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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-01

He was brought up to my cabin, where
he Rugged me with joy, and tell YOU
felt Il too for he meant It. He danced
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-01
Had EYES OF a Matman.

His eyes were those Of a wild man
and he tore his coat and vest from his
shoulders felt a creepy feeling steal
ing up my back and pressed a button
Under my arm. calling help, The rest
OF the message read:
-" your ohum. Can't find them"
It was signed "G," the initial OF his
brothers name. Well, help arrived just
In time that day. The big fellow had
three husky seamen had come just in
time TO prevent him tumblirg into the
sea. He raved and tore like maniac,
throwing the boat into terror and finally
being forced into irons.
Two hours after the fatal telegram |
was bordering over the fckleness OF
women and swearing eternal scorn
when Cupid sent out the c. Q. D. of a
lovers distress and rescued his subject
from despair. The answer TO Cupd's
cry OF distress was:
aida Ill In bed. Your kilograms
best medicine. Aldas elopement
shock to Ms all. Elopers In Chi.
cago."
1t was signed by the girls mother.
The thing stupehed me a minute.
read copy OF the other message and
then this one. Something was wrong.
Suddenly became excited and rang for
the steward. was afraid that the
poor fellow would GO into commissions
and harm come to him II he got the
second one suddenly. Finally the stew
ard gave II to him He was laughing
nendishly in the cafe and showing the
effects Of many drinks. He sobered In.
stantly.
"Oh. God what a burden from my
heart" he exclaimed What mis-
take, boys, and what II might have
cost my dear old dad and mother and
her They've mistaken the letter 'I"
in Aida's name for the 90 in her sis
ter Alda's, Here, quick rush this note
10 her"
Danced With Joy.
He was brought up to my cabin. where
he Rugged ME with JOY, and ! tell you |
.fel. Il too, for he meant 1t. lie danced.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-01
"why no wireless7 Please, Aida,
hurry. I am dying with suspense.
Don't execute me. H."
"Aida has eloped with"-

felt a clutch at my coat and then
whirlcd about to see him leaning against
the cabin door. his head buried in his
arms. His whole frame shook. He was
moaning as II struck by hard blow.
Then he cried aloud: lie won her; he
won her nj last"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-01

was an old pal who played end on his
eleven In college and who had lived for
years next door to that Of h Is flancee' S
home. The Hark!ns boys and Aida and
her sister were comrades from child
hood, he said, and then suddenly a sus.
picion got the. master hand In his
wretched condition. He exploded.
Wonder what In hell Dick Hark!ns IS
doing there, anyhow" he said. and of
he scampered
Shows Peevishness.
Next two days he sent four messages
and received two. Both were brief, ask.
ing II he was we'll 1t was the fourth
day out when the big lad became peev-
ish. 1t had been raining during the
night and communication wasn't clear.
We had not met boa, In sixteen hours.
He had sent one message, but hadn'
He was hroken-hearted, wanted to climb
the mast and examine the aerIals and
offered to do anything II | could only
get Just one more message"
/ was waiting to get into the Baltic'S
zone coming west and stood by to get
her call Minute after minute lie
fretted and fumed. Al times his foot
stamped the cabin floor and his mutter-
ings turned into general concentrations
ughNSt wireless, I've WlNuS anu waves,
ocean and about everything his half de-
ranged brain could conceive. II was a
horrible suspense for him, | could see
II and sympathzed, but could not help
him. His message, held up, read:
why no wireless7 Please, Aida,
hurry. am dying with suspense.
Don't execute me. H."
II was o'clock in the evening Many
Of the passengers We're at dinner and
none were about the boat deck We
were alone, His eyes were fastened
wildly on the wireless apparatus. He
finally became exhausted and sat with
head dropping and doing on chair
Then came my ships call. wrote.
It was addressed to him called him,
figuring on relieving his suspense as
quickly as possible. He saw me write
his name and
Ill t.n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03

SAME FIGURES FOR SERIES
Thousand Fans Brave the Cold
Davenportcrs Convinced Rock
Island Has Better Team.

The enemy is ours They succumb-
ed before our doughty warriors across
the river yesterday by the same count
as the ante-season exhibition series
stands, to / and Davenport will
start the Three-Eye season next Thurs.
day firmly convinced that Rock Island
has the better ball team.
About thousand steam heated fans
sat through the final entertainment
before the big noise starts and saw the
Islanders do the cleaning act. The
thermometer stood at 45 degrees, 10y
actual count and the wind blew %
miles an hour but the quality of base
ball was nevertheless of "a high orde',
Marty Nye. the Prodigal shortstop
seemed to be the only player particu
larly affected, and he let four balls
through his frostbitten fingers az
counting for all the hobbies of the day
Otherwise there were few features.
Wilson is Stingy.
CHRISTI Wilson was on the mound
| or six rounds and held the Davenport
Il 10 utllNSS, "OL Oul ~
some tight holes to do so. Webster
was called to the front in the seventh
and while he pitched equally good
ball. one run filtered in under his ad
mnisiration. Bill Fleet tossed the full
route for Davenport. Jacobsen back
stopped for Rock Island while Pa
Shaffer used Smith and Edwards
Meloan's illness gave Noyacek employ
ment in right
1t was NOvacek who brought in the
| first run in the fourth inning. He go
walk and was sent along by Kelley
sacrifice. Mcbride flew but Berger
dropped high one back of first tha
entitled him to two bases and Now
tailed FOgel broke one through {
moment later and Berger raced in
/ jacobsen made a nice try but Perscl
out in center got under the BALL
Nye's error on a grOunder by Nova
eek was responsible for the other scor,
| in the sixth. Kelley was there agail
with beauty of a bunt and then Nc
Bride wallOped one that put Novacel
on third. Berger pOlcd IA long fly t,
center which gave NOvacek half Al
hour to come home Vogel's liner
which was tagged for three bases was
lnabbcd by Russell in the most senSa
tional play of the day.
Mcbride and Murphy each landed {
two baser afterward but to no avail
though Webster, who had lived on al
error in the ninth, was thrown out =
| the plate trying to score from first ~
Franks screaming drive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03

Fleet, 1. Hit by pitcher-B. Jacobson.
Hits off Wilson in 6 innings. 4. Stolen
bases-Marphy, Mcbride. Vogel. Sac
rifice hits-Kelley, 2; Berger, Nye,
Reitz. Time-1:35. Umpires-Bash
and Burke.
Diamond Dust.
Notice how Mcbride had his eye on
/ the sphere?
Jacobson caught nice game and
planted two long ones out in the field
that gave the gardeners a run.
Davenport's outfield is full of bumps
and the Founders are liable to go any
where once they get outside the dia.
mond
Davenport certainly has bail
player in that 19-yer-old boy Russell
He covered the ground abiv and never
failed to hit the ball and hit it hard.
Two of the three passes given by
Wilson we're voluntarily perpetrated
when a hit would have meant a run
and the batter had gotten three balls
Christy thought he couldn't afford 10
toss I'D easy marks under such circum
lstances.
Three out of four in the prelims.
Davenport has good team, though
perhaps not as good as Rock Island
and yet the Davenport public is moi
satisfied. They are already beginning
to accumulate a crouch. Everywhere
after the game yesterday the home
fans could be heard comparing the two
teams all to DavenpOrt's disadvantage
"Russell's the only player we got.
they would say Look at that wind,
said another Davenport bleacherite
during the game. when Rock Island
| comes to bat it blows out toward the
| field and when Davenport is in il
blows the other way. Just our luck.
If the knockers don't get Pa Skaters
scalp it will be a wonder.
Rabbits Lose to I<ewanee.
Kewanee H., May although out
hit, Kcwanee played better INSIDE
baseball and defeated Cedar Rapids
Three-Eye leaguers. 5 to s. Score:
Kewanee >. ..O00OO5 O*-5 s
Cedar Rapids. .OOO02 II
Batteries-Wagner. Hemphill, Crime:
and Elliott; Carmichael, Malicott, Lem
oncool and Rohrer.
Bloomington Loses at Springfield. .
Springfield, ILL.,, May 3.-The Bloom
| ington team was defeated here yester
day . to in chilling wind Score
| by innings:
r. II. E
Bloomington .OO40O02O0-G .
Springfield ....4 0 002 50 8
characterization, Roger, McNam
ara ANA Erwin; Grandy, Steiger, Miller
Donovan and Johnson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
The Worlds Best Climate.

is not entirely free from disease, on
the high elevations fevers prevail
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less ex
tent, according TO altitude. To over
laria, jaundice, biliousness. fever and
ague, and general debility. the most
effective remedy is Electric Bitters
the great alternative for every form
of bodily weakness, nervousness and
insomnia. Sold under guarantee at
all druggists. Price soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
UMPIRES COMING
TO TALK 1T OVER
President Sexton Will Give Instruc-
tions and Assign Indicator
Men Tomorrow.

The four league umpires are expect
ed here this evening or tomorrow morn
ing to hold conference with Presi-
work during the year. r. c. Clark
came down from Chicago, where he
has spent the winter; Joe Burke is
here, having umpired the preliminary
games for this city; G. Bush has done
the same thing for the games in Dav-
from Springfield, where he has been
officiating for the Senators. President
Sexton will assign the men to the diff
ferent cities for the opening game, af-
ter their arrival here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
SIXTY NOW PLAN
TO VISIT GENESEO
Rock Island Delegation to See Open
ing of New Park Will BE
Big One.

Sixty dyed-in-the-wool fans have sig.
nitied an intention of going to Geneseo
tomorrow afternoon to see the Island
ers play the Geneseo, Henry coun'y
league team and open the new pan X
at that place. Without doubt the del
cSation will grow considerably before
the hour of starting arrives. The party
will, of course, go on the Rock Island
the train leaving here at lis The
return trip may be made on either of
several trains, arriving here at or
. O'Clock or later This will be the
last time the Islanders will engage in
contest before the opening of the
league season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
LINE O. DOPE

Peoria trimmed Pekin yesterday {
TO l.
Ed Walsh has signed a White So:
contract
Pitcher Burch has been turned over
to Burlington by Springfield.
Mike Breyette is to return east and
will play again with Burlington
Larry Doyle and Fred Beck are both
batting $50 in the National league
Decatur has made deal with
Omaha for Pitcher Louis Hall, paying
5000 for him.
Dubuque has signed Catcher Nome.
maker, formerly with the Lincoln
Western league team.
Ed Krebs, the backstop who was for
several years with Decatur, has been
secured by Burlington
Awful bump for the Chicago Cubs
| TO lose two in one day to Pittsburg
and drop from first to fifth place.
Bumpus Jones, formerly with Rock
ford, has been turned over by Detroit
10 Indianapolis. This may mean good
bye for Davidson
lntielder J. w. McCance was re-
| leased Internationally by Manager
Donnelly. McCance was secured from
Indianapolis early in the spring.
Catcher Orendorff, last year with
Bloomington, is leading the Pacific
coast league with the stick so far, hit
| ting at a 400 rate. Tom Tenant. las.
year with Decatur, is second with a
| mark of .357. Pitcher Koestner, for
merly with Bloomington, is hitting .g3:3355.
Mike Breyette isn't hitting lick, his
mark being .04S in 81 games.
Torey has finally notified President
kinsella of Springfield that he will not
report, preferring TO play two games a
| week with the Logan Squares. 1t is
said that Kinsella will not suspend the
player as he could do, but out ot
friendship for Callhan will let him
play with the understanding that he
will help Springfield out in case of
dire need.
Pitchers Atwill and Kivel were re-
| leased by Decatur Saturday night.
There are now six men on the Com
mic pitching staff. These are Lauder
milk, Jacobsen, Bishop, Engman, Hail
and Cowell. A roster of the team rs
1t stands at present follows: Catchers.
Boucher and Fisher; pitchers, Jacob
sen, Laudermilk, Bishop, Engman.
| Cowell and Hall; first base. Foster:
second base, Fred Moore; shortstop,
Mark Purtell; third base, Johnny Bark
well; left field, Ruby; center field.
jenkins and Cote; right field. Burns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
GOLF SCORES SHOW
WEATHER EFFECT
So Does Number of Contestants i'm
Second Preliminary for Mems
Handicap.

Bad weather did not deter a small
number of golf enthusiasts from taking
part in the second preliminary to the
mems handicap championship at Rock
Island arsenal links Saturday after
noon. AS might have been expected
under the circumstances, the scores
were not particularly low.
w. b. MiXter retains the low score
medal by tying his own low score OF
IS. Decker French Of Davenport Won
the cup with low net of "a. The
scores were as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
ARE IN THE RACE
Rock Island Elks Have Eye on
State Baseball Cham
pionship.
TO SPRINGFIELD THIS WEEK
Opponents at Convention will be Ur-
bana and Quincy, Last Sea.
sons Winners.

The Elks' team is planning on going
to the state convention of the Elks
which is to be held in Springfield this
week. Word has been received from
there to the effect that if the team will
come, it will be matched with the team
from Urbana for game on Wednes-
day. The winner of this game will be
pitted against the Quincy team on the
following day, and the Elks champion
ship of the state will be the stake The
Quincy team won the championship
last year at the state meeting and it
feels sure that it will land it again.
The local team does not claim to be
able to wrest the honors from it, but
intends to make a good bid for them
if it is their fortune to be a contender.
EIks' Errors Costly.
The Elks' baseball team met defeat
yesterday afternoon at the hands of
the Independent team at Bettendorf
by a score of II to 8. The game was
played Oh a diamond covered with
mud and errors were numerous, but
the ones made by the Iowa boys were
not nearly so costly as those of the
locals The nine scores of the Elks
were secured in two innings. the sec
ond and the sixth. In those rounds
the ElkS landed on the Bettendori
pitcher for several safeties and the
runs came in thick and fast. Ander
son and Gregg formed the battery for
the losers and Prizes and Peterson did
the heavy work for the Bettendori
team. The score by innings:
Bettendorf 05100&-11 II :
Elks -. .....04OOO50 900 8 10
Lose to Moline Tigers.
The Rock Island East Ends lost C
he Thornbloom Tigers of Moline al
the Moline South Side park yesterday
afternoon. u was a close contest. the
Plow city aggregation playing an uphill
game. The East Ends touched vi
Peterson, the Moline pitcher, quite
freely in the opening rounds but afta!
that he settled and they could do little
with him. There were several senSa
tional features. Bartell and WeiganC
| occupying stellar roles for Rock Is
land and Crippen and Taggerty per
forming similarly Tor Moline. Score
| by innings:
East Ends ....3 2 o 0 0 0 0 0-5 4
Tigers -. liz o q o 0 Is G 1
Batteries - MCBain. Weigand an,
Seeley; Peterson and Nelson.
! The lately organized Young &
McCombs Greys played curtain
| raiser with the South Side Regular
of Moline lasting five innings and tn,
local team won by a score of IL t,
4. Lindstrom pitched for the visi
| tors and Anderson did the backstol
work, while the battery for the Mo
| line team was Swank and Childs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
EDDIE WISE GOES
TO OTTUMWA TEAM
Rock Island Third Stacker Will Prob.
ably Be Seen on First With
the IOwanS.

Third Baseman Eddie Wise was dis.
posed of today and will not be seen in
Islander uniform again this year. He
has been loaned TO Ottumwa and he
left this afternoon to report to his new
manager. 1t is understood that Man.
aser Channon Of Ottumwa is planning
to use Eddie on first base. Wise is a
clever infielder, being able to handle
the ball about as Clearly as any of
them, but he has failed to develop his
batting eye enough to keep pace with
his fielding ability. When the sigma,
ture of Stark was secured, which al
lowed Kelley to be moved from that
base to third, it was a settled thing
that Wise would not be needed any
longer.
lnfielder James J. O'Hearn of Tor
onto arrived in the city Saturday af-
ternoon. He is small in stature but
looks like a ball player.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03

training for his 40 round encounter
with Hyland, which, after many chang
es in the date, has been set for May
80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
TO FIGHT THOMPSON FIRST
Battling Nelson Again POstpones
Meeting with Mcfarland,

Chicago. May 3.-Battling Nelson
sprung surprise yesterday on his
return from short theatrical tour in
the east when he announced that he
positively would fight Johnny Thomp-
son July 5 at Colma instead of Packey
Mcfarland. The Dane declared that
Packey would be taken on Sept 8, but
that the latter would have to consent
to few changes in the original arti
cles for the fight. Thompson and Mel
son have agreed on terms for the go
according to the lightweight champion
and the articles for the fight probably
will be signed today. as Nelson starts
for San Francisco tomorrow to begir
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03

mobile club, which has a number of
Rock Island members, met Saturday
afternoon and adopted set of driT-
ing rules copied after those in force
in the larger cities and designed to
govern other vehicles, as well as auto
mobiles. 1t is understood that the
Davenport city council will use the
rules as the basis of an ordinance gov
erning the use of the streets of the
city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03

IOtalS .....o2 l ~ Ia
*Batted for Fleet in the ninth.
Score by innings:
Rock Island 30 0 9 0 / 0 0 o.
Davenport -. % 0 0 0 0 o 1 OIL
Summary-Two base hits-Berger
Mcbride. Murphy. Bases on balls
Wilson. 81 Webster, 1; Fleet, 2. Strucs
out-By Wilson, 4; by Webster. 2; by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured.

can honored citizen of this town
was suffering from a severe attack of
could obtain bottle of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
he felt confident of being cured, he
having used this remedy in the west
He was told that ! kept it in stock
and lost no time in obtaining it, and
was promptly cured" says NJ. J.
Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, VT. For
sale by all druggists:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
AMERICAN LEAGUE


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, 2-10; Pittsburg, Sc.
st. Louis, SIS; Cincinnati, 4-13.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 5; Detroit, 6.
st. Louis, 0; Cleveland. l.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, 4; st. Paul, 0.
Louisville, 9; indianapolis, 10 90
innings).
Columbus, 8; Toledo, I'll innings)
Minneapolis, 5; Kansas City, 1.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Wichita, 8; Lincoln, 2.
Pueblo, 10; Omaha, s.
= Denver, 8; Des Moines. 6.
Topeka. 3; Sioux City, 2.
CENTRAL LEAGUE,
Evansville, 1; Fort Wayne. 5.
GAINESVILLE. Z: South Bend, 6.
Terre Haute. 8: Dayton. s 10 in
Wheeling, S; Grand Rapids, Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
"BRER FOX II" is SPEEDY
Motor Boat Breaks All Records from
Cincinnati to New Orleans.

New Orleans, May 3.-The "Brer
Fox IL" of Cincinnati arrived last
night from Cincinnati after having
broken all motor boat records on the
Mississippi river. 1t covered the dis
lance of l,554 miles in 81 hours, p
minutes and IS seconds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-03
Davcnport's Chances Lost.

Davenport had brilliant opportu1-
ity in tie fourth, when three men go.
on by virtue of a hit and two passes,
but Pa Shaffer failed to cut the mus
tard and made the third out Again IN
the fifth a similar predicament arose,
when Fleet and McGrew singled in
succession and Jacobsen walked but
again DavenpOrt's aspirations were
frosted.
Along in the eighth. however, the
enemy got one over in this wise:
Russell died on a roller and Jacobsen
hit. Reitz weakly popped up anil
PersCh got base. Ii was up to Shat
fer, who on two previous occasions
had failed to bring home runners and
this time he made good His single TO
right let Jacobsen home. but Edwards
who succeeded Smith behind the bat
for Davenport in the fourth, ground I'd
out Score:
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-18
EVER SEEKING SHADOW LETTER
Odd Hobby Of . Man Who scane tho
Advertised Mail List.

One nan with an odd hobby Isn't a
person who gets much mail and what
he has or expects to have he can keep
in mind very easily. Probably he never
had a letter which went astray.
Yet every time he sees in the news.
papers the list OF advertised mail sent
out from time time by the general
p%ost-ofice In New York he turns at
once to the initial letter under which
his name comes and runs carefully
through the list. He has never yet
found any letter that might be sup
posed to be for him and furthermore
hasn't found any that might be for any
of his relatives.
He takes an odd pleasure In doing Il,
however, sometimes with that eager
ness which impels a ma to grub
through a packet of old letters in
hopes that he may come upon some
rare variety OF stamp. Really, II ever
he found his name In the list 1t prob
ably would kill his enjoyment of the
hunt forever thereafter.-New York
Sun.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-18
&S{@ZWL0HZS
| RMA&3 @h4W
>,1<NRABEbbA
'.~...' by MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
ooCNN6Hr E0( ~ 6Q76s- nER4uL ca
.bI MOLLY ELLIOT SFAWELL
c0PYN(W /00C 6r 6Q16S- NIRRHI ca

l began. for the first time, to fear the
%reproaches of the world in general,
and Sir Peter and Lady Hawkshaw in
particular, in regard to running away
with an heiress. I had one comfort,
however; Daphne fully believed in my
disinterestedness; and | can sincerely
say | wished Daphne's fortune at the
bottom of the sea, If / could but have
wooed and won her in the ordinary
course of events.
Lady Arabella travelled Just ahead
Of us, but took occasion to show her
anger and resentment against us in
every way.
About half the distance to Scar
borough we met full in the road a
travelling chariot, and in it were Sir
Peter and Lady Hawkshaw.
We found that the hostlers had
earned their money. and that the
Hawkshaws' chaise had broken down
at least once in every stage.
When we met and stopped, Arabella
alishted, and SO did we, and so did
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-18
CHAPTER TX,

Lady Arabella Stormont was as good
as her word; for that day, two months,
Giles Vernon was put upon trial for
his life at York assizcs for the alb
duction of an heiress. Sir Peter Hawk
shaw refused absolutely to counte-
Arabella; and my Lady Hawk.
shaw, who never had bowed her head
or abased her spirit to mortal man or
mortal woman before, went upon her
knees, imploring Arabella to give over
her revenge-for revenge 1t was. pure
and simple-but Lady Arabella laughed
at her. Lady Hawkshaw rose from her
knees, crying out:
You have some deep and unknown
reason for this; but 1t will come to
naught, it will come to naught!"
But Arabella found a person ready
to her hand, who was most active in
the matter. This was Sir Thomas Yer.
non of Vernon court. II was he who
lodged the information with the public
prosecutor against Giles, and assumed
the part of Lady Arabella's champion,