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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
The Roosevelt Man ayers.

Senator John H. Kean, of New Jer-
sey, is said to be slated for the Roose-
welt manager in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey for the coming
presidential campaign. Senator Kean
is regarded as a very competent po-
litical manager. The president is said
to be very fond of him. Senator
Kean's resources as a diplomatic mol
lifier. which are extensive, will be
drawn upon to allay the tactional ir-
ritation which exists among the re-
publicans of New York, and it is in
timated that his selection to handle
the campaign was due to realization
of that fact.
Senator Beveridge will be an active
factor in political affairs in Indiana in
behalf of the president. The young
Indiana senator has been busy since
the 4th of March getting into touch
with politicians of his state, and, it is
said, has personally talked with the
best posted men in each comfy in
his state. Indiana information is to
the effect that Senator Beveridge will
take up his close contact with the sit
uation for the party's benefit as well
as his own.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts
will be relied upon, it is said, to con-
serve the interests of the president
and the party in New England. While
Senator Lodge is popularity regarded
as more of statesman than poiiti-
clan. the president is said to have
considerable respect for the political
intuition of his friend and will lean
heavily upon him.
Not much has been said recently
about the Roosevelt manager for the
southern states. Gen. Garrison start
ed out to fill that role, but the presi-
dent kind of marooned him by his ac-
tiOn in the case of the lilly whites
of the south, and for some months
Gen. GARRISON has played the part OF
brer rabbit strictly. The belief Is
growing that the president has cut
the south out of his calculations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
DAILY SHORT STORY
The Union of Two Estates.
Original.7

lOTiS1naL1
Both estates were very large, the one
consisting of hundreds of acres, the
other of thousands. Wadssworth Towle
wasathe owner onthe smallert Helen De
Veaux would bef the owne1AOf the lar
ger. 1T is an oldi story thattyoung peo-
pie of\opposite sexes owning adjoining
estatesNare induced by their elders to
marry, Sthus carrying out the modern
commercial plan of community of
INTEREST," and so it was in this case-
TowIe went to college, then travelled
abroad. Miss De VeauX, after com-
plotting her education, chafed that she
had been tborn rich. SheNpinedI forfa
vocation.
One JuneS day Towle Notwithstanding
asbout his grounds and before he fknew
ithfUlnd himself in the De EeauX es-
taNes., A young woman i'll tn eTcOStume
of Ia trained nurse was resting on a
boarN seat between two trees reading
or studying. Towle, who had been
carried through long illnessIby one OF
this profession and had a 4great ad-
miratiOn for ,themI as "a class, traised his
hat politely.
"I beg pardon" he said. 'EWill you
ten me whoAis i'll at'the hOuseH'
She heSit@ted to reply.
mo matter" he a6Aled. "Ilhave no
right to prytinto family secrets
'Bfiss DeSyeaux is not very we'll"
Indeed. 1 have-I1mean weIhawe-
not been informed, of lher Illness"
''Whysshould youabe1
1t occurred TO Towle to play Apart
and learn something about the lady
whose inteTests,andVhis weretidentical.
"Well, 1 am Mn Towle's business
man., secretary, GENERAL utility man.
He lives onI the adjoining estate. Had
1 heard of miss De lVeanx's illness L
shouh haveIsuggested the propriety of
his writing to expressNhistconcern- He
wouldA have directed met to write a
letter, land in this case heS would have
copiedSit In his own handland sent it
to MIsslDe Veaux."
"BlessNne. Is that the way these
rich people express sympathyT
Usually"
'But 1 thOughtlthere was Isome talk
of Mr.. TOwle's marrying Miss De
Veaux. How could he be SO coldly
methodicaf withther?'
"He has neveriseen her. His family
has long owned its estate here. hers
only few years, during which both
Mr. ,Towle and Miss De Veaux have
been getting an education"
II see Doesn't he rather shrink
fromIsuch,a cold blooded union"
Hes n practical fellow, with no
romantic nonsense about him."
''TlHsn he's not like Miss De VeauX,
who iSa in fulli sympathy with that rO-
nance which Is at the bottom of every
true heart"
"I ann surprised. 1 supposed Miss
De Veaux was rather practical.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

nave lheard that she is proposing when
she comes into this estate to organize
staff to assist her in devOting her
immense income to practical charity"
'EIer postgraduate education, so to
speak, is directed with that end in
view
srowle sat down on the other end of
tire board and beat the grass with his
cane.
Il wouldn't suppose" he said, chat
hir. Towle would care to marry that
sort of woman. They are very well
, to admire at distance, but they don't
work well in double harness"
'1'm quite sure Miss De VeauX
wouldn't care to marry u man who
would write her letter of sympathy
drawn by his business man"
Towle sat for n few minutes with n
sober look on his face. then turned to
the nurse with smile. I'VE are set
ting the affairs OF our betters as
though they were our own. Suppose
we drop them and chat about other top
ics--that Is, if you don't mind making
an acquaintance In this way"
"a trained nurse can't be sGueamish."
n''e pair CaTked FOR All hour, then
parted, TO meet when the nurse came
off duty for an hour of recreation the
next day. In this way they kept up
series of meetings for several weeks.
Meanwhile Towle had sent a letter of
sympathy with flowers to Miss De
VeauX, asking to be allowed to call as
soon as she was able to receive callers.
One day he received a formal note
signed by Miss Edna Knapp. Miss De
NeauX's secretary, informing him that
she was quite recovered and would be
pleased to see him. Towle was some
what startled at this method of COM
munication. but Miss De Neaux might
be still too weak to do her own CORE
spondence. He did not much care, for
ne nad been captiyaJeG. by ner '1lu-7s<.
When Wadsworth Towle was usher
ed into the drawing room where Helen
De Veaux, arrayed in plain but becom-
ing costume. awaited him he started
Miss De VeauX and her trained nurse
were one and the same person.
Pardon me sending You n note
through my secretary, Mr.. Towle. l
should have made an exception to my
rule In your case, but since your note
of coincidence to me came from your
business man presumed you wouldn't
care. Were you aware that he sent me
the flowers, or did they come under gen
eral instructions for cases of illness?'
81 have called to say" replied Towle
with n quick recovery of his equanim-
ity, that all hope of our uniting these
properties is ended. l have fallen in
love with your nurse"
Miss De Veaux bent her eyes to the
floor
''The nurse you met" she said, 'is
only a student. She is preparing her
self to organize n staff, etc. and had
just come in from her studies when she
found you on the De Veaux property
and recognized you at once. She has
been graduated. and YOU will know her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
IN THE SUBURBS.
ANDALUSIA.

Andalusia, July 29.-Mrs. Huntley
is visiting her son in Port Byron.
Miss Carrie Walton, of Carbon
Cliff, came down Monday to visit rela-
tives and friends.
Emanuel Dotson. of Nebraska, visit
ed at William Seegers last week.
Mrs. Irwin Hayes and sons, of Rock
Island, are visiting at the home of
Mrs. y. Hayes.
Mrs. j. III. Brookman spent the first
of the week in Rock Island with her
daughter. Mrs. Fred MOsher.
W. T.. Simmons went to Muscatine
on business Monday.
Miss Pearl Dollarhide and Mr.
Brown, of Davenport, are visiting NJ
A. Wenks'.
Miss Emily SpickIer, of Taylor
Ridge. spent last week at the home OF
her uncle, &. f. Spickler.
Mrs. Gravink and children return
ed to Davenport Sunday morning, af
ter spending a few days with hel
mother, Mrs. Irwin.
Mrs. Fred Saulpaugh, of Taylor
Ridge. and Mrs. Charles Ruge, of Mi
Ian, were in our village Friday.
Mrs. Eckstrom. of Reynolds, accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs. Mayhem
of Marston, were recent visitors at j
c. Burgoyne's.
Col. Emerson, Mr.. and Mrs. OgdeT
and Mrs. Allen, of Chicago, were en-
| tertained at the home of q. +. Spick
Ter. Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Susie Titterington, of Rocl
Island, and Mrs. Belle Fellows, %
Kewanee, visited with their sister
Mrs. Tom Cole, the first of the week
The Baptist society will have thei
dinner in the church yard Wednesday
Aug. u, and in the evening will hav,
festival at the same place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

Someone in Maine has dug up this
story of the republican national con-
vention in 1854, when Blaine was NOM
mated: When the convention was in
full blast a number of friends were
with Mr.. Blaine, helping to interpret
messages that came over the wire.
When news came of Theodore RoOse-
velt's brief address the ''plumed
knight turned to his friends and
said: THAT fellow Roosevelt is a
spoiled boy. He is trying to make
capital out of abusing me, but he will
not amount to anything. | have
watched public men all my life and |
have never known anyone who was
1fear-sighted to succeed Roosevelt
viii spend his life in fighting the in
evitable." The narrator points out
that what the far-seeing Blaine failed
to get has been won by the near
sighted Roosevelt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Illinois Without a Governor.

When the frenzied mob at Danville
was burning and butchering its mis-
cradle victim; when the law was be-
ing shot at and the officers of law de-
fed; when mob rule and riot was ram
pant, certain of the officers of the
law at Danville sent appeal after APP
peal to Springfield. the state capital
for troops-for assistance in defend
ng the law, the property and the
rights of citizens.
Illinois. strange to say, was prac-
tically without bsolutely
without any one in proper authority
to give orders calling out troops. Our
governor, the esteemed Richard Yates,
was summering at Harbor Springs.
Our lieutenant governor, the esteemed
w. y. NOrthcott, acting governor, was
at his home in Greenville. He could
not be reached either by telephone or
telegraph. He was cut off from the
state-cut off from the world. Our
adjutant general, the esteemed Thorn
as W. Scott, of Fairfield, was at home
and also isolated from the world, as
he could not be reached by telephone
or telegraph. Our most estimable pri-
vate secretary to the governor, Col.
ID. G. Oglesby, was the next in rota-
ton to manipulate the reins of gov
eminent and order out the troops.
He was in Kankakee and could not be
reached. ~
Thus for about three or four hours
after the first call for troops came
from Sheriff r. d. Whitelock. of Yer
million county. Illinois was without a
fn
out troops and give prompt response
to appeals in defense of public rights
and the law. Had it not been for the
strenuous efforts of Assistant Adjt
Gen. Roy Reece perhaps the response
to the call for help never would have
been made.
In this particular case. perhaps, no
serious consequences would have re-
suited if the troops had not been sent
as the trouble was practically over
before any authority could be locat-
ed in the state to call out troops. But
had the situation been a thousand fold
more serious; had there been 2.00C
lives sacrificed instead of one or two
the case would have been the same
The telegraph or the telephone ser
vice would have been the same and
the governor, acting governor and ad.
jutant general would have been just
a thoroughly isolated.
This is a state of affairs that should
never exist again. In these turbulent
times. and IN this great state, first
among the great states of this great
republic, it is essential that we
should have a competent head at al
times, and never for moment bt
without the authority to act in press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

Trade is not following the flag much
faster than the constitution in the
case of the Philippines. Exports from
the United States to the "dependen-
Cyl have declined from S4,S14,4O4 in
1902 to $3.59S,613 in 1908. But there
has been a notable growth of imports
from the archipelago, the figures for
1903 being $11,O99,S96 against $6,447,-
500 in 1902. Such an adverse bal
ance" will probably make the lament
ed Dingley turn over in his grave
JohnstOwn Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the city clerks Office until Monday,
Aug. 3, 1908, at o'clock p. m. for the
erection of No. 2 hose house. Plans
and specifications on file at city
clerks office. A certified check in
amount of 5000 must accompany each
bid.
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
H. C. SCHAFFER, City Clerk.
Rock Island, H., July %, 1903.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
as a nurse no longer
And this is how the Towle and De
Veaux properties came to be united.''
BESSIE MAUD WILBUR.
TODAY'S MARKETS

Chicago. July 29-Fonowing are the open
ing. hiR hest, lowest and Closing quotations
In today's markets:
Wheat.
July, n; TS%: n; 7s%.
Sept. 7I1& 7914: 751s; 791S.
Dec, H>s; wa; IA; 797s.
Corn.
July, 5215; 53ss sea 5S7s.
Sept. 5lSa; So, Sis; 52a4.
Dec, 5l$s; 5=5s; 5l6; 5zz-.
Oats.
July, 412i; 4S, Az; 42H.
sept. S314 331- So 5oz.
Dec, S436; S43; 1885,; 3Iss-.
PORK.
July, 1855; ID IS: Is IS: 1855
Sept, 1870 400; 1870; 1885,
Lara
July. Z. 81, rs; 7S7; 7.s7.
Sept, 40; So; 30, SO7.
oct, 10, ~; 7o5. 7sI
KIDS.
July, SO7; s.o7; s.07: s.O7.
Sept, 1876: :. I2; 7.S5: S.U7.
OCT, ~. 10. Z ~, on.
Rye, July 81; Sept. 81; fax, cash, n "
81, y. w. o.; July 9Sh; Sept. rs; barley
S2a5O
Receipts today: Wheat 81, corn > Oats
1853; nogs 23UO0; cattle 2',OJO, sheep 5000.
Hog market opened strong to sc higher.
Light. S5.2015.75; mixeo Az ouch
ers, IS 2005.e5; good heavy, t4.9O65 50; rough
Cattle market opened lower.
Sheep market opened slow.
Union stock yards $40 a. m.
Hog market opened steady to sc higher.
Light, Is S0G5 80; mixed and butchers, e. %
05.65; good heavy, SI.9O05.55; rough neavy,
u 9Od15.I0.
Ca tie market steady.
bCeves q 002J5 So cows and heifers 1.5O0
40, Texas steers S3.5O14 75, stockers and
feeders Is 506D49O.
Sheep market slow, 10 TO 15c lower.
Union Stock yards close.
hog market closed steady for best.
Llsnl, e. 30G5.SO; mixed ana butchers, is
Do,6O, good heavy, q S5G5 80; rough heavy,
4.90L5lO
cattle market closed slow and weak
sheep market closed steady.
estimated receipts Thursday: Wheat 55
corn loo, oats 30, hogs % 0OO
New York Stocks.
New YORK, July 29.-The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
exchange,
Sugar 1l6, gas 94ss, c. RI p. 2iSs, South
ern Pacific 441d, b. & y. S3A, AtChiSon COM
mon 625, AtChisOn pfd. SS4 c. NJ & st.
l42, Manhattan 1884, copper 4ls, w. U
Tel. Co. S8A, L. & n los, G & A, ~. Rdg.
common 1874 Can.PacifC 1884, Leather com
mon rs, b. Il. 4514, Pacific Mail q, L.
s Steel ptd. 72&, L. ). Steel common 24k,
Penna. 1885, MO. Pacific 9S, Union Pacific
75%, coal and iron 4VI4, Erie common 291S
Wabash pfd. 379s NJ. X. s. II. 2O1S, Car foun-
dry SAY, Q * q. W l+1S, Rep. Steel pfd &c
Rep. ST. el common 1US, New YORK Central
l2lA. Illinois Central 1924.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

ing emergencies. Az was the case Sat
urClay night, emergencies arise when
least expected.
1t was wrong that there should have
been no governor, no. acting governor
and no adiuta ut general within reach
when law, the constitution and the
rights of citizen ship were being fired
upon. 1t is wrong for such conspic-
uous absence of official authority at
any TIME.
The officials resp onsible for this
laxity of GUARDIANSHIP p over the inter-
ests of the state dies erve the hearty
condemnation of the people of the
Istate.-Springfeld Register.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
No False Claims.

The proprietors of Foley's Honey
and Tar do not advertise this as a
''sure cure for consumption" They
do not claim it will cure this dread
complaint in advanced cases, but do
positively assert that it will cure in
the earlier stages and never fails to
give comfort and relief in the worst
cases. Foley's Honey and Tar is
without doubt the greatest throat
and lung remedy. Refuse substitutes.
All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

D URE water is most impor-
tant Filter it. Can be had
no other way. The doctors all
agree it should be done, and every
doctors family has a filter.
We will send one of our enameled
steel, natural stone disk filters to
any customer within our delivery
limits, on one weeks trial, to be
returned if not satisfactory at the
end of the week.
There are several good filters,
but none so good as this, for any
thing near the price.
Made to sell for $500. GO TX
our price ................- VOsAO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, July 29.-Following are the
quotations on the local market:
Provisions.
Butter-Creamery 21C022c, dairyl4G15c
EggS-Fresh I4c.
Live poultry-Spring chickens 50 OOQS3. 70
per dozen mems &c per pouno.
Vegetables-PotatoeS, new, CSC.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers 400 to e4.75, cows and
heifers e.. 90 to q. IS, calves $500 to $500
Hogs-Mixed and butchers q. 75 to IS .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
COUNTY TEMPLE.
Transfers.

July 2s.-Ida Drack to Martin
Reidy, Jr.. lot IA and n 10 feet lot 10,
block 3, Twenty-first street add, Rock
Island, $3,237.
f. H. Guyer to Camil Nermeullen,
lots and 5, block ia, East Moline,
$500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

The fact that there has been great
slump in stocks may not be the result
of a republican administration. but if
the democrats were in power not
only the cyclones, high waters, fail
ures of crops in many parts of the
country, suicides, robberies, but even
the bank failures would be charged
up against them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Wednesday, July %. 1903.

One of those revolutions while-you
wait has just been pulled off in Pan
anna. The troops went up and search
ed the palace while the governor was
absent, but it seems that they found
nothing to drink, the governor having
had a party the night before.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

TERMS--Daily, 10 cents per week. Weekly
per year IN advance.
ALI communications of argumentative
Character, political or religious, must have
real name attached tor publication. No
such articles will be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
ship in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Linen Department
Turkish Bath Towels

None better in hot weather and
you can buy them at the right
prices here.
1000 bleached wash l.
cloths, each ..................I
80 dozen bleached and unbleached
Turkish towels, good size, 20
soft finish, each III
Great big 22x42 Turkish bath tow
els, soft finish, double M
twist, $1.1O per doz., each -. IUC
Bleached and unbleached Turkish
towels, hemmed and fringed, great
values at
12Isc or $1.4o doz.; 15c or $1.65 doz.
17jsc or $500 doz.; zoe or $2.25 dog.
$25c or $2.75 doz.
The famous Rub Dry 9En
bath towels, each ............EOS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Para sol Bargain s
To Close EN- Quick

so Ladies' fancy China silk para
soils, made to sell at $500. We
bought the lot at great reduction,
for three days 0AO
the price will be ............JfO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
THE ARGUS.

Publianed Daily and Weekly at 1894 Sec
ono avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at
the postof1ce as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

BY THE j. w. POTTER GO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
CrOckery Department

~ LEAR cold water in crystal
~ glass pitchers. What more
refreshing these hot days?
You'll find pitcher display down
at the front door, Second avenue
entrance, worth looking at, glass
pitchers from the smallest up, and
from the cheapest to those which
cost something for style. These
prices:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
Curtains and Draperies
HammOcks Very Cheap

o. BUYS a CSC hammock. all
OJC bright pretty colors, about
half price, at 35c.
no. BUYS a $1.3S hammock. good
JOC size, extra well made.
81 or BUYS a $1.75 hammock.
1lsEO This is a splendid ham,
mock and cheap at $1.75. About
10 of these at $1.25.
Other special prices at $1.35,
$1.9S, 1925, $2.4s, $2.75.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29

Thursday morning at 9 o'clock we
place on sale the balance of that
big purchase Of Arnold, Constable
g. Co.'S fine embroidered dress
swisses, about forty choice designs,
in light, medium and dark color
ings. nothing more desirable made
in wash fabrics, suitable for party
wear at any season Of the year, the
soc, CSC, 75c and CSC qualities,
Thursday at o'clock and H.
till all are sold. yard ....... IdC
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
Hartford.

Our house was entered by burglars
one night last week, after had retired
to my peaceful couch. They did not seem
to wish to keep still, but on the contrary
they made about all the noise they could.
| inquired what they wanted and they
wanted to know what had got. They
looked around the house but not finding
anything they wanted they charged on
the cellar. There they secured few tur-
nips and more or less partly rotten
apples and some canned corn, and SEEM
ed satisfied. had no deadly weapons
and my physical condition would not
warrant me to tackle them both. lizard
ly knew what to do, but l happened to
think of some rather stale dOughnuts
which thought might arouse their ten
der feelings, so invited them to par
take and they did. Pretty soon 1 saw
the effect, one of them was almost moved
to tears and the other was so overcome
that he drew his wallet and gave me
a dollar, then we parted the best of
friends. I would here remark that /
have few more turnips and apples.
Mrs. Orlando Irish fell down stairs the
other day and was hurt quite severly.
Road Commissioner Russell is doing
good work on the roads in this part of
the town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
East Sumner.

Planting over gardens has been the
business of late. Everything up was
laid low. Even the usually hardy early
pea had to bow to King Frost. But
there, it's no use to sit on the fence and
cry. We'd much rather sing "Te Deum''
than ''Why do we mourn departing
friends?" Seed time and harvest are
promised, but nothing was said that
both should come in the same year.
Perhaps the harvest may be deferred
until '04 "Into each life some rain
must fall" and it has fallen in ours and
will in the life of our great-great-gran
children. $50 let us live while we live,
and be happy while we can. Keep the
jewsharp a-going old man."
The frame is up for the Minot Packing
Co.'s boarding house.
The so foot extension to one of the
shops is completed making it 166 feet in
length.
AS one enters the office of the Lewis
ton Journal and peers through a wicket,
a very active and familiar figure presents
itself to view in the person of VIM. A.
Pidgin, formerly of the Oxford Demo-
crat. "Don't you get tired and almost
disguised with newspaper work?" we
asked him recently. Don't get time
for that" he quickly replied. "When
in the office I'm always busy, and when
out of it it is time to 60 to bed" In a
brief interview we found that Mr.. Pidgin
has had fifty-five years of experience in
the business of newspaper publishing,
thirty-six of which have been at the
y
the lions Advocate, Portland. Then
for several years he published the Demo-
crat, and from that Office he went to his
present position. Mr.. Pidgin carries the
weight of years and very busy life
easily. He always recognizes his old
friends.