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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
Hammond Chosen to Represent Us
When King George Is Crowned

Kruger saw in Hammond. as he did In
every reforner. an enemy to his rule
over the Bcer country. and he put
Hammond IN jail and had him con-
dernned to death by the rope. The
sentence was coTnmuted to fifteen
years Imprisonment and later TO the
payment OF a fine OF s125, 600. It was a
narrow squeak for Hammond.
That is one OF the pages Of written
history on which the name of John
HAYS Hammond figures big. There are
other pages, many of them. on which
his name is written or deserves to be
written. He has zigzagged his inter
esting way over the world. dotting the
globe with places from which precious
metals have been dug. Probably no
other man in the history OF the world
has SO extensive q history as an ex-
plorer for purely unitarian purposes.
He is like the fairy In the old tale in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
SKELETON OF MAN 10000
YEARS OLD is DISCOVERED
Most Ancient on Record, English Sci
enlist Declares.

The skeleton of a man recently found
IN the Thames bed at Galley Hill, near
Northdeet. is declared by Professor
Arthur Keith OF London to be 10000
years old.
Delivering a lecture before the Roy
al college surgeons on the antiquity Of
man. Keith said he arrived at his es-
innate Of age by the work done by the
Themes since the time when the level
Of the river was 90 TO 100 feet higher
than today. Measured at the lowest
estimate the Thames bed had been
lowered and raised at least ITO feet
since the upper terrace of gravel was
laid down in the postglacial times.
Seeing how little the level and as
pect OF the valley has been altered
since the Roman period and that there
Is no reason to presume the changes
IN the level or climate occurred at a
faster rate IN past times than in the
present, one may safely allow" said
Professor Keith, 100 years for every
foot which the river has worn away
or laid down. On this basis of com.
putaton the antiquity Of the Galley
Hill remains may be estimated ct TO-
coo years"
Consideration OF parts of this skele-
ton shows how old the modern type
OF man is. The Galley Hill man. al
though differing in several features, Is
essentially modern In type and Is the
only representative known OF the thou
sands OF gensrations of Englishmen
which span the vast period Of human
life in that country from the glacial to
the neolithic times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

whose footprints flowers sprang up.
only his footprints are not marked by
flowers, but by quartz crushers and
stamping mills and shelters and other
unpoetical but extremely useful things.
In finding gold for others Hammond
has found fortune for himself He is
the famous man with the $1,000. 600
salary" which figure made the world
gasp several years ago. He is said to
have received and to be receiving that
amount yearly from the Gugsenheirn
Exploration company for finding new
mines or passing judgment upon those
found by others. But Hammond has
never admitted the facts about tie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
Terrible Train of Troubles.

Lake Charles, La.-Mrs. z. Four
nier, SIG Kirby street, says: The
month before l took Cardui l could
hardly walk. l had backache, head
ache, pain in my legs, chills. faint
ing speIle. sick stomach. dragging
feelings and no patience or courage.
Since taking Cardui, have no more
pains. can walk as far as / want TO.
and feel coed all the time" Take
CarduI and be benefited by the pc
Culiar herb ingredients which have
been found so efficient for womaniy
lille. Cardui viii relieve that back
ache. headache and all the misery
from which you suffer. Just as II
has done for Others. Try CaTdui.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

81, coo. coo q year salary, and the Gug-
gsnhetrn payroIls are not open to In
spection by the public II is quite
likely that Hammond works for the
GusEenheizns for no salary at all, but
OF a percentage basis which yields SUI
hcient income for him to indulge in MS
few hobbies. such as aspiring 10 such
high Offices as vice president OF the
United States. neighboring with Presi-
dent Taft or the north shore OF Massa-
chusetts, running the National League
Of Repu blican Clubs, Of which he Is
president, helping to run the National
Civic federal ton, lecturing before uni
versities on abstruse mining problems.
etc.
Here come the biographical details
Mr. Hammond Is ffty-stx years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

EeeEt thou dtfRent IN ms puSI-
Tess he shall stand before kings; he shall
bot stand before mean men--Proveros
xxi, T.
- It is with John Hays Ham
d. rnond Of New York, London,
Gloucester. Mass, and any
~ where else on the eArth's sur
fs &c or under it's superhcies that val
liable mines are to be found. He has
been diligent in his business; therefore
ne shall stand before kings. or. at any
rate, before one king The place and
the occasion Of the standing viii be
the coronation Of King George v or
Great Britain and Ireland, etc. in
Westminster abbey next June Mr..
Hammond viii be there IN virtue OF his
appointment by President Taft IS spe-
cial ambassador Of the United States.
John Hays Hammond has stood be-
fore kings on prior occasions. and he
has not been abaShed. Indeed, why
should he be? To let of a little fam
boyant patriotism he is an American
citizen and therefore as good as any
king And he is king or at least king
pin, in his own profession, which re
Quires at least as much brains as being
king Of Montenegro or Dahomey or
Sarawak or any other out OF the way
principahty When a man is the best
ed, highest salaried mining engineer
In the world he does not need TO bow
his head before any mere hereditary
king or emperor Honors and money
and position and other desirable things
have come TO him IN too abundant
measure for that.
Let's dig up a little ancient history
about Hammond OTIS got to be done,
for every mention of him in cOnnec-
ton with the special ambassadorship
has told Of his involvement in the Jane
son raid. and we might as well follow
the lead. 1t was really an important
incident in a career crowded with i'm
johannesburg In 1895 when DR.. Lean
der 8. Jameson Cnow Sir Leander
Starr Jameson by grace of King
turning the government Of the South
African Republic with 500 men, enter
Ing with Iightness of heart upon a task
which required Qost of Great Britain's
army and some of its navy a few years
later Jameson believed that Ham
mond. then in charge of Cecil Rhodes
gold mines in South Africa. was In
sympathy with his movement, as the
American engineer was one of the four
leaders for reform government in the
Transvaal- Contemporary records show
that Hammond wired to Jameson as
follows, Experts report decidedly ad-
verse; 7 absolutely condemn further
development at present" and that he
fined up his men and made them swear
Notwithstanding this old President
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
Railroad News

Telegraph operators will be fewer
on the Burlington line, if the electric
typewriting machine now in use at
Galesburg proves satisfactory. The ma
chine is being given tryout there, and
if it works properly will be used in 9th
or cities along the system. In explain
ing the machine and its probable Eff
fects upon the telegraph operators the
Galesburg Mail says:
Skilled electricians under the super
vision of Inventor Crumm of Chicago
have been engaged installing a Mork-
rum printing telegraph system, which
bids to revolutioniZe the whole system
of railroad dispatching in the telegraph
Offices at the Burlington depot
The Morkrum system is already in
operation on several lines, and is said
to have proved it's efficiency. The speed
and accuracy of the new system will
tend to do away with the number of
operators employed, as the instrument
does not call for an expert telegraph
operated by anyone familiar with a
typewriter.
Tho sending apparatus is a type
writer which is cut into the circuit.
The operator in the Galesburg Office
will sit at his machine and write the
message OF on the keys OF the type
writer and the same message will be
automatically written out by a type
writer at the other end of the line or
at various points along the circuit. The
system being installed is a duplex ar
rangement by which messages can be
sent in two directions at one time.
For instance, q sender operating the
sending machine in the Offices at the
local depot can send the same message
in the direction of Chicago points, and
at the same time record the message
on a receiving machine at Quincy or
any other point with which he might
wish to make connection in another
direction. 1t is claimed by the owner.
of the system that for railroad work
the printing telegraph is far more &C
curate than the old system of code
sounding telegraph, which must be
translated and transcribed by the re-
ceiving operator at the opposite end
of the circuit, the message passing first
through q mechanical and then a men.
tai process before being transcribed,
and hence the liability of error in one
or other OF the processes. In the new
system the operator sees before him
as he writes exactly the message that
is being received at the other end, and
can at once check up on any mistakes.
After watching with great interest
the experiment as used on other roads
the Burlington company decided to try
1t on their own system and chose
Galesburg because Of the steady
stream Of telegraph trafic between this
city and Chicago. as the best place on
the system to thoroughly test the eff
cheney OF the service.
The work of installing the system
will be completed in a few days and
the machine thrown into operation
Should # prove a. successful here an
is probable the initial machine Will be
followed by others. and the force of
operators will be diminished
The invention II as perfect as its
owners claim. will mark a step In ad-
vance railway telegraphy and the hand
link of train orders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

OF the system through the pores OF the
skin, This condition cannot be cured
Complexion Tablets purify the blood
strengthen the system and make your
skin healthy. thus restoring your com
ence.
Under the purifying and tonic effscT
of Bin-Ter Complexion Tablets the sys-
ten will be built lip and your skin
cleared. usually In about 10 days. Sold
and recommended by Thomas Drug com
tory. 155 Z Washington street. CnicS-
60, for large sample.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
NO PENSION FOR DINING.

Partisan Councillor Who 5snqusted Of
ten Refused Government Aid.
Chronic dyspepsia, incurred during
the discharge OF his official duties. Is
the ground upon which a councillor Of
the Paris prefecture has applied for
bis pension before the age at which it
becomes due.
Attendance at state banquets, he de
clares, has played such havoc with his
digestive organs that his health will
not permit him to remain in office any
longer His application was rejected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

A Herciless murderer is appendi-
citis with many victims. but DR..
KINGS New Ia Pills kill IT - pre-
vention. They gently stimulate storn-
ech. liver and bowels, preventing
that Ciogsing that invites sppendi-
citis, curing constipation, headache.
oiliousness, chilIs. Twenty-Five cent
al all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
Attacks School Principal.

A severe attack on school princi-
pal, Charles B. Allen, of Sylvania,
Ca, is thus told by him. For more
than three years." he writes, 81 suf-
fered indescribable torture from
rheumatism, liver and stomach trou-
BILE and diseased kidneys. All rem
edies failed till l used Electric Bit
ters, but four bottles Of this wonder
full remedy cured me completely"
Such results are common. Thous-
ands bless them for curing stomach
trouble, female complaints, kidney
disorders, biliousness and for new
health and vigor. Try them. Only
so cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
PimpIes Cured in Ten Days
OR YOUR MONEY BACK

Any one who has pimples. boils. black
heads. liver spots. open sores and erup-
tons should know 81 Is because of bad
blood. The circulation has become con-
taminated with matter that has diseas-
ed the blood which IS being forced out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets invariably bring relief to wo-
men suffering from chronic constipa-
ton, headache, biliousness, dizziness,
aallowness OF the skin and dyspepsia.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
Burlington Woman Reaches 100.

Burlington. Iowa. March l5-Mrs.
Sarah Sharp. living eight miles west
OF Burlington, celebrated her tooth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

native Of San Francisco, a graduate of
the Sheffield Scientific school of Yale
university and OF the Royal School of
Mines at Frefburg, Saxony. He was
married thirty years ago to Miss Nata-
lie Harris Of Mississippi. She has beer
with him in various parts OF the world.
notably in South Africa when Kruger
and his advisers dangled a rope over
her husbands head. Mrs. Hammond
resembles her husband mentally. She
shares his interest In economic mat
tiers and has just been elected national
chairman of the woman'S welfare de-
partment NJ the National Civic feder-
alton. WALTER n 6QHNSQS%
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

birthday anniversary yesterday. She
Is in excellent health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

seest thou a man dHigent In his bust
Tess he shall stand before kings; he shall
bot stand before mean men--ProVeros
xxi T.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15
Thinks Daily Is Needed.

AZ want TO be able to give the paper
to the children ut penny or less, GER
tainly not more. There will be news,
funny pages. children's stories and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-15

, Il Is with John Hays Ham
mond Of New York, London
Gloucester. Mass, and any
where else on the eA<th's sur
The new era., 1911-11-02
Minor Mention,

Heavy shipments of cattle are being
made by the Rio Blanco cattlemen.
Coyote hunting with hounds is prov
ing popular winter sport at Grover.
Work on the irrigation system of the
Greeley-Poudre district is progressing
rapidly.
Recent rains and snow in Phillips
county have put the ground in fine
shape for wheat.
Stricken suddenly while talking with
companions, Richard Grome, aged 4S,
fell dead in Trinidad.
Clyde Hoskinson. the self-confessed
robber of the Montezuma saloon at
Montezuma, where he secured $50, has
been captured.
w. H. Miller. the foremost pioneer
of Rio Blanco county, and the father
Of the White river valley" died in
Alaska Of ptomaine poisoning.
The general merchandise store and
blacksmith shop of G. w. Ferguson,
on Spring Creek mesa, at Montrose,
was completely destroyed by fire.
Col. George E. Randolph, soldier,
politician and street railway man, was
found dead in bed at his residence in
Denver, the victim of heart disease.
He was II years old.
In order to complete the picking of
the large apple crop, 1875 students in
the Montrose County High School
were released for two days in order
to assist in gathering the crop.
M. B. Page, prominent fruit grow
tative from Mesa county in the Legis-
lature, was thrown by runaway
horse and his recovery Is doubtful.
Gen. Henry Strong, at one time en-
pire builder, director and president of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road, lawyer, scholar and pioneer
died at the age of 50 years, in Den
yer.
The county commissioners of Otero
county received bids for building a
new REINFORCED concrete bridge across
the Arkansas between North La Junta
and La Junta. 1t will cost about $780,
900.
The Manhattan Trust Company of
New York has given notice that the
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern rail
road has defaulted in the interest on
100000 of it's first mortgage bonds,
due this month.
For the championship of the world
at doublehand rock drilling. con-
test was held at Victor, which resulted
| in victory for the "Terrible Swedes"
of Ouray, who retained their title
against Cardonau and Strothers of
Cripple Creek, whom they defeated
Labor Day.
The new era., 1911-11-02
FOREIGN.

The Greek steamer Georges, grain
laden, was wrecked at the entrance of
the Gironde Estuary. Rocheford,
France. during a storm. OF the crew
of twenty-five only seven were saved.
Several bodies have been washed
ashore.
The revolutionary spirit is now
manifesting itself in the north as we'll
as in southern China. Those who here
tofore have believed the northern pro-
vinces might rally around the govern
ment are now of the opinion that Sc
cessions will follow in rapid success
sion.
The main army of the Chinese gov
ernment under War Minister Yin
Tchang, said to number 10000 men,
was totally defeated at Kwang Shut,
Ho Peh province, according to a cable
received by the Chinese Free Press of
San Francisco. The rebel army of 15,-
900 under Lii Yueng, it is stated, cap
tured artillery. baggage train and am
munition of the imperials who re-
treated to Sha Got.
The new era., 1911-11-02
GENERAL.

DR.. Anna Howard Shaw of Moylan,
Pa, president since 1905 of the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage Association,
was reelected unanimously at Louis
vile, Ky.
Former Senator Aldrich, of Rhode
Island. submitted to the National
Monetary Commission at Washington,
of which he is chairman, revision
of his plan for monetary legislation.
The commission may use it as the
basis of its recommendations to Con-
gress. The basic principles of the re-
yised plan are substantially the same
as those embodied in Mr.. Aldrich's
first proposal, sent to the commits
sion last January, which he said he
expected would serve as a basis for
national discussion. Briefly, the plan
still provides for the organization of
the national reserve association with
capital of approximately 100000. 900
IN which the United States govern
ment and the banks owning shares
in the ASSOCIATION shall be the only
depositors.
The new era., 1911-11-02
LIABILITY ACT
BEING PREPARED
WoRkMENS COMPENSATION CON-
MISSION WILL PRESENT
PLAN TO CONGRESS.
LAWTOBE COMPULSORY
PLAN PROVIDES PAYMENT TO EN-.
PLOYES SUSTAINING SE-
RIOUS INJURY.


Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington = The Employers Liza
bility and Workmen's Compensation
Commission after two days eXecu-
tive session reached an agreement on
the basis of legislation to be recon-
mended to Congress and adjourned
until Monday, November 9Th, when
the commission will meet to hear
suggestions from persons interested in
the proposed legislation
The law proposed will provide for
direct payment by interstate carriers
to employees sustaining injury by ac-
cdent except in cases of willful mis-
conduct.
The compensation to be paid by the
employer directly and not out of a
general fund created by any form Of
taxation.
That the law shall be in form COM
pulsory and not subject to election by
either employer or employe.
The remedy provided by such law
to be exclusive of any common law
or other statutory remedy.
To apply to all accidents resulting
to the employe while in the course of
his employment, except those where
the disability continues for period
of two weeks or less, the employer,
however, to furnish medical and sur
gical assistance to an amount not ex-
ceeding 5000.
Payments under the law shall be
made periodically and not in lump
sums, with. however, appropriate pro-
vision for communication at any time
after the lapse of six months on the
application of either party.
The new era., 1911-11-02
To Test New Court.

Denver.-The Colorado Bar Associa-
ton has filed request with the at
torney general asking him to bring a
quo warranto proceeding in the Su-
preme Court to test the validity OF the
new Court of Appeals. The resolu-
ton requesting the attorney general
to begin action in this case was
passed unanimously by the executive
committee of the bar association. All
quo warranto proceedings must be
brought to the Supreme Court by the
attorney general, and it is for this rea-
son that he has been appealed to by
the bar association. Attorneys to pros
ecute thecase against the new court
will be appointed by the association.
The new era., 1911-11-02

The Southern Presbyterian Foreign
Missions committee at Nashville,
Tenn, has received a cablegram from
S. l. Woodbridge at Shanghai, China.
saying all missionaries there are safe.
That spirited, if not unfriendly,
contest for the removal of the national
headquarters from New York to Chi
cago, will be entered into, by the dele
gates to the forty-third annual conven-
tion of the National American Wom-
an Suffrage Association, now in ses-
sion in Louisville, KY, has been indi
Gated.
The judiciary Of the United States
must be brought within the control
and made answerable to the well
thought out judgment of the people, is
the opinion of Theodore Roosevelt,
who spoke on "The Conservation of
Womanhood and Childhood" before
the Civic Forum in New York.
In the arrest of Richard Alternately,
a manufacturer at Spartanburg, S. c.,
on charge of having murdered Will
liam A. Abbott in 1879, George A. Alb.
bot, painter, believes his quest of
thirty-two years for the slayer of his
brother is ended. 1t has been George
Abbott's one life purpose to avenge
his brothers death.
John r. Walsh, former banker, pub.
Usher and railroad owner, released on
parole a week ago from the Leaven.
worth federal penitentiary, died in
Chicago of heart disease. Mr.. Walsh
had been in bed most of the time
since leaving Leavenworth October
ly by physicians. Intermittent reports
of his failing health during his incar
ceration had been denied at the peni
tentiary. 1t was plain on his release
that he had aged and he gave up plans
for resumption of his position as q
financial leader and took to his bed
Mr.. Walsh was "a years old
The Wright brothers. Oryille and
Wilbur, inventors of the aeroplane,
have perfected discovery expected
to add vastly to the safety of avia.
tion. Orville Wright has decided to
give the announcement of his inven.
tion to the world and to put the de.
vice into practical use for the first
time. In brief Mr.. Wrights statement
was that he had perfected device
FOR the automatic controlling OF glid-
ere and power-driver aeroplanes, to
keep such machines at proper balance
in the air. 1t is expected to relieve
him OF the work of balancing it in the
air, enormously increasing the safety
OF the aviator and of the machine.
The new era., 1911-11-02
Arizona Holds Election.

Phoenix, Affiliations held it's
first state primary and nominated
full list of state, county, congressional
and senatorial candidates. Reports
from all sections of the territory in
dicate that the primary passed off
quietly. The voting was very slow,
the ballots being extremely long. The
Socialists had but one nominee for
each office, and all on their ticket
are sure of being placed on the Off
cial ballots. There was one ballot
for each of the three parties.
The new era., 1911-11-02
orchardists Fear Freezing.

Delta.-Fifty odd cars OF apples
have left Delta daily for over week
and the harvest is but fairly started.
Every available man is at work in
the orchards, but there are not enough
and orchardists fear freezing weather
and snow will catch them with a
large part OF the crop not gathered.
To date the county has shipped about
400 cars of apples and over thou
sand cars of peaches and early fruits.
The 100000 cantaloupe crop is on the
move, but much of it is held up for
want of cars. Late potatoes are going
out rapidly and it is thought the years
crop will go above the early 100000
estimate.