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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
House With Senate as
Witness, Canvasses
State Vote.
DECLARES WINNERS
Inauguration to Take Place
Next Monday---StiII Much
to Fight Over.

Springfield. H., Jan. 1S.-The dead
lock in the Illinois legislature over the
canvass of the vote for state officers,
which has tied up the activities in
Springfield since last Thursday, was
broken today when the senators cross
ed the corridor of the state house and
took their places in the hail of the
house of representatives to witness
the canvassing of returns. In accord
ance with the published official re-
turns the republican candidates were
declared the state officers-elect.
Democratic Contest Announced.
Following the announcement of the
canvass of the returns declaring Gov
ernor Deneen and the other state Off
GERS elected, Representative Browne.
the democratic leader, was given rec
ognition by the speaker for the pur-
pose of serving notice of a contest on
the office of governor against Deneen
by Adlai e. Stevenson.
Plans to hold the inaugural next
Monday were then taken up and ar
rangements looking to that end begun
VIII Take Orderly Course.
With the inaugural ceremonies over,
further proceedings in regard to a re-
count of the votes cast for governor
and his democratic opponent can take
their orderly course. The breaking OF
the deadlock on the canvass of the
vote does not entirely clear the situa.
tion, as there remain many points OF
difference between the contending
forces.
Are still Enemies.
The lines of cleavage between Shurt
left republicans and administration
republicans who attended the repub
lican caucus are as sharply drawn a:
ever. The canvass, however, will per
NIT the completion of the organization
of the house ana the commencement
of the actual work of the legislature
which, until the canvass of votes fol
state officers was announced, could no
proceed in it's usual business.
Committee POwerless.
Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 13.-The obi:
stick. in the shape of the state centra
committee met here yesterday, but
was powerless to effect a settlemen
of the trouble between the house ant
senate, and after getting two converts
adherents of Speakership Candidate
Troyer, adjourned.
The senate decided to go over an
see the house today and give tn
speaker an opportunity to announc
the result of the vote cast Nov. 3, bu
in deciding to do this, gave it out po:
itively that it was not going over as
party to joint session. In this wa
the members of the upper house hope
to avert the appointment by the speal
er of committee to conduct recoun
of the ballots in the governorship col
test
Agrees to Inauguration.
After the senators had left tn
house, the senate joint resolution pr,
viding for the Inauguration of the of
cers-elect next Monday was adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
RAIL PRESIDENT
INJURED IN FIRE
Home of Samuel Higgins Destroyed
and Owners Mother and Mother
in-Law Killed.

New Haven, Conn Jan. 13.-In fire
caused from an overheated furnace
that completely burned the residence
of Samuel Higgins, general manager of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
Frozen to Death at saraboo.

Baraboo, Wis, Jan. 13.-Frank Dib-
BILE, a cigar manufacturer, was found
frozen to death at the rear Of his
home here yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
s15o.ooo Fire al LitchfieId, III.

Litchfieid, H., Jan. 13.-Fire last
night destroyed the department store
of L. w. Cline & Co. and other build
ings, causing a loss of $150,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
SENATE PROPOSES TO SEE
Who Is RUNNING THINGS

"manifestly false and that she had been
taken from the witness stand when il
was seen that her story had not been
sufficiently rehearsed.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
Snow Causes Rail Collision
C0RTELY0U WILL NOT DENY IT
May Head New York Gas Campany
After March a.

Washington, Jan. 13.-George B..
Cortelyou who will retire from the cab
met March A. refuses to either con-
firm or deny the report he has been
invited to become president of the
Consolidated Gas company of New
York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
take OUT BODIES
Rescuers Are Busy Bringing Remains
OF Dead Miners to the
Surface
AT THE LICK BRANCH MINE
Explosion so Powerful That 1t Blew
Debris Out of Opening Miles
Apart.

Blue Field, w. Va, Jan. 13.-Rescua
crews worked necessarily all night at
the Lick Branch coal mine, the scene
of yesterdays explosion. At 8 o'clock
2G bodies had been recovered. There
is no change in the estimate of the
dead, the number ranging from SO TO
100.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
Twigs of Trees wlthered.


On the Tug river side, four miles
from the main entrance, the smoke
and fame gushed from the entry, burn
| ing the twigs and small limbs from
trees that grew near. The damage to
the mine cannot be estimated
The explosion was the most terrific
that ever occurred in this region. In
1884 at the Southwest Virginia I'm
provement company's mine $50 were
killed in an explosion. Yesterday
horror is the most disastrous that has
occurred since. The mine is owned
by the Pocahontas Consolidated Col
llieries company.
OF the men under the ground at the
time of the explosion it is said thai
only three succeeded in making theil
escape, and these were the motorman
the brakeman, and Bank Boss Bowers
The last named was able to get out O
the death trap by crawling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
Force Felt Four Miles.

The main entry of the mine is four
miles long, running from one side OF
the mountain to the other. Debris was
blown from both entries, which gives
some idea of the tremendous force OF
the explosion.
Some of the bodies were blown tc
pieces and others incinerated.
The fans which furnish the fresh all
! for the workings, as in the former ex
plosion, were not disabled and are
| forcing fresh air into the mines.
! Bystanders who were near at the
| time of the explosion say that i'm
mense clouds of SCOT and smoke gushe6
from the mine almost simultaneously
with the detonation and immediately
were sucked back to enormous vol
uD1pS into tho nina
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
YOUNG WIFE DRESSES
in BEST; LIES DOWN in
DEATH WITH HUSBAND
WIFE CALMLY BUYS POISON
SHORTLY BEFORE DEATH
LAYS FINAL SEAL ON LIPS

$3.50 o'clock Saturday afternoOn-Mrs.
FIndley buys two ounces of cyanide Of
potassium. Tells drug clerk it is for
Photographic purposes.
O'clOck--Mrs. Findley arrives at her
apartments and arranges elaborate
toilet and attires herself in best clothes.
5 O'clOck-Her husband arrives and
they have affectionate meeting.
o'clock--Visited by a friend, who
while buttOning Mrs. Findley's dress
hears the latter remark: This is to
wear on my honeymoon"
$3.50 O'c1ock-Occupants of the apart
ment house hear noise in Findley apart
ments and in answer to their joking in
quiry FindIey laughingly replies: "Am
beating my wife"
GAS OcIOck-Flndley and wife lay
down on floor in parlor and drink
quantity of cyanide of potassium.
! o'clOck-A visitor fails to receive
response to knock on door of Findley
apartments.
12 noon, Sunday-Landlady fails to get
response to repeated knocks on Find
ley's door; looks through keyhole and
finds them dead.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
sITUATIoNsAT BARCELONA
BECOMES MORE INVOLVED

LONDON, Aug. 1.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Madrid correspondent, in a
story dated Friday night. declares
that though the military is now in
control at Barcelona, the situation is
still more difficult, inasmuch as the
anarchists and revolutionary element
has fed to the mountains and nearby
villages. where they will form in
Vulnerable centers of disaffection.
The revolutionary movement, ac-
cording to the correspondent, is ex-
tending to all the industrial towns
along the coast and there the rein
forcements are received with rifle vol
leys. 1t is expected there will be ter
rible resistance in the mountain dis
trlcts and villages.
Numerous arrests" continues the
correspondent, "have been made in
Madrid with the intention of prevent
ing a general strike. which, however,
will be proclaimed Monday.
"Mont Juich fortress at Barcelona
is full of prisoners awaiting court
martial. According to the captains
generals estimate, 1000 persons were
killed and $500 wounded during the
suppression of the revolt in the Par
aielio quarter, where most of the
workmen live.
"The revolutionaries took women,
old men and children from the
6
the barrlcades in order to prevent the
soldiers from firing and to give them
time for fight. Eventually Paralello
had to be bombarded.
'The punishment was severe
City Resembles Battlefield
"The city resembled a battlefield.
There is an unconfrmed report that
two large local forces of irregular mi
litia and forest guards, making together
% 400 men, have made common cause
With the revolutionaries."
The Daily Telegraph's Barcelona cor
resnondent, telegraphing Sunday, says:
"Everything is quiet and Gen. San
tisa regards the trouble as ended.
81 Travelled from Barcelona to Corona
afoot and on horseback and thence by
railway, thus traversing, Catalonia, and
goIInd that 1t was a set Of small au-
tonomous but temporary republics"
saws the Daily Telegraph's Perpignan
correspondent, telegraphing Sunday.
eT found a horrible tale of slaughter,
incendiarism and destruction from all
quarters"
CERBERE, Aug Lit is impossible
(Continued Page Twol
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
LOCAL

LOCAL
W. A. Findley, well known lumber sales
man. and his wife commit suicide together
by drinking solution Of cyanide Of potassium
at 304O Hoover street
Hundreds rush to Salt Pit canyon, near
Monrovia, on news of gold strike.
Records of police department show that
work of apprehending criminals is not chids
play
Residents of Highland Park planning to ask
city council for big improvements.
Citizens of Arroyo district want to have
San Pasqual avenue turned into boulevard.
Rev DIR. Charles e. Locke declares that
Christians are cruelty slow in taking up the
cause of the oppressed
Los Angeles bankers will make determined
effort at Chicago to bring 1910 convention
hero.
Crowds fill the Temple auditorium to hear
DR.. A. C. Dixon, and 1000 are turned away
because of lack of room.
Sheriff Livingston of Yuma. A. t.. arrests
man said to be /. B. Fuller on charge OF old
Colorado holdup.
Restaurant owner closes up shop true to
promise to daughter. leaves sign on door and
goes to Seattle on vacation.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
FOREIGN

Conhagration at Osaka, Japan, demolishes
10000 buildings and results in much suffer
ing and harpship. Losses will aggregate sew
eral million len.
Fighting between revoutionaries and Span
ish troops said to be continued fercely at
Barcelona.
Government officers at Manila disclose plot
to smuggle opium and cocaine into Philippines
Prominent merchant is under arrest.
Authorities in Philippines object to native
laborers leaving islands to go to Hawaii to
replace Japanese on sugar plantations.
Cars last day in France marked by great
quiet; goes to England today
Mexico cities are practically destroyed by
earthquake. Temblors occur every little WHILE
seventy-three being recorded.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
IS ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF BEING
A NOTED BANDIT
CAPTURE MADE IN LOS AN
GELES BY YUMA SHERIFF
LATTER CLAIMS PRISONER is NO.
ToRLoUs "KlD" WILSON
Long List of Crimes Are Charged to
Man Whose Photographs Seem
to Establish His Iden-
tity
GH I'D" WILSON, alias T. B. Full

kkTZ I'D" WILSON, alias T. 3. Full
Ia Ter, notorious Oklahoma ban
IA dit train and bank robber.
for whom a reward of $2500, dead OF
alive, is offered, is said to be a pris-
oner in the county Jail on the charge
of having held up and robbed the
State bank of Amity, Colo, with
Henry and Jack Starr. equally no
torious as outlaws, in June, 1908
The man who is said to be Wilson
was arrested at Third and Spring
streets yesterday afternoon by Sheriff
G. M. Livingston of Yuma, Ariz., and
Deputy Sheriff o. c. Burdie of this
city. IT was first reported that Wilson
was wanted for train robbery on the
Colorado Midland railway, but until
Sheriff Livingston returned from Long
Beach at midnight the identity of the
robber was not known to the police.
Wilson and the Starr brothers were
banded together for years, and COM
mitted numerous bank robberies and
train holdups They were driven out OF
Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas by
the officers of the law, and went to
Texas, where Capt. Bill Mcdonald and
the Texas rangers made things so hot
for them that they had to get out of the
country.
0rifted Out West
They drifted west, and in Idaho and
Montana were connected with several
robberies. They then laid low for sew
eral years, but finally attempted train
robbery in Wyoming and were beaten
off by armed guards on the train. They
were chase dinto the Jackson's Hole
country and escaped arrest at that
time.
After the Amity bank robbery
posse pursued them for days and
~ Il
is now serving a life sentence in the
Canon City penitentiary.
A month ago an eX-convict who was
driven out of Los Angeles by Detec-
tives Murray Mccain, Jones and
Boyd was arrested in Yuma by the
sheriff's officers there. To tighten the
clutch of the law on him, he confessed
to Sheriff Livingston that he knew
where kid" Wilson was and told
where he could be found in Los An
geles.
The ex-convict was sent to Los An
geles from Yuma to locate Wilson and
Yesterday Sheriff Livingston came
here to make the arrest. He and Dep
uty Sheriff Burdie were guided to the
rooming house where Wilson was
staying and the arrest followed.
Sheriff Livingston and his prisoner
will leave for Yuma at 9:15 o'clock
this morning and from there the pris-
oner will be taken to Colorado and
turned over to the officials there.
Wilson denies his identity, but ad-
mits that he knew the Starr brothers
and says he has heard of Wilson. He
refused to say, when questioned, who
he is, but photographs of Wilson in
possession of the Arizona officer seem
t. show him to be Wilson, the man
who Is wanted
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
Woman and Man Drown

CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-The drowning of
an unidentified woman and the disap-
pearance of her male companion are
the elements of motor boat tragedy
that confronted the police today. The
man and woman were seen going down
the Calumet river in a motor boat.
Later the boat was found in the mud
near shore with the engines still run
ming. The police dragged the river and
found the body of the woman, but no
trace of the man, though search was
continued until dark.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
MURDERER OF CHINESE
VICE CONSUL ARRAIG NED
Americanzed AsIatic Committed to
Await Result of Inquest on
Body of Victim

NEW YORK. Aug. 1,-Wong Bow
Cheung, as he has been identified, or
Matuda Woung, as he insists on being
named, the Americanized Chinese cook
who shot and killed his vice consul,
DR.. LUX Wing, yesterday, was ar
raigned before the coroner today and
committed to the Tombs to await the
result of the inquest to be held
Wednesday.
Wingshieu Ho, the consul here. says
he cannot believe DR.. LUX Wing,
whom he knew as the most gentle and
painstaking of aides, ever treated the
prisoner harshly or did anything to
I,roVoke the attack.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
Shot hv Brother in pueI

PACK, Kas., Aug. Thomas Cum
MINIS was shot to death by his brother
Frank Cummins, in a revolver duel
fought on a public road near here last
night. In the fight which was the out
growth of a family quarrel of long
standing, each brother fired three times
Witnesses say that Thomas Cummins
was the aggressor. A third brother
witnessed the duel, but did not take
rilnc
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
COAST

1t is expected several victims of wreck on
Coeur d'Alene Spokane railroad will die
as result of injuries List of dead totals
eleven,
Vessel arrives at Port Townsend, WASH
after voyage of seventy-one days from Mex
leo. Provisions exhausted.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
SUMMARY OF THE DAYS NEWS

nix, A. IT, and current unusually strong
sweeps him beyond sight and he is drowned
Mother kills herself and two children be-
cause Of marital troubles-hoods house with
gas
Salt Lake prepares for annual encampment
of G. A. r. and allied organizations
Pierce-Arrow ears win all honors in Gid
den and Hover tours
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
cotln MINI DESTROYED by Flre

Ell PASO, Tex, Aug. News has
lust reached here of the destruction by
fire at Parras. state of Coahuilla,
Mexico, of Las Estrella, one of the
oldest and largest cotton mills in
Mexico. The loss is estimated at
$500, 000
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

City marshal of Redondo Beach arrested
after causing sisters bridal party to be sent
to jail.
Mrs. Fred F. Wheeler. wife of prohibition
leader, dies at her home here.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
Beats Records of French Avlators

CHALONS- S-SUR- MARINE, Aug. l.
M. Semmer today made a flight of
one hour fifty minutes and thirty Sec
onds' duration in his bi-plane, beating
the records of all the French aviators.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
EASTERN

1t is expected new tariff bill will be en-
acted into law and extra session of congress
adjourned before end Of present week.
Boy goes in swimming in canal near Phoe-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
SANPEDROHARBOR-VU
The Effect Thar Properly Improved and Con
troILed Harbor VIII Haze in Lowering Freights
on Our Own Products and Opening Nez0 Mar
ketS for Them.
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Monday; light west wind. Maximum
temperature yesterday, rs degrees;
minimum, 55 degrees.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-25
Old Fauorites
~NN~NN~NNNN
Banty Tim.

|
(Remarks Of Sergeant Tilmon Joy Il
the White Mans Committee o.
Spunky Point. Illinois.)
l reckon l git your drift, gents
You low the boy sha'n't stay;
This Is a white mans country;
You're Dimocrats, you say;
And whereas, and seem, and where
fore,
The times bein all out O. tint.
The nigger has got to mosey
From the limits O. Spunky Pint
Les reason the thing a minute;
I'm an old-fashioned Dimocrat too,
Though l laid my politics out O. the
way &
For TO keep till the war was through.
But | come back here, allowin
To vote as l used to do
Though 1t gravels me like the devil to
Along O sich fools as you.
Now dog my cats eff can see,
In all the light Of the day,
What you've got to do with the ques
tion
Ef Tim shall go or stay,
And furder than that l give notice,
Eff one Of you tetches the boy,
He kin check his trunks to a warmer
cline
That he'll find in Illanoy.
WHY hla he ~ hoa mn
You know that ungodly day
When our left struck Vicksburg
Heights, how ripped
And torn and tattered we lay. ~-
When the rest retreated staid behino
Fur reasons sufficient to me
With a rib caved in. and leg on Q
strike,
l spra wled on that cursed glacee.
Lord! how the hot sun went for US,
And br'iled and blstered and burn
ed.
How the rebel bullets whizzed round
us
When cuss in his death grip
turned!
Till along toward dusk I seen a thing
| couldn't believe for a spell:
That nigger-that Tim-was a crawln'
to me
Through that fireproof, gilt edged
hell!
The rebels seen him as quick as me,
And the bullets buzZed like bees;
But he jumped for me, and shouldered
me,
Though shot brought him once to
his knees.
But he staggered up, nd packed me
off,
With dozen stumbles and falls,
TIL safe in our lines he dropped us |
both,
His black hide riddled with balls.
SO, my gentle gazelles, thar's my an
sWer
And here stays Banty Tim;
He trumped Deaths ace for me that
day,
And I'm not gon' back on him,
ou may rezoloot till the cows come
home,
But eff one of you tetches the boy,
He'll Wrastle his hash tonight in hell
Or my names not Tilmon JOY!
John Hay.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-25
--------------------
WAFFLES OUT OF HAND.
Head of Family Who Tried to Spare
Feelings of His Guest


Feelings of His Guest.
Everybody has heard the story OF
the untutored guest who drank the
contents of his finger bowl. and of the
| host who rose to the occasion by fol
lowing suit, in order to relieve the en-.
barrassment that would have followed
If his guest had become aware of his
error. A story Of the same sort is
related Of Louisville man whom ev-
erybody knows to be a gentleman, and
who proved it on this occasion as on
many others, says the Courier-Journal
of that city.
He had invited friend from the
country to stay with him a few days,
and on the morning following the be-
ginning Of the visit waffles were serv.
ed. They were passed first to the
guest, and he took one in his fingers
and began to butter it so. The chill
dren Of the family who knew what a
strict disciplinarian regarding table
manners their father was, expected
and awaited a reproof for the infrac-
tor of the rules. But they were mis-
taken.
The host, on the contrary, took his
own waffle between his fingers, and
after buttering 1t continued to eat it
from his hand, as did his rural friend.
The children, seeing that 1t was their
opportunity, did the same, and ate the
-
to suppress their giggles, since they
knew that they were doing what they
had often been told not to do, and.
were getting away with It,"
OF course. the countryman never
realized that he had done anything
out of the ordinary, while the local
man took occasion soon after to tell
his children that the example he him
self had set them didn't count.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-25
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION.
Quickly Cures Rheumatic Pains, Also
Splendid System Builder.

Go to any good prescription druggis'
and get the following and mix them
If he does not have these ingredients
he will get them from his wholesale
house.
Zone ounce compound syrup of Sar
saparilla, and one ounce Toris com
pound. Add these to a half pint o.!
firstclass whiskey, and use table
spoonful before each meal and at bee
time. The bottle must be well shaker
each time" This simple remedy is on.
of the most effective known. Tht
restorative action will be felt after tn,
first few doses.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-25
How Papa EncOuraued.

what did papa say, George?" Tie
said it was too hot to talk nonsense. :"
But did he know that you wanted to
marry me| II think he did" And
didn't he encourage you to proceed p"
Yes. he held the door open for me-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.