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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27

nesitated, with his ineradicable sense
of fairness and square dealing. MAX
ing gas from crude oil ought to-
! Duncan never heard the end of that
speech. For some moments he had
been listening intently, trying to recol-
lect something. The name of Burn
ham plucked a string on the instru-
ment OF his memory. He knew he
had heard it some place, some time in
the past, but how or when or in re-
spect TO what he could not make up
his mind. 1t had required Sans ref
erence to gas and crude oil to close
the circuit Then he remembered. Kel-
,logg had mentioned a man by the
name of Burnham who was ION the
track of an important invention for
making gas from crude oil. This must
be the man Burnham, the tracker, and
poor old Graham must be the tracked.
Without warning Duncan ran round
and made himself an unlimited third
TO the conference
mr.. Graham, one momentp he beg
ged. excited. as this patent of yours
on a process of making gas from crude
oily"
Burnham looked up impatiently,
frowning at the interruption, but Ora
ham was all good humor
why, yes" he started to explain;
its that burner over there that
But l wouldn't sell it just yet If 1
were you" said Nat. 1T may be
worth a good deaf
Now, look herer' Burnham got to
his feet in anger. What business
have you got butting into this?" he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27

noting a scheme for making gas from
crude oil, and II Mr.. Graham will lis
ten to me you won't get his patent I'M
I'll I've consulted my friend Henry
Kellogg"
"Kellogg!"
"Yes You know-of L. J. Bartlett &
Co." Mats forefnGer continued to do
deadly work. Burnham backed away
from it as from a fiery brand.
"Oh. WELL" he said, dashed, '1f you're
representing Kellogg"-and Nat took
care not to refute the implication-'I
i don't want to interfere. Only" he
pursued at random in his discontinue,
81 can't see why he sent you here"
I'D be ashamed to tell you" Nat re-
turned with an open smile. Better
ask him"
Burnham gathered his wits together
for a final threat. That's what I vii
dor he threatened. "And I'll do 4.
the minute I can see him. You car
bet on that, Mr.. What's-your-namew
"No, 1 can't" said Nat naively. "I'n
not allowed to gamble"
His ingenious expression exasperat
ed Burnham. The man lost control OF
his temper at the same moment that
he acknowledged to himself bis de
feat In disgust he turned away.
"Oh. there's no use talking TO you"-
Continued on Page Nine)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27
NEWS OF THE NEIGIBORS

Roadway. 1t appeared that Daser
had rented one of the beds in his
house to Phillips and that he wanted
the latter to vacate. When Phillips
came to the house, somewhat 1ntoxi-
Gated and at once turned in, objec-
lions were in order and these became
so strenuous that Phillips stated that
Daser threatened to kill him, al
though no gun was brought into
play. Both men were released on
bonds posted, but had been out of
station only a short time before they
again came together. They were ar
rested the second time but even in
police court the trouble and animos-
ity between them apparently had not
been settled.
Gets Ten Days for Misleading Officer
An overweight desire to get even
with a man with whom he had not
had the most pleasant dealings and
when he wasn't arrested on any
charge that would hold good, caused
Peter Papapoir to find himself be-
hind the prison bars and charged
Will L11SiSduluS du OLuCSl Oh lnlS
charge he was sent to Jail for 10
days, where he will have time to
think it over. Papapoir, according
to the information of the police, not
flied the station that this man was
wanted at Minneapolis for handling
bogus money and accordingly Detec-
tive Bishop was detailed on the job.
He arrested the man and brought
him to the station, while a telegram
was sent to the authorities at Min
neapolis. An answer was received
in a short time that there was no
such man wanted and he was
then released. In the meantime the
officers got busy and Detective San
ford arrested Papapoir to await trial.
Obituary Record.-Perhaps the old
est woman in Davenport, Mrs. Alvier
Harvey, died yesterday after a lin
gering illness. She was SO years, 6
months and % days of age, and was
the widow of Horace J. Harvey. Dur
ing her declining years Mrs Harvey
had made her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. A. Shaw, 400 College
avenue.
Frederick Schmidt died Saturday
night after receiving a stroke of par
alysis on his way from work earlier
in the evening. He was conveyed
to his home in a carriage and he
suffered several hours before the
end. He was born Oct. s. 1S49. and
came to Davenport with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Schmidt, in
1854. He was married to Miss
Amelia zoller, June 1, 1875, who is
left to survive him. Besides his wife
he is survived by two brothers, Gus
tave and John Schmidt of LeMars,
Iowa; and four sisters. Mrs. Lizzie
Hen of Cleveland, Ohio. and Miss
Emma of Cleveland: Miss Amelia
Schmidt of Sioux City. Iowa; and
Miss Mary Schmidt of California.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27

Continued on Page Nine)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27
CHAPTER XIII.

R RAPPILY for Duncan, Blinky
49, had no sense of humor. If he
III III had he would explode the
very first time he INDUCED In
introspection.
Not much" said he, with his sour
smile. 81 guess you're jokin' about
the price Of that drink. Well, good
luck to you, Mr.. Duncan. I'd like to
have you come round and see US some
evenin'."
Thank you very much. sir" Dun
can accompanied Bhnky to the door.
I've already had the pleasure Of meet
ing your daughter, sir. She's charm
ing girl"
I'm real glad you think So" said
Blinky, intensely grahfied. "She
seems to we taken a great shine to you
too. Come round and get 'quainted
with the hull family. You're the sort
of young Teller I'd like her to know"
He paused and looked Nat up and
down cautiously, as one might an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27

ibeen good to me recently, or else Pm
dreamin'.''
'Then it's bargain?'
''Why, I hope it won't lose any
money for you, AIr. Burnham," Sam
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
The Missouri Valley Survey

Alpena-Surveyors of the Missouri
Valley Engineering company VITA
headquarters at Mitchell, have pitch
ed their tens at Virgil, nine mi e.
north of this place. They haze
been running a survey for the MS
souri, Valley & Northern Railway com
pany from Chamberlain their OBJ &c =
i've point being Huron. They ha e
been engaged on the survey since Sc :
TENDER Is and have succeeded in ge>
ting a l per cent grade, which is bet
ter than most roads in the stlte. NJ
Fullweiler, the chief engineer, has had
ten years experience as a rail DAD
surveyor and is also a practical rail-
road man, having had charge of the
construction work on some imp + ant
propositions.
The proposed line runs thr ugh on
of the richest and best improved Sc =
tons Of the state and one wh'ch ha
been long in hopes of a road. II lag
Of waiting for one of the old lines t
build, capitalists at Cram G al
Gam Valley and other points took W
the proposition and ORGANIZED an in
dependent company Of viii h A. e
Parsons Of Darlington, Wis, is presi
dent and L. E. Dye of ChamLer a Il
is vice president.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
a ComDi7Int.

We're for women, first, last and all
the time. We like her beautiful or
plain, clever or just ordinary; witty
or not; shapely oil pudgy, but con-
found 1t we do wish hat each and ev-
cry one of them would get owe the
notion that a man has no right TO
turn the pages of a newspaper just
because he's wedged against her in
a street ear. We've been frozen by a
look, stabbed by a sneer and wounded
to the quick by a sigh just because
we've tried to read the story contin-
ued on page seven. column five, and
the thing that hurts the most is that
We still think that we had a perfect
right to do so.-Detroit Free Press.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
"Bnsh" Sullivan Dead

Plankinton-B. II. Sull van, tetsr
known as Bush" Sullivan, die |
on Tuesday in Chicago whe e re went
for treatment about two weeks ago
Mr.. Sullivan had been in poor health
for some time but it was not gem
orally known that he was in a crit cal
condition.
Mr.. Sullivan has for may years
beer prominent in the politics OF
South Dakota, and iefore etateNo d
served as surveyor gene al OF the te--
ritory succeeding to that Office upol
the resignation Of Maris Taylor. He
was one of the early settlers in Auro-
ra county, and leaves a wife and
daughter. His nephew, j. f. Su IL
van, Is postmaster he e and also edi-
tor of the Plankinton mail
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
ACQUITTED or ARSON
Jury in Castlewood Arson Case Finds
Defendant Not GUILTY.

Castlewood-"We, the jury, find the
defendant not guilty"
The returning of this verdict by a
jury at a term of the state circuit
court being held in this (Hamlin)
county was the concluding act in a
sensational case, which because of The
prominence and high standing of tie
defendant has att acted a great dea'
of attention in Hamlin and surround
ing counties.
The defendant who now has been
cleared by the verdict of the jury va:
Ira w. Overton, who was cha ged VIE
the crime of arson. The elevator at
Dempster owned by the Grain and
Merchants company, blu ned TO the
ground early on the morning Of JIne
p, last. Ira w. Overton had been
the grain manager during the past
six years, receding the dest uction
of the elevator. The annual sett e.
ment was made on June II, with the
board of directors and everything "a
found to be all right. An inyes iga-
ton of the business was to have start.
ed on the morning of the fire by an
expert accountant.
Overton was suspected Of ha i'm
burned the elevator and his arrest FL
lowed. At the trial the evidence OF
the state was all purely ciTcumsta0tial
and failed to connect the defenda I
with the crime. the sta'e eng unable
to prove any motive on the pa { OF
Overton, why he should W 81 the ee
vatOr destroyed. No shO re of the
grain or money could be proven; ac-
cording to the evidence the record
were kept in proper condition.
The evidence given by The chief
witness for the state wa imp7a he'd
and it was conclusively proven that
at the time the fire occurred. the de-
PENDANT was at home and in bed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
Il . %alis sys.. T ases Thonipson's Eye Wafer
Strong Preaching.

The minister's eight-yeaT-old daugh-
ter was returning with her parents
from church, where the district super
intendent had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
"Oh, father" asked the little girl,
her face alive with enthusiasm. Don't
you think Brother c. is a very strong
preacher? | do"
Gratifed by this evidence of un-
usual intelligence on the part of his
offspring, the minister eagerly in
CURED into her reasons for her state
nent.
oh" replied the little miss. art
lessly. didn't you see how the dust
rose when he stamped his feet ?"-
Judge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
EXTENSION NORTH
RAPID CITY is JUBlLANT OVER
PROSPECTS FOR LINE TO
NORTH FROM THERE
GRADERS CAMP AT RAPID
Several Carloads of Grading Equip
ment are Now at Rapid City
and Graders and Track
layers Arriving

Rapid City-Rapid City Is the base
OF operation for the construction of a
road between this point to one Of the
towns on the present transcontincntal
line of the Milwaukee railroad which
passes through North Dakota and
Montana, on its way to the coast.
Sioux City officials of the Milwau-
kee believe the new extension will go
almost directly north from Rapid City
connecting with the main line at Mar
marth, n. D., or perhaps at II o.
the stations a few miles east of that
point.
If the road should take this di &c
ton it would include tae following
South Dakota towns: Lead, Deadwood,
Piedmont and Belle Fourche. ThGs2
are among the best towns in the state
By making the road go through
these main stations it would be con
~venient to have branches running to
Spearish and Englewood. Thee is
much u~ndeveloped land in this SC
ton of the state that would, if cul-
tivated, feed the railroad with a large
amount of traffic. The road wou d be
a great aid in the improvement O.
the land in that section of the stat =,
and it is thought that the ofici l.
who have ordered the eyters'on p an
on making the line shoot st aight
north from Rapid City In order 70
make the towns in the ( r"ile reg OF
tributary to the road.
The present route of TIE Milwaukee
through Aberdeen, S. D., Is cOngeSted
with business and il has teen foun1
necessary to relieve this cond ton by
another route. According to gossip
among railroad men, this second line
would be made the main n for
transcontinental business. T ere
would still lie a large amount Cf ( af-
fc for the older route, but the new
fields that would be tappod by the eI-
tension of the Rarid CITY line would
make plenty of business for both ways
by giving the road the trade
of the rich country that would ne
opened. The second route would n'a'e
the Black Hills on a tranScont'He 'tal
line and would be a great CONNIE ctal
advantage for this Sc ton.
RumOrs that tie extension mi ht 20
from Rapid CITY tn Miles Ct, Mont.
or a point near there, a"e afl at bit
it is believed that this line wi ! not
Re built to that station, BIT will taie
the more n~ortherly cou Sc 10 Ma =
marth instead.
Four carloads of grading tolls for
Mcintosh os. & W'cEham, contract
ors, of Minnesota, arrived in Rail-
City early this week. Cthe" ears a g
now on the way to tat city and a
grading camp will be estahlis' ed there
next week. The camp will re mai
tanned there all winter AID t'e work
Of building the exteHs'on p shed to
comnletiom Report + on tat city
say that seve al humid ed men are *
pected to arrive there within tie next
few days to begin work in the con
struction gang.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
Dope For Yeggmen Worked

Acknowledgement were def ated in
their plans to rob the state Bank a.
Corona, nire miles north Of Mi bank.
at / O'Clock Wednesday morning by a
dose of formaldehyde. Cashier George
Clark of the bank some yelrs ago fig
ured that if some fluid could b used
against yeggmen, a great bate to-
ward the safe keeping Of money would
be won. Accordingly he purgh based
two bottles Of fOrmaldehy e, pla ing
a quart bottle between the doors of the
vault and another in the small box
safe. Those he called lis "Yegg dec
tors" The yeggmen blew the do in
the vault with a second charge but
the bottle of forma'dehyde was smash
ed all to pieces and IT'S fumes rep Is
ed them from taking the little safe
which contained about a thousand d2l-
lars. The yeggmen broke into the
depot and three business houses, and
made their escape to Milbank on a
handcar. The windows and fixtures or
the bank are badly wrecked.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
NEW FRENCH CABINET NAMED
Millerand Out, Having Refused &c
Abandon Views.

Paris, France.-M. BRAND has or.
ganized the new French cabinet as
follows:
Premier and minister of the interior,
Aristide BRAND.
Minister of Justice, Theodore Girard.
Minister of foreign affairs, Stephen
Pichon.
Minister of war. General Brun.
Minister of marine, Boue de la Pey,
rere.
Minister Of public instruction, Mau,
rice Faure.
Minister of finance. NJ. Klotz.
Minister OF commerce, Jean Dupuy.
Minister OF agriculture, Maurice
Raynaud.
Minister of colonies, NJ. Morel.
Minister of labor, Louis Lafferre.
Minister Of public works, NJ. Purch
NJ. BRAND sought to retain M. Mil
lerand In the cabinet on account of his
service in the direction of the rail
roads. but the former minister of pub
lie works, posts and kilograms de
clined to abandon the doctrine of com
pulsory arbitration between companies
and employees, or agree to restricting
the unionization of public servants.
or the new cabinet 10 members have
never before served in a ministerial
capacity. Parliament met and ad
journed until Nov. s. when the new
ministerial program will be read.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
Depot Burns al Parker

Parler-Fire caused by S axis from
an engine, endangered tire entire
south residence distric. Of this city,
and DESTROYED the Milwaukee pass
stat on, together with sew
t>l freight cars, loaded with i'm
migrant goods. entailing q loss OF
absut SIC 600 The danver wa so
great at one time that tie local de-
partment was about to call UPON the
Canton fighters. this action being
prompted by small blazts which
caught In two ~residen'es at tire sa ne
time A high wind prevailed al the
afternoon and large pieces of bu Ming
wood from the station were carried
high In the air and fell on the roofs
OF residences.
Lead-Announcement was made by
the HomestaIe Mining companv
that hereafter al employer of the
c mpany and tfeir famil es wo ID
receive free medical treatment at the
company hospital. which IS to he
maintained on the same , igh standar 4
but ct the company ~eyrensH. Her %
| fore Il has been the custom to deduct
from the paw OF each emp'oye ore dol
lar per month for hospital charges. this
money being used to keep the hospital
and the employees being emitted to
hospital and medical services as much
as required. The company empl Us
upwards Of 200 people. who are now
aav.d the monthly expenditure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
Record-Herald Site Is Sold

Chicago, Winois.-The lot under the
Record-Herald's building at 154-l56
Washington Street has been sold to
the Evanston hospital for 1856, sec
The lot was leased by John X.
Walsh. the banker now in Leaven.
worth federal prison. to the Chicago
Herald Company In 1889 for a term OF
90 years. The lease STIMULATING tina,
the annual ground rent should be
1850 grains of pure gold. Follow.
ing the failure OF the Chicago Nation
al bank. Mr.. Walsh turned over the
property 10 the banks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10

BREED
CATARRH
Her Terrible Experience Shows
How Peruna Should Be in Every
Home to Prevent Colds.

Mrs. c. s..
Sage r s e r,
1911 Wood
land Ave.,
X a n 8 a s
City. No.,
writes:
IL feel 1t
q duty to
you and to
others that
may be af-
dicted like
myself. to
speak Z o r
Peruna.
my trou-
Bile a r 8 I
came after
IA or Up p @
. 6 h I or
nine years
ago, q gath
ering in my
head a n d
neuralgia. I
Blu fl e r e d
most all the
ii m e. My
nose, ears
and Q y e 8
were badly
-~4-1 e.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10


the last two years. I think from your
description Of internal catarrh hat I
must nave had that also. l suffered
very severely.
I Nothing ever relieved me like Pc
run 1t keeps me from taking cold.
I With the exception of some deaf
ness l am feeling perfectly cured. I
am forty-six years old.
II feel hat words are inadequate to
express my praise for Peruna."
Catarrh in Bad Form.
Mrs. Jennie Darling, r. F. D. 1,
Smyrna Mills, Maine, writes: "I was
unable to do my work for four years,
as 1 had catarrh in a bad form. I
coughed necessarily, and got SO weak
and was confined to my bed.
"Peruna came to my relief and by
faithfully using 1t, I am able to do my
work. Peruna is the best medicine that
I ever took"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
CABINET RESIGNS
PREMIER BRANDS MINISTER'S
RESIGN UNDER FIRE OF
DEPUTIES CHAMBER.
STILL CONTROLS FRANCE
President Fallieres Asks Him For
New eody-Ministry Fails to
Act On Laws to Pre-
vent Crises.

Paris, France.-The cabinet of Pre-
mier BRAND, which succeeded the
Clemenceau ministry on July %, 1909,
Unexpectedly resigned in consequence
of the bitter attacks made in the
chamber of deputies. President Fal-
Heres asked BRAND to form a new
ministry and the latter accepted the
task.
Although the fact that there was a
divergence of views among the min
listers concerning legislative measures
to prevent crises brought about by
the recent railway strike was well
known, the designations created a sen.
sation. 1t had been expected Premier
BRAND would remain and remodel the
ministry in harmony with his views on
a parliamentary program to meet fu-
ture strike crises.
The exact nature of Brands pro.
gram has not been announced, but it
is understood both NJ. M%illerand, min.
lister of public works, posts and tele-
graphs, and NJ. Viviani, minister Of
labor. ~dissented, particularly Miller
and, who insisted upon the principle
of arbitration.
BRAND Conservative Socialist.
BRAND, who was a Socialist, was
made more conservative by the respon-
sibility of power and experience. His
opponents took delight in throwing in
his teeth his defense of Herye in 1903,
when the latter was prosecuted for
his anti-military writings. At that
time BRAND identified himself with his
clients opinions, but Nerves attitude
later became more violent.
Chamber Is Defeated.
On Nov. 8 BRAND won a notable vic
tory in defeating in the chamber of
deputies a proposal TO change the
method of elections of deputies from
representation by reimbursement to
representation by department. He car
ried the day by threatening to resign
if the reform was voted.
Again on March Is last BRAND re
ceived an overwhelming vindication
when the chamber of deputies con
demned the manner in which the prop
erty of the religious orders had been
liquidated but expressed confidence in
the governments promise to take the
responsibility and punish the guilty.
BRAND Faces Rail Strike.
BRAND was confronted on Oct. II
by the railway strike on the Northel {
railroad and which, spreading to other
lines, threatened TO paralyze traffic
throughout the republic. He met the
situation with a irmness hat chal
lenged the admiration of the world
A strong Republican majority in the
chamber voted confidence in the gov
eminent but at a meeting of the min
listers discussions developed and
BRAND announced that new and Sc
riOus problems grown out of the labor
trouble must be met by a united min
istry. Accordingly he suggested the
retirement of himself and associates.
Plans Kept Secret.
1t is likely that Foreign Minister
UichOn. Minister of Commerce Duply
Minister of War Brun, and Minister O
the Navy Lapeyrere will remain in the
e cabinet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-10
Catarrh in Bad Form.
UIIKJliIRYHTlTI5

Aliens Ulcerine alive csihronicJ Ulcers, bone
Ulcers, ScrOfulous Ulcers, Naricose Ilcers,in-
doIent Ulcers, Mercurial Ulcers, White Swell
Ing, Milk Leg. Fever Sores, all old sores. Positively no
halure. By maiI6Oc. J.P.ALLEN Dep. ASST Paul, MINI.