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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
No Match for coteh and Hack.

London, Dec. frank Gotch. the
wrestler, says he is disgusted with the
attitude of Hackenschmidt, and the
board of control has washed it's hands
of the whole business. Hacken-
schmidt is hiding himself behind the
press committee, and if he means busi-
ness he viii have to go to America,
! as Gctch will not wrestle him here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
FLEE TN NIGHT CLOTHING
Students of Missouri College All Es.
cape From Fire in Safety.

Springfield, Mo-, Dec. 1.-Two hun
|dred students of Springfield Business
college fed in their night clothes from
the dormitory of the college building
early today when the building caught
fire from spontaneous combustion. No
one was hurt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Started in Picture Show.

Centralia, Pa, Dec. 4.-Sixty-five
families are homeless as the result of
a fire which last night wiped out three
squares of property in the heart of the
town. The fire started in a building
occupied by moving picture show.
The loss is 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Discuss Home Missions.

Philadelphia, Dec. 4.-Home mis-
sions and evangelism were the princi-
pal subjects discussed at today's ses.
sion of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Was Raptiste's Match.

Cairo, Dec. 4.-George Baptiste of
st. Louis won@the middleweight wrest.
ling contest here last night instead OF
Joe Ackton as at first announced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
MAY SERVE OUT THEIR TERM
Attorney General Stead Rules on Bank
Directors Under New Law,

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 4.-Attorney
General Stead has given out an opin-
ion in which he holds that bank direc-
tors elected before the amendment to
the state banking laws was adopted
at the recent election are not dis
qualified, but are competent to serve
the remainder of the terms for which
they were elected. The amendment
became operative Nov. "a last and pro-
vides that bank director must own
10 shares of stock before he can
serve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
LOWER TEMPERATURE HELPS

Dun's Review Notes Improvement IN
Trade Conditions at End of Year.
New York, Dec. 4.-Dispatches to
Dun's Review indicate a seasonable re-
sponse to lower temperature in most
sections of the country, while manu-
featuring plants are fairly busy, and
holiday trade is active.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Still RISING Slowly.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 4.-The Arkan-
sas river today is still rising slowly.
but from present indications the busi-
ness section of the city will be saved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Tariff Hearinqs Adjourned.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The house
committee or ways and means yester-
day decided to continue the tariff hear
ings until Dec. 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Dropped One Per Cent.

Desertions in 1908 were 4,505, or
4.6 per cent of the whole number OF
enlisted men in service in the army
during the year. In 1907 the percent
age was Sc. Ainsworth says certainly
punishment after apprehension has op
Grated to reduce the number of deser
tions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
PAYS TO PUNISH
Severe Treatment Held to Have Re
duced Number of Deserti0ns
From the Army.
ADJUTANT GENERAL REPORTS
Showing in 1908 Better in This Re.
spect Than in Any Year
Since 1901.

Washin gton, Dec. 4.-The campaign
in the war department against deser-
tfons from the army is meeting with
success, according to Adjutant General
F. c. Ainsworth, who stated in his
annual report to the secretary of war,
made public today, that the relative
number of desertions was less in 1908
than in any other fiscal year since
Q01
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Priest Stabbed by Insane Man.

Salisbury. Mo, May 25.-Rev.
Father Joseph Lubeley, aged 33
years, pastor of st. Joseph's Catho-
lie Church Of Salisbury, was stabbed
twice with a pocket knife and per-
haps fatally injured in church this
morning by Joseph Sohuette, a pros
porous farmer. The stabbing &C.
Cured in view of 400 worshippers,
many of them women. The injured
priest was taken to a nearby resi-
denoe, where his wounds were at
tended to by physicians. His con-
dition is critical.
1t is believed Schuette, who has
been q devout member of st. Jo-
seph's Church, became suddenly de-
ranged and the attempt on Father
Lubeley's life resulted.
Another version of the attempted
assassination Is that Father Lubeley
had publicly reprimanded Schuette
for attacking a member of the con-
gregation last Saturday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
NEWS OF THE STATE
Drummer Chased by a Bear.

Seattle-While following a lonely
trail in the Cascade mountains last
week, A. r. Lanham, a salesman for
Fisher Bros, of this city, saw ahead
OF him at bend of the road two
full-grown bears and two small cubs.
Not wishing to miss an opportuni-
ty of trying to kill a cinnamon bear.
he tied up his team and started down
the trail with his 5000 Stevens. The
bears had evidently scented trouble
and were making good their escape
when Lanham raised his rife and
fired at the male bear. His aim was
good and the bear fell. Running
ahead with the intention of captur-
Ing the cubs before they had time
to escape in the brush he soon had
one of the little bears In his hands.
Lanham decided he would take
the cub back to the blackboard and
then drive ahead and load the big
cinnamon into the rig. He had not
gone far, however, when he heard
something coming toward him. Turn
ing, he saw the bear he thought he
had killed moving on him. Lanham
Rugged the cub tight under one arm.
held his rifle in the other and started
on the run for the rig. The bear had
the best of the race and he soon re-
allied that the bear would be I'D to
him long before he reached the rig.
He turned and, placing the cub be-
tween his knees, fired ave shots into
the bear, which by this time was not
a rod away. He loaded the bear into
his rig and he resumed his drive.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Law Goes Unchallenged.

Olympia-The Supreme Court to-
day refused to pass uspon the merits
of the case involving the constitu-
tionality Of the direct primary law.
This was the action brought by Cor
don Mackay, of this city, against City
Clerk j. r. Dever, of Olympia, as a
taxpayer, to enjoin the city from
holding a municipal election under
the primary law, it being contended
that to contract the expense would
be illegal because the law is uncon-
stiutional.
This is the only case attacking the
primary law which was before the
court for the term, and it Is doubt
full if one can be heard at the Octo-
Der term in time for a decision be-
fore the November elections.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
SHOOTS WOMAN
WHO REJECTS HIM
J.. ". BLUM KILLS MRS. DAISY
HICKEY AND COMMITS
SUICIDE.
Murderer Leaves Wife and Children
at Baker City-Outcome Of
Love Affair.

Portland, Or, May 25.--Insana
from jealousy and the refusal of Mrs.
Daisy Hickey to elope with him, j.
Edward Blum yesterday morning
shot the woman twice through the
head and then blew out his own
brains with the weapon. The tragedy
occurred In the woman's room In a
clearinghouse, where she was en-
ployed as a domestic
The principals to the tragedy had
been on more than friendly terms for
over seven years According to those
well acquainted with the couple,
they had been engaged to be married
for some time, but the inability Of
Blum to secure a divorce prevented
the contamination of this plan.
About seven years ago Blum was
employed at Troutdale as a teamster.
While there he became acquainted
with Mrs. Hickey, the wife of a
butcher employed by the Union Meat
Co. This acquaintance grew into an
intimacy that resulted in the separa-
ton of the Hickeys.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Bank Bill Brings Conviction

Roseburg, Or, May 26.-Contrary
to precedent established in the courts
OF the state, jury in the circuit
court of Douglas County has con-
yicted man for passing one of the
$40 Georgia State Bank bills. such
as the country seems to be flooded
with at the present time. Obtaining
money under false pretenses Is the
charge on which conviction was Sc
cured in this instance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Suicide Pact With Danghter.

Los Angeles, May 23.-Made des-
perste by continual business reverses,
Mrs. Mary Jane Frame, proprietor
OF a tailoring establishment, today
tried to carry out her part of a sui
eide pact, formed with her daughter,
and as result is dangerously
wounded, suffering from a self-in-
nicted gunshot wound in the breast.
Her daughter is suffering from a
shock caused by q bullet fred by her
mother, passing through her hair
Two methods were employed by
the women to carry out the pact. The
room was filled with gas, two jeti
being opened in the compartment.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Gold Nugget in Hens Craw.

Chehalis-Last week John II. Glib
lin, merchant of this city, pur-
chased a consignment of chickens
and shipped them to the A. c. Fry
Co, of Seattle, A few days later Mr..
Fry came down to Chehalis, hunted
up Mr.. Giblin and began to talk
chickens. 1t developed that Seattle
man who purchased one of the hens
in the consignment found a SO gold
nugget in the craw. Mr.. Fry investi-
gated the gravel found in the craw
and decided it was gold-bearing. Ac-
cordingly he came down to Chehalis
to find the farmer who originally
owned the hen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Cost of Coal for Atlantic Meet

Washington, D. c., May 24.-Ap-
proximately 100000 is the esti-
mate of the cost of the coal con-
sumed by the Atlantic battleship
fleet when it will have finished its
cruise around the world. The esti-
mate of the cost of coal necessary
to move the fleet from San Francis
co to Hampton Roads by way of
Honolulu, Manila and the Suez Canal
has been reported by the chief of the
Bureau of Equipment as amounting
to $2,O39,000.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Out of Work; Ends Life,

Seattle-Saturday morning Mar
shall Adams, As years old, called up
his wife and asked her what he
should get for dinner. A few min
utes later he placed a revolver to his
right temple and blew out his brains.
Brooding over a mortgage on his
little home which was about to be
foreclosed is responsible for his sui
eide. Adams 15-year-old daughter
was alone with him at the time of
the tragedy, but knew nothing Of 1t,
as the man had stepped into a new
addition to the house to kill himself.
Adams had been out of work all
Winter and his wife had obtained
employment at a dyeworks, where
she was when he shot himself
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30

The lecturers of the station staff of
the State College are now conducting
the southwestern and northwestern cir
cults of farmers Institutes in western
Washington. With the southwestern
circuit are Mr.. Lowell Roudebush.
specialist in farm problems from Ohio;
Mr.. L. W. Hansen. deputy dairy in
spector of the state, and Professor
E. E. Elliott in charge. On the North
western circuit are Professor George
Severance, in charge; Professor A. L.
Melander, entomologist; and Mr.. c. E.
Flint. Hon. W. H. Paulhamus will
be with the lecturing force while in
Monroe. Wash. The towns that will
be visited are:
Southwest Circuit-May &c, Skamo-
kawa; May %, Carrolltown; May 20,
Woodland; May 3O-31, Astoria, Ore
gon: June, Ridgefeld; June 2-3-4.
Vancouver; June l, Mt. Pleasant !;
June 6, Washougal; June 9, Trout
Lake; June 10, Glenwood; June %,
Pullman. On the Goth and 21st inst,
institute meetings were held in Cen
tralia, and on the 22nd and 23d, in
Menlo. In this circuit are included
the counties of Lewis, King, Wahkia-
KUN, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania and
Klickitat.
Northwest Circuit-May %, Demlng ;
May &c, Nook Sack; May 27, Fern
dale; May %, East Sound; May 80,
Topaz; June l, Anacortes; June g.,
Coupeville; June A, Langley. On May
goth and 21st, institutes were held in
Monroe and Arlington; May 22nd and
23d, Sedro Wooley and I.aConner. The
counties included in this circuit are
Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, San
Juan and Island.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Court Declares Harry Thaw Insane

Poughkeepsie, n Y, May 25.-
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Nor
schauser filed his decision in the
ease of Harry X. Thaw early this
morning.
The court holds that Thaw is still
insane and not a fit person to be at
large. He should be confined until
1t is certain that there will be no re-
eurrence OF the insanity, in whatever
form it may exist The validity Of
the commitment to Matteawan In
sane Asylum by Justice Bowling, of
New York, is upheld, the court stat
ing that safety of the community is
more important than the freedom OF
the individual.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Carload of Mail Burned

Cheyenne, Wyo.-An entire car
load of United States mail was
burned near the eastern end of the
Wyoming division of the Union Pa
cific last week. Fire broke out In a
storage car containing several hun
dred sacks and before the train
could be stopped, the flames had
gained such Roadway that the car
and its contents were destroyed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
SEVERAL DEAD IN DISASTROUS
TEXAS FLOOD.
Thousands Rendered Homeless I'm
TEXAS and Oklahoma.

Thousands Rendered Homeless I'm
Texas and Oklahoma.
Dallas, Tex, May 25.-Fourteen
persons dead, others missing and be-
lieved to have suffered a like fate,
property valued at millions OF dol
lars swept away, thousands homeless
and being cared for by charitable in
stitutions, train and wire service de-
moralized, such are the conditions
prevailing in the northern and cen
trail sections of this state tonight as
the result of q record breaking rise
In the Trinity River and other
streams following an Unprecedented
rainfall.
At Fort Worth 10 lives were lost
and the property damage is estimat-
ed at 100000. Five thousand
persons were driven from their
homes, their personal effects and
household goods being washed away
by the waters.
Stock valued at many thousands
of dollars, including $500 sheep
penned up in the stockyards, in
North Fort Worth, was washed down
stream and destroyed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Next Ruef Trial Set for June 3,

San Francisco, May 25.-All the
bribery cases in Judge DUNES and
Lawlor's courts have gone over until
June 8 to be tried The case against
ex-Mayor Eugene Schmitz was called
by Judge Lawlor this morning, and
upon motion of Attorney Moore was
continued to that date
Ruef's attorney asked for an order
from the court permitting Ruef to
leave the county jail to confer with
his attorneys in preparation for the
trial, but the request was denied
Sheriff Dolan has refused to permit
Ruef to leave the jail except to at
tend the sessions of the court.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
New National Banks for Northwest

Washington, D. c., May 25.-The
application of A. T. Carlson, ]. c..
Sander, VIM. Lemay, r. w. Howell
and S. P. Flower to organize the
First National Bank of Mabton,
Wash, with $4,000 capital was to-
day approved by the Controller of
Currency
The First National Bank of Har-
risburg, Or, has been authorized to
begin business with $4,000 capital.
The Controller has approved the
conversion of the Bankers & Lum-
bermen's Bank, of Portland, into the
Lumbermens National Bank of Port
land with s25O,0O0 capital.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Incendiary Again Visits Godendale

Goldendale, Wash, May ga
warehouse belonging to John Chap
pell and A. NJ. Macleod burned early
this morning, causing a loss of
$4,000, including contents. Three
hundred tons of baled hay was de-
stroyed. The general supposition is
that the fire was of incendiary orr
gin, which was also the cause to
which the recent $4,000 fire here
was attributed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30

Aberdeen-Captain Kelly, of the
steamer Lindsay, had narrow es-
cape from drowning as he started to
board his vessel Returning from
town with his arms full of packages,
he slipped on the narrow gangplank,
and scattering his parcels in every
direction. fell into the water, strik-
ing the sheer boom in his descent.
He was stunned for a short time,
but when he came to, struck out
and caught hold of the boom to keep
himself out of the water. He was
unable to reach shore and had to
hold on until help should come. Two
small boys who were playing on the
dock appeared in view and the cap
tain hailed them. They were only Z
year-old children and the hope of
rescue from their efforts seemed
rather remote. The captain told one
of them to go on board the ship,
fasten one end of a rope and throw
him the other. The lad obeyed and
the captain was able to draw himself
out of the ice-cold water. The boy
was handsomely rewarded
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
PLEADS FOR SERIOUSNESS.

plead in a frivolous, pleasure
seeking age for seriousness in serious
things. | ask for earnestness where
it fits and where it counts. l invite
attention to the fact that life is not a
farce or sorry jest, but drama of in
finite moment, in which we, the play
ers, are also the playwrights and the
heroes. 1t is our first and last per-
Torrance, without rehearsal or correc-
tion or power to change a single work
or act, and the verdict is final.
1t is above all the spirit of relig-
ion that hates make-believe men, sham
men, lukewarm men, men who do not
know the meaning of being in earnest.
And how we need today genuine men,
that have the spirit of God in them
How We need them in the weakening
of mems backbones, in the moral chaos
that has set in in many quarters
1T is our last all for men to be in
earnest in religion. For a man to be
live wire, through which runs light
and heat and power. DIR. Harrison,
St. Louis.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
LOADED VEHICLE FALLS DOWN
MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Carryall Slides Down Mountain Side
Injuring Many Students.


San Jose, Cal, May 24.-Twenty-
one students, half the graduating
class of the Santa Clara High School,
were carried down a mountain side
when a oarryall toppled from the
Mount Hamilton road at midnight
last night The vehicle broke up
when it started in its descent and
most of the young people slid in safe
ty down the mountain side in the
cover of the vehicle.
News OF the accident reached this
city early today and a physician and
nurses We're dispatched to the scene
In an automobile. Those who es-
capped reached here today, some of
the girls walking the entire distance
of 2b miles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Justice Says Story is UDtrY.

New York, May 26.-Justice OF
he Peace William Budenbenger, of
hoboken, whose name had been
mentioned in connection with the re-
ports that Prince de Sagan and Ma
dame Gould were married in New
Jersey. denied positively today that
be had performed the CEREMONY.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Foresters Get Practical Work.

Last week the class in forestry,
headed by Mr.. E. o. Siecke. spent
very pleasant week in the mountainous
district to the eastward of Moscow,
studying various practical problems of
the forest service as presented in the
actual field of work. The students
selected their camp on Moscow Noun
tain, and worked in circle about the
same, extending some five miles away
on all sides. They did practical tim
Der cruising, judged the age of trees !;
made tests of the rate of growth !;
studied the reproduction of species of
trees; investigated diseases of trees /;
collected fungi, and had great variety
of experience that comes up in this
very pleasant work. Those on the
trip were: Mr.. E. o. Siecke, instruct
or; Fulkerth, Love, Kline, Hahn,
Brown, Downen, Nolan, Shirata,
Keyes, Berlin and Holcomb.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
II Children serionslv Ininred

Pottsyille, Pa, May 26.-Seven-
teen children were injured, several
OF them fatally, last night, when a
score Of boys and girls climbed on a
truck on the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad and started it down the
heavy grade, colliding with a car,
Both car and truck were demolished.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Tied 10 Tree and Robbed.

Spokane--After being tied secure
ly to a tree in lonely guleh three
miles from the heart of the city, at
noon Monday, James Dragoo, a rural
free delivery mailcarrier, was robbed
of about SOS OF his own money and
$50 of Government funds by a mask
ed and armed highwaynan.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30
Last Libby Tunnel Survivor.

Lakeport Cal.-Godwin Scuba
more, the last survivor Of the Union
prisoners who made their escape
through the tunnel from the Libby
prison during the Civil war, is dead
at his home near Laksport. He was
% years OF age.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-30

FOR SALE-Best located ~
in Pullman, corner Spauldinp az r :
Route streets; one modern. s -, sa'
house. lot 4Ox1OO #. o,o 'O0s
room house, lot 5OxsO #: on.
lot, 5Ox8O #. 'Ofnet
H. C. Sampson. ovn.,