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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
Pearce to Be With Young 6 Mccombs.

Dick Pearce. for several years con
nected with the, leading hotels of the
three cities and who has more recently
had the stewardship of the Harper.
where he started. will take charge IF
the cafe and lunch room in the Young
& McCombs department store July I
Mr.. Pearce's acquaintance and his ex-
perience fit him well for his new dut-
les.
All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11

early in the morning and go to Clin-
ton, returning early in the evening.
The fame of Rock Islands music
ians is wide. Z. l.. Philbrook has a
letter asking him to take quartet
from this city to the opening of the
summer institute of the Sheldon
school near Liberty, Iowa.
Cora Nueman, known also as Cora
Mcdonald, was arrested last night IN
charge of disorderly conduct, and
this morning was fined 500 and costs
by Magistrate Smith. In default CT
the cash she went to Jail for 30 day
term.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
THE WEATHER.

Fair and warmer tonight; Saturday
partly cloudy.
J. M. SHERIER, Local FOrecastef.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
CR E. E. NO E E. E. S

Snyder Hayden Con Patterson creek have another gnhole commenced hoistng different present rate of work they will have mammoth dump spring
 Tom Woodsons plant the Junction fraction most ready to work Theround has all been cleared will be only short time until the buckets of being dumped the surface ready for the spring Wooson has the largest plant the creek and work the limit this and get out mammoth pile of pay dirt Asss AkFa$ fA
 Lane Nevelle O. have their boiler and the buckets coming out of the hole eaneny before.
 Fhe dumps the Midnight Sun American bench claims rapidly growing in size and will be by the time the water in the spring.
 Jack Hunter has sold his interest the Northern the firm is now Q Hara Hunnewel The firm is building home the site of the that expect into it within a short time &s % @3 r~e~> I
 On New Years small party of friends gathered at the home of Mir and Mrs M J. Mce Sullivan spent playing cards until the year ushered after which the their wishing everybody a happy year
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
''INAu OF AFFAIRS"
 GOES ID FAIRBANKS

Mr. "LoDgshorty'' Kelly. the widely known pathfinder, deep-sea miner and man of affairs, who has been looking over the district during the past fort night, returned to town last Saturday somewhat fatigued from his trip, but after few hours Of earnest application Ia characteristic feature So noticeable in all self-made mem, he cleared away his accumulated telegraphic and mail correspondence.
 Mir. Kelly expressed himself as being we'll pleased with the camp, and said it was the best proposition for ''its age" he had ''seed" for some time. While in Tofty City, he informed The Post, he secured good business lot fer Mir. Gordon, and has set of the biggest and longest building logs ever collected in the camp-nany of which, he says, are over two feet in diameter.
 Mir. Kelly was hurriedly called to Fairbanks to attend court both as a principal and witness in Dome creek mining dispute-the most important case, he says, that will come before the court this session. He learns (by cable code, of course;) that Mr. Gordon. will arrive in Fairbanks from Scotland about January 25th, and they will con- fer on details in regard to the estab- lishment of branch houses, and Mir. Kelly will also be on hand to give ad- vice in the selections of the spring and summers styles of ladies dry goods of which he is recognized authority. Mr. Kelly also has matters of impor-
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
LARRY LILL|CO. TELLS ABOUT INNOKO PEOPLE

Larry Lico who Innoko with stock of goods syndicate which cock reached renewed old friendships Thursday "a ske belt Dkake December 20 in
  the during which they made but 20 miles, The of the mail service the dstr freighers Kalag His good the Ophir K]tag
  making almost get Uncick the taking caused by the non-appearane of Cow Mllers At the trading informed him that cutoff trail from atleast 10 miles
 Ilico couple the
 
 of time during found weighed $52 $49O
 * which rust before Lces departure The Dkake Reagans odhouse that changed belongs Yorky Yorshre minutes did belonging Paage the
  trail lively prospecting
  his frequently filled
 
 about the below mark his have been nvgang shower bath of wanted it His s a
 MackisoR Sparepib in that dstric freighting his "aah Georgia operated afeightng and logging lnnoko City last
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

New York, Dec. 20. Haunted, he as- serts, by the ghost of his brother-in law, whom he killed in a fight, we'll dressed young man who gives his name as Charles B. Manh. is in custody here. Mann surrendered himself to the police ofsthis city and. told a strange story oi having escaped from. Dolives prison, Baldwin county, Alabama, three years ago, and how he travelled about the world since in an effort to get away from the face of his victim.
 Mann walked into police headquar- terss and after telling Lieut.. Funston that he was an escaped convict, he was locked up in acell for the night. When he arose he declared that he had had his first ight's sleep since he made his escape, and that he was ready to go back to the Alabama jail or anywhere else the police would send him.
 hThe trouble was caused by domestic difficulties" he said. @''I was we'll edh- cated, having studied law, and am a good stenographer and good book keeper. Some years ago, when l was living in Alabama. was married to a woman whom I loved dearly, but could not get along with her family.
 "On June 16, 1901, met my brother in-law, Davil Dixon, in q park, and we had fight. He was 8 much bigger man than I, and when he attempted to strike me pulled out pistol and shot him dead. I was arrested, tried, con- victed, and sent to Dolives prison for Is years. Because of my knowledge of books I was given position as book keeper. and was a 'trusty.'
 While in the prison became friendly with another prisoner, who was serving life sentence for murder. After four years, during whichtime we became confidential, lie came to me and said he had S1, ,000, and that he would
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
Tramp x7heTifs $50, ,OOO Fortune @

Colorado Springs Col, Jan. HI P Craig, of De- trot Mich for 20 years continuously the road tramp has purchased the Huerfano hotel in this city will settle down permanently Craigs mother died in De- trot recently, leaving him s30 0oo He is member of old family is we'll educated and admitted the Mich gan bar at the age of 9 but left home when seized with 'wanderfust and has spent his time since with hoboes. He has tramped all the country, and practically been lost to his family for 20 years.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
Ministers Favor
 - WfQx1f Funerals

Alton, Ill., Jan. 7.-Hayng funerals at night is the newest idea in his tcity Thirty members of the Ministerial Alliance here unanimously ndorsed the idea advanced by Rev S. Eelgeorge pastor of the Henry Street Ger man Methodist church. Tt would bemuch better to have the funerals at night he said land there should be Sunday funerals either day night Funerals nowadays are too extraVagant Too much money spent for flowers and carriages and there is entirely too much dispay
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
KICK SAVES en7u3fs o2aG
 MAV'S LIFE

Wkesbarre, Pa, Dee. 20-A hearty kick which broke two of his ribs saved the life of Charles Marshall of Car bondae at the Delaware Hudson railroad station and he in the hospital for treatment instead of in his coffin. Marshall standing the track nearest the platform and did not notice locomotive approaching hear the warning shouts of Brakeman William Fannery
 who the bumpers Unable to him of his danger, Flannery, the locomotive reached him. gave Marshalla violent kick in the side sending him sprawng clear off the tracks but breaking two of his ribs Before he taken to the hospital Marshall thanked Flannery for saving his life. @a@ 1 {,
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
INNoKoN MUSH RS ...,
 Y. 2. "' IN TOWN

TH McMann arrived here Tuesday from the nnoko ggngs Fairbanks short business trip after which he will
 Mr. McMann Innoko said that he did not desire to boost the nearly had differ opinion the merits of the district he said his opinion be gained from the fact that he back again. we'll satisfied to cast his lot here believing it will be big producer.
 As Gaines creek he says that what he is much work being strictly dggns he understands there number o prospecting the creek preparatory working E#s@s F#s~a#s4fS8
 On Little creek the being found in places contnu ally and this will be producer there much work being the greatly encouraged the outlook This creek has good of gravel and the found throughout it. @@ 4-t@&t@<f@# &fe= #A& Ssg s1@ this creek by boosters last spring although it the wonder it said be- it will produce big this winter It is being given thorough prospecting and work being done in many different places rr-aee a-
 While grub very in the camp the people fering from the shortage of them provided with and the things which short being hauled from the Yukon which, although making expensive relieves any
 The people who formerly Innoko City, mouth Dna have nearly Dsake opo where they settled for the winter In regard the people who went in last McNann tells the foowng
 Captain and Mrs McIain still at Innoko City, he derood that the captain making preparations take his wife Ophr City, which taking trip to Fairbanks
 Fred Vogelsang and Frank McCaery prospecting Madison creek They started trail from nnoko City the Ohpir City Dsaet but proved big job they suspended spring they pect to have more help s..... - ..
 Ban Courtney Diskaket are doing their share the saloon business although slow that
 Felix Bazeau and wife moved from Innoko City Diskaket where Felix built house and opened Business however slow that he sold his building moved Ophr City, where they in business Felix still the proud of that famous $00dog the that had baldheaded tail last
 Jack Devereaux freightng with Od George Edgar Dskaket to the mines. s
 William Barrett the merchant prince, expected Indian village for Fairbanks about McMain should be in Hot Springs about the 18th of this
 Robert Geka looking after Gordon business Ophr also working lay that stream It reported partner had got into good pay.
 F. Crompton has struck good pay Ophr supposed to have the best ground in the camp.
 Fred Bundy of the patrons interested with Madand Scott is looking after their hardware stock
 Sam Bonnfeld met day from Ophr his way n should be returning this week
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

tance to transact with Fred Martin, of the California, whose guest he will un- doubtedly frequently be during his so- journ in Fairbanks, and has a seasons free ticket to look at the moving pie lures.
 With his many mining interests in different localities to look after, his multifarious commercial duties, his famous rabbit concession on Yukon flats, and his own private worries, Mir. Kelly's time will be fully occupied until the opening of navigation. By that time his affairs will be so thor oughly systemized and well in hand that he will doubtless be open for an engagement as an able-bolied deckhand on the first independent teamboat that starts for most any old place.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

 resting spell He
 eighng dggng vaiing is 0cents.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
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En passant, it might not be out of place 10 make it known to all men that Mr. Kelly has taken all the degrees in the Ancient Order of the Sons Of Anan- ias, and has frequently and satisfactor- ily occupied the chair of Most Worthy and Exalted Prevaricator.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

And al that lIr Kelly is not by any means 'half bad"-he simply demon ssrates the effects of our crimpy eli male.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09
B AUNT ED
 BY Gf10S 5

d vide it with me if I would consent to escape with him. At first I refused, but some time later I saw in newspa- per that my wife had obtained di- vorce from me. Despondent over this, I went to my friend and consented to his plan. E
 "He gave me $500, and on November Il, 1905, I engineered a successful scheme for our escape. After getting out of the jail we remained in hiding for three months, and then went to England. We lived together for some time, picking up small sums of money in various ways, but he and l quar- reled.
 "Then took job on cattle steam ship, and in that way got to South America. I had grown beard, so that none of my old friends would recognize me. I secured 8 position and worked hard, trying to forget my past, but day and night the ghost of my brother-in- law. with his finger pointing at me, was in front of me, and do what l might, could not get away from 1t. l could get no sleep, and all the time was on the verge of going mad.
 ssIn South America one day met 8 man that knew me, and fearing that he would recognize me, I deserted my job, and, boarding steamship, came tothe States. finally landed in Boston, where T secured d position as book keeper, There I made another deter mined fight against the past, but the ghost was with mo always. InOw want to serve my time, and then begin life anew"
 r,L iirAN sx>.>...e.. .,..l,x,xsa.4..
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

A pusher will beat a kicker to the goal any old time.
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

The "It'' mine, copper property near Ketchikan, was purchased by a Seattle company for slo,oO0: s4O,OO0 more was spent in building docks, tramways and in development work. The ssIts then produced s24 900 worth of ore in 40 days Doeglas Island News,
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

Tanana Jan. 8,A party of soldiers in charge of the Signal Corps construction outfit will leave here Monday for the upper river for the purpose of strngng second wire between Fairbanks and Valdez This extra wire between these two pointed has been deemed necessary owing to the large increase of business that is expected the coming g ao d ,aaae4#s
Hot Springs post., 1909-01-09

Most men prefer to be broke thar half cracked.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28

became leader because of his elo
quence, force and honesty. He at
tended many miners meetings and
became vice president and later a
member of the international executive
board when Mitchell was serving his
first term. He ran against L. L..
Lewis for vice president of the inter
national. but was defeated, and re-
turned to Iowa to be elected month
later president OF the Iowa union. He
won the admiration of the operators
during the sessions of the joint scale
conferences, when he represented the
miners, and he was so popular that
he was urged to make the race for
congress in 1902 against Major John
Il. Lacey, but was defeated.
In the sane year he became Ccm-
missioner fol the operators and held
the position with the good will of his
employers and the miners as well.
Last year he resigned to become gen
eral manager of the mines at Buxton,
and short time ago he removed to
Des Moines and became part owner
and manager of the Ogden Coal com.
pany. He will devote all his time iu
the future 10 his new duties as presi
dent of the operators association, to
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28
HOW JOHN P. REESE
CLIMBED TO The TOP
From Boy Driver in Mine to
President Of Iowa Mine Op-
orators Association.

This is the brief story of the rise Of
John P. Reese from a boy mule driver
in an Ohio mine, at the age of ten, to
the position of president of the Iowa
Mine Operators association, all with
in a quarter of a century, for Reese is
but thirty-three now, although he is
a mine operator and drives a touring
car instead of mule.
1t shows how possible it is for a
man to rise in this country despite a
lack of schooling, provided he has the
natural ability, is honest and indus
triouS.
Reese was born in Ohio, in January,
1877, and his fathers family was poor.
While other boys were going to school
Or coasting down the hills or hunting,
Reese was driving a mine mule in the
mines and attending night school.
In 1896 the Reese family came to
Iowa and settled at Hiteman, and
Reese went into the mines. He was
twenty then, but had spent ten years
Of his life in mines. He was inter,
ested in the miners movement for
BITTER wages and conditions and soor
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28
| n
Novelized From
Eugene Walters
Great Play ~


That Paid II, Full" is a stor,
of absorbing interest has been
proved by its phenomenal sue
cess in dramatic form. For two
seasons there has been no dim
mutton in the drawing power
of this vital piece of realism.
In its present form it is NOT less
engrossing. The features which
made it so powerful as play
are not less potent in the serial.
1t is the same keen exposition
of human motives put into the
simplest forms of express ion.
There is no waste of material,
no attempt to moralise, no break
in the continuity. The three men
who are the central figures in
the story stand out in admirable
distinctness from the very first,
and the one won7dn whose splen-
did rectitude iluninates it all
lives from, the moment of her
appearance. Although it is GER
tain to produce frequent thrills,
the story is neither naelodra-
matte nor sensational. Its power
lies in it's hun7anness.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28
DEMANDS POSTAL BANKS
Grange Convention at Des Moines
Adopts Resolution.


That there is tendency among the
ma jority il the national congress to
forget the pledge contained in the plat
form on which President Taft was
elected, calling for the passage of a
postal savings bill, was the gist of a
resolution adopted by the members of
the Iowa grange in the final session
of their annual convention at Des
MoineS last week.
The grangers declared that they will
not allow the ruling party to forge.
that it is pledged to pass the postal
savings bill during the present session
of congress. They fell that this was
one Of the main planks on which the
party was returned to power. The
bill is demanded by the people of the
west, they said, and it is up to the
people of the west to see they get it.
Recognizing the deplorable condi-
ton of the roads of Iowa, the grang-
ers will concentrate their energies to
secure the establishment of state
| highways commission. At present
such commissions have been estab-
lished in New York, Massachusetts
and in several other states and have
been proved uniformly successful.
They make possible uniform i'm
provement of the roads and eliminate
the haphazard intending" of the roads.
such rs is done at present in Iowa,
say the CHANGERS.
The officers of the grange declared
that they do not expect to be able to
; obtain such roads as are found in
some of the states where rock is plen-
tiful. Here, they say, the best that
, the farmers can hope for are good,
hard and we'll formed dirt roads. To
make it easier to carry out this plan,
the grangers are in favor of reducing
the width of the roads from sixty feet
TO forty feet wherever practicable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28

70; III not give 'em raise OF
I'M cents an hour nor Of cent
n an hour; nary raise. I'm
derstand. And don't want
you TO come here thinking you can
bulldoze me. because you'll find mighty
quick you're mistaken. If any man
thinks he can do that want to see
him"
The words, uttered in wrathful
below. came through the closed door
of the presidents room and were
heard by every employee and visitor
in the main office Of the Latin-Ameri
can Steamship company. which occu
pied an entire floor of a big building
in Rowling Green. New York city.
Some of the employees smiled anC
passed the remark that the boss "had
'em bad" that day. but the smiles
were of the sclly. apprehensive order
for the fact that he was in execrable
humor was perfectly we'll known tt
each and all. having been impressed
upon them very forcibly at intervals
from he minute the great man hac
made his appearance with his unvary
ing punctuality as the clock struck !!
Il. III. Others scowled and kept theil
reflections to themselves.
The voices Of the other parties tc
the conversation we're not audible to
the listeners. but that of the president
with it's all penetrating roar. burst
forth again:
IL don't give tin whistle what you
or your unions do. understand. Let
EN- strike. strike and be ID. But
you tell 'em this from me-that any
man who's fool enough to throw up
his job does so for good and all. Hell
never work again for the Latino meri
can Steamship company in this or any
other port. I'll take care of that. III
don't know"
The door opened. and two white
faced, 1ntimidated men emerged. car
in hand. They were rough looking
men. evidently laborer Injured to the
hardest kind of work. They Shutfled
quickly past the neatly dressed clerks
and did not breat freely until the!
found themselves in the cross streams
Of hurrying passersby on the street
There as they mopped their brow:
and looked around for Il saloon. some
thing Of the arrogant insolence Will
which they had demanded audience o
the head Of the company and which
had been speedily cowcd out Of then
by that formidable and choeric per
sorage returned 10 them
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28

with the car, crushing it to splinters
and killing Grace instantly and
throwing his body some distance. His
head was nearly severed from his
body.
Grace lived at 1922 Amherst street,
Des Moines, and leaves a wife and
two children. Many Spanish war vet
Grams attended his funeral.
A boy of fifteen, he enlisted in the
Fifty-frst Iowa when the Spanish
war broke out and went with his regi-
ment to the Philippines. He was a
trumpeter and did valiant service, be-
ing slightly wounded in skirnish
with the insurgents.