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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
Senator Pratt. D.nserou. Bill.

Senator Platt's bill for reducing rep
resentation in the south is drawn. its
friends say. with consummate '-adroit-
ness" The adroitness is exercised for
the purpose of letting Massachusetts
escape from the logic of the situation.
Massachusetts restricts suffrage. That
states form of ballot is designed to
eliminate thc ignorant and illiterate.
Massachusetts. then. does just what is
done in the southern states against
which Platt's bill is aimed. The Plat
effort. for all of its ''adroitness." is. as
the 81. Louis Republic well says. i'm
pudently a scheme to insult and dam
age the south The adroitness only re-
moves the cloak
Under any system Of federal gov
eminent which dealt with all the
states alike Massachusetts could have
no rights In the regulation Of suffrage
which did not belong To Mississippi.
VI the ignorant and iliiterate i'm one
state are negroes and the same class
IN another state are worthless whites
ar unframed immigrants. the mere fact
of race can make no difference. The
very constitutional amendments which
force the states To give citizenship to
negroes prevent discrimination for or
against any other race.
III Plat and the organization which
ne represents can induce the republi-
can leaders TO make party Issue of
this legislation they may force il
through congress The people have
hope that President Roosevelt has
Judgment and manliness enough to
oppose and. II necessary. to- veto any
such bill
In the event that he Yields To the
party pressure and lets bill of thar
sort become law the next general
erection will witness a reversal of the
recent verdict and majorities as large.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

lenses. Slaughter has never been more
shocking. but bravery has never been
more abundant Never in all history
have men shown greater defiance OF
death than has been shown in the ter
rible months of struggle for the citadel
which has been for years the key TO
the eastern situation. We cannot won
der at the price Japan would pay for
the fortress, since as long as Russia
owns that fort the purpose for which
this war is fought will not have been
accomplished by Japan. Ii the war
should be settled without depriying
Russia permanently of the fortress, a
dagger would still be pointed at
Japan's heart. The control of Korea
by Japan would be an insecure defence
as long as the strongest position in
Manchuria was held by her enemy.
Russia needed to hold the fortress for
the same reasons that Japan needed
TO take it. Additional motives for both
sides were furnished by considerations
OF prestige and by the bearing of the
Port Arthur situation on the immense
struggle further north. The talk about
whether all this desperate courage and
ueSti uSiioh dDou' VII <hi'""i mas "eS"
well invested. therefore. seems to us
beside the mark. II the war was to
be at all Port Arthur was a necessity
TO each of the combatants, and time
was an essential consideration to both.
especially 10 Japan.
Cable reports show that over 49,
900 Japanese fell int he recent attack
by Gen. Nogi's men. How great the
Russian loss was nobody can tell. but
IL must have been heavy. From all in
dications many more thousands will
fall before the vantage point is COM
pletely captured by the Mikado's men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

The Dinglcy act provides for rebates
Of duties on certain raw materials used
In manufacture for the foreign trade,
but IL offers no relief to- the American
consumer. II is not altogether plain
why congress should legislate to give
the foreigner cheap goods and compel
the American consumer TO pay monop-
oily prices. There is little to be hoped
for in the way OF a reduction of the
tariff from the republican party OF to-
day Both wings. the ''revisionists' on
one side and the 'standpatters" on the
other. are at the beck and CALI of the
trusts and combines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

Passenger Agent OF the burlington.
time so occupied seeing things. that
even now, after two days out and
our trip well under way, | hesitate to
attempt even a brief account of our
travels.
When l left home l had prepared
myself for the first installment with a
retrospective view of the faded glory
of the big fair at st. Louis. | was GO
ing to tell of how, in times immutable
sway, the Ivory City. with its palaces
and festal halls, its terraces and bridg-
es of wondrous beauty and its colossal
magnificence. had passed into memory
after seven months of splendor. But
when l reached st. Louis / found some
one had anticipated what l planned to
do and had even appropriated my pref
ty word pictures. So | passed st.
Louis up, conteDting myself with the
thought that when we reached Denni-
son we could tell something about the
first impressions of the Lone Star
state. But we were on our way again
before the duty, already delayed, was
undertaken.
The party in which it is my pleasure
to be included, is composed, as you
know, of the members of the Travel
ing Passenger Agents association, in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
DOG UNAIDED RUNS A
RAD GANG TO HIDING
Persists in Search After Posses Had
Given up Man Hunt for
Bank Robbers.

Sioux City. Iowa, Dec. 1O-The keen
scent and perseverance of a mongrel
dog were prime factors leading to the
capture of the six desperate burglars
who blew open the safe of the bank
at Jolley. Iowa. After two posses had
given up the chase. the dog persisted
and his actions induced several per
sons TO follow him to the haystack
where the burglars lay hidden. A
threat 10 burn the haystack caused
the desperadoes to surrender.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
Beware Of counterfeits.

"DeWitt's is the only genuine Witch
Hazel Salve." writes ]. L. Tucker, of
Centre, Ala. Il have used it In my
family for piles, cuts and burns for
years and can recommend it to be
the best salve on the market Every
family should keep it, as it Is inval-
liable household remedy, and should
always be kept on hand for immediate
use" Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

A prominent trust magnate is quoted
as saying that that man Lawson Is
the most dangerous factor in American
finance today" Probably the Standard
OIL people wish they had "toted fair
with Lawson and then he would not
have felt compelled to turn honest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
Heroism on Ro1h sides

The details OF the latest fighting
around PORT Arthur don't make pleas
ant reading. u; the story has AT least
the merit of showing what an abund-
ant suppl Of heroic virtues the old
world stili carries along. Japanese
and Russians alike have evidently wad-
ed I'm blood in the struggle for the de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
~ THE ). w. POTTER CO.

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 publica-
tton- No such articles win be printed
over fictitious signatures
Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

And now comes the Dubuque Tele-
graph-Herald with the cruel remark
that the COW that J. Pierpont Morgan
bought will have universal sympathy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

A New York judge has decided that
wealth and social position do not en-
title criminals TO judicial cIemency.
Give him a gold medal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
Saturday. December 10. 1904.

Is Mrs. Chadwick's performance an
other argument for the emancipation
of women"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

Trautmann will probably be speaker
Of the next assembly. IL Deneen does
not mix up in the game
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10

SPECIAL CofRE1oi'o-HDf-NI ~ iif1
ARGUS.
San Antonio. Texas. Dec. Sit is
with some trepidation that | approach
the task TO which thoughtlessly. as |
now realize, / committed myself when
/ left home. that of contributing to The
Argus a letter or two descriptive of
our journeyings into the far land be-
yond our southern frontier. find my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly 1t 1874
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill tEn-
tered at tho postofiice an second-class
mattsr.l
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
PARKER HEARD IN NEW YORK.
Discusses Tariff and. Trusts-De-
nounces Methods of Collecting
Campaign Funds.

New York, Nov. Fudge Parker
on Monday night made his first platform
appearance, away from his home at
Esopus, since his nomination as the DEM
ocratic candidate for president. He adj
dressed a monster mass meeting held
in Madison Square Garden, where his
reception was attended by demonstra-
tion seldom equalled, both in the inten.
sity and the duration of the enthusiasm
displayed. The nearest approach was
that which followed the nomination Of
Judge Parker at st. Louis and later the
Endorsement by the same convention Of
the candidates now famous gold stele-
gram. -
Judge Parker's speech was Of char
acter intended to appeal to the popular
demand as well as to the audience which
gathered upon invitation of the Parker
and Davis Business Mems associations;
under whose auspices the meeting was
held. It dealt with methods Of collect
ing campaign funds and in this respect
the candidate took severely to task his
republican opponents, following the
line Of speech made recently at Rose
mount on the same subject. He discussed
the tariff and trusts. He told Of his own
participation in political campaigns and,
asked his audience If it would not like
to return to what he termed the oldst
fashioned principles, and his effort wasa
scathing arraignment of the present adj
ministration from the democratic point
Of view. w
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
PROUD OF OUR MACHINERY
Europeans Are Said to Take Keen Sat-
isfaction in Possession of Amer
lean Goods.

Europeans are as proud Of the
American machinery they have in their
factories and shops as women are OF
their Turkish rugs" said Robert G
Webster, of Milwaukee, who recently
returned from trip of year and q
half through continental Europe and
Great Britain in the interests of firm
of cotton mill supply manufacturers
)of Boston.
Europe has been opened up to
American machinery for only few
years, but the progress it is making
there Is remarkable. You see American
engines everywhere, and the number OF
American sewing machine agencies in
European cities is great. In the water
works plant at Glasgow there is an
enormous American engine, and / saw
one Of 3,000-horsepower built by the
same company in Italy.
There is great opportunity for
Americans In Europe and they are de-
sired everywhere by manufacturers in
PRODUCING machinery and products on
the European markets. Good sales
men can practically make their own
terms and the demand far exceeds the
supply. The attitude of the European
to the United States Is one Of fear,
Doth commercially and otherwise. All
the nations are watching this country
closely and have the impression that
at has enormous resources and unlim-
Ated latent power. One of the stories
current in Germany is that the kaiser
sent one of his army generals to this
country at the time of the Spanish
war. His report was that all the ma
lions OF Europe might best the United
States for one year, but that in FIVE
fhis country. with Its unlimited re-
sources could get the best of the COM
bined powers"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
INJURED IN A CLASS RUSH
FIERCE RIOT AMONG COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN CHICAGO.
Several Are Hurt-Teamster Badly
Beaten-Police Unable to
Cope with Mob.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Rotten eggs, de-
cayed vegetables and wild rioting
marked the most disastrous class rush
ever seen in the middle west, which
took place at the Physicians and Sur
geons' college-the Chicago branch Of
the Illinois university-Monday after
noon. Several persons were severely
hurt, one junior student, sustaining
a broken rib and internal injuries which
render his condition serious. Early in
the afternoon it was discovered by the
freshmen that the sophomore class had
hoisted their flag to the top of the school
flag pole. After hauling down the en-
blem free-for-all fight ensued between
the classes, lasting for an hour. Then
the students joined forces and over 700
of them promenaded Harrison street,
blocking traffic and creating a fierce
riot. A Marshall Field teamster was
dragged from his wagon. and beaten so
severely that he was removed to the
Presbyterian hospital in an unconscious
state. Three riot calls were sent to the
police, but when the officers arrived they
found themselves absolutely unable to
cope with the mob and many of them
were handled roughly. Clothes were
stripped from many passers-by and
scarcely student escaped unhurt. All
attempts at holding classes in any of
the nearby medical schools were aband-
oned. The rioting lasted four hours.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
SHOULD INCREASE PAY.
General Funston Declares More Money
Would Secure Better Class of Sol
diers for the Service.

Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, in his
annual report, says additional observa-
ton and conversation with officers con-
firms him in the views expressed in his
last report that there should be sub
stantial increase in the pay Of the en-
listed men OF the army.
Gen. Funston says: There can be
scarcely any doubt that such action
would bring into the army a vastly su-
psrior body Of men who would remain
in the service. It IL doubtful II an in
crease over,pressnt rates oflpay Of SO per
cent for nqncommissioned olncsrs and
30 per cent. for privates would be more
expensive than under present rates.
when 30 much time and money are
wasted In trying to make soldiers out Of
the inferior class Of men who constitute
at least half Of the rank and file Of the
army to-day"
A decrease during the past year in the
percentage Of men tried by both general
and inferior courts-martial, he says,
probably is due to the fact that there
has been during the fiscal year covered
by this report smaller number Of new
men in the various organizations than
In the preceding year."
The Recommendation madssin his last
annual report that inmates Of the suasd-
house subslst on hard bread. aalt meat,
vegetables and water IL also rsnewed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
4 YOUTHFUL TELEoRAPHER
Remarkable Child, Only Five Years Of
Age, Who Handles the Key
Like a Veteran.

Born musicians and artists are rare
enough to attract attention, but It is
doubtful II there II another born tele-
grapher In this wide world besides the
one that Waltonga, o. T., boasts Of
Little Glenn B. Peck, though but five
years Of age. and as yet unable to
read or write, can handle q telegraph
key like veteran. He sends and ~
ceives messages. and knows the Morse
alphabet as thoroughly as do his faith
or and mother, both of whom are op-
orators employed in the station at
Watonea.
The most remarkable circumstances
in connection with the chiid's talent IL
that he was born with q knowledge Of
telegraphy, and neither his father nor
mother was ever required to give him
any instruction.
N. B. Peck, the boys father, was sta
ton agent in 4 Colorado town about
six years ago. and his wife assisted
him with the work. Mrs. Peck, like
her husband. 10 an expert operator,
and she had charge Of five wires up to
a very short time hsfore the birth of
their son.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Original Notice.
In III e District Court Of Howard County, Iowa
December Term 1904.
John j. Williams, Plaintiff


In tn e District Court of Howard County, Iowa
December Term 1904.
John j. Williams, Plaintiff,
james E. Morse, George Morse. Mrs. Margaret
enKggs Mr ha Marx eNoGn MIS- Mrs. Martha ssrss
y McMlllen and James Goodrich, Defendants.
To The Defendants Above Named
You are hereby notified that there is now
On file In the Office of the Clerk OF the District
Court In and for the county of Howard, State Of
iowa, a petition of the plaintiff above named,
Claiming of you decree canceling and discharg-
W Aiplna Wells and wife to William y. Morse,
ard county Mortgage records on September 80.
1875 at bcokI, page s19 said mortgage describ.
Ing the west one hundred and twenty l120)
Of ne quarter M secSn
ra ge twelye(j2), West of tn 9TH P. M. and
adjudging that said mortgage has been satisfied
against hs deenda@t Jams sS
rlch, adjudging that on July "a, 1867, he was
then unmarried, and that the deed then, made
BY him TO NJ. N. Msrsha"d recorded in.book /,
Deed Record Of Howard county. Iowa. at page
556s, on August u, 1857. which deed described
the north half ~ southwest quarter I'd sec
ton lhirty.two 1921. township one hundred llool
full and complete conveyance of said premises.
and that said defendant then had no wife to
join In said deed and that there were and are
so contingent OF other lntei ests that were not
conveyed thereby with such other and further
relief as may be equitable.
And that unless you appear thereto and de-
sad Appointed 70 held at he
y curt House in said county comm encing on the
i12th day of December 1904, your default will be
.thel con, in ao1ordapce with the prayer Of said
JOHN McoooK.
17w4 Attorney for Pin.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
FAvoRs WHIPPING POST.
Connecticut Official Advocates It's In
PRODUCTION for Certain Grim
mails in His State.

/ a. n Lewis, selectman of Southing-
ton, Conn. advocated at the annual
session Of the State Association of Be.
psotmen and Boards of Charities the
whipping Of criminals. During hts
many years Of service as selectman.
he said. he had been convinced that
mere are men who are more brutal
fhan human, and for whom Jail or stats
prison is too good.
He realized, he said, that the whip,
ping post was harsh institution. but
he knew that there were men for whom
nothing was too cruel. He told of one
man who laughed when sent to 1ail.
and who. when asked what should bs
done with his children, laughed and
ssid' "oh. don't care; kill them Il
you want to-"
y believe" said Mir. Lewis, "that the
whipping post would just about At
suoh men as that and believe that Il
could be used in such a way that ~
would greatly reduce pauperism."
i Several members said they believed
whipping would be good thing in GER
tain cases. The whipping post will be
advocated by Mr. Lewis before a COM
mittee OF the legislature. There ap-
pears to be a sentiment all over the
state for harsher measures for Grim.
inals, owing to the unusual outbreak
OF crime during the past two years in
Connecticut.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
NEW BRITISH WARsHIPs.
Will Be Built to Resist Torpedo At
taoks-Lesson Learned from Rus
so-Japanese Struggle.

Plans for the new Lord Nelson type
of battleship for the British navy,
shortly to be laid down, show some Of
the lessons which the admiralty al
ready has learned from the Russo-Jap-
anese war.
Chief among the new features is the
determined attempt to neutralize the
deadly effect of torpedo attack. The
idea Of armoring these ships under
water with four-inch Krupp plating
has been abandoned, it being. consid-
cred that the protection impaired
against torpedoes by light aruor is
problematical.
Philip Watts plan consists Of the
development of double bottom. The
distance between the inner and outer
skin heretofore has been only q few
inches. Mr.. Watts hopes that by build
ing the inner wall Of stouter plating
and allowing considerable space be-
tween 1t and the outer bilge Of the
ship the explosion of torpedo outside
the vessel will not suffice to fracture
both skins.
10 minimize the FISK OF this still
further, it is intended to fill the space
between the inner and outer walls
with some loose material that will
take up much OF the conclusion.
Another striking departure in design
is afforded by the midship cross-sec-
ton OF these new battleships. They
virtually will have no curve at all to
the bilge, being nearly square. The
idea is that in a hull of this shape the
bottom is less likely to be affected by
torpedoes.
The walls Of the magazines are to
be very much more massive than in
any preceding type. This is due to the
! fact that in some Of the Russian wal
ships the magazine walls are known
| to have split in action.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
SOLD HIS WIFE FOR $500.
Pennsylvanian Disposss Of "aood
Cook and Fine Woman" Cheap
Now Wants Divorce.

Three dollars for good cook and a
me woman" who also happened to be
his wife, was all that George Rosen-
grant. Of Wilkesbarre, Pa. wanted four
years ago to induce b1m to give up all
claims to her in favor pf her cousin, Ray
mond Palmer. Now he il minded to
marry again. but he As not satisfied, and
is bride-to-be is still less convinced that
the three-dollar transaction severed the
ties between him aipd the first Mrs. Ros-
engrant with sufficient fnality. With
a fine regard for tho proprieties he has
brought a suit for divorce against his
legal wife before testdng the cooking ca
pacities of the other woman on a psrma-
nent basis.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
MAKES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT
AIRsHIP ARROW SAILS OVER
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS.
Covers Course of over Three Miles and
Then Returns to Starting
Point

st. Louis, Nov. 2.-After circling in
every direction at height of 1000 feet
above the Cascades, in sight of thou
sands of cheering, enthusiastic spec
tators on the worlds fair grounds, A.
Roy Knabenshue, of Toledo, o., in COM
mand OF the Baldwin airship Arrow, on
Monday returned to the place from
which he had started over the same
course that he had come, covering the
three miles and a half of the round trip
under his own power and demonstrate
Ing the claims of the inventor, Capt.
Thomas B. Baldwin, of San Francisco,
that 1.-The California Arrow" is not only
dir1glble, but that it can make Roadway
against moderate breeze. Kabenshue
started from the aeronautic concourse
at 1897 p. m. and returned after his re-
markable flight at 4:05 p. m. On the
return trip the airship sailed slowly
over the exact spot from which it had
risen 20 minutes previously and glided
about 100 feet further west, where it
settled gracefully to the ground.
The descent of the Arrow was the sig
nal for a demonstration the equal OF
which has not been seen since the wheels
OF the worlds fair started last April
IN response to the pressure on key
by President Roosevelt. Dozens of
eager hands were upstretched to grasp
the frame of the airship and the flying
machine, with its daring navigator,
We're carried around the concourse upon
the shoulders of shouting men. Hats
were thrown in the air, and when Knab-
/ enshue called for three cheers for his
home town they were given with will
and another round followed for Knab-
enshue and Baldwin
! BY the successful flight of the Arrow
Capt. Baldwin was the first man tc
claim the $500 prize offered by the ex
position company to the airship which
makes continuous trip to the plaza st
Louis and return. The cascades are
considered part of the plaza.
| The Arrow made another ascension
| Tuesday from the aeronautic con.
course, with Knabenshue, who made
two previous flights, at the helm The
Z day was clear and seven-mile breeze
/ blew from the southwest When re.
leased from it's weights the airshir
rose gradually to height of about 7O(
feet, and sailed with the wind in 9
Iortheasterly direction, with the ma
chine under complete control Knaben
shue plotting the machine for at leas
| 800 feet, and then returned, circline
about the concourse.