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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Notice of FINAL Settlement.

Estate of Matthias Graft Mounts, decea7 ed.
Public notice j. hereby given that The under
signed. EThardt c. Eickcnscher. admtnistrato Or
OF the estate of said deceased. has this
day fled his final report and settle ment as
such In the county court Of Rock Island
county. and that order mas been entered Dy
said court approving the said report unless oD-
JectiOnS thereto or cause to the contrary pc
shown on or before the I'd day OF April
n. ID. 1892 and upon the hnal approval OF SAID
report the said Er1srdt g. Fickenscher VIII
ask for order of distribution and VIII also
ask % be discharged All persons Interested
notlgcd to attend.
Rock Island. Ill, March II, 1880.
ERHARDT q. FICKESscHER.
Admin TRAITOR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Image of the virgin Burned.

London. April AT Seville. Spain
Friday, while a procession was carry
ing the famous image of the Virgin.
dressed in the most expensive silks and
velvets, and wearing 10000 pesetas'
worth of Jewels, the image caught fire
and was completely destroyed. Most
of the Jewels were recovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Death of Judge Pinney.

Madison, Wis, April S--Judge Silas
L. Pinney died Saturday evening. aged
Sc. He retired from Wisconsin supreme
bench six months ago, after serving
nearly seven years, was a prominent
Democrat and ex-mayor and ex-mem-
Der of Legislature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Latest Valuation of silver.

Washington, April 3.-The quarterly
statement OF the value of the standard
coins of the world shows that since Jan
l. 1899. the value of silver has decreased
from so6e6i3 per ounce TO so.eo017.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Perry Heath Goinc to PORTO Rico.

Washington. April 3.-First Assistant
Postmaster General Perry s. Heath will
sail tomorrow from New York ON the
Arkadia for Porto Rico. where he will
thoroughly canvass the condition of
postal affairs on that island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Hotel Nan Leland Getting Well.

New York. April 2--Warren F. Le-
land. proprietor Of the Windsor hotel
who was operated upon for appendicitis
at the Hotel Grenoble on Saturday. il
in very satisfactory condition
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Leave Rock Island.

Lines east of Peoria carry through
coaches and sleeping cars on night
trains to principal cities.
X. STOCKHOUSE.
Genl Pass. Agent,
Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
0UIESCENT AT MANILA
Except That the FiIipinos Keep
Up just Enough Shooting
To Be Pestiferous.
OFFICERS SLEEP IN THE TRENCHES.

No Telling When They VIII BE Called
Upon to Repel the Enemy Spanish
View OF the Prospects Set Against the
Uncle Sam Way of Prosecuting War
AgoncilIo Heard from at Paris CreeI-
mans View of the Outlook.
Manila, April ., $50 d. m.-The
American troops under General Nc
Arthur, are still resting at Malolos,
where everything has been quiet today.
Host;lities elsewhere-so far as officially
reported-have been limited during the
last twenty-four hours to an occasional
exchange of shots between the insur-
gents and the troops forming the lines
CT General Lawton and General Hall,
extending from the water works to La
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
LOAN MONEY ON OLA

"ANTED-TO LOAN MONEY ON Ola
w moncs- watches, jevelry, hardware,
musical instruments, oieycless CLOTHING, DRY
paid for second hand goods of ali kinds also.
The above goods for sale at half the usual
store prices. All business TRANSACTIONS strictly
confidential. His new number and location,
l623 Second avenue Don't forget It. J. w.
Jones. Two rings on 1877.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03

nor SALE-LOT SOUTHEAST CORNER
II Ninth avenue and Twenty-third street:
also OF southeast corner Ninth avenue and
street; terms TO suit buyer.
Address T. j. Halpin- 800 Main street, St.
Louis, No.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

T OST-A YOUNG. BLACK. WATER
Third avenue and Twenty-fourth street, and
receive reward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
FOR RENT.

NOR SALE-TwO GOOD BUILDING LOTS,
II s0x150 feet near C., r. s. P. depot a
bargain, q, 400.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
The Protectorate Proposition.

Mr.. Bryan's Columbus speech in
dicates that after much casting about
to tind some form of opposition to
expansion which will not subject it's
sponsors TO the charge of cowardice
he has discovered the fitting campaign
cry, to wit: Let us give the Fill
pinos the same assurance of indepen-
dence that we have given to the Gu
bans. Let us assure them of our in
tention of establishing a stable gov
ernment which, when established, will
be their government not ours. Let
us assure them that we shall stand
by them like an elder brother and say
to other nations, Hands off. Let this
republic work out its destiny!"
This sounds well and reads well.
Put in Mr.. Bryan's best style. sur
charged with his undeniable magnet
ism aNd launched with every appear
ance of disinterested philanthropy, 1t
ought to be good at each utterance
for two or three fine rounds of ap-
plause, with now and then a tiger
added, Among persons more given to
sentimentalty than to discretion. the
idea of a full-fiedged Filipino republic
generously backed by Uncle Sam, who
assumes the entire responsibility be-
fore all the other nations, but exer-
cises over the protege itself no func-
ton of actual control, will obtain many
devotees. A year and a half ago most
OF us thought that way about Cuba.
Our sympathies were aroused. Our
imaginations were touched. We had
heard loud talk of a Cuban republic
and We came near swallowing the
deception, bait, hook and line. When
the president and some of his level
headed advisers pointed out the pro-
priety of making thorough inquiry
before giving recognition TO Cuban in
dependence or intimated that the de-
velopment in Cuba Of a stable gov
ernment capable of an independent
existence was not yet an accomplished
fact or even a proxlmate possibility,
we laughed them to scorn or grew
indignant at their fancied cold blood
edness, To-day in the light OF subse-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

quently acquired knowledge, we per-
ceive not only that the chief executive
and his advisers knew what they were
talking about, but also that the pledge
upon which we based our Intervention
in Cuba, however beautiful in spirit,
was practically n mistake, which has
fettcred our own hands and fed native
suspicion and distrust without bring
ing in any manner the slightest COM
pensatng advantages. 1t was o pledge
in no sense releasing us from our
obligations under international law;
ii could have been made with equal
propriety and far better judgment af-
ter we had got Cuba ready for inde-
pendence, and its immediate effect un-
der existing circumstances is to
paralyze the industrial recovery of the
island which will not take risks on
the uncertain duration of American
control, and set to plotting every am
bilious schemer who pictures in Gu
ban independence "A political license to
gain wealth without work.
United though they be for the in
dependence we proclaimed so gener-
ously but so prematurely, the Cubans
are one people, racially unified. Not
so with the Filipinos. There we have
to deal with thirty to forty different
races exhibiting every conceivable var
iation in human conditions. If we
have found out the error of our way
in Cuba let us not with open eyes
make a similar though ten-fold gross
er error in the Philippines. Let us
drop sentiment and get hold of the
facts before committing ourselves be-
fore the eyes of mankind to a specific
and unalterable policy. There is no
need of any pledge beyond what has
already been given by our history and
our conduct. We have not gone for
conquest and we are not meditating
a despotic sway; but let us keep both
hands free to deal with the problem S
details as they shall arise, recollect-
ing all the while that the quicker the
Fflipinos show capacity for self-gov-
ernment the sooner relief will come
from our unsought but now inexorable
responsibilities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
LiberalitY That PAYS.

That the people of Scranton should
hold the harmless delusion of pro-
prietorship in the D.. l.. & w. railroad
seems but natural to those who have
been conversant with the history of
the road. People in other towns
along the line or those who have been
connected with it during its late his
tory can hardly appreciate this feel
ing. Its original reason for existence
was to connect Scranton with the out
side world--to furnish an outlet for
it's natural and manufactured pro-
ducts, coal and iron. While in its
growth it has reached out to other
Qess Important cities, such as New
York and Buffalo, Scranton and vicin-
ity have still remained the same
source of it's great carrying trade and
the foundation of its financial sue
cess. Scranton has also been the prac-
tical headquarters of the management
of the road and its leading officials
have been a part of Scranton's growth
and the people of Scranton have thus
come to feel personal interest in the
D., l.. & w. not felt toward any other
road. While all the roads within
reach of Scranton either enter or have
close connections with Scranton and
some, as the d. & H., handle a great
many passengers, coming and going,
yet none of them takes the place of
the D., L. q w. as the road of Scran-
ton.
1t is but natural then, that our peo-
pie should have a lively interest in
all that transpires in the management
of the road and possibly a feeling of
jealousy and resentment toward any
move that takes from Scranton her
long held Importance in its manage
ment. These thoughts were brought to
mind by the appeal for help by the
ladies of the Home for the Friendless
due partly to the failure of one of
their usual sources of revenue-the an
nual excursion which the railroads,
usually the D., L. d w, centering here
carried for them free of charge. These
ladies knew that whatever might be
the result of their negotiations with
other roads they could depend upon
MIR. Hallsteads helping them out, that
underneath his brusque exterior there
beat heart in sympathy with their
philanthropiC labOrs. Nor was Mr..
Hallstead lacking in business saga
city in granting their requests, for he
was but cementing more closely the
feeling Of personal interest of this
community in the D., Y. & w. railroad,
which reflected itself in old business
kept and new business won. A few
carloads of freight, he realized, would
soon repay the cost of motive power
in hauling the annual excursion for
the Home. He also knew that in fur
nishing this motive power he was pay
ing but small part of what was real
ly due to the Home for its care of
the widows and orphans made by the
relentless grind of the wheels of COM
merce.
1t ought to be possible to secure from
the new management willing accept
ance of these judicious views.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
PERSON NALITIES.

Captain Andrews has again sailed
across the Atlantic in a 12-foot skff.
Estimated on the basis Of his tax pay
ments Marshall Field, of Chicago, is
worth $50,O0OOO0.
Russell Sage has given 81 toward car
ing for the neglected cemetery in which
his parents are buried.
Cecil Rhodes, the "Kicg of South
Africa" is disposed to regard matrmony
as a hindrance to business. Hence, when
one Of his secretaries married he was
forthwith got rid of, but as some amends
the eccentric millionaire sent him a
check for $4,000.
Ex-Governor Hogg, cf Texas, says of
Richard Croker: He Is the noblest, the
most straightforward and the cleanest
public man I ever met. Richard Croker
is setting for the young men of our
great coul try an example of purity and
spotless integrity as a public man." Mr..
Hogg is evidently a hlmorist.
A friend of ex-Secretary of State Day
says of him: "His brain is a cabinet OF
facts. 1t contains, as it were, a thou
sand drawers, each properly labeled, so
that he can get at what he wants at
once. He can talk well and with au-
thority OF anything-on crops, drainage.
engineering, general science, law, art and
literature"
Mark Hamburg, the Russian pianist,
who comes to this country for the first
time next winter, will make his debut at
the first concert of the New York Phil
harmonic society on December s: Leo
nora Jackson, the American violinist,
who has been playing with much appar-
ent success in Europe, will also be
heard at one of these concerts first. So
will Petschnikoff, the Yiolinist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
OUR INDIAN PRoTEGEs.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
There are, approximately 250,OOO In
dams in the United States, and the larger
number of them maintain such tribal or
sanizatiOns as exempt them from the
operation of the ordinary laws Of the
country. They have their own govern
ments, tribunals and tribal regulations,
enjoy exemption from taxation, jury duty
and military service, and have the bene-
fit of the various provisions made in
treaties from time to time whereby the
United States government assures them
certain lands, a certain amount of sus-
tenance and in some cases cash pay
ments.. From the foundation of the
government until the present the m
dans have cost the federal government,
exclusive of the sum set apart for mill
tary expeditions forts and reservations
and exclusive of the sums appropriated
by the states, about $3O0OO,0OO in dis
bursements, the average amount of which
is now about S6000,000 year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
CAPTAIN sIesBEEs SPEECH.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
In an address at Fail River Wednesday
night Captain Sigsbee, of the Texas, told
the following story illustrative Of the
fact that naval men made no prctense
at being orators:
1T is a very difficult situation for me, :
said Captain Sigsboe, 'to be required to
make "A speech, and | am in the situa-
ton of the old sailor who was very fond
of tea, and was devoted to the people
who served it, But this old sailor had
no society manners, and had never at
tended an afternoon tea. lie was afraid
of the ladies, but in some way he was
forced to an afternoon tea. lie went
almost in despair, and when he got back
to his ship his mates said:
Brown, did you go to the tea"
al did.
How did you feel therc?'
Il felt like sperm whale doing cro-
chet work." daughter and applause).
Nevertheless, Captain Sigsbee makes a
very able address
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
WoMAN'S WEAPON.

"What is a womans weapon?"
| asked a charming girl,
She dropped her lashes shyly
And stroked a vagrant curl,
Then consciously she murmured-
This rosebud newly out
81 have a strong suspicion
Her weapon is d pout,"
"What is a woman's weapon?"
/ asked lover true.
He turned him to a maiden
With eyes of heavenly blue
Her velvet lips were parted,
All innocent of guile,
And eagerly ne answered;
Her weapon is a smile"
what is "A woman's weapon?" .
] asked a poet then.
With sudden inspiration
He seized upon his pen,
"Oh, | could name a thousand!'
He cried in accents clear;
But woman's surest weapon,
l grant you, is a tear"
Philadelphia Times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
SCRANTON. JULY 10, 1899.

Another issue Of the filthiest and
meanest newspaper in existence was
yesterday allowed by the police to be
hawked broadcast throughout Scranton
notwithstanding that the law specific
ally prohibits the distribution Of OBJ
scene literature. Can the same mu-
nicipal authorities who recently
snapped up with eagerness an itinerant
peddler of indecent pictures, having
neither friends nor pun, not only per-
NIT but by acquiescence encourage the
rotten prostitution of journalism prac-
ticed dehantly by the blackmailing
Scrontonian2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

Golf, like every other popular game
or fad has its enemies. The game is
sneered at by persons who claim that
it is nothing more or less than the
plebian amusement known as Shin
are ridiculed by the critical who have
never INDUCED in the pleasures of the
links. OF all amusements Of the pres
ent age, however, it seems as though
golf was the one deserving of the most
encouragement. Unlike the enthusiast
tic cyclist. who runs down pedestrians
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

Judge Hornblower, as his address be-
fore the Bar association showed, is an
earnest and sorrowful anti-expanson-
list, but his assumption that "the time
for repining is past, that the deed is
done, that the Rubicon is crossed" and
that 1--WE are in the position of a man
who has adopted a family of orphans,
for whom it is too late to consider
whether he was wise to do it, who can
not undo it, even if he has to thrash
them into love and obedience and to
neglect his own children to care for
adopted ones" is substantially correct,
excepting the last clause.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
A Biography That Instructs.

The beginnings of IA career like that
brought to a close last week through
the death of Robert Bonner are of
permanent interest. 1t is possible
that some of our readers are familiar
with the details of Mr.. Bonner's start
in life; those who are not should know
that Bonner came to these shores a
poor Irish lad whose capital, on land
ing, was only one sovereign. He Sc
cured employment as a "devil' in the
Hartford Courant office at $25 a year
and his board soon after his arrival
and remained with that paper from
1887 to 1S43. "a large part of these
years" says the New York Sun, "he
worked nineteen and twenty hours a
day. At first he made fires and swept
out the office, but by working over
time and watching the journeymen
he soon outstripped the other appren-
tices. He learned to set type, to make
up forms and to feed and operate
presses. He also wrote for the paper
before the end of his service, and when
he left Hartford he was not only q
master of printing, but also a general
newspaper man Of considerable attain
ments."
Mr.. Bonnor went from Hartford to
New York city to take a place as
proofreader and assistant foreman on
the Evening Mirror, After working at
the office all day, Bonner at night
wrote letters for the Courant. at first
using a fictitious name. His letters
were so good that the editor of the
Courant made a regular place for
them, found out the identity of their
author and helped him to make SINH
lar arrangements with other papers.
For the Mirror Bonner made a spe-
cialty of artistic displays, first in
headlines and then in advertisements.
This was the means of securing for
him an offer to take mechanical
charge of the Merchants Ledger, a
small business paper, which Bonner
afterward bought and turned into the
New York Ledger of fame The later
achievements of Mr. Bonner are we'll
known-how he holsted to almost
miraculous figures the circulation
of the Ledger by hiring the best
contributors to be had for love or
money, printing as neat paper as in
genuity could devise, advertising it's
merits with startling originality COM
bined with liberality, and keeping faith
scrupulously with every person who
had dealings with him; how he be-
came a millionaire noted alike for love
of mankind and love of horses, and
how in his death thousands of persons
in every part of the English speaking
world felt a sense of personal shock
and loss.
But it was the beginnings that
counted; the hard work, the willing
spirit, the keenness to study and inn
prove. These are the lessons his ex-
ample sets before us.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
REXFORD'S.
SCRANTON, July 10, 1900.

oCKANlON, July 10, 1899.
Boxes Soiled and some of the
pieces tarniShed. That's why Rog-
erS & Bro. Silverware will be sold
at prices one-third or one-half be-
low regular. For instance:
S. fish knives, 81.
$I,75 fruit knives, 9oc for 6.
ooc sugar tongS, 48c.
$I.75 berry spoons, o5c.
75c butter knives, SOC.
Lots more.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
ALL SERENE.

From the Philadelphia North American.
Belle-"But don't you think she was
little indiscreet in allowing him to kiss
her?"
Dolly-"Oh, no; she had looked up his
financial standing that afternoon"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

Those Cubans who have asked the
president to use part of the free ration
fund in the purchase for Cuban farm
ers of farm implements and harvest
seed are on the right track. A worker
helped toward sef-support is worth
dozen idlers kept idle by misplaced
charity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

Ten thousand officers have already
expressed their willingness to join Cen
eral Otis and his forces at Manila. Now
If a few privates can be secured there
is no question that the war can be
quickly ended when the showers are
over.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

1t will probably be necessary for Ad-
miral Dewey and others to keep in the
background for a time until Mr.. Harri-
man, the only American golf cham
pion,' has had an opportunity to be-
come accustomed to his laurels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

Admiral Cervera has been formally
acquitted of the charge of treason
growing out Of his defeat at Santigo;
but he remains guilty of having had
to serve a rotten lot of so-called super
iOrS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

BY the time the automobile gets
within reach Of the class that now rides
bicycles 1t is probable that the auto
moblists Of today will be sailing over
our heads i'm air ships.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

General Leonard Wood wants $4,000
for the purchase of suitable text books
for the Santiago schools. Here is n
chance for some wealthy citizen to
perpetuate his memory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

The government has resumed the
sending of canned roast beef to Cuba,
but it is safe to wager that this time
the beef is not embalmed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

on the streets and is at times the worst
kind Of a nuisance, the golf player is
seldom seen save when journeying to
and from the distant COW pasture,
where he delights to chase the little
balls over hill and dale. Golf players
are, as a rule, quiet people who do little
damage aside from occasionally knock
ing each other on the head with the
driving sticks. Golf is not an intricate
game. 1t is easily understood, and
when once understood offers an in
centive for people who are dying by
inches for the want of exercise that
should be appreciated. by all means
let golf receive encouragement
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

Colonel Bryan says he talks too
much. For once we can agree with
him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-10

If Secretary Alger knew how his
daily refusals to resign are damaging
the presidents reputation for aggres-
sivcness, maybe he would let up.