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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

In Aurora, Ind, for instance, the trusts
have closed match factory, brewery
and a distillery. leaving hundreds of
men idle and bankrupting the small
merchants OF the place. In Edinburg.
Ind. a starch factory has been closed
by the trust; in Charlottesville a wire
plant is standing still; In Brazil and
Terre Haute the steel mills are idle
The trail of the trust was equally Wis
lble in Ohio. and where the men were
at work they were sullen because the
trusts have reduced wages and length
ened the hours of labor.
The administration is very much wor-
ried over Bryan's correct analysis OF
the uses to which big standing army
will be put.
If Bryan had not hit the trath when
be said 1t would be used to Cypress IA
Dor at home, there would not be such q
howl Of protest from the administra-
ton press.
The Army and Navy Register, In its
most recent issue, has an inspired edi-
torial in which ii tries to explain that
labor need not fear a standing army.
and that the erection of forts and arse
mails near Industrial centers has no re-
latiOn 10 their affairs. The Register
fails to give any other good reason why
such forts should be contemplated. and
labor has in mind the fact that United
States troops have been enforcing mar
tial law on a peaceful community in
Idaho for the last IS months and that
the mine owners in the Cpur d'Alene
district say openly that they desire =
fort erected there and soldiers ALWAYS
stationed there TO shoot down the min
ers when they become dissatisfied with
the wages and conditions offered them.
In this district the United States are
being used now to compel the miners
to state how they are going 10 vote.
II a man dares to say he is going to
vate for Bryan. his permit" for en-
Tfoyment is taken away and, he is
forced to flee from the district ut the
point of the bayonet. l.. \. WHITE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
How the Carving Was Done.

"When 1 was 4 young man." said n
San Francisco artist, "a friend of mine
who returned from China brought
home n lot of pearl shells beautifully
etched or engraved with figures and
landscapes on the inside of the shells
l did not marvel so much at the en-
craving as 1 did at the .cheapness of
the shells. l couldn't help thinking
that some of the engraYings must have
taken a day or two to make. and yet
they sold for little or nothing, my
friend said.
con my request he made an investi-
CATION of the subject and discovered
that the Chinese had used the follow
ing plan: Instead of craving the pic
ture into the hard shell, an operation
that would have been labOrious and
slow, the Chinese drew the sketch on n
little scrap of tea lead and inserted it
into the pearl oyster shell when 1t was
tender. The inside of the shell in this
manner got an impression of the sketch
from the tea lead picture, and as soon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Row and woodcbucIx

= The joy of pursuing the woodchuck
is Il part of the happiness of rural life.
The boy is lacking in physical develop
ment and in numerous mental and
moral qualities growing out of the ex-
perience who has not spent day pour
ing water down woodchuck hole on
the hillside with a view to drowning
out the occupant. This is said to re-
fresh the woOdchuck, and. as for the
boy, 1t toughens his muscles as no com
pulsory labor could do, and it cultivates
patience, hope and persistency. Given
n good brook, an ample hole and an in
dustrious boy, full days work on the
outside and complacent woodchuck
on the inside may be safely guaran-
teed.-Hartford Courant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
HOODWINKING
THE FARMERS.
Leading Agricultural Papers
Controlled by Mark
Hanna.

The Republicans have bought up the
leading agricultural papers and are
sending them out TO every farmer in
the land as sample copies. They are
loaded with stuff supporting the Re
publican policies and lying and mis-
leading statements about trade and the
improved condition of agriculture with
out mentioning the word Republican"
and under the guise and pretense of be-
ing strictly neutral agricultural pa
pers.
The American Farmer of Indianapo-
lis is one of these sheets. This paper
was bought by a syndicate headed by
Mark Hanna and to which he sub
scribed $1,000, and other subscribers
are Perry Heath, Joseph b. Brigham,
Senator Fairbanks and other leading
Republicans, and Joseph II. Brigham.
present assistant United States secre-
tary of agriculture, is president of the
company and editor. They are distrib-
uting 100000 copies and employ the
best Republican editorial writers in
the country to load ii down with mis-
leading articles. This is just as bad
stealing as any other kind of robbery
which has been practiced by Mark
Hanna and his followers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

Where does Mark Hanna turn when
he starts to raise the enormous cam
paign fund which he warns his sup
Dorters IS essential TO the election of
Mr.. Mckinley? Does he 90 to the peo-
pie? Not at all, He goes rather to the
full money bags which have been
made rotund by Mckinley bounties,
Mckinley subsidies. Mckinley con-
tracts and other Mckinley benefits,
contributions from which are not
merely tithes from favOrs received but
the expression OF n lively hope OF IA
vors to come. What word can more
accurately describe n presidency OBJ
tanned by this means for these ends
than that employed by Mr.. Olney-''a
syndicatcd presidency? - New York
World
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
unDua ChristInn scientist.

Chairman Hanna exclaims, Il don't
believe that there is trust in the Unit
ed States" What is this but the Chris
tian Science cure applied to economies?
The Christian Science healer banishes
disease solely by declaring that it does
not exist. although the patient may be
writing in pain. BY affirming that
there is not 4 trust in the United States
the Christian Science Republican chair
man hopes 10 convince his countrymen
who suffer by reason of trust exactions
they are victims OF a delusion.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

who have been shouting about pros
the closing OF the mills ut this time IS
resort to the coercive and heartless
methods of four years ago, when en-
ployees were told by our great indus
trial barons that they must either vote
for Mckinley or be turned adrift to
starve. Some of them put the alterna-
tive in n less brutal way, but the mean-
ing was the same and equally clear.
BY the closing Of the Joliet and other
mills of the Illinois Steel company
l., 600 or 10000 men have been thrown
out of employment and 10000 or 100,-
600 human beings forced to contem-
plate the near approach of sore dis
tress and hunger. What are the woes
of women. the cry of furnishing chill
dren. the bitter tears of the wronged
and downtrodden to The wealth gorgcd
slave drivers of the trusts, But it
might be we'll for them TO think they
may carry their inhuman policy too
far. for IN this young land the sense Of
manhood still Is strong.
The producer of all wealth, the
tOiIsr, may some day, and sooner
than the pIutOcrats feel, object to
being despiscd md despoiIed and
starved, and then woe to the con-
temner and despOiIer!
1T is better TO fight for the good than
to rail at the ILL.," and justice and hui
mainly will insist there has been rail
ing enough and that more effective ar
guments be employed. Twas the hun
cry women of Amiens who saw their
famishGd children wasting into shad-
ows that started the French revolu-
ton. OF course there will be no reign
OF terror here until the steel, coal and
associated trusts get n standing army
large enough to protect the ballot box
from being Il danger to capital and the
better Classes.
I'VE cannot give you employment if
Bryan is elected in November" say
the officials of the steel company Has
1t come to this, that when the masses
OF the American people register their
voices untrammeled they shall be
forced into idlencss and driven to pen
ury? Is it a fact that the purse proud
benefciaries of protected industries
have already the people at their mercy,
and that food. even the coarsest, can
be had only at the price Of submission
to Industrial slavery? So at least il
has been ordered by those upon whom
Mckinley's only hope and future rests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
COERCING THE
WORKINGMEN.
Illinois Steel Trust Tells Them
to Vote For Mckinley
or Starve.

President E. ]. Burlington of the I'LL
nois Steel company, a trust monster,
issued a few days ago the following
statement:
We have closed down our Joliet
mills for lack OF orders. Possibly we
shall be compelled to shut down other
mills within the next ten days for the
same reason. although we hope TO con-
tinue most OF our mills in operation.
AS the presidential election approaches
many of our best customers are post
poning purchases for the reason, they
state. they wish to wait until they are
certain of the result of the election be-
fore placing large orders"
This statement of Buffington's Is a
most significant one. 1t can be inter-
preted in two ways-either that those
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

ooh, just anything q show them that
you are glad they are married. Just
something complimentary, you know"
In a few minutes the little miss had
made her way to where the happy cou-
pie were receiving the congratulations.
There was quite a crowd around, but
she didn't mind them one bit. She
marched straight up TO the bride and.
extending her hand, said:
Il wish you many happy returns Of
the day"
The remark convulsed every one in
hearing, but the little miss left the
church with the consciousness that she
had observed the proprieties.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Polite, bat Embarrassing.

A pretty little miss OF about Il sum-
mers nearly broke up a wedding party
at Linwood n short while ago. 1t was
about the first wedding that she had
ever attended. and she felt the impOr-
lance of the occasion very much. After
the ceremony she noticed that the peo-
pie went up 10 the bride and groom and
made remarks 10 them. She supposed
that they were words of conEratula-
ton or coincidence or something of that
sort but her ideas of the proper thing
to say under the circumstances were 4
little vague. Finally she whispered to
an old friend of the family who was
near by:
What SHAH say when I so up
there she faltered-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Searsighted Republican Leaders.

There is work for a good OcuIist
among Republican leaders. Mark
Hanna recently declared there are no
trusts" and yet the Republican cam
paign committee is flooding the coun-
try with buncombe antitrust literature,
and now comes Teddy Roosevelt de-
claring there are no idle men In the
country. but plenty of work at good
wages for all in spite OF the news
which has filed the newspapers recent
" of shut downs, half time. strikes and
other labor troubles.-Augusta Chroni-
clio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Authorities Against Roosevelt.

Those who know, including President
Schurman and Admiral Dewey, have
given testimony showing that Govern
or Roosevelt's classification of the Fill
pinOs with the Apaches is not at all
correct. If Aguinaldo and his country
men are so bad as Roosevelt paints
them in the west, how did it happen
that the good President Mckinley Of
fered them commissions In the Amer
lean army, as no less an authority than
Perry 5. Heath, Neciy's sponsor, says
he did? Did Mckinley think that
American soldiers should be led by an
Apache chief?-Utica (N. " Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

MEN WARNED
Policy of Imperialism Full OF
Danger to Their People. 4
MAKEswAR ON THE DARKER RACES

Brief Review of the '.MOdel" Admin
istratiOn of neutrality-suspicious. Alb.
ner's Army Contracts - The Ems
ba1med Beef ScandaI-AIger and
Engan whitewashed.
An address urging the colored voters
of the country to turn their backs on
the Republican party has been drawn
up by Colonel Thomas Wentworth
HigginsOn, William Lloyd Garrison
and Ex-Governor George s. Boutwell,.
all of Boston. and issued by the ma
tional Democratic committee. 1t points
out to the colored voter that the ma
tional policy of imperialism is full of
danger to them and their race. The
address says: n
Bosrox. Oct. 4.
To the Colored People of the United States:
We address you at one of the most important
points in your history. II ever there was war OF
races IN this world, the war now going on IN tina
Philippine Islands Is precisely that. :,
Every day in the Philippines is already training
our young American soldiers to the habit of
righttul ruler of all other men. This is seen, for
instance, in the fact that these very soldiers I'm
writing home letters from the seat Of war de-
scribe the inhabitants of the Philippines ana
more constantly as "niggers,' thus giving new
lease of life to a word which was previously dy,
ing out among us. =
Every defender Of the in congress sustnins
the contest the assumed ground that the Fill
pinos are unfit for freedom, although Admiral
Dewey at first described them as more At for it
than the Cubans and Senator Hoar describes them
to be probably better fitted than any the
two American continents south of ourselves.
We wish to warn you that the imperialistc Re-
publican party Of today is not the liberty loving
party of that name which set the American negro
free. The time is past when you can safely give
1t your implicit support. We you that tho
American negro must henceforth think for himself
and must cut aGrift nom every organization which
wars darker races
Republican spellblnders everywhere
are holding up the administration OF
Mckinley as model one. For the
hencfit of the voters of the country
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Trusts.

There is nothing to be said for the
trusts which can begin to Offset the OBJ
jections against them. They are the
outgrowth OF an abominable system Of
favoritism called protection. and they
carry out the idea OF that doctrine-the
enrichment of the few at the expense
OF the many.-Kansas City Star. -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Build on Solid Rock.

If we rest upon the shifting sand of
the empire. if we rest upon brute force,
the time will come when there will be
a greater principle than that. But let
us build upon the Declaration of indie
pendence. that solid rock. and then we
will build n nation against which all
the powers of the earth cannot prevail.
We Will build n nation that can never
die.-W. ]. Bryan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Does He RenectI

When President Mckinley goes to
church in his pious. decorous way, does
he think of the wounded Filipinos
burned alive in the houses in which
they had taken refuge by the troops
whom Mckinley has sent to teach
those islanders the ways of civilization3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

as it was sufficiently well printed the
Chinese would take the lead out and
insert it in another shell. and so ON.
That's how the carved shells came &c
be so cheap or at least that was the
explanation that was made to me by
my friend"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
Especial Washington Letter.I

Especial Washington Letter.l
In the four weeks that have elapsed
since the miners strike began the coal
combine has made over $S,OOO,O 900 ex-
ira profit from advanced prices and
has economical on a weekly pay roll
of about $4,000.
The advance in prices is O barefaced
robbery. II should be a lesson to the
people as to the necessity Of putting
such piraticaI combinations under re-
straint.
There has been no scarcity of coal.
The operators expected this strike.
They nagged their men to the last
limit Of endurance.
In anticipation OF this strike they had
over n million tons of coal boarded up
ut certain points in New Jersey. The
report of the output showed that up to
August Of this year more coal was
mined in the anthracite region than in
any previous year in It's history. The
operators proposed to hold up n de-
fenseless public and make 1t pour
millions of dollars into their treasury
the strike was merely the pretext for
an unusual advance.
Leaving the miners grievances aside,
isn't it about time n president was
elected who will bring such combines
under legal restraint and punish them
when they plumber the people?
The Republicans try to confuse the
issue by talking about good and bad
trusts and shouting about the damage
that Bryan may do TO Legitimate bust
ness when he goes after the robber
trusts.
They don't deceive the people. If
one citizen steals from another, Ill HON
est citizens are the safer when the
thief Is caught and punished
1t IS the same with the trusts. Com
Dinations in the business world which
are doing legitimate business, whose
stock Is bona fide. who are not trying
10 limit production in order to exact
high prices. need not be afraid of any
thing Bryan or the Democratic party
may do in restraint of piratical cOmbi-
nations.
All honest capital aud sound business
Will be better off and safer when these
brigands of the business world-such
trusts "a the anthracite coal combine
nnd the Standard Oil-arc punished for
freezing the people and forced to do
business on an honest basis If they de-
sire the protection and the Opportuni-
ties afforded in this country.
I The Republicans are not saying much
about the full dinner pail and prosper
ity. They are now admitting that the
industrial vote in large cities is going
TO Bryan. They might as well admit
their own defeat, for this is the vote
which determines the result. They
ore now Ihnuing their slender hopes 10
Jhe farmer vote in the middle and
western states. They forget that the
trusts. in their gr-eedincsS. have been
giving the farmer I very severe object
lesson. The farmer cannot manage
any combination among themselves 10y
which they can get higher prices for
wheat and corn. but when they come
to buy barbed wire or nails or lumber
or agricultural machinery they are
faced by combinations which maintain
prices at any arbitrary limit they
choose.
When Bryan spoke in Indiana and
Ohio. be passed through belt of towns
which had been devastated by trusts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27
TRAIL Of
THE TRUSTS
Marked by Closed Factories and
Idle Workmen.
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PARALYzED

Robber Combines Limit Production
to Raise Prices - Large Army n
Menace TO LabOr-HOVv the Idaho
Miners Are Being COerced-What
the Recollection of Mckinley VIII
Mean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

Continued on Eleventh page.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-27

Republican spellblnders everywhere
are holding up the administration OF
Mckinley as model one. For the
henefit of the voters of the country
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12
Made a Good Impression.

VIM. H. Mills, land agent Of the S.
P. company. who went to Paris last
spring to take charge of the railroads S
exhibit, has returned. Mr.. Mills is
enthusiastic on what California has
accomplished at the big exposition,
and says that the superior display is
admitted and commented upon not only
by the Perisians but by all nations of
the world. In only one particular did
he find that any other nation had out
done California in respect to its natur-
al resources. Mr.. Mills discovered
that the Servian walnut was superior
to any Of California's walnuts, and with
his customary promstness when
the interests Of the State may be
served, he obtained some Of the wal
nuts and will introduce them.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12
Easy Directions.

In using the lIniment Trlb on a
bruise or sprain, one is not required to
60 through a series of preparations.
You don't have to apply it before a
certain kind Of fire. or with certain
kind Of cloth. etc.
When the skin is not broken, Just
rub it in. Rub till its dry-easy
enought If not too much is used. Rub
1t In and let It go at that. Care in ap-
plication helps; but Trb itself does the
work.
For most people the Coz bottle at
SOC is the economical sizs--it lasts a
long time. But families using a good
deal. and athletes, tralningfor aneVent,
find the 1907 bottle (full pint) at ST
better. This the is limit Of low price
If your druggist doesn't keep 1t. we will
send, express prepaid, on receipt Of
price, either SOC or 81 size. TRIB Co.,
Carson, Nevada.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12
A GREAT TIME.
ooine Wadsworth People go
to Churchill.

Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, Geo. Abbay
}. 7. Day and wife and daughter Lena
all went to Fallons Wednesday night to
see and enjoy the opening of the new
nall. They came back with coluns Of
praise for Churchill hospitality. The
floor was handled by VIII Williams
Elmer Jeffrey, Bob Lee and Charlie
Wightman. They did do the finest
kind OF work in their position. The
music was all right. viii Mills, Ralph
dollhouse, Frank Falon and Charlie
Stump did 1t. The floor was In good
shape and there was no kicking from
anybody. A. R. jeffrey and Wallace
Ferguson handled the sack. Every
good cook in the county provided a
share of the supper.
well say. if 1t was not magnificent |
don't know what good cooking is, and |
have been a married man for twenty
years. says John Day. THE ladies'
in evidence were Mrs. J. M. Sanford,
Mrs. Wallace Ferguson and Mrs. A.
R. Jeffrey. only stayed till a in the
morning but the chances are they
danced till 4 in the afternoon. The
hall Is beaut. Jim Richards made
the coffee. 1t was elegant. Every
body likes the hall all right. lin
Poole and Charlie Kinney did do
good job. | got my wife home yes
terday afternoon. Roy Powell and
Miss Mary Murphy and George Pier
son and Miss Eddings were there"
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12

The Union Pacific road has just
given an order for 100 new locomo tives
of different types.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12
Notice.

The Leader Of the Sunshine CIRCLE
of Kings Daughters here informs the
good people Of Wadsworth that the
little girls will give a fair in Music
Hall the end Of November. They are
all faithfully working for this object and
will have large and varied assort-
ment Of fancy and useful articles for
sale. The patronage Of our good citi-
zens is earnestly solicited in behalf OF
these little girls who are working SO
harnoniously together in the name OF
the blessed Master. Mrs. AsHBY.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12
Birthday Party.

Last Saturday Miss Mary Raitt en-
ioyed birthday party at her home
Twenty odd kids enjoyed themselves
highly in the way they only can. Miss
Francis,Bliyan and Miss Claire Lewis
Of the PIANO furnished spirit for the en-
:. ytainment of all. Mary received lots
- nrAseots and IS the happiest 8 year
old n W3Shoe.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.

TN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
i Court Of the State OF Nevada, in and for the
County Of Washoe.-In the matter OF the estate
of Matte McNevin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed and qualified by the
District Court Of the Second Judicial District
Of the State OF Nevada, in and for Washoe
County, as Administrator OF the estate OF
Matte McNeyin, late of said County, deceased.
All creditors having claims against the said
estate are required TO file the same with proper
vouchers attached, with the Clerk of the afore-
said Court, within three months o. the first
publication of this notice.
N. A. HUMMEL
Administrator of the estate of Matte
McNevin, deceased. f
W. II, A. PIKE
Attorney for Administrator.
Dated October 9, 1900