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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25
HELLER MIXED ENVELOPES
Incident In the Republican Race for Guber-
material NOmIoatiOn.


The Springfield News relates the fol-
lowing incident in the fight the repub-
lican candidates for gubernatorial
nomination are making:
Because he mixed his envelopes and
got his letters in the wrong envelopes,
Will Woodfork, giving his address as
- South Sixth street, is out 80
which he might have secured but for
his unfortunate mistake.
William conceived the plan of work
ing all the ends of the present politi-
cal game in this county against the
middle. He wrote letter to Gov.
Yates in which he said he had raised
an organization Of 135 representative
cnlored citizens. that he had placed
Yates 'bCtOnS' ON them. He was now
out and asked for another supply and
would the governor kindly send him
s. to be devoted to the clubs treasury
ana its expenses. This letter was di-
rected to the governor, but it got into
an envelope addressed to Attorney
General Hamlin.
''WiIliam made copy of this letter
and addressed it to Attorney General
Hamlin. II was an exact copy except
that he asked Hamlin for $40 for eN-
penses. This letter got into the envel-
cpe addressed to Gov. Yates.
Charles NJ. Tinney opened the gov
crnor's mail yesterday morning and
found the Hamlin letter. He failed at
first to see that it was addressed to
the attorney general. Later in the day
he discovered the fact and putting the
letter in his pocket took it to Felix
Streychmans, the Mark Hanna of the
Hamiin campaign. Take your letters
and please do not bother the governor
with your mail said Tinney. Felix
| looked il over and with Il smile pulled
| a letter from his bunch. Take your
governors mail and don't bother us
with it. We have our own troubles,
replied Felix.
The only problem now before the
! Philosophers Club at the Leland is
why did Woodfork charge Yates s.
and Hamlin $40 for the club"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25

We refer 10 your new Spring
Hat. Don't buy a hat that
doesn't suit you or doesn't be-
come you. We have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25

trail as brakeman in January Of 1857.
Since then he has served under nine
railroad presidents and u generalsu-
perintendents. Eleven years were
spent with the Illinois Central, and
since then he has been with the Big
Four. He has never been laid off for
any cause by any superintendent, and
in the dozen wrecks he has been in he
has never sustained any injury
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25

made mostly in playing this class of
music, familiar as it may be, with a
wealth of new beauties and positively
thrilling effects which seem TO be at
tanned only by this talented italian
conductor, who has been the revela-
tion and constant delight of the musi-
cal public for the past two seasons.
The coming of such an organization
here with such a conductor win GER
tainly rouse an unusual and wide
spread interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25
Mysterious Circumstance.

One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence the
difference? She who is blushing with
health uses DIR. Kings New Life Pills
to maintain it. BY gently arousing
the lazy organs they compel good di-
gestiOn and head off constipation.
Try them. Only % cents, at Hartz &
Ullemeyer's, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25


March 2.-CreatOre'S Italian band.
"Hoity Toity," with its wealth of
beautiful scenery and dazzling cos
TUNES will be the attraction at the
Illinois Thursday, March /. "Hoity
Tcity" may not suggest very much,
but when is added the further infor
nation that it is one of Weber &
Fields successful musical comedies.
you knew that the music is bright,
snappy and whistleable: that the cho-
rus is wonderfully pretty, and that
this same chorus sings well; that it is
often and agreeably on the stage and
that il dances well. The fact that the
original, difficult and intricate bust
ness of that Napoleon of stage direc-
| tors, Julian Mitchell, has all been re-
tanned iusures this. There is Just the
suggestion of plot, but it won't com
| pei YOU to exert yourself in order to
follow it. The conglomeratiOn is said
to he just the kind of after dinner en-
| tertainment that lovers of musical
comedy insist on having. \ Weber &
Fields production can always be count
ed on as being good show. and what
is more, it is always high class en-
| tertainment, and 'Hoity lofty is con
ceded to be the best thing these clever
people have ever produced. The book
| is by Edgar Smith and the music by
John Stromberg. One scene gives a
view of the campus Of Yale University,
where all tie characters meet and u
| boat crew appears to take Lady Graf
ter on a trial spin. The scene changes
to a river view, where Il shell is seen
with the rowers and Lady CRATER as
the coXswain; stereopticon slides de-
picting perfectly the moon-lit wat.
ers and beautiful panorama Of the
river bank beyond. y beautiful boat
ing song is sung. ana the effect proves
one of the prettiest imaginable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25

Mothers can safely give Foley's
Honey and Tar to their children for
coughs and colds, for it contains no
opiates or other poisons. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-25
TAKES LODGE DUES
Officer of Swifchmen's Union
Found Several Hur dred
Dollars Short.
MAKES GOOD THE AMOUNT
s aving Himself Criminal Prosecu-
tion-Exp lied From Men,
bership.

Irregularities in the local lodge of
the Switchmen's union has terminated
in the expulsion of an officer TO whom
was entrusted the handling of mon
eys. There were threats of criminal
prosecution. but when he made good
the deficit il was agreed among the
members not to have n public scandal.
The facts were brought to light
through application for accident in
surance carried in the union by c. s.
Mahaffy. residing on Thirtieth street,
who suffered the less Of an arm the
night before last Thanksgiving day.
He was notified from the headquar-
tiers Of the organization at Baltimore
that his payments had lapsed and
therefore he could not collect. An in
vestigation was demanded and the ma
tional secretary came on to Rock Isl
and.
1t was shown that the officer of the
union had been pCcllcting dues, and
at the end of two or three months
would forward on 81 for the rein
statement of those whose funds he
had been appropriating. The laws of
the order allow a member who has
been dropped owing to non-payment
of dues to be re.nstated On the pay
ment of 81.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-12

&oreo 1T baS Qonb bes papiers. Gs
1T foum ou ~glauben, mas Der Rprearer
dnes aus papier berEent. unb nur gu
einem f4sint es ibm porldufig nimt 3u
bienen. nGmli@ als Ndbrungsmittel.
Der Rcreancr t0nnte pbne papier ebens
fotpenig Ieben, tpie Der Neipobner Of
fans ober Burmas obne @ombus, tpie
Der 3omile obne bic polmbropaIme.
Gr peripenbet es 81 al ben 3tpeden, 3u
benerl MIR eS eebrdu&en, unb nebenbei
gu bunbert unberen. gs bent ibm In
ben 0dufern in geSltem 3uftanbe ola
Tubbobenbelog unb als grfab bea
GenitereIuiss, I'm Greien dls tpoTers
bidte Oede, ala @9irm unb Out. Qfus
alien Wdnuftriptetl iperben porjiiglid
baItbure @inbfaben eebrebt unb bieis
tpieber 5ut Qeritenung BON S@uhfobs
len, ia, 9unaer S@ube, bon sDaKerbtds
ten @efdben. RDrben u. I. 10. pertuens
bet. DAB Mobmdteridl 3u bieiem in
Hedu8 ouf @t6rte unb 9aItbarteit eiu'
5ig bditebenben pdpiere liefent bos 6rl,
6es MoulbeerbaumcB.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-12

BORT am Ranbe bss GreraierpIabes
ffsinen IN Der Dor 6ibs 3itternben
Ntmofpbdre bic biirren 9annen uuf
unb nieber 81 fdpanten uro Dor linen
bic ausgebDrrte Grosfldhe iif pepsns
tornlig 81 beben unb 5u lenten. Sn
tpoltenloiem Gtablbiau pDIbt fi9 Der
4uguitbimmel iibsr Der glubenben
gbene.
Sangfam tpaten bic Batdi1pns burf
ben Sanb babin. gs berrfdt cine ers
itidsnbe Cuff in ben oufommsnse>
qletfhten. teudenben, fdpibenfen
Waahen ben Menfh unb Nob. Der
Staub brinst In bic 2eblen, Ct iebt it
IN ben Ohren, ben Mugen, ben Nafens
fliigeln feit unb bilbet NIT benz
S4peibgerinfel bide Rruitsn ouf ben
erbiBten @eii9tern, CT iiber3iebt bdS
blaue unb rotbe Sud Der uniformen
NIT gleihem Meblt1au unb tponbeli
Roppen, 9rauns unb Giafe gu mfg
far6igen @raufdimmeln um.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-12
6eoankenfplittr

Bel man6em 1T 9opfen unb Nal, perlo'
rem, unb sipar oesbalb, neil Ct beioes 5u piel
liebt.
Wan Tam einem Meni1en aud boburt
5u nabe treten, baB MAJ Tim MD I
ndber treten mag.
Ser Mann @e@t, rno oe Orca
bebdlt 0Reht.
Nrtsit 1T Der edeuerionb, Der BE Yflua'
idar Der 6eele rofts unb flcdenfrei erbGlt.
Wer tief fdDpfen min, mub aud tn's
Tribe oreifsn f6nnen.
Wir nennen uns 3ettftnber :;no
babsn sisentli6 teint 3eit urb ieins
& timber mebr.
Nuf eth gsdt ber,idten III iei&t - 70
lange eS ieiner ongreift.
au9 ebrenfefs asute ertroeen NIT Der
gr0bten llnempfinbliAitt bic tlsloieunesr,
bie-dnoeren 5usefagt perben.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-12

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atuetteu . e4Id8k, brtttE aInrus
critten > e&taee btester AIsru-
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Ud&tr o~neeesten bd an BEN betrtnexSea etrsten
hsuymoea jsbns Qtaxu31aep anestre4t ~.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-12


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25

dian authorities at that time We're com
PEELED to resort to force in suppressing
the demonstrations of the DOukhobors,
and the northwest mounted police ar
rested many of the leaders. who in
some cases We're treated by the courts
as lunatics. But the Doukhobor men
who go among their Canadian neigh
bors have through contact with them
gradually come to drop the more ia
natical of the practices of the sect.
The members of the sect are. as
rule very ignorant, though the extent
of this illiteracy will diminish now
that their home is in the new world in
stead of the old. Some of their ideas
are harmless and some quite praise
worthy, while their communal life is
in many respects unique. The Douk-
hobors are all vegetarians, but are
capable of the hardest kind of labor.
The villages of the sect contain from
100 and 12J families each, and each
village is a commune by itself. At first
a common purse existed, village store
houses and granaries and lighthouses
were provided, and other communal
features were adhered to, but these
conditions have change:.
The immigrants brought with them
from faraway Russia many of the
ways Of living which are common in
the most dOwntrodden portions of the
cars empire. The women, even after
reaching Canada, worked in the field
and were sometimes harnessed to the
pillow. The houses were matched with
straw or turf, and the floors were of
clay. All lived and slept in one room.
These conditions are changing, for
with their habits of frugality, their
industry and their simple vegetarian
diet these former European peasants
are becoming well off as n class and
are gradually adopting many American
ideas. They never taste strong drink.
They go about their work with songs
Of praise and before they eat always
ask blessing on their food. \ quaint
custom still kept up IS that of arousing
the villagers in the early morning by
the singing of a choir which patrols
the streets and which sings again in
the evening TO lull the toilers TO sleep.
Many of the changes which have
been introduced recently in the colony
have been due to the influence Of Peter
Neregin. a Doukhobor leader, who
seems possessed of much shrewdHesS
and good sense. He has discarded his
native costume, has cnt OF the long,
sweeping beard he formerly wore and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25

learn what had happened on shore
while they were on the ocean. But
hereafter on ships which have wireless
daily newspapers for the pleasure and
convenience of their patrons no such
cagerness to learn the news is likely to
be manifested when the steamers ar
rive in port.
The Cunard Daily Bulletin is the
name of the first daily newspaper to be
published in midocean by the aid OF
wireless telegraphy. The Cunard liner
Campania had the honor of witness
ing the birth of this new venture in
journalism. During 4 recent trip from
Liverpool to New York the paper was
printed every morning and gave in
brief form all the important news of
the world as well as local news
that is, reports of doings on shipboard.
The newspaper was set up and printed
at night and delivered to passengers at
breakfast time. SiGnor Marconi him.
self assisted the wireless telegraph OPP
orators in the receipt of wireless mes
SageS for the various editions. The
latest movements of the Russian and
Japanese armies, the introduction Of
the budget in the Canadian parlia-
ment, the tests of submarine torpedo
boats in American waters, the playing
of Travis in the golf tournament in
England ana the landing of American
marines at Tangier were among the
events chronicled. In one issue news
was published from Cape Breton, 1000
miles distant, of the passing of ice
harcrS nv CariOuS vpSSpIS
MarcOni predicts that such Journals
will soon be regular features of ocean
voyages on all important steamship
lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25

fated excursion steamer General SlO-
cum. the burning of which in the East
river on June Is entailed the loss Of
about 900 lives, stuck to his post until
the flames drove him from the pilot
house. He is an old seaman and claims
to have done the best he could In the
handling of the burning steamer. Cap
tain Van Schaick is siXty-one years of
age. He was a piSiable sight as he sat
in the police station in the borough of
Bronx, New York, where he was taken
by the officers who arrested him soon
after the occurrence of the disaster.
His feet were blistered by the flames
before he left the pilot house. He was
dripping wet. for he had jumped over
board and swan ashore on North
Brother island when the boat ground
ed. His sufferings and the shock of
the horrible calamity, for which he
knew the public would hold him in
some sense responsible. seemed to have
unnerved him completely.
Captain Van Schaick said that when
he started out on the morning of June
10 with the party of merry excursion
lists from st. Marks Lutheran church,
New York, he supposed his vessel was
in good order for the trip. There were
probably between 1,4OO and LOO per-
sons on board. the large majority wO-
men and children. He was glad when
he got by He'll Gate without an acct
dent. but almost at that very moment
the fire broke out in the forward part
of the vessel and in scarcely five min
utes the ship was aflame from bow to
stern. Captain Van Schaick has been
criticised for not running his boat
ashore the moment the fire was discov-
cred Instead of doing so he steamed
for North Brother island, about half a
mile away. He claims that this was
the only place he could beach her safe
". The captain was taken from the
police station to a hospital. where it
was found that his foot was broken
and he had been burned severely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
EPIGRAMS OF NOVELISTS.

One crawls into friendship. one occa-
sionally drifts into matrimOny, but in
love one Frankfort Moore.
There is no place like the top. espe-
clally when it is narrow and will not
hold many at time.-Anthony Hope.
Love and friendship are stronger
than charity and politcness, and those
who trade upon the latter are rarely
accorded the former.-SetOn Merriman.
1t is the Americans regret that at
present he can DO nothing with his feet
while he is listening at the telephone,
but doubtless some employment will be
found for them in the coming age.-Ian
Maclaren.
There are two objectionable sins in
this world, success and failure. Those
who succeed can't forgive n fellow for
being 81 failure and those who fail
can't forgive him for being a success
@. ii. Lorimer
There are two classes of people in the
world, the people who are clever and
the people who are keen. and you must
never mix the two. They meet and
touch. they are necessary to each other,
but they never, never blend.-Kather-
inc Cecil Thurston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
PRESIDENTIAL AGE.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE YOUNG
EST MAN HONOREO.

He Succeeded Mr.. Mckinley mt the
Age of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Grant
Was FOrty-Eix william Henry
Harrison President at SIxty-eight.
When Theodore Roosevelt took the
oath of office as president of the Unit
ed States in the Wilcox mansion, Buff
falo, Sept II. 1901, he lacked forty
three days of being fOrty-three years
of age. The death of William McKin-
ley thrust the responsibilities of the
nation upon young shoulders. Since
the foundation of the republic no man
had assumed the office OF president at
so early an age. If Mr.. Roosevelt
should be elected as the result of the
presidential contest next November, he
would be, when inaugurated on March
4, 1905. but forty-six years and four
months old.
Ulysses s. Grant approached nearest
to Theodore Roosevelt in the matter OF
comparative youth on attaining the
presidency. General Grant was born
April 81. 1922, and was therefore forty
six years and about ten months old
when inaugurated.
William Henry Harrison was the old
est of any of the presidents on taking
the oath of office. being siXty-eight
when he was inaugurated on March 4.
1871. He died one month after his in
auguration and was the first president
of the United States to pass away
while the occupant of the executive
mansion. James Buchanan came next
to President William II. Harrison in
respect to age on taking the chair of
chief executive. He was siXty-siX
lacking only about month at the time
of his inauguration. General Zachary
Taylor was siXty-fve when he took
the reins of power. Washington was
only fifty seven, though even at that
time regarded as the Father of His
Country. His successor. John Adams,
was siXty-two. Curiously enough. the
next four presidents were just about
the same age on taking office, Jefferson,
Madison and John Quincy Adams be-
ing fifty-eiGht and Monroe fifty-nine.
Theodore Roosevelt is the twenty
sixth president of the United States,
and he belongs to the number of those
who saw military service before oc-
cupying the White House. OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
READING I'M BED.
A Custom That Has Been Followed
by Many Writers.

Johnson told Boswell once in the
course of a conversation, in which he
praised the Anatomy" that a man. if
inclined to melancholy. should have Il
lamp constantly burning in his bed
chamber during the night and if wake
fully disturbed take book and read
and compose himself to rest There
can be little doubt that in thus indi-
eating an appropriate course for any
one afflicted with constitutional mel
ancholy" - his own trouble - he was
stating his own practice. Many Il book
the wakeful doctor must have turned
over in the silences of the night, and
this increases the wonder that Il desire
to read any particular work should
take him out of bed unusually early.
Gray must surely have been reader
in bed. y man who wished to be for
ever lying on sofas, reading eternal
new novels of Crebillon and Mari
vauX," must have been familiar with
the faces of his favorites in the night
hours. Elijah Fenton, now forgotten
coadjutor of Pope, was accustomed to
lie abed at his lodgings. we are told,
and be fed with Il spoon, but Gray's
love of ease was not of this type. Gray
was bOokman, and most boOkmen
probably have INDUCED in the habit of
reading in bed. Lamb apostrophiZed
his fOlios as my midnight darlings,"
but those huge armfuls," as he calls
them, were not bedside books. They
We're the companions of the long hours
of Candlelight in the back room of the
quiet little ''gambOgish cOlored'' house
beside the Chase at Enfield. WyCher-
ley, one of the artificial" dramatists
for whom Lamb wrote a quaint de-
Tense, made Il habit of reading himself
TO sleep. Nightly he shared his pillow
with his favorite authOrS-Seneca,
MOntaigne and Rochefoucauld-and in
the mornings made practice of writ
ing on those subjects which had caught
his attention during the previous
nights reading, with the curious
though not unnatural result, as Pope
has testified, that his writing was I'M
n mere echo of his reading.
Somewhat later. when Grub street
fiourished, If SO inappropriate a verb
may be allowed, many n poor wretch
of Il hack author was glad to write as
we'll as to read in bed for the all suffi-
cient reason that seemly clothes were
lacking for going abroad.-LondOn
Globe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25

twenty-siX presidents, fourteen, or
more than one-half, have had military
records 1t is now 10 years since the
Inauguration Of the first president OF
the republic. During the first half Of
that period the country had four soldier
presidents, Washington. Monroe, Jack
son and William Henry Harrison,
while during the latter half it has had
ten such chief magistrates, Zachary
Taylor Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lin
coin, who was in the Black Hawk war;
Ulysses S. Grant. Rutherford Il. Hayes,
James \. Garfield, Chester \. Arthur,
Benjamin Harrison, William Mckinley
and Theodore Roosevelt
Mr.. Roosevelt is Il graduate of Har-
ward university. William and MaTy's
college and Harvard have been nurs-
cries Of presidents. The second presi-
dent, John Adams, studied at Harvard,
and his grandson, John Quincy Adams.
sixth president Of the United States,
was an aIumnus of the institution,
while Hayes went there to study law
after graduating from Kenyon college,
in Ohio. John Quincy Adams was a
man Of no small attachments in litera-
ture, as well as political leader, and
at one time was professor of rhetoric
and bellies lettres at Harvard. 4 sur
prisingly large number of the presi-
dents have been graduates of 50 called
higher institutions Of learning, and a
great many were also graduates OF
what President John Adams used to
call the school Of affiiction," meaning
that they taught school. Education had
n great deal to do with the making of
presidents, whether education obtained
within the halls Of college or educa-
ton obtained, as Lincoln got most Of
his, studying in a log cabin by the
pickering light of blazing logs Pres
ident George Washington did not
have college training, though he
studied engineering, trigonometry and
surveying. Jefferson studied at VIII
liam and Mary's college, as did James
Monroe and John Tyler; James Madi-
son graduated from Princeton college,
William Henry Harrison from Hamp-
den-Sidney college, Virginia, and his
grandson. Benjamin Harrison, from Mi.
ami university. Ohio Franklin Pierce