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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
WHERE ARE THEY "AT?"


Sinnet and Oberg's Great Straddle's in
Catering to Labor.
Supervisors Sinnet and Oberg are
doubtless very much in spirit like
the congressman who wanted to
know where he was ..at.- After
fastening to record themselves by
word of mouth on behalf of the peti.
ton that the stone for the new court
house be cut on the grounds, both
making speeches aiming to regain
and curry favor with the laboring
people whom they had previously
turned their backs upon, they are
now found voting against the resolu-
ton introduced by Oberg him.
self and as amended by Supervisor
Rnck. one of their own faith, in
accordance with the advice of the
county's legal advisor, States Attor-
ney Searle.
The States Attorneys Suggestion.
1t will be remembered that MIR.
Searle questioned the legal and bind
ing force of the resolution framed by
Supervisor Oberg in his sudden anx-
iety to evince spirit of coincidence
with petition from laboring people,
unless certain provisions were made
to prevent its being an empty meas
urc and without force. Agreeable to
this suggestion from the states at
torney, Supervisor Rinck offered the
amendment in this form:
THAT when bids are asked for the
construction of the court house, bids
be invited in the alternative, that is,
for stone to be cut on the premises
and all work to be done by Rock ISL
and county labor as far as practical
BILE. and also for stone cut any place
and the labor to be performed at the
lowest possible price, the above pro-
viso being added so that the archi-
tcct'S checks will not be rendered in
valid" This was carried the vote
being:
Ayes-Armstrong, Britton, Case.
Edgington. Gahagen. Hasson. Jen-
kins, Lees. Maxwell. McMurphy,
DIN stead, Powell, Rinck. Swank,
Schooumaker, Trent, Vandeburgh,
Wilson'S.
Noes - Carey. Ford. johnson,
ocCi =, SuoyiCs ciuuCl, SlutUu-t.
Then the amended resolution was
carried unanimously. And this farce
is all that came of Sinnet and
Oberg's great splurge of Wednesday
the matter finally resolving itself
where it can only be at all times I'M
der the law in the hands of the
building committee. which is expect
ed to be guided by an employed sex
pert" as the Union terms him-the
superintendent.
And finally, after all, the only way
to look to labor's interests is to place
in control one who will befriend
home labor where he is in a position
to do so consistently, and who will
not put himself out to oppose it. The
man upon whose judgment the board
will rely on all questions. the man
who holds the key to the situation is
the superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29


Since 1861 I have been a great sui.
ferer from catarrh. l tried Elv's
Cream Balm and to all appearances
am cured. Terrible headaches from
which l had long suffered are gone.
W. j. Hitchcock. late major U. S.
Vol. and A. A. Gen, Buffalo, N. Y.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. Many acquaintances
have used it with excellent results.
Alfred w. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Price of Cream Balm is SO cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
MILAN.

MILAN, March 29.-The citizen
voters Of Milan met in the town hall
last evening and nominate the fol-
lowing for the citizens ticket: Pres
ident, T. II. Caldwcll: trustees, C..
W. Thatcher, A. X. Brown and 4. l..
Little; police magistrate, G. F..
Brown: clerk, G.. W. Smith. The
committee appointed last year gave
general satisfaction and was reap
pointed.
A great many folks are coming to
attend the celebration of the 5Oth an
niversary OF the Presbyterian church
and every citizen should feel that it
is his duty to be social and do everv-
thing to make their stay in this town
one of pleasure.
Samuel Blair. of Searstown. and
Mrs. DeArklund were married BY
Squire Brown Tuesday afternoon.
Fred Honens is home for q weeks
visit from Champaign, where he is
attending college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29


able to reach f in altissimo with the
greatest of ease is in itself wonder.
This is the compass of Miss Yaw's
voice. Her runs and chromatique
efforts are delivered with crystalline
pureness and perfect information. In
fact, her exhibition of vocal pyro-
technics is said TO be dazzling.
Those who will assist at the concert
are Macmillan Dick, Americas great
violinist. and Geergiella Lay, pianist.
The following criticism is from the
Baltimore Sun of Oct. %, "a: ..Yaw
was the thing last night-at least as
far as the musical world of Balti-
more was concerned. A voice that
will make its mark as one of the
wonders of the day is Yaw's, and if
her hearers assemble at Lehmann's
hall half alphabetically, they came
away wholly astonished. Yaw's de-
but in Baltimore from the beginning
was surprise. There was some
thing in the girls appearance which
accorded strangely with her voice.
The picture was this-a tall and thin
young woman, with sharp but pretty
and poetical features, with shaggy,
wild, yellow locks floating about her
brow, and with her slender form
clad in long. loose gown.
"A moments surprise at her ap-
pearance gave way to greater sur
prise at her voice, which was not, as
had been expected, thin as its owner,
but. in its lower register at least,
rich and strong. Soon, after an ex-
hibition of its flexibility and technical
resources. began the journey into
the realms of the ledger lines above
the staff, and from the long throat
came a succession of high tones
that suggested the harmonics on a
violin and seemed to be produced
with just such tightening of the
fine vocal cords as a violinist pro-
duces when he is way up in the 'po-
sitions' on the E string. The whole
voice was as high and as clear as a
flute.n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
Nervous People

And those who are all tired out and
have that tired feeling or sick head
ache can be relieved of all these
symptoms by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which gives nerve, mental
and bodily strength and thoroughly
purifies the blood. It also creates a
good appetite, cures indigestion,
heartburn and dyspepsia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
Rudy's Pile Suppository ia ON

Rudy's Pile Suppository is guar
anteed to cure piles and constipa-
ton. or money refunded. Fifty cents
per box. Send stamp for circular
and free sample to Martin Rudy,
Lancaster. Pa. For sale by T. H.
Thomas and Hartz & Bahnsen, drug
gists, Rock Island. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29

Fair weather; warmer today; cold
er Saturday; brisk southerly winds.
Today's temperature. IS.
F. j. WALL. Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
Ny Sweetheart.

der cheeks are like the roses,
Her brow is lily white;
And we'll know the reason.
She takes Psrks' Tea each night,
She's strong and vel an1 h.ppy. too.
Her face is clear and fright
And larghinsiy she tells tseocause,
IF take Parks Tea each night
Sold by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
"There Il Danger In DELAY"

Hoods pills are easy to take, easy
in action and sure in effect-25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29

thoroughly schooled
in every particlar.
Miss Yaw comes
heralded as the most
wonderful singer of
the age, and the lo-|
cal lyric world is on
the qui vive to hear
her. Her voice is
der wonderful
control, and it is in
the singing of the
high notes that her
triumph is most
marked.
For a SinCQr In no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
IN HARMoNY's REALM.

An Item Of Interest to the Local Lylic
World-Euen Beach Yaw.
The sensation of the present musical
period in the three cities will proba-
bly, occur tomorrow night, when Yaw,
the phenomenal soprano. makes her
appearance at the Burtis. Critics
everywhere pronounce her voice to
be of the most remarkable range and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29

The ARGUS delivered every even
ing ut your door 1t 10c . week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
McEniry & McE1nry.

Attorneys at Law.
Loan money on good reeur:ty: nsxe cnl,ee-
tons. Reference. Mitchell 4 LyndS. banb err.
OfIce, PoGfoncS Block
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-29
PHVssCIANs.
DR.. B. Miller,

Over 30 year. experience. Makes marvellous
Gu ca in Acute and Chronic diseases. RHEuNATIsn
and NEURALGIA included. O!ice 1909 Second av
Once hours 4. IN. to 6p m.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given Nat the Commits,
sioners of Assessment for Jersey City Will
by the Board Of Street and Water Cornmis-
sioners, at the corner of Mercer street and
day, May 9Th. 1895. at 8 O'clock in the, fore.
noon, to appraise and determine the value OF
any oWn er's Of such ~ Ss real ss1ee estate ate e or Of any in
terest therein, may sustain by reason of the
impro9vement of opening and changing as to
MERCER STREET,
between the west side of Merseles street ana
NM Road; said Mercer street to be Sixty 20
p pecl lp Railways r sSs n ninety 0t COY Na Feet 70 VIDE sns S Sst%een
said right Of way and the west line OF Fac
tory street and MIN Road. The real estate
within thirty fs9l feet on bold sides Of the
scribed, between Merseies street and the west
line, of right Of way Of the National Decks
street to Mill Road, and all real estate within
forty-ive N5) feet on both sides of the centre
between the west line of the right of way OF
the National Docks Railway, and the west
llhe O. Centre tae'G line s Of said 4 M sr4 : street pessAf may
be described as foiIows:-Beginning at a point
Being two hundred and sixty ESQ feet south
ST the centre line of Wayne street as now
opened, measured at right angles 70 said centre
westerly parallel with Wayne street
as now opened, and distant two
hundred and sixty (260l feet south of the
centre Hne thereof measured at right angles
to cornslison avenue; thence continuing said
centre line Of Mercer street as described, to
the east side of Mill Road, excepting that
part Of Mercer street to be ninety, 800 feet
tional Docks Railway and the west side Of
Factory street. II produced northeriy,. the
centre line of said part Of Mercer street be-
ginning at a point distant two hundred and
forty-fve t245l feet, measured at right angles
frnn sa'1 parallel Il, With = said yen centr sfssn line % Of
Wayne street. between the west line of the
right OF way OF said railway and said west
line of Factory street.
Said Commissioners will. also. at said time
and place. hear all parties Interested in the
proposed establishing OF A new grade on
Church street. between Mill Road and Bald
win avenue on the damage to- be done TO rea.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

Is at hand. This fact means much to
the honest housewife. 1t means
many hours of toll and that large
supplies of strength will be demanded.
And yet this is a time when the appe-
tite is poor and women are likely to
be nervous, sleepless, weak and tired,
because the blood is impure.
Let the impurities be driven out and
the blood enriched and inyigorated and
made to flow in a life-giving current
to every part Of the body. Then
there will be health, strength and
a Good Appetite.
The only true blood purifier promi-
nently before the people today is
Hoods Sarsaparilla; and it is the
most prominent because it is the best.
Merit win win, and merit has not only
placed Hoods Sarsaparilla at the head
of all medicines, but has practically
given it, as a blood purifier, posses
sion of the whole field.
Hoods Sarsaparilla puriies the
blood, It sharpens the appetite and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Eptscopal.

The Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Chicago. has obtained from fourteen of
the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church an expression Of their views with
regard to the use of individual cups at the
communion service. Bishops Bowman,
Foster, Joyce. Andrews. Mallalieu, Fow-
Ter, Ninde and Walden do not favor sep
arate cups. Bishop Hurst much prefers
the usual way of administering the COM
munion. but says:-"There is many a VIC
lation of taste and cleanliness which
ought to end now and forever. and yet
the one cup be used" Bishop Vincent
also prefers the communion cup. He suge
sests the general use of small napkins
oy which the edge of the cup can be kept
Company 9. Boys Brigade. of the Lin
den Avenue M. e. Church, and better
known as the O.. O.. Howard Guards, will
evening next. with an entertainment,
exhibition drill and special music by the
choir. The Rev. j. l.. Scudder. .Pastor
of the Tabernacle. just returned from
address.
the congregation of the Union Place
VI. E. Church. Union Hill, recently ten
dered the Rev. and Mrs. Joshua Mead
a reception in the church parlors. Speech
iss were made by the Revs. Charles Mead,
j. Kinnsey. Joshua Mead and Mr.. John
ftOll. d tcAol SO4O Ndo EfFCn ny w. l.
Hustled: recitation by Miss Clara Pritch-
ard. soprano solo by Miss Nora Peary
and Duet by Misses Claws and Peary.
Supper followed. Some of the guests
were.-Mr. and Mrs. d. Westervelt. Mr..
and Mrs. J.. H. W~estervelt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lundy Westervelt. Mrs. Trask. Mr..
and Mrs. Van Clief. Mr.. and Mrs. Tobey,
Mr.. andMr Sevens. Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs,
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. Rolf. Mrs. ). Bauscher.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Hustled. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hess, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. H
tanning, Mr.. and Mrs. e.. MalIery, Mr.
Clause, Florence Dennis. Maggie Fooks,
Katie and Theresa GyeenIeaf, C1aral
iE6Hey. Amy mt Lille Bausehers Edf<h
' Raas,s.t Lucy G5eng, Sarah Mooley.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
Medicine

organ, every ligament and every muscle in
my body was more or less diseased. I felt
that if I did not get relief soon I should
die. Tread 80 much about Hoods Sarsa-
parilla that I resolved to try it. When I
had taken n bottle, I could eat heartily
without indigestion, and a few Hoods
Pills relieved me of troublesome constipa-
ton. I have now taken five or six bottles
Of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and am in very
much better health. Now
FAy House Cleaning
has come, but Hoods and I together will
master that trial. I feel SO thankful that
| am well and hope my testimonial will
help other weak, tired, nervous women"
ARs. HELEN HIsEERD, Tully, N. Y.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

such real estate, or of any interest therein,
may sustain by establishing said grade. Said
proposed new grade may be described as fol-
lows. to wit:-Beginning at the west curb line
of Mill Road, at the present established grade
of said Mill Road; thence westerly on an
ascending grade of six Q) feet two and one
quarter Z Ia inches four hundred feet to the
east curb line OF Baldwin avenue.
At which time and place said Commissioners
of Assessment will hear parties Interested in
said Improvements who desire to be heard be-
fore them on the value of lands to be taken
and the damages to owners of such lands will
sustain by reason of opening said Mercer
street, and on the damage to be done to real
estate, or the damage which any owner OF
such real estate may sustain by establishing
a new grade on said Church street.
HUMPHREY W. CARR,
MICHAEL SCHULTZ. JR.,
CORNELIUS ]. CRONAN.
Commissioners of Assessment.
Dated Jersey City, N. j., April Goth, 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

oos,,re !, nc tba doctor IL nleased to call
4 = e reoarded nv all who are practi-
oa,,u ,.,sad :, tho s,,hiect as nm ex-
~ hs,ra,t,as a nrofessional
:, u,,,tv If when be bacomes
-
the Mayor, which was adopted UPON my
m m1' ! r. ,ase eveli nffar ny J n the belief that
the sound doctrine Of municipal owner,
Of svndicates and extortioners preached
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Hrrom Bradstreet's estate of Trade."l
The feature of the week is the com
tined strength of the prices of staples
after the striking advances of preceding
weeks. Perhaps the most relentless az
vance has been in hides, &c. within ten
days. from 4c, to Zoe. from the lowest
point. Bessemer pig iron aad steel bil-
With demand on the whole rather less,
prices are firm. Steady quotations
are reported also for cotton. coffee, sugar
and pork. while wheat. indian corn, oats
and lard are all higher. on some grades
Of pig iron Cincinnati. Louisville, ST.
Louis and Chicago report quotations ad-
wareed CSC. per ton and sales of a num-
Der Of good-stzed lots. There Is g ilrmer
inf At q number of poiltS gains IN indus
trial are more marked g. than naIrd T. I; % a,sa-
coded by q very dull market. Wo0llep
dress goods ntlis have secured g nuznbes
81 orders for fall delivery which az
counts for the moderate aetiYffy In tho
market for wool. Cotton goods are firm
On the advance In cotton and higher
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
Those Unfortunate Water Specifi-
cations.

We print in another part of this paper
a long article from the Engineering
News" embodying the history of the
water question in this State. In SO far
as it is historical. it is both entertaining
and instructive. Towards its close. how
ever, it rehashes all tlie stock arguments
that have been banded about during the
last few weeks against the making of
q contract between the city and either
of the bona fidei bidders who now nave
proposals on file.
We confess we have never quite mas
tered the position of the Engineering
News Its original structures on the
specifications drawn by the city were
identical with our own views. The city
modified the specifications. however. SO
as to eliminate every objection that had
been stated. In doing SO, n would
suppose it had secured the approval of
the critics, including the Engineering
News" and indeed that paper refrained
from further censure until the bids were
actually filed. Now. however, it comes
back to the old proposition that the spec
~ifications were so narrowly drawn as to
preclude all real competition.
1t is odd that this objection has not
been made by any of the so-called in
formal bidders. On the contrary. Mr..
Reilly excepted. they all seem well con-
tent with the specifications. They COM
planned of shortness of time but certainly
not of the form Of the specifications.
Some of them thought they had better
ideas but noae OF them regarded the city's
plan az protibitive. AS a matter of fact,
the Jersey City Company comes into the
competition with as little antecedent adj
vantage as any Of the informal bidders.
Tie only Competitor claiming to own the
~earth-and the water-is the East Jersey
Company. Whether it does or not is a
people do not think, its claims unassail-
.able.A anauneither do the informal bid
ders. and there they all rest on an equal
ity.
If these specifications. with their vari-
ETY. of form and seeming opportunity for
everyone are too narrow, we are forced
to the conclusion that the city cannot
frame any specifications at all All it
can do is advertise in general terms for
a water supply, and permit the bidders
to offer what they have. Perhaps. if the
present proceedings collapse. this would
BIZ d good thing to do:-Advertise for a
supply at a price per million gallons with
an option. Let all the world come in
with offers and then pick the one which
combines the best average of quality and
quantity, price and responsibility.
But even if this is done. there will be
some new. cranky fault-finding.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
4 wan From DIR. ouamby.


DR.. Quimby writes us a letter which
we greatly regret not being able to pub
fish in full. The fact is some parts of it
convey such marked innuendoes as to be
almost libellous. Among the more mod
crate things the doctor says are the fol-
1owing-
There has been an obvious attempt to
swing the city government back from the
audable position taken by His Honor
the interests of the city would be best
promoted by undertaking the construc-
new water supply and condemning the
water rights necessary therefor through
its own agents. and by the use of its own
d opinion' held ih by t dred frien "a e of the opp w z
syndicates. and which favor the con-
troll of our water by putting into the
hands of a private corporation through a
contract whose proposed terms would be
a confession to the world of our civic and
financial decrepitude. ~
In our Judgment. the plan suggested
by the Mayor and endorsed by DIR.
Quinaby is hopelessIy irnpracticable- In
his zeal for the city, His Honor made
less than reasonable allowance for the
natural impulse Of men to realize a fair
profit on the property they own and the
ideas they evolve. AS we understand
the project. it ~contemplates a percentage
of profit for the contractor merely on
the capital which he invests in works.
Everything else. the lands. the water
rights. the plans the city is to acquire at
bed rock prices. by means of condem-
nation proceedings.
1t is plainly out of the question that
anyone will deal with the city on such
a basis. If we want to act thus. the
proper course for us is to find all the
capital necessary and procure and con-
struct our own water system from A
to q.
DR.. Quimby goes on:-
The Mayors good resolutions of last
week above mentioned. and their en-
dorsement by the Board of Trade. have
passed out of official recollection as has
also the exposure made in the published
the Board Of Trade of the enormous and
fictitious prices set for the water and
the works in these bids
We do not think anyone has paid
much attention to the Board Of Trades
action on the water question. It has
come to be regarded as generally OBJ
neutrality-suspicious. more nor less. On the
other hand. the draft prepared by the
Committee of the Whole Of the Street
and Water Board showed nm easerness 70
adopt The Mayors ideas: ~ y could be
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

81 take Hoods sarsaparilla every
spring, and that Is the only medicine I use
through the year. It enables me to do
my house cleaning, and farm work all
through the summe It helped me very
much for ~palpitation of the heart. I
think Hoods S%srsaparilla is the medicine
for everyone, and all who take it will
never be without it. I have also used
Hoods Pills and they are the best I have
ever tried" MRS. F. q. ANDREWS, South
Woodstock, Connecticut.
Be sure to get Hoods sarsaparilIa.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

"For many years I have been in poor
health, weak, nervous and dyspeptic. l
Nervous Prostitution.
I took Hoods Sarsaparilla and it did me
ever SO much good. This winter it does
not seem as though I am the same person.
My appetite is greatly improved. I am
less nervous, am stronger and
Eat Heartily
without distress Such a condition was
unknown to me before taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla. My mother, aged 81, has taken
Hoods SarsapariIla and I know it has
done her lots Of good. Other frienss
have also heen helped BY it y NRs.G.G.
Barre, Vermont.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
Hoods and l."
Together VIII Master the Trials of
House Cleaning.

together WIFI Master the Trials OF
House Cleaning.
"I was indeed a sad and suffering
woman. had hardly strength enough to
drag myself around, / could eat hardly
anything, had that tired feeling and was
weak and nervous. was brought to this
condition by continually running down in
health for twelve years, rheumatism and
neuralgia causing me
no End OF Suffering.
I was in just the condition to invite the
grip, and this added to my troubles. I
tried different remedies and worked and
waited patiently for a cure, but my
stomach gave out and I seemed to be con-
tinually growing worse. I thought every
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

makes that strength which overcomes
nervous exhaustion, and gives
Refreshing Sleep.
It cures every disease caused by inn
pure blood. If you take Hoods Sar-
saparilla as a spring medicine OF to
purify your blood, you are trying no
experiment. You will be benefited.
IL you are suffering from scrofula,
salt rheum OF other eruptions, you
may rely upon a I If you are
nervous, weak, tired and discouraged,
Hoods Sarsaparilla will make you
strong, because it win purify your
blood. Spring Cleaning, when nerves
SSld body have been strengthened by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, will lose its terrors