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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

Continued from rage Five)
ceedings were taking place on our
streets a little boy, a member of
our chapel Sabbath school on the
hill, was dying. He was the only
child of his parents. His father is
a horse sheer The shop was closed.
The other men of the same trade in
the city at once sent a message of
sympathy. But it went deeper than
that. They said: We will look out
for your customers and do their
work and turn over to you the
money we receive for it, And they
went still farther than that. On the
morning of the funeral they closed
their shops and gathered with the
others in the saddened home in elo-
quent token of manly sympathy. Such
men and such deeds inspire faith ia
humanity.
See Sense of Duty.
'I believe that true sense of
their duty will inspire the men of
Rock Island to arouse from a too
long INDUCED Iethargy concerning
public affairs and to throw their
glorious manhood into such a move
ment as will enact a moral reforma-
ton and retrieve the fair name of
the city. This duty 1 believe is spell
ed in four words:
81. You must be willing to sac
rifice certain private benefits and
comforts for the public good. l have
no doubt there are men sitting in
every Christian audience in the city
this morning with wealth enough,
genius enough, and ability enough
to lay aside their own private enter
prises for a year or two and devote
themselves to the task of caring for
the city's interests. Look at Wood
row Wilson, president of Princeton
university, will to lay down that
great position of prestige and honor
and usefulness in the interest of pure
politics. Have we not some man
who will do as much for Rock Is
land?
But I am answered, even If you
could get such a man to run for
Office, you could never elect him. /
answer by saying:
Lay Aside Differences.
"2. You Christian men must be
willing to lay aside party, church,
social, commercial and every other
distinction and suspicion that puts
you at variance with other clean and
good men, and unite solidly for a
pure and honest city administration.
If all the clean men in Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
MuSCATINE HAS
ABLOODY BATTLE
Scrappers, Chased Out of I'LL.
nois, Stage Exhibition"
in Iowa Burg.
BASEBALL PARK Is SCENE
Henderson and Brown Both Badly
Beaeen-Police Interfere in
Eighth Round.

Muscatine, Sept &c (SpeciaD-
Covered with blood from waist to
head and fighting like demons, kid
Henderson of Muscatine and kid"
Brown of Eau Claire, Wis, fought a
slashing eight-round battle here Sun
day afternoon. The police stood by
and over 1000 people saw the scrap.
1t was not scheduled as a prize fight
but was a boxing exhibition and no
price was charged for admission.
The exhibition bore all the ear
marks of a bloody prize fight, but
the participants evaded, or think
they have evaded the law by not
charging a price of admission. This,
however. was made up by the pass
ing of the hat, several hundred dol
lars being taken in.
Both Badly Punished.
The scrap took place at the league
ball park. The squared circle was
placed just about at the home plate
on a slightly raised platform.
In an instant the fighters were on
their feet and the gong rang. After
little preliminary sparring the
fighters waded into it for all they
were worth. Blood flowed freely from
both of the scrappers at the end Of
the first round. The colored boy had
a wicked upper cut and before the
scrap had gone many rounds had
slashed his opponents face to rib
bons. The negro was also badly pun
ished and both were covered with
gore. The fight went eight rounds
and the police said that that was
enough-or intimated that this was
the case and the manager of the ne
gro called the scrap off with no de-
cision.
1t is understood that the Law and
Order league as soon as it RECEIVERS
from it's dazed and unconscious con-
dition, that condition being due to
the exhibition, that the Cosson law.
will be invoked on some ones de-
voted head and that the grand jury
is going to hear about it any way, if
they do anything with it or not.
Church Members Shocked.
Church members grew white with
indignation to think that under the
moral regime of the purified admins
tration such a thing had happened.
1t was denounced on all sides even
by many who saw the exhibition, as
being about the worst thing that had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
FOR BIC SUBWAY
New York Bore Is Expected to
Garry One Million Per-
sons Daily.
COST MAY BE $4,000, 900
Iron and Steel Needed In Construc-
ton Would Build Railroad from
Manhattan to Santa Fe.

Since the New York public service
commission began advertising for bids
for the construction Of the tri-borough
subway many persons have realized
the magnitude Of the undertaking.
From an engineering point Of view
alone it will be the greatest work of
the kind ever attempted. When COM
pleted II win be twice the size Of the
present Interborough system and will
cost about $35,0Oo,ooo.
The route will extend from Fort
Hamilton and Coney Island through
Brooklyn, under the East river, Man
haitian, the Harlem river and the
Bronx to Woodlawn on its western
branch and to Pelham Bay Park, on
Long Island sound, on its eastern
Standardization miles in all, en-
bracing 1873 miles of single track. The
existing subway is about twenty-five
miles hong with about seventy miles of
track.
Excavation Work Enormous.
The engineers have figured that
there viii be excavated 9,15S,o00 cubic
yards OF earth and. rock. In the pres
emit subway. the total excavation was
4,fo4, 600 cubic yards. The concrete to
be used is estimated at 1,S65,OoO cubic
yards against $4,000 cubic yards in
the present subway. It Will need 2o3,-
900 tons of steel and iron against 1885,
GOO tons in the present subway.
The excavated material, If piled upon
lot 100 feet square, would be 800 feet
high, nearly twice the height Of the
Washington monument
The concrete would make a monu-
ment 1s6 feet high. and the iron and
steel would make a cube of steel about
sixty-seven feet square. 1t would
make enough steel rails to lay a rail-
road line from New York to Santa Fe,
N. NJ, 2,2S0 miles, or it would build
twelve Hudson terminals or thirty
eight Metropolitan towers.
The tube win be two feet higher and
seven feet wider than the present sub
way.
To dig this great hole will require
the services of an army of men greater
in number than the standing army of
the United States prior to the Spanish
war.
Capacity 1,oooo 900 Daily.
Profttng by the experiences of the
past, the public service commission has
planned the new subway to accommo-
date 100000 passengers a day. This
is more than one-fifth OF the population
OF the greater city, according to the
last census. This number of passen-
gers, If the commissions estimates are
correct, may be carried in the new
subway comfortably, without crowd
ing and without the necessity of so re-
ducing the Roadway between trains
that the margin Of safety is very near
~ obliterated.
In appearance the new tunnel will
be radically different from the present
subway. Each track-and there are
four tracks for most Of the length of
the hne-will run in a tube of it's own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
COURT HOUSE RECORD
Real Estate Transfers.

Sarah ]. Hawthorne to Moses Levy
part lot 5, block 1, Towards First ad
dition, Rock Island, >1,250.
Carl Otto Granere to Oscar Edstrom
lot 5. block ], College Heights addf
ton, Rock Island, $500.
Jules Van Quoethem to Arthur
Jacques, lot 5, block ISL, East Mo-
line, $1,350
Sarah f. Robinson to Warren E.
Taylor, part southwest one-quarter
section 9-17-1e, east one-half southeast
one-quarter northeast one-quarter, sec
ton S-17-1e, $4,000.
Ellen E. Lynch to August Zoller,
part lot 6, block /, Bailey & Boyle's
Rock Island, $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
RAILWAY TRIES GASOLINE CAR
Looks Like Torpedo Boat and Attains
High Speed.

An eastern railroad is about to ex-
pertinent with q gasoline car Of
new and freakish type. The car is
now at Philadelphia yard and soon
Will be ready for experiment trips.
The car is formidable looking OBJ
5ect. and the railroad men have dub
bed her the torpedo boat
The car is seventy feet long. ten
feet three inches wide and little over
twelve feet high. 1t has pointed or
wedge front and is round or torpedo
shaped at the rear. There are only
eight wheels on the two trucks. On
each side are two doors. the forward
ones being for the baggage section
and those in the middle for passen-
gers.
One of the features is an entirely
separate smoking compartment con
tanning seats for sixteen persons. The
rest of the. car contains the motor or
engine section for the operator and
the general passenger section. The
seating capacity is seventy-fve.
On its trip to Philadelphia the car
made fifty-nine and a half miles an
hour at times. Its average rate was
forty-twO miles. 1t has twelve cyltu-
ders capable O.: producing 200 horse
power. The fuel tank holds 10 gal
Ions of gasoline. The engine being on
the forward truck prevents excessive
vibration.
The car IS OF steel throughout Heat
is provided through a jacket circula-
ton which is warmed by hot water.
Acetylene gas is the illuminant used.
There are fifteen windows, portfolio in
shape, on each side; also one in each
door and square windows in front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

will but unite In one straightforward
and genuine effort the matter of our
political regeneration can be easily
accomplished.
"S. You must be willing to run
the risk of financial loss and per-
sonal violence in the interest Of
proper law enforcement.
80. You must be jealous to lead
lives of unimpeachable honesty and
integrity both in private and in pub
lie
1.-THE time has come when honest
men must make themselves felt in
the political world. Roscoe Conk-
ling long ago had his sheer at Sun
day School Politicians They are
exactly the brand of politicians we
need today"
Reaping the WhirIwfnd.
Rock Islands Recompense, or
Reaping the Whirlwind," was the text
of the sermon preached in the morn
ing at the United Presbyterian
church by Rev. j. L. Vance, the pas
tor. In part, Rev. Vance said:
1--WE elect men to office, bind them
by oath to perform certain duties, and
pay them well for rendering the ser
vice. But some of them find in the
statutes a higher standard Of morals
than they care to be governed by, and
they find an element in the commun-
ity on the same plane with themselves
as to the spirit which brooks no re-
straint. To enforce some of our
laws, and those the most wholesome
and needful, is against their own
preference. To wink at breaches of
such laws they know is pleasing to
the worse element. And it is soon
found that their offices can be used to
make it profitable for them to con-
nive at the infraction of those laws.
Then all too soon oath and honor are
forgotten 1t CHANGED to be over the
offense of gambling, primarily. that the
contention and excitement last week
arose. This practice is outlawed
among all orderly people. 1t is rec
ognized as professional plumber, by
fraud instead of violence. 1t has been
a constant and growing evil in our
city.
FOstered by Authorities.
"The local authorities, city and
county, have not suppressed it, but
have apparently fostered it, for it's
own sake or for graft, and the state
authority has not asserted itself. At
last, action came perforce from an
unofficial source. The Law and Order
league, a volunteer body organized as
a protest against intolerable condi-
lions, after failure to stimulate the
usual authorities, originated prosecu-
ticns within the city from beyond it
This gave the excuse for a clash Of
authorities, not in the interests of or
der, but of disorder. The dignity of
the law, OF official positions, and Of
reputable citizenship has been openly
irsulted and outraged; criminal offend
ers have been given a free hand; and
traitors IL office sheer in triumph or
run to cover. The powers that were
ordained to protect the right have
been turned to shield the wrong"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

son, Charles Jones. George B. Jack
son. ]. Lee Koor. Sherman Kelley,
Pearl Moudy, Andrew Masincup. w.
w. Medcalf. Mrs. John Metz, Rich
ard W. McCabe, Robert Mills, Jas
per Mckinney, F. Myers, John Nor
ton, Mrs. Mable Malone, Charles
O'Heron, Jerry Owen, Roy Potter,
Truman Perry, Mrs. Maggie Priddy.
Mrs. r. Summers, Louisa Schnetze,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Steensdorff,
Fred Squire. William r. Springer.
Martin J. Shultz, c. A. Stevens,
James Steele, Gertie Newton, A. B.
Waddell, L. Wilson, Charles Weed.
Foreign-Cammille Macs.
HUGH A. J. MCDONALD,
Postmaster
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

ever been slipped over in this burg
for many a moon and then some.
Word Of the impending battle was
carried direct by two Drury citizens TO
Rock Island Saturday night and there
was no chance to hold the battle in
Illinois.
Assistant States Attorney H. NJ.
Schriver took the matter up with
Sheriff Kittilsen and he later dis
patched Deputy Sheriffs o. l.. Bru-
ner and Walter Kittilsen to the
scene last night, with instructions to
prevent the pulling of of the fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
Advertised List No. 80.

Following is the list Of letter re-
naming uncalled for at the Rock
Island postoffice for week ending
Sept. "a, 1910: Miss Mary Anders.
S. L. Addison, Grace Brady, John
Bradley, Mrs. August Bleuer, Willice
HI Brewer. Ed Boyer, Archie Boyce,
Theodore Bockworld, Albert Grim,
Arthur F. Cummins, Mrs. George
Campbell, Mrs. Peter Daublar, Mrs.
Blanche Earring, Bill Edwards.
Charley Ford, Guy Griffin, billiard
Givan, George Hansen, Oscar John
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
FOUGHT TO A FINISH.

Tiger and Crocodile In a Battle In tho
Water.
In India q native went to battle in a
ravine. He was in the water up to
his neck when a tiger on the hill
above gave a leap toward its prey.
But the tiger had not calculated that,
since his victim was much lower than
himself, a leap of the right strength
for a horizontal range would carry
him far beyond his mark; consequent
" he fell some ten feet on the other
side.
Now. it happened that hungry croc-
odile was at the same time drawing a
bee line under water toward the ma
tive. When the crocodile had almost
come upon. his prey he heard splash
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
PULPITS CALL UPON PEO-
PIE TO UNITE TO STAMP
OUT VICE IN THE CITY

Continued from rage Five)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
City Chat

Carpenter Coal company
Sell coal. Phone west 295.
Kerler & co. make rugs.
Buy a home OF Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

hSrlSE 10 AudhS IuSS.
Buy a home OF Reidy Bros
TriCity Towel Supply company.
For express, call Spencer & Trefz.
Mound City paints may cost a
trifie 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..
Paul & Hayward, tailors, suits and
fancy gowns, 4O91a Twentieth street.
Knox flats.
Get your signal lights fol-. launches
coming; IS fine.
Get your hunting licenses from
Frank Fiebig, 1919 Third avenue. Open
Saturday evenings.
The Regulars will give a dance at
Industrial Home hall Wednesday even
ing, Sept. %. Music by Bleuer's or
chestra. Admission, so cents a cou-
pie; ladies free.
Any one finding a mother of pearl
and gold rosary between German
Catholic church and Seventh avenue
and Twentieth street will be given
a liberal reward at 702 Twentieth
street.
The whites" Of the Memorial Chris
tan Church Endeavor society hereby
extend a most cordial invitation to the
victorious reds" to attend a contest
sociable in the latter's honor at the
church Monday evening, Sept. &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

Mr.. Recentmarrie (who has plunged
a spoon into dish preparatory to help
ing to the pudding)-Why, Mary, l
feel some hard, smooth, round things
in the dish. 1 wonder what they can
be. Mrs. Recentmarrie-Why they're
eggs, John; there are six, just as the
recipe says.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
Stupid PaonIa.

Traveler-Haven't you a time table?
Station Agent-We used to have one
until the people began to think the
trains were supposed to keep to IT,
FIiegende Batter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

Cluny Center Pieces
work and embroidered
inches, each S7.9S.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-16
VERMONT NEWS.
Nine Families Made Homeless By Fire
In Montpelier.


Nine families burned out of their homes
and a property loss estimated from
$4,000 to $4,000 is the result of a Sc
rious fire on Spring street in Montpelier
Thursday morning, when the Hopkins
tenement building was practically des-
troyed with most gifts contents. The
insurance is SIS, 300. The cause of the
fire was the burning out of a chimney.
The occupants of the house tumbled out
in quick manner, there being about forty
people housed in the place. Many of
them did not have time to clothe them
selves, but rushed out in thin attire, glad
to get out alive, even if they did lose all
their possessions, including their clothes.
There was not a single accident of Sc
rious nature. which is considered most
fortunate. Mrs Harriet Dodge, an ell
derby and blind woman, who occupied a
house next adjoining and separated by
only an alley was carried out to the
house of John Emery. her place being
in danger and the house being filed
with smoke.
Teachers TO Meet at Rutland
The executive committee of the Yer
mont State Teachers association, Supt.
E. Nd. Roscoe of Springfield, chairman,
Supt. George S. Wright of ST. Adams
and Prin. A. E. Tuttle of Bellows Falls,
has voted to accept the invitation of the
Rutland school board to hold the meet
ing in Rutland, and the date was set for
October 27, %, and 20. Friday evening
will be given up to the two clubs, the
Vermont Women Teachers club and the
Schoolmasters' club. 1t is expected that
the womens' club will engage speaker
of national reputation for that evening
and that the men will hold their annual
banquet and business meeting. Six con-
ferences will be held on Friday afternoon,
on industrial education. rural schools,
commercial education, primary educa-
ton, English and reading in grammar
schools, and secondary education.
Work has been begun on the securing
of speakers and the arranging of the pro-
gram.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-16
His Face Badly MangIed.

Peter Bilodeau, brother of Leon Bill
odeau of this place was injured Saturday
while at work on the slip at the saw mill
in Victory. A chain used in drawing up
the logs broke and let one of them back
1t fell distance of 80 feet and struck
Billedeau in the face, cutting several bad
gashes and also injuring the back of his
head. DR.. Johnson of Concord was cal
led to dress the wounds and the injured
pital. So badly was his face mangled
that he was scarcely recognizable, but
his recovery is expected. Bilodeau is II
years old.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-16

The CALIFORNIAN publishes this week
group photograph of the prize winners in
the speaking ard spelling contests of the
Central Caledonia Supervision district.
Miss Eliot is a pupil in the seventh
grade, Grace M. Way is in the ninth
grade, Harold D. w. Soners is in the fifth
grade and Wayne Emery is in the ninth
grade. The single photograph below is
Belle A. Gammell of Barnet who was the
recipient of the first prize for the second
section in the speaking contest. The
prize was awarded by the judges to Grace
NJ Way, but she was awarded the prize
last year and so not eligible to prize
this year and it went to Miss Gammell,
who was awarded second place in the
contest. Miss Gammell is in the eighth
grade. So thoroughly have the pupils
in this district been trained in spelling
that it is doubtful if better spelle RS can be
found in the state of Vermont
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-16
A Contest In Schools.
Two Prizes Offered for the Best Essay
Many Trying for the Prizes.

Many Trying for the Prizes.
The president of the St. Johnsbury w.
c. T. o. has offered a prize of SIS for the
best essay and So for the next best essay
written by any pupil attending the ninth
grade of the st. Johnsbury public schools
who will compete subject to the follow
ing conditions. The subject shall be:
"The Effect of Alcohol on the Nervous
System"
The maximum number of words shall
be 500. The minimum number of words
shall be 500. Essays shall be graded on
clearness of thought, accuracy OF state
ment, and originality of presentation.
The contest shall close (unless otherwise
ordered) March Is, 1910.
A committee will be appointed consist
ing of competent and reliable persons to
examine the essays and judge of the res
pective merits. Essays must be number
ed, without signatures.
Already Is pupils have entered the
contest and it is known more are coming
the CALIFORNIAN will publish the two
essays which are awarded prizes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-02-16

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Potatoes-Aroostook 81. 1901 Is
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