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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Just Exactly Riuht,

Il have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right" says A. A. FELTON,
of Harrisville, n. Y. New Life Pills
relieve without the least discomfort
Best remedy for constipation, bilious
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
TO END
LIFE WITH GAS
Gustav Blechschmidt While De
spondent, Tries to Commit
Suicide.
UNCONSCIOUS WHEN FOUND
Wife, Who Is BRIDE of Few Weeks,
Breaks Into Room and Is Al
most Herself Overcome.

Dependency is supposed to have
been the cause of the attempted sui
eide at 8 o'clock last night of Gustav
Blechschmidt, manager of the Rock
Island Pattern works, at his home,
104G Sixteenth street. He entered
his bedroom. closed and locked the
door. and placing the tube from a
gas reading lamp in his mouth, open
ed the cock.
Mrs. Blechschmidt, who does not
speak English, half an hour later, on
attempting to enter the room, found
il locked and noticed the odor of
gas. She broke in a screen and en-
tering through window, found her
husband unconscious. So filled was
the room with gas that she was her
self nearly overcome before getting
out again.
Secures Help Among NeiGhbOrs-
Once outside, Mrs. Blechschmidt hur-
ried to secure aid, in which she was
handicapped in not being able to
make the neighbors understand. FL
nally help was secured and the I'M
conscious man was carried out on the
front porch. DR.. j. e. Assay, who
lives near, was called and succeeded
in saving the mans life.
Mr. and Mrs. BIechschmidt were
married but a few weeks ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
People Know 1t Is Good

else they wouldn't use, as they do
100000 bottles every year of Perry
Davis Painkiller. 1t will cure
sprains, strains, colds. cramps. Take
a bottle nome today and have it
ready for an emergency-35 (the
new siZe) or soc bottle. Iell your
druggist you want Perry Davis
Painkiller, the remedy which has
been tested for 10 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
CITY CHA II.

Kerler & Co. weave rugs.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
Read Ii. X. Walkers want ads.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus and express, Spencer & Trefz
Sand and cement. Mueller Lumber
company.
Godfrey's laundry gives green trad
ing stamps.
Music this evening Young & Nc
Combs cafe, fourth floor.
Excursion to Clinton on steamer j.
S. July 4. Leaves Rock Island 9:l5,
a. m, returns s p. m. Fare only
so cents.
Dancing at Watch Tower Monday
afternoon and evening.
Go to Clinton July 4. or Muscatine,
July 3, on steamer J. :.
Dancing at Watch Tower Monday
afternoon and evening.
Attend the dance at Watch Tower
Monday afternoon and evening.
Attend the dance at Watch Tower
Monday afternoon and evening.
Let Krell & Johnson do your tin
and furnace work. 1916 Third avenue.
Celebrate the Fourth on the steam
er J. s., July 5, by going to Musca-
tine.
II. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work. 1526-152S Fourth ave
nue..
Everybody is going to the dance It
Watch Tower Monday afternoon and
evening.
Everybody is going to the dance at
" atch Tower Monday afternoon and
evening.
Music in the grill room tonight. Ice
cream and cake, fourth floor. Young
& McCombs.
Ice cream, coffee and cake served n
the grill room tonight. fourth floor
music Young & McCombs.
You cannot afford to stay at home
when you can 30 to Clinton on the
steamer J. S. for only 80 cents the
round trip.
Moonlight excursion on steamer J.
s.. $50 to 11:$0 p. m, Sunday,
July 4. Fare. gentlemen 80 cents,
ladies Is cents.
All day excursion to MusCatine on
steamer Helen Blair Monday, July 5.
Leaves Rock Island II a. m; returns
Z p. m; fare, 30 cents.
Don't forget 10 attend the celebra-
tion given by the West End Bunga-
low club at Hubcr's garden, Monday
July 5th, afternoon and evening.
Two excursions to MusCatine on
steamer J. s., Monday, July )
Morning trip leaves $50, a. m. af-
ternoon p. III. Fare only so cents.
Get away from the heat and noise
and take a cool river trip to MuSca
tine and return on the steamer Helen
Blair Monday, July ). Leaves II a. III
If you enjoy sood eating, take i'll the
Excursion to Muscatinc July ) on the
steamer Helen Blair, and try one OF
our 75-ccnt dinners, to the strains OF
Strced's orchestra
| The annual picnic of the Sunda.
| school of the German Evangelical
church will be held Monday at thu
play grounds of Long View park
The children will meet at the churcl
at $50 and will then be taken t,
the park.
Two grandchildren of NJ. w. Battle
nave been born in the last two week,
one being a son born TO Mr.. and Mrs
Norman c. Grifiiths of this city Jun
%, and the other a daughter born L
Dr. and Mrs. Sturtz at Iron Mountain
| Mich, June rs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
ADVERTISING CAR Is HERE
Posting Bills i'm Three Cities for Bar
mum a. Bailey.

The first advertising car for the
Rarnum & Bailey shows which will be
in Davenport July "a, was here tolai
ana force % So men was busy billing
the three cities and surrounding towns:
The second car comes in about two
weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Best the World Affords,

1T gives me unbounded pleasure
to recommend Bucklen's Arnica
Salvc," says J. W. Jenkins of Chapel
Hill, n C. Il am convinced it's the
best salve the world affords. 1t
cured felOn on my thumb and it
never fails to heal every sore, burn
or wound to which it is applied. 25
cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets T:31. rises 4:30: moon rises
S:13 p. M; 9:23 p. M. moon In conjunc-
ton with Uranus, passing from west
10 east of the planet: 10 p. m. earth at
lpheliOn. farthest from sun; Mercury
Visible before sunrise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
HEAVY BAIL
Man Giving Name of Joe Col
Inns, Captured in Church,
Held to Grand Jury.
BOND is FIXED AT $4,000
Efforts to Learn Identity and Past
Prove in Vain-Says He Suf-
fcrs Lapscs of Memory.

Joe Collins, or the man who gave the
police that name to cover up his real
identity, was bound over to the grand
jury this morning by Magistrate Smith,
on the charge of burglary. The bonds
were set at $4,000, and as Collins was
unable to furnish them he was sent
to the county Jail. Collins is the man
who was caught in the Christian Science
church on Twenty-third street some
time ago. He has been i'll Jail since
his capture, and numerous efforts have
been made to get him to tell his real
name and something of his past career
He has peTSistCnly refused and has
maintained the strictest silence i'll re-
gard to his past. He explained his
presence in the church by saying he is
troubled with lapses of memory, dur
ing which spells he does things for
which he cannot account.
Had the Address.
The police, however, have pretty
good evidence that he does not tell the
truth He had a chisel in his posses
sion which made a very good jimmy if
| he had needed such thing in getting
| into the church, and besides that he
evidently knew where he was going
| had the address written on d railroad
guide which he had in his pocket. In
, addition to the address of the Christian
| Science church, there was the address of
a church over in Davenport, which
| would probably have been the next
place he would have entered had he
not been captured here.
He has told the police that he will
| take sentence of &c years before he
| will tell who he is and where he comes
| from 1t will be remembered that Col
| Inns was caught in the church by w. y.
Mcintyre, and captured by Mr.. Nc
Intyre c. X. Mixter and George Roth
and was turned over to the police.
Waive Examination.
Porter w Ewart and Fleming T.
Ewart, the Silvis men who were ar
rested some time ago by Sheriff Kittil-
sen when he raided a pool room in that
village, appeared in the court of Jus
| tice p. III. Wells this afternoon and
waived their preliminary hearing and
were bound over to the grand jury I'M
der bonds of $500.
Other Offenders.
Maggie Murray, the woman who was
arrested Thursday evening for using
explosive language in public place.
was given a hearing cSterday after
noon by Magistrate Smith and was
sentenced 10 10 days in Jail on the
charge of disorderly conduct. John
Harris was given a hearing last night
on the charge of disorderly conduct,
and Magistrate Smith sent him to the
county Jail on a five-day vacation.
Harris is one of the travelling gentry.
and was found asleep in Spencer
square last Thursday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
THREE GO Down
DURING STORM
Men in Boat in Moline Pool
Lose Lives When Craft Is
Capsized by Waves.
TWO OF FIVE RESCUED
Victims Are Andrew Mangold, Henry
Kerns and Charles Harris-Girl
Has Narrow Escape.

Three men were drowned i'll the
Sylvan pool at Moline last evening,
and several others had narrow escapes
from death, when the sudden wind
storm swept over the water. The men
who lost their lives were the follow
ing:
Andrew Mangold, aged 50, single.
Came to Moline from Chicago, and en-
ployed as chef at the Manufacturers
hotel. Body not recovered.
Henry Kerns. aged %, single. Came
from Chicago two months ago, and was
employed as second cook at the Manu-
facturers. Body recovered at o'clock
this afternoon.
Charles Harris, aged &c, single. Came
from Kansas City year ago. Employ
ed as cook at James restaurant in Mo-
line. Body not recovered.
Two Were Saved.
Two other men in the boat with the
three victims of the river were rescued.
They were Francis Meyer and George
Marshall, both cooks, residing at $50
seventeenth street Moline.
The five men had secured boat at
the Peterson livery at $40, and went
across to Willow island, where they
enjoyed a bath. Only one, Harris, was
able to swim. While they were at the
island the storm came on, but Harris
said that he could take the boat back.
Instead of pulling with the waves,
which were rolling several feet high,
he pulled against the waves, and the
boat soon shipped so much water that
it was about TO capsize The occu-
pants desired to turn it over and cling
to it. This they did, and they cried
for help. Harris started to swim to
shore, but turned back, and as he start
ed out again two of the others, KernS
and Mangold, caught hold of him, and
all three went down together.
Cries Bring Help.
The cries of the men were heard at
the livery, and Axel Peterson and
Emil Hagewandt put out in a light
skiff. although Peterson was not in
condition to make the trip, because of
a recently fractured rib and broken
chest bone which has not entirely
healed The men neared the capsized
boat in time to see Marshall and Mey-
er slip from it into the water. BY the
light of flash of lightning they loca-
ted the drowning men, and with great
difficulty Peterson caught them and
pulled them into the boat.
A search was made for the missing
men as soon as the storm abated but
not until 3 O'Clock this afternoon were
any of the bodies found This after
noon Carl and John Anderson and Carl
Multzer recovered Kerns' body near
the scene of the drowning.
The work of Peterson in rescuing
the men was heroic. He has III all
saved something like 80 people from
drowning. He is confined to his home
today, suffering greatly as a result of
the strain, and his condition is said to
be serious. He regrets greatly that he
could, not reach the boat in time to
save the other three men.
Girl Has Narrow Escape.
Miss Fannie Entrikin, daughter of
r. W. Entrikin, secretary of the Mo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
RIVER BULLETIN.

Slowly falling stages VIII continue
in the Mississippi from Dubuque to
Muscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

Temperature mt a. M. 90; mt . p. M,
S:s. Maximum temperature in last "a
hours, o.; minimum, 80. Velocity of
wind mt u. M, 10 miles per hour.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
THE WEATHER.

Generally fair tonight and sunday
not much change in Temperatures.
J. NJ. SIIERIER, Local F0recastef.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Wants $4,000 Damages.

of Mr.. Powers. Ludolph & Reynolds
of this city represented Mr.. Powers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

-Four three year old feeding
steers for sale. Weight about
100 each.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
, WAS fourteen when 1 became
pony express rider had one
or two adventures in that pur-
BY BUFEAAO Bill
lUE TALES OP THE PLAINS
COPYRIGHT, 1900. by vs11L1ArIr. CODY

- WAS fourteen when I became 8
| pony express rider. l had one
| or two adventures in that pur
suit which may prove interesting
to read. They were certainly inter.
esting enough to me at the time. The
job was worth 1925 a month and
meant ceaseless danger.
The Importance of the pony express
has to a certain extent been lost sight
of, but it might be well to impress on
the reader the fact of it's value at that
time in connection with the great trou-
! BILE occurring shortly after its incep-
ton between the sections Of our coun-
try-the civil war of 1861 The diff
culties Of communicating with the
newly acquired empire on the Pacific
through the route via Panama or the
passage around Cape Horn would
have left effective information stale,
fat and Improbable on account Of the
time, and the fact that the southwest
section was not open for communica-
tion to the Union authorities at Wash
ington emphasized its necessity.
The pony express, by giving the gov
ernment facilities for quick communi-
cation-quick for those days-was en-
abled to keep in touch with every
movement and counteracted in an ef
fective manner what might have re-
suited in separation from us Of our
grand Pacific possessions.
Its service had been repeatedly sug-
gested to congress, but after several
years of agitation it failed of govern
ment assistance through the then dis
united aims Of many congressional
leaders, and eventually it was under
taken by Messrs. Russell, Majors, Wad-
dell & Co. at their own risk and re-
sponsibility. public spirited. patri-
otic action for which they never re-
ceived proper financial recognition.
This was the great government
freighting firm under whom l had
served as courier between it's over
land wagon trains. Its object was to
cover the vast telegraphic gap be-
tween New York and San Francisco
which began at st. Joe. Mo-. and ended
at Sacramento, Cal. with greater
speed, a distance Of more than 1000
miles through a country totally unin.
ha ab1ted, bar savage Indians. At that
time it took months for congressman
and government officials to reach the
Golden Gate or to arrive at Washing
ton, and it took from twenty-five to
twenty-five days to send a message
from New York to San Francisco
across the continent. 1t had taken
three weeks or more to
go from the Missouri river to Sacra-
mento. By means of relay stations, 200
In number, employing 600 hardy po-
MES and from eighty to a hundred e1-
pert riders. my employers made it pos
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
SERVED MANY YEARS.
Sheriff Opsal Retires from Office
After Nearly Twenty Years
Service in Official Capacity.

Elllng Opsal retires from the office
OF sheriff this week, turning over the
responsibilities of the chief peace
officer of the county to his successor,
John Quien, and steps down and out
into the arena Of private opportunity
and independence, where he can sur
vey the bright side of life from the
viewpoint Of one who has long worn
the responsibility Of law enforcement
quietly, successfully and with be-
coming modesty, and now takes his
seat among the spectators. going and
coming in fancy free and happy.
Mr.. Opsal was elected register of
deeds in 1880, beginning his duties in
January 1881. He retired from the
registers office in 1885. Then he
served six years as deputy sheriff un-
der B. B. Wright and Robert Pierce,
and succeeded Pierce as sheriff in 1898,
retiring In favor Of Robert Buchanan
who was elected in 1902. Mr.. Bu-
chanan resigned the Office after serv-
ing about six months, and the county
appointed Mr.. Opsal to
HI out Mr.. Buchanan's term. Mr..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

The reader can imagine that 1t was
lonely. 1t demanded endurance above
the ordinary to defy the summers
heat and winters snowstorms and
billiards., skill in crossing temporary
bridges and dangerous streams with
shifting fords and treacherous quick
sands, which had to be often got over
at night sometimes swollen torrents.
and horses and riders had to swim,
momentarily liable to ambush by the
ever alert savageS, then the monarchs
Of the prairies. The reader will under.
stand that the Indian was master of
all the country outside the rifle range
Of a station or fort. This gave to the
very atmosphere a sense Of continual
peril, making possible a death so hor-
rible that it's possibility was as trying
to the imagination as capture made its
decree . certainty. with ali the horrors
of torture.
That many riders met this fateful
end is history, while other escapes
were simply miraculous. Those who
came out alive on the arrival at sta
ton often found that one of the riders
had fallen a victim to the savage foe
and had to take up his burden, and in
such cases he had to pound the saddle
over the stiff country for another hun
dred miles. The fact that the dead
body was often somewhere along the
trail, Of course. did not add pleasant
thoughts to the journey. Nothing but a
quick perception and rapfdfty Of action
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

The terrible loss Of life in Italy
from earthquake on December. 2sth Is
one Of the greatest tragedies in the
history of that unfortunate country.
1t is estimated that over 2OO, 1000 were
killed and wounded and many cities
and villages destroyed. Messina, one
OF the principal cities of the island of
Sicily, was destroyed and the upheav-
al obliterated the shore lines of the
straits between Sicily and the MAIN
land. The city of Messina was de-
stroyed in 1893 and 10000 people
killed. Last week Monday while
the people on both sides of the straits
of Messina were asleep the volcanic
power rolling around inside our big
globe seeking an outlet forced the
crust OF the earth upward in violent
action and then the shell on which
the people lived began to roll and
twist and the end came quickly. The
unfortunate people thought the end
Of the world had come and sought
mercy in prayer. 1t was horrible
one of the worst In the
history of that country that has been
visited by volcano and quake for the
past eighteen centuries.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

Opsal was again elected sheriff in 1904
and now retires after long term of
public service during which he dis
charged his duties faithfully, carefully,
firmly and to the entire satisfaction
Of all concerned. He had no serious
trouble in the performance of his du-
ties, which indicates that diplomacy
and law enforcement travelled hand in
hand. He never used the "big stick, "
so to speak. He went about the dis
charge of his duties conscious that
his official rank was all that was neces-
sary to enforce or command.
He retires with splendid record
and the good will Of every man in the
county and, we believe, from official
life for good. He has had many offers
to go into the real estate business,
and recently was rendered very fiat
tering proposition. He will not pick
up any new business this winter, but
it is reasonably certain that Mr.. Op-
sal will engage in the real estate busi-
ness in the early spring, and he ought
to be very successful.
The LEADER wishes him success in
any business he may engage in as he
is worthy and deserving.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

CANTON SOUTH
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

'ofo JScC.
sible for dispatches and messages writ
ten on tissue paper so as to avoid all
unnecessary weight to be carried that
distance on the backs of swift ponies
in from eight to ten days. The route
chosen is now traversed by the Union
Pacific railroad, in those days an al
most trackless wilderness, swarming
with Indians and highwaymen.
On the Sd Of April, 1859, two riders
started, one from St. Joe, Mo-, and one,
from Sacramento, Cal. At the start
the dispatch bags would be thrown
over a pony's saddle. The rider would
mount and ride at top speed to the
first relay station. There fresh pony
would be waiting, on whose back the
dispatch bags would be hastily thrown,
then of again. and so on till the IRE
lief' rider would snatch the bags and
dash of with them for the next lap of
the long race. The relays averaged
fifteen miles apart. Forty-dve to 1O5
miles semiweekly each way at full
speed over rough country was riders
daily stunt. Riders started at forty
i've mile trips and - they became
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

|
and seemingly tntuitive knowledg:
when danger threatened and the ange
Of good luck assisted me to escape
| many a close call. Several times
had bullets through my buckskins
twice through my saddle. and on one
| occasion my sturdy mount received q
bad flesh wound. On two occasions
my good craftsmanship saved me al
the expense of the roster Of the Sioux
braves by sending two at diferen,
times to their happy hunting grounds
the route Of slaughtered couriers, nota.
bly, on one occasion which stands as
possibly a record in the story of this
dangerous duty.
While riding between the Red
Buttes of the Platte and the Three
Crossings Of the Sweetwater l had
what was considered a most difficult
and lonely route. On reaching Three
Crossings I found the rider Of the
next division had been killed the night
before, which necessitated my cover
rider who should have been on hand
had not turned up, having been killed,
as was afterward ascertained, so
was compelled to ride the two routes
without stop, except for meals and
change of horses, successfully making
the journey (or round trip without
sleep, only stopping to change horses
and snatch hasty meal. This ride
created a sensation, so l will quote
from an authority best able to place
it on record as a historical fact-name-
book Of Seventy Years on the From
tier"
among the most noted and daring
riders Of the pony express was Hon.
William F. Cody, better known as
Buffalo BILL whose reputation is now
esta blished the world over. While en-
gagged in the express service his route
lay between Red Buttes and Three
Crossings. 1t was a most dangerous,
long and lonely trail, including peril.
GUS crossings of swollen and turbulent
streams. An average of fifteen miles
an hour had to be made, including
change of horses, detours for safety
and time for meals. Once upon reach
ing Three Crossings he found that the
rider on the next division had been
killed during the night before. and he
was called on to make the extra trip
until another rider could be procured.
This was a request the compliance
with which would involve the most
taxing labors and an endurance few
persons are capable Of. Nevertheless
young Cody was promptly on hand for
the additional journey and reached
Rocky Ridge, the limit of the second
route, on time. This round trip of
321 miles was made without stop,
except for meals and to change horses,
and every station on the route was
entered on time. This Is one of the
longest and best ridden pony express
Journeys ever made. the entire dis
lance, 321 miles, being covered in 21
hours and 80 minutes"