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Evening star., 1902-02-04
THOMAS J. OWEN & son. AUcTIoNEERs.

THOMAS J. OWEN & son. AUcTIoNEERs.
TRusTEEy SALE OF Two-sroRY BRICK
TEESTH STREET SokTHwEsr. II W.; --i0 ihiA-
recorded Liber 10 1895 folio $50 ct sea go cf the
TY;FiRsT DAI OF JANUARY, 1902, AT AT HALF .S
ises sell at public auction lot seventy G0J, In g.
r Aliens recorded subdivision of lots in square
Washington, in said District, together with the
improvements thereon, consisting Of a si1-room
Terms Of sale: One fourth Of the purchase money
in cash. balance in equal installments at one, two
the purchaser and deed Of trust the property
sold or al cash at purchasers option: Sale to be
deposit Of 500 SsquiEed 4 M fins @ sale. s0s''
,o. RICHARD E. pA1Ro S '14 Trustee. St; NV
'a-' u~os 49, La. ave. NV.
DTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED, ON Ao-
RUARY FIFTH, 1902, at same hour and place
ya3I-d&ds BY order Of the Trustees.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., AUCTIONEERs
EXECUTORS SALE OF SMALL HOUSE AND
LOT on THIRTEENTH STREET BETWEEN
No. n ASR isIs. N STREETS NORTHWEST. BEING
By authority Of the will Of Ellen Butler. de-
o tS 'oPas Yi sf t
SEVENTH, 1902. AT HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, in front Of the premises, part Of lot 1o
square 245 This property fronts II feet 4 and As
inches, Ii depth Of ITO feet to alley and is i'm.
proved with house No. 1915 18th street
Terms: One-third cash, balance in six and twelve
months, with interest at six per cent or all cash
Terms to be compiled with in ten days, or prop
erty will be resold at purchasers risk and cost
Conveyancing at purchasers cost
ARTHUR A. BIRNEY, Executor
ja17-dts Washington Loan and Trust building
1.-THE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED ON AC-
count of rain until FRIDAY, JANUARY 81 same
hour and place. By order Of the executor
UTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED ON AC-
count of the weather, until WEDNESDAY, FEB
HUARY FIFTH, same hour and place.
fe1-dts By order of the executor
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FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIoyEl
fe3d&dbs JAMES W. RATCLIFFE. Auct
THos. J. OWEN & son, AUCTs, s1s NV

TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-sToRY BRICK
DWELLING, NO. 1912 KING STREET
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust duly re.
corded In Liber No. 1906. folio 4S9 ct seq one
OF the land records for the District of Columbia
and at request Of the parties secured thereby. we
Will sell, at public auction, in front of the prem.
AT FOUR O'CLOCK P. M, lot No. 2O3 in John 81
swormstedts subdivision Of the north 80 feet Of
lois AZ and 49, of James 1. Kings subdivision of
part Of tract Of land called Long Meadows. with
improvements thereon
Terms of sale: 0ne-fourth cash, balance in one
two and three years. with interest secured by deed
OF trust on the property sold, all cash. at pur-
ehaser's option. A deposit OF 500 required at
stamps at purchasers cost
- JOHN TAYLOR ARMS.
ROBERT E. BRADLEY
Jd<i-dSds Trustees.
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Lens Glass for Light Houses.
Acting Secretary Spalding of the treasury
has recommended to Congress that lens
Into this country free Of duty.
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TRAINS ON BLUEMoNT BRANCH.
Leave Washington 9:01 a IN. daily, 100 pm,
z:do pm ahd i-49 p.n week days, and 6:2o N.
Sundays only for Bluemont, and 6:25 pm. week
days, ana ID 40 pm. theater tram. Mondays We'd
nesdays and Saturdays for Leesburg.
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Through trains from the South arrive Washing
ton 6:42 am. 6:52 am. 1:35 am. 1918 am.
daily except Mondays. 200 p-m 800 pm. and
e:30 pm daily. Local trains from Harrsonburs.
II 81 m. week days and $40 pm. daily. From
Charlottesville. S:2S a. m. and $40 pm. daily.
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UTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED ON AC
count Of the weather, until THURSDAY FERRII-
AIRY SIXTH, 1902, same hour and place.
fe1-d&ds By order of the trustaes
Evening star., 1902-02-04

AS he was proceeding to discuss sone -,
the conditions in the Philippine Islands Mr.
Tillman (S.C) Interrupted with the tnonirv.
'Will the senator be explicit and give ia
the benefit Of his personal observations or
any official information he has in reeard ~
the dispatch from General Bell that he mo
posed to make war SO terrible that thew
would want peace and want it bad? Is thai
true, or is 1t not?'
THAT was not done while I was tbere >,
replied Mr.. Beveridge. Il win ask the
senator whether, when he is making war
he would not make war SO terrible that the
enemy would want peace?"
That would depend" said Mr. Ti1n.,
whether was honestly engaged in a war
that thought was decent and respectah1e
or of subjugation and infamy"
And does the senator charge" demand
ed Mr. Beveridge. that General RelI docs
not believe he is engaged in an honest
war?" es'
Il know that there are plenty Of officers
there who feel they are doing dirty work.
me they are ashamed of it." 'o.0
Has General Bell told you sop insisted
Mr.. Beveridge.
Il don't know about General Bell" said
Mr.. Tillman. II have not seen him
Then why do you drag in General Re,l
General Wheaton and others?" sharply in.
quired Mr.. Beveridge.
Mr.. Tillman: II win drag into this dis
cussion an Associated Press report from
Manila"
Mr.. Beveridge: Now it is an Associated
Pressnan."
Mr.. Tillman .'Then you either have q can-
sorship there or You have not You swear
you have not and then when the reports
come you say those are not ours''
Mr.. Beveridge: 1T is hopeless. When
they begin to discuss the Constitution and
we take them up on that. they come to
censorship When we say that none ex-
lists, then they go to war. bioodshed, pill
lage and murder"
Authority for orsstatements Questioned.
After some sharp personal colloquey In
which the Indiana and South Carolina
senators rfdiculed each other Mr. Bever-
idge proceeded 70 relate an incident: Of the
burning OF Village. and said that upon
investigation It proved that it was the act
OF the insurgents his purpose being to
disprove some reports against the Amert-
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Moline.

THIS city. riValing the county seat
in size and diversity of interests. is
one of the most important manutac-
turing places i'm Illinois. In 1900 it
had Il population of 17.24S and il is
growing rapidly. \ large portion of
it's people are of ScandinaviaH birth
or parentage aud therein lies the
secret of it's prestige aS a manufac-
turing center. Reliab BILE labor is more
important than nearness of the
source of material i'm building up a
creative industry nowadays and in
this respect Moline is not eNcelled i'm
the west. The city owes its origin
TO the natural waterpower which the
rapids of the Mississippi provide at
this point. These advantages were
seen .as early as 1898. but the idea
was not carried out till three years
later when the firm of Spencer. Sears
d White built the first wooden dam
connecting Rock island with fhe
mainland and set up the first saw
and -four mills. \ few years later
another firm built n masonry dam.
which has since been followed by two
other dams built successfully by the
government to furnish power for the
arsenal shops. John Deere. the real
founder of the city. came i'm 1s4S and
began the manufacture of plows.
Seven years previous TO that time the
place had been laid out and named.
With the establishment of plow
factories the influx of Scandinavians
began and the place commenced
rapid growth. April 10. 1872. it was
incorporated as city. and during
the past 10 years its population has
increased almost one half. The orig
inal plow factory established by Mr..
Deere has now formidable compe-
titor in the Moline Plow company
and now Moline is recognized the
world over as the center of the plow-
making industry. Other lines of
manufactures are not neglected. Mo-
line farm wagons being in use all
over the civilized world.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
The County Schools.
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i'm the regularity of attendance.
The percentage enrolled compared
with the total number of children of
school age in the county in 1876 was
62.5, while i'm 1901 it was 90. There
were about 200 more males than fe-
males of school age both years.
Twenty-Five years ago there were II
graded schools i'm the county. while
now there are &c. The estimated val
ne of school property in 1876 was
S261.5s5, with apparatus valued at
S2.362. Last year the corresponding
figures were S732.11 and Si0.0S6. y
change is noted in the proportion of
20 male and 1852 female. teachers,
while last year there were but As of
the former with 266 of the latter en-
gagged in the same occupation. Dur
ing the year of 1876 the teachers of
the county received 61.s66.99 in sal
aries. while i'm 1901 they received
$132. .371.16. The next quarter of n
century will probably see even great
er improvement in the schools of the
county than has been marked in the
past. for il is expected that the eff
forts now being eXerted for the
adoption of n system of township
central schools will at no far distant
day bear fruit. and rural districts
will then be placed on an equal foot
ing with the cities in the matter of
educational facilities.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

mitted in Illinois and in the year dur
ing which the tax levy was made
Dredd Scott. who was afterward ia
nous as subject of litigation in
court. was the slave of an army Of
ficer at Fort Armstrong. The taxes
collected amounted to S53.72%. OF
this Sheriff Pike, who was also tax
collector. conscientiouSly turned over
to the county treasury the sum of
$3.50 keeping the balance for eN-
penses ssand commission. TwO-yearS
later this same community bonded it
self TO the extent of over $4,000 for
the construction of the old brick
courthouse which was i'm constant
use till il was torn away five years
ago upon the completion of the pres
ent structure. The Jail now in use
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

To leave its fields with the crops nm
harvested, Black Hawk led the rem
nant of his band back and began
last desperate struggle to regain his
beloved hunting grounds. How il
ended with the tribe shattered and its
chief Il prisoner needs no repeating.
After the Indian troubles were
over the white population Increased
very rapidly. In later days it has
appeared strange that the earlier
settlers avoided the fertile open
prairies where there was no obstacle
but the sod To prevent the planting
of crops. and took up their residence
among the hills where the soil was
poorer and the land had To he cleared
of trees and underbrush. II must he
remembered. however. that wood and
water We're considerations in those
times not second i'm Importance TO
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Reynolds.

THIS is the youngest country village
of any consequence in the county.
1t was established when the Rock
Island 4 Mercer county railroad was
built in 1876 and was named after f..
p Reynolds. the contractor. It's fu-
ture was accurately forecasted the
day the road was completed. Oct. 6.
As soon as the rails were down 33
carloads of livestock were loaded and
shipped TO Chicago. 1t now bears the
reputation of being the most impor-
tant loading and shipping point for
livestock in the state. If not in the
entire west. and it is the only grain
shipping point of any consequence in
the county. The growth of Reynolds
was rapid till ii attained near to its
present size of about 500 people.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

the county. Vt the same time the
formation of IL county government
was authorized and July ). 1888. the
first election was held at the house
df John Barrell. SiNtN-five votes
were cast and George w. Harlan,
John W. Spencer. and Col. George
Davenport were chosen county com
missioners; Ben iamin +. Pike. sheriff;
Levi Wells. coroner: George w. Har-
Ian. Joel Wells and j. B. Patterson.
Justices of the peace. and George V.
Miller. Huntington Wells and Edward
Corbin. conSrS{Ste<. In 1884 post
office was established at John Bar
rell's primarily To save ferriage in
going to the island for mail. and Jo-
seph Conway was appointed the first
postmaster. The next year the town
of Stephenson was laid ont west of
what is now Seventeenth street and
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Once an Indian City.
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was one of those interested in the
scheme. which. however, died a-born-
ing. About this same time certain
spectators seized upon large area
of land embracing the Rock river
rapids at Milan and soon had built
upon paper one of the most promis-
ing manufacturing cities in the west.
Prices of factory sites were put mp 10
almost fabulous figures and placed
upon the eastern market. The result
of it all was the actual establishment
of number of enterprises, which
really prospered for n time. Consid
erable litigation was afterward re-
quired to straighten out some of the
land title tangles e9gendered.
Another boom very similar to the
two cited above was launched on the
site of Andalusia. 4 party of eastern
men bought from the original settler.
Capt. y. w. Clark. "a large strip of
land and plated a City mile and n
half long and extending mile back
from the river, giving it the name of
Rockport. When thel boom collapsed
Col y. B. Buford bought the tax
titles and founded the place which
his wife named ADdalusia. Illinois
City was begun in the same manner,
its promoters locating it two miles
back from the river and buying up
the intervening tract in the hope as
yet unrealized of selling out at
handsome figure as the town expand
ed 10 the waters edge.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
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TRADITION tells us that part of the
township of South Rock Island
was once the site of prosperous In
dian city of several thousand inhab-
itants named Saullenull. According
to the description of it handed down
its central portion lay where the vii
lage of Sears now stands and the
north wing extended almost, if not
quite, to the present limits of the
city of Rock Island. 1t is understood
to have been very well laid out with
regular rows of bark and pole houses
surrounding open squares and to have
included in a central location a large
council room for the use of the war
riors and chiefs. Saukenuk was the
winter abode of the Indians and dur
ing the summer bands of them went
out for months at time on hunting
expeditions and to make war upon
other tribes. About the only evil
dence the white man has found of
ground at Sears.
During the years 1856 craze for
speculation in town lots swept over
the middle west and Rock Island
county was affected. One of the en-
terprises launched on paper at that
time was a city located in South
Rock Tslanu with an area capable of
furnishing n dwelling place for 1O.-
900 people. 1t is said Daniel Webster
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Coal Valley.

THIS place is essentially a mining
town dependent largely upon the
continued presence of coal in paying
quantities in its neighborhood for
an existence beyond that of mere
postoffioe and small trading place.
1t was laid out by the Coal Valley
Mining company i'm 1856 and upon the
completion of the Peoria railroad
connecting il with the county seat a
period of prosperity began. The set
tiers were largely Welch miners. The
postoffice was installed in 1857 and
Incorporation was effected in 1877.
The population now numbers about
500.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
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THE early settlers of Rock Island
county did not fail to make provis-
ion for the education of the young
and the result has been the gradual
upbuilding of a system of schools. be-
ginning with the little log school
house back in 1891, till now there are
few counties in the state better
equipped i'm this respect. The cities
of Rock Island and Moline, i'm partic-
ular. have schools that are rated
among the best in the land and the
high schools are patroniZed by pupils
from every part of the county. \
comparison of statistics during the
past p years viii give a fair idea of
the extent of the county's school
system and it's present rate of
growth. Figures are quoted from
the two years ending Sept. !. 1876.
and June /. 1901. In 1876 there were
9S schools in the county with "A total
enrolment of 1901 pupils. while in
1901 there were 124 schools with
IL POI pupils enrolled. In the former
year the instruction given would
equal that of one pupil for 762. .O20
days. while during the latter year it
would have equalIed instruction for
one pupil for 1.4jO.747 days, which,
with the average period of mainte-
nance during the latter year only
slightly longer. shows decided gain
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
CordoVa.

THIS is the Youngest country village
John Marshall and DIR. Thomas
Baker. Lime kilns were early estab-
lished and the place became one of
considerable Importance as grain
shipping point during the time when
the river furnished the only outlet
for the transportation of produce.
The building of the railroad through
the village i'm 1870 affected il as rail
roads have done with many other
river towns. rather iniHriously than
otherwise. by taking away trade
from the interior.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
County.s Peculiarities.

From geological. topogra aphical and
historical standpOintS few counties
present such rich variety as does
Rock Island. Beneath its soil. which
varies from poorest drift To the rich
est aIIuviaI. there crops out most of
The rock formations from the old De-
vunian TO the coal measures and even
the sand moraines of the recent
glacial period. Its surface il divided
into mills and hoiIowS. highlands and
loVvIands. prairieS and forests. sand
dunes and swampS. Lastly. il has.
within space of time less than three
quarters OF il century. passed through
all the stages of development from
hunting ground of the wild red man
tn a modern civilized community pos
Sessed of all the fruits of mans en-
deavor 70 make this earth an attrac-
tive habitation.
All travellers remark upon the natur-
al beauty of the county. due in the
main to the fact that IL has greater
number of miles of river scenery than
any other county in the state. wash
ed its full length on the north and
west by the Father of Waters and
cut N twain by picturesque Rock
river IL H. indeed well favored in
poi.iI -of utility as well as igr point
of beauty. The bluffs which line the
rivers are at no place more than 200
feet in height. the greatest altitude
being reached in the middle ot the
lower portion. They are formed uni-
formlv Of drif; clay and are timbeTed.
The bottoms and the Prairies are
alike covered with deep black soil
of uneXcelled fertility. The county
contains very little land that the ag-
and portions are of degree of pro-
ductivene.; equalled in few parts of
the temperate zone. Not all the
natural wealth of the county exists
upon lis surface. by any means Rich
coal fields underIie many portions
while there are valuable banks of
potter's and brick clay and the va
rietieS of rock found are used for
building purposes and in the mann
-acture of lime.
once the Mississippi river f1llowel
tie course of the Meredosia and flow
ed down through the present channel
of Rock river 50 that the upper por-
tiOn Of the county must have been at
..e time an island. Yet earlier a
portion of the stream flowing through
Pleasant valley still further divided
The upper end into two islands.
In rhe western part of the county
the big river has been held by the
rockbased hills close to it's present
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Rock Island County To Date.

cultivated products. So il followed
that Rock Island was first settled
along the waterways.
This county was in the first place.
together with a large share of the
northern portion of the state. part
of Jo Daviess county. Other counties
were formed on all sides of ii and
finally the strip of land left was set
up into county by itself and named
after the island from which its set
tlement radiated. This was done by
act of the Legislature in 1893 and it
accounts for the peculiar shape of
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
AndalUSia.

cAPT. b. w. CLARK built the first
house in Andalusia in 1893 and es-
tablished a ferry there. For a num-
ber of years. owing TO the accessi-
biEty of the river from both sides.
this place was the most important
crossing point on the Mississippi
above st. Louis. An important grain
shipping point was for many years
located Just below the village and it
was considered a very promising
town about the time of and imme-
tiiatelv following the civil war. -.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

i'm 1881 there were enough settlers
here to form a company known as
the Rock River Rangers. The war
and the events leading up TO it re-
tarded settlement for a couple OF
years. The account of that brief but
decisive conflict is well known. Be
fore the summer of 1881 was past
Black Hawk had signed "a treaty
yielding all his rights and agreeing
To cross To the west bank of the
river. winch he did. The next year.
however. driven by want due To the
fact that the tribe had been compelled
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Port Byron.

PORT BYRON is thriving village
of 1000 souls supported in the
main by large share of the trade
of the upper end of the county. II
was plated in 1896 by Samuel AlIen.
Moses Bailey. DR.. II. Gregg and y
Belcher. y postoffice called Canaan.
which had been located mile above,
was moved 70 it and Mr.. Belcher was
appointed the first postmaster. The
first business done at the new town
was the furnishing of boats with
wood. which the position at the head
of the rapids facilitated. The panic
Of 1897 came near taking Port Byron
off the map. but il survived by sheer
advantage of location and from that
time steadily grew. The lime. which
is burned from its rocks. has given
the name of the village wide pub
licity. The act of Incorporating
took place i'm 1876
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Milan.

M ILAN. like Moline. was first estab-
"' lished to take advantage of water
power facilities. As early as 1896
spectators undertook the develop
ment of the u foot fall in Rock river
at this place. carrying the project as
far as could be done on paper. Milan
was laid out under the name of Cam
den i'm 1s43 by William Dickson and
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Hampton.

II AMPTON dates its origin back to
u the time of the organizing of the
county. 1t had postoffice in 1898
kept by Joel Thompson. Grain and
livestock shipping interests were eN-
tensive here before the advent of
railroads and a large coal business
was developed. The latter is now
one of the mainstays of the village.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

five years later the appellation was
changed To Camden Mills. The
present name -waS assumed in 1870
when the place was in its heNday
with II population of l.5OO. its in
corporation dates from 1865. During
the 70'S Milan had three Touring
mills, three paper mills. COTTON
mill. distillery. watch factory and
sawmili. Its decline as a manufac-
turing town has been partly due to
the unreliabiIftx of it's waterpower.
which is affected when the Mississippi
is high. and the cheapening of the
cost of steam power. \ succession
OF mysterious fires DESTROYED num-
ber of its manufacturing plants and
the others were abandoned for va
rious reasons. As Il trading center
Milan has been over-shadowed by the
nearneSs of larger cities. Its popu-
lation is now but little over GOO.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

JOCK ISLAND county as we
m find il on the map of Illi-
nois il a long. ungainly
Ill appearing strip of land
stretched out against the
Mississippi river with the
top leaning heavily To east
~ ward and held in place
- only by Rock river. which.
being fastened TO the Father of Wa
ters by the Meredosia at the upper
end. is able to- prevent the upper
portion from becoming overbalanced
and falling down upon Egypt" i'm the
crotch formed by the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers. The only thing regular
in the map Of the county is the base,
which appears to have been cut out
by someone who understood his bust
ness. In length ii must be measured
upon its river front. of which there
are nearly 20 miles. Its average
width il less than 10 miles and il has
an area of AS square miles. Politic-
ally 81 is divided into Is townships
containing IL Incorporated towns and
villages and - postofriceS. The
population. according to the census
of 1900. was j5.249. of which Rock Is
land, the county seat. and Moline
ad joining on the east. made up 6O per
cent or more. Industrially a wide
diversity of interests are represented.
manufacturing. agriculture, com
merce and mining being followed eX-
tenSivelV