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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
Hayes Fails i'm Squirt.
OBITUARY..
Charles e. Sheriff.

Charles E. Sheriff. the well known
civil engineer, died at his home in
Davenport Sunday after an illness of
several months. While latterly con-
nected with the Burlington roads civil
engineering corps with headquarters
at Chicago, he is well known locally
for the work he did in and about the
three cities. He. was chief. engineer
of the D., R. |. & ~ w. road in us
early days and among other things he
laid out the Watch Tower and Water
town hospital grounds, those at Mercy
hospital, Davenport, and Central park
in Davenport
Mr.. Sheriff was born in New Boston,
H., July %, 1861. Much of his carry
life was spent at Geneseo. After COM
pleting a common school course he
took up the study of pharmacy in Mo
line and later went into business in
Davenport Failing health forced him
to seek an out door life and he took
| UP civil engineering, where his sue
| cess was Immediate. AT the time that
the D.. R. l. & n. w. was leased by
| the Burlington and Milwaukee roads
| he was chief engineer of the first
named line and was taken up by Gen
eral Manager ,Delano of the Burling-
ton For several years he was III
charge of important construction work
but lately had been looking after the
| roads interests in damage cases
where engineering problems were in
volved.
formerly Miss Abigail Osborne, whom
he married in Davenport in 1894. The
funeral will be held tomorrow morning
Fat 1880 at 2114 Brady street, Daven-
|port. and burial will take place at
iGeneSeo in the afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
A new BOWLING
TOURNEY PLANNED
Series for Doubles Only, Aggregate
of 10 Games to Count, to BE
Played at the Harms.

Another bowling tournament is be-
ing promoted and it is expected that
it will start about the first of next
month. H. W. Aldrich, president of
the tri-city bowling league, is getting
the second tournament under way. 1T
will be rolled at the Harms alleys and
will be a tourney for doubles only.
All the teams will be entered mt
scratch and will roll 10 games, the
total number of pins to count for plac-
ing. This Is the plan that is used N
tournaments in the large cities, as it
is claimed that the rolling of but three
games does not give the men chance
to show what they are really worth
when it comes to consistent bowling.
There will be number of prizes put
UP for places in the tournament and
also very likely for high individual
scores. An entry fee of So is to be
charged Cor each team.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
SONG PROGRAM BY SCHOOL
st. JOseph's Pupils Hear Story of
National Hymns.

Our national songs is the general
theme of the following program given
by the high school pupils of St. Jo-
seph's school at the school this after
noon:
Hymn-Duet and Chorus. Piano,
Miss Cecilia Burkhart.
- Sketch of st. Catherine of Alexan-
|dria-Miss Marie Prick.
Our National Songs reading-Miss
Fern Barnett.
America" chorus, piano-Miss Rose
Kinney.
Story of Song-Miss Marie O'Brien.
Story of Yankee Doodle-Miss Kath-
crime Kurth.
Hail, Columbia chorus, piano
Miss Marie Frick.
Origin of Song-Charles Wheelan.
Sketch of Francis S. Key--Leo La.
Velle.
Chorus, Star Spangled Banner" pi,
lano-Miss Katherine Kurth.
Story of John Browns Body'-Miss
/ Edith Frick.
! Song, Battle Hymn of the Repub
| lie piano-7Miss Fern Barnett.
| History of the Song-Miss Nellie
Collins.
Marching Through Georgia" che
rus. piano-Miss katherine Kurth
Reading-Miss Gladys Dunleavy.
Reading-George Kopp.
Chorus, Dixie piano-Miss Marie
Frick.
Origin of "Dixie"-NIiss Rose Neu
field.
Our Flag recitation-Miss Rose
Kinney.
| Biography of John Howard Payne
Miss Cecilia Burkhart.
Closing chorus, Home, Sweet Home,
lpiano-Miss Cecilia Burkhart.
Reading of reports and address by
Dean ]. j. Quinn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
ENGAGE In COMBAT
ON SECOND AVENUE
Former Mayor George w. McCaskrin
and Chief Hastings of Fire De-
partment Come to Blows.

Former Mayor George W. McCaskrin
and Chief Charles Hastings of the fire
department mixed UP in an encounter
on Second avenue this afternoon about
O'Clock in front of the London build
ing. The conflict, it seems. is the re-
suit of personal feeling of long stand
ing, and originating from political diff
ferences. In the melee both of the
belligerents sustained some little dam.
age. and both were bleeding when
they were separated by bystanders.
Honors appeared TO be about even
when the two were separated.
In the ARRAY one of the windows OF
the Champion book store was shat
tered. The fight attracted big crowd
quickly, and considerable excitement
was occasioned. It is said that Mar
quis of Queensberry rules were not
strictly adhered 10 by the two men,
Chief Hastings declined to discuss
the matter after the encounter. Mr.
McCaskrin later teIephoned The Ar
gus his version of the affair as fol
lows: Il had just crossed Second ave
nue. in company with the mayor OF
Rapids City, who asked me for some
information relating to the operation
of the primary election law. and we
were enroute to my Office to look il
/ up AS | entered the stairway i'll the
London building leading up to my OF
fee, Mr.. Hastings accosted me. stating
that no had ItnInrcrnnI no hol
made an insulting remark with refer
ence to him in the Bijou cigar store
Saturday night. | simply replied tina,
he was mistaken. that | had said
nothing about him, and would say
nothing that | would not say to his
face. and be willing to back up. With
that he assaulted me, and l threw hin
to the pavement, repeating again thai
he was mistaken. He came at me
again, and again l threw him down
striking him in self-defenSe as | did
$50. He came at me third time. ans
We went down again. Just then N
officer seized me and as he was pull
! ing me off, Hastings kicked me IL
fthe eye. That is about all | have {,
say about the matter, except to re
peat that Hastings is wrong and mis-
informed about my making insulting
remarks about him or anybody else
am not making practice of abusing
people in this campaign and do no
propose to. hence / cannot understand
what Hastings meant in attacking me
as I repeatedly assured him that Il,
was wrong"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
SPORTS SORE WHEN
FIGHT is STOPPED
Big Gard Slated for Pelin Last Night
May Yet Be Carried Out i'm
the Vicinity.

Pekin, H., March 1G.-Fight bugs in
this city and Peoria were greatly dis
appointed by the order of Governor
Deneen instructing Sheriff Norris and
States Attorney Reardon of Tazewell
county TO stop the boxing contests
billed to take place at the Standard
opera house in this city last night
Letters sent from Pekin to Springfield
by citizens caused the governor to act
A big program had been provided, in.
Guiding preliminaries between Antoine
Peterson and Red" Keith of Peoria
Frank Reilly and Tommy Tracey.
After the fight was stopped here
the promoters. boxers and about 3OC
spectators started for East Peoria
where an effort was made to pull Of
the go. Arriving there the tip was cir
culated that the sheriff and deputies
were coming with warrants and the
bout was definitely declared off. Al
effort will be made to pull it off Al
Peoria Thursday night.
Ten round bouts between Jack Pur
| tell of Kansas City and Steve McGin
| ley of Moline ana kid" Farmer q
Peoria and Danny Goodman of Chi
cago were to have been the wind-ups
| Followers OF the game here consid
cred the card one of the best eve
gotten up.
A special train had been chartere,
to convey the Peoria fans to this city
and the seating capacity of the hous,
l-S0n=had heen sold ont
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
LINE @ DOPE

There was an amateur ball game ri
the new Decatur park Sunday, in
which several of the professionals took
part and in which the Blues defeated
picked team 10 to g. Several of
the amateurs showed up so well that
Doc Childs Immediately offered them
contracts. No homers over the back
fence are reported. :
Frank OFT, at one time backstop for
Bloomington and later in the Cotton
States league, has signed with Du
buQue.
Bloomington is booking a series OF
exhibition games with the Illinois
state normal and the Illinois Wesleyan
college.
Springfield hopes to secure the re-
lease of Heinie Steiger, wso is with
Little Rock He would be a big help
to the senatorial staff this year.
Manager Fred Moore has showed mp
at Decatur cnOck tul OF plans lot
landing the rag. He has been playing
| ball all winter down in Florida.
Former Three-Eye leaguers are fig
| uring prominently in the games being
played by the White Sox first and sec
ond teams Billy Purtell, formerly
| with Decatur, is playing great bail
with the yannigans and may land a
Irregular place. In the team opposing
the sox are Orendorf, formerly back
! stop for Bloomington, Tom Tenant
last season with Decatur, and Dillon
I Howard, Shaw and Matticks.
Chief Eastman will again be fouad
in the Little Rock lineup this season
The Indian appears to have won a
home with the Southern league.
Fred Beck is attracting much at
tention in the Boston training camp n
Augusta.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
WILL SURELY
Get The Cash
Soliciting Committee Is Meet
ing With Great Success in
Park Project.
PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT
Promoters of Plan Are Confiden
Sum VIII BE Ready Before the
Option Expires, April 1.

The committee which has in hant
the work of raising the $4,000 for the
first payment on the tract of land t.
be secured in the Seventh ward fol
public park is meeting with much
success in it's efforts that there Is
now no doubt that the project is tC
be realized. The committee has beer
at work only a week, but already II
has secured a large amount in sab
scriptions, and the ready response to
requests for contributions gives the
committee reason to think that no
difficulty will be experienced in rails
ing the $4,000 within the limit of the
option which expires April l.
Some Give In Cash.
City Attorney j T.. Witter, who is
chairman of the committee, states
that some of the contributions are
being paid in cash, so confident are
the people that the entire sum will
be raised. Others place the condi
ton that the entire amount be sub
scribed, the contributions to become
due Immediately when the $4,000 is
promised. Several have made prom
| Uses to contribute toward the i'm.
provement of the park when it is
| secured. In fact the first contribu
| ton, that of r. II. Guyer of $500
| was accompanied with a promise Of
5000 toward a fund for the improve
/ ment of the tract later.
The committee is composed of J. F
Witter, A E. Nelson and Franz
| Maucker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
Prominent Geneseo Man Dead.

Daniel f. Sargent, well known
resident of Geneseo, died Sunday. Mr..
Sargent had been prominent for many
years. He controlled patents on and
there cart largely N
demand for export to foreign countries.
its feature being its adaptability to
rough roads, and the Beers of South
Africa taking many of them. He re-
tired from business some years ago.
His wife and six children mourn him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
MISSING BASEBALL
OFFICIAL is FOUND
Charles NJ. Morton, Head of o. & T.
League Wandering Aimlessly
in Chicago.

Chicago. March 16.-Charles H. Nor
.on. former president of the Ohio and
Pennsylvania Baseball league, who dis
appeared from Cleveland Jan. u, has
oeen found by his brother, II. u Nor
ON, in Chicago. The former baseball
official is not in possession of his
proper senses and was discovered
wandering aimlessly about the streets
in Chicago.
Physicians attending Morton at his
brothers home say he is, suffering
from acute dementia. and hold out
hope for his eventual recovery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16

ed from the New York postoffice
building at 4:30 o'clock yesterday af
ernoon on 4,300-mile walk to San
francisco. Weston was II years old
yesterday. Postmaster Morgan started
lin off and intrusted to the old ped .
message of greeting to the post
master in San Francisco.
A crowd of several thousand person
gathered in City Hall park and cheer
ed Weston as he started briskly away
escorted by detachment of 20 men
rom Company B of the 7th regiment
headed by a band.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
Wyland to Lead Moline.

Guido Wyland will lead the Moline
high school track team this spring. He
will be formally elected tomorrow.
Wyland captained the team last yea.
incidentally football stock for next
fall has taken a jump skyward, an
nouncement being made that Wyland
will return to school next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
OUTSIDE The Cash
Local Bowlers Roll 2,717 in
National Tournament at
Pittsburg,
sALzMANN DOES WELL
Worlds Record for Women Is Broi1
en- by st. Louisans With 1,O24
i'm Doubles.

Rock Island and Moline bowlers,
rolling in the five-men team in the
annual tournament of the American
Bowling congress, yesterday, while
making a good score and landing
fourth for the day, failed to get q
place in sight of any money. They
played under the name of Flying
Outchmen ard their total score was
2,717, as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES


A lecture will be given tomorrow in
the assembly room by Professor Sey-
mour of Chicago. His subject will be
Alexander the Great" Several years
ago Professor Seymour gave a series
of lectures in.the assembly room, and
his lecture viii be a treat to the stu
dents. Each pupil has been requested
by Mr.. Brown to contribute what he
is able to help defray the expenses Of
the lecture. The first period will be
dropped in orderto make time for the
lecture.
The high school orchestra held its
regular practice yesterday afternoon in
the assembly room. Professor G. Gel
schlaegel is making preparations for
the concert to be given some time in
April. The orchestra win also play
between acts at the senior class play
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
TROUT FOR ROCK RIVER
Fifteen Thousand to BE Placed i'm
Water at Dixon.

There viii soon be shipped to Dixon
$4,000 rainbow trout, to be placed in
Rock river 1t is expected that the
fish will be shipped in care of mes
senger from the state fish commission
within two weeks. These fish are the
first to be Matched in the state and
the first to be shipped to the waters
of northern Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
WESTON STARTS ON HIKE
Veteran Walker Leaves New York for
4,3OO-Mile Journey.

Tarrytown, N. Y, March 16.-Ea-
ward Payson Weston started from
Tarrytown at s today on the second
lap of his walk to the Pacific coast.
He is in fine condition
New York, March 16.-Edward Pay
son Wetson, the veteran walker, start
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
Women Set Mark.

Pittsburg, March 1G.-The worlds
record in the double event for women
bowlers was broken at the ninth an
nual tournament of the American
Bowling congress today. when Mrs.
NJ. Kern and Miss Berdie Kern of -.
Louis rolled 1,024. The previous rec.
ord made at Cincinnati by Mrs. Hell
and Mrs. Rosskopf of Chicago was
964.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
SKAT AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Tri-city Players Take Part in Tour
nament in Davenport.

Tri-city skat players to the number
of SO participated in, the tournament
under the auspices of the Davenport
Commercial club at the club rooms
last evening. Prizes were won as fol-
lows:
First-Gus, F. Burmeister, Is won
plays.
Second-William Kay, $40 plus.
Third-Herman .Oetzmann, club SOLO
without six.
Fourth-Dr. Carl Matthey, IA won
plays. f
Fifth. A. Kendall, 52S plus.
Sixth--W.. H. Power, grando with
four schneider announced total play
of 40.
Seventh -C Chris Lepper, played
| hearts tournee solo against five.
All the news al the time - Thu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16
PROVES HIS SPEED
Dorando Pietri Again Demon
strates Superiority Over
Tommy Hayes.
DEFEATED AT NEW YORK
Italian Marathon Runner Keeps Lead
Practically All the Way aud
Finishes in a Jog

New York, March 16.-Before 10000
spectators, a large majority of whom
were his countrymen, Dorando Pietri
last night defeated Tommy Hayes in
the rubber match for Marathon SUI
premacy
The race was at the regulation dis
lance, &c miles and 3S5 yards, and
was run over 10 lap track in Madi-
son Square garden.
Both men were in excellent condi-
ton, and Dorando proved himself TO
be the master of Hayes at the game
of long distance running.
From the starters gun to the end
of the race the Italian led the Ameri
can boy throughout, being suprred ON
by the cheers and plaudits of his emo
tional countrymen.
Hayes Fails i'm Squirt.
In the 18th mile Dorando started {
heart-breaking squirt, which Hayes
was unable to follow, and before hall
a mile had been run the foreigner hat
gained a lap. Again in the 18th mile
after he had taken a breathing spell
the Italian again set out at a pace
Hayes was unable to follow and an
nexed another lap.
Thenceforth to the finish DorandC
merely logged behind Hayes, winnin:
the race by two laps in easy fashion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16

to be given Friday evening this week.
The orchestra numbers about % pieces
and is fully up TO the standard set by
the orchestras during the last few
years. The concert has always been
one of the most important of the ell
tertainments of the year and promises
TO equal all records if not surpass
them this year.
The basketball team practiced last
might in the gymnasium. The team
will do some work tomorrow for the
last time before the tournament for
the state championship. The school
entertains great hopes for the team at
the tournament Many of the students
are making plans for the reception of
| the boys in case they capture the
championship.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-13

Fueron tambien notables alqui-
mlstas Democrito de .Abdera que
Itundo la teoria at6mica que despues
ha restablecido John Dalton cl ara
be Geber, primero que introduio en-
Europa algunos secretos quimicos
Rogeru Bacon, Agrppa, Henry Kun
rath otro infinite numero de sabios
que desde tempo inmemorid inves-
tlgaban la formation de los cuerpos
" que han sido los padres de esa mo-
derna ciencia que realiza vcrdaderos
.prodigios.
La qulmica es una ciencia tan ge-
neral que comprende todos los fen6-
menos que nos presenta la naturale-
"a La utilidad de SUI estudio es
tan ,lnnegable, que hoy en- el mundo
de la production no puede darse un
paso provechoso 81 n ella. En- pafses
como el nuestro donde aun no ha
entrado el convencimiento de que no
Sc puede ser agricultor sin eonocer
la qulmica que Sc relaciona con los
cultivos V la terra la production es
slcmpre pequeha y de mediana ca
lidad.
La qufmica Sc ha dividido en- orga
MICA inorganica. La primera es Ia
que Sc aplica al estudio de cuerpos
que tienen organos como las plantas
y los animales Y la inorganica Ia que
Sc dedica q los euerpos sin organos
como los metales Y las piedras-
Todo cuerpo consta de una multi
tud de particulas de su misma natu-
raleza que separadas conservan las
mismas propiedades V proporciones
Tom mese un trozo de hula partasele
en- pedazos redizcase q polvo V en-
csda particula Sc eneontraran los
mismos elementos que en- el gran
tilon de donde proeedi6 el trozo
Tomese, Por eiemplo, un POGO de
sal comun disuelvase en- aqua. una
Dequeia Porci6n de esa aqua salada.
con una gran cantidad de
igls pura sque suCede? Que Ia
al ha experimental una mayor
s. quicre probar que rs
Isl? Pongase en Ga aqua un Iirur .
lue tenga Ia proPieliad de precipi.sr
3 ssl, Y - vera romo en medic del 1
igua C forman unos copos. blanCos
lue descienden al fondo del aqua.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-13
QlIMlICA.

Hay una ciencia hermosisima, lie
ma de sorprendentes beiIezas, de ad
mirabies resuitados Y cuyo desem.
voivlmlento ha costado sin embargo
muchas iagrimas y mucha sangre
a la humanidad.
Esa ciencia es la qufmicd, cuyo
objeto es estudiar todos los cuerpos
de la naturaleza en- sus componentes
fntimos; en- las acciones que cada
sustancia ejerce sobre la obra. An
tlguamente Sc creia en- la existencia
de cuerpos simpies Y cuerpos com
puestos. Suponian que los primeros
Sc hailaban formados de una sofa
sustancia y entire eiios coiocaban to-
dos los metales eL hierro, la plata,
el zinc, el oro y los fluidos como Ell
oxfgeno el hidr6geno, ei carbono.
Pero la ciencia, muitipiicando sus
medios de observation V analisis,
ha ilegado q reconocer, en- la que Sc
llama, qufmica trascendentai, que
solo hay una sustancia material de
la cuai estan formados todos los.
cuerpos. La unidad de la materia,
que los antiques visIumbraron, hoy
es un hecho aceptado.
La qufmica tiene un poder admi-
rabie Y unos resuitados sorprenden-
ties. Is base Y Fundamental de Ia in
dustria. sQue es ei papei? ? Tn produc
to qufmico. GQue son las medicines?
Simples productos qufmicos. sQue
son la cal Y el cemento que Sc usa en-
las Constructions? Preparaciones
quimicas- Y ei eristaI. Y Ia loza. Ia
PolvoFa, "a dinamita. Ell jab6n. los
perfumes SQue son? Rezuitados de
comblpaclones quimieas. La propia
terra. nosotros mismos sque somos? ?
Laboratories quimicos donde una
sustancia Sc transforma en- otras
Antiguamente Ia qufmica Sc demo-
min6 alqlfjH1i1, palabra compuesta
de Ia Particula Al por V Ia palabra
chsmf fuego 4 los que sc dedicaban
al estudiO de esa ciencia Sc les llama-I
ba slquimistas.
Los de La edad media Ia aIquimia
tuvol lgrandes cultivadores- Los Ro-
como Robertus Flurfibus 4
Robert Fluddl Tomas Vaughan.
Paraeelso,l Van Helmont (Eugenius
Philalethes fueron celebres aIuui- j
mistas que buscahan el esPiTlt4 en-
tOda materia org&nica. l.