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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-03-06
Pixies Toothache Drops
Cure I'm One Minute
Elusive Species.

The hack writer had used up his
vocabulary on the circus prospectus.
and still there were many things to be
described and glories to be set forth.
Therefore he repaired to the mana
ger.
Have you a thesaurus?" he in
quired.
mo, sir, I have not" admitted the
man, with a c~restfallen air, land I'd
like to know where they're raised
that l never heard of 'em before"
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A Modern Household.

The Cook-"You have borrowed
my savings, you wear my best hat
when you go out, and I've only half
enough to eat at that, so I'm going
to leave"
Mistress-"Why, l told you that we
should treat you as a member of
the family."-Transatlantic Tales,
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Emma Goldman, Anarchist, Not to
Be Permitted in This Country.

Chicago.-If Emma Goldman, the
Anarchist, appears in Chicago, as it
has been reported she intends to do,
h may be arrested and deported by
the Government.
It was declared by local immigra-
ton officials that when Miss Goldman
left the United States last year and
went to Europe she cut herself off
from this country, and orders were
given by the immigration Bureau
that she should be arrested and de-
ported upon her return.
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Oklahoma Gets Historic Flag.

A joint resolution was adopted by
the House of Representatives, Wash
ington, D. c., giving to the State of
Oklahoma "the first flag bearing
forty-six stars, which on that day for
the first time fioated over the Capitol"
The resolution places the flag in the
custody of the Oklahoma Historical
Society.
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AMBASSADORS BANK ROBBED.
100000 in Mexican Money Taken
From Senior Creel's Institution.

Ell Paso, Texas.-The Banco de
Minero of Chihuahua, Mex, largely
owned by Governor Enrique Creel
(who is also Mexican Ambassador to
Washington), has been robbed of
100000 Mexican money. The bank
notes taken are of the denomination
of $1,000, 500, $50 and $40.
Governor Creel is the president of
the bank and the principal stock
holder. One of the directors is his
fa~ther-in-law, General Luis Toirazas
the richest cattleman in Mexico.
They said that the robbery will not
affect the banks standing.
The robbers got into the bank
vault by digging under it.
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Japanese in Hawaii HospitabIe.
Husband Held i'm Connection
With Grewsome Tragedy

Fozcroft, Me.-Herbert Woodbury.
was held without bail for the Grand
Jury on the charge of numbering his
wife, Phoebe Maud Henderson Wood
bury, whose body was found hanging
to the doorknob of an upper room of
the Exchange Hotel on February IS.
after she had been missing for three
months.
Judge Smith, of the Dover Munich
pal Court, gave this decision at the
conclusion Of the preliminary hearing
OF the charge against Woodbury..
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Why Many Are Unemployed.

h time which usually elapses be-
tween the child leaving school and
entering regular employment is the
most dangerous period of it's life; in
many cases the parents take small in
terest or trouble in seeking employ
ment for their children, and are con-
tent to have them at home doing odd
PODS, running errands, not always i'm
proving errands, and leaving the
|child's future to chance. - Empire
Review.
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weak to work. Though constantly
using medicine I despaired of being
cured until l began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills. Then relief came
quickly, and in a short time l was
completely cured. l am now in ex-
cellent health"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Forty-six Stars For the Flag
Army Orders Rearrangement

Washington, D.C.-The forty-sixth
star, Signalling the admission of the
state oil Oklahoma, will soon be add
ed to the United States flag. The Gen
eral Staff of the Army adopted an
amendment to the army regulations
authorizing the Quartermaster-Gen.
eral to provide another star.
This will necessitate an entire re-
arrangement of the field ON the flag,
and the Navy Department, under the
law, will supply the new plan. New
flags will be distributed at once.
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Anthony Schultz and three chill
dren, Nellie, aged thirteen years; JOS
eph, eleven, and Mary, six, were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their home near the Gould
Coupler Works in DeneW n Y.
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$500 Verdict For Woman Whose
Grecian Beauty Was MARRIED.

Chicago. - Beauty attendant upon
a perfect Grecian nose was valued at
$500 by a jury in the Superior
Court.
DR.. Bessie M. Andrus on October
%, 1906, while boarding a car, was
just stepping on the front platform
when the brake was suddenly re-
die struck her in the nose. She was
rendered unconscious, and physicians
found that she had suffered a COM
pound fracture of her nose.
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Cook County Satisfied

With a Million.
Chicago. = Judge Walker denied
the molten recently made by Maxwell
Edgar, Of this city, for an injunction
to prevent a settlement between the
county of Cook and the estate of the
late Marshall Field for S1,750,0O0 in
back taxes. A compromise was
reached upon s1,000,000, to be paid
in consideration of a cash payment.
Mr.. Edgar sought to restrain the COM
promise, claiming that the county
should receive the full amount orig
ihally asked for.
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$1,171, 10000 Canadian r. r.. Cost.
Mr.. Graham, Minister of Railways.
gives the total amount invested in
Canadian railways to date as $1,171,-
10000. One-sixth of the popula-
ton, he said, owe its livelihood to
these undertakings.
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c FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
womenwho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous p~rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
observation-disclosures andadvisey you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because of her
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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Can't Issue Scrip Dividends.

Scrip dividends cannot be author
lied, declares New York's. upstate
Public Service Commission, which has
denied the application of the Erie
Railroad Company for permission to
issue such dividends ON its first and
second preferred stock.
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Avalanche Kills Thirteen in Hotel.

Avalanche Kills Thirteen in Hotel.
An avalanche descended near the
village OF Goppenstein, Switzerland.
Inc enormous atmospheric pressure
which accompanied it demolished a
hotel at the mouth of the Loetschen-
thai tunnel works, killing thirteen
persons and injuring fifteen others.
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l had a bad fall and it
affected my kidneys.
Severe pains in my
back and hips became
constant, and sharp
twinges followed any
exertion. The kidney
secretions were badly
~disordered. lost
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hHOWu. OuG6I cover OIL HIS MONK
he was supposed to work. Feodo'
fairast women in Perm province
their jewels and money and final
Honduran President Dead.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras.-News of
the death abroad of Marco A. Soto,
who was President of Honduras from
1876 to 1888, was received in this
city. General Dayila, in accord with
the National Assembly, issued a de-
cree ordering the holding of religious
and other services to the memory of
the dead statesman.
Soldier Dies of yellow Fever.
Havana.-Robert Clifford, a private
in the Fifteenth Cavalry, died of yell
low fever at Santa Clara. There are
six soldiers now at that city conva-
lescing from yellow fever.
Annul Frances Work.
Lisbon.-The Council of Ministers
decided to annul the DEGREES issued by
Franco, the late dictator, dissolving
the Chamber and reforming the
House of Peers. Elections for a new
Chamber will not be held earlier than
April 5.
A Victory For Women.
Copenhagen.-The Universal Mu-
nicipal Suffrage bill passed it's third
reading in the Landsthing by 80
votes to 20.
Pope to Give Angel.
Rome.-The Pope intends to pre-
sent a gilt bronze angel with which it
is proposed to decorate the top of the
Campanile at Venice.
Altar Lamp Fires a Church.
Lima, Peru.-A big fire, caused by
the explosion of an oil lamp in front
OF an image ui the Virgin, destroyed
the principal church at Chorillos. a
watering place nine miles south of
this city.
British Temperance Wave.
London.-Asquith introduced in
Parliament the British Governments
bill to regulate the traffic in liquor,
Japanese in Hawaii Hospitable.
Honolulu, Hawaii.-The Japanese
OF this island are preparing to enter
tain Rear-Admiral Evans fleet, should
1t come to this port.
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5000 Return to Copper Mines.

Between 1000 and 5000 men re-
turned to work in the Butte Mon
tana) copper camp. Practically all
the important mines which were
closed were reopened.
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5000 Granite Men Strike.

More than 5000 granite cutters,
quarrymen and others employed in
the granite industry in Massachu-
setts, Vermont, Rhode Island and
Connecticut went on strike following
the failure to adjust a new wage
agreement.
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Puts 5000 Out of Work.

The National Cash Register Com,
pany, Dayton, Ohio, suspended opera
tions, affecting 5000 employees.
Officials of the company say they can
not tell when work will be resumed.
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5. eodoton a terrorlZed the
case the latter condemned him to
Not since the tabled times of
n onster in religious garb been
S gown and the marvellous cures
off lured to his forest shrine the
There he attacked them, stole
y murdered them.
| Offended Kaiser, Gets Three Years.
Berlin.-Rudolph Oestreich, the
Socialist leader, was convicted of high
treason and sentenced to three years
penal servitude. Oestreich offended
the Kaiser by urging the army to re-
pudiate the Kaiser's authority.
Russia Abandons Big Navy.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-Plans of
the Russian Government for the re-
building of the imperial navy at a
cost OF a billion have been vetoed by
the Minister of Finance, M. Kokovt-
soft.
Brigands Plumber Train.
Kielce, Russian Poland.-Ten bril-
gands attacked a train, hurting bombs
at it and firing many shots from their
rifles. They killed one soldier and
wounded three soldiers and three
train hands. They made their escape
on the engine of the train with $10,-
900 in gold.
American Tactics Win.
Calcutta, India.-Lord Kitchener
introduced American tactics into the
British army in India and won a sig
nal victory over the misunderstanding
Z~akkakhels tribesmen on the Afghan
frontier.
Income Tax Principle Endorsed.
Paris.-The Conservative members
of the Chamber Of Deputies who
have been filibustering against the
Governments Income Tax bill for
weeks sustained a decisive defeat
when the principle of the bill was in
dorsed by 3S6 votes to 146.
Must Pay Husband $780, OO.
London.-Sir Francis Burdett, a
rich baronet who was formerly a Cap
tain in the Seventeenth Lancers, has
been condemned to pay damages to
the amount of $2o 900 as correspond
ent in Alexander Boyd's suit for di-
vorce, to which no defense was made.
A 100000 Swindle.
Paris.-It was reported that Euro
pean banks in eight cities were
swindled out of 100000 by means
OF Photographic copies of a New York
letter of credit.
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CURED HER THREE CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies,

"Some years ago my three little girls had
a very bad form of eczema. Itching erup-
tions formed on the backs of their heads
which were simply covered. l tried almost
everything, but failed. Then my mother
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
washed my children's heads with Cuticura
Soap and then applied the wonderful ONT
ment, Cuticura. ! did this four or five
times and l can say that they have been
entirely cured. l nave another baby who
is so plump that the folds of skin on his
heck were broken and even bled. / used
J%uticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
he next morning the trouble had disap-
)eared. Nine. Napoleon Duccppe, Al Du-
nth ST., Montreal, Que, May 81, 1907"
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Only Ono "Bromo ouipiue"

The Norwegians are the longest-lived of
European nations, and the Spaniards the
shortest.
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Sixty-seven Die Every Minute,

1t has been computed that sixty
seven persons die each minute. No
one knows in what minute he will be
one of the siXtY-SeYen.
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VS. BY WIRE


Washington, D. Cooperating officials of railways from all
parts of the country were in attendance upon the hearing given by
the Interstate Commerce Commission on applications for an ex-
tension of the time of the going into effect of the "nine-hour law"
In all thityseven applications were received by the commission
asking for the extension. All of them assert that they have found
it impossible to procure the services of competent telegraph opera
tors in such numbers as will enable them to comply with the law,
and that, even if they could obtain the necessary operators, the en-,
forced employment of so many additional men would b e a financial
hardship which the carriers ought not to be subjected to.
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Wife of Former Senator Dead.
Mrs. Frank J. Cannon, wife of for
mer United States Senator Cannon, of
Utah, died in Ogden.
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New MILDLY Appointed,

The President appointed Charles
D. Sigsbee, son of Rear-Admiral Sigs-
bee, as a midshipman.
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Sure Sign of Flush Times,

Patronage of New York theatres
and eating houses show prosperity is
returning and money becoming plen-
tiful.
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Dusty Rhoades. the Cleveland
pitcher, says that Elberfield on first
base bothers the pitcher more than
J any other base runner.
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After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restOIedtOheaIth
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 had female troubles for seven
years-was all rundown, and SO ner-
vous L could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this con-
dition I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for adj
vice and took Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and L am now strong
and Well.n
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A good glove cutter will make as much
as 500 a week in Paris.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
~teething, ~softens the gums, reduces intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
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With a population of Al 900, coo, only All
japanese have fortunes of $3.50 900 or over.
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What Causes Headache.

What Causes Headache.
From October to May, Colds are the most
frequent cause of Headaches. Laxative
Bromo Quinine removes cause. E. W..
Grove on box. 25c.
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Cabbages in Cuba grow to such a size
that a single head often weighs twenty
pounds.
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Pope to Give Angel.
Altar Lamp Fires a Church.

=. Lima, Peru.-A big fire, caused by
the explosion of an oil lamp in front
Of an image Of the Virgin, destroyed
the principal church at Chorillos. a
watering place nine miles south of
this city.
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Rabbits, says a naturalist, have
white tails so that the young may be
able to distinguish their mother in
case of pursuit. The color of the rab-
bit is so like that of the ground that
this would otherwise be difficult, if
not impossible. N.Y.-1O
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have a worldwide reputation for cur
ing coughs, sore Threats and relieving
bronchitis and asthma.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-03-06
Browns Bronchial Troche

This century will have twenty-four leap
years, the greatest possible number.
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That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
tor the signature of L. w. Grove. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
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You ought 10 lie satisfied with nothing
less than Natures laxative, Garfield Teal
Made of Herbs, it overcomes constipation,
regulates liver and kidneys, and brings
Good Health
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e GOOD FORTUNE
After Years Spent in Vain Effort.

Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse, of Cam
bridge, N. Y, says: Five years ago
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Man-a-Iin the Ideal Laxative.
POST CARDS % Sss sz:

Win q pen you can get q package OF souvenir
Post Cards Free. Send postal. C.Y. w
sd Exchange Place, New York City.
A chimney lis feet high will sway ten
inches in a high wind without danger.
Piles Cured in @ to IA Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 6 to II days or money refunded. Soc.
1t is said that London produces over 200
new designs in penny toys" every week.
FITS, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. H.R. Kline, Id, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Berlin has a greater number of police
men, per capita, than any other city.
Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Probably the largest wheat field in the
world is in Argentina. 1t is Sc, 720 acres in
extent.
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1t requires 1900 conductors to keep New
York street car passengers stepping lively.
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Billion Dollar Grass,

-Four minutes and twenty-nine and one.
fourth seconds is mans record for staying
dnder water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24
10 CENTS TO STOP THAT ITCH.
How Easy to Get Relief-Instant Re
Iief-Fronn Skin Disease.

Is it worth 10 cents to you to stop
that awful. awful agonizing itch?
If you are afflicted with skin dis
ease, the kind that seems 10 Laffle
medical treatment, and leaves you wild
with itch, we hope you will not fan to
investigate prescription which is now
recommended by many of the best skin
specialists, even in preference to their
own prescriptions. 1t is the simple
soothing oil of wintergreen compound
known as ID. ID. d. Prescription A 10
cent trial bottle must convince you
that the itch is instantly allayed by
this prescription. Get a liberal trial
bottle of the healing. soothing, exter-
nal remedy, ID. d. ID. Prescription-and
see!
We feel quite sure that before long
you will be cured, and at any rate we
|know-know positively-that your itch
will be allayed instantly, the minute
that soothing liquid is applied TO the
skin. T. H. Thomas, druggist.
Write direct to D. d. D. company
112 Michigan street, Chicago, enclos-
ing 10 cents for the trial bottle. T. II
Thomas. druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24
NEW RECORD FOR rs MILES
Willie Haupt in American Car Does
Phenomenal Stunt.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 24.-Although
the II foreign cars in the grand prize
race TO be run here Thursday are still
the favorites over their six American
rivals, the honors Of the final practice
spins over the 25-mile course went to
one of the American entrants, and the
automobile enthusiasts who are anx-
ious for an American victory over the
flower of the foreign makes have
grown decidedly more hopeful
Willie Haupt, young American
driver, who began his racing career
not more than two years ago and who
has amazed some Of the older men at
the wheel by his seemingly reckless
speeding around the turns, made one
round of the course yesterday at an
average speed of approximately II
miles an hour The unofficial timers
caught the lap at 21:0G To gain this
average over a course which has IS
banked turns and 2G fiat curves, il
was necessary for the young driver
of the Chadwick car to attain a speed
of more than 80 miles an hour i'll the
straight stretches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24
old men IN AGAIN
Rock Island Will Play Regular Line Up
in the Game With Clinton
Thursday.
WILL CLOSE THE SEASON
Temperance of Stars is Expected to
Bring Victory in Final Gridiron
Battle of the Year.

The football squad of the high
school was busy this afternoon and
will be busy tomorrow training for the
last time this year in preparation for
the game with Clinton on Turkey day.
From present indications the regular
lineup of the team will be sent in to
face the visitors and there will be no
repetition of last Saturdays struggle
of substitutes against superior foe.
The troubles which were keeping Cap
tain Lift out of the game have been
bridged over and he will again be
able to direct the play of the locals.
Trimble and Roche will very likely be
back in the lineup for the last game
of the year and Frey will be able to
fill the tackle position once more be
fore his high school football days
NlnCa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24
RING BATTLE MAY
RESULT IN DEATH
FED Bradley, Boston Heavyweight
Badly Hurt in Bout With AL kub-
lax at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Nov 24.-Fred Brad
ley of Boston, a heavyweight pugilist,
was seriously injured in a savage bout
at the West End athletic club here
last night with All Kubiak. He is still
in critical condition. He is suffering
from concussion of the brain and pos
sihly fracture of the skull The doe
tors are doubtful whether he can re
cover All the principals in the affair
We're arraigned before a magistrate
today. Kubiak wa committed to
prison without bail to await the out
come of Bradley's injuries and the
others were released on $500 bonds
each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24
KRAkEEL B0WLERS MAKE
REMARKABLE SCORES
3. c. Hartz is High Man With 237-
Team Totals Also Are Rec
ord Breakers.

All records for four men bowling
teams were smashed last night at the
Harms alleys when the Krakeel club
held its weekly session. The bowling
was exceptionally good, and both of
the two teams of four men were able
to roll as high total as five men usi-
ally do. B. c. Hartz was the star per-
former of the evening with the re
markable high score of 237. One team
was composed of Arthur Salzmann
Bickel, Hartz and Nessler, and the
other was made up of Louis Salzmann
Woltmann, Lift, Jr., and Lift, Sr. The
latter team scored a total of IT'S pins
in the record breaking game, and the
former reached the 721 point.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24
ROW In DUBUQUE
BASEBALL CLUB
of Association Because of
Friction.

Dubuque. Ia, Nov. 24.-Mayor Henry
A. Skunk, treasurer of the Dubuque
Dubuque Three Eye league franchise
has resigned his position as result OF
q disagreement between himself and
the other officers of the association
growing out of the publication of the
fiLancial report of the club without its
being approved by the other officers in
question The statement, while not
wrong, was incomplete, it is said, and
lacked explanation, which placed the
other officers in bad light. The
mayor has asked that an auditing
board be appointed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-24

rested yesterday in Burnham by Con-
stable John Smithski on warrants
charging him with resisting an officer
and disorderly conduct. The war
rants were sworn out by the town
trustees. His case was held over for
trial, Mayor John Patten signing his
bonds.
Nelson escaped from Barney McCor
mick's saloon, Howard AMI Center
streets. Sunday, when a swarm 0!
ccnstables raided the place on the
ground that dog fight might be ii
progress there. Nelson is said to have
handled some of the constabies il
rough style while making his escape
and on this account the warrants wert
| issued.