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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01

most as clean as if they had been
dressed for market. A piano was
blown out of a house and deposited
some distance away unchanged. A
three-story brick hotel at Camanche
was picked up, turned around and
then the walls fell outward, nearly
everybody in the building escaping
injury. A steam ferry on the river
at the same village was demolished.
even the machinery being twisted
and broken. A man was picked up
and carried out of sight. Another
man driving into Camanche with a
team of mules was carried into the
town and thrown to earth corpse,
while his team was carried away in
the opposite direction. These are
only a few of the incidents of the
storm.
In Rock Island, as was the case
all over the country, subscriptio )
were taken up to aid the sufferers.
A mass meeting was held here and
a soliciting committee was named
composed of T. j. Pickett, P. L. Ca
BILE, William Bailey, Charles Buford
and Isaac Negus. Relief was car
ried to the destitute survivors by
boat, and several trips were made
in the same manner by Rock Island
ers to view the scene of desolation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01

at the Hotel LaSalle, where they will
make their headquarters. One of the
first on the grounds was Charles H.
Hamilton, hero of the New York
Philadelphia flight, and others in the
city are Charles F. Willard and
Augustus Post, the latter at one time
secretary OF the Aero Club of Amer
lea.
Hamilton was at Hawthorne park
yesterday and pronounced the field
suitable. He said that from all points
OF view It was as good a field as could
be found anywhere in the east.
Ely Is There.
Eugene B. Ely, ]. A. D. McCurdy
and Glenn H. Curtfss arrived in Chi
cago this morning at 8 o'clock and
James Radley, an English aviator
now in New York. will arrive in a
day or two.
OF these aviators Hamilton, Willard
Ely, McCurdy and Radley are entrants
in the great cross-country race to New
York. Post also expects to take part
but will have to qualify by flying hall
a,mile or more at Hawthorne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01

ishing force almost across the state OF
Illinois. Dewitt. Iowa, was hard hit
the tornado passing one side of the
town and killing &c people. AT Canaan
che. 20 were killed and there were five
fatalities at Albany. A raft floating
down the river near Camanche was
struck and demolished and of the %
men aboard it but two survived, both
being blown to the shore. At farm
houses and small towns along the path
way in Iowa enough others were
killed to bring the total up to 100.
When the storm crossed the river
it sucked up a great column OF wa
ter, which was dashed to earth with
terrible force farther on. The riv-
err was filed with wreckage that had
been gathered up at Camanche and
points farther west.
A newspaper correspondent who
went over the ground later gave
some striking examples of the force
of the wind A tree was torn from
its roots and the bark nearly all
stripped off the trunk. pine shin
gle was driven entirely through the
side of a dwelling, while an ordinary
mason's trowel was sent point first
through a knot in a pine board.
Feathers were blown off chickens
and birds, leaving them picked al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
IN MOVE To QUASI
Nine Persons Indicted in Insur-
ance Scandal Seek Release
on Technical Grounds.
HEARINGS SET FOR OCT. 10
Alleged That Bills Are Not Properly
Drawn; That Names of Witness
es Are Not Given, Etc.

Hearings on motions to quash the in
dictments against the Chicago and
Springfield crowd alleged to have
wrecked the Fraternal Tribunes and
other fraternal societies will take place
Oct. 10 before the branch of the circuit
court here. The motions were filed in
the circuit court by Attorneys T. S.
Smith, w. st. j. Wines, Andrew Olson,
c. F. Mortimer and l.. F. Hamilton.
The following indicted persons are rep
resented in the motions to quash:
Thomas W. Wilson, C. F. Hatfield.
Michael B. CARRIER, G. H. Walters, s. s..
McIlvaine, George W. Kenney, NJ. J..
Franckel, Ohio L. Caldwell and Miss
Margaret McIlvaine.
Indictments Attacked.
The attorneys for the defendants at
tack the indictments on technical
grounds and in addition claim that the
grand jury was not properly chosen by
the board of supervisors; that the
names of witnesses whose testimony
was taken in the cases were not en-
dorsed upon the indictments, and that
persons who had no legal right in the
grand jury room were there while the
evidence was being taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
AVIATOR UP e,121 FEET

Continued from Page Tenn
ground. The airman landed safely,
but was thoroughly exhausted. An ex-
animation showed the carbureter was
frozen, thus gripping the power of
the machine The flight was official
and the record will stand.
Chicago Meet Opens.
Chicago, Oct 1.-Opening events in
the aviation tournament in Chicago
that is to eliminate in a race from
Chicago to New York for purse of
$50. 900 will be held at Hawthorne park
this afternoon The attention of the
aviation world is expected to be cen
tered upon this city during the tour
nament's progress.
The affair is given under the aus
pices of the Chicago Evening Post
and the New York Times, which are
guaranteeing $25, 900 Of the purse and
which have arranged to bring to the
city some Of the leading aviators of
the world To the original purse of
S25, 900 has been added $4,000 offered
by Clifford B. Harmon of New York.
Contestants Are Arriving.
The airmen who are to take part IN
the contests began arriving yesterday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
CRY OF FIRE;TWO
jump; ONE DEAD
Electric Flash on Watertown
InterurDan Gar Causes a
Fatal Panic.
WOMEN ARE THE VICTIMS
Miss Emma Ball Expires Almost In
stantly and Mrs. John Crawford
- Is Still Unconscious.

Miss Emma Ball, aged FL, is dead,
and Mrs. John Guessford is probably
fatally injured as result of their
jumping from a moving westbound
car on the Moline, East Moline & Wa,
tertown line car at Twenty-eighth
street, Moline, at 1880 last evening, to
escape what they supposed would be
conf1agration following the fash of
flames caused by the shortcircuiting
OF wires in the large controller of the
car. When the flames shot up some
one of the passengers shouted: Jump
for your lives. The car is burning"
Miss Ball alighted on the back of
her head, causing a fracture of the
skull. Mrs. Guessford received inter
nal injuries. Both were removed to
the city hospital, Miss Ball expiring
on the way. Mrs. Guessford has not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
WANTS ALL GRANTS
TO BE INVESTIGATED

Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. 1.-The
American mining congress wound up
the business Of the convention yester-
day with the election OF officers and
the adoption Of several resolutions.
Principal among the latter was one
calling upon congress to instruct the
department of justice TO investigate all
grants involving oil or mineral lands
and to take action to restore title to
these in the public.
Arizona was chosen for the 1911 con-
vention. Either Douglas or Phoenix
will be the place of meeting. the selec-
ton being left to the board of direc-
tors Of the congress.
John Dern of Salt Lake City was
elected president and james Call
breath of Denver reelected secretary.
The resolution calling for the inves-
tigation of land grants was a substi-
tute for one that alleged definitely that
the land grants TO the Southern Pacific
railroad in California we're invalid be
cause of the discovery of oil.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
The Camanche Storm of 1860 Recalled

Lately there has been good deal
of discussion of what Is generally re
ferred to as the "Camanche storm"
Old residents recall it as the most di.
sastrous tornado that ever visited this
locality, but they differ as to the date
and the extent of the damage.
An inspection of The Argus files
shows that the storm occurred June g.
1860. The summer Of 1860 was noted
for the great number of similar distur-
Dances, but this one appears to have
been the worst of them all--in fact,
it is doubtful, Judging from the descrip-
tons of the havoc wrought whether
there has ever been a worse distur-
bance of the elements in this country.
The village of Camanche, Iowa, which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01

was then a place of about 1000 popula-
ton, was virtually swept off the map
Not three houses were left with walls
intact, while the damage was almost
proportienately great at Albany Ill,
just across -he Mississippi river.
June 3, 1850, was Sunday. The wea-
Their had been unsettled, but during the
afternoon 1t had been clear, though not
and sultry About six O'Clock a storm
formed at Palo, Iowa, west of Cedar
Rapids. Gathering momentum as ii
passed through the country, reunited
and became a vast whirling cloud
which tore through Iowa, along what
was then the Chicago Iowa & Ne
braska railroad, crossed the river at
Camanche. and continued with dimAb-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
$4,000 PLEDGE
FROM MRS. DEERE
Moline Inaugurates Whirlwind
Campaign for a New Y.
M. @. A.
$125,OO0 IS TO BE RAISED
Business Men, Clerks and Shop
Workers Join Together in the
Movement.

What other cities have done, Mo-
line can outdo," is the slogan with
which Moline men have set out to &C
complish the herculean task Of raising
$125,O00 for new Y. NJ. c. A building
in six days. II they do this, as there
seems to be no doubt that they will,
they will have set a new record in
Y. M c. A money raising.
About 200 men were present at the
banquet at the Moline club last night
when the campaign was formally
launched. They were there for bust
ness and meant business. It was a
truly cosmopolitan gathering, for the
big business men were there, and the
shopmen and clerks were also in the
crowd. Men of all positions and ages
and degrees of influence were seated
around the tables, arranged by their
teams in which they are to work.
I'VE are here to inaugurate a great
civic movement" said R. B. Lourie,
chairman of the business mems COM
mittee, who presided, in opening the
discussion Of the evening. 1.-THE prob
lens arising from the great industrial
growth and development of Moline are
to find their solution in part at least
in the work OF the Y. NJ. C. A. The
housing and care of men is one o
these problems that must be met, and
this association is going to solve It.
We are not here to engage in reli-
gious crusade, but in a practical move
ment for public uplift. The Y. NJ. C..
A. is not a PROSECUTING religious organ
fzation, but an application of practical
religion to practical conditions. The
proposition to raise this large sum of
money for a new building is simply a
practical proposition for practical men
in a practical town"
One-Fifth of Amount Pledged.
Great enthusiasm was evoked when
Mr.. Lourie made announcement of the
first lodges to the fund which had been
secured by some quiet work in ad-
vance A subscription of $4,000 from
Mrs. C. H. Deere, and one of $4,000
from H. A. Ainsworth and family were
announced as providing one-fifth Of
the amount needed, and the news was
received with cheers. When the chair
man further announced that these
were 0Otn CODUlJlOu6Q on JUe TdiSlIS
of the entire amount in the six days,
there was a resolution formed in many
a mans heart that the conditions
would be met and that the pledges
would be covered.
Mr. Lourie then called upon c. S.
Ward of New York, building expert of
the international committee, who
spoke at length on the campaign, de-
failing the plan by which the money
is to be raised and telling of successes
which he has seen won elsewhere. Mr..
Ward has led on so campaigns like
this. and has never had failure, and
he does not expect Moline to be his
first fall-down.
Mr.. Ward was followed by George
D. McDill, secretary of the work for
men in industrial occupations for the
international committee. After the
speeches were finished, the company
resolved itself into group OF small
committees, and got down to the bus
mess of making final plans, selecting
lists of names to be canvassed, and
completing the details of the work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01

Sixty"
Join the sixty.
Carpenter Coal company
Sell coal. Phone west 295. u
Kerler & Co. make rugs.
Buy homo of Reidy Bros.
Tri-city Towel Supply company.
For express. call Spencer & Trefz.
Mound City paints may cvost trifie
more, but! Ill & 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, 4091h Twentieth street,
Knox fats.
Get your hunting licenses from
Frank Fiebig, 1919 Third avenue. Open
Open Saturday evenings.
New classes will be formed in both
day and night school at Browns Bust
ness college, Monday, Oct, 8.
Zee the poStCdIu pTOJeCIOT dI RE
big's. 1t makes full size stereopticon
views out of postcard views.
Signal lights and whistles are re-
quired on launches. The inspector is
coming this way. See Fiebig.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kick, 1920
Eighth avenue. welcomed a 10-pound
baby boy to their home yesterday.
Nice bananas, 6, 10 and Is cents a
dozen and 15-cent bananas two dozen
for % cents. Today only at Frank
Campanas, 1911 Second avenue.
Carpenter Coal company, 123
Twentieth Gtreet, old phone West
295. We handle best grades of hard
and soft coal. Our motto, Satisfied
Customers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01

regained consciousness since the acct
dent There is slight hope OF her re-
covery.
Both Resided I'm Silvis.
Miss Ball and Mrs. Guessford both
resided in SiIvis. Mrs. Guessford is
the wife OF John Guessford, nre
man on the Iowa division Of the Rock
Island road.
Miss Ball for two years had been en-
pIoyed as a cashier by the Fisk &
Loosely company, in Moline. She was
a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Ball
and was born in Taylor Ridge. Her
father is a resident of TAYLOR Ridge
and she made her home with her moth
er in Silvts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
81 $50 Per Acre for Land.

Another record breaking price was
paid today for Rock Island county
farm land when Walter E. Tolles of
Moline purchased a four-acre tract in
the east bluff district The considera-
ton was $4,000 for the four acres, or
$3.50 per acre. Mr.. Tolles will build
a handsome residence upon the prop
erty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
Rheumat,sm cured IN a Day.

Or. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia radically sures in
one to three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious
II removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. 75 cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan. 1901
Second avenue. Rock Island; GUS
Schlegel & Son, 220 West Seconf
street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-01
City Chat .
THE KISS OF DAISY BLISS.

Just to hear these news men talk,
Daisy Bliss;
We girls know how they'd balk,
Sister Bliss,
If we didn't kiss at all
Or they thought we'd kiss at call
We use tact, or else we pail,
Daisy Bliss.
Boston Transcript.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

As 10 usually the case In an unfavor-
able year, the crop shortage in this sec.
ton is not going to be anything like a
great as has been feared. When the
farmers get into their grain fields with
the harvesting machines they are, In
most cases, agresably surprised at what
they find there. or course the growth
of straw is not up to the average, but as
rule the heads are of good length, and
are well filed with plump grain. About
the shortest product Of the ranch will
be the hay, but by careful utilization
Of everything available in the line Of
rough fodder, this can be largely over
rome
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06
Fifty Years. Experience Of an Old Nurse.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription of one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States, and has been used for fifty years
with never-failing success by millions Of
mothers for their children. 1t relieves
the child from pain, cures diarrhea,
gripping in the bowels, and wind collie.
By giving health to the child, 1t rests
the mother. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06
Farm for Sale.

160 acres miles northwest Of Custer
65 acres in cultivation, more can be cul.
tivsted, balance in pasture. Seven room
house, 2 good barns, granaries and other
good improvements. Living springs in
front of house. New wire fence all
around and wire cross fences. No crop
failure in so years. Come and see how
crops look now. Terms: One-third
cash, balance on time. Address
John Wilhelm,
Custer, S. d.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06
They Have q Definite Purpose.

Foley's Kidney Pills give quick relief
in cases of kidney and bladder ailments.
Mrs. Rose Glaser, Terre Haute, Ind,
tells the result in her case. "After suf
fering for many years from = serious
case Of kidney trouble and spending
much money for so called cures, I found
Foley Kidney Pills the only medicine
that gave me a permanent cure. I am
again able to be up and attend to my
work. shall never hesitate to recon-
mend them" A. J. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

officials Of the Forest Service made
use Of every available means yesterday
in order to make certain the dense pail
Of smoke which hung over the Hills
yesterday and again today, was not
caused by local blszes. Later reports
indicate that the smoke 10 being waited
this way from fires In Southern Wyo.
ming and Colorado. A monster confia-
grafton is destroying great quantities Of
timber near Missoula, and some Of the
smoke may be due to that sourcs.-Lesd
Daily Call, Aug. 3.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

Don't fail to hear the Midland Minis
trels ct the opera house Tuesday, August
9th. Their chorus consists Of twenty
male voices. Their program 10 made
up Of choruses, jubilee songs, qusrtstts,
solos and old plantation melodies, end.
ing with laugh-provoking farce. This
is the strongest company that has been
here for sometime and people wishing
to see the best in this line Of entertain
ment should attsnc. Remember the
data
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

If there Is not a material change in
the conditions, potatoes will be as valu-
able as diamonds this fall and winter.
1t has been observed by many that there
has been few blossoms on the potatoes
this season. In fact several fair sized
fields have not shown blossom. This
Is hard to account for. And the lack OF
blossoms has been followed by a cores
ponding lack of spuds. The writer has
had his attention called to one small
patch of potatoes where not single
blossom showed up. On digging into
the hills a single potato is found on each
vine. The big potato raisers also an
nounce that their yield will not come
any where near what was expected
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

Miss Catherine Reeder, Miss Emma
Oak, and Roy Eastman made their walk
to Sylvan Lake in nine hours. They led
q pack horse for the frst twenty miles
and pulled it the last ten. Roy walked
back Sunday, the girls remaining there
for weeks camping party.-Hot Springs
Times Herald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06
Personal Mention.

Edgar Phillips has gone to Lincoln,
Neb., on business trip.
Frank Hebert was transacting bust
ness in Hill City Tuesday.
Fred Shoemaker was up from the
ranch few days this week.
Mrs. Pierce, OF Hot Springs, is visiting
with Mrs. q. w. Pitcher this week.
Mrs. Z. H. Rogers, Of Rockford. visit
cd her sister, Mrs. D. w. Webster, this
week.
Forest Supervisor Kelleter, of Dead
wood, was . business visitor in Custer
Thursday.
Thomas Richardson of Pleasant Val.
ley, was business visitor in Custer
Wednesday.
Miss Louise Monheim has gone to
Wind Cave to visit week or more with
Mrs. J. E. Pitcher.
Mrs. Isaac Sanborn, Of Red Oak, lows,
is in Custer for months visit with her
sister, Mra NJ. J. Bailey.
Hugh Mcdonald, wife and baby, Of
Garland, Montana, are visiting at the
old home, the Hazen ranch.
Mr.. Cameron, a sewing machine agent
from near Fairburn, accompanied by his
daughter, spent few days in Custer this
week.
J. P. burst and daughter, Irene, do.
parted Monday night for Greenville,
Pa, for q six weeks visit at tho old
home.
Dennis McHugh left Monday night for
Cripple Creek, Colorado. He may sx-
tend his journey to Arizona before his
return.
Miss Lottie E. Granger, OF Des Moines,
Iowa, is visiting her friend Mrs. NJ. J.
Bailey. The two were old-time school
friends.
Mrs. Francis Mclaughlin had the
pleasure of entertaining her friend, Mrs.
W. ]. Collins of Rapid City, the forepsrt
of the week.
Wednesday evening Mrs. F. B. Tubbs
left for months visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. knight, over in Wyoming, q
few miles from Dewey.
After spending month in Custer Wis
iting her brother, d. J. Delaney, Miss
Mary Green departed for her home in
Chicago Tuesday evening.
Mrs. J. Connors, mother of Ranger
Connors, returned home Wednesday
evening from protracted visit with rela-
tives at Bsulah, Wyoming.
Ed. Crouter and family returned to
Merna, Nebraska, Thursday. A press
of business caused them to return homo
sooner than they had planned.
Miss May Myers of Holton, Kansas,
arrived in the city last week and will
probably remain during the summer.
She is the guest OF Miss Lois Abel.
Dave Peterson was surprised Tuesday
evening by the arrival Of q sister and
his daughter, from Chsdron, Nebraska,
who will visit with him few days.
F. G. Caldwell Of Lincoln, Nebraska,
who has been visiting at the home OF
T. w. Delicate, left Wednesday a. m.
for Deadwood from where he will return
to his home.
Mrs. Vsnderburg and daughter, from
Eastern Nebraska, who have been visit
ing Mrs. w. II. Campbell and family.
went down to Hot Springs Monday
night to spend few days.
Mr.. Ed. ]. Miller, cashier Of First
National Bank of Huron, 8. D., and wife
arrived Thursday evening for . visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Delicate and
to enjoy the cool atmosphere of our lit
tie town.
Mrs. ]. E. Pitcher came up Thursday
with her neice, Miss Mary Y. Thornby
of Deadwood, who had been visiting at
Wind Cave. They spent Thursday at
Sylvan Lake. Friday they were the
guests of Mrs. H. Monhsim. Sunday
Miss Thornby returned to her
home in Deadwood and Sunday night
Mira Pitcher retDrned IN the Cave
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

Communion service tomorrow at IL
o'clock q. M, at the Methodist church.
Sermon by the district superintendent,
Rev. r. II. Dolliver. Epworth League
services at 7 o'clock p. m. Preaching at
8 o'clock p. IN. by Rev. Dolliver. Com
munion service at 8 O'Clock p. m. at the
Mayo school house.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

See Managers Stegner and Hines and
get into the NJ, b. A. without that awful
goat ride. Deaths and accidents are
happening all about you. 5000 has
been paid in Custer Oil the claims OF
Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. Hare, Joseph Pitcher
and Paul Kleemann.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06

P.J. Gallagher, representing the Mid
land Minstrels and Ball Club was in
town Friday of last week and made ar.
rangements with Manager McGregor oi
the local opera house for date Tues
day, August 9th. They carry a ball
team in the party and will cross bats
with the local team on that day also tax
ing on the fast Hill City team for game,
making double header. This combi-
nation will be worth the price of ad-
mission.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-06
For Quick Relief From Hay Fever

Asthma and summer bronchitis, take
Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t quickly re-
lieves the discomfort and suffering and
the annoying symptoms disappear. 1t
soothes and heals the inflamed air pas
sages Of the head, throat and bronchial
tubes. It contains no opiates and no
harmful drugs. Refuse substitutes. A.
j. Jones.