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Rock Island Argus., 1911-05-05
HAS NOr FALLEN.
SIX BURN TO DEATH
IN AN IRON MINE

Negaunee, Mich, May 5.-Five or six
men burned to death today in FIRE in
the Hartford iron mine.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-05-05
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS,

NOf HOfNOUfONL EVEN 5.
FFom noon today TO noon tomorrow.)
Sun. sets 6:56. rises 4:4S; moon sets
2o7 a M; moon at greatest Hbration
west; p. M, planet Mercury at in
ferior conjunction with the sun, pass
ing from east to west thereof.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-05-05
RESCUED MANY WOMEN.

The McCann case made history in
the annals of the police depart
ments of the great cities of this
country. McCann, who held a repu-
Rock Island Argus., 1911-05-05
TEST MADE OF
new CITY FORM
Commission Government Law
Assailed in a Suit Filed at
Springfield.
HINGES ON THE TREASURER
Attorney General Stead Claims Status
of That Officer Is Not Clear
Funds Refused

Springfield, III, May 6.-(Spe-
ciaD-A suit to test the commission
form Of government law was filed in
the Sangamon circuit court this af-
ternoon in the shape of a petition on
the part of William H. Bowe, newly
appointed city treasurer OF Spring
field, by the commissioners against
the county treasurer. Fred Edmands,
for writ Of mandamus directing Ed
mands to turn over to Bowe the
city's funds in his possession.
WITHHELD CITY'S CASH.
Edmands, acting on an opinion OF
General Stead that the
form of government law
Rock Island Argus., 1911-05-05
FOREIGNERS FLEE.
FIRE ON A TRAIN.

1t was reported at railway head
quarters last night that the rebels
fired on a passenger train which was
approaching Puebla None was
killed and but few persons wounded
The belief is growing that the reb-
els at large will not be satisfied with
any peace terms which do not pro-
vide for the resignation of President
DiaZ
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Angus Kelly Died in Mexico.

On Wednesday Mrs. l.. A. Kelly re-
ceived a telegram Of the sad death 4 f
her son, Angus Kelly. in Mexico.
DR.. D. W. Kelly, Of Winfield, came
down on Thursday, and fromhim we
learned that he bad been telegraph
ing with the view OF having his broth
er's body shipped to Colfax for buri-
al, but lie bad notreceived word as to
whether it would be sent, or when it
would arrive.
The deceased was with party Of
surveyors in Mexico, and few
months ago was bitten by ii skunk,
from which young Kelly developed
rabies, and was sent to sanitarium
Tor Treatment. He was thought to
be cured and left the hospital, but
lately developed paroxisms Of mad
ness, from which he died.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Hey, Ma Chere Confreres, Cut it Out!

Hey, Ma Chere Confreres, Cut it Out!
On several occasions of late we
noticed squibs in some of oui. ex-
changes, purporting to come
from the Colfax Chronicle, and
knocking" some of the State
candidates. This is a mistake,
as the Chronicle has not thus far
raised its little hammer against
any man in the field. Our con-
freres can safely pass all such
emanations by as entirely spuri-
Gus. We hold that all of the
candidates are bully good boys,
and if we can't say something
good about them, by the holy
we amt going to say
mean about them.
Savoy?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
A Regular Shower of State Candidate,

A Regular Shower of State Candidates.
The Chronicle had to print
four extra pages this week in
order to accommodate the mer-
chants and the candidates who
want extra advertising space to
tell about their seasonable mer-
chandise and political worthiness
respectively.
The candidates seem all of a
sudden to have discovered Grant
parish, as it were, and all of them
look like they want to visit us
about the same time. Their res
pective appointments as adver-
tised in this issue are as follows:
Michel Rallies December II,
Georgetown at 10 a. M, and Pol
lock 2 p. m. Dec. IL, Mont
gomery at 9 a. M, Verda 100 D.
M, and Colfax 7 p. m.
Sanders Rallies December Is,
Montgomery at 9 a. M, New
Verda at noon, Aloha at 2 D. M,
and Colfax at Up. m.
Ransdell Rallies December Is,
Pollock IL a. M, Colfax 7::30 p. m.
Hall Rallies Dec. 10, Colfax
10 a. M, Dry Prong 2 p. M, Ben
tley 3 p. M, and Pollock at 7:3O
p. m. Dec. 20, Selma, s p. m.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Congress Met This Week.

Both houses of Congress convened
on last Monday, and the President
sent in his usual message, which is
not in any wise remarkable, but deals
only in matters that were foreshad-
owed by the prognosticators. This
Is the long term. to last several
months, and a great deal is expected
to be accomplished during the SEES
sion. This, however, is by no means
certain, as the fight on the tariff will
no doubt be bitter and stubborn.
and it may greatly hamper Iegisla-
tiun
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Peanut Ideas and Not Peanut Farmers

Peanut Ideas and Not Peanut Farmers
The important question o.
model road building is being ex
tensively discussed in fifteen o.
twenty parishes in Louisiana
from the Arkansas line to- thu
Gulf OF Mexico, and, in order t.
give our confreres of the newspa.
per press in those parishes ar
idea OF. the approximate cost OF
building such roads, the Colfax
Chronicle has printed several
articles of late on the subject.
In doing so we have referred to
the experience we have had in
Grant parish, and tried to make
it plain as to the probable cost of
such roads.
In some instances we have
seen the contention advanced by
correspondents and also by some
OF the parish newspapers, that it
would be better to expend 500
or 500, Tor a few hundred dol
lars per mile at most, on all of
the roads, than to expend $1,000
or $1,000 on one or two main high
ways in the parish. This idea.
OF course, is based on the belief
that it is possible to serve all the
people in every community at
one time. The lesson of expert
ence by all States which have
engaged in road building, has
shown, that a small expenditure
does no good. 1t is a waste of
money, a fallacy and an impossi-
billty to build model roads on
this plan. The successful plan
mas been to build one or two
good roads, and then to use them
as a text to preach from. and
demonstrate to the people the
value and necessity for good
roads. To at once gridiron anvil
parish in the State with ,ooa |
'oads would require the levyingl
q q 5 mill tax for fifty years,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

and the issuing of longtime
bonds to get the money to finance
the enterprise. Few if any OF
the parishes could get the con-
sent of the people to go into such
a proposition.
In writing about this matter
three weeks ago we said that
good earth roads cost from $1,000
to $4,000. And we made use of
this language: Those peanut
individuals who imagine that
anything like 500 or 5000 per
mile will build a good road are
way off in their calculations. /"
To our utter establishment and
considerable amusement, this
language attracted the attention
of one of our Grant parish friends,
who has taken umbrage at it and
written three or four commu-
nications to vent his feelings and
give his ideas about road build
ing. He had an article in the
Peoples Democrat last week
more than two columns long,
very appropriately h e a d e d
Working Off Hot Air." He
labors under the erroneous idea
that our language in some way
alludes to the hill farmers of
Grant parish. who are engaged
in raising peanuts, and as he is
one of them, he feels called upon
to express his opinion in a way
that he thinks is applicable to the
subject.
The most independent and hon.
orable calling in life is that of
farming, ard we have the utmost
respect for every honorable citi-
zen who isja farmer. We parti-
,ularly admire the independence
and good common sense of all
farmers who have gone into the
business of raising peanuts, peas
potatoes. and a variety of other
fluff, besides cotton, and we as
'ure friend R. L. Parish that he
makes a great mistake when he
onstrues our language to be any
election on the peanut farmers.
We referred ito peanut" or
mall ideas held 10y some folks
n road building,
And now that OF ar friend has
7orked off the hot air that has
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

beclouded his better judgment,
we hope to find that he is really
and truly a believer in good
roads, and that within the next
four or five years we will find
him shouting Justify for another
5 mill tax, to build roads along
some of those section lines he
has been making so much fuss
about.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Say Fellows, Here's a New One.
Pollock. La. Dec. s. 1911

Pollock, La, Dec. 5, 1911,
Dear Mr.. Goodwin nclosed
find check for my subscription to
Chronicle, (S1.04). l do not re-
greet this dollar, for the Chronicle
is well worth the money. | feel
that it is worth the whole dollar,
so am returning the four cents
in stamps that you have spent in
reminding" me, so that you
may use them in reminding"
some other fellow who is as for
getful as myself.
Success to you and the Chroni-
Gle. j. R. De Moss.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Court of Appeals Meets.

The Circuit Court of Appeals is n
session in the Rapides parish court
house today. with Judges r. c. Drew,
ID. N. Thompson aud c. v. Porter
presiding. The court has cases set
for tomorrow also. and will be in SEES
sion until the afternoon.
Among the attorneys here attend
ing court are Meshrs. j. B. Roberts.
&. H. Mccain and j. NJ. Durham OF
Colfax; Gas Moss OF Winfield
Town Talk Dec. A.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Louisiana Annual Conference in Session

Louisiana Annual Conference in Session
The Louisiana Annual Conference
of the NJ. E. Church South convened
in New Orleans Oh Wednesday OF this
week, and will probably be in session
until Monday, Dec. IL. at which time
the appointments Of preachers for
another year to the various works
will be read out. Bishop +. d. Mon
zon, OF San Atomic, is the presiding
officer, and about 40 preachers are
present. Rev. W. II. Ledbetter, of
CoIfax, left FOR the city last Tuesday
night in order to attend the confer
ence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Rev. Bruce Benton's Dwelling Burned.

lie
On last Sunday, between 1Oand IL
a. M, the dwelling OF Rev. Bruce Ben
ton, in Pineville, near the Louisiana
Baptist College, was entirely destroy
ed by fire. Mr.. Benton was in Colfax
at the time, and filed his appoint
ment to preach at the IL O'Clock
hour. He WAS informed OF the loss
OF his dwelling by phone message
just utter the close of the services,
and took the 2 O'Clock train home.
calling in his night appointment.
The friends Of Mr.. Benton 10 Colfax,
in view of his loss and as testimo-
NAL OF esteem, made him up a col
lection to. help him recover from
damage by the fire.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

Subscriptions Received to Chronicle. I
The Chronicle Is pleaged to note
two new subscriptions received this
week, namely, W. II. Ledbetter and
b. w. Johnson.
Also we note the following renew
ais OF subscription received, viz: Mrs.
p. L. Clark, A. z. Pujo, A. b. Perkins.
X. E. Mcknight. l.. T. Tison, j. N.
Warner, j. H. McNeely, Hudson.
Potts & Bernstein, I. e. Bush, W. r..
Gibson, J. R. DeMoss, DR.. d. ". Kelly
and james Cooper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
Only AS Polls Paid in to Sheriff.

Friday morning, Dec. 8, Sheriff
Perkins informed us that he had
only collected 448 polls to that
date. This is really remarkable,
in view of the supposed great
interest taken in the approaching
January election. There are in
all about 1900 persons that must
pay their poll taxes if they ex-
pect to vote in January.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
The McNamaras Confess Their Guilt,

A sensation of worldwide interest
occurred at Los Angeles, California
on last Friday, when John j. Nc
Namara and .Ianes X. McNarmara
entered pleas OF guilty todynamiting
the Times building Of that city, in
which Fl men were killed. and the
Lewellen Iron Works were b owl up.
james B. WAS given life term in the
penitentiary for the Times bui ding
horror, and John J. was spnts need
Tor fifteen years for blowing up the
iron works.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09
D. o. Morris withdraws From Race.

This is to notify the Democratic
voters OF Ward Seven that l have
withdrawn from the race for Con-
stable in favor OF Mr.. G. j. Hutchin-
son, aud that shall take steps to
have my name left off the official
ticket. Should my name appear on
the ticket my friends will please bear
in mind that / am not candidate.
u. O. NORRIS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

In the advertisement of Hon. Jo-
seDh E. Ransdell on our 9Th page the
date for his speaking at Pollock and
Colfax is printed for Dee. IA. This
is an error. He is to speak in Grant
parish on Friday, Dec. Is, at Pol
lock at IL O'Clock in the morning.
and at Colfax ut 7:3O in the evening.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

I. Il. Harris, state superintendent
of education, has issued call for the
next selni-annunl examination Of
teachers. to be held Dec. FL to %.
Mr.. Harris has written every parish
superintendent to see that every
teacher in his parish who hus not n
valid certificate take the exnmina-
tim
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

When you have cuid get ottle OF
ChambcriMn's C,ugh Remedy. 1t will
soon fix You mp all rig t End will ward
oh any tendency toward pneumonia.
This remedy contains no opium or other
Darcoiic md may te gwen az 1, nfident-
y to a baby as to an adult. Flo, sale By
all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-12-09

Mr.. W. J. Drewett returned on
Saturdaysof last week, after an alb
senee of sevcralmoutls, during which
he visited California, Mexico and a
number OF western and eastern points.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09

represented
Such actual performances left him iso
practice asking for the roll
CALL Formerly things had the slid through partisan
whip men in line
did follow the
beweher the Adrch domination of the United States senate
minds Of
conservative They have been unwilling to be-
neve that the United States senate is place
privilege voting
combination sacred schedule X
Bailey with his fendness with the Standard Oil interests Depew
his Alaska mining interests and
his Dupont the commit
tee Of military affairs with his powder not even
milking the by Western senators with
their connection with land and timber thieves
mind the differ
en one set called and the sort
called insurgents-as Lormer.
of the on
series made by the magazines
a understanding meaning
They would have been aghasbu they would have thought
establish special United
States coaked by the name of party
Of
machinery In
other words will there be Democratic nsurgents
he be to the
people then than is that the of view has little
to do with partsanship.
representatives by
forces Of private privilege had made the old idea
The belief
which
house dch Bailey
archo of the Democrats The picture
In the South Republican fastened with
Golden
which would
But the people getting sick and tired of this of
Through
Bailey Adrich
Toilette
it. fund
tom OF new order of things the Adch and his fellows
ducedand
just-for La Toilette asked questions.
The which spout.
ed
their challenge monachridden
When up
Systematically for private interest.
As a square deal
And today they twelve in number
The policy Of these has
cloak for unprincipled
of
to it that special interest
parybut a rome
needed either
The entrance the
machine harder The alwise Adrch
the
of the lobbyists
laughing
dnch authority. up
speak Adrich fed
/ questions.
/ partisanship earees escaping
unless honesty and the deal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09
MINNY LEAGUE TO
START WEDNESDAY

Winona. Mimi, May 9.-The mana
gers OF all the eight clubs of the Min
nesota-Wisconsin baseball league have
their teams primed in readiness for
the opening of the championship sea
son tomorrow. A banner season is
looked forward to by the league mag
mates. Weak teams have been
strengthened since the close of the
pennant race last year. competent
managers have been engaged to pilot
the various clubs, and in three of the
cities of the circuit new downtown
parks are to be opened. The new
parks are said to be among the finest
minor league grounds in the country.
The northern teams will begin the
season tomorrow in the southern sec
ton, Duluth playing at Red Wing,
Superior at Rochester. Wausau at La
Crosse and Eau Claire at Winona
The schedule calls for season of 126
games, with September 10 as the
closing date.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09
his candidacy for the Democrs
nomination for governor.

his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for governor.
For the first time in years all but
a few of the chairmanships of the inn
portant committees of the House of
Representatives are now held by
Southern Democrats.
Eleven Scandinavians now hold
seats in congress, two being senators.
Ten of them are Republicans and all
of them are allied with the progress
ive'' wing of their party.
United States senators Martin and
Swanson and Representatives Carter
Glass. and William Jones. who are af-
ter the senatorships in Virginia, will
, have to pay about $4,000 each to en-
ter the Democratic primary.
Under the Crumpacker reapportion-
ment bill there will be seventy-two adj
| ditional delegates to the national con-
| vention of 1912. In 1908 there we're
| $50 delegates to the Republican ma
| tional convention and 1,0006 dele
gates to the Democratic national con.
vention.
| II Is SApSSlcu lhdl oic tldu i,"po
Democratic leaders of the Dakotas,
Montana, Iowa, Idaho, Oregon, Wa1h-
iugton, Minnesota and probably Michi-
gan and Wisconsin will attend the big
Democratic conference of the North
west, which has been called to as
semble in St Paul early next month
"cnator Gronna of North Dakota. is
cle of the self-made members of the
l ,,er branch of congress. Equipped
with only a common school education
he served his apprenticeship as q
country school teacher before he
found his opportunity to acquire lane
in the undeveloped frontier anc
emerged as a prosperous banker and
merchant.
Jerry South. of Arkansas, who has
succeeded William J. Browning, o
New Jersey, as chief clerk of the Ma
tional House of Representatives, ha
had an interesting and checkered ca
reer. One of the most exciting chap
tiers of his early career in the South
: west had to do with the famous muir
: der of the Meeks family in Missouri
: few days after the family of fiv'
had been slain, Mr. South was on hi
way to a political convention in Lit
/ tie Rock. Stopping at a crossroad
towns, enroute his attention was at
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09

tracted to two strangers and his con-
yersation with them led to his sus>
picion that they were Taylor brothers.
the two bankers who were suspected
of the wholesale murders. Mr.. South
borrowed shotgun and captured the
two men single handed ON a lonely
road outside the town. He took them
TO Little Rock with him and delivered
them over to the authorities. Later
the two bankers We're returned to
Missouri. tried and convicted of the
murders.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09

only there will be two then there
sx-and then there will be Twelve
hurled AS
history personal struggle AS
battle Of public against the
Wisconsin Then
The preparation OF
fight there
did II that Toilette laughed at?
for
only good measure
Tor he he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09
This Is My 6Ist Birthday
EDWARD WESTON.

Edward Weston. noted electrical
Inventor who was honored by the
Franklin Institute Of Philadelphia last
December with the award of the "El-
lott Cresson" medal. was born in
England. May 3. 1850. He received his
education in his native country and
studied medicine with view to adopt
ing that profession. Later he aband-
oned this idea and in 1870 he came to
America and took up the profession of
chemistry. While thus engaged he in
troduced valuable improvements In the
process OF nickelplating and later in
vented several dynamo-electric ma
chimes. In 1875 he established in New.
ark. N. j.. the first factory In Ameri.
CO devoted exclusively to the manu-.
facture Of electrical machinery. Some
years later this factory was consolidat.
ed with the United States Electric
Lighting company. of which Mr.. West.
on became chief electrician. In recent
years he has introduced many I'M
provements In electric lighting and
has invented numerous electrical de
vices now In general use.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09

May be Made Strong at Small Expense
and No Risk.


There are hundreds of women in
this vicinity, weak. thin. rundown.
tired out and nervous. Such women
need Vinol just as did Mrs Jane Pep
per, of 1907 Howard street, San Fran
cisco, Cal, who says:
l have used Vinol for some time
with particularly gratifying results
was rundown, weak and debilitated
and my appetite was gone After tax.
ing several bottles of Vinol l found
my condition greatly improved, and
do not hesitate to recommend Vinol to
anyone similarly affected" eve guar
antee this testimonial to be genuine
Vinol is not secret nostrum, but
a delicious cod liver and iron tonic
without oil which will create an ap
petite, tone up the digestive organs
make pure blood and create strength
Try a bottle of Vinol with the un
derstanding that your money will b.
returned If 1t does not help you. Lee
II. Fihe, Richmond, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09
P1rtiS1nShip--Qnd the Struggle

time the whole country In the nroes
rapidly giving way TO
his tight in Wisconsin
against first
Of said
downhe naccuraehe older men thought
he wal aug
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-09
Politics and Politicians

The primary campaign for the Ken
lucky governorship is now on in full
blast.
OF the twenty-five new members
now sitting in the United States SEN
ate, nine have made their own for
tunes.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho,
conducts Bible class in one of the
Presbyterian churches in the National
capital.
A special election is to be held In
the Second district of Pennsylvania
this month to choose a successor to
the late Congressman Joel Cook.
w. E. Monday, a former postmaster
of Knoxville, has been selected to sue
coed ex-Congressman Hale as Republic
can national committeeman for Tenn
| essee.
John w. Watson, who has a record
of more than fifteen years service In
the Florida legislature, has announced