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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31
The Biggest Yet.
Turner

The Orma masquerade, Turner
Grand opera house. Davenport, Satur-
day evening, Jan. 81. $40 in prizes
Tickets so cents a couple; extra lady,
% cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31
Milwaukee Tips.

e. Il. Morrison. superintendent OF
the Racine division Of the Milwaukee
road. was in the city yesterday look
ing after affairs here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31

Mrs. Charles Nollertsen enter
tanned the $3.50 Seven Card
club at her home. 1889 Fiji
teenth street. last evening. The
lady's first prize was won by Mrs. Ed
Olson, while Mr.. Richman captured
the gentlemen's head prize. Mr.. Sala
and Mrs. hickman winning the conso-
lation prizes. Progressive cinch was
the game of the evening. Light re-
freshmentS were served and Il pleas
ant evening was spent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31

The second in series of dancing
parties is to be given by Retail Clerks
union. No. 81, at Industrial Home
hall Monday evening, Feb. o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31
SOCIAL DOINGS.

At Il general meeting of high school
clubs at the close of school yesterday
afternoon very interesting program
was carried out. 1t consisted of a
paper on current history, by Miss
Anna Ferry; piano solo, by Miss
Evangeline Casteel; explanation of
wireless telegraphy. by Walter KIock-
au; recitation. Miss Irene Don;
French song, Miss Harriet Chopper;
address on the art of debating, by
Oscar Frazer, and paper prepared
by Il selected staff and read by Miss
Mae Lidders. Guy Munger was pre-
siding officer and at the business
meeting Miss Elsa Simon was elected
secretary of the organization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31
Briefs of the Burlington.

A. G. DalIach. secretary to the traf-
fic manager of the Burlington road,
spent today in the tri-cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-31

The l.. +. c. club. composed of higl
school girls, last evening gave a fare
well party at the home of Miss Faitl
Channon. 917 Fourth avenue. in homo,
of Miss Helen Wright. member of TN,
club. who is about to leave to max,
her home in Cincinnati. Miss Wrigh
was presented by the club with a to
ken of esteem in the form of clock
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) says:
whose inhabitants are not civilized
and to whom missionaries should be
sent rather than to Asia or Africa. A
civilized community, no matter how
greatly it may detest a criminal, does
not doom him to a slow and torturing
death and eXult over his agony"
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
"All of the gentlemen connected with
the postal scandals seem to be more
or less connected with Mr.. Hanna's
method of machine campaigning. At
any rate, Mr.. Hanna is largely re-
sponsible for them. as he was pretty
much the whole thing when they got
their appointments. Still, if that ma
chine gets badly smashed, it is going
to leave the young Presidents chances
badly mangled-tftat is, if the Demo-
Gratis do not turn and perform the
foolish evolutions of which they are
usually guilty on the heels of a ma
tional campaign and mangle their man
worse"
The Baltimore sun Dem.) says
Mrs. Russell Sage is quoted in a New
York newspaper as saying that the
violent manner in which the Delaware
brute met his death was survival or
slavery Mrs. Sage is an intelligent
woman and ought to know that the
crime for which the lustful black died
was unknown I'm the South in the days
of slavery, and that lynch law was
not directed at negroes until freedom
was bestowed on them and the worst
element among them gave the free rein
10 their criminal instincts"
The New York Journal Of Commerce
0nd) says. THE Iowa idea caused
trouble a year ago, inducing the Speak
er Of the House Of Representatives TO
refuse Ia be "A candidate for election.
Gov. cunmins does not give u up and
Senator Dolllvcr Is said % be quite In
fymphthy with him. while Senator Al
liHon has his doubss. The Idea Is
yolag az n Republican conception. ana
u needs more careful nurses than a
distant Western fratt s"eres. The
administration ~ quite concerned RbOut
a. aud whether Il is 10 be- pat 10 sleep
~ merely soofhed into iun0euous QUE
ofu1e depends upon me kind ~ dose
cent ouf from Washington ang fhf feni-
pef iu which fhe convention 1911 take
DR. 1ne fffulf 1901 b. awaited With
Interest ~ nof sDilelfudf fpf where fhe
80 NJ fafin fff1rW if raised theff is
liabio ~ Nv fEsltsfpeuf Al fAs sal-
ierief.|
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27

PERSONAL.

j A. Chs flee, famous as the origi-
nal of Bret Harte's pathetic story,
"Tennessee's Pardner," has been
placed in a sanitarium at Oakland,
Cal Chaffee has lived since 1849 in
small Tuolumne county mining
camp with his partner, Chamberlain.
In the early days he saved Chamber
lain from the vigilance Committee by
a plea to Judge Lynch when the vigil
lanteS had a rope around the victim s
throat. 1t was the only case on rec,
ord in the county where the vigilantes
gave way in such a case. Chamberlain
was accused of stealing the miners
gold, but Chaffee cleared him, as ev-
eryone believed Chaffee. The two men
than settled down to live where they
have remained ever since, washing
enough placer gold to maintain them.
Both are over 80.
Tony Aste, the king of the New
York bootblacks, attended the Rancho
del Paso sale of yearltngs at Sleeps
head Bay recently and secured the
star of the sale. A black colt by Wa
tercress-Inquisitive was knocked down
to him for $7,100 after spirited bidding,
in which some men of money took
part. When Tony landed the prize
the auctioneer said: Mr.. Aste, l hope
you have another Nasturtium in this
horse" II will be remembered that
Aste sold this horse for $50, 900. Aste
is the Napoleon of the shining profess
sion. He formerly manipulated a
brush in the Equitable building and
now owns an extensive string of par
lors' all over the city. He has over 800
men in his employ, all Italians. He has
been in this country only fourteen
years, but in that time has distanced
ninety-nine and nine-tenths of the ma
tives in the race for wealth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
CONFIDENCE IN ALLISON.

The Republican State Convention of
Iowa will meet next Wednesday,, but
1t is now understood that the advocates
of what is called the Iowa Idea" will
not undertake to dominate the conven-
ton and make the platform in accor-
dance with their views. Senator ALI
son has been selected to frame the plat
form because both factions have conf
dence in his ability to keep in the mid
die of the road, that is, to state the
tariff situation SO as to please both fac
tons.
1t seems to be understood that he
will fix the platform so that it will ap-
pear that a reduction of the tariff is
necessary, but that it wouldn't be ad-
visable to undertake to reduce it on
the eve of a presidential election.
Senator Allison has a well earned rep
utation for making declarations to
which no exception can be taken by
either party to a controversy. 1t is
pretty certain that the declaration he
will put into the platform in respect
to the tariff will be acceptable to both
factions A few weeks ago the Cum
minis faction was insisting upon a
declaration to the effect that tariff
schedules which shelter trusts should
be reduced at once. OF course, that
faction still believes that the Repub-
Leans of Iowa should take that posi-
ton, but they have been whipped into
line-that is, they have been told that
the welfare Of the party demands that
no question should be brought to the
front at this time that would tend to
divide the party.
The truth is that the protectionists
do not intend there shall be "A reduc-
ton in any Of the tariff schedules. and
they are going TO put off any attempt
10 change the tariff as long as they
can. II nothing is done IN the direc-
ton Of tariff reduction until after the
presidential election there will be some
excuse then II the Republicans are
successful. for a still further delay IN
taking ~ the tariff question. The only
way the people viii ever get the tariff
thoroughly oyerhauled and substantial
reductions made 90 ~ schedules IL %
give the Democratic party control of
tbe government
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27

A story that is being sent out by
Washington correspondents is that
when the President had made up the
list Of those whom he intended to make
members of the Coal Strike Commits
sion the name of Mr.. Cleveland was at
the head of it. The President thought
that Mr.. Cleve1and's name would add
weight to the commission, and would
be acceptable to all parties, particu-
larly to the public, on account of the
! high esteem in which he was held.
| While the names on the list were UNI
der consideration. one of the Presidents
advisers said that it might be a mis-
| take, politically, to appoint Mr.. Cleve-
land. Asked what he meant he said
that Mr.. Cleveland was a presidential
possibility, and that if he were put at
the head of the commission he would
be brought into great prominence, and
might be nominated by his party for
President in 1904. The President said
he thought that his adviser was mis-
taken, and turning to Mr.. Root, the
Secretary of War, he asked what that
official thought about the matter. Mr.
Root said he agreed with the gentle
man who thought the appointment of
Mr.. Cleveland would be a political
mistake. The President took up pen
and crossed out Mr.. Cleveland's name
That is the story that is being told
The correspondent of the New York
Evening Post says that it has a basis
of truth, and that is all. 1t seems that
Mr.. Cleveland's name did head the list
of those the President intended to ap-
point on the commission, and not that
of Judge Gray. The President was
firm in the belief that Mr.. Cleveland
would be of great assistance in set
ting the coal strike, and insisted upon
having him on the commission. But
both the operators and the miners in
sisted, when they were called into con-
sultation in respect to the plan that
should be followed in choosing the
members of the commission, that the
| commissioners should be taken from
certain specified classes or callings-
that there should be on the commission
an army or navy engineer, a sociolo-
gist, United States judge, etc.
This changed the Presidents plan
somewhat, but he still insisted upon
| having Mr.. Cleveland on the commits
sion. He proposed that he be put on as
the representative of the army or navy.
The coal operators, however, objected
| so strongly to Mr.. Cleveland that the
President had to forego the satisfaction
of appointing him.
1t is probable that there is founda-
| ton to this story. Mr.. Cleveland is a
member of the Civic Federation of
Labor, and doubtless he would have
undertaken with genuine pleasure to
assist in settling the trouble that pre-
vailed at that time in the anthracite
| coal region.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27

The laugh at the lack of logic in
and will doubtless be heard for yet
an con or two, says the Youths Com
pion. But what often seems her weak
ness in argument is really her strength
in contriVance or in imagination. She
refuses to crawl along the beaten path
of syllogism when she may fly over
the fences and arrive at a mountain
top while a man is getting his breath.
Still, it must be acknowledged that
sweet woman is sometimes uncon-
sciously humorous when she is face to
face with militant argument.
Said Augustus to his young wife:
MY dear, do you know that if there
were but one potato left in the world
it would be of more Importance to pre-
serve that potato than to save the
cities of New York and London from
destruction by fire?"
why, Augustus, what do you mean
1 never heard such nonsense!"
mo, Amelia, that is the simple
truth. The loss of a great city could
be met and forgotten in a lifetime; but
the potato is essential to the well be-
ing of a large number of the human
race. If the last one were gone the
race would suffer for generations.
NOW, Augustus, thlnk what we
should lose if New York were burnt
up to-day! But, of course, if that po-
tato were lost people would skirmish
round and find another potato some
where!"
So great is the ingenuity of the
modern woman that one is inclined to
believe that Amelia was right, and
that omebody-presumab a woman
would "skirmish round" and make good
the irreparable loss-find a potato when
there was none to be found
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
Rrnvery I'm Battle.

In the latest number of ''V. c." Gen.
Ben Viljoen describes THE Bravest
Deed l Ever Saw 1t was that Of
Commandant Cert Gravett, who res
cued two of his comrades under a
fierce fire of British shells and bullets.
But the "maddest act of courage" was
that of a British colonel. Thus the
general conVerses with the interview
er:
1--WE were lying behind powders
high up on one side of a kopje, and
the khakis were coming up on the
other. We saw their hats appear over
the crest before they had any view
even of the top of the hill, far less
of us. Then came their faces, then
their breasts, and we fred. The first
rank went down like a swath of grass.
But others pressed forward, the colonel
leading. We fired again, the colonel
reeled and fell forward, shot through
the leg. But almost instantly he was
up again, the wounded leg hanging
horribly limp and trailing upon the
ground; he leaned upon rifle, using
it as a crutch, and so forced himself
forward in jerks, calling hoarsely to
his men, reckoning them angrily on
with his arm, and thus limping calmly
to the very muzzles of our Mausers.
1t was splendid, and when he fell for
the last time-well we were sorry"
What was his name?" 1 asked.
col. Lloyd of the West Riding Regi-
ment. Months after we laid a wreath
of flowers on his grave. and the card
bore the inscription: In honor of a
brave enemy 1t was an act difficult
to forget
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
All Lost Their Names.

In the story of an old clipper ship,
in the New York Post, occurs this cpl
sode:
Then the ''old man" had the crew
mustered that he might look 'em over.
They came a lot of little brown skin
ned gentlemen of Porto Rico, taken
aboard since the ship had reached
| Southern waters The great Manifested,
derrick-shouldered man sized them UP
while they trembled in their pointed
button boots. He made them a little
| speech which they didn't understand.
| but they saw he was a very great man
and one to be obeyed swiftly. After
his ancient custom he began to divide
the ships company into watches, and
| boat crews.
whats your name?"
Jesus Antonio Maria Silva de
| Torres, senior"
Whats vours?''
Jose Juan Fernandez Y Hondras,
| excellency."
"And yours ?"
"Alonzo Maria de la Conception
Marcelina Dominzuez Y Estrada
Whats the good of you with names
like that?" roared the captain. his hard
little eyes kindling with wrath.
Inc 1aShlon or naming children
among the Spanish was explained to
him.
500. They tack the names of their
grandmothers and their great uncle's
second cousins names onto their own.
do they? Well they won't have that
| heather custom on any ship of mine. -
He turned to Alonzo Maria. de la
Conception, etc. Your names O'Con-
nell He was king once, but never
mind that; it's too good a name for the
likes of you, but it's your name now.
and you don't want to forget it, or
| you'll hear from me-"
Isl, Senor." softly and in terror.
Your names Mccarthy, and yours
is O'Brien," turning to the others. land
while I'm about it I might as well fix
up the lot of We. I'll write down the
names and give them to ye Here's
Donovan and Mulcahey, and Rooney.
and O'Toole, and Ryan, and O'Hara.
Ye go to mass like Christians and
Christian names We shall have"
AN dye know" said the captain
ashore, the following day, when the
hands was called for boat drill this
morning every wan of them bla' guards
had lost his name. It's heart breakin'. !"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
BRIGHT BITS,

II see by the papers that Beaumont
oil spectators have gone under after
selling a lot of worthless stock to Vir-
ginia preachers" Him! That's one
way of going into the ministry
Baltimore News.
Mrs. Upjohn-"What beautiful
floors! How do you keep them so
nicely polished?" Mrs. Gaswell (giv-
ing her the icy glare)-"I don't l
leave that to the housemaid. Chi
cago Tribune.
Mr.. Tucker-"What is it, Tommy
Toothache? Well. Wen go to the dem
lists tomorrow. Even at your age
boy ought to begin to save his teeth"
Tommy-'If 1 save up enough do 1 git
somethin' for 'em, paw?'-Chicago
Tribune.
Cousin Clara: Uncle Jim is abso-
lutely prodigal in his generosity, but
at first we thought he was dreadfully
mean; you know he refused to give a
single cent for the children's firecTack-
ers?
Miss Gallery: But how was he gem
erouS?
Cousin Clara: He paid for all the
sticking plaster and bandages.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
Education in oIlahoma.

Kansas City historians and states
men are growing jealous, says the Dali
las News. over the erudition of an OK
lahoma orator, who, in one brief ad-
dress on the no-fence law, employed
references to ancient history as Iol-
lows:
LAS Aeschylus teaches US
TN Cleanthus Well-knoWn hymn 10
Zeus-'
LAS Xenophon less positively
states"
"As Aristotle often declares
LAS Plutarch, that grand priest OF
Apollo at Delphi, stoutly maintains
cicero further says
Socrates points out"
'Lucretius, too, often uses
When it comes to using classics as a
means of getting rid of the fieas, some
of our Texas graduates might write
with profit to this powerful man OF
Oklahoma
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27

California IS 10 send 10 Congress a
petition for the passage Of a law eE-
GLIDING japanese immigrants from the
country. on the ground Of preventing
the competition Of cheap labor with
home labor. But unlike the Chinese
the japanese labor Dr. not cheap. Hhe
Jap Is not q cheap man. De BE- -
good worker ana wants good money
for bis services. u b. said that iD san
Francisco the JapaDese demand aud
receive higher wages thau white Iser-
sons for simliar work They are in-
teihseut and faithful workers, they
isarn che Language aud become inter-
ested in American hleUtuu0ns ghey
efe preferable 20 much ~ fbe lmmi-
Fratlon from s9pmefn EuIope nhlcb
since ie Nay iptQ tnf county tlFos8b
AeH ferk ane Fhilaaaplse.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
IADEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Dissolution of Co
partnership Randolph Arson & Sons;
Dividend No. 65, Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia; Ship Notice, Strachan
& Co., Agents; That $3.50 Auto, James
]. Joyce; At Gardeners; The Warsaw
Ice and Light Company.
Business Enthusiastically G. w.
Thomas: Pumpkin Pies, A. NJ. & c.
w. West.
Amusements-It's All the Talk, Hotel
Tybee.
The Rhyme and the Reason-Savan-
nah Investment Company.
Success Baking OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Manufacturing Company.
Pianos-Phinips & Crew Company.
Savannah Parlors.
Schools and Colleges-The Bingham
School, Asheville, N. c.; Atlanta Col
lege of Pharmacy.
To Be Comfortable-The Metropoli-
tan Company.
Take Kalola-The Kalola Company.
You Cannot Buy an Impure Drug of
Us-Rowlinski.
Hotels and Summer Resorts-Grand
Atlantic Hotel, Atlantic City, N. j.
Things You Now Need-Wm. & H.
H. baltimore.
New Maple Sugar-The Delmonico
Company.
Busch Brewing Com
pany.
Silverware-The Gorham Company.
Foods-Grape-N Nuts.
Medical-Cascarets; Syrup of Figs;
Pinkham's Remedy.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
A Chicago Diagnosis of Kentucky
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Kentucky's hills are full of rills
And all the rills are lined with stills.
And all the stills are fun of igills,
And all the gills are full Of thrills
And all the thrills are full of kills.
You see the feudists dot the hills
And camp along the little rills,
Convenient TO the busy stills
And thirsting for the trimming gills.
And when the juice his system nils
Each feudist wh0ops around and kills.
Now. n they'd only stop the stills
They'E cure kentuckv's many ills
Men would be spared 20 chnlb the hills
And operate the busy stills.
However. this would mean more eiils
And that u course, would mean more
thrills.
Resulting in ne same oid kills
- ail fhe bills end riils and stills
And all lha gilir and fhHiliH and kilis
Are splendid faf enc C0fan miiis
Ana mskg mqfs unofFiakerF bills
w. y. krEnit.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
JERSEYMEN DON'T COMPLAIN OF
TRUSTS

The people of New Jersey have
nothing to say against trusts. And
the reason is apparent. New Jersey is
the paradise of trusts. About 1867 cor
porations have taken out charters I'M
der New Jersey laws. Many of them
no doubt would be classed as trusts.
And these corporations pay an enor-
nous revenue into the state treasury.
They not only pay a tax when they
take out the charter, but they pay an
annual tax. Hence the people have
no direct state taxes to pay. More
than a year ago the state announced
it would not levy any more taxes, at
least for the present. 1t had all the
money it wanted-in fact, more than
it could use without exposing itself
to the charge of extravaganza.
At the close of the year 1902 the
taxes paid by corporations having New
Jersey charters was $2,S7S,O75 a year. 1t
is stated that the amount this year will
exceed $S0O0,000 Under the circum-
stances it is safe to say that there will
be no legislation in New Jersey that
will disturb corporations. And that
is what pleases the trusts. They like
New Jersey for the reason that they
do not have to be on the lookout all
the time for legislation that would
either mean their ruin or that would
cause them vast amount of trouble
and expense.
With no state tax to pay the aver
age citizen of New Jersey is content to
say very little about the iniquities of
trusts. Probably they don't inquire
much about them, and hence don't
know whether there is much truth in
the statements made as to the burdens
which they impose upon the people.
Still, it is worthy of notice that
the courts deal strictly with corpora
tions which come before them for an
adjustment of their affairs or for acts
alleged to be contrary to the laws. But
as long as the state gets big revenue
from corporations there will be no
measures passed by the Legislature
hostile to corporation interests.