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The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10
EFFECT1VE CIVIL SERVICE.

The League of American Municipali-
ties urges the public ownership of public
utilities so far as its application to cities
IL concerned, and recommends the adOp-
tiOn OF municipal civil service in cOnneC-
tion Herewith. OF course municipal util-
tiles are not strong enough to compel
civil service by their own weight, as
would be the case in the public owner
ship OF railroads or the other great pub
Nc utilities and so civil service is a
necessary forerunner to the establish
ment Of public ownership by cities and
towns.
There is a right kind of civil service
and there Is also wrong kind, The
latter Is shown in the numerous in
stances in this country where the regu-
lations for civil service, drawn up ever
so carefully, fail to keep the bosses from
the spoils they coyet. This is true
mainly in the larger cities, for as the
size OF the municipality decreases the
spokesman is less in evidence. In our
great cities, where we have the problem
Of the illiterate vote, the keener struggle
for existence, and more heartless COM
mercialism, there is the greatest call for
craftsmanship in these things. Care
fully as the matter has been studied
there have been countless discouraging
Instances showing that the corruption
list has found the necessary loophole.
Why has municipal civil service SC
often been Intellectual? 1t is because Ol
the fact that the bOodler and the bribe.
taker have been given chance to gel
together while the public has locked
itself outside the gate OF Office. The peo
pie elect law-maker to Office and give
him power to do his duty or to neglect
It, and they are practically powerless t.
force him. So it is possible to buy anC
sell aldermen and legislators like Sc
many cattle, and In free America they
sre bought and sold to an alarming ex
\ tent.
IL, say, the disposal of a franchise Il
under consideration by city council
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

In locating well the supply Of water Is
usually the principal thing considered,
and too little attention is given to the
quality of the water which may be fur
nished More sickness results from the
use Of impure water than from almost
any other cause. Epidemics Of typhoid
fever and many other serious diseases
often come from the use of infected
drinking water. Wells in thickly set
tied portions Of cities are little less than
cess pools into which surface water and
filth are drained. A tiling pipe laid
three feet under ground will drain sur
face water from one to three rods on
either side and a well twenty or thirty
feet deep will certainly drain surface
water for a much greater distance and
the water will take with it the filth and
impurities from privy vaults and stable
yards. In dry time when the water
gets low in we'll the filth becomes more
concentrated and disease germs more
prevalent and some form Of disease will
be quite likely to result from its use.
Wells should never be located on the
edge of a swamp nor in the bed OF a
dry pond nor where they would catch
the drainage from stables, barn yards
or hog lots. 1t is far better to expend
$1OO or 5000 in getting good we'll Of
pure water than to pay it out for doc
tors bills in trying to cure some disease
which results from the use Of impure
water from a poor WELL The supply Of
water is very important, but the purity
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

The Topeka Mail and Breeze is au-
thority for the statement that the brew
ers are satisfied with prohibition in
Kansas. This is an argument that is as
old as 1t Is false. It's familiar ring gives
ii no more weight than have most of the
other Republican fallacies that the Mail
and Breeze puts forward. The United
Brewers Association at its last annual
convention in June accepted a regretful
committee report that the attempt to
get Kansas out Of the prohibition col
umn had failed in 1897, but that renewed
efforts would be made this year. They
are being made in Shawnee county and
the Mail and Breeze is supporting them.
If prohibition suited the brewers and
whisky men they would not call the W.
G. r. u. "Old hens" and assail all pro-
hibtOnists and their cause with similar
foul epithets. Neither would they be
supporting Tom Anderson and County
Attorney Jetmore in this county.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

error, for II they rise above 1t they will
get no sympathy in the business world
and an extremely small amount from
the religious world. The man who has
heart in business dealings has a mi
nority fight to wage. A proposal to
Christianize business even to the slight
est degree Is met by sneers and the sage
advice that you can't mix them" This
fundamental error Of which Mr.. Trout
man complains Is there because it is
fundamental, because 1t can't be avoided
except by reconstruction. AS long as
there is q growing contest between bust.
ness methods and right living 1t will be
but natural that nOyiCes should take up
what they are confronted with.
SO much for the fundamental error
now what about Mr.. TrOutman? 1t is
evident that he has not escaped the
error, for he Is ranked with the aristoc-
racy. He casts his vote in line with M.
A. Hanna, the convicted boodleT, with ].
ID. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil rObber
whose trust let's neither church nor state
stand in the way of controlling trade,
with all the great trusts and other inter-
ests whose operations threaten to make
moCkery of free America; he Is for
the defendant in the cause Of humanity
VS.. Commercialism. He has even for
saken the cause of temperance at the
command Of his partisan masters. It is
evident that Mr.. Troutman himself Is
fundamentally out of whack.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

and 1t is known to be an exceedingly
good thing for the company seeking 1t,
yet o majority of the council strongly
favOrs granting the company all 1t asks
without recOmpense to the city, despite
the offer Of a rival company to pay a
fair compensation, despite the undispu-
table showing that the city itself could
erect plant which would pay for itself
and yield profit In four years and
thereby reduce taxes instead Of raising
them, despite the loud and indignant
protests Of citizens, despite all that goes
to prove the aldermen mere boOdlers in
stead of public servants-suppOsing this.
do you have a condition tnat Is beyond
conception in this country? On the con-
trary, you confront a state OF affairs
common to all sections Of the United
States. Now, supposng the same con-
ditiOn except in addition the existence
of an ordinance providing that certain
percentage Of the voters Of the city may
demand vote Of the people upon any
ordinance passed by the city council
within ninety days after such action,
would you not have an opportunity for
outraged public sentiment to express
itself? Most of us have read of in
stances where such an ordinance would
have been seized on by honest voters to
check the bartering and trading away
of the city's interests. Put with this
provision another giving the voters the
right to demand an election on meas
uTes which the council has neglected
for it often happens that 1t is as impor-
tant for the corruptionist to spend
money sitting good measure as 1t Is
to buy votes to secure priVileges-and
you have a truly American method OF
giving the people chance to grapple
with their greatest foe, the corruption in
our public life. Such provisions would
do their greatest good in deterring The
law-maker with the itching palm from
selling his trust II it were known that
the decent citizens could rise and de-
mand vote Of the people on a measure
involving a steal the bOodlers engaged
would have too much business sense to
spend their money buying up the Coun-
Gil, for the bribe-takers could not guar
antee the delivery of the goods.
Add one more provision to those given
above: permit the people by their decis-
i've vote to recall any officer who fla
grantly violates his oath Of Office. Then
you have system which will make
civi! service effective The boss and the
boodler would find 1t a stone wall, for 1t
would be a means of making and retain
ing public servants of the ofiice-holders
who are now in reality our masters.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

Beer Is an article of food, one of the
neCessaries of life. 1t differs from other
articles of food in being more than ordi-
narily agreeable, and in providing at the
same time mild and beneficial and cheap
substitute for ardent spirits.-The Brewer
and Master,
In order to supply the starving, pros
porous people of Kansas with this nee
essary of life the brewers ship in bars
and fixtures, and the citizens of this
State, in delirium brought on by sew
eral years of non-supply of the more
an-ordinarily- necessary OF
life, pour it into the sewer and chop the
bars and fixtures into kindling wood.
The brewers go to q great expense to
bring beer to those who are in need OF
mild and beneficial and cheap appear
ance, for which some of the ardent spir-
its in Kansas seem to be unduly un-
grateful.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

Webb McNall has reduced the cost OF
insurance in Kansas 80 per cent. below
what 1t used to bean awful thing to
do. The way for the people of the State
to get rates up to what they were and
prevent further reduction is to elect
w. E. Stanley Governor. 1t is Leedy,
not Stanley, who is standing by McNall.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

Every day the war is rolling up strong
arguments in favor of the public own
ership Of public utilities. Kansas has a
particularly strong one. II the govern
ment owned the railroads it would not
have been necessary to pay out large
sum of money to transport the Twen-
tieth Kansas to San Francisco neither
would the regiment have been given
scandalous treatment after arriving
there. Here is the story, which explains
itself, told by r. w. Ellis, special cor
respondent for the Topeka Journal, and
he is following out his instructions to
tell nothing but the truth:
Surgeon Rafter told me to-day that $50
were on the sick list. Largely due to bad
colds and measles. The former being
brought about by having to sleep on the
damp sand. And here Is the shame of 1t.
There Is no good reason that the troops
should have been located here or that
they should be compelled to remain here
Over at the Preside there are large gov
ernment barracks with equally as good
accommodations and oceans of room un-
der roof, where 1t would be warm and
comfortable for the troops. But 1t is on
line Of street railroad not owned or
controlled by the Southern Pacific and
therein lies the whole secret.
The Southern Pacific owns everything
In San Francisco save the air we breathe.
Included among its possessions are two
street railways that pass one on each
side of the camp, and the revenue Of the
soldiers going and coming and their
friends amount to many dollars per day.
So what care they if a few troops more
or less die and hundreds of others suffer
as long as their Golfers are replenlshed?
They decided they wanted the troops here
and they pulled the proper string and
here we are. This is true history, as 1
am told on the best authority
This is one of many just as cruel in
stances. And yet there are honest peo-
pie who do not believe in the public own
ership of public utilities!
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

II you are disposed to kick about the
behavior of the Cubans, put yourself in
the place of one Of them. If you lived
in a country bruised for years under the
heel of a back-century barbarism in Or
der to hold up a civilization away be-
hind the rest of the world; If your fight
for liberty had been met with all the
oppression and injustice a most brutal
tyranny could devise and had been ig-
nored by all outsiders until you were al
most reduced to helplessness; If almost
all hope in God and the right had been
crushed out of you, wouldn't you relish
chance to get at your oppressor? If
you were an insurgent would you not
have been impatient to see the Spanish
officials Immediately depOsed from con-
troll in Santiago? Let us have some pa
tience with the Cubans. They have some
feeling in the matter
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

Secretary of State Bush has managed
his Office on the idea that that is good
business which is strictly honest and
straightforward. He has not stationed
a drum corps at his front door to tell
people about it, but the demand for an
other term of service that the voters
will make upon him next November will
prove that they appreciate faithful and
efficient servant
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

People who think that the labor un-
ions do not amount to much should send
for some Of the official magazines of the
organizations and see what is being
done. An example Of the strength and
growth of such forces is shown in the
national organization of the BARRIERS in
this country. BY superior management
on the part Of its officers this union has
built up a strong membership and a
truly surprising financial strength, when
the disadvantages are considered. The
official magazines Of the railroad organ
izations, particularly the Locomotive
Firemen's Journal, also show this. La
Dor organizations are much misunder-
stood, but the discussions and decisions
and intercourse and brotherhood Of
their members do as much to preserve
the stability Of what is right in our
country as any other influence.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

and wholesome character Of the water is
of even greater Importance than the sup
ply, for the life and health Of the family
are of far greater Importance than the
value of the entire home.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10
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Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
Weeks Crop Conditions.

According to the climatic and crop
service OF the Illinois section of tho
government weather bureau. the tenn
perature of the past week averaged
nearly normal, the first half was clear
hot and dry, last half cool, cloudy
and showery. Good heavy showers
fell over the south half Of the state.
but more rain is needed in the north
half for growing crops. Corn gem
orally has received much benefit from
the rains and. is doing well. A good
crop is now assured in the southern
district. in northeast counties and
along the northern tier. but much
permanent injury has resulted from
the dryness and chinch bugs in CEN
trail counties, and there the crop will
be short. Wheat, rye and oats
threshing continues. Stubble plow-
ing made good progress, the soil
working well. Pastures, second-crop
clover, millet, buckwheat, broomcorn
and late gardens and potatoes were
much benefited by the rains. The
first half of the week was clear. hot
and dry, last half coo, and showerv,
with thunderstorms and slight dam
age by hail, in the northern district.
Northeast counties received good
showers, but in the southern and
western they were very light, and
there rain is needed. Corn is gener-
ally caring well and making good pro-
gress, but along the south tier con-
siderable damage has resulted from
the dryness and chinch bugs; in
northeast counties and along the
north tier good crop is assured.
Oats harvest is stinished and thre.hing
is general, with fair to good Weld.
Wheat, rye and barley have given fair
to good yields. Pastures are brown
in the southern counties, elsewhere
they are reviving. Broomcorn is do
ing fairly well in Henry county; fall
plowing has begun.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
Doing Himself Proud,

Elmorc H. Stafford. who is pursu-
ing law course in the UNIVERSITY of
Virginia at Charlottesville, is distin-
gushing himself in his standing in
the course he is taking in his chosen
profession. In the written examina-
tion on the law of real property, held
Saturday by Prof. Minor. at the end
OF the summer course of 25 lectures
on that subject, Mr. Stafford stood
the highest in the class with
an average Of 80 per cent. 100
being taken as perfect. In a
personal letter to his uncle, Hon. f..
W. Hurst, Mr.. Stafford modestlv al
ludes to the result Of the examination
and says; Il feel, however. that
much Of my success is due to nv
work in the office, although men here
who have already been admitted to
the bar and practiced for several
years only made 60 or 20, and some
even less
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
Sues for Divorce.

Louis Grimes, of Moline, has insti.
tuted proceedings for divorce in the
circuit court through his attorneys,
Sturgeon 4 Marshall. He charges
his wife. Amanda Grimes, with inf
deity, and names as one Of the co.
respondents Thomas Dillon. An in.
junction asked by the plaintiff re.
straining his wife from removing
their 7-year-old daughter from ths
jurisdiction Of the court was graAsed
by Judge Gsst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grimes were married
at Cambridge Sept. 10, 1890, and
lived together until July 81, 1898.
when he says he left her. after bs.
coming acquainted with her unfnith-
fulness.
Daisy Mattson. OF Moline. asks "a
he free,l from the bonds of matrimcny
with Ernest Nlnttson. whom she ac-
cuses of desertion and cruelty.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
ALL NOW ADJUSTED,
Differences Between Hospital
Sisterhood and Staff Hap.
PLY Settled.
THE FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS.

Trained Nurses to BE Provided Hence
forth at st. Anthony's and Eventual
ly an Inferno Is to be Added-sys-
tematic Training at the Mother
House.
The differences which have existed
for some time between the Franciscan
sisterhood conducting St. Anthony's
hospital, this city, and the active sur
gical staff Of the Institution, resulting
in the resignation of the latter, were
happily adjusted at a meeting at the
hospital last evening. The sisters in
charge, on authority of the mother
house at Little Falls, Mimi, called
the members of the staff together at
the hospital and acquiesced in such
requirements as were deemed essen
tial to the proper care of patients
and the maintenance Of its reputation
and the professional standing Of those
identified with its surgical staff.
The hospital is to provide mod.
ern trained house nurses from Mercy
hospital at Chicago forthwith, and in
the meantime the mother house of the
franciscan order at Little Falls,
Mimi. is to establish training school
for trained nurses to eventually sup.
ply st. Anthony's and other hospitals
to which the order in its noble purpose
is devoting itself. There are also to
be male nurses at the hospital, and
later an inferno.
The Stan Is Pleased.
The surgical staff was more than
pleased with the attitude of the Sis
ters, and cheerfully resumed its func
tions in connection with the institute.
The old officers were reelected as fol-
lows:
President-Dr. G.. L. Eyster.
Vice President-Dr. X. G. J. Never.
Secretary and Treasurer-D Z. NJ.
Sala.
The active hospital staff is composed
OF Drs. 5. c. Plummer, 6. &. Craig.
&. l.. Eyster, c. c. Carter, c. Bern
hardi, &. f. Barth, j. r. Hollowbush
f. Nj. oala, ). L. Comegys, b. F. Hall
and K. Z. J. Meyer. There is also a
large adjunct staff.
The community will rejoice to
know that the unfortunate circum-
stance which have attended St. An
thongs hospital have been so success
fully removed, and nothing now
stands in the way of its being to the
locality all that those who founded
and fostered and aided it have striven
to make Is.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
NELSON'S COSTLY DRUNK.
Police Court Fine and Damages He
Caused to Rigs to Settle.

Caused to Rigs to Settle.
Nels Nelson was a picture of re-
morse when he was ushered before
Magistrate Stafford today to answer to
two charges of drunkenness and fas.
driving. He admitted his guilt, and
was fined total of $1,000 including
costs. Nels. accompanied by an
officer, went TO his home. Sc
cured his bank book and drew enough
to liquidate the assessment against
him. He also made arrangements for
the settlement of the damages he
caused to the rigs of J. S. Woodin. Of
this city, and Mrs. Christina Carlson.
of Moline. while driving around the
city in reckless manner in a buggy
which he rented from Tindall's barn
and which was also damaged in the
two collisions. Mrs. Woodin wa.
thrown from her surrey and consid-
erably bruised. Nelson was arrested
by Officer Fitzgerald. who borrowed a
buggy and gave him chase. Nelson S
fun, fine and damages. cost him S25. 60.
1t appears that Harry South wa.
un]ustly accused of the larceny of a
watch from the Pankow boy. He
was promptly discharged today. as
there was no justiiiable charge pre-
ferred against him.
The report of Chief Pender shows
81 arrests made during July. IL be-
ing state cases and city 10. The Of
lenses were as follows: Assault and
batter, Z; larceny, 5; obtaining goods
by false pretenses, /; disorderlv con-
duct, Z; assault to rob, 3; vagrancv.
s; carrying concealed weapons, /;
larceny by bailee. l; sodomy. /; rob-
berry, 4; fast driving, 2; malicious
mischief, / breach Of the peace. 8:
fugitive from justive, 1; selling
liquor to minors. 5; resisting arrest.
l. The total number of runs by the
wagon was SO; box calls, 10; telephone
calls, 26; miles run, 112; tramps car
ried, IA; ambulance calls, 8. Seven
meals were furnished to prisoners.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
ARTICLES ARE RECORDED,
Chicago, Peoria b Western Which Pro.
poses Entering Rock Island.

The articles of Incorporation Of the
Chicago, Peoria d Westesn Railway
Co., the latest project promised
for Rock Island, and reference to
which was made in Saturday'sARGrs.
have been filed in the circuit clerk s
office.
The company proposes to maintain
and operate railroad from Chicago
through the counties of Cook, viii.
Grundy, Livingston, Woodford. Taze-
well and Peoria, to a point in the city
OF Peoria; thence through the coun-
ties Of Peoria, Knox, Henry and Rock
Island, to point in the city Of Rook
Island, with branch from point in
the city Of Peoria through the coun-
ties of Peoria, Marshall, Bureau. Lee
Ogle and Winnebago, 10 a point in
the city Of Rockford.
The business office Of the companv
isgiven AZ Chicago. Its capital stock
is $50, 900, and tho first board of
directors is composed of c. H..
Matthiesen. S. T. Butler, W. j. Cor
man. William Dickinson and G.. l..
Glass. all of Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04
When You Take Your Vacation

the most necessary article to have
with you (after your pocket book) is
bottle of Foley's Collie Cure. 1t is
an absolute prevention or cure of all
arrangements of the bowels caused bv
a change of water. You are likely to
need it. For sale by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-04

The Dubuque came up.
The packet Quincy came down las,
night.
The Verne Swain and Winous
were in port.
The Inverness and T.. Rutledgt
came down, the former with IS and
the latter with "a strings of logs.
lhe Quickstep, Nola X. and Pres.
cote went south and the Pilot. Zalu.
Davis and Lady Grace passed up.
The stage of water at the Rock Isl
and bridge at 6 a. m. was 2.70, al
noon 2.9O; the temperature at noon "A.
The water is falling at St. Paul,
Reeds Landing, La Crosse, Dubuque
and keokuk, is stationary at Red
wing North McGregor and Des
Moines Rapids and rising at lie Claire,
Rock Island and st. Louis. But lit
tie change will occur from Dubuque
to Rock Island in the next "a hours.