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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
NEW NAME Is ADDED
TO ISLANDER ROLL
Lester Bassett of Blue Island Signs
for Tryout in OutfieId-Is
Well Recommended.

A new name has been added to
Manager Jack Tighe's list of recruits
for the Islanders, a contract having
been received today from Lester Bias
sett of Blue Island. Bassett is a cen
ter fielder who has played semi-pro-
fessional ball among the best of the
Chicago teams. and he is touted as a
corker His batting average has been
well above the 300 mark and his base
running and fielding have been well
nigh sensational. He was recon-
mended to the Rock Island manage
ment by Clyde Porter, formerly of
this city, and who is still an ardent
Islander fan. Mr.. Porter has been
trying to get Bassett to consent to a
tryout with the Rock Island team for
several years past but it was a case
of my wife won't let me-" as Mrs.
Bassett objected to her husband be-
coming a professional ball player She
has finally been won over and Bassett
at once affixed his signature to a con-
tract.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
COULON DEFEATS
KENDRICK IN 18TH
Battle for Bantam Championship
Goes far Toward Cinching the
Title for Chicagoan.

New Orleans. La, March Johnny
Coulon of Chicago knocked out Jem
Kendrick in the 10Th round of their
scheduled 20 ro' id fight for the ban
tam championship at American weights
at the West Side Athletic club yester-
day afternoon. The men weighed lis
pounds, ringside.
Thte fight was one of the best seen
here and a crowd of 10000 enjoyed it.
Kendrick showed himself the better
boxer, but for real fighting ability and
stamina he did not compare with the
American. Hendricks superior science
and cleverness was particularly appar-
ent in the early rounds. Coulon held
his own. however. and swung rights
and lefts to the head and body with
good effect. He did most of his dam
age in infighting. Kendrick playing at
long range, swinging lefts to the body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
PLAN TO REMODEL
PLAYERS QUARTERS
Club House at Ball Park viii Be En-
larged and Additional Lockers
Installed.

Contractor H. w. Horst visited the
baseball park Saturday afternoon in
company with Treasurer L. NJ. Cas-
teel of the Rock Island Baseball asso-
citation and plans were decided upon
for the remodeling of the players club
house. Mr.. Horst promised that the
work shall commence at once and that
it will be completed at least a week
before the day of reporting. The club
house is to be enlarged and generally
improved. About a dozen additional
lockers will be installed and the baths
will be made larger and better. The
roof is to be raised to accommodate
the increased floor space and windows
will be installed wherever possible
When the clubhouse is completed it
will be nearly twice the size that it
was last year. and it will be of consid-
cradle more service TO the players.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
Advertised List. No. 9.

For week ending March >, 1910:
Miss Geraldine Andrews. J. F. Al
bright 81, Mrs Mary Atkinson, Mrs.
Nellie Ague, Ed Bundy. F. W. Bowser,
Mrs. Pearl Balding. Miss r. Bradley,
John BOndey, John CamersOn ca, For
rest l.. Cain, Horace Outright, Roy
Dull. Elna Ditch, G. w. EnghOw. Ellen
Elburge, Mrs. J. Ewaldt, Phillip Fer
rara, James Fitzgerald, Mrs. T. Finn,
Miss May Fuller, Mrs. ]. w. Grimes,
Miss Irene HOpkinson. Leonard a.
Hausler, Joseph F. Tasting, John Has
son, Mrs. B. Jackson. F. Y. Kelso, Lo-
gan Kitchen, A W. Knaggs, Mrs. Eva
lie Blanche. Miss Cora Martin on.
Mrs. 7. H. Mcdonald, Burnice Math-
ews, Homer E. Priddy, Mrs. Smith
Price, Bert Pier. Arthur ]. Reed. Mrs
c. J. Rose. Thomas REILLY. c. F. Rob
insOn, Mrs. Doat Rounds, Charles Shu-
maker. w. S. Steele, A A Samuels.
William Thomson, G. G. Trant. Ella
Valentine, Charles G. Walker, c. w.
Wells, Miss Margaret Wilson. Frank
Wilbert, Miss Helen Wilson, Nora B.
Williams, William Waldron.
Merchandise-Mrs. Ed Lawless.
FOreign-Christian Bautrup, Hoo
KOpun. Adolph Peterson.
II. A. J. M'DONALD. p. NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
THE BAMBOO HAIR.
A Slow but Sure Poison That Is Used
by the JaVanese.


by the JaVanese.
The young shoots of the bamboo are
covered with a number of very fine
hairs that are seen under the micro
scope to be hollow and spiked like
bayonets. These hairs are commonly
called bamboo poison by the white
men resident in Java for the reason
that murder Is frequently committed
through their agency.
When a Javanese woman takes a
fancy to a European. according to an
official Dutch report, she will either
have him or poison him if she gets the
chance. She seeks any and every OPP
portunity of mixing these infinitesimal
hairs among his food, and they serve
the purpose of irritating the whole
length of the alimentary canal and set
ting up malignant dysentery. 1t may
take a long time and many doses of
this so called poison to effect the pur-
pose, but the native woman does not
tire, and death will surely result. The
male native will also try this method
of revenge for an affront.
The planters know all this and
dread the bamboo hair. but it is al
ways difficult to determine whether
the dyseutery is caused by the poison
or comes about naturally. When a
planter finds himself a prey to attacks
of that complaint his best course IS to
take voyage to Europe.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
BOILING TO DEATH.
Terrible Torture That Was Once the
Law In England.

In England during the reign Of
Henry VIII. the public mind became
greatly excited through several cases
OF poisoning. and parliament enacted
a law making boiling to death the pen
atty. This law was on the statute
books about sixteen years. 1t was
made retroactive, so as to take in
case that chiefly prompted its enact
ment-that Of Richard Rose, other
wise Coke, the bishop Of ROchester's
cook. who poisoned seventeen persons.
two Of whom died. Coke was boiled
at Rochester. The infliction was at
tended with peculiar cruelty, as Coke
was put into a caldron of cold water
and gradually cooked to death.
A few years later. IN March. 1912,
young woman named Margaret Davy
was punished in a similar way on con-
Viction OF poisoning. The public was
not satisfied as 20 her guilt, and. not
wtthstand!pg the comparatively slow
travel OF news in those days. the story
OF Margaret Days trial and punish
mert soon spread through the king
dom aud aroused universal horror.
Boiling TO death remained on the stat
ute books, however, as long as Henry
reigned, perhaps because the monarch
himself had i dread OF being poisoned.
Immediately after his death parlia-
ment repealed the law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
LOOK FOR RECORDS
New Marks Likely to Be Estab-
hshed for American Bowl
ing Congress.
HEAVY SCHEDULE FOR DAY
Believed 40 in Singles, 1900 in
Doubles and 2,975 in Five-Man
Teams Will Be Reached.

Detroit, Mich, March Another
heavy schedule was the order today
in the bowling tournament Among
the cities represented today were Des
Moines, Iowa; Sioux City, Iowa, ano
Quincy, III. Officials are convinced a
new set of American Bowling congress
records will be established before the
tournament is finished. Experts be
lieve 1t will take scores of 10 IN the
individuals, more than 1900 in the two
man teams and close to 1915 in the
five man event to land the champion
ship honors. Knoll-Gruber of Cleve-
first three squads of the two man
event today. This puts them in sew
enth place. The next best score of the
three squads was registered by Smith
Gerhard of Buffalo. 1,164.
Goes Into Lead.
Detroit. Mich, March Glen
Fisher of the famed O'Leary bowling
team jumped into first place in the
individual event of the American
Bowling congress tournament yester
day with a score of 60, II pins ahead
of the former leader, Max Unger of
Cleveland. Fishers brilliant effort
came in almost the last squad of the
minor events program, in which new
leaders had cropped up in the doubles
in Al Dalker and Ed Waterman of Gin
cinnati, who toppled 1921 pins.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
Auqustana Defeated.

The Davenport high school basket
ball team played the fastest game of
it's career Saturday night defeating
the fast Augustana five, 2S to 21.
The Davenport team was in the best
of shape. the team work being reeled
off like creased lightning. The game
was married by much wrangling and
several questionable decisions upon
the part of the referee, who seemed
to lack a thorough knowledge of the
rules. The lineups:
avenport-Priester and Reck.
forwards; FriedhoIdt, center; Kelly
and Bennett, guards.
Augustana-Sten and Larson, for
wards; Andreen, center; Bengston
and Lund. guards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

It is remarkable how a suicide by a
certain method or in a certain place
will lead to another OF the same kind.
A surgeon OF the MiddIeseI hospital
In London went into a barber shop to
be shaved. The barber spoke of a man
who had been unsuccessful in an at
tempt to kill himself by cutting his
throat.
He could easily have managed it,
said the surgeon, had he been ac-
quainted with the situation of the
carotid artery"
Where should he have cutT' asked
the barber. The surgeon told him. He
at once left the room. and. not return
ing as soon us was expected, the sur
geon went to look for him and discov-
cred him in the yard with his head
nearly severed from his body.-Lon-
don Neil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
Out of the Warming Pan

The first box scores are beginning
to appear in the metropolitan papers.
They relate how the Chicago Cubs
won yesterday from New Orleans 6
to 1, the White Sox first team lost
to Oakland to yesterday morning
and won from San Francisco 9 to 2
in the afternoon, and the Sox yanni-
gans got the hook at Los Angeles 10
to 3.
George Reed has decided that Le-
onard Cote, the Indian obtained from
Decatur, is not fast enough for his
Mobile team. The Three-Eye will
be sufficiently represented in the
lineup by the following:
First base-Harry Swacina.
Second base-Howard Derringer.
Shortstop-Joe Berger.
Pitchers-George Bittrolff, Billy
Neal. Percy Wilder.
Outfield-OttO Wagner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

On one occasion Sam Berger. the
brawny fight manager, was in a small
California town sounding some of the
residents as TO the possibility of hold
ing a prizefight. The local police force,
a clownish looking Individual. with a
huge badge. heard of Sans investiga-
lions.
You can't hold no prizefight in this
here town." said the police force
threateningly in his best Il be the
marshal tones. 1T is agin the law,
and won't stand for it,
Jaw, beat it." said Berger in dis
gust. What do you know about law?
Why, your very appearance in public
Is q misdemeanor."-Li
All the news all the time The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
Are You Nervous
GREAT SPEECH LIST TELLS WHY
YOU DON'T GET WELL.

Are you nervous? Then we say to
you that somewhere along the spine
there is very often congesrIon and
you can never get well until that con-
gested spot is relieved. We have prov
en- this in hundreds of cases, and we
testimony of hundreds of grateful pa
tients to back up this great truth.
For years we have MADE a scientific
study of these cases. By finding these
congested places in the spinal column
and relieving them by special treat
ments we have cured hundreds after
others failed. Many of these cases
had been ailing for years, and be-
fore coming to cur Office, they had
been treated by others for all kinds
of complaints except the right ono.
Many complaints are caused OF
kept up by congestion in the spine,
such as nervous proStration, nervous
dyspepsia, indigestion, paipitatjOn of
the heart, loss OF sleep, poor men,
DRY, pain in back of neck, restless
ness, lack of confidence. loss of
strength, easily tired, general weak
ness, or weakness of any part, back
ache, deG pOndency, worry, hot and
cold flaSEes, numb feeling, paralysis,
neuralgia, female complaints, consti-
patton, ervOus debility. weakness of
tie heat, stomach, liver or kidneys,
ugh, cold hands and feet, poor cir
CulatiCu and general weak and ner-
vous conditions OF meg. women and
children.
Mr.. 4. r. Waits OF Laddsdale,
Iowa, writes: when first commence
ing with DR.. Walsh, l was 8 perfect
wreck with nervous exhaustion. 1 had
tried several treatments before that
time Nth no. benefit. After taking
treatment from DR.. Walsh, l am now
feeling like a new man, and am free
from that tired and worn out feel
ing. l honestly and chee1fulIy rec
omm end his treatment to all sufferers
OF nervousness.
Ans John Maroff, whose address
IS Wilton Junction, Rural Route l,
says: Il suffered for a long time from
stomach, heart and nervous trouble.
IN fact 1 was so nervous and weak,
aEI had such great pain around the
heart and stomach that my folks new
er wanted me to be alone. When the
SPELLS of pain would come on 1 would
often suffer agony. For quite a
while 1 could only eat light sood.
Yet after taking Dr. Walsh's treat
nent e. short time 1 felt Just fine. 1t
Is really wonderful in my case. Il
cant say too much N mis- praise"
Mr.. ET Williams of Clarksda1e
suffered from kidney and nervous
trcuble FOR years. He writes: ''I Rm
getting along. feel stout and can eat
eayth;og Ike"
MA. William ThorDe of Savannah. /,
says: DR.. Walsh cured my daughter !
OF eczema, SO tnsre is no sign of it !
left. Before that she had tried many !
other treatments without benefit"
Drs. Walsh nave been located for |
10 years IN Davenport, Iowa, in the .
Mccullough building at 124 West /
Third street. Examination is free OF !
charge and charges are small.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
PLAN TO cheaper FOOD
Joint Farmers and UniOnistS' Com.
mittee FayOrs City Markets.

Joliet, ILL.,, March TRUSTS and
combines, ''unfaihtful representa-
tives," and those responsible for lax
enforcement of the state and federal
laws were grilled in resolutions
adopted by a joint committee of the
Farmers Grange and VIII county
Trades and Labor council, appointed
to investigate the reasons for the
present high cost of living
Remedies in the form of establish
ment of a city market, the enact
ment of a direct primary election
bill. a more strict surveillance of
immigrants by the customs officials
and the revocation of legal protec-
tion for combines whose evident in
tent is to stifle competition and con-
troll prices were Incorporated in the
resolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
An Awful Eruption.

of a volcano excites brief interest,
and your interest in skin eruptions
will be as short, if you use Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, their quickest cure.
Even the worst boils, ulcers, or fe-
yer sores are soon healed by 1t. Best
for burns. cuts, bruises, sore lips,
chapped hands, chilblains and piles.
It gives instant relief. % cents at
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

lied for making casein the dairy bus
mess would be made more profitable,
appropriated $1,000 a year to Mr..
Tague with which he was to con-
duct experiments along this line. II
took just IA months for Mr.. Tague
to get the desired results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
AERIAL MEET FOR PEORIA
Awarded July > and G as Dates for
Spectacular Contests.

Peoria, Ill, March Peoria is to
have a two days midsummer carnival,
at which balloon races will be the big
feature. The directors of the Aero
club of America held a meeting in
New York Saturday and gave this city
two days, July and of this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

Paris, March Jim Stewart. the
American heavyweight, secured a de-
cision over Sydney Russell, of Aus
tralia, at the end of a 90 round bout
here Saturday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
New AeropIane Record.

MourmelOn, France. March T.
Henry Farman Saturday established
new worlds record for aeroplane
flight with two passengers. remain
ing in the air one hour and 10 min
uteS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

Manager Frank Donnelly of Gal
weston is reported to have bought a
farm in Alabama. Frank is an ex-
perienced farmer, as anybody who
has known him in the Three-Eye is
able to testify.
President Kinsella of Springfield
has signed Shortstop John Allen,
Eastern Illinois league; Pitcher Roy
Hackerd, Frankfort, Ind. and Pitcher
Don Hamilton, the crack twirler of
Armour institute, making a total of
Sc recruits for the Senator's
Frank Murphy, the Islander gradu-
uate, made three hits playing with the
Los Angeles club against the Chicago
White Sox yannigans yesterday. He
scored run and got two putouts and
an assist. One of his hits was for
two sacks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
HELPS FARMERS PROFITS
Kansas Man Invents Way to Make
Casein from ButteImiIk.

Lawrence, Kan, March 7.-E. /.
Tague of Kansas university has an
nounced that he had made a discov-
cry which would double the profits
of farmers engaged in the dairy in
dustry. Mr.. Tague says that four
pounds of casein can be made from
one gallon of buttermilk. Casein is
worth between l ) and 20 cents a
pound. An eastern company, realiz-
ing that if buttermilk could be util-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07
Farms and City Prop
eFGy For Sale and
Trade

$50 acre farm. one OF the best in Rock
Island county,; fine buildings; worth
$125 per acre; to close quickly. S11O.
SO acre farm five miles from Milan.
sos per acre.
so acre farm six miles from Milan.
$50 per acre.
so acre farm three miles from Fair
port, Iowa; $50 per acre.
$50 acre farm near Davenport. Iowa;
fine buildings. fine land: 500 per acre.
1O4 acre farm near Davenport. Iowa:
fine buildings, fine land; 800 per acre.
100 acre farm near Princeton, Iowa:
fine land; $50 per mere. This farm Is a
bargain.
Z room house near new park; easy
terms; $4,000.
room house on Sixth avenue; fine
location; $4,000.
s room modern house, South Heights;
bargain; $1,000.
room modern house, South Heights;
bargain; $1,000.
and room houses close 20 busl-
ness center. Davenport. Iowa; $500
each.
room modern house close TO busi-
ness center. Davenport. Iowa: $500.
Have list OF 700 houses in tri-cities
to choose from.
Have list OF 500 vacant lots in tri-
cities 10 choose from.
Best list Of farms IN the tri-cities
We loan money on real estate and
write fire insurance.
We rent houses.
Give US a call We guarantee salts
faction
Blankenburg & Blankenburg.
eo6 Safety BandinE.
once Phone, West I'll. Residence.
New 50ss. Open Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

All the news all the time The
Argus.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-21
PAID I. R. 8 P.
$4,000 TOO
MUCH
From Page One.)

CONTINUED From Page One.)
on earnings from all sources from
the street car companies for the
first half of the year $10,046.S4,
which is 2 per cent on the T. r.
& P. and 1 per cent on the Trac-
ton business, according to their
franchises.
These figures do not include
any portion of the revenues re-
ceived by the company on business
outside of the city.
Additional Earnings.
In addition to the $495,902
credited for fares inside the city
limits the company took in $685.
574.31 on those portions or the.
Puyallup, Spanaway, American
lake and Steilacoom lines outside
of the city limits, making total
of $565,476 in revenues derived
by the company from the local
business, not taking into account
the business on the Puget Sound
electric toward Seattle at all. This
would run the amount away up
to about three-quarters of mil
lion in the six months of 1910
Just past. -.
The figures given by the COM
pany show the receipts on the Diff
ferent lines to be as follows:
Point Defiance-South
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-21

cigar talked long of the bravery of
the men above. Miss Jellison,
the cashier, interrupted with.
"Oh, that's nothing at ALL"
'"Tain't, huh?" retorted Lynch.
well, I'll just bet you $25 you're
afraid to ride up to the top of the
crane"
you can consider that bet
called" answered the girl. With
out further ado, she crossed the
street and asked permission 70
ride to the top of the building on
a beam.
She rode up on the beam Just
as IL she were one Of the work
ers. On the return, she placed
her foot in the loop at the end of
the chain and STEPPED of into space
225 feet above the heads OF fast
growing crowd.
When she reached the pavement
she was not the least bit nervous.
she said. DIR. Lynch met her
when she alighted. He paid the
bet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-21

DIES MONIES, July 20.-The
most daring girl of eighteen sum-
mers In Des Moines Is Miss Ella
Jellison.
She proved herself worthy of
the title by riding on a heavy
steel beam, from the pavement on
Sixth avenue to the highest point
on the Equitable building, 255
feet above, and back again. She
did 1t without tremor and after
ward said she was not the least
bit afraid at any time.
This is how 1t ali came about:
DR.. Oliver T. Lynch stood sew
eral moments on the corner OF
Sixth avenue and Locust street,
watching in awe the fearlessness
of the structural iron workers az
they sprang nimbly about on the
slender beams, seemingly paying
no heed to the wind or that an
accident might sweep them to
death.
Finally he strolled into the
1rug store. and after purchasing 9
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-21
Narrow Escape
i'm Runaway

A team from the Horn Holmes
company took fright and dashed
down Puyallup avenue yesterday.
1t was headed right over the I'M
finished bridge and was going
straight TO destruction. Within a
few yards of the danger lad
dashed out into the street, clam
bered into the wagon and pulled
the horses up with their noses
right up against the rail over
which they were headed to death.
The boy turned the horses
back and gave them up to the driv-
er and went on his way as IL Moth
ing had happened.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-21
ENGLISH STRIKE
MAKES $1,000
MEN IDLE

,(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEWCASTLE, Eng, July 21.-
With $4,000. idle as a result
of the strike on the Northeastern
railroad and with factories clos
ing because of inability to ship
goods or secure coal, the industrial
situation here today is grave. The
strike is considered one of the
most serious that England has
ever faced.
A conference called last night
to adjust the differences between
the employees and the officials of
the road failed, and today the
strikers are more determined than
ever to tie up traffic. No freight
has been moved today, and only
the mail trains are running.
Seventeen thousand miners were
made idle today, when, owing to
inability to ship coal, the mines
were closed down indefinitely.
Five thousand dock workers have
been laid off because no traffic
can be handled.
In the cities through which the
Northeastern runs, factories are
facing serious situation. There
is little coal on hand, and unless
trains are run soon, factories will
be forced to close, throwing thous-
ands of men out of employment.
President Brixton of the Board
OF Trade is making every effort to
bring about arbitration, and to-
day held several important con-
ferences with the strikers and
with officials of the road, but
there is little prospect of a
speedy adjustment of the trou-
BILE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-21

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, July 21.-Fifty men
and officers. comprising the Seat
tie division of the Washington ma
val militia, left this morning for
the Puget Sound navy yard, where
they will board the cruiser Wash
ington. They will be joined there
by the Tacoma division. The Wash
ington will sail from Bremerton at
5 o'clock this afternoon for San
Francisco on the first stage of a
ten days practice cruise for the
militia.
Clifford Sands, the Seattle boy
who rose to the rank of brigadier
general in the Nicaraguan revolu-
tionary army, was captured, sem
fenced to be shot and was paroled