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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24

scnted to leave the old woman who
for SO long had cared for her.
Sergeant Wiley lins discovered az
the details of tho girls history ana
knows who her parents are. Iter
mother came here from Stlnntoil, anu
three months after coming to lt'en
mond the child was born. She was AT
tended BY I, reputable physician, VINO
advised that she be taken to nos
pita The young woman, afraid tna
some ono would recognize her. refused
to do this, and went to the house w
Jackson Ward After the child's bilth
she went back TO stanton. She has
since married and Is said to be moving
In society In a distant city. The father
OF little Anna Is said to live in Rleh-
mond.
Had Never Hem III street.
When Sergeant Wiley ana DR.. May
bee entered tho house Yesterday they
found tho aged negro woman ana
Anna in n small kitchen In the rear,
Anna was playing mouthharp anu
the old woman was listening TO me
music. She nearly tainted when the
officer Informed her of his duty. and
was hardly able TO dress the child.
Anna is said to be an exceedingly
pretty girl, with brown hair and fine
brown eyes. She was amazed at the
street cars and at tho shop windows.
and. childlike. wanted everything she
/ saw. She said she could read little
and that she could count up TO TWEEN
!, ty-iiye. But she couldn't go over
twenty i've, she said, because she didn't
| know any more numbers.
| God bless you, honey" said tho OLD
woman as the child was led away. and
ldon't forget to say your prayers every
night. And think of me sometimes
will you. Anna" Tho old woman was
Eshaking with sobs, and both the officer
and DR.. Maybee were affected by the
scene
rho girl was born on July ii, 1901.
Anna Mcguire Is not her real name,
| but was given TO her By the negro
woman What would eventually nave
become of her is card to say. but she
would In all probability have always
thought herself a negro girl and nave
associated with. negroes all her Ire
had not Sergeant Wiley succeeded IN
finding her and establishing the fact
that she was white. Or. Mayhee WI!
make arrangements for her adoption
MS soon as possible.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
SUBSTITUTES ARE
GVIEEll DANGEROUS
Beware of limitations, Substitutes and
"just as good as"

Interruptions dealers, mindful only
of their profit, and caring nothing for
the health of their patrons, are offer
ing for sale low grade mixtures, which
they tell you are as good as Dutty's
Pure Malt Whiskcy.'
Some so SO far as to try to make
YOU believe it is Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskcv. These cheap concoctions
arc foisted on the people with the
intent to deceive.
When a remedy has been before the
public for more than half century
has been prescribed and used by the
best doctors and in prominent hospi-
tails. and has carried the blessing Of
health into so many thousands OF
homes as Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskcy
has, limitations are bound to arise.
They mayin0tatc the bottle and label
o,,Lv-rO one can initiate The contents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
JUST LIKE HOLDUP
Passengers on Southbound
Rock Island Passenger
Train Given a Scare.
BULLET THROUGH WINDOW
Valentine GeItz of Muscatine Has q
Close Call, Glass Flying in All
Directions in Crash.

Muscatine, Iowa, March 30-(Spec-
iaD-what might have been an attemp-
ted holdup of the Rock Island train No.
81 was pulled of just outside Of Buff
falo last evening. One Muscatine man,
Valentine Geltz, nearly stopped a fly
ing bullet that crashed through the
window of the car and passing in
front of his face broke a window on
the opposite side of the car.
Several Muscatine people were on
board the train and the flying missile
startled the occupants of the coach
and a panic was narrowly averted.
The missile was fired from the right
side Of the track and smashed the
window, scattering glass in all direc-
lions. When it passed through the
opposite side of the car in a direct line
the laden pellet cut a hole about six
inches in diameter through the glass.
Geltz was sitting in the third seat
from the rear Of the smoker. Orville
Rittenhouse and several other Musca-
tine people who were sitting near had
narrow escapes from being struck with
the flying glass.
Investigation fs Ordered.
When the train pulled in at the de-
pot the conductor reported the hap
pening to Night Captain Cooper and
later made a report of the matter to
the railway authorities.
The incident caused much indigna-
ton among the passengers who would
like to see the guilty ones punished
for their work
Several passengers volunteered the
information that it was their opinion
that a holdup might have been con-
templated and that as the train whiz-
zed by without stopping a random
shot was taken at the train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
MRS. SIMOLOS AND
AFFINITY CAUGHT
Injured Husband, Who Is Also Out
$500, Leaves for Butte, Mont,
to Prosecute Pair.

Mrs. Simon Simolos, who eloped
from Moline March 9 in company with
Joe Glomba, an Omaha saloon keeper.
taking $500 belonging to her husband,
has been located at Butte, Mont, &C
cording to advices received by the
Moline police department Glomba is
with her there. Simolos has departed
for Butte with blood in his eyes. He
says he will prosecute Glomba and his
wife to the limit of the law. Mrs. Kos
nofsky, who disappeared at the same
time that Mrs. Simolos did, has not
yet been apprehended. 1t is claimed
that she took $1,000 belonging to her
husband. The parties concerned In the
affair are all kithuanians. The Simo-
los and Kosnofskys lived in the same
house in Moline, and they had num-
Der of their countrymen for boarders.
They are a class of people who do not
have much confidence in banks. Simo-
los and Kosnofsky acted as bankers
for their boarders. Their wives knew
where the money was boarded, and
when the piles got big enough, it is
charged they pocketed them and de-
camped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
OBITUARY RECORD.
Manuel Bridgewater.

Manuel Bridgewater, 1888 F'ifth-and.
a-half avenue, who arrived in the city
three weeks ago from Kingsville, Tex.
as, to make his home. died at 5: 40 this
morning at st. Anthony's hospital af.
ter an illness of several months of
Bright's disease. He was born Dec.
30, 1852, at Undertook, ILL.,, and was
reared there. He moved to Adair, ILL.,,
where he made his home for number
of years, and later moved to Kings
vile. He was a member of Bethel
lodge SO, I. o. o. F., Chaplin, ILL.,, of 1.
90. F. encampment, Bushnell, ILL.,,
and of Modern Woodmen camp at Kin
derhook. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Anna Bridgewater, a daughter.
Mrs. Grace Wilson, Kingsville, and
three sons, Everett. Industry, ILL.,, and
Earl and Lawrence, Rock Island. The
remains will be taken to Undertook
Friday morning for burial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
PERSONAL POINTS.

A. v. Beck has returned from Du-
buque.
T. ]. o'Brien has returned from
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis have
returned from Chicago.
H. A. Weld has returned from a
weeks visit in Joplin, Mo.
H. Riegel, returned last night after
few days spent in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Wendell, 527
Nineteenth street, are in Chicago.
II. A. Bennett and Fred KahIke
left today for short visit IN Chi
cago.
Mayor George w. McCaskrin re-
turned this morning after a few days
visit in Chicago.
Gus Tegeler, who has been on an
extended trip through Mexico will re-
turn early next week.
j. B. Drecksler of the United
States engineers Office leaves this
evening for a short business trip to
keokuk.
Mrs. ]. A. Mauzy and children left
yesterday for California. where they
will join Mr.. Mauzy and make their
future home.
Jacob Poster and family of Musca-
tine arrived here this morning on
the steamer Keokuk. They will
make their future home in this Cit
Mrs. Anna Bennett of Atlanta,
Mo-, has returned to her home after
a visit with her sister, Mrs. Dan Nc
Kinney, and her brother, Officer Den
mis- Bennett.
Miss Clara Sietz. who has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Herman
Flenker, 1924 Thirty-sixth street, re-
turned TO her hone at Hamlet, ILL.,.
this morning.
Captain Joe Streckfus. who has been
master of the excursion steamer ]. S.
during the winter season at New Or
leans, arrived home yesterday and will
spend several weeks in preparing the
steamer w. w. for the summer excur-
sion business in local waters. He was
relieved on the ]. S. by his father,
Captain John Streckfus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
SUDDEN CHANGE
IN INTERURBAN
Buffalo Prairie Committee
Calls Surveyors Off Mus
catine Line.
STARTS THEM ON NEW TACK
Will Run From This City to Keiths-
burg-Believed Santa Fe
Is in Background.

A complete change OF plans made
by the Buffalo Prairie interurban com.
mittee at meeting last evening bears
out previous intimations made by The
Argus that there is a steam railroad
system standing back Of the under
taking and giving It encouragement.
The survey from this city to Musca-
tine, which has been completed, will
forthwith be abandoned and line run
straight from here to Keithsburg, con-
Meeting with the Iowa Central at that
point and crossing the Burlington at
Arpee in Mercer county.
The meeting was held at the office
of DR.. B. d. Marquis in Buffalo Prairie,
and only members of the committee
and City Engineer Wallace Treichler
of Rock Island, who is making the sur
vey, were present. Mr.. Treichler had
completed a survey from here to Mus
catine paralleling the river and has
been working out of Muscatine to the
southeast, having reached q point on
the county line near Buffalo Prairie
store.
Inspiration Not DivuIged.
Inspired by source which members
of the committee refuse to dfvulge, in
structions were voted which will
change the course of the surveying
party. who viii proceed to run line
as direct as may be from Buffalo Prai-
RE store to Rock Island, and will then
return to the point of beginning and
run southwest to Keithsburg.
Such 1fnn IA me ~
would. after reaching the top of the
bluff along the Mississippi somewhere
within 10 or IL miles of Rock Island,
have practically level going all the way
to Keithsburg. The only break of any
consequence would be in crossing the
Copperas creek valley in the western
part of Edgington township or the
eastern part of Buffalo Prairie
1t is believed that the committee is
planning to build the road as an inter
urban, to be taken over eventually by
one Of the big railroad systems, pre-
sumably the Santa Fe.
Other Roads Not Interested.
1t has been pretty generally under
stood that the Rock Island has an I'M
Outstanding with the Burlington which
would prevent the former entering this
territory. At the same time such a
road as planned would compete with
existing lines of the Burlington, and
so 1t is not likely that that company is
encouraging it The route is not what
the Milwaukee needs to bridge the gap
in its southwest line between this city
and Muscatine, and so it is not con-
ceivable that this system is interested.
The only conclusion to be drawn is
that it is the Santa Fe, which could
reach Keithsburg from some point on
its main line in Warren county, by ar
rangement with the Iowa Central.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
SPECIALS AT McCABE' S.

You'll hear more talk and more
wondering about McCabe's great shoe
section for the next three days than
ever before. Why?
A silk sale beginning Thursday
morning at McCabe's which will
startle the town. Read the papers,
and go as early as possible.
Lunch time-get ready. Nc
Cabe's have a plan to fit out your
luncheon at most modest cost.
Find out about 1t.
Who is your milliner? Be sure
you select the right one, for this
season she can surely either mar or
produce the most beautiful and
striking effects. McCabe's great mil
Hnery section is the present center
of attraction for the fashionable
women of the three cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
ENGINEERS RECOMMEND

Major Keller Invites Reports from
Assistants.
The river engineers who attended
the meeting held yesterday at the
Office of Major Charles Keller, chief
engineer of the Rock Island district,
returned to their homes last evening.
The discussion of the work was
closed somewhat sooner than was an
ticipated The discussion led along
the different lines of work in the dis
trict. Each engineer was requested
to make his recommendations in
writing and submit them to Major
Keller.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
MAY SOLVE THE
PEORIA CRIME
Believed That Eddie Fay Is I'm
der Arrest for Richmond
Burglary.
CAUGHT AT NEW YORK CITY
Rewards Aggregating $4,000 Upon
Him-Got $4,000 at Still City
Postofice in 1905.

New York, March 30.-The arrest
of Frederick Cunningham and Frank
Chester last night while trying to get
away with trunks containing 100000
in stamps stolen from the postoff.ce
at Richmond. Va. is considered one
of the most important captures in
years One of the men arrested for
the Richmond burglary the police
believe is Eddy Fay" much
wanted fugitive, for whose apprehen-
sion $4,000 in rewards has been
offered in various cities.
Robbed Peoria once.
This prisoner is the one known as
Cunningham. Among other jobs he
was named in connection with are
the disappearance of $4,000 from
the Peoria, ILL.,, postoff1ce five years
ago and $4,000 from the same safe
year later. He was convicted and
sent to jail In Springfield, ILL.,, IN
August. 1897, but broke out short
time later. He also broke jail IN
GAINESVILLE, Wis, where he had been
sent for safe blowing.
Put Up q Fight.
New York, March 30.-Two men,
charged with being implicated in the
robbery of the postofflce at Rich
mond, Va, recently, we're arrested
by postofflce inspectors in the Grand
Central station last night. At the
time of their arrest trunks contain
ing $4,000 worth of stamps were
seized.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
THE HARBOR LINE HEARING
Major Charles Keller Listens TO Peti-
ton of Bettendorf.

A public meeting is to be held at
Bettendorf town hall tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock at which Major
Charles Keller of the United States
engineers Office will be present for the
purpose of hearing anyone interested
in the establishment of a harbor line
between the east and west end of the
town. The BettendOrf wheel works is
vitality interested in the matter and
will undoubtedly present some strong
arguments for the establishment of
the line. 1t is understood that the
concern will guarantee to ship along
the river, $4,000 tons of pig iron. if il
is established. A large supply of fin
ished products will also be transported
by steamboat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30

Advance reports from the Fifth ward
are that Clement P. McQuaid, the dem
ocratic aIdermanic nominee, will be
elected by a nice majority. He is a
product of the ward, has spent his
whole life as a resident there, and the
taxpayers of the ward are glad of an
opportunity to honor one who has so
long been closely identified with the
interests of that section of the city.
Mr. McQuaid is married and his
home is at 945 Twenty-f1rst street. AL
though he has, since attaining his ma
jority, been a consistent party man,
Mr.. McQuaid is not seeking office as a
reward for political service. He is ask
ing the support of his neighbors and
friends in the ward on the grounds
that he knows the ward and its needs,
and believes that he possesses the
qualifications for intelligent service in
the council.
Mr.. McQuaid is a monotype operator
for Kramer & Co., printers, on Second
avenue He is a member Of Tri-City
Typographical union 107, and one Of
the directing heads of Rock Island
aerie Of Eagles, fraternity with a
local membership of several hundred
that owns it's own home at the south
west corner of Twenty-first street and
Fourth avenue. Mr.. McQuaid is a Fifth
ward boy; he has been reared among
the voters of the ward; they all know
him, and they know he will make a
crO0d alderman and for that raaS0O
they are going to elect him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
SAWDUST FIRE is SUBDUED
Department Members Conquer Stub
born Blaze.

After working for the greater part
of four hours yesterday afternoon on
the sawdust pile fire at Thirteenth
avenue and First street the two hose
companies which we're called there at
1880 succeeded in extinguishing the
blaze. This pile of sawdust.
in which fire breaks forth at
regular intervals, has caused
a large number of runs and
has threatened adjoining property
each time. The firemen were busily
engaged yesterday in watching the
lumber yards nearby and the Stand
ard Oil Cloth factory to keep sparks
from setting fire to them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
Call to Democrats.

All nominees on the democratic
city-township ticket and the commit.
teemen of the different ward pre-
cincts are requested to meet at Tur-
ner hall Thursday evening, March
81. at,7:30 o'clock sharp for the pur-
pose of perfecting final plans for
election day. 1t is to the interest
of the party generally, and candi-
dates and committeeman in partic-
ular, that all included in this call be
in attendance. BERT CORKEN,
Chairman city-township committee.
r. w. LAMONT, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30

| home concern, and will tend to i'm
prove and clean up the river front, in
asmuch as 1t will result in the removal
of the unsightly sand barges that now
hold forth in the river under a grant
from the city council between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, and in
addition will afford increased landing
facilities for steamers doing business
at the local port He will insist, how
ever, that a concrete instead of a rip
rap wall be built, in the event the ord
nance is favorably considered by the
| council.
Tri-City Conference Favored.
AS ordinances of the Tri-City Rail-
way are pending before the COUNCILS of
the tri-cities, Alderman John Holz-
hammer has come forward with a sug-
gestion that the three council, or COM
mittees representing the same, hold
a conference with a view to reaching
an understanding concerning conces-
sions to be granted to and received
from the company. The idea may be
preached at the meeting this evening,
when President ]. F. Porter and Gen
eral Superintendent ]. G. Huntoon
have been invited to appear for fur
Their discussion of the new ordinance.
The railway company has for weeks
been in readiness to proceed with ex-
tensions as heretofore outlined, on
condition that its present franchise be
extended six years, making it's eXpira-
ton 20 years hence instead of II, as
under the present grant. There does
not appear to be any opposition in the
council to extending the franchise Of
the company, but other demands have
been made on the company. which
have had a tendency to delay mat
tiers.
Some Demands Impossible.
Some of the demands, the company
has replied, positively will not be met,
leaving the inference that the corpor-
alton will accept the alternative of
continuing under its present grant and
not making the extensions that it has
volunteered to give the city. 1t is be-
lieved, however. that the company
will be found in position to do the
right thing for the city before the mat
ter is finally adjusted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
Humane Society Meetinn

A meeting of the Rock Island
County Humane society is to be held
at the society rooms in the court
house Friday evening. Special mat
tiers are to come before the meeting
for consideration, and a full attend
ance of the members is urged by the
officers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
Chat of the Campaign

Jack Aud is making the same ener-
getic campaign for the Office of asses
sor that he did a year ago. Aud
rightly believes that he should have
a chance to make an assessment that
Under the law, the first assessment he
will conduct occurs this spring.
Arthur o. Huff, the democratic can
didate for alderman in the First ward
is making clean and systematic cam
paign for election, and is making more
friends and supporters daily.
L. N. Bourdeau deserves the office
of township collector as much as any
man in town, and besides he is the
kind of a man who will conduct the
Office to the entire satisfaction of the
public.
It is a foregone conclusion that Carl
A. Naab is to be the next alderman
from the Second ward. He is known
from one end of the ward to the other,
and may be relied upon to guard its
interests with the same zeal that char
acterized his former term in the coun-
Gil.
Andrew Math will make a model SUI
pervisor. He is a man who takes a
lively interest in county affairs and
will bring to the office the ability and
conscientious devotion to duty that the
people desire.
w C. Maucker is the right kind of a
man for alderman from the Third
ward. He is familiar with the wants
of the ward and possesses in an ex-
ceptional degree the qualifications to
make a model member of the munich
pal government.
Patrick F. Farrell. Daniel w. Schroe-
der and Stephen ]. Stader are all good
men to represent Rock Island on the
county board. They will serve the peo-
pie diligently and acceptably.
The fact that Charles l. Thompson
has no opponent on the part of the re-
publican party in the Fourth ward is
the best evidence of the kind of an
alderman he has made
Clement P. McQuaid is an Industrious
Of the laboring men.
He has spent his life in the Fifth
ward, and while he has never been a
candidate for a public Office before, he
has always taken lively interest in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30

Prohibition league this evening at the
Illinois theatre. Mr. Darrow, who gave
one of the chief talks in the campaign
in this city two years ago, has chosen
Prohibition" as his subject for to-
night.
The canvass to date of the minors
balloting, which is being carried on
under the auspices of the Local OPP
ton league, shows a total vote cast at
two polling places Of 725. OF the num-
Der GIT are rdry" and IS wet"
The Local Option league announces
that Seaborn Wright of Georgia will
speak tomorrow evening at the Swed-
ish Lutheran church, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-30
AUTOSWEPT AWAY
One of the Freaks of the
Powerful Wind in the
City Today.
COLLISION WITH A HORSE
Machine Moves from Front of Safety
Building and Is Stopped in
Another Block.

One Of the strange freaks perpetra-
ted by the powerful winds which ran
riot over the streets of the city today
was to start an automobile and send
it rolling down the street to rush
against rig which was tied to hitch
ing post.
The auto belonged to z. c. Hart, and
II was standing in front OF the Safety
building facing towards the west The
owner was in his Office. Spectators
saw the machine suddenly start Off
down Third avenue at medium speed,
and before It could be stopped IL had
ran into DR.. J. w. Stewards buggy,
which was standing on the north side
Of the avenue near McCabe's store.
Neither the horse, the buggy nor the
auto Jared any the worse for the freak
of the wind.
The high winds, besides hosting dust
into peoples eyes, banged doors and
played havoc with things in general,
blew down the awning on the west side
of the Best building which shielded
the Young & McCombs display win
dows. The awning was ripped at tho
south end first and was torn from the
support all along the west side. The
weight of it bore down the poles which
held it taut. A number OF other avn
ings along Second avenue were torn
slightly.
The shower of last evening settled
the dust slightly, but not enough TO
keep it from rising before the strong
winds.
False Alarm.
Muscatine, Iowa, March 30.-(Spe-
cial. )-One OF the heaviest wind
storms in years hit the city about
noon, coming from down the river.
The wind played havoc with telephone
wires and swinging signs and consid-
cradle damage was done. The broad
stretch of the Mississippi river below
the city exposes it to wind from this
quarter to a great extent.
The above special was in answer TO
a query from The Argus. 1t had been
rumored about the streets in the early
afternoon that a bad storm was in
progress in Muscatine and many peo-
pie were excited about ii, as II was sup
posed to be headed in this direction.