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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
GREAT BASEBALL ENTHUSIAST
Career Of Harry c. PulIian1, Late Ma
tional League President.

Harry Clay Puiliam. president of the
National League of Professional Base
ball Clubs. who recently died in New
York by shooting himself was born III
Scottsyille, Ky, thirty-nine years ago.
and soon after finishing his college
couS'e he went to Louisville to take
up newspaper work. He served part
of the time in the capacity of city
editor, but was also interested in base
ball. In 1898 he resigned as city ed
itor Of the Louisville Commercial to
accept the presidency of the Louisville
club. Prior to that he. had served n
year in the Kentucky legislature.
In Louisville Pulliam formed the ac-
quaintance of Barney Dreyfuss. now
the owner of the Pittsburg club They
We're associated in baseball for num-
Der of years in Louisville and Pitts
burg. Dreyfuss became president OF
the Louisville club. and Pulliam be.
came his secretary and treasurer
When Dreyfuss got hold Of the Pitts
burg club and transferred his players
there lie took Pulliam with him.
One of puiliam's greatest "discov-
cries" in baseball WAS finding Hans
Wagner, the best player in the game
today. Wagner was playing in Pater-
son, \. j., at the time, and l'ulliam
went there on the recommendation of
a friend and looked Wagner over He
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
VANDERvOORT PROTESTS
Holds Moline Car and Not Pierce.
Should Have Hover Trophy.


w. II. VanderVoort of the Moline
Automobile company has entered a
protest against the finding of the
committee which gave the Pierce en-
trant for the Hover trophy in the
Glidden tour finished last week, a
perfect score. Moline car No. 101
and two Pierces reached Kansas City
with perfect road scores but the Mo-
line car was penaliZed IL points af-
ter the examination by experts and
one of the Pierce cars was given a
perfect mark, thereby winnings the
trophy. Mr.. VanderVoort says he
has evidence that the Pierce car was
not in perfect condition and expects
his protest to be needed. in which
event the Moline car will be given
the Hover trophy. The Moline cars
entered in the tour We're the only
ones carrying absolutely no spare
parts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
LINE o DOPE

Alvin Dolan, third baseman for
Rockford, has been sold to Cincin-
natl.
Sterling and Dixon have arranged
for series of seven games starting
Aug. IA.
Bloomington won six games out
of / on the trip north, making the
best showing of any of the southern
teams.
Dubuque played an exhibition
game at Galena yesterday and was
beaten to |. being held to two hits
by Pitcher Kremer.
1t is said that Dick Smith will prob.
ably be out of the game for the re-
mainder of the season. ligament in
his hand has been broken.
They turned out with band to well
come the Bloomington team home yes
,erday And then Decatur turned in
and trimmed the Boomers up.
Johnny Baker. the southpaw, former
~ with Clinton. is now pitching sor
he James Hackett team in the Trolley
league Sunny Jim is playing first
base and is said to be in old time form.
Felix Isman announces that the
leal by which Mike Donlin was to be-
;ome the. manager of the Philadel-
ohia Nationals has fallen through.
incidentally Isman has also failed to
yet an interest in the team.
There is no doubleheader with
'edar Rapids. the date having been
hanged to Aug. IS. Originally it
vas intended to play off the game
cstponed July today but Presi-
tent ,.exton has revised the-list.
Jimmy Cuthbert, the Peoria play
n who was hit by pitched ball in
davenport last. week. left for his
rome yesterday after being laid up
II the New Kimball hotel since the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
Bloody Battle at New York.

New York. Aug. As Sailor" Burke.
the Brooklyn middleweight, battered
Fred Lucas of New York into a help.
less condition at the Bedford Athletic
club in Brooklyn last night. The affair
was too one-sided to be called a con
test Burke had Lucas on the floor
when the bell rang at the end of the
first round, which was cut five seconds
short Two more knockdowns fol-
lowed in the second and Lucas was
lettering on the ropes when the referee
stopped the bout.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
TO STAGE BOUT ON RIVER
Two Chicago LiShtweights Will Meet
Here Sunday.

Kid" Smith, a, Chicagoan who has
trimmed 70 couple of Moline aspirants
for pugilistic honors lately, will meet
kid" White. also of that city at some
point on the river next Sunday. The
bout is TO be under the auspices of
Davenport sports and the arrange
ments are kept secret The men are
ightweights and the battle is seized
uled for 10 rounds. Smith announces
an intention OF taking up his residence
in Moline, where a corner of the lid
appears to have been pried up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

Christy Wilson's victory over Dav-
export yesterday brings TO mind the
fact that Chris has never lost a game
10 Davenport in the five years in which
he has been playing on the Rock Island
club During that time, Wilson has
pitched about % games against the
Davenporters and every one of them
has resulted in defeat for the aggrega.
ton from across the river. The scores
have ranged from i 10 to big scores
of IL and 10. but the larger number
has always been credited to Christy's
team. If ever man had the goat OF
another team Wilson ought TO have
that of the Davenport team. if they
would only think over the games of
the past five years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
JUDGE BETHEA Is DEAD
Federal Judge Passes Away at His
Home in Sterling

Sterling, ILL.,, Aug. 3.x.Judge S. II.
Bethea Of the federal court died at his
home here last evening. after pro-
longed illness. II has been known for
some days that death could not be
aveitel, but he showed wonderful re
Operative mowers and it was thought
he would last several days, until yes
terday morning when he took a decid I'd
turn for the worse, and sank. rapidly.
Judge Bethea was one of the best
known federal jurists in the middle
west and bad presided al seyegall cases
of public Importance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

Country club. on the links of which
the tournament will be held, have com
pledged themselves to do nothing but
play hosts on the days and nights OF
the tournament And aside from tire
club members, Ottumwa citizens will
recognize the golfers in numerous dec
orations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
Candy Pushers Lose.

The employees of Hartz & Bahnsen
company and the candy pushers from
w. l.. Gansert's FLASHED at the Watch
Tower diamond Saturday afternoon
The former carried off the honors by
the score of Is to II. The game was
fast and very exciting White ant
Lewis formed the battery for Hartz &
Bahnsen, while White & Patty did
the heavy work for the losers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
Scared With a Hot iron.

or scalded by overturned kettle-cu
with a knife-bruised by slammed
door-injured by gun Or in any othe
way--the thing needed at once i.
Bucklen's Arniea Salve to subdue in
fiammation and kill the pain. IT.
earth's supreme healer. infalli5le foJ
boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema ans
piles. Csc at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
Saving Money
Is Simple

A process of growth. If you
form the habit, an Independent
fortune will grow out of your
small beginnings Just as sure
as the giant tree grows from
the sapling. No9ody saves
much at a time. Everybody
can save a little 1T a time. hi
nanciaI success is simply a mat
ter of sticking to your saving
making yo.r character
stronger than an! temptation
to spend. Try the tank account
nIan of saving see now fast
the small change grows into
dollars and how tie dollars
will grow into tens and hun
d. eds.
We invite you to open an ac-
co int with this strong bank
with ST or more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

John B. Lobert, scout for the Gin
cinnati Reds was in Davenport yes
terday and said he was much inter
ested in the work of Hinrichsen, the
Illinois university pitcher who is
playing the ..Outfield for Davenport
He has just come from a tour of the
Tri-otate and Central leagues and
says neither has anything on the
Three-Eye.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

When Dow Vandine heard that he
was sold to the Winchester Ky team
he vowed he wouldn't report. How
ever, when he was notified that unless
he showed up in Winchester by san
day the deal would be called off and
he would be suspended for the rest OF
the year, he changed his mind imme
|diately and left for Kentucky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

Stolen bases = Melchoir. Novaceil,
Two base hit-Keenan. Three base
hits = Snyder, Cutshaw,. Roudebush
Struck out-By Davidson, 2; by Jacob
sen. .. Bases ON balls-Om Jacobsen,
-. Wild pitch-Jacobsen. Umpire -
Earle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
FOR IOWA GOLF TOURNEY
Many Entering for Contests at OF.
tumwa Aug. 1O-1I.

tUmWa Aug. 1U-I4.
Ottumwa, Iowa. Aug. s. Fully 100
golfers will compete i'm the ninth an
nual tournament of the Iowa Golf as
ISOLATION here Aug. 10. II. ~, - and
IA. and almost half of this number is
already entered says Secretary
Dwight B. Baker. who is at the present
time one of the busiest cogs in. the
wheel of Iowa golf That Ottumwa
will be golf wild the second week in
August is a foregone conclusion. All.
ready the members of the Ottumwa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

Three base hit-Geyer. Sacrifice hts
Mclean, Kelley, Rietz. Warrender
Stolen bases - Mcbride. Stark (2D,
Vogel, Shaffer Bases on balls-Off
Wilson, 2; OFF Fleet. A. Base on dead
McGrew. Struck .out--By Will
sen, 4; by Fleet. l. Time of game
lao. Umpires-Mc Mckenzie and Hol-
lingsworth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
accident. His physician says he viii
De all right in a few days.

Grenoble Engman is, or will be hand
ed the blue envelope at Cedar Rapids
He has the reputation of being the
most unfortunate pitcher in the bust
ness. When he twirls. something al
ways happens and his team loses He
intends to go back to his home in Mis-
sissippi and work in sardine factory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03
Keenan, the Goat,

Bloomington, ILL.,. Aug. 3.-Keenan,a
errors in the seventh inning permitted
three men on base and allowed Roude-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-03

:. Jimmy Cuthbert, the Peoria play
n who was hit by pitched ball in
davenport last. week. left for his
rome yesterday after being laid up
II the New Kimball hotel since the
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

Tn next few days will be memora-
BILE in the history OF this city. The
coming OF Booker T. Washington,
which has been heralded for some
weeks, is arousing the community
both to the benefits that will come to
II from his presence. but alike to the
need Of the Y. " c. A. work in which
Interest he will speak The reputa-
ton Of Mr. Washington as speaker
Is world wide, He has addressed the
most intellectual audiences Of the
white race that have ever assembled
and his technical knowledge has made
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

Denver proposes to honor him in ey-
cry possible way from the hour he ar
rYes, Monday, until his departure on
Tuesday. His time has already been
sought by the white teachers associa-
ton. and he will address them al ;
p. m Tuesday at the East Denver
High School. Invitations from other
organizations have come. but his time
will not permit him TO respond. With
this class Of interest from the whites
in his visit here. IL is the baSa. IN
dgrsiOod that from first 10 last his
trip will be an ovation. The details
Of bis stay are: Arrives at 5:55 p.
m Monday. over the Rock Island:
lunches AT Mrs AtWood's. his stop
ping place Twutv-sccoud and Clgrk
son streets, speaks al the Peoples
Tabernacle. Twentieth and Lawrence
streets. at p m. is guest oi h0HoI
At a banquet after the speaking given
by the TuskeLno Alumni a. Shor-c~
church. guest Of Mr.. and Mis-. IC-
Williams at breakfast Tuesdag NJ >33
Fox street. guest OF Dean Hart al
luncheon at noon, guest OF Mr. and
Mrs C. s Muse al p. m, leaves at
IS for the east
A committee OF eight persons will
greet him at the depot at his coming
and they will sso 10 tt that nc is
made wholly welcome and entertain
ed during his stay
or Importance next only to The
speaker himself as a feature of the
Monday evenings lecture is the per.
son who will introduce him Bishop
Abram Grant, who has presided over
this district OF the A. NJ +. church for
the past six years, will make the in
uoductory remarks. He It Is whose
close personal relations with Mr.
Washington have enabled Denver to
persuade him to come so far west.
contrary TO his usual custom Bishop
Grant has been associated with Mr.
Washington in movements nation.
vide. and will speak with fun knowl-
edge touching the full import Of his
coming TO this city. The popularity
OF the prelate, and the high standing
OF the teacher mean much to the sue
cess of this benefit Tor the Y NJ.
c. A.
Persons who have not yet bought
their tickets should bear in mind that
they are on sale at 1922 Nineteenth
street, the knight Campbell Music
Company, and the Central Y, NJ. c. A.
On Monday the tickets will be SON
only at the Peoples Tabernacle dur
ing the afternoon and up until the
evening. There are all indications OF
q tull house and persons desiring
seats had best buy at once.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

him member Of educational com.
mItt,es serving with such eminent
men as President Taft himself. Then
too. he is the business head Of cor
Toration with the largest working
capital of any Negro institution in
this country. He handles millions Of
dollars. he directs the energies OF
thousands of workers. and he has set
the feet of tens of thousands In the
path that has led them to the greater
usefulness. Because of his unique po-
sition recognized as great man by
the white race as well as by his own,
the desire to see him pervades all
classes and the sale of tickets 10 mis-
lecture is proceeding at fast rate,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

Al persons are u ged to secure
their tickets as early as possible in
order to avoid the II sh. The doors
will be opened At p m. and the lee
ture begins at , p.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30
DR.. WASHINGTON
LECTURES MONDAY

The entire Y. NJ. c. B., reception
committee. ushers of all the churches,
and all interested in the lecture Mon
day night, are urged to meet at the
Peoples Tabernacle Sunday at 3
2. m.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

will arrive in the cit today and will
preach at Shorter Chapel A. NJ. E.
church Sunday morning at II o'clock,
and consecrate beard of deacon
esses.
Bishop A. Grant as been invited
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

and is expected TO be present at the
Y NJ. c. A. meeting Sunday after
noon at the Peoples Tabernacle at 8
p. m and to hear the final arrange
ments for the Booker T. Washington
lecture.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
STREET CAR MEN ON STRIKE
Service at Philadelphia Only Partially
Affected.

Philadelphia. May 29-Philadelphia
IL in the tangle of a street car strike
The order of the executive committee
of the Garments union was not gen
orally obeyed, enough men reporting
for duty to start the average number
of cars.
The order to strike went into effect
at a. M, when the day service be-
gins. At 9 a. m. cars were running on
all but two of the lines of the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company,
which operates the entire street rail
way system, but 1t was apparent that
the company was having difficulty In
maintaining the regularity of the serv-
ice.
In West Philadelphia, where feeling
was strongest against the company
for raising the rate of fare, the COM
pany experienced most trouble. The
Fifty-second street line was tied up.
On other lines in this section sympa-
thizers jibed at passengers. many of
whom left the cars. In some in
stances cars were abandoned by
crews.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
NORTH DAKOTA STORM
Eight Persons Killed and Large
Number Injured.

Grand Forks, N. D., May 29.-Eight
are dying and over a score are seri,
ously injured as a result of a tornado
which swept over North Dakota late
today.
The storm was especially severe at
Langdon, where the residence section
Of the city was practically wiped out
Four were killed and twenty injured.
The dead are Mrs. Joseph Boyd, wife
Of one of the merchants; Joseph Pow.
ers, aged twelve years; infant son of
Joseph Balm and Mrs. j. Blakeley.
The storm started at 6 p. m. and
lasted about five minutes. Forty res
licences were destroyed. The Metho-
dist church was razed. Two large ell
evators were crushed. The financial
loss is estimated at s15O,OOO.
At Ypsilanti three persons are dead,
two are dying and many are injured
The dead are Mrs. George Graves and
two daughters of Mrs. Graves.
The Northern Pacific station was
demolished and all the wires are
down.
At Jamestown section of the
roundhouse was demolished.
At Lakota there was a terrific elec-
trio storm. Several buildings were
struck, but the damage was not heavy
At Wahpeton the state fair build
fngs were badly wrecked. Sheep and
other barns were blown down and the
damage runs into the thousands
At Devils Lake the wires of the
Great Northern were torn down and
communication with the west cut Oft
One man was killed by lightning a,
Steele.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
BAILEY IN A FIST FIGHT
Clashes With Correspondent of New
York Paper.

Clashes With Correspondent of New
York Paper.
Washington, May 2S.-Immediately
after the adjournment of the senate
Senator Bailey met w. Tinker Man
ming of the Washington bureau of the
New York Times in the corridor of
the senate. Hard words were ex.
changed and blows followed.
Manning is said to have struck the
senator first, using an umbrella The
men were badly mixed up when Sen.
ator Clapp, who weighs 24O pounds
separated them, dragging Bailey into
the finance committee ROOM
The trouble was the immediate re-
suit Of a speech delivered by Senator
Bailey earlier In the afternoon, in
which he denounced the New York
paper and branded it's correspondent,
Mr.. Manning, liar.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
AlGHWAYMEN ROB A BANK.
Two Of Them Captured Aafter bat
tie With Posse.

Merrill, Wis, May 30. Four high
waymen entered the eGerman-American
State bank and while three covered
Cashier r. G.. Ballstadt with their
rifles, the fourth entered the vault and
took all the money in sight, probably
amounting to upwards of $1,000, and
put it in a satchel They Immediate
II took to their heels
A posse headed by Chief of Police
Calder followed in pursuit, chasing
them out of the woods at the park in
to a clearing beyond, where a running
fight was had with two of the robbers.
One of the robbers was wounded.
He succeeded, however. in getting to
a swamp with his companion, where
both were captured about half an
hour later. The other two took diff
ferent route from the park and were
seen to swim the Wisconsin river
short distance below the park.
Both the robbers caught are young
men, one probably sixteen or seven
teen years old, the other about TWEEN
ty years old, and both are strangers
here and apparently inexperienced as
highwaymen. They had automatic
rifles.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
Order for Hearing on Claims.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Brown, So

STATE OF MINNESOTA, l..
County of Brown. s.
In Probate Court.
Special Term, May 2S, 1909.
In the matter of the estate of Mary E,
Nagel, deceased.
Letters of administration A on the estate
of Mary E. Nagel, deceased, late of the
County of Brown and State of Minnesota,
being granted to Herman Nagel
1t Is Ordered, that three months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and after
the date of this order in which all persons
having claims or demands against the
said deceased are required to file the same
in the Probate Court of said County, for
examination and allowance, or be forever
barred.
It is Further Ordered, that the first Mon
day in September A: D. 1909, at 10 o'clock
a. NJ, at General Term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the Probate Office
Ulm in said County, be and the same
hereby is appointed as the time and place
when and where the said Probate Court
will examine and adjust said claims and
demands.
And It is Further Ordered, that notice
OF such hearing be given to all creditors.
and persons interested in said estate by,
forthwith publishing this order once ir,
each week for three successive weeks in
the New Cln Review, weekly newspaper
printed and published at New Ulm in said
County.
Dated at New Ulm, Mimi. the 2Sth day
of May A. d. 1909
By the Court,
GEO. Ross,
(Sean 2224 Judge of Probate.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
Verdict of Jury in Case of James
Sharp at Kansas Citv,

Kansas City, May 29.-The jury in
the case of James Sharp, or Adam
God," charged with the murder of Po-
liceman Michael Mullane in relig
ious riot here Dec. 8, returned YER
dict of guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree. Sharp was sentenced to
twenty-five years in the penitentiary
When the verdict was read Sharp
heard it without show of emotion
That's all right" said he. It's the
will of God"
sharp's wife Melissa, who IS yet to
be tried for murder, was not in the
courtroom. When news of the ver-
dict was told the woman in her cell
she gave way to tears, but soon re-
gained composure.
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
GEORGIA STRIKE AT AN END
Concessions by Both Sides Terminates
Trouble.

Atlanta, Ga, May 29.-At the con-
clusion Of conference between Com
missioner of Labor Neill, T. K. Scott,
general manager of the Georgia rail
road, and d. A. Ball. vice president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, Commissioner of
Labor Neill announced that the strike
had been declared off. 1t is under
stood that both sides made conces-
sions. The following statement of the
settlement OF the strike was given
out:
can amicable adjustment of the
differences between the Georgia rail
road and its employees, who have been
on strike, has been reached on a
basis said to be satisfactory to both
parties. The strike has been called
off and train service Is to be resumed
imm mediately."
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
s. N. .. NORTH.

ceed Mr.. North Mr.. North's resigna.
tion is direct result of his recent
controversy with Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagel
1t had been supposed up to within
the last few days that the contro-
versy between Secretary Nagel and
Director North had been amicably ad
justed. The friction between the two
continued. however, and at last Sec
retary Nagel put the matter squarely
up to President Taft, saying that
either he or Mr.. North would have to
leave the service as existing condi.
tions between them were impossible
New Ulm review., 1909-06-02
An Only Daughter
Cured of CONSUMPTION.

When death was hourly expected, all
remedies having failed, and DR.. H.
James was experimenting with the
many herbs of Calcutta, he accident
ally made a preparation which cured
his only child Of consumption. His
child is now in this country, and en-
jOying the best of health. He has
proved to the world that Consumption
can be positively and permanently
cured. The Doctor now gives this
recipe free, for two 2-cent stamps to
pay expenses. This herb also cures
Night Sweats, Nausea at the Stomach
and will break up a fresh cold in
twenty-four hours. Address GRAD
DOCK & CO., 1892, Race ST., Phila-
delphia. naming this paper.