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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-14

2S 600; sales ranged at S4.30d5.55 for
pigs, S5.5095.TIIs for light, $500 800
for heavy packing and shipping lots,
with the bulk of the sales at S5.t0q 80.
Catttle-EStimated receips for the
day, 1880; quotations ranged at $3.50
500 choice q extra steers. 5000 >. 30
good to choice do. S4.15d5.2O fair TO
good 60. S420G4.15 common 10 medium
do. SS.9O64.S0 butchers steers, $4,000
$50 fed western steers. 81. 10G4. 80 stock
ers and feeders. St.7504.50 cows. 81. 606D
400 heifers. S2.5O64.50 bulls and oxen.
sS.75G4.5O stays. S4.0OG5.29 Texas steers.
and S35OH5.25 veal calves
Sheep and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for the day. $4,000; quotations ranged
at S350d465 Westerns S2.T5G4.75 ma
tiVes. Si00G5.15 western lambs and
S5.75@510 native lambs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-14
st. Louis Grain.

st. Louis. May Is.
Wheat-Higher: No. > red cash eleva-
tor. 727sc; track. 75@T5hc: May, 3S7sc:
July $3.50; September. 6eLc; No. >
hard, 121kd1Sc. Corn-Higher: No. .
cash. 43c; track, 44c: May 43c: July.
42%c; September. 1850. Oats-Higher;
No. cash. 291zc: track. 291S6N30c;
May. 2994c; July. 26S4c: No. white, sic.
Rye-F'irm: soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-14

How's This!
We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Props.
Toledo, ..
We the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and tinan-
cially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
WALDINCi, KINNAN IL MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrn Cure Is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price, as cents per bottle. Sold by
all druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-14
East RuffaIo Live Stock.

East Buffalo, y. Y. May l3.
DunninC & Stevens. Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, y. Y.
quote as follows: Cattle-RecsiptS. $50
cars: market active and 10G15c higher
for fat steers and butchers grades;
best steers. S5.T5d6.O0; fair to good
shippers. S5.25G6.00; light to good
butchers $4.6Od5.15; heifers. S3.75@5.I5;
poor to best butchers cows. S2.S064. 40:
Gamers. 81 5d25O: bulls. heavy. $4,000
AIS; sausage and good butchers. $500
425: stockers and feeding calves high
er: tops. S4.6OG4.S0; feeders. $4.1oG4.70;
fresh COWS stronger; Veals. S3.2565.2 IS.
Hogs-Receipts. 81 cars: market
stronger: Workers, good weights. $5.S70
go: light, S5.S5; mixed packers and
mediums. s5.95; heavy. $5.95d6.00;
rouShs. S5.4Od5.50; stays. S4.40Gt.75.
Sheep and LambS-Receipts. a cars;
market higher for lambs: top handy,
s5.eeD5.1O; bulk. $50; others, $1,000
4.9O; heavy lambs slow. $3.50; sheep
steady: tops mixed. $4.006425: others
culls up, S2.O063.90; wethers and year
iincS 81 2564 so
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
ARTIFICIAL COAL IN GERMANY.

In the Hemshof dye and soda fac
tory, near Mannheim, Germany,
is a workman named Montag, who,
it is reported, has invented a sub
stitute for coal which costs about 25
cents per 22O pounds to manufacture.
Peat is the basis, with the addition
of certain chemicals which up to the
present, are the secret Of the inven-
tor. Parties who have seen the
product burn say that it gives a
great heat, burns with a bright
flame, and leaves no slaw and only a
small quantity of white ash.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
NEW KING.

Edward VII has kept himself sedu-
lousy out of view, so far as public
affairs are concerned, and his opin-
ions on political question have rare
~ been known. In this he has diff
fered very widely from many of his
predecessors in thelsame position. It
is known that he understands thor
oughly the essentially democratic
spirit of the English people that he
c~omprehends clearly the rigid limi-
tatiOns of his position in the English
Government ;and'that he has pledged
himself in specific words to be a
strictly constitutional King. That
there we're Irregularities in his earlier
life is beyond question that his a.
sociations have not always been Of
the best is equally certain probably
the only danger which he faces is
that which may drise from too great
intimacy with people of Indifferent
moral character. The fierce light
that beats upon a throne was never
fercer than in modern England. The
Queen brought back the ebbing tide
of loyalty by the Extraordinary dig
nifty of her character and the extra
ordinary purity Of her court it will
be easy to lose, OF sensibly diminish,
the personal affection of the English
people for their sovereign. So tact
ful a man as the new King probably
understands this His court, when
it is organized, WILDE a much gayer
one than that which surrounded the
Queen but it is-Tery much to be
hoped that it will hold to the same
standards of social1purity. The new
King enters into the inheritance of a
priceless possessionfo of affection and
loyalty if he has the good sense with
which he is credited, he will not for
get it.-New York Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
THE PHILIPPINES.

In submitting to Congress the re-
port of the Philippines Commission
President Mckinley and Secretary
Root urge the immediate legislation
in the direction of providing a civil
form of government for the Philip
pine Islands. Says,the Outlook:
1.-The Filipinos are restless under
a military government. They are
right to be restless. They have
known under Spain, nothing but a
quasi military rule they r emit
tied to an Immediate experience of
freedom under civil rule They
ought to be assured and granted at
at nee amnesty for all political Of
lenses the trial of Filipinos accused
of other than political offences be-
fore civil courts composed chiefly, if
not exclusively, Of their W coun-
men,; all the civil and religious
rights enjoyed by citizens of the
United States in any Of its Terrific
ries and as large a share in the ad-
ministration and control Of their
government as they + prepared to
assume.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
MATTHEW S. oUAY's REELECTION.

"The success of Quay, backed by
the organized criminal wealth of
Pennsylvania, in returning himself
to the United States Senate, does
not end the fight against Quayism, "
the North American (Rep.) says.
It does not even check it." These
are characteristic Republican COM
ments upon the election of Mr..
Quay. The Philadelphia Times
(Dem.) says that he has won the
most astounding victory in the his
totory Of American politics, over
coming the undispUted majority cleo
ted specially against him at the last
State election. The Record (Dem.D
declares. that 'when Mr.. Quay shall
go back to his place in the Senate,
he will go branded. No of his fell
low-Senators will be ignorant of the
why and the how of his reappear-
ance. His certificate this time will
bear the seal of the State not fraud
ulently attached but, if he were a
man with thatdelicate sense of honor
which a Senator from PENNSYLVANIA
should possess, he would never pre-
sent it," Among the score of Penn
sYlvania newspapers we receive, only
two, the Inquirer and the Pittsburg
Commercial approve MI. Quay's cleo
ton. We are not able to say whether
or not this proposition of Is to 2
against Quay prevails throughout
the State press; probably it does
not, but it is significant that the
successful candidate has but two
supporters out of the twenty most
important papers of his State
Public Opinion (non-partisan).
Littleton Female College continues
to receive more applications for
teachers from among it's former pu-
pills and graduates than it can accept.
At this time every. former pupil of
the institution, so far as can be as
certained, who desires to teach is at
work. A teacher is desired imme-
diately for a good country school.
Any young lady wishing this place
may write at once to Rev. J. M.
Rhodes, Littleton, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
PINEAPPLE GROWERS ORGANIZE.

TAMPA, FLA, Feb. 2.-The pine
apple growers of Florida, who have
been in convention here, have organ
lied the Florida Fancy Pineapple
Growers Association.
1t will be incorporated with a cap
ital stock of 50, 500. This will be di-
vided into $50 shares at $40 each and
distributed among the various
growers of the fancy shielded pines.
The purpose is to regulate and con-
troll shipments and market pines.
There yer 22O of the 23O growers
of shielded pines in Florida repre-
sented.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
BURKE's MINERAL WEALTH.

Surrounding MOrgantOn and with
in a. radius of nine miles in the South
Mountain Belt can be found some of
of the richest gold properties of the
Southern States "undevelOped, .
L" over. looked" and actually "for-
gotten" since the discovery of gold
in California in 1849. Time and time
again in seasons past there has come
to town the results of only a few
hours digging" by farmers, mug
gets of free gold weighing from
grains up to pennyweights and many
larger "cOlors" washed from the
South Mountain Belt. Do we en-
thuse or report it to the outside
world as our sister counties do No,
we pass it on are not interested and
soon forget the occurrence.
We have in our hills another val
liable mineral which has been slight
ed and that is c~rystalized garnets in
the Laurel Creek district. The COM
modify is now sused as a substitute
for corundum by sand paper manufac-
turers, in ruby sand paper, suppressed
ing the old fashion white quartz sand
paper. The Laurel garnet beds T
said to carry the best crystalized
prisms or cubes of any section in the
United States.-MOrgantOn Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
General News.
ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT"

The Facts Boiled Down and Presented in
Convenient Form for Busy
Readers.
Verdi, the great Italian composer,
is dead at the age of 81.
The South Carolina legislature has
passed a bill giving $50, 900 in aid of
the South Carolina and West India
Exposition, at Charleston, next fall.
Richard Yates, the first native
governor of Illinois, and son of the
States var governor, was inaugu-
rated before a great assemblage last
week.
President Mckinley has named j.
A. Harlan, son of Supreme Court
Justice Harlan, for Attorney-Genera
of Porto Rico, and the nomination
has been confirmed by the Senate.
Stanford University is so much
wrought up over the repeated resig-
nations Of professors because of Mrs.
StanfOrd's interference that little
attention is paid by the students to
regular lectures.
The Constitution of Connecticut
is so un-republican in form that it is
possible for twenty per cent of the
people to elect a majority of the
Legislature. Representation is based,
not on population, but on land.
The United States Supreme Court
has declared that Cuba is a foreign
country, and therefore criminals who
escape from the island are subject to
extradition. Under this ruling Nicely,
the post-ofice defaulter, will have
to return to Cuba for trial.
A Buffalo IN. W delegation is at
Washington, D. c., in the interest Of
the Pan American exposition. They
hope to secure federal aid to the
amount of $3.50, 900, not as a con-
tribution outright, but as a subscrip-
ton to the exposition stock.
Realizing that it is easily possible
to destroy the Chinese government
and bring about the partition of the
empire, which all powers express
themselves as DESTROYS of preventing,
by an ill-judged effort to force terms
as to indemnity, State Depart
ment, it is believed, has adopted a
lenient attitude, and will lose no OPP
%portunity to influence other powers
accordingly.
Chicago has had a practical illus
tration of the wisdom of midnight
closing of saloons. A canvass of the
principal police stations shows that
for the week previous to the enforce
ment of midnight closing there was
d grand total of III arrests. For
the week following the order for
midnight closing there was a grand
total of only 20 arrests, showing a
reduction of AZ in a week. That is,
a single week of enforcement of the
law resulted in decreasing the num-
Der of arrests over 40 per cent
Chicago News.
The only opposition to the $50, OOO,-
900 river and harbor grab in Con
gress come from members who
thought they were not getting their
share of the ''pOrk." Most of these
live unfortunately in States that
have neither harbors nor rivers that
are navigable within any rational
meaning of the word commerce. ="
How would it do, in order to render
the "divvy" more equal, to make
appropriations in the dry States for
the purpose of digging wells? This
would promote the general welfare"
quite a directly as squandering the
public money on brooks and mud
scow bayous.-New York World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
a CRUSADE AGAINST NEGROES.
Towns Along the Ohio River Taking Steps
to Get Rid of the Colored People.

1OWns AIong the UhIo River Taking Steps
to Get Rid of the COlOred People.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Feb. 2.-Cities
and towns along the Ohio river have
begun a crusade against the negroes.
The entire trouble dates back to the
lynchings of the negroes at Rock
port and Boonville for the murder of
the white barber Simmons at Rock
port last month. The board of safety
Of this city has ordered the police
to arrest all strange negroes and to
bring them before the city police
judge. If they cannot give any rea-
son for being here they will be SEN
fenced to the rock pile.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05

The American Bar Association
has drafted a uniform divorce act,
to be submitted to the various State
legislatures. It provides, first that
no divorce shall be granted in any
State for a cause that was not ground
of divorce in the State where the
cause arose. It demands also resi-
dence for a year before suit can be
brought if the cause arose within
the State, otherwise for two years,
and insist that the defendant shall be
personally served with notice, with
certain obvious and just exceptions.
Further, "no divorce shall be granted
solely upon default o solely upon
admissions by the pleadings o ok
cept upon hearing before the court
in open session." It allows either
party to marry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
CHILD LABOR IN THE MILLS.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 1.-The Legis-
lature has the second time killed a.
bill to prohibit child labor in cotton
mills. The vote in the house was 66
to 80. Thirty members were absent.
The action is based upon the fact
that mill operatives in the piedmont
section presented petitions asking to
be let alone. The conditions in their
belt are ideal. The mills furnish
theatres, schools and churches, but
in other sections it is charged a sys-
tenn of bondage is being fostered.
The House appointed a commission
to investigate these charges, to take
evidence and to report at the next
session.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
The Markets.
RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH TOBACCO.

ts-baIes. Market steady
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05

Queen Victoria's reign was the
longest of any English sovereign and
the longest actual reign of any ruler
in modern history, perhapsi in ali his
tory. Louis XIV of France reigned
70 years, but, coming TO the throne
in 1913 when he was five years old,
his kingdom was under a regency
until he attained his royal majority
at 49,. This would take 10 years
from the 70, Che died in 1915, max
ing his actual personal reign So
years. Victoria came into her king
dom at IS in the year 1887 and lived
into the first year of a new century,
reigning nearly Ga years. A just
ruler cannot live too long for the
good OF his or her subjects and the
King of kings vouchsated to Victoria
a benignant and benevolent old age,
Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05
NORFOLK PEANUTS.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 2, 1901.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 3, 1901.
Farmers stock nuts r quoted
today as follows:
Fancy, per H., ......... 3f
Strictly prime, per b.. 2Ip
Prime, per H., .......... 200 ~
Spanish. per bU., ....... 80
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-04-05
DISASTER ON SHIP.
Commander Roper, Of eunboat Petrel,
Suffoeated.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The navy
department early this morning re-
ceived a cablegram from Admiral
Remey, commander-inc chief of the AS
iatic station, giving a brief account OF
fire In the sail room of the gunboat
Petrol, and Of the death Of the com
manding officer, Lieutenant Command
or Jesse NJ. Roper, as a result Of
heroic effort to rescue the men below.
The dispatch states that % other Of
ficers and men were prostrated, but
all are recovering. Admiral Remey's
dispatch follows:
"Cavite, March 31.-Fire was dis
covered In the sail room Of the Petrol
at Z o'clock this morning, Roper com
manding. After going below once, he
went again against advice, and at
tempted to recover the men below. He
was suffocated, and died at 7:45.
twenty-five other officers and men
were entirely prostrated, but are re-
covering. The fire is out; damage
Immaterial. viii send Roper's re-
mains by Buffalo. REMEY."
The department at once sent a tel
egram to H. f. Fay, brother-in-law OF
Lieutenant Commander Roper, at
Longwood, Mass, asking that he in
from Mrs. Roper of the news. The
following expression Of sympathy and
appreciation was also made: With
this sad news the department sends to
Mrs. Roper deep sympathy in the great
loss she has sustained, and the highest
appreciation of the gallantry and self
sacrifice with which Lieutenant Com
mander Roper gave his life for his
fellow men. II was a heroic deed"
Lieutenant Commander Roper was
born in Missouri, and entered the
naval service June 25, 1868. He was
commissioned to the rank held by him
at the time of his death, March 81,
1899 and was ordered to the command
of the Petrol November 10, 1899. The
Petrol was one of the vessels under
Admiral Dewey at the battle of Ma
nila bay, when she was in charge OF
Lieutenant Commander Wood. The
latter officer came home shortly after
and Lieutenant Commander Roper sue
! .eeded him. The Buffalo, on which the
remains will be sent home, Is used for
the transportation of troops, and is
about to return to the United States
by way of the Mediterranean.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-04-05
SIX MONTHS MORE.
Then, General Young Says, Small
Earna NAJiU no In tb. DbiIinninas

Then, General Young Says, Small
Force viii Do In the Philippines.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-Major
General S. B. NJ. Young, who arrived
from Manila today on the transport
Logan, said:
General Funston's exploit was one
of remarkable bravery, and he is de-
serving of the highest recognition at
the hands of our government. This
talk about West Point influence is
all bosh. If any such statements
have been made that graduates OF
West Point or men who have risen
from the ranks will oppose Funston's
advancement, it has come from the
lips of disappointed officers. No good
officer or gentleman would belittle
such a brave achievement"
General Young, IN speaking of the
effect of the capture of Aguinaldo on
the situation in the islands, said he
believed the troops would have to be
kept there but six months longer. He
did not think it would pc wise to bring
them all away, however, for there was
a large number of marauding bands
throughout the islands who would have
to be kept under subsection.
ut will take at least two genera
tons" said the general, Ito get the
Filipinos to understand the meaning
of self-government as we understand
it. The Filipino idea is to have the
country parceled out among the lead
ers, and they will rule the people and
get all they can out of them. We
shall have to look to the children OF
the babies over there now to get the
matter on a correct basis"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-04-05
100000 HOTEL FIRE.
The Jefferson, at Richmond, Va,
Burned, But No Lives Lost.

RICHMOND, Va April 1.-The JEFF
ferson hotel, this city, which was
erected and furnished by the late Louis
Glnter at a cost of $l,OOO,OOO, was de-
stroyed by fire. The magnificent
structure covered half block in the
ultra-fashIonable part of the city, and
was built of buff brick on a granite
foundation.
The flames were discovered In the
upper part of the Main-street side
shortly before midnight, and In short
time that part of the building was
roaring furnace. The guests who we're
first driven out OF the Main-street
portion Of the hotel took refuge in the
lobby on the Franklin-street side.
There was much excitement, espe-
oially among the women, many OF
whom had retired for the night.
Many persons lost all their effects.
No one perished in the flames. The
fire started in the linen room from a
defective fue. The insurance Is
about S650,000. All the surrounding
houses are filed with property taken
from the hotel. There has been some
looting, and several arrests have been
made. There were in the hotel many
works OF art, including Valentines
marble statue of jefferson, which
stood in the Franklin-street court.
This statue was broken.
Immediately upon the discovery OF
the fire, which was eating into the
ceiling of the linen room, the hotel
fire apparatus was brought into play,
but the hose burst. Attendants then
dashed through the building awaken
ing the guests, many Of whom were
sleeping and had to be dragged out
of bed. Most of the guests on the
Franklin-street end Of the hotel saved
their baggage, and finally the Jefferson
statue was gotten out, with the head
broken off. The guests in the part
where the fire started lost their bag
gage, and many of them lost all their
clothes. Owing to the height OF the
building the fire department was at a
great disadvantage. The fire made
an immense blaze, and practically
awakened the entire city. There were
nc thrilling escapes, the halls and
staircases being numerous and wide.