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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06

ST Louis. Oct. 6.-This was "mu-
aial celebration. The ceremonies are
Onfined TO the laying of the corner
tones of the municipal buildings. evD-
ltions of police and fire departments
nd d review by visiting mayors of the
araie of city employees. Arctic Ey-
lorer Cooks arrival late this after
Ioon was the occasion of a big demon
tratiCn
Nine Hurt I'm ''PrOphets" Parade.
St Louis, Oct. G.-Nine persons were
INJURED, one probably fatally and four
'thers seriously, when a new standard
n front of the Jefferson hotel at the
IOrtheast corner of Twelfth and Lo-
:ust streets fell upon crowd of per
sons waiting for the veiled prophets
'arade at 1880 last night.
J. c. Meehan, general foreman of
he Wabash railroad shops at Deca-
ur, H., was internally injured and
lis skull was fractured. Charles w.
Mitchell, employe of the Decatur shops.
vds probably fatally injured. His
kuil was also fractured, his body was,
.acerated in many places and he re-
eeiyed internal injuries Miss Nellie
Perkins, aged so, also of Decatur. Ilk,
uttered a slight fracture of the skull,
All are at the City hospital. The iron
Iole was held in the ground by four
arge iron spikes. The asphalt around
he standard was weak and the crowd
iostling up against it caused it to fall.
One of Big Features.
The parade of the prophets and the
Electrical floats through the business
district and the prophets ball in the
Coliseum were the big events on the
schedule last night. Because of the
great number of visitors the route of
he parade was heightened a mile to
accommodate the sightseers.
Land Far Apart.
The balloons Peoria and Missouri,
which started Monday in the race for
5000 cubic footers, landed far apart.
The Peoria landed 127 miles from st.
Ouis. The Missouri's distance was
leo miles.
James w. Bemis and George E.
Smith, pilot and aid of the winner
alighted at Levings, ILL.,, II miles north
asst Of Cairo, at 1880 a. m. yesterday
Harlow b. Spencer and James p. Den
5ir, in the Missouri, landed at Hiber-
MIA, Mo, eight miles north of Jeffer-
son City, at 8 a. m.
Balloon Makes 195 Miles.
The University City, Berry and Fox,
'anded two miles south of Mooresville.
No, at 3:15 p. IN. This point is about
1875 miles from ST. Louis. The bal
oOn was 81 hours and 80 minutes in
he air. Mooresville is about IL miles
iouth of ChiIlicothe. The Hoosier,
Shauer and Custer, nOnconteStantS,
'anded at Russellville, Md, 20 miles
southwest of jefferson City, at 11:2O
4. IN. Monday, after II hours and %
minutes aloft The landing place is
about 129 miles from ST. Louis.
The University City passed near Car
golltOn, Mo, and was followed by sew
raj other of the contestants. All ap-
ear to have been wandering around
he state of Missouri, now travelling in
nc direction and again in another.
The st. Louis No. 8, Won Phul and
Oreilly, got tangled up in cross-air cur
rents near Glasgow, Mo-, yesterday
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06
En.conoressman Payson Dead.

Washington, Oct. 6.-Lewis e. Pas
son, who represented the Ninth III
nois district in the 47th to 51st con
gress, is dead, aged GS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06

RenviIIe, Mimi, Oct. 6.-The balloon
supposed to be the Indiana passed
Iere at 7:3o this morning going in the
direction of ST. Paul.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06
NEARING BORDER
Balloons That Started Race
From st. Louis Are Seen
in North.
ONE HEADS FOR DULUTH
Municipal Day Exercises Furnish Di-
version for Crowds Cclebrat-
ing Centennial

St. Cloud, Mimi, Oct. 6.-The bal
;ity early today sailing toward DuIutl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06
INTERNATIONAL BAL LOON
RACE WON BY AN AMERICAN
TOday'S Baseball Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia, =; Boston 1 (13 in.
nings.
Brooklyn, 4: New York, 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06

Continued on Page Twelve.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-06

The fact that the wreckage did not
catch fire is responsible for the num-
ber of dead and injured being Sc
small. as many of the injured were
pinned down for some time under
the debris.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13

Late in the forenoon of the day on
which the collision at Vassalboro oc-
CURED Engineer Albert S. Kilgorc was
running extra from Portland with an
engine and tender. George Estabrook
vas with HIM as fireman. They ran
wild from Portland to Brunswick and
from Brunswick to Augusta on signals
carried by preceding train. At Au-
euSta they should have waited at the
station for a freight train which left
Waterville thrcc-Quarters of an hour
late, but through some unknown rea-
son Engineer Kilgore started out to
rake Riverside siding before passing
The freight.
The two trains came together in Vas
salboro. The freight was running 20
II lies an hour to make up time and the
i'd engine was bowling along at d
fast clip when they met Engineer
{ hares Small at the throttle of the
freight engine. was instantly killed
His fireman saw the engine coming
! Just in time to shout hurried warning
to his engineer and jump. lie was W.
T.. Lawrence. kilgore and Estabrook
L ved but a short time. i<ilgore was
able to talk after the accident, but Es-
ubrook never spoke. Kilgore said he
did not know what caused him to keep
ca instead of waiting at Augusta for
tle freight.
Almost Immediately after the COLI
: on the boiler of the freight engine OK
I .odeJ, several pieces being blown into
/" river and other fragments landing
IT, fields many rods away. one of the
{ ;hOlarS in q school some distance
f ON the scene of the accident said the
j. T. of the explosion rung the bell on
tie learners desk.
Coroner William II. Libby impanclled
lold the following day in the Office of
tie city marshal at Augusta. Evidence
as disclosed that thG wreck was
caused by the failure of'Enginecr Xii
gore to wait at Augusta and the Maine
{ antral was cXonerated from all blarnc.
The remains of Engineer Small were
sent to SkoWheSan Saturday morning.
lc remains OF Engineer kilgorc were
e,nt to Pennington and those of Firc-
n an Estabrook to Brunswick The ru-
nrrals We're held the following day.
Some idea of the force Of the collision
II av be gain I'll from the fact that the
impact forced the wild engine back
v ard on rhe track for nearly two rods,
t airing vi the roadbcd and piling
fl eight cars along the track. Several
Of tho freight cars were torn from their
trucks. 50 serious was tho smashup,
idle from the loss of life. that it was
necessary to build Il temporary track
Il ound the wreck because il could not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
CANADA GETTING BEST.
ord Northcliffe Says Better Glass Of
Immigrants Go to Canada.

New Yorw. Nov 12.-Lord Northcliffe,
,tbn British newspaper owner, accom-
panied by his wife, has arrived from
ottawa. after spending several weeks in
a tour of western Canada and the north
western part of the United States
Canada is getting the best immi-
grants" he said, summing up the obser-
vations of his trip. Both English and
American capital are pouring into the
Canadian Northwest at a tremendous
rate. and the immigration from the Da-
kotas and other states is now between
1000 and 10000 a year And the Ameri-
cans. who are leaving for Canada are
not being replaced by the type which
made the United States what it is"
Lord and Lady Northclffe will sail
next week on the Lusitania, for England
Baron Wiyoshi. who died in Toxic,
Japan, q few weeks ago, left $4,000 to
three little German girls on condition
of their wearing Japanese costumes
until each reaches the age of fourteen
years. The baron formerly was at
tached to the japanese embassy in
Perrin. He went bathing at a German
summer resort, and Hans kressler, a
mercantile clerk, the father of the
girls. saved him from drowning.
Kressler refused to accept any gift,
hut lightly remarked that the baron
might remember the. girls in his WILL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
Wanted: so Men and Women

Bowditch, Webster G. Co., the enter
prising druggists, are advertising today
for fifty men and women to take advan-
tage of the special half price offer they
are making on DIR. Towards celebrated
specific for the cure of constipation and
dyspepsia, and get fifty cent package
at half price, % cents.
So positive are they of the remarkable
power of this specific to cure these dis
eases, as well as sick headaches and liver
troubles, that they agree to refund the
money to any customer whom this med
icine does not quickly relieve and cure.
With DR.. Towards specific at hand, you
can eat what you want and have no fear
of i'll consequences. 1t strengthens the
stomach gives perfect digestion, regu-
lates the bowels. creates an appetite and
makes life worth the living.
This is an unusual opportunity to OBJ
tain GO doses of the best medicine ever
made for half its regular price, with the
personal guarantee of well known
business firm to refund the money If 1t
does not give satisfaction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
TRUST BLAMES HEN.
.css Going, Eggs Are Way Up and
Milk and Butter Going.

ECw York, Nov. 12.-Lord Northcliffe.
{ '"sidered the necessities of life have be-
{ ne during the last few weeks luXuries
>" the result is that many small provi-
: n dealers are facing hankruDtcy while
/ - average wage Garner has been COM
] He'd to Quit using milk, butter. eggs and
@ iter dairy products simply because he
n not afford them.
Milk which has been s cents a quart
years is now quoted at 10 cents to the
{ 3nsumer. Selected eggs are selling for
cents and the cheapest grade is above
! = forty mark. Butter is selling at 4}
{ nts and the dealers declare that it will
! 50 cents a pound before the end of the
! onth.
The demand for increased dividends on
/ q part of the controlling interest in the
! ilk trust and the dairy products trust
i the reason for the advance so far as
t e popular mind is concerned, but the
i. not so.They insist that the COWS are
that it costs more to market milk and
! liter
The provision dealers also insist that
C,5gs are a luxury, that the great Ameri-
{ n hen is no longer on the job as in
{ VS. gone by. and because of this they
! I'VE to boost the price of eggs. The cost
tf living in New York has increased 80
cent since the middle of August.
: ncre is a rumor that financial inter-
{ Is that have in the past been allied
y it'll the Standard Oil Company have re-
c ntly bought in the milk and dairy
r. oducts trusts and that these interests
I = determined that dividends shall be
/ shed up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
5000 KILLED IN BATTLE.
Civil War in Abyssinia With Forces
Led by Young Princes-Abrahe
Taken.

Cologne, Nov. 12.-According to a
dispatch from Adds Abeba. two of the
minor princes of Abyssinia Abate and
Abrahe, started an internal war. their
quarrel growing out of territorial
questions concerning the parts of the
country they respectively ruled over
Their armies met a few days ago. and
after a battle, which lasted for three
days, in which 5000 on both sides were
killed. Prince Abrahe was defeated
and taken prisoner.
1t is stated that the empress sided
with Prince Abate, and while the bat
tie was in progress she went to the
royal chapel and prayed for his sue
cess TO make her prayer more etfica-
cious she bore Il heavy wooden cross
on her shoulders. When she heard of
his victory she sent instructions to
lay waste the territory over which
Prince Abrahe ruled. Emperor Meme
Xix would not hear of this. He coun-
termanded this and ordered Prince
Abate to treat the people of the con-
quered province with mercy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13

The general use of the block signal
system and other efficient devices for
the prevention of railroad accidents
are Il marked improvement over the
methods of Il quarter century or more
go Reminiscent of the operating
methods in vogue on the Maine Cen
tial at that time it is interesting 10 re-
call the hcadon collision which oc-
Cured Friday, May IS, 1SS3,at Browns
Landing, III Nassalboro, whereby three
railroad men lost their lives, another,
who saved himself by jumping was in
jUred, and nearly two score freight
cars were either wholly demolished or
badly wrecked. The two locomotives
in the collision were also ruintd. ore Of
them beyond repair and the other so
that it had to be practically rebuilt be
fore it could again lie operated.
Engineers Wcr" at that time allowed
to run on their own responsibility, the
oily requirement in this regard being
that those in charge of special trains
should keep out of the way of all reg
U'ar trains and reach the Sidings where
regular trains were to be passed at
least ten minutes before the regulars
ere due. Otherwise the engineers
we're allowed to use their own judg-
mont, except where special orders We're
received from the train dispatcher.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
QUEEN HELENA TO JOIN.
Sends Word She Will Become a Mem
Der of international Congress.

Atlantic City, n. J., Nov. 12.-Queen
Helena of Italy is to become a member
of the International congress of moth,
ers, according to letters receiver from
the Italian embassy at Washington by
the board of managers of the national
congress of mothers at their session
here.
In expressing her desire to join in
.hc work for the welfare of children of
the world. Queen Helena declared her
intention Of sending special envoy to
the meeting of the organized mothers
of the land of Denver, next year. 1t is
expected that other European sover-
eigns will follow suit.
The managers decided to hold the
national congress a. Denver June 16 to
20.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
WOMEN TO CLEAN STREET
CARS.
Volunteer to Garry Whisk Broom
and Cloth as Rebuke to Line.

St Louis, Nov. Il. - As a protest
against the cobwebbed and dusty condi-
tifns on the Spring avenue street car
line here. the Womens Auxiliary of the
North Side Commercial Association
have taken the pledge as volunteer
car cleaners. Each of the sixty
members will carry whiskbroom and
dust cloth, and before sitting down in
tie car, will clean the seat with the
broom and wash the window with her
dust cloth.
Numerous petitions have flooded the
offices of the United Railways demand
ing improvements on the Spring avenue
line but without avail.
Ntrs Frederick w. Bundy, wife of a
manufactures, leads the movement, and
borrowed a whiskbroom and busting
cloth when going home from the meeting
today. She busted the seat and washed
the window, to the amazement of the
SPECTATORS and the discontinue of the
conductor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13

The first chapter in a novel recent
ly published contained the following:
and 50 the fair girl continued to sit
on the sands, gazing upon the briny
deep, on whose heaving bosom the tall
ships went merrily by, freightcd-ah
who can tell--With how much joy and
sorrow, and coal, emigrants and hopes,
and salt fish,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
{ Z FAD is HIGHEST IN STOCK.
HOLM.
laty on Food Articles Said to Cause
Very High Prices in Sweden.

Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. PA city
{ puncil committee which mas been in
S'igating food prices has made re-
! ~, showing that bread III Stockholm
i the most extensive in Europe. Strin-
&"!t measures are recommended to
{ rToe' bakers 10 sell their products by
Y iGht. Tho duty on all articles of
f"13 is shown 10 DC responsible for the
t;'t mat their cost is higher mere than
i other countries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13

] cleared away in time to open the
iack for other trains, despite the fact
That one wrcclling train FROM Augusta
and another from WatcrVi!le were on
tie scene within a very short time af-
TT the accident occurred The wreck
is still wildly remembered by many
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
STATUE FROM STONE AGE.
Oldest Work Of Art Extant, So De
scribed, Has Been Found in Prussia.

Berlin, Nov 12.-What is said to be
the Oldest artistic record of mankind
has been found at Ottitz, near Ratibor,
in Silesia, Prussia, by an eScavatins
expedition under .Tahannes Richter.
it consists of a clay figure of a god
dess, about 1000 years old, and was dis
covered in q house dating back to the
stone age. Of which a group of fifteen,
forming a village was unearthed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-16

'erfuI Dramatic Story Handled By An Able
Company

The dramatic event which many
theatre-goers have been looking for
ward to with eager pleasure ever since
it's announcement, is the production
of Eugene Walters splendid play of
the Canadian Northwest, The Wolf"
at the opera house tonight
The successful author of Paid in
Full" and The Easiest Way" has
used material radically different from
those plays of modern city life and its
temptations in THE Wolf where he
gets close to nature For this, his
second dramatic triumph in one sea-
son, he has made the Canadian woods
the background, and for his charac-
tiers has given us a hard, rugged old
Scotch settler; gentle daughter; an
American civil engineer, and his as
sistant, and two French-Canadians
with the blood of the Ojibway ma
ton in their veins. These characters
become involved in a romantic affair
out of which the action of the play is
generated. The story is told directly
with many a fine touch of sentiment,
with much skilful elaboration of char
aceer, and with the softening effect
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-16
HAVE NO AMBITION
TO CONTROL ALL LINES
Harriman's One Idea Seems to Have
Died With Him.

New York, Sept. 15.-In financial
circles one of the most important de-
velopments since the death of Harri-
man is the evidence that the dream
of universal railroad dominion has
passed away with Mr. Hartman. None
of his successors has the ambition to
control all the railroads of the coun-
try, or at least considers it advisable
to pursue such a policy. The one OBJ
lection that it would lead speedily to
a contest on the question of govern
ment ownership is sufficient And SO.
while the country has lost great abil-
ity in transportation and finance, it
has also lost an ambition and power
that must certainly be regarded as
dangerous. In regard to Mr. Harri-
mans personal holdings of securities,
there is every reason to believe that
MS business affairs were as we'll or
dered on his death as were those, for
instance, of Mr.. Rogers or Mr. Sage,
and that no market disturbance can
be created by settlement of his estate.
The control of his estate, it will be
found, is vested in sound and consery-
ative men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-16

of much good comedy. The story is
told in action, which is so with every
successful play. The Wolf" has been
proclaimed the best all-round melo-
drama of the time, because it has fine
acting qualities. 1t is to be played
by a superior cast headed by Andrew
Robson. an actor of sterling worth.
1t tells the story of girl who was
deceived and sent to her death in
the Canadian Hudson Bay country
Her half brother seeks the man and
finds him attempting to lure another
girl to ruin. 1t happens that the half
brother loves this girl, so he takes
her away, but the villain and their
meeting is the most effective incident
of the play. The two men meet in the
dark and fight for life and for the
possession of the girl. The audience
simply hears the two men as they toss
and struggle. Finally there is a
moan and the listeners know that
death has come to one of them. But
which one? The moon creeps up, and
the victor strikes a match and holds
it above the victims face. The right
man has been victorious, and the
play has a happy ending.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-16
NOW on STRIKE.
Millions OF StOmachs Refuse to Do
Their Work Properly.

All over this broad land millions OF
stomach owners are being held in hui
initiating subsection just because they
are so stubborn that they will not ac-
cept fair, square and broad minded
offer.
Life is short for all of us; it will he
shorter for those who let their stom-
achs go from bad to worse.
Dodsons Pharmacy has famous
prescription called Mi-o-na and he be-
lieves so thoroughly in it's remarkable
curative power that he says to every
owner of a distressed stomach that
he will guarantee Mona tablets to
cure acute or chronic indigestion and
all stomach ailments or money back
and the price is only so cents box.
And still there are stubborn people
right in Americas who won't accept
this offer, but continue to suffer from
gas on stomach, belching of sour food
stomach pains, foul breath, dizziness,
biliousness and headaches just because
just because-that's all, there is no
other reason
Mi-o-na tablets stop dyspeptic agony
in five minutes; they cure obstinate
cases of indigestion and turn the old
stomach into a new one in a few
or money back.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-16
FLINT RIVER is WADED
FROM SIDE TO SIDE
Is Lower Than in Many
Years Past.

Flint river, east of Americas, IS SO
low at this time that one can Wade
the stream at any point from shore 70
shore, while the earstwhile muddy
waters are clear as crystal Inc
drought of nearly two months dura-
ton has wellnight dried up this large
stream, where steamboats, have hoat-
ed in years agone Americas people
who were at the river yesterday state
that at many points one can step
across the stream upon rocks and
boulders projecting above the shall
low water, while at almost any point
the river can easily be waded. This
renders fishing there excellent, as the
fish huddle in deep holes near the
banks and can be caught with ease.
Like Flint river, other streams near
Americas are at a very low ebb, while
in the country districts the wells are
rapidly failing. Several cotton gins
in Sumter country have been compell-
ed to shut down altogether or run
only at long intervals. for lack of
water
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-16
PRICE Is CLIMBING UP
ABOVE II CENTS
Large Sales of Bales Made
Yesterday.

Back above Il cents the cotton
market climbed again Yesterday, val
ues going more than a quarter cent
higher within the past two days. The
effect of last weeks slump has been
dissipated and already the market has
gained back all that was lost at that
time. Sales at Americas yesterday
were quite heavy and hundreds of
bales went off the boards when the
price again touched u cents Farm
ers showed a disposition to let go
their bales at that price, but below
II cents there was nothing doing.
Many fine bales were sold here yes
terday at u Is cents, and no doubt
the quarter will be reached again to-
day. Americas warehouse receipts
now total nearly eleven thousand
bales, and practically all of this has
been sold at II cents or better, prob
ably 5000 bales selling at Il 1-2 cents
the top price reached this season.
The fields here are still white with
open cotton, and receipts tomorrow
and Saturday bid fair to be very
heavy.