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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-14

likely to Begin the Latter Part of
the Present Week.
WORK BEFORE THE TWO HOUSES,

Immigration BIN Has the Right-of.way In
the Senate and Other Important Meas
ures Are Ready for Discussion
Cleveland Starts ON His Hunting Trip
Tho Laurada's Apparent Mission in the
Mediterr.ncan-venezu DiMculty.
Washington. Dec. A-The Lodge i'm
migration bill as the unfinished BUSH
ness will have the right-of- way in the
senate each day after o'clock until
disposed of, and the friends of the
measure have announced their deter
mination not to cease their labors in
its behalf until a vote shall be secured
upon it. 1t is impossible to say how
much time will be required on the bill,
but Lodge Is hopeful that he will get It
through this week. Gibson Of Mary
land has announced his purpose to talk
In opposition to the bill. but he declines
to state whether he will resort to other
tactics to defeat it. Those who oppose
1t concede that the bill will pass il It
should reach a vote.
Free Homcs.eads on Reservation Lands,
After the immigration bill comes that
providing for free homesteads on
lands formerly Occupied by Indians es
reservations. The present homestead
law does not apply to these lands, and
it is claimed that the fact that it does
not has cost many settlers their home
stead rights. The question is a vital
one in many portions Of the west, and
has been particularly prominent in Ok
lahoma. Pettigrew is the especial
champion Of the bill, and he will show
that it was Endorsed by the national
conventions of all the parties last sum-
mer. The hill will be vigorously opposed
as it is claimed that it's enactment into
law would cost the government no less
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A New Electric Light.

A Mr.. RimingtOn, of London, has
been making some experiments in the
line of producing electric light by in
duction, which bids fair to revolution
ize the whole industry of electric light
ing. His method is similar to that re-
Gently shown by Mr.. Tesla, but he uses
vastly less power. He produces u
light by simply revolving vacuum
tube in constant electrical field be-
tween two charged plates. He can
even produce the light by rotating the
tube and holding rod of glass or eb-
onite electrofied by friction near it.
If the rod is simply drawn once
through a piece of dry flannel, sufli-
cient electricity is developed to make
the rotating tube luminous at a dis
tance of a foot from the rod. The
tube in this experiment is simply a
straight glass cylinder about five feet
long, with bore similar to that of q
spirit thermometer, and bulb at each
end. A T-piece, Or projection, allows
it to be exhausted by an air pump and
then sealed, besides forming an at
tachment to the motor which revOlves
it. If the tube is merely twirled be-
tween the finger and thumb near the
excited rod, the characteristic luminos-
ity which has double fan shape, e,will
appear.
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the young lawyers beaming face, as he
reported at the office. all smiles. and
shouted, Il have won my first easel"
While in Jacksonville Mr.. Bryan was
very active in politics. His labors We're
always in behalf of some one else, how
ever, and he was never a candidate for
office. Then as now he was a Demo-
crat.
Finally, Mr.. Bryan thought of going
West and picked out Nebraska as his
destination. He felt that a wider field
would open before him, and in this he
found his convictions correct
In 1887 the young couple moved to
Lincoln, Neb.. and there Mr. Bryan en-
tered upon his profession and also en-
gagged in politics. At bound he sprang
into prominence. and his silver tongue
was an incaluculable reinforcement to
the Democratic party, long accustomed
to defeat He gave life and force to the
tenets of Democracy and he was recog-
niZed as leader of men.
Possessed of Il magentic personality
and tongue of velvet he soon made
a hit in county politics. Then his fame
spread to State politics, and finally he
secured the Congressional nomination
through the efforts of Edgar Howard
and others. His wife was ever at his
side whispering words of encourage
ment and tanning his ambition. She
was the angel of his campaign. He
was elected, and when his famous
speech on the tariff in 1891 won him the
sobriquet of ''the boy orator of the
Platte the same modest woman sat
in the gallery. Mrs. Bryan has always
witnessed his greatest triumphs.
1t was Bryan's good fortune to be
nominated for Congress in the year of
tidal wave Democracy, and after a
contest of unparalleled brilliancy he
was elected over his Republican op-
ponent in a district normally and heav-
lily Republican by a majority Of 6,700.
In Congress his reputation as de-
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occasions She inyariably comforted

occasions she invariably comforted
him in the hour of defeat.
In the recent national committee
meeting, when the Nebraska delega-
ton contest was pending. she was not
in the hotel where the case was decid-
ed. Bryan's enemies won. The next
day she was silent spectator at the
Coliseum. The committee report was
reversed and she waved her handker-
chief with a greeting of JOY to the
Bryan silver delegates when the con-
vention gave them the seats which her
husbands political foes occupied the
preceding day.
With loyalty made eternal by love
that has never faltered, she saw the
dream of her life shaping itself into
reality. Her husband now had an op-
portunity to address convention. She
knew that in that array Of orators he
would rise like a giant and that the
standards would soon be ut his feet.
She knew that if he would open his
mouth the convention would do the
rest, and 1t did.
Il will be in the crowd to-day, Will
iam,' she said, cheeringly, at their
hotel on the morning of that eventful
Thursday in Chicago. Remember 1
am your mascot. Do your best. l
have prayed for your nomina ton and it
will come If you speak to-day" Bryan
made the effort of his life. He caught
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batter preceded him, and he was ap-
pointed by Speaker Crisp to a place on
the Ways and Means Committee. This
gave him a splendid opportunity to be
heard on the tariff question, and he
soon gained the ear as well rs the ap-
plause of the House as an orator and
debater.
In 1899 he was again elected and in
the Fifty-third Congress made his rep
utation national as an orator. thinker
and statesman. In 1894 he refused the
nomination for the lower house. but
aspired to the Senate. and was nOmi-
mated at the Democra tic State conven-
ton in Nebraska for that office. He
canvassed the State and had two joint
debates-one ut Omaha and one at
Lincoln-with John NJ. Thurston. the
Republican candidate. which attracted
attention beyond the limits of the
State. But 1894 was not a propitio.s
year for the Democrats. The Republi-
cans carried the Legislature. and Mr..
ThurSton was elected Senator Since
that time Mr. Bryan has been lecturing
on his favorite themes of the tariff and
the free coinage of silver in almost
every State of the Union. and he has
thus added to his reputation as an
orator. For time he was the editor
of the Omaha World-Herald, but the
editorial tripod was not as congenial
to him as the stump and the platform.
and he did not long remain in the sane
tum.
The events of his life are not numer-
GUS. and consequently there is not much
TO relate of him of things performed.
Whatever he has been called upon to do
he has done with all the earnestness o.
his nature. AS Chief Justice Fuller
once said: THE republic is oppor-
tunity," for it affords an opening to
every man who has it in him to make
his mark. Mr.. Bryan has profited by
all his chances, and by none better than
that of the second day of the conven-
ton, when he made the speech that
swept his audience like a torrent and
gave him the Presidential nomination.
1t WAS one of the few instances of
and unconQuerable speech
that the world has known. James Otis
in Boston. Patrick Henry in Richmond.
and Fisher Ames on Jays treaty are
like parallels in American history.
Mr.. Bryan during his service in Con-
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successful candidate for United States

successful candidate for United States
Senator.
The first American ancestor of the
Democratic nominee was John Sewall;
who came from Coventry, England. in
1854, to take possession of tract of
the crown. This favor of the English
king is pointed to as an evidence that
this Sewall colonist must have been a
man of consideration in the mother
country. He made his home in set
tlement that is now known as Newbury-
port, and his descendants lived in the
ancestral home for more than cen
tury. In 176C they moved to a newer
country and located in what is now
known as the State Of Maine. They
secured tract of land whose title had
passed through only three names since
the original grant made by King
George. Since the year 1850, sixteen
years before the declaration of inde-
and married on the old homestead and
have been carried from one of its
houses to their last resting place. They
have long prided themselves on their
AmericanlSm, and believe they have
abundant reason for it in their long
line of descent in the new world of the
West
Mr.. Sewalrs wife, to whom he was
married in 1859, is daughter of the
late Charles Crooker, a noted ship
builder. She was educated abroad, is
Il woman of artistic temperament and
natural refinement, has Travelled much,
is proficient in several languages, has
received diplomas for work in ANA teur
photography and would grace Washing
ton society, yet her husbands nomina-
ton has displeased her, for the glare of
publicity has always been detestable
to her. She has rare social attainments
and lives in a beautiful mansion. The
Sewalls have two children, the elder of
whom, Harold. has attained some noto-
riety in politics
Twenty-fOur governments, including
the United States, Japan, China, Per-
sia and nearly all the European coun-
tries, have given official notice that they.
will exhibit in Paris in 1900, -,
= A
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CAREER OF SEWALL.
STORY OF THE LIFE OF BRYAN'S
RUNNING MATE.
Arthur Sewal1 Descended from One of
the Oldest Families in America and
Head of a Long Established Maine
ShipbuiIding Firm.
Bears an Honored Name.

Arthur ]. Sewall, of Bath, Me-, the
Democratic nominee for Vice President
Is 81 years old, but is rugged and well
preserved and might pass for n man a
decade younger. He prides himself on
his descent from an old and honorable
family-one Of the oldest in America,
in fact-and he points to business
career devoted to the maintenance of
an industry in which America was su-
preme until the fortunes Of war inter-
vened to nearly destroy it. Following
in the footsteps of his father, he has
for many years been successful chip
builder and has striven to restore the
United States to supremacy In that in
dustry.
Mr.. Sewall believes the demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873 was a financial
mistake, and in spite of his wealth he
has been an ardent advocate Of free
silver for the last four years. He has
been prominent in politics for many
years, but has never held any political
office. Several years ago he was the
candidate Of the Democratic members
Of the Maine Legislature for United
States Senator; but as there Was no
possibility Of his election the incident
was little more than an acknowledge
ment Of the Indebtedness Of his party
and testimony of it's admiration
The grandfather Of Bryan's running
mate was William D. Sewall, who es-
tablished shipbuilding yards at Bath
in 1923. He was succeeded by his sons
under the firm name of T.. & A. E.
Sewall. The present firm is Arthur ].
SewaIl & Co. The Democratic nominee
has associated with him his nephew,
Samuel S. Sewall, and his son, William
D. Sewall. From the days Of its first
boat, the little Diana. to the steel ship
Dirigo, launched in 1894, this firm has
led the country in designs for merchant
vessels. For seventy-three years its
private signal, white s on blue field,
has fluttered from the main spar of
some of the StancheSt, finest and swift
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one of the best baseball players the col
lege ever had, and it was said that he
pitched as good ball as any man ever
at the college. Then he was n good
batter, who could be depended upon to
get at least a base hit nearly every time
he came to the bat. In field sports he
was also active, and he holds to this
day the record for the hop, skip and
jump. Several years after he left the
college he attended its games, and, al
though not in training, outskipped the
younger men in several field events.
To this day the college takes pride in
his literary and athletic achievements
nlike, and when the Sigma Phi Liter
airy Society thereof held its trienniai
reunion last June during commence
ment week, he was chosen to be the
orator of the occasion. His speech was
Il mastery effort, and delivered with
that same splendid eloQuence which
captivated the Chicago convention.
While at the Illinois college, Mr..
Bryan met Miss Mary e. Baird, the
daughter of merchant in Perry, ILL.,
She was a student in the Annex, and
gxHluated the same year with Mr.
ryan, and, like him, carried off the
highest honors of her class. His elo-
uuence stampeded her love. AT coun-
try school house, in those days she lis
tened to his recitation one Friday after
noon when the Soldier of the Legion
was enjoying the early stages of its
popularity in provincial oratory. The
foundation of a pretty romance was laid.
The young people met frequently. In
the course of time young Bryan pro-
posed. That was the sweetest speech
he ever made, according to the girl
who was made happy by It's delivery
Bryan moved from Salem to Jackson
vile. He was poor. She said that she
would wait. And she did. The strug-
Cling young lawyer finally saved
enough money to pave the way for n
marriage certificate and n humble
home. He had meantime pursued a
study of law in Chicago, where he was
a student in the office of Judge Trum-
bull, afterward being graduated at the |
Union College OF Law. Admitted to
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barb wire, and binding twine on the
free list. Another measure which at
tracted attention was bill for the
election of United States Senators by
direct vote of the people.
| His personal appearance is attractive
and impressive. He is tall, with a
great depth of chest. a back as fiat as
n board and admirable proportions.
His complexion is swarthy, his eyes are
dark and what is called piercing" his
hair is jet black aud slightly worn
away in front, accentuating the scope
of his forehead; his nose is aquiline,
very; his mouth extraordinarily large,
but handsome, strong and sensitive;
chin, broad, square and immense; the
whole head poised like that Of a Gre
cian statue. He looks you squarely in
the face and never averts his gaze. Yet
he does not by any means convey the
impression that he Is aggressive. He
rather tells you that no man in all the
world has more Self-reliance He leaves
you the notion he could stand alone
when all was falling about him. He is
an oak. An indefatigable worker, his
labor goes on twelve, fourteen. eighteen
hours, if necessary, and he never tires.
His stock of vitality is ineXhaustible.
He is the youngest candidate that
was ever named for the Presidency by
any party in all United States history,
being little more than one year past the
constitutional age. His reputation is
SpotlesS, and the American people will
have n Presidential campaign void of
all distracting personalities, in which
they may consider the tremendous is
sues involved seriously and dispas-
sionately, as becomes a great and Il
free people.
The Bryan home in Lincoln is not
sumptuous one, but comfort and happi-
ness are always within its walls. There
are three children-Ruth, aged IL; Will
lam, 5years old; and Grace, the baby.
3 years of age. Mrs. Bryan is a good
looking woman, 33 years of age, me-
dunn build and height, and quiet in her
mannerisms. \ wealth of dark brown
hair frames face of intellectual at
tractiveness. Her dress is simplicity
personitied. She is n woman of literary
accomplishments, well posted on the
issues of the day. Her home life is an
ideal one. She cares comparatively lit
tie for society. Devotion to husband,
children and home are her prime char
acteristics. Her confidence in Mr..
Bryan's future has always been his
guiding star. No one ever heard of her
in evening dress during their
Washington life. 1t is not thought she
ever possessed low-cut gown nor a
dress with silk Innings, and Bryan sure
ly never has owned full dress suit
When the Bryan boom for President
was launched in Nebraska, Mrs Bryan
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William Jennings Bryan, the Demo;
cratic standard bearer, was born in
Salem. Marion County, Illinois, March
10, 1860. The name Salem is noted
in the history of Illinois, for it was in
the village of New Salem that Abraham
Lincoln passed the years of his young
manhood. 1t is no less curious to note
that Bryan was born in the same year
that Lincoln was elected to the presi-
dency of the United States. He sprang
from Virginia ancestry. His father,
Sllas L. Bryan, was born at Culpeper
Court House, but removed to and was
long resident of Illinois. He was a
judge of the Circuit Court when Will
lam was born. He served as judge for
twelve Gears, when he resigned. In
1872 the elder Bryan ran for Congress
on the Greeley ticket, but was defea ted
by the narrow plurality of 240 votes.
He died in 1880. Mr.. Bryan's mother
was Maria Elizabeth Jennings. She
was born in Marion County, Illinois,
where she lived all her life. She died
very recently, after n protracted illness.
Young Bryan received his education
in the public schools of Salem and at
Illinois College in Jacksonville, where
he was graduated in 1881. Here he
was prominent in every phase of col
iege life during his course. He was a
good debater Int was even more fa-
nous as an all-round athlete. He was
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Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet
1t cures painful swollen feet and in,
stantly takes the sting out Of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis.
covery of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes tight-iitting or new shoes feel
easy. 1t is a certain cure for sweating,
callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try
it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. By mail for 25c in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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grcss introduced over half dozen pc
titions against the opening of the
Worlds Fair on Sunday. or the sale Of
intoXicants on the ground. He attempt
ed to aid his State by introducing bills
for the erection of public buildings at
Lincoln, Plattsmouth and South Oma-
mint established at Omaha. Bills were
also introduced to place salt, lumber,
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Gutta-Percha,

Gutta-p rcha heated in hot water TO
about 100 degrees Fahrenheit beco res
plastic and will take fine impression
with light pressure. When gutta-
perch is soaked in benZine or naptha
it becomes swC olen. and, if it is then
dipped in hot water, it becomes so
plastic that it may lie used with safety
on very fragile and delicate OBJ ects.
1t is specially adapted to electrotyping.
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Undoubtedly the handsomest tram be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul, Mi neapolis,
the Superiors, and Duluth is the ''North-
Western Limited" which leaves Chicago
at $50 p. IN. daily via the North Western
Line Chicago and North Western R'y.)
Its equipment, which is entirely new
throughout, and embraces Compartment
Sleeping Cars, Buffet, Smoking and Lii
brary Cars, Standard Sleeping Cars Dim
ing Cars and Ladies' Coaches, has every
luxury which ina GginatiOn can conceive or
mind invent for &pe comfort and convent
ence OF passengers. All agents sell tick
cts via the Chicago and North Western
R'y. For full information apply TO agents
of connecting line, or address W. i.
Kniskern, c. p and T. A. Chicago, LII.
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Must Have n Certif1cate.

After Sept. l, in the State Of New
York, every boy and girl who is be-
tween IA and l6 years old and employ
ed in a wholesale or retail store will
be required to have a certificate from
the department of health, under the
new laws passed during the last ses-
sion of the Legislature affecting the
employment of m'lors in mercantile
and manufacturing establishments.
The health commis sioner is now busily
it work getting in readiness to put the
law into effect.
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Burmese humanity to an mails goes
so far as to provide buffaloes kept in
stables with mosquito netting. Tho
mosquitoes are as annoying to cattle
as to human beings, but when left out
OF doors the buffalo can protect himself
by rolling in the mud and letting it
cake upon him.
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Stone SOles.

A German inventor has. hit upon a
method of putting stone soles on boots
and shoes. He mixes Il waterproof
glue with suitable quantity of clean
quartz sand and spreads it over the
leather sole used as a foundation.
These quartz soles are said to be very
flexible and practically indestructible.
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the bar in 1884, after brief experience
In the office of Brown, Kirby & Russell,
at Jacksonville, he commenced the in
dependent practice of his chosen profess
sion, following the same with good sue
cess for three years. His first case"
is yet reminiscent detail with his old
associates. He was sent to the local
Justice court TO look after suit involv-
ing $40 or so which had arisen between
two farmers. He was as careful in
preparing his argument as If he had
been arguing before the United States
Supreme Court. He won the ease, and
Mr.. Brown, solicitor of the Alton Rail
road Company, recalls with enthusiasm
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the eye of his wire once during the
delivery of his great speech. 1t was
Just before the climax. He read his
political destiny in that one short
glance. He knew that the speech was
the passport to the nomination. The
mascot nodded approvingly, and the
next instant the convention was on its
feet to verify the telegraphy Of love
which flashed the message of cheer
from wife to husband and kindled the
spark which electrified 10000 people
under one roof
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A Veil of Mist

Rlsin.; a morning or evening from some low
lands often carries In its folds the seeds Of
malaria. Where malarial fever prevails ~
one is safe, unless protected by some efficient
medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is both a protection and remedy. No
person who inhabits or sojourns in Il mias-
matte region or country should omit to pro-
cure this fortlfyng agent, which is also the
finest known remedy for dyspepsia. consti-
patton, kidney trouble and rheumatism.
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est vessels in the merchant marine.
In politics Mr.. Sewall has been life
long Democrat. For eight years he has
been Names representative on the
Democratic National Committee. Ever
since the greenback craze he has been
close student of finance and for
number of years has been an avowed
free silverite. In 1898 ne was an IVY
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price rs cents.
A Gigantic Statue of Buddha.

The Japanese, in order to celebrate
their recent victories, are going to
erect a gigantic statue of Buddha
The height will be l20 feet. The metal
will be supplied from the ordnance
captured in the late war. The mOnu-
ment viii cost about one million yen,
and is to be erected at KiotO.