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Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
POWER OF MONEY.
Prof. Bemis Illustrates the Methods
of Wall Street Financiers-
Ready-Made Panics

It is an old saying that money
makes money" This fact explains the
anxiety of the capitalists to have con-
press pass the gold bill, which will
strengthen immensely the money
power.
People generally do not understand
the method by which money is en-
ployed to make money in these days
of trusts, syndicates and monopolies,
and therefore the following explana-
ton by Prof. E. w. Bemis will prove
enlightening.
Referring to the recent $13s,O0O, 900
''squeeze" in stock values on Wall
street, Prof. Bemis says:
1.-THE explanation is simple. A few of
our richest men could not buy valuable
properties at their own terms until the
owners were cramped. One case known
to the writer will illustrate how it was
done. The owner of some mining stock,
whom we will call A, refused to sell fo1
$500 a share, since dividends at $40 have
recently been earned and paid. A is worth
several million dollars, but, like the aver
age man of means, had placed his stock
at the banks as collateral for loans to sus-
tain other enterprises. Suddenly A is in
formed that a far richer man or syndi-
cate of men. whom we will call B, has
also considerable of this mining stock, but
unless it can secure AS interest immedi-
ately' Cor 5000 it will offer its own shares
the next morning for $40, so as to scare
the holders of AS collateral, and force
him into bankruptcy if unable instantly
to redeem his loans in acsh. A naturally
sells, and a certain giant monopoly, we'll
known in America, has won, but not he
fore it's preliminary shaking of the plum
tree has sufficiently frightened investors
to set interest soaring
Imagine the power delegated to the
City National bank, of New York (the
Standard Oil bank) by the secretary of
the United States treasury when he de-
posted $24,oo0,oOO at one time and $14,-
100000 at anot1er-and that power is
but a ''drop in the bucket" compared
to the power that will be conferred on
the Standard Oil bank and Wall street
money power by the passage of the
gold bill.
Prices of stocks will then be forced
up or down at the will of the banks,
which will at once form a great trust,
and the fact that money makes mon
ey" will be followed by the demonstra-
ton that the holders of money will be
absolute dictators in the world of busi.
ness.-Illinois State Register.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
here. One could tell without SO much

I0eTe. One cOul0 tell VILE out so much
as seeing.
"You're of, then! That commissary
sergeant gave him away the very even
ing you were looking him over-he got
wind of it and skipped, and to-day came
back in handcuffs."
"All of which may be as you say, and
still not warrant your reference to him
as one of my irreproachables," an
swered Armstrong, land it will take
more than the evidence you refer to
to make me believe him guilty."
By this time much of the crowd and
most of the vehicles had driven away.
The generals still sat in saddles chat
ting earnestly together, while their
staff officers listened in some impa-
tience to the conversation just record
ed. Everybody knew the fault was not
Armstrong;, but it was jarring to have
to sit and hearken to the controversy.
"Don't ever twit or try funny business
with Armstrong;" once said regi-
mental sage. He had no sense of hui
mor-of that kind. Those who best
knew him knew that Armstrong never
tolerated unjust accusations, great or
small. In his desire to say an irritat-
ing thing to man he both envied and
respected, the staff officer had not con-
fined himself to the facts, and it proved
a boomerang. It was true that two
days before, calling at Gordon's official
tent while several other officers were
present at an investigation then going
on, Armstrong was seen to be greatly
interested in the appearance and testi-
mony of Gordon's young, dark-eyed
clerk, and after the conference asked
many questions about and finally asked
to speak with him. Then young Nor
ton was again missing when he was
wanted, and the next heard of him he
was either absent without leave-or a
deserter.
And now once again Armstrong;
eyes had lighted on that boy. Seated
opposite Miss Lawrence as the carriage
whirled across Point Lobos avenue, and
watching her unobtrusively, he saw the
sudden light of alarm and excitement
in her expressive face, heard the faint
exclamation as her gloved hand grasped
the rail of the seat, felt the quick sway
of the vehicle as the horses SHE'D in
fright at some object beyond his vision.
Then as they dashed on he had seen
the running guard and, just vanishing
within the portals of the corner build
ing, the slim figure of the escaping pris-
oner. He saw the quivering hands
tearing at their fastenings. He knew
he had seen that figure before now.
He turned to the driver and bade him
stop minute, but it took so yards of
effort before the spirited horses could
be calmed and brought to a halt at the
curb. To the startled inquiries of Mr..
Prime and his daughter as to the cause
of the excitement and the running and
shouting he answered simply: "Ap pris-
oner escaped, I Think" and sent pass
ing corporal to inquire the result. The
man came back in a minute.
''They got him easy, sir. He had no
show. His hands were tied behind his
back and he couldn't climb" was the
brief report.
''They have not hurt him, I hope,"
said Armstrong.
mo, sir. He hurt them-one of 'em,
at least, before he'd surrender when
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
NORWAY.

Verden's gang takes a rather pessi-
mistic view of the character of the po-
litical parties in Norway. ''The tao
tics of our political platform builders
are based on combination of the
American boss system and the Ger
man reptile policy" says the paper.
1t is combination of the worst fea-
lures of practical politics. Neither of
the grand parties is managed in de-
cent and manly way. Both party
organizations are making use of the
same kind of machine politicians, who.
by their boisterousness and ag9res-
siveness, exclude mature 1e1lberation.
Both organizations need thorough
reformation, or else the whole coun-
try will be involved in swindles, and
all political activity will be despised
as fuss fakes.
A joint committee of Norwegians
and Swedes recently held a meeting
in Kristiania to discuss the plans for
constructing a new railway line from
southeastern Norway to Dalarne,
Sweden.
Stavanger had disastrous fire Feb
9. The loss is at least $4,000. No one
was injured.
The storthing has resolved to move
the government insurance department
out. of Kristiania. This move was
made to please those who are afraid
that Kristiania is going to become toe
powerful in comparison with the rest
of the country. .... , ~....s.r
The storthing has passed the mill
tary budget, which AMOUNTS to IS. s51,'
$40. 49,
The labor union of Kristiania ha.
voted $2.7OO to Socialdemocraten, the
official organ of the social democrats
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
Not Hard.

''Do Mr.. and Mrs. Wickelson, the peo-
pie who live across the hall from you,
ever disturb you at night by their quar-
reling? I am told that they fight like
cats and dogs.''
"They do fight, but we are not dis
turbed in the least. Ny husband al
ways permits me to let the transom
down and listen without protest"
n. Y, World.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
RELATING TO HEALTH.

While pairing a corn, John Murtha,
of Little Rock, cut his toe. The chem
icals from dyed stocking caused blood
poisoning and the man died.
The only European country which
has lower death rate than England is
Norway. Austria, a country remark
able for it's large eaters, has the high
est death rate
Persons breathe less than usual when
they are concentrating their minds ON
study or work, and also when under
influence of depressing emotion. They
breathe more when exhilarated by
pleasure and amusement.
On Drinking Tea or Coffee. An en-
inent doctor says that no person should
be permitted to. drink tea or coffee
until he or she has attained the age of
18 years. In the young those beverages
unduly excite the nervous system, and
have an injurious effect upon the di-
gestive organs.
Advantages of Yawning.-':Not only
is it healthy to yawn,"' says a French
physician, ''but artificial yawning
should be resorted to in cases of sore
throat, buzzing of the ears, catarrh,
and like trouble" It is said to be as
eficacious in it's way as gargling the
throat, with which process it should
be combined.
Vegetarian Bedding.-sir Isaac Pit
man invented the vegetarian bed,"
composed, not of feathers, but of moss
es, ferns, flowers and hay. This bed
ding material, commended as healthy
and health giving by many doctors
and others, has become famous in veg
etarian circles and deserves to be more
widely known. ut smells like ozone" )"
is the testimony of more than one ply
sician, and many say that sleeping
upon it "gives rest to brain and mind
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
Flighty Woman

Mrs. Bruggs. you have more faults
than ever dreamed of in any woman -
We'll, Mr.. Bruggs, you have plenty
Of faults yourself" II. ....-,
There you 60 always chang
ing the subject when try to talk to
you."--Chicago Record.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
IRISH SUPERSTITIONS.
story OF a stone That Was Believed
to Possess a Pernicious
Power.

On Inishkea a particular family
handed down from father to son stone
called the Ne-ogue (probably part of
some image), with which the owners
used to make the weather to their 1ik-
ing. One day party of tourists Wis.
tied Inishkea, heard of the Ne-ogue,
saw it and wrote about it in the papers,
The priest in whose parish Inishkea
lay either had not known of this sur.
vival of paganism or thought that nc
one else knew of it, but when the
thing was made public he decided to
act. So he visited the island, took ths
Ne-ogue and broke it up into tiny frag.
ments and scattered them to the four
winds. The priest was sacrosanct, but
the islanders vowed vengeance and an
unfortunate man of science who had
lived some time among them was
pitched upon as certainly the person
who had made the story public. This
man after some time returned to com.
plete his Investigations at. Inishkea
and was warned of danger; but he
laughed at the idea, and said the people
were his very good friends, as indeed
they had been. However, he was hard
ly out of the boat before they fell upon
him and beat him so that he never COM
pletely recovered-indeed,d died in con-
sequence of his. injuries some years
later.
Probably q like fate would befan
anyone who touched the cursing stone
on Tory, which was turned on the
Wasp gunboat after she brought
posse of bailiffs there to levy county
cess: and, as every one knows, the
Wasp ran on Tory and lost every soul
on board. Only the other day I heard
that fish buyer stationed there dis
pleased the people; the owner of the
stone turned it on him." and month
after the buyers wife committed sui.
cide.-Blackwood's Magazine.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
FINLAND.

A motion has been introduced in the
four divisions of the landtdag of Fin
land to petition his majesty to adopt
measures for preventing the manage
ment of the internal affairs of Finland
from being conducted contrary to the
laws of the country and the principles
which hitherto have been followed in
regard to the safety of society and the
useful avocations of it's citizens.
In view of the fact that certain per-
sons cannot find accommodations at
the hotels in Helsingfors, Governor
General Bobrikoff has made arrange
ments for ''revising'' the police regu-
latiOnS of the CITY,
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
One Honest Girl

Agatha-You visit your new neighbor
great deal, don't you?
Amarda-Oh, yes.
''She is so very brilliant, hear.
suppose that is the reason you are SC
taken up with her?" .<
'Well-er-not exactly. Her cock
makes such lovely pancakes" Indian
apolis Sum- -
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14
A New Definition.

2Freddie-What's a laughing-stock
dat? r.. 5sSz5 .<.l..t :. - y T Zs| .s.i. :
Cobwigger-The necktie mans wit.
buys him.-Town Topics. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
aNDALUsIA AIRlNGs.

Andalusia. July PA number of
young people from our village attend
ed the dance at Reynolds last Friday
evening. They report a good time.
Ira Simmons was Frustrated by the
heat Monday.
Wednesday evening, Aug. 1. there
will be an ice cream social at the res
idence of Mrs. r. G. Thompson 1t is
to be given by the Baptist society.
Ira Boney, of Buffalo Prairie. spent
Sunday in our village.
The dinner at Mrs. John StroFes'
last Thursday was well attended. 1t
netted the ladies of the Baptist church
So %
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Dunlap spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Dunlap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawpa spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs William Mosher-
Some of our young people attended
the dance in Buffalo Saturday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
ApDealS to Feur.

The appeals to fear have well nigh
ceased, and yet there is no fact which
we are so compelled TO see as the fact
of retribution. The law of retributioE
works in our. present life. We become
aware of it in our earliest infancy, and
we never become developed in charac-
ter until we have learned to fear that
which is evil and to shun the conse-
quences of sin. There is a sense of
Righteousness in all men, and all men
know that unrighteousness brings pun
ishment. 1t is fair to assume that
what is part Of mans very structure
here will continue hereafter. We may
give up entirely the notion of mate
rial hell. but we cannot give up the
doctrine of retribution. Suffering must
follow sin. and therefore to appeal to
fear is not only legitimate, but it is in
accordance with the structure of mans
nature.-North American Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MUNICIPAL MAIIERs.
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CITY Council Room, Rock Island,
July PA, 1900.-The city council met
in adjourned session at 9 p. NJ.
Mayor McConochie presiding and all
the aldermen present.
The clerk read petition from ]. b.
Wells and others for the improvement
of Thirty-eighth street.
AID. Anderson moved that the petit
ton be received and considered with
other petitions fop the improvement
of Thirty-eighth street. Adopted.
The clerk presented the plat of
Schubert & Fluegel's addition. Re-
ferred to the street and alley commit
tee on motion of Aid. Willis.
The clerk read resolution provid-
ing for the appointment of a commit
tee of three to confer with w G.
Brown, general manager of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
company, concerning the removal OF
a short coal track maintained by that
company Immediately north of the
Rock Island & Eastern Illinois Rail-
way company's main line. and the re-
moval of which track is necessary to
enable the Rock Island & Eastern ILL.,
nois Railway company to build pas
senger depot.
Aid Fender moved the adoption of
the resolution. Carried.
The mayor appointed as such COM
mittee Aid. Fender, Andrews and Con-
cannon
The council, on motion of Aid. An
derson, took a recess to examine
grades. etc.
On reassembling, Aid. Anderson
moved that the ordinance establishing
grades on Thirty-eighth street be
taken up for consideration. Carried.
Aid. Anderson moved that the ordi-
nance be amended so as to establish
9 per cent grade for distance of 1920
feet south from the south line of
Seventh avenue. Carried.
Aid. Anderson moved that a clause
be inserted repeating all previous or
dinances establishing grades on Thirty
eighth street. Carried.
Aid. Anderson moved that the ordi-
nance as amended be adopted. Car
ried unanimously.
Aid. Anderson moved that the petit
tions asking for the Improvement of
Thirty-eighth street be referred to
the board of local Improvement. Car
ried.
Aid. Kennedy offered resolution
allowing the Tri-City Sprinkler com
pany $3.50 for the year 19c o for sprink-
ling in front of city property. Lost,
u TO 2, (Kennedy, Pender).
Aid. Andrews. from the committee
on markets and licenses, submitted
report ordering the removal of the
stone and sand barges from the levee
to the foot of Twenty-fourth street.
Laid over to the next meeting on mo-
tion of Aids. Kennedy and Concannon.
Adjourned on motion of Aid. Rob-
bins. II. G.. SCHAFFER,
City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25

discussion of the money plank. The
committee finished that discussion at
half past 4 O'Clock in the morning.
exhausted and utterly unable to give
to the remainder OF the platform that
careful scrutiny which it should per-
haps have received. Instead of return
ing to take up the income tax again, the
remainder of the platform was passed
over hdrriedly and it was not noticed
that this matter had been omitted.
It is held by all members of the
committee and by the democratic par
'ty organization as a whole that the
income tax is included in the reaffirm-
alton of the Chicago platform. Spe-
cial stress will be laid upon it in the
democratic campaign text book pre-
pared for the instruction of speakers
and writer's. and Mr.. Bryan himself
will discuss it at every proper oc-
casion, including his first official adj
dress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
FACTS FROM FOSTER.

Foster, july 24.-Mrs. william
Ruthenburg. who resides near Illinois
City, has been quite sick with typhoid
fever.
Miss Lulu Drugg arrived here from
Stafford, Iowa, to visit with her
sister, Mrs. ban Kliest.
The home of Ben WIlford has beer
frightened by the advent of a new
daughter
Miss Carrie Spickler, of Pine Bluff,
has been on the sick list.
The busy hum of the threshing
machine is sounding forth again in
all quarters.
The Misses Ella aud Richie Keller,
of Pine Bluff, were guests of Miss ALA
Foster Sunday.
Rev. Kettelkamp and sister drove
to Taylor Ridge Monday and met
their father, who came up from
sout hern Illinois to visit them.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Banner re-
joice over the arrival CT little son,
born on the 10Th inst.
The Misses Ada and Eta Swanson
returned to their home at Moline
Saturday, after pleasant visit at the
home of their aunt, Mrs. G. Ander-
son.
The Misses Kathryn Watson and
Lauretta Gillett were guests of Miss
Pearlyn MILFORD Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
Notice of Publicatlon-In Chancery.
State of Illinois, q,
Rock Island County, :"

State OF Illinois, Ice
Rock Island County, 80
In the Circuit Court OF said Rock Island
county. In chancery.
Rock Island Plow company. complainant [.
VS.. Ada Smith, arthur Smith, Myrtle HensIer,
Hazel Hensler, Thomas Moore, George Moore.
Moore, wife of said George Moore, and
tenth part of lot seven "a, in block four "a,
In that part of the city of hock Island In the
county OF Rock Island and state OF Illinois,
known and described as the Chicago or Lower
addition to said city of Rock island, defend
ants.
TO Ada Smith, Arthur Smith. Hazel Hen Ter,
Thomas MeoTeS George Moore, - Moore,
wife of said George Moore and the unknown
owners of the undivided one-t nth part of lot
seven "a. in block four ~, In tn At part of the
city OF Rock Island. in the county of Rock ISL
and and state of Illinois, known and described
the Chicago or Lower addition 10 said city
of Rock Island, defendants in the above en-
titled suit and each and every one OF them.
Notice Is hereby given that the above entitled
suit is now pending in said court and that sum
mons has been issued against you therein:
Now, unless you shall personally be and up
pear before the said court on the first day OF
the next term thereof, 20 be holden in the
court house in the city of Rock Islaud. in
the county of Rock Island, state Of
Illinois, the third Monday of Sep
TENDER next, TO which time and place said
summons IS made returnable, and excepL.
plead, answer Or demur TO the bill Of complaint
In said suit fled that the same will be taken
for coufessedAs against you and decree enter
Dated a. Rock Island IT, this i2th day of July,
A. ID. 1900.
GEORGE w GAMBLE Clerk of Said Court,
HENRY CURTIS, Solicitor for Complainant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower. still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of using
anything else for Indigestion or bill
iousness. Doctors We're scarce, and
they seldom heard of appendicitis,
misrepresentation or heart failure,
etc. They used August Flow
er to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food, reg
ulate the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need q
few doses of Green's August Flower,
in liquid form. to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. Sample bottles free at T. II.
Thomas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-25
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monials. 1t cures while you walk.
Try it today. AL druggists and shoe
stores sell it, 25 cents. Sample sent
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Beers WIN Not Down.

The republicans are doing every
thing in their power to placate the
German vote aud it is unfortunate.
from their standpoint. that the Beers
refuse to stay whipped even if Lord
Roberts is in possession of Pretoria.
The German-Americans, in common
with many other citizens, sympathize
strongly with the Beers in their
plucky fight for freedom, and as long
as they remain uncopquered the re-
publican party'5 attitude of sympathy
with Great Britain will be a campaign
issue. These people who are fighting
for Independence have a curious way
of obstructing the designs of imperi-
alism. Great Britain cannot spare
her troops from South Africa for
China any more than the administra-
ton can take its troops from the
Philippines. 1t is really very vexing
to the parties to the Anglo-American
alliance that circumstances make it
so ineffective at this time.