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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-29

Some day the New York ,newspa-
pers won't mention Dowie and he'll
abuse them in earnest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-29

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. [Entered at
postofhce as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-29

BY THE j. W. POTTER 90.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

tt has become an unwritten law among
people of refinement and taste that
everything pertaining to the table shall
be as dainty and as pretty as is posi-
BILE without detracting from its useful
ness
In the accompanying group, taken
from the Brooklyn Eagle, are shown a
few Of the seasons latest productions in
the interest Of the household. The egg
poacher is an imported device for the
chaflng dish, by the use of which three
eggs may be prepared at once. The Sec
ond chatting dish accessory, the so-called
hanger, is also device of foreign
manufacture which can be adjusted to
the lampstaud of the dish SO as to al
low any sized saucepan >(smaller than
the proper pan belonging to the chaf1ng
d1sh) being heated over the lamp. The
dainty little cruets for use on the break
fast table need no special reference,
while the graceful form of design of the
hot water jug is certain to commend
itself to those whose fancy in silverware
tends toward simplicity in design. The
butter dish which completes the group
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
A Cows Queer-Act.

Tho force OF habit was very forcibly
illustrated by an incident recently at
the pumping station Of the water
works at Enid, Okla. A tank stand
just outside the building is kept full OF
water for the accommodation Of pas
sersby and the neighborhood stock. "a
COW accustomed to drink at this tank
came for her morning drink The
valley was covered with water and
stood within two or there inches Of
the top Of the tank, but the COW went
over the waste Of waters 10 the tank.
Twice she stuck in the mud and ap-
peared to be in danger Of drowning,
but by perseverance, she finally reached
the objective point After drtnkinR
long and copiously she turned abou,
and slowly made her. waysto land, ap-
parently satisfied that she had done
the only available thing "a ind Wate.
Cleyeland i der.s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
a SEASO BE HINT.


tr5. &c. Z
Those who own lace collars, light OF
heavy, and who find them sadly soiled.
can make them very attractive by Civ
ing them a taste Of the dye pot, select
Ing q shade that goes well with any
gown %.; @ .ss 1s..s
Dyes of every color. are used upon
laces and upon the choicest laces at that.
1t seems like sacrilege to treat . deli-
cate bit Of lace to . coat of scarlet dye.
but 1t is the fashion to do so. -
The dyed laces, made to match the
gown exactly. are worn at evening fune-
tons, sometimes in the shape of a
shawl to throw around the shoulders,
but more often in the Shape of O deep
fiounce. or as g vest, or as wide Shout
der cape, or, yet, as very deep lace
collar. .,,z< ,..-s'-. :.
-. One OF the newest articles of wear in
the lace line is lace collar which is
made out OF yard or so of piece lace.
The cape part is cut circular to fit over
the shoulders. In the front there are
two wide stoles that hang below the
waist line. The whole is edged with
a very narrow piping of liberty silk. An
other lace collar, made out of piece lace,
Is circular, with the upper edge gath
cred upon band of white silk which is
fitted to the neck in such a way that it
lies flat, below the stock. The lace
collar is really a ruf1le with border
of white chiffon ruching no wider than
a match.-Chicago Examiner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

Z Mrs. Frances Stafford, Of 243E E.
Hath St., my. City, adds her tes-
timony to the hundreds Of thou.
sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkhams Renee
dies were first introd uced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group Of women who had been
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into a vast army Of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and,
skepticisms have been swept away.
as by a mighty food, until to-day
the great good that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the womenaof America is
attracting the attention of many Of
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame !;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for 8 cure relies upon Lydia e.
Pinkham'sVe Vegetable Compound.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

years her senior, died q number Of years
ago. - - ~, r.
The pony Mrs. Hayden rides is a gen.
tie one, and seems to appreciate the
dignity Of his aged burden. Mrs. Hay
den has to be assisted into the saddle, of
course, but the rest of the ride is unat-
tended in any way: When Greenfield
gives coaching parade Mrs. Hayden
is always in line, and after the last
parade the members of the club gave
her handsome present. She has two
spinning wheels at home, and is usually
busy over them when not taking her ex-
ercise on horseback.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

States also finds time to be the
grand and glorious home of the
pugilist. Here in this country the
rising young pugiist has chance
Here he knows that: if he can ever
stand in the ring in a deeollete
costume and hit his antagonist on
the chin in such a manner as to
knock it out of plumb about II
inches, the ~plaudits of the whole
nation will be his. Pups and ba-
bies will be named after him in
great profusion, and the record of
his grand triumph shall be en-
blazoned on the indelible scrolls of
the mutoscope. In fact, l doubt
if there is any real fame like that
attained by the pugilist. Illus
trious statesmen and poets and
criminals may acquire a sort Of
epherneral and soft-shelled brand
of fame, but the pugilists are the
only men who acquire the real
fame that is worth working and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
AN AGED HoRsEwoMAN.
Mrs. Sally Lamb Hayden, Aged Ninety
II Still Fond Of Riding on
Horseback.

In the little village of Gill, Mass, .
suburb of the ancient town of Greenfield,
lives Mrs. Sally Lamb Hayden, who, at
the age Of 90, frequently rides on horse
back. She has lived in Gill for more
than so years, and has been q member
of the Methodist church nearly all her
life. Her husband, who was several
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
OLD BEYOND HER AGE.
=. lonial Secretary Was CompAnioa
OF Her Parents. =

The wife of the colonial secretary Of
Great Britain is not only an. Endicott,
of Massachusetts, but she il. lineally
connected with the Crowninshields and
Peabodys, two of the famous families
of New England.
Because of her early training and
natural reserve of manner, Mrs. Joseph
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
ChQfiDg Dish and Table
Devices and Inventions

YER desirable and welcome are
devices and conveniences for the
- table and chatting dish which, If
air of newness that serves the same
purpose. They claim attention from
the housewife with her large or small
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

Chamberlain has been able to meet the
responsibilities of her social position
abroad.
AS child she was old beyond her
years, through constant companionshiu
with her parents and grandparents in
Salem, at the Nahant summer home and
on the farm at Danvers. >. i: =
The Danvers house was built by the
great Salem merchant. Joseph Peabody
reverted to the son George, who in turn
left the estate to Mrs. Endicott, whose
only son, w. c. Endicott, still makes it
his summer resort. zs
It was while her grandfather was at
the farm that Mrs. Chamberlain and
her father went there pleasant days on
horseback or in carriage: Many were
the family picnics.
Two beautiful gardens are connected
with the Danvers house. One was the
favorite of Mr.. Peabody, laid out Id
old-fashioned style, with all the flowers
that were so we'll known in his child
hood. The other was designed by Mr.
Chamberlain, sun-dial in the center
They are kept in their original condi-
ton. .
Once, when Mrs. Endicott was visit
ing her daughter in England, the gar
Sdener left In charge undertook to beau
tify the grounds. He changed the old
garden into q modern one Wit 0the
rarest and most fashionable 'pfanfs.
Mrs. Endicott came home and immedi-
ately ordered the gardener to undo his
work. S&a
berlain has tarried during his many Wis
it's to America.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Simple Methods Are Best,

Simple Methods Are Best.
1t is always best to try simple meth
DDS of removing stains before resorting
to strong chemicals, such as chloride of
lime, which is one Of the most powerful
chemicals for removing stains. 1t is
so strong that it may be very destructive
If not used carefully.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21


establishment as the case may be; from
the bachelor girl and also from the up
to-date bachelor who likes to DISPLAY
his culinary skill in the manipulation Of
q chatting dish. The novelties are few,
but each season finds the manufacturers
introducing some dish or utensil or APP
paratus that wins attention, If not on
the score of newness, then for its prac-
stical value or artistic form. Even the
most prosaic Of household utensils
resent nowadays the combination of
beauty and utility, as witness the hand
some agate ware, bright nickel and Shin
Ing copper with which the modern
kitchen Is equipped. When it comes to
the table ware or chatting dish fltmellts
% use IN English term this tendency
toward the union Of the attractive and
useful is even more pronounced. III. Is
not deereed that the china, silver and
ELSA in daily uae shall De costly. but
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
HARRY DANIELS III
MINOR - 49, = ~
OBSERVATIONS
CorrmaH
Pueilism AS Pleasant Profession.
COPYRIGHT, 1908.

Although busy engaged all hours of the day night
being the land Of the brave and the home
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
PLENTY OF COAL IND
NO DANGER OF FAMINE

While the thermometer Is lowering around
the zero mark and the city is experiencing
the coldest spell OF the season there need
be fears entertained for the fireside as
far as the supply Of coal is concerned.
There is fuel I'm abundance to meet all
demands and the price will remain un-
changed IL the predictions of fuel mer-
chants hold true. The only hardship that
may be worked upon the consumers will be
in the delivering facilities. which may be
taxed more than usual by the heavy de-
mands. The local yards are well supplied
with coal and the railroads are taking care
OF as much as they can handle.
A Nj. Ogle. of the Island Coal Company,
said last night the people could rest easy as
far as coal famine Is concerned. There
Is plenty of coal in the yards" he said,
cannot see how there need be any famine.
The price will remain the same as before
and all demands will be answered"
j. III. Furnas, of j. III. Furnas Co.,
took an optimistic view of the situation,
Unless the cold spell should be an un-
usually long one." he said. II think there
need be no unnecessary alarm There Is
abundance in the railroad yards. The
weather will have no effect upon the price
of the fuel. In fact il has been easier to
buy coal in the last month than at any
time in the last three years" G.. Il. Stew
art entertained the same views and ex-
pressed himself hopefully as to the situa-
ton. The only hindrance he predicted
would occur in the inability to give quick
delivery. occasioned by the heavy de-
mandS
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
ROOT WAS MISQU0TED
AND EXPLAINS SPEECH
Did Not Say War with a Foreign
Country Would Be "Soon," but
Declares 1t Will Come.
WANTS FORCES PREPARED

WASHINGTON. Dec. 13-Considerable
comment was occasioned here to-day by re-
ports that Secretary Root. at a dinner held
last night by the Carabao Society, an or
ganization of army and navy officers who
have seen active service In the Philippines.
had predicted that war would come soon"
between the United States and some for
eign power. but the interest displayed in
the report and the speculation IL aroused
as to what power the secretary had I'm mind
were dssipated this afternoon when IL be-
came known that the word ''soon" was .
misquotation.
Secretary Root himself said tonight that
he had not predicted that a war would
come soon. but In his speech OF last night
merely stated what he has given utterance
to publicly on several occasions. namely,
that when the time comes, as We know IL
will come some time-we do not know when
and we do not know whence. but we do
know IL will come some time-when you
(referring to the army and navy are called
upon TO defend your country you Will do II
with mutual helpfulness and comradeship.
The speech OF last night, II was stated,
was merely an expression os confidence that
in the event of war the army and navy
would cooperate and stand shoulder to
shoulder. each IN support Of the other and
the common country both are charged TO
support and defend.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
SYSTEM OF REMOUNTS
ADMIRED BY CARTER
British Cavalry Methods Investi-
gated by Officer of the Ameri-
can General Staff.
WILL GO TO TRANSVAAL

LONDON, Dec 13.-Gen. William II. Car
been investigating the remount system Of
the British army with view to recon-
mending it to the general staff of the
United States army, had a farewell inter-
view with Arnold Foster, British secretary
of war, yesterday. He will leave England
tomorrow for the Transvaal. Every facil-
ity has been afforded General Carter here
and he expresses his appreciation of the
friendship of the war officials, and espe-
cially of the remount bureau, which ar
ranged for his Investigations.
At Aldershot squadron of the celebrated
Fourteenth Hussars ana a battery or the
horse artillery were paraded before General
Carter who highly praised these organiza-
tions and particularly the quality of their
horses. The general thinks the excellence
of the British cavalry and horse artillery
is due to the system of supplying remounts
and to the efficiency of the corps of riding
masters.
General Carter visited Woolwich and
Sandhurst. He does not think that these
establishments compare very favorably
with the Military Academy at West Point.
but he says the results obtained are most
satisfactory, considering the brief period
of attendance of the cadets. Accompanied
by Major John II. Beacon, the United
States military attache in London, and the
headquarters staff general, General Carter
has gone to Canterbury. which is the depot
of all British cavalry regiments and where
special facilities for an inspection will be
afforded them.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14

Sunday dinners were eaten over the range
In the kitchen, and the after-dinner smoke
was taken sitting on a straight-back chair
with feet propped on the hearths-
The patrons OF the company are not In
clined TO lay blame on the company for
the Inconvenience they have suffered
The following expressions were given 10
the Journal last night by a few OF the pa
irons.
Walter Gooden said 1.-The service has
been cut of ali day to-day. and We are at a
loss to know when the heat will be again
turned on We have furnace In the resi-
dence, which has helped slightly, but those
who have no furnaces are simply up
against IL.
Mrs. ]. c. sipe said: Eve have had no
heat whatever to-day. We had furnace.
but II Is of no value whatever in a case OF
this kind. as IL was only built for natural
gas and will not burn any other kind or
fuel"
John s. Lazarus said: II lucky
enough 10 have a good furnace and sup
ply OF hard coal. myself and family have
not been greatly inconvenienced- nave
managed TO keep warm BY staying in the
immediate neighbOrhood OF the furnace all
day and shoveling coal"
Mrs Edwin Hendrickson said: 1T is in
deed strange that when a slight break oc-
ours in the company's mains that the entire
system Is affected We have, of course,
been greatly inconvenience, but are lucky
IN having furnace to fall back on.
Alonzo Greene Smith, former attorney
general found the climatic conditions In his
residence in North Pennsylvania street too
severe, and took his entire family TO the
Grand Hotel
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
RESTORATION LEAGUE TO
PETITION KING EDWARD
Miss Josephine Holmes Tells of
Marriages of Children in
India.

Memorial Presbyterian Church, Eleventh
street and Ashland avenue, was crowded
last night to hear the addresses by the rep
resentatives of the Indo-American Restora-
ton League, which has been organized
for the purpose of suppressing the evils
attributed to child marriages in India.
Among those who made addresses were
Miss Josephine Holmes. founder and ma
tional president of the league. and Mrs.
William c. Wallace. Of Los Angeles, Cal,
and Mrs E. p. Brown and Miss Clara
Brown, president and secretary of the In
dianapolis branch Of the league.
Miss Holmes spoke with great enthusiasm
of the work which she expected to be ac-
complished by the league. She said that a
India for the purpose of studying the con-
ditions there and was appalled, by what
she saw and learned. She told Of the mar
riages which were performed when the
women were but six and eight years old.
Mrs. Sudhoda Banarjee. who accompanied
Miss Holmes to America, was present last
night, dressed In the native costume. Mrs
Banarjee was married at the age OF eight
and now at the age of twenty-seven she is
q grandmother Miss Holmes said that IL
was her object to organize branches of the
league in number of cities throughout the
world and then petition the King of Eng
land TO place the age OF consent OF the
women of India at sixteen years.
Miss Holmes read from the abstract Of
the governor generals report on the In
dian penal code, which stated that a law
was passed in India I'm 1891 changing the
age Of consent from ten to twelve years
Even this change in the penal code does
not alleviate the conditions which prevail
there and Miss Holmes hopes that the
King of England win increase the age limit
to sixteen years.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
WANT SMOOT REMOVED
FROM THE U. S. SENATE
Interdenominational Congress of
Women ofFWashington Pass
Strong Resolutions.
DEMAND PROMPT ACTION

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia public meet
ing called by the Interdenominational Con-
gress of Women of Washington for the pur-
pose of protesting against Senator Reed
Smoot retaining his seat in the Senate was
held here to-day in the Metropolitan Metho-
dist Church. Bishop Satterlee, of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, presided and
addresses were made by him and by num-
ber of women prominently identified with
the movement against Senator Smoot The
following preamble and resolutions were
adopted:
Believing that the so-called Church of
Latter Day Saints Is antagonistic TO our
federal Constitution, and every form of re-
ligion based upon the Bible, that it Is a
menace TO American home life and an in
suit to our American womanhood;
And believing Senator Reed Smoot, of
utah, TO be pledged representative of that
institution, bound by its laws and require
ments To render first allegiance thereto, and
that he therefore must of necessity be un-
faithful to the laws of the United States;
And believing that Apostle Smoot could
not nave been elected to the United States
Senate without the dictation and command
of the Mormon hierarchy, which is a COM
plete union of church and state, and, there
fore, In direct opposition to the principles
of the Constitution of the United States;
Resolved. That the congregation here
assembled most earnestly protests against
Apostl, Smoot retaining his seat in our
national Senate.
Resolved, That we call upon all loyal
and patriotic men and women of every
State to send protests to the senator's from
their States, and urge upon such citizens
immediate and prompt action"
The resolutions are signed by Mrs Fred
eric Schoff, president of the National Con-
gress of Mothers, Clara l.. Roach, of the
International Woman's Union of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Margaret Dye Ellis,
of the National w. G. T. ". The resolu-
tions were read by Mrs. Teunis S. Hamlin,
of Washington.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
GREAT BRITAIN COULD
HAVE HAD LOUISIANA
Louis XIV Once Offered Territory
as Gift to His British Neigh
bors, but 1t Was Declined.
GAVE IT TO HIS COUSIN

PARIS Dec. 13-Under the authority OF
NJ. Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs, r.
Spencer Pratt, former United States min
lister to Persia. who now lives here. Is
making extensive researches in the
archives of the Foreign once relative to
the transfer of the province of Louisiana
by France to the United States. The in
vestigation has brought to light all the
circumstantial details of the transaction,
including the confidential letters of the
French minister at Washington advising
his government as to the various stages of
the negotiations and the letters and docu-
ments signed by President Jefferson and
Secretary of State Madison. Many of these
have hitherto been unavailable, owing TO
the rules of the Foreign Office, which have
prevented the copying of documents in the
archives.
In speaking of his Investigations Mr.
Pratt said: "Onc of the most curious docu-
ments found is an autograph letter of
Louis XIV, giving away the vast Louisiana
Territory to his cousin, then King OF
Spain, as a present. The fact of this gift
has heretofore been known only in a gen.
eral way, but the text OF the letter dis
closes the casual nature of the gift and also
the fact that Louis XIV previously offered
Louisiana To Great Britain. which refused
to accept Ii /"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-14
GENERAL STAFF EAGER
TO FIGHT IN PANAMA
lcoNcLUDED FROM FIRST PACED

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
inspection of the entire vicinity. 1t was
learned that at one coast point the Co.
lombian cruiser. Cartagena embarked a
small quantity of naval stores. n few bull
locks, some corn and fifty pieces of zinc
roofing. but no information could be OBJ
tanned as to the direction taken by the
cruiser thereafter. 1t has been reported that
Colombian troops were landed at a certain
point the Panama coast. but the At
lanta was present at this place at the time
when, according to the report, the troops
should have been landed, and saw nothing
The naval officers found the attitude of
the Indians to be Indifferent and even re-
pellant. The traditions of the Indians for
centuries have been against permitting
aliens to land in their territory, and these
traditions they still maintain. They often
declined to answer the questions of inter-
prefers, and on several occasions their in
formation was found to be misleading
The information obtained by the Atlanta
and Mayfiower indicates either that the
Cartagena or that they have been landed
at some point on the coast between Car
tagena and the Gulf of Darien, and may
be proceeding toward Cauca. The Atlanta
sailed again towards the Gulf of Darien
this afternoon and will continue. a careful
patrol of the coast.
1t would be impossible for the Cartagena
and the General Pinzon to enter the At
ratio river, because the mouth of the river
has a six-foot bar. No small boats are OBJ
tainable thereabouts and no considerab BILE
number Of troops could be transported up
the river. The only boats to be had consist
of few canoes.
The remainder of the marines on board
the auxiliary cruiser Dixie will be landed
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next,
satisfactory Arrangement having been
completed to obtain good water for the
camp at Culebra, on the line of the Panama
Railroad
TIL United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie,
which sailed from Guantanamo yesterday,
arrived here to-day. The supply ship Gull
goa has gone to meet the fleet at Culebra.