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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-04

the enactment that was to be eonsid-
cred and City Attorney Scott stated
that he believed the position of tho
city could be sustained if the fran
chise were revoked. taking the ground
that the franchise is virtually a per
petual one and further that the sery-
ice the company has been giving has
been such as to furnish valid ground
for repeal Aid. Anderson thought
the ordinance ought to be repealed so
that both telephone companies can be
placed on the same basis, the Central
L Mon company being given the same
terms as the Union Electric Telephone
& Telegraph company. The question
of the liability of the city in case of
a repeal and the probability of lead
ing to the withdrawal of service now
furnished to the city free of charge
were considered.
Aid. Kennedy Addresses Gallery
Then the question of immediate
consideration bobbed up again. and
Aid. Kennedy moved that the ques-
ton lay over till the first meeting in
January. At this one of the former
operators of the Central Union com
pany, of whom there We're several in
the gallery, groaned. Aid. Kennedy
instantly turned and informed the la
dies that they had no right to come
in and disturb the meetings and adj
vised them that if they did not like
what was being done they could get
out. Aid. McCaskrin declared that
Ala. Kennedy had no right to address
n,.l-S fn hA VII
Mayor Knox administered mild re-
Duke to the alderman from the Sixth.
in effect admonishing him that he
had been too hasty in getting warm
under the collar.
The question of immediate consid-
GRAFTON was doomed to be left unset
tied. for someone raised the conten-
tion that 4 motion Of that nature
was not necessary and someone else
moved the adoption of the repeating
enactment. The motion was put and
carried 10 to 4, Aids. Birkel, White.
uall and Kennedy voting nay.
To Regulate stone ouarrIes.
The. other matter that consumed
much time was the action ON the re-
port of the health and police commit
tee in regard to the enterprises of
the Moline Stone company. which i.
about to open a stone quarry near
the foot of Forty-second street. The
has five acres of ground and
some of the owners of property near
have complained both on account of
the danger from blasting and from
the evident intention of the company
to create a large hole in the ground
that Will form Il Disagreement and
lend to lessen property values there
about. The ordinance committee was
finally instructed 20 draft an ordin-
ance regulating stone quarries in
general.
\ protest from property holders at
Second avenue and Nineteenth street
against the licensing of street stands
at that place was read and referred.
fhe action of the property holders is
the result of the efforts of John Ev-
ans, the dairyman, to secure the coun-,
ellis permission for the erection of a
stand at the place Indicated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-04

follows the story with reasonable fl
delity. The four acts take place in
the present state of Indiana. in IT'S,
the year that the Hannibal of the
west. Gen. George Rogers Clark. cap
tured the fort at Nlncennes and gain
ed for the American colonists all that
vast domain between the lakes and
the Ohio river The play has been
given mounting of beauty. original
ity and elaborateness. and the origi-
nal New York production will be
brought here complete.
Among the attractions booked for
an early appearance at the Illinois is
that farfamed story of New England
life, "Old Jed Prouty," which comes
to us next Sunday evening.
Among the many high class attrac-
lions to visit us this season is the
original big city production of that
ever popular and effervescent musical
comedy favorite, The Burgomaster,"
which comes to the Illinois Wednes-
day. Nov. u.
This is the all-star company which
has been appearing in the large cit
les and enjoyed the phenomenal I'M
broken season ol 100 straight weeks.
This year the production is new
throughout in the way of scenery.
costumes and effects, and many new
and novel features have been added.
making it in fact a new production
throughout. THE Burgomaster' is
too well known among the musical
l., r II =
further Introduction, save it to say
that it may be characterized as a
veritable Aladdin achievement which
is backed by gorgeous settings ana
fantastic stage pictures, emphasized
~ bevies of pretty girls with shapely
figures and sweet voices. friskine
about in hues of brilliant coloring.
Did you ever notice how happy
John Philip Scusa has always been in
the choice of titles for his marches
and the aptness with which those
same titles fit many current events?
ijuring his visit here Prince Henry of
Prussia was constantly greeted with
,le strains Of Sonsa's Hands Across
the Sea" certainly Il fraternal salu-
tation. This same march was especi-
ally requested by King Edward VII.
when Sousa played his famous royal
concert. The Stars and Stripes For
ever is a feature of every patriotic
celebration and is always greeted
with prolonged applause. indicating
that the stirring melody is rapidly
assuming the dignity of a national
march. Sousa's The Invincible Ea-
gle" is n pean of triumphant -Ameri-
canism and never fails To arouse an
audience to enthusiasm. The title of
his latest march, Imperial Edward.
received not only the royal approval
Cf King Edward VII. but was favor
ably commented upon by the London
papers. The Sousa marches and the
Sousa concerts have the same char
acteristic spuntaneity and dash. and
are alike refreshing To the hcarer. so
il is n pleasure to know that the
March King" is to bring his big band
here for n concert at the Illinois Nov.
13.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-04

Cures dizzy spells. tired feeling,
stomach, kidney and liver troubles.
Keeps you well all the year. Rocky
Mountain Tea taken this month. 30
cents. +. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-04

y lengthy squabble took place in
which certain aldermen intimated
that certain other aldermen were in
terested personally in the matter and
the insinuations were resented. The
debate wandered off into the merits of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-04
FRANCHISE At AN END
Central Unicn Telephone Repeal
ing Ordinance Passed
by Council
AFTER STORMY SESSION LAST NIGHT
Places Old Company on Same Foot
ing With New Con-
Germ.

The Central Union Telephone COM
pany has no longer a franchise in the
city of Rock Island. At least the
council has done its part in the pass
ing of repeating ordinance. This
was very simple matter. The diff
Guilty, as City Attorney Scott pointed
out, lies in making the repeal effect
i've, or, in other words. in bringing
the company to realize that it has
been turned out into the cold world.
Last evenings session of the local
municipal Iawmaking body was a
rather long one and an adjournment
was finally taken before the business
that was waiting to be looked after
was all transacted. There were
number of nights of oratory, some in
situations and counter insinuations.
y number of fine points of parliament
tary practice and the construction of
previous ORDINANCES had to be passed
upon by the mayor.
Telephone Ordinances Come Up
The telephone ordinance was the
main bone Of contention. The ordin-
ances ordered drawn several weeks
ago and reported at the last meeting
VI the cOuIlCll were idld OH tlIc ClcIk =
desk to be read. The one repeating
the franchise Of the Central Union
company had been referred back to
the ordinance committee in order
that each alicrman might be furnish
ed with a copy.-The oae placing a Ii
cense fee of s. year upon each tele-
phone pole in the fire limits and that
taxing each instrument owned by
company that did not employ home
labor a like sum had been referred to
the license and markets committee.
Matters got no further than the first.
or repeating ordinance.
Aid. Gall led movement for fur
ther time for consideration in COM
mittee. but after the repeating ordin-
ance had been read Aid. Eckhart NOV
ed immediate consideration. Aid. Gall
dissented and claimed the motion lost
under the ordinance requiring unani-
nous consent for immediate consider
alton.
Have Long Debate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
RIVER RiPPES

The river is still rising at this point.
The rise is seven feet or more, when
mlkes a swift current. most too swift
for the best navigation. The boats
find the present current hard to climb.
The government SnagbOat. Arkan-
sas, is doing some splendid work in
this locality Quite number of bad
snags have been pulled around the
bend, just opposite the city. 1t is at
work today about four miles above the
city.
A ship at sea is subject to seizure
for lack of stamped clearance papers
from a custom house, giving her per-
mission to sail. 1t is not so with
Setamers on the rivers of this country
and no clearance papers are required.
Hence, the word cleared" as used at
Cairo, Vicksburg and some other
points, Memphis included. is inap-
propos and out OF place. A steamboat
goes out or she departs or she leaves.
but she does not clear.
The J. N. Harbin leaves Memphis
tomorrow for Pine Bluff.
Three Pine Bluff young men have
been employed as laborers on the
snagboat Arkansas. They receive $40
Il month and board.
While the rise in the river is far
from an overflow. still there are many
farmers in the river bottoms who are
becoming alarmed.
The fishermen say they never knew
their business worse on the Arkansas
than for the past summer and it con-
tinues to be Improbable with them
1t begins to look like navigation
would not have to be suspended at all.
The Harbin keeps comm and agoin' :.
The river continues to rise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08

Owing to the fact that our famous
brand of whisky has been greatly init
tated, we want to state for the benefit
of the public and ourselves that Mr.
j. w Allen. proprietor of the Trulock
bar, is and has been for the past FIVE
years our sole agent in Pine Bluff.
He handles the original goods direct
from the distillery and we guarantee
Allen to be the original and genuine
Paul Jones' Beware of limitations
PAUL JONES & CO..
2SS Louis vile. Ky
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
CITY COURT.

Rebecca Hall, colored. violating NOR
ality ordinance, s..
En- Johnson, colored, violating NOR
ality ordinance. IS.
Alf Brooks, colored, violating NOR
ality ordinance, IS.
VIM. Tyler, colored, violating NOR
ality ordinance, IS.
Chas. Gentry, white. reckless driv-
ing So.
Mary Washington, colored, vlolat-
ing morality ordinance, IS.
Mary Mckenzie. colored, violating
morality ordinance, IS.
F. Walters, colored, disturbing the
peace. discharged.
F. Polat, white, discharged.
Mac Hunter, white. disturbing the
peace by fighting, IS.
Lula McCray, colored violating
morality ordinance, IS.
Lula Poston, colored. violating nor
ality ordinance, s..
Jim Walters. white, drunk and dis
orderly, IS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
Possibilities of Architecture.

An architect of New York says that
with the modern steel frame build
ing can be carried to a height equal to
seven and one-half times the diameter
of the base. By this rule on an ordin-
ary city block could be erected build
ing 1900 feet high, 500 feet higher
than Eiffel tower. 1t would have 1926
stories and cost about $3O,000.OOO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
Brandy That Is Brandy.

Brandy of the vintage Of 1898 was
sold recently at auction in London
for the handsome price of $18 bottle.
Was it Dr. Samuel Johnson who first
called cognac the drink Of heroes,
characterization quoted with emphat-
ic approval and much smacking of the
lips by that great German hero. Otto
Won Bismarck? Eau de vie Of the $1S
quart quality should stimulate the
doing of wonderful things Of one sort
or another.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
Sole Survivor Of Famous Occasion.

Mrs. Adelaide Augusta Jones Dean
OF Boston, now nearly "a years old,
is the only surviving member Of a
Juvenile chorus that gave the frst
public rendition of S. F. Smiths now
famous America at patriotic cele-
bration held in the Park Street church
on the evening Of the Fourth OF July,
1882. The chorus was made up ex-
clusively OF Boston school children.
drilled and prepared under the direc-
ton of Lowell Mason, famous in MT
steal circles of that period.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
woman as Doctors Detective.

One of Women's latest professions Is
that of a femme resident of Los An.
geles. Cal who acts as detective
for a medical society. She visits doc
tors suspected of practicing without
lie enses and gets them to prescribe
for any number of purported ills. Then
the doctors are called into court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
Daily Graphic.

Any city subscr'ber falling to re.
ccive the Graphic on any day shcuio
ccport the failure to this Office at
once. The present carriers are new.
srd have rot had time to become
thoroughly acquainted witt he places
ct residence of subscribers, and it is
n favcr to the Graphic and the car
riers to have those failures reported
daily, SO that they may be remedied
rs soon as possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
DEATH RECORD.

The little daughter of Mr., and Mrs.
n. l.. Tuaycr died this morning at 10
o'clock after a brief illness. The de-
ceased was a grand daughter of Mr..
Louis Cheek. The funeral services
will occur Tuesday afternoon from the
family residence near Smart's cross
lug -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

Owing to the advance in the cost
Of materials and supplies used in Our
business, and the extra cost Of collec
tions, on and after October / all laun-
dry work will be cash. and no bills will
be made
American-Excelsior Laundry Co.
White Swan Laundry. .. -.
White Star Laundry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-08

SwitzerIand's Big E port Record.
Switzerland is. n. ,slation consider
ed, the greatest Jorting country in
the world, not eyea England being eX.
cepted, and it's exports are almost ex-
clusiyelv manufactured articles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
PARALLEL THE ORIENT.
Rock Island Said to Have Undertaken
This Project.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 1.-THE Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad is
planning to extend its system to the Pa
cffic coast Information has been re-
ceived in this city to the effect that the
company has in contemplation a line
which VIII, in effect, parallel A. e. Still
wells Orient railroad. and that the road
will be completed and in operation by
January :. 1905. If Mr.. StilweIl's plans
succeed the Orient probably will be in
operation by January 1, 1905.
The Rock Island now owns its own
tracks to FL Paso. It recently secured
control of the Rio Grande. San Madre
& Pacific railroad, extending southwest
from Ell Paso to Terrazas, Mexico. a dis
lance of $50 miles. From Terrazas sur
veys have been made to the coasS
through Tuluaca and Santa Rosa. Mex
leo, following the course of the Rio
Mayo river to Santa Cruz, on the Pacific
coast, from which point the coast line
is followed for fifteen miles into Agia-
bampo, the proposed western terminus
Concessions from the Mexican govern
ment must be obtained before the new
line can be built proposition which
will be. it is said, an exceedingly diff
cult one to manage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
TOO CONSERVATIVE.
Eastern Railroads Refuse to Adopt
interchangeable Mileage.

The proposition to establish an inter-
cEangeable mileage bureau for eastern
trunk line territory between Buffalo
and the Atlantic sea board has been de-
feated. The sale of interchangeab BILE
mileage tickets by the Central and
Western Passenger associa ton lines has
proved great convenience to CONNER
clal travellers and small merchants who
cannot afford to buy individual mileage
books OF the large number of roads
over which they have to travel For
this reason efforts have been made late
~ to have the system extended east of
Buffalo and Pittsburg
A majority Of the roads, including the
Pennsylvania. are said to have been in
favor of the proposition, but the Van
derbilt Ines. the Reading, and the Jer-
sey Central it is understood, would not
consent to It. The stand taken by the
dissenters is due to the conclusion that
interchangeable mileage would be det-
riment to their present arrangements in
selling their own mileage tickets
1t IS probable, however. that the lines
who favored the proposition viii go
ahead and establish an Independent bu-
reau. They profess to be in no way dis
couraeed. and feel confident there will
be way whereby they can give prac-
teal effect to their ideas and prove that
the sale of interchangeable mileage is
not only good thing for commercial
travellers and merchanth but will also
prove beneficial to the roads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
NORTHERN ROADS COMPLAIN
Say That Southwest Is Getting All
the Colonist Business.

Chicago, Nov. IA strong probable
ity exists that cheap passenger rates
will not be put in effect in territory
west of Chicago during 1903 A move
ment is on foot to abrogate cheap rates
for conventions and gatherings to
which they have usually been accorded
rates for excursions and reduced rates
for colonists.
The movement is due to determined
protest made by the so-called northern
ines-the Canadian Pacific, the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific
The northern lines complain that the
cheap rates which are employed by the
western lines durines the summer
months destroy the northern harvest of
tourists and travel during the summer
The summer months are the most pro-
f1table from passenger standpoint for
the northern lines. and it is claimed
that the prevailing cheap rates to
western points during that season of
the year is seriously Gripping the bust
ness of the northern lines
Representatives of the latter insist
that if the western lines persist in
keeping these rates in effect they will
be compelled to put in sinlila- rates
during the winter, and thereby hurt the
tourist and resort traffic of the west
ern lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
KANSAS NEWS.
A Strange Story Comes From
Bourbon County.
Frisco Engineer Said to Have
Died Years Ago
SUDDENLY SHOWS UP.
His Wife Collects Life Insurance
in WOOdman Lodge.
About to Be Married Again
When Phillips Appears.
SUDDENLY SHOWS UP.

Fort Scott, Nov 1.-THE Tribune
says:
A rare story concerning Ralph PM
lips, a well known Frisco engineer woo
was one of the leaders of the A r. U.
strike on the Memphis road in this city
several years ago, has reached Fort
Scott. Phillips has been lamented as
dead by his friends in this city Tor
three years, but the story is that ne mas
come to life. .,,.-
About three years ago the Phillips
family. which had then been away IRON
Fort Scott several years, was heaId
from in southern Texas. The news that
came was to the effect that he had
died in Central America. He was d
Woodman and his friends here say ms
wife proved his death to the extent that
she collected the insurance. Now, so
the report goes. she is living in Color
ado. and the other day she was about
to be married again, having hersel1
been convinced OF Phillips death. when
in he walked He went to Central
America a number of years ago and
went to railroadins Up until now there
had been no question but that he had
died, as reported to his family from
that country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
HE CARRIED STOLEN COIN.
Additional Evidence Against the Al
legged Bank Robber at Mansfield.

Fort Scott. Kas.. Nov. 17.-William
DAILY, the man recently arrested at
Mansfield, Mo, on suspicion of being
one of the men who robbed the bank OF
Seymour Mo. was brought here and
identified as one of the robbers of the
bank at Richards. Mo, the night of No
Vember T. He had currency that was
stolen from the Richards bank 1t de-
veloped today. too. that the man found
dead by the railroad track near Mans
field the day after Days arrest had $40
of the currency from the Richards bank.
1t is now believed that the man was
one of Days three companions whom
the officers sought to arrest at the same
time that he got away and in boarding
q freight train he threatened a brake
man. who struck him with an iron. He
fell off and was killed
It is believed the gang has been on a
bank robbing tour in western Missouri
The Richards bank vault was demOlish-
ed by them and they got away with over
$1,j00. One $500 package of currency
was just from the treasury and the bills
were in numerical order Forty of them
had been taken out the day before and
from them the numbers of the stolen
bills were definitely fixed. DAILY will be
prosecuted at Mansfield for highway
robbery the officers there refusing to
give him up. He was taken to Richards
and Identified as having been seen in
Richards the day before the robbery He
refuses to talk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
ASSASSIN WAS A TRAITOR.
Anarchists Expelled the Man Who
Tried to Kill King Leopold.


Rome, Nov. 1.-THE ministry of the in
terror has established the identity of the
assailant of King Leopold His name is
Gennerro Rubino and he is described in
the records as an advanced socialist. He
was condemned to a long term of impris-
onment for stealing at Milan in 1893, but
he effected his escape to England, where
he is supposed to have imbibed his an
archist principles. His father was a
patriotic communal councillor, but Ru-
bino, while still serving in the army, v as
condemned to five years detention for
writing Objectionable newspaper ar
ticle. These are the only criminal records
found against him Since leaving Italy
Rubino has resided continuously in Scot
land and England, first in Glasgow and
afterwards in London. Some years ago
he was accused of treachery by his an
archist friends. and expelled from their
ranks.
Brussels. Nov. T.-According to some
reports Rubino, in the course of his ex-
animation, declared that he selected King
Leopold for his attack on account of the
kings inl1umant conduct toward his
daughter, Princess Stephanie, at the time
of her mothers death. and he also wish
ed to show the anarchists in London, Who
doubted his loyalty, that while they only
talked he acted. He would have killed
King Edward, he added but for the
strong feeling of the English people in
favor of the monarch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-17
INTERuRBAN LINES.
Central Kansas Towns to Be Connect
ed by Tramways.

Mcpherson, Kan, Nov. 1.-THE interur-
ban railroad service is to be considerably
extended ext in and through, central Kansas
within the next year The principal line
is to be extended from MCPHERSON Iy
way of Halstead through Sedgwich county
to Wichita. by the way of Valley Center
through Waco. Belle. Plains and Dalton.
and from there the line may probably be
extended to Geuda Springs and Arkansas
City The right of way has been secured
for part of this line and the civil cngi-
neers are surveying the work. while the
president of the company, Mr.. Ceyes is in
st. Louis engaging the necessary Material
for the construction of the road. In adj
diticn to this line another is contemplated
from Mcpherson north through Gypsum
City TO Salina, Ellsworth. Lyons. Hutch
inson to Newton and Wichita. The char
acter of the country through which these
lines extend is such that the construction
of them is comparatively inexpensive and
runs through the rich agricultural section
of the state. Ev entually it is expected to
extend these lines through Ottawa, Cloud.
Republic, Jewell. Mitchell and Lincoln
counties, The attorney for the read lead
ing southeast from Mcpherson through
Wichita to Arkansas City is negotiating
for the right. of way through the balance
of the counties and the work is to be
pushed at once.