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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-24
Holiday Excurpion Rates.

Dec. "a. IS and 81 and Jan. /, the
C, X !. & T. railway will sell round
trip tickets to all stations within q
radious OF geo miles at one and one
third fare. Return limit Jan. 4. To
students and teachers. on presenta.
{ on OF proper credentials. the -
tickets will Also be sold Dec. %, re-
turn limit Jan. IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-24
Las.

Many have los, confidence and hope
as we'll % health. because they have
been told their kidney disease was
incursble. foley's Kidney Cure is
. guaranteed remedy for the dis
coursged and disconsolste. For sale
by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-24
Ycr Pnsumopia.

DIR. j. c. Bishop. Of Agnew, Mich,
ssys: 81 have used Fo:ey's Honey
and Tar in three severe cases az
pneumonia the past month, with
good results" For sale By 7. Il.
Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-24
Tex .ctor's Notice .

The taxes for 1897 are now due
and payable at the ofli,e Of county
superintendent of schools. court
house, first floor near north entrance.
Bring last years tax receipts and
avoid delay in searching for descrip.
tions! =. j. LEE.
Township Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-24
Itr Orsr FlflI lar.

Mrs. winslo~'s Soothing Syrup has
beea used for children seeihing. 1.
soothes the child. sostens the gums,
allsys all pain. cures wind collie. and
IL the hes, remedy or Giarrhoes.
Twenty Eve cents Q bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-24
JOYS OF CHRISTMAS,
Preparation for Observance of
Christendom's Bright
est Day.
III CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
Services Commsace This Evening and Con.
tinue Through Large Part OF Tomorrow
In Some d the nonses Of worship-Gen.
erai Public Celebrate of the Midvinser
Festival.

ZAs hhlo ENDOM orig nteSt,
n, happiest and hottest day will
S be appropriately observed in
SGsS Rock Island tomorrow.
Christmas cheer will pervade the
heart and soul with the responding
expression of peace and good will
toward all mankind. Business will
be generally suspended. All public
Offices will close for the day, the
postoflice coniloing its services to
two morning deliveries and closing
the windows in the main corridor
after 10 q. IN.
In the home from the moment Of
the coming OF the juvenile ideal in
the fuifilment of tenderest an,icipa-
ton tonight it will be an occasion OF
unsurpassa BILE Joy and revelation.
There will be amusements in the
theatres on both sides of the river
and at the Rock Island roller rink.
In order to give his forces holi-
day recess. Maj. Halves closed the
Woodmen Offices from today at noon
until noon next Monday. New Year
day the clerks will be given a half
day vacation.
Religious OjserssDces.
In the churches Christmas will be
appropriately celebrated.
At the German Lutheran the will
be Christmas y c. festival at $50 to-
night, d there will be services to-
morrow at $50 and 10 q. m. and at
1880 in the evening.
At Trinity Episcopal there will b.
midnight mass at ~ tonight and
services at 10 a. m. and IL a. m, and
5 p. m. tomorrow. The Sur day
school f'stivil occurs Sunday even.
ing at 7:15.
At st. Joseph's and St. Mary's
Catholic churches ser ices viii, be
he'd to I. orrow at 5 a. NJ, a. IN.
and 1920 a. m.
At the German NJ. T. church Rev.
Philip Hahner breaches t,morro .
at O:30 q m, while the Sunday
school will cele crate at 7:15 in the
evening.
The United Presbyterian Sunday
school will have its annual Christ.
mas entertainment this evening at
O'Clock.
The Y. p. S. c. Z. of the Memorial
Christian church will hold a sunrise
prayer meeting att o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The Sunday school Christmas en-
tertainmcnt OF the Christian church
occurs Monday night.
There will be no divine service q,
the Jewish temple at Davenport this
ovening.
The Broadway Presbyterian church
Sunday school had a Christmas on.
icrtainment last evening. A short
program was given before the arrival
OF Santa Claus. After devotional
exercises. Marie, little daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lloyd, recited in
English and German Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star" Then came
a number OF stereopticon views,
illustrative Of the life Of Jesus, and
after cong, the screen upon which
the pictures had been given, was
drawn and revealed q beautifully
lighted Christmas tree-a feast fol
the lite ones-laden with presents
and goodies. which were distributed
among the children by Old Santa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
ToDAY's ELECTIONS.

The result of today's elections will
be anxiously awaited everywhere as in
dicating the sentiment of the country
on the result of last years election. A
year ago it was said that the election
of Major Mckinley absolutely and for
all time settled the great question
which divided the people; but even
those who so said last year would not
say so now, for they realize that at
most the battle of last November was
but a heavy pitched one that did not
decide the contest. This being the case,
today's elections are expected to give
an indication of how the people accept
the verdict of a year ago. 1t used to be
the accepted theory that a question de-
cided at a presidential election was de-
cided for once and ALL the theory is not
SO received any longer. The elections of
1884. 1883, 1892 and 1896 show, in the
case of the tariff, that the old theory
is exploded The election Of 1896 set
tied neither the tariff question nor the
silver question, though the latter was
the really great issue. This being so,
the elections To-Day VIII De taken as an
indication as to the general sentiment
of the country on the silver question.
The election in New York City is the
most important of any in some re-
spects. The result there will be
watched as having a direct bearing on
the silver question, ex-President Har-
rison declaring that the triumph of the
Republican party was necessary to the
cause of sound money" The triumph
of the Democrats there, on the other
hand, is essential to the cause of free
silver.
For an "off year. today's elections
are of far more Importance than usual;
they will serve very well to show what
may be expected next year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
H. F. BARTINE ON SILVER AND
NoN-PARTISANIsM.

The attention of all friends of sill
yer is invited to an interview with Hon.
H. z. Bartine, which will be found else
where in this issue. 1t is needless to
tell our readers who Mr.. Bartine is.
The whole interview is very interest
ing, but the latter part of it has spec
ial interest for all Utah friends of sill
yer because of the way in which he
deals with the question Of nOn-partis-
anism. He says that in the mountain
states so-called independent or non
partisan movements have been inaugu-
rated, the precise significance of
which he does not know, but he is very
sure they cannot be productive of any
good to the silver cause if they sue
coed. Mr. Bartine is Of opinion that
if a non-partisan movement is begun
in the silver mining states it can have
but one of two objects in view, the first
of which is to advance the interests
Of the Republican party, regardless OF
it's attitude on the silver question, and
equally regardless of the effect of the
movement upon the question; and the
second object of which may be to give
the geld men a chance to get in their
work under cover What Mr.. Bartine
saws in closing should be treasured by
every silver man and pondered over.
He says:
The inter-mountain states have been
regarded as the Gibraltar of bimetal-
Hsm in the United States The trI-
umph of the ticket of any faction or
party there not known to be emphatic
ally and unequivocally for the true BIZ
metallic doctrine, which generally finds
expression in the free coinage of sill
yer at 16 to 1, will be hailed all over
the United States, and in Europe as
we'll. as a weakening of the silver cause.
J 1t would do Infinitely more harm than
a similar success in any other part of
the country.
That is what The Herald has been
saying for weeks past. Is not Utah an
inter-mountain state, stronghold of
the silver sentiment, and is there not
to be an election here today? Let the
news be sent out from this city tonight
that the people of Salt Lake City have
| elected a ticket that is known not to
be for silver emphatically and unequi-
vocany and viii not such news be hailed
with great joy wherever the enemies of
silver are gathered together? 1t will
be, and a blow will have been struck at
silver Let no such blow be struck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
NOW FOR THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
DEBT.

The Union Pacific railroad has been
sold and its debt to the government
will be paid in full. Now attention is
being directed to the Central Pacific
railroad and it's debt to the government.
Speaking of this debt w E. Curtis, in
the Chicago Record, says:
The effect of these settlements upon
the case of the Central Pacific is the
subject of much comment. The debt
of that road now amounts to $50, 121, 632,
of which s25,SS5, 100 is principal and $751;
939.34S unpaid interest. Against this
there is a sinking fund amounting to
81, 425, ass. which viii reduce the actual
Indebtedness to S54, 696,174, which is
much more than the property is worth.
1t is believed that the line from Og-
den to San Francisco could be paral-
leled for half that amount. Mr.. Hunt
ington has had a proposition before
congress for several years to fund the
indebtedness in fffty-year bonds, bear
ing 2 per cent interest, and it has
been favored by many of the wisest
men in both houses. On the LIST of
January next 10,614, 120 in c. raj Pa
cific bonds, guaranteed by the govern
ment mature. and win have to be paid.
On the LIST of January, 1892 another
block amounting to $9,197, 600 natures.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
was a man after all.
THE PRICE OF SUGAR BETS.

It is understood that the sugar fac
tory will pay % cents a ton more for
beets next year than was paid this. 1t
is further understood that the reason
for the advance is the fact that the
new tariff law has raised the price of
sugar 81 per hundred pounds.
The advance in the price of beets is
not at ali equal to the advance in the
price of sugar. A ton of beets in a
year when they yield what is called
an average per cent of saccharine mat
sugar. In such a year as the present
when the beet crop is not up to the
average, a ton of beets yields about 1856
pounds of sugar.
Under the new tariff the sugar COM
pany will get an additional $1.S5 or s2.1O
on the sugar produced from each ton of
beets, while the farmer VINO grows the
sugar beets is only to get an additional
% cents on his ton of beets. The divi-
sion of the profit that the new tariff
gives the sugar manufacturers isn't
equitable. The manufacturer is not
put to single new expense to get the
additional s1.S5 or the additional S2.1O
for the sugar he makes from a ton
| of beets.
When the sugar schedule was framed
to give additional protection to the pro-
Queer of sugar it contemplated the
grower of the beets as we'll as the
maker of the sugar. Why should the
maker of sugar get $1.S5 or $210 more
for the sugar he makes out of a ton
of beets as the result of the new tariff
While the grower of the beets is only
to get 25 cents? The additional profit
should be divided equally between the
producer of the beets and the producer
of the sugar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
ONLY AN INDIAN.

There was heroic soul in John
Watka, the Creek Indian who was ex-
ecuted at Chelsea, l. T., a day or so
ago. He had killed another member of
his tribe in q quarrel over a young
squaw with whom both were infatuat-
ed, subsequently marrying her. He
was tried, found guilty and sentenced
to be shot but in the time intervening
between the sentence and the date fixed
for the putting of it into execution he
seems to have had his liberty, late in
the summer even accompanying some
fellow Indians as far as Kansas City.
where they played various games. A
few days before the time set for his
execution he made preparations for his
wife's future welfare. When these
were completed he babe her farewell,
and set out for the place of execution,
where he arrived in due time, and
where all preparations for his execution
had been made. All preparations
ready, the sentence of the law was ex-
ecuted upon him.
Watke was a murderer, but he took
40 advantage OF MS rival, ana look
his chances in the duel in which he
slew his fellow Indian. Surely his
conduct in being at the place of exc
cution on the day set for him to die,
he having had every opportunity to es-
cape had ne been so minded shows that
he was a man and had a deep sense of
honor. Whatever, his life may have
been his death was most heroic. John
Watka, a. murderer and an Indian, was
as true to his word as was the Roman
Marius. And what was it that made
him return to certain death when the
opportunity for life and liberty was be-
fore him? Merely his pledged word and
high sense of honor.
Watka was a man after all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
TO THE VOTERS.

The people of this city will today
elect officers to administer the affairs
of the city for the next two years. In
casting their ballots they exercise their
most sacred rights as American citi-
zens. AS they enter the voting booths
they should think of the solemnity and
Importance of their act, and mark their
choice for officers as free and independ-
ent men and women exercising their
rights as guaranteed by the constitu-
ton of the state and that of the ma
ton. Their political rights are inherent
and are guaranteed to them by the
fundamental law of the state; they
come from no other source, and in po-
litical matters they owe allegi-
ance and obedience to the state
alone. If any man shall pre-
his right to tell such voter how he or
she shall vote, or that he has authority
from God to dictate in such matters,
such a man says that which is false,
and he would exercise an authority
that nowhere exists. Moreover. he is
an enemy of the state. and would over
throw its authority did he but dare.
Every such person, and there are some
in this city, should be regarded and
treated as a plotter against the rights
of the citizens, for such he is. Every
voter should cast his or her ballot as
their conscience dictates, and for what
they deem to be the best interests Of
the city. 1t is the only thing for self
respecting American citizens to do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
sHFRIFFs SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
pursuant to a decree of foreclosure and
order of sale, to me directed from the
district court of the Third judicial dis
trict, state of Utah, county of Salt Lake,
in a cause therein pending. wherein Rob-
ert A, Davidson is plaintiff and Angus
Mcclellan and Mary q. Mcclellan Philip
Phelps, Molle Phelps and Joseph Meade
and James O'Reilly are defendants, to
which decree and order of saie reference
is hereby made, shall expose for sale at
pubic auction. to the highest bidder for
cash. at the west front door of the county
court house, in the city of Salt Lake,
county of Salt Lake. state of Utah, on the
oath day of November, 1897, at u o'clock.
noon. all the right, title. claim and in
terest of the above named defendants,
Angus Mcclellan and Mary a. Mcclellan.
Philip Phelps Moliie Phelps and Joseph
Meade and James O'Reilly. of. in and to
the following described real estate, stu
ate. lying and being in Salt Lake county,
and particularly described as follows. to-
seven go. plat a Salt Lake City sur
vey to-wit Commencing at the north
east corner of said lot and running thence
south thirty-seven and one-half (S71a) feet,
thence west ten QO) rods, thence north
thirty-seven and one-half (3719) feet.
thence east ten .Q0) RODS to the place of
beginning. together with right of way
nine c) feet wide. running from said
! property south, to Stanley Court, and be-
! tween the two houses now standing on
| said Mary a. McIlellars land. immedi-
! dIe.V south Oh the dIOF6SdlU property, anu
! thence through said court to Second East
! street: also certain lease made by Jo-
| seph Morris. lessor. to said Angus Nickel
| lar. dated September 10th, 1891 and re-
| corded in the Office of the county recorder
! of Salt Lake county, Utah, in book ''P, -
! of Liens and Leases on the 18th day OF
| May, 1892 at II o'clock am, upon the
following property to-wit: Commencing
two and one-half (21a) rods south of the
northwest corner of lot four "a, block
| fifty-three (5) plat GA" Salt Lake City
survey, running thence east seven G.
rods more or less. to a fence, thenct
south two and one-half (21s) rods, thencC
west to the east line Of State street
! thence north two and one-half (21a) rods
to the place of beginning except and al
| lowing seven 60 feet on the north end Of
above described ground, to be Jointly USED
as an alley way, together with all interes
of said mortgagors in the premises. in
Guiding all building and Improvement:
thereon, with the privileges and appur
tenances thereunto belonging, to be solo
as the property of Angus Mcclellan anC
Many a. Mcclellan, under said decree anC
order of sale in the above cause.
I Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah. Novem
! Der End 1897. THOMAS p. LEWIS,
! Sheriff of Salt Lake County, Utah.
BY ]. B. Timmony, Deputy Sheriff.
Frank Pierce, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02

Maryland, SIS, s4o40 approximately,
SS94.s5); Ohio, s42, s3s; Indiana, s4S.25,
$4O25; Illinois, s59.76, s5O6S; Michigan,
$4617, $500 Qs94-95); Wisconsin, s65.27,
s32.21; Utah. $65.21, $44; California,
5000, $65.42 1S93-94).
In this list only the states of Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Jersey and New York pay higher
average salaries than are paid in Utah,
while she is ahead of such states as
Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin, all noted for their devotion
to the cause of education. 1t Is the
salaries paid in Salt Lake City that
bring the average in the state up so
high.
The figures above given go to show
that the teachers in the public schools
Of Salt Lake City are very well paid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
THE SITUATION IN THE KLONDIKE
Sunbeam Consolidated Mining 90.

SUNBEAM CONSOLIDATED MINING
a meeting of the directors of the com
pany, held on Oct. %, 1897, an assessment
of one and one-half 90 cents per share
(being assessment No. 10. was levied on
the capital stock of the company, payable
on or before Thursday Nov. %, 1897, to
p. L. Carpenter, secretary, room S21 Dooly
block. Salt Lake City. Any stock upon
which said ala assessment may remain un-
and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before as
many shares as may be necessary viii be
sold at u o'clock, noon, Friday Dec. 10.
1897 to pay delinquent assessment. to-
gether with cost of advertising and ex-
penSe of sale. E. L. CARPENTER,
Secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02

1t is not known that the Central Pa
cific company has taken any steps to
pay these bonds, and the government
will have to dot. Until then, however,
the Central Pacific will not be in ac-
tual default, and no action can be
taken. Immediately after Jan. 1, I'M
less something is done in the mean
time, it is probable that the attorney
general will be instructed to commence
foreclosure proceedings against the
Central Pacific company, and it is pre-
dicted by many people here that Mr.
Huntington will let the road go entirely
! rather than pay $54. 00O, 900 to redeem
it. Some people believe that the syn
dictate which is now arranging for the
purchase of the Union Pacific will bid
in the Central Pacific also for the pur
pose of securing control of a tranScon-
tinental line.
There has never been a proposition to
refund the Pacific roads debt or to
make any settlement of it that favored
the owners of the road and sacrificed
the interests of the government, that
was not favored by some of the wis
est men in both houses" Some of the
''wisest men, in railroad matters in the
country, and that portion of the pres
which is always ready and willing to
say me too" to any proposition they
advance, favored the refunding scheme
for the Union Pacific that was brought
forward two or three years ago and
which was condemned in the Chicago
platform of 1896. The sale of the Union
Pacific shows what can be done. Now
let the government insist upon the full
DaVn1ent of the debt die il nv the Cen
trail Pacific railroad. 1t will be impossi-
BILE to work any refunding schemes
any longer. The Central Pacific should
be made to pay it's debt to the govern
ment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02

NORTH STAR MINING AND MILF
ing company. Principal place of bust
ness, ogden, Utah. Notice is hereby
given that at a meeting of the directors
assessment of one-fifteenth Q-15) of one
cent per share was levied on the capital
stock of the corporation, payable on or
before Wednesday, the 10th day of No
room Ais Utah Loan and Trust company
building, Ogden, Utah. Any stock upon
which this assessment may remain I'M
paid on the 10Th day of November. 1897.
will be delinquent and advertised for sale
at public auction, and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on the 3Oth day
of November, 1897, at Y o'clock. noon. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses OF
sale j. II. KNAUSS, Secretary.
Ogden Utah. Oct Z. 1897.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
TEACHERS SALARIES.

Frequently one hears it said that
teachers salaries in this city are too
low, lower far than in other cities of
the same size. In this matter, as in
most others, people are fond of telling
how much better those engaged in the
same industry as themselves elsewhere
are paid; it is like the mines that
are always so much richer far
away than those close at. home.
Teachers should be paid good SAL
aries, and we should be glad to
see the salaries of those who are en-
ployed in the public schools increased
were the people in a condition to afford
it, but they are not. 1t may be that the
teachers in this city do not receive as
high salaries as do those in cities of the
same size in different parts of the coun-
try, but we believe they receive the
highest salaries of any in the state.
And Utah averages very well with the
leading states of the Union in the mat
ter of paying salaries to teachers. Ac-
cording to statistics furnished by
United States Commissioner of Educa-
liou ildills, the loWeSl average Sala-
ries are paid in the Carolinas. In North
Carolina the average monthly salary
paid to male teachers is $253S and to
female teachers $21.4O, while in South
Carolina the figures are: Male, $29.44;
females, $22.41. In Pennsylvania the
average monthly salaries are: Male
teachers, S44.78: female teachers, $9S. %.
In other states the salaries paid are:
In New York, males, $72.67; females,
1924; Massachusetts, respectively,
$4,000 and S503O Rhode Island, $1OO. So.
S5G.46; Connecticut, SS4.65, $42.34; New
Jersey. $SSOS. s4S.1S; Vermont SSS. SIS.
s26.72; Delaware, $S6.6O, $34OS 1S91-92); ;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-02
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

MONTREAL MINING COMPANY
principal place of business 21S Atlas block
gwen that at meeting of the directofs
held Oct 3, 1897, AN assessment of one
fourth cent pei, share was evied ON the
capital, stock of the corporation paYable
Immediately to j. NJ. Dart, pres. q ent. 2lS
ATLAS block, Salt Lake ''tty Any stock
UPON which This a-ssess1ne.lt may remain
unpaid ON Nov. 10, viii be delinquent and
advertised for sale at puo,ic auc .icn, ..il
unless payment is made before, viii be
sold on Dec. 10, 1897, at q o'clock noon
ait 21S Atlas block to. pay. delinquent as
seessment together win he COST, of -
yertising and expense of sac.
W. L. PICK AZ }. Serrelarv