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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04
SUPERVISORS
HOLD INQUIRY
Health Board Secretary
Explains Raising
Of Salaries.
Money Appropriated for Help
Used for Other Pur>
poses

The Joint committee meeting of the
Board Of Supervisors held yesterday aft
ernoon for the purpose Of Investigating the
action Of the Board Of Health in raising
salaries of employees with money appro-
priated for additional help did not de-
velop any sensational features, Secretary
], 8, Emery Of the Health Board ap-
peared before the Supervisors and
sInoothed matters over, He Informed
the members that the Board of Health
did not go outside Of Its province. nor
did Il intend to do anything that would
lcok like a disoourtesy TO the city fathers
Emery proved good nnoilifier and sue
ceeded in making things look In a better
light than was first reported,
The facts show that se5,5S0 was appro-
prtated for the use OF the Health Board
for this year, 1t was provided that the
ket inspectors, one additional sanitary
inspector and one additional plumbing in
spector. II developed that the Health
Board employed an additional sanitary
inspector and an assistant city physician,
and had divided $3.50 in raising employees
seladies as follows: Chief sanitary inspect
or 5000, health officer $500, assistant sec
retary $780, messenger $3.50, chemist $780,
chemists helper $12O, bacteriologist $780,
bakery inspector $500 and disinterring In
spectOr S120
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04

DDHOHEC FOR BARRIERS. BA-
EO kers. bOotblacks. bath
houses billiard tables
brewers bookbinders candy-makers. Gamers.
dyers hour mills. foundries. laundrtes. paper
hangers printers painters. shoe factories.
stablemen. tar-roofers. tanners, tailora. etc.
BUCHANAN BRoSs
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04

or S0UJs ne6lln OLlCeE wv, dSSlSldul sec
retary $500, messenger $3.50, chemist $500,
chemists helper S12O, bacteriologist $500,
bakery inspector $500 and disinterring IN,
spector s120.
EMERY EXPLAINS.
This was added to their annual sala-
ries AS the money was appropriated for
new positions and not for raising sala-
ries some of the Supervisors thought that
the Health Board had overstepped its
authority.
Emery was interrogated closely about
the number of employees in the depart
ment and their duties. After the exam
ination Emery asked leave to make
statement, and upon leave being granted
him he said:
Different conditions existed when the
salaries were made and fixed. The board
did not desire to step outside of the rec
ommendation of your committee. 1t be
lieved it was acting under the resolution
introduced by Supervisor Wilson which
says that any determination of the
budget and the aggregate sum allowed
each department Office or commission,
the itemized segregation of the Finance
Committee and the committee of the
whole, shall I'm no instance be recon-
mendation or limitation as to the dispo-
sition of the appropriation finally made
to any department office, board or COM
mission. except in cases where the Board
OF Supervisors, by ordinance or resolution,
as provided by the charter has fixed the
compensation of subordinates
Supervisor Wilson asked Emery wheth-
er he thought the Board of Health had
shown respect to the Supervisors in using
money asked for additional help in rails
ing salaries Emery replied that no dis
respect was intended He thought the
whole matter devolved on the Board of
Health, and II was in its discretion what
1t should do with the money; that the
board might deem it proper to use the
money asked for the employment of Ger
tain inspector and do away with that Of
fee and use it for some other purpose.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04
ADVERTISEMENTS.

Every mother feels a
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
Of her life. Becoming g
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04

The 81 per 1000 cubic feet gas puts San
Francisco among the most favored cities of its
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
DR.. A. L. CRAIG Is
ROBBED IN MISSOURI
Loses $4,000 in Securities, But
They Are Later Re-
covered.

DR.. A. L. Craig, of Chicago, supreme
medical examiner of the Fraternal
Tribunes, and frequent visitor to
this city, was robbed of suit case
containing securities worth $4,000 in
Kansas City. yesterday. The valuable
papers included bonds and oil stocks
and all of them were later recovered
by the Kansas City police. The suit
case was found at an express Office,
where it had been taken by William
Stolzman to be shipped under an as
sumed name to Parsons, Kans.
Stolzman, who is 90 years old and
who was acquitted 10 days ago at
Fort Scott, Kans., of a charge of kill
ing Il. j. Morrison. postmaster at
Pawnee, Kans., was arrested and is
being held for the theft of the securi
ties. The prisoner was railway
agent at PawIiee and when arrested
there last October he carried a blood
marked collar identified as having
been in the postoffice safe wrecked by
robbers at the time the postmaster
was murdered. '
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

Joseph F. Cot and Juan Gonzales
were hanged at San Quentin. Cal, for
the murder of an old man named Buzz
Free delivery postal service will be
extended on June l next to OeIwein.
Ia.
The Howard Company bank, OF
Nashville, Ark. has suspended pay
ment and its officers have asked for a
receiver.
A Southern Pacific passenger train
was wrecked near Icarus, New. and
Engineer Stokes, of Ogden, was killed.
King Edward received William Mar
conf yesterday at buckingham palace
The international good roads confer
enee is in session at Detroit.
Charity gained $1,000 through con-
cert at the Chicago Auditorium.
Mrs osee NJ. Fitzgerald, mother of
Bishop Fitzgerald, of the Methodist
church. will celebrate her Goth birth
day anniversary at Newark, n. j., by
completing her ninetieth reading of the
Bible.
Retail coal men of Chicago have or
ganized union.
Mrs. Albert A. Cary-before mar
riage Maude Stone-after whom the
famous trOtting horse was named, is
dead at Orange, \. J.
The H. G. Frick Coke company has
engaged fifty doctors to vaccinate it's
employees and their families, aggregat-
ing 100000 persons.
Bitterly cold weather prevails over
Nevada, northern Utah, southern Ida
no and western Wyoming, Wells, Nev.,
showing A. below.
Regina Curry, a young woman, was
murdered some time during the night
just outside OF Philadelphia.
Captain Henry ]. Taylor. the old
est captain Of the Missouri National
Guard, is dead at Kansas City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
AN ORDINANCE
Furnishing ForestalIIng.

BE it ordained by the city council
of the city of Rock Island, ILL.,:
Section /. That any person, FIRM
or corporation who shall dissuade
any other person, firm or corporation
from bringing any coal, wood or 9th
er fuel or merchandise into the city
of Rock Island, or who shall practice
any device, or combine, or conspire
with another or others, or commit
any act with intent TO enhance the
price of any coal, wood or other fuel
or merchandise, whereby any con
sumner or purchaser for domestic or
manufacturing use i'm the city of
Rock Island, purchasing any of said
coal, wood or other merchandise shall
be compelled to pay a greater price
therefor than he otherwise would be
compelled to pay, shall be deemed
and found guilty of forestalling.
See. ?. Any person. firm or corpor-
alton found guilty of forestalling, as
defined in section one az of this ordi-
nance, shall be liable to a fine in the
sum not to exceed two hundred ($200)
dollars for each offense, to be recov-
cred by suit by the city of Rock Isl
and in any court of competent juris-
diction; and ii shall be a separate Of
Tense for each and every lot or parcel
of said coal, wood or other fuel or
merchandise that any such consumer
or purchaser for domestic or manu-
featuring use shall be SO compelled to
purchase at greater price than he
otherwise would he compelled to pay.
Passed Feb. 2, 1908.
Approved: b. f. KNOX, Mayor.
Attest: II. c. Schaffer, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
AdvertIsea Letter Llst BIO. 8.

List of letters uncalled for at the
Rock Island postoffice for week end
ing Feb. Z, 1908: A August, Lewis
Coryell, Mrs. Maud Carstens, w. Cooye,
Mrs. f. ID. Davis, Lyman S. Doud. John
Edin, Ralph Easley, Edwin Forrest,
Miss Matte Gorst, Miss Pearl Hinkt
(2). Lewis NJ. kaufman, Tom Mitchell,
Miss Mandy Overhauser, Mrs. Ida
Price, Abe Pinkerton. Mrs. Mary Rut-
ledge, Mrs. Annie Rice, Fred Stern,
Mrs. Margaret Stewart, Alfred II,
Taylor, Mrs. Ollie Vaughn (2), DIR. \.
ID. West Foreign-W. Franzenburg.
When calling for advertised letters
please give the number of the list.
THOMAS III. THOMAS, z. NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14


wrote you for advice, which followed.
After taking one and one-half bottles Of
Peruna L am entirely cured, and can
recommend Peruna to anyone as the best
and surest remedy for any catarrhal
troubles. "-Camillus Senne.
A course of Peruna never fails to bring
relief. There is no other remedy like
Peruna. Its cures are prompt and per-
manent.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving g
full statement OF your case and lie will
be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
KILLED WRONG MAN
Did an Irate Father Who Went
Cunning by Him
self.
FOR OBJECTIONABLE sON-IN-LAw
All Grew Out of a Matrimonial Event
That Was Not
Pleasant.

Jackson. Tenn, Feb. 14.-Albert Bill
derback, formerly of Cairo, Ills, and
Miss Lucy Hudgins, member of a
prominent family, were married Thurs
day. Late in the day a warrant was
sworn out by Miss Hudgins' father
charging Bilderback with bigamy.
Shot the Wrong Man
Thursday night, shortly before mid
night. the door bell of boarding house
was rung. and when Robert +. Nc
Cav, a bOarder. whose home is said
TO be in Rochester, y. Y. came to the
door he was shot to death. Two pO-
lice officers nearby arrested Samuel
Hudgins, the father of Bilderback's
bride ava
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
SIMPLE CATARRH REMEDY
just Breathe HyomeI Four Times a Day
and BE Cured.


and he Cured
If few years ago some one had
said you can cure catarrh by breath
ing air charged with healing balm,
the idea would have been ridiculed
eminent Investigator, to discover in
-Hyomei this method of cure.
Hyomei has performed the most mi
raculous cures of catarrh and is to-
day recognized by leading members of
the medical profession as the only
advertised remedy that can be re-
lied upon to do just what it claims.
The complete outfit of Hyomei costs
but $1.00 and consists of an inhaler, a
medicine dropper and bottle of Hyo-
mel
Breathe Hyomei through the inhal-
er for few minutes four times a day
and it will cure the worst case of cat
arrh. 1t sooths and heals the mu-
cous membrane of the air passages.
prevents irritation, and effects com
plete and lasting cure.
The treasurer of the American Life
Insurance company. j. S. Nugent, of
New York. writes: ''Hyomei has COM
pletely cured my daughter of cat
arrh from which she has been suf-
ferer for years"
In Rock Island there are scores of
well known people who say they have
been cured of catarrh by Hyomei. If
it does not cure you, L. H. Thomas
will return the money you paid for
Hyomei This is the strongest evil
dence that can be offered as To their.
faith IN the remedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
PRESIDENT LOUBET MAY
BE ROCK ISLANDS GUEST

\ visit from President Loubet, of
the French republic. is one of the pos
sibilities that the year 1904 holds out
to Rock Island, and to some of the
other more important cities along the
upper Mississippi river as well.
1t is well known that the chief eX-
ecutive of France has made definite
plans to visit the louisiana Purchase
exposition at st. Louis next year.
The fact that France was the nation
from which the territory Of Louisiana
was bought 100 years ago, renders it
particularly fitting that he should do
so.
Being a man of an inquiring turn
Of mind, and one deeply interested in
history, President Loubet has planned
not only to attend the st. Louis eN-
position, but to see something of the
Mississippi valley that was first eN-
plored and scatteringly settled by his
countrymen. I'm order to do this in
the most effective manner il is report
ed that he intends travelling to the
headwaters of the river by rail and
beginning ut Trempealeau, Wis,
where the earliest French explorers
made their headquarters. view the
ruins of the old fort there, and
journey thence by water down to ST.
Louis. stopping at the more impor-
tant points of interest along the way.
including Rock Island city and arscn-
al President I.oubet expects to reach
this country about June Is. and his
visit to the upper river points should
be timed about July I.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

highest praise, for it is reliable and will
never disappoint you."-Mrs. j. c..
Garrett.
Thore are two things that the whole
medical profession agree about concern
ing catarrh. The first is that catarrh is
the most prevalent and omnipresent dis
ease to which the people in the United
States are subject. All classes of people
have it. Those who stay indoors much
and those who go outdoors much.
Working classes have it and sedentary
classes have it.
The doctor finds catarrh to be his con-
slant and ever-present foe. 1t compli-
Gates nearly every disease he is called
upon to treat.
The second thing about catarrh on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

The scratch OF pin may cause the
loss of a limb or even death when
blood poisoning results from the in
jury. All danger of this may be
avoided, however. by promptly apply
ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t is
an antiseptic and unequalled as a
quick healing liniment for cuts,
bruises and burns. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Pe-ru-na Cures a Case of Five Years Standing.

which all doctors agree, is that it is diff
ficult to cure it. Local remedies NAV
give relief but they fail to cure perma-
nently. Sprays or snuffs amount to
little or nothing except to give tempo
rary relief.
Catarrh is frequently located in inter
nal organs which cannot be reached by
any sort of local treatment. All this is
known by every physician.
To devise some systemic internal rem
edy which would reach catarrh at its
source, to eradicate it permanently from
the system-this has been the desire of
the medical profession for a long time.
Forty years ago DIR. Hartman confronted
this problem. He believed then that he
had solved it. He still believes he has
solved it. He cures thousands of people
annually. During all these years Pc
runa has been the remedy upon which
he has relied.
1t was at first private prescription,
afterwards manufactured expressly for
him in large quantities. This remedy,
Peruna, is now to be found in every drug
store and nearly every home in the land.
ever devised to cure any case of catarrh,
however long the case may have been
standing.
Mr.. Camillus Senne, 257 West 10th
street, New York, writes:
"I have fully recovered from my CO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

a great catarrh
remedy. 1t heals
and heals quick
ly and perma-
nently.
" This is sim
ply the whole
story in a word.
I have for years
suffered with ca
tarrh, aggravat-
ed when 1 took
cold and Peruna
o11rad mo If iS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Ice Cream.

Place your order with us and get
the purest and richest ice cream in
the tri-cities. Phone west 1241. Tri-
City Milk IL Butter company, Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

Takes the burn out; heals the
wounds; cures the pain. DR.. Thomas
,Eclectric Oil, the, household remedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

tarrhal troubles.
I suffered or
three years with
catarrh of t h e
head, nose and
throat. I tried
all kinds of
medicine with
out relief, but at
last 1 have been
cure d by the
wonderful rem
e dy called Pc
runa.
d" / read of Pc
runa in you r
LIN anne and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
POET GAULT DIES
Man Who Wrote Twenty Years
Ago" a Resident of Clin-
ton County.
ENGAGED IN NEWSPAPER BUSINESS
But Few Hereabout Knew He Was
Author Of Famous
Verse.

Few, if any, of the thousands re-
siding in and about Rock Island who
have read those touching verses in
the old schoolday poem of Twenty
Years Ago" know that the author of
these lines that have left their i'm
press on the hearts and minds of
good men and great was resident
of Wheatland, in Clinton county,
Iowa.
A. J. Gault, who wrote the poem,
died at his home there last Wednes-
day. In speaking of his death the
Clinton Age says: HE was one of
the county's oldest, best known and
respected residents. During the war
he published the Clinton County Adj
vocate at Wheatland, and in 1881 es-
tablished the Spectator. Through
these mediums he became endeared
TO Il large circle of friends through
out the county and state, as his beau
tiful poems reached the Threshold of
many a home and the verses were so
touching that many knew them word
for word. Probably his masterpiece
is that beautiful little poem on ma
ture, Twenty Years Ago. which is
known to every reader of the English
language and was published in the
Nightingale series of school songs.
'The poem brings one back to the
scenes of childhood, to the old school
house, the tree under which so many
happy hours were spent, the brook
grapevine swing the bench on
which their sweetheart's names were
cut the benches their jackknives
had defaced,' making it a masterpiece
in American literature. One of the
favorite songs of Abraham Lincoln
was Twenty Years Age. The lines
sunk into his memory and. he quoted
them as if to himself long after first
hearing It. SAYS the biographer of the
Life of lincoln. The poem was pub
lishetf anonymously and not until re-
Gently was the authors name made
known.
New Yorker By Birth
"A. ]. Gault was born in Jackson,
Washington county, n. V, Oct. 4,
1918. soon afterwards moving with
his parents to Arlington, VT where
he resided until he was % years of
age. He attended school until 10
Years of age; afterwards he became
a~StuuenU OF nature anu spent many
of his leisure hours wandering
through the fields and forests, among
the green hills of Vermont, and catch
ing speckled trout. He was a student
-of nature, and here during his Boy
hood days many of his best poems
were written. The poem was letter
written to his brother Tom. who was
living in Oswego, n. V. and had been
neglectful in writing home. At the
time of Toms death several years
ago he left the letter to his sister in
Kansas, which she retained u years
ago.
'He came to Clinton in 1855, and to
Wheatland' in 1853. helping build the
railroad to the latter point. He was
united in marriage to Miss Alice Col
by in 1856, one son, \. w. Gault. being
born, who is now editor of the Gala
mus Record. She died 10 years ago.
In 1856 he married Mrs. Anna Meyer.
who survives him. In the death of
the author of Twenty Years Ago
Clinton county loses one of its Oldest
and best known residents"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

Chicago,
Medicine Columbus, Oho
he Columbus, Ohio:
solicitation friend
1t
Other RUDOLPH M. PATTERSON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

Mrs. ]. C. Garrett, of So West 117th
street, New York City, writes:
81 can honestly recommend Peruna as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

Subscribe for The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

indeed a great medicine, and worthy the
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-12
Gathered From Various Sources.
interesting Events Briefly Told,
For the Benefit Of Busy. People.
CAPTURED ON ITS OUTWARD RUSH

Six men were killed and ten others
were injured bv an explosion at the
United States naval arsenal at Iona
Island, N. Y.
Jacob Krieger, a republican election
officer, shot and probably fatally
wounded Thomas Kiley, a democratic
election officer, in Louisville.
One person was killed and fifty.one
others were injured, two probably
fatally, in a collision betwenn cable
cars on viaduct in Kansas City.
The negroes of Morgan Park, Ill.,,
have been given forty-eight hours no.
tice to leave. The order is the outcome
of the murder of the Chief of Police
Airey by negoes.
During theatrical performance at
Vancouver, British Columbia, the
American anthem was hissed and
when the American flag was displayed
riot nearly resulted.
Henry johnson, a negro, was taken
from Jail at Lake Village, Ark, by a
mob and hanged. 1t was the result of
small riot between negroes and
whites, in which one white man was
killed and several others were wound.
ed.
The United States recognized the
new government on the isthmus and
will not allow Colombia to land troops
to regain her sovereignty. This action
will almost certainly cause a breach
between the Colombia and the United
States.
The Dominica government attempted
to have the cargo of the United States
steamer Cherokee landed at San Do
mingo, but Minister Powell interfered
and demanded that the vessel be al
lowed to depart. The Cherokee later
forced the blockade at Puerto Plata.
The independence of the Isthmus was
proclaimed at Panama last week. Two
generals were imprisoned in the name
of the republic. The troops favor the
movement and the formation of a gov
ernment will begin at once. President
Roosevelt has taken steps toward pro-
tecting American interests on the
Isthmus. The gunboat Nashville is at
Colon, and ships will be sent to other
ports.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-12
kearsar9e Mine Disaster.

Fire in the Kearsarge mine, six
miles from Virginia City, early Fri
day morning killed nine men. The
damage to the surface buildings is
slight. Among the dead is Superin-
tendent h. B. Turner, of Butte, one OF
the best known mining men in the
northwest The dead are: h. b. Tur-
ner superintendent, of Kearsarge; Geo.
Allen, stationary engineer; John To,
bin, miner; James Powers, miner;
Edward Laherty, miner; VIM. Flem-
ing, miner; Robert Donnelly, miner
two unknown men, miners.
All of the dead miners are from Butte
and were single. The Kearsarge is
one of the principal gold mines of the
state and is considered very valuable
1t is operated by the Alder Mining
company.
About O'Clock Friday morning, fire
was discovered issuing from the tunnel
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-12
High School
N O T ES
---------------
Correspondents:
ZOLA CLARK, MAGGIE SNOOk

John Lyndes has entered school
again.
Cliff Drake is a new pupil in the
first grade.
Dollie Westaby has not been absent
for more than a year.
Bruce Carolan is in school again
after his long illness.
The attendance is quite good in the
first grade. Enrolment 81.
Marie Forney was absent one half
day last week, that being the first she
has been absent during the whole of
last year and so far this year.
The following incident occurred last
week in one of the literature classes
that was studying johnson, the poet,
and his style of writing: Pupil-"Well,
Miss, does anyone admire John
son?' Teacher (blushing)-'I am
sure cannot say" But the pupils
could.
The regular meeting of the Parents
club met in the high school room last
Friday at $50 p. IN. The following
program was rendered.: Paper by
Mrs. H. G. Wright, "The Moral Ed
ucation of the child" general discus
sion, 1.-The Length of the School Ses-
sion, Should it be Shortened?' Vocal
solo, Mrs. Eckels. There was large
attendance and all seemed interested
in the topics chosen for discussion.