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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02

exposition should be closed on Sun
days was due in a great measure to
the energetic work of Rev. j. w. Hath
away. general secretary of the Amerl-
can Sabbath Union. of New York, as
sisted by Senator Teller and Repre-
sentative Grout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
Prize Fight at 1IiIwankee.

Milwaukee, March Perry Quen-
cen. of Milwaukee, knocked out Morris
Jacobs C''Young Sandow'D. of Kansas
City. in the third round of a six-round
bout before the Milwaukee Boxing
club last night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
ROOSEVELT STARTS
FOR THE CAPITAL

New York. March 2..Yice Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt. wife and six
children left Oyster Bay this morning
en- route to Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
). t;oIden RuIe" Jones to Ruu

Toledo, O., March 2.-Mayor Sam
uel NJ. Jones, famous for his golden
rule" theories, has issued a letter an
pouncing that he is candidate for re-
election as a non-partisan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
Trying to Break Her Fa,her,. VIII.

Lacrosse, Wis, March Mrs. F.
Sieger is trying to break her fathers
will in probate court here. 1t appears
that Jacob Bartusek died here a year
or so ago. and left the daughter out
of his will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02

Ottumwa, Ia, March 2.-Miners and
operators have agreed in the second
and third districts on price for all coal
except mine-run, same as last years
eooIa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
KING EDWARDS VISIT
TO HIS SISTER OVER

Cronberg, March 2.-King Edward
left here at noon today after a short
farewell visit to his sister.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
MAN VINO CIo.ed the Gnte..

Washington. March 2.--The success
OF the movement to have congress de-
clare that the gates Of the st. Louis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-02
Wisconsin LegislatIon.

the average OF seventy four miles an
hour for 14S miles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-09-05
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
HEARD IN PASSING

If anybody ever hunted for trouble, Count Waldersee has hunted for it in China, and is still hunting for it. The natural cowardice of the Chinese is about the only thing that has prevent ed his finding an overdose.
 The admirers of something stronger are pointing out the damages done by the spring floods in various sections as evidence that cold water isn't such a good thing as some crack it up to be.
 Minister wu advises the Chinese government to reform, but he takes good care to send the advice by mail. He knows that his head cannot be cut off as long as he remains in the United States.
 The old project of consolidation of all the great trades unions of the country in a colossal labor trust is up again. But the president of the Anal gamated Steel Workers is quoted as be wise to attempt anything more am- bilious at present than the welding to- gether of the trades that come into di- rect contact with the United States Steel rporation.-Hartford Courant.
 The experience of the city of Detroit in municipal lighting is of interest to all municipalities. According to the latest report the service is improved and the cost greatly reduced. During the last year under private ownership
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
DRIFT WOOD.

Canada's first railway, opened in 1s4o, was 16 miles long. She now has over 16,ooo miles.
 There are about 500 female physi- clans in France, and many of them en- joy lucrative practice.
 The Pennsylvania railroad is reported to have over 2s,0o0 individual share holders who must be notified of the new stock allotment and receive sub scription warrants.
 Miss Jennie c. Benedict is the first woman to be elected a member of the Louisville board of trade, the directors having voted favorably upon her appli- cation the other day.
 The revival of interest in lawn ten- his which was noticeable last summer after half a dozen seasons of partial neglect bids fair to take on new life this coming summer.
 While tests of a new electric train were being made on the elevated road in New York city the insulation be- came defective and the steel railswere dissolved as though made of tissue pa per.
 There were primitive railroads 1n the eighteenth century. but it was after 1902 when Richard Trevithick took out in England the first patent for high pressure engine adapted for motion on roads, and in 1929 the Rocket" which was built by Robert Stephenson, drew A tons at the rate of over 20 miles an hour.
 A half-tone picture of President Harper, of Chicago university, was transmitted by telegraph recently from the Quadrangle club in Chicago to Havemeyer hall, Columbia uni versity. At the same time an attempt was made to transmit a photograph of President Low. The latter experiment. however, was not a success. The fea- lures of President Harper were dis tinctly reproduced there.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

Banker Clews thinks this country fully able to handle anything that turns up in financial way. He says: "Our ability of late to subscribe for foreign securities, which has been done to considerable extent within the last two years, makes these properties in- ternational, as has always been the case with American securities which have had a London and continental market. In connection with the pres ent high prices of stocks and immense dealings therein, which have caused a great many people to anticipate dis astrous reaction, it must be remem- bered that very large part of the purchases of O., B. and O., Southern Pacific, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsyl- yania Coal, Lehigh Valley, Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio, Long Island, and some time ago Lake Shore, has been provided for by being unloaded upon leading trunk line cor porations. This puts the former own CTS in a strong moneyed position to be buyers of other things for investment to take the place of the unloaded prop critics, and makes stronger holders of our securities than in any previous bull campaign, besides making the sit nation a much safer one than would appear on the surface"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
THE COST OF PARLIAMENTs.

In the United States the 90 sena- tors and 360 congressman are paid $2, SOC, ,000 in salaries.
 The German reichstag, with it's two branches, costs the voters on an av- craze $1Go.ooo a year.
 The legislators in the Italian par liament receive no salaries, but have free transportation on railroads. The cost of the Italian parliament last year nevertheless was $420,oo0.
 The parliament of Holland com prises 15o members, in two houses. :, Members of the upper house receive four dollars day and of the second body $500 a year and mileage. The parliament of Holland costs S30o,00o a year.
 The most expensive parliament in Europe is that of France, which costs $1,5oo ,ooo a year. The French people are very we'll represented. There are 300 senators and 5S4 dep uties, total in excess of 800. Each receives salary of S1,sQo a year.
 The members of the British par liament serve without salary. There are 15O members III the upper anu @oo in the lower branch. The former get no pay at all and the latter but $500 year. If any session lasts longer than four months they are paid at the rate of S2.6O a day additional, The incidental expenses of this body last year were but $26o,0o0.
 The most scantily paid of any of the regular salaried lawmakers are those of Austria. There are two leg islative bodies for Austria, one meet ing in Vienna and one in Buda-Pesth, The total cost is $soo,ooo a year. An Austrian law provides that the mem bers receive ten forins, or two dol lars day. The lawmakers of Aus tria receive therefore the minimum wages of day laborer employed in any public work in New. York.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

The members of the Cuban commis- tee have been very careful about pub licly expressing their opinion of Gen. eral Wood, who is also in Washington, and of his administration of the mili- tary government of Cuba, but one of the Cubans who accompanied them, M. NJ. Coronado, who was editor and proprietor of a Havana paper recent ly suppressed by General Woody has been knocking General Wood to every body he could get to listen to him. He says the Cubans don't want Wood for governor and that his actions have been responsible for all the trouble over the Platt amendment. General Portuondo and Senor Liorente, mem bers of the committee, are said to agree fully with the ex-editor in his denunciation of General Wood, but to consider it impolitic to say so public ly.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

the number of lights reported out was S6, ,4S6, while the greatest number re- ported out during any year since the city owned the plant was TAOS. The lowest offer ever made by a private company was $1O2. 20. The cost under municipal ownership, including inter- est and a liberal allowance for depre- citation, was $75.96. a clear saving of $26.24 per light. The city of Duluth, after one years trial at running it's own water and gas plants, reports that although the rates were reduced the net profit to go into the city treasury and reduce taxation is $15,000. So well pleased are the people that they have voted to issue bonds to establish an electric light plant.-New Britain Independent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
THE PopEs SEDAN CHAIR,

was born March2 2, 1910, at Carpineto, in the Papal States. At the age of eight he was placed in the Jesuit col lege of Vitebo, where he remained six six years and distinguished himself for ability and propriety of conduct. His mother dying at the end of this time, in 1924, his father, took him to Rome, and in November of that year placed him in the celebrated Roman college. Here his great talents and earnest ap- plication were strongly impressed upon his instructors, who were de lighted when, at the age of IS, he took the first prize in physico-chemistry Following this, he took a complete course in philosophy, receiving the laurea in 1881. He then entered the college of Noble Ecclesiastics and learned canon and civil law in the
 schools of the Roman university. After becoming doctor of laws, he was appointed by Pope Gregory XVI. do
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

! dina1s were in attendance upon this notable conclave, yet so universally were the merits of Pecci recognized, and so general was the demand that he become head of the church, that not a single vote was cast against him. Tn the matter of dress, the venerable pontif is punctilious, his wardrobe being one of great magnifcence. For ordinary wear he has a white robe, made in winter of fine cloth, in sum- mer of moire silk. When he goes into the garden he throws over this long mantle of red cloth, which has a bor- dertof gold embroidery. When dressed for private ceremonies he wears a sur- plice made of costly lace, and g red pelerine, of cloth in winter and of satin in summer For great festivals he first puts on the "falda," a wide seamless coat of white satin, around which is tied broad striped sash Of gold, red and white. Above this is beautiful garment covered with jewels, and last comes a mantle of gold-embroidered velvet. On his feet the pope always wears red velvet shoes In addition tohis episcopal ring the pope is fond of wearing other cost " rings, often composed of single stones of great beauty. He seldom
 dons the pontifcal tiara, which is 9 threefold golden crown, lined with red, green and blue velvet, and cov- cred with priceless jewels. For great ceremonies his costume is so heavy
 that it is impossible for him, at his
 great age, to stand or walk, and he is
 carried in chair. When he visits the Vatican garden he is carried thither in
 sedan chair of an old-fashioned pat tern.
 | Like almost every other human be- | ing the pope has hobby-the writing of poetry. Most of his verses are
 written in Latin, and eminent critics
 have pronounced them among the
 finest specimens of modern poetry
 Few of his productions are given to the
 public, however; and only one volume
 of his poems has been printed since.
 his accession to the papacy.
 The large picture which graces this
 article is taken directly from the latest
 photograph of his holiness, and comes
 from the stud of Cane Conyugi at Rome. G. W. WEIPPIEHg
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
Eng1and,s Elderly King.

With one exception, never since Egg bert-the first king of England came to the throne has a successor ascended it who exceeded, or even approached, the present king in years. The Saxon and Danish sover- eigns had short reigns, and for the most part died young. Even Alfred the Great, who made England and ruled for 30 years, was only 52 at his death. The very first of our mon archs to attain the age of three-score and ten was our first great queen Elizabeth, and she was 26 when she came to the throne. All the house of Hanover, of whom the present king is the seventh, have been long lived, George l., who died at CT. being the youngest. William ". did not succeed his brother until he was 65 and he was older than the king by six years. George ". was a trifie younger when he came to the throne, London Chronicle.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

The administration decided to stand by United States Minister Loomis, whose actions and non-action in the asphalt scandal in Venezuela has been so harshly criticized, both in the United States and in that country, to the extent of officially announcing that he was not recalled and that after a visit to Europe, for his health, he will return to Venezuela, if he wishes to do so. This was after MT Eoomis, who arrived in Washington this week, had a talk with Secretary Hay. It would be easy to get big odds that MT Loomis will not ''wish" to return to Venezuela.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
THE ROMAN PONTIFF.
Looks Forward to Living to the
 Close of 1903.
Wants to Round Out Quarter of . Century of His Pontificate and Half . Century of His
 CardinaIate.
Especial correspondence.1

ad DOPE LEO XIII. according to aca-
 ble message recently received
 from Rome, has expressed to his intimates the conviction that he would live until late in the year 1903, when, on December 19, he proposes to cele- grate the fftieth anniversary of his elevation to the cardinalate in man. ner befitting so rare and distinguished an event. From time to time the news papers spread the report that the venerable pontif is at deaths door, but from church dignitary who has seen him several times within the past decade it is learned that he seems to be about as robust now as he was ten years ago.
 Pope Leo is one of the most remark able--if not the most remarkable men of our age. His character is a rare combination of frmness and gem tleness, and with these virtues is com bined brilliant mind, whose grand thoughts have challenged the admira- tion of thinking men of every creed. Contemporary critics have dealt gen. tly with the aged ruler of the church. They have, almost without exception, given him praise for honesty of pur- pose and sincerity of intent; the most notable exception being Marie Corelli, who, in "'The Master Christian" draws picture of his holiness which de- picts him as an old, old man governed by senile prejudice and the advice of self-seeking sycophants. Miss Corelli's delineation of Leo's character is ridi- culed by churchmen, who assert that the pope is ruler of church in fact as we'll as name, and that personal con
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

mestic prelate and referendary of the signature, March 16, 1897, his priest hood being confirmed in the chapel of the vicariate December 23, 1897. At this time, although but 27 years of first scholars of Rome.
 Pope Gregory speedily recognized the young priests executive ability by making him apostolic delegate at Benevento, Perugia and Spoleto, in each of which places his administra- tion was marked by great energy and strong common sense. In the first place he suppressed brigandage, which had been the cause of endless disor- der, and thereby won the everlasting gratitude of the law-abiding portion of the community.
 Designing him for the diplomatic service, for which his great talents and aristocratic bearing reeminent- ly fitted him, Gregory made him, on January IT, 1s43, titular archbishop of Damiettea, in order that he might be qualified for the office of nuncio to Belgium. He remained three years at DIuSSGES, dlSSldA SiA5 sAAS aAsASS E@a taining to his delicate post with great tact and to the highest satisfaction of his master who then, in 1S46, just 2 few months before his own death, be- slowed on him the see of Perugia.
 Pecci's talents made a strong i'm pression upon the success of Gregory Plus K, and at the consistory held December 19, 1853, he was, at the age of 43, created cardinal. Twenty-four years later, in which interval he hafl rendered the most faithful services to the church, he was selected to fill the most responsible position of cardinal camer1engo of the Roman hierarchy He was then man of CT, yet he did moi hesitate when thus summoned to as sume the weighty obligations resting upon the pope''s chief executive officer Five months later Plus TX. was gath cred to his fathers, and the new camcr- lengo was compelled to assume all the temporal duties of the papal office, Plus died February T, 1878, and 21 days later Pecci succeeded him under the name of Leo XIII. Sixty-two car.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
what prehi.torIc Men Ate.

Our modern microscope has been looking back some 5000 years and examining the food of our savage an cestors when they were but little above the beasts whose bones we find mixed with theirs. Charters White. of the Royal Chronological Society of Great Britain, has recently placed under his microscope teeth taken from human skulls. dating back tc the stone age, and carefully exam ined the tartar, on them after it had been dissolved in weak acid, hop ing to find traces of the food that they had masticated. He was en- tirely successful, and found corn husk particles, hairs from the out side of husks, spiral vessels from vegetables, particles of starch, point of fish tooth, oval cells from fruits, barbelets of down, portions of wool, and pieces of quartz and fint.-Sci. cnce.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

Whatever he may do later, it Is now certain that MT Mckinley will make no change in the pension commission ership until after he returns from his trip to the Pacific coast. The Kansas congressional delegation was so anx- ious to capture this plum that they presented two candidates-ex- Repre- sentatives Blue and Peters-with the request that either be appointed. MT Mckinley told Representative Curtis, who acted for the delegation, that he was not yet ready to consider the mat fer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

alterations never enter into his de- cisions; and until, the talented woman novelist furnishes more proof than mere assertion the world will be in- clined to accept the estimate of the pope's associates rather than hers.
 The biography of the head of the Roman Catholic church demonstrates that genuine merit, combined with an understanding of the value and pow CT of organization, is the keystone of success in the ecclesiastical as well as the business world. Vincenzo Gio- acchino Pecci, the son of, Count Ludo- vico Pecci and lis wife, Anna Prospect,
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
Very Unlike a Groom.

''I guess I'm losing my sizing-up faculty" remarked the hotel clerk. 4"Why, I would have sworn that that s,hap, who just registeredsJ J. F. Tracy and wife, swas on his wedding trip"
 And he wasn't, eh2p asked a by stander.
 II should say he wasn't. replied the clerk. 'Why, when asked him sconfidentia1ly if he'd like the bridal chamber, he said: sSure!' and seemed tickled to death ''--Prck
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
A Remarkable Inva1id.

A St. Petersburg correspondent says an invalid who has reached the remarka ble. age of 40 years is now lying in the hospital of Tomsk. He still remembers Catherine IT., and talks of having buried his wife 100 years ago and his son 90 years back. His record was nearly approached by j Georgian, who died a few days ago in Tifiis at the age of 12s years.-- Tit-Rits.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 19o1.

The New York Herald yesterday printed a list of the millionaires of the country and not a, Waterbury name appears in the list. The Hartford Courtant says the list is away off, and seeing Waterbury left out we guess the Courant is right.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29

It begins to look now as though the copper mystery will soon be solved. The men interested are getting their anger up and calling each other names, and that is sure sign that if they know anything about the copper IL will be blurted out very soon.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-17
RECENT POSTAL CHANGES.
New Offices Established and New
Rural Delivery Routes.


Washington, May 16.-The following new
postofices have been established in Geor-
gia by the Postoffice Department:
Check, Gflmer county. special from
Mountaintown, three and one-had miles
southwest; Carhelous W. Jones, post
master. Elsie, Ware county, Beach, nine
miles northwest, Waterton. six miles
southeast, Russell w Bennett postmas-
ter. Savoy, Wilkes county, special from
Louberg, seven miles northwest, re-estan-
lished with Sarah L. Branham as post
mistress And Launceot. Irwin county,
special from Philips Mills. four miles
northeast, Jacob A. Paulk, postmaster
The following Star Service routes have
been established: Jordan, by Pearl to
Waverly, SIS miles, and back three times
a week with box delivery From June 3,
1901 TO June 80. 1904.
The following Star Service changes are
announced From Pinehurst to Hawkins
vile, discontinued from May II; Davis to
Garrant, discontinued from May II; and
from F'lowery Branch to Brastown. From
June 1 omit Storevlle, discontinued. No
change in distance.
Special service changes announced are
as follows: Salem from Conyers; after
May 81, office discontinued and superseded
by rural free delivery from Conyers.
Rural free delivery routes have been es-
tablished as follows: Hoschton, Jackson
county one carrier, length of route %
miles, area covered % square miles, pop.
ulation served 300; and Summerville,
Chattooga county, one carrier, length of
route 231a miles, area covered Al square
miles, population served 500.