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Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
TALKS BEFORE the
COUNTY SOCIETY
DIR. Finley EilingwOOd of Chicago Ad-
dresses Bi-Monthly Meeting of
Local Medical Men.

The Rock Island County medical
society held it's bi-monthy meeting at
the Watch Tower last evening and
about 25 of the physicians of the
county were present at the elabor-
ate supper which was served at $50
After the banquet was over, Dr. Eir-
ley Ellingwood of Chicago, delivered
an address on the subject of thera-
peutics and the principles and prac-
tfe of medicine. Inc doctor is
learned and eloquent and his talk
was of much interest to the assembly.
A general discussion followed the ad-
dress. DR.. w. H. lLudewig. who is
president of the society. presided at
the meeting. DIR. Clark of Water
town. was proposed for memberehip
in the society and his application will
be acted on at the next meeting.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11

to w. r. Myers 10 take to Denver 10
have assayed BY some mischance the
test was never ,nade, but the ranger
Kept on neglecting his cattle for tho
shaft zuntil one day going into Colo
RADIO Springs with a load of rock, he
came back thrilled because he had
struck pay dirt.
We'll give you $500 for the claim, -
said one of the millionaires of the FL
ture. Wonack's eyes popped out. He
had never had so much money as that
before and he closed the deal Thot
piece of land turned out 10 be the
famous FL Paso mine, one of the rich
est in the district.
Sold All for a Song.
He prosrccted 80 other claims and
every one of them he gave away n
sold for a song before half their rich
ness had been revealed. His was the
craving of discovery, not of possession
Winfield Scott Stratton was one of
his companions and wanted him to fol
low him when the mysterious call
came from another part of the camp.
Womack hesitated. but Stratton went
en- and discovered the independence,
which he sold for 100000 900
The story of the returns from as
says on WoVk's claims started i
rush to the district later called Grip
PIE Creek from the cattle crippled in
Womack's prospect holes.
AS others fortunes increased, Won,
ack's faded Then he heard what was
doing up on the hills as he split kind
ling for the fires of his sisters board
ing house, washed dishes or did chores
about the place, but his only comment
was, 81 knew | was right; couldn
fool me-"
So Bob Womack lived in poverty
until he became helpless. He always
believed he would tap another vein Of
gold.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
ASKS FOR FIVE BILLIONS
fierce attack against the Spanish garri-
son there. Fighting began yesterday.
GET READY FOR
CARNIVAL WEEK
Davenport Hard at Work Preparing
for Affair to Begin
Aug. 10.

Now that the firemen's tournament
is 'over. preparations have begun in
earnest for Davenports great river
carnival and race meet which begins
Aug. 16 and continues for one whole
week. Already many of the fast hor-
ses that are to take part in the -four
day race meet are quartered at the
mile track and are being daily put
through that routine of work thai
makes prize winners. The entry lis,
is already one OF the largest in the
history of horse racing in Iowa and
numbers the fastesl horses known in
the west. The members of the Day
enp0rt Boat club are working night
and day. They have made special
trips up and down the river to secure
personal promises that the fastest
boats on western waters will be here
for the great races ON the mornings
CT the 18th and 10Th. 1t is evident
that the owners Oi some of the fastest
OF these boats have concluded that the
Davenport races offer an ideal time
and place to settle for all time certain
differences which have for some time
existed between them. One man ex-
pressed the general sentiment when he
said: My boat will be in those races
II the prize be but tin dipper.'
A vast amount OF work is yet to be
done at the ball park Thirty big
shows with over so people are to DE
here all the week One of the finest
ZOOS in the world is to be one of the
big features. Five of the greatest
free acts ever shown in this country
will give complete performances every
afternoon and evening. A great big
city of fun and amusement capable
of holding $4,000 people. Yesterday a
representative of the great Paine was
i'll town, making final arrangements for
tn emaSnificent fireworks which are
TO be shown ON the river Thursday
evening. To carry out the great Mon
ltor and Merri.nac feature seven boats
are necessary and these have all been
secured. Nearly 40 blocks of the city
are to be decorated.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11

sized off Halibut point early today
carrying down three members of the
crew, the second officer and the cap
tain's wife and her little boy Four
of the crew landed at Lanesville and
reported that Captain Evans. the sur
geon, engineer and several Seamen
were drifting out to sea before the
gale on,a life raft
Many Go to Rescue.
Half an hour later a dozen fishing
beats put out from here, as well as
two life saving crews TO rescue the
men adrift.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
ELEPHANTS IN STAMPEDE
Herd of II Runs Amuck When Dog
Bites Beasts Heel.

Clay Center, Kan, Aug. 11.-For
two hours yesterday the town was
terrorized by Ii elephants which es-
capped from show and stampeded
through the streets. A small dog
bit a heel of an elephant and the
beast, breaking from its keeper, ran
away, the other 10 elephants follow
ing. A Snowman was knocked from
a horse and seriously hurt. During
the excitement the people of the town
kept off the streets.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
BOB W0MACK, DISC0vERER OF Grip
PIE CREEK COLD FIELD, is DEAD

Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug. H.
Robert NJ. Womack, Familiarity known
as Bob" Womack. the discoverer IF
Cripple Creek, is dead The range
rider who rubbed with the finger #
faith the lamp of Aladdin and flooded
the world with gold, has gone on the
last prospect tour. into the sunset.
The man who turned COW pasture
into mint when he sank the first
shaft in the great gold camp and thus
sent $250,000,000 into the markets nf
the world. who gave the secret of his
find TO others died dependent on the
charity and gratitude of those he had
enriched.
Died of Broken Heart.
Womack died of broken heart The
death of his niece. Dorsey Womack,
two weeks ago hastened the end He
had been feeble for four years and
gave up the struggle when the 4-year-
old relative passed out of life.
Bob Womack was born &C years
ago. He began riding the Requa
Gulch range for cattle company late
in the sos The gold fever burned
in his veins as he traversed the
ground which the owners believed IL
most worthless.
In 1891 Womack did his first pros
pect digging. Finally the foreman oi
the range sent complaints to the Del-
yer mortgages that WOmack was
wasting him time honeycombing the
country with prospect holes into
which the cattle fell and crippled
themselves
Spell Was Upon Him.
An investigation was made. Won
ack, the gold hunters look blazing IL
his eyes, the gold digger's stoop bend
ing his shoulders. listened patiently to
the order to stop digging. But the
spell was upon him. He gave a sack
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
Spokane Meeting Consid.
ering Liberal Reso-
luton.
WOULD ISSUE BONDS
To Use the Money for Rivers,
Roads, Forests and lrri-
cation.

Spokane, Aug. 11.-Delegates to the
National Irrigation congress set about
to relieve the arid land situation today
when resolutions beginning with re-
quest for ample funds" and ending
with resolution asking for national
8 per cent bond issue for s., 900, ,00O. 900
were introduced.
Billion for Waterways,
1t is proposed to use the fund as
follows: One billion dollars each for
drainage. irrigation, deep waterways,
good roads and forest preservation.
1t was asked that a committee pre-
sent the request to congress. George
Otis Smith, director of the geological
survey, spoke on the classification of
public lands.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
COL. ALBERT A. POPE DEAD
Founder of Bicycle Industry Had
Been Sinking Since May.

Boston, Aug. 11.-CoIoneI AFtHur
A. Pope, founder of the bicycle IN
dustry, died yesterday afternoon 1T
his summer home in Cohasset, wherc
he had been sinking since last May
The colonel, worn by the financial
difficulties of his corporation and ~
his efforts to extricate the company,
collapsed both mentally and phys
ically and his recovery has at no time
since then been expected.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE AT A RESORT
Many Hotel Guests Are Driven Out
by Blaze Which Destroys Part
of Monticello, n. Y.

Middleton, Ny Aug. 11.-Loss esti-
mated at $1,000,000 was caused by fire
which swept sc buildings from the
main street of the summer resort town
OF Monticello, n. Y, last night. The
buildings burned nclud,d i hotels,
stores and residence The fire was
gotten under contro this mo ling af.
ter dynamite had b en- used. Three
hotels, filled with summer quests,
mainly from New York city, w,re de.
stroyed. All guests escaped with most
of their personal effects.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
ALABAMA FOR INCOME TAX
Resolution Adopted by Legislature
Now Up to Governor.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 1.-THE
senate's adoption of the resolution
looking to an income tax amendment
was without any eventful circumstan-
ces. Having passed the house and be-
ing approved by the governor, it was
adopted without dissenting vote and
will be signed by the governor as
soon as engrossed. Every line of IN
fiuence and practically every man IN
the legislature is for it.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
BOY MISSING FOR A YEAR
Drury Farmer Takes First Steps to
Find Where Lad Is.

John Husen, resident of Drury,
was in the three cities yesterday %
ask the police sto aid him if possible
in locating his 1+year-old son, who
ran away from home year ago last
June and has not since been heard
from. The boys mother died about
two years ago and he was living with
his father on the farm when he dis
appeared. Since that time there has
been no clew to his whereabouts.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
annual PARADE Feature
g|OF DAY AT SALT LAKE CITY

part of the present week, as some of
the collections included in yesterdays
receipts came from distant ports and
were made up of collections under the
Dingley law At the same time, three
fourths< of all the collections come
from the port of New York, showing
that the collections under the new law
will be much greater than under the
old based upon existing conditions.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
PENNIES WON'T FIT SLOT
Owners of Machines Protest Against
the New Design.

tIlt Now IJtSISH.
Washington, Aug. 11.-Owners of
penny slot machines are making
strong protests to the officials of the
treasury department for change in
the size of the new Lincoln cent.
They report that to prevent fraud,
their machines are accurately con-
structed, the receptacle for the
money being carefully made to admit
coin the size of the Indian head
penny. The slight increase in the
thickness of the new cent prevents
its use in the machines without the
application of considerable force,
which damages the machine.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
NEW TARIFF ADDS REVENUE
$93O,04i Collected, Compared With
$676,57S for Aug. 10, 1908.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Receipts re-
ported yesterday from the operation
of the new tariff law amounted 20
$9S0.944, as against receipts under the
Dingley law for the same day last
year amounting to $676,57S. A fair
comparison of receipts under the two
acts cannot be made before the latter
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
Nearo lis Lyn ned.

Hopkinsville, KY, Au liza negro
named Miller, who alta, ed the 9-year-
old daughter Of Thomas Wadington,
near Cadiz Monday, wa3 taken from
the officers who were colgeying him to
Jail and lynched.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
TUG OVERLOADED
Craft Sinks Off Massachusetts
Coast and Six Are
Drowned.
OTHERS FLOAT OUT TO SEA
Fishermen Hurrying to Rescue Party
That Took Refuge Upon
Life Raft.

Rockport, Mass, Aug. lin stag
gering around Cape Ann before a west
eriy gale loaded to her gunwales with
anchors, the naval tug Nezinscot cap
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
Quake at Boqota.

Bogota, Aug. 11.--An earthquake
was experienced here yesterday morn.
ing. The shocks were prolonged, but
no damage was DONE
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
Strictly Military Pageant
Reviewed by G. A. R.
Commander.
REGULARS At THE HEAD
Illinois Contingent at Head Of
Column of veteranS-Bus-
mess of EnCampment.

Salt Lake City, Aug. 1.-THE an
nual parade, the feature event of the
Grand Army encampment, started at
10 today and was reviewed by Com
mander in Chief Nevins. The column
was strictly military in composition.
The 18th infantry, u. S. A., from Fort
Douglas took the lead, and was fol-
lowed by the Utah National Guard and
carriages conveying the commander i'm
chief, his official family, and distin-
guished guests.
Illinois Leads States.
Illinois led the states, and then came
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and
Ohio, and down the list to Oklahoma.
The union ex-prisoners of war marched
after Oklahoma and the Utah COM
rades modestly brought up the rear.
To the music of score of bands the
columns moved slowly down the streets
PAST cheering thousands of spectators.
Leo Children Form Flag.
Seven blocks brought the head of
the procession to South Seventh street,
where 1000 school children in red,
white and blue robes and caps formed
human flag wonderful in its beauty
and marvellous in its movements as it
undulated in semblance of wind-tossed
waYes.-- .-..-.-- --...-as',.s,
Welcome tn City and State.
Under the vast dome of the Mormon
tabernacle the Grand Army and all the
auxiliary organizations were welcomed
to Utah by Governor William Spry and
to Salt Lake City by Mayor John S
Bransford last night. Commander in
Chief Henry Nevius replied.
Campfires were held at the assembly
hall and the armory. These were fol-
| lowed by gorgeous display of fire.
works on Tnsign peak, the mountain
rising 1900 feet at the northern edge
of the city, upon which the Mormon
pioneers planted their flag at the first
| settlement of Utah.
storm Breaks Up Parade.
A genuine mountain storm Monday
night uUWe1COUle ei0C-
trical effects. Visitors throngedr the
: streets, watching the spectacular par
: ade of the Wizards of the Wasatch,
when suddenly the storm broke Ac-
companied by volleys of thunder and
flashes of lightning, torrents of rain
/ drenched the crowd and the decora-
| tions. There was an unceremonious
dash for shelter and the parade was
abandoned. Within so minutes the
/ storm had stopped.
| The lightning played havoc with the
power transmission lines, and the
campfires at Assembly hall and the
armory were plunged in darkness. A
few lanterns were secured and created
small GASES of light in the halls, but.
for the most part, the speakers and
singers were invisible.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
NEARLY GETSFARM
Maurice DeKay of This City
Draws Within 5000 Limit
at Couer d 'Alene. 9
SEEMS TO HAVE NO CHANCE
Government to Withdraw Area Under
the Reclamation Act to be
ParCeled Later.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Aug. 1.-THE
drawing for homesteads in the Occur
dAlene Indian reservation was ended
yesterday. when 1000 envelopes had
been taken from the great iron casks.
There still are two more reservations
for which drawings will be made in
the next two weeks. Tomorrow Miss
Christine Donlan of Missoula will Sc
lect the winners for the largest num-
bers of homesteads for the Flathead
reservation, and on Monday at the
opening of the drawing at the Spokane
reservation Miss Harriet Post, daugh-
ter of Frank T. Post of Spokane, will
pick the first envelope.
Number Not Known.
1t is a matter of speculation with
Judge Witten, superintending the land
drawings, as to how many applicants
can be given lands in the Flathead res
ervation even if they draw lucky num-
bers. Under the reclamation act the
government is likely to withdraw a
large part of the irrigable land in that
reservation. Approximately $500 claims
are to be had in this reserve, but the
proposed reclamation of part Will re-
duce the number by several hundred.
Judge, Witten says he is unable to
say how much the government was
considering reclaiming, but it is likely
to be some of the most valuable land.
Should this be reclaimed it will be held
for settlement until it can be put un-
der water and will then be opened I'M
der new drawing.
Only LOIS Available.
There are many of the persons who
drew lucky numbers yesterday who
will be unable to get homesteads, as
there are only 1,02S claims available
for settlement. The drawing of 1000
names was done to allow for withdraw
ais and failure to file claims on the
land Hundreds of those whose names
were drawn yesterday may never ap-
pear to claim alright to locate on
lands Thousands registered simply to
have chance on winning one of the
first so or 100 names.
T. Maurice DeKay of this city is
among those who drew within the 5000
limit, but his number, ,794-is not
likely to get him a piece of the land
according to latest information. Others
from this vicinity who were lucky yes.
terday were R. H. Pipes of Davenport,
with No. 1901, and Oscar Oldmens-
linger Of East Moline, with 1850
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
Alfonso cup chaI! .nner2

London. Augs 11.-Regorts are cuf-
rent in watching circles here that King
Alfonso is a possible Challenger for
Americas cup.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
BLACK SIGNS
up FOR FIGHT

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Jack Johnson 70
day signed articles to fight James =.
Jeffries. ,4-.-AA
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11
MRS. JOHNSON Is TO SING
Will Be Soioist With Petersen's Band
Friday at the Tower.

AS a special feature of the Friday
evening concert of Petersen's band
at the Watch Tower, Mrs. Harriet
Cropper Johnson will be the soloist
and will sing, Thou Wondrous
| Youth" by Abt.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-11

Seven blocks brought the head of
the procession to South Seventh street,
where 1,200 school children i'm red,
white and blue robes and caps formed
human flag wonderful in its beauty
and marvellous in its movements as it
undulated in semblance of wind-tossed
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-13
SHORT STORIES OF THE CITY
Twin Diamonds; Same Old Gag

Henry LeClair, an enterprising gen tieman from most anywhere, was brought before Justice Hinson Thomas by Deputy Marshal Cochran yesterday evening and sentenced to eight days in the county jail on a charge of vagraney. LeClair had been working the old gag of "twin diamonds. He had one fairly good looking stone, which he showed to man in a local saloon, taking care to spread his over coat in front of the diamond, as a screen. "It's worth s300," he con fided in whisper, "but I'll let you have it for slOO. "where did you get itf" asked the prospective custom CT, wary of such liberality. ''I stole it,' said LeClair, and his statement was spoken so low and so impressively that it looked like a shame that he should be out of the penitentiary. But the customer did not bite. LeClair tried the same game on two or three others, but they, too, were SC skeptical that he was just about to become all most discouraged when one of the men he had selected as victim saw Deputy Marshal Bob Edwards and told him of the proposed deals. Edwards took the merchant into custody without much ado. The game. when an easy mark is found, is to swap off the phoney dia. mond for the good one.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-13
Gamble Would Like to Be Inuited 10
 Possum Dinner

If you were from sunny Tennessee and you had been living in Arizona for years. and, pining for one of the del icacies of the old home state, you had gone to all the trouble and expense of importing nice young possum from Grandoldtexas, and the 'possum faded out of your coop in the night, wouldn t it make you mad' That s what happen ed to George Gamble and Red" Au
 brey and it is sore subject with both of them. Gamble has some sort of clue as to the final resting place of his "bird,| but "Red'' has absolutely nothing to indicate that :" his n didn t melt into thin air. Both longed for a good old fashioned mess of 'possum and 'taters. Such Iongings come to every man who wanders far from his boyhood home-not always for possum and 'taters, of course; sometimes the yearn- ing is for terrapin, clam bake, or any thing else. But Gamble and Aubrey had their stomach attuned for pos. sum and 'taters. Bill Rose, properly ap- preached, imported two fine 'possums from Texas Gamble put his in a strong tight coop. and began fattening the youngster for an early killing. Two 1'eolored gemmans happened 10 visit Gamble s yard a couple of days ago. If a white .southerner is fond of possum and 'taters, negro s fondness for the dish is nothing short of passionate. That night Gamble's s 'possum evaporated. "I don t care wha, darkey got it. but l do wish he would invite me to dinner, murmured Gamble plaintively when he discovered his loss. A 'possum hide has been located in the office of the coun. ty supervisors, but the tail is too short for a thoroughbred Texas 'possum.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-13
Stop Swearing; Get Dictionary

Now that the sidewalks of Globe are fairly clean, thanks to the fact that the marshal s office has broken up the practice of splitting in public places Deputy Marshal Cochran has set him. self to the task of putting a stop to the prac tice of swearing and using pro. fane language on the street. ''l m go ing to arrest the first man 1 hear swear ing or using ugly language on the street, said the officer yesterday. "It is just habit that some of these men have gotten into, and it ought to be easily broken if they will only stoI to think little. If they won | think I'll help them. all right. It is moi always drunken men who use that sort of language, but some of our best men They go on talking loud and don ,; see the ladies coming up behind them who are forced to hear that sort of talk. There are plenty of words in tho dictionary without using profanity. Tel those people that if they don't know enough English to say what they mean they can just come up here and tho marshal $ office will he glad to loan them dictionary.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-13
FORMER GLOBE MINISTER
 GETTING BUSY AT YUMA

Rev. George Selby called meeting of the business men connected with St. Paul's Episcopal church last night for the purpose of appointing a business committee to manage the affairs of the church about to be erected in this city under his supcrsion, says Yuma paper. L. M. Lawson was made treasurer and c. II. Colman secretary of this com. mittee. A report containing estimates for the new building will be made Sun. day to the congregation and decisive action will be taken at the next meet. ing of the committee, Thursday night, that ground may be broken for the new church immediately.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-13

terrible earthquake in Italy. One of them was for the sum of $500 and was the amount collected by the chamber, while the other, for $l29.75, was raised by local Italians and Italian assoeia. tions. The money will be sent to Hen ry II. Flather, assistant treasurer of the National Red Cross society at Wash ington. D. C., who will forward it by cable to the scene of the disaster. Later in the evening it was reported that $l0 had been added to the sum by the Miners union, making $639.75 in all
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-13
Mining on Saloon Floor

John Shovelin. who tried to launch mining operations on the floor of a North Globe saloon, was sent to jail for eight days by Justice Hinson Thom- as yesterday evening. Shovelin had been taking on lot of stimulant when he called at the shelter and asked for work. He was given sledge hammer, pick and poker and told to pitch in. He pitched out. Made uncertain by the fumes of the liquor he had taken aboard, he started down town with the tools and dropped into sa- loon. He seemed to have sinister de- signs upon the floor of the place, and the officer was called in. In court, Shovelin said he did not remember anything except that he had been drink ing.