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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
PARIS STRIKE is ENDED
Trouble Terminates as Suddenly as 1t
Began, Employees Winning.

Paris, March 1.-THE strike of the
electric '7us of Paris, which threw the
city into obscurity for the best part of
two nights, ended as abruptly as it be-
gan. Through the intermediary of NJ.
De Selves, prefect of the Seine, the
electrical companies have conceded the
principal demands of the men in the
matter of pensions. and agree they
shall be placed on the footing of men
employed by the city as regards to
hours and wages. The strikers went
back to work yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
RaisuIi Makes His ESCAPE.

Tangier, March 1.-THE news that
Raisuli has again escaped his pursuers
is confirmed. Kaid Mehalla, the repre-
sentative of the minister of war, has
dislodged Ben Iarou's tribesmen from
their positions, and driven them a con-
siderable distance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
MASSACHUSETTS PHYSICIANS CLAIM
TO HAVE LEARNED SOUL HAS WEIGHT

Boston. Mass. March 11-Five Mas
sachusetts physicians of the highest
professional standing have just attain
ed what they believe to be decisive re-
suits in a scientific investigation to
determine the existence or nonexist-
ence of a soul in the human body, and
to determine also whether flight of
life is attended by any manifestation
of a nature that can be made evident
to material senses.
The Investigations, which extended
over a period of about SIX years, were
conducted in sanitarium. The results
obtained according to DIR. Duncan Nc
Dougal of Haverhill. one~of the physi
clans who undertook the investigation
show that when the soul fits from the
body it diminishes the weight of the
body by a certain measurable amount
This weight has been found to vary
between one-half ounce and one ounce
after all known scientific deductions
such as loss of respiratory air, of mois
ure and of all eXcretions and secre
tions of the body mad been taken into
consideration.
startled by Results.
In telling of MS experiments, DR.. Me
Dougal said:
-Four other physicians under my
direction made the first test upon 4;
patient dying with tuberculosis. Thi:
| man was one of the ordinary type o
usual American temperament. W.
placed him few hours preceding dealt
upon the scale platform, which | hat
constructed and which was accuratel.
balanced. Four hours later with fiv,
doctors in attendance he died.
"The instant life ceased the OPPOSITE
scale pan fell with a suddenness tha
was astonishing-as if something hat
been suddenly lifted from Ills body
Immediately all usual deductions wer
made for physical loss of weight an
it was discovered there was still ful
lounce of weight unaccounted for
my fellow physicians were mystifie
and only half convinced. l myself ha
grave doubts that our calculations wer
> correct. Otherwise. how was it poss
BILE to account for the strange Jos:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
TREASURER HAS THE BOOKS
?. r. Cox Begins Collecting Taxes for
City of Rock Island.

The collection of the taxes for the
city of Rock Island was commenced
today by the county treasurer. Mr..
Cox requests. that last years receipts
be presented by those who wish to pay
their taxes. in order to facilitate the
work The taxes are already delin-
quent, but no additional charge will be
made until the advertising lists are
made up in April.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
NORTH SEA GETS 81 LIVES
Steamer and TraWler Collide During d
Heavy Gale.

Berlin, March IA dispatch from
Cuxhaven reports the loss of "a lives
by the foundering of two vessels-a
German cargo steamer, the George
Wottern, and a rawler-during 4
heavy gale in the North sea. 1t is
believed those drowned comprised all
aboard both vessels
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
PROTEST WHOLE DELEGATION
Trouble Threatened in Examination OF
Credentials in Russian Douma.

st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE low
.er house of parliament reassembled
this morning in sections for the exam
ination of credentials of members. Pro-
tests were submitted against the cleo
ton of several entire deputations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
JAMES L. PUGH Is DEAD
Former U. S. Senator from Alabama
and Predecessor of Pettus.

Washington, March 11.-After an i'll
week, James l.. Pugh, former United
States senator from Alabama, died in
this city Saturday night, aged 81 years.
In 1861 he was elected to the cOnfed-
crate congress and reelected in 1868.
He was for 1G years United States SEN
ator, being succeeded in that body iii
1897 by Edmund Winston Pettus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
COST $4,000, 600 TO
FURNISH CAPITOL
Legislative Inquiry Into Charges Con
nected With Pennsylvania State
House Begun.

Harrisburg, Pa. March 1.-THE leg
islative inquiry into alleged gross eX-
travagapce. overcharges. etc. in the
ornamentation and equipment of the
new state capitol began here today.
The capitol was built at a cost of $4,-
000,0 900. Nine million was spent in its
Punishment and equipment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
CRUSHED BY WOMAN IN RINK
President of Vandergrft, Pa, Coun,iI
Dying as Result of Accident.

Vandergrift, Pa. March 11.-Abner
McGary. wealthy merchant, the retir-
ing president of the Vandergrift coul-
Gil. is dying at home as a result of an
accident at the Apollo roller skating
rink Saturday night McGary tripped
and fell. and woman weighing more
than 200 pounds fell on him. His pei
vic bone was crushed and he sustained
other internal injuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
MAY FILE A BILL
Effort to be Made in Court to
Prevent Placing Annexation
Measure on Ballot
BY MEANS OF INJUNCTION
Opposition in South Rock Island Claims
Petition was insufficient and
Proceeding Irregular.

Residents of South Rock Island who
are opposed to the annexation of the
tract between Twenty-fourth street and
the Watch Tower car line have. it is
understood, determined not to allow
the proposition to be placed on the bal
lot of the spring election in the city
of Rock Island, if it can be prevented
by an injunction bill in the circuit
court. At a meeting held Saturday by
those opposing the proposition in South
Rock Island, it was decided to have an
injunction bill brought to restrain the
city clerk from having the matter plac.
ed on the ballot. The bill will proba-
bly, be brought on the ground of irregu
larities in the proceedings and the al
legged insutficiency of the petition on
which the city council acted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
GO AGROUND IN SNOWSTORM
Two Vessels Said to Be in Danger on
Shores of Chesapeake Bay.

Baltimore. March 1.-THE German
steamer Pisa and British steamship
Queen Adelaide are today reported
aground in Chesapeake bay, both YES
sells having missed the channel in the
heavy snowstorm yesterday. They are
not believed to be in danger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
TEST 2-CENT FARE LAW
Nebraska Roads Prepared to Fight
Case Through Courts.

Omaha, Neb.. March lit is al
thoritatively announced in private
report from Chicago that the railroads
of Nebraska will contest the 2-cent
fare law which the legislature enacted
a week ago and the governor signed
last Wednesday at midnight. placing
it in effect at ence. The roads are
now preparing TO carry the case to the
courts and there make vigorous con
test to determine the validity of the
new law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
FREIGHT ENGINE BLOWS UP
Threatens Metuchen. N. j., With Num
ber of Fires-Three Killed.

trainmen were killed and number OF
others slightly hurt, Metuchen was
shaken and threatened with many
fires today when the boiler of an en-
gine on the Pennsylvania railroad ex
pioded while drawing freight train
through town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
RAILWAY DROPS TRAINS

Union Pacific Los Angeles Limited
Service to Chicago Annulled.
Omaha. Neb., March 11.-Pursuant
with the prophecy made by Vice Pres
time ago. that the expense of the pas
senger department of that road would
be cut TO the 2-cent railroad fare basis,
the famous Los Angeles Limited trains,
running between Chicago and Los An
geles, was annulled today. The Los
Angeles Limited, east and west, were
the fastest and finest trains on the
overland system.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
PLANS TO START BRYAN BOOM
Massachusetts Democratic State Com
mittee Will Give Reception.

Boston, March 11.-William Jen-
nings Bryan is to be the guest of the
democratic state committee next Fri
day, and George Fred Williams, who is
chairman of committee on arrange
ments. is making preparations to give
Mr.. Bryan a reception which will re
regarded as the beginning of the big
Bryan boom in New England for 1908
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
TWO CITIES MAY BE UNITED
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules on
Pittsburg-AIlegheny City Case.

PhiIadeIphia, March 1.-THE state
supreme court today affirmed the judg-
ment of the superior court permitting
the consolidation of Pittsburg and AL
legheny City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Bridge Swept Away.

Chamberlain, S. D.. March 1.-THE
big bridge of the Milwaukee railroad
across the Missouri river at this point
is being swept away by water and ice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
REPORT FREDERICK
WEYERHAEUSER LOST
Los Angeles Dispatch Tells of Mystery
of His Movements-Accompa
led by p. w. Strickland.

Los Angeles, March 11.-Frederick
Weyerhaeuser, the lumber king, who
is said to tower away above ROckefel-
Ter in wealth, is lost somewhere be
tween Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.
He passed through San Francisco incog
and is known to have passed through
Santa Barbara bound for Los Angeles
about noon Friday. Since then his
movements have been an impenetrable
mystery. He is not at any of the lead
ing hotels of Los Angeles or Pasadena
and his lieutenants are mystified.
The Southern Pacific officials have
been appealed TO, every trainman has
been notified to look out, and every
operator has been given instructions tC
notify headquarters of any trace of the
missing man.
The billionaire is 73 years old and
his disappearance may be a purposefu
one-at any rate, he has caused much
alarm here Robert L. Mccormick, his
right-hand man, is not with him on this
trip, which makes the case more re
markable. When Weyerhaeuser lef
Minneapolis some weeks ago it was
with the intention of inspecting hi:
forests in the west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Blocked mt Each Turn.


He was blocked at every turn, how
ever, by objections from Delmas. lead
ing counsel for the defense, and soon
switched to the testimony of the po-
licemen who saw Thaw the night OF
his arrest, and who declared his ac-
tions seemed those of a rational man.
Delmas asked one of the officers if he
had not overheard Thaw in his ce'l
say he had heard the voices of women
crying out.
The officer said there had been no
such statement in his hearing.
LongfeIlow Called by Jerome.
New York, March 11-Frederick w.
Longfellow was the first witness called
by District Attorney jerome when the
Thaw trial was resumed this morn
ing. Longfellow was formerly Thaw's S
attorney
Was On for Defense.
Longfellow was called by the defense
some time ago to identify certain let
ters which Harry X. Thaw wrote to
him in 1903. Jerome wanted him to
identify letter handed him by Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw upon her arrival from
Europe late in 1903. Longfellow met
Mrs. Thaw at the ship Oct. "a. Mrs.
Thaw on the witness stand said she
could not fix the date or name of the
steamer.
Attorney Several Years.
Longfel,ow said he acted as Thaw's
attorney for some years prior to June
%, 1906.
Did you represent this defendant il
a suit of Ethel Thomas against Thaw?'
asked Jerome.
MY firm handled the case
Were papers served on this defend
anti"
Delmas objected Jerome began t;
argue the point. He said the conten
ton is Thaw's mind was unseated b.
his wife's revelations of what Whit,
had done to her and to other youns
women. 'It has been" he. said. "alleg
ed the acts of White added to the fur.
Of his mental unbalance. We want II
show he knew about such things-tha
they were set forth in a complaint il
this suit by Ethel Thomas, the paper
of which were served upon him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
EDITOR NOT SORRY He SHOT
A. H. Sniff of Missouri Valley Says He

A. n. Sniff of Missouri Valley Says He
Had to Kill M. S. Brundrige.
Missouri Valley. Iowa. March IL
NJ. S. Brundrige. who was shot last
Monday by A. H. Sniff, editor of the
Harrison County News, following 4
quarrel over a story published in his
paper, died yesterday. Sniff in late
issue of his paper said he regretted
editor with self-respect could have
done otherwise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11

There was no known scientific manner
of doing so.
Tried Again.
"As a result of this doubt | submit
ted another subject, afflicted with the
same disease and nearing death, to
the same experiment. He was a man
of much the same temperament as the
preceding patient and about the same
physical type The same result hap.
pened at the passing of his life. The
instant his heart ceased to bet there
was the sudden and almost uncanny
diminishment of weight AS expert
menters, each physician in attendance
made figures of his own concerning the
loss. and at consultation these fig
ures were compared The unaccount-
able loss continued TO be shown.
+ PhIegmatic Soul Slow to Fit.
More remarkable still was what
took place in the third case. The sub
ject was that of man of larger physi-
cal build, with a pronounced sluggis..
temperament. When life ceased there
appeared to be no change in weight.
The physicians waiting in the room
looked into each others faces silently,
shaking their heads in the conviction
that our test had failed. Then sudden
ly the same thing happened that had
occurred in other cases. There was a
/ sudden diminishment in weight, which
was soon found to be the same as that
of preceding experiments.
81 believe that in this case, that of
a phlegmatic man, slow of thought and
action, the body held the soul after
death during the minute that elapsed
before it came to consciousness of its
freedom. There is nc other way OF
accounting for it,
| Tried Three Others.
"Three other cases were tried, in
cluding that of a woman, and in each
it was established that weight OF
from one-half to a full ounce departed
from the body at the moment of eX
psration.
"Thus it appears that the soul must
be some spaceoccupying body. either
of gravitated or some other form o.
matter which has weight. If this
strange loss is not due 10 the weigh
of the departing soul. 1t remains fol
l some one to offer better solution o
the mystery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Machinists' Strike Settled.

Toledo, Ohio, March 1.-THE Pope
Motor strike of machinists, involving
over a thousand men, has been settled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Attorneys Retained.

The residents who have been work
ing for the annexation have had the
assistance of Hon William Jackson,
and those opposing tn e proposition
some time ago retained J. T. Kenwor-
thy, when a protest was made TO the
city council against placing the meas
ure on the ballot. 1t is expected that
4 bill for an injunction will be filed
within a few days. The tract which
it is proposed to annex is bounded by
the street car tracks on the west, Ak
en- street on the south to Seventeenth
street. Seventeenth street south to Il
section line, and by this line TO Twcn-
| ty-fourth street, and by Twentyfourth
street on the east within a block of
Eighteenth avenue, where a division is
made to include a tract of about a
| square block
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
DeImas BaIks Efforts to
Pave Way for its
Introduction.
POLICEMEN ON STAND
Officers Who Arrested Prison
er Say He Appeared
Rational.

New York. March 11.-Lining up his
forces in rebuttal in the case of Harry
X. Thaw, District Attorney Jerome to-
day began to endeavor to lay foun-
dation for the introduction of an aft
dayit said to have been made by Eve
lyn Nesbit in the Office of Abraham
l. hummei
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
RiOt0us Scenes Attend
Attempt to Open
Lines.
MISSILES ARE THROWN
Orders to Stop Work at Lake
ShipbuiIdlng Plants
0beyed.

Louisville, March 1.-THE first at
tempts of the Louisville Railway COM
pany, whose employees struck yester-
day, to run its street cars by nonunion
men this morning were accompanied by
demonstrations in many parts of the
city.
The entire police force is on duty.
There were numerous calls for their as
sistance in widely separated sections
of the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Misses the Mark.

Yalta, Crimea. March 11.-Colonel
Dumbadz, commandant of the garrison
here, was slightly wounded and his ad-
jutant and coachman seriously injured
today by bomb thrown At the colo
nels carriage from an upper window in
a house on the street through which
he was driving The man who threw
the bomb committed suicide in order
20 avoid capture
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Condition Continues Favorable.

Washington, March IL Archie
RooseVelt's condition continues favor
able
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Premier PetkoH Killed BY
Assassin at Nations
Capital.
WALKING IN GARDE N
Another Member of Cabinet
W0unded---SimiIar Assault
in Russia Fails.

Sofia. Bulgaria, March I'm. Pct
koff, premier and minister of the in
terror. was assassinated here today.
Petkoff, with other ministers. was
walking in the Boris garden when at
tackled by an unknown man who fired
a revolver The premier was wounded
by three bullets and died instantly.
NJ. Geumadieff, minister of com
merce and agriculture, who was one
of the ministers accompanying Petkoff
was wounded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11

The information in the above dis
patch from Los Angeles is of interest
here, not only because of Mr.. Weyer-
haeuser's connections in the city, but
because of the fact that p. w. Strick-
land, superintendent of the Rock Island
Sash & Door works. recently joined Mr.
'Weyerhaeuser at Minneapolis to make
the western trip with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
ShipbuiIders Out mt Detroit.

Detroit, March 11.-Union shipbuild-
ers in the Ecorse and st. Clair plants
of the Great Lakes Engineering works
walked out today. The men at the
Wyandotte yards went TO work as US
ual. Dispatches from Bay City say the
men at the yards there probably will
not strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
No Trouble at Buffalo.

Buffalo, March There is no
strike here today in the yards of the
American Shipbuilding company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
RiyeterS Go Out.

Superior, March 11.-About seventy
riveters at the Superior Shipbuilding
company's plant struck today. The re-
mainder of the 1.500 men are still at
work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
JAP Colony In canad.

A scheme is on foot for creating q
japanese agricultural colony in the
heart Of Alberta, Canada,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
Crowds Throw stones.

Crowds hooted and jeered the non
unionists and in some cases pelted them
with stones. Transfers aided the
strike sympathizers in blockading the
tracks. One mOtOrman was seriously
hurt. Two conductors We're forced to
return fares TO passengers. reverse the
trolleys and take the cars back to the
barns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
$50 Out at Cleveland.

Cleveland, March lin obedience
to a strike order issued Saturday by
officials of the International Boiler
about 450 men employed in the yards
of the American Shipbuilding company
declined to go TO work this morning.
The strikers included riveters, caulkers
and filters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11

The demands on which the strike is
based are:
A 10-hOur work day, with % cents
an hour pay.
Forty-ffve minutes for meals.
Pay for extra work to begin when
report for duty is made.
Time and a half for overtime.
Subsequent employees to be allowed
to join the union.
A board of arbitration.
A mass meeting for the Louisville
Federation of Labor was held at which
all the unions affiliated with that body
pledged moral and financial support
The leaders of the strike pledged rigid
abstinence from violence and coercion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-11
school H. Dismissed.

The excitement incidental to the
holding up of cars and throwing stones
in the vicinity of Fourth and Hill be-
came so intense during the morning il
was found necessary to dismiss pupils
of the girls high school.
The teamsters' union has indicated
its Willingness TO order a sympathetic
strike at once.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-05
Judge Bennett Scores Again.

Judge Benefits hand has not lost
it's cunning. He has written in The
Wadesboro Messenger and Intelli-
gencer the obituary of another Arson
man, his subject this time being the
late John B. Ingram, of whom, aft5r a
brief biography, he says in part:
Upon this brief recapitulatiOn his
earthly house of this tabernacle was
fitted, founded and points this way. We
thank our gracious Master in Heaven
for the gift Of him to our weak III
yacillating nature * * Vice, by a SID
gulaT paradox, reprOduceS itself, vir-
tue does not. 3 = & 1t will remain to
the loving household garnered in his
home, when moved to recount one to
the other the loving kindness, SWEEP
counsel and gentle admonition he car
ried as balm in the p%aternal office.
Like some very wise men he married
in sight of the smoke mounting from
the chimney tops of his neighbCr'S
house. His tastes were bucolic-other-
wise rural. The soil was his problem.
* X At the portals Of the grave his
worldly affairs We're settled as far as
varied and large ventures would allow
On ~precarious notice. + + * His cribs
grOaned with fairness; his smoke house
budded and blossomed with cured
hams, cut in shapes which appealed
to genius and the vulgar. He cult
waited a laudable pride in his blood,
which flowed from lofty Virginian
strains. At his home a gentle hospi-
tality diffused the house. His table,
laden with sweet comfort and peace,
spread it's wide leaves and cheered the
! guest 4 i 4 How disappointing it is
to me that the solemnity Of death Je-
strains my wish to strike a note apa"t
from the Dead March in Saul Hail
by, the Great Pee Dee, more majestic
than elsewhere. flows without ripple
or murmur to the funeral home Of
waters. Here he was a central figure
OF deep import and now, to preserve
unbrOken the sweet influence Of his
life of his lent of God, adorned with
the grace and chastity of honor, the
dead man takes his little crib and as
sumes citizenship in the Republic OF
the Grave"
The good man is the official obituary
writer of Arson county. He writes the
obituary of everybody who dies in An
son of whom there is anything to say.
Who, with equal gentle pen and SYM
pathetic heart, will do as we'll for him
as he now does for others, when his
time comes?-Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-05
Long Live the King.

is the popular cry throughout Euro
cry of the present day is Long live
DR.. Kings New Discovery, King of
Throat and Lung Remedies" Of whitn
Mrs. Julia Ryder Paine, Truro, Mass,
says: 1T never fails to give immedi-
ate relief and TO quickly cure a cough
or cold" Mrs. Paine's opinion is silar-
ed by a majority Of the inhabitants IF
this country. New Discovery cures
weak lungs and sore thrOats after all
other remedies have failed; and for
coughs and colds it's the proven rem
edy. Guaranteed by Z. r. Bellamy,
druggist. soc and $1.00. Trial hottie
free.