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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

ley, lot Z, Allen & Fleming's add,
South Rock Island, $50.
d. H. Baldwin to Dan W. Gould,
M, lot 4, block 6. Atkinson's Sec
ond add. Moline, $500.
Hazel w. Jordon to Hershel Scott,
So, nw1l, S, and s1a, neH, Z, 20, Pc,
$5,40O.
Richard d. Baker to Margaret
Bowes. lot Q, block S, Columbia park,
Rock Island, $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
Cheap Homes in Texas and Arkansas

Along the Cotton Belt Route-land
that can be bought for $500 and $500
an acre and up-cut-over timber
ground that makes good grazing land,
furnishing range ten or eleven months
of the year, farming land for corn,
wheat, oats, cotton-some of it pc
culiarly adapted to quick growth and
early maturity of fruits and vegeta-
bles, such as peaches, pears, plums,
Strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes, on
ions, cabbage, Misunderstanding good
markets in the north at fancy prices,
on account of excellence of quality
and earlier maturity than in other
sections. An ideal place for the man
of small means-cheap fuel, cheap
building material, long growing sea-
sons, short, mild winters-a land of
sunshine and plenty. Let us send you
literature descriptive of this country.
Homes in the Southwest" "Glimp-
ses of Southeast Missouri, Arkansas
and N. w. Louisiana" Through Tex
as with a Camera" Fortunes in
Growing Fruit and Vegetables" "The
Diversier," fruit and truck growers
journal.
On first and third Tuesdays of each
month the Cotton Belt Route viii sell
one-way tickets from ST. Louis,
Thebes, Cairo and Memphis, to points
in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, at
half the one-way rate plus $500, or
round trip tickets at one fare for the
round trip plus $500, allowing stop
over going. and 81 days return limit.
For full information, address
Z. w. LaBEAUME,
G. P. & T. A. st. Louis, Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

he implicated others, and when re-
turned to Washington he confessed
to one of the five indictments re-
turned by the grand jury against
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
AL To California.

To San Francisco, to Los Angeles,
or to most any of the principal points
in California.
Every day until June Is, 1908.
Via the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway. s3s-
Also low rates to hundreds of other
points, west and southwest r.a
Ask nearest agent of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway for adj
ditiOnal information. Colonist folder
free on request.
f. A. Miller, general passenger
agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
c., B. so. Railway.

Beginning Feb. Is and continuing
until June Is, we will have on sale
one way excursion tickets to San
Francisco and Los Angeles at rate
of thirty-one dollars ($31.OO).
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Pu-
get Sound points, thirty dollars
($3O.OO)
Salt Lake City, Ogden, Butte and
Helena, twenty-six dollars, ($26.OO.)
Inquire Phone 1850, c., B. g. @.
ticket agent, depot Twentieth street
and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
Wood Medical Institute,
e. B. OLIVER, NJ. c., NJ. D
GEORGE B. WOOD, B. s., MD.

Hours: to IL; 1880 to 4; to g..
Sunday, 10 to IL.
Second Floor, Hibernian Building.
423 Brady Street. Davenport, Ia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

Adam Kerr, Il steamboat pilot, caus-
ed writ of attachment to be issued
against Capt. George Winans, owner
of the Saturn and Neptune. which ply
the Mississippi between Dubuque and
ST. Paul. Kerr claims that Winans
has not paid him all of last years
salary, which amounts to $565. In
his application for the writ, Kerr sets
forth that he acted as pilot on both
the boats for a period of 213 days,
and that he was to receive $500 day.
He asks that the boats and furniture
be sold at auction to satisfy the claim.
The writ was placed in the hands
of the Dubuque county sheriff, who
will serve it. The progress of the
action will be closely watched be-
cause the parties are we'll known to
river men. The Saturn and Neptune
are raft boats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
THE TRAVELLERS. GUIDE.

CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND
1itis4f4tfIT ~ &Pscihc RaEwsy-Tickets
NlI331sleiItN can be purchased 81 City
SfkijlEA Ticket ONCE, 1918 Second ave
nue., or @, R. 1. s P. depot
Fifth avenue foot of Thirty
first street. Peoria branch depot foot OF
Tive ctieth street. Frank h. Plummer, @. p. A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

The Associated Press reports of
Saturday announce the death of Col.
John II. Givel, at South Bend, Ind.
at the advanced age of SIS years. De-
ceased was n veteran of the Mexican
war and formerly engaged in news
paper work in St. Louis and Daven-
port. In this city he was connected
with the old Democrat, but lefe here
so long ago that but few Davenport
ers of today recollect him. His death
was due to a stroke of paralysis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
DAVENPORT DOTS.

Frank Boyle and George Beating,
two employees of the Crystal Ice conn
pany returning from the houses of
the company across Maple island Sat
urday evening about 6 o'clock no
ticed the door closed to Cowboy"
Murphy's shantyboat. On attempt
ing to open the door they found it
barricaded. BY using considerable
force they managed to force it open
a little and found a shovel used as
the barricading instrument. Drawing
it out of the way they entered and
found a woman, unknown to them,
lying dead on the couch, while on
the table was an empty bottle and
near at hand an empty glass stand
ing on chair. The identity of the
woman has not yet been ascertained,
but the circumstances all seem to
Indicate suicide. The woman was
seen alive at 3 o'clock by Murphy, or
Otto Assaman, as his name is sup
posed to be, who prepared a little
food for her. She came on the island
Friday afternoon having been direct
ed there by an eX-bartender named
Kinney. She seemed to be looking
for some one who lived on the isl
and. When she reached the shanty-
boat settlement she stopped at MUIR
phys boat and had since been there.
Neither Murphy nor any of the other
denizens of the region seem to know
who or what she is. according to one
of the parties interviewed during the
investigation, the woman is former
inmate of Mother Mitchelrs estab-
lishment and was later at Lorenzen's
saloon, but these parties could give
no clue 10 her name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
TRAINS

ROCK ISLAND AND PEORIA DIVISION.
Trains leave Twentieth street station Main
ne trains start from main depot on Fifth
avenue minutes in advance OF time given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

Committees representing the mold
ers and the manufacturers met Satur-
day to discuss the demand of the men
for a nine-hour day in the machine
shop foundrics. No action was ia
ken in the matter and many similar
meetings. are expected before settle
ment is made if a peace agreement
can be arrived at The men are
strongly in hope that they can reach
terms so that there will be no need of
a strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

August Mueller, of 900 Fifth avenue,
has returned from Jasper. Mimi.
greatly improved i'm health. He spent
several weeks there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

Rev.FP NJ. Weddell, father of Rev.
j. W. Weddell, formerly of this city,
died at his home in Piqua, Ohio. last
week very suddenly. He was one of
the pioneer ministers of that vicinity
and his death was a great shock to
all who knew him. He entered the
ministry in 1S49 in Pennsylvania,
since which time he served many
large churches in the west and east.
The funeral was held Wednesday, at
which appropriate tributes were paid
by the ministers of the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

The city dump boat is sunk in the
river at the foot of Harrison street
and some little difficulty may be eX-
perienced in raising it. The wharf
barge is also sunk alongside of the
bump boat. The two were towed up
from their winter quarters Saturday
by the Lone Star and their sinking
was occasioned- by the springing of
a leak. The boats were only recently
overhauled and were supposed to have
been in good condition.
The feast of St. Joseph, Thursday
last, was solemnized at Dubuque at
Mt. Carmel, and made notable by the
reception of class of fifteen young
ladies into the order of the Sisters
of Charity of the B. V. NJ, the same
order as that which conducts I'm
maculate Conception academy in Dav-
export. One of the class was Miss
Margaret Donegan of this city, a
graduate at the Davenport institution
named, who took the name Sister
Mary James.
j. c. Farley has sued the c., II. /. &.
p. Railway company for damages of
$4,000 to compensate him for injuries
received at the Division street cross
ing of that road, in the city of Daven-
port, Jan. 10. The petitioner repre-
sents that the injuries suffered were
of permanent nature and that he
has also suffered great mental an
guish as we'll as physical pain as a
result. 1t was necessary for him to
spend several weeks in hospital and
that entailed an expense of some $500.
While well he was capable of earning
500 week as a solicitor and during
all the time he was confined he lost
this income.
J. III. Hale, who was arrested here
Monday night as a fugitive from jus
tice, wanted in Washington, Iowa, on
five bench warrants backed by as
many indictments, and who Tuesday
pleaded guilty to one of them, that of
breaking and entering, was sentenc-
ed at Washington, Iowa, Friday to
four years at hard labor in the Fort
Madison penitentiary. Hale's crime
was the breaking and entering of the
commissary's (paymaster's) Office of
the Flick S johnson Construction
company. at Grace Hill. near Wash
ington. and stealing time checks
which he filed out and cashed, one
for sos at Washington, and another
for $34 in this city. When arrested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

All trains daily except Sunday
Passengers for points beyond Savanna win
make connections leaving at and ar
irving at S:47 p. m. via Iowa side of the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

Emil Johnson. who was taken to
Mercy hospital, Davenport, to be OPP
Grated on for some trouble in the
head, is reported to be doing very
nicely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23

sArvival. departure tDaily. except sun
day Phone West 1893, West 1923, West 1928
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17

/ 4 N j.
 rThe country is continually. heaving bricks at Wall street. And Wall street <retaliates by. throwing bricks at the country ygold ones. s.--New York Mail and Express
 The Russian bear is a conciliatory sort of an animal. When he demands 97 points in a hundred he is almost always willing to eonapromge on 95 or 96. --IIidi anapolis Journal
 There Is evidently some connection between the highest price for oil since 1895 and the 'egpkctart mood" to which President Harper of Chicago university confesses.-New York World.
 However it used to be, it cannot now De truthtully said that race lines are drawn in Yale and Harvard athletics; not when within a week Yale elects Jim Hogan and Harvard chooses Dan Hurley as captains of their respective football teams How the fur will fly when the Hogans and the Hurleys meet at New Haven next fall.=-Merit den Journal.
 Granting that the ultimate absorp- lion of the. dominion by the United States is inevitable. it is extremely doubtfrl if it will come within the time suggested by Senator Hale, which does not reach beyond tue present genera tion, or indeed cover more than a couple of decades Tn fact 1t is not easy to discover in present conditions any real tendency toward a union of Canada and the United St9tes.-- Omaha Bee.
 Spain will not be an exhibitor at the world s fair in St Louis next year. The wounds indicted when we took Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines from the proud old monarchy are not yet sufficiently healed to make such representation possible. There is a cloak of politeness around the refusal, It is said at Madrid that there is not now time enough to. enable a Spanish section of the great exposition to be organized. But Spain has had as much time for preparation as any other na- ton The true reason, of course, IS that the Standards do not wish to come .--H Hartford Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17

Taking it for granted that prosperity reached its zenith in 1902, and that neither 1908 nor 1904 will equal that marvellous year, 1t Is utter folly to exr pect that general business will experi- senee any reaction responding to the downward plunge On the stock ex- change, which carried values down 3l to 50 per cent, says Banker Clews. That decline was due to causes too well known, and, now that these have been discounted, it is but reasonable for values to recover to a point more commensurate with the very moderate reaction that has so far taken place in business, Tn some fields of enterprise that reaction may go farther. especial ly where high costs Of. materials and labor have imposed prohibitiye condi. tions. but as these come back to the normal, deferred projects will be re- gumed and prosperity will follow upon s more normal basis than for the last few years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
EIGHT HOUR DAY.

The decision or the federal supreme court in sustaining the Kansas statute enacted in 1891, providing that eight hours shall constitute days work for persons employed by the state, and i'm posing a penalty on contractors for public work who exact more than eight hours labor i'll day from employees, finally settles a question of constitu tional law which has been decided diff ferently by the New York court of ap- peals Governor Bates of Massachu. sets recently vetoed a bill by the last legislature containing essentially the same provision as the Kansas enact ment, on the ground that it violates the state constitution and the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution prohibiting any state from denying to any person within it's Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws and de priving him of his property without due process of law.
 The Kansas measure was attacked on this ground. The federal supreme court holds that 1t is not a part Of the liberty Of any contractor that he De al- low ed to do public work in any way he may choose to adopt without reward to the wishes of the state. It is ruled that the state eau prescribe the condi- tiong upon which it will permit pubic work to be performed. The policy of such lagisla ton may be challenged. but with this conssaeration the conrts have 10 concern. The responsibility for the effects and tendencies Of such le"fsla- lion lies wholly with the lawrmak'ns mower. Lepis1ativa enactments must
 he "enfnreed hy the courts unlass they are nlainlv and erIpahiy beyond all question in violation of thn fundamen7 tai law of the constitution"
 The drATv at once arisas whether the Iegis1a+1re can rearlate the lenoth of the working dav in private work This issue did not arise in the I<ansas case Jrs+fce Harlan remarkad th"t it is a dnastion of Large iunort 7 but de- clined to consider it. The federal sll- nrema corrt has, however sustained The Tftah law fixing an eiaht-hour day for miners emnloveds underground. -
 Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
GOING FOR YEAST,

54 l l. 5 ! F5 t 2. 4 ' Z sa " : Unlike the Iaost of the regular tasks Of the properly trained, useful child of fifty years ago. ghen the boy. Ralph Waldo, like many of bis class, filled the kitchen woodbox. set the table, and sssoured the steel knives and forks daily going for yeast to 9, brewery had an abiding charm for children, who, but for the weekly errand, might never have entered the locality where the brewery was located. The old stone brewery, high up above deep ravine, actualized my idea of a giants castle. That beyond the yault-like room in the cellar, where big man in a white apron filled ol1f pails with a long handled ladIe from great jars, and
 nopped up the counter and scooped ill our coppers with impressive dignity, dungeons could be found, gave me an early drill in believing in believing The sawdust on the floor, the griny window barred with heavy cohwebs, was fAscinatingly associated with ceT- tain story books had been forbidden to read more. It was the rule to lift youg pail cover and take q sniff Strange that what -snaeiled so good was so disappointing to taste, for taste we did. once at least-satlstisd with the sniff ever after There could be no. loitai1ng on the way home, else the mysterious byways leading off the main thoroughfare had been explored; j; but it. was something to see, through the cracks in the sidewalk, fearfully close to our feet, the madly rushing waters of the raeeways. to hear the hum of machinery, 10 watch for one thrilling moment a gigantic wheel that, came up creaking and dripping from a black abyss to plunge headlong into hlacEness again. I had only to rnake myself believe. as easily could. that it was alive, that suffering wheel to experience the sensation that made up the days enjoyment in a large degree.
 No yeast today was sometimes hung out by. the brewery door. My friend who writes poems of n fair, sort, and who used to carry a yeast pail is saving she would give some thing for that old signboard to hang up in her workshop. at times. Decena- Der Atlantic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
A New kaaaas Grass Fiber.

R. T. Whitesell and Henry Light, farmeRs of Illinois township, Kan, found kind of grass growing along the Ninnescah river which has q very strong fiber, similar in many respects to sisal, says 8 Wellington Ran) dis patch to the Kansas City Star Sam ples of the grass have been sent to the state penitentiary at Lansing for ex- animation to see if 1t could be used to make binding twine. This grass is said to be new along the river bottoms, but grows luxuriantly, and it is believed it could be cultivated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
JAPAN AT THE FAIR

Exhibits From the Nlikado's Realm s Are Already on the Way.
 Japan has started her first shipment of exhibits to St Louis for the worlds fair. This infornation was conveyed to the exposition authorities in a. let ter from K. Sugawa, who has been appointed director of exhibits by the Japanese government
 Mir Sugawa will leave Japan early in January and will, personally receive and direct the placing of exhibits from his country He states that his gov ernment will send 40 young men to as- sist in the installation of exhibits and to remain in charge of them during the term of the exposition. MT Sugawa says that Japan will make q
 more complete display Of that wonder full country's resources and progress than it has ever made at tany previous exposition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
The politicians of Waterbury Of |

The politicians of Waterbury of re- publican persuasion, who have dreamed dreams of the glad division of the spoils on January l, have been shocked to learn that Mayer Elton be 1feves in the selection Of capable and efficient men for public office regardless of their party label. And Mayor El- ton has backbone strong enough to en- able him to live up to his professions. From a distance.rit really looks as if Waterbury was to be favored with good government for the next two yeas. New Britain Herald
 Do you mean we are to have good government because the democrats will be sretained or because the repub- licans will be in control of the ship7
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
 AN ITO OSCULATiON SOCIETY
National 0rEaniEatton That Forbids
 Kissing and GooGoo Eyes.

National Organization That Forbids
 Kissing and GooGoo Eyea.
 A, S. Rutherford, secretary of the National Anti-osculation Society of. America, believes that 1t is more inn portant to enlist the kzsser than the kissee, and so he avows frankly that he would rather bring under his anti osculation banner the men than the women, says a San Trapcisco special,
 Rutherford has attached to his anti kissing pledge the pledge Ito abstain from the use for purposes of attraction, allurement or fascination of all such facial expressions and contortions as are known and designated by the names of cats eyes, sheep's eyes, goo goo eyes, winks, blushes or other de signing alterations of countenance' \
 The. member also binds himself or herself mot to make use of any terms of endearment, such as lovely, sweet ness, birdie, Ifttlest, onliest, uootsy wootsy, etc, to any one, whether 2 member of this organization or not.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
ONE ON THE. SENATOR.
Neat Reply of London Bus Conductc.
 to MT. Perkins of Califbrn1n

Neat Rep1y of London Bus Con ductor
 to MT. Perkins Of califSrn1n. Z Senator George c Perkins of Califor- mia returned recently from three months tour Of Europe, says the Chi. cago Record-Herald The unprecedent- ed rainfall over there interfered eonsid- efably with Mir. Perkins pleasure, but it gave him an opportunity to sample the hunhor of the London bus conduct ors
 One rainy day MT. Perkins boarded a bus and took n seat inside. He began soon to feel the regular patterdng of water drops upon his head The roof of the bus leaked, and the American was suffering from this fact. IThe conductor just then came in to collect the fares and Mir. Perkins said to him
 Whats the matter with this roof Does it do this alwaysg' lt
 No. sir; only when it rains, the conductor answered, smiling
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17

It's several weeks before the Hart ford democrats will come together tt nominate a man for the raayoralty yet the Post, a republican paper, is out with democratic candidate in the person of William O'Neill, good man by the way. But what object can the Post have in thus early bringing his name forward 1t anything Or any body to beat Mayor Sullivan, the pres ent incumbent?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17

If the various boards and bodies of Waterbury keep on raising salaries it must be expected that our tax rate will be higher. Because a man Is 3 good fellow is no good reason why the city should pay him four or five dollars a day for the work some equally good fellow is willing to perform for two or three. If Mayor-elect Elton means business let him try his hand at the salary question, and at least keep it where 1t is, even if there is no pruning done. z
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17

In any summary of the causes Of our success in steel manufacture, great stress must be laid upon the early and multiplied adaptation of electricity as motive power in the thousand and one uses to which it has lent itself so admirably, says an ex- change. Among other. applications that come to mind, there are: the over head travelling electric crane; the cleo trie charging machine that pickssup a box containing a ton of mixture thrusts it into the furnace, empties and withdraws it; the electric convey CT; the electric elevator for loading the blast furnaces; the electric bugsies that receive the heated ingot after it has been lifted from the soaking pits and runs it down to the mill; electric machines for pushing the blooms in at one end of the furnace, and electric tongs for gripping them and pulling them out at the other end These are q few of the uses of electricity, to say nothing of pneumatic and hydraulic power. that, conjointly with similar exhibitions of ingenuity, forethought, and administrative skill iii mine, ship and railroad, have enabled our manu- facturers to sell three pounds of steer for two cents while paying the high est wages in the world to labor and re turning the princeliest of fortunes to capital,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
HEARD IN PASSING

It's to. he Roosevelt, for every req son imaginable. Baltimore American.
 The average New Yorker knows nothing but New York And he does not want to know anything else.-- Chicago Chronicle
 Abdul Haplid has been informed by his doctor that he cannot live more than three years Still, man can crowd a lot Of enjoyable uaassacres Into three year Denver Rep1Dllcan