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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

ing and injured, did not succor them,
but replied by robbing them.
Great and prosperous is our nation.
TO be true. We boast of our civilian
ton and the goodness and greatness
of our people. but whence comes this
element-this class of heathenism, in
human thieves. murderers and assas-
sins. which revels unblushingly in
such foul crimes as would make blush
even the most barbarous of savageS ?
AS we boast of the highest civiliZa-
tiun the world presents, so may we
marvel at the basest and most fiend-
ish class of criminals which exists in
this country.
Here is Il problem for the new year.
Let our scientists and educators fer
ret out the cause for the existence
and maintenance of this class of
fiends which menaces the nation.
When the origin and causes are deter
mined let steps be taken. even if it re-
quires bullets and gunpowder. to ami
hilate ghouls and assassins such as
those who spared not even the dead
and dying in that eastern wreck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
Alaskan Boundary Decided.

The recent decision of the Alaskan
boundary commission uphOlds all of
the American contentious. except the
posse ssion of the Portland canal and
some islands in its vicinity. The de-
cision of prominent physicians every
where upholds the claim made in re-
gard to Hostetter's Stomach BitteTs.
that it is the best medicine ever com
pounded for stomach. liver and kid
ney ills. This popular decision is sec
onded by thousands of persons who
have been cured of dyspepsia, indiges-
ton. headache. biliousness. insomnia,
constipation. chills, colds or malaria,
fever and ague. Women. too, join i'm
,praising the Bitters as a tonic, regu-
lator and health builder. Be sure to
give it a trial, and get free copy of
our 1904 almanac from your druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

At an auti-Murmon meeting in Della
ware Thursday evening of last week a
minister refused to vote for a reSOlu-
ton protesting against the continu-
ance of Senator SmoOt in Office as Il
senator. saving: The political COR
ruFtiOn of this state. smelling aS it
does to heaven. makes it impossible
for Delaware TO sit in judgment on
SmuOt. If Smoot can be excluded our
senators also can he excluded. Adj
dicks money sent both Senator Ball
and Alice To the senate" The preach
er hit the nail >quarely on the head.
HousecIeaning. like charity. should be-
Gin at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
ToDAY'S MARKETS

Chicago. Dec 90 -FoIowing are the open
ing. highest. lowest and closing quotation S
ii tod2y's markets.:
wheat.
May, S.ss s45l "a Si4
July ISL; 10; 7sss; 1888
Corn.
Dec..4l2l. 4s: Az: Az.
July Ass; 4I2lE; 449s s47s
Dec, s51S; s53s So IS
July. 34B; 357s-; 3i9s 345s.
Pork
Jan, Ig %. 1s. % 1a.o7; 1907
May, IL 81; 1872; IL A. ~ Is
LSro
Jan, $40. $40; 6s 662
May, $50; 6 %, 80 eco
Rios.
Jan. 6 80: $50 6.22 6e2
May, 60: 600 $50; 6 50.
Eye, Dec. 20: May IS; fax, " lI;
;. W. 81: Dec. 81; May 50; bartev 35Q53
Receipts today: Wneat o., Coz - 2SS oaIs
10; nogs S5 900; cattle 100 sheep 70 On
hog market opened weak, ) to l0c lower.
Light a 2OG4 IS; mlxea anu Ootcn
ers, q "a 20: good heavy, H4104.so rough
heavy 81 4O01S4 SIS.
Cattle market opened weak TO lOC lower.
Sheep market opened stroT &.
Union STOCK yarus $40 a. IN
Light a 2Oa4 s.; mixed sod butchers, IS
0l.Tl; good heavy, q S5GS4 rs; rougn neav,
3504.55.
Cattle market weak 10 I0c lower
Beeves tS 25G5 81, cows ana nelfers l25G
4.50 [exas steers t2.2003 so, stockeTs AnC
feeders al SOlD4. 10
Sheep market strong. lOc higher.
hog market closed weak to i0c lower.
LisnL, a 1SGD4 65; mtXeu ana butchers 81. IS
81 3'3455
Cattle market closed dull and weak.
Sneep market closed STEADY.
Estimated receipts Wednesday: Wheat -,
corn l2o oats lC5, hogs $4,000.
New York Stocks.
New YORK. Dec. % -Tne IoIlowlne ART h
closing quotations. on the New York SIu-s
exchange:
Sugar 127s, Gas g9I4. c. r. &P q, South
ern Pacific sos. d. & o. S05s, Atchison com
mon 695t, Atchison pfd. 93S, c. M & St. p.
1863, Manhattan I45. copper 81, w. U.
Tel Co. SEA-. L. s n los. G s A. $40 Rdg.
common 46B. Can.PacttiC 1893, Leather com
mon -, B R: T. 54% Pacific Mail -. U.
s. Steel ptd. SIX, u. s. Steel common -,
Peuna. 1884, NO. Pacific e61z, Union Paci6c
SOY; coal and iron ssl4. Erle common 29x
Wabash pfd. 3sls Car foundry POS, c. & 6.
w. IS. Rep; Steel pfd. 411s, Rep. ST. el com
mon IA. New York Central l2lk, Illinois
Central 1917
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
SORE HANDS
Itching, Burning Palms,
Painful Finger Ends.
With Brittle, Shapeless.
DisC0Iored Nails,
As Well as ROughneSS and
RedneSS.
One Night Treatment with Cuti-
Cura, the Great Skin Cure.

Soak the hands on retiring in strong,
hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap.
Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura
Ointment, the great skin cure and purest
of emollientS. Wear, during the night,
old, loose kid gloves, or bandage lightly
in old, soft cotton or linen. For red,
rough and chapped hands, dry, assured,
itching, feverish palms, with brittle,
shapeless nails and painful finger ends,
this treatments simply wonderful, fire.
quently curing in single application.
Complete local and constitutional
treatment for every humOur of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair,
may now be had for one dollar. Battle
with hot water and Cuticura Soap, to
cleanse the surface Of crusts and scales,
and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry,
without hard rubbing, and apply Cuti-
cura Ointment freely, to allay itching,
irritation and Inflammation, and soothe
and heal, and lastly, take the Cuticura
Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood.
This treatment affords instant relief,
permits rest and sleep in the severest
forms of Eczema and other itching,
burning and Scaly humours, and poihtS
to a speedy, permanent and economical
cure of torturing, disf1guring humours,
from pimples to Scrofula, from infancy
to age, when all other remedies and the
best physicians fail.
of Chocolate Pills 25c per CO., Oint
ment Soc, Soap 25c Depos: London. q ChaTterhouse
Potter Drug Chem Corp. Sole Proprietors.
Ds- Send for +" How TO Cure Every HumOur."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

The king of Siam. whose jubilee is
being celebrated with unprecedented
ma@niticence in Bangkok. is only O.
years IF age. fer he assembled the
throne ut l.. Mrs. LeOnoWen. an Eng
fish governeS>. whose pupil he was for
six years. described him a. an apt
scholar. handsome. affectionate and
generous. with lofty ideals. Chulalung-
kurn has verified that character by
progre >>ive rule. He has given Siam
an enlightened government. and yet
Zealou>ly guarded native customs and
institutions. Hence. while building ca
mails. railways. lighthouses and huspi-
tails. he still serves as priest in the
Buddhist temple. He has organized
his army on the German model. but
his boGyguard is still composed of am
aZons-400 daughters of his mobiles.
He has also abolished the second king
who exercised one-third of the royal
power. and has established instead
legislative council of mobiles. At these
cabinet councils one of the sacred
white elephants i always present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
NEW BOOKS.

At last man who knows The life of
the Great River has come forward to
tempt comparison with Mark Twain
immortal tom Sawyer" and 'Huckle-
berry Finn and has revived the old
steamboat days when the first rail
road between st. Louis and New Or
leans was wrestling supremacy from
the river.
Those were romantic times. and
George w. Ogden has made the most
of them in Tennessee Todd"
1t is Il dramatic story of the fight
between the old order and the new.
between the men who had carried on
an inherited warfare with the treach-
erous stream until they had become
its controller. whose lives were CEN
tered in It's splendid commerce, and
the new men which the inevitable adj
vance of commerce brought with
capital and brains and craft TO usurp
the power and break the pride of the
men of the Mississippi.
Between the moment when Pilot
Todd shamefacedly apologies for the
"snoozle-headedness of Tennessee.
whose heavy alumbers have to be
vigorously challenged before she
comes yawning out of her stateroOm
to relieve her father at the wheel.
and the time when she literally steps
across her fathers dead body to finish
the race which he had broken Il blood
vessel to win. the world gains Il new
heroine. Simple. unsophisticated. Il
woman If strict integrity in business
OffairS. but naiyely INSCRIPTIONS in
affairs Of the heart. Tennessee is Il
remarkable figure.
Captain Blair. driving the last steam
boat Of his once famous line in Il
race with the first railroad, until the
boilers burst and the ship is, riven as
under. killing hundreds of terrurized
passengers-Capt. Blair stands as the
representative of that class of bitter
conservatives who died. believing that
the new order could not long hold out
against the old established power of
the river.
With the picturesque love story
which runs through it. it makes capt
tai reading.
The work is published by y. :.
Barnes Il Co. price $1.5O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

The race tracks Of the country were
instrumental in the changing hands of
$3.5OO.U00 last year The defalcations
of 100000. by the secretary of the re-
gents of the state university of Cali
fOrnia. and by numerous cashiers and
tellerS Of banks and commercial
houses indicate where some of this
money comes from.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

Hanecy was 25th in list of Is can
didates for judge in Cook county.
How close Yates stays to the people
is shown in his appointment of this
defeated Chicago politician 10 the Of
flee which the people themselves re-
fused To give him.-SpringfeId News
(repO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
Where is the Remedy.

We can but shudder. as the Spring
field News says. when reading the ac-
counts Of the depredations, the indig-
nit e. the vandalism perpetrated up
on the bodies of the dead and dying
in the wreck horror in Pennsylvania
by thieves. robbers and ghouls. They
attacked the still warm bodies of the
nlaus!ed dead. They cut off fingers
and removed and stole jewelry. rified
pockets, stole vaIuables from corpses,
and spurning the entreaties of the dy-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS

Today's Quotations Provisions. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, Dec. 29.-Following are the
quotations on the local market:
ProVIsiOns,
Butter-Creamery 22cQ2Sc, dairY10c
Eggs-Fresh 25c.
Live poultry-Spring chickens SC per
pound hens &C per pound.
Negeta bleS-Potatoes. 50 to CSC.
Live Stock.
Cdttle-SteerS $3.50 TO a. cows Ano
METERS $500 TO f4.01, calves $500 to IS 90
Hogs-MiXed and butchers ~ 30. TO S4.25
Sheep YearlingS or over, per cwt t3 0iI'
a. % T4ambs Oer head So 10 to S5.0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

The railroad department If the
y Dung Mems Christian Association
has issued pamphlet. Progress"
telling of its growth. The railroad
branch had $4,000 members in 1901.
and has now 62.34S. 1t had two wears
ago 90 buildings. valued at S1,3O0.0OO.
and has now $1.S21.lOO invested in
buildings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
Tuesday, December 20. 1908.

Now comes Greater New York and
wants the national democratic con
vention. toe. and promises-like Chi
cago-to be good and not charge four
prices for board and lodging while the
delegates are in session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week. Weekly,
81 per year IN advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious. must have
real name attached for publication. No
such articles will be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
sup in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
WE EXCHANGE
RECORDS

Bring us your old disc records that
you have grown tired of (either Co
iumbia or Nictor), and we will ex-
change them for the new Improved
Columbia Disc Records. We viii al
low You 80 cents for your lO-inch
record and other sizes in proportion.
The new Improved Columbia Records
are of elegant workmanship and are
a decided advancement in the art of
record making. They have full,
sweet tone, and owing to the manner
in which they are made they have a
less scratching tone; the needle seems
TO run smoother on the record. We
also wish to introduce to your notice
the new Grand Opera Sound Box,
which is designed to obviate the
scratch of the needle and at the same
time retain the full volume of tone.
We will exchange the new Grand
Opera Sound Box for any of the old
style Columbia sound boxes now on
the market. Cali at our warerooms
and get our plan of exchange. We
carry the largest line of records in
the city.
GraphaphCne headquarters at
BOWLBY'S
1eno tcootr Coor-,1 N,-o,,,,o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

The sketch of Emma Moss Booth
Tucker. consul of the Salvation Army.
"a prepared by her husband, is proper
~ not life" but rather series of
flashlights east on different phases
of her active career and vivid person
atitN. She il here shown as Il child.
aS a girl. taking up the burdens of
time and eternity at an age when
others are scarcely looking beyond
the little round of school duties and
home joys. and as a woman. Il wife.
mother and leader. The pictures are
of intense interest to all who have
ever come within the radius of her in
tiuence. She was not merely Il Sal
vatiOnist. She was Il worlds woman.
full of power. full of humanity. ting
ling with magnetism. bOundless in her
sympathes with all OF Gods creation.
and her story touches men and wo-
men Of all conditions and environ
ments. Her life has dropped into
the sea of eternity. but the circles
which ii set in motion will widen on
and on. and who shall say when the
last one shall break? The work is one
that should command a ready sale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. Entered at
the postofi1ce as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-29
BOWLBY'S

16O0-16O91a Second Avenu,
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
PEACE PACT SIGNED.
Baseball Committees Quickly Agree
to End Their Warfare.

Mutual respecting OF contracts and
/ reserve clauses.
Circuits to remain as announced
American in New York but not in
Pittsburg-with majority consent OF
both leagues necessary 10 change.
Non-conhicting schedules where pos
sibie and interleague champ onship
games II desired.
Formal division of plRyers-Davis
to Chicago. Delehanty to Washington
Iajoie, Flick and Bernhard to Cleve.
land and Leach TO Pittsburg.
Peace has been established between
the National and American baseball
leagues, says dispatch from Cincin.
natl. After session which lasted
hardly more than eight hours the com.
mittees representing the two leagues
gave out typewritten statement
which shows on what basis peace was
secured.
A more remarkable meeting than
that which brought peace between the
two leagues is not recorded in the
history OF baseball.
AS predicted. there was no change
made in the circuits of the two lea.
CUES. The American is given the priv.
ilege of putting a team in New York.
but will not put team in Pittsburg as
was contemplated The two leagues
will operate in harmony. Contracts,
regardless of what they may contain,
Will be considered valid. Reference Is
also made to the option or reserve
clause, which in the future will be in
every players contract, and will be
respected by both leagues.
The conference also took action re.
garding the players who have been
called contract jumpers. The Cin@n.
natl club gives up its claim on Sam
Crawford, who will be ordered to re.
port TO the Detroit club OF the Ameri-
can league. Other clubs give up play
ers.
Both leagues sacrifices players for
the sake OF peace. and baseball will
prosper next year as never before.
One clause OF the agreement signed
by the committee states that no club
shall be allowed to release players for
the sake Of weakening itself or its
league.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17

betook himself to the studio and sat
many hours as n statue OF marble. The
quietness was too much for his active
nature, and after receiving his pay for
the sitting, about $40, he proceeded to
celebrate. He drank all kinds OF fancy
drinks for which Chicago is famous.
This high life in the metropolis was so
Fascinating that he forgot to return to
the curio. His debut into Chcago's
questionable society caused sensa.
ton and he lost his job He has re-
turned to his hogan and will spend the
long winter days and nights sitting
around the fire telling the people of
the land the strange and funny sights
of the big city. He will have no occa-
sion TO embellish his stories. as his ex.
periencos in the Windy City will no
doubt furnish material for series OF
winter flreside talks
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
FIRST DISTRICT LoURT.
Two San Juan County Divorce Cases
Decided by Judge MeFie-New
Suits Filled.

Judge John r. McFie, of the First
judicial district, has handed down de-
cisions In two divorce cases from San
Juan county. James II. Ferguson was
granted divorce from Rachael II.
Ferguson on the ground of abandon
ment. The custody OF the two chill
dren. Edith Perle Ferguson, aged 10
years. and Harry t. Ferguson, aged ~
years, Is given to their mother. +. V.
Williams was granted n divorce from
Susan Williams on the ground OF
abandonment that was cruel and in
human.
In the First district court for San
Juan county, M. l.. Steward has
brought suit against John X. Pond.
His complaint alleges that on Novem-
Der Is last, at La Plata, he purchased
from Pond thirty-four tons of alfalfa
hay at So per ton, or total of s20a.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
A MOTHERS BOY.
A Young Tramp. Fourteen Years Old,
Here Last Night.

A young lad giving his name as
Grant sought lodging at the police sta
ton last night, after wandering around
the streets tired and hungry. He is
only IA years old. slender and frail In
appearance but has a good. bright face
and speaks with fair intelligence. He
told the marshal this morning that
he ran away from his home in Chicago
and had made trip through Arizona
and was now on his way 10 his home.
The marshal had in his possession
a description Of lad who escaped
from an Industrial home in Colorado
about the first OF the year, but Grant
fell short OF the description in several
points. Young Grant is very bright
and has good knowledge of the
world for a lad OF II. He w9s told to
hit the road. which he did with no mis-
giyings as TO his ability to reach Chi
cago.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
col NCIl AROUSED.
The Peculiar Fires and the Honest
Ones Stir UP the City
Fathers.

The city Is 10 have better fire protec.
ton in the near future.
Il. J. Pos & Co. has ordered 500
feet of new two and a half inch hose,
which will be added TO the city depart.
ment
Mayor Myers and the city council
has been in quandary the past few
weeks, since the recent destructive
fires, some honest and others not so
honest as to what method they would
employ to improve the protection OF
city property against the fire fiend.
Repoi Is made by fire insurance adj.
justors that unless the city had better
fire protection the rate OF insurance
woald be increased. probably helped
to spur the council to immediate ac-
ton.
As the city is too poor at present TO
buy n steam engine, Il was decided
that the best plan of Improvement.
and a plan that will not cost much and
not more than the city can afford. is
TO buy some much needed hose and
send east and employ a man that
understands fighting fires to act as
chief of the department. and possibly
add man or two TO the present force.
Inquiry Is now out in search of such a
uan for fire chief.
II is true Albuquerque has some
good timber for fire chief and The Cit.
lien mertioas the names OF ex-Chiefs
Sanguinette, Borradaile and Ruppe,
and fire fighters C. o. Young. II. s..
knight. Joseph Farr. Lou .Hamlin, p.
+. McCanna. +. J. Wendell and others,
hut they could not give all their atten.
ton to the department, hence the plan
Of Mayor Meyers to employ a thor.
oughly competent man, TO be selected
from some eastern department. for the
position OF fire chief.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
WHlTTLESEY'S PATENT.
Compressed Sand Blocks Used for
BUILDING Purposes.

Building Purpo0e3.
The new and attractive front OF the
store occupied by II. Il. Fox on South
Second street Is receiving notable at.
tention. not only for artistic finish and
general architectural beauty. but for
the material Of which ii is built.
The material is new concrete
building block invented, patented and
manufactured by Architect Charles +.
Whittlesey from mixture of sand and
cement. made into builders torn hy a
compress operated by air. The block
is seen for the first time In Albuquer-
cue in the regular form In the Fox
store.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Whittlesey that
as to durability, convenience ana
cheapness It has the advantage of
either brick or stone and that he is
able to prove IL.
The material Is considerably more
attractive in appearance and with its
advantages over other building ma
torial il Is sure TO be a success.
II is probable this new building ma.
torlal will soon be used in local build
ings, both resident and business struc.
lures. A company has been formed in
Albuquerque for the manufacture of
this new material.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
MARION N1ERvIEWED.
What He Says Regarding Joining the
Two Territories.

/ O. y. Marion, oX.mayor of this city
and the president of the Territorial
Fair association. was at El Paso on
Tuesday. and on his visit to that city
the News says:
O. n. Marion, former territorial
chairman of the democratic executive
committee OF New Mexico. Is here with
the Albuquerque delegation to the car
! nival. Mr. Marion recently returned
from Washington, where he has been
with number of otner New Mexlcans
OF prominence, trying to promote the
passage OF the omnibus statehood bill.
He says that all the latest advices
which he has received now tend to.
ward compromise admitting Arizona
and New Mexico as one big state. This
substitute is favored by a special state.
hood committee and Senator Bever-
idge, of Indiana, and assurances of the
presidents support have been re.
ceived. Mr.. Marion stated:
The admission OF the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona as one large
state Is no longer n possibility but a
very present probability. II seems to
be solution to the whole statehood
problem. The opposition to the omni-
bus bill favors II. and the chief adher.
ents of the separate statehood bill.
Senators Foraker and Quay, are said
to favor the combination of the terri.
tories. II will make not only the rich.
est state in the union. and second to
the largest, Texas being but a trine
larger than the areas of both Arizona
and New Mexico combined"
Mr., Marion says that the people of
both territories are perfectly willing
to acquiesce to the situation and would
gladly become Joined together in state
hood.
albuquerque is arranging a fair for
next October. which should eclipse
anything before attempted in the way
of entertainment and he and Secre-
tary McCanna came to El Paso with
view to study the situation and see
how I'll Paso handles its crowds.