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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

rOday's Quotations on PrOvisiOns. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, Oct. 6.-Following are the
quotations on the local market:
Provisions.
Butter-Creamery 21cQ22c, dairy17c.
Eggs-Fresh zoe.
Live poultry-Spring chickens lOc per
pound hens SC per pound.
Vegetables-Potatoes, new, SOC.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers S4.00 to $3.50, cows and
heifers ZOO to $3.50. calves $500 to $500
Hogs-Mixed and butchers IS 90 to % co.
Sheep-Yearlingso or over, per cwt. O.. so to
o. 90, Lam bs per head e4.o0 to $500
Feed and Fuel
Grain-Corn 5O055c; oats. S5c
Forage-Timothy hay, 90 to $500, prairie
"a, baled prairie "a, baled timothy 80, straw
$500.
Woodland, per load $500
Coal-Lump, per bushel I3cGl4c. mine run
t3c per bushel, slack. per bushel &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06
IMPORTANT DEAL
Peoples National Bank to Pur.
chase Building Which 1t
Occupies:
THE CONSIDERATION IS $4,000
Forty Foot Frontage on Second
AVenue-ImprOVem to
be Made.

Negotiations have been practically
completed which will result in the ac-
quirement by the Peoples National
bank of the building at Second avenue
and Eighteenth street which has for
some years been the location of the
bank. The property, which is a brick
building with a frontage of 40 feet
on Second avenue and with a depth
of 100 feet, and three stories in
height, is occupied by the Peoples
bank on the corner and the NJ. &, K.
clothing establishment on Second ay-
enue as we'll as on Eighteenth street,
and is part of the Porter Skinner es-
tate. The purchase by {. Hellpensten
means rne further transfer of the
building to the bank, the amount in
volved in the entire transaction being
in the neighbOrhood of $4,000.
To Make Extensive Improvements.
The property is among the most
valuable in the business district and
it is the purpose of the bank to make
extensive improvements in the prop
erty in the near future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06
Doctor Wray Makes No Misleading or Unbusiness.
like PROPOSITIONS.

The Doctor Wrays professional
in which he deals with his patients
etho
Of yif
to
pat
place. those come are guaranteed
account the thorough seephe of
found
Besides,
study Chronic Diseases during which
eticns. 80
He
is by
best banks business houses and commercial -.
FRANK H. WRAY. M. D.
No. Ill East Third Street, Davenport, lows
Over John Has ebOeGk Harness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06

cATARRH OF HEAD AND THROAT
do you spit up slime?"
do you blow out scabs?
rs the nose stopped up?"
Does your nose discharge
Does your nose bleed easily?
SIS tie nose sore and tender?
do ycE sneeEe great deal ~
Does the nose itch and burn -
rs there pain across the eyes"
"Is there pain IN back of head?'
as your sense Of smell leaving?"
"Is there dropping in the throat"
us the throat dry in the morning
"Are you losing your sense of tasteE'
do you sleep with the mouth openF'
cATARRA OF BRONCHIAL TUBES
Have you a cough ~
Are you losing fiesh?'
Have you a pain in side?"
do you take cold easily?''
rs your appetite variable?''
Are you low spirited at times p?
do you raise frothy material?"
do you spit up yellow matter?"
Have you a disgust for fatty
rs there tickling behind the pal
ate?'
Have you pain behind breastbone?"
DO you feel you are growing weak
DO you have to sit up at night to
get breath?'
DEAFNESS
rs your hearing failing?"
"Do your ears discharRe?"
Are the ears dry aud scalY?'
DO the ears itch and burn?'
is there a throbbing in the ears?"
''Have you pain behind the ears?"
is your hearing bad cloudy days?"
DO you hear noise in the ears?"
do your ears hurt when you blow
your nose?"
do you hear better some days than
others ?"
rs your hearing worse when you
have a cold? ?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06

Henry f. KreH, rs Seventeenth
street, was neatly surprised by par
ty of 30 friends last evening in honor
of his birthday anniversary. MIR.
Krell had about forgotten the day
was of any particular Significance to
him when the merry company swoop-
ed down on him at his home, rousing
him to the full importance of the &C.
casion and coming prepared to APP
propTiately observe it. Cinch was the
chief diversion of the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06
ga O. r'
In -|OcidI Circles

Miss Josephine Whistler is to enter
tain at her home. 10 Twenty-second
street, Friday evening for Miss Ernes-
tine McNevin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06

When proposed she said to me:
Think you that l your wife would bel
Your health is gone, your stomach's
wrong,
Go drink some Rocky Mountain Tea
T. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06

other
carefully
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06


rs there nausea ?''
Are you costive?'
Els there vomiting?'
do you belch UP gas? ?"
Are you light headed?"
rs your tongue coatedT
do you hawk and spit?"
els there pain after eating?'
Are you nervous and weak?
do you have sick headache?"
rs your throat filed with slime?'
DO you at times have diarrhoea?-
rs there constant bad taste in tbs
mouth ."
rs there gnawing sensation in the
stomach"
When stomach is empty do you fed
faint?"
when stomach is fall do you fee
oppreSsed?'
BLINDNESS
Cataract. Glaucoma, White Spots
Granulated Lids, Optic Nerve Diseases
rs sight failing?'
DO you wear glasses ?'
Does light hurt your eyes %
Are your eyes sometimes red?"
do spots float before your eyes"
Are your eyelids scaly and dry"
Does everything look cloudy at
times ?"
'1s there feeling of dust in youI
eyes?
smart?
TN doing near work have you pain
in eyes?"
do you have severe headaches at.
ternoonS %
Have you drawing sensation in yon
eyes?"
DO you have tendency to wink al
the time?"
DO the letters seem to dance whea
you read? ?"
DO eyes inhame after reading bs
lamplight ?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06

symptoms Most Common In Every Form of CatarTh and
Eye and Ear Diseases Included in Doctor Ways Spec
laItles--Expert Treatment, with Prompt and Perman
ent Cure, at Merely Nominal Expense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-06

Chicago. Oct. 6-FoIlowing are the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing quotations
In tod2ya markets:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
MIST act IN GOOD FIIrH.


Now that the Business Mems associa-
ton and the labor unions have ap-
pointed conference committees prelim-
mary to an agreement to arbitrate their
differences, we trust that the negotia-
tons will be carried on by both sides
in good faith.
Ample time has been given in the
three days truce for the extremists in
each party to calm down sufficiently to
realize that a peaceful settlement, which
Is so desirable, can be reached only by
mutual concessions.
Omaha has already suffered immensely
by the reports hat traffic is paralyzed
and mob rule threatened. No rational
person wants to see Omaha placed under
martial law, with troops quartered In
our public thoroughfares, and civil law
suspended. The c~ommendable forbear-
ance exhibited on all sides since the
opening of the labor trouble justiies the
belief that public order can be main
tanned by the local authorities without
the assistance Of the militia or the reg
ulars.
All that is needed is moderation and
an honest endeavor TO get together on
ground that will restore confidence in
the community and amicable relations
between organized capital and organ.
lied labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
MEDIA TIOY AND ARBITRATION.

Governor Mickey, Mayor Moores I'M
Sheriff Power are TO be commended for
their untiring efforts to bring about n
peaceful settlement Of the conflict be
tween the labor forces now on a strike
and their former employers. There is
no good reason why the differences be-
tween the contending parties should not
be settled peacefully. There is no good
reason why the %contending forces
should not get together and agree upon
a plan for arbitration that would be
mutually respected and mutually bind
ing.
The manifesto issued by the working
men shows a desire on their part to re-
sumo work, IL they can do so without
disbanding the unions with which they
are affiliated. The business men, with
the exception of a few extremists, are
equally disposed to make concessions
and recognize the right Of labor to or
ganize for mutual improvement and
protection.
Neither party has any disposition to
cripple Omaha or to arrest its CONNER
cial growth and prosperity. Crimina-
ton and recrimination as to where the
responsibility for precipitating the strike
should be avoided and repressed, and
the spirit Of moderation and Cancellation
should be cultivated on both sides of
the firing line.
The representatives chosen by organ.
lied labor for the conference recon
mended by Governor Mickey are level
headed men, thoroughly conversant with
the conditions under which organized
labor can make a treaty of peace with
organized capital. The committee rep
~resenting the business men and manu-
featuring employers are doubtless equa.
to the emergency and imbued with 6
desire for an amicable settlement at the
earliest moment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
Personal r

Harvey Clapp. who has Just been chosen
president Of the Phi Beta Kappa society OF
Yale university, is a son OF United states
senator Moses E. Clapp Of st. Paul. MINI.
Louis Riep. who died at Bay City. Mich,
on Monday, at the age Of los, took part In
the battle OF Waterloo with the German
forces under Butcher. where he was
wounded.
Prof. r. II. Thurston Of Cornell has ac-
cepted an Invitation from the trustees and
faculty Of the Iowa State college to deliver
the address at the dedication OF the new
engineering hall on the 2lst inst.
Queen wilhelmina, patroness and founder
Of the incubator institute at The Hague.
has been sued for $500 g~uildens by Francis
Gerhard because the latter's boy baby was
exchanged for a girl While in the oven.
Representative Cyrus ~sulloway OF New
Hampshire, the giant Of congress. insists
that he is stiIl growing. According TO his
latest figures he measured six feet seven
and one-half inches in height and weighed
26 pounds.
Among the twenty girls who took part in
an amateur comic opera performance in
Philadelphia the other evening were fifteen
whose fathers are mlllionaires. II is said
that the girls in question represented some
$40, OOO,OOO The affair was the biggest event
among the Hebrews OF Philadelphia for
twenty years.
The New York correspondent Of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer writes: There does
not remain a shadow of n doubt in the
minds of eastern democrats as to Grover
Cleveland's attitude toward the presidency.
They believe that he is not only willing to
accept a nomination. but is hoping that
one may be offered him."
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

At a primary election conducted by
the Chicago Bar association for the pur-
pose Of getting an expression of prefer
ence as to judicial candidates seeking
popular endorsement, out Of 666 ballots
cast, eleven had to be rejected in the
count because they were found to be
defective. In other words, in an intel
ligent body Of men supposed to be made
up Of the leaders of the bar, men who
are trained lawyers and familiar with
the provisions Of the statutes, one out
Of every sixty is unable to master the
simple problem of marking an Austria
liam ballot correctly. Is it any wonder
then that many citizens of only average
intelligence fail when put to the test of
the ballot box and nullify their own
suffrages by inability to mark their bal
lots so as to express their real purpose?
Is it not in fact creditable to the great
mass Of our American voters that no
more Of them fall down in a test which
stumps men who have made the law a
life study and ought to pass through
at haphazard?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

Stone other than the news of the oase
He has been shown much consideration
under the circumstances.
Mr.. Bryan's utter lack of humorous sense
Is once more revealed in his serious
presentation Of the public health phase
OF the alum scandal. He has taken Mr.
stones word for it that the latter's original
interest In the anti-alum law was I'm the
prosecution of certain persons charged with
the violation OF the law, and that the sum
and substance OF his effort to prevent the
repeal OF the law was the writing and dis
tribution of a pamphlet showinR the dan
gerous effects Of alum in foods. But the
connection of certain other members of this
Public Health society" with the doodle
bag has become so we'll known that TO en-
ploy the health motive Is to challenge
derision. However, this does not alter the
fact that Stones work for the Baking
Powder trust may not have been regular,
according to the conventional methods of
lawyer lobbists.
Senator Stone declares that he first took
a hand in the alum business in 1901, when
there was a movement TO repeal the law.
But Chairman Kneisley OF the steering
committee at the time the law was en-.
acted, declares that Stone was the chief
silent promoter of the measure, and that II
was due TO his efforts that he, Kneisley,
advanced the bill and had II rushed
through. Kneisley Is not a "traducing
republican" but a democrat. All things
considered, his word certainly should not
be taken against stones. But the who
matter Of legislative irregularities, GOV
ering the period to which the charges
against Stone apply, is now under invest,
cation. and Il is not for Mr.. Bryan o.
any other man in unofficial capacity e
try the senator's case for him. 1t should
be left to those who are prosecuting thu
investigation. Mr. Bryan, who took Stone''
name first in making up his list of presi'
Dental possibilities. has felt called upor
to try and acquit Stone or the alum
charges. And as II such a course coul,
add strength to his championship he re
sorts to the boyish plea that certain re
publican senators ave been guilty o
using their ofices for selfish ends.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

One thing that needs explanation is
why, If there were grounds to sustain
an application for an injunction against
the striking teamsters in the United
States courts, whose jurisdiction is
questionable, a similar writ was not
asked for from the state courts, whose
Jurisdiction could not be questioned.
The trucking that comes within the
definition Of interstate commerce is only
a small part of the whole traffic that
goes through city streets, and II there
was danger Of forcible interference
with such hauling there must have been
an equal to the domestic haul,
ing. If there were warrant for a fed.
eral court injunction, there would be
more warrant for a state court injunc
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

northern states in 1900 will under no
circumstances go with a candidate con
spicuously identified with that conserv-
atism for which Mr.. Cleveland's candi-
dacy would stand. 1t regards the pres
ent movement on behalf Of the express
ident as a remarkable personal tribute
to the man and his record, but thinks
It is not likely to pass much beyond
that. Meanwhile the question Of a
leader for the democracy next year Is
giving no concern to a very large ma
jority Of the American people,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
IT'S DEAD EASY.

James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
Amt no use 70 borrow trouble when you've
got a stock on hand,
Take the tail o. the procession II you CANT
git next the band;
ScrOuge ahead, don't never weaken, keep
a solid upper lip,
An when care an trouble crowds you
squeeze the harder on yer grip.
Face the world with resolution O. the
neVer-weaken kind,
When the clouds hang down the lowest,
don't forgtt they're silver lined;
Keep a pushin' fur the sunshine lynn jest
beyond yer cares
An you'll git there lest as easy as
fallin'
II you can't pull in a dollar. hustle out
an grab a dime
Stead o. mopin' round a growlin' an a
cussin' half the time,
There's a sunny day a comm, though the
night be dark an drear,
An you'd ort to lend yer muscle fur to
help to bring II here.
When you feel discouraged, whistle, when
respondent, try to sing,
Keep yer eyes skinned fer the chances sos
to nab 'em on the wing
An you soon II be a restin' an a laughln'
at yer cares
You can down EN- Jest as easy as
stairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

The question of trade relations with
the United States continues to occupy
first place in the attention of Canadian
statesmen. 1t is learned from CORE
spondents at the Dominion capital that
the probable reassembling of the joint
high commission brings the question OF
reciprocity to the front, and during the
present session Of Parliament parties
are. taking their positions and the lines
Of demarkation are being distinctly de-
fined. The conservative opposition, it
is pointed out, will advocate the adop-
ton Of a high protective policy and the
rejection of a reciprocity treaty, while
the liberal party, which is now In
power, will act as a unit in favor of
securing reciprocity.
1t is urged that the friends in this
country of closer trade relations with
our northern '~neighbor should realize
that now is the time to act, for should
the next general election in Canada re-
suit in placing the present opposition
in power all hopes of securing broader
trade relations with the United States
could be set aside while that party re-
mained in office. 1t is declared that
IL reciprocity is not secured before the
election, the element of the liberal party
which favors a high protective tariff
and the exclusion of American goods, as
preferable to the present trade condi-
tons, win naturally cooperate with the
conservatives and the contest will neces-
sarfly become very close and the result
doubtful. One writer on the subject
says; "That the present trade condi.
| tons between the two countries are
| absurd any economist conversant with
| the question VIII readily admit. That
these conditions can be- perpetuated is
impossible. That the beneicent results
| flowing from free trade between al
the states of the American union during
the last century will repeat themselves
in the case of even the partial applica
ton Of the same principle to trade be
tween the American states and the
Canadian provinces is beyond ques
ton"
It is to be remarked that no sucf
b~enehcent results were realized from th'
reciprocity treaty we had with Canada
so far as this country was concerned
On the contrary. pretty much all the
beneht was enjoyed by Canada and I
is largely due to this fact that there Il
not more sentiment here In favor o
renewing a like arrangement. How
ever, 1t may be admitted that condi
lions have changed and at any rat
the question of closer trade relation
with Canada merits thoughtful consid
Grafton. We have a very valuable trad
there which it is desirable to retail
and which would be considerably in
jured If the higher tariff policy advo
Gated by the conservative party shoul
be adopted. At present there seems to b
no great danger that this will be done
but there is reason to believe that tn
higher tariff element is growing and II
success in the next general election I
by no means improbable. The difficult
has been to get from Canada such cor
cessions as were deemed to be fail
particularly in respect to manufacture
owing to the preferential duties on Bri
ish manufactures. This difficulty
stin present and while 1t remains tn
negotiation OF a reciprocity treaty
> hardly possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
REMARKS.

DE difference between de man OATS
hggerin' on perpetual notion" said Uncle
Eben, AN de man OATS workIn' a system
to beat de races is dat de perpetual motion
man didn't hab no money In de fus' place"
Washington Star.
Miss Angell-And what are you going 70
do for your ~rheumatism7
Mrs. McFee-'Deed, an l don't need to
do a thing for II; it's able IN willin' to
work for itself.-Brooklyn Life.
"Did you say he was arrested for making
an incendiary speech at the opera house?"
The idea! I didn't know he was an an
81 didn't say he was; he simply yelled
Fire. Philadelphia Press.
81 can't see why so much OF my work IN
rejected" said the struggling author. I'm
sure II is strictly original"
perhaps that is the trouble = rejoined the
sympathetic f~riend-Chicago News.
Grandma Toogood (solemnly)-After poor
grandma dies who will give you any PEN
Terror Knott Toogood (aged 6l-why. you
won't take your pocketbook to heaven, will
you, grandma Judge.
What kind of a currency do you pre-
fer?' &C.,
ghum, "I quit worrying about currency
long ago. I've gotten to a point where I
do business almost entirely with checks
Washington Star.
''If I were to leave you n dollar" said
the charitable visitor what assurance
have l that you won't spend 1t in the near
est saloon?"
because. ma'am,' replied the father Of
the deserving family. 'if I took a dollar In
there | wouldn't get any change. There's
too much on the slate again e."-Ph
delphia Press.
Waggsby-DOesn't e usually please a
man to be absolved Of blame?
W---.H, W. 20 ln fa ID HE HfnhN waNRA
Waggsbv-Then GrouCher is crazy. For
when he told mo he often got Disguised with
himself and ! said ] didn't blame him. he
got mad and wouldn't speak to me any
more-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

Council Bluffs is wrestling with the
problem Of telephone competition and
telephone rate reduction. In some re-
spects the experience of the people
across the river is no different from that
Of the people on this side of the river.
An ordinance granting a franchise to a
competing company was voted down by
a majority Of the council at the last
meeting in defiance OF a ~well-dehned
public sentiment in favor Of lower tele-
phone rates. 1t may safely be predicted
that the effort to have the proposition
for a competitive franchise submitted
to the people will be thwarted by the
same influence that has prevailed upon a
majority OF the municipal legislature of
Council Bluffs to reject the new tele-
phone ordinance, but In the end public
sentiment is bound to assert itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

The postal officials at Washington are
proceeding in the presidents absence
just as If he were there giving direc-
ions in person. They know that Theo-
dore Roosevelt insists, above all things,
on absolute fidelity and integrity in the
public service. and that nc public serv-
ant under a cloud need look to him for
protection unless he can clear his skirts.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11

The method pursued by the State
Board of Equalization with regard to
railroad assessment for 1908 is not very
encouraging either to the Omaha Real
Estate exchange or taxpayers generally,
excepting possibly the representatives Of
the corporations that have systematic
ally evaded their just proportion Of the
burdens of taxation. The fact that the
railroad lawyers and tax knockers were
given a hearing the very first day of the
session without any notice to other tax
payers and other interests is within IT,
self suggestive, and the intimation that
comes from Lincoln hat the board will
cut short its session within a few days
would Justify the popular impression
that the farce of last year is t. be re-
peated this year with but slight yaria,
ton.