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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
Republican Factions Divided Upon
Plans to skin the Public.

Republican Factions Divided Upon
Plans to Skin the Public.
When doctors disagree, it is gen.
orally disastrous to the patient As
the Wall street financial specialists
cannot unite on what financial legisla-
ton the next congress should enact, it
may be disastrous to the overloaded
stomach Of the stock market. The
Wall street doctors appear to be di-
vided into two camps, those who have
the cash and those who have the I'M
digested securities. The cash crowd
are pretty much confined to the Rookie
Teller interests and their allied banks.
The opposing faction are known as the
Morgan interests. They hold enor-
nous blocks OF the watered stocks of
railroads and industrial or trust cor
poratiOns, and the banks back of them
have loaned to the limit on such Sc
curities OF course the Morgan crowd
are constantly demanding that congress
initiate the currency by what Is known
as the asset plan. The Rockefeller in
ferests are more conservative, and their
agent in the United States senate. Sen
atOr Aldrich, is preparing bill to meet
their views, which is TO legalize and
make permanent the present enormous
loans which the treasury department
has made to the banks without inter
est, and to make the present plan more
advantageous to the banks of issuing
currency based on bonds.
To the great middle class of people
and the farmers and the artisans and
workingmen, who have no interest in
Wall street or the fluctuations of stocks
and bonds, any of the proposed legisla-
ton will be disastrous 1t will, as it
is intended to do, give the money kings
more firm hold of the manipulation
of the money of the country and over
tax the public To pile up a large sur
plus for the benefit of the few.
The policy pursued by the present
and last administrations of the retire
ment of the greenbacks and the re-
funding of United States bonds with
the large premium paid to the banks
| has about exhausted the resources of
the United States treasury to aid the
banks. Secretary Shaw has indeed eX-
ceeded his lawful powers by accepting
other securities than United States
bonds to secure the loans to the banks
| of the surplus, which loans now exceed
| $50, OOO,OOO and upon which enormous
sum the people receive no interest.
The difference of opinion of the Re-
| publican factions on the financial ques-
| ton will probably be harmonized by
| the coming congress, but it bodies III
for the taxpayer that President Roose'
welt, who is trying to arrange pro-
| gramme that will be satisfactory, is
| taking counsel with George w. Perkins
| of the banking firm of ], p. Morgan &
| Co. and with Fl. G. Prick OF the steel
| trust. The recommendations of these
| trust magnates at their late visit to
| Oyster Bay are hardly likely to be fol-
the welfare of the taxpayers. The
only hope for the people is that when
| thieves fall out honest men get their
| dues" but even then they have to
| fight for them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

you'll read 1t shortly before Tie steamer
leaves"
Il promise" And with hug and n
long drawn kiss the couple parted.
The steamer sailed at in the morn
ing. George Gathney dined ashore and
was preparing to go aboard when n
gentleman whom he had seen often at
the mbassy-indeed, had been employ
ed there for n timC-came up to him
and presented a note from the minister
which read:
This will introduce Mr.. Francis Carr.
who will explain verbally what L have to
say to you through him.
Mr.. Carr said that the minister was
anxious about the dispatch, as it had
been reported to him that those inter
ested in the other route had declared
the paper should not so through. Carr
asked Gathncy where he carried it. and
Gathney told him. Then Carr asked
him to lock the suit case in his room
and he would take him to Il place where
lie would receive final secret instruc-
tons. lie did as he was ordered and
accompanied the man TO retired spot
In n park, where they waited an hour,
when Carr, apparently very much dis
appointed that no one appeared, re-
turned with Gathney to the hotel. There
he babe him adieu, and Gathney went
aboard the steamer.
lie determined TO undress, get into
his berth, read his wife's note and go
to sleep. Opening his suit case for his
night clothes he was startled to find
the dispatch package missing.
He fell with moan on his berth. He
knew at once that Carr was Il fraud,
that his note of introduction had been
forged and that he had been enticcd
away from the hotel in order that Il
confederate might enter his room and
take the dispatch.
As soon as he had regained some
thing of equanimity he began to think.
In his distress he needed the comfort
of word from his wife. Opening her
note he read:
Goodby. dearie. You'll find the dispatch
| in your left boot in the suit case.
\ plunge for the suit case, dive for
| the boot. and, behold, the dispatch!
"Oh. you trump! You little brick!
You beautiful, Sharp! Why haven't l
you here to give you a million en-
marked it Dispatch so that 1 would
know it, did you? You mean so that
| the other fellow would know it. How
| easily he found it and how we'll ar
ranged your plan that he shouldn't
have TO search for it, or he might have
| found the genuine one. If ever Il nat
ural born fool was blessed with the
shrewdcst wife in the world, I'm that
| fool"
And so he ratified on until he STUN
bled on his flask, and. pouring out Il
| bumper, drank to alice Gathncy,
| queen of diplomacy"
There was dissension in the enemy's
| camp, and it leaked ont that the man
who was expected to take the dispatch
| from the suit case. having been fooled
| by a woman, became an object of con
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
The Administrations Provision for
Its Friends.

Another assistant attorney has been
appointed to represent the govern
ment in suits and cases before the
Spanish treaty claims commission.
There are 10 other attorneys holding
the same position. Some of these
attorneys are in Spain, some in Cuba
and others elsewhere supposed to be
looking up facts and testimony. How
long the commission will be doing
business is unknown, but is is safe to
say that it will continue the job as
long as there is an appropriation avail
able. Congress made provision that
the president should continue the life
of the commission for periods of six
months until he was certain the com
mission had finished its labors.
The appointment by the president
of an additional attorney indicates
one of two things. either there must
be more business before the commits
sion than was expected. or such Il soft
snap with large salaries and ample
travelling expenses is a lodestone that
attracts republican politicians and the
magnetism is so great that they can
not be shaken from their hold when
once fast to it.
\ little strenuous advice by a thor
oughbred refOrmer might hasten mat
ters, or congress might stop the sup
plies. which would would have an inn
mediate effect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

The law enacted at the last session
of the Illinois Legislature limits the
speed of automobiles on country roads
to Is miles an hour. The law provides
that when it appears horse is about
to become frightened by the approach
of an auto. it is the duty of the per-
son in charge to come to full stop UNI
til the horse shall have passed. The
penalty for the violation OF either
provision is a fine not to exceed 5000
or imprisonment in the county jail
not for more than three months.
These are facts worth keeping in
mind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

The New York Tribune referring to
the yacht of the name says: The
Constitution now goes out OF commits
sion" and then explains that it does
not mean the federal compact of the
states. But. all the same. that com
pact is also going ''Out of commits
sion and has been ever since the re-
publican party which is in power
adopted imperialism as the policy of
the government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

1t now looks as if Judge L. y. Sher-
man would be a candidate for gov
ernor. If the convention should
chance to nominate him. it would be
serving notice that the republicans of
Illinois propose to reverse the tohog-
gan down which they have been slid
ing in their search for gubernatorial
timber ever since the days of Dick
Oglesby-Warsaw Bulletin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

Because of the fatalities of the
Fourth of July and the opposition de-
veloping to the reckless use of blank
cartridges, bombs, pistols and other
noise makers, Corporation Attorney
Michael, of St. Paul, Mimi, has draft
ed an ordinance by which all these
forms of Fourth of July amusement
are prohibited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
Forty Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco.

The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by a
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank p. Lewis, Peoria
ILL.,, for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. a written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was to be fancy
selected tobacco. This, no doubt,
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder in the United States of tobacco
of so high a grading.-HeraLd Tran,
script, Dec. Fl, 1903.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
The Death Penalty.

A little thing sometimes results in
death Thus mere scratch, insignifi-
cant cuts or puny boils have paid the
death penalty. 1t is wise to have
Bucklin's Arnica SaIve ever handy.
It's the best salve on earth and will
prevent fatality when burns. sores,
ulcers and piles threaten. Only 25
cents at Hartz e. U1lemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
MRS. M. J. Cooking, 1omax, Mel

Mrs. NJ. J. Cooking, Lomax, Neb..
writes: 1 send you so cents for one
box of Kid-Ne-Oids. / cannot get
along without your medicine. have
been taking Kid-Ne-Oids for about
four months and am improving WON
derfully. / was almost dead and the
doctors told me / could not get we'll
without an operation, but the new
discovery, Kid-Ne-Oids, cured me.
T. H. THOMAS. Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
For Over sixty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. rs
cents n bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

The problem confronting Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
appears to be how to distribute 5000
additional rural routes among 10000
clamoring sections of the glorious
union and still maintain peace in
every congressman'S household.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week. Weekly,
l per year In advance.
All 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, 1903-08-17

tempts and lost Il valuable position
WhenNthe story was known ut Wash
fngton lGathney was made consul gen
eral' alta post paying $1,000 a year.
ANNETTE OVERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

Foley's Kidney Cure VIII cure all
diseases arising from discrdered kid
neys or bladder. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

awake to the subject. Rock Island
may become aroused when it is too
late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
Monday, August II. 1908.

Springfield is tussling with the in
dependent telephone problem.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17
THE ARGUS.

Pubiisned Daily and Weekly at 1924 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at
the postof1ce as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-17

BY THE j. w. POTTER 90.
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition: beauty. viror
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
An Oddity Of the EruDtions.

In the Century Professor Russell
prints the following bit of personal OBJ
servation among his conclusions con-
eerning the West Indian eruptions:
The stones and dust shot upward
from La Soufriere rose through the
trade wind layer and were carried
eastward by the upper air current. On
falling, however, they again met the
influence of the westward blowing
trades and We're given Il slant in
Westward direction sufficient to allow
them to pass through windows and en-
ter houses. The windows of some of
the houses near Georgetown which face
eastward have the appearance of an
abandoned house which has served as
a target for stones. while the westward
facing windows, or those looking to-
ward the volcano. are but little in
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
interviewing oom PnnI.

Poultney Bigelow attempted on one
occasion to interview Dom Paul Kruger
and met with about the same fate that
many interviewers have had with the
former president of the Beers.
He found the old man in a very bad
humor and could get only monosylla-
bles in reply to his questions. He en-
ployed every art of the interviewer,
but to no avail. Finally, despairing Of
getting any information of use to him
by straight questioning, he determined
to be diplomatic and approach Mr..
Kruger from his family side. So he
asked, very nonchalantly:
rs your wife entertaining this sea-
sOn?"
Short and sharp came the grufr an
ewer:
Not very"
Aud the interview closed there.
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
SAMUEL y. NILSOR,
Director ana EmbaIme

Twenty-Five years experience in the abov
business with the assistance Of my SON. JONI
r. Wilson, enables me to guarantee satisiac
ton. Everything hrst class with moderate
Charges. Black and white heal rs. Bodies
smbaimed or preserved by the dse Of ice
Mems black suits end robes; iad4es dresses
and robes children's shrowds always IA
,toek. No extra charge made iOr nsy wife's
services when required. All styles OF cofhns
and caskets constantly in stock.
Telephone and telegraph communications
promptly answered. No. extra charge ioi
distance. Five per cent discount Oh all Dlllh
paid within thirty days.
We ask for aR examination OF our Furnl
ture Department when needing anything II
Las line
sAM'L. ]. WILSON. MILTON, DBL
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
GENERAL MARKETS

Philadelphia, Pa, March 31.-Flour
was steady; winter superfine, S2.70@
2.90: Pennsylvania roller, clear, S3.l0
RIVE flour was quiet, at S3150320 per
barrel. Wheat was firm; No. Penn
sylvania, red, new, 790791zc. Corn
was firm; No 2 yellow, local, 491kc.
Oats were quiet; No. 2 white, clipped
4315c.; lower grades, 43c. Hay was
steady; No. 1 timothy, $19 for large
bales. Beef Yves steady; beef hams,
s19620. Pork was firm; family, S20.50
Live poultry, 13c. for hens, and 10c
for old roosters. Dressed poultry, at
1870. for choice fowls, and 10c. for old
roosters. Butter was steady creamery,
32c. per pound. Eggs were steady; New
York and Pennsylvania, 1870. per
dozen. Potatoes steady; choice, $50
zoe per bushel
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
Piano Buyers Guide Book.

Before buying piano the purchaser
would do well to post himself Jy read
ing ''How to Buy a Piano" Tf,s volume
contains all the desirable information
about a piano. dealing mainly with the
several parts, their construction, operation
and relative value. These valuable facts,
together with other interesting data, af.
ford thorough knowledge Of the instru-
ment and fit the purchaser to determine
more readily the qualities in tone, touch
and durability, ofttimes so perplexing.
Blasius & Sons Chestnut and Eleventh
streets. Philadelphia, will send the book
free, BY mail, on. application.
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03

Buy plant setter gentleman told that last year
he lost 3 of his crop by not having machine We sci
the Tiger dozen of them around here for reference
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03
liz stnck Markets.

East Buffalo, NY, March 31-Cattle
were steady; prime steers, S5.25G5.40;
heifers, sS.7504.75; cows, $Sg425;
bulls. S36425. Veals were lower;
tops, 81. .5007.75; commca to good, $50
7.4O. Hogs were fairly active; heavy,
ST5567.65; mixed; $740Q755; York
Ton'ghs. T1 s6.7567; stays, S5.5O@6. Sheep
and lambs were active; native lambs,
S7.9O68; culls to good, S5.5007 80;
western, S7750790; yearlings, $40
7.25; ewes, s6@6.50; sheep, top mixed
S6.2566.5O: cuils to good, S325@6,
East Liberty, Pa, March 31.-Cattle
were higher; choice, S5.5005.60; prime,
S5.35G5.45; good, S4.9005.15. Hogs
were lower; prime heavies, S7.600765;
mediums, S7.60@765; heavy Workers.
S7.45G7 80: light Workers, $7.35G740;
pigs, S72507S5; rOughs, $50I25.
Sheep were higher; best wethers, $6. 40
m6.65; clll5 and common. S2.25Q4.75;
choice lambs S7.75qS; veal calves, $3.50
07.O0.
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
thatit is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. Hthe child urin-
afes foo often ff fba
Milford chronicle., 1903-04-03

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able TO
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wettt1g, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due TO diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-ROOt is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty EyF
cent and one dollar ssaFiz,s5SsisE "a !:':sss.sts
sizes. You may have a !ii E3S'55;5E7s E '55;5
sample bottle by mail @as4sss .lssss. sl9 Esl9
free. also pamphlet tell Home OF swaum Root.
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton. N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember the
name, Swamp Root. De Kilmer's Swamp. Root
and the address, Biughamton, N. Y, on every
bottle
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-26
Co.,
17Ea Kind Y1g Fave Always Rnugb
~ MN-E
[.ILc&LM
THE ELkS' NATIONAL
The Handsome Building to Care for
Aged and INDECENT Elks Dedicated
Yesterday.

Roanoke, Va, May 21.-The Elks' Ma
tional Home at Bedford City, Va, was
dedicated today in the presence of fully
5000 people who came from all sections
Of the country. The speakers Of the
occasion included some of the most dis
tinguished men in the order, among
them being Governor Andrew Jackson
Montague, of Virginia; United States
Senator job ". Daniel, of Virginias
Frederick Warde. the tragedian; Geo
P. Cronk, grand exalted ruler, omaha,
and Joseph T. Flemming, Indianapolis.
The Grafton of tn day was by Meade
L. Detwyler, Of Harrisburg, Pa. After
t. dedication exercises $500 people
were ed in a grove al an old Virginia
barbecue.
The home which is now open for the
aged and INDECENT EIks of the United
States Will accommodate $50 guests.
The building which was originally a
summer hotel is of Nelson county
granite and was erected at a cost Of
$50, 600. The Elks have spent about
$40, 900 in r~enovating and furnishing the
hnDpa
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-26
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Tornado Swept Over Several West
ern States HeSterday-Many People
Killed and Injured.

Saline. kas.. May 21.-The third tor
ado III Saline county within the past
twenty-four hours struck Assaria to-
dozen or more injured. The dead are
Peter Olsen and William O. Olsen. aged
Is years. Of the injured none are
fatally hurt. The house in which the
Olsen's lived was demolished complete
ly and the body Of the boy was found
thirty rods from the house. The wind
carried the farm house, occupied by
NelS Olsenborg, a distance Of five
yards. Olsenborg saw the storm coming
and escaped from the house a half
minute before it was carried away. A
terrible rain storm followed the lorna
do. At Bridgeport. in this county hail
fell continuously for twenty minutes,
doing immense damage to wheat
Chickasaw, l. T. May PA tornado
passed over the town of Lon Wolf, 66
miles west Of ChickasaW today. Four
houses were blown down and their con-
tents scattered. Mrs. Hargan. wife Of
q farmer, was blown against a barbed
wire fence and killed.
Hereford, Texas, May pa local
storm resembling a tornado struck n
demolished the house Of W. D. Wilson
near Summerfield. even miles west of
here. Mrs. Wilson and her infant were
killed. Mr.. Wilson sustained q frdc-
ture Of the hip bone and his fifteen
year old daughter received ugly wounds
on the head.
Ashland, kas.. May 21.-The best res
idance portion Of this place was wreck
ed by 2 cyclone late today. A score or
more houses were destroyed. Great
damage is reported from the country.
how much cannot be definitely ascer-
tanned tonight. Many people here had
= q rrnu- No n wa killa1 h11T
several were injured
Topeka, Kas., May PA tornado is
reported at Wright, Kas., tonight. Four
were fatally injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-26

Washington. May 21.-Congress will
be asked at the opening of its next
session to make an appropriation to
" Deficiencies in both the regular
free delivery service and the rural free
delivery service of the poStOfice de-
partment. Postmaster General Payne
today announced that this deficiency
which sos, 100 is IN the free delivery
branch and s121, 900 in the rural free
delivery service.
The postmaster general said he very
much regretted the existence Of the
deficit and for tho first time publicly
criticised the administration of A. w.
Machen. the general superintendent of
the free delivery system, who is on in
definite leave of absence. This is not
the first time that a deficiency has oc-
CURED in the free delivery service"
said Mr.. Payne but 1 regret it's eX-
istence. At the opening of the last
congress Mr.. Machen pointed out that
more routes could be established be-
y ollu llioSe iSduS " NC lIlSldllcu Jdll
uary 1st. He said. however, if con-
gress appropriated $780, 900 for the pur-
pose the work could be continued dur
ing the rest of the fiscal year. This
appropriation was promptly made, but
it was exhausted. Despite this fact
the office the free delivery office was
going on increasing the deficiency and
If We had not taken steps to curtail the
expenditures and suspend the estab-
lishment of routes until the beginning
of the next fiscal year the deficit would
have been much larger. 1t was not
good administration"
On May 9Th the postmaster general
sen a letter to "rr. Bristow, fourth
assistant, stating his wish that there
be no deficit and asking him to curtail
expenditures with thai end in view.
Postmaster General PAYNE tonight in
discussing the big deficiency in the
free delivery service said:
1T is very reprehensible for a bureau
officer to have a deficit of 5000, 600 roll
ed up on the first of May. 1t was a
bad, a very q administration A
bureau officer should not incur a de-
felt without consulting his superior
officer. the postmaster general. / can
not stand for hat kind Of admin
%istration and l do not approve of 1t
An official must be held to a more
strict accounting. I do not say that
there was anything criminal, nor any
thing wrong in Mr.. Machen'S action
but it vas certainly loose adninIstra-
ton and he should have had his bust
ness more in hand"
Postmaster General Payne was ask,
ed a number of questions as to the
effect of the discovery of the deficiency
on the status If Mr.. Machen, but par
ried all the questions. He said that the
matter would be looked into and q
communication might be sent later tc
Mr.. Machen asking for an explanation
of the condition of affairs.