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Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
MOLINE MEANS BUSINESS.
Will Go After D., Il. i. l. n. in Connection
With Franchise Extension.


Just at this time when the Daven-
port, Rock Island & Northwestern
people are making arrangements for
the opening of the Clinton extension
and the use of the new Crescent
bridge, there bobs up in Moline the
fact that the company's franchise in
that city becomes null and void after
Jan. 1. The city council has held
it's last regular meeting of the year,
and the next time it conyenes will be
Tuesday, Jan. 2, so that should an
extension be requested special meet
ing would be necessary, and even
then the prospects are that it will re-
quire several meetings and much dis
cussion to settle the terms on which
the extension will be granted.
Says the Dispatch: Moline is go
ing to make several demands on the
Terminal people before an extension
of the franchise is granted. Several
of the aldermen have expressed them
selves as favoring the planking down
of good-sized bond guaranteeing the
completion of the line to the city
limits, the erection of freight and
passenger depots, a train service
equivalent to that provided the other
two cities, and a share at least of the
expense of providing a permanent
sewer in the tailrace."
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
No Right to Ugliness.

The woman who is lovely in fac Q
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be at
tractive must keep her health. If she
is weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble,
her impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and wretch
ed complexion. Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to
rurify the blood. 1t gives strohg
nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvet
skin; rich complexion. 1t will make
a good-looking, charming woman of a
rundown invalid. Only 80 cents At
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
IN THEIR OWN BEHALF.
Statements from the Rival Tele-
phone Interests.

Bills Il Wortham Have Local Endorsement.
TO the citizens of Davenport, Rock
Island and Moline: The attention of
the undersigned committees has been
called to the fact that persistent
misrepresentation is being made as to
the Endorsement by us of Messrs. Bills
and Workman. representing the Union
Electric Telephone IL Telegraph COM
pany, to the effect that different
mem bers of the committees had since
changed their views.
Such statements we denounce as
untrue The committees indorse-
meDt of these promoters has been
ratified by our respective organiza-
tions. One mem ber OF the Rock ISL
committee failed to concur in our in
dorsement; but as he was alone in his
opinion, we presented the Majority
report, indorsing Bills & Wort ham,
and said report was adopted without
a dissenting vote.
The splendid success achieved by
Messrs Bills & Workman in signing
up an overwhelming majority of the
representative business houses, war
rants the belief that they, and they
alone, can succeed in spite of the ef-
forts made to confuse the public and
split up and disintegrate the inde-
pendent movement.
Signed:
Committee for Rock Island Club
G. L. Eyster, Il. j. Medill, Jr., f
II. Guyer, J.. S. McCabe, w. g..
Maucker.
Committee for Rock Island Retail
Merchants Association-M. II. Sex
ton, w. &. Maucker.
Committee for Moline Retailers As
sociatiou-Charles Holmgren, Axel
Sorting, j. III. Effiandt.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
MODERN SLAVERY
Caused by Weak. Exhausted Stomachs, l.
Almost Universal.


You, reader, would not permit your
neighbor to call you out of bed at mid
night and oblige you to walk the pave
nent for two or three hours every
night. You would not allow him to
burn your hand wilfu11y, nor to cut
your finger off, just to please him.
Why, then, do you allow your stomach
to cause you loss of sleep, nightmare,
and continual suffering? Every dys-
peptic, every sufferer from indigestion.
biliousness, heartburn, waterbrash,
catarrh of the stomach and other stom-
ach diseases, is a slave to his or her
stomach. There is one way-on1y one
of breaking the chains of this s1av-
cry: That is by using Dodd's Dyspep-
sia Tablets.
These digest the food you have eaten.
They don't need aid from the stomach,
which is therefore given time to rest
and gain strength. They regulate the
bowels, which carry off the waste por-
ton of the food not used in making
blood. Thus the stomach is emptied
and prepared to receive the next meal.
No foul gas can form in the stomach
if you use Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets,
for the food is digested by them at
once and does not remain in the stom-
ach to rot and cause disease.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
1.-THE FOUNDERS"

Introducing DAN DAILY, and the fol-
lowing all star cas-: Richard F Carroll,
Especially engaged,J Mabel Gilman
harry ID Iyenport, NJ .rts George. ID. l..
Don, MID ed Meade. Max Free nan.
Sarah McEicEer. Sol SOlom IN, Ne Ia
Webb. Frederick Urbra'. Eva Kelly,
Harry Stewar.. Su-ie Drake. Arthur
Eiheringtou. Avis Folger. Joseph Kane,
Pauline Chase y. Wheeler Earl. Ida
Rock. Henri Chaiile. Zella Frank. Hor
ace Hahn. Leila Romer Tom Collius,
and PhvilS Rankin Chorus OF seventy.
Seat sale Friday morning.
r. ices EOc. 75c. 81 and $3.50
Seats at Fiuke'S
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandm others never thought of using
anything else for indigestion or bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of appendicitis,
nervous prostration or heart failure,
ETC. They used August Flow
er to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food, reg
ulate the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a
few doses of Green's August Flower,
in liquid form, to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. Sample bottles free at T. H.
Thomas
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
TAKES A HIGH PLACE.
Stands Well In the Estimation of
the People.
Attention Is Naturally Excited When
Anything Is Praised by People
Whom We Know.

A thing that stands high in the esti-
nation OF the public, and which is
especially recommended by Rock ISL
and people, naturally excites our at
tention more than If our own people
did not praise the article. Such a
thing is going on right here in Rock
Island every day, people are praising
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids, because they
cure. There is no deception. no hum
bug they do positively cure. and we
furnish the evidence.
Mrs. Agnes Mcdonald, 523 Eighth
street. Rock Island, says: II was at
tackled with a severe pain across the
small of my back caused from disor-
cred kidneys, also with spells of nerv-
business. Learning about Morrow's
Kid-re-oids 1 procured package and
took them according to directions,
and was soon entirely relieved of all
my troubles.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but yellow tablets, and sell at so
cents box at all drug stores and at
Bahnsen's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
featured by John Morrow & Co.,
Chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
COULD BEAR A SHOCK.
He Was Short on Lungs, hut Decid-
edly Long on Nerve.


edly Long on Nerve.
The young man was either an op-
timist or the possessor of a harveyized
steel armor plated nerve. Perhaps he
was ! Eltle of both.
A short time ago he came to the con-
clusion that he would like to insure his
life. With this object in view he made
application to prominent company
After filling up the necessary form he
received an invitation to call upon the
medical officer of the company and
undergo the usual medical eXamina-
ton. In due course he presented him.
self at the office of the examining ply
sician.
Requesting the young man to remove
his coat and vest, the doctor produced
a stethoscope and began his examina-
ton. All at once he stopped and re-
garded the candidate with an express
sion of alarm.
Young man." he said, do you think
you can bear shock:"
"Oh. think Sor' was the cheerful re-
sponse. Fire away and let me hear
the worst"
"You have only one lung" announc-
ed the doctor solemnly.
''Well, what of that?" retorted the
candidate, with the utmost composure.
Il never told you 1 had cny more,
did I?''
What" exclaimed the doctor, do
you mean to say you We're aware of
your condition."
'Of course 1 was. Do you suppose
a man could have only one lung with
out being aware of the fact?'
'.And yet" said the doctor, "you an-
ply to a respectable company for pol:
cy of life insurance. Do you expect 10
get it,"
II certainly do. Not only that, but
think 1 ought to get it at a substantial
reduction in the premium
Upon what ground, may 1 ask?'
Upon the ground that, having only
one lung, am so per cent less liable to
contract consumption than If 1 had
two lungs. Rival.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-oI

Ask your grocer today to show you
package of Grain-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The chi .dren may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult. All who
try it like it. Grain-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. One-fourth the price of coffee.
Is and % cents per package. Sold by
all grocers
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
AMUSEMENTS.
BvRTIsoPERAhovsE:
Tuesday Evening. Dec. 26.

Only eugagem ent in Davenport prior to
the L1ndon. England, season. GEO.
W LEDERER'S latest and gre Attest
New Yo- k Casino success,
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26

It's the little colds that grow into
big colds; the big colds that end in
consumption and death. Watch the
little colds. DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. For sale by Marshall & Fisher,
druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-26
1t Hits the Spot.

When suffering from a severe cold
and your throat and lungs feel sore.
take dose of Foley's Honey and Tar,
when the soreness will at once be re-
lieved, warm grateful feeling and
healing of the parts affected will be
experienced and you will say: 'eIt
feels So good. 1t hits the spot. -
Guaranteed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
Hotel Arrivals.

Arlington-C. S. Bond, Richmond, Ind.
F. d. Hardin. Albany. n. Y; H. Marx. Gin
cinnau; j. B. Herrick, Chicago.
Cochran-T. c. Power, Montana; G.. r.
Wilbur. Boston.
Ebbitt-SS. H. Daniels, San Francisco, Cal
l. H Mumford, New York; ]. b. Redfield,
United States navy.
Metropolitan-S. B. Benar. Philadelphia:
V. NJ. Backus. Indianapolis, Ind; o. ].
Davis, Toledo, Ohio; f. Potter. San Fran
cisco. Cal.
National-L. W. Hullinger. Springfield.
Ohio. H. K. Marvill, Philadelphia
Raleigh-E. s. Jackson. Philadelphia: G.
J. Akers, Chicago: H. King. Pittsburg: f.
H. Kidder. Boston.
Regent-B. F. Garland, New York; ]. H.
Harris. Allentown, Pa
Rigss-J. E. Farnham. Boston; j. X.
Warren, Worcester, Mass; H. A. Simmons.
Ohio.
Shoreham--C. Cary, Buffalo. N. Y; H. w.
Bettmann. Cincinnati; A. n. Raymond, Chi
cago; T. w. Phillips, New Castle, Pa.
St. James-H. Benedict, Nashville, Tenn
S. Q. Edison, East Orange, n. j.; Jno. Har-
rison, Dayton Ohio.
Wellington-N. w. Massfield, Boston; G.
G, Harding, st. Louis.
Willard-R. H. Norton. Chicago; R. Rob-
ertson, Buffalo N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
GRAND ARMY MEN PROTEST..
congress Asked to Prohibit Wearing
of Imitation Uniforms

AT a regular meeting of Phil Sheridan
Post. No Il, Department of the Potomac,
G. A. r., held Friday evening, the Dist uIti-
mo, resolutions were adopted setting forth
forth that
The custom of wearing limitations of the
uniforms as well as the decorations and
insignia of rank of commissioned and nom
commissioned officers Of the army, navy
and Marine Corps of the United States has
become con- mon and is being prostituted to
such degree in advertising cheap goods
and cheap shows, and also to distinguish
grades in the mental employees in hotels
theaters and even in disreputable and aues-
tionabe places of business, as to tend to
bring into dfsrepute and lessen the respect
all true Americans feel for these indications
of honorable rank and distinction"
Congress is asked ito enact law to pre-
vent the wearing Of any Uniform or marks
Of distinction copied after or resembling
in imitation, the uniforms and insignia OF
rank worn by commissioned and non-com-
missioned officers of the army. navy and
Marine Corps of the United States. and i'm
posing a penalty for any violation or in
fringement of such law"
The post invites the cooperation of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal
Legion, the Union Veteran Legion, the
Union Veteran Union, the Confederate Vet
Grams, the Sons of Veterans the Soldiers
and Sailors Of the War with Spain, and all
other military and loyal organizations in
the United States in this movement.
The circular announcing the adoption OF
these resolutions is signed by jeff H. Jen-
nings, commander, and w. Z. Post, adju-
tant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
EARLY MORNING FISHERMEN.
They Attract Attention, Get Arrested
and Are Fined.

William H. Newman, James Thompson
and William Warming, young co,ored men,
were before Judge Kimball today, charged
with being Migrants and suspicious persons
Policemen Adams and johnson arrested
them about 4:30 o'clock this morning near
18th and H streets and found a bunch of
keys on one of them. On the bunch are
two Yale keys numbered ''2S6," and they
are held at the first police station for their
owner
1t was alleged that one of the men was
found in the alley in rear of a dwelling
This the defendants denied. One of them
said he lives in Freenan's alley while the
others have homes on Marion street
We had been fishing" answered one Of
the defendants, when asked where he had
been last night.
Where are your fish," he was asked
I'VE cooked EN- and ct EN- up was his
answer.
DO you know where you were fshing?"
AT the bathing beach
What did you see down there?"
The mud boats and people fishin'."
Where are your lnes?"
Here they are" the defendant answered
taking the lines from his pocket
How many fish did you catch?"
"A whole lot of EN-
The court heard other testimony and fined
the defendants $40 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
May 2.-Grain:
CHICAGO. May 2.-Provisions
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. May 2.-Flour quiet. unchanged
receipts, 1857 barrels; exports, 3d. 1877 barrels
sales. $50 barrels. Wheat dull and easy; spot and
the month, T5lsa75as; June. I5l2a75Si; July, 10
Ash bushels; exports, stock, go 467 bushels
sales 81 900 bushels; southern by sample 70a 7G1s
do. on grade liars Corn easier; spot, 3Slha3sN
the mouth ssAassi3; July, ssssa3sss; steamer mix
ed, 36aia37; receipts, 1896 bushels; exports H.
1872 bushels: stock. 121 ,131 bushels: sales 1900
bushels southern white corn, 4ia4lts; do. yellow
39Rai0. Oats quiet; No. white, 35as5h; No. 2
II ne; stock, 209.6 43 bushels. Rye dull and lower
No. western 63M; receipts, Is, III bushels; ex-
ports. none; stock, 1874 0SI bushels. Hay STEADY;
choice timothy: s12axl25o. Grain freights firmly
held rates steady; steam to Liverpool, per bushei
ID, May: Cork for orders. per quarter. Is cd AIS
May. Sugar strong, unchanged Butter quiet, I'M
changed. Eggs quiet. unchanged Cheese quiet
unchanged. Lettuce, $la$1-5 per bushel box
Whisky unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-reguar call IL O'Clock m Calun,bta Rail
l1O $500 at 1o Gca2pis II iiG ns soo 81
at 5s Capital Traction. % at 82%. ~ at 49,. 29t
s2 Is 02s 70 at S2q4, g at S2 ~ d 10 -.
st l IN at 20 10 at 2lgl. 10 at 2aU 10
10 at 2ls!2, 10 219Ia 10 at 2Is>, 10 at 2ieS II
at 2lsSs at 2l9|s. 10 at 2IgI. 10 at 5igi. 10 AZ
2I9!g Lsnston Mono!ype 10 at 20 After call ca :,
u rs : Electric Light, at 800
,, District Of Columbia Bonds. is, 1929, 2o-yeer
funding 100 bid Is, 1901. water stock los md
S.SSs 1924. funding, liz bid Iis asked wv '1'
70. aiisGeane9us bends Metropolitan Railroad Is.
1872 bid; Metropolitan Railroad cert. indebt r.
Raad % mort 5s iiS bid III is Ind asked euS
s and 81 suburban Railroad = lo7 bid, Washington
imp es 80 asked u set Fst Erh Is CERT deb S
Tepho Sd 81 Isl ios s't lid and 70
and Trust As, 100 bid. Washington Market %. Isl
bid Washington Market Co. e1tn Is ids hid Ma
sonic Hall Association 5s los bid. American 1iranh
National Bank Stocks. Bank Of Washington. $40
bid n, Metropolitan $50 bid 500 asked. Farmers
1870 bid. West End, 1856 bid. i4S asked TrS9ers
l2o bid Lincoln. 124 bid l39 asked.
Deposit and Trust, 1885, bid. las asked washing
ton Loan and Trust, 1ei bid, I65 asked washing
II Insurance Firemen's. 30 hid. Franklin
AZ bid Metrc politan. 30 bid. Corcoran, 10 bid
Amecan 30 bid Natfo1a Hsioa ial S Ssr is
asked Columbia, las bid. Riggs, SIS bid. Peo-
merciai, AZ bid 5 asked. l. O''' 10 "'Aeo CON-
Title Insurance stocks Estate Title. s2 bid
Columbia Title. SIS bid, 81. asked. Washingtoa
Title; ~ bid. District Title. bid, asked
Railroad Stocks--Capital Traction Co., p2bs bid
92A asked Metropolitan trust receipts 22SL asL
ed. Columbia trust receipts, lat bid. City and
is bid
Gas and Electric Light Stocks. washfngton Gas
osA bid, 90 asked Georgetown Gas, so bid SO
asked. L. ). Electric Light. l45 bid.
Telephone Stocks.-Ibesapeake and Potomac az
bid, so asked. Pennsylvania. 20 bid.
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Mergenthaler IADotyDe
2i9h bid, 2l93s asked Lanston MoDotype 20 hji
201a asked. American Grsphophone, l3A bid 49,
asked. American Graphophone preferred ia bid
14l asked Pneumatic Gun Carriage 20 hid "a
asked. Washington Market, IA bid. Great Falls
Ice. 148 bid. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
ITO bid. Lincoln Hall, 100 asked.
xFsx dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TRUST
Witnesses Who Will Appear Before the In
dustrial Commission.
senator Kyle Resigns Chairman
Business Observation-Disclosures of
May Assignments.

The industrial commission held a business
meeting this morning and tomorrow will
resume the hearing of witnesses who will
testify concerning several lines of industry
This morning the commission received
the resignation of Senator Kyle as chair
man Mir. Kyle stated that i'll health made
it impossible for him to perform the duties
of chairman.
The schedule of May assignments of wit
nesses. as far as 1t has been arranged. fol-
lows: May 3. Mrs. Florence Kelly of Chi
cago. on general labor topics. May t. Lee
Grand Powers, labor commissioner of Min
uesota. May >. David Ross secretary bu-
reau of labor statistics. Illinois. on general
labor topics; C. W. Perkins. president
! Cigarmakers' Union Chicago. May 6,
! Henry White, secretary of the United Car
ment Workers Association. May g. John
T. MCDonough. now secretary OF state of
New York, former labor commissioner of
New York; Adolph Strasser of the Cigar
makers Union-Mr. Strasser will testify
especially on trade unions. May 9, Samuel
3. DOunely, president of the International
Typographical Union; James Duncan of
the Granite Cutters National Union. May
IL. Walter J. Mullin of Wooster. Ohio. and
X. e. Brooks of Scranton, Pa, mine own
ers.
Trust unnecessarily II, j. W. Lee. state
senator. Pittsburg. in connection with the
Sttl!Caru Oll May 10, Gen. John McNulta
Of Ohio, in connection with the whisky
trust May 49, Martin Cook of Cook &
Bernhcmer. New NOrk, in conn ection with
the whisky trust.
j. w. Hayes. secretary Of the Knights of
Labor. is in communication with the COM
mission, with view to having representa-
uVes of that organization appear at some
future day.
James II. Post, called in connection with
the sugar combination. has written that he
viii appear on the 18th, 18th, 18th or 18th.
Henry o. 'Hayemeyer, also called in con-
nccticn with the sugar combination, writes
that he will be present between May Is
and 20.
Charles c. Clark. called in connection
with the whisky combination" has in
formed the secretary that he will testify
before the commission
Witnesses against the trust who will APP
pear before the commission are: Lewis
Emery. jr. of Bradford, Pa; Attorney Cen
eraI Frank S. Monet, Columbus. Ohio;
Geo. Rice. Marietta Ohio: NJ l.. Lockwood
Zelierople, Pa; DR.. J. II. Bolard, Marietta
Ohio: Ferdinand Reiber, Butler, Pa; Eu-
gene Lebe. Oil City. Pa; T. b. Wetgat
Titusville. Pa; ]. W. Lee. Pittsburg. Pa
Witnesses for the trust S. c. T, Dodd
counsel. Standard Oil Company; VIM. I.
Wardweii. treasurer, Standard Oil Com
pany; John D. Rockefeller, John D. Arch
bold; all of No. 26 Broadway, New York,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-02
OWNER FILES A BILL.
Mr.. Pearce Charges District With
Being Trespasser.

Mr.. Stanley Pearce recently submitted
to the District Commissioners bill OF SOS
for the removal by District agents and for
appropriating to the use of the District 4i6
square yards of sod and soil from lot 81.
on the east side of 10Th street extended. In
forwarding the bill Mr.. Pearce wrote the
Commissioners follows:
II herewith inclose bill against the Dis
trict for sod and soil removed from lot 81.
on the east side of 10Th street extended.
just above Columbia road. the same being
torn away from my property without any
authority or permission from me, the
owner.
Il have never in my life been more out
| ragged in the peaceful possession of my
property than in this instance. 1t seems
the parking commission, through its agents.
not only tore down the barbed wire fence
and unlawfully entered upon my property.
but outrageously defaced the same by tear
ing away the sod of an area of surface
measuring so feet by 125 feet, and put there
in plows and removed the soil to a depth
of from Il to Is inches all of which know
to be fact from personal investigation.
feel that wanton destruction or the gross
est negligence has been practiced. In
either event, do not propose to be made the
victim No agent had authority and, as far
as ! Know, none has assumed to have au-
thority TO give the necessary permission
for the removal of this property, and L
have never been approached for, nor have
gwen duS pGIUiiSSlOu WHdttNeI loi any
such purpose
The matter was referred by the Com
missioners to the engineer department.,
from which a report came to the effect that
some weeks ago the superintendent of park
ing made an agreement to take the soil
from certain lots owned or controlled by
Mr.. W. Riley Decide at the current price
of 10 cents a load. 1t Is claimed that the
superintendent of the parking commission
was given to understand, in conversation
with Mr.. Decide, that the lots in QueS ton.
lying along 10th street between Columbia
road and Park street, We're marked by the
signs of the latters firm. 1t Is stated that
the superintendent did not take the num-
Der of the lots, but depended entirely on
the signs. and as lot 81 had, so it is claimed
by thu engineer department, a sign standing
on 1t reading "Deeble, Davis & Co." the
soil was removed from the lot. 1t appears
however that while Mr.. Decide one, owned
the lot. the sign was not removed after its
sale to Mr.. Pearce.
AS recompense to Mr.. Pearce it is sug-
gested that the District fill the lot and sod
1t, and so place 1t in its former condition
as nearly as possible, and that the fence
be replaced In its former position. 1t is
said on behalf of the District that but 100
loads of earth were removed from the lot
and that the lot lies entirely within the
proposed extension of 10th street which,
it is stated. is likely to be condemned dur
ing the coming fiscal year. The District
authorities consider Mr.. Pearce's bill as
very unreasonable, and 1t is suggested that
he be invited to submit another proposition
If the offer of the District be not accepted