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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09


ment, last evening continued his pro-
test, and presented statements from
W. II. Kimball, a consulting engineer
of Davenport, to back up his claim that
the bill was several hundred dollars
too high. Mr.. Kimball, in letter to
Alderman EllHwood, reports on an in
spection he made of the sewer. He
goes into technical details regarding
the proportions of the materials. and
the other features of the specifications,
and concludes by stating that the stat
ed quantities of the materials used, as
given by the bill, are too great. He
placed the cost of the work at about
$1.310. Another contractor from whom
Ellinwood secured bid on an imagin-
dairy drain of the same construction,
placed the figure at about HOO Mr.
Kimball was also reported as stating
that the shape of the covers is not good
and is probably responsible for the
cracks which Alderman Ellinwood stat
ed are 10 feet long and from an inch to
three inches deep in some instances.
Why EHSiuCtl IlClClilti luSISltu lildl
the figures of the McCarty bill are cor
rect, and declared that Mr.. Kimball
can not estimate now within 20 per
cent of the amount of the matrials
used. o. Y. Cervin of Moline was sug-
gested as another man to whom the
council might refer the matter, and it
was decided to refer the entire propo-
sition to committee of the whole
session, at which Mr.. Kimball and Mr..
Cervin and others may be present
Some one suggested the sewer COM
mittee as the proper place to refer the
question. Alderman Ellinwood pro-
tested because Alderman McNealy is
a member of the committee "Mr. Nc
Nealy threw it into me before this,
and | do not know about his being fair
in the matter. He's on the sewer COM
mittee. | want a fair deal,' said Aid
erman Ellinwood. Promptly Mayor
Schaffer's gavel came down on his
desk with a thud that could be heard
IA block away. and he reprimanded
Alderman Ellinwood for what the may
or termed improper remarks in the
council. Alderman McNealy merely
smiled, and took no notice of the in.
situation.
To Dismiss Proceedings.
The Second ward Waterman system
proceedings in the county court under
the special assessment act are to be
dismissed. There was an ordinance up
covering the method by which the city
rebates the amount of the assessments
on the water rent of the property
owner. There has been no ordinance
on this point heretofore. resolution
of about three years back being the
only official action in the matter. Con
sideratiOn of this ordinance brought
up the Second ward matter, and R. r
Reynolds and NJ. E. Sweeney, who had
been retained by the property owners
presented protest against the pro
ceedinSs. 1t was stated that at q
meeting few nights ago the property
holders had adopted resolutions ask
ing that the city dismiss the proceed
ings. The objections were outlined by
the two attorneys. After considerable
discussion. the council voted to refer
the proposed ordinance to committees
to work out the idea more carefully
and instructed the board of local i'm
! provements to dismiss the proceedings
in court. The Second ward water mali
system as designed contemplated one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
OFFENDERS GIVEN HEARINGS
DRINKS Are Fined and TWO Are Bound
Over

Justice McFarlane last evening tried
number of men arrested Labor day
for disorderly conduct and drunkenness
and each was assessed a small fine.
The men all gave the police fictitious
names.
Clarence Van Avery, the young man
accused of stealing a number of bicy
cles was ordered held to the grand
jury under bonds of $1,000 on the
charge of grand larceny. Van Avery
is claimed to have stolen a number
of wheels.
Charles Lindstrom, alias John viii
hanson, the man who passed the bat
check on local saloonkeeper, was
given his preliminary hearing las
evening and held to the grand jur,
under bonds of $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
Adam Menche Dead.

Adam Menche, we'll known in labor
circles in Illinois. having been for
merly state president of the Ameri-
can Federation of labor and more re-
Gently deputy state factory inspector,
was found dead in his room at Ke-
vance Monday. He had been dead
several days and appears to have been
a victim of heart failure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
COAL SHOVELER
BURNED BY STEAM
James Hart Painfully Injured at Plant
of Republic Steel Company
in Moline.

James Hart, colored, while shovel
ing coal at the plant of the Republic
Steel company in Moline about mid
night last night, was blown through
windaw by the explosion of steam
pipe He was badly scalded, most of
his clothing being blown off. Physi-
clans WHO have charge of his case at
the Moline city hospital 'say'he will re-
cover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09

All the news all the time = THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09

of the most extensive water main sys-
TENS in the city.
Law is Unconstitutional.
1t has developed that the opening of
an alley in block 81, Chicago or Lower
addition, can not be done by special
assessment, at least not while Judge
r. w. Olmsted is judge of the county
court Alderman BlochlingeE submit
ted to the council that the proceedings
adoption of a resolution instructing
the board of local improvements to be-
gin new proceedings. 'And | hope
there'll be no flaw this time" added
the alderman Then City Attorney
Witter explained. The judge, it APP
on the ground that the act under which
the proceedings were begun, is, in his
opinion, unconstitutional AS the at
,orney stated, this decision of the
Judge makes it impossible to proceed
along these lines.
The opening of this alley has been
Up for several years. In fact, the al
ley has been known as Pratt's alley
because of the persistency of ex-Ald-
erman Allen Pratt in attempting to Sc
cure action in the matter.
Allow Attorneys Fees.
The bill of J. T and S. r. Kenwor-
thy, in the sum of $2.075, for legal
services in the telephone case-the
fight against the Central Union-was
reported son favorably by the finance
and claims committees, and on the
recommendation of the committee the
bill was allowed and $500 ordered paid
to the attorneys on account.
For More Paving.
Alderman McNealy submitted an
ordinance for the paving of Twenty
| fifth street from Third to Fifth avenue,
with brick. The estimated cost is $4,-
under the rules.
A bill of Jasper Siever for $4,000,
| on account, on the city hall rebuild
| ing, was allowed, on the certificate Of
| the architect George p. Stauduhar
presented a bill for $500, on account,
|
er bills including a number from the
city engineer for the preparation of
specifications for certain improvements
were presented and referred to the
different committees.
| The Union Electric Telephone & Tel
egraph company's bond in the sum OF
$1,000, one of the requirements under
its recently granted ordinance, was re
Ceiyed and approved.
Invitations were received asking the
city to be represented at the conven
lions of the League of American NUM-
cipalities at Omaha, the Upper Missis
sippi River Improvement association
at Clinton, and the National Associa
ton of Comptrollers and Accountants
at Louisville, Ky. All were received
and placed on file. Mayor Schaffer is
10 be one of the speakers at the meet
ing of the League of American NUM-
cipalities, and will represent the city
there. His subject will deal with the
saloon problem in cities.
| The contract for the plumbing and
heating of the city hall building was
awarded to Channon e Dufva, on the
recommendation of the building com
mittee. The bid of the successful firm
was $1,251.75
Chief Hastings of the fire depart
ment made an interesting report or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
Rheumatism Cured In a pay.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma.
tism and neuralgia radically cures in
one to three days. It's action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; Gust
Schlegel & Son, 20 West Second
street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
OBITUARY.

Flanagan Funeral.
The funeral of James H. Flanagan
was held this morning from the home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
Notice,

To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that, by the
authority of the honorable secretary
of the United States treasury and the
honorable commissioner of navigation,
the name of the ferry boat at. j..
Robinson" has been changed to that
of Rock Island"
NJ l.. HENDERSON,
Managing Owner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09

of H. c. Reese, 1901 Third avenue,
Moline. Father Kelley conducted the
services which were in charge of the
Eagles of Moline. Burial took place
at Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-09
EVERYBODY INVITED.
Ladies, Too.

Call and see us make the first pair
Of mems directoire trousers yet to be
heard of. Will be on display in our
corner window Sept. 10 and II.
BEAL TAILORING COMPANY.
Illinois theater building
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
The Powers That Be.

Under our present extraordinary all.
m1nistration the process of centraliza.
ton goes on apace. AS every one
knows, the executive departments
pave nothing to do with congress, ex-
cept to draw the money appropriated
with regularity and after spending Il
report what has been done with II
The president alone has power under
the constitution to recommend such
measures as he may deem necessary
for the public business. But President
R~oosevelt's young men whom he has
made members of his cabinet seem to.
imagine that they are the whole shoot
ing match, and that it is not only
necessary for them to run their depart.
ments but to force on the attention of
congress such measures as thew de-
sire enacted into law. Thus on De.
cember 10, Mr.. Garfield, secretary Of
the interior, introduced into congress
no less than Is bills, through com
munications to the senate. Possibly
these measures may be Of the utmost
necessity or advantage, but the in.
terror department was created for car.
rying out the laws that NAV
see mt to pass, as far as they relate
matters owe which that department
mas supervision and no further.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
DECLARE LAW VOID
SUPREME COURT lNvALlDATES
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY LAW.
FOUR OF The JUSTICES DISSENT
Majority Opinion Declares Act Seeks
to Regulate Commerce
of States.

Washington, D. C.-The supreme
court of the United States declared
unconstitutional the employers liza
bility act" passed by congress in 1906,
at the solicitation of the president.
By this law it was sought to abolish
the doctrine that the responsibility of
a fellow employe for an accident re-
lieved the employer from suit for dam
ages for the death or injury of another
employee. The decision was by a vote
of 5 to 4.
In rendering the majority opinion,
Justice White said congress could deal
with the relations of master and SER
want, as found in interstate commerce.,
but by the act under consideration, not
only interstate, but interstate COM
merce, was regulated. Justice Day
concurred in this view. Justice Peck
ham rendered an opinion that the law
was not unconstitutional because con-
gress did not have the power to deal
with the relations of master and SER
want as applied to interstate commerce
in the way in which it did in this act.
Justice Moody, former attorney gen.
eral, rendered a dissenting opinion,
moved, he said, by solicitude for the
maintenance Of the lawful authority
of the national government.
Justices Harlan, McKenna and
Holmes also rendered dissenting opin-
ions.
The decisions were rendered in the
cases of Howard VS.. the Illinois Cen
trail Railway Company, and Brooks VS..
the Southern Pacific Railway Com
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Muncie's Mob is Broken.

Muncie, Ind.-The backbone of
Muncie's mob element is broken.
Cars were run Sunday from early
morning until dusk over all lines, and,
with the exception of a little stone
throwing on the outskirts, the cars
were unmolested, notwithstanding
they were manned by imported strike
breakers and unguarded so far as
deputy sheriffs or troops were ON
cerned. Major General w. ]. Nc
Kee, in command of the troops, takes
a cheerful view of the situation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
MINERS IN HIGH SPIRITS.
Entombed Three Send Out Word They
Never Felt Better.

Ely, Nev.-Rescue work in the
Alpha shaft of the Giroux Com
pany's shaft is going slowly ahead.
An average of 10 feet a day is the
best speed at present. Work is be-
ing done a short distance below the
75-foot mark under the 500 level.
Solid ground has not yet been reach.
ed in the shaft, but on account of pre-
cautions being taken by the men as
they go down. the work is now prac-
tically safe for them.
The three entombed miners are
showing remarkable endurance and
are seemingly as we'll satisfied with
their situation as they have been at
any time since the first cave-in, near
ly a month ago.
Fred Brown has been troubled with
insomnia, but he suffered from this
before his Imprisonment. He is in
the best of spirits and eats heartily.
A. D. Bailey and Peter Mcdonald
say they never felt better in their
lives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Republican Prosneritu

Confidence is gone; and confidence
Is the basis Of all prosperity. So says
John D. Rockefeller. But the stand.
patters say that the tariff is the basis
Of all prosperity. Other Republicans
claim that the said basis consists az
the gold standard and the national
bank system. But confidence is SINE.
iy gone so far as all these things are
concerned; and that is possibly what
Rockefeller meant. For, Of course. bc
could not admit that trusts brinr.
either hard times or prosperity. II
that confidence or lack Of confidence
y trusts and trust managers affect
INC country The trusts are only inho-
cent bystandcrs, as he views It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
PETTIBONE FREED
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY WAS
BROUGHT IN BY BOISE JURY.
ORCHARDS STORY NOT CREDITED
Twelve Men in Famous Miners Case
Were Out All Night-Pet-
tibone Seriously III.

Boise. IdahO-George A. Pettibone,
former official of the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners, was acquitted
by a jury here Saturday or the charge
of completely in the assassination of
ex-Gov. Frank Steunenberg. Petit
bone is seriously i'll.
The principal evidence against Pet
tibone was that given by Harry Or
chard, the self-confessed slayer of 20
men. But, Orchards story failed, as
it did in the trial of William D. Hay
wood, secretary of the Federation,
who was acquitted, because the pros
ecution was unable to introduce cor
roborative e%vidences connecting the
defendant with the conspiracy alleged
to exist in the federation against the
lives of the miners opponents.
The jury began its deliberations at
$3.50 o'clock Friday night. The de-
Tense carried out its announced res
olution not to argue the case, this
preventing Senator Borah from ad-
dressing the jury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
nine QUALIFY
ON THAW JURY
ALL or THE MEN SELECTED ARE
SUBJECT TO PEREMPToRY
CHALLENGE.
INSANITY TO Be THE DEFENSE
The Defendants Wife Is Again the
Center of interest-Jurors Will
Be Locked Up Through.
out the Trial.

New York-At the close of three
court sessions, which marked the first
day OF the second trial of Harry K,
Thaw for the alleged murder of Stan
ford White, nine tentative Jurors had
been selected out of 81 talesmen e
amined by District Attorney Jerome.
for the prosecution, and Martin w.
Littleton, for the defense. All of the
men in the jury box are subject to
peremptory challenge, of which each
side has thirty. In view of the diff
Guilty experienced last year. In dis.
charging five Jurors after they had
taken the oath of service, it was
agreed this time not to administer any
oaths until both sides finally are sat
isfied with the full panel.
To Plead Legal Insanity.
Legal insanity at. the time of the
tragedy is to be the sole defense. This
was made clear at the very outset of
the proceedings, when Mr.. Littleton
formally served notice that the for
mer plea of not guilty was amended
by the specification that the defendant
was insane when the homicide was
committed.
The trial opened with little or no
ceremony and there was distinct evil
dence OF a slackening of public inter.
est. Admittance to the courtroom was
vigorously restricted and all day LONG
there were vacant benches in the cur
tailed quarters given over to specta.
tors. The only women allowed to be
present are the members of the de-
PENDANTS family and newspaper writ
ers. Artists, who we're barred after
the first few days of the first trial,
were allowed to sketch to their
hearts content.
Throngs. Follow Mrs. Thaw.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was again the
center of interest, even to the exclu-
sion OF the defendant himself. She
was followed by throngs of curious
persons as she entered and left the
courthouse for the morning and aft
ernoon sessions. She did not attend
the night sitting. The long court
hours and the tedious monotony of
the repeated jury examinations proved
intensely f~atiguing.
Every possible convenience is to
be provided for the jurors, who are
to be locked up throughout the trial.
They are to be quartered in one of the
fashionable hotels on Upper Broadway
and luncheon will be served at an
expensive downtown restaurant. The
jury examinations did not develop
a strong vein of unalterable opin-
ION as was anticipated and many Of
the talesmen were excused on other
grounds than bias based upon read
ing of extensive reports of the first
trial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

Lon6on-The perjury accusation
against Herbert bruce was for
mally abandoned Monday. When hui
man remains were found in the COT
fin bearing T. G. Druce's name, the
prosecution said there was nothing to
prove that the unrecognizable body
was really Druce's and that the per-
jury case would be pushed. The
change in front is generally accepted
as foreshadowing the dropping of the
suit for the Duke of Portland's es-
tates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
OF MISSOURI,
Flip of Coin Picks Home.

St Louisa flip of a coin decided
for Gertrude Baer, Is years old,
whether she would become the waSd
OF the family of P. G.. Murray, treas
urer of the Carlyle Dairy Co., living
at 1854 Cook avenue, or of the fam
lily of Robert J. Newton, publisher,
of ABBA Labadie avenue. The toss
up favored Newton and he took her
to his home. The police did not re-
ceive any answer to a letter sent
to the girls father in Pendleton, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
q GRAY Quits.

Jefferson City-Governor Folk re-
ceived tho resignation of Howard
Gray, judge of the Carthage district
of the Jasper county circuit. In his
letter he takes exception to a ruling
of the supreme court with reference
to the $1,000 a year additional salary
allowed by the legislature. The SUI
preme court holds that judges, where
one county composes the circuit, are
not entitled to this increase.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Mystery in Death OF Barber.

Chicago-Lyman W. Barber, Sec
rotary of the Standard Car Truck
Company, was found dead on
the structure of the South Side elevat-
ed railroad at Tw~enty-sixth street, his
body mangled. The fact that a peck
etbook he was known to have carried
is gone leads friends and relatives to
believe he was robbed, despite the fact
that other valuables were not miss
ing. The police say that Barber prob
ably fell from the platform and was
dragged by a train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Reply to Pope's Encyclical.

Berlin-The recent conference OF
Catholic bishops at Cologne, which
discussed the pope's encyclical against
modernism in the faith, has replied to
the %encyclical in a letter. The letter
declares shat the encyclical was most
opportune and necessary to expose the
m~cdernists' many and varied errors
and to examine into their causes and
announce their pernicious effects.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

Queen Victoria's letters, which have
recently been published, are an impor-
tant contribution to the intimate his.
tory OF an age of English thought and
literature which bears her name. Her
letters to Tennyson, published some
years ago, have long since dispelled
the Idea that she was only a symbol
and a name. The new volumes show
abundantly that she was a keen.
vigorous thinker about men and
events. II she had a genius for
craftsmanship, she had also a genius
Tor an art quite as rare, the art OF let.
ter writing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Stabbed by "Jack the Rlpper.n

Berlin-Another mysterious Grip
per" crime was committed Sunday
night in the suburb of Cha~r1ottenburg
A little girl 4 years old was enticed
into the hallway of a house and fatally
stabbed In the abdomen. She was in
jured in exactly the same manner as
that employed by the man who last
July startled the city by a series of
Standings of young children. No trace
of the criminal has been found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Bryan Hints at Candidacy.

Nacogdoches, Texas-William J..
Bryan practically announced his
candidacy for the presidential chair.
He concluded his speech with this
statement: Those Of you who may
never have an opportunity to hear a
real live president of the United
States, a at least say now that you
heard n speak who on two different
occasions cherished the delusion that
he was going to be a real live pres
ident, and be feels the disease coming
on again."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
NeWIands a Candidate.

Reno, Nev.-United States Sena-
tor Francis G. Newiands CT Ne
vada will be, a candidate for the pres
idential nomination at the democratic
national convention to be held at Den
yer in July. Private information re-
ceived here states that his candidacy
a already been launched in the
hands of his friends in the East, who
are supported by his personal admir-.
ers in Nevada.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
FOR Revenue onlv.

The Democratic party has ALWAYS
advocated taxation for evenue only.
out has never advocated or a~cquiesced
n taxation for socialistic purposes
only. Taxation, as Judge Cooley nays.
IS q mode Of raising revenue for ths
Use Of the government in the perform.
ance OF its constitutional functions.
out Mr. Roosevelt doesn't think ID
Judge Cooley does.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Conference on Salmon Case.

st. Louis-N. T. Gentry of Jefferson
City. assistant attorney general. ar
rived In the city to meet the attorneys
engaged in the prosecution and de-
tense Of Harvey w. Salmon. charged
with violation of the banking laws.
The meeting is for the purpose of
agreeing upon the arrangement Of the
evidence for the appeal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

Chester, Pa.-When "Jim,' a pet
gold fish, the property OF Druggist
Harry Kershaw OF the West End, died,
the owner and his wife decided to give
Jim" a decent burial. A small casket
was made, the fish placed in 1t and
the interment accomplished in the
yard a. the rear Of the Kershaw re;i-
dence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Lemp Ice Plant DESTROYED.

st. Louis-Two huge frame ice
houses of the w. ]. Lemp Brewery
Company at Potomac street and the
Iron Mountain tracks were destroyed
by fire just before midnight Sunday
night. Five thousand empty beer bar
rels and ten Iron Mountain freight
cars loaded with lumber were also
burned. The loss is placed at $780,
900.