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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09
America,s Famous Beautie..

Look with horror on skin erup-
tions, blotches, sores, pimples. They
don't have them, nor will anyone,
who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It
glorifies the face. Eczema or salt
rheum vanish before it. 1t cures
sore lips, chapped hands, chilblains.
Infallible for piles. 25 cents, at Hartz
e. Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09
CONCERT AND LECTURE
To he Given at the First Baptist Church.
Moline by Emil LiebIIng


Emil Liebling, the famous pianist
of ~hicago, will be at the First Bap-
fist church, Moline, tomorrow. He
will lecture at 4:30 o'clock; must"
structure will be considered. At s
o'clock he will give Il concert. Tick
cts to the lecture. % cents; to the
concert, 80 cents. Public school chill
drcn, half price. Tickets for sale at
Clendenen's, 533 Fifteenth street, and
at the door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09
snent Moro Than $1,000.

w. w. Baker, of Plainview, Neb.
writes: MY wife suffered from lung
trouble for Is years. She tried n num-
Der of doctors and spent over $1,000
without relief. She became very los
and lost all hope. \ friend recon-
mended Foley's Honey and Tar, and
thanks to this great remedy, it saved
her life. She enjoys better health
than she has known in years" Re
fuse substitutes. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09
Out of Deaths Jaws.

''When death seemed very near
from n severe stomach and liver trou-
BILE, that 1 had suffered with for
years." writes p. Muse, Durham, n.
c., "Dr. Kings New Life Pills saved
me and gave perfect health" Best
pills on earth, and only p cents at
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09
Chronic Constipation Cured.

The most important discovery of
recent years is the positive remedy
for constipation. Cascarets Candy
Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu-
inc tablets stamped c. c. c. Never
sold in bulk. Druggists, Ioc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09

One dose, one cent; 35 doses, 30
cents; home treatment, your own
physician, with guarantee of cure, if
you take Rocky Mountain Tea. Mad
ison Medicine company, Madison,
Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09

4 boon to travellers. DIR. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, seasickness,
promptly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-09
TRADE MOVING WEST
Boston Losing Shoe Business to
Cities of the Middle
States. -
A GREAT RUSH OF SHIPMENTS
Remarkable Growth of Industry i'm
Central Section OF
Country.

Western manufacturers ana jon
bers of shoes report great increase
i'm the business done in the first nine
months of the year. and Boston
shows n corresponding loss, says the
Chicago Tribune. The figures for the
shipments Indicate that the central
and western states are more and
more making their own shoes and
taking their home market away from
the eastern houses.
In every center west of Ohio Sep
TENDER has been the best month the
dealers have known. The gain has
been steady but gradual through the
preceding months, but with the close
of September ii was found an UNI
precedented increase had been scor-
ed. In St. Louis, where daily ship
ments are tabulated, 10 per cent more
goods were sent out than in the pre-
vious year. Chicago gained at the
same rate, it is believed. although NJ
records are kept.
Rush In Quick Shipment Trade.
Chicago has had terrific rush in
the quick shipment iobbing trade,
the Shoe and Leather Gazette says.
ne northwest wants Al lbN Ol SilptH
and wants them quickly. Exact fig
ures have not been reported, but the
total shipments are far ahead of
shipments for the same period last
year"
The same reports come from Co
lumbus. Cincinnati, Minneapolis ana
st. Paul and the Missouri river cities.
In St. Louis the gain for the month
was 10000 cases and for the nine
months $4,000 cases.
While every point in the middle
west shows Il substantial percentage
of gain, Boston reports it is 3S7. OOa
cases behind last year. The conclu-
sion is drawn by those in the trade
that the eastern center that for so
many years had control of the bust
ness is losing its hold.
1T would appear that the western
manufactures is bestirring himself
ut lively rate this year. ne Gazette
says. and. after quoting the figure,
of the various centerS. adds: IF the
Boston district is not making the
shoes, some other shoe center is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
Freezing Caverns.
From Pearson's Magazine.


There are deep cavities and tunneled
recesses In the earth far away from SUM-
light and held In the tight embrace OF rocky
strata where secret boards Of glittering Ice
find habitation all the year round. Yet
down in these queer places the ice Is as
pure and crystalline as any that nature
maintains in the open afr: moreover. II
occurs on a truly grand and massive scale.
Imagine thick underground ice walls and
floors. and craftily assured columns. beau
tiful In shape and color. streaming from
roof to floor Of lofty rock chambers And.
under the slow drip. drip, drip Of percolat-
ing water this same ice learns to fashion
itself into cave adornments-frosen water
drops, curling slopes. stalactites and stalag-
mites Of fantastic shape and rainbow hues.
Subterranean cold waves. or glaciers.
as they are frequently called. crop up In
some 300 scattered localities In Europe.
Asia and America: but all, with rare ex-
ceptions, whether true Ice caverns, or
grottoes and deep holiows. are confined to
the north temperate regions Of these conti-
nents; that Is, to places where there Is a
sufficiently low. temperature at some por-
ton Of the year to reach freezing point and
render snowfall possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
LADIES' GOODS.
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

DAILY STEAMERS FOR RIVER LANDINGS.
Monday and Wednesday at pm. for Colonial
Beach, Oolton's and intermediate landings and
landings in Wicomico river and Nomini and Lower
Machodoc creeks. Va. Saturdays at am. for
Colonial Beach and intermediate landings, and
Eastwood. Rock Point. Colton's. CurrioIlS0 and
landings In Nomini creek.
Sunday Tuesday and Thursday at an for
landings to Colonial Beach and Maddox creek.
UNITED STATES NAIL ROUTE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., TO GLYMONT, Nd,
and intermediate landings.
The STEAMER ESTELIE RANDALL.-Daily ex-
eeBt Sunday S:So IN Returning about s:s9 IN
ceived until within a half hour Of sailing.
e. 9. RANDALL. Manager. phone i76o GEO.
phone 1895. WIN. n. REARDON. Agent. Alex
andria, phone 80. fe20-tf26
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"vth. Avenue


There seems to be growing tendency on
the part OF 9Th avenue firms that do q good
deal OF billboard and street car advertising
to write their address WITH avenue instead
Of the old-fashioned Fifth nvenue. to which
we have been accustomed. Even out-of-
the habit. and postmen report that they
handle number Of letters addressed to
such and such a number WITH avenue. So
far as has been observed. the other avenues
have not yet adopted the Roman numerals.
but the chances are that wit hin another
year we VIII be riding down 'IIId. !" "IVth''
and With" avenues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
THE wEEMs STEAMBOAT co.

F0tonn1C 6lvef EOute-FNl SCne00Ke.
On and after September the steamers Calvert
and Potomac will leave 1th st. wharf every Sunday.
river landings. Returning. leave Raitimore, pier
Q. Light st., every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Il pm. asIising Wssainston early Monday:
must BE- prepaid. Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York freight solicited Accommodations for paseen.
Agents. Telephone Main f4S. ssl-tf -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
HISTORY OF A FORTUNE
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER TO BE A
BILLIONAIRE.
Million on Million Being Piled Up in
Profits From Oil, Railroad
and Bank.

David Graham Phillips In the Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post.
Among the great fortunes Of the world
today there are two that tower colossal
the Rothschild and the Rockefeller. No one
not even the heads of the two houses
knows just how large these fortunes are.
A few years ago John d. Rockefeller said
upon the witness stand that he was unable
to tell how much he was worth within sew
eral millions. Indeed, there is way OF
estimating accurately these modern for
tunes. invested in many ways and subject
to daily, hourly fluctuations Probably a
billion and a half Of dollars is as near to
accuracy as 1t Is possible to come in stat
ing the wealth Of the house of Rothschild.
As for the house of Rockefeller. a business
associate Of the elder and many times the
richer of the two brothers said within a
year: John D. Rockefeller is worth not
far from three quarters Of a billion, and he
will presently be the first Millionaire the
world has ever had" II the estimate were
based upon income-certainly as fair a way
as to attempt to value capitaHJohn D.
Rockefeller would today be classed as
Millionaire half on the way toward his sec
ond billion. And there are in addition the
several hundred millions OF his brothers
fortune, and the many millions of the three
or four allied members Of the family.
In comparison the Rothschild fortune
seems commonplace. 1t represents the old
way Of getting rich. The Rockefeller for
tune represents the new way-the way that
battles any effort to anticipate the future
Developments in the distribution of wealth.
The Rothschild fortune. made by COM
pound interest largely. is controlled by, at
the least. half score Rothschilds; the
Rockefeller fortune Is under the rule Of
one Rockefeller. The Rothschild fortune is
divided among more than fifty Rothschilds,
scattered In all the countries Of Europe no
one Of them SO rich as any one Of q dozen
Americans: the bulk Of the Rockefeller
fortune is in the possession Of one man, and
all but few millions are in the possession
of that man and his brother. Finally the
Rothschild fortune represents the work of
a century and Of no less than four genera
tions and six branches OF the Rothschild
family: the Rockefeller fortune Is the work
OF less than thirty years. and Of one man,
sixty-three years old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
ENGINEERING.
LIGHT, HEAT

LIGHT. HEAT AND POWER PLANTS
We make a speciality OF preparing detail plans and
specifications for complete instaa lions; also for
Steel Structures, Foundations. &C. W. B. UPTON
CO., Engineers, ". L. Trust BID Phone NJ 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
Rockefeller Almost Went Broke.

Inc Rocke1eller fortune was founded upon
credit capital. In 1875 John D. Rockefeller
was a considerable Oil merchant. But his
schemes for monopoiizing the oil business
OF half the world were trembling between
success and failure. In that year there
were three weeks when he walked the floor
night after night, sleepless, fighting the ruin
that seemed to be closing in around him.
1T is said that his wife exclaimed: II wish
John would go bankrupt. for then he would
get some Sleep" 1t is said that the ner-
vous Indigestion which now compels him to
the Qutetest OF lives and to a diet OF crack
ers and milk at 80 2-5 degrees Fahrenheit
dates from that terrible three weeks. He
owed the banks OF Cleveland 81, 100000. He
could not pay; they were pressing him, but
did not dare to close in upon him. They
knew that II he failed 1t would swamp them
and would precipitate panic in Cleveland
Cleveland was not 50 large and rich in
those days, and 81, 100 900 was big sum of
money, even in Wall street.
The Rockefeller fortune may therefore be
dated from 1875. the year when the found
ing crisis was passed. though the big re-
turns did not begin to come until about
1885, the enormous returns until less than
ten years ago. It L. obviously typical
upon borrowed money. at the cost OF the
founders digestion. and by methods that
combined judgment with the extreme of
audacity.
In his business-are the backbone Of every
great fortune In our country today. Belief
that the business Is destined to be great;
belief that he was appointed, by God or
destiny or fate, or whatever he calls the
overriding force. to possess that business
and to hold 1t by any and all means against
any and all opposition. This II the new
phase Of the old doctrine OF the divine
right Of kings: It explains many curious
phenomena OF citizenship and conscience.
His-HAzfiuv. -.
From 1850 70 1875 Rockefeller was reach
ing out and out to take possession OF his
promised land. His brother. and their inti-
mate friends. laughed at him. tried to dis
suade him. warned him. They, too. would
buy oil wells. but they would make what
they could and sell out before the well
caught IRE or ran dry. He bought to keep.
bought burning wells and extinsuished the
fires, bought dry wells, in the hops that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
Railways and Bank.

But railways could not alone absorb
rapidly enough those mighty floods of gold;
presently John D. Rockefeller's s. 800 900
month had increased to four to five, to six
millions q month, to $75,0O0,0O0 year. IL
Illuminating oil was becoming all profit; the
reinyestments of income were adding their
mite Of many annual millions.
The Rockefellers went into gas and cleo
trfcity when those industries had developed
to the safe-investment stage. And now
large part Of the American people must
begin to enrich the Rockefellers as soon az
the sun goes down, no matter what form
Of illuminant they use.
The latest industry into which the Rookie
fellers have gone is banking. There they
already dominate, and there they think
they have found the solution Of their in
vestment problem-for a few years, at
least. And it is within the possibilities that
the Rockefeller banking adventure may
cause a convulsion-a greater CONFUSION.
perhaps, than that which shook the coun-
try when John d. Rockefeller first intro
duced the Industrial monopoly to the
American people and began to force its
acquaintance and society upon them.
The Rockefeller Bank-the National City
Banks by Itself far and away the big.
gest bank in the United States. 1t is eX-
ceeded in the world only by the Bank
OF England and the Bank Of France. The
deposits average more than one hundred
millions day; and 1t dominate the call
loan market on Wall street and the stock
market. But IL Is NOT alone. II Is the neaQ
Of the Rockefeller chain Of banks which
includes fourteen banks and trust COM
panies in New York city, and banks OF
great strength and influence in every largo
money center in the country.
The chief business of these banks is to
receive the Rocke Teller income and loan IL
t. spectators, manufacturers, merchants,
farmers throughout the country. And the
Rockefellers not en,y are relieved from
much of their former anxiety over invest
There is the profit of the interest which
the banks pay them for their huge cash
balances, fifty and seventy-five and even
upward Of a hundred millions steadily
maintained from day to day by these larg-
est private handlers of cash the world has
ever seen; then there are the profits OF
dividends which the banks declare-and
large dividends they are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
FRENCH LINE.

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Reinvestment.

About ten years ago Rockefeller's income
was given as $50 1908, 600 by an excellent au-
thority. He had reached the limit of profit
able reinvestment of profits in the oil in
dustry. Here then were these enormous
sums in cash pouring in-more than $2Oo0.-
600 a month for John Dawson Rockefeller
alone. The problem Of reinvestment be-
came more than serious. 1t became a
nightmare. The oil income was swelling,
ments Is limited, was then even more limit
ed than 1t now is. 1t was through no es-
pecial eagerness for more gains that the
Rockefellers began to branch out from oil
into other things. They were forced. swept
on by this inrolling tide OF wealth which
their monopoly magnet irresistibly attract
ed. They developed a staff of investment
seekers and investigators. 1t Is said that
the chief Of this stafr has salary of Sl25.-
900 year. 1t may be remarked in passing
that Rockefeller. like almost all the great
American fortune builders. pays cheerfully
the highest market price for brains. He ex-
poets valuable service, but he does his part
ungrudgingly. He holds that while Ii may
be dangerous to an employe to overpay
him. 1t Is fatal both to employer and en-
ploye to underpay.
The first conspicuous excursion and incur
sion OF the Rockefellers was into the railway
field. By 1895 they controlled one-fifth OF
the railway mileage of the country. What
do they own or, through dominant owner
ship. control today? They are powerful in
all the great railways Of New York, north,
east and vast, except one where their share
Is only a few millions. They are in most
Of the great railways radiating from Chi
cago. They dominate in several of the sys-
TENS that extend to the Pacific. 1t is their
votes that make Mr.. Morgan so potent
though. Ii may be added. they need his
brains more than he needs their votes-at
present, and the combination OF the two
constitutes in large measure the com
munity of interest i"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29
The Tide of Fortune.

And now began the rapid increase. He
was a simple, thrifty man. and so WAS his
brother. They spent comparatively nothing
of their income. They reinvested 1t in OBJ
tanning complete ownership of what they
had only controlled-that is. of the petroleum
industry. They developed the Standard OIL
Company from the single concern to a con-
glomerate of about sixty corporations each
engaged In a separate department of the in
dustry. They utilized the crude oil in a
thousand ways. turning to account the dis
coveries of science which the scientits gave
freely to the world. Soon, so many and so
valuable were the by-products of oil pro-
duction that the oil itself cost the Rookie
fellers practically nothing at all-for the by
products more and more paid for its pump
Ing. refining. transportation and sale. For
fifteen years Mr.. Rockefeller and his group
have been selling about a thousand million
gallons Of oil year at prices ranging from
3 to - cents a gallon. and averaging about
cents: and, the by-products have in
creased in number and in value. they have
put into their pockets clear profit more
and more of the entire selling price of the
Oil. Today that selling price Is estimated to
be all clear profit and 1t is said that there
Is In addition a profit of from $40. 900 900 to
$20.OOO.OOO upon the by-products. This ex-
plains why the profits of the Rockefellers
from their trust are greater by many MIL
lions annually than the value of the petro-
leum production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29

they would some day yield 20 the pump.
And when his brother and their intimates
saw that there was method in his madness,
he invited them in. practically gave them
as present the shares that were to make
them multi-millionaires. And slow and
tenacious and saturated with his mystic"
OF manifest destiny, he marched on TO the
Montenotte Of 1915. The reaching out on
small capital the rising ciamor and fury
against his merc.less methods OF MONOPOLY
brought on that crisis.
Until the secret history OF the Standard
OIL Company is written. and II probably never
Will be-no one except John d. Rockefeller
will know how that crisis was passed and
how prosperity and power were obtained
through those contracts with the railways
which made competition with Rockefeller
hopeless and forced almost all the oil men,
producers. refiners and sellers, to choose
between submission and ruin.
Another point In the development of the
great American fortune Is control OF rail-
ways-the arteries of the whole people. 1t
is next in Importance to a monopoly of some
natural product Rockefeller scored both
points.
1t was about 1884 that some OF the high
priced counsel discovered a way OF freeing
him from the bondage of anti-monopoly law
method Of reorganizng him into legality
and safety. Soon the period OF insecurity
passed-though the general public did not
know ii and the press and the polite ans
were still bowling. Rockefeller was able to
shake of his pursuers and dismiss his h ride
of lawyers. He had at last a large secure
income
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29

FOR SALE-THE YEAR OF 1902 Is APPROACH
ing a close. Good resolutions now in order
Resolutions alone will not secure you home or
give you house rent free. You must obligate your
self 10 pay your way out others have done.
How much have you saved from your income in
the year OF 1902? Is II satisfactory? You need
not look for progress In this line unless you
obligate yourself to pay certain sum monthly
from your salary. In other words. you must go
in debt not for Injuries, however. but for
something substantial. Buy real estate that is
growing 10 value and this will make a double
saving as you are thereby compelled to save a
certain amount monthly In addition to the con-
tinual increase In value to your investment. We
are offering safe and profitable investment In
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Piano, Organ, Violin, &c.

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