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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

Most of the department stores i'm
New York now have in their regular
employ a number of what are known
as shoppers" The woman engaged
fer this work must dress well. be of
distinguished appearance and must be
thoroughly familiar with nearly all
the things sold in department stores
Her work is to- go about from store
to store and find out the prices of
rivals. She must keep her eye alert
for new wrinkles practiced to allure
trade. If sales are in progress she
must inform her employer as to how
they are going Her conscience
must he elastic enough to stretch
plain lie into business diplomacy"
and she must be careful. above all. not
To be spotted as a shopper" This
would end her usefulness at once
Men are very rarely employed as shop
DerS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
A Warm Start.

This year the pace is to be rapid for
the eulogists in the campaign plat
forms. The Kansas republicans had
first whirl at this exercise. and they
start off in a way to SILVER the cour-
age of all but the most expert and
the Oldest o. the old timers.
The race is to see who can say the
richest thing about President Roose-
welt. The Kansas specialist speaks of
him as that intrepid soldier, sound
and safe statesman. and fearless adj
vocate and eXemplar of civic right
eousness, the worthy successor of the
lamented Mckinley
That is going some as a starter: the
one who lit out that way must be a
quarter horse with his tail in the air.
1t is going 10 crowd some of the other
fellows to beat that Kansas perform
anCe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
Strength of the American Navy.

New York World: According TO
Senator Hale. who will be accepted as
an authority. the American navy up
on completion of the present program
of planned construction will rank next
to that of England, not in tonnage.
but in effectiveness.
There is no diminution in the rate
of naval progress. Since 1914 there
has been appropriated for the navy
the sum of $500. SOC. 567.75. In 1883 the
pay of the navy was S6,940,7sO, and
last year il was almost 20 millions.
But is there not an element of dam
ger in this vast expenditure? Is there
wisdom in the policy. that would al
ready retire such vessels as the Ore
gon. Massachusetts and Indiana
These are said not to be equipped with
staterooms satisfactory TO the Off
GERS. Perhaps the old sentiment may
soon be paraphrased: millions for
defense. but only n reasonable amount
for staterooms"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
PATHS secret of Health.

Nine. -kdelina Patti. who has "won
its secret of sweet song from the
nightingale" has also discovered that
still rarer treasure. the secret of per-
petual youth.
Although she is past 81 the public is
reluctant to believe that the cancel
Iation of her Chicago engagement was
due To illness.
If anyone has right to plead per-
feet health Patti ought to be that
one. Since childhood she has fol
lowed the, hard life of the stage and
rigidly complied with the severe de-
mands of her art. Ease. leisure. even
rest. have been unknown to her Hers
has been a career at high tension with
nerves drawn taut.
And yet at 81 she cannot command
credence when she declares that she
i in. II j. an excuse that she has
seldom offered. II has been rarely. in
deed. that Patti in her public career
extending over half century has fail
ed TO fill AN engagement.
There i reason for it. Patti rea-
lied i'm childhood that She had a voice
which was a rich treasure. To develop
it to its fullest sweetness and power
she developed her general health.
All through life she has given as
faithful and intelligent care TO her
body as an engineer gives his engine
which by the way. few of us have the
sense To do.
Il Will he young "a long as | live.
he j. said To have declared "a "A child.
and she * keeping her VOW with a fl
deity that has seldom been rivaled.
Perhaps the essence of it all is her
determination always to see the sun
shine in life.
IF there j. the tiniest speck of blue
in the sky. and there nearly always
is she saws. Il look for il. and that
makes the whole heaven blue for me-
IA charming philosophy we should all
do wei to cultivate.
Nature will do the rest. Nature i
generous beyond our powers of APP
probation. Nature viii do wonders
for Us all if we but meet her half
way and afford opportunity.
All her life Nine. Patti has stepped
herself in the sunshine and open air.
II spend three hours daily out of
doors She says. walking or driving
in an open carriage. and l accustom
myself TO bear the extremes of sum
mer and winter"
And this is why Nine. Patti. in spite
of her hard life that wrecks most of
its devotees before 40. carries the
freshness and bloom of 10 into the
Cos
We all wonder at her: but what we
ought really Ia wonder ut * our own
blind stupidity in not caring for our
selves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
IN THE COUNTY COURT.

Estate of Marion Wilson. Proof of
notice TO heirs of final report and set
Element filed. Hearing ON said final
report and same approved. Proof of
heirship made in open court. Petition
showing all the heirs herein. and that
their whereabouts are unknown and
asking leave To pay their distributive
shares into the county treasury filed.
Hearing thereon and petition granted.
Report that said administrator has SO
paid heirs di>tributive shares into
county treasury filed and approved.
Administrator discharged and estate
closed.
Estate If Sarah y. Ellis. Inventory
filed and approved. Claim of b. F.
Knox allowed in class l at SS7.
Estate of Florence Adell White.
Proof of death filed. Will presented
for probate. Petition for probate of
will filed. Hearing on petition for pro-
bate of will set for Auril !. 1904. at 10
o'clock n. IN.
In re guardianship of Bruce ;. Pol
lard. Request of Bruce S. Pollard. a
minor over the age of Il years, for
the appointment of J. NJ. V. Sanderson
as his guardian filed. Petition of J..
NJ. V. Sanderson for letters of guard
ianship filed. Guardians bond filed at
$. 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

ed other peoples opinions. little trains
which never overlook one another
and never got anywhere Even her
propriety could not dispute the fact
that there was improperly in the
world: but Mrs. Generals way of get
ting rid of il was to put it out of sight
and make believe there was no such
thing. This was another of her ways
of forming a mind-tO cram all artf-
cles or difficulty into a cupboard to
lock them up, and to say that they
had no existence. 1t was the easiest
way. and beyond all comparison the
properest. Passion was to go to sleep
in the presence of Mrs. General, and
blood was to- change TO milk and
water"
Now isn't that a perfect picture of
the gentleman who said we ought to
wash no dirty linen? There is no
doubt about il. Warner is the Mrs.
General of Illinois politics. Even now
we see that mouth pursed up to say
''Prunes and Prisms."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
Mora Riots.

Disturbances of strikes are not
nearly as grave as an individual dis
order of the system. Overwork, loss
of sleep, nervous tension will be fol-
lowed by utter collapse, unless a re-
liable remedy is Immediately employ
ed. There's nothing so efficient to
cure disorders of the liver and kidneys
as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful
tonic, an effective nervine and the
greatest of all medicine for run down
systems. 1t dispels nervousness,
rheumatism and neuralgia and expels
malaria germs. Only soc, and salts
faction guaranteed by Hdrtz & Tile
meyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
The Mrs. General of Illinois Politics.

Mattoon Journal: Ever since Warner
made that don't knock speech at
Springfield il has been known that
there was some character in litera-
ture who took the same view of things
in general-who wanted to suppress
all consideration of existing evils.
thinking that the best way of cor
recting them. So when Sherman
turned the Iimehght on the Yates rot
tenness and Warner rushed TO the de-
Tense Of his ally it was figured he had
his prototype.
This week Jenkin Lloyd Jones rum
mayed around in Little Dorritt. that
masterpiece Of Dickens. and unearth-
ed the entire Yates administration in
the Barnacle family. who had charge
of the Circumiocution Office. from Sir
Tiie Barnacie dcwn To the Barnacle
who dropped his eye glasses and was
much distressed at the sound Of their
clicking upon the buttons OF his waist
coat. And he also found our old
friend. Mrs General. who always had
her mouth pursed mp 10 say. ~prunes
and prisms. Mrs General. il viii be
remembered. had a plan of forming n
mind bsa preventing il from forming
oPinioHsl Dickens said of her:
she had q. little circular set of mem
tai GROOVES or rails on which she start
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
A WORD ABOUT
GOLD-MOULDED
RECORDS x "

Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records
were the first moulded records on the
market by about a year.
They always have been GOld-mould-
ed. y gold mould is the only econOmi=
cal and efficient mould known to the
art.
Moulded records are superior to the
old engraved records because they
may be made of harder material.
Hard records last longer and have a
better quality of tone.
A gold-moulded record made of soft
material would be no better in quality
than an engraved record in soft ma
terial.
The best moulded records are not
only Gold-moulded. They are super
hardened.
Gold-moulded records are less eX-
pensive than engraved records. The
process is simpler.
Z Formerly, blank cylinders were
moulded, then shaved, then engraved
from an original. The originals soon
wore out under the reproducing
stylus.
Now, a gold-lined mould is made
from the original, and the product of
that mould is a smoothly finished cyl
inder, with the sound record already
on it, The life of the original is in
creased 10 times, a hundred times, a
thousand times.
a record is not more expensive be-
cause it is gold-moulded.
1t is less expensive.
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records
are new records, made by new pro-
cess. They are not only gold-moulded
They are super-hardened.
Irrespective of price, they are SUI
perior in quality to any other gold
moulded record on the market, and
they sell for only % cents.
We have just received a large ship
ment of these improved records, max
ing our stock a very complete one.
Call at our warerOoms and investi-
gate We are, and have always been,
sole agents for Columbia goods in
Rock Island We handle a complete
line of both disc and cylinder ma
chimes. Prices, s. to sos.
ROW. RVS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

y republican congressman. Mr.. Lii
le 81 Connecticut. has by resolution
asked the secretary OF the depart ment
of e ,uuerce and labor to investigate
The reSen; high price of white paper
used fer printing newspapers That i
an easy one Secretary Courtelyou
should be able To answer off-handed.
There Is a woOd-pulp trust. principally
owned by the tariff ta&=-- There IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

The race riot at Springfield in the
great republican state of Ohio, is a
more violent and inexcusable exhibit
ton of negrophobia than any south
ern mob Of recent years have display
ed. The e. O. p. should cease to throw
stones at southerners for their treat
ment of colored people. The colored
man is safer from physical violence in
the democratic south than in the re-
publican states Of the north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
forty Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for q Fancy Lot OF Tobacco.

The biggest purchase Of high grade
tobacco ever made IN the West by
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 N%shIFsewis factory the largest
holde- - - United States Of tobacco
o. 50 high a grading Herald Tran
aoriPt, Dec. 81, 1905.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

y curious sight was Witnessed at
Guodland. Kan. the other day. y
Rock island ice house. containing $50
tons of ice caught fire and entirely
burned away. leaving the huge pile If
ice staining stark and grim against
the scenery. II J. said that the ice
pile melted only around the edges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

II i NO evidence of di>loyaIty To his
PartN's DEGREES for any democrat in
good standing. not only ia refuse To be
guided. but Ia bolt any caucus called
in the interest of his party in which
the influences by John Looney CON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

No self respecting democrat can
consistently support a candidate for
any office who owes his nomination
TO the support of John Looney. who
has been the most conspicuous fig
ure in republican fractional fights the
past few weeks, and is now allied with
the republican municipal administra-
fiou
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

also a paper makers trust principally
owned by the wOOd-pulp trust. Most
of the paper used fer disseminating
information is made of this pulp by
this paper trust. and the material as
well as the product is highly protect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
lLnnd E1cur.lons TO okIahona

Land excursions to Oklahoma will
be run over the Rock Island System
Jan. 5 and 10. Feb. and 10, March ]
and Is and April 5 and 19. For fur
Their particulars, call on or write
E. E. MORGAN,
Skinner Building.
HENRY j. GRIPP,
141O Fifteenth Street. Moline. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
The Name witch Hazel

The name Witch Hazel Is much
abused. Z. c. Dewitt & Co. Chicago.
are the inventors ofsthe original and
only genuine Witch Hazel Salve. \
certain cure for cuts. burns. bruises.
eczema. letter. piles, etc. There are
many couHterfeits of this salve- some
of which are dangerous. while they are
all worthless. In buying Witch Hazel
Salve see that the name E c. Dewitt
q CO.. Chicago. Is on the box and a
cure Is certain. Sold by all druggists.
Ia grippe coughs yield quickly to
she wonderful curative qualities of
SOley's Honey and Tar There is
nothing else lust as GOOD" All drug
gists-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12
Saturday, March II. 1904.
Democratic Convention and Prima

The democratic voters of the city of
Rock Island viii meet at their respec-
tive wards Thursday, March II, from
= TO 1880 p. m, for the purpose of
nomina ting one candidate for alder
man in each ward and selecting dele
gates To the city-township convention,
and also two ward committeeman for
each precinct. and such other business
az may be proper TO transact as said
meeting.
The places of holding such primary
elections are designated as follows:
First ward-By barber shop,
Fourth avenue and Fourth street.
Second ward-Naab's building, Sew
enth avenue and Twelfth street.
Third ward-County Jail building.
Fourth ward-Frick's livery stable,
Third avenue. between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets.
Fifth ward-Hose house on Twenty
second street
Sixth ward-Hose house on Twenty
sixth street.
Seventh ward-Thiesen's blacksmith
shop. Moline avenue and Forty fourth
street.
In each ward where the judges and
clerks have not been named the ward
committee will see that the places are
filled unGcr the primary system. y
ballot box and tally sheet viii he nee
essary. and the committee viii also
look after the same or notify the
chairman Of the city committee.
The Judges i'm the respective wards
are "a follows:
First ward--Charles Weinberger. c.
: Smith. Ed Murphy, George Free
stone.
Second ward--Ward committee.
Third ward i. GrOtegut. j. r. Egan.
Byron King.
Fourth ward W. Linn. \. Brady,
+. Murray. j. Tobin.
Fifth ward-G u. -Stauduhar, John
Finnegan. Joseph Free.
Sixth ward-George Wright, Frank
Nee hHn. j. Buck.
Seventh ward-NaTd committee.
The basis of representation for the
selection of delegates will he one del
egate for each 20 votes or the ma ior
fraction thereof cast for Bryan and
Stevenson in 1900.
The city-township convention of the
democratic party of Rock Island will
he held at Turner hall. in said city.
Saturday evening. March 10. at s
o'clock. for the purpose of nomina-
ting candidates for the following of
fees:
One supervisor. three assistant SUI
pervisors. one assessor, and one col
lector.
Also 10 elect n chairman of the city
township committee and to transact
such other business as may come be-
fore the convention.
The several wards of the city are
entitled To representation in said con-
vention as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

The stand pat" policy of the repub-
lean party extends, 10 its dealings
with the trusts as Wei a. To devotion
10 the maker of tru>ts~the robber tar
IF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

TERMs-Dafly. 10 cents per week Weekly
81 per year IN advance.
All communications of zrgumentative
Character. political or religious, must have
real name attached TOR publication. No
such articles viii be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town.
sf d In Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

something over eleven feet: which
leads the Keokuk Gate City 10 remark
that if the natives there aren't web
footed they ought To be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

The Argus declines to follow where
John Looney leads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

Published Daily and Weekly AZ lo34 Sec
ond avenue. Rock Island, Ill Entered At
tue postonice AZ second-class matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-12

BY THE j. W. POTTER co.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
From Other Shores.

A band OF fifty young Jews made an
anti-war demonstration in the streets
At Gomel, Russia, and caused a riot.
Roulette and the sale of lottery tick
ats within the Panama canal zone have
been suspended since the issuance of
Gov. Davis proclamation.
Morris Keiman, native of Russia
but citizen OF Wisconsin, arrested
May IA at Cheliabansk, Russia, has
been released through the intercession
IF Ambassador Mccormick.
Two anarchists named Lambkin and
Gudefin, charged with placing an In
fernal machine outside the residence
Of Commissioner of Police Laurent,
have been senteaoed to death at Liege,
Belgium.
( Two worlds records in light auto
mobiles were broken at Arras, France,
Beconnais doing a standing mile in
one minute and two-flfths second.
Hanriot, from a flying start, covered
$3.50 feet 10 inches in twenty-eight and
one.ffth seconds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
BOAT BLOWS UP.
Boats Boilers Explode. Tearing tn,
Graft Into Flinders.

Boats Boilers Explode Tearing the
Craft Into Flinders.
Louisville, KY, May 28.-The tow
boat Fred Wilson yesterday was torn
to flinders. ten men were blown to
bits and sixteen persons were injured
by an explosion of the boats boilers.
Of the thirty three persons aboard the
boat, only seven escaped unhurt. Of
the injured one will probably die. The
explosion shattered windows in Louis
vile, four miles away. The injured
were workmen on the boat.
Only three bodies have thus far
been recovered. The bodies of the
other seven victims are pinned under
the wreckage. Three deck hands
thought to be dead were afterward
found in hospitals.
The Fred Wilson was the property
Of the Monongahela Consolidated Coal
and Coke company, and at the time
the accident occurred was securing a
tow near River Park, about sixty feet
from shore.
No official explanation Of the ex-
plosion has been offered. Some say
there was an excess of mud in the
boilers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
SUN FAST is FATAL.
St. Paul Woman Dies a Ravins
Maniac in an Insane Asylum.

st. Paul Woman Dies a Raving
Maniac in an Insane Asylum.
Chicago, May %. - Not only roes
DR." Hanish, high priest of the sun
worshipers, not fear prosecution as
the result of the death of Miss Emma
Reuse of st. Paul, whose insanity re-
suited from from following the fast
| Ing doctrine, but he boasts of the
test and he will commemorate Miss
Reusse's terrible end by ordering a
general feast of his followers during
the month Of June.
While denying that he is exulting
over the death of Miss Reuse. Han.
ish proudly declares that: "rhis
woman went through the record
breaking feast of the sun worshipers
for forty days and forty nights
| Too Much Food.
At the Masdazuan temple, 3O16
Lake Park avenue. DR.. Hanish's
mouthpiece, Adolph Dittman, spoke
freely.
ct is not true" he said, chat DR..
Hanish is exultant over Miss Rausse's
death. On the contrary, he is very
much grieved at it, but he believes
her fast of forty days and forty nights
was the record-breaking fast of the
Masdaznans.
| We wanted this woman to live as
an example of the high priests work.
She was healthy and strong woman,
and If it had not been for the inter
ference her fast would have driven
disease and death away"
| Wasn't her death caused by fast
Ing under DR.. Hanish's directions?"
NO. 1t was caused by eating. When
she had finished her fast she was
given too much food and allowed the
evil spirits to come back into her
body. The animal part of her called
Tor food and she weakly conceded and
ate too much. This brought the evil
spirits all back and this was what
really killed her"
! Dies Maniac.
Death came to Miss Reuse at the
Elgin asylum Wednesday night. She
uiCu q having ulduldC, ueT Drlll1ant
mind destroyed, her womanly sympa-
thies eliminated by the ordeal through
which she put herself
Inquirers at the temple of health"
were told of it with pride. Readers
Of the official magazine, edited by the
self-styled Persian pundit, were re-
called with an article by the doctor, .
in which he sung Miss Reusse's
praises as the savior of the honor of
womanhood
Miss Reuse in the last days of her
sanity did not care to speaH of it. She
looked to her abstention from food
as holy act, an act of worship which
1t was sacrilege to talk Of in public
way. She had tasted "to satisfy the
law and pay the debt Of ancestral
SIM" as Hanish put it for her, and
she believed she had succeeded.
Miss Reusse's sister, Mrs. John
Tradup of st. Paul, will probably take
charge Of the body and arrange for
the funeral.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
MARYLAND UNRESTRICTED.
But Unit Rule L. Adopted at Request
of Senator German.

OF senator German.
Baltimore, May %. The Demo
cratic state convention of Maryland
yesterday adopted a platform and
elected delegates to the national con.
vention. United States Senator Cor
man was greeted with applause at
every turn. The platform adopted
admittedly embodies Mr.. Germans
opinion of what the national platform
should be, he being a member OF the
resolutions committee. It is confined
to national issues and Endorses the
line OF action followed by the Demo
cratic steering committee during the
last session Of congress. While the
delegation to ST. Louis was not in.
structed except to vote as unit, 1t
is admitted that this course was fol-
lowed at the request OF Senator Cor
man. the convention being plainly In
the humor to instruct for him. When
a delegate moved to instruct for SEN
ator German, the senator protested
and the motion was withdrawn.