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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
JAIL DELIVERY AT ALEDO:
TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE

Two prisoners escaped from the
Mercer county Jail at Aledo last
Saturday night. 1t is not known
just when they made their dis
appearance, but they had been
locked up in their cells Saturday
night as usual and were not missed
until Sunday morning about Z o'clock
when Will Tomilinson went to their
cells to let them out for breakfast
and they were gone.
The prisoners were Jack Britton of
Viola, who had just been indicted for
larceny, having stolen travelling
mans grip. and Charles Hardman.
a tramp, who had stolen some coats
at Keithsburg, and was also indict-
ed for larceny.
Sheriff y. Il. Tomlinson was absent.
being away on an extended business
trip, but the members of the family
had not retired that night nutil af
ter 10 o'clock. They heard no noise
at any time, but the prisoners had
evidently made their escape through
the house. as all the locks were left
unlocked and all doors opcn,. eN-
cept that the wooden doors in the
house were closed. The keys to the
locks were all found to be undis-
turbed in their several places of safe
keeping, and the locks must have
been opened by some one prepared
To do it.
The father of Jack Britton was in
tcrviewed Sunday and says that Jacl,
called at the house about = o'clock
Sunday morning and changed his
clothes. His father also said that h"
thought there were two other men
with him. He did not stay long at
his house. There were buggy tracks
i'm front of the house. There were
also buggy tracks in front of tn"
shcriff's residence which cannot be
accounted for.
No trace has yet been heard of
them since leaving Mr.. Britton :
place. kilograms were sent in all
directions i'm order that they might
be intercepted.
y short time ago the shcriff's fam
lily were disturbed late in the night
by noises in the house and the sound
of some one walking in the lower
rooms. The sheriff was called and
made examination but found nothing
at that time.
The other prisoners i'm the jail did
not attempt to escape, and they say
knew nothing of the escape of their
comrades until informed of il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
The Kind of n Mnn He Was.

II was in Washington once" said a
man at the club, when Tom Reed was
the ear of the house of representa-
tives. He was holding forth with ear
ncstness OH some theme to group of
friends when that man you see over
there by the cigar counter pushed his
way through the crowd, grasped Reed
by the hand and said effusivcly: Hello,
Tom, old boy! How do you do:'
Reed responded in manner that
was more of shake for the man
than for his hand and went on with
his talk. When our friend over there
had edged out of the crowd, some one
said: You didn't seem to be happy
over him, Reed. Who is your friend,
anyway?
Reed drawled out, Hes a fellow
from New York who knows more men
who don't want to know him than any
other man in the United States DE
troit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
A Model SURVEYOR.

The Eingman Lender Courier. tells of
an early day county surveyor in King
man county, Kan, who neither pos
sessed any instruments nor could have
used them if he had. His method of
mea assuring land was to tie his ankles
together with cord that was just
long enough to allow him TO step one
fifth of q rod each time, and thus hob
bled he would strike out, counting his
steps until he had made q sufficient
number TO cover the desired distance.
The cord or string used by him in
fastening his legs together, says the
Leader-Courier, was made of raw
hide, so that when he was travelling
through the grass of q morning when
the dew was on it would become wet
and stretch nearly a foot, and so his
steps were much longer of II morning
than they were of an evening after the
sun had dried the whang leather and
shortened ii. Consequently the man
having his land surveyed in the morn
ing would have much more in his
quarter section than his neighbor who
had his work done In the afternoon.
These old surveys and corners then es-
tablished cause annoyance even to this
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
BYRON WAS BARRED.
Dean OF Westminster Refused to Ac-
rept Statue of Poet.

- rN'nster Aefused to Ac-
rept Statue OF Poet.
Many years ago some, admirers of
Lord Byron raised q substitution for a
monument to the poet, to be placed in
Westminster abbey. Chantrey was re-
quested to execute it, but on account
of the smallness of the sum subscribed
he declined, and Thorwaldsen was
took the work.
In about 1893 the finished statue ar
rived at the custom house in London,
but, to the establishment of the sub
scribers, the dean of Westminster, DIR,
Ireland, declined to give permission to
have it set up in the abbey, and, owing
20 this difficulty, which proved fnsur-
mountable, for Dr. Ireland's successor
was of the same opinion, it remained
for upward OF twelve years in the GUS
tom house, when QS46 1t was re-
moved to the library of Trinity col
lege. Cambridge.
The poet is represented in the statue
of the size of life, seated on ruin,
with his left foot resting on the frag-
ment of a column. In his right hand
he holds style up to his mouth; in his
left book, in5cribed "Childe Harold"
He is dressed in frock coat and cloak.
Beside him OH the left is a skull, above
which is the Athenian owl. The likeness
Is of course posthumous. Thorwaldsen
was born Nov. 10, ITO, and died on
March "a, 1S44.-Newcastle (Eng.)
Chronicle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Men like in men these traits: The
honor that ennobles, the justice that
insures the right. the RESPONSIVENESS
that mellows and makes plain, the
courage that proclaims virility, the
generous instinct that disdains all
meanness, the modesty that makes no
boast, the dignity that wins respect,
the fineness and the tenderness that
know and feel. But when one thinks
of it more carefully may he not sum
it up in just single sentence and ac-
cept it as the truth that all men like
gentleman ACosmopolitan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Chicago. Sept. 20-FolIowing are
yesterdays base ball scores:
National: At BostOn-Philadelphi
:. Boston 6; Mt Brooklyn and Cincin-
nati-Rain.
Americans: At Philadelphia-BOst
4. Philadelphia 6: at Chicago-Detroit
., Chicago q: at Washington and st.
LOuis-N-eather.
Association: At Minneapolis
Z. Minneapolis ,; at AIilwau-
kee-COlumbus d. Milwaukee l: at st.
., st. Panl 2-nine
innings. darkness: at Kansas City
Toledo o. Kansas City 8.
Western: At Des MOines-AIilwau-
kee IA. Des Moines 6: at Omaha =
PEORIA >. Omaha q: Second game) Pc
oria ,. Omaha Z; at Denver-St. Jo-
seph Z. Denver .; at Colorado Springs
KANSAS City II, Colorado Springs s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Ladies' to Play Next Week.
TALES OF THEATRE.

Nelse Erickson and his company APP
peared in the Swedish play made ia
nous by Gus Heege. now deceased.
at the Illinois last evening. attracting
ii good-sized audience. Erickson, in
the title role. proved himself a capa-
| BILE actor and clever singer, and the
quartet did well. but the support was
very weak. While the musical part
! of the entertainment was the real
feature. some of the local hits made
in the songs bordered on the coarse.
The Illinois will present tonight
Lincoln j. Carriers sensational dra-
ma entitled The Flaming Arrow.
The only Indian actress in the world
and the only one her race ever had.
Cow -Go-Mohawk, is the stellar at
traction, appearing as young chief
tain known as white Eagle" As the
title would Indicate, the play deal,
with events that occur on the west
crn plains and the Rocky mountains.
Charles ii. Boyle and his company
will be the attraction at the Illinois
tomorrow evening, in The Star
Boarder." he farce-comedy has
been constructed entirely for laugh
ing purposes and for the introduction
of many clever vaudeville features.
THE James Boys in Missouri"
comes to the Illinois Sept. %. There
have been other plays which have
presented the James Boys during
their action, but this version was
made from the original book and real
happenings. and is not an imitation
of any other play.
"Old Limerick Town. the new play
which manager Augustus Pitou has
written for Chauncey Olcott, is in four
acts, with the scenes laid near LINER
icl< in 1885 and 1896. One of the
scenes will show the falls of Doonas
on the river shannon. 1t will be one
of the most beautiful and picturesque
scenes ever presented on stage. Nj.
Olcott produces the new play at
Fourteenth street theatre in New
York in October. He begins his tour
in St. Paul.
Thomas Jefferson's tour in RIP
Van Wrinkle" begins Sept. 10.
Joseph Jefferson's fall tour ct
eight weeks began Sept. at the
Colonial theatre in Boston He
reaches Chicago at Powers opera
house Oct. 6; Cincinnati, at the Grand
opera house Oct. 20, and Cleveland,
Oct. so.
The first production by Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Edwin Milton Royle under the
management of Ben Stern Will pro-
badly be a comedy drama entitled,
Loves Victory" Mr.. and Mrs. Royle
will be seen in a succession of Mr..
RoyIe's plays. though il is not their in
tention to cOnfine themselves to
these exclusively.
One of the genuine successes m
New York last season was David Hig-
gins and Georgia Waldron in TIP
York State" of which they are the
authors. The company is now on the
road for their second tour, and from
all accounts is doing a very lucrative
business. This is another rural dra-
ma of real merit. 1t gives Mr. Hly-
gins and Miss Waldron many oppor-
tunities to display their ability as
joint stars and contains much ot IN
terest to theatre-goers, who apprecI-
ate clean fun and strong dramatic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
A Presentation.

A sehoolteacher in Frome, England.
sent this to the father of one of his
pupils: II beg to inform you that in
my opinion your son is suffering from
myopia, and his case requires prompt
attention" The next day the boy
brought back this written request:
Mister, please knock it out of Jim, as
I amt got time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
The samoan Langunge.

Speaking of the flexibility of the Sa-
moan language, Mrs. Isobel Strong
says that the little word TIA" means:
/, we too, to beat with a stick, TO play
on a musical instrument. to reprove'
to tattoo. to open a vein. to wash cloth
ing by beating and to turn somer-
sault.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Warning. warning.

Beware of substitutes offered by
inscriptions dealers in place of Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney
Cure and Banner Salve. DDishonest
dealers for a little extra profit will
try to PLAN 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, 1902-09-20

incidents. The play ran for upwards
of 100 nights in New York last sea-
son, and will be presented in this city
at an early date, with the original
east and handsome scenery and cos
tunes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM
Status of Telephone Operators
Strike at End of First
Week.
GIRLS HAVE HAD A BUSY TIME
One Thousand Subscribers Sign Pc
titiOn-Labor Congress
to Meet.

The end of the first week of the
strike of the Central Union Telephone
company's operators in this city and
Moline finds the situation unchanged.
The company continues to operate
its lines with the assistance of oper.
ators brought here from other cities.
Neither side has made any direct
overtures for settlement and none
are expected on the part of the COM
pany SO long as conditions do not
materially change.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
GADY GOLF CHAMPION
Defeats w. L. Velie on Rock Is
land Arsenal Links Yes
t-rday.
CROWD FOLLOWS THE CONTEST
Will Mixter Wins i'm Glass IL and
DIR. Eyster in
Glass @.

The finals in the tournament for the
mems handicap cup We're played ON
the golf links at Rock Island ar
senal yesterday afternoon. The con
test was as interesting at the finish
as it was at the beginning.
The championship was won by
John ID. Cady, who defeated w. L..
Nel;e with up and to play. Mr..
Cady's playing was excellent, and
that of Mr.. Nelie was undoubtedly
far superior to any he has ever done.
but Mr.. Cady could not drop his old
tactics of getting hold of the cham
pionship when it came his way. He
entered the play with 1 up, while MIR.
Velie had e up and to play.
In class b Will MiXter duplicated
his good playing of the day before
and remained victor with up and )
to play His opponent was w. f. Nc
Crea.
DR.. G. L. Eyster defeated l.. c. Pres
ton with up and tn play in class c.
I'm the consolation class c. j. Steph-
ems defeated c. +. Hansen with 1 up
and to play.
Ladies' to Play Next Week.
There was a very large attendance
at the match. The links are in Il very
good condition, and no better weather
could be desired. The next week will
be occupied with the contests for the
women's handicap cup, the tourna-
ment beginning with the prcliminar-
les Monday. The contest will he
fought out Just as the mems was, and
IL j. certain that interest will center
upon the next weeks play just as
much as il did during the contests
Just ended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Aid From the Public.

More important than the above. the
strikers claim to have secured the
signatures of about 1000 telephone
subscribers in Rock Island and Mo-
Line to the notices ordering the re
mOval of their Instruments in case
the company refuses to arbitrate the
demands of the association. This
work is to be kept up several days
longer and the strike leaders say they
will not rest till the ma jority of the
subscribers of the two cities are with
them.
The Operators association is hold
ing meeting at the Industrial Home
building this afternoon. Tomorrow
morning at 1880 the Tri-City Labor
congress will hold Il special meeting
for the purpose of planning further
action in behalf of the strikers.
All the striking telephone opera
tors are requested to meet at the In
dustrial Home for conference at 6
o'clock this evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

The worlds coalfields cover at least
1 100000 square miles
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Operators Have Been Busy.

During the week, however, the girls
and their friends have not been idle,
and before the end of another week
it is likely that the result of their
labors will be in evidence. They have
secured the active cooperation of the
Tri-City Labor congress, a commit
tee from which is virtually directing
the strike. They have secured res
olutiOn from the Moline city council
denouncing the company's course and
expressing sympathy with their
cause, and one scarcely less radical
in its wording from the county board
of supervisors. The strike is under
stood to have confirmed the deter
mination of the board To order the
removal of the Central Union COM
pany's telephones from the county
buildings at such time as new com
pany enters the field. The strikers
have also secured the appointment of
a committee from the Rock Island
city council, which is TO meet for the
purpose of investigating conditions
next Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-16
s1oo Reward. s1oo.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there Is al least one dread
ed disease that science has been able tc
cure IN all its stages. snd that is Catarrh
Halls Catarrh Cure Is the onl ypositive
cure known 70 the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutions Vatment- Hail s
faces Of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
is work. The prop-ietors have so much
faith IN it's curative powers, that they
offer one hundred dollars for any case
that Il fails 70 cure. Send for list OF
testimonials. Address.
f. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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PEOPLE eLEcr.No SENATORS.

Though there is little prospect OF
the adoption Of constitutional
amendment for the election Of United
States senators by popular vote. there
has been marked progress in the di-
rection Of that reform By another
route
The recent senatorial contest in
Arkansas was decided by popular vote
and the Democrats of several other
states have adopted the plan of nomi-
mating their candidates TOR the genate
at a general primary. A large MAORI
~ of the Arkansas politicians were
in favor of the reelection OF Senator
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Jones, and if the legislature had not
been instructed Jones would probably
have won. But Mr.. Clarke, his oppon-
ent, defeated him at the primary by a
large majority
This striking vindication of the pop,
dlar nomination of senators is bound
to have its effect.
The Georgia Democracy adopted
that plan whom the late Charles +.
Crisp became a candidate for the sen
ate and il is in such high favor hero
now that we may regard it as the
fixed policy Of the party in this state.
When his first term in the senate
was drawing to an end Senator Ba.
con asked the state Democratic com
mittee TO order a primary for nomina-
ton of his successor, though he had
no opposition. That was done and at
its recent meeting the committee in
compliance with request from Sen
ator clay decided that his successor
also should be named at the primary
to be held on June 5. Senator Clay is
unopposed for reelection. as Senator
Bacon was, but like Senator Bacon,
he believes that the peopl should
have the righ to express their will as
to the election OF senator's.
These gentlemen have done much
TO establish IN this state the policy Of
the popular nomination of senator's
which in G ors.a is equivalent to their
popular election
We observe chat IL several other
southern states the Democrats have
either adopted this plan already or are
preparing to do so.
The popular demand for this re-
form is growing rapidly
The senate win certainly not con
sent now TO let the state legislatures
vote on the proposed amendment for
the popular election OF senator's and
it is doubtful if that body can be in
duced to do so for a long time to
come.
But the people will find some way to
accomplish the virtual election of
senators by popular vote in spite OF
the obstructing and defiant senate.
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GET YOUR Shane.

Blackmen, whitemen, red
men, yellowmen, all are busy
eating away at the worlds
food supply every day three
times a day.
Every one is entitled to a
share. Are you getting yoursl
Does it do you good2
If not, take Scots Emulsion
1t is a concentrated, predigest
ed food much nourishmentin
small space--and all disable by
the weakest system
1t restores the flesh OF young
.aad old.
s--A if,, sanpis
SColl t'f*sE Cs~p.ss .s9 Psnls S.Y
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minor specialties Of American origin
which have become established in Ber-
lin increases pereeptibly. American
shoes are now securely introduced,
and, notwithstanding the great prog
ress made in the German shoe manu-
faeture by American methods, are dis
played and sold. not only by one large
handsome American shoe store, but by
many prominent retailers throughout
this city"
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WHERE we DISTANCE GERMANY.

WHERE WE DtSTANCE GERMANY.
Frank II, Mason, United States con
sui general TO Berlin, in a lengthy doc
ument TO the state department ON the
Outlook for Export Trade to Ger
many, sets forth the great strides
made in the Fatherland in the quality
of manufactures, especially tools. But,
he goes on to say:
American typewriters, office furni-
ture, kodak camera supplies, cash reg
listers, time recorders, harvesting ma
chinery. dental instruments and sup
plies, sewing machines, and few
other standard articles, which are
made better in the United States than
anywhere else. and have been intro
duced and pushed in European mar
kets with consummate skill energy,
and long-sustained systematic effort
these are holdinG their own with but
slight abatement from their sales OF a
year ago. But two large iobbing firms,
which have for years past sold Ameri-
can machine tools, both on their own
account and on commission. have clos
ed up during the past three months,
returned their stock to the makers,
and gone out Of business. AZ one OF
these merchants said sententiously,
IL was a picnic while il lasted. but il
is over now, ana ! am going back "a
the states
'Ftom year 20 year the number Of
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ToDAys MARKETS
IBy Associated Press.l


Cattle, 5000; steady: native steers.
5.5097.15; cows and heifers, $500
ESQ; stockers and feeders, 3.5O@4sO;
bulls, S.5O@525; calves. 45O@5.6O
Hogs, 1900; steady to sc higher;
heavy. 71O07.SO; packers, 6.sO@725;
medium, 7OO@Z2O; light. 6.6o@7oOs
yorkers. 6.9O@ZOO; pigs, 6.OOG66O.
Sheep, 5000; shade higher; NUT
tons, 5.40@5.75; lambs, 64O06.so
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See that Eugene F. Ware of Kansas,
has been appointed commissioner OF
pensions in place of H. Clay Evans
With John Hay as an ambassador, sor-
ry that he ever wrote Little Breech-
es,' wonder If the brilliant Kansan
will ever regret writing his poem
Politics. which starts:
Many the childhood friends of mine
That started ahead Of me,
Fearless in ignorance. buoyant in hope
To sail on the vitriol sea.
Little they knew Of he depth or the
scope
OF the treacherous vitriol sea.
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Kansas city Grain.

Wheat, May, 69%; July, 6sss; No. 2
hard, ~; No. 8. Il; No. red, 79@So;
No. 9, 7S@79.
Corn, May, $685. @6sl1; Sept, 6oss a
eolk; No. mixed, Sc; NO. 2 white,
G6Iz; No 8. So.
Oats, No. white. 4534e.
Rye, No. 2, so.
Hay, timothy 1S@ls.5O prairie,
10 50@13 90.
Butter. creamery, ,2s; fancy %.
Eggs. 14%
Receipts of wheat "a cars.