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The Holly chieftain., 1910-08-19

Csssaae-You k1sv the Aseeassd
party pretty veil. believe. aAA could
ideotify himf
Witness-Yss. I should know In
again. "a Photograph Of the deceased
vas thsa HANDED to tAs witness.)
Cotoasr-Do you recognise thatf
Witness (shaking his head)-No. l
dunAo Who that n.
coroaer-Yos aaA you would know
hin agAin II you sav him.
Wit1sss-oo ! sAoaA. sir. Bat I
doa't think I could tell u picture.
coeoosr-What vas there abost ~
Seesassd that yoa veah know anA
reeog1iss agsin?
Witness tbeisAtsaing up)[His stut-
tef. cir. = suffered awful-July.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-08-19

LAfkssty-roolsy's nsv wife. -
derstana: has . great deal 81 ssfAe
teen.
Rafferty-6hs has 20 much At =
that whsa Tooley ths othss day want
ID to store his first wife's Dsgtrait =
the attic the new Mrs. 7. Insisted 10
tie picture b LEFT haAging vhsco =
vas IN the sitting roon.
Laffsrty-But What has tAat - -
With tho laAy's selfestse0?
RafSssty-Why. aoot yos set ~
wanted tAs portrait TO remain IN s1gAe
- Tooasy b. eo0DaSisoa wosA reak
~ ths great inDrovsasst- - ~
maAo IN his secoaA ehoiec.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-08-19

D0n /. l0k Pa, ; sI r. n s!nds q m.
log mailed FREQ. Cor. 18th 4 Blake. DsnvSe.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-08-19

I1ssilsst-y. w. Bryes.
6ecreLary-Geo. j. Ikelnan-
Treassrse-W. n. wiley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

All the news all the time = The
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
IS FOURTH TERM
FOR MISS YOUNG
Missionary Society of Baptist
Association Reflects Rock
Island Lady.
ANNUAL OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Union Names Robert Ell. Hoffman of
This City Executive Leader for
the Ensuing Year.

After session of three days, the
9th annual convention of the Rock
Island Baptist association was
brought to a close last evening. The
Woman's Home Missionary society
of the association held its annual
meeting yesterday afternoon. Miss
Alwilda Young of Rock Island pre-
sided. Miss Young was reelected tC
the Office of president for the fourth
consecutive time. The other Off
GERS elected are as follows:
Vice president = Mrs. Rebecca
Simpson, Cordova.
Secretary-treasurer = Miss Ruth
Lund, Moline.
Foreign mission director-Mrs
Fred N. Pierce, Moline.
Home mission ;director-Mrs. G.
w. Rogers, Cambridge.
The meeting adjourned at
o'clock after a program had been
given.
Young Peoples Union.
The annual meeting of the Baptist
Young Peoples union of the associa-
ton was called to order at O'Clock
by Fred N. Pierce of Moline, who
presided at the afternoon session.
DR.. H. w. Reed, pastor Of the First
BAPTIST church, delivered an address,
THE International Union" in which
e told about the convention at Sar-
stcga. The remainder Of the after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS
HICKSON, WANDERER
Stranger, Taken Ill at County Jail,
Expires at st. Anthony's
Hospital.

Jerry Hickson, a wanderer, died of
pneumonia at 1880 this morning at st.
Anthony's hospital, where he had been
since last Sunday, when he was re
moved from the county jail. Hickson
was bordering on delirium tremens
when he was arrested on the streets
here and sentenced to serve 80 days in
the county jail on a charge of disorder
ly conduct.
Hickson was Sc years of age and a
blacksmith by trade. He told the po-
lice authorities that he Rad been mar
ried, but that his wife was dead. He
came here from Omaha, he said. He
claimed to have a brother residing in
Lincoln, Neb.
The body was removed from the
hospital to the undertaking rooms.
where it will be held until the coroner
makes an effort to locate relatives.
All the news all the time - The
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

Gray, the expert demonstration, leaves
for the east Saturday evening.
Those women's regular 25-cent black
stockings for Is cents at 8 o'clock Sat
drday at McCabe's should fill the aisles.
Those heavy pure linen napkins in
half dozens for 65 cents all day Satur-
day at McCabe's.
There is a reason for the rapid
growth of Browns Business college of
Rock Island, The instruction is thor
ough and the students are successful.
Fall term opens next Tuesday. Office
open nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

Enterprise and Progress have the watchwords
enterprises the fore in the worlds dongs Greater
goods of higher quality in the past few in Amer
ODE.
in the production Of mems and young mems ready
facture have been evovedsavng fixed expenses
firm stamp of higher quality this class of
the suits and topcoats from Hart, Schafner
These the highest possible development in the
parel Monday being Labor day. suggest visit
may view the handsome Fall and Winter garments
You will be impressed with the beauty of
the demand in Hart, Schaner Marx and Society Brand
men and young men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
Today in the Markets

Chicago, Sept. 2.-Following are the
The quotations on the market today:
Wheat
September, 80, 997s, 9s7s, 99H.
December, 103%. 1O4A, 103%, 1924
May, 1924, 1O9%, 1921. 109ss.
Corn.
September. 595s, 597s, 591A, 1913.
December, 575s, IS, 571A, 571s.
May, CO.'S, 6O1a, co.'s, 601s.
September, 81, 344, 1885, 334.
December, 36a4, 367s, 3612, 36K.
: May, S97s, 397s, 395s. 1895.
Pork.
September, 2097, 21.02, 20.90, 20.95.
October, 2O.77, 20.77, posi-, 20.60.
January. 1852, 1852, 1852, 1850.
Lard.
September, 1875, 1907, 11.95, 1907.
October, 1900, 1910, 1905, 1910.
January, 1906, 1867, 1905, 1867.
Ribs.
September, 12.1o, 1912. 1902, 1905.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

noon was devoted to business. Rob-
ert H. Hoffman of the First Baptist
church, Rock Island, was elected
president of the union. Other Off
GERS were elected as follows:
First vice president-Rev. j. NJ.
Jones, Aledo.
Second vice PRESIDENT. Head,
Edgewood Baptist church, Rock Is
land.
Third vice president-Rev. George
Gibbs, Cordova.
Secretary-treasurer = Miss Ger
trude Taylor, Cambridge.
Board of managers-H. N. Ward,
Rock Island; Rev. J. Osborne, Sill
Wis; John Lindblad, Moline.
Address by Peorfan.
There were 80 members of the I'M
ion present at the session last even
ing. The session was opened at 7:45
with praise service. Numbers were
rendered by the choir of the First
Baptist church and by w. E. Caul-
PETER of Rock Island. o. H. Angus
tine, president of the Peoria B. Y. P.
u, delivered an address, after which
the meeting was brought to a close.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
October, 11.S7, 1877, 11.S0, 11.S7.
January, go, 9.72, 9.67, go.

Receipts today-Wheat rs, corn. 452,
oats 207, hogs 1900, CATTLE $500,
sheep 1900.
Estimated receipts Saturday =
Wheat 113, corn 500, oats 294, hogs
5000.
Hog market opened weak. Hogs left
over $500. Light 9.1O0965, mixed and
butchers S.65@9.55, good heavy $500
9.35, rough heavy S.50@S.75.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened strong.
Hog market closed steady. Bulk
sales S.S5@9,25, light 9.05@9.70, mixed
and butchers S.6599.60, good heavy
50@9:35, rough heavy S.50@S.75.
Cattle market closed steady.
Sheep market closed steady,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

Kerler & Co. make rugs.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Watch our ads. Foster & Reding.
See the many keen Saturday spe-
Gals at McCabe's.
Tom Burton, 1901 Third avenue, for
staple and fancy groceries.
Mound City paints may cost
trife more, but! III & Ehleb.
Let William johnson do your tin and
furnace work. 1916 Third avenue.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work. 1526-152S Fourth ave-
nue..
DR. Cora Emery Reed has moved her
Office and residence to 191S-1920 Fourth
avenue.
Paul & Hayward, tailors, suits and
fancy gowns, 4091a Twentieth street.
Knox flats.
Mr. and Mrs John Snyder, All Nine
teenth street, are the parents of 10
pound baby boy.
For bus and express, Spencer & Trefz.
LaVanway buys and sells every
thing. Telephone west PAT.
Bear & Foster will run twice a month
excursions to the corn belt of South
and North Dakota. Come and join us.
This has been a great week for the
Redfern Corsets at McCabe's- Mrs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
Lard-I3c to 14c.

Lard-13c to 14c.
Butter-Dairy, 25c to 271zc. cream.
cry, 30c to 31c.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, Csc to zoe; oats, 33c &C
SAC; wheat, s5c. barley, COO.
Forage - Timothy hay. $14 to SIS:
wild hay, $14; straw. $3.50.
Wood-$4.50 per load.
Coal-Lump, per bushel. 15c; slack.
SC.
Sales on Market square in last "a
hours up to noon today:
oats-Nine loads at 33c to s4c.
Corn-Five loads at CSC to Toe.
Timothy hay-One load az SIS.
Barley-One load at soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel.
Sept. 2. = Following are the quota
tons on the local market today:
Live Poultry = Old hens, 1215c to
15c; springs, zoe pound.
Fresh Eggs-22c.
Potatoes-$1 to $1.10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02
A BATHING BELLE.

She dons bathing suit Of blue,
And down the beach she goes,
With little giggles of delight,
To wet her dainty toes.
She bubbles in the briny pools,
She wades along the sand.
She races with the merry waves,
And vows it's simply grand.
She lets the ripples Of the surf
Around her ankles play,
And splashes in the pearly foam,
And frolics with the spray;
She counts the silver sails that pass
Against the distant sky,
And dances with the pillows bright
But keeps her powder dry.
New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

Northwestern receipts-Minneapo-
lis, today, 377, last week 81, last year,
35s; Duluth. today, 10, last week, SO,
last year 1876.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
AlI-AIabama Convention

.The All-Alabama convention which will be held in Montgomery next Tuesday and Wednesday will be very important and should be largely attended by the people of the state" said Secretary J. B. Babb of the Chamber of Commerce or Birmingham yesterday.
 We do not expect an attendance of thousand people or anything like that, but we are looking for a representative attendance and will be satisfied with that. We expect leaders in the affairs of the state in all lines of industrial and busi- ness interests to attend.
 Many subjects of large importance are to be discussed and good men are down on the programme as speakers One hundred leading business and pro- feseional men from all sections of the state should make a good showing and will start a movement that will have far reaching effect on the development of Alabama.
 ''The convention should mark a distinct new era in the material development of the state and the movement should serve to get the people of Alabama closer to- gether for the general upbuilding of the commonwealth ]"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
To the Heart of New York City

This morning at the witching hour of 12:o1 a. m. the costllest and largest rail- road station in the world was opened to the full degree of Pennsylvania railroad traffic. Taking in connection with the tubes that link 1t with the mainland ana with Long Island and eventuany with Boston, 1t is almost as great worlds wonder as the Panama canal. It is a good second at any rate.
 The opening of the new statoin, to- gether with the disappearance from the eyes of through passengers of the both ersome ferry boats is a matter of in- terest to the people of the southeast, for practically all who go to the metropolis will be landed in the new station obliv- ious of the existence of a wide, deep river in their path and of the fact that Manhattan borough is located on an lsldid line passengers rom some Tall roads arriving in New York will con- tinue to be herded on ferry boats, but the passengers from the southeast will enjoy his seat to the very heart of the city It is really revolution in trans portation at transportation's great cen- ter, and it will long be considered one Of the marvels of the century.
 The modern engineer is doing things yearly that are astonishing. The manner of laying the tubes under the deep. wide North river had no precedent when the plan was made for the tubes that went into full use this morning The plan was novel, and the execution bold. and the success stands complete. The up-to- date civil engineer Is after all the ages greatest accomplishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27

on the Senate basis. The senate.s com
 mittees are named by a committee. and
 the presiding officer is but a presiding officer. He is not boss or an autocrat
 He smokes no cigars at a high-tilted angle. The democrats are fully commit ted to a similar policy in the House. and whoever refuses to vote for a commit tee on committees will be engaged in un- dermining the democratic party in the face of world of campaign pledges.
 The people will not be satisfied when they are told that clarkism will not be Cannonism. This Is no doubt true, but it will not meet the demands of the voters. They want the system of one man rule abolished. and democrats will tread on dangerous ground if, for per- sonal reasons, they trife with this sub ject.
 While no national platform of the dem ocratic party can be quoted on this subject. yet all know what the election in nearly 40 states last November meant. No one has any doubt on the subject. Cannonism was voted down, and Cannon ism means the appointment Of commit tees by the speaker. It means in that way the power to pigeonhole any bill that he dislikes. It means in that way the power to maltreat any member who crosses the speakers whims The country wants no more of this. and all demo- crats who desire success in 1912 will act wisely if they support the proposition of a committee on committees whenever 1t comes up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
For n light heart lives long.
 Loves Labour's Lost.
Home Products In Home Markets

Howard C. Smith of the department of agriculture does not exaggerate the pos abilities of Jefferson county when he says It's hills and valleys could be made to produce all the hay, all the truck uets all the oats and corn needed heres as well as all the milk and other dairy products.
 The county is large and it's soil survey now in the hands of Congressman Un- derwood for distribution shows that the fertile valleys of the county would, If need of large population. But in order to do this the dairymen must use silos for which two crops of corn for ensilage can be raised in the long seasons of this climate.
 So long as truck farmers and dairymen and florists see an ample home market for their products. 1t would seem as if they would proceed at once to develop their lands to the utmost limit. Thorough cultivation according to the best known methods would bring success in produc- tion, and the marketing feature is with out risk There is always a good de- mand in this city for all products of the soil that can be produced in this county, big as it is. Our farmers should take advantage of the situation. They should monopolize the local markets so far as dairy products and vegetables and poul- try-yard products are concerned. The field is theirs. and they should fully o. cupy it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
Brazll'S Remarkable Naval Strike

A new and piquant chapter has been added to the history of strikes-this time in the small but excellent navy of Brazil. the largest and richest of the Spantsh-Ameriean republics. The sailors on Brazifs warships struck for increased pay, sh orter hours of ser vice, more sailors and the prohibition of corporal punishment in the navy of the republic. Several opposing offl- cers were killed, and the guns of the fleet were trained on Rio Janeiro, the capital city, and at one time, fear ing the use of torpedo boats. shells were thrown at the naval arsenal. No great damage was done, however, ex- cept to the nerves of the citizens of the city.
 The strikers really had the whip hand of the city and the republic and the latter quickly rose to the situa-
 
 tion. The Brazilian congress or par lament was in session and the senate at once passed a resolution granting amnesty to the mutinous sailors In the fleet and the chamber of deputies also adopted the resolution on Friday. That resolution settled the strike It was not a war, for a war means opposing forces, and there was no one at Rio that could take stand against the strikers. All of the fleet that was anchored in the bay at Rio took part in the strike, and many petty officers sympathized at least with the sailors.
 The sailors gained all they asked for. None of their demands were un- reasonable, and all of them should have been granted long ago. Granted in the way they were it will be strange indeed If discipline in the Brazilian least of the comedy bouffe sort But the ships are intact and so Is the re- public and the remarkable strike will perhaps be forgotten as the years l go by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
The Advent Season

In the church calendar today is the first Sunday of Advent-the Sunday near est November 30-which marks the begin ming of the ecclesiastical year, and is observed by all the liturgical bodies. The church at this season contemplates the coming of Christ.
 Here are the words of a devotional writer "The church. during Advent, re- minds thee, Christian, of the coming of Christ to judgment, that thou mayest with the more zeal apply myself to profit by His first coming; for they only will be justified and glorified who have ac- knowledged and received Him as Re- deemer. Examine myself, therefore. on this day, whether thou hast believed in Him, loved Him, admitted Him into thy heart and kept His holy commandments. Begin at once penance and good works, that thou mayest with confidence await the judgment day of the Lord"
 In the sanctuary or chancel, purple, the penitential color, is seen throughout Advent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
AIabama,s New Congressional Districts

Col. Sam VIII John has rendered the state a service by presenting tentative apportionment bill. He no doubt is fully Justified in assuming that Alabama will be granted 10 mem bers of Congress and he does right in assigning one of them to Jefferson county, creating Tn that way the most populous and fastest growing district in the state. In 1920 Jefferson coun- ty will perhaps demand two congress- men instead of one. We are dealing, however. with the present and can well afford to let the future take care of itself.
 district, Cu1lman/ to another and St. Clair to still another, thus placing the three counties that cling to re- publicanism where they would be al together harmless And he does all this without creating a shoestring dis trict. The present Fourth district ex- tends from Calhoun to Dallas inclu- sive. It lacks compactness and Colonel John seeks to make all districts sym metrical. This Is why he proposes to create district in the Selma neigh borhood.
 The John plan is put plainly be- fore all readers In the state and if 1t has any imperfections each locality will be sure to detect 1t, so that when the legislature meets 1t will not be difficult to adjust the matter satis- factorily. The apportionment of legis- istive districts is almost wholly mat ter of arithmetic, but the apportion- ment of congressional districts admits of a good deal of discretion and Colonel John has applied his gray matter to 1t in an excellent manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
THE TREACHEROUs AIR

From .erhe Perils of Birdmen, by wal
 demar Kaempffert, in the Saturday
 Evening Post.
 like the great ocean that laps our shores. the sea of air at the bottom of which we live has it's currents ana counter currents, it's whirling mael- stroms and quiet pools, its pillows ana it's breakers The misfortune of 1t all IS that we cannot see them. Only the man in the air knows that they exist; that he must feel his way in the brightest sunshine through these unseen perils like a blind man groping his way In strange room. He can tell you that tnis sea on which he rides is never abso- lutely calm. He can tell you, too, that against every cliff, every mountainside, every hedge and every stone wall the air is dashed up in more or less tumul- tuous waves. The men who crossed the English. channel found that against the chalk cliffs of Dover a vast, invisible surf of air beats as furiously as the roaring, visible surf of the channel be- Iowa surf of air that drove nearly all of them out of their course and imperil-
 
 ed their lives.S
 There are whirlpools, too, near those cliffs of Dover, as Moissant can assure you. He was sucked down into one OF them within 200 feet of the sea. His machine lurched heavily and it was with considerable difficulty that he managed to reascend to a height at which he could finish the crossing.
 Sometimes there are pockets in the air Just as dangerous as the breakers expanses of dead air into which ma chine may drop as into unseen quick sands On his historic flight down the Hudson river, Curtiss ran into such pocket, fell with vertiginous rapidty, and saved himself only by skillful hand pilot would have been dashed into the river.
 Sc great are the concentration of mind and the dexterity required by these long cross-country flights that mans strength is often sapped During the recent Circuit de rEst, In which the contestants were compelled to fly re- gardless of the weather. the German, Lindpanitner, had to give up because of physical and nervous exhaustion. An other competitor crawled under his ma chine as soon as he alighted and went to sleep. I once heard Wilbur Wright remark: "The more you know about the ar, the fewer are the chances you are willing to take. It's your ignorant man who Is the most reckless"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
HAD REMAnKABLE MEMOIR

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Gen. Adam D. King, former consul general at Paris, possessed some quail ties of mind that were more than ex- traordinary. His memory was such that, being a wide reader of history, biogra- rhy, and poetry. he retained, letter per- feet, nearly everything he had ever read
 All the poems of Shelley, Byron, Poe, and Burns were, so to speak, at his finger ends. He was one of those few persons who knew the works of the and not only was he able to recite all Of them which have appeared in her pub lished books, but he had sought out some that were purposely excluded by her fam fly because they were likely to be misun- derstood by the general reader.
 General King once travelled through the United Kingdom. He took especial care Burns. When guides and scholars told him some incident of the Scottish bard S life he so amplified their information that they were on more than one occasion forced to admit that he knew more of Burns than they did.
 Especially were they amazed at the ready recitation of any poem of Burns that they might name. But his memory was not only unfailing but accurates and he could copy on paper any verse that he knew and punctuate it almost as in the original. His Reclamation of poems was masterful, and it was believed by his friends that he should have been an actor,