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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-24
CAREER OF GROVER CLEVELAND UNIQUE IN HISTORY

Stephen Grover Cleveland was born
March Is, 1897 at Caldwell, Essex
county, New York. His father. Rev
Richard Cleveland, was Presbyterian
minister and his mother was of humble
parentage. Grover was the fifth of a
family of nine children. In 1S41 the
family removed to Onondaga county in
the same state, and here the son at
tended the public schools and grew in
to a big healthy youth, full of health
and spirits and with a liking for hard
work. He was an average boy in stu
dies and at play but unlike many 9th
ers, he always had job.
His first regular employment was as
salesman in store. When he was II
his father died and it became nece5-
sary for the older boys to support the
brother went to New York where the
former taught in an institution for the
blind for year.
Starts for Cleveland, Ohio.
This life being too sedate for one oi
| his temperament he borrowed S25 and
set out for Cleveland. Ohio, being at
tracted by the name. At Buffalo he
stopped to visit wealthy uncle who
| took liking 10 the boy and put hin
at work compiling book on Shorl
Horn cattle. The trip TO Clevelant
was abandoned.
Through his uncles influence the fu
ture president obtained a place in /;
leading law office of Buffalo and ht
was admitted to the bar in 1859. Twt
years he was appointed assistant dis
trict attorney of Erie county and h.
soon became recognized as a good tria
lawyer. He studied his cases thoi
oughly and made the most of his ma
terial, though he was never brillian
and never won plaudits as an orator.
Lost First Campnign.
In his first campaign for Office Nj
Cleveland was defeated. He ran fo
district attorney of Erie county. Tai
ing an increasing interest in polite
be became III 1866 chairman of tn
democratic county committee, and i
1870 was that party's candidate fo
: sheriff, being elected. After servin
the four years term he entered Ia'
ipartnership at 81 years OF age, and q
once took his place as one of the leat
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his health, indirectly leading to his
DEATH
For IL years Leeds had been living
happily with his first wife. who was
Miss Jeannie Gaar of Richmond, Ind.
Suddenly there came divorce-like
bolt out of clear sky.
Leeds had fallen in love with the
beautiful Mrs. Worthington of Cleve-
land.
Marries Cleveland Diyoreee.
He made love to her so nIadly that
Mrs. Worthington's husband divorced
her. Mrs Leeds obtained her decree
shortly after and three days later
Leeds married the beautiful Cleve-
land divorcee.
He bought her the 100000 yacht
Cetoah, fitted up with oriental sump
tuousness, and took her on long
cruise to the Mediterranean. lavishing
money on her.
When they returned. Leeds found
that his love affair had cost him the
friendship of the Moores and made
him many powerful enemies. But his
wife plunged with him into the social
battle at Newport, eager to reign In
society.
Battle of the Wives.
Some time later there was an in
teresting duel of gowns at Palm
Beach, Fla, where the two Mrs.
Leedses met by accident.
Wife No. 1 was supplied with Is
trunks full of clothes and outshone
wife No. until the latter's wardrobe
arrived. after frantic kilograms, and
the two women amused the whole
hotel with the strife to surpass each
other in raiment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-24
children surviving, Esther, Francis,
Grover, Marion and Richard.
FEW were KILLED.
English Hear That Reports Of
Bioodshed in Persian Capital
Have Been Exaggerated.
SULTAN IN CONTROL OF CITY
Cossacks Camped Around Wrecked
Parliament Buidings-History
of the Trouble.
SULTAN IN CONTROL OF CITY

London June pa private dispatch
from Teheran says only a small num-
Der of persons were killed during the
fighting in that city yesterday and that
The firing was confined to the neigh
borhood of the national assembly. Of
ficial messages received at the foreign
Office state the situation is not so bad
as the more sensational newspapers
have represented it. The British lega-
tion estimates the killed at about
forty.
Quiet Reigns ut Night.
Teheran, June 24.-After a bloody
fight which was waged around the
parliament buildings yesterday the
city was comparatively quiet last
night, although the Cossacks were
camped in the streets and squares.
Cossacks and soldiers early in the
morning surrounded the parliament
buildings and demanded that a num-
Der of persons whose arrest the shah
had ordered be forthwith handed over
to them. Parliament refused to com
ply with this demand, and shots were
fired at the troops, several soldiers
being killed.
Orders were at once issued from
military headquarters that the parl;a
ment buildings be bombarded, and the
artillery fire commenced soon after 1C
o'clock. While this was in progress
bombs were thrown from the parlia
ment buildings and the mosque ad
| joining, disabling one of the guns and
wounding the gunners.
Many Killed and Wounded.
| Eventually the halls of parliament
| were cleared, but not before many
tpersons had been killed and wounded
The bombardment continued until
] o'clock in the afternoon, when it sud
denly ceased. In the meantime the
troops pillaged the political clubs il
| that neighborhood and numerous resi-
dences of influential members of par
Lament, in which work they ~were
aided by the populace.
The number of casualties is un
known, but it will be very large. Th'
parliament buildings are practically
in ruins. The firing was confined t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-24
GROVER CLEVELAND IS
SUDDENLY CALLED AT
HIS PRINCETON HOME
Fresh Attack Of Old MaIady Coming On Over Night
Causes Him to Sink Rapidly and He Finally
Passes Away at $40 in the Morning.
Was Slightly Worse.

tack of digestive trouble which he had
experienced many times before.
Was Slightly Worse.
1t became known today that Mr..
Clcveland's condition took a slight turn
for the worse yesterday afternoon, but
physicians did not consider it alarm
ing, and Notwithstanding the oppress-
i've heat, the former president passed
fairly good night. When Drs. Brant
and Lockwood visited the patient this
morning they found him 'indisposed,'
as one of them termed it.
~ End Comes Quickly.
Shortly before DR.. Carnochan was
askei to step over to the house. Cleve-
land Soon began to fail. The physi-
clans Recognized instantly the symp'
toms. With every resource at hand
they W >rled over the patient, but he
finally l,Ps' into unconsciousness, and
the end E. ne at $40. 1t is believed
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Details of Last Moments MOI
Related at Request of
The Family.

Princeton, NJ. j., June 24.-Grover
Cleveland died at $40 this morning.
The following statement signed by
Drs. Joseph D. Bryant, George r.
Lockwood and J. M. r. Carnochan was
given out:
cleveland for many years had suf-
fered from repeated attacks of CASTRO
intestinal origin. Also he had long
standing organic disease of the heart
and kidneys. Heart failure compIi
Gated with pulmonary thrombosis and
oedema were tho immediate. cause of
DEATH"
Announcement Delayed.
The passing away of Cleveland was
not Immediately announced but was
delayed until an official statement had
been prepared by the physicians who
had been attending him in he various
periods of his illness.
While Cleveland had been seriously
i'll from time to time the announce
ment of his death came like thun-
derbolt 10 those who had been watch
ing his illness
Physician Called.
Last night there was slight fear
among the friends of Cleveland that
something was seriously wrong with
the ex-president. This was occasioned
by visit of DIR. Bryant of New York,
Cleveland's physician for many years.
Mrs. Cleveland later in the evening
discussing Bryant's visit said there
was no occasion for alarm and that
Cleveland was getting along nicely.
This reinsurance totally unprepared
their friends for the announcement OF
his death.
Children at Summer Home.
Mrs. Cleveland was at home when
her distinguished husband passed
away. The children are at the Clevc
land summer home at Tamworth, New
Hampshire, in charge of Mrs. Perrine
Mrs. Cleveland's mother.
Was IL In March.
Cleveland was II years old Marcel
18 last.
During the past winter he kept close
to his home until the approach of his
birthday when he went to Lakewood
with his family. He was trustee of the
Equitable Life Assurance society o
New York and up to the time of hi!
gong 10 Lakewood had attended tt
correspondence in connection with hi
duties for that society. After he wen
to Lakewood, however, he discon
tinued work and it soon developed
Cleveland was suffering from an at
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Many at Woman's Club Meeting.

Boston, Mass, June 24-The second
days session of the convention of the
General Federation of Woman's clubs
was devoted to reports of officers and
other routine work. The attendance
was so great an overflow meeting was
necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-24

ing attorneys of western New York.
III 1882 Mr.. Cleveland started on the
road, to the White house by being
elected mayor of Buffalo by an over
Whelming majority. He took hold of
the office with vigor and indepen-
dence that afterward marked his ad-
ministration of the highest office in the
land. His close attention to duty, fair
ness and honesty attracted atten-
ton throughout the state Political
unrest was in the air and the people
We're weary of political trickery and
sham. Cleveland was frank to a fault
and paid absolutely no attention TO the
political effect of his acts. The readi-
ness with which he vetoed the acts of
the Buffalo city council met with popu-
lar favor and he was nominated and
|6 months after he took his sea- as
mayor.
knew Little of Duties.
He went to Albany with little knowl-
edge of public men and small idea cf
the duties. that awaited him, but his
administration was such marked sue
cess tina. his nomination for president
| followed when he had been at the head
of the state government but Two years
He was triumphantly elected over
James g. Blaine.
One of his first acts as president was
to wipe out pension evils that ha;
grown uD under "a years of republican
rule and unseat thousands of republi
! can office holders who had held place!
| without regard to their ability to dis
/ charge the duties expected of them
Next he made tariff for revenue. ouly'
an issue and in 1887 sent in a .specia
message 20 congress on this subject
notwithstanding politicians in his pal
ty protested that the move was no
likely to prove conducive to democratic
.lsuccess. Firmly believing he was il
i the right, however, he went ahead am
on this issue he lost his campaign fo
reelection to Benjamin Harrison i
1883.
Is Returned to Lac Practice.
i For four years Cleveland practice
Law in New York and resumed tn
accumulation of competence whic
his terms in Office had interfered witt
; In 1892 he was again the standar
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Returned to Ln~ Practice.

For four years Cleveland practiced
Law in New York and resumed the
accumulation of competence which
his terms in Office had interfered with.
In 1892 he was again the standard
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tack of digestive trouble which he had
experienced many times before.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-14
lMII.iIEIlII{S5 'l:I'I|IT0RY
S swept BY FLAMES
Bush Fires Surround d Number
Of Canadian Towns.

Port Arthur, Ont, Sept. Bush
fires surround Port Arthur and Fort
William and ali day fremen and cit
liens fought the flames. The whole
country east and west is ahlaze and
the fire is gaining great headway. On
Thunder Cape the whole section is
lighted up with flames from forest
fires. East of here along the Canadian
Pacific railway lis reported that the
worst forest fires in the history OF the.
country are now raging and that thou
sands Of dollars, worth of timber is
ablaze.; Along the Duluth extension
several villages are threatened. Ac-
cording to- a report received the fire.
is only a short distance from the vii
lage Of FFymers. From the interna-
tional boundary. to Iymers, a distance
Of thirty miles, the whole country is
abIaze.
Forest fires destroyed the camp
owned by George Nfooring on Pigeon
river, with the complete outfit. One
camp owned by the Pigeon River COM
nan ysand located on Arrow river was
totally destroyed, while another owned
by the same. company was partially.
destroyed. The fire on Thunder Cape
is still burning and Silver Islet build
ings are believed to be in great dan
ger. The city is shroHded in smoke.
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'frand Maraiis, Mimi, Had 4
Narrow ESQ
LITTLE VII. 3 DOOMED

Citizens Had About rs e Il =, ]. Up Hope
When the steanaer gopher and Fifty
Naval Reserve Men Arrived From
Duluth 4 homeless Settlers Picked
Up by the Vessel All Along The
North Shore.
Duluth. Sept. The dramatic
story of the rescue of the north shore
settlers and the citizens Of Grand
Marais by the Duluth naval reserves,
on board the steamer Gopher, Is told
by ia Herald staff correspond ent who
was aboard the vessel and who re-
I turned on the steamer America.
The settlers welcomed the naval
militia as their only salvation. They
Wrung the hands Of General Wood and
Commander Eaton. Thank God,
you've come, . they exclaimed. I'VE
looked for the Gopher as our only sal
walton. 9
For days the citizens Of Grand Ma
rails looked upon their little village
as doomed Great walls of fire sur
rounded the village on all sides and
the flames swept down toward them
with apparently irresistible force. The
citizens fought back the flames with
the only means at their disp wet
blankets and buckets of water. The
Gopher, with fifty mi1itia1nen, arrived
in the nick Of time and turned the
tide. They jumped into the work with
all the yigor8 at their command. Back
fires were started and little by little
the fire was driven back. The: new
arrivals gave the citizens of Grand
Marais fresh hope and they went into
the fight with renewed energy. All
! Wednesday night the fire was fought
by the little band Of determined men
and when the sun rose Thursday morn
ing it was seen that the town was
saved for the present. The only thing
that would cause the fire to threaten
the village again would be. a north
east wind. The fire is to the north
east of the town and back fires will
be started, if the wind is favorable,
y to protect the village against danger
from that side.
Seek Shelter on Lake Shore.
The most heartrending scenes were
witnessed all along the north shore of
the lake. Homeless settlers,s with .ev-
erything that they possessed licked up
by the flames, fled to the lake shore
for refuge, with little food and no
clothing but what they carried on
their backs. The Gopher coasted
along, the shore, picking up the refu-
gees. The shore was alive. with wild
animals Of all kinds, driven out of the
woods by the. fires. Deer, bears, rab.
bits. and all kinds Of animals were
seen in great numbers. They had .ap-
parentIy 1osu their lear OF man IN
their greater fear Of the flames. s.
i Three men had been actually forced
to take refuge in the waters of the
lake and were picked up by the Go
pher. One woman with a pack on her
back and a sick baby in her arms fed
three miles from her homestead to.
the lake and was picked up by the
boat
& The men on the Gopher worked CON
tinuously for thirty-six hours. All
along the shore they helped fight fires.
where they felt that assistance was
needed or would be 5Eof any use and
landing in Grand Nafaig they contin-
ued their battle with the flames. Set.
tiers from the district for miles about.
Grand Mosrais had fed to. the little.
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BOTH sen TO HOSPITALS.
Chicago Politician and Contractor in
-. Desperate Eiufnt.


: Chicago, Sept /. ssF ormer City Col
Iector Joseph S. artin, for many
years a leading Democratic politician
and adviser to the late Governor Alt
geld, was arrested after a desperate
encounter with Peter Mcleod, a con
tractor, in which NJ Leod was stabbed
twice and fartin was. severely In
55ured. The fight took place before the
Martin and Mcleod homes in North
State street.
s Mcleod was removed to the Passi-
want hospital suffering from a wound
In his right breast and one in the right
arm. ,z.
Martin was taken to the Alexian
Brothers hospital His nose was
broken and he was otherwise badly
hurt. The men had quarreled over
money alleged to be due Martin, for
whom Mcleod had acted as real estate
agent s.s
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el csc III an and
women was \ ief
hausted and with evei ytf1ing they pos
sessed I'M the world wiped out they
kept brave front and turned in
TO help save VilIage with the poor
means at heir dis pos iii on .ss
NeW fires are con family springing
up along the north shore and almost
the entire shore is ablaze from a few
miles east Of Two IIar bors to Reserve
ton River s5
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Receiver for Booth e. Co.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE fish and
oyster firm Of a. Booth & Co, ruInorsz
5 Of whose financial difficulties have
been current in La Sale street for
several weeks, were placed in the
hands of a receiver by Judge Bethea
in the federal district court The pc
tition asserts that the liabilities of
the company are $1,000, GOO and places
the assets at $4,000, 600
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LOCAL HAPPENING : g; 8; s;'' s'.',.

neer office.
Rex Stevens left Saturday after
noon and sundayed in Nc Intosh.
E. D. Bishop Of Funkley came il
this morning for short pleasure
trip to this city.
E. II. Gerlach went to Backus this
morning on business for the AmeTi-i
can Tobacco company.
2. Rogers Of Walker, the attor-I
ney, came il Saturday evening and.
spent Sunday in the city.
r. r. scribner Of N orthome came
IN this morning for a brief business
visit among the local lumbermen.
Iyer Halseth and grandson, Albert,
Of Little Falls returned home this
morning after visiting a few weeks
with relatives in this city.
7. B. Bradley, the Duluth logger,
came in this morning from his
camps at Northome and at Big Falls.
and spent the day in the city.
A. r. Nc herson Of Walker came
il Saturday evening and spent Sum
day in this city, returning to Walker.
on the weekend special last even
ing.
G. A. Nachbar, travelling repre-"
sentative of the Minneapolis Iron
Store company, went to Crookston
Saturday afternoon to spend Sun
day.
w. C. Church Of Des Moines, Ia.,.
who has extensive lumber interests
in this vicinity, arrived in the city
yesterday noon for short business
visit here.
Herbert Jameson of Walker, can-.
didate for judge of probate Of Cass
county, came in Saturday evening.
and left on the midnight train for.
Cass Lake. 20.
Walter Davis, of the Davis Music.
store at Brainerd, went to Bla ckduck
Saturday evening on business after
a short visit among the local bust
ness men.
John THOMPSON, homesteader
living near Shotley, was a business
visitor in the city Saturday, return
ing home on the Red Lake train in
the afternoon. s=
Miss Mildred Woodruff of this
city returned to Turtle River Satur-
day evening. where she is teaching
school, after spending the day at
her home in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lanctot Of
SCrookston arrived in the city Sat
urday noon for a few days visit in.
the city while Mr.. Lanctot attends
to local business matters.
r. W.Mesereau returned to North
ONE Saturday evening, where he
is employed by the J. A. Irvine
Lumber company, after transa citing
business in this city for his COM
pany.
c. E. Bordsen, station agent for.
the M. & I. at Blackjack, came in
Saturday afternoon and attended
to some court matters, returning
to the Duck" on this mornings
freight train. IL
Brede Aulie Of Devils Lake, N. d.,
has arrived in the city and accepted
a position with Wagner & .Hoff, the
local decorators. Mr.. Aulie has the
reputation of being one of the best
painters in North Dakota.
Phil Garrow, the cedar man, came
in Saturday noon from a business
trip to Grand Forks, N. D., where
he went in the interest Of the w. T.
BlakeIy Logging company, and
returned to his home at Farley on
the evening train.
R. C. Spooner, Of the Donald
Land & Lumber company, came in
Saturday noon from his home at
Deer Lake and spent a few hours on
business and pure sing supplies in
the city. Mr.. Spooner returned home
on the afternoon train.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hoffen and little
son of Norwood, who have been en-
joying an outing at Lake Bemidji,
left this mroning for their home
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-10

sack. S9hel Nell al ahortstop aise
made a couple Of good stopk. The
rest Of the glrls looked pxeaty In
the field, struck opt az had ~ Al.
lowed the three mere menSkho
assisted them, 20 do all the work
The Japs hit the ball fairly Welk
and showed great agility on baaca
Their pitcher. ikeda, struck cut 10
women In seven innlaEa. Togo
then went In aud famed five. n
Akight az third base stirred ~
thsSssA Ia the sixth session. some
low brow descended from the
hleachera to wallop little Jap. but
q hlg fellow near him caught the
Ctgh neck smash ia the jaw
that put him cat OF the running
Thomas also made u bad break
when he made a pass az one of
the lapa who tagged him out at
homie
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-10
ABscoaDIEG KwELER
RAS ESCAPED AGAIN

Henry A Wiib.. the un,versasy
station icweicr. has rnssspes sssem
custody AZ - Joseph. iss'lo. Nscre
he had beca arrested on tbs core
plaint II the local rifhsrsaieH
Sheriff I. G. Smith hs-s sses..a oes
the money necessary 10 sefsd ~ 81
ficer TO set him. and city Detective
Hudson G Adams had been sent 10
Olympia "a get rcquiuiiien papers
when a telegram arrived s,4nsme
inE that Wilbur got away Efforts
are beisg made TO recaturc hifs
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81 the uppoaitlun candidates. Cor.
sons speech was The first covering
the issues % the fiEht. and Wns en-.
Enthusiastically received b. the mia.
era. II 10 conceded Coruen ain
carry the T@rana valley t- ble
majority
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-10
MERRY WIDOWS
ARE TRIMMED
l,.,uese Defeat the Girls
Baseball Team in a
Vaudeville Game.

,s..,, go people iomneyed out
c.,saales park yesterday and
y - he noble sons of Nippon
vslss ~ 1sfsy Widow - 70 :, IN
TIN u comedy baseball Same that
q saEr 49, 4 laugh with every
sNs,ss III
F'sa ssssv % The same was The
hum the fans A lot OF
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FN sIrs persiflagc tnat wNald
~ Y asne credit Go the dialogne
9 "a avs we're good TO look upon
-th Two exceptions they could
~ ~ hall Fie Traiiord az first
- - ~ handled all her chances well
s aase .ssnalh caught one Jap off the
rsssmallsm Is greatly relieved
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