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Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-13

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back the fire, which has scorched
| the outskirts of the town. There
are only a few days provisions left
in Golden City.
| The laborers employed on the On
/ tario governments new railroad line
| from Golden City west reached the
city after a desperate fight with the
! flames in which many were badly
| burned. The town of Kelso was
abandoned after a fight lasting since
| Sunday.
! CONDITIONS STILL DANGEROUS.
Bay City. July IS. = Conditions
throughout the northern part of the
southern peninsula of Michigan are
still dangerous, owing to many bush
fires. and this will continue until there
are rains. No towns are reported il
immediate danger, however.
FAMILIES HOMELESS.
st. Jerome, Que, July 1S.-Twenty-
seven families are homeless here dAd
the entire business section of the town
is in ruins as a result of fire which
swept across it late yesterday THa
damage is estimated at S150,000.
SAW MILLS IN ASHES.
Calument, Que. July 13.-The large
sawmills of the Riordan Paper com
pany here are nothing but smoking
ruins today. The 500 employees of lie
mills are endeavoring to prevent
flames from wipins out the entire set
tlement. The loss is 100000.
OTSEGO is SAVED.
Bay City, Mich, July 13.-The VI
lage of Waters, in Otsego county. which
was threatened yesterday by forest
fires that invaded the town. Vas
saved from destruction by the viScr-
Gus work of the people there, aided
by fremen sent from Bay City AMI
Grayling. The fire started in the lim
Der piles of the Henry Stephens Lum-
Der company, these were DESTROYED.
but no buildings were burned.
MAINE FORESTS BURNING.
Portland, Me-, July 1G.-The forest
fires in the Maine wilderness and
New Hampshire mountains continue
TO burn unchecked, hourly consuming
hundreds of acres of valuable timbe'
land One of the fires is within six
miles of the town of Jackman. SCuiL
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-13
500 DEAD IN FIRE;
TOWNS IN RUINS

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We don't attempt descriptions quote prices. De.
scriptons possibly convey any adequate idea of
the sve fit make and distinctive appearance embodied
in our garments and the prices without knowledge OF
the goods would nothing to you.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
DOUGLAS NEVER
FORGOT A FACE

stephen A. Douglas. the little
giant Of Illinois, who ran for presi-
dent against Abraham Lincoln and
Breckenridge of Kentucky, In 1860,
had the most remarkable memory for
faces Of any man in public life" re-
marked J. f. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania.
at the Raleigh.
This Is the Information gathered
upon the occasion OF visit to Wash
ington on election day In 1880. The
hate Col. John w. Forney, one of the
closest newspaper friends Lincoln
had, at one time owner of the Phila.
delphia Press and the Washington
Chronicle. was discussing the election
OF Garfield over Hancock with Col.
Harmon Of Detroit, I'm the old Ma
uonal hotel. where Col Harmon had
been guest for a number Of years.
Col. Harmon had been mayor OF DE.
troit and prominent in national poll
tics. Il In said he was a half.breed
indian. BE that as IL may. Harmon anG
Forney got TO talking about earlier
politics and Harmon related the story
OF meeting with Douglas in New
York. Douglas had been nominated
In Baltimore by one faction OF the
Democratic party. Breckenridge was
chosen by the other faction in
Charleston When he heard OF his
nomination Douglas was in New York.
he entered the Astor hotel. then tse
headquarters for all politicians and
the principal hotel In New York, and
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
WESTERN CANADA
IS STRONG FOR
RECIPROCITY
Prospect Of American Dollars Draws
Cry Against Trade Agreement
That Comes From Over
the Seas.
Wider Markets More Attractive
Than "Loafng Round
the Throne"
AZ DANA sLEETH.

CALGARY. Can. Sept. s-Though
this h almost as English and as west.
ern a province rs British Columbia,
there Is asdecidedly different senti-
ment about reciprocity, Alberta has
four liberals and three conservatives
In parliament On the grounds OF reci-
procity alone IL is expected this prov
ince win Increase its liberal majority
by two members at the election on
Sept. 81. IN. Z. ete,
The reciprocity question has merged
party lines lot. and though the man.
ufacturing and banking interests e
generally against reciprocity, the farm
ers. workers and small business men
are for n strong
From every quarter where political
sagacity IS sagacitating comes the hint
that the western provinces. with the
exception Of British Columbia, will go
solidiy for reciprocity. z
Saskatchewan has seven TO one
liberal delegation. and the lone con-
sentative will probably be wiped out
this election.
Manitoba is conservative by eight
to two. but an even break or better Is
predicted because Manitoba. like Al
befta and Saskatchewan. has big
farming population that wants wider
market for its wheat. cattle, horses
and hogs.
About the oniy appeal the conserva-
tives are making Is for the upholding
Of the Empire" and the prairie prov
inces appear TO be listening TO the
ciink Of the American dollar with more
interest than to the cables from the
London Times nd Pail Mall Gazette
Even the conservatives do not ex-
pect to cut down the bic liberal major
tiles IN Quebec .iSova Scotia and New
Brunswick. three to one majority in
the present parliament, while the ID
eral leaders are looki for the Gen.
tiers OF population and the working
vote 20 increase their lead
In Ontario an even break Is expect
ed; the conservatives have so and the
liberals SO members. The big country
vote and the small business vote are
Dronouncedly for reciprocity. and this
Il expected to maize difference in
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08

constituencies formerly conservative
on straight party issues
feature or the campaign. In the
west at least. has been the evident
part English corporations and politi-
cans have taken against reciprocity.
and the slight heed paid TO these over
the-water wailings by the provincial
farmers.
THE real issue 10 whether Canada
shall be Americanized or great
power In the British empire remark
the voices from London.
The real ssue Is whether we are
going TO market our stock and grain,
and get American goods at right
prices" remark the western farmers.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
To END DISPUTE
OVER NAMES
United States Board wnl Settle
Question for Many Geographi-
cal Points.

WASHINGTON. Sept. s.--within a
few weeks the United STATES Geo.
graphic board, composed OF oficials
in various departments Of the gov
eminent, will hold It's semi-annual
meeting TO determine upon the cor
rect names OF various geographical
points where differences OF opinion
existed. The board is assisted In It's
work by various subsidiary boards
which forward TO the Washington
headquarters all the data they can
obtain as TO the names in disputs =.
One OF the most important subsidiary
boards Is that maintained in the
Philippines, where more than the or
binary COMMISSIONS as to proper names
exists. II is largely with the data
now en- route from the islands that
the coming meeting will act upon.
Last spring the board adopted a
large number OF names which II had
decided should be applied to various
streams, lakes an portages along the
Canadian border, from Lake OF the
Woods, in Minnesota. eastward
These names were decided upon a.
the result OF meetings held In con-
junction with a similar board OF Can
ada However. there are still a few
OF these names which have not been
acted upon and these will be consid-
cred at the boards next meeting.
Another matter OF dispute to be
settled is the proper name OF range
OF mountains In Eastern Oregon mid
way between the Cascades and the
Rockies. The range 10 now known
az Powder River Range, Waliowa
Range and Cornucopia Mountains. A
great amount OF data on this dispute
has been received and Is now await
ing final consideration.
Will Gust Leader Of indians.
One OF the Incidental reasons for
Secretary Of the Interior Fishers
present trip to Alaska Is to GUST
Father Duncan from his stronghold
on Methlakahtla Island.
Father Duncan Is a priest who has
been In Alaska ever since man can
and during most of that
time has been nominal chief OF the
which was set aside for their use by
the government.
Under Father Duncan's guiding
hands, the Mathlakahtla Indians have
built mp a community OF more than
ordinary prosperity, possessing as 1t
does. cannery. saw mill and vari-
BUS other industries of considerable
size. Father Duncan, however. has
become a little too independent to
suit Uncle Sam. and for this reason
there has been an effort on foot for
4 long while to dislodge him.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08

Immediately was surrounded by his
political admirers. Among them was
Col Harmon. The latter, according
TO the story told me, put forth his
hand and congratulated Douglas on
his nomination.
Thank you, Col Harmon replied
douglas.
Harmon was amazed that Doug.
las should have remembered his
name, for he had met the little giant
but once, Is years before, and then
for but brief period. After a time
be returned and asked Douglas how
he was able TO call him by name.
My dear colonel said Douglas,
whenever I meet man ! want to
know again I put a mark on him and
I never forget. "--Washington Post
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
FACES PRISON; ENDS HIS LIFE.
David Afford Kills Himself as tiIs SEN
tsnce Is Near

David Afford Kills HimseIt as MS SEN
tence 10 Near.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Sept. Be
cause he was soon TO go before Judge
Kline and receive 20-year sentence.
David Afford ended his life In the
county Jail here yesterday.
Afford had been convicted on a
charge preferred againf. him by his
14-year-old step-daughter, and was TO
have been sentenced tbs afternoon.
Some time before the hour set for
his appearance In court, Afford asked
permission 10 see his wife and young
daughter. When they entered his cell.
they found the prisoner violently ILL.,
Death followed within a few hours.
The poison which Afford swallowed
was a mixture OF corrosive sublimate
and kerosene. which IL used about the
Jail for disinfecting purposes. II is
believed he obtained small quantities
at various times and kept the liquid
until he had accumulated a
sufficient quantity TO kill himself.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08

BALTIMORE, Mr., Sept, S.--Senator
Arthur Pue German was unanimously
nominated for governor yesterday by
the Democratic state convention.
Emerson G. Harrington was chosen
for comptroller and Edgar Allen Poe
for attorney general. The Republicans
named Philips Lee Goldborough for
governor. John II. Cunningham for
comptroller and Norris A. soper for
Encouragement.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08

Agents. commissioners and all sorts
OF representatives OF the government
have been dispatched 10 the island 10
humor him into letting loose, out 20
no avail However. he has nnally
agreed 10 treat with the government
through an attorney whom he had re-
Gently retained, and Secretary Fisher
and his party will stop at Meth
lakahtla TO attempt TO reach an agree
ment with the old priest whereby ne
will turn his industries over to the
government !.
TAN TO See Many summer Sites"
When President Taft returns from
his anticipated tour OF the west this
fall. he will doubtless have visited
more ideal sites for n summer
home" than he can count on the
fingers OF both his own and Archie
Butts two hands. for the west has
mace great plans for convincing the
chief executive OF the nation that h0
should spend the hot weather months
In that part OF the country.
The little town OF Wayzata, on Lake
Minnetonka, Minnesota. which start
ed the recent summer capital" furry
tnat became uAlhOu WloC athAoot WV
night. Is still much In earnest over
the matter, and when Mr.. Taft
reaches Minneapolis on his big
swing" principal feature OF the
presidential entertainment program
in that city Is q trip across Lake
Minnetonka TO Wayzata. the home OF
Bald Hill. which II Is hoped some day
will be crowned with miniature
white house.
The state OF Washington, too, IS
understood to have the cream OF Its
real estate sharks" In readiness for
convincing Mr.. Taft that there Is no
place like home II home IL In that
state Spokane has two sites to Of
fer the president. Seattle. Tacoma and
Everett have each picked out choice
tracts OF land overlooking Puget
Sound. and other cities of the state,
we'll equipped with press agents, are
expected to enter the race.
Legation Sites Scarce.
The state department Is encounter
Ing considerable difficulty in finding
suitable sites for embassy and lega-
ton sites abroad When congress
passed the bill for purchase by this
government Of such buildings, II
named $4,000 as the maximum
price which could be paid for any one
building. From estimates submitted
TO the department II now appears that
this restriction may prevent Uncle
Sam owning homes for his diplomatic
officers In any of the big foreign
cities.
1t Is only at the smaller posts. IL
is said, that the government will be
able to purchase sites within this
figure II Is possible that the state
may ask congress TO
make an exception in certain cases
to permit Of extension of the law to
such cities as London. Berlin, st.
Petersburg. Paris and others.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
shopIIfter suspec, cauoh,.

Constank spreafco, ~ years old, an
Italian living at No. LA Congress-st.
east, was caught In Heyn's bazaar,
Friday noon. by the store fioorwaiker.
who claims that he saw the man steal
q fountain pen and pair OF gold cuff
links. Detective Bert Dvyer took the
man 10 the central police station. He
had $50 In his rockets.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
GIVES LoNsBERRY LIFE TERM.
Judge Smith Sentences Farmer Who
Confessed He Slew His Wife.

. CHARLOTTE. Mich. Sept, s.--Life
imprisonment in Jackson 10 the
sentence imposed upon William z.
Lonsberry. who confessed that he
killed his wife when his mother re.
vealed the secret after keeping II
six years
II have done a great wrong" he
said before Judge Smith pronounced
sentence, but have nothing to ask.
The murder was not premeditated
My mother was the direct cause.
Property matters had nothing to do
with the quarrel"
The body OF Lonsberry's wife was
dug up on the Lonsberry farm recent.
ly.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
A Devoted Constituent.

That member Of congress says you
have voted for him for the last If
teen years"
That's right" replied Farmer Corn
tossel.
You must think a lot Of him"
Well. dunno. You see, fifteen
years ago | had couple OF boss
trades with him, an since then I've
allus felt safer with him spendin'
SO much of his time in Washington"
Washington Star.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08

A landowner in Japan does not own
anything below the surface OF his
land. Minerals and all else beneath
the surface belongs to the govern
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
oscopA FIRE VICTIM DEAD.

SAGINAW, Mich, Sept. S.-Perry 8.
Blackwell, II. an Oscoda fire victim,
who moved to Alpena and had just
completed home there, died Of old
age and shock, leaving q wife.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08

The debt Of the city OF London IL
now s555,O00.000. Above two millions
Of this sum was added during the last
year.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17
interesting Facts Concerning
the National Carnival and
the Picturesque Way.
Wonderful High Bridge On
the Queen & Crescent
Route and Other
Scenes.

Mardi Gras, the national carni-
val, which is held annually in New
Orleans, will begin this year on
February 20, and continue for an
entire week. Mardi Gras is the
French expression for Shrove
Tuesday, which, being the day pre-
ceding Ash Wednesday, or the be-
ginning of Lent, makes it easy to
follow the analogy of its literal
translation-Mardi, Tuesday, and
Gras, fat-when the further fact
is considered that, in its applica-
ton, it also stands for the last day
of the Carnival; the latter signi-
flying in this same connection,
farewell to flesh meat" and find
ing expression in gala days of rev.
elry.
Common usage in the case OF
the Mardi Gras at New Orleans
has somewhat broadened its orig
inal application, so that, to at least
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17

the laymen, it is synonymous with
carnival, except that there is al
ways the Mardi Gras day, which
is not only the last day of the So
called carnival week, but the great
day of them all. In it are Gull
minated the grandest efforts, and
the entire day is given up to a con-
tinuous round of gay pageants,
masking and merry-making, feast
ing and terpsichorean assemblies.
WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
The mainsprings of activity of
the carnival festivities are the Sc
cret societies organized for the
sole purpose of celebrating the pre-
Lenten period. The names of the
principal of these societies are nu-
merous, and of them, Rex, Proteus,
Comus and Momus are the four
great organizations. The other
mystic organizations are: Twelfth
Night Revelers, Amphictyons,
Krewe of Nereus, Olympians, Fall
stafians, High Priests of Mithras,
Elves of Oberon, and Atlanteans.
Throughout these societies there
runs a wonderful system of an or
ganization, as complete as that of
well-disciplined army. Although
cooperating to a single end, SO Sc
cret are their proceedings that even
the personnel of their member
ship is unknown outside the coun-
Gil chambers. But they work the
whole year through-it is said
that as a pageant parades the
streets, the work on that for the
next year is actually in progress
and they spend for such purposes
fabulous sums of money. The re-
suit is a brilliant succession of cos
TUNED tableaux, masked and I'M
masked balls and street pageants.
The feature of the latter are floats,
or cars, on which is illustrated in
spectacular gorgeousness some
well-chosen subject.
The subjects of these pageants
are changed every year, and are
kept profound secret until their
actual appearance on the streets.
a sufficient guarantee of their
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17

splendor and interest for future
seasons is their past reputation and
the citing of a few Of the subjects
that have been illustrated in the
gorgeous pageants of the past: By
Rex = Arabian Knights; Realms
of Flowers; Visions, Dreams and
Legends; Chronicles from Fairy
land. By Proteus-A Dream of
Egypt; Tales of the Genii; Tales
of Childhood; The Rubayiat. By
Comus-Lalla Rookh Scenes from
Biblical History; Songs of Long
Ago; Babylon the Magnificent.
By Momus A Dream of Fair
Women; The Passions; Paradise
Lost, and Scenes from Popular
Poems.
In one form or another the
'Mardi Gras festivities have been
observed in New Orleans, although
at broken intervals, for nearly
three-quarters of century; and
continuously each year since the
close of the Civil War. 1t had its
origin in the custom in olden times
of Louisiana's planters and mer-
chants looking to France, their
mother country, for their fashions,
amusements and literature; one of
the results of which was the in
PRODUCTION, in 1897, of the first
grand street procession of mas
queraders in New Orleans by a
number of young Creole gentle
men, some of them just returned
from finishing a Partisan educa-
ton. This was followed ten years
later by one on much larger scale
or the Mardi Gras of 1887; and
from these the carnival method of
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17
HEIGHT REACHED.

City.
HEIGHT REACHED.
Varying slightly from year to
year, as to the societies participant
ing during the carnival season, the
entire session is, nevertheless, one
of activity and general festivity,
eliminating in the so-called carnival
week and reaching its height on
Mardi Gras day. On the day be-
fore Mardi Gras, Monday, comes
Rex, King of the Carnival, accom-
panied by his mobiles and atten-
dants in waiting, to his much-be-
loved capital" His proclamation,
long before posted throughout the
country, and familiar to many,
shows excellently the mock as
sumption of regal power, and the
spirit in which festivities of Mardi
Gras are carried out and heartily
received by the populace of New
Orleans. Rex usually, though not
necessarily, makes his journey to
the city by way of the river on his
Royal Yacht" escorted by the
Royal Flotilla," which royal
yacht and royal flotilla vary, &C
cording to his whims, from pri-
waite yachts to visiting war vessels
of the United States and foreign
nations, with accompanying tugs
and merchant steamers. The arri-
val of the gala decorated fotilla,
amid the booming of cannon and
the loud strains of music, is to the
stranger an interesting feature of
the Mardi Gras and should not be
missed. On landing Rex and his
retinue, in brilliant military and
civic procession, escorted by his
especially selected bodyguard, US
ually some crack military organiza-
ton, visiting or local, proceeds to
the City Hall, where he receives
the keys of the city. From then
on his rule is absolute and his
royal standard of purple, green
and gold, waves over the city in
token of his sovereignty. In the
evening of the same day, Monday,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17
FAMOUS HIGH BRIDGE.

FAMOUS HIGH BRIDGE.
Dividing the Blue Grass coun-
try in almost the center runs the
Kentucky River, one of the most
picturesque streams on the West
ern Hemisphere, and rivaling the
beauty of Hudson River scenery.
On the Queen & Crescent route,
which traverses this wonderful
section of country, is High Bridge,
which crosses the Kentucky River
twenty miles south of Lexington
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17
there is spread before the eye
wonderful panorama of rocks,
crags and forests, which once
seen will not soon be forgotten.
CUMBERLAND RIVER.

Twelve miles east are the Falls
of Cumberland River. With a
majestic fall of water, down a
perpendicular of eighty feet, the
sparkling water is embosomed in a
grand setting of evergreens and
towering crags. About this section
are many of the large coal beds OF
Kentucky, which are in process OF
being worked. From Flat Rock to
Helenwood the line is double
tracked for a distance of thirty
two miles, making a total of fifty
eight miles of double track with
which the road is equipped in this
section. Good results of this work
are seen at various points en-
route, attention having been given
to taking out the curvatures and
reducing grades, thus adding to the
material comfort and pleasure OF
the traveller.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17

festivity may be said to have been
fully launched in the Crescent
City.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-02-17
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The undersigned hereby give warn
TTIg to All PERSONS not to trarspass upon
our lands for any purpose whatever as
We viii prosecute ali offenders to full
lest ex tent of the law. Hunters and
Fishermen especially take notice.
Jno VI ARA Squire z Parsons
w S Ferguson FL * n B Price
Z F Herring w A Price
W S Embry S L Rich
Mrs P w Kinnaird I A Elkin
Dave Thompson j W Sweeney
Rice Jas Sutton
Mrs. Rebecca West Mrs. E E Daniels
d B Anderson H C. Arnold
W G Anderson, H c Hamilton,
L H Brown G Y Conn
I w Conn JIG Conn
] G Clark Pilgrimage Tobacco Co.
Mrs Maggie Boulder DIR. w Burnett
C G Gay w K Leavell
E Dunn John Boian
G Hammock
Booth Thompson r. E. Thompson