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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
OLD MAN THE VICTIM
OF Some Unknown Murderer who
Does Him to Death i'm
Barn
IN SIGHT OF THE STATE CAPITOL

Dies in His Aged Wife's Arms and No Clue
to His ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Officer
Justified in killing Bateman by the
Coroner's Jury-Dispute Over the Need
ofTroops at Troubled Mining Towns
miscellaneous State News.
Springfield. Ills. oct. 31.-One of the
most my StcriouS murders that has ever
been committed in this portion of the
state occurred at $40 o'clock last even
Ing in the very heart of the city. and
within five blocks of the station house.
John Gait was shot down in his own
barn 10y unknown parties. and the po-
lice absolutely have not the slightest
clue To the murdcrerS. Calf. who is 81
years old and Il dairyman. and Il we'll
known and iuoffenSive man. had re-
turned home from his rounds about
GO O'Clock and was putting up the
horses III the barn. when his wife and
three daughters. who We're ut supper.
heard two shots fired i'll quick sue
ccSSion in the direction of. the barn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

UTANTED-DISH WASHER AND COOK
w ~ Wrights restaurant. 1923 Second
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
WANTED.

TITANTFD-BOARDE CHOICEROOhS
w and board at z22s Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

uTASTFD-PARTNER IN INSURANCE
w business Good live man. First-class
opening 70 hustler. Address &C. B. care
AItsUs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NANTED-WONEN TO DRESS SHIELDS
W 1T home. Steady work. distance no
disadvantage. ask your dealer to show you
kDrl shields snap an vast without sewing
Send 10 cents for catalogue OF work hora
Shield company. SIS Broome street, New
York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

JNAETFD-GIRL.F FOR GENERAL HOUSE
w work At us Tweut!eth street Mrs W
=. Magiu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-CHATTEL MORT
vi gaze loans by ". II Eastman. I7l2 Sec
oud avenue. without pubiity or removal He
also makes colIectlOus-hard ones specially
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

UTA%TFD-A Competent GIRL FOR
~ genera4 homework good wages Aro
Charles 4 SPENCE. I-l7 Fifth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

"ANTED-FOUR AGENTS. EITHER
w ladies' or gentlemen 1915 Fifth avenue.
Rock Is!auc-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain ami Produce.

Chicago. oct. so.
'ollowing were the quotations on the
ard of Trade today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

ITO RENT-NEW MODERN FIVE ROOM
II cottage. inquire jacob Scherrer, sI2
Twenty four. n street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NOR SALE EIGHT-ROOM HOUSE ON
Il Sevcutseu'l street for $500 IL taken at
Orce. HUI = CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

Passenger trains leave " h P Dtolin,
4venuoI depot ave (5) minutes earl OF than time
oven. Trains marked daily, g.. other train,
tally except sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

WANTED COMPETENT GIRL u
w family ~ tive. Good wages Can SUNDAY
IL possible. Ios7iz Second Avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NOR SALE-NINE-ACRE FRUIT FARM.
Il All kinds OF fruit. good buildings; near
town. bargain for some one If taken soon.
Gordon & Bowman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
FOR SALE.

NOR SALE-A GOOD FAMILY OR DELIV-
~ cry horse. cheap Apply ~ Rock Island
Stair works.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NOR SALE FIRST-CLASS GROCERY
Il business ia Moline. central 'ocatlon- with
lar-e oraC- trade. \ good chance for some
one. GOOD reason FIR selling. Address &C
ARGUS once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
Chicago Live stock.

HoES-Estimated receipts for the day.
So OOO sales ranged at s.. 5Od4.25 pies,
SilOm4 80 for light. SS.&Ht05 for rough
packing. S4.15G4.f21z for mixed, and 81. 10
G44O for heavy packing ana shipping
lots. aCttIe-Estimatcd receipts for tfe
day. Il 500: quotations ranged at $1,000
6 so for choice to extra steers. $500
% for good to choice do, 81. 99li $40 for
fair to good do. s440Gi.S5 common to
medium do. s4OO0430 butchers steers.
S45Od6.20 nd western steers S3.25O4 so
feeding steers. S2.25d4.5O COWS. $3.50
5 90 hcifers. s.. SOMi so bulls and oxen,
s375n475 stays. s. 405f4. so Texas steers.
s375G5O 90 grass western steers. $34Od
l. 40 western cows and heifers. and $500
also veal calves. Sheep and Lambs
Estimated receipts fer the day. $4,000;
quotations ranged at $3.2O4i.20 west
ems. 81 90d4.35 natives. and $4.00Q545
lambs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NOR SAv.E-CO Al IN Any CT ANlrf
Il Of 80 bushels or over al Ss>5 per ton. de
l.ercd L. %. II. TO any part Of the city.
Leave order, -. Com uercial house barber
shop. Roc< I,laut. or EnOs James, Milan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31
TRAINS

y OCK IsLEND PEORIA RAIJNk1-
n peVot First Avenue and Tv~nfI-sh -.re-
NJ. a. Patterson, General Passeng Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NOR AT.E-TURkET HOLLOW FARM.
Il consisting II 5I2 acres OF bottom laud znd
Iu0 a res OK 1IuT land. LAID ~ good a. there
Is and wei vgatvrrd with never failing water
Apply On prem -seS or address A \. BuIum
Milan IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-31

NOR SALF-THE FINEST LOT IN SOUTH
II Rock Island. Fair Grounds addition. At i
b1ryain- " r. Sweeney, rooms 33 and %,
Mitchell & Lynce building. I
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11
onIy 8.

There are now but 80 prisoners
in the bull pen and about a dozeH
are being tried in Moscow in the
federal court. This condition is
not a pleasant one for law and or
der people to contemplate. About
1900 people took active part
in, or lent their immoral support
to, one of the most atrocious
crimes which was perpetrated in
full light of day in the presence
of several hundred witnesses who
do not favor such crimes or Grim
mails and yet barely four per cent
Of them are now within the
clutches Of the law. Many of them
escaped arrest and ran out of the
country. The most diligent
search should be made tor these
and where the evidence is suffici-
ent to warrant it they should be
brought back and fairly tried in
the courts provided for that pur-
pose. 1t is not enough that they
have left this region, for they may
return to perform similar deviltry
whenever the state and county
authorities relax their vigilance.
The NezVs does not believe in ar
resting single person against
whom there is no evidence Of COM
plicity nor in liberating one where
there remains the slightest hope Of
convicting him. Wardner News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11
Accidentally ShOt.

Fred Phelps, private in Troop
L, First U. S. Cavalry was acci-
dentally shot and killed on Thurs
day morning. AT five o'clock
Phelps and another trooper named
Wrinkle, and a civilian went down
the valley on a hunting expedition.
About a couple of hours later,
when FIVE miles down the valley,
the gun carried by Wrinkle was
accidentally discharged, Phelps,
who was walking few feet ahead,
receiving the entire charge in his
back. He expired in about ten
minutes. The weapon was a
Winchester shot gun. The ham
mer caught on q twig, which dis
charged the gun with the unfor-
tunate result above stated,
The body of the dead soldier
was yesterday conveyed TO the
depot with military hOnorS, the
troops attending in body and all
that could be spared of the Idaho
National Guard now stationed at
Kellogg. The body was taken
on the up train to Wallace where
it was embalmed and shipped TO
his home in Massachusetts, for in
terrment.-Wardner NssVs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11
: Good Words.

Senator Shoup has recently re-
turned from Alaska where he was
sent to investigate territory that
Johnny Bull lays claim to. He
also visited the Ceur d'Alene
mining country the past two
weeks, consulted prominent bust :
aess men of Latah, Nez Perce
and Idaho counties, and is now in
South Idaho. The Senator is an
interchangeable worker and will re-
turn 10 Washington soon to take
up important matters in congress,
The question of opening Colum-
bia river to Portland viii receive
attention. No man in congress is
better posted on the needs of the
western coast than Senator Shoup
and few have more weight on
matters pertaining to the west.--
Genesee Ne7Vs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11

occupied world that has no time
to attend and less patience. This,
in any case, may pass as a def
milton Of the social side Of what
the AnglO-SaxOn calls a gentle
man; and as the AngIo-Saxon
race has spread over the face Of
the globe more extensively than
any other and been brnugnt in
contact with the greatest number
of peoples under the greatest d.
versity of circumstances, it may
feirly be considered no bad Judge
Of the way to get through that
complicated teing, modern life,
with the least irratability on all
sides and the smallest friction.
We Of the English tongue, in
short, believe at present that man
most acceptable to bis fellows, all
around, who least obtrudes, in
personal intercourse, the insistent
personal note.-By Aline Gorren,
in November ScYi6ner'S.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11

The term gentleman" always
represents the total sum of = few
qualifications which experience
has proved to be most useful in
the actual state of social life, and
today it represents qualifications
that, upon the whole, are not nat
ural artistic qualifications. There
are those who will refuse to adj
init that the conception of what a
gentleman is varies with different
epochs and conditions. They
viii assert that the gentleman of
a thousand years ago, of hum
dred years ago, is a gentleman
today and win be one tomorrow.
AS to large matters of ethics and
conduct, yes; as 10 minor matters
Of behavior, no. We decide that
a man is a gentleman by the man
ner in which he "wears" in daily
existence; in its haphazard and
promiscuous companships and sit
uations. And social life at pres
ent is an international affair. Its
interests are not confined to the
limited stages where they
would formerly have been
localized, but move over extended
surfaces. The gentleman of to-
day, therefore, is the individual
who best adapts himself TO pre-
vailing circumstances by not stop
ping the general How Of things
with an intrusion, when not strict
" necessary, of his own person.
atty. He is the individual who
puts no oversensitive valuation on
his own personal standards, inter-
fcres little with others, has the 81
lent courage of his own conduct,
but no itch TO explain it, or him
self, or to impose either on \ pre-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11
SmaH Businsss.

II isreported that while in Wa
shington Governor Steunenberg
has visited the interior depart
ment and put in a personal plea TO
the secretary Of the interior for
the interests of the state as again
ct the interests of the settlers in
the pine land contests which are
now pending before the secretary.
This is small business to engage
in but it Is not too small for Steun-
enberg's caliber. The settlers
should reassure themselves that
all the facts in the case are prop
erly laid before the secretary that
no injustice may be done them.
The State of Idaho and its COVER
nor are engaged in mighty small
business when it attempts to use
the Offices Of the federal govern
ment to rob any Of its settlers out
of 4 quarter section of land which
has been taken up for the purpose
of making them a home.-North
Idaho Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11

The time when prosperity be-
gan in this country was stated by
Senator Allison in a speech at
Bloomfield, Iowa, October 40.
Mr.. Allison said prosperity COM
menced the day of McKinley's
Inauguration, and that all prom
ises made by the republican party
had been fulfilled. The precise
time of the turn toward prosperity
was a little earlier than that mem
toned by the Iowa Senator. 1t
was when the count of the votes
cast at the presidential election of
November, 1896, showed that
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11
Il Beat. II. Dutch.

AS we noted some time since,
the Saxon State Railway ordered
twenty locomotives from the Bald
win Locomotive Works. The
order has caused such indignation
in Germany that a semi-official
note has been issued by the au-
thoritie', saying it would be i'm
possible as a regular thing to or
der locomotives from a foreign
firm, as the German engines are
of special type not used else
where and for the building of
which German workshops have
been specially fitted up, but The
Saxon State Railway is an excep-
ton, light engines being used on
this system. The order, coming
as it does from Germany, must
have been most gratifying to the
Philadelphia firm and aggravating
in the same degree to German
builders, who could not compete
in price or in time of delivery.
Scientific american.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11

The tin plate trust which has
just been organized in England,
according to the London ''Engi-
neer, ".has its interest for those
who believe, If any such there be,
that a protective tariffs necessary
for trusts. The Engineer" con-,
firms and gives in de tai the facts,
to which the "Prsss" has already
drawn attention, FIRST, that the En-
glish tin plate combination, is
avowedly to maintain prices; sec
ond, that it is made by an agree
ment to maintain prices, which
would be illegal here, and third,
that the absence or presence Of a
high tariff has no effect one way
or the other on the organization
of such combination. Philadel-
phia Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11

protection, sound money and ev-
erything else genuinely American
and thoroughly safe and sensible
were insured for at least four
years to come. The moment
that assurance was made clear by
the count of the vote prosperity
began to arrive. 1t came slowly
at first, but ii has kept comieg in
grand style ever since, and appar-
emily is not yet done coming.
Idaho Register.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-11
TRUSTS AND THE TARIFF.
FsIsIiy Of the Claim That Protection
Promotes Higher Prices.

Il may be worth while to mo-
tice two points made by Mr.. Bry-
an in his speech in Chicago de
nouncing homr trusts, Mr.. Bryan
said:
If an article can be produced In this
country as cheaply as II can be produced
abroad, then the trusts could exist
without the benefit of any Tariff at all,
although 1t could not extOrt so much.
No one can despute that a Tariff law,
an impost duty, enables q trust 70
charge for its product the price Of q
similar foreign product, plus the Tariff.
The price of foreign cotton
ties before the Mckinley bill be-
came a law was $I.I2 a bundle.
The duty imposed by this law
was $I.o3 a bundle and the price
of the American cotton ties,
while the tariff was in force, was
90 cents and then IS cents a
bundle. There was no extortion
whatever, because the price was
IS per cent. lower under the law
than it was before the Tariff of
$1.o3 a bundle was imposed on
foreign cotton ties. If Mr..
Bryan's assertion that ono one
can deny that a Tariff law, an
impost duty, enables trust to
charge for its product the price
Of similar foreign product, plus
the Tariff" was true, the price of
the American cotton ties would
have advanced to SAILS a bundle.
The Mckinley law was repealed
by the Democratic Wilson Ger
man law, the Tariff of $I.o3 a
bundle taken off and cotton ties
left free of duty. What was the
RESULT "A trust was organized
and the price of cotton ties was
advanced to $I.2s and then $40
a bundle, proving in the most
conclusive manner that under
Free Trade ga trust could and
did extort outrageously without
the benefit of any Tariff at all. !"
The price of soda ash under
Free-Trade was SAB a ton. The
Solway Process Company, the
only one in this country making
soda ash, and therefore a mono
poly, or American trust, while
the Protective duty was SIS a ton,
sold soda ash at .S28 and SAG a
ton. This proves there was no
extortion under the American
trust, but that extortion was
shameful under the foreign trust.
louisville Commercial"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
THE HEN As THING OF CHANCE.
An Editors Ingenious Scheme Broken Up
by Federal Authority.

From TIE Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
\ poultry journal in Illinois devised n shrcwd
lottery to be used to advance it's circulation Ia
short. il was as follows:
"On April 2. 1900" the editor says I'VE will
place on a large sheet one quart of wheat con
tanning kernels. Three Plymouth hens
which have been kept from feed for six hours
will then be permitted to eat therrfrom for ten
minutes, when the remaining kernels will be
taken up counted, and the number eaten by the
hens ascertained
ITO the subscriber of this journal who estimates
nearest the number Of kernels eaten by the hens
we will give $50; TO the next nearest we will give
500 etc"
AS Uncle Sam has law against the crcua
ton of papers containing anything in the nature
81 lottery miscellany, whether as advertisements
or reading matter II was natural that rival papers
should have called tho attention OF the postal au
thOriticS TO this scheme. The Attorney General
broke up the business, as the award Of prizes
he said depended upon chance. lie goes into the
IT,, Il, would b pIas,,cs6lc he says 1t is true
contest by taking three Plymouth hens and the
number OF kernals proposed 10 he laid down in
the advertisement, 70 reach a, rough conclusion
such count would furnish little, il any, guid
nncc i"T ,Si proper estimate M Of the number #
mentioned The eating propensitcs Of hens.
even though they be Of the same breed un
uOuDuNly vary ana the nulnDcr OF kernels eaten by
one trio would be no criterion as 10 the number
that would be taken up by another at a ditfcren /
time, although under precisely the same cond
tiOnS"
The Attorney General is right 1t is a lottery.
no doubt but it can be said that the. game was
circles, The hens could not have been bribed
nor purchased They would have done their pat I
with all iaithiulness But a. the authorities hav"
ntrrtered all that can he said is that tue origin
ntor devised an original scheme and one that would
have appealed 70 farmers II he had not been in
airing into the hundreds Of thousands for every
farmer would have made the experiments him
self and sent in his guess
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
COINS R.IRE AND COMMON.
4 Billion Of Cents I'm Use-Coins for which
High Hricna Arc Paid.

Tho demand for one-cent pieces is so great
that the Philadelphia mint is compelled To turn
out nearly ooO. OCO month to keep up the supply
There are at present something like 1000 900. 900
cents in circulation.
II YOU want To exchange a hundred dollar
bill for cents YOU would &c, ten good. large bags
full OF coppers Nickel nd copper coins have
no mint marks neither have coins issued al tho
Philadelphia mint Collectors often pay high
prices for coins bearing certain mint marks which
otherwise would not have been worth more than
their face value
The first United States cents struck for cir
culation bear the date 1898 They are Of six
varieties, ard are valued at So so to SO %
Very rare re the New York doubloons coined
in lTs7. Of which only five are known to exist. On
On" si,!' Of this and curious coin is picture
of the sun rising over mountain surrounded by
the legend, Nova Eboraca Columbia Excelsior
The other side hns tn" original form Of the national
m9!to. mum Il Punbns There i az her
The dessneFs nt, E' rb ns ' Coins nr n[
worth about $500. The last one sold brough; S521,
II had belonged to an old Maryland family ever
The Ave dollar gold piece Of 1922 is a rare
coin NJ one TING only two were said to be in
III Boston, hut third was picked up in New
York money changer shop few, years ago.
felt said The collector Of coins Who hsnpcnrd to
spy it. The man So delighted To secure it
that before leaving the shop he bought several other
coins which he didn't want. He paid only So
for it The same day he received an offer "i $3.50,
latcr $3.50 was offered by another gentleman:
5000 by another one but the gentleman. at last
accounts. holding il for 81 900. One of the
most sought after colonial coins is the Highly
copper II was struck in 1897 by Samuel
Highly who was a physician and a blacksmith
at CRANKY, Conn. He got the copper from a mine
near by and shaped the coin AT his forge
About nine years ago a silver Shekel was found
in Texas which dates back to l42 b &. Its in
rlnslC value ~ about 80 cents; it's value to collec
tors So 600
One Of the earliest known coins is a didrachm
nf ancient Aegina. coined about 700 b G. Its in
trinsiC value IL 80 cents its market value 81
The coins spoken Of in the Bible are Shekcls
which were Of silver; tho widows mite. the trihut"
penny and the "Judea capita" the bronze coin
struck by the Emperor Titus to commemorate the
destruction Of Jerusalem.
In Japan coins are generally Of iron. and in
Siam they are chiefly Of porcelain Whale s teeth
form the coinage Of the Fiji Islands They are
painted white and red. the rcd teeth being worth
about twenty times as much rs the white These
teeth are worn aS necklace instead Of carried in
pocketbook
The entire collection " coins and medals in tho
British Museum consists Of $50 600 specimens. and
is one OF the finest in the world At the Philadcl
phia mint IL good collection Of American coins.
but the Government only allows II $500 u year to
buy coins with The British Government spends
So, 900 year for coins
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08

vince me that the world had treated him kindly
since our htS meeting. lie insisted upon giving
me the credit for his reformation and after his
return home ! received watch charm similn in
appearance Ia that UrnamentinR his own cham
although the tooth on mine was made OF ivory in
stead ~ being the real article
Such II case Is the exception More often the
lcnd that is turned down plans some way to get
even lur what he considers unjust treatment. We
nave had them come in and get hold Of their iaN
oric drug and attempt Ia get out uf the s;orc with
out paying Then there is n row. which usually
ends in the ficnd throwing the stuff on the floor
aud leaving with threats Ot getting even, iiut
they seldom carry out any such threat as ihcN
know that il would he very apt to result seriously
for them Another illustration, hut Of a different
sort, Of the nerve displayed by the dopcts was
given short time ago by n cheap crook, win"
came in and wanted gum opium. When he is in
but as times grow hard he takes 10 chewing the
crude gum, which is far cheaper. This pnttiru
lar chap had reached the gum chewing slaE". anh
and didn't get it, He left the store but was back
III less than twenty minutes.
'Lcmmc have il for this will you he asked
holding up n roll of mosquito netting
where did you get thai Demanded
Down tho street in walkers hardware store
There was only nm old guy in there an walked
in an rnchcd it Say, do get an ounce for IT,
II hastened to assure him that he didn't
LW%e fy' , mE ha ALA" an ounce VIII YOU, he
Say Doc, do you wan, the damn stun for
nothing moth, Ho dent know WIZ, 70 d" win j.,
have the gum, all right, but YOU can have the
screen II amt any use I" me
With that he walked "ut leaving the netting
on the floor. | took II back To- Walker II was
less than n month Hfterward that the young fellow
who stole the sc'ccn was arrested in the western
part of the State where h" was operating nj street
received - four year sentence"
Just AZ this point some on" entered the store
get that pin this time Heres the owner after it,
and he's on velvet