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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31

One of the arguments that is being
quietly circulated by the Millerites
to damage Mr.. Medill, they having
failed in their nonresident asser-
tions, is to the effect that he is not a
property holder. For the benefit of
those who may chance to be misled
by these ridiculous statements it
may be said that Mr.. Medill together
with W. :. knowlton owns one of the
most substantial business blocks in
the city. located on Second avenue
and Fifteenth street. and which last
year was remodeled and rebuilt by
them being valued at 5000. In
addition to this he owns two lots upon
one..of which is house of modern de-
sign. in South Park and also "a lots
Just across the Moline line. The as
sertion that he is not n property hold
er is about on par with the balance
of the opposition's campaign stock in
trade
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
Easter Services.

A special Easter service will be
held at the First NJ. f. church next
Sunday morning. 1t will be given
under the head of What the First
Methodist church of Rock Island is
doing in obedience to the command
of Our Risen Lord" presented in
two parts: Part /, What Are We
Doing at Home?" told by the presi-
dents of the various bodies in the
church which have for their object
the interests of the local church.
Part II. What Are We Doing
Abroad?" told by representatives of
the different organizations in the
church which have for their object
the advancement of the cause of
Christ abroad, followed by the cere-
mony of the unwilling of the cross.
The programme will be interspersed
with beautiful Easter music by the
chorus choir and special mixed and
male quartettes. The church will be
beautifully decorated, and a cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
Running Our Own business.

Because the Union permits its col
umns to be used as dumping ground
for all the refuse and abuse that
anonymous correspondents may de-
sire to throw into a campaign, and be-
cause the mayor is just now himself
directing the course of that sheet. it
imagines outside sources other than
the staff of the ARGUS are responsible
for what it contains. 1t therefore
blames MIR. Medill for not shaping the
policy of the ARGUS to suit IS. ID.
E.' and the rest of the McConochie
crowd. In reply to this, let the AR
Gus assure the Union that not Mr..
Medill or any other person not con-
nected with the ARGUS is responsible
for what it contains. This paper is
not run subject to the dictation of
candidates or outside influences. 1t
conducts its campaigns as far as
it is concerned. in accordance with
its own best judgment and
is ready to verify all that it pub
fishes. 1t welcomes communications
on any subject, but does not propose
to make a practice Of surrendering
the editorial chair to correspondents.
and no communication is published
but what the name of the writer is
known to the editor. Just now the
ARGUS is fighting McConochieism in
all its forms. 1t knows whereof it
speaks at all times and not more so
than when it says that the masses of
the people are with US and that +. j.
Medill is to ne Rock Islands next
MAYOR.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
Mud Singing.

The Unions talk about mud sling
ing is indeed amazing as applied to
the ARGUS. Let him that is without
sin. it has been said, east the first
stone. The ARGUS defies the Union
to point single instance where this
paper has resorted to mud singing.
it has made no attack upon the
mayors personal character or allud-
ed to it in any form, nor does it pro-
pose to. 1t has exposed and criti-
cised his public and political acts
and published repeated evidences of
his duplieity, treachery and betrayal
as regards his official and political
conduct. The Union on the contrary
has made the most contemplate in
situations about Mr.. Medill, and
without the least foundation at that,
having acknowledged in each case
that its remarks were based purely
npon hearsay.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
Pansiye and Expsnslve.

Many woman shricks from consulting ply
sician about functional arrangements and weak
ness ard prefers to suffer in silence. She is sad
and pensive, and her neglect of her ailments will
prove expensive. 1t may cost her her life. one
of the most ssillful physicians OF the day, who
has had a vass experience In curing diseases Pc
culiar to women has prepared remedy which is
o. inestima BILE aid to them. We refer TO DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the only remedy
for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailments.
sold by druggists. un6er a positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it win give eatis-
faction in every case. or m lney refunded.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
VERY CONSIDERABLE.
The Mayors Thoughtfuiness for a Reia-
tive and What 1t Cost.

Mayor McConochie is partial to
Miller. and in return Miller is partial
to the mayor, as for instance: Dur
ing two months last winter one of the
most important beats in the city
that of the c.. r. |. Il P.-was with
out an officer. 1t so happened that
the patrolman on that beat, who was
laid up eight weeks with sickness is
Il brother-in-law to his honor. and in
consequence, the chief of the police
department, saw no occasion to make
any particular note of his fur
Tough. and the pay roll shows
no omission. There is no dispo-
sition to assail an officer who is so
unfortunate as to be sick. but the
tax payers do not contribute their
money that it may be spent in keep
ing relatives in paving positions
while an entire end of the city is left
every night for two months without
police protection of any kind.
When the people in that end of the
city become aware of how they were
denied police protection they will no
doubt more than ever determine to
put an end to the third term aspira-
tions of McConochie and Miller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
Mud in the Seventh Ward

Rock ISLAND. H., March 31.-ED-
IToR ARGUs:-It is MUST that the
Union should sling so much mud at
.he democratic candidate of the
Seventh ward. Mr.. Bein is man of
exceptionable qualities, eminently
able to creditably represent the ward
in the council and will do so beyond
a doubt. Mr.. Bein owns his home
where he resides, the report circu-
lated by the friends of the republic
can candidate. Notwithstanding. He
is interested in the ward, a progress
sive man, and will poll more repub-
lican votes than any candidate that
ever made the race. As republic
can and in the best interests of the
ward | shall vote for Mr.. Bein and
advise all the rest to do SO.
F A. &
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
Quite Refreshing.

However. as to the comments of
IS. ID. E." on the relations of the
mayor TO public improvements, and
those of the ARGUS to public improve
ments. 1t is quite refreshing as a
matter of course to have the views on
these two subjects of one who has been
so prominently identified with all as
IS. ID. f. o." has. and now Is. Because by
the merest accident Mr.. McConochie
has been mayor during the progress
Rock Island has made in street i'm
proVementS, it does not stand that he
and he alone has furthered them.
The full extent of what the mayor
has done has been to approve of the
ordinances providing for such i'm
provements, which ordinances. were
made possible of adoption through
the purchase of our street car lines
bv outside capitalists. and through
the firmness of the council, encour-
aged by the Improvement aSsocia-
ton in taking the matter properly in
hand -. ID. f. = has been careful
to avoid giving any credit either to
the council or the Improvement as
ISOLATION in regard to all these
public improvements in his anx-
ietv to say something mean
about the ARGUS. He perhaps still
had in mind the spectacle of Aid. Nc
Conochie rising in his seat in the
council chamber and sarcastically al
luding to that mutual admiration
society over on the corner" a refer
ring TO the Improvement association.
of which Mr.. Medill was then secre-
tary. and which was preparing the
preliminaries for the paving and 9th
er improvements which the council
in its capacity took up so thoroughly
and so well afterward.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
WED to be Read.

costs Us money to have this
=. 1t costs YOU nothing to
and it will tell you where to
b good investment.
+ have 4 number of choice
p lots in all parts of the citv
will be sold at reasonable
also have large list of busi-
Pd residence property to select
Fome decided BARGAINS if
b once.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
one ENJOYS

tbe method and results when
h of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
refreshing to the taste, and acts
/ vet promptly on the Kidneys,
and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
{eaectuaily, dispels colds, head
aud fevers and cures habitual
ina.ion. Syrup of Figs is the
remedy of its kind ever pro-
4. pleasing to the taste and &C.
{5le to the stomach, prompt in
ttion and truly beneficial in its
prepared only from the most
iy and agreeable substances, its
excellent qualities commend it
and have made it the most
lar remedy known.
Fun of Figs is for sale in SOC
81 bottles by all leading drug
| Any reliable druggist who
mot have it on hand will pro-
/ it promptly for any one who
! to try it, Do not accept any
6tute.
klF0REiA FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
DlSWLls. Ky. NEW YORK. n.y.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31
IS. D. e"
The Scarce from which McConochie's Lat
est Endorsement Comes


The latest contributor to the
columns of the McConochie organ
writes his initials in accordance with
his ideas of public improvements.
He adopts the style of the China
man and subscribes himself from rlsh.
to left. His impressions of what
agencies are responsible for public
improvements are thus evinced as
contrary to the modern American
way of doing. In short the same idea
that would attribute Rock Islands
advancement to the mayor alone, to
the exclusion of the council and the
cooperative efforts of the Improve
ment association, and who. while
thus setting up such convictions.
is lending all his energies and inge-
nuity to the cause of his longtime
friend and the hacker of the mayor in
his efforts to thwart the extension of
those improvements that are attrib-
uted to the mayor alone. Thus
IS. d. f." is today doing a double
service, for his long time friend, Capt.
Robinson in his newspaper contribu-
tion and likewisein his efforts in court
to block the Twentieth street paving
the first decided OPPOSE
ton in fact that has been made to
our present tystam of popular i'm
proycmentS.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-31

Il have used Salvation Oil in nv
family and find it to be n splendid
liniment. Mrs. Ella Journey. 72S
Sixth ST.. Portsmouth, Va
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26
OUR HOME INDUSTRIES.

A CORES pendent of the Bulletin traces
hard times to the disloyalty of our people
In not patroniZing home industries. He
says il a purchaser asks for an article
which is produced both here and abroad in
nine cases out of ten he will be persuaded
to purchase the foreign article. A state
mcnt Of this kind should be supported with
reasons. Who persuades the purchaser to
buy toreign-made article? If it is the
dealer, why does the dealer prefer to sell
the foreign to the home made article? 1t
is fair to presume that the dealer would
not discriminate against home Industries
unless be would make larger profit by
selling the foreign-made article. If the re-
taller finds a greater profit in handling
foreign than homemade goods we should
Try and find out why. Is it because the
homemade article costs more to produce
or because it costs more to place it before
consumers? In either case the fact is TO
be removed. In tile long run people
will buy where it is their interest
TO buy. In other words, they will buy
where they can buy CHEAPEST. the quality
Of the article con sidered. Trade built up
on sentiment is not worth having. Sooner
or later it will slip away from US. In very
many cases purchasers do not know
whether they are buying a foreign or a
home made article. The same dealer
sells both This is true in respect to boots
and shoes. and in a measure in respect to
furniture, cigars and underwear. The
shoe-dealers mostly port and manu-
facture. Evidently they push the article
on which they make the largest profit. II
their homemade goods cost more than
their ported goods the latter get the
benefit Of the dealers recommendation. In
cases where the high freight from San
Francisco to the interior is an obstacle to
the sale Of the homemade article, the rem
edy lies in cutting down freight rates If
there is any prejudice against homemade
goods it will soon disappear if we can
show that such goods are as good and as
cheap as foreign goods.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26

binary variety Of forms of life, much OF 1t
bulky, is nourished OH food which IS ap-
parentIy similar. Man is omnivorOns, but
he is not stunted in growth or intellectu-
ality by combining his diet to few staples.
Bread and fruit. or potatoes and fruit, are
lust a. sustaining for the brain and body
as diet on flesh and everything edible IN
it's season. The bowhead whale mas
blood, muscle and bone in massive
body elaborated out of diet OF low organ
isms. The elephant, rhinoceros. giraffe,
horse and the bovine species have
purely vegetable diet. If Mr.. Thatcher's
aim were less ambitious than positive
settlement of intricate and reconcile
problems, his plan Of making awards
might not be called in question. He Will
find that he has only stirred up contro-
versy and has settled little.
In one field of judging the California
fruit.growers have reason to complain.
The intention is to select Florida men to
decide upon the merits OF citrus fruits
from California. The reason assigned Is
that Florida is the mother State, ana that
all California orange stock comes from
Florida. This may be assumed TO De non
sense. The orange comes from Asia, not
even from Europe. and if motherhood is to
prevail why not get a Chinaman. Hlndoo
and a Persian to sum up the virtues OF
citrus fruits and throw out hints TO cult
vators. Altogether the judging at chicago
seems to have been in a middle from the
com mencement, and it will be marvel II
the awards are not regarded with much
oEopfiaicn,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26

the existing law expires by limlsationa . me
sugar factories Will be in p0sltu,'.o. -.
supply the demand. Sugar cultisa na la. .a''
certainly be carried on over ,a ar, $40,
1t Is not necessary to have i.t tus :. ;r 81
climate. The saccharine qualities ar a. Ju in
as abundant In temperate cn"S re
those which are nearly subtrCpIra'.. n =. ars
hnerles take all the beets WHICH ,,I.;sa
can produce many would push .h0
ton IN preference IS other crops
Cholera fingers In the Levant. IL mas
now broken out at Smyrna, a poit winch
has communication with many other COM
mercial csnters. and the danger IS great OF
its propagation in Greece and turkey Inc
disease is also repaired in Piedmont Tlehl
In the track of the stream of travel. Dur
ing August and September the weather IN
Italy Is very hot and favoIaoIe W W.
spread OF an epidemic. Izal. the new chol,
era dlslnfeetant, is likely TO have eood
trial.
The Fresno raisip.prowers have to COM
pete with Spanish growers who enjoy the
advantages OF very cheap transportation.
Last year Fresno was so handicapped mat
some growers got less than the cost OF pro-
duction.s The transportation rates swal-
iowed tnelr profit The Nortn american
Steamship Company offers a rate OF 90
cents per 1C0 pounds to New YORK, as
against 81 Is. which was charged oy the
railroad last year. If the railroad makes
a moderate charge from Fresno to San
FRANCISCO the growers may succeed IN mold
ing the New Y ork market at proht. but
proDaDly the Southern Pacihc mas no de-
sire 70 cooperate with the North Amerl-
can Company, even to benefit Fresno
rasin-shippers and the State it loves so
we'll
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26
JUDGING AT CHICAGO.

SnOuid the programme outlined by Mr..
Thatcher. chairman of the bureau of
awards, be followed. the Worlds Fair ia
undertaking task quite herculeap in
deciding on the merits of exhibits. He
has most exalted opinion of the mission
and destiny of this exhibition to decide
everything the world is in doubt upon in
regard to food. capacities of the soil.
Qualities OF raw material for manufacture
ing and perfection in the breeding of
stock. The farmer is to be corrected in
his notions of the sort of sheep he should
breed and the wool he should aim to sun-
ply, the variety of wheat or corn most nro.
ductive and nutritious on his land. and
probably numerous other things he is sup
posed to have studied all his life. The
CHEMISTS aid is to be summoned to de-
termine the value Of grains, and the doctor
must give his opinions on digestion and
assimilation. The physiological standards
are to be determined once for all time con-
cluSlVely. The manufacturer, too. will be
given TO understand how to make the most
OF fibers. and may possibly comprehend
how he has not'succeded In every direction
of enterprise.
This undertaking of the committee of
AWARDS might be Endorsed as noble and
fai-seeipg provided it were possible of
complete success. But it is not. Mathe.
matical definitions or announcements on
much OF the programme are impossible.
Science is still cropping in the dark on a
vast range Of speculation and experiment
IN physiology, plant life and food chem
lstry. and emphatic dogmatism is little
more than empirlcism. What an extraor-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26
ONE PARTY QUESTION.
he Examiner of Tuesday said:

The Examiner of Tuesday said:
Senator Perkins is Republican, but I.
he is now representing Democrats as well a.,
members OF his own party. He is peculiarly
free from partisan obligations.
1t will be difficult to show how or in
what respect Mr.. Perkins is more free
from partisan obligation than Senator
White. Both represent the people OF both
parties. but on party questions each is ex-
pected to remain true to the party that
elected him. Democrats would not be
pleased il Senator White should vote
against tariff revision on the ground that
he represented Republicans as well as
Democrats. There is now but one strictly
party question before the country and that
is the tariff. Silver has friends and oppo.
nents in both parties. Chinese immigra-
ton is hardly political issue. Neither is
the annexation Of the Hawaiian Islands.
But On the tariff the lines are closely
drawn and man who cannot support the
policy OF protection should not accept
Office from the Republican party.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26
STILL COUNTING COIN.
House Cleaning at the Mint Will Be
Over This Week,

aAo0oO SASoulu8 at tslC lvAtuS w Ill Dc
Over This Week.
Business at the United States Mint In
this city Is practically at a standstill now,
though there is q large amount af vol
teing done, just ths same It is interest
ing work, too, and just.what mos! people
would like to be doing on their own ac-
count
They are counting the coin.
The officials at the Mint say that thew
expect to get through by Saturday night.
so as to have everything in slick shape for
the incoming OF the new administration. 1t
Is practically hou cleaning. and the old
administration Is taking as much pride in
getting things In order as a neat woman
takes when sha prepares to move out of a
fiat.
The officials are not receiving silver now.
but that is not because silver is in dispute
with the powers that be in our Govern
ment at this time. 1t is only because
everything Of value in the shape of coin or
bullion will have to be very carefully
weighed and sorted and accounted for
when the change takes place. aud every
thing must be either coin or bullion to De
counted.
Superintendent Daggett will assume the
direction OF the Mint on the LIST day of
August, and Immediately thereafter will
commence the real scramble for places. A
steady flow OF applications has been pour
Ing In on him for some tine-ever since
the announcement Of his appointment to
the position, in fact, and the announce.
ment OF the lucky applicants is awaited for
with interest.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26
Come to the Rescue.

AS surely rs any known effect foil ows cause
just so surely will disease of the kidneys succeed
their inactivity if that inaction be not promptly
remedied Come TO the rescue with Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, which gives a heal:nful impulse
TO the action OF both the kidneys and the bladder
without exciting them, like an unmedicated slim.
ulant. Rendered active by this genial diuretic
and tonic they perform their functions thoroughly
and regularly, removing from the system ,mpuri-
ties which beget rheumatism, dropsy gravel.
Brfght's disease diabetes and catarrh OF the blad-
der The contraction of either OF these formid-
able maadies Is the penalty exacted by nature for
indifference to that plain warning-suggish action
of the kidneys. When this exists not a moment
should De lost in the use OF the remedy Indicated
Bear in mind that the Bitters will relieve with
equal prOmptitude disorders of the stomach
liver, bowels and nervous system and cure or pre.
vent malarial complaints. 10
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-26
BEET SUGAR.

Senator PETER has been through the
beet-sugar districts Of California, and is
reported as saying that, in his opinion. the
present law should be continued until i,
expires by limitation. He considers a
bounty more effective than the indirect
protection afforded by duties on the for
eign product. 1t is much to be hoped that
Senator PETER will rally to the support of
the industry votes enough to prevent the
repeal of the bounty clause in the McKin-
ley act. The beet-sugar industry promises
to be Of great magnitude. We now i'm
port about eight-tenths of our sugar.
mostly from countries which do not bny
largely of our products. The experme nts
already made in the culture Of beet sugar
leave no doubt whatever of our ability to
produce all the sugar we require. The
PROPOSE to take the duties