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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26

Claude Stark has not yet affixed
his John Henry to the contract Of
fered him by Jack Tighe, but as he
would like to stay, it is not likely
that matter of few dollars will
prevent. 1t is simply case of get
ting within the salary limit, not that
Stark wants too much but that Tighe
is unable to pay him as much as he
has been receiving. Until the matter
is settled, however, Stark will very
likely occupy the first sack. He is
the property of the Islanders, how
ever, whether he accepts terms or
not, as his purchase price has been
paid over to Little Rock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26
WHsr-ssslSesftyt 49,
ner of Fourth avenue and

Z, B ner Of Fourth avenue and
IL is forl street. This is n fine iocs
Gag bath stores or flats. If you are il
weat 625 see w. f. Bailey, exclusive a
west1
OF FOR SALE - Large eight-ro,
ors-- house, in one of the finest loo
ms on the city; steam heat; lot COX
81 RS onl reasons for selling. viii NAL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26

All the news all the time-Tne Argus.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
~MAKES BETTER RAILROADS"
Western Writer Pays Tribute tv
Railroad Maanate as 6uiIder-Up
Of the Country.

Mr. Edward II. Hartman is on :
trip to Europe. Ordinarily there
would need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortltion
to Emperor William to chain down his
railroads and to other monarchs to
put their crowns and other valuables
In the safe at night. But Mr.. Harri.
man is going off on a pleasure trip;
and so many mean things have been
said about him that it will not hurt
any to change the tune moment
while he is out of the country and
not able to take any advantage of
the lapse from the cold attitude of Sc
verify that is usually used in men.
tioning the name OF Hartman.
or all the great railroad men de.
veloped in this generation, e. H. Har-
riman Is easily the biggest and the
best, says a writer in the Hutchinson
(Kan) Daily News. The head of a
railroad company, under the rules of
the game, must work for his stock
holders, whether 1t is for the advan-
tage Of politicians, shippers OF con.
sumers. 1t is his job to do the best
he can for the interests entrusted to
his care. Hartman is not only
fnancier, but he is a builder and an
operator. Lucky is the town, city
or community that has Hartman
road, He insists on a good roadbed,
level track, safe track and the con-
venience and comfort of the traveller
and the shipper The Hartman roads
are noted as the best in the coun.
try. When Hartman gets hold of a
one-horse or played-out track and
right of way he proceeds to put it in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates of fares, although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough of the funds go
into real improvements to make a
railroad. And that is where he stands
ahead Of a good many others and why
Harrimanism is not such a bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads, and there
Is more need for improvement that
way than there is in some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see, he believes in giving
every interest along his road a fair
deal.
He 10 a public benefactor from that
standpoint. He uses his power fairly.
He is a great man, and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personification
Of the money power, seeking whom
1t may devour. He is a strong man
in the financial world, but that should
not be against him, when the finan.
cial world is the object which most
Of us want to reach. He is a good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads, not on fsreign
titles, race horses, old editions or
other bad habits. II he is not per.
fect-and we don't think he is--he is
no exception to the rule and is worthy
of the praise OF his fellow citizens for
the good he does and has done.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

The soldiers passed on and the revive" oesau,
but out the hills the Indian sehuHeiS eCiii
stood and between the marching whites and the
village were the long lines of braves stu sus'
plcious and still ready to give their lives ior the
women and children in the heart OF the Valiey
What a review was that on the snow-covered
South Dakota plains that January morning 10
years ago! Gen. Miles on his great black horse
watched the 5000 soldiers pass. soldiers that had
stood the burden of battle and the hardships Of
winters campaign and had checked one OF the
greatest Indian uprisings Of history
The First infantry, led by Col. shafter. who att
erward was In command in front of Santiago, was
there that day Guy V. Henry, now lying in peace
full Arlington cemetery, rode at the head Of his
black troopers the buffalo soldiers OF the Sioux.
Capt Allen w. CapTon there with the battery
that afterward opened the battle at Santiago.
The Seventh cavalry was there, two OF its troops,
B and X, having barely enough men left in the
ranks TO form platoon.
These two troops had borne the brunt Of the
fighting at Wounded Knee a month before when
80 men of the Seventh fell killed wounded be-
fore the bullets Of the Sioux. When the two
troops with their attenuated ranks rode by, the
reviewing general removed his cap, an honor 9th
erwise paid only to the colors Of his country.
The column filed past, broke into regiments
then into troops and companies and the word OF
dismissal given The Indian sentines on the
ridges signaled the camp In the valley. In anOth.
er minute there was stampede. but II was only
that of the thousands Of Sioux ponies turned
loose and eager to get back TO their breakfast
Of bunch grass on the prairies.
Two Strike. the Sioux, watched the review that
day. Old Two Strike was or the warriors
who went out with following Of braves on the
warpRth the month previous. Two Strike wore
no ghost shirt. He was above such superstition,
even though he took no palms 20 urge his com.
rades to follow his shirtless example.
Two Strike was glad Of the craze that had
brought war, for he hated the whites harder than
he hated anything on earth except the PaWnees.
the hereditary enemy Of his people. Two Strike
knew his soul that the buffalo were not coming
back as the medicine men had declared, and that
no Messiah was 10 be raised 70 Lead bis people
against the pale faces 70 wipe them from On ths
face Of the continent. What he did know WA
that he was 10 have one more chance 10 strike
at the encroachers on the Lands o. bic people BE-
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Bees Swarm in Corn Field.

John Mundy, a well-known farmer
living north of Mexico, boasts of hav-
ing one of the finest fields of corn in
the county. Illustrative of the size
and quality of the corn, Mr.. Mundy
related the following incident: A
swarm of bees, which were passing
over the field one day this week, got
into the corn which was so high the
bees thought they had struck the tim
Der and settled on stalk thinking II
was a sapling and began looking for a
hollow tree. Mr.. Mundy got out a
hive and put on his wire helmet and to
the tune of tin pans and other seduc.
tive rackets employed in such emer.
gencies, soon hived the swarm.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Interviewing the Professor.

$50 you don't think Mars would re-
ply. even If we did send sigaals?"
81 am almost convinced that there
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
Then you don't believe that Mars
is inhabited?"
ION the contrary, think IT ex-
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
but you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours?"
Yes. ] am inclined TO credit them
with even greater intelligence than
we display. There are many indica.
tions that they have a civilization old.
er than ours. in which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such impTac-
teal proposition"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
NEWS FROM MISSOURI
The Farm school Movos.

The Agricultural college of the uni
Yersity Of Missouri moved its offices
to the new Agricultural building erect
ed by the state at a cost Of $780,
600. In the new building also are
offices of the state board of agricul-
ture, the state highway engineer, the
state veterinarian and the state dairy
commissioner. The new building is Of
native limestone and the handsomest
Of the state university group. The old
building formerly occupied by the Ag-
ricultural college has been given over
to the use of the school of journalism,
school of engineering, and the state
weather bureau. This building Is the
oldest on the university campus. 1t
was built under the administration OF
Gov. d. Gratz Brown as a science hall
and later used for the pioneer work
in teaching agriculture. 1t is the most
widely konwn and most historic of the
university structures. The remark
able growth of the school of journal
ism and the advance indications that
the enrolment in this school will be
largely increased in the coming year
has caused the entire first floor to
be set aside for the journalism school.
The second floor will be used for civil
engineering. The third floor is stiil
occupied by the weather bureau.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Laughter a Series of earks.

Laughing is barking. say the SCI
entists. The neck and head are
thrown back while series OF short
barks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the banks may be,
they are banks. The laugh begins
with a sudden and violent contraction
of the muscles of the chest and abb
domen. But instead of opening to let
the air pass out of the lungs, the vocal
cords approach each other and hold 1t
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for more
than an instant, and the air, which is
1t does so it makes the vocal cords vi.
brate producing the bark.
This obstruction and liberation of
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals of
quarter of a second. There are thus
in a hearty laugh four banks a second,
and If continued, they go on at that
rate as long as the air reserve in the
lungs holds out. The empty lungs
must then fill themselves. and this in
terval is marked by a quick gasp for
breath, after which the barkS are re-
newed. The banks occur in series
with gasps for breath at intervals.
When laughter is violent, the entire
body participates. The upper part Of
the trunk bends and straightens itself
alternately or sways to right and left
The feet stamp on the floor, while the
hands are pressed upon the loins to
moderate the painful spasm
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
A Triple Tragedy.

A triple tragedy occurred at Hanni-
bal when Charles G. Beasley shot and
killed his baby, dangerously wounded
his wife and then committed suicide.
The first shot was directed against the
baby. Mrs. Beasley fed, but her hus-
band caught her and forced her to re-
turn to the house. She slipped away
a second time and he fred at her as
she ran. Then he stretched himself
on the floor beside the dead child and
turned the revolver on himself
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
The Way He Did It.

Jenkins-Well. sir. gave it to that
man straight, can tell you. He is
twice as big as I am. too. but told
him exactly what thought of his ras-
cailY conduct right to his face, and /
called him all the names In the die
tionary. and a lot Of others as well.
studds--And didn't he try to hit
you. jenkins?
Jenkins mo. sir. he didn't And
when he tried to answer back. | just
hung up the telephone receiver and
walked away.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

80 "" '"e Caiups OF the white soldiery Sud.
denly from the east OF the agency who're Iav
the Sixth cavalry there came trnTro. III ~ 20,
sWelled and swelled and ended In ono ripoing
note mat sang in and out of the valleys and tbar
@tHSt'1ed to sofness, aoated on to be lost in the
Eralrle wilderness beyond
The mouoness figure of one of the hilton sem
Iunels was moved to instant life. signal ran
'SEa1 ridge to ridge, finally TO be passed down.
ward into the camp Of the waiting Sioux, who
asprans into action at its coming The nonv
isseEds OF the Sioux grazing on the hills to
the west unrestrained OF their freedom by lariat
nr herdsman. In number they nearly equaled
fthe people of the village a few ponies for emer.
ASehcy use only having been kept within the
camp. Upon the ponies in the village Jumped
waiting warriors, who broke out of the shelter
OF the tepees for the hills where the herds were
Goraging on the snOw-cOvered bunch grass II
seemed but passing moment before every pony
On that great grazing herd was headed for the
village. The animals were as obedent to the
word OF command is a brave to the word of
ais chief
During the gathering of the ponies the women
NOt the camp had slung their papooses to their
8acks, had collected the camp utensils and we're
standing ready to strike the tepees while the
braves, blanketed and with rifles in their hands,
mad thrown themselves between the village and
vtbe camps OF the soldiers of Gen. Miles
The Sioux who had surrendered less than a
week before were preparing to stampede from
the agency and to make necessary the repeating
ct campaign that had lasted for months. The
Indian runner had brought word that Great
Chief Miles had ordered his soldiers to arms
early in the morning and that the surrendered
Sioux we're to be massacred to the last man,
asoman and child
The medicine men had told the Indians that
fehis was TO be their fate and the runners word
fG1und ready belief. Miles sent courier with q
EHeassurtng message to the chiefs. but they would
mot believe.
The braves prepared to kill before they we're
kZiiled and everything in readiness for the
aIght of the sQuaws and papooses, while the war.
aEtors. following. should fight the soldiers lusting
tar the Sioux blood.
Gen. Miles had planned review of the forces
IN the field as a last act of the campaign. and Il
was the order for the gathering and the mar CHI
Ans that had been taken as order of massacre
Aiy the suspicious Sioux
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
on Kansas city Hotel Inspector.

Tom L. Johnson of st. Louis, state
hotel inspector, has announced the ap-
pointment of two of the four deputy
inspectors he is entitled to appoint
They are o. j. Martin of st. Charles,
and Robert Middlebrook, jr, of Kan
sas city. Mr.. Johnson will have his
headquarters in Jefferson City. The
law will become operative August 16.
The deputies are to receive $500 q
month and expenses.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
No Record Of Ancient History.

That the Powersville Record is not
monthly magazine or an ancient
history serial appears to be the point
of the following paragraph from it:
THE friends of this paper will please
hand us in news items when they are
fresh. We prefer not to punish a
birth after the child is weaned, a mar
riage after the honeymoon is over, or
a death after the widow is married
again."
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Trumpet and bu-
gle calls of boots
and saddles" and
assembly" b u r
dened the air. The
troopers and dough
boys" had fallen in,
5000 strong. The
column started west
with flags and gui.
dons futtering. The
head of the COM
mand, the greatest
that had been gath
cred together up to
that time since the
days of the civil
war, reached the
blum above tn e
Sioux village. A
shout would have
started the stam-
pede OF the savages;
a shot would have
been the signal for
a volley from the
warriors lying be-
tween the white col
umn and the vii
lage.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
A locomotive Took FIre.

Engine No. 442. burning oil, attached
to the st. Louis & San Francisco pas
senger train No. l burned up at
Nichols Junction. J. Brown, the engl-
neer, had the fireman uncouple the
locomotive away from the train and
ran 1t far enough away so that no
damage was done to the train.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
centr.ila's OH Fever.

Centralia, in Boone county, has the
oil fever. AT a meeting held the
other night $4,000 was raised to pay
the expenses of drilling test well.
An experienced oil man from St Louis
declares the topography to be the
same as that in the famous EusS sr
district In Indiana.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
ST. Charles rIans ceIebratIon.

St. Charles is preparing for a big
celebration of the Tooth anniversary of
its incorporation next October. 1t is
to last from Monday till Saturday Of
the week of October IL. Tuesday is
to be Missouri Day. A parade of the
cities and governors ball are on the
program for that day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
strictIy After Mature

public building was in course OF
erection in one OF the western towns
of Scotland, in front of which a bust
Of The Bruce was being carved. A
well-known bailie halted opposite the
sculptor one day and called out:
81 say, sculptor, d'ye/no think ye
hae that beard inclining a wee thing
to the left?"
Man, bai!le." said the sculptor,
dye no see the wins blawin' up the
street the noo?"-Tid-Bits.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Uncle SANS One Fault.

The Gait Sun finds Uncle Sam tu
be 2 perfectly admirable fellow except
that he prints stamped envelopes anJ
sells them cheaper than tine ordinary
printer can buy the materials.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Death Follows q peatIno.

William Ostrander, veteran st,
Joseph printer, died and Coroner Byrd
is investigating his death. ostrander
was assaulted by Dennis Hayes, a
saloon keeper in dispute over bill,
aad 1t is believed the beating may
have caused his death.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Prof. Mumford is Now Dean.

Prof. Frederick Blackmar Mumford
has accepted the deanship of the col
lege of agricultural at the University
Of Missouri to which he was unani-
mously elected at a meeting of the
board of curators, held in Kansas City.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Lewis Single Binder made of extra quail
ity tobacco, costs more than other Sc
cigars. Tell the dealer you want them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

A bachelor says matrimony is
sort of training school in which some
women learn the art of drawing ALI
mCnY.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

A malicious truth may do more
harm than an innocent lie.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

graph that has survived
wv the attacks OF time
shows Gen Nelson A.
kYrNTIf Miles and Col. W. F.
HE&SESlI Cody mounted on spir.
asa7-'--aaa- tied horses and over.
cooking from a bluf the last great
camp of the Sioux Indians when COM
ing in from the warpath The Sioux
surrendered to Gen Miles in Janu-
airy. 1891, but they came very near.
. few days after the surrender, to
the point of breaking away once
mare. The story of 1t is this:
Gray dawn was breaking at the
Pine Ridge agency when an Indian
Eunner broke headlong into the viii
2aEe Of the surrendered Sioux He
stopped at the tepees of the prin-
Sipal warriors long enough to shout
q message. and then leaving the
camp where its end rested against
An abrupt hill. he made his way with
n plainsman's stealth to the group Of
agency buildings. circling which and
extending beyond, browning ridge
after ridge, were the white Sibley
tents of the soldiers.
Breakfast was forgotten in the
troubled camp Of the Sioux. The
chiefs and the greater braves rushed
IL quick council and the lesser war
iRtors, the squaws and the children
stood waiting with logged patience
On the village streets.
The council was over. An old chief
shouted a word OF command that was
caught up and passed quickly to the
TaTthest outlying tepee. An army
might have learned a lesson from
H1at which followed the short, sharp
order. Mounted men shot out from
the village and as fast as feet.footed
ponies, pressed to their utmost. could
accomplish the distances every out.
lying ridge was topped with the fig.
'ure OF rider and horse. silhouetted
against the morning sky.
every sentinel warri-r had his
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-16
Great Gathering of Farmers
and Longview Agreement
Is Read.
MEETING QUICKLY OVER
And a General Mass Meeting
Is Held and Chas. E. Bar
ker Addresses 1t.

The meeting following the Hop
kinsville conference, which met at
the court house Saturday, found it.
self with but little to do.
DR.. John P. Bell called the meet
ing to order and asked that the
agreement entered into be read,
which was done. He further stated
that the Longview conferees had
agreed with Manager Ewing that
there would be no discussion of the
agreement.
DIR. J. L. Barker, county chairman,
was nominated for chairman but de-
clined to serve and DR.. Bell continu-
ed to act as chairman without objec-
ton.
A call was made upon Mr. Chas.
E. Barker to speak and Mr.. Barker
came forward and said that since an
agreement had been made that no
speeches would be made to the
meeting called, he would submit to
the agreement and not make q
spgh.
Thereupon the meeting adjourned
The large audience, which packed
the court room to its full capacity,
was clearly not satisfied, as the
agreement which had been read was
not construed by all alike and the
farmers were anxious to hear it dis
cussed.
The people retained their seats
and there were renewed calls for
Mr.. Barker to address the mass
meeting that followed close upon the
tobacco meeting.
Mr.. Barker finally responded to
the call and took the ground that
the Longview agreement could af-
ford only temporary relief, since the
system itself was wrong and did not
protect all members alike. He said
he intended to be entirely respectful
to his nephew, Chairman Barker,
and to General Manager Ewing and
to Loyalty submit as a member of the
association to its orders while he
was a member. even to the extent
of rolling his tobacco into the river
if ordered to do so. His crop Of
1908 would go the regular course,
but he had a right as an interested
party to criticise the system that
was running the people.
The resolution at Longview, which
had been published, represented his
views. He did not want to destroy
the association, but to reform it.
He said personal charges of graft
and eorruption against him publish
ed Ia an infamous sheet would
not be noticed. He was satisfied
that neither DR.. Barker nor Mr..
Ewing had anything to do with this
mudslinging.
The article from the Farmers
Home Journal, severely criticising
the associations management, writ
ten by Mr.. Barker was read, which
is published in part herewith:
Conditions in Black PaJo h.
In 1904, 'O5 and 'O6 we cut out
crop. We had an advance in price
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-16
Rev. c. B. Waller.

Rev. c. B. Waller, of Chattanoo-
ga, will visit the city this week and
will preach at the prayer meeting
service at the Baptist church tomor-
row night.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-16
Cut His Wife

Cleveland Cowherd cut his wife
on the arm with a knife Saturday
night and will have his examining
trial before Judge Brasher this
morning at 10 o'clock.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-16
Own a Home
DON'T PAY RENT

For sale at bargain: A beauti-
full new home on one Of the best
corner lots in the city. Also q mod
ern up-to-date house on East Ninth
street. Call on Planters Bank and
Trust Co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-16
Fine Harness Horse.

]. M. Carter sold a fine harness
horse to Arthur B. Lander, of New
stead, one day last week The price
n.;d uros sQnn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-20

aggregated" said be- IAN unmar
rlcd woman ia Miss. a married
woman Mrs That arrangement ia
highly satisfactory. 10 ie calculated
10 promote harmony between the
sexes Now. n the thing works one
way. why won't Il work The othcfY
let uH diffefouliuto between the
benodicta and the bachelors Let
ua make II felony for a married
man 10 use the bachelors title The
change will be for the good Of a0ci.
ETY.. Il viii be a bulwark for the
home u viii protect susceptible
unmarried ladies' u will abolish at
one blow al the married flirg"