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the argus. monday; January 25. 1909. ARRESTED FOR ROBBING MAILS Edwin W. Ebey, of Winchester, Rail way Clerk, is Taken Here by Secret Service Men. TRAPPED BY DECOY LETTERS Marked Bank Notes Sent by Detectives ' ' Are Found on Person Had Rock Island-St. Louis Run. When he reported at the Rock Is land postofflce this morning at the end of his run on the Burlington from St. Louis, Edwin W. Ebey, railway mail clerk, was placed under arrest on a charge of opening and extracting the contents of mail matter. He was tak en in custody by O. J. Clarke, George W. Holloway and W. E., Hurley,, three secret service men connected with the postofflce department. . Ebey is to be taken tonight to Peoria, to answer the charge of robbing the mails in the United States district court. . Trppl by Drvoy Lettera. Ebey . has been watched by the se cret service men for some time, the detectives believing that he was re sponsible for thefts reported. He was trapped by a series of decoy letters, and it is said that when he was placed under Arrest here today, a number of marked bank notes and decoy letters iwcte found in his possession, t These had been sent in the mail due to ar rive here this morning. . ' Louk la Servlre. .Ebey 8 home is at Winchester, 111., where his wife and six children re Bide., He is about 50 years old, and has been, in the railway mail service for 18 years. During all that time he )Qfl tiorl o y n rn tt a Tlnidtnirtnti. Ko. UMU 1 UII VII U1.IV UU1 UlllVll tween Rock Island and St. Louis, working the mails in both directions He made no statement today regard ing the charge against him, so far as could be learned. The secret service men declined to give out the details of the case, and it is not known how long Ebey has been tampering with the mails, nor what amounts he is charged with having appropriated. He was placed under the guard of the secret service men at the office of Postmaster H. A. J. McDonald during the day. He was registered from this office, reportipg .here. and, .receiving his pay through the Rock Island postmaster. Ho had charge of the car on his run, as chief clerk. Had Nriclected Work. Ebey had been indulging in drink to some extent of late, and had been neglecting his duties. He had , been absent from his work for some little time until the last week.- ARRESTS FOLLOW A ' - DAVENPORT STREET ROW Three Men From This. Side of River Fined for Disorderly v . '; Conduct. -. the George Riley, Joe Posperi and Joe Hilfier, .the last named being "from Moline -and the other two from thfs city, were arrested in - Davenport last night on"-" the charge of disor derly conduct, and this morning they were arraigned before a police magis trate and each of them were assessed $1 and costs on the charge. The three Who were arrested belong to a crowd that 'frequent Davenport and between which and a similar crowd in Daven port bad blood has arisen. Last night there was a street row -over there, in which several pistol shots were fired and some blows were exchanged. The arrests followed. " GETS A 40-DAY SENTENCE Father who Failed to Provide for Fam ly is Punished. Magistrate Elliott Saturday after noon sentenced Fritz Rosberg to 40 days in the county jail on a charge of disorderly conduct Rosberg is the head of the family which was found by Miss Ramser, police matron, to be in such pitiable condition. "During the hearing Rosberg was asked if he had provided any food for his. family with a small amount of money he had earn ed. He replied he had, and on being pressed, admitted that the only food i in the house was a small amount of pancake flour and some lard. The three little children, one of whom, was found to be critically (11 with measles and pneumonia, were taken in charge by the police matron, and turned over to Bethany home temporarily. The Bailing The Perfection ! Parity 25 mcwk' 25 An Oroctrn Ponder mother of the children said that she did not care for the children because their father had beaten her. Magis trate Elliott promised to see that Ros berg Is given a six months' term In jail if he does -not secure employment when he is released. CORNS PROPERTY TAKEN BY BONDSMEN Dudley Marshall, Agent for Them, is Only Bidder on the Five Lots ,. . Sold at Auction. The J. H. Corns estate, including three lots in Moline and two in Coal Valley, was sold at auction at the court house Saturday afternoon, to ap ply on the shortage of about $10,000 in ; Mr. Corns' accounts as township and school district treasurer. The property was bid in by Dudley Mar shall of Searle & Marshall, who rep resent the hondsmen. The price was $3,285, about $1,500 less than the ap praised valuation. Mr. Marshall rais ed his own bid three times. The mon ey was turned over to J. H. Hauberg, trustee. . The Seat on the Horse. w ny does a man seated near the neck of a horse travel faster than one seated near his tail? For It has been proved In very Striking fashion that he does. But why? The reason isjMyra, 15 years of age. together with really very simple, and yet when little her parents and brothers and sisters. Tod Sloanc, the jockey, came forward ' She was greatly beloved by all who with practical proof nobody seemed to knew her, and her demise has occa be able to explain it. A horse to move 'sioned profound sorrow in the section forwnrd nt all must thrust at the earth, and the chief force of this forward thrust comes from his hind legs. If the chief weight is Just over or close to the thrusting power, naturally it di minishes Its efficiency; instead, of thrusting the horse forward a portlou of it Is wasted In lifting the weight of the jockey at every stride. Strand Magazine. Roosevelt Saving Strength For Hunt. President Roosevelt Is afraid his years will' count against him on his African hunt, and to his visitors he is telling that he is husbanding his strength and guarding his health so that he may be fit for the strenuous vear he has planned. Licensed to Wed. Edward E. Cruse. .. .Kansas City, Mo. Jessie E. Calver Ains worth. Neb. Herman A. Loveen Molina Anna Anderson Moline John Hunter Rock Island Hattie Yancy Rock Islanl GENERAL Below are given some of the provis ions of the general specifications for the filter plant. These specification;; are to be discussed at a committee of the whole meeting of the city council this evening. The extracts show the general requirements of the work: Location "The location of the plant will be adjacent to the present pump ing station. Each bidder will be ex pected to send his engineer or repre sentative to Rock Island and go. over the local conditions and acquaint him self fully with the location where the plant is to be built, so that he will be enabled to bid intelligently . on the work." Character of Buildings "The gen eral character of the construction shall he reinforced concrete for coag ulating basins,, foundations, etc. The building will be of brick, with slate roof, supported on steel trusses. The general design and arrangement of the plant is such that a future exten sion of at least 12,000,000 gallons cap acity can be made without seriously disturbing the installation originally put in and the arrangement of the equipment must be designed with this idea in view." . Bids Contractors must declare their proposals to be made "without connection or collusion with any other person or persons making a proposal" on the work, and state that the bidd is "the only person interested in this proposal." Contractor must agree to finish work in specified time, and must in bidding, refer to plants already in operation, as proof of competency to Install plant. Bidders must comply with the general requirement of the specifications, but will be permitted to use their own . detailed design for equipment to be furnished. Drawings "Each bidder will furnish complete specifications and detailed drawings of . the filter equipment, which . he proposes to fu rnish. It is the intention of these drawings and specifications- to cover the-'- general construction work and leave open such part of the work as will admit of each filter company furnishing their own designs, with sufficient freedom to as sume full responsibility for the satis factory fulfillment of the guarantees as to water purification and any or all patent entanglements or suits and each bidder is ' free to use his own ideas as to arrangement. The city re serves the right, however, to elect that which in the judgment of the engineer offers the best design, both for econ omy of operation and permanency ami bias -win not be considered on any thing that has not been In operation a sufficient length of time to thor oughly demonstrate its worth. "It is the Intention' and desire to use sulphate of iron and lime for the purl fication of the water." Chemicals "The plant is designed IN SLEEP ETERNAL : - - . . ." - v " I Mrs. John Schlemmer Passes Away After a Long ness. Ill- MANY MOURN HER LOSS The" Funeral Arrangements Other Announcements of Obituary ' Calendar. After a long and painful illness, Mrs. John Schlemmer, 1423 Seventh avenue, sank Into the arms of death at 3:10 this morning. Bright's disease was the fa-1 tal malady, and while little hope, had - been entertained for her recovery, she. bore her affliction, so bravely and soTne funeral will be held at 2 o'clock cheerfully, that even those of her own household did not realize that the end was so near, and when it came it was like the passing into a pleasant dream. Deceased, whose maiden name was Miss Emma .Dcisenroth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Deisenroth, was born and raised in Rock Island, and was 41 years of age. In this city she was married to Mr. Schlemmer Feb. 17, 1892, and the union thus formed has been a peculiarly hap py one, She is survived by her be reaved husband and 'one daughter, of the city in which her life had been spent. " " The funeral will he held from the darkened home on Seventh avenue at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Joaeph K. Repine. - Joseph E. Repine, 314 Seventh street died yesterday morning at G:20 at St. Anthony's hospital, where he had been removed some time ago, suffer ing from inflammation of the brain re sulting from sunstroke 1C years ago. Mr. Repine was well known in the city, as he was born here in 1862, and spent the whole of his life here. He is survived by his wife, a son Harry, his brother Judd, three sisters," Mar garet, Minnie and Flora, .and his mother.' The funeral will be held to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from St. Joseph's church. Burial -will take place at Calvary cemetery. ' Funrral of Mm. MeCoaarlL The funeral services over the re mains of Mrs. Margaret McConnelT, REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW FILTER for the use of lime and iron as a coag ulant, and the equipment furnished by J the bidder must contemplate the use Bf this material as a coagulant. The plans show definitely the period of sedimentation allowed in the opera tion of the plant, and the area and size of the filter beds and the equip ment proposed must correspond to features." Damages "The contractor shall be held responsible for the entire wort until its completion and acceptance by the city. The contractor shall be solely responsible for all damages to the present water works pumping sta tion, pumps, pipes, walls, machinery, boilers and all other property. Work which might in any way put the pres ent pumps or plant out of service, shall only be done in a manner agreeable to the city." Supervision "The work at all timed shall be under the immediate super vision and inspection of the engineer or his authorized assistants, who shall have at all times free aocess thereto, and every facility shall be given him or his assistants for the Inspection of the work. "The contractor shall give his per sonal supervision to the faithful prose cution of the work. In case of his ab sence, he shall have a competent rep resentative or foreman on the work who shall follow without delay all his instructions in the prosecution an.l completion of the work and very part thereof in conformity with these speci fications, and who shall have, full authority to supply men material and labor Jmmedlately." . v- Local Labor "The contraftbfc hall employ only competent and.' ikinfttl men on the work, and any 'person so employed who may be considered guilty of improper action or work,, will be immediately discharged on- request of the engineer and not re-employed thereon; nd such discharge shall not be used as the basis for any claim for damages. The contractor shall employ wherever possible local .skilled and common .labor in the prosecution of the work, and shall give preference at all times, all things being equal, to citi zens of Rock Island." Economy "Bids will be compared on the basis of the equipment and ar rangement of the plant for economical operation." " ; 5 ,, - Bonds ''Each contractor will be re quired to give a good and sufficient bona for the sum or at least per cent of the amount of the contract He must also-give an agreement to save the city harmless from patent infringe ment .proceedings and to take up and defend any suits at his own expense. VCompletion-"The contractor shall begin work on or before and shall prosecute the work in strict conformance with the contract, plans and specifications until its completion. who died last week at Hagerman.- N. M., brought here'yesWday accompan-; led by !her son John, were-held this I morning from the Knox undertaking rooms. - Rev. R.!B. Williams of the First Methodist church conducted the services. Burial took place at Chip- piannock cemetery besides the graves of Mrs." McConnell's children, who died afew weeks ago. while visiting with their mother .. Thomas Counter, u Thomas Couniey, a well known resi dent of. Coal Valley, died at his home in that. village last night at 11 o'clock. after an illness of less than two weeks with. pneumonia. He was born In 1871 and, lately he had been conduct ing a restaurant. He was a member nf-thA vIMrca . HnflTll Rllrvlvtno- awo the wife and a s fivebrothers. John 0f IjDecatur,. III.; Samuel of Forbush. Iowa; Joseph and William of Coal Valley and James of Davenport; and two sisters, Mrs. Bert Schillingcr of Mo,In and Mrs. James White of Iowa. Wednesday afternoon from the home. Funrral of Mrs. Wakrflrld. The funeral of Mrs. Eleanor Anna wait Wakefield, 708 Twenty-first street, was held this afternoon from the home. The services were hi charge of Rev. R. B. Williams of the First Methodist church. Burial took . place at Chip pianno.ck cemetery, the services at the cemetery being private. IS OVERCOME BY FUMES IN CISTERN August Schmidt has Narrow Escape While Using a Charcoal Stove in Making Repairs. August Schmidt of South Heights had an experience Saturday while at work which might have cost him his life had it not been that friends were near him at the time.- He was repair ing a leak in the . cistern under the home of J. T. - Campbell on Seven teenth street , in South Rock Island. and was working with a charcoal stove in the cistern. The fumes from the stove grew so dense in the close quarters in which Mr. Schmidt was at work that before he realized the danger, he was overcome by them and fainted. Members of '. the Campbell family were above and they noticed his plight at once and, one of them went down with a rope which was tied around the body of Mr.! Schmidt. The unconscious man was then hauled to the surface and efforts made to re vive him, which was successful after a time. ..Mr. Schmidt is in his usual health today and is none the worto for his narrow escape. The work shall be completed on or be fore -. If said work is not completed by such date, it is un-j derstood and agreed by and between j the city and the contractor, that the contract price of said work shall be reduced $25 for each day and every day after said date that work remains incompleted, unless a written consent or extension of time shall have been received from the engineer on written application by the contractor, stating reasons for such desired extension." Capacity "The work to be known as the Filtration plant shall consist of two coagulating basins, having a total combined capacity of 1,500,000 gallon of water; six reinforced concrete filter units, having a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons of water each per 24 hours; all necessary piping, valves, controllers, appurtenances for operating and regu lating the flow of water through the basins and filters; proper apparatus for cleaning the filter beds; wash water basins: low-service pumps for pumping the water from the river to the coagulating basins (in duplicate), sludge pump for pumping sludge out of the basins during periods of high water; brick . building covering the filters and operating parts, with stor age for coagulants." -! . 1 Filtration "The purification shall be such that in no case shall the aver age-number of bacteria In the filtrate exceed 100 per cubic centimetre, ex cept when' the number of bacteria in the applied water" shall exceed 5,000 per c. c.,- in' which event, the average reduction of bacteria in. the filtering shall be at least 98 per cent. Not more than 5 per cent of the Individual samples bf the filtrate shall show, more than 150 bacteria per c. c, or an efficiency as low as 97 per cent. No trace - of "undecomposed coagulant shall be left in the filtrate nor shall the filtrate show an -increase in. iron or alumina. The filtrate shall be clear, bright and practically: free from color, turbidity or matter in suspension and shall be supplied at the rate of 6,000, 000 gallons per 24 hours, when the filters are operated at normal capa city." v . ' , !' " . Buildings "There will he placed over the filters and operating room a brick building, with concrete floor., slate roof supported upon 'steel trusses occupying general position of the di mensions shown on the drawings ., on file In the engineer's office. The walls above the water table; will be built of the best quality hard red bnilding brick, equal to the best local brick. They shall be whole, sound, uniform in shape, color and size, with smooth face and sharp corners and will be subject to ' the approval of the engi neer.". .,.,,,', ;." . ' Machinery "The - contractor shall furnish, deliver and erect on founda tions in the basement floor of filter Auction. J.B. This stock is well known as the newest and best selected in the tri-cities, and will be sold without reserve at public auction. ; Sale Commences Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 2 p. m. Continuing every afternoon and evening until completed. - - . By order of the United States District Court, Southern District, Northern Division of Illinois. JOHN W. PARKER, Receiver. Sales conducted by Brokaw & Comrie, New York. HAS EXPERIENCE Sam Kaufman, Formerly of This City, - Holds Hands of Oklahoma City Burglar. ENCOUNTERED IN THE DARK Was Feeling for Electric Light Switch to See What Caused Noise In truder Gets Away. Sam Kaufman, formerly of this city and now in business at Oklahoma City, Okla was the hero of an incident building two centrifugal pumping en gines, eacn baving a capacity of at least C.500,000 gallons, for supplying raw water to the sedimentation basins. together will all suction and discharge lines connecting to outside of struct ure and discharge line connecting to inlet of sedimentation basins. Pumps to be so arranged that they can ba used alternately or together, if desired npiijg to be of such size that fuil capacity of both pumps may be utilized, If necessary. In the future. The con tractor will specify the make of pump and engine proposed, , giving detailed specifications and submitting blue prints or illustrations together with ef ficiency of pump proposed "There will be installed one centri fugal pump, arranged for taking the clear water for washing the sand in the filter beds. This pump to be of the same type and make as the two raw water pumps and as such size a3 me contractor deems necessary to comply with the requirements of the specifications. The contractor will state In his bid capacity of the pump proposed, also its efficiency, type and make." Cement "All cement used In the! concrete shall be of the best quality American Portland cement, made by a manufacturer of established reputa tion. AH cement shall be subject to Inspection and vigorous tests to be made by the city engineer. ; . i iie engineer may require mat : no cement be used until the results of the 28th day have been-obtained. Sam ples for testing shall be taken when and as often as the engineer "may re quire. All tests, shall be made in accord ance with the methods proposed by a Committee of Uniform Test pf the American Society of Civil Engineers submitted to the society in 1903. with all subsequent amendments thereto.. Any cement not coming up to the specifications may be rejected and such cement shall be immediately re moved from the work by and at the expense of the contractor. All cement .shall be delivered In barrels or cloth bags and in all cases snau be in original unbroken pack ages with the brand of the maker stamped thereon." Payment "Payment on contract price shall be as follows: Twenty-five per cent payable when 50 per cent .of plant la completed or material deliv ered; an. additional 25 per cen$ when 75 per cent of plant is finished or ma terial delivered; an additional 25 per cent when the entire plant is com pleted and all material furnished; the nnai 25 per cent on acceptance of the R. ABroylea conducted the . services, plant by the city after satisfactory test ! assisted By- Rev. Mr. Penn. The - re of six months of its efficiency has been . mains were taken to Prophetstown for made. Said tests to be made within; Entire Jewelry Sfock INGALLS, that got his name into the headlines of the local newspapers. The Daily Pointer tells about it as follows: "How would you like to hold hands with a burglar in the dark? This was the exciting but unpleas ant experience of Sam Kaufman, local manager of the Whitehead & Hoag Advertising Novelty company, "last night.' He has not recovered from the thriH'yet: Kaufman lives with his wife and baby in ,an apartment on the second floor of the Victoria flats annex at 1004 North Broadway. 'Last night a burglar came up the back stairs, pull ed down a window in the kitchen, and entered. .He found Kaufman's trous ers lying on a chair in the dining room and extracted a billbook contain ing two ten-dollar bills and one five. Then he opened the door to the bed room4 where Kaufman and his wife were sleeping,, and groped his way alongside the. .bed. Presently his hands ' came in contact with a glass hatpin holder and it fell, clattering, to the-floor.. . The noise of the falling glass woke -Kaufman and his wife. 'What was that?' whispered . Mrs. Kaufman. - 'Oh, . nothing much,' reassuringly. 'I'll get up and see, though.' Felt for the Switch. "He climbed out of bed and started around toward the electric light switch. At the foot of the bed his out stretched hands came in contact with two cold, twitching hands. An electric thrill went over Kaufman, but he clutched , the hands v in a convulsive. iron grasp and demanded: 'Who, are you?' 'It's me,' replied a big, burly mas culine voice. - 'Well.' who's mer insisted Kauf man. "'It's me,' reiterated the burglar. "For five minutes the burglar and Kaufman stood perfectly still, holding hands. Kaufman couldn't think ef any thing to do. Neither could the bur glar. It was perfectly dark in the room, and it was 10 feet to the elec tric switch. Kaufman's revolver was under his pillow at the head of the bed. Finally, after what seemed an hour to Kaufman, both men simulta neously released their grip and Kauf man started for his gun. 'Don't shoot' pleaded Mrs. Kauf man. " 'Well, I will shoot,' declared Kauf man. Til fill him full of holes.' But he didn't Principally because by the time he got his gun the bur glar had retraced his steps and van ished. The back door of the kitchen stood wide open as an evidence of what route he had taken." thirty days after completion of plant, unless unavoidably delayed." . V Skoald Not Art Hastily. The city council, in order to prevent any charge of hasty action, should give ample time for the public to be come -familiar with the plans for the proposed "fliter," and those: who have technical knowledge on the subject should be given plenty pf opportunity to be heard before the specifications and plans are. adopted. Precipitate ac tion should be avoided, and particular ly in a case of this character, where large Bums of money are involved. Of course, the council, even If it was so Inclined, could . not act finally to night, as this is a committee of the whole Bession, and there seems no rea son to expect any hasty action. r : Funeral Services Held. Funeral . services over the remains of Delia Ford, foster daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Sheppard, colored, were held yesterday afternoon at the residence: 739 Fourteenth street Rev. buriaL, -! i' r , , Sal. e of Safety Bldg. Rock Island ELLIOTT TO RUN AS INDEPENDENT Police Magistrate Will Try for Reelec tion, and Enter the Field against Party Nominees. Police Magistrate J. Edward Elliott this morning announced that he will be a candidate for reelection, on an independent ticket at the spring elec tion. Magistrate Elliott was elected four years ago on an independent tic ket. There promises to be a lively contest for this office. There are three candidates already In the field for the republican nomination, and Alderman C. J. Smith will be a candidate for the democratic nomination. Rank Foolishness. "When attacked by a cough or a cold, or when your throat is sore, it is rank foolishness to take any other medicine than Dr. King's New Discov ery," says C. O. Eldridge, of Empire, Ga. "I have used - New Discovery seven years and I know It is the best remedy on earth for coughs and colds, croup, and all throat and lung troubles. My children are subject to croup, but New Discovery quickly cures every at tack.' Known the world over as the king of throat and lung remedies. Sold under guarantee at all druggists. ;. 50 cents and SI. Trial bottle free. - Shoe Bargains are still in force with us, as we we find in look ing over, our stock a good many lines of men's and wom en's high , class shoes, in broken lines, w hi til must go. We shall con tinue ' the Sale Price on these shoes in some instances still greater cuts; Ask for your size- and probably you will find an exceptional bar gain. : V ; The Bdstpir 1721 Second Avenue rmiot7 cunn nr