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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
SOME CHANGES MADE
AT THE LOCAL YIN. C. A.

The library at the Y. NJ. {. y. has
been brought out, rearranged and
placed in The south reading room
where il can he conveniently used by
members. The collection of books
is not large, but it is good one en-
An effort is to be made to develop Il
desire for good reading among the
members. particularly the boys, and
to this end Secretary Freeman is de-
sirous of securing for the use of the
association more books, particu-
larly good modern fiction and works
along the line of the endeavors of
young men. 4 book social to be
held in the near future is proposed.
An open night will he held this
evening, the program at the gymnas-
ium consisting of class work and ath-
Ietic games and will close with Il
match game of babylonia, a new
game which has been finding much
favor among the members.
\ new handball court to be placed
at the west side of the gymnasium
and the south end is one of the inn
provements TO he made i'm the near
future. Work in the gymnasium has
reached proportions never before
known. the number of men eXercis-
ing there daily averaging between 60
and so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
FIREMEN HINDERED
BY People Who Flock Into Burn
ing Store in Harper
House Block.
Is ANOTHER OBJECT LESSON
Police Should be on Hand With
Rope to Keep Crowd
Back.

This mornings fire in Lloyd's store
in the Harper house block furnished
another object lesson in support of
the contention The Argus has always
made that the police patrol wagon
should, as it did in former years, re-
spond to all fire alarms, and in adj
dition a rope of sufficient length
should be placed in the wagon
and be stretched by the police at a
convenient distance to keep the
crowds away from all burning
structures.
There are people that go to fires
who are prompted by nothing but
curiosity. They have no business in
the buildings that are burning and
are simply AN interference to those
who are striving to save the proper
ty.
In this mornings instance the peo-
pie rushed into the store. congesting
the entrance and actually hindering
the firemen i'm their work No eff
fort was made on the part of the POI
lice To clear the way or eject the in
truders, and neighboring business
men finally saw the situation and as
>iHAtu III hIiNliiE the CIpNh but VI the
store.
Will, il is not said anything of the
kind was done at today's fire, yet
the allowing of people in burning
buildings leads to vandalism and
thievery.
The fire department has not the
time to do police duty at fires. The
police department should he on hand
to keep the crowds out OF places
where they do not belong.
Starts I'm Show Window.
The fire started in the west show
window in the framework upon
which the display was arranged and
evidently originated from a crossing
of the electric light wires from which
il was illuminated. BY the time the
reached the scene the
fire had formed dense smudge. \
chemical put out the flames. The
loss is difficult to estimate, the prop
erty actually destroyed being small
in comparison to that which the
smoke damaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
THE STREET SHANTY
Popcorn Booth InVadeS Market
Square by Administra-
tion's Grace.

The latest popcorn stand to receive
the gracious permission of the city
council to obstruct n street has made
it's appearance on Market square just
north of the watering trough for
horses. 1t is unsightIy and. very
mucn i'm the way but il is character
istic of the existing municipal admin
iStrl;ion and consistent with the pol
icy so far carried out.
No doubt the popcorn business is
Il fiouIishing one in all cities of any
prctense and "a reasonable number
of :hc stands is not an unmiNed evil
when not too prominently located.
But when all the corners become oc-
cupied and the shacks are even per-
mittcd to spring up. mushroom-like
i'm the middle of the streets, ii is
time TO cry halt.
The council has so far shown no
either to limit the num-
Der or set Il standard of respectable
ity for these stands and if matters
continue at the present rate Rock
Island streets Will soon present the
of n veritabie shanty-
town. Besides. this sort of thing
tends to encourage transient and ir
vendors in their compe-
tition with regularly established
in the confectionery line
who pay taxes and lend their help
the upbuilding of the city in
othe- ways.
1t is time to draw a line on the
popcorn booth, and to do little
wedding out into the bargain.
This afternoon one of the ven
doris added a canopy to his stand
This led to n hasty meeting of sew
eral aldermen in response to the in
1ignant protests of business people.
But the outfit will probably stay any
way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
BALLLECTURET TONIGHT.
Famous English Scientist 10 Speak
at the Burtis i'm Daven-
port.

Sir Robert Ball, the famous Eng
lisb scientist who is to be the bright
particular star of the lecture season.
arrived in Davenport at o'clock this
morning. He has been invited to be
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. \. Ficke
and family. In other places he has
been made the center of unending
receptions, dinners and such func-
tons. No effort is TO be made here
to give him anything of this tire
some nature.
Arrangements were made this
morning to give the members of the
Tri-City Press club an opportunity to
meet Sir Robert in the parlors of the
Kimball Immediately following the
lecture. As the distinguished visitor
leaves for the west early tomorrow
morning. it was deemed wise to make
the affair as informal as possible.
Sir Robert chatted pleasantly this
morning upon his American tour, eX-
pressing the pleasure il afforded him
to see something of the great west
which he had never visited before,
and the tri-cities in particular. 1T
was II years ago | visited America"
he said, land my tour then was con-
fined To the eastern cities. | have
heard much of the upper Mississippi
valley and | am very glad to- be able
to appear before an audience in one
of its thriving. commercial centers."
On the subject of science he said,
the work of American scientists is
remarkably fine. America is now do
ing the best work in astronomy of
any country. The research in all
branches of science is vigorous and
the opportunities vast
Sir Robert will leave here at Z
o'clock Friday morning in order to
be at Cedar Falls in time to lecture
there that evening before the Iowa
State Normal school-the only small
town he visits in the course of his
American tour. and the only place he
visits i'm Iowa outside Davenport.
He will be accompanied there by DR..
i. Radenhausen. DR.. Radenhausen
goes there by special engagement of
Mai. j. Il. Pond. under whose man
agement Sir Roberts tour is made,
to furnish stereopticon and expert
work in connection with il. OF
course he is the operator in Daven-
port.
People who want good seats for
the lecture. at the Burtis opera house
this evening, will be interested in
learning. that there are such TO be
had. They are going steadily, but
there are few left.
1t is particularly requested that
the audience he i'm the house by 5
o'clock. The preliminary concert
will be opened at that time. 1t il
only Il Commute program, but it is
tO b. furnished by the best artists in
the city. and II must start ON
time if it is to avoid infringing on
the lecturers time. The hour of
is as late as il can rightly he opened.
is program that is not designed to
is 4 program that not designed to
serve as a prelude during which the
audience can enter, and make ali the
hustle of getting seated, but it is
finished artistic performance, that
demands a quiet house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
GAMBLING Is IN FULL SWING
GaIesburfs Excited Over Revelations Con-
corning. Games.


corning Games.
| GaleSbuTg is now torn up by the
recent revelations concerning the
existence of gambling within its
| classic precincts. and from present
appearances Il goOd-sized row will re-
suit. For some time there had been
rumblings that if one was really
anxious he could find ample oppor-
tunity to buck the tiger from almost
any standpoint and at several differ
ent lairs. The rumors continued to
grow. until visiting clergyman,
whose attire was not of the most
conventional, was openly invited to
join a game. Then the fun com
menced. Two Galesburg ministers,
Rev. Clarence y. Vincent. ID. d.. pas
tor of the Central Congregational
church, and Rev. Theodore q. Soares,
ID. d.. pastor of the First Baptist
church. opened out with denuncia-
tions of the alleged evil. 1t was gen
orally supposed that they were deal
ing i'm glittering generalities, but
last Sunday they sprung a sensation
by producing two sworn affidavits
from equitable citizens. as they al
legged. giving list of places where
were i'm full blast games ranging
from the festive and democratic crap
to the aristocratic faro and stud
poker. The high character of the
atlantis was testified to by gentle
men of high standing in the city. but
the names of the former were not
given out.
Now everybody is discussing the sit
uation. The Galesburg Republican,
Register takes the ground that the
evidence is sufficient to merit the at
tention of the city authorities. and
that something should be done to
suppress the evil. The Evening Mail,
on the other hand, thinks that the
ministers had no business to interfere
i'm the matter; that il is not in their
province to mix with such things,
and that il was an attempt on the
clergymen's part to be little spec
tacular. The mayor of Galesburg is
quoted as saying that he assumes en-
tire responsibility of running the af
fairs of the city, and claims that he
is handicapped in financial way,
not being able to employ policemen
enough to watch the evil resorts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
PERSONAL POINTS

Mrs. j. W. Potter is in Chicago.
Addison Gest went to Chicago YES
terday.
w. II. Marshall returned yesterday
from Nebraska.
{. ID. TraPhagen. of Lincoln. Neb.,
arrived on Woodmen business to-
day.
+. e.. Rennick. the new collector of
internal revenue at Peoria. came To
Rock Island on his first official visit
yesterday afternoon.
L. Z. Murphy and Il. ID. Smith ar
rived i'm the city this morning i'm their
official capacity as WOodmen direct
ors.
Mrs. \. X. Eaton and family, who
have been visiting with Mrs. NJ. T..
Stevens, returned home to Low Moor,
H.. today.
Mrs. Sophia Spalding, who last
evening inspected the w. II. c. of
this city. left this morning to con
tinue her tour of inspection in the
northern part of the state.
DIR. j. Il. HolIowbush is spending a
couple of days in Chicago attending
the meeting of the, surgeons of the
Milwaukee road. Mrs. Hollowbush
and daughter. Allene. are with him
and will remain till next week.
Edward Burrill, of Quaker City.
Ohio. is making n short visit to the
city of his former home 1t is near
ly eight years since he left Rock Is
land and he sees many changes. but
he meets many old friends who are
glad to greet him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12

lO odlluoH. lOC
Canned Peas, per dozen. 9Oc
3-pound can Beets. 1Oc
1 dozen boxes Parlor Matches. 1Oc
Ralston Pancake Flour, 3 pack
ages ..----......-.... zoe
New Shredded Cocoanut, per
pound NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .17JLc
Pint bottle Catsup, , for.
20 pounds Best Granulated
sugar observation-disclosures 81 .OO
15-pound pail Jelly, per pail. 37c
Salt Herring, per dozen......... 2Oc
Smoking Tobacco. per pound. pc
Star Tobacco, per pound. 45c
Horse Shoe Tobacco, per pound 45c
Wetmore's Best Tobacco. pound 45c
New Buckwheat, 1O-pound sack. soc
New Dried Peaches, pounds. 25c
Ricena, . packages. 15c
Corn Starch, per package. sc
Green Cages, per can Sc, for. 15c
Egg PIums. per can SC, 2 for. 15c
Peaches, per can -... loo
Pears. per can INSTRUMENTATION. 1Oc
Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce,
per can ...... SC
Fancy Sweet Potatoes, per peck 3jc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
Committeeman Disagree.
MANY ARE REJECTED
Lawyers Slow in Selecting a Jury
in the Mime Murder
Case.

This morning another venirc of 10
talesmen reported in the circuit
court as material for the lawyers to
work upon in the selection of jury
in the Mime murder case. At ,
o'clock this afternoon so of them
had been examined and none accept
ed. Four were taken by the defense
during the morning, but the state de-
clined to accept all Of them, so that
but eight jurymen have been con
firmed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
COLD WAVE PROMISED
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW

n telegram received this afternoon
by Observer Sherier from the Chi
cage meteorological bureau announc-
es the coming of a cold wave begin
ming tonight. By tomorrow even
ing the temperature is expected to
drop to 10 degrees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
Plum Pudding ~.
and Pumpkin Pie

Are again at the front. Like the fellow
said about his birthday, it keeps coming
back on us every year. The days of good
dinners are at hand and the cheerful
housewife plans for something delicious.
Our stock for Christmas and Holiday buy
ing is better than ever. Everything in
poultry, vegetables and fruits, and in adj
dition a varied assortment of garnishes
for fine dinner. Read below:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
Food Changed TO Poison.

Putrefying food in the intestines
produces effects like those of arsenic,
but DIR. Kings lew Life Pills expel
the poisons from clogged bowels,
gently, easily but surely, curing con-
stipation, biliousness, sick headache,
fevers, all liver, kidney and bowel
troubles. Only Csc at Hartz & UIle-
meyers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
TO MOUNT CANNON
Supervisors Appropriate $3.50 to
? Repair Old Guns in Court
House Yard.
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Supervisors Carey, Ed, Myers, Jahns
and Woods TO Repre-
sent County.

Supervisors Carey, Ed, Myers, Jahns
and Woods were chosen yesterday af-
ternoon to represent Rock IslandI
county at the Fifteenth annual con-
vention of state supervisors and
county officials to be held ut Dan
Vile, Jan. II, Is and 16, and the sum
of $40 was voted as this cOuhty's
share of the expenses of maintaining
the state association.
The bond of j. c. Swank as stew
ard of the county infirmary was APP
proved and the report of The commit
zee on poor claims was received and
approved.
Appropriation Made.
The committee on public eNpendi-
lures TO which had been referred the
matter of mounting the 10 old cam
non at the court house reported ia
vorabiy to the appropriation of the
sum of $3.50 for the purpose and the
report was adopted. The committee
had conferred with the committee
representing the veterans of the
county 1t was found that there are
no carriages at Rock Island arsenal
suitable for the required purposes, so
il is proposed to repair the three car
riages in the possession of the coun-
ty ana use them, mounting the other
guns upon stone. as has been done
with the two at the monument. 1t
is thought S25 will cover the cost of
each and # it does not the veterans
agree to provide the additional
amount required.
Committeeman Disagree.
Nothing was done beyond the rou-
tine business at the session this
morning owing to the inability of the
committee on fees and salaries to
report. 1t appears that a difference
has arisen in this body in regard to
recommendations upon some of the
claims that have been presented.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-30

a certain timbre quality. In any vocal sound
the pitch loudness and quality originated in three
different parts OF the vocal apparatus The quality
originated higher up than the vocal cords.
In Hartford experiments tried learn
what voices deaf muJes had. Several deaf mutes
could make noise like the cry Of peacock Mr..
Bell studied the children able
only to reproduce the peacock cry, but to ascer
tain it's by looking in glass and examining
the tongue and the interior of the mouth. He
found the two pillars Of the soft palate al
most meeting each other, and that the
OF the noise After instruction. the children
able to control their voices that they became
sweet. Mr.. Bell urged that this went show that
the vocal cords were not necessarily affected in
cases of disagreeable voices. The more free the
passage from the larynx to exit the more pleasant
the voice, the the construction is the
source Of sound the more disagreeabe the effect.
Mr. Bell said that the quality Of the voice and all
characteristics of sounds depend construction OF
the passageway somewhere. In order to examine
the mechanism of speech 1t would be necessary TO
examine the construction of the passageway
In great detail and with the aid of blackboard
illustrations Mr. Bell explained how his father had
originated a system Of symbols which might be
compared those used in chemistry. The value
of his system had been successfully demonstrated
in thousands of cases in teaching those who had
been able to articulate.
In explaining deaf children the meaning OF
visible speech" symbols the teacher selects
member of the class and pretends to draw upon
the blackboard the profile OF the pupils face
Then he looks into the pupils mouth, and proceeds
TO draw picture OF the interior of the mouth. In
order the children's comprehension Of the
drawing. the teacher points TO different parts of the
dia gram. for example, the forehead, nose, upper
lip lower ip chin. The children show their
comprehension the diagram by touching the
corresponding parts OF their own faces. After this
test the teacher from the blackboard all
those parts OF the diagram shown by dotted lines.
leaving the visible speech symbols in position.
Pointing 10 fragmentary remains of the picture
upon the blackboard, the pupils recognize the
symbols as 1.-The nose" the under lip the point
of the tongue etc. An arrowhead, which repre-
a sudden emission or puff of air from the
mouth is indicated by a sudden motion of the
hand away from the mouth.
The step is to have the pupils recognize the
symbols independently of their position the
| blackboard. In that way the pupils begin get
the idea that they directions to do something
with the mouth. For instance, when they describe
the symbol, Zip shut" OF them usually shut
their lips After describing the whole chart it
becomes the teachers duty to make the children
understand that the symbols they have been de-
scribng indicate positions of the mouth The
! teacher directs attention TO his mouth while he
assumes some of the positions symbolized
Mr.. Bell received many congratulations at the
close OF his address.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-30
JAMES r. TAYLOR.

James r. Taylor. whose sudden death. at his
home, No. 26S Henry-st. Brooklyn on Sunday
evening was recorded in The Tribune yesterday,
was born in this city April 10. 1872. He was the
son of Najah Taylor. a philanthropfst and mer-
chant of that period. Soon after leaving school, he
became a clerk in the house of Henry Young &
Co. in Maiden Lane. He hardly twenty before
he was received into the firm a partner. About
1881 he connected himself with Ezra c. Read. OF
New-Haven. under the firm name of Read & Taylor.
They established themselves at No Maiden
Lane. where they remained until about 1875. when
Mr. Taylor retired from business,
Mr.. Taylor interested in many corporations
as director trustee and at the time of his death
was a director in the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany the Niagara Fire Insurance Company the
Long Island Historical Society and the Meriden
trustee of the Greenwood Cemetery Association and
the Seamen's Bank for Savings. He officially
connected with this latter institution for many
years following his father, who it's first pres
ident. For a long time he connected with the
Brooklyn Childrens Aid Society and the Indus
trial School and Home for Destitute Children,
giving them both much personal and financial
assistance He also for twenty-four years
chairman the board of trustees of the First
Presbyterian Church. of Brooklyn. and was one Of
its oldest members
Mr.. Taylor never married. He the last OF his
immediate family. The funeral service will be
Presbyterian Church. Henry-st.. CIark-st.,
BROOKLYN.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-30
THE PASSING THRONG.

II have always had great many friends among
the artists OF this city," said A. A. Sargent. of
Boston. at the Holland House
ARTIST WHO yesterday. and spend much time
STUCK TO with them while here Some years
HIS IDEAS ago I had a chum who
ceedingly clever man with his pen
ell but. like many of genius. he had touch of
the crank well. In his day he was an extremely
successful illustrator, but he had his own ideas on
ran IN we'll with the tastes of the public, and he
co"idnt be persuaded to alter them. he lost his
saw this same chap once have as wonderful
wei, imagined The sang aiij froid with which he
accep.Ss his escape was thoroughly characteristic
IN IN which he accepted the good things and knocks
Years seo come IN tSf to him In life 1t m
'hat Is known as ones salad days.
We had all been to the jolliest of suppers at a
studio The talk had been of the wittiest and
interesting. and the food and
HIS COOL drink to suit each and every taste.
NESS IN We all seated about the
GREAT studio enjoying luxurious post
DANGER. supper smoke. The room itself
the fourth story, and as II
was early all the windows were wide open.
In one of them my friend sitting. balancing
himself half in and out and half asleep as we'll,
when across the room called suddenly. The
in the window gave start lost his balance
and turning a back somersault. disappeared with
en-. we rushed first to the window and peered
of his body. Pelmeii we fed downstairs and
poured into the back yard. upon which the window
opened. We searched its length and breadth. but
no sign of the much feared tragedy did it reveal
1t was just prosac back yard, like thousands Of
others, that by this time IL held a mystery
portentous to terror stricken souls. Investiga-
tion followed. Yes, the janitOr had Smith
pass through the hallway about a minute before
We tumbled downstairs. No, there nothing
strange about him. He smoking a cigarette,
usual. and all remembered he had held it in
his hand before he fell After two days we found
Smith and the explanation. He had struck a
clothesline with his shoulders and alighted unin-
jured on his feet, for the bruise of the line.
and had gone quietly about his business. He did
say, l believe. something about talk boring
him to such extent that he glad to be out
of it, If he had to fall four stories to out.
Think of man leaving a party of his friends in
that way. and then taking advantage of the situa-
ton to play upon their devouring curiosity for
forty-eght hoursI'