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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
THE FILTER PLANT.
The Improvement at the Water
works Nearing Completion.
The Additional Mac hiuety all in Place
and 10 be started EarIy in the
coming Week.

The Improvements which have been
made in the Cable fiji TT plant at the Rock
Island waterworks are rapidly approach
ing completion, Davis & Co. having put
in the finishing touches in the way of
plumbing, and paint, rs are now at work,
and meanwhile Superintendent of Water
works Murrin is directing some advan-
tageous alterations in the well. 1T is
expected that by Tuesday at the outside
we will be ready 10 start tie filter" said
Supt. Murrin this morning, land | have
no doubt whatever about tie success of
the plant as enlarged nd improved -
1t is expected that D. H. Jewell of the
Jewell Filter company, will come down
from Chicago to superinten the starting
OF the filter and see that everything works
satisfactorily. Mr.. Cable, to whose
liSera,ity our people are indebted for
this great improve ment has spared
no expense or pains to insure the
success of the hitter with the increased
capacity for which he has provided II
will now have a capacity for 3 600. 900
gallons per day, and to insure this two
Deane pumps of 100000 gallons each
have been provided, and another COM
! nlete filter the same size of the original
three has been added. Thus there are in
all. four tubs of $50 600 gallons filter
ing capacity each. or total of 5000, 900
gallons in "a hours.
This insures to Rock Island one of the
best waterworks filters in the country and
t ben fits Of the will natur-
ally be psrtaken of by all our people who
consume river water, which, in Rock ISL
and, is q very large per centage Of the
population
Not only is the filter an Improvement
of which the people will be proud from a
menchsnical and sanitary standpoint, but
according to the plans of the donor for
lis enlargement it will be an ornament to
the city. The building originally erected
has been provided with an ornamental a
brick front. while It is nicely floored
throughout and artislicallv painted, so
that it will afford pride to submit it to the
inspection of visitors, jlst as is the
case with the wsterworks building
proper.
All in all, with the new Holly pump
and the filter Dlant Rock Island will have
wsterworks system which will invite
comparison with that.o any city of its
size in the country, while it will excel a
great many.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
n.rince,. Lntrst mike.

Jack Prince. the champion long dis
lance bicyclist who was in Rock Island
and Davenport last fall talking of ar
ranging q Governing bicycle race for the
championship of the tri,cities, and who
left us after participating il 3 mile race
with horse at the Davenport fair
grounds, has been in Omaha this winter.
Two or three weeks ago he presided over
6-avenIng international championship
race in which half dozen fleet profess
SIGNALS were entered. The public has
come 10 talk of Jacks races as fakes, y
and they make this remark about that
one. So he arranged similar race be-
tween amateurs. advertising it as "a
Great Big Fake, in tie largest letters OBJ
tainable, and advising the public to call
al the Coliseum on the evening of Jan.
25 for particulars. About 5000 people
paid the entrance fee that night to see
what Princes fake was. The next even
ing the race died natural death for want
of patronage. But Prince posed in bis
natural and proper color, nevertheless.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
&ECuTOR'S NOTICE.

$50. H' Herman Euutenbach. deceased.
signed having been appointed execu .
a., last VIII and testament of Herman
,.,. .. Fate OF the county OF Rock Island.
n. Illinois. deceased, hereby gives notice
.-.. appear before the county court of
-t. county, at the o.hce OF the clerk OF
.... .n.. ne city OF Rock Island. at the
a. . Ha tue first Monday in April next.
1855. al. persons hlviug claims against
r.r are U1.iued and requested to attend
,.o. purpose of having the same adjusted. All
III .-". a0.a To- said estate are requested 10
b,.. Immediate payment to the undersigned.
cg-- -...g day Of January, A. D 1892.
ELba BUNTENBACH, Executrix.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30

For scrofuIa in every form HOODS
sarsaparilla is radical. reliable cure. l.
has an uneeualled record of cures.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
THE RIVER CONVENTION
Likelihood of o c Is cling Held in Rock
Island This WintCr-A Petition 10
the C0uncii

Like lih0ed of O0e Being Held in Rock
Island This Svintcr-A Petition TO
the Council.
An important matter likely to come be-
fore the city council meeting next Mon
day night will be petition or memorial,
to which reference has hitherto been
made, looking to the calling of a water
way convention at Rock Island within
the next few weeks to consider the needs
of the Mississippi between st. Louis and
Minneapolis. The movement is in the
hands of wide~awake men in Rock Island
and if the proper encouragement is ex
tended, Rock Island will probably secure
one of the largest conventions of the
winter. None will doubt the Importance
and advantage of such convention and
all will readily conCede that from the
source to the mouth Of the Mississippi
there is no city better located or better
suited for the holding of it than Rock
Island.
This city, too, ought TO nave repfee
sentative at the meeting of the executive
committee of the waterway convention
to he held at Washington next week.
Capt. George Lamont is the member of
the committee from this city, D. w.
Gould from Moline and Lon Bryson
from Davenport. The Moline and Dav-
export members have been sent at the
expense of the Business Mems associa
tons of those cities.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
AUGUSTANA.
An Institution Of Which Rock Island
Should be Proud-Kind Words From
NeighbOring Ctty-NOtes aud Per.

should be Proud-Kind Words From
Neighboring City-Notes aud Per.
sOnals.
Attorney Oakleaf lectures every other
week to the students of the business de-
psrtment Last Thursday he talked
| ABOUT agencies, auctions, etc. He made
1t so vivid and Interesting that the stu
dents rewarded him with loud applause as
token of their appreciation.
DR.. E. F. Bartholomew preached in
College chapel last Sunday evening. His
subject was, Speak the Word Only"
We understand that in the near future he
Will lecture TO the lyceum on the subject
"Christ in Literature. His lectures as
well as sermons are highly appreciated
Prof. n. Forssnder has conducted the
morning prayers this week.
Prof. C. W. Foss lectured to the Young
Peoples society in Moline last Monday
evening.
The rooms, students, etc. of the bust.
Rasmussen yesterday. Look for well
written, finely illustrated catalogue by
commencement. Seventy students are
now enrolled IN the business.
A neat pamphlet with fine eGgravings
of all the buildings, professors, managers,
etc, with short biographies is now under
| 10 lr Loo So -
N. P. Tulin has gone to Ogema, Wis,
and Charles Henderson to Pittsburg, Pa.
A. L. Scott is expected back from Seattle,
Wash.
The Adelphians last night hsd lively
debate on the subject, This Institution
Ought as Soon as Possible be Raised to
the Rank of University" The debate
was very instructive. the hall crowded to
its utmost capacity.
The conservatory choir is making ready
70 sing at DR.. Stolpe's lecture next
month.
| The gymnastics are now in full sway at
the institution. Would it not be a good
idea if the Ling boys would show what
they are good for some time this spring,
| and show up some of their talents. Go
for Rosander and he may bring it about
The North, paper published at
Minneapolis, gives our institution fine
tribute in its issue of Jan 10.
MA Pressen, of Moline, has a school
lem on electricity, written by one of the
students.
We copy the following from the Reg.
lister. Gazette, of Rockford: "An Edu
catisnnl Institution That Rock Island
Prizes Highly There are very many
citizens of Rockford who feel a deep in
terest in Augustans college, the institu-
ton at RICK Island. where so nsny
| young Rockfordltes are at present acquir,
| ing educational advantages to fit them fer
various avoca:icns of life. Therefore any
| thing that concern that institution must
| be OF more than passing interest to many
| readers of the Register-G8zette." Then
! is quoted from our papers what took
place at the Citizens Improvement asso-
citation meeting Jan. 10. Everything re-
| gsrding the institution and the resolu-
lutions passed.
What is the matter with the orstorical
contest and the literary annual of the
lyceum? Hush. before you are aware
they will spring upon you.
The students patronize the street cars
| more than ever.
II you want good education, do you
know where you can get it cheap? Hur-
rah for the noble university movement,
Every inch of it is business, enterprise
| and push
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
Subscribe for Stock

In the Second series of the
|tome Building and Loan Asso-
flauOn, Of Rock Island.
A safer and better investment
[lan Government Bonds, be.
Pause the loans are made only
Ppon established values and il
pays more than three times as
nach interest besides the
fmount invested and the profits
San be Withdrawn at any time
AOley loaned at lowest rates.
r. a. DONALDSON, Secretary.
'.'i.-, Rooms 3. 4, and t Masonic Temple,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
Intelligence Column.

THE DAILY ARGCS delivered at your door
every evening for 12EC per week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30

/ p,tb the method and results when
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IL refreshing to the taste, and acts
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30

UAYTED-Boarders ut SOC Nineteenth street.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
Bradfield's Female Regulator

has won, on merit alone, widespread
and enduring reputation. II is a com
bination of vegetable agents, the result
of the experience of one who made the
diseases of women lfe>long study.
Taken according 10 directions the organs
awake to new life and energy. leaving
the woman free from pain 1T these per-
iods. Sold by HartZ & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
Successful Always.

Why is Cubeb Cough Cure called the
one minute remedy? The following
from Harry Elliott, vice president of
State Insurance company. Des Moines,
explains his first experience: His wife
recently became so hoarse from severe
cold she could not speak above wbis-
per. One dose of the Cubeb Cough
Cure afforded great relief, and q few
doses removed the hoarseness entirely
He also says his children have never been
so free from coughs and colds as they
have been since he keeps Cubeh Cough
Cure in the house Hartz & Bahnsen
Hot Springs Skin Soap not only pre-
vents all skin disorders. but is excellent
for the toilet and nursery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
Tho E,ffal Tower Of Toilet Articles.

316,574 bottles Bush of Roses sold 10
1890. You know I could not have sold
so much if Blush of Roses was not as
represented, sure cure for pimples,
freckles and bl7ckheads. In 1892 ! pre-
dict it will he sold by every druggist, and
used by ever lady and gentleman in the
United States. T. FL. Thomas will sup,
nlv vou at rs cents Der bottle
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30
my Daughters Life

Was saved by Hoods Sarssparills. says
Mr.. B. B. Jones. of Aims, Maine. ''She
had seven running sores in different
places on her body, but on giving her
Hoods Sarsaparilla there wss marked
Improvement and now she is well. strong
aud healthy"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30

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4 i'3 Chestnut street, Phil .dclphia, Pa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-30

Hoods Pills cure Constipation by re-
storing the peTistaltic action of the ali
mentarY canal They are the best fam
ily cathartic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
ERWIN'S OPINION.
The Attorney for the Grain
Growers Association Speaks
Strongly,
And Defends Pillsbury Against
the Chicago Wheat
Gamblers.
Injury Resulting From False
Sales and Fictitious Prices
Is Shown.
Efforts of Gamblers to Rob
Farmers Aided by the
Democrats.

W. W. Erwin, who was the prosecuting
attorney for the grain growers before the
legislative committee which investigated the
charges against the elevator men last year,
thus expresses the true meaning of the at
tack made by the Democratic wheat gambler
combine against the Republican party, Sena-
tor Washburn and G. A. Pillsbury:
More wheat is collected on the influence of
Duluth and Superior ports than in any other
place on earth, while the amount now gath
cred Is to be increased in the near future to
over 40O, zoo, 900 bushels of wheat annually
The capacity Of the Red river valley alone
is 15O,OOO,OOO while north and west lie the
area Of ten vast states of wheat growing dis
tricts which wilt produce hundreds Of mill
ions Of bushels. This soil is unique for
wheat production. It is the same in char
acter rs that of Odessa, which has grown
wheat for three centuries.
At Winnipeg the government farm has
already grown over sixty crops of consecu-
tive wheat paintings successfully. The vast
railroad systems of the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific are now established in
the wheat center. They will develop the in
dustry Of wheat production with rapidity
undreamed Of Here on this shore Europe
will buy her breadstuffs. She will buy the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13

The Ownership of n Letter.

The Youths Companion publishes an arti-
Gle in which the ownership of letter and
it's conditions are set forth. The impression
that q letter is no longer the property of the
sender, but belongs to the person to whom
1t is addressed, is not correct. The follow
ing in brief are given as the conditions Of
ownership: "
Under the postal regulations of the United
States and the rulings of the highest courts
letter does not belong to the person to
whom 1t is sent until it is delivered to him.
The writer has right to reclaim and regain
possession of it, provided he can prove to
the satisfaction Of the postmaster at the Of
fee from which it was sent that he was the
writer of it. ~ -
Even after the letter has arrived Mt the
ONCE which is its destination, and before it
has been delivered to the person to whom it
Is addressed, it may be recalled by the writer
by telegraph through. the mailing office. The
regulations Of the postoftice department, of
course, require that the utmost care shall
be taken by the postmaster Mt the Office OF
mailing to ascertain that the person who de-
sires to withdraw the letter Is really the
one who Is entitled to do SO, and the post-
master Is responsible Tor Ills error IL he de-
!iyerS the letter to IN imposter or an unau-
th0r11e0 person. - s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
MR.. GARDENS STATEMENT.
He Relates Some of His Experienced
With an Arant Raseal.

he Relates Some OF HIS Experiences
With an Arant Rascal.
The Northern Pacific Elevator company
conducts the grain business of all the lines
of that great railroad; and Mr.. e. Cardin is
the general manager Of the company. Mr..
Cardin makes the following statement:
II have known this man WOlcott for eight
or nine years; have personally known him
Tor about five years. He was q banker in
Larimore, and about 1888 came to Minneap-
oils and established the so-called Scandi-
Eavian Elevator Company of North Dakota.
His method Of operation was to go to COM
peting railroad points and buy a worthless
shed of a warehouse, and then commence
buying wheat for the purpose of working
the established companies to buy him out.
o1 9 tGas. day he came into my office and stat
grain situation in that section, aid asked d
Knowing, the man, and that his object Was
1 hsys any talk with him whatever Every
and knew that he was
a A., Bi.ACKMAlLEk I,URE AND SIMPLE.
and that no treaty or business arrangement
company did no business with him
aa1 f.d letters s and answered it. Afterwards
11s s,g some kind of farmers paper in st.
may Ka% ,e Saaed upon 9s and showed our orig
give to- have it suppressed. As there was
nothing In the letter to be ashamed of. I
learned afterward that he did print it. I
never never heard that it did the company any
~ did not at that time connect Wolcott
with this scheme but was not ut nil sur.
1%n that It has developed that he is at
s sne POTION OF It. This man Wolcott was
SluupJy u parasitic mon tho ORC h,,o1
dishonest to the farmer, a biacklnaiier nnre
S So1o slmR R man destitute Of all business
ana. ana this, too, was and is his general renu
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
THE SUPPLY OF CARS
Has Been Attended to by the Repub-
lican State Department.

| Has Been Attended to by the Repub-
lican State Department.
Nor has the state grain and warehouse
| commission neglected to use every effort to
secure for the farmers the best shipping
| facilities the railroad companies could fur
nish, and in their report they say in refer
| ence to the distribution of cars:
Notwithstanding the enormous crops pro-
duced in this state in 1871, and the conse.
quent increased demand for shipping facilf~
| ties, there has been less complaint of lack
| OF cars than in any previous year since the
| commission was established.
The companies have fairly met the de.
mands made upon them in this respect.
The practical rule laid down by the statute
for distribution Of cars, when the demand
exceeds the supply. has been observed, and
the result has been in the main satisfactory
to shippers.
1t has been stated that efforts have been
| made by some railroad managers during the
season now closing to regulate the price OF
wheat on their respective roads, by COMPEL
| ing buyers to keep ut list price" under the
penalty OF being refused cars for shipment
| OF wheat II such q regulation was not OBJ
| served.
No complaint has been made to this CON-
| mission to this effect. but the statements
have been made in the public press and
| have to some extent been circulated as q
common rumOr.
With reference to this the commission has
visions of the common law forbid any such
interference in the affairs Of our people.
Any attempt in this direction by railroad
companies would provoke q resistance which
! would make itself felt at once.
The common carrier must furnish shipping
facilities to all alike without let or him
drance and without discrimination as to per-
sons or places.
The obligation to furnish shipping facili-
ties and the right to demand them does not
depend upon the price paid for the commol-
ity offered for shipment.
The adoption Of such a rule with regard
to furnishing cars to shippers is clearly in
| violation of all laws governing common car
| riers, and the commission feels confident
that no railroad company can he found to
support the claim that it had any right to
deny shipping facilities or In any way dis
eliminate against a shipper upon tho ground
that he had paid above or below the mar
ket price for the product offered for ship
ment.
In July, 1891. the commission issued cir
cular to railroad managers upon this SUBJ
ject. and the railroads showed their willing
ness to accept the suggestions of the COM
missioncrs by issuing circulars in accord.
0ncc with the above
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13

the railroad and warehouse commission OF
d to
sidetracks on their own land between their
main track and elevators, and where STA
tons are ten miles Or more apart the rail-
road companies would be compelled to con-
struct and maintain sidetFaekS between sta
ttons for the use OF shippers. By this ace
tile railroad companies We're Also required
all grain stored in such elevators and ware
houses or offered for shipment In bulk Or
otherwise from any station on It's line: Ihs
railroads were also required to furnish SUIT;
to seal the same and take and safely
transport the same to the point indicated by
the shipper, or in the direction thereof 50
aed al
Under this act any person desiring 70
ship grain from any established sidetrack
could secure the cars necessary by deposit
ing IS with the nearest station agent 1or
This lay, although imperfect in many de-
tails 10 the basis II the legislation regard
VIII the Republican party tas siyen to
dividual grain grower the right to den1a.sl
and the power to obtain such cars from the
THE sHiPMES " OF HIS GRAIN
to market. Its provisions enable him to
ship his grain to any market or point he
OF cars and at reasonable rates. 1t made
the individual farmer his own cheeser as
to whether he should market his wheat In
the nearest village, in Minneapolis, in Dt
pendent Of any buyer or company. Such
1855 1855 ' '''''' 'n' puipo'' u 'ne a'' u
The Republican legislature Of 1887 passed
an act for the better regulation Of common
carriers and more clearly defining the du-
ties Of the state commission. amending and
simplifying the law of 1885 in many i'm
portant particulars, and all tending to aid
IN carrying out the vital point Of the pol
publican party had adopted. The act Of
1887 declared it unlawful for the railroads
70 give preference or advantage to any par
tlcular person, firm, corporation or local
t traffic; also to provide all reasonable faciii-
ties for free and unrestricted traffic on their
several lines: to provide continuous car
rage or freight from the place of shipment
to the place of destination without break OF
railroads to furnish, start and run cars
without delay; forbidding pooling Of bust
ness or rebates; and in cases where many
persons demand cars at the same time for
the ne, shipment Of grain, such cars shall be
to receive one car and the balance OF the
cars divided In proportion to the amount
OF ffIeg by each shipper or at each
This gave the individual farmer an equal
chance with the large shipper to send his
grain to market just when he pleased and
now he pleased and to Whatsoever market
he chose to select; From time to time the
especially for the benefit Of the grain grow
er, until the last legislature in 1891, which
was controlled by the Alliance and Demo
cratic members. and absolutely rejected all
pub!icans through the state commission and
by individual members.