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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

PLEASANT F. COX-Real estate and insur-
anCe. Old fire CompaI les represented.
Your patronage solicited. Phone Union
SO. once over Thomas drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11
wANrrp-MALrHELF


WANTED-At once, three bell boys at the
Harper House.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors, admin
istrators, guardians, trustees. trustees or
any kind of judicial bonds; lodge and So
ciety officerS; city, state or q. s. govern
ment of1icials; contractors; positions of
trust; in fact any kind of bond YOU want
Except bail bonds). Terms reasonable.
Hayes & cleveland, resident managers,
Fidelity and Deposit company, of Mary
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

For RENT-House of six rooms and closets
at t7l6 Third avenue, uewly papered. waite 7
in kitchen. One stove win heat five rooms.
Apply to Tucker, the printer, Rock Island,
or c.. a. K oester, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11
TRAINS

81, LOUIS Springfield
GaiesDurg. Peort2 and
Quincy ......-. F7:S0 an so85 Am
Stefting, MENDOZA and
Chicago. -. -. $50 am tes5 am
81 L4J1Is, kaEsaa- City,
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coast S"1sS5 PM vic pm
) seEling and points in
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D fbrQ0e, Clinton, La
Crosse, S. Paul, Mirn-
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Ia Crosse ....s.......-..J 200 srp roo pm
Cdntoa and Intermediate 700 an ZOO pm
E stop 81 ROCK Island . minutes for meals.
sDaily. +Dsily except Sunday.
Telephone 1885,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR RENT-A five. six and eight-room
house. inquire of W. c. Maucker, Masonic
Temple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

INSURANCE-Rates for city
property % cents per 800 one year, 40 cents
per e100 three years, 90 cents per SOD FIVE
years. Call or address c. r. Chamberliu
Agent, Mitchell & Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

HAYES & CLEAVELAND - The pioneer
agency. Old time and fire tested compa-
MES Fire, lightning, plate glass, tornado,
accident, lite, or almost any form of risk.
Ground floor offices 30 to 2ls, Eighteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR SALE-Mandolin, guitar and violin
with music, never used, very nigh grade.
will be sofa at list price. It H. McNevin.
Q24 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR RENT-For winter and spring months
new 10 70 IN house splendid location, all
convenienceS II. X. Walker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

BENEFITS Insurance agency. Fire. life Il,
acc dent. health and plate glass. Rea
estate and loans. Room ,. Buford block.
Residence phone. union 35l once, union lI3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR SALE-The east 60 feet adjoining the IL
brary property can be bought at bargain
if taken with the next 30 days Apply to
Mrs. Mary Carey on premises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR RENT-A Broom cottage at SIS Forty
second street. with all modern improve
meutS. Inquire at cILy clerk office, SIX.
teenth street and Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR SALE-A Rock Island hard coal stove
also gas rance. both in very good condi-
ton VIII sell cheap Inquire at corner
of Twenty ninth street and Eighth and-a-
half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11
TRAIEi

ROCK ISLAND AND PEORIA DIVISION
Trains leave Twentieth street station. MAR
ne trains start from main depot on Fifth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

FOR RENT-Five-room house. 3 "a Ninth
avenue: Inquire at 1897 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11

WANTED-Two kitchen PiTls at Godfrey
restaurant 2I9 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-11
FOR sALE-MIsoELLANnous.

FOR SALE-A hard coal stove, large size. in
avenue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
Their Glory is No More.


 Cashmere shawls are still made b,,t tneir glory has departed and the cbeon ana seductive aniline dye has disnIacobb tne soft and beautiful colorines in Inc oiu, tlme vegetable ayes. The men who understand their manipulation have pone 10 more lucrative fields or else thev lie m humble graveyards hard by the sfrag g,ng village streets of Cashmere, The Cashmere shawl industry received Its death blow during the Franco -Rnssien n war. at the breaking up of the French court; The shawls were brought to France TOT the great Napoleon and fashion i'm HieolatSly set her seal upon them. Rnt when the court of Napoleon IT crumhieS m the dust the vogue of the Cashmare shawl fell with it and famine and distress invaded the far-away valleys of Cash mere. Snadipore, which was once one nf the centers of the Cashmere shawl inSu9L try, Is beautifully located in a valIev st Ihe Junction of Sind and JheIum river. But the village has shrunk to a mere ham. let or rickety houses and the luxuria nt vegetation fails to cover its barrennass and poverty. What is left of the shawI industry Is carried on by boys and men who earn from to 8 annas a day. or from twopence to fourpence in British coipa ga For this beggarly sum they sit nlI ia V iong at the looms. which are almost a . forlorn as themselves in appearance fn1 they date back to the days of prosneritI, ana are held together by generous use of string use
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
THE INDIANoLA CASE.
Congressman Williams Says It is by
 No Mems Dead.

Washington Special to Baltimore Sun.
 The announcement of Hon. John s. Will Hams of Mississippi that the Indianola postoffice incident is by no means dead Southern representatives in Congress. It is well understood that certain Republi- cans expect to agitate the negro question when Congress reassembleS, hoping to make political capital out of what they can conjure up about lynchings and dis franchi 3ement of negroes.
 The Democrats will not run from the is- sue which it Is thus proposed to force in to some prominence. but will meet the suffrage question with direct proposi- the Constitution. and will expose fully the contradictory and cratic course of the President. both in his dealings with the negro and in his declarations with reference to mob violence, marking the contrast between his view of the summary execution of negro outrages and his amia- ble references to the playfulnesS of the cowboy with his gun and the hurried dis patch of horse-theves.
 The fight in the Republican ranks of Delaware over the case of Miss Iuldah Todd will naturally associate itself with the lndianola case. Miss Todd was dis missed from her position as fourth class postmaster because she was offensive to one of the Delaware Senators. though she was apparently not objected to by the peo- pie of the community generally The fact that she was offensive to one Senator was given as sufficient cause for her removal. In the 1ndianola case the negro postmas- ter was objected to by the whole com Mississippi delegation No one was satis- fed with her in the place and she resign ed Yet because she was negro woman and it was in the South she was objected to. the community was deprived of the postoffice and subjected to severe punish ment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
Two Noted Cases of Political Forget fulness.


 Many of the men who fought under the S.ars and Stripes at Antietam are won dering why no recognition of Gen. George B. McClellan's distinguished services to the North was Vouchsafed by any of the orators al the exercises on that famous battlefield last Thursday. There seems. indeed, to have been most striking eX- h bition of forgetfulness on this interest ing occasion President Roosevelt said in his address that European intervention would have followed a decisive Confed- crate victory at Antietam That state ment indicates the importance which he attaches to this battle. Yet his memory was singularly defective in regard to de- tails, for he forgot entirely to mention | the tact that General Mcclellan com mdnded the Federal forces, and that but TOT Little Mac s generalship the South ern army flushed with previous success ss mght nave achieved a signal triumph Of course, the fact that General McCiel- Ian was the nominee of the Democratic party for President in 1864 was not respon- siole for President Roosevelts loss of
 memory last week. It was simply a case 0I absent nt-mlnedness on the part of MT. hooseNe.t Even so diligent and careful student of history as our Chief MapisI
 'te IS represented to be cannot always , collect the names of generals whose D. owess and skill in battle helped to ,ia,ne,aa save the t nation In its hour of peril in explanation of the Presidents faiinre to recall General McCleland's servicas to the country. that at the period of +ba Civil War MT. Roosevelt was a cbiid Battles made no impression on hin, thau Such knowledge as he has of the .;ie ta unpleasantness" must be derived iron, tbe reading of books, and as the literature oF the Civil War is Voluminous he cannot be expected to carry 1t all In hs head But if the Presidents memory was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23

treacherous when he spoke at Antietam last week what shall be said of Gov eratn ern1r Murphy of New Jersey? The dedi- memorial which has been raised in honor or the vaior of New Jersey soldiers at also e.am camrs nas little meaning if it does not perpetuate the fame of that son of Nevu Jersey who commanded the Federal tSeces tSn ,I, m one of the bloodiest battles of spoke as one might have spoken who had never heard the name of Mcclellan. State Pride @ alone, it might seem. would have fset that sucient hs aid to his memory The a.t mton New Jersey ranks among It's great
 est sons is incomprehensible, The pnly lhfhGgst fbiggg that alone can explain 1t. The there as are Nortbasn Snat IS at all clear is that nemories are perfect blank So far as general t,I rt, Mcclellan is concerned. While minds d.1s Mac nf ,ho,In prowess is fresh in the fought under his command. it has utteriv escaped the attention of President Roosc, er srls ana Governor Murphy and many oth- ton e ago theree eeTSenages: weTs Even genera
 pr5;I punIc n1e whose memories Hyere extra 23rddinary defective in regard to Mcciellan
 was yruse Moc,d,;;, M, d; McMahon of New York who was mas,,. MCcCIellan's chief of staff of the stn anrG,. aalmy corps; In letter in The New York Iiheraid recalls celebra tion at Antietsm those who were present we1a .h among erhors s Of New Jersey and of New Ynri.
 ahd nited Andrew sta JohnsSn. President of the he ,Ind~e Iiseu MoMdss; MeMssdes; No mention" writes bo bdeorge B. Mcclellan. whose genius es H a eomImander saved Washington" Ii is sina SI5bT which was tnat noh this unique forgetfuness to which Judge McMahon refers Psrhoa exist1 III d most acute form now. What is tbs eSfpgIanation? exp It is political or psych9Iories e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23

Washington, Sept. 22-(Special. )-The Presidents stand in the Miller case has been the occasion of great deal of talk one way and another as to its ef- rect upon next years campaign. There Is no sort of doubt that the labor leaders mean to push their contentious to an issue. The politicians are exceedingly chary of committing themselves on the controversy. thus indicating they re- gard 1t with much concern. Not one of them of the Republican persuasion has said word in support of President Roosevelt. In private conversation they are vehement. but they beg not to be quoted for publication.
 The intention of the labor leaders to make themselves more manifest than unmistakable. They mean business for next years campaign for President. 1T they can't get what they want from the Republicans they will demand It or the Democrats, and the party that least res poets their wishes will suffer at the polls
 Representative E. J. Livernash or San Francisco. who was elected by the united labor and Democratic vote, is in Wash ington and has been a close observer or the developments out of the Miller case.
 MT LivNrnash is by no means radical on any proposition. Judging from his conversation. Talking to your corres- pendent, he said:
 The people of the Pacific States, so far as have studied their opinions, hope that the Fifty-Eighth Congress will legis- late very litt.e. for they fear the sort of legislation which precedes a presidential election Tariff changes are desired. but no extreme measures-certainly nothing that would seriously disturb the stability of the business of the country The feeling is the same with regard to deal ing with the trusts
 ''As to organized labor. it will not do for Congress to go to side-tracking reasonable labor bills, such as the anti
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
MERIT MAKES IT FAMOUS.
The Only Remedy in the World Ex cept Surgical Operation, That Will Certainly Cure Any
 Eorr, oe D;1o-
Form of Pile

The study of physicians. the experi. ments of chemists the loudly advertised pretensions of Quacks. have been foI years expended in one direction; to find pile cure that would cure.
 The results have been a number of harmless and In most cases useless oint. ments. suppositories and even internal remedies. which the public have weighed in the balance of experience and found wanting; nearly all of them gave some relief. but nothing approaching a radical cure resulted from these preparations.
 The remedy required is one which will immediately stop the pain so severe in many cases of piles. and then by con. tracting the small blood vessels tcapilla- ries) to their normal size produces d rad ical cure by reducing and finally absorb ing the tumors and healing the inflamed raw mucous surfaces.
 Until few years ago, no such remedy had been produced. but at that time a suppostory was placed upon the market wmch has since proven itself to be the long-sought permanent cure for this con- mon and distressing trouble; it has rap idly become famous throughout the United Staes and Canada, and is now sold by all druggists under the name of Pyr- amid Pile Cure.
 It is now the best known. because its merit and safety have advertised 1t wher- ever used. It has been advertised by word of mouth. from one sufferer to an other; people who have tried everything else. even submitting to painful and dan serous surgical operations without avail have finally found that piles can be cured without pain and without expense prac- tipally, as the Pyramid Pile Cure is sold for the nominal price of 50 cents and NOC per package.
 The Pyramid instantly stops all pain and at the same time contains no cocaine. morphine or narcotics; the acids and heal ing properties contained in the remedy speedily remove. cause healthful, nat ural contraction and absorption of the tumors. It will cure any form of rectal trouble except cancer and advanced fistu- h. which, by the way, nearly always re- suits from neglecting proper and timely tI eatment for piles.
 A book on cause and cure of piles sent free by addressing Pyramid Drug Co.,, Marshall, Mich. wed-su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
Statement from MT. Lett.

Edltor' he Advertiser:
 was very much surprised when I read In your paper of the 17th inst. the ac- count of, and the circumstances leading up to my marriage. that recently took place in your city, and as it was SO wide lS at variance with the real facts in the case In almost every particular and my Wife is so aggreved because of be- Ing represented as a highway candidate for matrimony, by virtue of having .'ad- yertised for a gentleman correspondent '' m other words, husband, that l write to request you to please make ,propel. or fectlon Tn your next issue.
 She did not advertise for correspond ent Of any kind. but simply wrote a let ter to the Womans Kingdom of The At interest to ladies, and as it by chance came under my observation. and pleased me. l wrote and requested her consent mat she granted, to a correspondence that was kept up for more than d year. and until We had become quite well ac- quainted.
 Having previously sent references, I visited her some time ago, and being greatly pleased. not only with her, pui her family also, I obtained her consent to our marriage. to which her father ob Jected, as he had not before been posted as to the situation, and thought me too much stranger. and residing at too considering herself the judge. overruled his objections and hence we are married
 Cobbvle, Ala. Sept. 20.
 tThe statements made by The Adver- user were secured from a source thought MT. Lett had left the '' city eft. before he could be seen. The Advertiser. of course. gladly publishes his letter as an injustice was done him.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2s, 1903.
THE NEGRO NORMAL SCHOOL.

The speeches made for and against negro education in the House yesterday showed that there are strong convictions on both sides of this question. But, apart from the general proposition as to whether the education of that race in the past has been failure or success, che school at Montgomery has strong claims upon the State. As it's manage ment is by our own people, its trustees being some of the best men In the State. and all its property being owned by the State, 1t would seem the part or wisdom to conserve that property. which may. if the Legislature chooses at some future day, be used for some other pur- pose. It Is not a school for the nigher education of the negro It gives only an elementary and industrial educahon' and all the efforts of its Board Of Trus- fees today are directed towards making 1t more and more an industrial school The State is committed to negro educatlon' and the rural schools complain Of want of competent teachers. For this reason q hill has been passed lowering the stan dard for negro teachers.
 Poor school facilities are given as the reason for negro families leaving the plantations and going to the towns and cities of the State. Some counties in the Black Belt have lost many good field hands. This tide should be checked for the good of the negro as we'll as for the landowner A free school is a great in- ducement, and if we do not give it to him fin one place, he will seek it in another. This is the only negro normal school in the State owned and controlled by the State, and from this school come ma jority of the teachers in the Black Belt.
 The school property cost the State originally S15.o0O. the coored people of Montgomery have put sl0000 into it, anl the whole property is today worth $35,OOO. The main building needs new roof and other repairs are needed. The trustees are doing no more than their duty when they ask for funds to preserve this property. There may be some who op- pose this appropriation because it is for a normal school We would remind such that while called normal school 1t is really an industrial school such as the negro needs and is all he has apart from 4he common schools.
 We all contend that the negro nuestion should be settled here in the South and that outsiders should keep hands off and mouths shut.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
wILL HE INvEsrrcATEp

In The New York Post of last Friday there was a long communication from
 Wilmington. Del. giving some details of Postmaster General Payne had declared
 to Miss Todd that there were absolutely
 no charges against her, and that her
 record was all right, the writer adds: Nearly two weeks after that interview. in his private office at Washington. when
 he declared emphatically that no charges
 had been preferred against Miss Todd. he suddenly discovers that there are such charges Unless he stands ready to admit that such charges have been filed since her removal. he confesses to hav- ing told a deliberate lie to Miss Todd in the presence of Senator Bal and Collector of the Port Robert C. Houston. If he told the truth in the first instance. then the charges he refers to have been trumped up since the removal of Miss Todd. and manufactured especially to suit the case. and if that is the fact, the Postmaster-General has degraded his of flee. disgraced the President and his ad- ministration. and stands in a worse light with the American people than he did be- fore-which is saying great deal.
 The writer earnestly calls on The Post to join with other influential newspapers of the country In demanding that the charges against Miss Todd, if there are any, shall be made public and also that there shall be a full and impartial in vestigation of all the facts and circum- stances connected with the affair from first to last. He then adds:
 If. upon investigation. it is proven that the Postmaster General has lied and at tempted to deceive either Miss Todd or the American people in this aftair. ne certainly deserves to be cast out of Presi- dent Rooseve.t's cabinet. Unless the President approves the course of Payne and is determined to keep him in his cabinet in defiance of pubic opinion, let him make a rigid investigation or his Postmaster General and his action in the Todd case By all means do not let Payne hide himself by his latest explana- ton. which Is far worse than his unwar- ranted and improper action in removing Miss Todd
 So far as we are informed The Post has made no move in the direction of com plying with the request. though various Republican papers have expressed very decided opinions about Payne's cause. And we predict that the President is not going to order that rigid investigation To do so would be to offend Payne. who is a power in Republican politics in the West, and it would also give offence to Alice and his boss, Addicks. who are also influential in the politics upon which Roosevelt must rely for his nomina ton and election. The dilemma in which the President, finds himself is not a pleasant one. since he must stick to Payne and bear the odium of that officials wholly indefensible act, or he must antagonize influence. Which way the President turns there is big hole waiting for him, and he will have to steer a very fine course if he fails to take tumble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
Neglect of the Cemetery.

Editor i ne Advertiser:
 In what ;I1aa is here written there is no cen one policeman detailed for service at l the cemetery. They do all they can the fault rests with the city and if the authorities will not do their duty. then citizens must put their hands in their pockets and make up for official indif- ference and heartlessness.
 At this season of the year when peo- Die and business organizations and in- dustries are arranging improve ments of all kinds has it occurred to the people of Montgomery that the place Of all others that is sacred to so many and should be first in love and | attention, is the least cared for? It is the place where economy and stnginess is practiced. The cemetery in Montgomery is is dlsgrace to us. and now beautiful run with grass-unkempt grass. allowed 10 be so for the want of money to have the cemetery properly looked after It graveled and made beautiful Many sec tons belonging to dear and good people who have all died out and no one to care for them. are allowed to grow up in weeds so high that the graves cannot be seen.
 Cannot the fences be built so as to fs9rss keep the COWS s, doaI and goats out? The police force that should be there to pro tect this sacred place. and keep the rIogues out! We poor helpless women ears of the City Fathers are altogether callous to the vail. and do not listen to us. but 1t is disheartening when we plant beautiful flowers. and see them almost ana sometimes entirely ruined by care less rogues plucking the blooms in sucn a rough way as to uproot the plant that IS nursed and cared for So carefully by the owner. Not only this, but also to have the vases that hold the cut flowers that are placed there by loving hands taken away. The writer of this article nas had two vases in one week stolen rom the slab on which they were placed Now If the city will not take this mat ter in hand, cannot the ladies do so. and form society? I will be one who will contribute to the extent of my ability 10 do something that will keep our hearts rom aching. and hanging our heads in shame at the present condition of our city cemetery. A Mother