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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-23
RICHARDSON At ST. PAUL.
Attends Trans-Mississippi Congress
a. q Delegate.

~ q Delegate.
J.. w. Richardson, secretary of the
Trade and Labor Assembly who was
appointed by Mayor Hugo to attend
the Trans Mississippi congress at St.
Paul has returned. He was chosen as
a representative Of labor on the Du-
luth delegations: He says that the
meeting was pronounced success, and
that Duluth Jared exceptionally we'll.
The endorsement for the Naval Train
ing School will no doubt have con-
siderable efefct with the Board.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-23
CHILD LABOR EVIL.
GREAT AGITATION AGAINST CHILD
LABOR IN THE SOUTH.

1T IL Being Widely Discussed in
Every Walk of Life-Press should
Take 1t Up-OrEanixed Labor's
Effort to Abolish It-They Wish
Room and on the Play Ground.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01

Today's matinee and night perform
ances at the Illinois will be Lincoln
j. Carriers sensational melo-drama,
THE Eleventh Hour The play is
certainly success, judging from both
the standard of the box office and
from the standard of Carter produc-
lions. The attendance and the en-
thdsiasm shown in the rendition of
the play proves that the average per-
son bankers after melo-drama. There
are numerous arguments as to wheth-
er vaudeville is doomed If drama
tiEed novels are not a fad. and If
there is to be a reoccurrence of TRACE
dy within five years. uninterrupted
nelo-drama pursues its course. and
like the inevitable brook, seems to go
On forever. The triumph of heroic
lover over villainous passion. of right
over might, and of virtue over vice.
familiar Through the centuries of
literature and the drama, Still at
tracts the people and its portrayal
gives them pleasure. In The Eleventh
Hour" Mr.. Carter has worked we'll
He has infused a large element of
comedy into the play, and at the same
time giving it the melodramatie touch
that appeals to the average theatre
goer, together with sensational eli
makes in which the hero and the hero
inc triumph over the villain. "The
Eleventh Hour" is a clean, wholesome
play, and the presenting company is
one of the best Mr.. Carter has ever
sent out.
The presentation of ''Alice of Old
Nincennes," with Gertrude Coghlan
in the title role, which is announced
Rock Island Argus., 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. \ 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 few years. yes. 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
Manufactories of the various arti-
cles and commodities necessary for
everyday life can alone fill the blank
and retain our ascendency, and pre-
vent downward Tendency of busi-
ness and prosperity. TO work a
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., 1902-11-01
INTERESTING RECOLLECTIONS A PIONEER
Hgoae c-Fuon-


bestowed? \. c. FULTON.
Davenport, July %, 1882.
In July, 1852, l 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 its first
August session. 1t was referred and
laid over to the next session, and
when it appeared. it was so distorted
and wrecked that l had to tell the
council that no sane man would place
thousands of dollars under it.
Then at the next council meeting,
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 q 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 plat is de-
manded.
l, on the morrow, procured instru-
ments, and took to my aid Harry C..
Fulton, and produced 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. u, 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., 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 manufactory.
Then another lever to hoist us to-
ward prosperity is the Davenport,
Iowa d 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 viii
give us n 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 ears of the Wabash
and C.. B. & Q. with long trains of
Dakota wheat fringing the banks of
our grand river, with new bridge
resting upon its islands and connect
ing the great states of Iowa and Hi
nois. Would this not be an achieve
ment worthy of the cost and labor
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01

way ordinance; an ordinance that
would never have been passed by the
then twelve aldermen, had not Old L
have been n member of the council.
now hold a copy of that ordinance:
At that period, a 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
". 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 ana westward speed.
One instance of that pioneer jour
ney / must name. When a few miles
northwest of the now Black Hawk
outlet, passing through a barley field,
viewing the proposed line, loud voice
came from a plowman on a distant
hillside, who had released his horses
from the plow, shouting, what are
you doing in my barley field?" / re-
piled with energy: Building n 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" Wes
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, 1 had,
previous TO the city's action, pur-
chased timber and employed men,
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01

When he's lost his lady friend.
With few exceptions Mr. Ade's lvr-
les are keen satires of our social. po-
liticaI or military institutions. sugar
coated with rhyme and melody Aft
ter the above take-off of love, the sol
diers are introduced and Templer
SAKE. as Lieutenant Hardy, explains the
object of Uncle Sans expedition to
the island as follows:
We haven't the appearance, goodness
knows
OF plain commercial men.
From hasty glance YOU might sup
pose
We are fractions now and then
But though we come in war-like gUise
And battle front arraved,
It's all business enterprise
We're seeking foreign trade.
We want to assimilate, if we can
Our brother who is brown.
We love our dus<v felIow-man
And hate to hunt him down,
So when we perforate his frame
We want him to be good.
We shoot at him to make him tame
If he but understood.
Four interesting schoolma mas
from Boston accompany the eNpedi-
tion to Sulu and announce the object
of their long journey as follows:
From the land of the cerebellum
Where clubs aboGad and books are
plenty
Where people know before you tell EN-
As much as any one knows.
We come to teach this new possession
All that's known to a girl of twenty
And such girl. it's our impression
Knows more than you might suppose
Come away! Come away!
When the school bell rings.
Wen teach you many useful things,
If you love teacher. fond and true,
o Perhaps you'H teach the peachy
Teacher to-love-you.
Col. jefferson Budd, the "Arkansav"
politician, who has been promoted to
II command of volunteers, swells
with pride as he informs the sultan
of the great country from which the
expedition sailed. as follows:
BUDD.
Beyond the miles of curling foam
Is my beloved Yankee home,
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01
Twenty Millions for Theatres.

1t is estimated that the American
people paid 500, 100000 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., 1902-11-01

March %, 1882. At this point. William
Holmes, Il railroad man. branded and
published my long and hard work as
"Fulton's Project and proposed to
place it in 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.
My 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 S5,0OO.OOO, with the privilege
of increasing it to $15.000,O00.' 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 a man took an
interest in the line, save by talking
for, or against it. No money, no
work.
Under the name of the Davenport.
Iowa and Dakota Railway company,
/ placed the articles of incorpora-
tion on record April 25s-1ss2. The first
board of directors were:
Judge jas. Stacey. l.. +. Parker, III.
w. Baily, A. j. Hirschel, Levi Higgins,
j. II. Murphy, NJ. SpelIetitch, Rolsert
Krause, A. 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., 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
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-
naming 30 per cent.
At the meeting above referred to,
some speakers advocated no action
towards 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
branch to Princeton, or to be a
suburb of Elizabeth City of the Wap-
sic bend.
March Is. 1882.
Ny act of Incorporation was sub
mitted to two of our eminent attor-
neys by the board, who pronounced it
seawortlIy 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., 1902-11-01

l wrote up and talked up this fifth
railroad in Davenport before the
board of trade, of which / was a 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
1 got the one advocate, Jacob Ed
ridge, to second my motion to appoint
a committee of three to draft articles
of incorporation. The president as
a bluff amended the motion and ap-
pointed \. c. Fulton committee of
one to draft the instrument. This
thoughtful act of the opposing presi-
dent caused a look and smile of ap-
proval 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. l had been
there before. / performed the duty
and placed within it the following
persons, as corporators, without con
sulting them:
A. +. Williams, George II. French,
J. NJ. Eldridge, A. Burdick, j. j. Tom
son. julius Schutts, w. c. Wadsworth,
\. j. Marshall. II. w. McCIeIland, j.
r. Nutting. H. NJ Martin, s. P. Bryant,
y. Kuhnen, T. ID. Eagal, ID. n. Rich
ardson, Gus Thompson, A. c.. Fulton.
To contend with vast majority of
the citizens required energy. The fol-
lowing epistle to the Davenport Demo-
crat presents the then situation.
Editor Democrat: To hold the life
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01

And how it flies today.
In your land and my land
And half a 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. Ade a
happy opportunity for a 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 concoction 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 were
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 L moistened twenty-three
OF those arrangements into me,
My wealth increased, 1 swelled with
pride,
L 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 1 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 Ade lyrics include topical songs,
quaint burlesgues. 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., 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., 1902-11-01

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

She's a 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. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01

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;
At musicale, at five o'clock
Or social jamboree,
'Tis there the swager people flock
For a bite and sip of tea.
And this is what you'll hear:
Its been charming afternoon
Delighted, don't you know.
Sorry | 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 taclliest time I've had
In twenty years or more
The crowd was jay and the tea was
bad
And the whole affair Il bore
Oh, what Il bump! Alackaday,
Twould 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.. Ade an opportunity to satarize
the engagement period in his own in
imitable style, the idea being suggest
ed as follows:
I II-Tr-rI->-, N--T
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.
HENRIETTA
Lieutenant, L cannot withstand
y man who pleads like you.
So here's the promise of my hand
At least for a month or two.
Marriage is doubtful state
l think of it with dread,
Still-an engagement need not in
dicate
That we really mean to wed.
LIEUTENANT
IIel'Titild- you are Qulle correct
| have been engaged before
Frankly. I'll tell you. also. l expect
That I'll he engaged some more
Mr.. Ade 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 cast spell
Upon Il chief of great renown, he
was smitten sore.
He followed her both night and day
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,
| want no one else-but youi
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., 1902-11-01
TOPICS OF The THEATRE

a handsome figure of graceful proper
tions, 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 Ccghlan, 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 sworosmen in
.,ew York. and for several months
practiced daily under his guidance.
Alice'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
\Incennes from the British, shows
how thoroughly Miss Coghlan is fitted
for the task.
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 ut the Illinois. 1t is given
Rock Island Argus., 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, Brocllen and apothe-
osis scenes newly painted by famous
artists, and Lewis Morrison himself
as Mephisto. a part which his com
petitors and imitators are powerless
to excel him in and which he appears
in for the last time here, is an
nounced for the near future.
One of the numerous surprises fur
nished the critics by Humorist George
Ade, when his merry musical satire,
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 Fables in Slang" to write
real fun in verse as well as in prose.
The widest imagination of Mr.. AIDES
most 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 doggerel 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
breffa and E're6 Ereor rs Hadii tbe
sultan's secretary. Chiquita bemoans
her fate as one of the closely guarded
wives of his Sulu highness, and Hadi
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:
Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-01
IINDJI.

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., 1902-11-01
The abode of ready money
The home of the partly free.

The abode of ready money
The home of the partly free.
CHORUS.
What Il blessed privilege it must be
To know that one is partly free.
BUDD.
If you could see what 1 have seen
y country run by one machine,
You'd seek the land of milk and
honey
And try to be like me.
After the sultan has agreed TO be
assimilated by Uncle Sam, the polyga
mist displays his sense of humor in
a reply song on his native land. Frank
Moulan, the clever character actor.
has the happy role of the sultan and
sings as follows:
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 Il 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 a 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 impropriety.
No fiippy tioppy young soubrettes
with sister song and dance.
When Ki-ram is informed he must
prepare for the reception following
his Inauguration as governor, il falls
to the lot of Col. Budd, (Robert Lett)