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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
ON TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS
Two Dixon Men Travelling by Easy
Stages and Hunting En- Route.

Stages and Hunting En- Route
Two Dixon men, Alosco Benjamin
and John Pane, started Friday on
trip down Rock river, passing through
the mouth of that stream into the
Mississippi river Sunday. They are
en- route to New Orleans. They have
two boats and are well supplied with
camping outfits, guns and traps, and
two months time will be spent in
hunting and riding on the Father of
Waters. They expect to reach New
Orleans for Christmas and will then
ship their equipment back to Dixon,
returning themselves by rail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09

When a cold becomes settled in Tn.
system, it will take several days treat
ment to cure it, and the best remedy
TO use is Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. 1t will cure quicker than any
other, and also leaves the system in a
natural and healthy condition. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09

day. The Columbia, with Harry Stone
baker, Bert Latham driving, third.
The official time was: Buick, 1913: 90;
Columbia, %: $500; Studebaker, 20:-
5C:40; Isotta, 2:36:0G; Kisselkar. &c.
C4:23.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
REYNOLDS NAMED
Company A Promotes Second
Lieutenant to First Lieu
tenant.
ELECTION LAST EVENING
Captains of Membership Teams Are
AnnOunced-Rifie Squad Fails to
Lift RegimentaI Cup.

An election was held last evening
in Company A of the 9th regiment 10
fill the position of first lieutenant
which was rendered vacant by the
resignation of Walter E. Hart, and
Second Lieutenant James Reynolds
was elected to the Office This left
the second lieutenancy vacant. and
William Kahlke, who has held the po-
sition of quartermaster sergeant, was
elected TO this position.
Before the election. Captain E H
Dunayin announced the captains Of
the three divisions which will take
part in the membership contest. They
are Sergeant Harry Shiffer, Corporal
Ebert Fulmer and Private Karl Kol-
loft. The three leaders chose their
ieutenants from the membership of
the company and they will begin an
active campaign for recruits at once.
The contest will continue until Dec.
81. at which time the company will
have to have IS men on its roll or
stand in danger of being mustered
out of the service. The division which
secures the greatest number of re
cruits will be the guests of the other
two divisions at a complimentary bau-
quet to be given after the close of the
contest.
Rain Spells Shoot.
The heavy rain which fell yesterday
prevented for the most part the pull
ing off of the regimental team shoot
at Sterling. The local company had a
team of five men at Sterling, but they
were able to shoot only on a few
ranges on account of the rain. The
members of the team were Captain
E. H. DJnavin. Sergeant Branch, Cor
poral Peterson and Privates Carpen-
ter and Wochner. The Company A
boys had to leave this morning before
the meet was really finished and they
have given up their desire to lift the
cup this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
Detroit Team Beaten in Cuba.

Havana, Nov. 9.-The Almendare5
baseball team defeated the Detroit
American league team. here yesterday
by a score of Is to 2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09

According to the Chicago Record
Herald Jack Mccarthy. formerly man
ager of the Springfield team, left for
the Memphis meeting last night infect
ed with the Three-Eye presidential
bug. Jack won a pennant in this
league once, but that isn't saying he
would make a good president Jack
has more than one iron in the fire, for
he has applied for the job as manager
at Peoria and Danville. He is willing
to work for s2,1CO, with a share of the
receipts from the sale of players.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
Rniok car Wins 4ao Mile Race.

Phoenix. Ariz., Nov. 9.-The Buick
car driven by ]. K Nikrent won the
$50 mile desert race from Los Angeles
TO Phoenix, which ended here yester-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09

President Kinsella of Springfield is
trying to get the national commission
to reopen the Torrey case and award
the pitcher to New York in which case
he will come in for his bit. Kinsella
is said to have committed himself to
the support of Edward Holland of
Bloomington for president. If that's
the case. we shall expect to see Mr..
Holland roll in with a whoop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09

Decatur is waking up and will make
a strong bid for Three-Eye franchise.
DR.. D. S. Anderson announced that he
and a party of other business men
would canvass the city this week to
see whether a baseball association can
be organized. Were going around to
see what tho merchants will do said
Anderson. ''This town can't afford to
let baseball go and immediate action
is necessary"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
DO YOU FEAR

Do they cause you untold suffering
from BIoating, Heartburn, Nausea and
Headache? Then you really need a
short course CT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
WARMED OVER

Otto Jacobs, backstop with the Rog-
ers Park team during the past season,
will be one of the recruits to try for
the job of succeeding Bob Higgins as
catcher for the Distillers next season.
Jawn Baker, the well known left
handed ball tosser who played with
Davenport, Clinton and Dubuque in the
Three-Eye league and played in semi
pro- teams at st. Louis last season,
has been signed for trial with Louis
Vile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-09
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

at once. Your stomach and digestive
organs are in bad shape and nature
needs assistance or you are going to
be sick. Get bottle today. 1t is for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, CostiVeness,
BiIicusness, Colds, Grippe and Malaria.
Insist on Hostetter's with private
stamp over neck.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07

study and discussion Of prominent
American and English authors. While
In Brooklyn Miss johnson accepted
the position of governess and house
keeper in the family of Mrs. J. II. Eg.
gers at Summit. n. j.. which she has
held for a number Of years.
When Miss Johnson went to Sum.
NIT there was no church for our people
In that aristocratic little town. Seeing
the need of place of worship for the
many persons of our race residing
there. she made 1t possible for the
starting Of little Baptist mission.
which. guided by her fostering care
and most the time personal support.
has grown into a regular Baptist
church, recognized by and a member Of
the New England Baptist missionary
convention. Having a genial disposi
ton. willing and obliging. Miss John
son has won for herself a host of
friends who lavish upou her their love
and confidence. She is both worthy
and deserving Of the new honor which
has come to her at the han6s of her
Caucasian friends at Summit. who
feel that she has merjted the position.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
GRAND MUSICAL RECITAL.
Brilliant Coterie Of Young Artists De.
light Ansonia Audience.

The recital given by Miss Pearl
Elise Tatten. soprano. at the City Hall
Auditorium, Ansonia, Conn, recently
was attended by an audience of 24O
persons. one of the largest that ever
gathered at an affair of the kind in
that assembly room. Miss Tattcn was
very ably assisted by Mrs. Elijah But
Ter Of New Haven, elocutionist: Ralph
Howard OF Boston. violinist W. Rob
inson Tatten of Bridgeport basso; +.
Lathrop Tatten. tenor. and Miss "
Josephine Muse. pianist.
Miss Tatten is possessed Of a re-
markably sweet soprano voice. which
has often delighted local audiences
and congregations of the First Baptist
church. where Miss Tatten is sololst
She received many eucomiums. and
her audience manifested its pleasure
plause.
Mrs. Butler In her elocutionary work
was excellent. and the applause she
received was well merited She was
down on the program for Two num-
bers. THE Face on the Floor" and
"Sandy's Romance" 1t was Mr.. How.
ards first appearance In Ansonia. and
he proved himself to be skillful per
former on the violin. he played with
expression. and bis technique left moth
Ing to be desired. he has had the ad.
vantage Of training IN bis art at the
New England Conservatory Of Music.
The Misses Tatten were In excellent
voice, and their numbers were well
sung. Miss Muse, both az accompa
mist and 10 her solo and duet work
With Miss Tattsn. deserved the ap-
CLAUSE she received
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
New Honor For
Miss johnson.
Story Of the Rise Of an Orphan Girl From
Obscurit to Prominence as a Religious
and Literary Worker. Goyerness
and Assistant IN Public
Library.
By N. b. DODSON,

Miss Violet A. johnson. who was
recently appointed assistant in the
Cotuit Public library at Summit, n.
j.. is native of Wilmington. N. c., In
which city she received her early edu-
cation. Being left motherless when
quite young, she was thrown upon her
own resources at a time when the
care and protection of parents are
most needed. But. being possessed of
strong will power and high aspira-
tons. she made her way up through
difficulties and many vicissitudes until
she grew TO womanhood About the
first position which Miss Johnson held
requiring both tact and education was
that of assistant teacher in one of the
mission schools of the WOman's Mis-.
sionary society of Chicago, which was
directed by Miss NJ. Il. Dotfins of
Pittsburg. Pa. She remained in the
employ of the society for eight years.
Her work gave general satisfaction.
and her salary. which at the begin
ming was only SO per month. was in
creased from time to time as the work
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07

In educational facilities for all classes,
and the Afro American has not been
slow TO fall In line and take his share.
Young men and young women's Chris.
tian associations with their Industrial
and educational courses have been
and are blessing to our people. The
night schools conducted by the board
Of education In the large cities have
also been great factor In helping
those who could not attend the day
classes. Miss Daisy NJ. Holsey, an
ambitious young woman Of engaging
manners. has been studying elocution
at the Lexington avenue branch OF the
Brooklyn (N. " Young Womens
Christian association for the past two
years. Under the careful tutorshlp
Of Miss Helen Murphy. who Is read.
er Of known ability. Miss Holsey has
made rapid progress in her chosen
line. She expects to enter the profes.
sional class this fall. where she will
take advanced studies In elocution be-
fore making her debut as profes-
sional reader.-Dodson.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07

ID ucsikucu ds ~
home for the many young women
who go to Boston as strangers from
various parts Of the United States. IL
Is the only home Of It's kind in the
city which is Incorporated under the
laws Of the state. The work Is car
ried on by voluntary contributions. and
II Is not under the management OF
any particular religious denomina ton.
The managers expect to open classes
In the various domestic lines. such as
cooking, sewing, laundering. etc. as
soon as sufficient funds are In hand
to carry on the work Ten thousand
dollars will pay OF the balance due
on the building and furnish the house
completely. All donations will be
source Of encouragement to the board
OF managers and n blessing to many
homeless and often frIendless girls of
the race.
The matron. Mrs. CornelIa Robinson.
Is most efficient and much beloved BY
all the girls. The treasurer IL Mrs. NJ.
+. A. Gleason. president OF the suf-
folk County w. c. T. L.. whose mum.
ber is IL Ruthven street. Roxbury.
who Is ever ready TO receive and nc-
knowledge contributions In behalf OF
the board. which is composed Of the
following members: Mrs. Julia o. Hen.
son, president. Mrs. NJ. Cravath Simp.
son, secretary; Mrs Cornelia Robin.
son, matron. L. H. Clement OF the
Boston Transcript W. J. Cole Of the
South End House Charles Alexander
editor OF Ale1ander's Magazine. and
DR. G. n. Garland.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
Similarity Of Racial Condition..

A noted writer on economic and 20.
lltical questions at De Aar. South AZ
rica. writing to the Review OF Reviews
Of Australia on the native question In
South Africa recently. said among
other things: That which applies to
conditions in the southern states OF
America will also apply with equal
force to conditions here. Only a short
time ago when the question Of the
white and black races was being dis.
cussed BY one Of the Lending legislators
With a Bautu the latter said. When
you do well to a.. you do we'll 10 your
selves This sums up the philosophy
Of the whole matter"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07

grew and became more responsible.
When the society Leld its annual ses-
sion In Boston few years ago Miss
NJ. G. Burdett. the president appoint
ed Miss johnson on the program to
speak, she being the only Afro Ameri.
can woman to address thousands
which gathered In fremont temple on
that occasion. Miss johnson also
worked a portion Of the eight years
OF her employ with the society in Brook
Ign. N. Y. While there she Joined the
Concord Baptist Church Of Christ and
was subsequently appointed as a
teacher In the Sunday school. and az
such she vas one Of the most faithful
and efficient. She WAS one Of the
founders Of the Young woman's Cul.
turs club Of Brooklyn. which for
pumi,er Of venrs met regularly for th.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
North carolins Dsleestss.

The nierdenominaiional Sunday
school convention Of North Carolina.
which recently held its annual meeting
at D:rham. appointed DR.. A. q. Davis
Of Washington. n. c.. DIR. wyche Of
Charlotte and Professor ]. ID. Martin
Of Biddlc university delegates 10 the
worlds Sunday school convention.
which meets IN Washington. d. G.. In
August. 1910. With these able Chris
tian men at the helm. Afro Americans
need have no fears about their inter.
esis being properly looked after 10 this
great convention. North Carolina IL
on time.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
When 3. T. Washinqton Dies.

The only statue in New York city of
colored man is figure of st. Bene-
dict the Moor over the entrance Of st.
Renedict's church in Fifty-thlrd street.
Strictly 1t is not statue. but figure
A prominent Negro Of New York said
when his attention was called to this:
The question Of erecting a statue to
one of our race would have been set.
tied long ago II Booker Washington
had not come up when he did. There
was a movement on foot to erect one
to Frederick Douglass. but when Booker
Washington began doing so much for
the race 1t was thought best to defer
The statue. for when Washington dies.
and may that time be far of. he will
bave a memorial worthy of his work.
ana 1t will be put where everybody IN
this great city can see It,"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.

Afre.Amerieans Preparing For Future
Self Aslp-Miss HoIsey an Example.
No more encouraging sign of the
great educational awakening which Is
being manifested among the young
men and women Of the race than the
large number which was enrolled In
the industrial, technical and special
classes in the various schools during
the past year. We are glad to see that
they are breaking away from the old
mistaken idea OF seeking the position
first and preparing to ill 1t after Sc
curing it. The young Afro-American
Of the present time has many rare op-
portunities open to him for study and
self help which were formerly with.
held from him. Within the past ten
years there has been a steady increase
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07

% II o y o K 9
street. which has
been recently lit.
ted up and fur
nished b y t b 9
managers as their
o " q property.
The house WAS
established by q
number Of nota-
Bile Afro A mer-
lean " o m e n.
members Of the
Women's Chris
tan Temperance
union. who have
made many sac
rifces for its
maintenance dNr-
ing the past five
years. The house
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
srookIynit.s Proud Of Mis-. Lee.

Miss Vera Lee. who was the only
Afro-American In the June. 90. grad
uating class at the girls high school
In Brooklyn. N. Y. II destined to be-
come a factor In the educational work
OF the public schools Of Brooklyn.
Miss Lee has already been appointed
~ vacation kindergarten teacher In
public school No. u. and 10 ma king
record of which We are proud.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-08-07
HARRIET TuBMAN HOUSE.
Maintained by Voluntary Contributions
and Managed by Boston Women.
Nv Mrs Nj C. SIMPSON,
BY Nrs. ~. c. SIT

The Harriet Tubman House at Boe-
ton has moved into new quarters at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-14
Officials of the state labor bureau

Officials of the state labor bureau
have publicly recognized the dan
gers lurking in our larger cities for
girls from the country who seek en-
ployment there. by posting notices
warning them to be on their guard
against falling under the influence
of the birds of prey who are on the
watch for unprotected young wo-
men seeking employment. The
labor bureau strongly advises against
young women coming to the cities
at all for employment, without de-
finite knowledge of the character Of
those who are to employ them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-14

School meetings are to be held all
oyer the state next Saturday, and
every citizen who can should give
the necessary time to attending the
meetings and taking interest not
only in the elections but in making
sure that the school rooms which
house the rising generation for more
than half the year are supplied with
plenty of fresh air and sanitary con-
ditions in all respects, and that the
trustees are sustained in hiring high
grade and efficient teachers at living
salaries. School elections might be
of much more real Importance than
political elections and conventions.
yet they rarely attract more than a
1.-THE of the men and women who are
eligible to take part in them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-14
WEDNESDAY, JULY IA, 1909.

1t may have been a little wet IN
Minnesota this year, but we read OF
much worse flood conditions in Mis-
souri, and Kansas the past week than
have eyer existed in this vicinity. A
large area of the city of Council
Bluffs was under water on the 7th,
and both the Kansas and Missouri
rivers are working havoc with phe-
menal raises, Topeka reporting a
six foot rise of theKansas river with
in twenty-four hours, the rainfall in
that period being stated at five
inches. A number of Missouri towns
were rendered uninhabitable, the
citizens being taken off by boats.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-14

peg assembled the Winnipeg river to
the Lake of the Woods, and passed
thence eastward along the interna-
tional boundary and partly in Cana
da to Lake Superior. arriving at
Fort William on the 18th of Septem-
Der.
Major Long and his party reached
the vicinity of Traverse des Sioux,
in their ascent of the Minnesota val
ley, on July Is, and encamped at a
beautiful bend Of the river, called
the Crescent. Here the expedition
left the canoes, reduced the escort,
and on July Is moved westward by
the route of Swan lake. They now
numbered in total "a men, with q
horses. The most southern part of
the course of the Minnesota having
been cut off by the journey past
Swan Lake, this stream was again
reached and crossed a short distance
below the mouth of the Cottonwood
river. Thence the expedition passed
along the southwestern side of the
valley, and across the contiguous
upland prairies, to Lac qui Parle and
Big Stone lake. The latter lake was
reached on July p, and the Column
bia Fur Company's trading post, at
the southern end of Lake Traverse,
the next day.
Heating in his narrative wrote as
follows of the Redwood river, which
they crossed below its falls and near
the site of this city: After pro-
ceeding another half day on the
prairie, the party found itself on the
banks of the Chanshayape watapa,
or the stream of "the tree painted
red" This is a beautiful rivulet,
which was about eight yards wide
where we crossed it. 1t runs in a
wide and romantic valley. The
bluffs which rise on both sides are
formed Of a fine white sandstone
1.-THE decomposing and partly kao-
linized gneiss and granite being mis-
takenly called sandstone by Heating ]
We stopped for a few moments on
the edge of the bank, previous to
defending into the valley, to enjoy
the beautiful and refreshing scenery
which offered itself to our view, and
which formed a pleasing contrast
with the burned and blasted appear
ance Of the prairie. The junction
of the valley of the st. Peter, the
Minnesota river, with that of its
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-14

Just now the common people are
more or less powerless to shape the
tariff amendments before congress,
but next year the people will be
pretty near the whole thing and
many.of the gentlemen at Washing
ton will be out of a job if the tariff
is revised upward, as proposed by
the Senate. The lower house is hav-
ing its innings now, and there is yet
hope that the work of the Senate
will be riguously overhauled to con-
form to the ante-election pledges Of
it's members and the platforms upon
which they were elected. President
Taft, who has been pretty generally
roasted for pernicious inactivity
while the bill was before the Senate,
has been heard from in recent pub
lie speeches, declaring in substance
that the party which fails to redeem
its pledges is doomed to destruction,
and the warning ought to have its
effect in the final shaping of the
tariff schedules.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-14

Notwithstanding the popular
movements for the suppression of
the noisy fourth of July celebrations
throughout the country and especi-
ally in the larger cities, sixty-two
victims of the noise frenzy, were re-
ported the day after the fourth, in
the list of the dead, and oyer three
thousand manned or wounded. This
is indefensible, but there is only one
thing that can effectually stop the
slaughter, and that is an aggressive
public sentiment against the prac-
tice. 1t might help some if the
handling of fireworks was set apart
for designated officials and unau-
thorized persons forbidden to u
Them altogether. 1t is national
disgrace that every fourth of July
celebration causes more deaths and
manning of men and boys, not to
speak of fires. than have resulted
from most of the battles of modern
limos