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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
USSIA'S lLRO4DS.

In the report Of the United States
consul at Weimar concerning Prussia S
system Of government railroads there
is some food for thought for those who
are advocating government ownership
In this country.
1t appears that the mileage of the
state roads in operation in Prussia rose
from 1856 miles in 1887 to 1904 miles
in 1897, but it is not to be inferred that
the government has constructed 5000
miles during the decade. 1t has been
the policy of the government to pur-
chase small private roads, the intention
being to leave no railroad property
within the limits of Prussia in the
hands of private companies. To-day
the mileage of railroads not owned by
the state is insignificant. During the
decade dealt with the total number of
employees increased by 10,304, and the
total now reaches the high number of
AJl 400 pSISUIS, VI WiOlll lV5,AUf dEt
'beamten,' officials having high
sounding titles. Conductors, brake
men, engineers and laborers are not
regarded as officials, which is a matter
of some surprise.
The government realized a profit of
1865 per cent. in the fiscal year 1861
The net earnings were lis per cent,
but the government pays to the hold
ers of the bonds CORNER proprietors
of the railroads) interest at the rate
Of about 31s per cent. The sum earned
on the invested capital was s119, 1921, 976
The total profit to the government is
highly appreciated item in the
budget.
Accidents appear to have been more
frequent than usual. One thousand
four hundred and twenty-nine persons
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
A CAPE COD LIFE-SAVER WHO
PROVED HIMSEI n A HERO

Circumstances sngulary pathetic
surround the loss which befell the crew
of the Peaked Hill station, near Prov
incetown, Cape Cod. Keeper Atkins of
this station was one of the true and
trusted veterans Of the service. But
one stormy day in winter, after twelve
hours exposure on the beach, exhaus-
ted by futile efforts to launch the surf
boat, he and his crew had the mortifi-
cation of seeing the rescue they had
attempted made by crew of volun-
teers. 1t mattered not that these had
made no previous exertions, that they
had come fresh and unwearied upon
the scene; Keeper Atkins and his crew
had to take from the community what,
in the staid, old fashioned speech of
the Cape, is known as the "goading
slur" The keeper made no attempt
to answer his critics; but gradually as
that season and the following summer
wore away, settled look of determine
alton became stamped on his face, and
his bearing took on a dignity almost
tragic. When, at the opening Of the
next season, his wife, as he left his
home for the station, begged him not
to expose himself to needless danger,
he replied
Before this season is over I will
have wiped out the 'goading slur.'
Reaching the station, he called his
crew about him, and informed them
that, no matter at what peril, a rescue
would be attempted at every wreck
within the limits of the station.
That winter a storm of almost un-
precedented fury burst over the coast,
and a vessel was swept upon the Peak
ed Hill bars. A surf-boat, launched
by seemingly superhuman power, put
out from shore. But neither despera-
ton, nor even madness, could keep a
boat afloat in such sea; and when,
one after another, those who had
braved it were cast upon the beach,
three were dead. One of these was
Keeper Atkins. He had wiped out the
"goading slur."
OF such stuff are the heroes of the
life-saving service.-Gustav Kobbe in
tie Century.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
FASHION NOTES.
Fine Distinctions in Bodices.

Women call it the "dressy bodice"
now, just to conceal from themselves
the fact that they are still sticking to
fancy waists" The real occasion for
the dressy bodice is for the theater or
for dinner, especially the hotel or res
taurant dinner, the idea being that the
dressiness of the bodice will not betray
itself under the cloak. So the skirt
Worn with even the dressiest sort of a
bodice is often almost q tailor made
cloth for simplicity. The bodice then,
in spite of the kind of skirt, may be as
ornate as white taffeta covered with
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
PER TTNENT.

Flo (proudly)-"O minister doesn't
jump at conclusions"
Jack (sadly)--tI should say he
doesn't. l never knew him to reach a
conclusion in less than an Phil
adelphia Call.
Doctor-Well, it's ten to one you
won't see me tomorrow.
Patient-What! Any d-danger, doc
tor?
Doctor-Oh, no. Those are merely
my office hours.-Harper's Bazaar.
regular local
"They say now that love is controll-
ed by vibrations"
"That's so. I trembled when T pro-
posed, trembled when / asked her IA
Their for her, trembled at the altar, and
she has kept me trembling in my boots
ever ce.'-Detroit Free Press.
'Mistuh Pinkley," said Miss Maimi
Brown, "does you know whut a bird of
paradise is?'
''Well," was the reply, "of co'se I
doesn't know fob sur. But when I
gifts ter de mex worl' I wouldn't be a
spring chicken" -'Washington Star.
Miss Fanny" said the Sunday
school teacher to one of her 16-year- Id
pupils, what are we to infer from the
parable of the five wise and the five
foolish virgins?"
'"That we should always be on the
lookout for the approach of the BRIDE
groom" replied Miss Fanny.-Chicago
News.
The Rev. Benjamin Baxter, colored
minister in Virginia, while conducting
Sunday school recently, was fired at
by one of his pupils with this question
"Why was it, Brudder Baxter, dat
Mozus TUX off his shoes when he wuz
talkin' wild de Lord on Clinch noun
tain?" (Clinch mountain is a local
eminence).
Brudder Baxter scratched his head
for a reason.
Don yo' know dat, Eph ?" the min
lister presently asked in a tone of APP
parent surprise.
mo, doesn't" replied Eph.
'Don' de Bibul say it wuz holy
ground?" asked the preacher.
"Yeh!" assented Eph.
'Well, den, Eph, Mozus TUX off his
shoes to keep from slippin'- into de
holes. Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
W-ArT1NG ron THE MEssAGE,

MATING FOR TIL VI ESSAGE.
1t is now evident that congress will
not declare war without first hearing
from the President and it is not evil
dent that it will declare war after
hearing from him. Yesterday at Wash
ington was a comparatively calm day,
and there was none of the perform
ances that were freely predicted in case
the President didn't tact" 1t is now
expected that his message will be sent
in on Wednesday, and there is much
guessing as to what viii be in it. How
near right the guessers are remains to
be seen, but we think it entirely safe
to predict that the message, like the
other work the President has done in
this emergency, will be sound, sensible
and patriotic. Nor do we believe that
it will be lacking in "firmness.' 1t
may not urge immediate war and it
may possibly show the way to honor
able peace. There Is time for much to
happen between now and Wednesday,
and the situation is likely to change at
any minute. The country and congress
have waited with more patience than
at one time seemed probable. They
can wait quietly a day or two more and
then all will know what has been done
and will perhaps be entirely clear as to
what ought to be done.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other smali
advertisements. One Cent Word each IN
eertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(seven tjmes)
Display advertisements. per inch. one IN n
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40 ;
one year, $40. -
Obituary Notices. in prose or verse; 10
cents per line. Notices Of Births. MAT
riages, Deaths and Funerals. 80 cents each
Local Notices 10 cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr
own immediate business fall matter TO De
understandable. and their contracts 40 NOT
include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05
THE BEST PART OF A CEMETERY.

The BEST PAftI, VI "A ChMhI EN- !.
Probably few people know that there
is a choice side to every cemetery.
Thus, in some parts of the world, the
eastern portion, without regard to its
situation, is always deemed the most
desirable. This preference arises from
the old tradition that our Lord will ap-
pear from the east. 1t is also believed
that the dead in the eastern portion
will be the first to rise; then those in
the southern western and northern in
order. In England it was once the Gus
tom to bury felons and other bad
characters on the north side of the
church. The custom of laying the dead
in certain direction is responsible for
the Welsh designation for the east
wind: 1.-The wind of the dead men,
Memphis Scimitar.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

It is asserted in London that the
health of employees on the underground
railroad is better than on any other
line in England The atmosphere is
said to have positively cured cases Of
quinsy and bronchitis and to have ben
Gifted people with lung troubles.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

"A Baltimore man died leaving his
widow 81 100000 on condition that she
lid not marry again. She thought the
matter over, married her husbands
lawyer, and feels reasonably safe.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

A Maine man who thinks there Will
BOON be another flood is building an
ark. But he says he won't take any
beasts in it unless the owners pay him
well for the accommodation.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

A Pertinent Ouery-"My voice is still
for war; shouted the impassioned ora
tor How about the rest of your"
yelled a sarcastic by-stander.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY,
IS CENTS A WEEK, SO CENTS A MONTH,
90 FOR SIX MONTHS, So A YEAR. THE
SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

HUNTING IN THE BURNING
BUSHES OF TEXAS.
A Southern Pacific advertising man
says: saul, after his conversion,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

The Westminster Gazette learns
from an Indian paper that Mr.. and
Mrs. Thambynayagam are now on
visit to Kovilkudyirruppu Mr.
Thambynayagampill is the son Of
Judge G. S. Arianayagampillai and
son-in-law Of Mr.. A. Jambulingam-
mudelliar.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

THE CARRINGTONP UBLISHINGC co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

A portable electric railroad is now
made in Germany for temporary use
about mines, factories, and garrisons,
which promises to be extremely useful
for rapidly transferring quantities of
goods or ammunition from place to
place. The rails are laid in sections
fastened on sleepers, and at intervals
of about eighty feet there is an in
yerted U-shaped piece of iron which
carries trolley-wire. A construction
car has also been designed that facili-
tates the rapid building of the road
which could be employed in a battle
to carry ammunition to the front from
q base of supplies.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

In future all students and servants
of the University of Freiburg will be
insured against any accident that may
befal1 them within the precincts Of the
university or in any excursion under
taken under the auspices of the pro-
fessors. In case of death the scale of
payment reaches as much as $4,000
marks; temporary disablement is pro-
vided for by suitable allowances, and
the policy covers risks incurred even
through gymnastics or duelling. The
explanation of this appears to be that
Freiburg has lost much of its old pop
ularity, owing to theological squabbles.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

Chicago will have to bestir herself if
she means to keep up with the pro-
cession. Last week at Topeka, Kansas,
Mrs. Bertha Smith was granted her
fifth divorce. When asked by one Of
the lawyers to classify the causes
which led to her former legal separa-
tions, she replied: IT really cannot do
1t. One should not be expected to re-
member all the little things which
make up a married life" Later, when
the lawyer again asked her something
concerning her galaxy of husbands,
she said: ''It is really none of your
business and shall not answer
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

The Army and Navy Year Book rates
the navies Of the world as follows: l.,
Great Britain; e. France; 8, Russia; 4,
italy; S, United States; 6, Germany; 7,
Spain; 5, Japan; 8, Austria, and 10.
Netherlands. Under present naval con-
tracts Japan in 1899 will go to the fifth
place, crowding down the United States
and Germany one point.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

An idea of the expense Of carrying
from the words of Colonel Kimball,
who is connected with the army head
quarters in New York. The Colonel
said: Taking no account of the loss
OF life and the consequent increase in
our pension roll, it will cost about $780,
100000 month to carry on war. 1t
costs about $1,000. for instance, every
time one Of the big coast defense guns
is fired, and an engagement between
two battleships costs about 100000 an
hour
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-05

In Missouri the other day a coro-
ner's Jury returned verdict that "the
decedent came to his death by being
struck by a railroad train in the hands
of receiver" Those who have had
their pocketbooks fattened out by a
railroad in the hands of a receiver can
have some idea of the thoroughness of
this Missouri accident.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

Lead has been discovered near Glen
wood. Wis.
The building strike at Paris is en-
tirely ended.
William w. Boynton, a pioneer ar
chitect of Chicago. is dead.
Mrs. Shermans condition is such as
to give great encouragement to her
physicians.
Clarence Cummings, of Montello Wis.
returned from Porto Rico in a precar-
ious condition.
The president of the Swiss confedera-
ton, NJ. Ruffy, has received threatening
letters from anarchists.
General Macias, recently Spanish
captain general of Porto Rico, has sailed
from San Juan for Spain.
II. f. Schneider, of Woodstock, Ills,
was struck by the Woodstock passenger
train and instantly killed.
Celestin Lazarus, an old member of
the Chicago Board of Trade, died Sat
urday after a long illness.
The British ship Blengfell caught fire
at sea and nine of her crew, including
the captain and his wife and children
perished.
Gus Fregin, a Lacrosse, Wis, lad,
aged II, was run over by street car
and instantly killed. His head was cut
off and both legs and one arm broken.
The residence of George w. Darst.
banker of Eureka. Ills, was destroyed
by fire. The loss amounted to about
s.. 600; is fully covered by insurance.
1t is expected that the emperor OF
China will be formally dePosed Nov. %.
the birthday of the empress dowager,
and that Prince Jun, a boy of Is, will
be nominated as his successor.
Bishop Hartzell, of the Methodist
church, has been commissioned by the
negro republic of Liberia to go to Wash
ington and ask that the republic be
taken under the sheltering wing of the
United States.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
IHPaRrAEr LABOR CASE
Legality OF the Union picker System,
said To BE Involved.

Legality or the Union picker System
said To BE Involved.
Oshkosh, Wis, Oct 1S-The jury in
the Kidd conspiracy case-one growing
out of the strike in the factories here
has not vet been secured 1t is said by
those who are watching the case from
a legal point OF view that the law in
volved in the decision of the case will
he whether or not the practice of main
tanning pickets in the vicinity of the
mills is legal The. defense, which is
composed of Thomas T. Kidd. the lead
er of the recent woodwerksrs' strike;
George Zentner. who admits he was
captain of the pickets. and Michael
Troiber. one of the men who acted as
picket, admit that the pickets were en-
ployed to patrol the entrances to the
Paine Lumber company plant as charged
in the complaint and Il public speech
delivered by Kidd has been introduced
in evidence. showing that he advocated
the maintenance of the men in the VI
cinity of the plants.
The speech contains Kidd's remarks
to the pickets, instructing them what tG
say to men going to work. This being
admitted by the defense, which VIII
argue that strikes and moral suasion in
endeavoring to induce men to quit WORK
have been held by the courts to be le-
GAL this ponit resolves Itself into 4
question of law for the coat to decide.
The very important question concern
ing the alleged concerted action on the
part of the defendants in bringing about
or being responsible for the riots Will
form an issue of fact for the jury.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
Administrators sale of Real Estate.

by virtue OF decree OF sale made and
entered b. The & Duuty court OF the county of
Rock Island and state OF Illinois, the
I4th DIV OF Octob r fses. In certain
caust thea and there pending in sa,d court
for the salc OF ihe r=al estate here
matter described, 10 pay debts wherein
the uudcrSiEued n admin stratrix of the e.
tate of Henry Carste lsen- deceased was Pc
titiOncr anu Worthy Dart Christensen aud the
Rock IL and Savings Bank were defendants.
the undersigned viii. On the 18th day OF No
m NJ the east door OF the coUrti house, in the
city OF FOsK Island. in said county. sell at
public sal 2. 10 the highest bidder for cash in
hand. the following tract OF land with the ap-
purtenances- situated IN sid city. a-d de
scribed us follows. to-wit;
The north SiNty-SeVen ana seNcn-te mt as
t6s s-iul OF that portion OF outlot ~ IN IN
southeast quarter of sec ION number thirty
fve t.sl toyaship number tighteen GS). north
OF range nuT b two (.l- vest of the your N
tftnf PRINCIPAL meridian. IN the city and count '
OF rock tslard and state OF limo :, being
bt "a .ocd = follows.
he ginning a. . . ron stake On the east liue OF
Ninctecutl street. in the city OF Rock Island
ON. ecrss ana uincty seven ami FOURTEEN rs
line rin1iug thence caSge-fy parallel with said
Indian hnuuGl : iine two hundred and eighty
two ana tnree-leuths tsss3-Ill feet 10 the est
hne of tire alley thence north along said Y est
line siNty-cyS ud scVcu-t eutlfS (6Z T-i01 feet,
thence We.teflF parallel with the Indian bOun-
cafy line two hundred and ehtv-f " D and f0Il-
tenths t-s@ i-iol fee 10 Tie east line OF said
Nineteenth street thence south sixty-scyen
and seyen-tentns TO- s-ioi feet 10 the place oi
TogeIhes.wita al the estate. title and inter.
est thereto wucreof said Henry Christensen
deceased. died seized in fee aud AZ 'ht. -
tate title al q interest," therein o. peti ioacr
ard said defendants aud each OF them
Rock IslHHe. Illinois Setoeer - iss.
EkACE z CHRISTENSEN
AdrnIHiStrsstfix OF The { tate OF Henry c. rsten
sen deceased
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
coRoSER,s INQUEST Ar v1RDEN.
Manager Lukins and the Sheriff Reach an
Issue of Veracity.


Springfield, Ills, Oct 1s.!The coro-
ner's inquest into the killing of the
miners and guards in the riot at Virden
last Wednesday was resumed yester-
day morning. and Manager Fred w.
Lulzins, of the Chicago-Virden Coal
company, was examined. Lukins' tes-
timony failed to develop anything that
has not already been brought forth. He
positively declared that from the posi-
tioE he occupied on the inside of the
stockade he had seen the miners fire
the first shots at the train. and that the
train guards did not return the fire un-
til the train had nearly reached the
stockade. He went into detail, and told
Of the differences in the scale and other
matters that led up to the riot. He
denied emphatically that any shots
were fired from the tower.
Lukins' testimony is a fiat contra
diction OF a signed statement made by
Sheriff Davenport. In this statement
the sheriff says:
when the train reached Virden depot
I was on the platform. Then / started
along the track. holding up my hand
commanding peace, but no one heard
me. Between the cars, or from the
cars, from every coach, rifles were fir
ing and men were falling, and from the
rear end two or three officers were
using rifles"
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
BEGINS WITH a JUBILEE MEETING.
Third Day of the Celebration: Winds Up
with a Great Ball.

Third Day OF the Celebration: Winds Up
with "A Great Ball.
Mass meetings were the order of the
day today. The first was held at 1913
a. m. at the Auditorium, attended by
President Mckinley and addressed by
Charles Truax, George r. Peck, Carter
II. Harrison. Archbishop Ireland and
Judge Emory Speer. At 1:S0 p. m. mass
meetings began in the public schools IS
follows: Nettlehorst. LaSalle. Burley,
Anderson. Franklin, Mitchell, Bismarck
Won Humboldt West Division. Marshall,
Tfiden. Chalmers. Medili, FroebeI. Sheri-
dan, Lake High. Holden. Perkins, Bass,
Hyde Park. Douglas, Forrestville, Cur
tbs and Lewis.
At p. m. meetings will begin in
Studebaker hall. Columbia theatre.
First Regiment armory, Second Regi-
ment armory and North Side Turner
hall. Speakers-At the Auditorium. AL
bert J. Beveridge and Cyrus Nerthrup;
at Columbia theatre, General Henry NJ.
Duffield. General Nelson A. Miles and
Booker T. Washington: at First Regi-
ment armory, General William r. Shat
ter. Secretary James Wilson and Mayor
Rose of Milwaukee; at Second regiment
armory, Samuel Gompers; at North Side
Turner hall. General A. r. Chaffee and
Postmaster General Smith.
The closing number on the days pro-
eramme is the grand ball at the Audi
tsriurn. The president and all the dis
tinguished guests Will be there. and the
receipts go to the soldiers and sailors of
this state The presiding genius of the
ball is Mrs. Potter Palmer.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
PILLAGERs HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
The Men Wanted Agree To Come in and
Surrender.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Adjutant Gen
eraI Corbin late last night received a
dispatch from General Bacon indicating
that the Indian uprising in Minnesota
is practically at an end The dispatch
is dated Walker, Mimi, Oct II and
says: AT a council with the hostile In
dams today the latter said they wanted
no more fighting with United States SOL
diers and agreed to come and surrender
on Wednesday. This is the result of
their defeat when engaged with me on
the 5th. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones has been shown this telegram and
concurs in the entire foregoing state
ment"
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
First Native Pearl Button.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Oct. 1s.-The first
pearl buttons ever manufactured from
Rock river clamshells in this section of
the country were turned out Satur-
day by the GAINESVILLE Pearl Button
company, whose factory is now in full
blast in this city. The quality of the
buttons are considered to be as fine as
any made in Europe, and the local firm
is highly elated over the outlook A
well-known Chicago jobber has con-
tracted to take the entire output re-
On arfiless of limit
Rock Island Argus., 1898-10-18
Acme Packet Co.

Rock Island and Davenport & Clin-
ton and Fulton packet line. Fast and
finely equipped steamers City of Wi
mona and Verne Swain. Delightful
steamers for pleasure parties. Boats
leave at z a. m. and 2:45 p. m. Boats
meet at LeClaire. Round trip to that
point so cents.
To PARTIES of 10 or more, round
trip rate to Clinton 75c. Regular
Sunday round trip rate to Clinton SOC.
For freight and passenger rates and
all other Information in regard to any
of the above lines inquire of
GEO. LAMONT & SON, Agents.
Foot of 18th St. Telephone 1IO5