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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07

mensely tall man, only one inch short of seven feet. This tradition says that it was removed from Warwick Castle- where 1t is called in the household book 1.-the kings bed'-- to the in nat Ware to accommodate Edward in one of his cam paigns during the wars of, the roses. There is common sense ip the story, TOT Edward was q voluptuous man, reveling in all the luxuries which could. be pro cured in so rude an age, carrying with him when he went to war or hunt silken pavilions. cupboards of plate. feather beds many changes of apparel and choice wine for himself and his favorites.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07

queer and unusual places, and later forget was shown where guest had filled the back of the paper lining on picture frame with bills amounting to quite g sum 6 money xa slit being cut m the uncovered during spring renovation of inc hotel rooms and was never claimed. It is supposed that the money was hid by A thief
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07
Making a Cautious statement.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 T would like to ask you If you believe the plaintiff to be in the habit of speak ing the truth?'
 Must I answer the question. judge7'
 Yes"
 Well. I don't see how I can give q direct answer. I haven't spoken with the plaintiff for a week or more. and some habits are very quickly formed. you know"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07
Spoke As They Passed {.

The Automobile Magazine
 The rnotorman changed his gong.
 But the driver of the big motor truck paid no attention to him.
 The motorman changed again. H The conductor soun1ed HI alarm and yelled.
 But the driver of the motor truck paid no attention to him.
 Again the motorman changed his gong. "Get out of the way there, you blank dashed coal oil burning idiotH' he said.
 But the driver of the motor truck paid no attention to him.
 few blocks ahead was the crossing or another street car track.
 Going placidly along in the track at the rate of about four miles an hour. he was taking no chances of being arrested for scorching, and smoking his pipe. he sat with bumped shoulders slouchlng over the steering wheel, lost in thought. On reaching this crossing ne turned The motorman. wild with wrath, shout ed at him as the car sped by: ,,,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07

Mental science never cured girl of stitch in her side right after she had heen out on a dark piazza with her best beau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07

Then he replaced the pipe in his mouth and motored placidly on. lost in thought.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07

Then the motor truckman slowly and deliberately took his pipe from his moutA and replied substantially as follows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
Strikes a Rich Find.

81 was troubled. for several years
with chronic Indigestion and nervous
debility" writes +. C. Green. of Lam
caster, y. III. NO remedy helped me
until / began using Electric Bitters,
which did me more good than all the
medicines l ever used. They have al
so kept my wife in excellent health
for years. She says Electric Bitters
are Just splendid for female troubles.
that they are grand tonic and in
vigorator for weak, run down wo-
men. No other medicine can take it's
place in our family" Try them. On
ly soc. Satisfaction guaranteed by
Hartz & Ullemeyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

friendly to- Us. il is. says Mr.. Bonsal.
because of their impression. based
on observation and report. that we
are not Christians. Our educational
efforts, which are paid for by the Fill
ipinos. are largely unsuccessful. Mr..
Bonsal observes:
'-Of the teachers / saw. all seemed
discouraged. and not a few frankly
admitted IL. This was not due entire
Is to surroundings in which they
were called upon To live. but also in Il
measure to the raPidity with which
the Filipino's thirst for knowledge is
assuaged. Two weeks after the
schools were opened. many of the
teachers told me. the attendance
dropped off as much as thirty and
forty per cent. OF the truants, some
admitted frankly that they were dis
appointed. The girls averred they
had to wash for their mamas. the
boys that they had been sent out 10
gather cocoS for their papaS, which
stories and many Others amounted
simply To the fact that they were
tired of school; and they never came
back To it, Many of the teachers did
not hesitate to say that they came
out to the islands under a misappre-
hension of circumstances. and some
were living. and with good >reason.
i'm daily fear of being killed. In many
| noticed strong commercial procliv-
tiles; and the expression. There
ought 10 be money in this. or that
with reference to nearly all the pro-
ducts of the islands, was on many
tongues
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
The Youngest Congressman.

j. j. Feely. representing the Sec
ond district of Illinois. one of the
Chicago districts, is the youngest
member of the present two houses
of congress. He is PC years old. He
worked his way up from farm lad to
butchers boy; from butchers boy TO
law school: then To the practice of
law, and finally to congress. The
most interesting thing about the life
story of this young man is that ever
since he was of an age To think for
himself ut all he has had his thoughts
firmly fixed on congress.
Il can first remember when ] was
a boy on Il farm i'm Will county. llli-
nois. My mother died when | was
five years old" said Feely, in telling
of his life. Il stayed on the farm un-
til | was l3 years old, working and
going To the district school. My boy
hood dream was to be congressman.
IL was almost mania with me.
when | was Is | came 10 the con-
ciusion that the farm was not the
proper place FOR n future congress-
man and went To work in my broth
er's butcher shop i'm Joliet. | toiled
away for 81 week. knowing that in
time / should get into something bet
ter. ] studied and also made money
doing odd jobs, and i'm four years ]
had funds To enter and was able to
pass examination To law college. |
finished up at Yale law school i'm 81.
Then | took up my residence in ChiT
cago and while practicing law watch
ed for a chance to break into con-
greSs. Here | am.
Here is what well directed purpose
and determination will do in this
country of limitless opportunities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
Not Rosente Hue.

The description which Stephen Bon
sal gives of the present state of af-
fairs in the Philippines, in an article
in the March number of the North
American Review. entitled ''The Phil
ippines-after an Earthquake is not
comforting one To the imperialists.
IL seems that. after an earthquake
which occurred in the middle of De-
cember had shaken up Manila with
terrible violence certain officials had
unbosomed themselves in conversa-
tion, with Mr.. Bonsal with a frank
ness which they had not practiced be-
fore; and in the same spirit Mr.. Bon
sal endeavors to tell n plain unvar-
nished tale which. while not so COM
prehensive is il might be, is worthy
of a most careful and conscientious
study. To begin with. Mr.. Bonsal
vows that our system of fighting has
not yet been adjusted TO guerilla war
fare; it remains the same as il was
three years ago. We send into the
field but two combinatiOns-fresh
troops and green officers, or expert
enced and worn-out men. Then. the
establishment of the civil administra-
ton has created situation. in which
too often. the willy and treacherous
native who fights our soldiers one
day enjoys our protection the next.
Even in many portions of the islands
which have been declared pacified.
the most savage warfare rag<s and if
the Mohammedan peoples are not I'M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
For the Complexion.

The complexion always suffers
from biliousness or constipation.
Unless the bowels are kept open the
impurities from the body appear in
the form of unsightly eruptions. De
Wits Little Early Risers keep the
liver and bowels in healthy condition
and remove the cause of such trou-
bles. C. f. Hooper, Albany, Ga, says:
II took DeWitt's Little Early Risers
for biliousness. They were just what
L needed. i am feeling better now
than in years" Never grippe or dis
.tress. Safe, thorough and gentle.
The very best pills. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Maj. Gen. Macarthur will be the
next commanding officer of the de-
partment of the lakes, U. s. \. He
will succeed Gen. Elwell S. Otis. the
present commander, upon his retire
ment from service on March "a. when
he will reach the age limit. Gen. Mac
Arthur. who was the predecessor Of
Gen. Chaffee as head of the American
forces in the Philippines, is at present
stationed at Denver. commanding the
department of Colorado. Upon his
succession TO the command of the
lakes station. IL is thought that Brig.
Gen. Frederick Funston will assume
control of the Colorado department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

brary. He resopnded that he had
already built a library in Emporia.
but the council renewed it's plea. as
sorting that the institution to which
he referred was attached TO n col
Iege about mile from the town. and
not in the city proper. In reply ia
this latter epistle Mr.. Carnegie said
he would take the matter under con-
sideration and decide later whether
he wantfd 10 build libraries only a
mile apart.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Strenuous Ted on spring-like day,
Raked the cabinet rich with Hay.
The trusts, he said, shall have hard
Knox.
While Wilson tends my farmer fiocks.
I'll Root around for another joke, .
Perhaps put Hitchcock meath the
yoke.
The Gage I've thrown with might and
main,
But. Shaw. We grow in hours of
Payne.
And of all sad words of Moody's song.
The saddest are these. "Herause NIT
Long"
Cleveland Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
The Evils of Absolute One Part!
Power

The Evils OF Absolute one rarity
Power.
The law that provided for minority
representation in the general assem-
bly, of Illinois recognized the desira-
bility insuring against absolute par
~ domination i'm Legislative assem-
blies. The principle is wise one
that should apply to all law-making
bodies. Even though one party may
be in a great majority, the presence
and influence of a representation, of
an opposite party, however small, is
of good effect.
No stronger proof of the truth of
this assertion could be presented
than the conditions that prevail in
Rock Island at the present time The
city during the past year has been
run like a Ship without rudder.
Streets and sidewalks have been ne
elected. the ordinances set at def
ance and the orders of the council
ignored. The farce that was made
for weeks of the little matter of the
popcorn booth. where day after day
the city was placed in the light of
ridicule. was but an instance of the
regard that is felt for the present
administration of public affairs.
The mayor takes il upon himself
10 change the grades of sidewalks
that the city in former years eXpend-
ed thousands of dollars to establish,
and there is not an alderman in the
council To call attention to the usur-
patton of authority because of the
political disaster that might follow
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such q matter. The mayor permits
an ambulance that was provided for
the city AT great expense to be used
as a pest wagon. and there is not
member of the council who dares lift
his voice in the council in protest be-
cause the aldermen and the mayor
are all political bedfellows. When
public sentiment had become so pro-
nounced that this piece of reckless
ness could he no longer disregarded.
and the health commissioner called
attention TO the fact. and the council
at last authorized the purchase of
suitable conveyance for smallpox pa
TENTS. the mayor stored the same i'm
the residence portion of the city.
There was just Indignation manifest,
but there was not an alderman who
felt, for political reasons. like utter
ing a chirp. until the protests of the
people could no longer be disregard
ed. And so matters have gone. Blum
der after blunder has beeR passed,
because. notwithstanding that the al
dermen realized the state of affairs.
they felt that their allegiance 10 par
~ was of more consideration than
their obligation to the public.
And now it has come To the time
when the people will have chance
TO break up the one party idea. The
democrats should. for the public
good. at least have representation in
the council. before the city suffers
from another year of the stupidity
and reckless Indifference 10 the pub
lie interests that has been so con
spicuously characteristic of the past
year.
The people are ready for a shaking
up in the council, and il can be made
if the democrats in the various wards
will put the right kind of men in the
field tonight.
The Argus is confident that this
will be done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
LAY Notice.

Taxes for the year 1901 are now
due. Parties having personal taxes
and no real estate will please make
immediate payment. The statutes in
regard to payment of personal taxes
are exacting and the law will be
strictly enforced if the personal
tax, is not paid within a reasonable
time. Office with S. s. Hull, room
Is, Mitchell e. Lynde building.
WILLIAM ]. ZEIS,
Township Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Queen Alexandra. of England. has
ordered from the Countess of LINER
lex a consignment of shamrock for
ST. Patrick's day. She will send a
bunch of the shamrock TO each soldier
in the Irish guards. The new queen
is considerable of n politician.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
warning. warning.

Beware of substitutes offered by
INSCRIPTIONS dealers in place of Fo-
Iey's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney
Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest
dealers for a little extra profit will
try to palm off worthless prepare
tions in place of these valuable med
icines that have stood the test Of
years, and thus jeopardize the lives
of their victims. For sale by, all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

John II. Wessling. who died in Gin
cinnati last week. made and exhibited
the first are lamp operated in the
United States. taking the first medal
awarded at the Cincinnati exposition
i'm 1874
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

who was enduring torture from the
surgeons, was further agonized by
hearing a burst of laughter from the
battalion.
He was consoled by visit from his
fancee VIDA ANNE ATWOOD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Gen. Lord Methuen. who has just
been defeated and captured by De-
larey. n BOer farmer-patriot. is de
scribed as n great favOrite in London
club and society circles. Something
of n Sampson. so to speak.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

The Washington Congress of Moth
ers decided that the hand that rocks
the cradle" must quit rocking. The
other part about ruling the world"
will remain true, though.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

The kaiser has presentedsOne of the
bronze cannon captured in Pekin TO
Count Won Waldersee. The gun. which
* 80 years old. was used by the
Chinese i'm their seige of the foreign
legations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

The democrats of South Rock Island are
requested TO meet at the town hall Thursday
evening. March 49, at so'clock 10 nominate
township officers and TO attend 10 such other
business as may come before them.
COMAITTEE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Rocky Mountain Tea braces up the
whole system. Renews your lost en-
ergy. Great bowel tonic for tired and
sick people. It. II. Thomas phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
For Collector.

hereby announce myself a candidate for
the nomination as township collector. sub
Ject to tire decision of the democratic city
township convention
DAVID BEISwINGER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924 Second
Avenue. Rock Island. Ill. Entered At the
Postofice as Second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Andrew Carnegie recently received
n request from the city council of
Emporia. Kan, for $4,000 for IL
brary. He responded that he had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

The founder of the house of HOhen-
zpllern was ThaSsiIo. first count of
ZoIlern. Wild died in 500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

John ID. Rockefeller has been giving
money to Washington and Lee univer-
Sity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

The basis OF representation being one dele
gate for every 20 votes. or major fraction
thereof. cast for Bryan and Stevenson At the
last presidential election
JAMES F. EGAN.
Chairman Democratic City-TOwnship Com.
W. u. MCINTYRE.
Secretary Democratic CityJTOwnship Com.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13
Call for Democratic Ward Caucuses and
CItY-TownshIp Convention.


The democratic voters of the, city of Rock
Island Ill. are hereby notified that demo
cratic ycaucuses will be held in each OF the
March IS. 1907. at O'Clock, for the purpose of
placing in nomination one candidate in each
ward for the once of alderman. electing two
ward committeeman for each precinct in
each ward. and electing ward delegates TO
the citystownship convention: and, further.
Tor the transaction OF such other business as
may properly be presented TO the several
caucuses. 1he cauCuses in the several
wards will be held at the following places:
First rd-Beiswinger's barber shop
Fourth avenue and Fourth street
o Second Ward-Naab'S meat market.
Twelfth street and Seventh avenue.
Third ward-I4OI Second avenue
Fourth ward Commercial hotel. corner
Third avenue and Seventeenth street
Fifth Ward-Hose house on Twenty-second
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
street
seventh ward-3Ils Fifth avenue. opposite
Rock Island depot.
The democratic city-township convention
will meet AT Turner hall, in the city of Rock
Island. III, Saturday evening. March Is,
1902 Al g O'Clock TO place in nomination can
didates for the following city and township
offices:
one supervisor.
Three assistant supervisors.
o. One assessor
one collector.
one justice of the peace TO I'LL vacancy.
Also. to elect a chairman of the city-town-
ship committee. and TO transact such other
convention
titled TO representation in the city-township
convention as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Democratic ward caueuses tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

BY THE j. W. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

Educaes Your Bowels with Caseareta.
ioc. &c. Hc. G. {. fan, druggists refund money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-13

TERMs-DaiIy. 10 cents per week weekly.
sI.OO per year in advance.
Recommendations of politicalo or argumen-
tative character, political T religious. must
have real name attached for publication. No
such articles will be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
shipjn Rock Island county.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-11

dard has any doubt about the customary lnhu-
| ence and responsibilities Of a district leader let
| him consult his friend. Mr. Abraham 1ruper'
We have been Informed by officials OF the city
administration that in the matter of patronage
Captain Goddard fully understands the prl'F
leges and immunities of a distrIct leader, 50
/ Mr. Gruber need waste no time on thal' puI
he should point TO his own fnultlfarlous actl'i-
ties as an inspiring example, saying IKE new
Terence: Il am a politician, and nothlng that
concerns politics is foreign TO me- for surrey
CAPTAIN Goddard does not want people TO tahe
him at his word and consider him an impotent
figurehead. If he has no more influence ina"
he SAYS over his alderman he had better ac-
uuire some or else cease TO pose as a olsuio'
leader.
We -,tobt be ternnted TO discuss Captain God
dard's notion about perpetual franchises anu
"a; ;aa. +ba+ q trunk line railroad could afford
to spend .s50OO00o0 building terminal WIN
+be nossihility that it might some day nave
;+s head cut off and be left with long Dody
stretching across the continent; but, as captain
Goddard saws that his opinions do not count.
,-a forhear All we say is that the perpetuai
franchise question was threshed out long ago
and settled. and even the Tammany allles vi
Cantain Goddard's alderman do not lay any
stress on it. The simple question as narrower
down is n tunnel according to the proposed
franchise or no tunnel. We understand that
Captain Goddard is an uninhuentlaI person WHO
cannot affect the present result OUT perhaps
for tbe future he would like TO have a good rec
ord On this noir,t Or does he. like Dry Dol
lar Sullivan. think there are more votes to De
made hy demagogic Difference to the deluslon OF
sone labor agitators that this franchise men
aces their interests?
New-York tribune., 1902-12-11
CAPTAIN GoDDARD's LEADERSHIP.

Our deep sympathy goes out to Captain F.
Norton Goddard, the Republican leader OF the
xXth Assembly District. We have taken an
interest in his career, and had high hopes of
his political future. His interesting and origi-
nal experiment Il Settlement politician
seemed TO have been crowned with a reason
able measure of success and we had been in
clined 10 take him seriously as a force 10 be
reckoned with in public and party affairs
Therefore we are surprised and panied to learn
from Captain Goddard himself how really un-
influential he is in his own district and with
The ofhceholders who owe their present places
and continuance in them to the organization
Of which he is the head.
We should not believe it If the atternpt TO
depreciate Captain Goddards political power
came from anybody else than Captain God
dard- If Senator Platt should declare that
Captain Goddard was a failure IS leader
and did not have force and character enough to
influence an alderman, we should be inclined
TO attribute the criticism to prejudice or some
irritation over possible difference of opipion
about the conduct of the organization If the
present head of Tammany should characterize
captain Goddard in the classic phrase of the
Wigwam as bum leader we should con-
slder that compliment, Indicative of iproads
on the Tamnany vote of the district But
when Captain Goddard himself abdjcafes the
usual functions of district leader. saws that
ms relations toward measure of great ipapor-
tance which is agitating the parties and the
public are merely those of the ordinary citi-
zen. declares that he has had no talk with tho
alderman of his district whom IL was s,,nnose5
he placed in office for three months and does
not know what his views are about the chief
topic Of city administration before tbe autbori-
ties, he fairly forces TO wonder what sort of
district leader he is anyhow
4 district leader who has no Influence o,,o-
his own alderman 4 district leader who doas
not interest himself in political question li,,e
the pennsylvania tunnel franchise distric+
leader who does not see why anybody sbouId
consider him responsible for the fruits Of hts
leaoershlp. This may be the University Settle
ment idea OF district leadership. 1t is not the
practical politicians idea of it however. and
wiiiie II has commonly been understood that
captain Goddard was superior person. II WAS
aiso beIeTed that he took practical views o-
poiucs' meant TO be real politician not n
hakeDeiieFe; was prepared for the burdens of
poiltics as well as for a front seat on the Mat
.crm at ratification meetings If Captain God