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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29
CHANGES AT THE WATCH
TOWER THIS SEASON

Manager Newberg announces that
the policy To be pursued at the Watch
Tower will not differ materially from
that of past seasons, in spite of vari-
Gus rumorS to the contrary. Though
the free amusements have been dis
continued on account of the reduction
in the street car fare to the place,
there will be no admission charged to
the grounds except when there is
sonnet hing out of the ordinary going
on there and then a small admission
will he charged and the fact will be
fully advertised in advance.
The formal opening of the resort
will take place tomorrow with the
beginning of the engagement there of
Levy the noted coruetist, assisted by
Mile. Costello Costa. Ogden's Orches-
ira has been engaged and will assist
the above artists in giving concerts
each afternoon and evening during the
week, beginning tomorrow and end
ing June :, except Thursday evening.
There will be no charge at the gate
during this engagement.
The upper floor of the Inn has been
leased to the Watch Tower Bowling
club, recently Incorporated and this
club will have the main hall also
Thursday. y new box ball alley has
beep constructed and the chutes and
shooting gallery have been repaired
and freshened with paint. Other park
attractions will be provided and the
nagement will endeavor to main
tain it's former standard in handling
the popular resort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29

E6ucaee Your Bowels with Cnacnrees.
Candy CathATtie, cure constipation forever
lpo. aRss EIee=1,C. fail, druggists refund moneF,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29

All the news all the time The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29
rhe wastes OF enc body.

Every seven days the blood, mus
cIes and bones of man of average
size loses two pounds of wornout it's
sue. This waste cannot be replen-
ished and the health and strength
kept up without perfect digestion.
When the stomach and digestive or
gans fail to perform their functions
the strength let's down, health gives
way and disease sets up. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure enables the stomach and
digestive organs to digest and assimi-
late all of the wholesome food that
may be eaten into the kind of blood
that rebuilds the tissues and protects
the health and strength of the mind
and body. Kodol cures indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
1t is an ideal spring tonic.
Sold by Harper house drug store;
A. j. Riess drug store, corner Seventh
avenue and Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given by the board
of local improvements that bids will
be received at the Office of the city
clerk of Rock Island up and until .
o'clock a. m. of the first day of June,
\. ID. 1908. at which date said bids
will be opened for the following work,
to-wit:
The eXcavating, curbing with stone
and paving of Fifteenth Q5th) street
to width of thirty 800 feet between
said curbs with a single course of
brick Except the intersections of said
street with Fourth (4th) and Seventh
Gth avenues, already paveD, said inn
provement to extend from the south
line of Third (3rd) avenue to the
south line of Twelfth (12th) avenue.
The specifications and ordinance
for the said work are now on file in
the Office of the city clerk.
The cost of the same will be paid
in bonds. which bonds will draw in
terest at the rate of 4 per cent.
All proposals or bids must be ac-
companied by check payable to the
order of the president of the board
of local improvements, certified by a
responsible bank, in the sum of TWEEN
ty-seven hundred ($2 roo dollars.
WILLIAM M'CONOCHIE,
President Board of Local Improve
ments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29
warning, warning.

Beware of substitutes offered by
unscrupulous dealers in place of Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney
Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest
dealers for little extra profit win
try to palm off worthless prepara-
tons in place of these valuable medi-
cines that have stood the test of
years, and thus jeopardize the lives of
their victims. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29
InHammatOry Rheumatism Cured In Three
Days.

Morton i. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind,
says: MY wife had infiammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and
joint; her suffering was terrible and
her body and face were swollen al
most beyond recognition; had been in
bed for six weeks and had eight ply
sicians, but received no benefit until
she tried the Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism. 1t gave immediate relief and
she was able to walk about in three
days. / am sure it saved her life"
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second av-
enue, Rock Island; Gustav Schlegel g.
Son, 220 West Second street, Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29

paid out over $500, writes Mrs. S.
p. Jones, Atlanta, for medicine, but
did me good until l used
Rocky Mountain Tea. Made me en-
tireIy well. L. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-29
ExamIng Each Year.

Each commander as soon as pos
sible after March l of each year, will
convene a board of five officers for
the preliminary examination of sol
diers of his command who are legally
qualified for this position of second
lieutenant To determine their eligible
ity for the final examination. Sept /
of each year the war department will
convene a board of five officers be-
fore which those who have success
fully PASSED the departmental boards
will appear for final competitive ex-
animation with view of the selection
of those best qualified for@the appoint
ment to the grade of second lieuten-
ant in the army; the number so Sc
lected shall not exceed the number of
vacancies remaining July 1 after
the graduating class of the United
States military academy has been pro-
vided for.
Each enlisted man who successfully
passes the final competitive examin-
alton will receive from the adiutant
general of the army certificate of
eligibility for appointment to the
grade of second lieutenant and will
be recommended for advancement in
the order of merit as determined by
the final comparative examination.
An enlisted man who has passed de-
partmental board may in the follow
ing year appear for final examination,
not being required to pass a depart
mental board a second time. An APP
plicant who twice fails in his competi-
tive examination cannot again COM
pete for appointment to the grade of
second lieutenant.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Just to Keep Them Quiet.

Yes said the young matron, 81
believe in voice culture for children. 1t
is undeniably true that many little
ones have harsh and disagreeable
voices, and 1 think voice culture would
add much to the pleasures of existence.
Don't you?"
The savage bachelor hesitated mo-
ment before answering.
Possibly" he said, at last, "as sub
stitute for more effective measures
voice culture might be acceptable, but
don't you think it would be better to
cut out their vocal chords%'- Chicago
Post,
The news-herald., 1903-09-26

shaped or prettily colored bottle
make good vases. The top of
large bottle, having small necl
makes a good funnel: Large rounc
bottles make good jelly glasses
Sheet glass may be cut in the same
way when one has no glass cutter
Good Housekeeping.
Mayor Montemayor has set his
foot on saloons and dance halls ir
Jaurez, Mexico. In the future wo-
men are forbidden in winerooms
but this does not restrict them from
visiting saloons with open doors
during the day. The sale of IL
quors is forbidden after 10 O'Clock
at night and beer can be sold until
midnight. In saloons or public
dance halls the serving of lunches
is forbidden after the midnight
hour. This will have a good effect
on many of the Mexicans who fre-
quent those places and know not
when to go home.
Clerk Robinson of the Board OF
Supervisors yesterday turned the
tax roll over to the County Treas
urer. The total taxes of the county
amount to 1925, 1851; $11O,O58 62
is on real estate and 116,797.29
on personal property; of the total
amount $98,O71.95 goes to the Ter
ritory for Territorial purposes and
interest on bonded indebtedness
Courier.
Work is being pushed on the
new industrial school at Benson,
but it will not now be opened until
about November 1st. 1t had been
to open the new Terrific
rial institution on the 1st OF Octo-
Der, but delay in receiving furni-
ture necessary caused the opening
to be postponed for a month. The
school will be put in frst-class con-
dition before it is opened. Whether
or not there is any material at
hand for a beginning in this school
is not known, but it is likely that
when it is known to be ready to
receive and care for the incorrigi-
BILE youth of the Territory appli-
cants will be plentiful. Probate
Judge F. R. O'Brien of Tombstone
has been designated by the regents
of the school as it's superinten-
dent, and it has been expected that
on that account he would resign as
Probate Judge on October 1st. The
The news-herald., 1903-09-26

delay in opening the industrial
school may also delay the resigna-
tion of Probate Judge O'Brien,
much to the disappointment of the
applicants for that position.-In
ternational-
| Coal in the East is going out of
sight, and Patti is getting ready to
ask the effete Fasteners for $4,000
night. They should move to
Phoenix, burn sunshine and stand
in front of saloon ard listen to a
phonograph. Things come easy
out here.-Enterprise.
Sonora people are very much ag
itated over the great number Of
Ohinks that are coming into that
State. The Chinese are getting con-
troll of most of the retail store busi-
ness in the larger towns and min
ing camps and are driving the
Mexican merchants out of business.
The rumor that Chinks were to be
excluded from Mexico was false and
the people are very bitter against.
the landing Of any more of the pig
tails. There is some fear that the
Mexicans will apply mob rule to
the situation and kill off a few of
the almond-eyed foreigners.
J. Wilson, model young man
from Alabama, who recently passed
several bad checks in Phoenix and
who was sentenced by the cruel
Justice of the Peace to ninety days
imprisonment on two counts, is
trying to get pardon out of the
county bastile. Wilson's father is
wealthy Alabaman and is paying
up all of the prodigal's debts in
order to get him q pardon.
Ramon Cordova, a saloonkeeper
at Prescott, shot and killed Cecilio
Hernandez, Sunday night, as a eli
max to a quarrel over a small
debt.
There are a number of papers in
the Territory which are now warm
ing people to keep away from the
recent rich strike reported at King
man. We wonder if Kean St. |
Charles will order q keg of beer
and charge it to each of them.
Portland, Or, was selected as the
place for holding the next meeting
of the American Mining Congress,
which takes place in 1904. J. II.
Richards was elected president and
Irwin Mahon secretary for the en-
suing year.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
He TOOA .A~.t."

Jones-So you've been to Cowdie's
wedding? Who was best man?
Blower-Well, that depends on what
you mean by "best." The best-off
man was the brides father, eos he's
got rid of her; the best fighting man
was her brother, who thrashed little
Cowdie into marrying her; the best
paid man was the parson; the best
treated man was the reporter of the
local paper, who came to describe the
presents and dresses; but the best
looking man was myself.-Ally Sioper.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
A WELL ON FIRE
The Probable Beginning Of New
Religion in Phoenix

Sam Powell's we'll is a-ffre. This
phenomenon is in progress at the
corner of Second avenue and Lin
coin street. No explanation of it
has been offered yet and the neigh
bors are very much exercised. Mr..
Powell is not worried by the cor
fagration. Those who have seen
the fire, or rather the smoke, for
no flames are visible, say that there
is a plain smell of sulphur.
Mr.. Powell says that if the fire
keeps up he will make the we'll the
basis of new religion. He is not
far from the Shaffers' where pc
culiar religion is in full blast. That
religion depends dpon artificial
fires, which are kept burning per-
petually at great deal OF trouble
to the adherents. Mr.. Powell reas-
ons that a natural fire ought to
attract great many more COM
municants than a fire made by
human hands.
If, at the end of the week, the
we'll is still burning Mr.. Powell
will announce his creed and throw
his religion open to the world and
invite conversions.-Republican
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
OH ON the Tr6ubIed wafer.

Ethel-That detestable Mrs. Bloom
said that looked 80.
Maud-How perfectly absurd!
Ethel (elated)-Frankly, now, how
old do you really think l look.
Maud-About 40.-Tit-Bits.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Coming Ont ON Ton.

Hix-I guess your friend Meeka is
coming out on top after all
Dix-How so?
Hix-1 saw him purchase bottle of
hair restorer in drug store the other
day.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Her Eyes.

Elderly Aunt Slightly deaf
Mandy, what did the oculist say allied
your eyes?
Miss 'Mandy-He said it was astig-
matism.
Elderly Aunt-Higbee Chisholm? 1
thought so. Isn't that the name of the
young man who comes here and keeps
you up till II or 12 o'clock every night =?
Chicago Tribune.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
A Man of Good Taste.

Papa" said the boy, when you say
in your advertisements that your
goods are acknowledged by connois-
seurs to be the best, what do you mean
by connoisseurs?
"a connoisseur, my boy" answered
the great manufacturer, sis an emf
nent authority-an authority, in short,
who admits that our goods are the
best. Bits.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
THE GHOST OF CACTUS FLAT
BY NED WHITE

On the map of Arizona
There is mining camp,
little place called Weaver,
Not far from the HaSsayampa,
Where the silence now is broken
By the sound of the Octave mill,
Where Mexicans dig for placer
In the shadow of Rich hill.
In that camp of Weaver,
One cold winters eve,
1 heard this little story,
Which you may not believe,
Told by Mickey Dolan.
AS by the fire we sat,
About desert phantom,
Or the Ghost of Cactus Flat.
He said that, many years ago,
One night he made his camp
BY the shining waters
OF the ripping Hassayampa-
The silvery moon had risen
O'er the eastern mountain crest,
When by the smouldering camp fire
He had laid down to rest.
The willows by the river
We're waving in the breeze
And the laughing water
Sang its sweetest melodies
The calm of peaceful slumber
Over him did creep,
He was fast approaching
The border land of sleep,
When on the midnight stiffness
Suddenly there came
voice from an unknown quarter
That called aloud his name
And before his startled vision
Came an awful sight.
There a skeleton was standing
In the pale moon light.
It's fleshlesS head was moving,
AS though it fain would speak;
One CHASTITY hand was pointing
Toward the Vulture Peak.
The old man gazed with fear
At the specter mute and dumb,
Till. in a husky whisper,
The fearful thing said; "Come!"
1t turned and glided from him,
With majestic ease,
Up a rocky canyon,
Through the shadow of the trees.
With q sudden impulse
He sprang up from the bed,
Determined then to follow
Where his ghostship led.
Deep into gloomy cave -
The walls were damp and cold.
In one corner of the place
He saw heap of gold l.
A pile of yellow nuggets,
AS large as cobblestones,
And, near by, lay the skeleton,
A crumbled mass of bones.
He did not touch the treasure,
But in haste he went away,
Deciding to come back again
By the light of day.
The next that he remembers
The sun shone on the land,
The sparkling waves were dancing
Der the shining sand,
But his midnight visitor
Had left no trace behind.
Though he has sought for many years
That cave he can not find.
When Mickey tells the story
His old eyes softly gleam,
But he won't say twas fancy,
Or Hassayamper's dream.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
-
His MfeapprehensIon. ).

Farmer Honk-I hear tell that that
long-necked young city feller that is
boardin' with you has got pajamas?
Farmer Summertime-It's a burned
lie! He's been at our house nearly two
weeks now, an he amt drunk drop
all the tin1e.-Puck.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Caune and Effect.

Prisoner-Indeed, was not drunk,
sir,
Magistrate-Are you teetotaler?
Prisoner-Well, not exactly tee
totaler, sir; but months sometimes
pass without my tasting drop of
strong drink.
Jailer-That's when he's in prison,
your honor.-AMy Sloper..
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Not Wasted.

Guy-My life is a failure. fill no
useful part whatever in creations plan.
Percy-Oh yes you do; you are con-
stantly showing the world how ridicu-
lous a smart man can be Sometimes
Detroit Free Press.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Unexuected.

Frank Frankleigh-Yes, Miss An
tique, to he frank with you
Miss Antique with a chirp)-Oh, Mr..
Frankleigh, of course you may be
Frank with me-but this is so sudden.
N. Y Weekly.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
The Cause Of HI. Ageo+,o,

Ma-Tommy, you seem to love pa
better than you do me.
Tommy-Oh, ma, don't mean to, but
y see, pa allus has his pockets full O.
nickels.-Indianapo Journal.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
COmmisrcinT Tn.tiroX

dad, will you buy tne watch?"
What for, my boy?"
Cause Freddy Jones Has dog I
want, dad, an he says he'll change it
for watch."-N. Y. World.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Defensive IndoIeuco

Just look at that garden, David;
look at those weeds!"
well, what's the matter with
them? Amt they thrifty ?"-Chicago'
Record.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
Between Dear Friend.

What makes you think his eyesight
is poor?"
You said he had proposed to you,-
didn't you?"-Chicago Post.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26
TERRITORIAL FILINGS
AND GENERAL NEWS NOTES


trict, is being made at the Model
mill. The property has several
hundred feet Of development work,
showing ore bodies from to 8 feet
wide. Very good assay values have
been obtained from the ore.-Pres-
cott Courier.
It is currently reported that the
Rio Del Monte Company is now
preparing for &n active campaign
Of work on its recently patented
claims, situated in this county,
about four miles southwest of the
Harqua Hala mine and about
eight miles from Harrisburg. Con-
siderable machinery has recently
been taken out to the property, and
it is believed that large force Of
men will soon be employed in its
observation-disclosures Sentinel.
DIR. G. w. Tibbits, one Of the best
known experts in the country, has
Just made an examination of the
Noli and Martinez group of mines,
on Bill Williams fork, for Los An
geles people. 1t is reported that
the examination was favorable and
that it is possible the mines will
soon be operated by a force of men.
These mines were the cause of great
excitement in the lower end of the
county when first discovered and
since that time have been visited
by many miners, who made favor
able report on them. = Mvhave
County Miner.
Arrangements are being made
by the Imperial Land Company to
reproduce the Imperial country in
miniature at the St. Louis Worlds
Fair. Three acres of ground will
be used for the purpose of showing
a typical district, with growing
crops being produced by irrigation.
The expense will be great, but it
will be valuable advertisement
for that country, and an interesting
illustration to thousands of visitors
who have no knowledge of prac
tical irrigation. The Imperial Sec
ton is wide awake.-Arizona Sen
tinel.
The largest tree in Oregon was
felled recently to be sent as curl
osity to the Worlds Fair. 1t is the
Aberdeen spruce, and stood nearly
300 feet high, 40 feet around and
118 feet from the ground to the first
limb. It's age is calculated at 44O
years, being a good sized tree when
Columbus discovered the land that
was afterward called America.
There are good reasons to believe
the Old Boot Smelling Company
will erect its smelling plant at Red
Rock. 1t is currently reported that
the company owning this property
has offered Mrs. Gass $4,000 for
her homestead at Red Rock, but
she refused to sell. There is an
abundance of water at Red Rock
for any kind of a plant the COM
pany may elect to build and this
is what it has not got out at the
Old Boot mines. Besides this, it
will be on the line of transcon-
tinental railroad at Red Rock, viz;
the Sunset Route, more generally
known as the Southern Pacific
Arizona Blade.
Fred E. White has made a min
iature duplicate of the cup winner
yacht, constructing it entirely of
cactus wood. The sails are made
out of the fibrous structure of the
prickly pear leaf. 1t is a neat
piece of work.-Florence Tribune.
The Gold Road mine and mill,
Mohave county, Ariz., employ
about 125 men. The plant handles
120 tons of ore in twenty-four
hours by the cyanide process. The
output OF gold bullion monthly is
in the neighbo,hood of $4,000.
The news-herald., 1903-09-26

delay in opening the industrial
school may also delay the resigna-
ton of Probate Judge O'Brien,
much to the disappointment of the
applicants for that position.-In-
ternational-American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-21
MILLER MATTER AGAIN
THE CHARGES FILED ARE SHOWN
HIM.
He Says They Are Made by Irrespon-
sibIe Party and Are Too Absurd to
Consider.

Washington. August 19.-The contro-
versy between the Bookbinders Union
and William A. Miller. assistant fore
man in the government printing office
has broken out afresh. At the close of
the days work Monday Public Printer
Palmer handed to Mr.. Miller a set of
charges which had been prepared by
the union. Miller sent them back to the
public printer yesterday with the state
ment that they were made by irrespon-
sible parties, that they were based on
hearsay and were too absurd to Sc
riously consider.
1t was learned that the charges were
mainly directed against Mr.. Miller's
personal character and related to acts
said to have been committed as far
back as twenty-five years ago.
An official of the government printing
office stated that Miller's status in the
office is not likely to be disturbed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-21
LANGLEY MAKES STATEMENT.
ISNOT DOWNCASI OVER TEST.

1T is possible, rather than probable
that it may be otherwise now, but judg-
ing them from the light of past expe-
rlenceS ii is to be regretted that the
enforced publicity which has been Civ
en to these initial experiments, which
arc essentially experiments and nothing
eise, may lead to quite urfounded ex-
pectationS.
1T is the practice Of all scientific
men, indeed of all prudent men, not to
make public the results of their work
till these are certain. This conSidera-
alton, and not any desire to withhold
from the public matters in which, the
public is interested has dictated the
policy thus far pursued here. The full
ess publicity, consistent with the nation
al interest (sincc these recent expert
nepts have for their object the devel-
opment of machine for war purposes
will be given to this work which il
reaches a stage which warrants publ
ca ton
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-21
MURDERER NOT FOUND
SCORE OF DETECTIVES ARE AT
WORK.
terday. Held-Strange Man Was
Seen in NeighborhOOd With Small
Boy.

Detroit. Mich. August 19.-Although
a score or more of detectives have
spent the entire day searching the De-
troit river front. no clue has yet been
found on which to work in solving the
mysterious murder of AlphonSe
Wilmes. Charles Edwards. Of Ban
gor, Me. the man who was arrested
on suspicion Yesterday. is still held at
police headquarters until his history
for the past two days is more fully
known.
One fact DEVELOPED which may be Of
Importance. The Waltern family.
which lives two blocks from the spot
where the body was found. reported
having seen a man leading a boy.
dressed as the dead lad was. by the
hand along Wight street Monday af-
ternoon. He was seen twice by differ
ent members Of the family. The police
have secured the description of a man
who has been seen in the vicinity OF
the Wilmes home a number Of times
and who is said to have -iven pennies
to the children Of the neighborhood.