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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
CIVIL sERv1oE BILL GOES OVER
Will Come Up In the Senate Next Week
Other Senate DoIngs.

Will Come Up In the Senate Next Week
Other senate DoIngs.
Springfield. Ills, April 15.-The first
order of business in the senate yester-
day was the report of Chairman Riley,
OF the civil service committee, report
ing back to the senate the house civil
service bill with the amendments
adopted by the committee. Riley
moved that the amendments be adopt
ed and that the bill be made a special
order for next Friday morning. There
We're several objections to that date
ana Riley then proposed Thu sday,
which was also objected to. Mckenzie
said that he had very important
amendment to offer, and he asked IMAM
imouS consent to have ii introduced
for the purpose of printing it so that
all the amendments might be In shape
for consideration when the bill CORES
up for secord reading. "'F
The president of the senate held that
only by unanimous consent could the
amendment he offeied now or the pur-
pose of having ii printed. and that it
would be necessary, when the bill
comes up on second reading, for the
author of the amendment to reintro-
duce it, With this understanding the
amendment was offered. 1t is quite
long. the pHrport of it being to place
only the charitable Institutions under
civil service rules. There being so
many objections to making the bill be-
ing made Il special order for this week.
Chairman Riley amended his motion
by making it special order for next
Tuesday, which was carried without
opposition.
The senate then took up cOnsidera
tion of Mueller's bill to exempt the
capital stock of mercantile corporations
from assessment by the state board of
equalization. the pending amendment
being that offered by Stringer to strike
out all of the statutory exemptions.
After consuming an hour or SO in de-
bate Mueller moved that the amend
ment be laid upon the table and upon
this motion he demanded a ioll call.
The amendment was laid on the Ia
bic by vote of % to Is. and then
Dunlap offered an amendment striking
coal companies from the exemptions
in the statute. This amendment was
adopted and the bill then ordered to
third reading. The bill as it now
stands eXempts mercantile corpora
tions from assessment, but it strikes
out the exemption of coal companies
and reinstates them in position to be
taxed on their capital stock.
Among the bills passed by the senate
was Juuls requiring administrators and
executors of estates to register their
holdings under the Torrens land law,
The bill for the protection of fish was
also read third time and passed.
Many appropriation bills We're passed,
among them being the one to appro-
pirate $1,000 for the relief of Mrs. Alt
geld. The senate adjourned to 10 a.
m today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
CHICAGO IS THEME.
OF Most interest to the Illinois
Lawmakers of the Lower
House.
HER TRACTION WANTS DISCUSSED
Lindly's Committee Hears Mayor Har-
rison, John Nj. Harlan and
Others.

Springfield, Ills, April Is. = The
| Chicago traction question largely mo-
nOpolized the attention of the members
| of the house yesterday. The Mueller
municipal ownership bill as passed by
| the senate last week was sent over
| to the house and referred to the COM
mittee on municipal corporations. That
committee in the afternoon and even
ing held public meetings in represent
| atives hall Mt which practically all of
| the members of the house We're pres
ent, and at which the entire question
! of municipal ownership was discussed.
| 1t had been expected that there would
be a lively contest in the house over
| the question of referring the bill un-
| der the rules or advancing it to sec
| ond reading without reference. This
fight, however, did not occur, the
| speaker, without recognizing BETTER,
who had been selected TO make the mo-
| ton for advancement, ordering the
measure referred TO the committee i'll
accordance with the rules of the house.
ChicagOs Delegation Present.
The Chicago municipal ownership
arrived yesterday morning. Among
those in the delegation We're John Nj.
| Harlan, States Attorney Charles 5.
Deneen, Edwin Burritt Smith and
John c. Mathis, special counsel for the
| city, and the members of the local
| transportation committee. 1t was the
decision of the delegation that no hand
would be taken in the matter of the
| procedure in the house relative to the
Mueller. bill, but that this would be left
to the house leaders. An arrangement
was made with Chairman Indy for
| a hearing before the committee OH mu-
nlcipal corporations at p. N.
Speaker Let 1t Lie Unread.
During the forenoon there was cir
culated among the members docu-
ment addressed to Speaker Miller, max
| ing Il specific demand for, a, roll call
on the question of advancing the Muel-
Ter bill without reference, and ON all
subsidiary motions. Forty-one names
were attached, and the paper was then
| laid on Speaker Miller's desk during
| the house proceedings. The speaker
was verbally advised as to the con-
| tents of the paper. but permitted 1t TO
remain on his desk without reading.
| After adjournment dozen or more
members who had signed the demand
| for roll call gathered around Speak
| err Miller and engaged him in good
natured controversy on the reference
of the bill in the face of the written
demand for Il roll call. Speaker Mil
| Ter replied that he had merely fol-
| lowed the rules of the house in refer
ring the bill to the committee, and
made the point that the question on
which the ron call was demanded did
not get before the house. Ts~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
WIN No. Reporr the League. BIZ.

Springfield, Ills. April 15.-The SEN
ate committee on license and miseel-
lany has decided against reporting out
the local option bill proposed by the
Illinois Anti-Saloon League. 1t was
decided to hold the bill until after the
house acts on the same measure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15
vntinr Mnnhinn nam.

Springfield Ills. April Is. - The
voting machine bin, giving political di-
visions of the state the right to, pur-
chase voting machines. has been adj
vanced to second reading in the housN
and made special order for tomor-
row.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

whether 1 believe in muniefpaI owner
ship or not at the present time IS not
of the slightest consequence. am
talking now so far as wisdom guides
my tongue 20 tell you what Chicago
wants -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

There question about Mshod being the best simplest
sand4h
to to
withou
physicians United
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-15

A large number of patients
have deposited the fee in the
Davenport Union Savings
Bank, and thus far every dol
lar so deposited has by the
patients order been turned
over to me within 60 days,
which is the time required to
cure any case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
BY Joel L. Priest.

AN pinch the house. Gs1nblIn' ssorely rampageous
an oRrestFaned. contrary TO the stutoot in such
nifty of Buffalo Eardley. Sport he says If 1 done
my duty there wouldn't be no weddin cakes cut for
wouldn't be no mimi stock eXchange-but that amt
gambln, Sport he says
" 'Dem my skin. Sport he says, this game I'm
setn in is about the swiftest bunch that was ever
handed to me. I'm where / got To make good on
sport. he says but ] got TO play out my hand the
way it's dealt me- Frinstance does your memory
bark back to the good old days of long ago? Does
you remember when things was prosperous when
every wheel was turnin'. when a dealer set behind
every box am the kitty frolicked fat the green?
" All, Lord, he says, in them days the first man
around i'm the Openn' of the month was George lit
tie George after the bail forfeit An the boys give
up cheerful Sport, he says for they knowed things
was all right The whole city got i'm the coin;
raids then. no Dustin down doors 10 find silent
wheels an George was a welcome guest Of the house
1T hurts me worse'u it hurts the boys. Sport. he
says. 1t looks like I've throwed my best friends /
don't know where I'm goin' to get off at either You
I don't know what Els hole card is. 1 amt seen
his entire hand yet an it may be that I'm being
played for led with a shiny paper grip an a
the play goes
Am chief or amt 1 chief Sport? There's what
you may call "a shade OF opposition TO me, but here
set an here IN goln TO set until ~ or the courts
puts the rollers under me. It's been limited that l
square things by ColeCtn few bum grocery
bills for CotreL but scornS TO resort 10 auch play
Besides I'm dem busy COlectin ice bills for Jack
Lynch that amt got time To take up any SIDE lines
But speadn' serious. sport ne says This here
matters a some troub.Ous proposition. The play
come up curious i'm the council but some of the wise
guys says I'm all 20 the good for my job that starts
velvet an that amt got ne earthly chance TO
lose my stack. So the play seems to be runnn along
nice when i'm butts Reiser with his hold-out Now
Reiser amt got no call to hold out on me- but he
done IT, an I've drawed "a dern sight more air than
coin ever since.
drawcd cards too ne says. but / don't know who
sold EN- their stacks To hear the way they're barkn
you'd think they're Tunnin the house instead of ben
just plain boosters for Reiser. They're backn' his
play an backin Cottren am Buffalo Eardley an
hons lI.ItI If4TH
where they're not particular about the kind Of lam
guagc they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
Here Are a Few MaximS
of the StenOgrapher
New York TimesD


We so through life making notes, each one al
most with different system and we won't know
Who has done the best work till the notes tran
scribed.
Sometimes the fastest shorthand writer is the
speeder isn't the that write the most letters
a day
The boss would rather have ten perfect letters
per day than thirty imperfect ones.
a pretty girl. with stylish shirt waist has three
chances of employment to the plain girls one but
the plain girl has six times many chances Of get
ting more money out of her job after time
If your boss lunches at the same place that you
do. of you ought TO change. If you are wise 10
viii be you.
If YOU see a mistake in your boss composition.
tell him about il and then change IT, but don't change
it without telling him. YOuH find he is always right.
but If you find him be i'm error he's apt
get suspicious of you and change over to Miss Hard
Ing.
If you don't give the firm any more time than
YOU have TO. the firm won't give you any more
money than 1T has to.
BE bright and cheerful your work If you
do work that way. but If YOU can't. better get the
reputation Of being melancholy.
When a boss bullyrags you he's trying to see If
you're worth while being nice to. If a boss says
work is bad, and il is. try to better IL; if it
isn't resign.
If you want to get interest in the business
take an interest in tt.
The your boss talks to you when YOU first
take the job the less he'll talk to you after awhile
If the cashier sees you taking home "a pOcketful
OF lead pencils at night you'll find he'll lock the safe
when you're around.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
The ImpIaCabIe PiIcomayo,
Beautiful River of Death

one Of the great mysteries Of the world that is
left TO explorers TO solve is the Of river in
South America and the land through which it runs.
The river is the Picomayo, and the land is the
territory known the ChacO in Paraguay Explorer
after explorer has entered this unknown country and
none has returned. Last year the famous explorer.
Erland Nordenskiold one OF the great Nordenskiold
family Of explorers and uaturastS tried follow
Pucomayo 20 its but, although he penetrated
farther than amy other man ever managed TO so and
return, he did not succeed.
Enemies who could not be seen surrounded him
day and night, and last the mysterious terrors Of
the region forced even him TO return. He has an
nounced that Chaco still waits for the traveller who
can conquer its secrets.
.. SO constant and Interchangeable has been The doom
named the PicomayO the River of Death and they
speak Of the ChacO the Unknown Land.
Geographers know where the Pilcomayo river be-
gins. il is in the high plateau of Bolivia Near Asun
cion, tn Paraguay "a broad and beautiful river emp
Ties into the Paraguay river. 1t is called the Plco-
mayo, and il Is supposed that it is that river. But
man knows for man has followed the great stream
from It's 20 us mouth.
Men have tried to follow the PicomayO i'm canoes
that were hung with hides to serve protection
against the arrows and spears of the fierce Indians
who occupy the Chaco But after days of lighting
they were beaten back and accounted themselves
lucky 90 escape alive Some Of the best Of South
America have lost their lives there, and OF their par
ties not one man escaped TO tell what fate had be-
fallen them.
Fiercest Of the several tribes of Indians who hold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

AT last they're safe now. the youngest assistant
Whispered 20 her fellow teacher the children sat
curousy toward the strange lady with the fascinating
plumes in her bonnet.
Now. children I'm going to tell you nice story
you all like stories I'm sure"
At just that moment little Richard Niletts sneezed
loudly and unexpectedly 90 all. himself Included. with
lhe result that his eyeready suspicion liked upon his
neighbor, Andrew Halloran. the direct cause of
the CONFUSION Andrews well meant effort to detach
from fchard vest the pocket handkerchief securely
fastened thereto by large black safety pin strength
cned the latters conviction of intended assault and
battery and he squirmed out Of the circle and made
a dash for the hall-the first stage in an evident
homeward expenditon.
This broke i'm upon the story, and even when it
excitement quite unexplained by the tale itself.
Yesterday, children. as l came out Of my yard
what do you think ] saW2'
The elaborated concealed surprise in store was so
obvious that Marantha rose to the occasion and sug
gested:
Why no. Why should I elephant in my
yard: 1t wasn't nearly so big as that-it was lit
"A dah!" ventured Eddy Brown. whose eye fell
upon the aquarium in the corner. The raconteuse
smiled patiently.
why. MOI How could fish. live FISH. get in my
front yaTd2"
1T was a little kitten" said the story-teller de-
cidedly. "A little white kitten. She was standing
right near "a big puddle Of water. And what else do
Another kitten" suggested Marantha conserya-
lively.
No; big Newfoundland dog He saw the little
kitten near the water. Now cats don't like the water
do they They don't like a wet place. What DO they
h6c?"
Mice" said Joseph Zukonsky abruptly.
We'll, yes, they do but there were no mice i'm my
yard. I'm sure you know what mean. If they don't
like water, what do they like?"
MIX cried Sarah Fuller, confidently
They like dry place" said Mrs. r. g. NJ. Smith,
Now. what do you suppose fine dog did.
IL may be that successive failures had dsheartened
the listeners; it may be that the very range pre-
scented alike to the dog and them for choice dazzed
their maginations. AT any rate they made no an
Nobody knows what the dog did?" repeated the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
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" Tom come home the other day. an. thinks I.
TOm'll straishten them boys out in "a hurry. TOm'u
take an lay em acrost his knee an ambast EN-
proper thinks j. but Tom amt ayin or lambasttn'
10 speak Of that is. enough SOS 10 notice.
Tom fixed up the Paul deal some plenty but he don
seem TO get no action i'm my case. STILL don't feel
no caI 10 get Tom He's probably too busy
ixin up meenyu for that lunch he's goiu' TO give
the president when ne comes To town.
Well. maybe everythingu work out all right, any
way. Sport. he says. Things amt lookin bad
a they looked q while back. We got Breeder. him
that's attorney general Sport, to plug our game a
little. Breeders started quo warrantO, which amt
a new kind of drink that ought to fix EN- proper.
ON the of the cards, before the draw Breeders
holdn' some strong, but he'll discard enough at the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

kkD ROPPED over to the police station the other
day" said the Old Sport Johnny care
~ fully sprinked some cold water the mint
by way of freshening IT,, Ito pay my respecks to
our new chief. He's readn' the mornin' paper an
frovnn' awful I slips up behind TO what
agitates him am what do You reckon I finds,
john
Dead easy" answered Johnny, he showed the
cracked bottle down into the ice nest he had care
fully prepared for IT, Georges readn the spOrtin
page an wondern' whether it, Sian on the
wrist a rush of wind from the mouth that puts
this here young AtteIL"
Wrong. John wrong was the reply. You
couldn't call the turn if your eyes was QUILTED
with E-Eays Georges readia' the sossiety column.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

And what do the rest Of you think? hope you
not cruel that little boy jealous desire
To share Philips prompted the quick response
I'd pull 1T, too,'
Miss Hunt obliyious to the story, which finished
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

story teller encouTagingy. What would you do if
you a little white kitten like that?
Again "a silence. Then Philip remarked gloomily
I'D pull it's tail'
Even this might have been passed over had not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
All in Use.

1t was little colored town in the far south
Why are ali the barber shops cOsed?' asked the
puzzled stranger. "is Ii holiday?"
kind OF a holiday replied an old darky. "Dey'5
monstrous eakewalk going on in de town hall, all
de razOhs are In use"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

somehow, the dog having done little and the kitten
If anything, less She was lost in miserable Won
der what was the matter with them? Alas! she could
not know that the root of all he evil planned i'm
the breast Of Philip the demOn-ridden. His slight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

the youngest assistant who had not yet lost her sense
of humor, gggled convUlsively This though unnO-
tced by the visitor plainly observed by fully half
the children. with the result that when Mrs r. B. NJ
Smith inquired pathetiCally:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

proper time to give as the pot. Anyway. that's my
notion. Sport ne says
Then I ducked. / amt got no hard feelns agin
George john If he has put plug in the wheels
Of progress. He's got 10 play out his own game an
in the end itH be George an his old friends that
docs rh- 'ashiU' il.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

It's piece about euchre party that jars him. tt
says that Mr. and Mrs. William Henry dickinson
enerains their friends at euchre last eveniu' an
the prizes was win by Robert Montague Brown an
Ethelyna Fearl TommyroL George looks up an sees
me, an "a glad smile chases away his frOwn.
sport he says, I'd orter go right out there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

ChacO against exploration the Tobias and Cho-
Indians. They utterly uncYiized, subsisJ-
ing entirely game fish, wild honey and roots Their
few garments and shelters made from iaguar
skins They rub pieces of wood together TO make fire.
Most of them gOrstOusly painted and tattOoed
and they ornament licensees stl further with
feathers and flowers
They DO not know anything about metal working
and do not lnts for their weapons. but make
them entirely out of hard wood, even their arrows
being made simply out OF pointed wood.
They bore holes through their lips and ears and
thrust pieces of polished wood through them. They
are spendidly formed Immensely strong and agile.
but hideOus i'm cOUteuanCe. and they viii not have
anything to do with strangers but seek kill them
as soon as they find them They fight hercely among
themselves also and it is believed that they are can
nieals, at least part of them
The forests of Chaco are immense and so thick
that il is necessary to cut way through them inch
by inch But The short that they give no
shade. So The explorer i'm the mysterious land finds
himself lost in mpenetube prmeyal forests through
which he cannot see, yet ON his head the hot sun
beats as If he were In a treeless desert.
Excepting along the course OF the rivers, there is
no drop Of water anywhere Nearly every bush and
every plant has long thOrns many them with barbs
and they hold men fast if they were traps
This Is the country that has lured explorer after
explorer i'm the last twenty years without letting
return. II appears probable hat it viii continue to
defy the world FOR many years TO come.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

est effort blessed with beyond his hopes.
He had but 10 raise his finger and his mates rallied
an unconsciously his support Nor did he require
him, and his conception materaliZed almost before
he had grasped t himself. The very children Of light
We're made TO minister unto him, as in the case Of
his next achievement
With feeling of absolute safety the teacher called
upon Eddy Brown to lead the waiting circle in
game. Eddy of the standbys of the kinder
Earten. He little old for it but being i'm
capable OF promotion. owing 10 his inability 20 grasp
the rudmens of primary work. he continued 10 adorn
his present sphere IL would almost that FrOebe
had Eddy Brown i'm mind in celebrating his educa-
tona schemes. for his development according 60 kim
deTgarteu standards. absolutely normal TO
verge the extraordinary. He was never eunuye,
never cross dsobedient He never anticipated;
he never what you meant before YOU said it. be
never upset the system by inventng anything what
soever-tne vice of the too actve-mnded, He was
perennialy surprised at the climaXes of the stories
passonately interested i'm the games; and clay balls
and braided straw represented his widest dlssipa-
tions He in his chair tin he was told 90 RISE
and remained standing tin he was urged 90 take his
seat
His voice. if somewhat off the key. was always
prominent IN song; his feet, if not always ln time
were always I'm evidence when ii was "A question or
marching.
Today he took the middle Of the ring and beamcd
cheerfully on them all they swayed back and
forth and sang TO him.
tr
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
Now. Eddy. If you'll teach us
a new game 90 play.
Wen watch you and try to
DO just as you say.

There was slight poetic eXagsegauon no the idea
OF Eddy Browns being able to teach anybody any
thing new but this felt by one but the yong
est assistant. who recalling ms regular programme
upon such occasions. smiled somewhat sardonicaly.
As she had expected, Eddy inclined TO play Trip
ping lightly as we 60" His conception or the process
implied i'm the song was a laboriOus jumping nap ON
one toe and down the other This exercise De
would keep up tin the crack of doom III undlNerted
from it, When induced TO stop he signaled TO joseph
ZIfoslv 10 take his place. Joseph being tuuefuly
iTnplored to produce something new I'm the way OF
game declared for Did you ever see iaddle. and
the ring started IN blithey.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

Did Won ever see a laddie. a laddie. a laddie,
Did you ever see laddie 90 this way or that