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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24

''dolph, ]. W.swsshington, H. A. J.
Mcdonald, Frank Andrews, W. H.
Gest, w. F. Schroeder, Mack Sny-
der, G. A. johnson, John Du-
den, L. McGill, W. A. Meese,
p. A. Merriman, A. H. Kohler.
c. P. Skinner, F. w. Rank, Rober,
Whiteside, A. H. Arp. Frank John.
son. Frank P. Hall, Fred Watt, Frank
Rogers, William Edelman, George Nc.
Murphy, DIR. John Reiter, G. A. Wig.
gins. E. G. Frazer. James Clegg. CIV.
rus Miller, o. L. Bruner. George E.
Spickler. James Hutchinson, Johr
Eckhart. Frank Reynolds. The dele.
gationwas approved by the convention
Preliminary Squabbles.
There were two exciting ante-con.
vention incidents. One occurred last
night when the delegates from Rocl
Island met to select delegate at large
and after choosing j. L. Haas, asked
the First and Seventh ward represen.
tatives to retire. This failing. al
were asked to remain after the meet.
| ing but the First and Seventh-tht
scheme of the successful crowd being
to fix things up for the fight today
The effect of both was to promote
anything but good feeling. Thi,
morning, still intoxicated with vic.
tory, the leader of the Searle faction
met one of the Searle men who had
heretofore been associated with the
friends of Prince. and insulted him
Another disgraceful street fight was
narrowly averted. Prince and hi.
man, Friday Freer, were in town
for the purpose of rescuing what was
possible from the wreck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
DANGERS MET IN CUBA.
Our Soldiers Must Face the
Deadly Mauser Bullet.
PESTS WITH POISONOUS BITES.

Scorpions and Centipeds In Abundance.
Rattlers Baak In the Tropical Sun.
Millions Of Fleas and Flies which A..
tack the Eyes. /.
One of the dangers which our soldiers
must face in Cuba is the Mauser rifle. It
Is UNNECESSARILY superior to the old SPRING
field, superior, in fact, to any gun we have
save the Lee and the Krag Jorgenscn. Its
rapidity, long range, accuracy and low
trajectory have moro than doubled the
danger spaces up to mile, and it is ex-
ccedingly disagrceable even beyond that
distance. The general penetration Of the
nickel jacketed bullet may be stated at
$40 Of an inch Of steel, 81 inches Of oak
and three inches of beech Singulariy
enough it has been demonstrated that the
best defense against it Is loose sand, and
attacking parties Of the future will throw
up miniature embankmcnts in front Of
each squad. This can be done readily and
rapidly with the bayoncts. The lead pencil
bullet pcnetrates some Is inches into sand
and is then battered out of all resemblance
to its original self 1t is shockingly fatal.
It was Professor Hebler of Berlin who
first showed that the As calibcr was about
one-third too large and that a cylinder re-
duced to a caliber of 30 with a very rapid
twist would give the best results. This
reduction has lessened the weight of the
bullet by one-half and increased it's ve-
locity by 80 per cent The velocity has been
further increased by the change Of pow.
der The soldier is now able to carry with
him double the old supply of ammunition.
The difference between the nickel jacket
ed bullet, the steel hardened bullet and the
German silver bullet, by which the soldiers
Of Wilhelm swear, is largely one Of imag-
ination. They will all kill at tremendous
ranges Perhaps the best general results
arc given by the nickel projectile, whose
pcnctrative powers are simply phenomenal
Guns with greater range would be ineffect-
i've on account of tho limited muscular
and visual power Of men. From the mod
ern arm 40 shots minute may be fired II
the soldier has spare magazine ready for
adjustment. II . man stands near him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
River Ripleta.

The Lydia Van SAINT came down.
The Winona and Verne Swain were
in port.
The Will Davis brought.down eight
strings of logs.
The j. W. Van SAINT came down
with "a strings of logs.
The stage of water at the Rock Isl
and bridge is 3.75; the temperature
80. The water is rising at st. Paul.
but is stationary or falling at all other
points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
Fined for Playing on Sunday.

indianapolis. MAY A.-The cases of
the indianapolis and Kansas City base
Lall players who tried to play a West
ern League game Sunday, came up In
police court yesterday. None CT the
players was present. The attorney for
the players moved to squash the afifda-
Wits. but Judge Cox thought differently
and fined each of the participants 81
and costs. Hogrisver's fine was ex.
acted In order to raake q test case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
Doings in Congress Briefed.

Washington, May 24.-For FIVE hours
yesterday the senate had the war reve.
nue. measure under discussion The en-
tire time was occupied by Chiffon
Lodge and Turley. No action Of any
kind was taken upon the bill.
The day In the house was devoted
chiefly to the consideration of Distric,
Of Columbia legislation. Two bills OF
minor importance affecting the volun.
teer military were passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
This Is a Fisherman. story.

New York. May PA special from
Key West to The Evening World says: A
fisherman reports that at 2p m. Sunday
afternoon while he was off Gonaives, on
the west coast Of this island. he saw
three steamers coming from the north
and bound south, going at full speed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
Did We Say That to Rome ?

London. May 24.-The Rome corre-
spondent of The Chronicle says he
learns that the Vatican's declaration Of
neutrality was due to a notification
from Washington that no manifesto
tons of sympathy with Spain would be
tolerated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
The Upper End.

Port Byron. May 24.-The democrat
ic delegates selected from Port Byron
were instructed for c. C. Coyne for
county treasurer, and all the delegates
from the upper end of the county are
for him for the nomination for which
he is candidate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24

When Weak. Weary and Wasted
from kidney diseases, why not try
Foley's Kidney Cure, a guaranteed
medicine. For sale by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
Ten Cameras
! Free!

The ARGUS. with its usual enterprise.
has arranged to give 10 Regent ca.
meras complete absolutely free to the
first 10 boys or girls who secure 10
new subscribers to THE ARGUS for the
term of four weeks each. The first 10
who bring in the subscribers will get
the cameras. All others will be paid
in cash suitable amounts for their re-
spective efforts. 1t is no trouble to get
subscribers now. Everybody wants
the war news, which is given to the
public every evening by THE ARGUS,
through the Associated Press. The
only paper in Rock Island or Moline
giving this reliable service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24

Subscribe for The ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
The Cameras, though small,
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an excellent
picture.

They are just the thing for the begin
ner. Read what the outfit contains:
The Regent camera takes a picture
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printing vaper, two developing trays,
one printing frame, all the required
chemicals and the material for making
ruby lamp. Full printed instructions
accompany each outfit. The whole
packed in neat box.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24
THE CONDITIONS:

Any person who discontinues the paper
after the publication of the offer will
not be accepted as new subscriber.
Any bright boy or girl ought to be able
to get their 10 subscribers in at least
two days.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

California's pride is too great for that. Our reputation is good throughout the land, and mot half bad" across the At lantic. The alumni of the university form noteworthy nucleus of public sentiment. Our sons and daughters will keep us all in mind of our high educa- tional obligations.
 The State may justly expect the CO., operation of private beneficence, and the most striking sign of the new era Is that such beneficence has set strong ly In our direction. Important gifts from individuals had been received be- lore, but all too seldom for our full en- couragement. Tompkins, Reese, Har- mon, Bacon, Mills-such names were scattered thfnly along the years.
 But now we rejoice in still ampler and still more frequent gifts. Mrs Phebe A. Hearst, after valuable aid to the Lick Observatory and still more valuable help in scholarships for young women, has now delighted and en- chanted us by her new and splendid benefactions.
 While we were congratulating our- selves on these benefactions another noble minded woman lately bestowed also a magnificent gift. The property at MenlG Park given by Miss Cora Jane Flood will in time possess great value for the university. and especially
  merce. To go further back, the gift of Hon. Adolph Sutro of a site for the Affiliated Colleges building is to be counted among our most important pos sessions, and the generosity of Edward F. Searles. Esq, in the gift of the Mark Hopkins Institute, is likewise princely. The Levi Strauss scholarships come into the same recent cycle. Our library has been enriched by many important donations It is net the fact of one great gift that makes a new era so much as the clustering together of gifts. like the jewels of a diadem, evincing the deep interest of the people of the State in their university.
 The opening of the new era will ha signalized by the flourishing condition of century plant long maturing. viz. the close utilization between the uni verslty and the schools of the State, By its range of studies the university is at the head of the school system. But 1t claims no authority and it needs the hearty cooperation of the high schools. For years it has been offering its aid to these schools. and through them to the lower schools. There is proDably no State in the Union where these reciprocal relations are more cor dial or more promising for the stability ana. prosperity of the university.
 These are few of the considerations 1e :, -..S. JoaelAS us III speaking or new era for the State University. US sroWth was nearly always firm and sure Its more recent growth has been phenomenal It has the good will of the cltlzens at large. The farmers rec ognlze its good work for them; the mer- chants nail the establishment of thsN new college of commerce. Splendid gl1ts Tor buildings are pouring in. which need only to be complemented by en- doWments for many chairs of instruc- ton. If the university is wisely di- rected Tn the future. if regents, faculty and students cherish the true university spirit our brightest hopes for the new era cannot fall of realization.
 MARTIN KELLQGR.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

1 ! the Eastern States Harvard has
 long shed a luster on Massa- chusetts, Yale on Connecticut, Prince ton on New Jersey. Abroad Berlin, Leipzig and whole cluster of universi- ties have helped to place Germany in the very front rank of nations. Oxford and Cambridge are the imperishable glory of England. The sons of bleak Scotland have gone forth from Edin- boro to Aberdeen to win pre-emi- hence in many lands. Among our own State universities Michigan has led the way of success, and reflects no small glory on that commonwealth. Other States have followed her lead, and now a long chain of State foundations is rising to an assured and noble place in our American world.
 Thirty years ago California laid the foundations of such an institution. It built on the bounty of the nation, on its own subsidies, on the voluntary self surrender of the older college of Cali fornia. The State of California has al- ways been generous to it's university, but in the nature of things the growth of the new institution was slow. The call for the higher education was linn ited, the repute of the young university was not yet a powerful magnet: so the graduates of Eastern colleges preferred to send their sons to the old homes. Our university had it's fluctuations; at times it even receded in numbers and influence. But on the whole it made substantial progress. In 1886 an impor- tant forward step was taken, when a one-cent tax was granted, in lieu of rff ffC saynrR .,Sats sa&,r
 ture. Not many years afterward the number of students began to increase in a remarkable wayj From a round 400 in 1890, the attendance at Berkeley ran rapidly up to over 1900 in 1S96
 The Legislature of 1897 granted an additional one-cent tax, and voted it without dissenting voice. It's visiting committees found at Berkeley the most pressing need for this assistance The buildings were greatly overcrowded, the instructors classes were twice or thrice too large for proper manage ment. Great relief has been afforded by this additional income. Several new buildings have been erected, and the subdivided sections have been more ef- ficiently taught. But even then the university's funds have by no means kept pace with the multiplied numbers ot the students. In the past ten years the numbers to be provided for have increased more than fourfold. At pres ent the student roll at Berkeley runs up to nearly 1600 The States good faith is pledged to give to all of them suit able rooms. equipment and instruction. Of course, 1t would be deathblow to our progress if any part of the States aid were withdrawn.
 The new era for our university IS grounded on the assurance that Cali fornia will continue to be a generous foster mother. We cannot believe that as the university has grown stronger and more distinguished the citizens of the State will lose their interest In it. or allow its just claims to so uuheeded,
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

T HE present buildings of the
 State University are soon to be wiped out of existence.
 Not one stone is to be left
 standing upon another. The famous halls of learning will disappear from sight as completely as if they never had been.
 All this was told me a few days ago by one of the Berkeley professors as we stood at the end of the road that winds out of the forest of oaks. We were looking across the campus and saw the venerable, dignified old struc- ture that so many of US revere, bathed in the soft light of the December sun shine.
 l turned and looked at the professor in amaZement.
 What" 1 asked, will they tear down dear old North Hall? Will they tear down that venerable old library with it's tiers and tiers of valuable books? Will they tear down every thing"
 Yes, everything" he answered. "even the last new building erected, the school of mines.
 Its going to be the finest university in the world" said the professor. The main building is to be right along there. overlooking the Golden Gate. On either side are to be others, all in the same style of architecture and con- forming to the general plan of con- struction.
 Our new home is to be absolutely perfect. On wonder hill just above where the big oak grows the observa- tory will stand.
 AS the professor talked 1 saw the whole face of nature embellished by the art of man. Towers of shining marble rose high in the air and the sun flashed on gilded domes. Fountains played, and the air was filled with music. The grass of the campus was as green as an emerald.
 Are you sure this is all going to be?" I asked.
 Ten million dollars is already se- cured and more is sure to be on hand when anted Architects are now at work fi..ishing the working plans. For some tine past several of us had earn estly discussed the project of having university buildings erected on set tied plan with a definite architectural design in view. Here we have the
 
 we wanted to see it taken advantage of: to see it properly embellished. We talked the matter over time and again, but could not see how to gain our first point-money With money we could obtain the proper plans for a university and also the power to carry out the plans. Thvn came along the woman who gave a practical turn to all our plans and thus made the start in what will be the New University of Califor- mia, and with this site and the plans proposed it is bound to be the most beautiful institution architecturally in the whole world.
 Mrs. Hearst began by furnishing the money to get set of designs made by some of the greatest living archi- tects and also guaranteed a couple of million dollars to be used in erecting two buildings In the new designs. Her action pointed the way to many others of our best citizens. Several of them have made promises that indicate we will have over s5,000, ,000 when the work begins. There is enough on hand now to carry on the work for several years" The general scheme of a new uni- versity home dates back to a certain day good many years ago when Prof. c. W. Jones and Mir B. W. Maybecl1 were discussing the urgent necessity of.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

V N writing on the New Era of Stanford University" l have first to say that, so far as I know, no
 new era" is dawning or likely to dawn I trust that none may be neces- sary. It is our hope that it's growth in soundness and effectiveness may be steady and continuous, without notable boom" therefore without danger of collapse. At any rate. it has thus far had but one "era," which is now seven years long.
 When its doors were opened in 1891 a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express, l. believe, commented on it's uselessness, and expressed it's belief that the need of another university in California was about as great as that Of an asylum for decayed sea captains in Switzerland" It foretold that Stan ford professors, if any were needed, would for years to come deliver their lectures in marble halls to empty benches"
 The facts of to-day are against this prophecy. The lecture rooms and lab oratories of the new institution have been crowded to the utmost from the day of opening. In the class rooms made ready in 1891 for 800 students 1924 were crowded in 1898. Of these 438 were young women, 766 young men S55 were from California, 257 from States to the east of the Rocky Noun tains, with a respectable percentage from Japan, Brazil, Mexico and the countries of Europe. It is at least evil dent that the university has met or made distinct demand somewhere. It is out of the category of the decayed 4,,., r-t have found no Sinecure, and the mar ble halls" have found more than the voice of one man to raise their echoes.
 Admitting that the university has found a place in California, that it is a real thing with real purposes and that it has come to stay, what is the basis of it's success? In other words, what are it's working ideals?
 It is not for me to answer this. I am too near the work to judge it impartial ly. The unforeseen conditions of the last five years have forced the uni Nersity to adjust it's ideals to uney pected facts. It has considered not what is ideally best, but what is best under the circumstances. The tre- mendous strain of life and death liti- gation wantonly thrown upon it and on it's devoted founder at a time of the greatest financial stress was something unparalleled in university experiences In this time of stress We have devel- oped some new ideals-not those of scholarship, perhaps, but rather those of nerve, faith and endurance The veXatious lawsuit and the successive victories at football were not without a certain relation of cause and effect.
 If we must choose from the old stock of Stanford ideals.' I should say that the highest one was this. A university, like an individual. must have a character of its own. If it is merely collection of books, desks, chemicals, microscopes. rules and reg ulations, with professors anxious chiefly Ito hold down their jobs," 1t
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
BY PRESIDENT MARTIN KELLOGG.
And It's Future.

UNIVERSITY worthy of the
 name is one of the things that
 give distinction to a State. In the Eastern States Harvard has
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

. HE present buildings of the State University are soon to be wiped out of existence.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
A WAR STORY.

Generous Tribute to Brave Confsder-
-r--sa ate Omcer-a -ras-.rr-.--e.-----.
"The day before Gen. Lee surren-
dered," said a confederate officer the
other day to q Philadelphia Press man.
Il crossed Sailors creek, a small stream
in Prince Edward county, Virginia.
which follows the track Of the Rich
mond & Danville railroad and empties
into the AppomattoX river There was
only handful of my company left and
as l reached the summit OF the hill
which skirts its eastern bank l turned
to- see If the federals-who had been
hotly pursuing us were in view.
LAS ! did so | observed a man wear
ing the uniform of confederate officer
ride slowly along the precipitous side
Of the stream opposite us and evidently
searching for a crossing At this mo-
ment a long steeI-tipped blue line of
federal infantry crowned the hill above.
in full view and within easy range Of
the horseman. Apparently abandon
ing all hope Of escape.the latter turned
and rode directly toward the enemy's
line AS we watched him. breathless
with anxiety lest the signal Of surren-
der should be too long delayed. he sud-
denly wheeled about. put spurs to his
horse, and, dashing down the declivity,
cleared the stream with bound Not
a shot was fred at the bold rider. AS
ne reached the opposite bank a spon-
taneous shout went up from the whole
Iine-a generous tribute from the brave
10 the brave moment after the con-
federate was Ia the midst of US and we
recognized IN him Gen James A.
Walker. the commander OF the old
StoneWaL brigade