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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-31

The Road to Fairyland

By CECIL CAVENDISH

The day IS dull and dreary,
And chilly winds and eerie
orchard lane.
They send the dead leaves flying,
Nnd with mournful CRYING
They dash the western wIndow-panes with siantins
lines OF rain
Ny little ,Trude ard Teddy
Come quickly and make ready,
Take down from of the highest shelf the book you
ven travel of together
To lands OF golden weather,
For well know the winding road that leads to
4 long. long road, no byway,
The fairy k igs broad highway,
Sometimes well see casted hill stand up against the
And every brook that passes.
A-whispeting through the grasses,
Is Just magic fountain filled with youth and health
And we'll meet fair princcsses
Some pacing by palfreys white some humby tending
And merchants homevyard faring.
With goods beyond comparing
And in the hills ro6beT bands who dwell in caverns
Sometimes the road ascending.
Around mountain bending
VIII lead to the forests dark and there among
Live woodrnen, to whose dwelling
OF wondrous gifts of golden wealth There, too are
And an night work around them.
And sometimes leave bag Of gold at some poor
Tbere waterfalls arc splashiug.
And down the rocks dashirg.
But hear the spri:cs clear call above the
rents
Where quiet rivers gSten
Wen sometimes stop and listen
To tales gray old hermit tells wandering miEs.Tcs
song.
Wen loter by the ferries.
And pucl, the wavside berries
And watch the gallant knights spur by in haste TO right
wrong.
Oh little 'Trrde and Teddy.
For wonder. then, make ready.
You'll shining gateway. and within. palace grand,
OF elm realm the center.
But pause before Won
To pity all good folk whO'ye missed the road to Fairy
Land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-31

Into the stream the Pig they cast
, Still holding fast the line;
But when he saw it floating past
Sweet Pig" he cried, "be minel'
He thought, you see, that he had got
A morsel nice to eat,
But very soon he found t was not
A tasty bit of meat.
That little cross of pointed sticks,
1t made him very sore;
Useless were all his pulls and kicks,
1t only hurt him more.
Nine men.were hauling on the line,
They pulled with all their might;
The Reptile had the strength of nine
1t was gallant fghtl
Then to his wife the Fisher called
To lend helping hand;
And when the ten together hauled,
Why, then he came to land.
Then all together on him fell
The struggle soon was DER.
In less time than it takes to tell,
The Monster was no more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-31

EFor creatures like yourself, you know
= It s safer on the bank;4
tAnd if eat you now, you We got
Only yourself to thank"
with that he took him in his jaws
And to the bottom sank.
t'FarewelIr' the Fisher said, and s0
They parted for while;
And row II briefly tell you how
He caught the Crocodile.
PART II,
WHEN he got home, the Fisherman
Vowed that, whate'er might hap
He and his wife would find plan
That Monster to entrap.(
They talked about it all the day.
-)And dreamed of it all night
But nothing that the one might say
Seemed to the other rightly
Then Mrs. Fisher said, s'It s clear2
I'VE never shall agree
You d better ask your friends, my dear ,
We II have them in to tea"
They came; they ate an awful 1ot9
They satisfied their thirst;L
But at the end they had mt got
Much further than at first.f
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-31

In vain the Monster wagged his taIi,
IAnd rolled his crafty eyes,;
In vain he lang his sweetest songs
LAnd sighed his saddest sighsJ
IItwas MT of the. slightest useJ
IThe Fisherlwas too .wiseJ
While they were. talking thus, there. cdm0
(AIopg the riverside
"a Leopard, like a hugeous cat9
with curious spotted hide.
And when he saw the Fisherman
His green eyes opened wide.
CHAha IN said he az think spy
"A morsel good to eat;S
IT s very long since I have seem
YSo prime bit of meat;1
And t will be long before have
Another chance. as neat"
from Side TO side his tail began
Ito wave and slowly sweep
And stealthilysyou might have seen
THE cunning creature creep
Till hewas near enough, and then
Me madea mighty leap?
He thought he could not miss his man.
QHe ID never missed before;/
But like a stupid, as he leapti
He uttered such roar
- The Fisher heard, and ducl1ed his heal,
And he went flying DER.
Far out beyond the bank he vent
Into the water; plump
Upon the Reptiles nose he FELL
j Just where you see that bumpl
y The Reptile only said, II wish
You d look before you jump
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
WOMAN ACCUSED
OF THE MURDER
South Dakota Attorney Shot and
Killed in Office.

Sturgis, s. d., Aug. 1.-Attorney ID.
p. Thomas of Sturgis was shot and
killed, it is charged, by Mrs. M. Nc
Mahon in the law Office of the firm
OF Mcmahon & Thomas.
Attorney Mcmahon died some
months ago, Thomas continuing the
business. 1t seems that Mrs. McMa-
hon, following a dispute over the
firms accounts, wanted Thomas to va
cate the law office He refused and
this is thought to have caused the
shooting.
Thomas was the Republican nomi-
nee for county judge of Meade coun-
ty, was former United States commits
sioner here and was under indictment
in the federal court for violation of
the law in taking homestead proof
here. Mrs Mcmahon is under arrest.
When Mre Mcmahon demanded of
Thomas that he forthwith vacate
Thomas is said to have laughingly re-
fused and was shot through the right
eve. Mrs. Mcmahon was accompanied
to the law Office by a woman relative.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
PINlONED UNDER AN AUTO
Minneapolis Mans Face Terribly
Burned by Acid.

Minneapolis. July 31.-Pinioned un'
der closed electric auto, in which
she and her companion had plunged
forty feet over an embankment on
River boulevard, Miss Gertrude Chase,
daughter of Mrs. II. b. Chase,
screamed for ten long minutes to
bring assistance to Charles Il. Geo-
man, who also was weighted down by
the machine and on whose face sui
phuric acid from the electric batteries
was slowly dripping, burning the
flesh Should MIR. Yeoman be able to
save his sight it will be due to the
lungs of Miss Chase. Both are prom
inent in Mill City society.
Mr. Yeoman is now at st. Mary's
hospital, where physicians say it is
almost impossible to predict that he
will save his vision. In addition to
the numerous bruises which cover his
body he was severely burned about
the face. Miss Chase escaped with a
badly bruised leg and severe acid
burns.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
JAPAN SEEKING
TRADE, NOT WAR
Mikado's Consul at Chicago Re-
plies to Prediction

Chicago, Aug. lin reply to the
prediction of ii. l.. Moody, member of
the irrigation congress in session
here, that Japan is preparing for war
with the United States, X. Yamasaki,
the Japanese consul at Chicago, has
sent a communication to a local paper
in which he says:
"Since the conclusion of peace with
Russia Japan has been engaged with
renewed energy in peaceful develop
ment Her ambition is TO attain in.
dustrial prosperity and national vel.
fare. 1t is true that Japanese steam.
ers carry part of the Pacific trade
at present To control that trade is,
however, beyond the Imagination OF
the Japanese people The Japanese
want only a legitimate share of the
trade of the Pacific.
"No cloud whatever overshadows
the most cordial relations existing be
tween the United States and Japan;
causes for war exist only in alarm
lists fertile imaginations"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
WARDNER FIGHTING FLAMES
Idaho Mining Town Threatened With
Destruction.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 1.-The fight of
the farmers and miners and their
wives to stay the progress of forest
fires and save their dwellings contin-
ues, according to reports from the
Coeur d'Alene. The fate of mining
towns apparently lies with the caprices
of the winds. Unless the breeze,
which has been blowing flames to-
ward Wardner, turns or dies down the
camp is doomed. About two miles of
heavy timber yet separate the town
from the wall of advancing flames that
are sweeping the pine trees. A hun
dred men are combating this fire,
which for fifteen days has been run
ming through dense forests unchecked.
The plant of the Nabob Mining COM
pany is in the path of the flames and
miners stand ready to dismantle the
machinery and lower it into the mine
working on closer approach of the
fire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
DEADLOCK IN RAIL STRIKE
Minister of Labor Fails to Bring Con-
tending Forces Together.

Montreal, Aug. 1.-Mackenzie King,
minister of labor, has had a confer
ence with President Hays of the Grand
Trunk and Chairman Murdock of the
strikers general committee. Both
sides agree that the prospects for a
settlement of the strike are not bright,
but the minister of labor viii continue
his efforts to bring them together.
The stumbling block appears to be
the refusal of the Grand Trunk to
take back all the men who went out
on strike and the insistence of the
men that this shall be done as pre-
liminary to arbitration.
Not only do they insist on all the
men being taken back, but they shall
have their former rights and positions
regardless of any arrangements the
company has made since the strike
began.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
SITUATION is VERY GRAVE
London Diplomatic Circles Fear Civil
War in Spain.

London, Aug. IA civil war in
Spain is believed inevitable in Eng
lish diplomatic circles as the result or
the recall of the Spanish ambassador
to the Vatican and the threatened re-
turn to Rome of Monsignor Vico, the
papal nuncio at Madrid.
The situation is such that 1t is con-
sidered impossible to overestimate its
gravity.
The Leader prints a dispatch from
Rome that the Vatican has warned
Spain against becoming involved in a
civil war. The Vatican declares tnat
the pope can count on vast ma
iority of the Spanish people remain
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
KILLED WHILE RAklNG HAY
Iowa Man and Woman Meet With
Fatal Accidents.

Mason City, Ia, Aug. I'm run
away that occurred while she was
raking hay Mrs w. l.. Braga, who
lives near Thornton, fell before the
rake teeth, which were driven into
her brain. She died later.
Henry Bickness, who lived near
L.atimer. met with a similar accident
and was instantly killed.
Charles Rown, roadmaster of the
Great Western railway, and his little
son were painfully hurt near here
when a motor car they were driving
ran into a COW, ditching the machine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
WORST FIRE OF THE SEASON
Serious Blaze in Forests of Southwest
ern Washington.

Seattle, Aug. 1.-Two sections OF
timber land, located about five miles
east of CathIamet, In Southwestern
Washington, were burned over in the
most disastrous forest fire that has
yet broken out in this state. Little
progress was made in checking the
flames.
The fire is what is known among
woodsmen as a crown fire, burning in
the tops of the trees instead of along
the ground.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
YOUNG CASHIER
REWAILS FATE
Blanes Employers for Huge
THEFT ci Securities.
TEMPTATION TOO GREAT

Says He Wac Getting but s25 Week,
While He Handled Millions of Dol
lars in Cash and securities-Be-
Iieved 1t Would Sc Easy to Make
Money in Wall Street, but Soon Dis
covered His Mistake.
New York. Aug. Weeping pitt
fully in a cell in the Tombs and on
the verge OF a physical collapse Er-
win Johann Wider, the $25 a week
cashier who stole more than 100000
worth OF securities from his employ
ers, the Russo-Chincse bank agency,
attributed his downfall to his meager
salary
yes, | took the money and securi-
ties, said Wider, furtively wiping the
tears from his eyes, but it was only
to be expected of a man on starvation
wages handling millions of dollars in
cash and securities.
81 was getting $25 a week and had
family TO support. 1t was all the
fault of the bank. They should not
have put one man, paid a miserable
salary, in charge of everything"
Wider is awaiting arraignment on
charge of grand larceny. He gave
himself up and was sent to jail i'm de-
fault of 100000 bail
Il never thought of the conse-
quences of my act" complained Wi
der, who is scarcely five feet tall and
slight and seems like an erring boy
waiting punishment for some trivial
offense. He is hardly thirty years old
and, overweight by his experience,
weeps like a girl when he discusses
his misdeeds.
SpecuIated in the Market.
Il never thought of anything except
that ! had a chance to make money
big money-in Wall street. he contin-
| ued, "and it seemed so safe There
| seemed no way of losing. All around
| me my friends were keeping their
families SO much better than / could
| on $25 a week and | kept thinking
about how easy IL was to make money
on the stock market. | was told that
| any one could make money there and
that the risk was nothing / talked
| the situation over with many men
who | knew were qualified to judge
| and finally | decided that would take
| chance ii looked so easy.
But | never had a chance. Every
| minute of the day there came mes
| sages from my brokers' Cries of
/ more margin, more margin they
| seemed never to have enough. There
| seemed no limit to what they wanted.
| did not get reckless, though, until
was in so deep that | could see no
way of escape. ] felt that | was very
cautious at the beginning, but realize
now that | was reckless from the min
| ute / gave my first order. 1t could not
be much, | thought, after / was well
| into the market I believed that any
day it might turn in my favor. And
here | am"
| Mrs. Wider has not seen her hus.
band since his arrest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
WENDLING CAUGHT IN FRISCO
Alleged Slayer Of Louisville Girl Un-
der Arrest.

San Francisco, Aug. 1.-Joseph
Vending, wanted in Louisville, KY,
in connection with the murder OF
Alma Kellner, was taken into custody
here. He had admitted his identity.
Vending was captured In Third
street lodging house by Detectives
Ryan and Burke of the local depart
ment He made no resistance and ad-
mitted to the officers on the way to
the city prison that he was Vending.
Chief of Police Martin, District At
torney Fickert and the two detectives
Immediately visited him in the prison
and attempted to secure confession
from him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
CALLS BURTON A "PINHEAD"
"soss" Cox Expresses His Opinion of
Ohio Senator.

Cincinnati, Aug. 1.-"HGs a pin
head and very rusty one at that"
This was the closing epithet of a
severe arraignment of the veracity
and dependability of United States
Senator Theodore Burton by George
B. Cox, the Republican boss of Cincin-
natl, which is the sole subject of dis
cussion here.
Cox refused to go any further in
explanation of his anger, but it is
notable that this is the first time in
the knowledge of his friends that he
ever cast off the mask of reserve after
a defeat
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
DIES TRYING TO SAVE SON
Michigan Woman Grasped Live Wire
EntanoIinq Child.

Detroit, Aug. Mrs. Henry Smith
Of this city was instantly killed in an
attempt to disentangle her fourteen
year-old son from a live wire.
While he was playing in front of
his home the boy went to investigate
the end Of wire that was dangling
from a pole. His screams attracted
the attention of his mother, who
rushed out to help him.
Mrs. Smith grasped the wire with
one hand and the boys shoulder with
the other, endeavoring to free him.
Then she fell to the pavement dead.
1t is thought the boy cannot recover.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
Iiuhtnino Kills Horses.

Flasher, N d., Aug. Eight head
of horses that were owned by Herman
A. Fay and which were in his barn
near this city were killed by bolt OF
lightning. Only one horse in the barn.
and that the least valuable of the lot,
escaned death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
Wholesale Arrests Predicted.

Chicago, Aug. Wholesale ar
rests growing out of the Illinois Cen
trail car repair frauds are predicted by
an official of the railroad. AS a result
of the investigation now on nineteen
officials of the company have re-
signed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
Murdered for His Money.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Aug. THAT
Judge James A. Watson, prominent
lawyer and capitalist of this city, who
was found dead on the front porch of
his residence, was murdered by some
subtle means, after being robbed OF
over $4,000 in currency, is the general
belief here. following an autopsy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
A Hardwood Floor of any Color
You may Choose for $3.50

Floors which are in too
poor condition to be inn
provedwith varnish alone
can be made to initiate a
genuine hardwood floor
with this new patented
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This process does not
require the services Of a
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isher.
The Grainin & Tool
takes the place OF skill
and can be successfully
us ed by the inexperi-
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thus making it possible
for any one at a very
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the luxury of a new hard
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This Glaining Com.
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by one or two coats OF
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surface that will out-wear
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
Killed in Auto Accident.

Rolette, n. D., Aug. l. S. b. Law
was killed in an automobile accident,
his car turning turtle into a ditch
while he was running at high rate
of speed. Laws death was almost
instantaneous.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01


as Outcome OF Situation.
Madrid, Aug Anarchy, Repub-
licanism and a Carlist government,
with Pretender Don Jaime at the helm,
is freely predicted in Spain, following
the sensational rupture of diplomatic
relations between the government
and the Vatican.
Torn by internal dissensions of al
most every sort, with political and
labor disputes ever threatening
crisis, with thousands of exles en-
camped along the French border,
awaiting an opportune time to march
to Barcelona and proclaim a revolu-
tion, with a foreign war draining the
treasury, the country reehng with
the spirit of anarchy and now plunged
into a religious strife that may
ALLEVIATE the bulk of the population,
King Alfonso's throne is believed to
be tottering and monarchy itself fac
ing engulfment in the impending up
heaval.
The complete severance of diplo-
matte relations between the govern
ment and the Vatican is expected the
moment the Vatican receives the
ministerial note that is now being
prepared. supporting the cabinet and
king in their stand against the au-
thority of the Vatican in Spanish
church affairs.
Spain's Roman Catholic press makes
no effort to conceal its joy over the
decision of Premier Canalejas to re-
call Marquis de Ojeda, the Spanish
ambassador to the Vatican. The rup-
ture with the Vatican and the pros
pectiye fight with clericalism viii,
they predict result in the downfall OF
the premier. The chartering OF spe-
cial trains and steamers to carry the
crowds of manifestants to San Sebas-
tian, the summer capital, TO make
demonstrations before King Alfonso
is advocated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01

ing true 70 the cnurch and that war
will bring speedy overthrow of King
Alfonso and either the elevation of
Don Jaime, the pretender to the
throne. or the establishment of a re-
public.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
civil wax In
SPAIN FEARED
Religious Strife Adds to EX=
isting Crisis.
BREAK WITH THE VATICAN

Spanish Governments Recall of Its
Representative at Rome Not Ap-
proved by Large Proportion of the
People of the Country-Overthrow
of King Alfonso Freely Predicted
as Outcome Of Situation.
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-26

Unlimited amount of money to loan
onfirst real estate mortgages. Williams
Bros. Taylor, N. D. 8-12-tf
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-26

were among those who were in our town
on business Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Tupa Of Black
butte were in town shopping Wednes-
day.
Jos. Connors, road supervisor. has
been re-planking the bridges over Heart
river and Antelope creek.
Jos. J. Meyer sold his land south of
town to Geo. Ulchak for SIS per acre.
cash and will purchase land north Of
town. - IA
Mrs. J. A. Kemble was in. town
last week on account Of the illness 81
her daughter. Mrs. Charles Ward.
George and Lace Tear and Bur Pelton
were down from Dickinson last week.
Jos. Gartner and John Schneider pur-
chased horses of Lefor Bro. recently.
c. c. Turner and G. S. Csyne plan
to have an oface-.buildink on the post.
Office lot. TS g
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-26

ten. Is that representative Under the
commission plan every man has a vote
for the five men Of his choice.
THE commissioners can fix their own
pay and they might allow themselves
enormous salaries."
The commissioners get just what the
aldermen and mayor are eetting-not
q very munilicent sum. The law says
They shall fix salaries which shall not
be increased or diminished during their
term of Office"
There would be more opportunity
for graft. It would be easier to buy oil
five men than thirteen"
Dickinson has never had any such
trouble but in some cities it he's been
possible for a bad man to gain such
ascendency over his own particular
ward as to force his election. Had this
election been On a general ticket. what
chance would he have hady It is a
pour argument to suggest that. five. men
who could be bought up would be the
choice of the people of Dickinson, and
if. perchance. n such got on the board,
the law provides plenty Of means to be
rid of him.
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-26
Gladstone

Miss Grethcan Jopp taught in tn,
primary room last week,
Frank and Jas. Svihovee of Ceda,
were in town on business Wednesday.
Easter garlands and Easter services
at the M. E. church Sunday, March 2.
at ii O'Clock a. q.
Emil Kraft is putting up the Turner &
Cryneland Office this week.
F. L. Schnebly goes out to Regen,
soon, where he has a position with J.
o. Horswill, dealer in General merchan.
disc.
J. E. Prince, H. Hartman, Franz
Monke and j. L. Goeury of Horswill
were in town on business Monday.
Ed. and Clint Miller and VIM. Schofl
of Graeber were business visitors herr
Monday.
Mrs. Carl Duckhorn and children re.
turned from Dickinson Tuesday. where
they have been visiting for a few days.
Mesdames Dominick Lefor and Adam
Lefor and children went to Dickinson
Tuesday.
Henry AbJeman of Taylor was a bust
ness visitor here Tuesday.
Frank Schiller. who has been in Dick
inson for some time under the doctors
care. returned home this week.
The young child of Nick Weigh, who
has been ill with diphtheria at the resi-
dence of John Dolwig, was. considered
out of danger Monday and was taken
home.
A. G. Linden and John Graeber of
Graeber were in town on business
Wednesday.
Mr.. Roger of Taylor has purchased
the land formerly owned by Thomas
Evans. '* /;
Chris Grasl is building a barn on the
land which he purchased from W. G.
Clarke and will farm part of the land
this season.
Melvin and Anton Ammundson, Ed.
Libbe, E. H. Koenker, X. X. and Sam
Omdahl and Win. Witte of HorswilI