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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
ROOT CHANGES HIS MIND.
o yneladse There Wa FOO Mich john
Sun" ~ sterlin. for Hts Comfort.

o yneladee There wa TOO Much John.
Sun" ~ s,eriln. for Hts Comfort.
General Attorney j. e. johnson
leis last evening for Sterling to be
present at the hearing of the
evidence before Special Msste,
Alexander In the permanent disposi.
ton Of the various Injunction pro
cecdings growing out Of the head
office removal to Rock Island. The
Fulton people have been getting uF
. ball for the purpose Of raising rev
enue to carry on the continuation oil
the fight against the order until they
reach . point where II will be effect
uslly put an end to.
While Mr.. johnson was waiting o.
the depot at Clinton early this morn.
ing for . train for Sterling, j. c.
Root, the former head consul of the
order, upon whose evidence the Full.
ton people now rely to sustain their
latest absurdities. entered, grip sack
In hand. As soon as he saw johnson
however, he backed out again, and
the orders attorney thinking he sim.
ply Was avoiding him, paid no more
attention to the founder Of
Woodcraf:. thinking Of course
he would board the train
when 1t arrived. When the
case was ordered up at Sterling this
morning, though, Mr.. Root Was no.
on hand. Instead came telegram
from him stating that he had been
suddenly called to Mississippi. Sc
that Mr.. Johnson's trip was all FOL
uaught, % Mr.. Boot was the only
witness summoned for today. So it
will be seen that Mr.. johnson. in ad
dition to placing his own life in
jeopardy by going through Fulton
lncog. drove away the only i'm
portant witness the people there
have. Boot knows that johnson il
too familiar with the orders history
to submit to q cross examination at
his hands. and rather than ubject
himself to the ordeal he ducked-for
Mississippi.
Royal NelGhboss.
Mai and Mrs. c. w. Halves and
son. John Marquis HAYES. and Miss
Myrtle Dade. beneficiary recorder
Of the Royal Neighbors Of America
returned Saturday night from Peoria
where they attended q meeting o.
the board Of managers Of that or
gsnizstion, Of which Mrs. Halves il
chairman. They we're accompanied
by Mrs. +. ID. Watt. Of Omaha, su
preme oracle, Mrs. Florence Brown
Of Cour Gil Bluffs. supreme recorder
and Mesdames Bentley. Of Olvein
Iowa, and C. A. Allen, Of Omaha
members Of the board Of managers
Who tarried in the city and met .
number Of the local Royal Neighbour
before leaving for their respective
homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
STORM DRAIN CASE,
Ex.Ald. G. w. Foss and Aid. G.
A. johnson Tell Their
Stories in Court,
REVIEW OF THE COUNCILS ACTION

John n. Huntoon Testifies - to How He
Proved to His Own sAtisfaction the In
fsriorlty Of the Quality Of Cement Used
on the Twensy-fourth Street Job-And
He Says the Bsick Were Soft.
At this mornings session in the
storm drain conspiracy case, Aid. Foss
concluded his testimony. He related
rumors that he had heard as to the
material generally which was going
into the sewer, and on one occasion
made an examination OF the brick,
which he found too soft in his opin-
ion. and reported the same. He also
detailed the various tours Of inspec-
ton OF the drain by committees of
the council, and tho action OF the
council upon the proposition to &C.
cept the drain. He related tho con.
nection OF Looney & Kelly with the
matter. and said that their conten-
tons before the council were that
the cement used was that fixed by
the specifications; that the brick
were hard burned; that the proper
concrete was used. and that the Job
was A No. l.
Aid. johnson followed Prot. Foss,
and corroborated him as to the var
ious details Of inspection of the work
and action Of the committees having
the work in charge. He said that
Mr.. Looney had witnesses before the
council to prove that the cement
used was Portland cement, one OF
whom admitted before the council
when put to the test that he
could not tell Portland from Milwau-
kee cement. He also said that
Looney told him that he and Kelly
were personally interested in the
matter Of the acceptance of the work,
and hence wanted to get the matter
Strengthened out.
Mr.. Huntoon's Testimony.
John N. Huntoon testified that he
was a contractor on brick and earth
work, grading and the like, and
% such had experience with brick
and mortar and some with cement;
that he went on the drain at the
point near Ninth avenue where it
fell in, and with his hands easily re-
moved two bricks, and with his fin
gers he broke off the cement mortar
attached to the bricks and it crumbled
in his fingers; that Mr.. Schuell was
present when he knocked the bricks
loose, and witness remarked to
Schnell, 81 am going to convince my
self whether Portland cement Is any
better than Milwaukee," that he
went to the Port Byron Lime
association and got a pint
and-a-haif Of Portland cement and
mixed quantity Of it with sand
about half and half, and poured the
mortar between two bricks which he
had taken from the drain. After a
day 1t had set so that he could not
part the bricks and has not been able
to do so with hammer since, while
a portion Of the Milwaukee cement
still adhering to the outside of the
bricks can yet be crumb led with the
fingers. He also said that he hauled
about $4,000 bricks from the Sears
town kiln to the sewer and that
about 1000 or 5000 of them were
soft and unfit for use where hard
brick are necessary.
Refuses New Trial.
Judge Gest this morning overruled
the motion for q new trial in the
Connall will caaa Tho oaaa ma.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13

Just try 10 cent box of Casoarets
the finest liver and bowel regulate,
e Ter made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
Fer Kton - Troull.s

There is nothing better than Foley's
Kidney Cure. Everyone who tries it
will agree to this. For sale by T. H.
Thnmaa
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-27
THE PROGRESSIVE WOMAN.
Is She Who Follows the Well Beaten
Paths Of Life

Edward W. Box, writes on the
theme "On Being Od Fashioned"
in the September Ladies Home
Journal, contends that much Of the
so called progress of today Is not
progressive; in fact that "old FASH
loned' women who follow well beat
en- paths, adhere to old customs and
accept well established teachings,
are the really progressive ones, for
the reason that their efforts meet
with no Interruptions, nor is their
possibility of collapse in whatever
engages their attention, "ln do,
nestle life the progressive wo-
man has had a very busy time,
says Mr. Box "She began by up-
setting the old sewing basket It
was narrowing to a woman, she dis,
covered one dark morning Like
wise was cooking, and the care Of
children, A woman who stayed at
home and looked after the comfort
Of her husband and children was
'wishy washyj she cramped her
life, dwaried her intellect, narrow
ed her horizon Clubs by the
score, societies by the hundred,
schemes and plans by the thousand,
were started, organized and devised
to rid poor woman aud her 'thral-
dom And these progressive
women were SO busy for the e)eya.
tion Of their sex But there were
a few hundred thousand women
who kept right ON busy eleyating
their children, helping their hus'
bands, and believing that the sex
in general was perfectly able to
take care OF itself And these wo-
men are still busy sewing cooking
aud caring for their children,
And gradually they have seen
sewing classes introduced Ia college
and seminary courses, domestic
science branches attached to near-
ly every educational institution
which girls attend, while the care
Of children has received the endorse
ment Of State and the specific at
tentIon of the National Govern
ment And what Of the progres.
siyo woman2 Truly the places
that knew her once know her no
moreW
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-27
BAsEBBLL FOR 1893.
Movement Has Been Started to0rgon.
izo an Interstate League,

movement Has Been started t0Ofgans
izo IN Interstate League.
Manager II, II, Edwards, Of the
Little Rock base ball team, lin rec
.eelpt Of a letter from !, S Patrick,
representing the Paris, Texas,
team, broachlng the proposition OF
forming a eIXelub league for 1903,
composed OF clubs from the
cities of Hot Springs, Lit
tie Rock Fort Smith Paris, Dallas
aud Fort Worth,
Mr. Edwards sent q proposition
to the Paris team In answer to the
communication, proposing an eight
club league, by adding Waco,
Shreveport and Memphis aud drop
ping Fort Smlthr He proposed
that the movement for ils orRani-
gatlon be started Immediately and
that representatives Of the clubs IN
the cities mentioned start out
among The citizens with subaerip.
tlon llata with q View 10 raising
from one TO three hundred dollars
by each club, thus securing life for
the league and makIhg certainty
Of finishing the season,
There are any amount Of people
who would donate from tl 20 $40
for the purpose Of seeing base bah
PLAYED Ia the cities mentioned, and
IL Ia probable that the movement
will be put Ia force At Hee.=llot
Springs Sentinel
We are glad 30 know that Mana.
ger Edwards has dropped our city
from his proposed league, as we
want nothing TO do with anything
Ia the ball line he pulls tho stfings
over We ask Manager whitley
and others who take u pride Ia the
game, 60 form league Of towns
near this elty=say Shreveport
Longyiew, 6IarBsyIIle, Hope, Tex.
afbana, Pine BluH aud Afbadels
phla The distance between these
poluts Ia close enough 10 pay ball
players for making the trip, and
the 90 and 40 per cent divided up
from gate receipts will pay the sal-
ares Of the team Base bail is just
beginning TO draw In this country
and This field will be d rich one next
season, We hope 10 have some
good games here next seosoa,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-27
what pr A. D. eoller Says.

Dunalo, N, " Genlel From my
personal knowledge, gained la obs
serving the efttt OF your Shiloh p
Cure In eases Of advanced U0hsump-
tioH I am prepared 10 say II is
the most remarkable Remedy that
hhh ever been brought tony btlens
tlou IT has turlanly saved macy
from Consumption hold by Smith
Dfug 90. lm
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-27
A VIAL OF PEARLS,

THIS morning we had a pleasant
call from our friend Q, G, Beard, Of
College Hill, who showed US a vial
partly filed with pearls, which he
and his sons found In the Saline and
Little Missouri rivers, while euroute
home from White county Arkan-
sas, Having seen our article IN
yesterdays paper In regard to
pearls found In Arkansas rivers,
called to show us his find, He re-.
maIned on the Saline river, near
Benton, only one day, and the same
length Of time on the Little Mis-
souri, near the Iron Mountain
bridge across that steam Said
the boys would wade into the
streams and searching down In the
sand, would soon bring out sack
full of mussels or clans average
find Of pearls waaabout one TO each
atty opened, In the Saline, and one
TO twente-0ye In the Little Mis-
aourI, There we're over a hundred
pearls In the vial, of all sizes, from
a larAe shot down to a mustard
scotland nearly all eolors, Mr.
Beard said he had not yet found
the value OF the pearls, but would
consult Mr. Paul FrIeneehner the
expert ieweler IN the matter
We asked Mr. Beard why he did
not stay and hunt pearls longerY
He replied that he aud family left
home by wagon July II, to visit rel.
atIye Ia White and Faulkner eouns
ties, and returned Tuesdays that Il
was the Brst time he had been
away from home In twenty years,
hence was In a hurry TO get back
had heard no much about pearl
fishing thought he would spend one
day hunting them at the places
above named, with the result stat
ed Says he has do doubt that
there are many pearls In Little
River and expects 10 20 up there
soon to hunt for them,
Mr. Beard called later after con
sultIng Mr. FriensehHef aud says
he gave the value Of bIs two days
lind Of pearls at tlOy that small
pearls have but little value, Mr.
Beard says he CLEANED some yaluas
bic information from the ieweler,
and will make use Of same, Said
pearls arc oilon dropped In sand, In
running streams, aud larger onea
always drop out and by taking
sand outstab0ut musselD In auns
shine they may be found, that larg.
ot pearls are moro easily found ih
muHach tageu irou laNes Wtlll wa-
ter) Wherever muisels are TO be
found Ia cur Arkansas streams and
lakes IL seems that pearls exist,
Lakes and streams around TeHaf-
kama may prove valuable pearl
fisheries, Let our people investi.
gate
No ouee going 10 klondyke look
for pearls In our rivers instead,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-27

Attention, Ladies' am pfepafz
ed TO do all kinds Of dress maaine,
aud guarantee salistaeii0nl whH
formerly with the noted Paris Cloak
aud sun C0u on Fifth Avenue, New
York city, Give me a trial
Maa j, BpiFBBHRa,
1lalai H0B Maple 50,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-27

The remainder Of our summer
shoes to be sold thla week cost
not considered Come aud sec us,
e.9sslw, DHLAMAR n 0'NtAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17

height and at low tide IL Is correspondinsly lower.
The hours OF high tide are The same as on the
ocean AT he same distance north Yet this lake 10
hundreds Of miles from salt water and there Is no
evidence OF any connection with the sea. BESIDES.
the water Is fresh at all times. He accounts for
the warmth of the water by powerful hot springs
tho matter or tides Is a puzZler. The water Is
deep. and in many places no bottom can he round
The Indians have Legends OF terrible monsters
which us7d 10 appear on tho surface or the iake:
Ore story has come down from generations ana
tells OF the mysterious disappearance or two lndlan
men and three women while fishing from raft
I'm the southern end OF the lake. They went out
COR days fishing in the morning from an indian
camp along the shore Of the AXE They failed TO
return that evening and the next day the Indians
went down 70 look for them They found the raft
without difficulty but not trace o. e hs,r INC
appearance in this way: For years an awful white
thing with numbers OF long white arms had been
swimming in that part OF the IKE Inc lndians
had never shed there for fear Of the monster. but
as II had not been for long time, the I'M
fortunate fishermen thought it was safe 70 try
displeased this invasion OF ire domain, and as
punishm. MT pulled them off the raft and carried
them down thousands OF feet into the bottomless
part Of the lake. A. any rste the i've people we're
never seen again nor did their bodies come
10 the surface The legend is believed in implicitly
ny the Indians. who would almost soon be killed
Ing has been SCI Of the mysterious monster In
later years.
Dawson. Father Tosi says that man with a boat
hook could kill more salmon IN an hour than he
could eat in fortnight. and suggests salmon
catching IN midwinter a. An occupation for those
who cannot get other work With good dogs
and sled the lake is within reach OF Daw-
son. There would be no trouble about keeping the
The Indians counting selling the Lake Sell
awik fish this winter should food bring high prices
secret. but there are men at Dawson who know
of the lake and its wonderful pecuarities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17

DESTROYS Of hofoggng tho views OF manufacturers
There are TWO legitimate arguments against hold
ing further cycle shows First is the or, al cost
20 manufacturers the chief henefciaries being. az
the manufacturer claim. the local dealers. The
second argument that cycle shows benefit the
small manufacturer NJ the expense OF the old @s-
,ahli-hod houses. is really. from broad stand
point. an argument not against but in favor OF
cycle shows.
1T mas been proved that tho public 70 the num-
nor Of ~ to li0.o10 rilng 10 pay ~ cents
each 20 500 the NeW-NOr< show alone y ~ m
credible that any show commanding TINS amount
OF popular interest should b. dis oonti1u"d. Ih"re
are bound 20 he cycle shows ~ National scope.
and II the Board ~ Trade does not chang" its
present position some OF the bcst-pOsted men IN
the bicycle Industry are willing 20 say ma ne
Board will materially weaken - control or otn'I
.lattsrs IN brief. their position l. s'milar 10
lat % tho car OF Russia-th"v have either got
control all matters in which they are me,
tod ar thev will b.. forced % abdicafe. Local
shows II those shows are conducted "itnou,
expense to manufacturers the Board or trade VIII
have no REASONABLE. ground to oppose tEem, ara
this gets down 70 the kernel ~ the controversy.
Tho question really is whether or not tn@ manu-
facturers shall be compelled 10 pay the entire
which largely benefit the sales agents. predict
with absolute confidence that these TWO elements
I'm the bicycle industry will adjust their ON etenceS
and that the New York public Will not h" deprived
Of the annual treat which they .have had IN the
National cycle Show The thousands OF bicyc.e
They are the people whom tho manufacturers an
4, aers both depend on for prouts. IheN 9e'uanu
show and | think they VIII nave thet w.
about IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
VIEW TREATMENT FOR Ulcers.
tier in The Chicago Chronicle.

London Letter IN Inc chicago Chronicle.
DR. George Stokers method OF treating suppurat.
ing ulcers with oxygen has found favor with the
Government very large number OF the men at
work on the Momhassa and Uganda Railway have
been incapacitated by ulcers OF the leg. The For.
eign Office sent a medical 70 the oxygen
house 10 study tho principles and practice Of Dr.
Stoker's method. and have now sent to Mombassa
twenty complete equipments for treatment. The
result will he watched with considerable interest.
The treatment IL simplicity itself II consists IN
nclosing the ulccratlng leg In box bag closed
the open end by an India rubber funnel. which
clasps the limb at the smaller end. Oxygen gas,
more less diluted. is then admitted into the box
bag and IL thus brought into direct contact with
the suppuratin2 surface. Cessation of pain, the
substitution OF healthy alterations and rapid heal
ing and sklnning all claimed for the new
process.
Certainly there many patients In the oxygen
house in this city who tell pteous stories Of how
for many years they had suffered. and say that
covery from a dreadful disease Is now taking place
under the health giving influence OF oxygen One
case Is particularly interesting. IL Is that or
man who for thirty years had been rendered a pau
per through ulce-at ted legs. During his time he has
cost the unfortunate ratepayerS OF his parish
over 81 900 He was taken into the Home. and In Q
few months at a cost of only fl0 for maintenance.
he has been cured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
Upper PiRK4TE. RiNSFORNED.
A NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT BY PROVIDING
PROPER LATERAL GRADES AND
Az ASPHALT PAVEMENT

F,ouvb work has beer done IN upper Park-ave.
20 enable a correct idea 70 he formed Or me great
Improvement that will b. brought about Their" 10y
rho c,rrv,,r ont Of Tire contract for m asphalt
pavement hetwee1 F.fty-siNth and Nlr"ty-SN'n
sfs The work has been going on all summer ana
a much progress has been made that there is III
tie doubt tha, Il VIII be- finished before the arriVal
~ winter When This avenue was paved WIN
granite blocks after the completion oi IN" r"u'u-
ave IMPROVEMENT the grade as 50 mHn' that TOT
, good part OF the distance there was steep
n,,rh hotvae, the litte parks in the middle and
,b. curhstone n the side OF the roadway. On INNS
account the avenue was practically useless to'
ordinary business and. as some one said. II Amos
took a goat 10 walk along IL The character OF ~"
thoroughfare was seriously affected. and property
there was by no means 50 valuable or desirable as
II , propar lateral grade and good pavement haf
been provided
Las, snrine \ contract was made for improving
park-ave and 4 complete transformation 81 the
sur,aca has been effected II is easy 70 soc in
many places Wher. the asphalt has been com
nlefed how much earth has been taken AWAY IN or
der to secure proper Level The marks on the
Stone coming around the little park areas snow tha'
TWO feet more has been remove 50 rn'' ~
T. nov little more than natural crown 10 t'is
roadway on both sies A. soon a. he etssihas on
completed trlric 81 al kinds WI ne pos s on
tho avenue and II will be- surprising II u uo's nor
become nearly as desranr AZ p h,u o Tb,riy
a. the Part Of this same avenue oe,Wevn I'M M
fourth and Forteth SITS. The conditions VII "
substantially the same. with one important 'A''p-
ton. ,u -. .,.n.I 4, $
re.ence is apparent not only from the supdue,
roar mat audible. but SIM more from me J,s Oh
.snoks and steam that shot UP from the vent
holes IN m. little parks. After the passage or an
express train smoke Hills the air Tor several MN
ufes This Is ~ course. serious nHght on uppt'
rsrk-sve as well as the cross streets near IL;
and peopl, are beginning TO wonder whether II VIII
no, be possible In the near future tor me r.rufuS
runninp down 10 Forty-second-st. 70 cut on their
engines somewhere north Of the Harl en- River ana
- ,be res, Of the tourney with electric motors.
To- ,,rneis themselves would be far more toerable
" f. r.r,y,rg the avenue asphalt has been used in
rho main but On the sleeper grades. in four or five
rIaces granite strip ten feet or more IN width
~ 80, rIaced next the curb on both sides for the
Leneif Of horses in slippery weather FROM the
summit Of the hill At Ninety-third-st. an extensive
,ieu ia 70 he had both north and south and there
arc few more slightly" places Of residence on Man
haitian Island except In the extreme northern part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17


Dawson city wonderful II is in many things.
has ltill another wonder about which little has been
h4.rd II l. IN Immense lake. located back in The
mountains not far away from the greatest town on
earth the waters of which are always warm. Fish
in countless thousands can be caught in me cold
ns veat her wit hout trouble. for the waters OF the
iTba third claim this wonderful body Of water has
Tor distinction is that while 1t IL hundreds of miles
rom the ocean. and there Is no apparent con
racton he tween the two the lake Is affected Dy the
tide lake Solawik is the name given 10 ;hie cs-
90, erv hy Father Tosi. Jesuit missionary. who
Tor Gears has been working among the Alaska
Indians IN the Interior. ,. -. -
~ vras n letter from him that brought the news
~ seottla-news which Will ease many rear when
inc quantities Of FISH arc considered whcn practi-
ccail,, docs away with the starvation idea. This
roin, il made in Father Tosis letter. that should
anime threaten Dawson the miners could easily
rnnta their way l. this lake and bring oack eli
Nc Ash necessary They come down into the
warn waters during the winter from the Icy
,raams which flow into the lake. Ihey remain
naar rho surface, and can be scooped In with nets
or killed with boathooks . ., a,-, 49,,
VI ra.har Tosl noticed that at times during the
r,idst ~ fha long arctic winter the Indians had
."rNsh salmon He could not explain II. Tor al the
hnou, streams and lakes were frozen solid Finally
,ho Indians took him back into the nils 10 lake
III nrn,cb vas sixty miles long and fifteen In Width
lie cnlled IL Sela wik. They have kept the secret
Ill Ind only few white men know or the lake;
Thara se.ms 10 be some sympathy between Lake
G. III and the ocean which Is difficult TO explain
Thars seems 10 be no connection nevertheless the
lake is several feet higher when the ocean Is al us