S. Grill
Public Printing-H. H McCreary,
chairman; d. H. Baker, w. X. Jack
son, ]. A Afford, James E BroOme.
Fisheries-F. w. Sans, chairman;
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cal perfection that is so satisfying to
the man who has mastered the puzzle
of verSification is lost on the masses.
1t is the melody, the song that sings
itself, that finds its way to the heart of
the people. Mysticism and thoughts
requiring elaborate explanation even
when expressed in prose do not be-
come more popular when clothed in
rhyme. The philosophy and occuItism
that are the property of the few do not
appeal to the uncaring many. The alb
struseness of the Brownings is not the
secret of their charm for the general
reader. IL is their earlier and less in
volved verse that won the confidence
of the multitude, and their later lapse
into language not "understanded of the
people" could not ALLEVIATE them en-
tirely.
A few poets-very few, fndeed-have
caught the trick Of wedding melody to
deep mental activity, of conceaIing the
most subtle philosophic speculation be-
meath the garb of simplest melody
Wordsworth was master of this art.
and Lengfellow was skilled in it. His
verse never lost the charm of melody
or the convincing force of coherency.
No poems ever penned by the hand of
mortal require fewer footnotes
Longfellow must have mastered the
technlcalittes of verse making at a very
early age. He entered Bowdoin at the
age or fifteen. and during his four
years stay in Brunswick he wrote
many short poems. fourteen of which
were printed in the Boston Literary
Gazette and attracted wide attention.
He did not publish his first volume of
poetry until 1899, when he had arrived
at the mature age of thirty-oae. but
the collection included four of these iu-
venile efforts-"Hymn of the Morayian
Nuns. The Spirit of Poetry" woods
In Winter" and Sunrise on the Hills
Most poets who have risen to fame
nave fought exceedingly shy of their
earlier work and have regretted bitter
ly lack of foresight that sent them into
print. Not so with Longfellow. After
more than dozen years of opportunity
TO pick flaws in his youthful and in
itiatory attempts he and his friends
saw no difficulty in putting at least
four of them between covers The test
or time has proved that there was no
mistake. There is little OF the uncer-
tain touch of the beginner in these first
specimens of his handiwork
From which it may be inferred that
the poet knew his business from the
beginning and also that he was pre-
pared to take advantage of that knowl-
edge BeSond,the fact that he was de-