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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23
rheumatism Cured In a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rbeuma.
tism and Neuralgia radically cures in
one to three days. It's action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious
AZ removes at once the cause and che
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; Gust
Schlegel & Son, 220 West Second
street Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23
HEADS STATE Y. M. C. A.
President james of University of IlIi-
nois Made Leader at Urbana.

Urbana, H.. Oct. President
Edmund ]. jameson the university of
Illinois was yesterday elected presi-
dent at the 37th annual convention
Of the Young Mems Christian assoc
iation. Other officers chosen are
Professor George W. Smith of Car
0ondale. c. s. Kilbcurne OF Aurora
and Judge f. y. Cover OF Kankallee
as vice presidents; j. NJ. Davis of
jacksonville as secretary and a. ID.
Staunarlzor of Naperville and w. +.
LAKELAND of Dixon as assistant sec
.etaries.
John e. Wilder of Chicago. pre-
sentirg the report of the state eXecu-
tive committee. promised that the
debt incurred in 1899 by the panic
would soon be wiped out, as the past
year had been successful financially.
lie said the endowment fund need
not be drawn on.
DR.. S. NJ. Zwemer spoke at night on
The Worlds Awakening" A re-
ceptIon for visitors was given in the
Womans building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23
Three Lions In Ten Minutes.

Mrs. French sheldon is the greatest
of all woman hunters and for her ex-
'i"riiinns IN Africa aud Asia has been
elected a member of the Royal Geo
--r:. .'ssical society. the first woman to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23
MOLINE

Bartenders of State Meet Here
The state convention of the Bartend-
ers' International league of Illinois
Will hold its annual convention in Mo
line Dec. 10 to Dec 10. 1t is expected
that $50 delegates will attend from all
over the state and there will probably
! be that many visitors. So that the
delegates can be properly entertained,
committee is soliciting the business
men and citizens in the tri-cities for
financial assistance and have succeed
ed in raising about 5000 up to date.
1t is thought that it will be ecessa-y
to have about 81 200 in the entertain
ment fund
Falls Off Wagon; Rolls Down Hill
Phil Van Vooren, a farmer of Bridr
Bluff, fell out of his buggy at the bot-
tom of Tricks hill Thursday night
while attempting to get home with "a
exterior and interior load of a doubtful.
sort of rye whiskey. Seeing Phil fall
from his vehicle and take roll down
the hill residents in the neighborhood
ran to the scene and. thinking him
hurt, tried to revive him. $50 was
found in the mans pockets.
WeckeI Farm to Be Platted.-The
Weckel form of 80 acres at the foot
of Seventh street and bordering on
Rock river will be plated into 11-acre
tracts and sold if present plans carry
w. C. Wilson, who has launched IN
real estate. is promoting the plan Nj
Wilson proposes to divide the farm
into nine tracts. He will retain one
tract that is under water part of tn
year and another tract where ston
is found. Seven tracts will be offered
for sale at $1,000 for each tract.
o.
Working 10 Hours.-At the Molin.
Pillow company shops there has beer
a return TO work on 10-hour basis i,
the erecting department. but empIoye
in the blacksmith, grinding and fitting
shops are still on a 12-hour basis
Prospects are that the long workdayyl
will continue Indefinitely in these
three departments. 1t will be -four
weeks tonight that the long woridas
was inaugurated.
Will Be Banner Year-A 12-houT
workday affecting about half of the
employees of the Moline Furniture com
pany has been inaugurated this week |
owing to the rush of orders and the
demand for quick deliveries. Never
before in the history of the plant Ia
the volume OF business been so large
and banner season for business is
more than anticipated is assured |
About 125 men are carried on the pay
roll at the present time The cabinet
and finishing rooms are on a 12-hou!
basis; other departments are still OF
Grated 10 hours. The factory start
at a. n.-the 10-hour men quit worl |
at G and the others continue worl
till
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23

The pleasant purgative effect exper-
fenced by all who use Chamberlain'5
stomach and Liver Tablets. and the
healthy condition of the body and mind
which they create, makes one fell joy
full. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23

win this honor. There are few men
with her skill With the rifle. and her
record as n killer of big game sur
passes that of Colonel Roosevelt She
has shot three lions in ten minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23
Worse.

"Does your wife put you ON the car
pet when you displease herr"
"Worse than that. We have hard
wood floors. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23

Sage Arrested in Milwau<ee.-Noah
E. Sage, alleged confidence man,
swindler and wholesale druggist, who
Klenze building on East Second street
and after defrauding numerous credit
ors out of thousands of dollars worth
of merchandise. skipped town. is now
under arrest in Milwaukee. In the
above city he is charged with forging
a check for $40 Attorneys Isaac Pet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-23
DAVENPORT
Princeton Home DESTROYED. = At A

Princeton Home Destroyed. = At
o'clock Thursday afternoon the house
occupied by John Steffenson on S9ut5
Front street, in Princeton, caught ir~
from gasoline stove and burned y
the ground. Not only the bull i-as
but also the contents were totally a.
stroyed. Mr. Steffenson was alone in
the house at the time, his wife being
in Clinton and the children at school.
There being a high wind, the flames
spread rapidly and within so minutes
the structure was a complete ruin.
All the furniture. as also a piano AMI
all clothing and personal effects, were
completely destroyed. The loss viii
amount to over $1,000. with insurance
of $500.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
NEW HOME FOR T. Z. Ryan.
Takes Title 10 Former Stern House,
IN Fifth 1renue, Near 9th Street.

Thomas F Ryan is going to move from mis-
old home, at the northwest corner of 18th street
and Fifth avenue, TO fine modern house in
Fifth avenue. just north of 9th street. His
new home will be No. SIS Fifth avenue. He
took title yesterday that property from the
City Investing Company. of which Robert F.
Bowling is president. The purchase price IS
said to have been sS45.OG0
Isaac Stern at time owned and occupiel
No S5S Fifth avenue. which is a five story
American basement dwelling house. with n
frontage of IS feet and depth Of 125 feet. The
property is still described in realty circles as
the former Stern house. although its last
cupant William ]. Dingee of California.
Mr. DnSee became the owner of the house
about two years ago. He sold il a few weeks
ago to the city Investing Company taking ia
Exchange the two four story dwelling houses
No 5Sl and No $50 Fifth avenue, on plot 80
by 100 feet. adjoining the home Of Miss Helen
NJ Could at the northeast corner of 47th street.
Just north OF the premises No. SIS is the
Yerlles art gallery, recently bought auction
by n syndicate composed of Henry MorgenthaI,.
Andrew J. Connick and Martin D. Fink. on
the south is the home Of George j. Gould. The
house was sold partly furnished.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
KILLS PAIR; FIRES HOUSE.
Bodies of Aged Coupie Found
Buried an Cellar Under RUNS.

Toledo April 1.-The finding of the bodies OF
Ludwig Kruger. sixty-six years old, and his
wife sixty three buried in the cellar of their
home which was destroyed by fire early to-day,
confronts the Toledo police with puzzling mur
der mystery.
At :: O'Clock this morning the Kruger home,
one mile west of Toledo. discovered ablaze.
and there was no trace of the Kruegers. When
the ashes had cooled search of the debris was
made but no bodies were found Later in the
day two boys were digging in the cellar, and
noticed that the brick floor had been tampered
with. one of them raised brick. and the face
of the dead woman revealed More of the
floor was taken up and the body of Mr. Kruger
was found buried with his head at the feet of
his wife Both had been stabbed TO death. pre-
sumably with butcher knife.
1t is not known just when the murder
CURED. The Kruegers We're last seen alive on
Tuesday evening by NJ. Sobolesk, tailor. who
last Saturday paid Mr.. Kruger 5000 as part
payment for the purchase of the Kruger farm.
1t is believed that robbery was the motive and
that the slayer. after burying the bodies and re-
placing the brick flooring in the cellar. set fire
to the house to cover up the murder.
At midnight at the end of four-hour quiz
zing, Soboeski was held for further investiga-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
BERRY SLATED TO 60.
Politicians -1iready Naming Succes-
sOr for BrOnr Park Commissioner.

Mayor Mcclellan will receive on Monday an
abstract OF very long letter sent by Park Com
missioner Joseph I. Berry of The Bronx in
answer to the findings of the Commissioners of
Accounts in the recent investigation of his de-
partment Commissioner Berry turned in his
answer to the Mayor last week. but ii was so
long that the Mayor was compelled to turn it
over to the Law Department for the prepara-
tion OF an abstract.
1t is understood at the City Hail that the
Mayor will ask Mr. Berry for his resignation.
While the Commissioners answer to the find
ings is supposed to be satisfactory to the Com
missioner himself, il is fact that the Mayor is
not well pleased with the record made by Mr.
Berry last year Filling the office is likely to
involve a lively contest Borough President
Haffen has several candidates for the place and
1t is understood that Charles F. Murphy has a
number of names to present to the Mayor No
action is expected in the matter until next
week.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
II so, ,OGO,O COIL DEAL.
independent Steel Companies Bay
Hundred Thousand .lcres.

Flltsburg- April Beating the United states
steel Corporation which. it is said. had been
intending to get the property. a deal was closed
To-Day by Independent steel concerns for one
hundred thousand acres Of Pittsburg cokfng ccal
in Greene, Fayette and Washington counties.
al cost of S50.000,000. The property purchased,
on which the first payment was made to-day 20
IFe owner, was held by J. V. Thompson, of
CniontoWn. and his associates
The sale made to holding company
representing. it is said. every important indie
pendent steel company in the country excep,
Jones & Laughlin. OF Pittsburg, who are said not
to be interested in the deal Charles NJ Schwab.
of the Bethlehem Steel Company, is said to be at
the head of the new concern. and ii has been
rumored that John w Gates was behind the
deal 1t is said that J. P. Morgan was asked
TO undertake the purchase of this property and
the consolidation of independent steel interests.
but refused account of his age to become
interested in large an undertaking
All the coal in the purchase made to-day be.
longs to the Pittsburg vein and averages nine
feet in thickness Mr.. Thompson had been fif-
teen years in acquiring the land. having bought
most Of the coal in small tracts frcm farmers ut
an average price of about $50 an acre. \ large
part OF the purchase is Immediately accessible
by railroad and is already opened up.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
DINERS FIGHT OFFICERS.
One Killed, One Fatally Hart in
Effort 10 Rescue Prisoner.

Pittsburg, April f.-One killed and
another probably fatally injured late this after
noon at CheswiCk Penn, in fight between
crowd of miners formerly employed at the Har
wick mines of the Allegheny Coal Company and
two deputy constables The dead man is Mike
Strenyard. Norwatk Bulterge, twcnty-four years
old, has TWO bullets in his back, and his recovery
IS said 10 be doubtful.
The trouble started when the crowd of miners
who had refused to work under new wage
scale in effect to-day. attempted to rescue n
comrade who had been arrested. Deputies Al
bert Holland and l.. G Blair and their prisoner
had proceeded but a short distance when
score Of miners attempted take the miner
from the officers. It is said that Strsnyard drew
revolver and began firing at the officers. Hol-
land returned the fire, Strenyard being almost
instantly killed. Blair also drew a revolver and
began firing. Bulterge was hit twice. and when
the foreigners saw him fall they rapidly dis
persed. In the fight the prisoner escaped. Hol-
land was held under 5000 bail on technical
charge.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
SENDS SHIP md MONEY.
american IN HORduraH jail PrOlIdcs
AGAINST COnfscatiOH.

Galveston, Tex. April 1.-The schooner Caro-
lin Nought having a cargo ironbound
box said to contain $1,000 in Peruvian silver
and five trunks. contents unknown. con-
signed to Collector Lee to-day, To keep safely
until their owner E c. Griffith, formerly of
Missouri. is released from a Honduran Jail
Letters containing drafts on New Orleans
banks for sufficient money to pay off the crew,
the pilot and quarantine fees and maintain the
vessel at this port accompanied the vessel.
Griffith, il seems, had been engaged in nler-
camille business at Balfatti, Honduras. with
Miss BeauChamp Last winter he went to New
York. where he purchased the Caroiin Vought
Early in March the store building owned by
Griffith and Miss Beauchamp burned and
the two arrested charged with arson al
though the building not insured Fearing
that his money and valuables would be confis-
Gated, Griffith had them taken aboard the
Vought with instructions to proceed to Gal
weston
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
4EROPL4NES BLESSED.
Solemn BenedictiOn Pronounced by
IrchbishOp of Paris.

Juvisy. France, April 1-MOnsignOr Annette,
Archbishop of Paris. accompanied by the CO.
adiutor and a large number of the clergy, pro-
nounced a solemn benedictiOn to-day on the
new aerodrome and the two Voison aerOplanes
in the presence of a large assembly. in which
Count Boni de Castellane and his children were
conspicuous.
The archbishop said that the Church was not
an adversary of progress. but. on the contrary,
was disposed to encourage new manifestations
of human industry, and he asked thereon the
blessing of Heaven. Nothing merited the bene-
dctons Of the Church more than the conquest
of the air. he said. for man was not made to
crawl on the earth. but to mount
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
CH4RGE THEFT or 500. .OO0
PecuIdtiCHs Of Which Baltimore Reg
ister's CIcrh, Is licensed Gr07c.

Baltimore April William z Downs the
young clerk in the office of the City Register,
continues under arrest. charged with embezze-
ment of funds belonging to the city. and further
probing into the matter appears to reveal an
state of affairs in the City Hall than
had been believed Downs had a further hear
ing this afternoon before Police Magistrate
Johanssen in the course Of which states At
torney owens. in asking that Downs he held.
said that the money taken from the city prob
ably amounted to 100000. Magistrate Johans-
sen held the accused man for hearing to-mor
afternoon. without bail
Downs's attorney thereupon obtained writ
of habeas corpus and took his client before
Judge Stockbridge, who sustained the action
OF the magistrate. though upon agreement. bail
finally fixed by the judge at $4,000. City
Solicitor Poe said that one hundred charges Of
larceny would be preferred against Downs.
Downs is twenty-six years old and has been
twice married. his first wife having died. He
has been living in a style very far beyond the
means of $500 a year clerk. which he
until recently. when he was promoted to
81, 400 clerksFip. much against his will His
alleged peculatiOns trace back to July l. 1907.
He has been known widely a lavish spender.
keeping d couple of racehorses and leading a
sporting life
Downs is bonded in a local bonding company
to the extent of $1,000. and City Register
Thomas TO the amount OF S5Doc0 The latter
bond. ii is asserted. covers any defacations In
the City Registers office. but this appears he
in some doubt. Up TO late hour tonight
Downs was still in custody. bondsmen not hav-
ing been obtained
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
YOUNG BANK CLERK HELD
1rrested While at His Desk on
CHARGE of LarcenU.

Cornelius Winant, jr., a clerk i'm the employ Of
the Corn Exchange Bank, at No. Is William street.
was arrested yesterday while at his desk in the
bank charged with the larceny of $50 from Miss
Florence harrington, of No. l15 West i02d street
on March 80. Winant, the police say. declared
himself innocent of any crime ana said the ac-
cusation was false He gave his address No.
coo 9th street Brooklyn and was held in $1,000 bail
In response TO note which Winant was per-
mltted to send out during the evening Robert s
Tilson. Of No. 81 West S7th street, visited Poice
Headquarters at II o'clock last night and offered
real estate security for Winant's bail. Tnson
and young Winant then left together. both refus-
ing to discuss the case.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
ROAD TO PACIFIC DONE.
Sirth TrdnScOntinentn Line FIN
ished by st. Paul COmpaRE

Chicago. April lit was announced from the
offices of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway to- day that the last rail of the Pacific
Coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul Railway now known as the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway, had been
laid at point two miles east of Missoua.
Mont. thus completing a sixth transcontinental
railroad. Freight and passenger service will
be established soon after June l.
The length of the extension just completed
is trihe over fourteen hundred miles. The
first shovelful of earth turned April To- 1906.
aSinca then $4,000 600 cubic yards of material has
been excavated. 100000 yards of tunnel driven,
twenty miles of bridges erected and 100000
tons of S5-pOund rails laid, at total cost of
SIS. 900, 900
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
H.. H. ROGERS SAILS FOR NORFOLK.
Goes with Party of Friends to Attend Opening
of Virginia Railway

IL H. Rogers, accompanied by party of friends.
including James NJ Beck and Mark Twain sailed
for Norfolk yesterday on the steamer jefferson Of
the Old Dominion Line. To attend April 3. the
official opening of the Virgnian Railway of which
he is president and practically sole owner. The
visitors will await at Sewalls Point. near Norfolk
the arrival OF the first trainload of coal which
will be brought the new road from the ter
mnal at Deepwater w Va.
Among Mr.. Rogers's guests are Urban H.
Broughton Melville Z. Stone William R. Coe
George H. Church. Franklin @ Brown G. II
Hyams, Ralph Ashcroft, Raymond Du Puy and
William Z. Benjamin.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
ABOUT 100000 ANTI-TAx SIGNATURES.
Chicago Women Opposing Glove and Stocking
Duties Will Extend Their Campaign.
-IRv TELEGRAPH 70 The Tribune !

Chicago. April About hundred thousand
names were added to-day to the great protest
against the increased duties wearing apparel
proposed by the Payne bill. Furthermore II was
arranged by the women in charge of the move
nent in Chicago to forward blanks for signatures
womens and other organizations in other Giles
Among the centres selected fer the campaign
against the bill Minneapolis. St Paul. Indian
apolis Kansas City, St Louis, Denver. San Fran
cisco and Cleveland. II is expected that In those
cities the banner of the glove and stocking will
be unfurled within a few hours.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
WOULD BAR AMERICANS.
Prussia Seeks to Block Their Pur-
chase of Potash Mines.

Berlin. April 1.-The Prussan government has
introduced bill in the Diet forbidding for
egners from acquiring mineral properties and
operating mines within Prussia without the spe-
cial permission of the King or the authorities
representing him.
1t is assumed that this bill is largely due TO
the discussion which has been going on for some
weeks among those interested in the potash in
dustry regarding the probable purchase of pot
ash mines in Prussia by American fertilizer
combinations so as to render themselves inde-
pendent of the German potash syndicate.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
DAUGHTERS Of MILLIONS ON STAGE.
Young Pittsburg Women of Wealthy Families
Appear at w. G. T. U. Benefit.
by Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Pittsburg April 1.-Once again the daughters of
wealthy Pittsburg families appeared tonight
dancing singing or acting in pantomime for the
benefit Of the Womens Christian Temperance
Union.
1t is estimat ted that the aggregate wealth of the
fathers of those who took part in the entertain
ment which occurred a the Carnegie Music Hall,
is not far from S350e00O0 Among the young
women who appeared were Miss Helen Frick. Miss
Virsiniu Frew and the Misses Harper The affair
was a success, a large OF money being re-
allied.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
WHEAT REACHES YEARS HIGH MARK

Chicago, April 1.-Ncw high record marks for
the for all deliveries Of wheat were re-
corded the Board OF Trade here to-day when
tie Mav option sold 81 20ls and the July at
81 0s per bushel. The mark for the May de-
livery is within 17 Of the highest price esab-
lisheG in the famous Gates deal in 1906 Reports
of damage to the crop in Ohio and Indiana by
winter killing were largely responsible for the
upturll
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
IRoouoIs THEATRE FIRE HERO DEAD.

GAINESVILLE. Ohio, April Lotto Herbert Dilley
musical director and composer of popular songs
died from consumption his home in Senecaville
Ohic to-day He thirty-five years old Dilley
was in charge of the Iroquois Theatre orchestra
Chicago the afternoon Of the fire. five years
lie kept the orchestra playing lively air in the
hone of avoiding a panic in the audience.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
VENEZUELA SEEKING ARBITRATION.

Buenos Ayres. April 1.-The Venezuelan govern
ment has asked the Argentine government to re-
quest the Argentine Minister to Italy, DR. r. Saenz
Pena. to act arbitrator in the questions pending
between Venezuela and the United States The
Argentine Minister Of Foreign Affairs has com
municated by cable with DR.. Saenz Pena.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
r. MARION CRAWFORD IMPROVES.

Sorrento. April 1.-The physician in attendance
On f. Marion Crawford. the novelist said his
patient was better this morning and that he hoped
the crisis had passed Mir. Crawford slept for five
or six hourc, after which the fever diminished and
his intelligence clearer. Further improve
ment was noted tonight but his convalescence, ii
is feared. will be slow
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
AERALps EASTER NuMeER-ouT SUNDAY.

Beautiful pictures in colors and half tones a
brilliant array of special articles and high class
hction Pr0fuSey Illustrated Paris fashions; time
ly features OF interest TO the whole family. Order
from your newSdeaier to-dey.-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02

GREAT sEAR SPRING WATER.
Its purity has made it famous ''-AdYt.