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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
For the Farmer.


The most permanent asset in all the
world says Texas Farm and Ranch,
IS land, not city lOts-they are not land,
but merely foundations for buildings
but farm land, the source of nearly al
wealth and the absolutely Indispensable
factor in human existence. Land is al
SO, and for the same reason, the most
stable in value of all property. The
history of every financial panic shows
that when property of every kind
comes tumbling down in value and on
\ " money holds its own farm land
comes more nearly maintaining its val
| Ne than any other species Of property.
| Why is this? Because the products Of
| the soil are necessary to life and must
be had at whatever cost and because,
no matter what occurs in the finan-
cial world, the farmer who owns his
home has an assurance of at least a
| living and that he cannot be turned
out of doors on account of inability to
pay rent and being in the country he
is exempt from the burden Of munich
pal taxes, which weigh SO heavily on
the city property owner. The city
landlord, unable to rent his property,
must sacrifice it or be badly hurt by
the inevitable tax gatherer; hence city
property decreases in value with every
Indication of financial uneasiness. We
would not in consequence of these facts
advise town people to rush out into the
country and buy farms, for most of
them would be as much out of place
there as "whited sepulcher" in para
disc. Under present conditions We
must have towns and towns must have
people, and these people must make
some money to buy Indispensable farm
products with, and then the farmer
must turn the money back to the town
people In exchange for things that do
not grow on farms, and thus the cur
rent Of commerce is kept flowing, car
rying contentment to people in both
town and country. But if one wants
to farm, wants to lead life Of indie
pendence, with full assurance that he
will not become a pauper no matter
what may happen in the stock market,
there is but one recourse, and that is
to buy farm or buy land and make
farm; go to work, and. come what may,
after awhile he can sit under his own
grapevine and fruit tree. and nobody
may make him afraid. The time will
comets coming-when even this ref
land will continue to increase in value
on account of its importance in the
economy of human life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
THE BOER POSITION.
Desires of the Burghers, as Stated by
c. II. Vessels.

We have always been willing to
make concessions. We have always
been willing to arbitrate. Great Brit
ain it was that sought any and every
subterfuge to avoid peaceful settle
ment of the differences in question.
This is not an empty assertion, for
every one in Bloemfontein at the time
President Kruger and Sir Alfred Mil
ner met there last autumn is aware of
the fact that had the latter desired a
peaceful settlement it could have been
accomplished. At the time the Trans
vaal was willing and even anxious to
arbitrate, for the Transvaal was in the
right. Britain, on the other hand, had
an object in yiew-the acquisition of
the gold bearing lands above the Vaal
river. So the result of the conference
was foregone conclusion.
Now we are here to ask that Ameri-
ca, the home of liberty, help US to re-
tain our national independence, says c.
II. Vessels in Harper's Weekly. We
have always been free despite the con-
tention of Britain that she held the
Transvaal in a state of suzerainty.
That state of affairs was abrogated by
the treaty of 1884. We ask now that
the United States, whose friendship is
most necessary to Britain's future well
fare, intimate to Britain that the war
has gone far enough and that the diff
ferences causing hostilities should be
submitted to an Independent tribunal
We will make any just concession as
to franchise and taxation, but not one
hairbreadth will we deviate from our
determination to be free. d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
A New Thermometer.

A mercury thermometer for high
temperatures has been designed in Ger
many, says the London Engineer. 1t
consists of a small cylindrical receiver
OF steel closed at one end. At this end
capillary tube of steel one-fourth
milllmeter internal diameter Is con-
nected- This tube can be made of any
length up to 80 yeards, so that the in
dications of the instrument can be seen
at a considerable distance from the
place of which the temperature is re-
quired to be known. The capillary
tube is connected to another small fat
tened tube which is wound in the form
OF a spiral. The whole of these tubes
and the cavity are completely filed
with mercury. The heating Of the
small cylindrical receiver then causes
the spiral to dilate and to untwist- One
end of the spiral being held and the
other fixed TO a suitable gearing, the
indication OF the temperature can be
given on a dial which can be seen for.
q considerable distance. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20

Clinton and all points via the c. 8 y. ".
railway.
DEPART PROM ROCK ISLAND, ILL
No. D-Clinton- Sterling, Dixon. Chi
CaEO. IL go -
No. I B-(Start from Davenpnr) Gin
ton; Omaha. Neb.s Denver, Col; Chi
cago. Belvidere. Rockford. III:
GAINESVILLE wis: and Madison, Wis Is,O6 N
No. D-Clinton. Sterling. Dixon. Chi
cSgo, III; Cedar Rapids and Ana.
mosa, Iowa. .......::.......-.-. BIS n
No. B-Clinton; Omaha Seb.: Sioux
City. Iowa; Utah and Pacific Coast
Points .-----.-...--...- us p m
ARRIVE AT ROCK ISLAND. III.
No. D-Sioux City and Omaha. Neb.;
Clinton -:.---.----. 7:45 u
No. sD-Chicago III: Madison and
Janesvtlle. Wis. Rockford. Belvt-
dere, III: Clinton; 2;45 p m
No. B-Chicago. Dixon, STEERING. III;
Denver, Col; Omaha. Neb.: Cedar
Rapids, Clinton. IoWa-.........-...,- zoo m
No 7B-Chicayo. Dixon. Sterling, NJ
Clinton ARRIVES a. Davenport. -. 1910 p n
Daily, b Daily, except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
RULES FOR PARIS SPORTS.
Conditions For Benefit of American
Athletes Announced

Conditions For Benefit of American
Athletes Announced
For the benefit of college athletes
and other sportsInen who contemplate
visiting the Paris exposition A G..
Spalding, the director of sports sit the
exposition, who has just returned from
abroad, recently issued certain infor-
nation for the guidance of the tourists,
says the New York Tribune.
The track will be of cinders and viii
measure 400 meters. There will be a
special course for the steeplechase.
Nobody must touch with any part of
his body that part of the course which
lies over the starting point. Every
race will be started by pistol. The 60
and 100 meter runs will be run in a
straight line Each runner will have
his line marked out by cord placed
on the ground. These cords will be
about 20 meters apart
In the 10 meters straightaway hur-
die race there will be ten hurdles, nine
meters apart, 10 meters between the
first hurdle and the starting point and
IA meters from the last hurdle to the
finish. The height of the hurdles will
be LOG meters. Every runner viii
have his own line of hurdles and must
not deviate from that line during the
race.
In the 200 meter hurdle race there
will be ten hurdles over the course, 10
meters apart, So meters from the
start TO the first hurdle and 80 meters
from the last hurdle to the finish. The
height of the hurdles will be 80 cent?
meters. In the 400 meter hurdle race
there will be ten hurdles, 90 centime-
tiers in height, 30 meters apart, 40 me-
tiers from the start to the first hurdle
and 40 meters from the last hurdle to
the finish.
In the steeplechase the hurdle will
not be higher than 80 meter. Since
there is a ditch to jump in this race.
the runners may leap 1t or jump into
the water, just as they choose.
In the high jump and pole vault each
jumper will be given three trials at
every height. After three Intellectual
attempts at the same height the jump
err will be scratched. A trial is not
counted so long as the jumper does not
displace the bar. The ground must be
perfectly horizontal and must have an
elevation of at least one meter in front
of the bar for the nigh jump ana o.oU
meters for the pole vault.
Each of the jumpers in the broad
jump will jump three times; three new
trials will be accorded to the five max
ing the best jumps. To fall backward,
to recoil after jumping or to go over
the line with either foot constitutes a
trial. In this case the distance jumped
will not be measured.
Mr.. Spalding suggests that when
American golfers visit Paris they carry
their golf utensils, as good golf can be
had at Campiegne, one hour and a
quarter from Paris. Campiegne is a
historical place and a beautiful spot.
The forests contain over $4,000 acres
and are over 80 miles in circumference.
The course there has IS holes for men
and 9 holes for women. Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
Permanent Pnsturea.

The permanent pasture will soon be
the most valuable feature of every
well regulated farm where stock is
kept, and when we establish these pas
lures we will pay close attention to a
mixture of grass seeds which will pro-
duce grass the year round. value the
often 6espised orchard grass. 1t fur
nishes good bite of grass in the spring
before any other variety has started
into growth. Horses are very fond Of
It at all times, but cattle Ike other
grasses beforehand and a Living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
Co.mopoIitan sheen.

Some sheep will live and thrive any
where. They are cosmopolitan, as we
say, at home everywhere. The merino
is such 4 sheep, forming the bulk of
the stock of Germany, France, Spain.
Australia, South Africa and South and
North America, and the prominent
British breeds enjoy the same happy
adaptation to circumstances, having
been companions of the merinos wher-
ever they have been carried and thriv-
Ing with equal facility.-Sheep Breeder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
The Enxii.h sparror.

A law has just been enacted in France
which is to go into effect July 1, ex.
empting the sparrow from the protec.
ton which is given to insect eating
birds, and the farmers are declaring a
war OF determination against them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
Following Good Advice.

The Spaniards are coming to Cuba at
the rate of 6.000 a month. says the
Boston Transcript. and intend to grow
up with the country. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
c. T. FOSTER, M ID.
Physician and Surgeon.

once between Third and Fourth avenues or
Twentieth street. once hours: 70 II q N.
Rto4p m and to p. N. Night calls from
once Phone 4084
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20

Trains marked daily: all other trains daily
except Sunday. The 6:I5 p. N. tran carries
through sleeper to ST. Louis, arriving there
7:2S q. N.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
DR. 8. II. MILLER
Veterinary Surgeon ana DsnsIE..

All diseases of horses and cattle treated on
approved principles. Surgical operations per-
formed in q scientific manner. Dogs treated
Al calls promptly attended TO. Residence,
II FoUrsh avenue. Telephone 4Cd2. once
Ana innrmary, l615-1o17 Fourth avenue
(hauckers sssble), opposite No IRE house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-20
MRS. HADA n. BURKHAKR, H. Z
DRS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Physicians.

once TremAnn block. Once hours 70 IL
Q. ~, I 70 5 and to p u. Phone No. 40o2
Rock Island, III. Might calls answered from
ofio0.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
.IHARA' 5 NECK IS SAVED
KAHUKU RIOTER WILL NOT BE
HUNG IN JULY.
Government Heads Advise chief Exc
cutiye to Commute Sentence-Finan-
cial Matters-Kalihi Water Works.

Ihara, the Kahuku japanese under
sentence of death, will not hang on
July 25, as he had been condemned TO.
The matter was brought up this morn
ing i'm the Government Council and the
concensus Of opinion was that the sem
tence should be Commuted. There was
question as to whether or not the
Governor had the right to commute.
although his right to reprieve was un-
challenged. That was why no special
time was decided upon. Both life and
twenty years We're suggested. The only
thing actually decided was that there
would be no hanging.
The reservoir for the Kalihi water
works was the next important matter.
When tenders We're called only one bid
was received but this was far above
the estimate and could not be accept
ed After discussion superintendent
McCandless was requested TO proceed
with the work, using day labor. In
the same connection Superintendent
McCandless expressed the intention of
finishing the Diamond Head reservoir
with day labor.
The council discussed the matter of
purchasing a large amount of lumber
for use in the extension of wharves.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
BREAKS An NOCEANRECORD
SHIP CHILCOTTs TRIP FROM
NEWCASTLE.
Makes the Journey in Thirty-four Days
The Wallace B. Flints Good Time
From New York.

A new record from Newcastle to Ho-
nolulu, made by the bark ship Marion
ChilcOtt, is the talk OF the water front
today having set all the masters in port
To looking up old records and compar-
ing trips. Captain Weldon is the mas
ter of the vessel that made the run,
getting TO Honolulu ahead of the mails
containing papers forwarded to his con-
signees. No one was looking for the
thliCott for a couple Of weeks or more.
She made the trip in "a days. one day
less than the best time ever made Tha.
former record was held by the shin
Florence, which is also i'm port here.
now.
The Chilcott had good winds behind
her all the way. Her best days trav-
cling was 260 miles, and the poorest she
did on the whole trip was III miles.
Her time from the equator here was
days She is naturally a fast sailor and
has master who knows how to take
advantage of good winds when they
come. Captain Weedon is well known
among the masters in port here now,
and met lot of old friends this morn
ing when he got ashore.
Another good record was closed yes
terday by the arrival of the American
bark Wallace b. Flint, Captain Par
sons, from New York in 12O days. The
Flint had the best luck, Captain Par
sons says, he ever experienced. 1t was
| square yards all the way, with the
ship travelling steadily onwards She
rounded the Horn without a bit of trou-
BILE and the wonderful luck kept on all
the way UP past the equator to Hawaii.
FThe Flints trip is not a record one
but il is very good time
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
PLAGUE REPORTS FROM TWO
DIRECTIONS.
The Situation Improved in the Colo
nies, But Worse in Hongkong-Great
Rat Catching Business.

Plague reports from both Hongkong
and Sydney were brought by the steam
ers Nippon Maru and Moana yesterday
and this morning. The situation at
Hongkong is worse, while Sydney APP
pears to be on the mend. Plague at
HongkOng is not thought much of, how
ever, as IL is a normal condition of ar
fairs. Reports up 10 the time of leav-
ing of the Japanese steamer show an
average Of twelve cases a day. Some
days records are as high as twenty
cases, others as low as two or three.
A japanese newspaper announces
that DR.. Kitasato. discoVerer of the
bacillus of bubonic plague. has invent
ed a new preventive serum. He has
gone to Osaka with several assistants
to test the serum. A few cases stil
continue to be found i'm Osaka.
In Sydney the daily average has de-
creased to less than two cases a day.
Melbourne, which had been thought TO
be about free from the disease, had a
new case on the 4th of this month. The
total number of cases at Sydney up to
June 6, was 272, of which SO had been
fatal During the week previous to the
departure of the steamer there were II
new cases admitted to the hospital-the
deaths for the same period numbering
three, which is the lowest rate since
March. There were Sc patients in the
hospital when the steamer left, which
is much less than the recent average.
During the past three weeks the au-
thorities have been offering to inocu-
late people with serum, but the Sydney
people do not take to it as those OF
Honolulu did. In the whole population
only about 1000 persons applied for
treatment. In the rat catching business
the Sydneyites are much more ener-
getic, having bagged 19. 44S during May,
making a total of 2415S rats killed since
April 13. The cleaning up of the big
Australia metropolis still continues.
Twelve hundred scavengers were at
work under government auspices.
Neither the Nippon Maru nor Moana
was quarantined here, except against
rats. They were both out long time
from the infected ports. The Nippon
Maru's cargo will be fumigated. She
left at about midnight last night. The
Moana goes at five o'clock this after
noon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
STEAMSHIP MEN KICK
FOREIGN PURSERS AND THEIR
SHIPS PAPERS.
The Moana Not Ready for American
Laws-The Priest Who Got On Shore
First.

The present trip of the Moana is re-
ported TO be probably her last one here,
though the agents have not been ad-
Vlseu that she rs TO stop coming to Ho-
nolulu. The report may have originated
from the fact that there is little reason
for her to call here. She can no longer
do business between here and san
Francisco, and there is little business
to be done between here and the Colo
nies. Her through passengers today
were all allowed ashore. The Moana
has been popular vessel for travel be-
tween here and San Francisco especially
for second class passengers, for whom
she had the best accommodations of all.
Purser Hodson of the Moana, had a
shock this morning, like the purser on
the Nippon Maru, when he found that
Honolulu had become an American port
and it's custom house wanted all the
papers American laws require, as at
San Francisco. This means at least
three copies of the manifest, which have
to be verified. The steamship men in
both cases had a kick to make that
they had not been notified in time
to have the right kind of papers ready
1t was several hours work in both
cases, copying the manifests.
The Moana was rather slow coming
into the harbor, being sighted before
o'clock, and not docking till 8. The
first man to get ashore was a priest
who declined to be held back by any
customs guard. Under the new rules
no one may come ashore until the GUS
toms officers have looked at the papers
but the priest made the best time he
could down the gangway before 1t was
made fast. When a customs guard
stopped him as he started up town hC
shouted that he was late for mass ant
couldn't stop, and the customs mar
Will nj
the excuse that he allowed the reverend
gentlman to go, in defiance of the laws
of the United States. 1t was nearly
time for the general exodus anyhow.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
IN THE HARBOR TSYDMY YANDHONGKONG
SAILOR LOSES HIS LIFE WHILE
BATHING.
Was Swimming Near Quarantine
Wharf and Suddenly Sank out Of
Sight-Edorts to Rescue Him.

Jules De Bar, a sailor on the new
bark Olympic, was drowned yesterday
afternoon near quarantine wharf,
while bathing in the harbor with a
number Of companions! He was a fair
swimmer and those who were with him
are at a loss to account for his sudden
sinking out of sight. Captain Gibbs,
says that De Bar was one of his best
men, and greatly regrets the loss.
Three or four of the crew of the
Olympic watched the unfortunate man
sink out of sight. He was treading
water close by the vessel, when he
suddenly sank, and he was never seen
again. The men dived after De Bar
and got native divers who were near
to help them to look for him, but none
Of them saw a trace of him. Several
Of them were only about forty feet
from where De Bar was seen to sink,
but none of them were able to see any
trace of him, except those on the YES
sci, who watched bubbles rise to the
surface and shouted directions to the
others. The bottom of the bay was
searched for some time, but the body
could not be found. it is supposed
that on sinking under the surface the
body was struck by an undercurrent
and taken out to sea. The Olympic
had just moved to quarantine wharf
and was being fumigated.
De Bar was a Frenchman, who sign
ed on the bark at San Francisco. The
place where he was lost is near where
many people, mostly natives, are bath
ing all the time. A man was drowned
there under somewhat similar circum-
stances about a year ago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
DULL IN SAMOA.
Business Not So Good on Account OF
Disaffection of Certain interests.

1t is learned from good authority on
the Moana that business in Apia has
been greatly deprecated since the oc-
cupation of that part of Samoa by the
Germans. There was an unfeigned
campaign on the part of the Anglo
SaXons there for either British or Am
erican supremacy and now that that
has been lost a considerable section of
interests has it's eyes on Pago Pago
and New Zealand. 1t is freely predicted
that the principle town of Samoa will
be at Pago Pago. This will begin to
show itself in the new fiscal year when
the mail boats will be required to call
there.
New Zealand and the United States
are the only countries paying a subsidy
to the San Franciso- Colonial Line, Aus
tralia merely giving certain wharf priv
ileges and a mail contract. 1t is under
stood that both of the countries first
named are in favor of Pago PagO being
the port of call in Samoa as soon as
business interests undergo natural
shift and change.
Pago Pago is about four hours steam
ing from Apia. At present the Aber-
enda, of the United States navy, meets
all mail steamers at Apia.
1t is added that while business is not
so good at Apia the laws are splendidly
administered, and that the German au-
thorities have everything perfectly in
hand.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
DIRIGO MOVES IN.
Two Immense Steel Ships Ready for
Sugar Cargoes.

The big American steel ship Dirlgo,
one of the largest in the world, moved
to the Irmgard wharf yesterday after
noon, opposite the other big steel ship
ErsiSine NJ. Phelps of the same build,
and is now discharging her ballast. The
Dirigo is bit larger than the Phelps,
though the tive are nearly enough alike
to look like twins except to the exper-
fenced eye. They will both take sugar
to San Francisco. Their capacity is
about 5000 tons each, and between them
they can take all that the entire Island
fleet of vessels can bring here for sew
eral weeks. The Erskine NJ. Phelps has
made a beginning in loading, the steam
er Maui having moved alongside to put
sugar in.
Mate Morrison of the Dirigo, is well
known in Honolulu, having been a pa
trolman here during the revolution.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
BYAUTHORITY

Notice is hereby given that the efol-
lowing appointments have been made in
the Department of Public Works, viz ::
James II. Boyd, Chief Clerk.
w. E. Rowell, Assistant Superinten-
dent of Public Works.
Andrew Brown, Superintendent of
Waterworks and Clerk of Honolulu
Market.
Marston Campbell, Road Supervisor
District of Kona, Island of Oahu.
Capt, A. Fuller, Harbor Master.
Captains ]. C. Lorenzen, John r..
Macaulay NJ. N. Sanders, e. F. Cam
eron, Pilots, Port of Oahu.
JOHN A. McCANDLESS
S upt. of Public Works.
Department of Public Works.
June IA, 1900.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-22
ON THE REEF AT APIA.

APIA, June 14.-While the Danish
bark Else was making port May 80, she
stranded on the long reef. Four hours
later she was got clear by the United
states ship Abarenda, which went to
her assistance, when the bark then
made port The commander of S. NJ. S.
Cormoran sent his divers off on Thurs
day morning to make a survey of the
vessel. 1t was found she has sustain
ed good deal of damage to her plates,
and that 1t will be necessary to have
her put into dry dock before she will
be fit to carry cargo. The Else is an
iron bark of 633 tons. and was built
at Port Glasgow in 1876. She was part
owned by the captain, and registered in
Denmark. She came in ballast from
Brisbane.