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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
eee5B Peoria, Ill, to

New Orleans. La, and return via the
Illinois Central railroad. Account an
nual meeting American Medical asso-
ciation Tickets on sale May 1 to A.;
extreme return limit, May 80. Two
daily trains. Only one night on the
road. Solid Pullman trains, consist
ing of standard sleepers, buffet, libra
nv cars, chair cars and diners. Write
us for full information. G. A. Smith,
commercial agent. City ticket office,
500 Main street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
River bulletin.

River forecast for IS hours ending
a. m, Thursday. April %, 1908: The
Mississippi will fall very slightly be-
tween Dubuque and Davenport.
The steamer w. j. Young, which
leaves this port every other day for
Burlington, suffered a slight accident
Saturday before reaching Burlington.
At the town of Kcithsburg there is
telephone wire across the river which
has been an annoyance to the steam
er and three times has caused her to
lose her jack staff. Saturday that
same wire got busy again and took
away the jack staff and a portion of
the pilot house. A new wire has also
been stretched across the river south
of New Boston
The j. s., Capt. John Streckfus'
handsome excursion boat, will open
her season with a trip to Clinton next
Sunday, going up in the morning and
returning in the afternoon. Next
week the boat will leave for the south.
taking an excursion out of Fort Mad
ison. and then proceeding to the Mis-
souri, to run out of ST. Joseph.
The Glenmont and Park Bluff were
down with a tow of logs. The Winona
was here from the north.
The stage of water was 300 at a.
IN. and sos at noon. The tempera-
ture at noon was A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
LIBEL CHARGE FAILS TO
HOLD IN THE PATCH CASE

The case for criminal libel against
NJ. 5. Patch brought by Magistrate
q. Albert Johnson in connection with
an alleged fraudulent vote cast by the
defendant at the city election came
up before Justice Schroeder this af-
ternoon, the time having been eX-
tended from this morning on agree
ment of the attorneys. The charge of
libel was held by the justice not to
apply and Il. r. Reynolds, represent
ing Mr.. Johnson. amended the bill to
one charging SANDER. Upon this
charge the trial was proceeded with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
TODAY'S MARKETS

Chicago. April 2I-Fonowing are the open
ing. highest, lowest and closing quotations
in today's markets:
Wheat.
May, 771S; 70; TAX: 769s
July, 7s5f; 72X; TN; 7i&-.
Sept, e9h; e91s; 6sS; 6SS
Corn.
May, AZ; Az: 43. 43%:
July. AN; as: "A 44A.
Sept, Al; A; 434 43B.
Oats.
May, s514; 35sS; s416 s49s.
July, 3l14; $780, 3O9s; 81
Pork.
May, 1876 1915 IS o.; 1907
July, 1852: n 20: II so: IL. go
Sept, 1872; 1727; 1922; l722-.
Lard
May, 90 30: 8 90; 90
July, 81: 50; 9.S2: e.S2-
Sept, 9S2; 9.S2-; $50; $50.
Ribs.
May, 9 90; 90; 9.97; 9g7
July, 9.77: 9.S5; $50; $50.
Sept, 9.67; 9.75; 9.72 o ".
:, Rye May sou; July 1g1 FAX IA cash.
cash 42054.
Receipts today: wheat SIS, corn So. oats
1ss; hogs 1900; cattle 1900 sheep 5000
Hogs at Kansas City 1000, cattle 1900;
hogs at Omaha 900. cattle 5,0Oc
Hog market opened strong TO &c hlgher.
Light. IS 95Sl72 20; mixeo ana Dutch
ers. S7.lO975O; good heavy. s715G7.55; rough
QcdVyt d.lO0D1 81.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened steady
Union stock yards $40 a. m
HOG market slow ana hr1n, mostly DC nlSn-
err.
Light, So sO07 80; mixed and butchers, e7.05
@7.50; good heavy, S7l5G17.55; rough heavy,
S7.150730.
Cattle market slow but steady
Beeves a. 0005. so, cows and heifers l. 500
20, Texas steers Is. T50440, stockers and
feeders 81 7Od4S5.
Sheep market weak.
Hog market closed weak to sc lower.
Light, e6.S007, 25; mixed and butchers, 7.O5
Q7.45; good heavy, GiOG7.5O; rough heaVy.
7.15O730.
Cattle market closed slow and weak.
Sheep market closed 10 to l5c lower.
Estimated receipts Wednesday, VIII eat 80,
corn 80, oats IS, hogs q 600.
New York Stocks.
New York April 2l-The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
exchange:
So. Pacific 5s2I sugar I27. c. 4 com. 3l2l,
gas 1918. Penna. 1875. b Il o. 81. @. 4. l. &
p. com Az. G. M. & st. l631S, Manhattan 49,
Pacific Mail 3i1k. Atchison com. 50, w.
Tel. Co. S5K. N. Y. Central 1925, l.. s. N
1855, B., 4. II. 66B. Rdg. com. 54ss, leather
com. l4b, copper 66l6. Atchison ptd 97B. U.
=. Steel pfd 81 U. b Steel common 36A,
Missouri Pacific 110%, Union Pacific common
o2S1. coal and iron sc. Erie common 34K;
Wabash pfd 1875, Can Pacific 1874, Republic
Steel common 1884, Republic Steel ptd. ....,
NJ. K. s. II. common 26sS, American Car
Foundry common 404; q. & g. w. 1914
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
Ront Cnprlzes and prowns.

Kalkaska. Mich. April u. = The
capsizing of q rowboat on small lake
six miles east of this village resulted
in a triple drowning. The victims are
John Victor. his wife. and Maggie
Fuetz. Mrs. Nictor's sister. All were
from Kentucky. The unfortunate peO-
pie went down in the water when only
six rods from the shore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
$50 Peoria to

Los Angeles and San Francisco,
Cal, and return. Tickets on sale May
and IL, and 13 to Is, inclusive. Ar
range your trip going via the Illinois
Central to New Orleans and Sunset
Route; returning via Ogden, Salt Lake
City and Denver. Stop-overs allowed
en- route. Write or call on us for full
information. G. \. Smith, CONNER
cial agent. City ticket Office, 500 Main
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
CodAy's Quotations on Provisions. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel

TodAy'G Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel
Rock Island. April 2I.-Following are the
quotations on the local market
Provisions,
Butter-Creamery sSc. dairy 2OQ2lc
EggS-Fresh I2c.
Live poultry-Chickens 10c per pound,
hens &C per pound, ducks 12hc, turkeys lSc,
geese 91Sc.
Observation-Disclosures. 4Oc to soc.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 to 1915 cows aud
heifers 800 to $3.50. calves $3.50 to $500.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers 1928 to e. 25.
Sheep-YearlingS or over, per cwt. 81 90 to
IS 50, Lambs per head cas- to $40
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn 45C14Sc; oats, Csc to 36:.
Forage-Timothy hay. siS to sl4. prairie
$40 to 81. balcd prairie 80, balcd timothy Sl2
straw, $500.
Woodland, per load e5.OO6S55O.
Coal-Lump, per busbel 13C0Dl4C, mine run
13c per bushel SLACK, per bushel &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
HaiIstnrm Onuses HAVOC.

Williamson, w. Va, April 21.-The
heaviest hail storm ever Witnessed in
southern West Virginia prevailed here
for an hour during the night. There
was great destruction. Plate glass
and window glass was broken. The
ground was white with the fallen hail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
Has to Give UP Hi. Position.

Wabash, Ind, April 81. A. l..
Lawshe. of this city, who for the last
two years has been auditor of the
Philippine, at a salary of $4,000, is
expected to return to Wabash in a few
weeks. Lawshe is suffering from a
chronic affection OF. the throat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-21
m,.one,, Arr,ve, at wilkesbarre.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 21.-Presi-
dent Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, has arrived here. He pre-
sided at a joint meeting of the district
executive boards and heard the griev-
ances of the mine workers resulting
from the misinterpretation of the
strike commissions award.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
A Splendid Introduction.

In Introducing Ex-Governor Taylor, who
lectured here on Monday night, Judge
f. ID. Winston said most eloquently:
The distinguished citizen who is to
speak to you has received from those
who know him best many evidences OF
their esteem and confidence. He has
been the great Governor of a great
State He was his peoples foremost
leader at the Nations Capitol. His
official life closed with his consent. He
put aside honors that were within his
easy reach. He has not escaped adverse
criticism. The great and good rarely
escape it. 1t was said by some that he
issued too many pardons as Governor.
IL he did his heart was speaking. | APP
ply to him the language of our own
great and good Aycock when | say that he
would have been too cowardIy to be the
Governor of a good and just people if
in fear of their criticism he had let one
man undergo further punishment when
his reason and conscience told him he
had been sufficiently punishd. How
glorious will be his epitaph when a
grateful people shall write him as one
who loved his fellowman and who took
from the trinity of virtues as his motto
that which Christ said was first. If I
We're introducing the orator and states
man | would present him in the dignified
language of such Introduction as the
Honorable Robert l.. Taylor late Gov
ernor of Tennessee. do not so intro
duce him. | present the man. He will
instruct you in philosophy without cant
He will delight you without sting:
in the cordial and homely language of
the Old North State. I present her
grandson. Bob Taylor"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05

tion 2, increasing the salary of the State
Superintendents stenographer from $3.50
20 $500
Mr. Duncan wanted to strike out sec
tion 3. relating to appointments of
Boards of Education.
Mr.. Watts and DR.. Stevenson amended
to provide that the county superinten-
dent of Iredell should not receive a sal
airy of more than $500
An the amendments were lost except
the one relating to Iredell county.
The bill, as amended by the Senate,
then passed its second and third readings,
il being substituted for the bill before the
House.
The bill making it a misdemeanor to
violate a contract was tabled.
COURT sTENOGRAPHER BILL.
The bill to appoint court stenographers
for the several judicial districts then
came up.
MIR. Price, of Stanly, author of the bill,
said that under the operation of this
bill $342 would be saved in criminal eases
and an equal amount in the other cases in
each district. And in time there would
be saved from one to two or three days
If only one day were saved, the total
saved in the sixteen districts would be
$1i, 1914
There was another reason, besides the
economical one, why the bill should pass
1t would aid the ends of justice.
Amendments came up. exempting
Orange Cleveland. the Ninth District and
many other counties.
The committees amendment that the
bill Go not apply to the Eleventh judicial
district was adopted.
Owing to the great number of amend
ments, the bill was passed over until
those interested could get together On
the matter.
Judge Graham, by consent, introduced
bill directing the Board of Education
to consolidate the colored normal schools.
House bill to incorporate the Castor
Loan and Trust Company. Passed second
and third readings. -~.- 8.
The House adjourned till ten O'Clock
this morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05

passing any such bill as this. He be-
lieved it best for the whole people of
Robson that this bill be reported I'M
favorably.
Mr.. Dockery moved the bill be reported
unfavorably.
Mr.. Freeman, Of Henderson, seconded
the motion
1t was carried unanimously.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
PASSED THIRD READING.

PASSED THIRD READING.
House bill. to prevent the sale or Civ
ing away of cigarettes or cigarette paper
within two miles of Sharpe Institute,
Rockingham county.
House bill. to authorize the Treasurer
OF Surry County School Fund to pay out
standing claims.
House bill, to amend chapter 81, Laws
of 1901, relating to Davidson county.
The bill TO limit the time allowed to
attorneys in making arguments before
juries came up as a special order.
General Davidson said that the law was
rendered necessary by the growth of an
abuse by lawyers of the privilege given
them by the statutes.
Originally the time had been limited,
but on account of the tyrannical char
acter of some of the old-time judges, it
was found necessary to pass law Civ
ing attorneys the right to make their
arguments as long as they might deem
necessary. But now that was no longer
necessary. and often trials were seriously
delayed by over lengthy arguments.
The bill which was introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. Webb, then passed by a
practically unanimous vote.
1t puts the minimum limit at three
hours for each side in civil cases, and one
hour in eases of misdemeanor. But this
time may be extended by the Judge
PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW
Then the amendments to the School
Law were taken up, as they came from
the Senate.
Judge Graham briefly explained the
substance of the amendments
Then MIR Watts offered an amendment
providing that white teachers should re-
ceive SO Is per cent more than colored
teachers.
Mr.. Whitaker. of Guilford. was begin
ming to speak on this amendment, asking
if the gentleman from lredell was really
prepared To make any such proposition
to the House, when Mr.. Watts Withdrew
his amendment saying that he had just
consulted that eminent constitutional
lawyer. the gentleman from New Han
over. and he had advised him that the
amendment was unconstitutional.
Mr. Whitaker then went on to speak for
the proposed amendments to the law.
making an earnest appeal for the rural
schools.
Mr. Britain proposed to strike out see-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
Western Teachers Carry
the House.
Continued from Third Page.)

of this department. He represented the
farmers of the State, so per cent. of the
people, and had introduced his bill. That
was followed by the Governors recon-
mendation He spoke of what had been
done for the textile and mechanical de-
partments of the college. and how practi-
oally nothing had been done for the agri-
cultural department.
1t would be the greatest political mis-
take this Assembly could make to con-
tinue to allow the money of the farm
ers of the State to go to the equipment
of the mechanical and textile students.
That was the proposition we were con
fronting.
The time had come when something
must be done in North Carolina for scien-
tifc agriculture.
Mr.. SCOTS speech was forcible and in
teresting. II held the attention of the
big crowd in Hobbies and gallery, and of
the members on the floor. He was full
of facts and figures and his words were
very convincing. Applause greeted him
as he concluded.
Mr.. Blount spoke on the great value
of the practical agriculture being taught
at the college. saying it was worth mill
lions of dollars to the State.
1t was generally admitted that the doc
tor, the lawyer, the minister required
special training But heretofore it had
been considered that any old thing was
good enough for a farmer. 1t would
be Wen worth the expenditure if every
farmer in North Carolina should send
his son here for ten weeks each year to
take the winter course in agriculture.
The bill passed second and third read
ings almost unanimously, and the re-
suit was greeted with a burst of APP
plause.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
GOLD Ia HEAD

cures cata~rn spd drives away cold IN the
head q"ieklv. y is absorbed. Heals and
protects the membra Restores the sanseS
q taste and smell. Full size soc, 1T drug
BROS SO Warreu street. New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

Jackson street consists of number Of
neatly arranged booths filed with
produce of all kinds, with here and
there bunch of posies for ornament
The horse market out in the Midway
district consists of a series of big
barns with-some distance off-several
acres of pasture land. Passengers in
the interurban cars which pass the
horse market every few minutes fire.
quently catch a glimpse of newly ar
rived horses being driven into one Of
the barns, or of some reckless rider
driving an unbroken horse as near as
possible to the noisy cars. But such
cursory glance gives one no idea of the
inner workings of a horse market To
appreciate this he must spend some
time in the Midway district watching
the unloading of the horses from the
freight cars; he must observe the treat
ment that is accorded them in the sta
bles and the care that is taken of them
while they are pasturing in the open
acres.
Lumber Camp Barn Boss Comes to Buy.
One afternoon last week the barn
boss" of one Of the largest lumber COM
panies in this country sat in front of
one of the stables of the Midway horse
market and watched with a keen eye
the fifty or more horses that were be-
Ing driven toward some freight cars
which stood on the track near the Min
nesota Transfer station. The man who
watched the horses might have stepped
directly out of one of Edward Stewart
Whites sketches, so typical was he of
the woodsman born and bred. The
frost had bitten the red into his cheeks.
his keen, gray eyes had the steady ex-
preston of one who has been accus-
toned to observe and to measure, his
shoulders had the permanent stoop of
the man who had 'toted'' packs in his
younger days. For nineteen years this
man has purchased all the horses that
are used by his company in their mill
work and in their lumber work. For
the past few years he has made all of
his purchases at the Midway market
His company will have use for 300
horses this winter. The lot purchased
last week were shipped to one Of the
big lumber camps on the Missabe range
back of Hibbing. They will be en-
ployed in making logging roads, and,
later, in helping to carry the logs
and no harder work can be asked of any
'draught sorse. And that is why this
barn boss" examined critically each
powerful-looking horse as it passed be-
fore him. It is no colts burden that
they will be asked to bear when they
reach the region of pines, but such toll
as only the hardest of animals could
endure.
1t was to meet the requirements of
such men as this barn boss" for the
lumber season Is just commencing,
that the buyers of the market were
sent out last month. They travelled
through Southern Minnesota, through
the Dakotas and through Iowa, and
purchased from the farmers what
horses they had to sell. Only physi-
cally sound and broken horses are
purchased, and when number of
these have been collected they are
shipped by freight to the Midway
market. Every freight car deposits its
burden of horses directly in front of
the door of the Midway market. Each
horse is given number, and this, with
the number of the car lot, is fastened
in his name. Then he undergoes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

jority of them are sober and indus
tr1ous, but families increase so rapidly
IN size that there is little chance of
getting ahead. The little patch of gar
den that is attached to the homes of
the more prosperous Bohemians does
not begin to supply all the little
mouths. And then winter comes and
sickness, then there is suffering in Lit
tie Bohemia. For, perched on the bank
Of the Mississippi, little protection is
afforded the rudely built huts when the
cold winds of winter whistle across the
level plain.
There is need in Little Bohemia of a
day nursery. Many of the women who
dwell there go out to work by the day
and the little ones are left with an.
older girl. Thus the latter is kept out
of school and the former do not receive
the best of care. A day nursery would
care for the children, would keep them.
clean and well fed Such a nursery
should be open all the year round, but
In the summer it might take the form
of public playground. This and a
small park laid out somewhere In the
Vicinity of these foreign colonies would
destroy the small beginnings of slum
life there and would give the children
a better chance
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
HALF A DOZEN CIGARS
SAVE AS MANY LIVES
Instances in Which a Fragrant Weed Has
Averted a Tragedy

This may not be sufficient excuse for
cuIIVat!ng fondness for tobacco in gen
e 81 and expensive cigars in particular
II excuse be needed-but it's strangely
true mat cigars, generally good cigars
nave many times saved valuable human
M: Guizot, the great French historian
Tor instance, owes his life to a cigar. One
day he Was walking in one of the gardens
OF Paris when he noticed that he was be-
ing 1olloWed by shabbily dressed man.
who evidently had some purpose in view
which included the historian
M. Guizot finally sat down on a bench
ana MS unWeieome follower seated himself
there Also all the time watching him
with a threatening air which might have
proved disconcerting to a man troubled
with nerves" The historian was not
troubled He pulled cigar out of his
pocket and lighted it.
AT that action the strange man arose
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

But when playtime in the pasture is
over, and, in response to a demand
made by some one like the "barn boss"
of the lumber company, the horses are
brought up for inspection, old friend
ships are apt to Be rudely broken. The
pretty little brown mare and the tall
raw-boned white mare may have be-
come inseparable during pasturing
time and may have exchanged all those
thrilling condolences which the sex de-
lights in, but once brought back to the
stables the pretty little brown mare is
apt to find herself purchased by the
owner of some department store who
wants her to draw one of the delivery
wagons, and the tall white mare is
just as likely to find herself in a lot
with other horses of her size, waiting
to be shipped north to the lumber
camps.
But before the horses are ready to be
inspected at the Midway market much
primping is done. OF course there are
no mirrors in any of the stalls, and, as
a consequence, no horse is ever quite
sure that it is as presentable as
horse should be, but the hostlers do
their best and the result is always
gratifying to those who delight in fine
specimens of horseflesh. The horse is
curried and brushed until the skin
shines like satin. Then gay-colOred
ribbons are braided in the tail and
tWined in the name. Thus arrayed the
heaviest draught horse looks like a
very fine creature, indeed. Still, in gala
attire, they are driven into the box
cars and started on their trip to vari-
Gus parts Of the Northwest.
Chance Decides the Equne's Fate.
The horse market provides the aver
age draught horse with life of inf
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

and to drink and to frolic about and
get fat.
Horses Have Their Friendships.
Old horsemen who have worked
about the horse market for a number
OF years tell some interesting tales
ABOUT their equine friends. If two
horses are brought from one farm,
even If they travel to the horse market
in different cars, they will resume
their friendship as soon as they meet
in the pasture and will "chum'' to-
gether until their paths separate once
more. And a carload of horses will
keep together, no matter how many
strange horses the lot may meet in
the pasture, and woe to the ambitious
horse that attempts to break into the
charmed circle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

rigid examination. If he is ill he is
sent to the hospital-not a place of
wnlte-covered cots and uninterrupted
nurses but big room, the floor COW
ered with sawdust and fitted up with
troughs and water tanks out of which
the horses may eat and drink. The
heaithy horses are sent to the pasture,
"here all they have to do is to eat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

her age. Her mother, not yet much
over thirtyfi five, is broken down old
woman. That this girl with the Count
ess Potocki face will have no brighter
future is inevitable.
The Polish girls and the Bohemian
girls marry young as a rule, but most
of them wait until they are sixteen, at
least. So the thirteen-year- old bride
was a novelty, even in Bohemia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

There is no foreign colony in ST.
Paul where the process of the making
of an American citizen is so clearly
revealed as in Little Bohemia, that
section of the capital city tucked in
between the Polish settlement and an
Italian settlement, a half a mile or so
above the city hospital on the left bank
of the Mississippi river.
Those who skirted 1.-The coast of Bo-