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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
Republican Activity In Pennsylvania.

Chicago Tribune.
The people of Pennsylvania cannot
complain that their political condi-
tions are not entertaining and pictur-
esque. The director of public safety
in Philadelphia is charged with the
attempt to blackmail n prominent
citizen. an ex-mem Der of the legisla-
ture has fled from the state to save
himself from punishment for com
plicity in ballot box frauds. an ex-
United States district attorney has
been convicted of bribery, election
officers in Philadelphia ward have
been convicted of fraud, criminal at
tempt has been made to impose upon
the receiver of taxes 90, 900 fraudulent
orders for tax receipts. An attempt
has also been made to bride jury in
the United States court. The state
agricultural department has been
proven corrupt. There has been a
criminal leakage in the state printing
office. Several mem bers of the Sham
okin Borough council have been con-
victed of bribery, and proceedings are
about to begin against number of
Scranton councilmen on similar
charge, and the Lancaster county
treasurer has run away with 500, 900
of the peoples money. 1t never rains
but it pours in Pennsylvania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
The Sticky War Taxes.

The following from the Peoria Her
aid in regard to :he war taxes calls
attention to a matter that should re-
ceive more attention than has been
bestowed upon it. Considering that
the Spanish war only lasted few
months, the special taxes levied on
that occasion should not be perpetual:
Among the many burdens which
the republican party will carry in the
race next Novem Der, not the least
will be the retention of the war reve-
nue. law. There has been a half
hearted promise made that the bur-
den will be removed from the bust
ness interests of the country at the
next session of congress, but it will
be remem bered that certain promises
were made in the Porto Rico matter,
which are yet untitled and this prom
Use will also be untitled unless it is
found to be absolutely necessary to
repu blican success to keep it. 1t is
not easy to surmise why the repub-
lican party should insist on collecting
this tax in view of the fact that &C
cording to the assertion of the gov
ernment, peace has been restored and
the conditions which made the tax
necessary ceased to exist. The sur
plus of receipts over expenditures
for the present year is already over
sixty million dollars with indica-
tions that this will continue to in
crease. although Mr.. Payne insists
that between the expense of putting
into effect the new currency law and
the redemption of the 2 per cent
bonds this surplus will be entirely
wiped out. 1t is sought to stay the
clamor for the removal of this tax by
the statement that a bill having in
view its reduction is being considered
and that it will be ready for consid-
Grafton at the next session, but why
put it off so long? 1t is conceded
that the business interests of the
country need relief. 1t is well known
that much time has been wasted in
the present congress. which might
have been utilized in safeguarding
the commercial interests of the coun-
try. The bill to remedy this condi-
ton is probably under consideration
as asserted. but it will not come up
until after election, and it is more
than likely that the result of the cleo
ton will have much to do with the
final adjustment of the matter. The
present congress has frittered away
valuable time and avoided any action
on this subject, and every business
man in the United States would be
justified in striving for the defeat of
the men who have thus wilfully neg
lected to attend to the interests
which they were sent to congress to
advance"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

w. S. Whedon, cashier of the First
National bank of Winterset, Iowa, in
a recent letter gives some expert.
ence with carpenter in his employ,
that will be of value to other me-
chanics. He says: Il had a carpen-
ter working for me who was obliged
to stop work for several days on &C.
count of being troubled with
diarrhoea. l mentioned to him that
had been similarly trou bled and that
Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy had cured me. He
bought bottle of it from the drug
gist here and informed me that one
dose cured him. and he is again at
his work" For sale by all druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

SIX New York supreme court JUS
tees have been found to hold stock in
the gigantic ice trust. When such a
state of affairs exists It is not difficult
to imagine how one would fare in ap-
pearing before a tribunal so composed
or dominated to seek redress from the
evils and extortions that are the nat
ural result of com binations whose
aims are to control public necessities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
A Remarkable Enterprise
Is that of the British Doctors at No. 1909
Second Avenue. These Emminent Ply
sicians are Giving Their Services
Free for Three Months to All
Invalids Who Call Before
June 15.

Free for Three Months to All
InvaIids Who Call Before
June Is.
A staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical in
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
of a large number of patients under
their treatment in this vicinity, estab-
lished a permanent branch of the in
stitute in this city at No. 1902 Second
avenue.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
cided TO give their services entirely
free for three months (medicine ex-
cepted) to all invalids who may call
upon them for treatment between now
and June Is. These services consist
not only of consultation, examination
and advice, but also of all minor sur
gical operations.
The object in pursuing this course
is to become rapidly and personally
acquainted with the sick and the af-
fiicted, and, under no condition what
ever will any charges be made for any
services rendered for three months to
all who call before June Is.
The doctors treat all forms of dis
ease and deformities, and guarantee q
cure in every case they undertake. At
the first interview thorough exami-
nation is made. and, if incurable, you
are frankly and kindly told so; also
advised against spending your money
for useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture,
goitre, cancer, varicocele, and all dis
eases of the rectum, are positively
cured by their new treatment.
DR.. E. Valentine Heaton, the chief
consulting surgeon of the institute,
is in personal charge
Office hours from p. m. till p.
IN. Branch Office at Davenport, zoe
Brady street, office hours, a. m.
till 2 p. m. Not open Sundays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
CHARLIE G. GATES. Secretary.
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Nora Murphy, deceased
The undersigned having oeen appointed ad-
mtnistratrfx of the estate of Nora Murphy
late of the county of Rock Island state OF Ill
nois, deceased, hereby gives notice that she
wiz appear before the county court OF Rock
Island county, at the county court room, In the
city of Rock Island, at the July term, on
the FIRST Monday IN July next AZ which
time all persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested TO attend, for
the purpose of having the same adjusted.
An persons indebted 70 said estate are re-
quested to make Immediate payment TO the
Dated this 18th day OF May, A. D. 1900.
hARGARET McCAHTY, Administrative.
JACKSON & HCRsr.
Attorneys for Administrative.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

SEASON passes to the Paris exposi-
ton must bear the photograph OF the
persons to whom they are issued. An
exception has been made, however,
in the case of the Algerian, Tunish
and other Mohammedan exhibitors. as
their religion forbids them to have
their photographs taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

A TRUST has bought a town out
right down in New Jersey. Trusts in
general have owned the state of Jer-
sey for some time. The latest devel-
opment may therefore be but the be-
ginning of a movement to make the
title clear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

PEOPLE who think Mr.. Quay will
again have not studied that states
mans career as carefully as they
should, thinks the Minneapolis Times.
The Times calls attention to the fact
that he has given fair notice of his in
tention to be reelected. and what he
says goes in Pennsylvania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

THE Boston Post considers that for
mer Postmaster General Wanamaker
deserves public thanks for his defense
of the freedom of the press. by reason
of his recent courageous exposure of
Matchmaking methods on the part of
Philadelphia city officials. 1T is in
the absolute untrammelled press that
public safety is to be found, declares
The Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

HERE is a horrible example Of a
fate that may overtake indiscreet hus-
bands in their moments of rashness:
A Chicago man named Booth went to
a millinery store with his wife. She
bought a hat. He dropped dead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

THE troubles which threaten the
dismem berment of the Chinese en-
pire have under the foreign policy in
which the present administration has
involved the nation become a matter
not only of interest, but of grave con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

Men may differ on politics, religion
or finance, but all who have tried
Banner Salye are agreed as to its
worth for cuts, burns. sores, piles
and skin diseases. It's the most
healing medicine in the world. All
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

Germ and anxiety TO this country. If
there is any fighting to be done over
there in the orient we must defend
, our chunk, it seems.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

IT may be news to lots of people
that Uncle Sam pays the president
bal Der $4,000 a year. Mckinley
shaves himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
One of the Best,


The Newspaper Blue Book for
1900 has made it's appearance,
containing a select list of the
best newspapers in the United
States. As stated in the first
pages of the book: Every
paper in the list has been Sc
lected because of its superior
excellence compared with others,
covering the same territory,
the comparison Ringing in ev-
cry instance upon the scope of
} the news columns and quality
and variety Of special articles
and editorials" The ARGUS is
, this year, as it was last, honored
in being placed on the list.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

No patriotic citizen wants to be
omitted from the census of his coun.
try. See that the enumerator does
not pass you by.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

BE good" says Lord Roberts tt
the burghers. LET US take your
property and you will be happy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

FRAUDS in Cuba. Our exposition
building at Paris unsafe. Is there not
something the matter at home as well
AS in the Philippines and China?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

THE Hawaiian islands have been
officially declared free from the bu-
bonic plague, and the quarantine has
been raised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

The snuff trust has purchased a
town-the advance move of levying a
tariff on sneeZes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

PAPER manufacturers of Wisconsin
and Minnesota have united to fight
the paper trust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

TT YOU WANT TO BUY, SELL, TRADE
l. or rent anything, engage help or secure
situation, the Mail is the one paper In Moline
thai can do IL for you Mail wants are popu-
lar and Mall wants bring results. One-hah cent
per word Is the price TO all alike, cash In ad-
vance. 2-cent lamps VIII do Evening and
Sunday Man, Moline, IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-IN ANY AMOUNT,
WI on any kind of security. Also choice
go Seventeenth street. up stairs.
MONEY TO LOAN-CHATTEL MORT
I1 gage loans by w. II Eastman, l712 Sec
ond avenue, without publity or removal He
also makes collections-hArd ones q specially
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

DAGS RUBBERS, ETC.-SESD POSTAL
Ii card or leave word at 22l1 Fourth ave-
nue. IL you have any rags. rubber. etc. TO sell.
will come TO your house and pay you from
50 to 10 per hundred for rags All calls viii re-
ceive prompt attention. b. F. Klugger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

II OST-A POCKETBOOK CONTAINING
IL - bu and some silver money on Dav-
export car or Sixteenth street TO F1fth-and-a-
half avenue Finder leave at ARGUS ONCE
and be rewarded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
LOST AND FOUND.

-------~~-~---~~--- >>-~---->-->-~->--1--
I OST-A SMALL POCKETBOOK WITH
IL keys and some currency and change on
the Blue line 20 Moline Please return to this
once and receive re- ward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
PSYCHIC MAGNETIC HEALER.

DROF. A. l. THOMPSON TREATS ALL
L chronic diseases. Consultation free.
1907 Fourth avenue, Rock Island. Ill Prof.
A. L. Thompson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
FOB SALE.

nor SALE-A NEW MODERN COTTAGE
~ at 908 Fifteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

NOR SALE-COAL IN ANY QUANTITY
II of so bushels or over at s2.s5 per ton, de-
uvered g. o. ID. TO any part OF the city.
shop. Rock Island, or Enos James, Milan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

NOR SALE-A NEW MODERN COTTAGE
~ at 90S Fifteenth street. Inquire at above
address
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly ~ 1o24 Second
Avenue, Rock Island. IL lEntered ~ tne
Foaton1ce a Second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09

Ii xHn xAnn OF }. ~. PorrHH.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-09
CLAIRVOYANT.

TNHE MOST NOTED GERMAN MEDIUM
L and independent slate writer has perma-
nently located in Davenport and can daily be
consulted on all questions of life at 1I0e Hsr-
riSon street
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
Draw Lots For Land.

Some time ago the Dominion Gov
ernment purchased 120 acres Of land
in the section of what is known as the
"Spy," a tract of land adjoining the
st. Regis Indian reservation, near
Cornwall, Ontario The other day the
Government sent an officer to survey
and divide the land into eight lots of
fifteen acres each, which constitutes
homestead, and to allot the land to
red men who did not posses a home
stead. The allotment was made in the
following unique manner:
Those Indians who were without
land and who were the fathers Of a
family, and who were in poor circum'
stances, gave in their names to the
chiefs of the tribes, and those whom
the chiefs considered worthy were
placed on a list. When all applica-
tions were in the chief5 selected sixty
nine names. But there were only
hOmesteads for eight so the difficulty
was overcome by placing in a hat
sixty-nine names, sixty-one Of which
were blanks. An Indian boy drew
from the hat as the names Of the ap-
plicants were called out, and in this
way the eight capitel prizes were
drawn. The Indians were satisfied
with the method Of distribution and its
results.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
Germeny,s Telnlnine NovellIes.

The woman is coming to the front
no less triumphantly in German fiction
than in that Of England or Of the
United States, says the Westminster
Gazette. The proprietors Of the r9pu
lar illustrated weekly, Ueber Land
und Nicer, offered three prizes for the
best three "novelettes." The prize
jury, which included such eminent lit
erary experts as DR.. Fulda, Richard
Voss and Baron Won Ompteda, labor
iously examined the merits Of no few
er than 900 competitive stories. All
the three first prizes have been unan
ilously allotted to ladies. There is
no suspicion of gallanty in the yer
dict, for the jury were ignorant Of the
names Of the authors until their sealed
envelopes were opened after the judg
ment was given.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
9th AND POINT.

istress (to Norah) what must no
the condition of the pers in order to
be buried in consecrated groundT No
'Qh dn great surprlse) e)-"Dead, mum"
Uncle gave a pretty toy
Piano to little Daisy;
And little Daisy, in her joy,
Is driving the family crazy
Chicago Tribune.
"Take a seat. George" said the eS-
pectant maid. WAS papa inY Eyes"
returned the young man, sadly Il
don't care about sitting down, thank
you"
"Do you think Bilkins has a real re-
spect for the +ruth?" "He has so much
respect for it that he never makes
common use Of it."-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
Bjones-'I understand you are look
ing for a rich wife" Harduppe-
"Well, I'm sort of on ths lookout for a
rich father-in-law. l hadn't thought
much about the wife"
'Pa, will 'tenney-weeny' rhyme with
eeus -ueeuy sup IT, hiy Doy
Stop it instanter! We don't want any
Alfred Austlns in this happy family"
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
He sneaked a colar-button on the plate,
But he was sorry for t in a minute
1t was his gold one, with the diamond
in it.
Philadelphia Press
"And why did you leave your last
placer "Cook and me had a failing
out. men," II don't see why you
should leave for a little thing like
that" "But we fell out O. tn third
story window mem. ."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Editor-"Have you decided what
business to put your son atY Friend
-"No. l suppose he'll be a philan-
thropist eventually He never notices
the faults or mistakes of others" Ed
itor-"Huh He's cut out for rioof-
reader"
eyes. I caught a beautiful string"
said the -blistered banker. MANY
of 'em weighed four pounds" There
was a brief gilence. The voice of the
insurance agent bIoke it. "About how
many did it take to weigh it2' he
mildly asked. "Not over ten" replied
the unabashed banker. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
The Trained Nurse.

The professional nurse is a great
comfort-a modern Improvement, with
out which the invalid and the sick
wonder how the ancients would have
lived. She is generally good-looking
and always attractive; when she
wears her unlfOrm-which Is the
greater part Of the time-she is ire
sistible, and she is aware Of it. She
will confde to you that she dlslikes
to wear the insignia of her profess
sion and you are at liberty to believe
it. She is Immediately clean-"anti-
septically clean," to use her own ex-
preston.
IL she dimes with the family she will
hold herself dlgnified and silent, with
shoulders we'll thrown back, for the
first night or two; since she wishes 1t
understood that she considers it no
condescension; after that she will
speak as an oracle on all subjects
art, literature or medicine-and wheth-
er you agree with her or not, you will
say that you do. She claims that she
is nervous when the young doctor
is present, but If you observe carefully
1t is seen that the doctor is embar-
rassed by her lofty demeanor The
household soon accommodates itself
to her habits; the servant-girl runs
with a smile when she desires a favor;
your eldest son is at her elbow, and
your second son is not far removed
And the day she leaves, and the CLEAN
Of her blue uniform is caught no more
on the stairs, and her laugh is heard
no more in the halls, the house is
glum and dark as If the sunlight had
forsaken 1t quite, and you catch your,
self wishing that she might return
j. X. Friedman, in Harpers Bazaar
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.


Theodore Roosevelt is five feet nine
inches in height and weighs 10j
pounds.
Henry Graves, the Chicago million.
aire, went there siXty-nine years ago,
and for fifty years has lived in the
same house.
Dr. jameson, made famous by his
raid into the Transvaal in 1905. has
been elected a member Of the Cape
Assembly without opposition.
Former United States Senator James
w. Bradbury, of Augusta, Me-. has
just celebrated the ninety-eighth an
niycrsary of his birth.
AS General of the United
States Army, General Miles will enjoy
the privilege (accorded to no other
officer) of prescribing his own uniform.
Captain Francis Martin, Of Detroit,
is the Oldest American naval officer
alive. He has iust celebrated his Tooth
birthday. He got bis first commits
sion from Andrew Jackson.
Sir Richard Webster. the new En-
glish master of rolls in succession to
Sir Nathaniel Lindsay, was born in
1912, and Is the second son Of Thomas
Webster, the famous lawyer.
Senator Beveridge said the other
day: "Though it is true that ] have
been making a life study Of the Malay
languages, have as yet mastered but
one, and there are some fifty-eight
others yet to MASTER
Secretary Long has sent to Speaker
Myers, OF the Massachusetts House of
Representatives, handsome gavel.
It's head Is made of wood from the
Olympia. and its handle is part Of the
rail of the Spanish gunboat Sandoval.
which was captured during the late
war
Lord Roberts owed his command of
the expedition into Afgbanstan,
against Ayoob Kahn, to the late Lord
Lytton, then Viceroy of India, with
whom he was a great fayorite. There
was great opposition to his appoint
ment, but Lord Lytton made per-
sonal appeal to Lord BeaeonsAeld.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
THE FALL OF THE BACHELORS CT Us


o he was the head Of the Bachelor Clu7.
Hegh-ho my ady
And he mused as he sat WITH his glass
and his stub
Heighho my LADY,
"No wife with her wants and her troubles
for me,
No blubbering babies to hold on my knee.
But life that from larring and janglng
Mused he
Heigh-ho my lady.
D he was the pride Of the bachelor boys,
Heigh-ho my lady,
And he scoffed at mems visions Of marie
Heigh-ho sweet lady.
He came and he went when he peaseo
and he said:
"a man is q man till he's married or
dead"
But the stubbornest mule to the trough
Heigh-ho fair lady.
o she was maid full of maidenish wiles,
Heigh.ho my laddie;
And she frowned but to make sweet
amends with her smiles,
Heigh.ho my laddiel
What an ankle peeped out DER the top
of her shoe!
What dimples she had, how she mastered
them, too!
What she wished to have done twas a
pleasure for you
To do
Heigh-ho my laddiel
She CHANGED to trip past when he loitered
one day,
Heigh.ho my laddie.
And she tossed her proud head in a
heart-breakng way,
Heigh-ho poor bddei-
"Men are manly until they are love-lornl"
All let
The scoffer go hang Love is manlier yeti
There is crepe on the door where tho
bachelors met
Heigh-ho brave laddie
s.. L. Kiser, in Chicago Times Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
A Conrrsaa OF FntI,er..

Upon his return from Washington
for the summer vacation Kin Commis-
sioner-General Lysander John Apple
ton will call congress Of fathers to
meet at Atchison. Many questions
regarding the proper age at which a
daughter should be allowed to receive
company, what allowance a man get
ting $75 a month should make to his
sons per month to spend on rides and
ice cream for their girls, what rights
a man has to sit in his own parlor,
etc, will be discussed, Men, more.
over, need an excuse for callIn. them
away from the daily routine Of duties,
and for that r'ason the congress will
be widely attended. Old bachelors
and married men who are not fathers
viii not be barred.-Atchlsoa Glsbe.