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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
CHANGES on BURLINGTON.
j. ID. Besler. Long Time General Superin-
tencent. Succeeded by +. c. Rice.

j. ID. Besler, for 46 years in the
service of the Burlington road, has
been retired from the position of
general superintendent and given an
advisory position upon the staff of
Vice President Howard Elliott.
Changes made necessary on account
of Mr.. Besler's retirement are:
Fletcher c. Rice, formerly superin-
tendent of the Illinois lines to be gen
eral superintendent, with headquar-
tiers at Chicago.
II. ID. Judson, formerly superintend-
ent of the Chicago division. to be SUI
perintendent of the Illinois lines, with
headquarters at Galesburg.
w. Il. Thorp, formerly superintend-
ent of the Galesburg division. to be
superintendent of the Chicago di-
vision, with headquarters at Aurora.
/ II. NJ. Kimber, to be superintendent
of the Galesburg division, with head
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
Notice OF final settlement.

Estate IF Samuel w Marble. zee sased.
fuDic notice is hereb' given that the under
signed william z. T:Stler. admiulsI razor de
bonis non of laid estate has his cay Et, d
his final report aid settlement as such In
the county court OF Rock lsla1d Ouuty, and
that an or'er has been uttered By said
court approving the said reD' TT unless
objections thereto cause to the cor trAry
b. shown on or befo the lSt day of
August =. D. 1902 and upon the final APP
proval of said Ieport the said administrator
will ask to be discharged I'll persons inter
estH6 are n TITLED to attend
Rock Island, Ill. July il. 1902
WILIIAM n X STLER,
Admiristr LIor b n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

declared to acquire, purchase and
hold subscriptions, stocks, bonds, Sc
curities, shares and other evidences
of corporations generally and to
merge corporations, one into an
other" Dividends of 4 per cent on
preferred stock are guaranteed up
to 1903 and of per cent from that
time up to 1916.
In the articles of incorporation the
agent of the stockholders is the Com
mercial Trust company of New York
City. The incorporators are Robert
F. Ross, j. \. Tennatt. Walter McDer-
mot. George r. Tracy. X. F.sTully,
John w. Hardenberg, Oscar L. Guble-
man. William j. Field and George T.
Boggs. These are all directors of the
Commercial Trust company.
Trenton. y. j.. July 31.-Artieles of
incorporation for the Rock Island
company. capital $15O.OOO,O 900, which
were filed in the office of the clerk of
Hudson county, y. j., yesterday, were
recorded today with the secretary of
state. \ filing fee of 100000 was re-
quired.
Moore Chairman OF the Board.
New York. July 31.-The new Rock
Island company perfected its reorgan-
iZation today by the reelection of w. Ii.
Leeds as president and William II.
Moore as chairman of the board.
Henry c. Frick, of Pittsburg. was
added to the list of directors. t
Des Moines. Iowa, July 31.-The
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific filed
articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state today. The capt.
taliZation is 1925 600. 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
SIS to callfornla and neturn

On July 90, Aug. 2 to 10, the Rock
Island system will sell round trip
tickets to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco at above rate. These tickets
are first-class and allow stop-overs.
Good to return up to Sept. 30. Choice
of routes going and returning.
Through service. Call at city office,
1913 Second avenue, or depot offices,
for full information.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
ro,,ce Of sale of Mining stock.

The undersigned wi sell st public auction
to the highesI bidder at the north door OF
The courr house IN the city of Rock Is and,
county OF Rock Island, and state OF Illinois,
as 10 o'clock m. on the 2nd day OF August;
a N 1907 IOI shares of the capital 81 ock
he BLACK Lion Gold Mining and MI ling com
pany held oy the latter ss collateral securii ",
which stock wss duly issut q to N. huds, j..
DATED at Rock Island, 1 l.. June ~, 1872.
V. M. HANDING.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
All Were Saved.

'For years 1 suffered such untold
misery from bronchitis" writes j.
II. Johnston, of Broughton, Ga, that
often | was unable to work. Then,
when everything else failed, l was
wholly cured by DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption. My wife
suffered intensely from asthma, till ii
cured her. and all our experience
goes to show ii is the best Group
medicine in the world A trial will
convince you it's unrivaled for throat
and lung diseases. Guaranteed bot
ties soc and S1.O0. Trial bottles free
at Hartz & Ullemeyer's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

Eczema. scald head. hives, itchiness
of the skin of any sort instantly re
lieved. permanently cured. Doan's
Ointment. At any drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

The special round trip excursion
tickets announced from Chicago to
New York City, Atlantic City and 9th
er New Jersey sea coast resorts on
July 81, Aug. Z and IA, 1902, via the
New York, Chicago & st. Louis Rail
road company, under the headings
of $500 to New York City and At
lantic City and return" and New
York and Atlantic City at SIS for the
round trip" by the Nickel Plate road
July II and brand Aug. and IA, with
return limit of ~ days, is hereby
withdrawn and the rates abrogated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

On morning train of August and
August 10 the Rock Island system
will sell round trip tickets to Mag
ara Falls and return via Peoria at
rate of SLIPS, good for return within
II days For full information call at
depot offices or at city Office, 1913
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

Queen & Crescent service Cincin
natl to Atlanta and jacksonville, thu
best in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

Group instantly relieved. DIR. Thorn
as, Eclectic Oil. Perfectly safe. New
err fails At aEy drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

Educate Your Bowels with Cascsrets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
Ioc. e. g. 9. fail, druggists refund money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31

Only through car line to Asheville
y. C., Queen d Crescent route and
southern railway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
TIPS TO TRAVELLERS.

One hundred miles shortest to
Chattanooga, Queen d Crescent
route.
Queen q Crescent fast line to Bir-
mingham and New Orleans. Two fast
trains dali.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or THE
Central Tfusf and Savings Bank

Stlte of Illinois before the CONNIE ncemenI OF
business on the 2sth day OF July. 1902. a
made TO the Auditor of Public A ccounts fol
the state of Illinois pursuant TO law:
RESOURCES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
TRAUBENKUR
OR GRAPE CURE

The fame of these cures for such
diseases is worldwide, and the aston
fishing results have been recognized
by physicians the world over. There
can be no doubt or no quibbling. The
grape cures have restored to health
many thousands of Americans, num-
bering hundreds prominent in the af-
ed, but only n few can afford the
American Chemical company, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-31
TO THE THOUSANDS
SUFFERING FROM

During the last year thousands of
have fiocked to the Rivers
Rhine and Neckar in Germany, to
avail themselves of the wonderful
curative powers in such diseases of
the famed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
LEASE OF TIE eRANp.

The best news that has come to the
theater- going public OF Topeka IN
years is the announcement that the
Grand opera house is to be renovated
and opened, and under a management,
too, which gives assurance Of success.
Topeka. as a theatrical town. has
been blighted for years the same as an
orange tree in Kansas would ever be
effected by frosts, coming season after
season Electrically. speaking, there
has been a perpetual frost in Topeka
for years. The reason has been that
there has been no competition, which
always has a tendency to induce q
quasi public enterprise to neglect the
people from whom it draws its life
blood.
The reopening of the Grand win re-
suit in the improvement of the Craw-
ford, and instead OF having one poor
amusement house Topeka win have
too good ones. It will be a fight for
business, and the result will be the
survival Of the 6ttest
Next season it will be safe to say that
Topeka theater goers can attend per-
formanees without suffering the indig-
mites that go hand in hand with a
gam bling dive and a joint operated in
the opera house building; without being
annoyed night after night by d horde of
unrestricted rowdies IN the gallery
where free fights, cursing and brawling
are ofnightly occurrence; without having
tobacco guilds and other unsavory mis-
sfles showered from the gallery onto the
people in the parquet; without being
compelled to sit in worn out, broken
down the filthy chairs that are not
busted from one performance to anoth-
er; without being constantly annoyed
by loud talking and the slamming of
doors in the rear of the theater.
The people of Topeka win not be slow
to appreciate such change. Tt may
bring about greater changes in the fu-
ture. It may be the wedge which viii
open the way for Topeka having as
good a line of attractions as Kansas
City, st. Joseph and Lincoln. The new
management has just secured the Grand
and the booking for next season was
begun four months ago and many Of
the larger attractions have already
made up their dates, and this way serve
IS a handicap next season. Z. S. Brig
ham. one of the 1essees, is a man who is
known in Topeka, as he IS known in the
theatrical business. TO be a thorough
business man who appreciates patron
age and who makes his theaters sue
coed. A S. Kane, who will be the man
ager. has shown by bringing so many
excellent attractions to the Auditorium
that he is competent to manage an
opera house and to give the patrons
what they want and what they are en-
titled to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
KEY 10 F1L1PINo SITUATION.

Fred ". Atkinson. who holds the im-
portant position of superintendent Of ed
ucatien in the Philippines. has written
an interesting and suggestive article for
the Outlook on the work which the Amer
lean teachers are doing in those islands.
Judging from what Mr.. Atkinson says
the future is very bright for the results
which are to come from the efforts put
forth by those who have sailed
the Pacific to instruct the Filipino
youth.
There is something in this that should
excite admiration of the citizens of the
states and particularly the Kansas peo-
pie who furnished SO many intrepid sol
tliers for the Philippine war. and who
since the part of the struggle terminated
in which the volunteer troops of the
country were Withdrawn followed up the
tillage of arms with the seeds of popular
education. The tender blades are already
coming up and Superintendent Atkinson
sees that the great majority OF Ameri-
can teachers are enthusiastic and opti-
mistic as to the ultimate outcome"
If there is anything that the United
states is to profit from in securing the
complete submission of these people it IS
through the labors of the humble peda-
gogue who toiling in that far-away
country brings to pass the realization OF
those who extended the jurisdiction Of
Uncle Sam over the islands that they
should everywhere lay down arms and
come to the full realization Of what the
United States has done for them Mr..
Atkinson has found that among the
masses there is a partiularly crying
need for education and with these youth
the Instructors sent out from the states
are to reach that nationality and win
them over from their ha1f-cividzed con
dition to modern enlightenment and use
fulness-
on the other hand the few Filipino
teachers have shown a disposition to inn
prove themselves by coming. in touch
with American customs. language and
methods Of instruction. Normal courses
are being conducted for them, and there
Is q general Distribution Of modern text
books and school furniture Parents are
being invited to the schools conducted
by American teachers, the surroundings
of the children are made improved
wherever possible and the surroundings
generally made better In return the
antipathy is giving way to cooperation
with the representatives OF the new
world and the work of redeeming the
whole archipelago from ignorance seems
to be at hand.
AS for the teachers who have given
themselves to this service there is that
satisfaction and interest in the work
that sees great results in the future
That is what leads them to yield their
services graeiously and to endure dis
comforts which shall ind their fun re-
ward in the education OF that people
Upon these noble workers rests the bur-
den for the next few decades Of bring
ing the United States and the Philippine
islands into a closer relationship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
PENALTY OF PROSPERITY.

Kansas is now paying the penalty of
prosperous advertising. Our great
wheat crop Of last year. the good pros
poets for the present season. and the
vaults OF farmers overlooking with
money have been told to the world in
columns by space writer's for eastern
papers. What has been the result9 A
flood Of fakirs have poured into the
state with the sole intention of fleeing
the unwary. Hypnotists, palmists
mind readers and elairyoyants are
parading up and down the state in
dfoves gathering in the shekels
Scarcely a day passes but some vic
tim has a swindIng tale of woe to re-
late. How many that are ashamed to
admit their losses no one can estimate.
Only this week at Clay Center one
of these falzirs is charged with induc-
ing a young girl to draw $500 from a
bank and fee the town with him Of
course when ne gets control of the
money the young girl will be aban-
doned. far from home and friends and
the smooth" professor viii pass on to
other fields where the harvest is ripe
for more victims.
AT Wichita recently a hypnotist in
duced q widow to withdraw 81, 500 from
deposit and allow him to bless" It, be-
cause If he didn't the bank would fail
and she would lose her money. And the
silly woman believed him. Just now
this gullible widow is spending her time
blessing the professor. But little he
cares, as the $500 win keep him in
eanvasback duck and porferhouse steak
Cor several days to come.
There are hundreds Of other Instances
equally as foolish as these mentioned.
Just why people persist in allowing
themselves to become the victims of
every smooth sehemer that comes along
Is hard to imagine. As the asyIunls
Of the state are filed it would seem
that to care for our feeble minded it
would be we'll to give these hypnotic
professors an understanding that their
Eoom is better than their company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
GLOBE srGHrs.

IFrom the Atchison Globe
Many a man who is said to be soue
and cross, is really sick
Country people are greater rubber
necks than town people.
A town is always thriving as long as
you expect something from it.
We wish every summer we were as
popular as strawberries and ice cream.
What has become OF the old fashioned
woman VINO waited" while the Faen
folks ate2
How many want you to encourage"
them; how few come around, ana offer
to encourage" youl
An Atchison mother has a book tell
ing how to bring up children. It was
written by an old maid.
It's a terrible thing to think Of.
you frequently hear people say. Lots
of these; lots of terrible things to think
of.
It is every woman's Ioudly-and-oft
expressed belief that a nan will go 70
bed when his corn hurts. though a wo-
man would continue to work if she had
a toe cut off.
Whenever a woman takes her mani
cure set and the pictures OF her kin on
a visit, and displays them on the dress
er in her room, she says it is to make il
more homeIike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
BANE OF PARr1sANsHIp.

Monday evening the CITY council is
s,,nnosea ia fake nm the investigation
of tha CHARGES of malfeasanee in office
which have been fled against CITY
Physician {, r .nldd. The present in
dieations are that this Investigation
viii be postponed to some future date
and some of the city councilmen pro-
fess to believe that the charges will
never be investigated.
The reason for the DELAY is because
the citv attorney claims that he has not
time to conduct the investigation as
the city ordinances provide he shall do.
and the council, by a vote Of TO 3,
refused to employ an attorney to act
in. his place. as the ordinances give
them the right to do.
One thing is certain. Either City
Physician Judd is unjustly accused,
and should be given a chance to vindi-
cate his record as city physician, or
else the council IS acting in a most
narrow and partisan manner in pro-
tecting him in his alleged wrong
doing.
II City Physician Judd believes him
seh 70 be innocent OF the charges, he
should demand an investigation NO
man VINO Values ms reputation would
consent 70 rest ohaer accusations suen
as as. nave oeeh hleo against Dr. ) uad.
19el . ao mas gwen no 1iallil1aeaoh 70
slla eoliaeii mat ne wants the ciisF ses
III ,s e. lis $500,
= .2iAs.alls II Tue council e1iils
= pa 7sliis' 'isau q iisu1 ~ SUPPOSE
lioli u . u'iu aeiioils' mat ne * l'see-
ga tEeln 70 40 an N thelf power 70 delay
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19

at which price they are cheaper than
any other edible fowls. wild or tame.
Now the meager offerings of venison
are held at about 90 cents a pound, al
advance Of almost 100 per cent On the
average prices of former years.
The few Quails exposed for sale are
quoted at IS a dozen for the best stock.
a few No, 2 being sold as low as 81.
Prairie chickens usually sold at 81 to IS
a dozen. and were well worth the mon
ey During the present season they
have sold at SO to SO, with the supply
extremely limited. Rufaed grouse sold
this year at 81 to SO q dozen. Former
" they were held at about the same
price as were prairie chickens. and few
have been offered as con pared with
former years.
The stringency of the game laws of
almost all the states has brought this
change and wrought havoc with the
trade. During the present season the
combined holdings of the game houses
of the city often did not amount to the
stock formerly carried by a single firm.
To these laws, do the dealers attribute
the ruin of Chicago's game market. The
statute preventing the shipment be-
yond the limit of the state is especially
blamed for the disaster to the business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
WHEAT MEANS CIVILIZATION.

Few public documents have ever been
issued in Kansas that have done the
state SO much good as Secretary
Geburn's recent report on wheat grow
ing viii do. There is crowded within
its pages the testimony of many men
who have made a remarkable success
of wheat production in Kansas and who
have added largely to the states
wealth. Their statements Will en-
courage others to do the same thing.
Few people have ever thought of the
idea expressed in the statement pub
hshed by Mr. Coburn on the cover Of
the pamphlet. He says: There is not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
go mARRRr anaTn-

It is evident that before long game
will almost entirely disappear from the
open markets. The Chicago American in
discussing the situation says:
Game is scarce in Chicago. Stocks of
such kinds as are offered are light, and
prices are at a point which virtually
checks general consumption Up to 1899
Chicago was one Of the principal game
markets of the world. From more than
a score Of the states and territories
came the choicest victims of the hunter
and that which could not be secured in
this city in the way of game was Ger
tainly not o5tainab bic elsewhere
FeniSon sold here many years prior 10
1900 at price relatively less than that
of the same cuts of beef. while quails
seldom went above $1.25 to S1.50 a dozen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19

Many the chlldhood friends Of mine
That started ahead of me,
Fearless in ignorance. buoyant in hope,
To sail on the vitriol sea
Little they knew of the depths or the scope
OF the treacherous vitriol sea.
Some of them sailed in painted boats.
Most beautiful things to see:
Gossamer boats of ephemeraf wood,
AS fragile as ever could be.
Soon to discover that wood was not good
In the cankering Yitriol sea.
Many tried brass and some tried glass;
To sail on the vitriol sea,
Mindless alike of cOrrosiOn or storms
They sailed with hilarious glee.
Happy today. but tomorrow in swarms
TO be sunk in the vitriol sea
tsVyhere did they wish to go2'' you ask,
THAT sailed on the Vitriol sea
That is a something shall never know,
tbs a mystery even to me-
Still they did go, and continue to go.
And sail on the vitriol sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
PorNTEp PARAeRAPHs.
TFrom the Chicago News.l

TFron1 the Chicago Newsl
One touch of humor makes the whole
world grin.
An inch of performance is worth a
yard of promise
When a lazy man stops to tninE1 he rs
seldom able to start again.
If a man is wit he says things; if
he is a humorist he writes them.
When a woman argues the very best
She can do is to convince herself.
The trouble with a great many actors
is that they are only imitation actors
Some individuals are so persistent in
trying to do their best that they even
do their best friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
WHIST.

Hour after hour the cards were fairly
shuffied
And fairly dealt. but still got no hand;
The morning came, and with mind ul-
only said: Il do not understand"
Life is game of whist. From unseen
The cards are shufrled and the cards are
dealt
Blind are our efforts to control the forces
That. though unseen, are no less strongly
/ do not like the way the cards are shut
fed,
And through the long, long night well /,
Piav Whaf I get until the break of day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
JOHN BROWN.

States are not great
Except as men may make them;
Men are not great except they do and dare.
But states. like men,
Have destinies that take them
where.
The why reDe1s
The philosophic searcher:
the Why and where all questionings defy.
Far back in youthful nurture,
Prophetic facts that constitute the why.
All merit comes
All glory comes from daring to begin.
Fame loves the state.
That, reckless Of the sequel
Fights long and well, whether it lose or
win.
Than in our state
No Illustration apter
Is found of faith ana hope and viii
Take up her story.
Every leaf and chapter
Contains a record that conveys a thrill.
And there is one
Whose faith, whose fight. whose falling
Fame shall plaeard upon the walls of time.
He dared begin
Despite the unayailiug:
He dared begin. when failure was crime.
When over Africa
Some future cycle
Shall sweep the la5e-gemmed uplands with
Whom as With trumpet
OF the Archangel Michael
Culture shall bid a eolored race emerge;
When busy cities
There, in consultations.
Shall CLEAN with spires and palaces and
dOmes
With marts wherein
Is heard the noise of nations:
With summer groves surrounding stately
homes;
There, future orators,
TO cultured freemen
Shall tell of va1or and recount with praise
Stories of Kansas
And OF IaeedaemoIf-
Cradles of freedom, then of ancient days.
From boulevards
Overlooking both Nyanzas,
The statued bronze SHAH glitter in the sun
With rugged lettering:
John Brown of Kansas:
He dared begin;
He lost.
But losing Won"