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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
THE TlNWARE TuMBLED.

Then the Prices Tumbled, and DAN
Sold Out All His Stock.
Dan MacQuinn. who runs a general
merchandise store in q country town.
conducts more bargain and special
sales than all the other merchants put
together. And the seemingly strange
part of II Is that he makes big sue
cess out of every sale.
Recently he conducted a tinware
sale. All kinds OF hnware household
utensils were displayed on tables and
shelves about the storeroom. Directly
In the center of the room was an I'M
mense standing case with eight or ten
shelves. on which was arranged a
wide variety of pieces Of tinware all
marked In bold figures.
About the time the store was packed
with bargain seekers there came ter
rife crash from the center Of the
room. A numbering expressman had
tipped over the case. and the tnware
was scattered everywhere. but not
damaged to any extent Dan imme-
diately rushed to the scene of the con-
fusion. So did all the women attend
ing the sale. After giving the dray-
man a severe calling down Dan. who
appeared to be In terrible rage. an
nounced that rather than pick up one
piece of the ware he would sell every
piece for 6 cents. The original prices.
marked plainly on each piece. were
from 10 to Is cents. Dan sold every
piece right from the floor and did It In
less than five minutes.
If any one Of the bargain seekers
had happened around the store after
the sale was over they would have
been surprised to see Dan handing the
expressman a piece OF money, appar
emily very well satisfied with the re
suit Of a clever ruse which had
brought big days receipts.-Modern
Methods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
DOC COOK COMING
BACK TO LECTURE
Captain Osborn. Chum of Discredited
Explorer, Says He Ought to
Draw Big Houses.

New York, April DIR. Cook is
coming back to New York to lee
ture. This was the announcement
made yesterday by his chum, Captain
Bradley S. Osborn, after a lengthy
conference with Mrs. Elmer H. Dud-
ley, DR.. Cooks sister-in-Iaw and the
one person in the city who is in con-
slant communication with him.
"And if l we're the doctor" added
Captain Osborn, I'D go on the plat
form and get all the money could
and then I'd tell the populace to go
To-
Captain Osborn denied that DR..
Cook, his wife and their two chill
dren had spent yesterday with the
Dudleys.
Nothing to it at ALL" declared
the captain. "Dr Cook is many
hundreds of miles from here, and
he won't arrive for another month.
They've got a new manager for
him, and they're going to handle him
different from what Lonsdale did.
He'll give out one statement to the
paper, but he won't talk to report
ers. That's all arranged. Then he'll
go on the lecture platform and ]
think he'll draw big houses"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
A DUTCH PAWNSHoP.
Sunday Clothes q Favorite Collateral
In Holland.

Sunday Clothes q Favorite Collateral
In Holland.
The Dutch pawnshop Of Amsterdam.
known as Bank van Leening, Is under
the control Of the municipality. Up to
1916 the business was leased by the
city to a private company, but as 1t
refused to reduce it's interest on pawn
ed articles the city took over the bust
ness and has managed it ever since.
The first shop was established in the
Enge Lambardsteeg. and business is
still done in the original building. AS
the business increased branch houses
were opened, and there are now fifteen
such branches throughout the city.
Each article pawned costs about 6
cents for administration, and about
$4,000 per annum Is lost on articles
pawned which do not pay more than
4 per cent interest
1t appears to be the custom Of some
people In Holland to pawn their best
clothes on Monday morning. redeem
them on the Saturday night following
and repawn them on the following
Monday, securing their use for the
Sunday outing. Over 40 per cent Of
the business Of the pawnshop consists
Of this class Of pledges
The revenue is derived from interest
on pledges. to 10 cents charged on
each loan for administering expenses,
amounts received from the sale OF
pledges and rent Of parts of the build
ing owned by the pawnshop.
The minimum advanced on any arti-
Gle Is 16 cents and the maximum S201.
The interest paid runs from per cent
to Is per cent. The amount of inter-
est collected Is regulated every three
years. so that the bank will not re-
ceive at any time more than per cent
on the capital invested.-Consular Re
ports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01

cordfng to preliminary communications
recently submitted to medical journals
by leading physicians, it can be used
for resuscitating eIectrocuted animals.
The investigators are confident that
IL this idea is developed 1t will be only
a short time before IT will be possible
to resuscitate human beings who have
been electrocuted.
To Stephane Leduc of Naples the
medical profession is indebted for the
comprehensive study of electric sleep"
He has conducted numerous expert
ments on animals, most OF them being
very successful, and other investigators
are following in his footsteps.
In the United States the chief In
vestigator in this field has been a
woman doctor OF New York city. DR..
Louise G. Robinovitch. DR.. Robino-
witch has performed some OF the most
delicate operations known to surgery
with electricity as her anaesthetic
and has been very successful. All her
operations have been on animals. the
work being still too much In the ex-
perimental stage to be used freely on
human beings.
To Be Used In = Hospital.
Some of the operations she has sue
cessfully performed are trepanning
within exposure Of the brain, exposure
Of the large arteries Of the neck and
operations calling for abdominal sec
lions. She has found that electricity
can be used In operations that are
either local or internal and with equal
success.
In some cases when 1t is used local
~ the patient is awake and can see
the operation, as when stovaine is
used, without experiencing any pain.
At the Philadelphia General hospital
the city viii shortly procure the nee
essary apparatus to be used to produce
the electric sleep" and will conduct a
series of exhaustive investigations. DIR.
Mihran Krikor Kassabian, director Of
the Roentgen ray laboratory at the
Philadelphia hospital, is now engaged
on this work with DR.. Solomon Soils
Cohen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
HEAVY TOLL BY A
JAPANESE STORM
Details of Coast Tempest on March
13 Brought to Victoria, ID. c.,
by steamer.

Victoria. B. c., April "Details Of
the great storm of March 10. on the
Japanese coast in which more than
LOO fishermen persisted. were brought
by the steamer Tamha Maru.
The tempest was the most severe
off the Chiba and Ibaragi procedures.
and the official report that gave the
loss as "a vessels and LOO men is
generally believed too conservative.
The wrecks OF "a fishing vessels
from Choshi. Cbiba prefecture. and IL
from other villages, which took out
COO men, have been found by patrols.
and similar news OF disaster was
brought from Mito. in Tbaragi. where
vessels containing 400 men were miss.
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01

glar said, "If you want to be killed,
keep on screaming" and fired as, he
spoke. the bullet entering Miss Black
stones left breast. Death followed in
stantly.
The murderer hardly paused to see
his victim fall before he turned the re-
volyer on the group. shooting Miss
Harriet Dow He then ran to the front
door, leaped over the piazza railing,
and disappeared.
Women Alone In House.
The four women were alone in the
house and the murderer must have
possessed this knowledge. 1t is the
theory of the police that the man en-
tered the house while the family was
at dinner and concealed himself in
closet until he thought the time was
right Mrs. Dow remembered having
locked all the windows and doors
about o'clock, and the police found
all the locks turned and windows fas-
tened
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
SHOOTS z WOMEN
Springfield, Mass, Burglar
Wantonly Kills One and
Wounds Another
FINDS FOUR IN THE HOUSE
One Screams and Runs Away When
Revolver Is Pointed al the
Group.

Sprin gield, Mass, April miss
Martha B. Blackstone, 25 Elliott street,
daughter of c. j. Blackstone, was muir
dered by burglar in the home of Mrs.
Sarah ]. Dow. in Roundhill. early last
night. Miss Harriet Dow was shot in
the head and removed to Springfield
hospital in a dying condition. The
murderer escaped.
The police have description Of the
man given by Mrs. Dow and daugh
ter, Miss Lucy The police say that,
in a general way, the crime resembles
those of the man who terrorized the
city last fall.
Four I'm Living Room.
Mrs. Dow, her two daughters, and
Miss Blackstone. who was a guest for
the night, were seated in the living
room of the home solving a picture
puzzle. The first intimation they had
of an intruder was demand for mon
ey. They looked up to see a masked
man in the dark doorway, threatening
them with a revolver.
Mrs. Dow retained her composure
and replied:
I'VE have no money"
Runs Away Screaming.
Miss Blackstone, In fright, jumped
to her feet and ran screaming into an
adjoining reception room. The bur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
WINDS ALSO IN AUSTRIA

Heavy Loss of Life Occurs I'm South
ern Part of Country.
Trieste, Austria, April 1.-The fierc-
est tornado in years, accompanied by
heavy snow, has caused immense
damage and loss of life in southern
Austria.
A passenger train was blown of the
rails near Muggia and rolled down an
embankment killing four persons and
injuring Is.
Steamship navigation has been sus-
pended and great damage done in the
new harbor Several steamers of the
Austrian Lloyd line dragged their an
chors and narrowly escaped disaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01

markable circular letter, in which she
asserts that the action against Miss
Gerald is violation of the letter and
spirit of the declaration of independ-
ence, of the constitution of the United
States, of the constitution and bylaws
of the d. A r. and of the divine law"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
SOLD TYPHOID WITH MILK
Epidemic Traced TO Distributor Who
Had Fever 80 Years Ago.

New York. April la report made
to the city health commission show
.1,lL thrc,.A CHI onic ~; hoih bacillus
distributors acting as carriers, caused
the commission yesterday TO take
action to avoid such danger DR.. Her
man ii. Biggs. who made one invcs'i-
CATION, reported that on outbreak had
been traced 10 mils handler vho
had typhoid 40 years ago and who,
during the Intervening years. probably
has been a continuous distributor of
bacilli.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
CAUGHT DAVIS; is FREED

Service Rendered As Years Ago
Earns Exemption from Penalty.
Seattle, Wash. April because his
discharge from the army shows he was
one Of the two men who captured JEFF
ferson Davis in Savannah, Ga. 40
years ago, John Wolen, aged 20 years,
was released from the city jail on sus-
pended sentence. Wolen was convict
ed of "bootlegging"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
OYSTER "FLOATING" ENDED
Practice of Feeding Bivalves Causes
Danger of Typhoid.

Washington, April 1.-Oysters can
no longer be fed-or, as the trade term
goes, 'fioated in brackish water"-be-
fore they are offered for sale. The de-
partment of agriculture has ordered
that the practice must stop. The de-
partment OF agriculture holds that to
float" an oyster provides means for
it to take in contamination and offers
risk of typhoid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
ATTACK ON MRS. SCOTT
Daughters of American Revolution
Fight Takes New Turn.

Fight Takes New TURN.
Washington. April 1.-The factional
fight within the Daughters of the
American Revolution directed against
the president general, Mrs. Julia Scott
of Illinois, because she ordered the
discharge of clerk, Miss Agnes Ger
aid, has taken new turn, and now
involves the recording secretary gem
eral, Miss Mary r. Wilcox, who has
espoused Miss Gerald's cause. Miss
wilcox has mailed to members a re-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13

~KLAHONA CITY, June 12.-Reach-
ing here special train from
- Tulsa today, Governor Haskell
aud his secretary opened headquarters
In hotel. Rumor- throughout the
day that the governor contemplated
making oklahoma City the permanent
seat Of government, N the bill which
carried In yesterday election con-
formulated were confirmed tonight
when Governor Haskell issued state
ment declaring that his force would
remain here.
A local committee secured temporary
quarters for ali the state officers. and
the removal OF all the officers probably
will be made tomorrow in the face OF
an Injunction to the contrary granted
in Guthrie yesterday by District Judge
n is expected that Governor Haskell
will issue a proclamation Monoay Ne-
ciarinr the bin carried and Oklahoma
go the permanent seat Of state gov
,,-,Dent The proclamation is based on
= iegal opinion rendered him TO-DAY
in which a is held that since Jaw
initiated by the people DecoIDSs 49,,
maticallv effective Immediately upon
ifs massage. Oklahoma city is the per,
roanent seat Of government ana al
official acts Of state Ot1cers IN any
9th, Mace would be illegal
ssorate-rv william Linn Of the state
election hoard will open headQuarteI
here Monday His board VIII declare
the election result officially TUESDAY
or "Wednesday. Several other state OF =
Ulcers are here. including secretary OF
state "Biu" Cross A.
Today's late returns from over the
state Indicate that the majority Tor
the capital location bill is between
40 600 and $4,000. Oklahoma CITY
plurality over Guthrie and Shawnee -
probably $4,000. $500, A.
A proclamation will be issued Mon
dav by Governor Haskell, calling an
election on August for the su0mls-
sion Of an initiated proposition pro-
yidina a constitutional amendment 10
restrict the right OF suffrage, basing
eligibility of franchise on .educatonai
qualifications.
The proposition is generally known
as the Grandfather clause. il was
Initiated recently by the executive
committee OF the state Democratic
central committee. under the direction
Of Fred T. Branson. chairman OF the
former committee. and received ABOUT
40. 600 signatures. -
Senator T p Gore will enter the
campaign for the adoption of the meas
ure. He has wired Chairman Branson
OF his acceptance OF the call
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13
BURGLAR CAUGHT
in BASEMENT IS
TAKEN TO JAIL

A FTER breaking into the resi-
~ dcncc OF Frank :. Derrick. 4f1
sixth East street, travelling
saiesmnn for y. Aucrbnch a Bro. n
burglnr who gives his name ~ Harry
Walters was trapped i'm the basement
Of the home by Mr. Derrick and his
ueighbor. II. ID. Fields. 45f sixth East
street nj II 40 o'clock last night.
With revolver held in the hands
OF Fields pressed against MS tenn
pie the burglar made no attempt to
escape and stood still with his hands
stretched in the air until tie arrival
Of the police. At police headquarters
walters admitted that he had entered
the Derrick residence in company with
a fellow footpad who escaped.
Accompanied By his wife. Mr.. Der
rick had been visiting in another sec
ton of the city. Upon returning home
he heard footsteps. but could not de-
termine where they came from. The
investigation revealed that some one
had broken in through the rear en-
trance. Several drawers in n side
board had been opened. The attention
OK the police was called to the ease
and Patrolman W. II. Hendriclsson
made an early investigation. but was
unable to locate any burglars in that
district.
HendricIxson had but returned to the
city proper when more footsteps came
10 the attention of the Derricks. Mr..
Derrick called for Mr.. Field. and with
drawn revolvers both made a thor
ough Investigation Of the premises.
This revealed that both burglars were
still In the house in hiding. Learning
that they were about to be discovered
they made desperate attempt to get
out One Of them leaped through a
window and was out OF sight before
anyone saw him.
ne other. however. made n mis-
step and fell down a flight OF stairs
leading into the basement Fields and
Derrick pursued him. without a mo-
ment Of hesitation Fields dashed into
the basement and covered the burglar
with a revolver. According 10 Fields.
he was as white as "A sheet when he
found that he had finally been cCr-
nered. nearly fainting before the ar
rival OF the police.
Derrick rushed to a telephone end
Informed the police that they had cap
tured the burglar and that Fields was
holding him In the cellar Patrollneu
!. IA Conyers lapdt I'd NcCqrunfs T. 4
sDonded I'M the. patrol wa gon and took
the man 20 police headquarters. The
burglar Is about % years Of age and
has the appearance Of an ordinary
yeERman. He refused 70 give the
name OF his accDmDlice or furnish any
description Of him.
As near as Mr.. Derrick could deter
mine last night. nothing Of value had
been stolen from his residence.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13
boy STEALS BALLOON
AND TAKES FINE RIDE
Youngster Takes Gas Bag from Aero
naut and Makes Ascent of
Over 5000 Feet.

Lincoln, Neb., June f2.-C1yde Heckle,
an 1S-year-old Lincoln boy, made
terrifying six thousand feet balloon
ascension this evening. clinging for a
part Of the time TO the clutch rope OF
the aircraft. He landed half an hour
from the start in the middle Of a shall
low lake at a summer resort near the
city.
Adolph Weiberg, an aeronaut. who
makes parachute jumps at the resort.
had made preparations for his regu-
lar trip and young Heckle with others
was holding the ropes. The boy had
asked to be allowed to make the ascent
but was refused. Just as the aeronaut
called to his assistants to let go,
Heckle. wit a knife. severed the two
ropes holding the parachute and as
the air bag leaped upward, he grasped
the clutch rope of the balloon. Wei
berg, with his parachute, was left on
the ground.
For possibly a thousand feet Heckle
went upward almost like a rocket.
ciinging only with his hands. Then he
managed to swing himself astride the
clutch rope and after an ascent Of
over a mile, came down without mis-
hap.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13

Many OF the organizations will be
I'm uniform and nearly all viii have
bands. To each organization compris-
lng more than 100 persons a block has
been assigned on FIFTH avenue. They
will not march. but will stand i'm their
places as Colonel Roosevelt. tho Rough
Riders and other spanish war veterans
e. past
Tho Hamilton club o. Chicago viii
send 100 members who will 20 down
ne bav on tn. steamship Commodore.
and later have stand on Fifth ave-
nue.. Tho pittsburg Business Meas
association VIII send 500. Omaha win
send n deiceafion. and Philadelphia.
Cincinnati and other cities will be rep
resented.
Tne Army and Navy union has asked
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
ADDRESSES MOTHERS

Denver. Colo. June 12.-Mothers are
the real conservationists Of this coun-
try. Miss Elizabeth Harrison, presi-
dent of. the Chicago kindergarten COM
mittee. told the National Congress OK
Mothers convention at its session here
this afternoon. she advised them to
study psychology. better to equip them
selves for their duties in this direc-
ton.
THE conservation OF our natural re-
sources will avail us little Miss Har-
rison declared. unless our spiritual
forces also are conserved In CONNER
tialf circles character Is sought after
and pay Is always forthcoming for re-
liable character The mothers OF the
land have in charge the conservation
and development Of the most precious
Of our natural resources.
Miss Harrison urged that "the study
Of motor nerves, brain centers and the
like is the study Of the instruments OF
the soul" which IL is the duty OF moth
ers TO develop.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13

Portland. Ore. June 12.-The wreck
Of the automobile which went into the
Columbia river Friday night at the
entrance Of a truss bridge on an Gle
waited roadway between Portland and
the Oregon landing of the Vancouver
Washington ferry, was recovered to-
day.
The speedometer. which had Locked
at sixty miles on the hour, on the
front axle was bent back under the
car at almost right angles with the
body. the crushed back OF the tonneau
and the shreds that remaia Of the
hood tell the crash that hurled Mrs
Mabel Monte Of Vancouver aud Frisco
Day to their death.
Neither OF the bodies was recovered,
ami a. was not until late today tnat y
appeared practically beyond question
that Day and Mrs. Monte were the
only occupants Of the car.
A singular incident in connection
with the death Of Mrs. Monte is visit
paid her former husband in Portland
the DAY OF the accident. She told him
she had nothing to live for. and say
ing that ne would never see her again,
asked that she be buried beside their
baby.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13
MORNONS RECOVER, BUT
MANY MEXICANS DEAD
Proper Methods of Treatment Save
Smallpox Patients, But Natives
Succumb in Hordes.

El PasO. Texas. June 12.--An epidemic
OF smallpox has been raging In the dis
trict of Ozumbia. northern chihuahua.
Mexico, for several months and the
pepOle have been dying by the hun
dreds. This has been known for some
time. but the extent Of the epidemic
was not known until today, when the
people made an appeal to the govern
ment at Mexico City for medical Off
GERS and soldiers TO enforce quarantine
laws.
1t was stated in the appeal that the
civil register Of Ozumbia shows 500
deaths from the disease in six months.
The Mormon colonies are located in
this region. but not a single Mormon
has died. showing the results OF prop
er treatment and sanitation. for many
Mormons have had the disease during
the epidemic.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13
MURDER COMMITTED IN
Church BY EX-CONVICT
Slayer Kills Man He Blamed for His
Having Been Convicted and Sent
to the Penitentiary.

Canton. Ohio. June 12.-Armcd with
two rcvolvcrs and dagger. Frank
NunarnaiSer. n former convict. entered
a church tonight at Louisville. near
here. where "a ROumauian christening
was taking place. and shot three men,
ore Of whom win die.
Nunamaker had appeared earlier and
ORA wing n revolver. threatened to kill
John Popa OF Alliance. Ohio, whom he
accused OF having caused his convic-
ton FOR theft two years before. He
was disarmcd and put out Of the
church.
In IN few moments he returned with
a revolver I'm each hand and a dagger
stuck In his belt. He opened fire on
the crowd. shooting Popa through the
breast and infliCting minor wounds on
two other men, He was then over
powered and would have been lyuChed
but FOR the influence OF the priest He
was lodged in prison charged with at
tempting murder.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13

for n place for between 200 and 300.
the Spanish war veterans. who are TO
march. viii turn out about 1000. and
the Roosevelt Neighhors' association OF
oyster Bay. with q delegation from
the Nassau county board Of super
visors. will have 500 men.
Representative u governors viii be
given positions on the stand at the
Battery. as Will tho governDrE who are
present They VIII also 90 down the
bay on one Of the cutters 70 greet the
former President
Secretaries Wilson and Meyers have
been assigned positions on the stand
and viii also so down the hay Among
the EubcrnatOrial representatives viii
be r. r. Gooden Of Spokane. who will
represent Governor Hay Of Washing
ton