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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

telling on the business. and on the
prosperity of the city and county,
and is especially affecting that class
the working men and women. We
must be up and doing. y few. very
few active men cannot shoulder the
duties of several Thousand drones and
do-nothings; all must come forward
and aid in the work of progress. We
boast of several millions of our dol
lars as being loaned to our citizens on
interest. This in the time of inactivity
and depression is not an evidence of
strength, but of weakness.
In a few years, yes. a very few, our
saw mills and planning mills which
employ several hundred men and boys,
will cease to operate. as the accessible
timber is fast disappearing. and rail
roads are fast penetrating the in
terror, and mills are being erected to
manufacture the timber within the
forest for distant markets.
The outside work on our Rock ISL
and arsenal, which gives employment
to several hundred men is drawing
toward completion. 1t is therefore
absolutely necessary that we exert
ourselves and fill this coming vacancy.
Manufactures of the various arti-
Giles and commodities necessary Tor
everyday life can alone fill the blank
and retain our ascendency- and pre-
vent downward tendency of bust
ness and prosperity. To work
change in the interest of Davenport
and Scott county is but light task
if taken in hand by the united people
Let us heartily meet every manufac-
turing enterprise that is presented
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

1 wrote up and talked up this fifth
railroad in Davenport before the
board of trade, of which l was mem
Der. Every member of that board,
save one, was opposed to entering in
to the undertaking. 1t was talked
and written as 'Fulton's Folly" Then
L got the one advocate, Jacob Ed
ridge, to second my motion to appoint
committee of three to draft articles
of incorporation. The president as
a bluff amended the motion and APP
pointed \. c. Fulton committee of
one TO draft the instrument. This
thoughtful act of the opposing presi-
dent caused a look and smile of APP
prevail from the opposers of the road
that could be seen and felt, and this
when we had an army of professional
writer's. who should have taken an in
terest in progress.
That assembly did not know that
during sixty years l had trained for
this and like emergencies. | had been
there before. | performed the duty
and placed within it the following
persons, as corporators, without con-
sulting them:
\. i. Williams, George III. French,
j. NJ. Eldridge, A. Burdick, J. j. Tom
son. Julius Schutts, w. c. Wadsworth,
\. ]. Marshall. r. w. McClelland, j.
K. Nutting. ii. NJ. Martin, S. p. Bryant,
n. Kuhnen, T. ID. Eagal. ID. n. Rich
ardson. Gus Thompson, \. c. Fulton.
To contend with vast majority of
the citizens required energy. The fol
lowing epistIe to the Davenport Demo-
crat presents the then situation.
Editor Democrat: To hold the life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

A. c. FULTON.

bestowed? \. c. FULTON.
Davenport, July %, 1882.
In July. 1882. | drew up an ordin-
ance granting the right of way
through the city of Davenport on the
levee to the Davenport, Iowa & Dako-
Ia Railway company, which was sub
mitted to the city council at it's first
August session. 1t was referred and
laid over to the next session, and
when it appeared. it was so distorted
council that no sane man would place
thousands of dollars under it.
Then at the next council meeting,
n plat of the city front south of the
north line of Front street, with the
location of the Davenport and ST.
Paul. of the Milwaukee d Northwest
ern Railroad buildings, main line and
switches complete, was demanded by
the would-be big men of the council
and no appeal. L, in vain, told the city
council that no engineer, no money,
existed to perform the large task cor
rectly. The reply was a plat is de-
manded.
l, on the morrow, procured instru-
ments, and took to my aid Harry c.
Fulton, and produced a proper pro-
file of the situation, as demanded; no
small task in an August sun, and laid
it before the committee, who to this
day never presented it. or their re-
port to the city council.
Time dragged its slow length along,
and on Sept. II. 1882, / called an ex-
ira session of the council, known as
the long and late session, and suc-
ceeded in passing the July right-of-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
INTERESTING RECOLLECTIONS A PIONEER.
hrcn caenh Tha HaB Been wda ID ak of A c

way ordinances; an ordinance that
would never have been passed by the
then twelve aldermen. had not Old
have been a member of the council
/ now hold a copy of that ordinance:
At that period, n large number of
Davenport's citizens, as well as farm
ers and villagers along the pro-
posed line, went to work with ener-
gy to forward the work, and Engineer
W. Lewis, of Davenport, kindly volun-
teered to go with me over the pro-
posed line. / procured saddle horses
from Mr.. Hills stable, and we passed
through fields and wet sloughs,
where long trains of commercial cars
now eastward and westward speed.
One instance of that pioneer jour
ney l must name. When few miles
northwest of the now Black Hawk
outlet, passing through a barley field,
viewing the proposed line, a loud voice
came from a plowman on a distant
hillside, who had released his horses
from the pillow, shouting, what are
you doing in my barley field?" / re-
piled with energy: Building a rail
road" The farmer retorted as he
swiftly ran toward the house Il want
no railroad. 1 am going to my house
to get my gun and shoot you" We
by strategy, passed through barbed
wire fence beyond gun range.
w. Lewis became locating and first
engineer of the line.
As is well known to hundreds, had,
previous to the city's action, pur-
chased timber and employed men,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

with evidence of utility. There is this
day before us the proposed chemical
works, which if established is capable
of being extended to colossal proper
tions, yielding profits far beyond al
most any other mandatory.
Then another lever to hoist us to-
ward prosperity is the Davenport,
Iowa & Dakota railroad, which is now
having its weak life sustained by one
or two old men who are coaXing and
gadding up a few younger men to
dull and reluctant action. The coun-
try and interior villages in this rail-
road enterprise are in advance of our
slow. inactive city. This railroad will
give US a new lease on a business life.
This road asks for and must have the
right to use the almost now useless
and unsightly river front; must have
stock lists opened, and sums, large
and small, contributed. Interested
townships. counties and cities must
vote liberal aid.
All well wishers of Davenport must
go to work on this railroad and labor
just as hard as they would in putting
some lazy. worthless politician into
a paving office. Printers ink must be
freely used.
Then we will see railroad buildings
erected on Front street dumping
ground, and the cars of the Wabash
and G.. b. & Q. with long trains OF
Dakota wheat fringing the banks of
our grand river, with a new bridge
resting upon its islands and connect
ing the great states of Iowa and Iii
nois. Would this not be an achieve
ment worthy of the cost and labor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

March %. 1882. At this point. William
Holmes, railroad man. branded and
published my long and hard work as
Buttons Project" and proposed to
place it i'm the hands of its opponents,
and advocated delay, and wait to see
if line would not be built down the
Wapsipinicon river bottom that we
could tap at Princeton.
Ny charter says the Office and
principal place of business shall be at
Davenport. Scott county, Iowa. That
the capital stock of the corporation
shall be $5,0OO.OO0, with the privilege
of increasing il to 100000 900" The
commencement of the life of this cor
poration took place ON the 2Sth day of
March, 1882, to continue for the term
of 81 years, with the privilege and
right of renewal.
At that period not man took an
interest i'm the line, save by talking
for. or against it. No money, no
work.
Under the name of the Davenport.
Iowa and Dakota Railway company,
1 placed the articles of incorpora-
ton on record April 25.-1ss2. The first
board of directors were:
Judge J.aS. Stacey. L. f. Parker, III.
w. Baily, A.. j. Hirschel, Levi Higgins,
J. II. Murphy. NJ Spelletitch. RolIert
Krause, ~ F. Williams, Edward Rus
sell, W. c. Wadsworth, A. G. Fulton.
On July 2s,1ss2. the following pre-
diction was issued through the Dayen-
port Gazette:
Editor of The Gazette: The dull
drag along monotony of the inhabit-
ants of Davenport must and now is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
HE Ade Iyrics include topical SONGS,
Twenty Millions for Theatres.

1t is estimated that the American
people paid $2O,OOO,OOO for its theatri-
cal entertainment last season, and
while it may be possible to estimate
the amount spent in this way it is
impossible to estimate the amount
spent annually by those in search of
health. Ocean voyages, change of
climate and many other things are
suggested, but even these often fail.
The stomach is the foundation of
good health. If yours is weak or dis
ordered and you suffer from indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, constipation, bilious
ness, nervousness or insomnia; you
need Hostetter's Bitters at once. 1t
is the best medicine in the world for
restoring the stomach to its normal
condition. Good health is then sure
to follow. Try it and be convinced.
Avoid substitutes and limitations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

in our city, we must have, can have
more railroads.
A few citizens assembled on the
18th to canvass our situation. The
cry was raised that all territory. both
east and west was now occupied, and
that we possessed no money. India
napolis. Chicago and Omaha, with a
dozen railroads, want and will have
more. Before ten years passes, when
we are cut off on all sides by the roads
of more energetic people, we will
say that we should have acted in 1882.
Many of us pile up money in banks,
or invest it in mining stock, mort
cages and bonds. Ten per cent of
this money put into railroads or fac
tories, would be more beneficial to
the people and the city than the. re-
manning 90 per cent.
At the meeting above referred to,
some speakers advocated no action
towards a new road, but-to wait and
connect with the Princeton and Wap-
sic line to reach the northwest.
A shame it would be for Davenport
to sleep and wake to be satisfied with
a branch to Princeton, or to be a
suburb of Elizabeth City of the Wap-
sic bend.
a. C. FULTON,
March Is. 1852.
Ny act of Incorporation was sub
mitted to two of our eminent attor-
neys by the board. who pronounced it
seaworthy in every respect.
This plain, elastic instrument, in
my handwriting, is now in the ar
chives of the company. The charter
was presented to the board of trade
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

She's radiant, witching. wondrous
gem, that beautiful, blushing wife of
mine. She is an angel on earth, so
you can be, only take Rocky Noun
tain Tea. T. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

No matter how long you have had
the cough; if it hasn't already devel-
oped into consumption, DIR. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup will cure it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

And how it flies today.
In your land and my land
And half world away.
Rose red and blood red
The stripes forever CLEAN
Snow white and soul white
The good forefathers' dream.
Sky blue and true blue,
With stars to shine Alright
The glOried guidOn of the day,
\ shelter through the night.
The cocktail song affords Mr. AIDE a
happy opportunity for bit of lyric
humOr that will be appreciated by
all classes. This comedy number is
Il description of the effects of the in
sidious dry connection in whose opal
depths turks the red-lipped mischiev-
Gus cherry. 1t is rendered by Frank
Moulan, who represents the sultan
on the morning after his introduction
to the beverage, and become such n
favorite during the four months run
in Chicago, that encore verses We're
demanded until the sultan was fairly
exhausted. The lyric is humorously
yclept "R-E4M-O-R-S-E," with the fol-
lowing meter:
The cocktail is a pleasant drink
It's mild and harmless, / don't think,
When you've had one, you call for two
And then you don't care what you do.
Last night 1 moistened twenty-three
Of those arrangements into me,
My wealth increased, l swelled with
pride,
was picked, primed and ossifed.
But R-E-M-O-R-S-E.
The water wagon is the place for me.
think that somewhere in the game
l wept and told my real name.
At four l sought my whirling bed
AT eight l woke with such a head
1t is no time for mirth and laughter,
The cold gray dawn of the morning.
after.
The AIDE lyrics include topical songs,
quaint burlesques, dainty waltze
rhythms, inspiring marches.in fact
the entire repertory of comic opera
possibilities is treated with mastery
skill. the reputation of the humorist
as a lyric writer being firmly estab-
lished with his first venture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

nature or an American reception.
They tell him the entire population
files by and he must shake hands and
pretend to be happy until all are out
of hearing. They call the song, "Oh,
What a Bumps, and the idea is eX-
planned in the following;
At musicale, at five o'clock
Or a social jamboree,
It's there the swager people flock
For bite and sip of tea.
And this is what you'll hear:
Its been n charming afternoon
Delighted, don't you know.
Sorry l have to leave so soon
But really l must GO
But after she's away
In her coupe
What does this self same woman
say?
THAT was the tackiest time Eve had
In twenty years or more
The crowd was jay and the tea was
bad
And the whole affair bore"
Oh, what bump, Alackaday!
Iwould darken her whole career.
Could the hostess know what people
say
When she's not there to hear.
The cOurtship duet between Maude
Lillian Berri and Templer SAKE gives
Mr.. AIDE an opportunity to satarize
the engagement period in his own in
imitable style, the idea being suggest
ed as follows:
LIEUTENANT
Sweetheart, doubt my love no more,
Believe me, I'm sincere
l love no other on this tropic shore
You're the only one that's here.
Lieutenant. L cannot withstand
y man who pleads like you.
So here's the promise of my hand
At least for month or two.
Marriage is doubtful state
l think of it with dread,
Still-an engagement need not in
dictate
That we really mean to we'd
LIEUTENANT
Henrietta. you are quite correct
| have been engaged before
Frankly. III tell you, also. | expect
That I'll be engaged some more
Mr.. AIDE displays his versatility in
an out and out coon song" for Chi
quita, and Miss Quinlan has made it
one of the distinct hits of the produc-
ton. 1t tells the story of a Sulu belle
and runs as follows:
In Sulu once there lived belle,
Whose winning ways had east spell
Upon a chief of great renown, he
was smitten sore.
He followed her both night and dav
He tried to take this girl away,
And under meath her window he
repeated DER and DER:
CHORUS.
Lulu, you're my Sulu Lulu Loo
Lulu do take pity in me do
l want no one else-but you!
Lulu, you're mH Sulu Lulu Lulu Loo!
Its a long stride from coon song
to stirring pathetic verse, but the au-
thor rushes the leap without a slip,
as shown in this stirring flag song:
Your flag and my flag,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

to but few men TO win such universal
favor as that which has been accor-
ded John Philip Sousa, and the Ameri-
can conductor and composer returns
to his native land unspoiled by sue
cess, to continue his mission of
preaching the gospel of melody
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
throughout the length and breadth of
the land.

throughout the length and breadth of
the land.
Lewis Morrison's Faust with the
beautiful garden, Brocken and apothe-
osis scenes newly painted by famous
artists, and Lewis Morrison himself
as Mephisto, n part which his com
petitors and imitators are powerless
to excel him in and which he appears
i'm for the last time here. is an
nounced for the near future.
One of the numerous surprises fur
nished the critics by Humorist George
AIDE, when his merry musical satire,
1.-The Sultan of Sulu.'' to be seen at
the Illinois tomorrow and Monday
nights. was produced in Chicago, was
the ability displayed by the popular
author of gables in Slang" to write
real fun in verse as well as in prose.
The widest imagination of Mr.. AIDES
host of admirers had never led them
to suspect the clever writer of the
"Artie" stories had aught of the di-
vine muse of poesy in his versatile
brain. Accordingly the ovation that
greeted the work was only heighten-
ed by the breezy satire and rollicking
humor of the lifting lyrics. His
rhymes ranged from burlesque nur-
sery doggereI to ambitious descriptive
verse. Out of the - musical numbers
at least a dozen were decided encore
hits. The first TO score was the com
ical duet between coquetish Gertrude
Quinlan as Chiquita. the Filipino SOU
brette, and Fred Frear as Hadii. the
sultan's secretary. Chiquita bemoans
her fate as one of the closely guarded
wives of his Sulu highness, and Hadii
consoles her with the assurance of
the love of her lord and master. a love
that pervades the entire animal king
dom. This song runs:
HADJI.
The yak and the gnu.
And the jumping kangaroo,
and the hippopotamus,
And the fox and the lynx.
And the possums and the minks,
Are afflicted just like us.
CHIQUTTA.
No doubt you have heard
OF the dicky bird
And his suicidal end
While it's known a giraffe
viii very seldom laugh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
We have no daily papers

We have no daily papers
To tell of Newport capers,
No proud four hundred to look
down on ordinary folks.
We have no stocks and tickers
No Scotch imported liquors
To start us on the downward path
And some day land Us broke.
We've not a single college
Where youth may get a knowledge
OF chorus girls and cigarettes and
Poker and the like.
No janitors to sass us
No bell-boys to haraSs us
And we've never known the pleasure
OF Il hard coal miners strike.
We have no prize fight sluggers
No vaudevillian muggers.
No one of us has ever shot the
chutes or looped the loop,
No cable-cars or trolleys
No life insurance iollies.
No bank cashiers to take our money
ere they fly the coop;
No bookies and no races.
No seaside summer places.
Where fierce chaffeurs may murder
one with autos brought from
France.
No dramas of society.
Chuck full of improperly,
No fippy foppy young soubrettes
with sister song and dance.
When Hiram is informed he must
prepare for the reception following
his Inauguration as governor, it falls
to the lot of Col. Budd, CRobert Lett)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
TOPICS OF THE THEATRE

a handsome figure of graceful proper
tons, and was an expert swordswo-
man. Gertrude Coghlan is quite an
ideal woman to represent these char
acteristics. Her figure is strong. yet
graceful in its outlines; she is thor
oughly athletic, ana during the years
that she accompanied her father, the
late Charles Coghlan, on his starring
tours. she became an adept in the
principles of fencing, for he was one
of the greatest masters of the foil
of his day either on or off the stage.
The actress taste for athletics, and
the routine of her daily life. which
always allotted certain hours for eX-
ercise. now come into good play. She
felt. however, that it would be well
to follow up this early instruction.
in order to more fully show the hero
ines achievements with the foils. so
she placed herself under the tute-
lage or one OF the best sworClsmen in
.,ew York, and for several months
practiced daily under his guidance.
AIice's accomplishment in this re
spect is made one of the pivotal
points of the play, and the skill with
which she outfences the English colo
mel in the scene of the capture of
\ incomes from the British, shows
how thoroughly Miss Coghlan is fitted
for the task.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
CHORUS.

What Il blessed privilege it must be
To know that one is partly free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

The first opportunity of hearing
Sousa and his great band since their
really remarkable successes in Great
Britain will occur Nov. Is. when the
March King" is announced to give
one of his popular and Characters
tic concerts at the Illinois. 1t is given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01
BUDI).

If you could see what l have seen
y country run by one machine,
You'd seek the land of milk and
honey
And try to be like me.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

After the sultan has agreed to be
assimilated by Uncle Sam, the polyga-
mist displays his sense of humor in
reply song on his native land. Frank
Moulan, the clever character actor.
has the happy role of the sultan and
sings as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

Continued on Page Eleven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

BODD.
Beyond the miles of curling foam
Is my beloved Yankee home,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-01

and Wakeful Jones CHARLES Giblyn)
a commercial traveller, to explain the
nature of an American reception.
They tell him the entire population
files by and he must shake hands and
pretend to be happy until all are out
of hearing. They call the song, ''Oh,
What a Bump! and the idea is eX-
planned in the following;
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-08

among South American diplomats in
Washington. The prevailing view is
that nothing but most critical situa-
tion would cause President Castro to
drop the reins of government at Cara
cas- and take personal charge of the
Venezuelan army at Valencia and in
those quarters it is firmly believed that
he is to lead a forlorn hope and must
surely succumb to the threatened
heavy onslaught of revolutionary
forces. In other quarters, however,
confidence is expressed that Castro
will repel the impending attack just
as he has done many others that have
confronted him in the past years of his
administration and further enhance
his record as fighter.
Valencia is a town second in i'm
portance only to Caracas and lies
about 100 miles from the capital, al
most directly west. It is the base of
military operations, has large popu-
lation and in many respects is the most
important town in the republic. 1t is
regarded here as the "open sesame to
the capital itself and it is believed it's
capture would herald the early capitu-
lation of the seat of government and
the occupation of the yellow house"
at Caracas by the revolutionary lead
erS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-08
SAYS INDIANS ARE CHEATED,
Chief Falmouth Does Not Like the
Morris Bill.

Walker, Mimi. July S.-Chief Flat.
mouth of the Pillager Chippewa, In
dians of Minnesota bitterly assailed
the Morris bill in speech before sew
eral hundred people at Leech Lake In
dian agency. Chief Falmouth, or Ne
gab-ni-bi-nais, as he is known in the
Chippewa tongue, said that the In
dians were all opposed to the bill, but
that they had protested in vain.
THE white men are bound to crowd
out the poor Indians" he said, through
an interpreter, land then what will we
do? l have been to see the Great
Father in Washington five times to col
lect annuities and back pay, and each
time came away without a cent. The
people that passed the Morris bill are
not honest. The Indian should have
more money for his lands and pines.'
She-we-ge-shig and Kay-me-wat-
ansh, two chiefs from Bear island, who
participated in the uprising four years
ago, also spoke in the same strain
The Indians of the reservation are very
much opposed to the Morris bill.