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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-22

While here visiting at the home of
George w. Scott, William Ambrose
Hayes, of Peoria, passed away shortly
after 9 o'clock yesterday. Deceased
was stricken with paralysis Friday
and he only partially recovered from
its effects. Mr.. Hayes was a resident
of Peoria for many years and is an
uncle of George L. and William e.
Speer, of this city, and also of Rose
mary Scott. He came to the city
about two months ago to visit at the
Scott home, and was taken i'll and
died there. He leaves three sons. Viii
liam p, George II. and Frank Hayes,
all of Peoria, and two daughters.
Catherine Hayes and Mrs. Mary Het-
eel, also of Peoria. The remains were
sent to Peoria for interment today,
and the funeral will be held there
Thursday from St. Mary's cathedral.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-22

The joint meeting of the Davenport
and Rock River Association of Con-
gregational Churches was commenced
yesterday at Clinton. Those present
from this city are S. +. Smith. DIR. A.
c. Moore, Mrs. NJ. T. Brown and Mrs.
+. W. Pierce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-22

Rudolph Stahl, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman StahI, of 1904 Scott street,
passed away at the home of his par
ents at an carly hour yesterday morn
ing. Deceased was 20 years of age
and had been i'll for some time. He is
survived by his parents and one broth
er. Hugo Stahl. The funeral will be
held Wednesday at / O'Clock and the
interment will be at Oakdale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-22

5-as5ls.ss.-zzz5z=sss CHICAGO, BURLINGTON &
tfFyy I5z.f323 ~ Quincy - Depot Second
BtIlltIllilllHlk avenue and Twentieth street.
M J. YOUNG, Agent.
sSIlisttsSE FRANK A. HART,
- Passenger Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-22
RAsT. / WEST.

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, 1903-09-22

sAFTfval. departure tOaily. except Sun
day. Phone West l093 West 1923.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-22

Ray Simpson, a 7-year-old lad, re-
siding at 63s East Tenth street, while
at play last night fell from a tree in
to which he had climbed and sustain
ed a serious fracture of his wrist. He
was picked up by his companions and
the ambulance was summoned and
took the suffering boy to ST. Lul1e's
hospital and DIR. Bowman attended to
his injury.
At the meeting of the delegates
from the different fraternaI organiza-
tions of the city and county, held at
the Woodmen hall Sunday, an organ
cation was perfected which will be
known as the FraternaI Federation
of Scott County. While the lodges of
the city proper compose the larger
part of the organization, the various
societies throughout the county are
expected to fall into line before the
work has been carried far. At the
Sunday meeting officers were elected
and a constitution and bylaws were
decided upon. Following are the Off
GERS: President, Dr. c. T. Lindley;
vice president, Mrs James Hickey;
secretary. John Mcdonald: treasurer.
Robert Clayton. Committees for the
performance of five special duties
were appointed. They are: Fraterni-
ties, lass and order, grievances, by
giene and safeguards of life, and So
cial entertainments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Illuminated Signs.

'One thing I notice Birmingham lacks, ' said visitor, "and that Is the illuminated sign There is one above the Hillman and a liquor sign on street corner, but with these exceptions they are wanting. Noth- ing adds more to the appearance of a town at night than these signs. even if they are solely for advertising purposes A number of these illumlnations give the streets a holiday appearance that is ob- tained in no other way. The electric sign board has become very popular in some of the larger cities believe that nothing Is more effective and the most expensive design will easily pay handsome return to the business man enterprising enough to realize it's advantages. The more elaborate signs are those spelling out the words a letter at time and frequently in vari-colored lights. The eye IS at- tracted involuntarily and such an adyer- tisement is read by many people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER W ALAsAM.
TaIladeqa the Model Small Town.

The Talladega News-Reporter ac- cepts and endorses The Age-Herald's statement concerning Talladega's en- terprise and prosperity. "In Talla- dega," says the Reporter, i've not only tell investors this is a good place to fish, but we show them our strings of fish, Not only this, no bad investments have been made in Talla- dega. All are safe dividend payers They pay, and they pay at home.p
 Alabama does not need any finer object lesson than Talladega presents. "It not only" adds the News Reporter, 'has its own mills, built with its own capital, employing it's own labor and keeping their dividends at home, but it finds them profitable, and this in- duces it to reach out In other direc- tions for safe and profitable industries at home. The fact is, home industries are the most profitable of all indus tries They not only feed labor, but they leave dividends at home."
 This does not leave anything to be said Talladega naG three cotton mills, all it's own, and all doing well, and now it is preparing to establish three factories belonging to other industrial lines. The industrial spirit permeates Talladega, and it knows the value of mills, both in the respect of general prosperity and in the respect of divi- dends dispersed at home. If every Alabama town containing less than 10000 people would send a commission to study the Talladega situation, a great industrial development through out the state would soon follow. What Talladega has done every other county town or trade center could do, and pilgrimages to Talladega should be- come an Alabama fashion. Talladega knows how to build mills on the jn- stallment plan, md that plan is cap able of great extenslC4 in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Fat and Lean Presidents.

Abraham Lincoln was tall, bony, and lean almost to the limit. His tasks were heavy, and he did not grow stout while he was President. But since his day we have not had lean President. The people seemed to have agreed with Caesar when he saia to Marc Anthony: Let me have about me that are fat; Sleek headed men, and such as sleep O
 nights:
 Yond cassius has lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dan
 gerous."
 The recent statement that MT Roosevelts weight had risen to 220 pounds recalls the fact that the long line since the civil v.--. has consisted wu-out a break of fat men. This was particularly true of Mr Garfield and MT. Cleveland, and the rest were not far behind then.
 MT. Rooseyelt's f ends deny that he weighs 22U pounds, Insisting that he weighs but 196 pounds, which is about the proper weight for c man of his height and years. MT. Mckinley was much inclined to stoutness, and so was MT. Arthur. General Grant and MT. Harrison were reasonably fat, as were Andy Johnson and MT. Hayes.
 All American Presidents have been men of moderation both in food and drink, and many of them have re- sorted to exercise in an effort to pre- serve health and strength. Not an other one of them, however, has been a practiser of athletics and strenuous exercise to the extent that MT. Roose- welt carries it tt eyorJ opportunity and probably net oae of his prede- cessors had such physical vigor as MT. Roosevelt enjoys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
A Million SpindIes in Alabama.

A new impulse, it is stated, is be- coming manifest among New England cotton mills. They desire to transfer all manufacture of coarse cotton goods to the south retaining in New Eng land the production of the finer makes. We need not quarrel with the pro- posed division of cotton-miling enter prise. We need not make haste to say that fine goods can be made here as advantageouGly as coarse goods. Let all that be overlooked and let us be content in this decade to spin coarse goods. Even if we could turn out the entire crop into yarn before selling it. the south would fairly hum, so numerous would it's spindles be. But such a plan would be disputed in many countries at present, and we may as well accept the New England proposi- tion. When we make the coarse cot ton goods consumed Tn tnlS country and for export as well, we will have our hands full.
 The New England companies pro- pose, it is stated to establish branch factories m the south in which to weave the coarsec goods, while putting the home mills on fine goods. Very well. The proposed division is satis- tory. Bring in your mills. Alabama needs 250,000 more spindles in order to have a round miiion, and half dozen of transpla-ted New England mills would suit us excellently well. They can be placed right over coal seams, or they can be placed in any one of thirty-fve counties that have no cotton mills.
 This country spins but four-fifths of the home crop, and there is plenty of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04

ons had such a letter. the memory of which survived until comparatively re- cent times in the affected and ignorant Eye" for the" But it. was dropped when Anglo-Saxon was developed into English. It does not seem unreasonable to suppose that it was thus dropped be- cause it was found to be on the whole unprofltable and undesirable. If it had been a really good thing it would have been retained. The law of the survival of the Attest prevails in philology as well as in biology
 Despite the proverbial inclination of newspapers toward brevity and conden- sation, we cannot approve such changes in the language as these which are pro- posed. The saving of space is good thing. Accuracy is better. We should be not gathers, but great losers, if, in remodeling words for the sake of brevi- ty we disguised their derivation and etymology and destroyed their indvid- ual characteristics, and so made the correct use of them less easy and less certain, There is a fable of London firm which saved some thousands of pounds sterling a year in ink just by emitting to dot the Is and cross the t's in correspondence We have not heard of that alleged example being widely copied. Neither do we believe there will be any general approval of a scheme for turning the English language topsy- turvy for the sake of getting a few more words into a newspaper column or upon the page of book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Staue Duels.

A theatre-goer was discussing last nights play. Said he, Nothing is more spectacular on the stage than well fought duel with swords. We are so accustomed to seeing the travesty that usually serves for fencing that when master of the fos appears a thrilling climax is rendered doubly interesting. Most of our noted tragedians become ex- pert fencers in order to give the neees- sary dash and fire to scenes in which they appear. Mansfield Is very good with the foils, but James K, Racket Is gener- ally considered to excel them all. His stage duels are masterpieces of real ism.
 ''Mr Mantell also has reputation as a fencer and the duel at the conclusion of his play, The Light of Other pays is a fitting conclusion to well acted drama The action is quick and thrust and parry have all the fire that char aeterizes real duel. There Is none or that ridiculous clashing of swords with a gingerly air of fearing that something will happen. The end comes all too soon for a breathess audience
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Biz Southern Cities.

Says the Nashville American in re- lation. to soutnt l cities:
 The Atlanta man who told the Brm- ingham News that Atlanta Birmingham, New Orleans and Jacksonville were the coming cities in the south, left out two that have already come-Nashvlle and Memphis. We will admit that Birming- ham and New Orleans are looming" cit ies. The first has many elements of fu- ture greatness, while the latter is already one of the chief cities of the country. but We are satisfied from personal obser- vation that there are no two cities in all Dixie which are growing faster than Nashville and Memphis.
 Nashville ana Atlanta are capitals of state, and both will grow steadily and creditably, and both will become considerable towns, but both have marked limitations. Both are far away fuel, and neither has or will have water communication with the sea the year round. Cheap fuel and water communication make big cities.
 The four Liz towns of the south fifty years hence will be New Orleans, Memphis. Houston and Birmingham. New Orleans is at the mouth of the Mississippi, and the opening of an isth- milan canal will make it great port. Memphis is also on the lower Missis- sipp. in the heart ot'a productive dis trict, and the railroads will do the rest Houston will soon have a deep channel to the sea, and the mighty state of Texas will call for large city, and houston will doubt less step up to fill the bill When the Warrior is opc-c cd to slackwater nayi- gation the year round, and an isthmian canal is dug no one anywhere will en- certain doubts Gs to Birmingham fu- ture. Nature determined that when she placed all the raw materials of the great commercial metal side by size in this district. The worlds mar kets will be ours whel the Warrior is opened. an eyent now close at hand.
 In 1850 each of rhsso four towns will be well up toward the half-million mark, and it is not probable that any other southern town will go that far There Is nothing to base such growth on in either Richmond, Atlanta, Nash ville or Galveston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
A happy View.

Among the most highly esteemed cap tains of industry in the United States Is Alexis w. Thompson, president of the Republic Iron and Steel company whose headquarters are in Chicago. MT. Thomp- son comes to Birmingham periodically to inspect the plants of his company To- cated in this district and he is always welcome visitor. He is at once plucky and conservative and above all cheerful.
 We have had longer period of pros perity this time than usual" said Mir Thompson last night in the lobby of the Hillman, ''and no one is surprised that the time has come for more conservative policies in the industrial world. My ex- perlence dates from 1874. We have had many ups and downs since then and the difference between now and former pe- riods of Hull in business is all in favor of the present. The country has grown rapidly and over-production is not felt now as 1t used to be. It is safe to pre- dict therefore, that any period of stag nation that may overtake us in the near future will be of comparative short du- ration The general business situation is not as unsatisfactory today as some peo- pie imagine On the contrary, it is healthy, and l look for good fall trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
MORE TINKERING WITH
 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 N MOTHER language tinkering pro- NP1V ject is afoot. Labor saving and
 condensation are it's object It will not do to incur the labor of writing two letters when one will suffice, and space must not be wasted by printing two when one will serve the purpose. There fore it is proposed to introduce into the alphabet two new characters. One is to represent the sound of "th" and the other that of "sh"-the latter being now rep resented in some words of various other combinations of two or three letters. Then, to avoid increasing the alphabet to twenty-eight letters the single letters q and are to be dropped. and their work is to be done by the combinations "ew' and "cs,' respectively. The introduction into the language of the very same evil that in the former case is to be eliminat- ed from It seems inconsistent but t is argued that "th" and "sh'' and it's kiu- dred combinations occur more frequently than q and X, so that there will be q net gain in substituting the lesser evil for the greater.
 This proposal aims of course. at max- ing the alphabet more purely phonetic than it now is. Theoretically, that jim may be good one. Practically, it is ur- attainable. and is of doubtful value. If our alphabet were made phonetic there would be no confning it to twenty six letters. It would have to be expanded to several times twenty-sx. That would be intolerably cumbersome. The alternu- tive would be to abolish the majority of our vowel and consonant sounds and go back to a more primitive form of speech, which also would be intolerable. The fact is, a highly developed and cultivated lan- guage cannot have purely phonetic al phabet It must represent several sounds by the same letter or combination of let ters. just as it must use the same word to express different ideas. Those condi. tions are made necessary by the malti- plicity and complexity of sounds and ideas among a highly civilized people Some comparatively primitive alphabets have been more nearly phonetic. than ours, But no civilized language today has, in the strict sense, a phonetic alpha bet or anything like it.
 As for these two proposed phonetic characters, it is to be observed that one of them is merely revival of an old one, which long ago was pretty generally abandoned. The Phoenicians, the Greeks and the Hebrews had each a letter corresponding to our ''th" But the Lat.ns rejected it. Tbe Anglo-Sax-
 Itt.tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04

Lake. who made the autopsy and no effort seems to have been made to gather any further facts in the sad case.
 The Age-Herald does not claim to nave any secrets already told, but it does think that a nasty conclusion in a coroners quest in case wrapped in mystery is not conductive to the de- yelopment of facts and the ends of justice. The very suddenness and eoeksuredness of the verdict has put an end no doubt to all further inyesti- gation, and nothing further will ever be known about the death of a young woman who had led an absolutely blameless life.
 Coroners and their juries are not expected to attain to fatalities. Their investigations are essentially of a pre- 1minary nature. They are not ex- pected to be sure of anything, but Cor. oner Paris and his jury pronounced with all the abandon of a petit jury nnal Judgment at East Lake. They brought in "a verdict of suicide" and the reporter proceeded to state that this knocked in the head all theories of murder" Coroner Paris was, in a word, too summary and too sure. Cor oners are but pointers to the police and the grand jury, and in some states the former have- been abolished. In such states they are considered use less, relicts of an outgrown past Buff falo has no coroners or coroner's juries, as all will remember who can recall the steps taken at the outset in the famous Pennell-Burdick case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Grits.

Grts.
 Tt is amusing to see northern people trying to become accustomed to what we southern people call 'grts,' said gen. tleman from Chicago.
 The dish is unknown to many of them and they regard it with something like suspicion when 1t is put on the table. IL is remarkable how people can vary so much when they all inhabit the same great country with no dividing lines. In certain parts of the Union a difference of only few hundred miles will develop marked characteristics that are to be found no where else. For instance, in the carolinas people have a way of pronounce ing Pa that sounds amusing to unaccus- toned ears. They speak the word with soft very much like the bleat of a lamb. Similarly in Virginia the people have an accent that varies slightly from that fur- ther south, and higher up the difference in language becomes pronounced.
 Tt is another rather remarkable fact that after we once get past the Mississippi river this variation in language is unnoticeable. From the Mississippi 10 the Rockies, in all directions, the traveller cannot distinguish local vernacular, except, of course, in cases where a man has an accent before he left the east. But on the other hand If we travel eight hundred miles in any di- rection through the Atlantic states the ac- cent changes to a marked degree. Several of the states, among them the states l have just mentioned, are distinguished by pro- nunciations found no where else in the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
PET.

By Rudyard Kipling. I do not love my Empires foes, Nor call 'em angels; still, What is the use of 'atin those Dom you are paid to kill? So, barrin' all that foreign lot Which only joined for spite, Myself, I'd just as soon as not Respect the man fight. An there, Pietl-'is trousies to is knees. Is coattails lyin' level in the bullet
 sprinkled breeze; : E does not lose is rifle an e does not
 lose is seat,
 I've known lot O people ride dam
 sight worse than Pietl No more I'll ear is rifle crack Along the block ouse fence The beggar's on the peaceful tack, Regardless of expense. For. countin what e eats an draws. An gifts an loans as well. = Els gettin' alf the Earth. because E didn't give us Ell An there. Piet, with your brand new
 English blow, Your gratis tents an cattle. an your
 most ungrateful frow. You've made the British taxpayer re-
 build your country seat I've known some pet battalions charge
 a dam sight less than Pieti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04

actments is a very near approach to mak- ing the state prop the church. Again. what are we to think Of the anti-spitting ordinance? Why not pass law that any hog caught putting his feet In the trough will be whipped and sent 10 bed without his supper?
 Doesn't every man Know that it is disgusting thing to spit on pavement? Are we barbarians running wild in state of nature or are we civilized, hav- ing schools and society etiquette? As the twig is bent the trees inclined Is true of human twigs. The nursery and the school should be the real legislature The golden rule is worth all the laws ever written"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Coroner Paris Jury.

Instead of stating that the unfor- tunate woman at East Lake came to her death at the hands of persons un- known or from causes unknown, which
 Is really all that could be said, Coroner Paris and his jury did not hesitate at all, but declared at once and on the spot that the case was one of self destruction, The testimony was con tined to the story of Dr. Jones of East
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Concerninq Light.

"We hear much these days about lights that are injurious for the eyes remarked a local oculist. Most people imagine that electric lights are very bad on weak eyes on account of their prll- fancy. This is all nonsense Of course it is better to shade the bulb slightly but even without this advantage It IS perhaps better for night work than any method of illumination we have yet de- vIsed. Gas is unsteady, for one thing and very expensive lamps are necessary to get any satisfactory results Acety- lene is very good, but oil is abominable Personally, I prefer an ordinary mean descent light with christal globe be- cause it is more convenient to move about and gives no trouble.
 Nowadays there is startling ln- crease in the use of glasses. Ten or nt- teen years ago it was rarity to see a young person wearing them, and child thus equipped was looked upon as a prodigy It was customary to purchase a pair when middle age was reached II a person felt that his eyes were tail- ing but many old people went to their graves without ever having worn glasses Everybody wears glasses now Just why weak eyes have become common IS hard to say One explanation Of this condition among people is night work and over-study. In town like Blr- mingham smoke and dust have much to do with the failing sight Slag aust when streets are macadamized with the waste product of furnaces. is also high ly injurious"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04

room for all the capital and energies that the cotton milling industry can command in both sections. There is no room for jealousy or hurtful rivalry. Let Us join hands to freeze the for eign spinner out, retaining here every mill we have, and constructing as many more as we can gather capital to build