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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
NEWS OF RAILWAYS
Burlington Turning Out Elaborate
Diners tor Its Ser.
vice.
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE IN STYLE
General Gossip of the Track Heard
Around Depots of the
Town.

The C., b. & @. has just turned out
from the shops at Aurora dining
car that is about the finest thing of
its kind ever placed in service. 1t is
the first of a number of dining cars
to be built and was constructed from
designs prepared by the mechanical
department. 1t is 66 feet over end
sills, and the dining room has five
large and five small tables providing
Iaccommoda tions for 30 people. The
design of the dining room follows the
Italian renaissance style, the finish
being in San Domingo mahogany with
lemon brass trimmings. The deck s
designed in full empire style with
head-lining decorations in gobelin
green and gold. At each end of the
dining room massive disengaged col
umns, reaching from the floor to the
cornice, support the deck.
The window curtain boxes are
placed about ten inches below the
tops of the windows and the inter
vening space is filed with cathedral
art glass, which adds A pleasing touch
of color to the general effect. The
car is lighted by electricity, the cell
ing fixtures being combination cleo
trio light and gas, while each table
has an electric candelabra. The var
ious cupboards and closets for china.
and linen are equipped
with roller curtains instead of doors.
which is expected to add greatly TO
the convenience of SprNinO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

Salvation Army Barracks, 1909 Sec
drill at z n. m; holiness meeting at
10: so a. M; Christians meeting at
p. m; salvation meeting at 1880 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

Memorial Christian, corner of Third
avenue and Fifteenth street, Rev
Thomas j. Shuey, pastor. Services
at 30 a. IN. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. IN. Y. p. 3. c. f. al
| s: 80 p. m. Morning subject, Lessons
from Autumn Leaves" Evening
Jesus"
The sun., 1902-11-12
Drunk AND DISORDERLY COWS.
Abundant Crop OF Apples This FAN Held
Responsible.

Have your cows been on a jag?"
"Yes; have yours?"
This is said to be the usual morning greet
ing these days when farmers Of the mort hern
end Of Westchester unity meet More
than one farmer is said To have had trouble
with hilarious and inebriated cows
A heavy crop of apples is responsible for
the downfall of IN" usually meek and
sober cows. The trees have been so heavily
laden that a slight gust Of wind has
strcwn the ground with the ripe fruit Herds
Of cattle have broken from their past ures
and devoured the apples.
A. a result many cases Of intoxication
have been noted among the cows
The sun., 1902-11-12

the inhabitants OF the Park have risen
up and demanded to know from courts
whether the inventor Of their blest abode
has any rights in the Board Walk and a
few other things. They clamor to be
informed as to whether these things
are not the property of the people, and
they seek to put all possible MARK AN
TONES out Of business.
Can such things be and in good faith7
Alas! Cruel memory recalls that to-
gether with booths and summer houses
the Good Mr.. BRADLEY did also put up
along the Board Walk certain rules and
regulations as to the cut OF bathing gar
ments, the length of their skirts and
their trousers. and the general fit of the
same. Can it be that the ungrateful
dwellers on the piny sands have sickened
of the spirit which has robbed the Appian
Way of its midway pleasance? We shud-
der at the bare possibilities.
The sun., 1902-11-12
TAX ON CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
No Free Entry Into the Philippines This
Year, rs Heretofore,

WASHINGTON, Nov Ii.-For the first time
since the instruction in the Philippines
there will be TO free entry Of Christi mas
boxes ii.to the Philippines for soldiers and
civilian employees. This decision was
reached at a meeting Of the Cabinet several
days ago. when it was decided that the
law as passed by Congress for the IMPOSE
tion OF duties on imports into the Philip
pines would not admit of any change by
the Executive of the United States.
There are 1900 soldiers now in the Philip
pines and il has been custo omary heretofore
to permit relatives and friends to send
them Christ mas boxes each year, they
being transported free on Government
transports and admitted at Manila free
of all duty.
Secretary Root was very anxious that
some way be found To continue he custom
inaugurnted by President Mckinley. but
the dec ision of he Cabinet was that under
the present law he duty cannot be waived.
In the opinion Of officers of the War DE.
partment the entry Of presents into IN.
United States from soldiers and officials
In the Philippines free of duty will also he
prohibited
OF cour,-r. the decision will not prevent
the sending Of Christmas boxes. but they
will be sub ccted TO the same system of
Inspection by the customs officials in Manila
N any other merchandise and any duiable
articles will be held for the payment of
duly
The sun., 1902-11-12
Speaters and the STeakership.

From n. AMSTERDAM EtcGtng Recorder
During tie time that the Republican party has
been In c,ntrol of the lower branch OF Congress
the East las had four Speakers, William Penning-
ton OF sew Jersey. Galusha \. Grow OF Pennsyl-
vania ,smeS q Blaine and Thomas u. Reed both
OF Maize. Blaine and Reed both served as speaker
for three terms and Pennington and Grow for
term each making total Of sixteen years that the
I:as has had the Speakershp under Republican
ruli Tn. West has had three Republican Speak
ep. schuyler CoiaN OF Indiana. Joseph W. Keller
q. Ohio and David Il, Henderson Of Iowa, Coltax
,crycd for three terms, Henderson for two and
Keller for one making total Of twelve years that
t,c West has mad the Speakcrshlp when the Repub-
ilcanS were In power.
Andrew Stephenson of NlrIgnla holds the record.
as he presided ~ speaker over four Cong resscs.
Henry Clay. schuyler ColfaX. James c. Blaine,
samuel J Randall. John q. Carlisle and Thomas
Is. Reed all served three terms as speaker Tho
only Speaker OF the House OF Representatives who
ever became a President OF the United States was
James X Polk Of Tennessee. Clay and Blaine both
came near being elected President Both wero
defeated by the electoral vote OF New York. which
each lost by Il narrow margin. Clay by a little over
5000 and Blaine by iOi7 New York never mad hut
one Speaker, John W. Taylor who was presiding
oNicer OF the Nineteenth Congress, from is25 to
i'27 II is pretty near time the Empire state had
another Speaker
The sun., 1902-11-12
ALDERMEN HANKER
For Power to sign Fireworks Permits,
Such as the Madison square Permit.

Mayor Lows veto Of the ordinance
passed by the Aldermen last October giving
to the Fire Commissioner the power to
grant permits for firework displays, and
providing that application for such per-
init should have the Endorsement of the
Alderman Of the district, led 10 an attack
on the Mayor by some of the Tammany
Aldermen at yesterdays meeting Of the
board. Alderman Mccall said that the
Mayor had always showed a disposition
TO deprive the Aldermen of their -Consti-
tutional rights and TO put them in the
ranks Of officials not elected by the people,
but appointed by him. Mr.. Mccall added
that the Aldermen were the best judges
about permits for street fireworks.
May l ask Alderman Mccall whether
If Madison Square were in his district
he would have granted a permit for election
nightf' asked Alderman Parsons
Il woul If the request had come from
one OF my constituents. So would you"
MIR. Mccall replied.
That's tho point ! want to bring out,
said MIR. Parsons. Neither you nor /
can know when il would be safe 10 grant
permit That is a matter that only ex-
perts can determine.
Alder nan Mccall said the Mayor was
evidently trying TO stand from ulder now
that fatality had occurrei.
The sun., 1902-11-12
THE SCAB AN OUTCAST.
Not a Fit Companion for the Most Dc.
Graded Cur.

THE suffering scab. that element Of the human
family dcSpsed and stunned as the germ OF cholera
disgusting as the shoat of the swin pen and cor
rupINe OF moral virtue as the degenerstes OF pros
titu,ed society. has rendered his services 10 the
coal barons and nov tnat he Is no longer a NJ asso
ciate OF respectable people he passes members OF
humankind with yacan, stare and a vacuous
intellect.
Little have the scons OF eminent respectab,l,ty
nor the vpers OF degcneracy. who were OF tha,
class OF creatures whose services were given 10
their masters during the recent strike. dreamed
tina, ostracsm from all decent company be So
marked as 1t Is Their bones will be bcached by
the torrd sun OF the arid desert upon their demise
for be II known that they will he compelled OF eces
sty to vacae the homes OF their childhood to roam
In the forest tina, the sneering gaze and the con
temptlble look OF their fellow men may not haun,
them.
Realize. II you will you corrupted leeches OF
society. the chasm which divides you from the
association OF others; portray to your own pros,i.
tuted mind the agonies OF the gulf ich you can.
not pass: deep down In your devil sold soul and
picture the fruits OF future existence which Will
be haunted forever by a torment that canno, he
compared unto the horrors OF CSsAB's time In the
Roman Empire.
The scar OF the outcast Is upon the brow OF
the scab OF 1901? the damnable actions he assisted
In by selling his manhood for private gain has
branded him as an imbecile and viper a cur sneak
and renegade a freak OF nature that Is revolving
II Is pcrmcating TO society. who Is burdencd
with a sin that can never be atoned for nor time
erase
such. In substance can portray the dishonest
seris who took upon themselves the crime of CAIN
whcn to appease their desire In lushng and lasciv.
ouSncs, they thought more OF cringing at the fee,
OF nammcD rather than assist in the upnftment Of
mankind and the bettcrmcnt OF society
The scab and migrate Will reap the results OF
his own folly, lie must he shunned desplsed and
treated Ike adder. His future life Will be but
cookery"
OF the many thoughts stirred up by
this revolving screed this will probably
come first: s. venomous an attack in
print upon non-union workingmen after
the strike was declared Of, is equivalent
to MITCHELL's confession that his or.
ganization was responsible for the long
list of crimes perpetrated while the
strike was on.
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DUBOIS on THE ELECTION.
He says Rooseyeits Stand IN Irrigation
(Aused the Landslide.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ii.-Serntor Dubois
OF Idaho, who Is In Washingta. gives the
following explanation Of the result Of the
elections In the West:
The big Republican majot,y In all
those far Western States was cue to the
enactment OF the irrigation law. No legis-
lation by Congress- has been Of more i'm
portance TO the West than that providing
Tor irrigation since the passags Of the
Homestead laws. Even the Homestead
laws may prove Of less importan" to the
welfare Of that section Of the country.
Mr. Roosevelt was the first Presilent to
recommend that legislation and the leople
insisted on giving him the credit ftr il q.
We pointed out on every possible occaion
that more Democrats than Republicans
voted for the bill. II availed nothing
The people insisted that it was the Pres =
dents work, and. Of course, he does d.
serve much commendation for the stanl
he took on that question.
hen the Republicans diligently dis
seminated the information that there wa-
an enormous fund in the Treasury for dis
tribution under the provisions OF that act
among the states having arid lands. True,
there IL about 40,OO0,OO0. With that sort
OF information spread among them the
people OF every county are clamoring for
an irrigation canal. They insisted on cleo,
ing men who are in sympathy with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and men who could come
to Washington and secure big share Of
that money for them"
The sun., 1902-11-12
AutOm mObilc Convictions

The case Of Chauffeur RICHARDS, who
was sentenced on Monday in the Yon-
kers court to ten days Imprisonment
differs strikingly from that of RAYMOND,
who, on Oct, 2s, was sentenced to a term
Of six months in the Kings County Pcni-
tentiary for derailing trolley car.
RICHARDS was convicted for violating
the law rs to speed, and his guilt was
established by n system inaugurated by
the Yonkers police of determining the
rate Of speed at which vehicles travel.
RlCHARDs's sentence, however confers
on fonkers the unique distinction of
having imposed upon automobilists in
two instances the unusual penalty of
imprisonment, and this within a space
Of less than two weeks.
A little more than week ago Mr.
HERBERT A. MARBLE, a New York chauf-
feur, was found guilty of manslaughte
The sun., 1902-11-12
The New York Democrats.

The attack in the Albany Argus upon
former Senator HILL as a leader in the
Democratic party in New York is a word
after blow. 1t comes from the poll
ticians whose implacable animosity to
Mr.. Hill. brought failure to the pr,rty
campaign at time when he. the mana
ger of it, had expected success. The
extraordinary votes in the districts led
by EDWARD MURPHY, d. CADY HERRIcK
and SMITH NJ. WEED show that. but for
these gentlemen's resolve on vengeance,
CoLER would probably have been elected
instead of ODELL, 1t was the old stall
wart-halfbreed contest Of 1884 trans
ferred to the Democratic ranks.
When fight is carried on in deep
waters the usual result is that the par
ticipants all drown.
The sun., 1902-11-12
Dr. IIillis's sermon,

To THE EDITOR OF The SrN-Sir. The
Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hilii- of Plymouth
Church. Brooklyn. will doubtless have many
letters of commendation for the mastcrly
way in which he handled that very IMPORTANT
subject OF the National Righteousness and
Justice, With an Outlook upon labors Hatred
OF Labor and Plea for the Poor and Weak "
The portion OF DR.. Hil,is's sermon witch |
have been permitted to read is full OF ma =
terial for deep thought and meditation |
have always been great Optimlst, and be-
lieve now that this question of Ia Dor and
ca pital, 80 far as tbs country l. concerned,
will be satisfactorily settled. but It will not be
accomplished In any very easy way or In "A
very short period. Christianity. slowly in
stilled into the hearts of men, must be tie
first stepping stone.
| believe the Declaration of Independence
and the constitution 10 have been found, d
upon Christi principles We have laws
enoug't to govern the carrying out OF TIE
Constitution, and all that i required j. the
enforcement of the lHw- by the powers that
be. In that great treatise, IA" DcchrHtio ion
Of Independence. about the first principle
laid down Is that all men are created equal 3"
tnat they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inali"nable rights. that among Il esc
are life, liberty and IT," pursuit of happiness
and yet the Constitution. based upon tie
Declaration, of lpd"pendence, has practically
the so-called trusts are managed by those
who diSayow the Declaration OF Independence.
hut Nllut can "" - ll OF t'Os'' hbOf trusts
which have departed so l,r from the rrinci-
pies uron which labor unions were Organized
and have hoCom" u terror in this so-CIllrd
free land Of ours?
Dr Hills has presented an array of figures
which ought to he 81 ndi"d and Comprchcnded
by every true American. Tuink OF the rcla-
tive proport ion between non-union and
union men-ouly one in every four. and Yet
one man is able 10 dictat" to four how they
shall work, and that their sons will not be-
allowed to study TO become apprentices ac
II il further clearly shown that about . Ter
cent , or two in every one hundred. Hra the
Hgitators, and directly r'spOuslhlr for all
this trouble Thus Is presented "a sight wlici
l. absolutely incNplicahle, and causing the
best minds Of our hand no ordinary amount
of research to solve. Enforce the laws Ia u
Christian spirit. and then We shah hav' no
more OF this crv Of organized calitals strug-
gle for larger dividends or Organized Ahor's
struggle for larger wage ~ ~ have l,aHCe
NEw YoGK, Nov 10 WILLIAM SPrInEN
The sun., 1902-11-12
The Chamber Of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce cere-
monies yesterday passed of without
fault, from the beginning in the morn
ing to the end at night. President
ROOSEVELT, ex-President CLEVELAND.
President JEsUP and all the distinguished
speakers bore themselves well and in
good spirit. None of them however,
noted the fact that the beautiful build
ing the society of prosperous men and
the great trading city which they cele-
brated, all have grown up under pro-
tective principles.
We do not refer to this as argument
for protection against free trade, but
as fact worthy of the consideration
of all professors of economies.
The sun., 1902-11-12
CREEDEN AND WOODS RETIRED
(harges Against the Ftrst.Named Captain
Will Now he DrOpped.

Capt. Timothy J. Creeden Of the East
Eighty-eighth street station and Capt
Anthony $. Woods OF the Fourth street
station. Long Island City. were retired
with pensions yesterday after Commis-
sioner Partridge had received reports from
the Board Of Surgeons declaring both men
physcally unfit for duty. The retireme
OF Creeden. which has been regarded as
a foregone conclusion for some time, will
mean the dropping Of the charges against
him.
Creeden was appointed a policeman in
1884. became n sergeant in 1879 and was
promoted to captain in 1892 During the
Lexow investigation he testified that he
had paid $4,000 to certain influential
persons to obtain his captaincy. He Is
now ca years old.
Capt Woods is rs years old and has been
a policeman since 1871. He belonged TO
the Long Island City police prior to the
consolidation and finally became its chief.
In 1907 he was dismissed from the force
Three years later he secured his reinstate-
ment through the courts.
Capt. william =. Burford of the Hum
boldt avenue station, Brooklyn, was also
examined by the Board Of Surgeons yes
terday and declared to be in fit condition
for duty.
Doorman Peter Cassidy Of the Church
street station. who got into trouble re-
Gently when Second Deputy Commissioner
Piper visited that station and found man
locked up in n cell without being entered
on the blotter as a prisoner. was also re-
tired yesterday on certificate OF physical
disability
Sergt. Frederick G. Carson. who was in
volved in the same case as Cassidy, was
fined ten days pay.
The sun., 1902-11-12
Word After Deed.

1t was on Oct. IA that the coal operators
agreed to the appointment Of what is
now the Gray Commission. on condition
that the Mitchell miners should cease
all interference with and persecution of
any non-union men who are working or
shall hereafter work. and that the lat
ter should continue in their occupations
not only without bodily harm to them
selves and their families but free from
personal insult" This condition was
accepted by the miners president in
their behalf. Yet two weeks subsequent
to this agreement a leading Mitchell
organ, the Hd,leton Trades Unionist,
printed the scurrilous breach of faith
which we here subjoin:
The sun., 1902-11-12

large part of the annual report OF Rear
Admiral TAYLOR. Chief of the Bureau of
Navigation Of the Navy, deals with the
shortage of officers. This is now SO great
as to endanger the efficiency of the fleet
Although the average number of officers
on British war vessels similar to ours is
thirty-three, on French vessels twenty-six, <,
and on German vessels twenty, on ours
the average minimum for efficiency is
seventeen; and even this is not attained
The shortage at present is 577, and when
the vessels now authorized are completed,
1t will be 1890 The Naval Academy will
provide 355, leaving a deficit on July !,
1905, of 1905 officers
Admiral TAYLOR recommends that each
Senator, Representative and Dele gate have
the right to nominate two cadets, and that
the President nominate ten at large, and
one cadet from the District of Columbia
Even this change will not provide enough
cadets, unless authority be given TO the
President to fill vacancies which go over
from one Congress to another. There are
now eighty vacancies at Annapolis; and
only twenty-six principals and forty y-seven
alternates are to be examined to-day at the
special examination. One Congressman
has not had a cadet at Annapolis for nine
years, though he has nominated candidates
from time to time, who have invariably
failed to enter. The purpose of the naval
and military academies at Annapolis and
West Point is to provide officers for the
navy and the army, not merely to permit
Congressman to pay political debts. II is
a duty as well as privilege of members of
Congress to keep their districts represented
at the academies and if they fail to do SO,
provision should certainly he made by which
the representation may be maintained, and
the efficiency of the military and naval
services kept up.
The sun., 1902-11-12
WOMEN'S CLUBS' CONVENTION.
Contest for President Between Mrs. Lynch
and Mrs. Dow.

The annual convention OF the New York
State Federation of Womens Clubs was
opened yesterday in Association Hall Brook
lyn There was a tendency toward severe
simplicity In dress exhibited by the ma jority
of the delegate. Nearly the entire day
was taken up with the reading Of committee
reports. diversified now and then by the
announcement of invitations to teas or
'uncheons. Two Of them came from de-
partment stores.
Late in the afternoon there were nomina-
tions for the various Offices soon to be
vacated.
II had been thought that Mrs. Dore Lyon,
who as chairman Of the Indust rial School
Committee gained such popularity at the
bazaar recently held at the Waldorf would
enter the contest for president. but when
the nominations were made ehe was put up
for second vice-presids mt leaving the presi-
dental contest to be fought out between
Mrs, Charles NJ. Dow and Mrs Louise Van
Loon Lynch
The sun., 1902-11-12
STREET CARS AS LETTER BONES.
Plan 10 he Tried In Washington to See II
II Is Worth General Adoption.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-First Assistant
Postmaster-GeneralW Wynne has under con-
sideration a plan for converting every
street car in Washington into a moving
letter box, and adopting the same system
all over the country il the trial proves sue
cesSful.
The plan is the invention Of George B.
McAllister Of Baltimore, and was submitted
by the Postmaster General to committee
of post Office employees, who recommended
its trial in Washington, where 1t can be
observed in practical operation by the
officials of the Department.
The device consists of waterproof drop
letter contrivances built in the sides Of all
street cars 20 that letters may be dropped
into them while the cars are passing street
crossings.
The plan includes the transferring Of the
mail from car lines not directly connecting
with the post Office 10 lines making this
connection, and a number of ingenious
mechanical arrangements are provided
for doing this.