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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
DESIRE OF ROOSEVELT.
It Is to Get There" in the Matter
of Good State Gov.
eminent.
he FINDS IT NOT AN EASY TASK.
There Are Others Who Have To Be Con-
sidered-But He Will Take No Steps
Backward, He Tells His Audience mt a
Banquet-Cannot Insure Good Legisla-
tion, but Can Stop Bad-Belmont to At
tend the Dollar Dinner.

tend the Dollar Dinner.
New York March 25 Governor
Roosevelt was the guest of honor last
night al q dinner given by the Citizens
Union a1 the Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-1inth assembly districts. in the
Tuxedo. About 1C0 members and guests
We're present. Fritz Won Briesen pre-
sided. Governor Roosevelt. in his ad-
dress, said he was very glad to meet
the men who had fought with him for a
common enc. men with whose purposes
1 have always been in perfect sympathy.
and with whose methods / have some
times been in sympathy. 1 feel that I
have a certain right to come here, for
ever since 1 have been in office 1 have
been trying TO apply the doctrine in
which you believe, the principle for
which you and have worked. 1 have
always striven to tell you just what
meant and have told you what thought
I could do.
Will Never Make Back Tracks.
'I have never said one thing and done
another. i am working with other men.
My judgment must give way on many
points to theirs, as theirs must al times
give way to mine. I cannot go as far
and as fast as like. IF 1 go in gener-
al direction forward that is as much a.
/ can expect" The governor explained
that it was sometimes necessary in
reaching for a certain goal to go a little
out of the way to get there. But" he
said. Il shall never go back. nor viii
consent to stand still. II Will be going
ahead, however slowly.
Will stop Bad Legislation.
zone thing is certain. No man who
has anything 10 do with me under the
government. if dishonest or incom-
petent-if 1 discover it-no matter what
his political backing may be. can keep
his head. When II comes to getting a
SUCCESSOR Here the governor hesi-
tated and everybody laughed - Well.
/ won't appoint anybody who is not
honest and competent if 1 know it; or
as soon as 1 find out that he isn't I'll
take his head off. But" and again the
governor hesitated, I've got to get the
men confirmed if I can. I'm always
going forward. but I've got to take 9TH
er peoples opinions sometimes. II is
the same with the legislature. There is
a difficulty in getting good legis-
lation through ] assure you there Will
be none in stopping bad legislation
there 1 have considerable TO say.
Two Dangers in Politics.
There are two dangers to man go
ing into politics." he continued. In
striving to reach the goal he is Liable to
fall on the one side into the pit of foul
politics. or on the other side into the pit
of impractical politics. Although there
is some difference in the pits. you want
to remember that If you fall into either
you won't reach the goal / am trying
to reach the goal"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
C.mbrIdre Defeat. Oxford,
Twenty-fourth VIctim.

London. March 25.-Camb bridge won
The boat race against Oxford today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25

Maripuina on the right. clearing the
rebel trenches in front of The line north
from the river to CaIoocan. They also
secured possession of the railroad. prac-
tically cornering the flower of Aguin-
aldo's army at Malabon and in the foot
hills at Singalon. twenty miles apart.
Natives Ran for the Woods.
The natives stood until the Americans
were within 200 yards OF their position,
and then broke and ran for the woods
About thirty of them were killed in the
outskirts and seventy on the roads. The
Montana and Kansas troops met the
hottest resistance in a strip from which
the rebels have greatly worried the
Americans recently during the night
time Ninety minutes after the start
at o'clock-the whole front for a dis
tance of three miles TO the north had
been cleared. General Hale's brigade had
simultaneously swept in a northwest
erly direction, routing the enemy and
burning the town of San Francisco del
Monte and number of scattered huts.
The Pennsylvania troops took nine
prisoners. among them a great naked
captain of the Macabebee tribe and one
japanese All the prisoners were great
ly terrified. expecting to be executed
Immediately.
Permanent Philippine Policy.
ThomasvilIe. Ga. March 25-The ad-
ministration Will not decide upon its
permanent Policy respecting the Philip
pines until the Schurman commission
reports 1t feels that its present knowI-
edge of the islands is too indefinite as
basis for fixed policy. Moreover an
immediate decision is felt to be
needless, since for the present
the problem is the restoration
of law and order and the establishment
of stable. peaceful conditions. This and
the appointment of a diplomatic repre-
sentative at Madrid are two of the most
important matters remaining open. The
Madrid mission probably will be raised
to an embassy soon after payment of
the $4,000, 600 indemnity, and a man of
the highest qualifications and attain
ments chosen for this delicate and i'm
Portant post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
FIGHTING F|LIP|NOS.
Desperate Battle Going on in
the Far Away ISL
ands.
BRILLIANT WORK OF AMERICANS.

The Enemy Cut In Two and the Invading
Army Makes a Dash Through its Lies
Wounded of Uncle Sans Boys Brought
In Singing "Comrades"-Gen. Otis Per-
sonaIIy Directing Operations by TeIe-
graph From His Quarters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-23

those chairs and that table. You have
become a rich man and must pay more
taxes Then said I, If I did not have
this furniture my taxes would be the
same?' Yes he replied
" All right said T. L will fix tt And
I took the tive chairs and table outside
and smashed them to- pieces"
This system of taxation prevailed
through great part of the country. and
today the poems are just beginning to
realize that they can buy little furn1-
ture and not be taxed for It. A number
OF the men who have been working on
the roads for the government were told
this by their American overseers. They
came back again and again to ask If it
was really true that they could buy
chairs for their homes without being
taxed for them. They were told they
could get all the chairs they wanted
Then they asked If they could have one
for each member of the family, and were
delighted when the reply was yes"
SURPRISED AT AMERICAN MONEY.
The poems have not yet gotten over the
sensation of receivIng actual money for
their work. They have been paid in this
way by the Americans, and at first it sur
pried them exceedingly. The men who
worked at Ponce and on the south coast
said they had never seen so much money
the American dollars, which were worth
more than their own dollars, and today
they are happy at being paid in cash.
During this spring the government off,
Gals have. had 1000 of them at work
upon the road. This was to help the
people as much as to help the roads.
The greatest care. has to be taken. how
ever, to see that the poems actually get
the money. There is always a gang about
the men on pay day. This is made up of
ex-overseers and others who pretend they
have claims on the wages Of the men.
Sometimes there is planter who makes
demands for alleged debts and thus tries
to get percentage of the wages.
Many of the men have never received
real money before, and they hardly know
what. to do with it. The government pay
master told the men that the moneyw was
their own, and that no one else had any
right to it, and that they should take it
home and spend 1t for themselves Fol
lowing the crowd also vera peddlers and.
gamblers; who hoped to get the money Of
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the poor poems as soon as 1t was paid
The government Is regulating these
things as far as possible, and in time the
peon will be able to take. care of him
self.
THE +"TOUCH-ME'' STORES.
The stores on the plantations are much
like the 'touch-me' stores of our coal
mining districts, save that they have no
goods to speak of. Their stocks in trade
are made up of Goldfish, jerked beef. ba-
nanas and Porto Rican rum.
Some Of them have bread and some
have clothing. These stores should be
abolished, and the planters should be
forced to pay in cash, rather than in
store orders. Methods should be adopted
by which every peon can have a garden
and be taught to cultivate and accumu-
late for himself. He should be allowed
to have chance for a living and should
be protected in his rights. So far the
Spaniards have run everything for the
rich. They have done all they could TO
keep the poor in Ignorance. and today,
nine out Of every ten people In Porto
Rico cannot read nor write
Education should be compulsory, and
schools should be everywhere.
THEY HAVE BANANA STOMACHS
Speaking Of starvation In Porto Rico,
this is the only part of Uncle Sans do
minion where we can ever have a famine
The soil here is rich, but If there should
be such weather conditions as to cause a
failure Of the banana crop, many of the
poor people would die Of starvation The
food of many is made up Of bananas.
Not a man in a dozen has any meat to
speak of, and the faces Of the people are
bloodleSs.. They look aenemic, and are So
AS it is, the mortality is very great. The
poor have so little strength, owing to in
sufficient and improper food, that when
they grow sick they die.
1t is only the prolificness Of the people
that keeps up the population. The babies
fairly swarm. And such babies. After
they have reached the banana-eating age
they get what Is called here the banana
stomach" They have to fill their little
bellies full in order to contain enough to
sustain life, and the average child here
has an abdomen which protrudes like that
of a beer-drinking alderman. It is as
tight as a drum, and his legs below it
are SO weak that they look like pipe stems
walking around with the great load above
THE Poems AS LABORERs.
The majority Of the poems are whites.
although there are many mulattoes and
not a few negroes. They have good faces
and are naturally intelligent. They are
very quiet and peaceable. They are kind
to their families, and are on the whole
good citizens. L am told by Americans
who have employed them that they are
excellent workers, and that they are glad
They work from sunrise until sunset, and
are as reliable as the average American
workmen. Some trouble Is had as to the
numerous holidays and feast days, which
have been customary, but the most Of tn
men will do their work irrespective of
these, asking for Sunday only.
Frank G. Carpenter
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gone forth from the shops in Swiss and
Valenciennes, trailed behind and brush
ing the floor in front, and most Of them
with elbow sleeves and open throats. All
the satins, silks and brocades from which
the city tea robe is usually erected have
been wisely ignored. for diaphanous
grace is priced in, the dog days far above
rich dignity, After Swiss and bat1ste
and the fimsiest Of English nainsook
come the teagowns Of lowered grenadine
gauze and crepe de chine. Everywhere
in their designing the modistes have
sought to give long, easy lines flowing
from the level of the bust, letting the
princess motif have full play and doing
utterly away with the thoroughly ex-
hausted idea OF Vatican pleats and
drapery.
There is no rule drawn as to whether
these garments shall find expression in
pale tones or loud, high colors-that is
a question purely of the Individual taste
and complexion-but woman at o'clock
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than they do with u.s. The welI-to-do
people of the island are very charitable.
ana those who have money will always
give something to those who have not
This is especially so as to the blind.
Blindness prevails very largely, and 1t is
considered an affection of Providence. I
have seen men borrow money to bestow
1t upon the blind when out of change at
the time they were accosted. Some of the
blindness Is caused by the pollen Of the
sugar cane getting into the eyes while
working, and I am told that the laborers
on the plantations are especially liable to
it have seen blind children in all parts
OF Porto Rico, and doubt not that 1t large
ly comes somewhat from insufficient food
and hereditary diseases.
In the cities of Porto Rico there is one
day Of the week when the beggars are ex-
pected- to go about asking aims. This has
always been the custom, and it is so well
esta blished that our governor general has
sanctioned it under American rule. The
day is Saturday. On this day every mer-
chant and business man expects a call
from the beggars and puts pile Of cent
aVos (ceins, each worth six-tenths of
cent? on his counter or desk The beggars
come in one by one. They each take one
coin and no more and then depart, bless
ing the giYer.
Hi REONS.
The above is the condition of the poor of
the towns. The poems out in the country
fare far worse. The meanest negro Of our
Southern states is richer than score of
the farm laborers Of Porto Rico. His
cabin is worth dozen Forto Rican
sEacks and his monthly wages are equal
to the earnings of many of these people
for a year.
The nominal wages of the laboring class
es here is 50 centavos a day, or so cents
of our money. This is for first-class Ia
Dor and is the highest sum that has been
paid.
The average planter, however. does not
pay his men In money. He pays them in
tin disks the size of a nickel, which are
only good at his little store on the planta-
ton. Each of these disks is labeled with
his initial 1t represents a centavo and
can be spent nowhere else. Upon some
of the plantations money Is not paid at
all. The people are given so many ba-
nanas for their days work and their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-23

with long scarf ends falling to the knees
or even lower, and the mention of this
feature brings naturally forth a word
about the short park or calling cape that
runs all the gamut Of summer materials,
from the pretty and quite inexpensive
crepe de chine. cloth to. really wonderful
combinations Of cloth appliQued in ara
besques on heavy silk net and circles of
grayish altar lace mounted on satin. One
fascinating expression of the park cape's
many-sldedness is given in shoulder col
lar Of yellow net, upon which designs cut
from sandstone pink cloth are applied.
Tabs Of the cloth-stiffened net hang
nearly to the feet, while the collar Itself
rests on an under frill of yellow chiffon,
in turn lying on one Of pale green taffeta.
Another cool cape is Of lightly jetted
grenadine in its principal part. Wherever
the letting shines an UNDERLYING Of white
silk shows beneath the encrustng beads
and full frill Of black mousseline, over
one Of white, ripples about the cape's
curving edges and gives the note that
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In her white and gold drawing room GER
tainly blends more artfully with her sur
roundingS when she Is attired, for in.
stance, in a gown of milk-white soft
finished muslin. the upper half OF her
body clasped in a bolero Of small figured
guipure Of Breton lace Of that subtle tone
known to dressmakers as time-yellow
tint, the robe itself falling on an under
petticoat of crisp white Swiss, bearing
fine flutes to the Ruess and also edged
with narrow time-tinted lace
Another acceptable variety Of teagown,
made for and worn by one of the smart
young matrons of New York, had an I'M
derskirt Of stem-green taffeta soyerse
adorned with few frilIs near the base
of lilac chiffon. each frill edged with a
thraadlike putting of the palest green
chiffon. Upon this fell yelling of green
grenad1ne gauze figured in lilac orchids
and widely balanced all about with a
scalloped foUnce of lilac chiffon falling
upon one of green that was slightly
wider. half belt Of green satin ribbon
passed about the rear of the waist line
and was made fast at either side toward
the front with pretty jeweled ornaments
OF amethyst sunk in rings Of green
enamel. At clock, when tea Is nonred
the woman who presides at the trav
wears usually in her hair a ponapon made
OF many loops Of baby ribbon of a color
'AiAI taCCOTuS with her gown, and this
pinned coquettishly among wavy locks,
Is seriously announced as a tea can.
The sphere of usefulness of the prevail
ing evening and afternoon cape wran Is
not by any means limited to the mere
wardfng off Of chill breezes, for only a
lew OF them are really capable of adding
any appreciable warmth to their wearers'
shoulders. Their virtue, indeed almost
their reason for being, is their exceeding
intrinsic loneliness and the charm anv
one OF them can convey to a. woman.
From the smallest collet to the largest
shawl-shaped affair, falling to the hem
OF the skirt, hardly one of them but is a
very tne expression of the purest sar-
torial art
Scores Of the most superb evening
wraps are made wholly of chiffon or that
equally flowerlike fabric called areophane,
A long cape of chiffon Is usually founded
on nothing more stable than one thick
ness of crepe de chine or taffeta NOUS
seine. The chiffon is laid on as a brist-
ling surface of tucks or sheath Of ruch-
ing to clasp the shoulders and from this
roth out wide and shallow flounces made
Of the doubled goods. Quite invariably
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does not take on her most varied crests
and HTeliest irises until she feels the
ripening influences Of the sun call them
forth. When, however the poppy and
swamp lily and black-eyed Susan are I'D
and doing, feminine nature shows an ir-
resistsble impalsestoward color and pIen-
ty OF 1T. oIg g:
Where'er you take your carriage drives
abroad, to club house verandas, casino
piazzas, sea beaches and lawns, this fact
Is too patent to aHeed pointing out, but.
strange to reaatef ahe daring pell, nell of
rainbow toneS which a month ago would
have made the eyes wink snd water pain
fully, now seems the most natural and
aere eable scheTne Of color harnnonies nos
sible. =
10 arrive atsa working basis Of facts let
It De known that along the line of debu-
tlntes red is making a royal show. In
the evening 'damsel after damse1 turns
hersen out In a merry little. costume of
motor red tulleswith all the important hors
oeuVres OF an evening toilet such as
ha1r ornaments, slippers, hose, etc, of the
same shade. A gown of red gauze fall
Ing on Silk petticoat Of a like color
with the dangerous tendency to fIorid
emphasis relieved by -tambour pattern
- OAoSA WOIheO out IN the red gallZe Ia
the type Of a costume an ..etherea1lv
blonde or richly brunette woman can
and does carry off to perfection.
This same girl will probably enough
wear during the day a gingham striped
With slate pencil wide lines Of cochtneaI
red' hat~to match, wound with rine
meadow grass, and hoisted over all a
venetian s1nshade of red cotton or one
t OF white treated with shaped dashes
or red. Smart and becoming as all these
poppy-like tones may be, not every vorn-
an can presume to adapt them to- her
own uses. When red seems to go aeains+
the grain there is the present renewal
OF interest in the oornf1ower blue to fall
back upon, or clematis purple may serve
Its yotaFies, and clear fern green Is still
another prominent and popular midsum-
mer tone. -
A decided tendency Is displayed every-
where for every individual to identify
some one color with her wardrobe. and
to all white, cloud gray, faint pink and
cie1 blue gowns, so suitably worn during
spring weather, bright bows and collars,
sashesi and fronts are now added in or
der to bring them fully up to date. With
yachting clothes it is always easiest. of
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course, to ally some tone Of blue and the
cornflower dye is adopted everywhere in
preference to the deeper navy shade A
shirt or coat of cornffower blue popltn.
with a duck skirt and rough cream
Italian straw hat, conspicuously stitched
with heavy silk twist of the same color
Is significant Of the latest degree regis
tered on fashions thermometer, and no
quick-witted woman can fail to note the
furry along the seaside In hosiery that
exactly matches the blue of the briny
deep, In silk, or Isle, or, most service
able cotton and eornfower blue stocking
Is almost the only proper accompaniment
for the white pfque shoe, and to har-
monte with the shoes saucy little white
f1owerets are picked out on the stock
ings' surface Sor polka dots appear of
pin-head sizeQ4na not set too closely to-
gether. % II y
Trailing clehas of glory adequately
describes the beauty Of some of the tea
gowns and evening wraps that are I'M
folding their comforts as well as lowell
ness to the midsummer air. In winter
the well dressed American woman re-
CARDS the most admirable of teagowns
somewhat askahce when presented in
the light of a. reception toilet, but during
July and August there is no garment so
easeful and graceful for o'clock in a
country cottages and there are more worn
this season than ever before. Fortu-
nately it is garment of rather fixed
proportions, only lightly swayed by the
whirlpools and currents of the mode, and
whether it is made of cheap French
starchless muslin printed in posies and
hung from a. yoke and sleeves Of imi-
tation cream guipure or of hand-painted
crepe de chine garnished with real point
d'Alencon, it is equally sweet, becoming
and suavely elaborate in effect
Il.
teagowns reached a fairly dizzy height,
500 being paid for a single creation in
Swiss and 7Va1enc.ennes, but, saving the
sentimental fact that the costume was all
wrought out byshand and the lace was all
real, a copy Of 1t costing ST, gave the eye
of even the most critical woman equal
pleasure. A hordeSo OF flmy beauties have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-23

A Philadelphia young woman, who is employed in
her fathers cafe suffered from form of dyspep-
sla, caused by irregular meals She grew worse until
everything she ate made her vomit She was afraid to
go away from home, not knowing what moment she
would be sick. She commenced taking Ripans Tabules
last August and writes "They certainly have
helped me. have only been sick four times since
commenced taking them"
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transforms black wrap into a vision Of
appropriateness for an elderly elegarte.
1t goes without saying that from be-
meath the large front ruff broad 1etted
stole ends, finished with wide fans Of
IrllIed mousseline, hang direct to the
hem Of the dress, and that the high
Wlreo PACK collar is faced with a buoy
The brain Of novelty-loving femininity
is is forever qes busy deysing new schemes
and shirt waists. and the manufacturers
OF Women,s neckties found themselves
early IN the season stranded high and
Dry, with valuable consignments Of linen.
Satl Is g1ngham and pique cravats that
price. The stiff linen shirt waist collar
IS Is, + psrilously near meeting with the same
lndtnerence under which the manly little
tie has all but persisted, for now the rule
Is st, to decorate the throat with an abund-
lace, ribbon and the like and sterniy
condemn the starched linen collar as ex-
erting a roughening,. discoloring influence
on the neck
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NEwsBoYs ON STRIKE.

NEW YORK, July "a strike Of
newsboys against the World and Journal
IS the most successful in the history of
the city. Every newsboy and news-old-
woman appears to be tied up. It proves
to be impossible at the present moment
to buy World or Journal in the streets
of the whole city, as not single newsboy
carries them, or will let any other bow
carry them If he can prevent it. The
only places where they are procurable
are the publication offices and the stands
of the Union News company. The same
state Of affairs prevails in Brooklyn.
New Jersey people have been obliged to
do without them, as none of the news
boys en- route carried any and the ferry
stands sold cut early. It is generally he
lieved that the World and Journal will
have to drop to two papers for a cent.
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