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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

this country and extorted similar concessions
from Japan, the name of Commodore Perry waI
execrated throughout the islands as the princi-
ral author OF what the natives were convinced
would constitute the destruction Of the empire.
Yet to-day the memory Of the commodore il
honored throughout the Mkado's dominions IL
one OF the best friends OF the nation. and as
having. by opening up Japan TO Western ciyili-
cation. enabled her to take the prominent place
among the powers OF the world which she now
enjoys
Perhaps fifty years hence Lhassa may be the
scene of celebrations IN honor OF Colonel Young
husband. the chief OF the British mission to the
Grand Lama of Tibet. similar to those which
have so recently been taking place at Toxic in
commemoration OF Commodore Perry. The only
difference between the two is that whereas The
United States Envoy IN his enterprise was
backed by a squadron OF men-of-war the Eng
Iish plenipotentiary is escorted by well armed
force of several thousand men For Tibet is
STEPPED IN barbarism far deeper than was Japan
half a century ago. and there Is no doubt that
vhrs ths Buddhist monks and clergy with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
Prominent swedes Comma.

Chicago will soon be visited by five
prominent Swedes appointed by King
Oscar and the Swedish riksdag to
visit America and participate in the
International peace congress to be
held at st. Louis. The delegates are
Bishop X. G. II. Won Scheele, Count
Raoul Hamilton, Hugo p P. Tamm,
Ernest Beckman and John Olson. MI
Tamm's wife Is a Chicago woman.
Mr. Tamm is member Of one OF
Sweden's oldest families. a millionaire
large landowner. a distinguished
economist and large employer of la
Dor at his great iron works He be-
longs 70 the liberal group of the riks-
dag and is chairman Of the riksdag's
committee on finance. He is consid-
cred the wealthiest man in Sweden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
FOR CHILDREN'S HOMES
Prof. c. c. knobel Seeking Assistance
for Worthy State Institution.

Prof. G. c. KnObel is in the city on
his annual visit in the interest of the
Illinois Children's Home and Aid so
ciety, an institution that needs no in
PRODUCTION here. for its good works are
known to all. The Illinois Children's
Home and Aid society is the parent
society and is the leader of the chill
dren's home societies scattered over
the country. 1t has cared for 1890
dependent children and has at the
present time 1900 wards under it's
guardianship. 1t maintains four re-
ceiving homes at Chicago. Rantoul,
Shelbyville and Duquoin. These re-
ceiving homes are used only as tenn
porary shelters, the average stay of
the children in them being only six
weeks. before they are transferred to
selected family homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
DEED TO THE WRONG LAND
Error Clouds the Title of Farm Owned
BY Laura E. Iona.

Laura E. Long is the owner of 90
acres of farm land of the north frac
tional quarter of section %, in town.
ship II, south of Rock river. Nov. IA.
1872, J. NJ. Beardsley. the county
clerk. executed to c. w. Lobden and
Alvin Hull tax deed purporting to
convey lot 10 of section 23. under a
judgment for delinquent taxes.
But in truth, Mrs. Long AYERS. no
Judgment against the property was
recovered, and furthermore there is
no portion of the section wherein her
holdings are situated designated as lot
10. 1t is claimed that the deed was
erroneous. and that some other tract
was intended.
Nevertheless the deed. which is on
the records at the court house. stands
as cloud on the title to the prem
ises of Mrs. Long, and she has there
fore filed suit in the circuit court tn
have the title quieted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
PERSONAL POINTS,

Miss Florence Coyne is visiting in
Chicago.
IA. Gustafson returned today from
Chicago.
Miss Florence Hall has gone to Du,
buque to visit.
NJ c. Rice has returned from an
eastern business trip.
Miss NJ. Agnes Twomey leaves to.
morrow for an extended visit in the
west.
Gabe Mosenfelder and Alfred Bear
left today for MinOcqua, Wis. on a
fishing trip.
J. d. Mansfield departs tonight for
his home in Marshalltown, Iowa, after
a visit in this city.
Frank Jones. of Centerville. Iowa.
arrived in Rock Island Lost evening to
make three weeks visit.
Mrs. J. F. Egan, who has been Wis
iting at her former home in kentucky.
returned home last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Moran left last
night for their home in Appleton, Wis.
after a brief visit in this city.
Miss Helen Eggleston departs to-
night for her home in MoberIy. Mo.
after having spent a week with friends
in this city.
Misses Minnie and Mae Barrett
leave tonight for their home in Tope-
ka, Kans.. after having spent two
weeks with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Williams. who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. F. c.
Peterson. departed last evening for
their home in st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gregory, who
have been the guests of friends in
this city the past week, departed last
night for their home in Sterling.
Miss Kittie s, tn left today for Chi
cago to attend the wedding of her
friend, Miss Winnifred Halifax. 1920
Evans avenue, next Tuesday evening.
Ben Rivers, of CORN, Mo, who has
been spending u few days in this city
with friends. leaves tomorrow morn
ing for St Louis to visit the EXPOSE
ton.
Passenger Agent F. A Hart and Di-
vision Freight Agent II. w. Crawford,
OI the burlington road, returned home
last night from an inspection trip over
the Illinois lines of the road
NJ. a. Patterson, assistant general
freight agent for the Rock Island road.
with headquarters at Kansas City. ar
rived in the city. accompanied by his
wife and daughter. for a short visit
Mrs. NJ. c. Rice, who has been at
Mercy hospital, Davenport. for several
weeks, recovering from the effects of
an operation, was able to return to
her home on Nineteenth street yester-
day.
DR.. Barr and wife. of Davenport.
Wash. and Mrs. Joseph Cragg, of Jop-
lin, Mo. are visiting at the home of
he ladies' uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Brandle. of South Rock ISL
and. Mr.. and Mrs. Barr will depart in
1 few days for their home after hav-
ng spent three months visiting rela-
ives and friends in Illinois, Missouri
md Indian Territory. Mrs. Cragg will
spend the remainder of the summer
IL Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
Funeral of Mrs. punavin.

Of Mrs. E. o. Dunavin were held pri-
vately yesterday afternoon at o'clock
al the home. Sl4 Twelfth street. Rev.
D. l. McNary, pastor of the United
Presbyterian church. was in charge.
The following. all of whom were re-
lated 10 the deceased acted as pail
bearers: Phil 5. Wilcher. Edward
William and Joseph Hill. Z. D. Dun
avin and William Mooney. Burial wzs
in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the city clerks Office, Rock Island
ILL.,. until Monday, August l, 1904, at )
O'Clock p. N. for the construction of a
bridge over Rock river. Plans and
specifications on file at the city clerk
Office.
Certified check in amount of $500 to
accompany each bid.
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
ROCK Island, ILL.,. July q, 1904.
II. c. SCHAFFER.
City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
F. A. RIDDELL NEW
LOCAL AGENT OF 20"

F. A. Riddel!, agent for the c.. B. &
Q. railroad at Princeton. Ill. has been
appointed to succeed NJ. J. Young.
local freight agent for the company in
this city. Mr.. Young. as previously
announced in The Argus, has been
promoted to the position of CONNER
cial agent for the company at Daven-
port, succeeding f. =. Swan, who be
comes travelling freight agent for the
road with headquarters at Cleveland,
Ohio. The change is effective Aug
uSt |.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
NEW FERRY PLACED IN WATER
The Davenport, Being Built by Kahlkes,
is Launched.

The new ferry Davenport. which
will be run opposite the T. J. Robinson
between this city and Davenport by
the Rock Island < Davenport Ferry
company and which is under cOnstruc-
tion at the Kahlke yards in the west
end of the city. was launched this
afternoon. The boat will be ready
to put in service in a couple of weeks.
Miss Amy Henderson, daughter of
Capt. NJ. l.. Henderson, christened the
craft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
TO INITIATE IN THE WOODS
Masons of Tri-Cities to Gather Tonight
at Petersen's Island.

Trinity lodge, \. F. K a. NJ, is to
have an oDen air initiatory ceremony
at Petersen's island below the city this
afternoon and this evening. The
steamer 4. !. Whitney and barge have
been engaged TO convey members from
the tri-cities TO the island. The boat
will leave this evening. at Davenport
at and at Rock Island at G:30.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
Sunday Schools Have outing.

The Sunday schools OF Memorial
Christian and First Baptist churches
are having their picnics today. The
children OF the former congregation
are having their frolic at Prospect
park, Moline. and those OF the latter
at the Watch Tower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
Notice.

The undersigned hereby give public
notice that they have taken the
agency for Hearst's Chicago American
and Examiner, and viii in future serve
patrons in all parts Of the city. All
bills Will be collected monthly dating
from Monday, July %. 1904.
EDDY & SEXTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-29
SETTLE OLD SCORE
Attorney FL. NJ. McCaskrin and DIR. c.
l.. Girls, OF Muscatine, Have Per-
sonaI Encounter Today.
BOTH CONSIDERABLY DONE UP
But the Man of Patients Fares the
Worst, Being Knocked Down
Three Times.

DR.. c. L. Girls came from Muscatine
estate at the Rock Island county court
house. He secured the property and
an addition to his bargain that he had
not reckoned on as the result of a
personal encounter with Attorney Har-
~ NJ. McCaskrin. Not that all the
glory was on the side of McCaskrin.
for he probably will wake up tomor-
row with a pair of black eyes to say
nothing of facial bruises But the
| Muscatine doctor Jared the worse. hav-
ing been felled thrice on the stone
floor of the temple of justice. Twice he
! took the count and Harrison NJ. stood
manfully by and allowed him an OPP
portunity To regain his wind and re-
cover his feet before resuming his eff
fort to obliterate his beauty of coun-
| tenance. The fight had been on fully
| five minutes before others in the
building knew of it and interfered
Bad Blood Over Land Deal.
DR.. Girls is said to be an impetuous
man and to have made repeated threats
against McCaskrin The Rock Island
lawyer had trouble with him on the
streets OF Muscatine a year ago, but
there was no blood shed. Girls was a
defendant in a suit for partition
brought by John Schell. of Drury town
ship. 1t concerned 40 acres of land
in the lower end of the county that
had become involved in a family tan
gle. The only means for straighten-
ing out matters was to sell, and
this the court ordered done. Girls and
McCaskTin had claShed on numerous
occasions in discussing the legal
phases of the proceeding. and it ap-
pears the Rock Island lawyer brushed
his hair the wrong way. and he has
never been able To feel otherwise than
wanting to scrap every time he got a
peep at the form of the Rock Island
lawyer.
\ Battle While You Wait.
Girls came to the city today intent
on buying up the 40 acres. McCask-
rim was on hand as the representative
of Schell. The sale was conducted by
Master in Chancery F. II. Kelly.
While waiting for the appointed hour.
O'Clock, 10 arrive Girls and McCask-
rim, in moving around the building.
met. This meeting was in front of the
memorial tablet on the middle landing
between the second and third floors. |
There were no seconds. 1t was far
enough above the second and far |
enough below the third to remove the |
cOmbatants from the gaze of passers
in the corridors. There was no vast |
ing of words. Both were primed for
battle, and they waded in. not even |
stopping to remove their coats.
McCaskrin is better versed in the |
lighting game than the Muscatine ply |
sician, and likely would have decora-
ted his physiognOmy more artisticalIy |
than he did had not the scrap been |
stopped by outside parties. But both
were pretty badly done up, and prob
ably are equally thankful that they
were not permitted to continue to a
finish. Both attended the sale after
ward, and Girls. to show that a little
matter like a fight did not deter him
in the gaining of his ends, bid in the
farm, and had the money to pay for it.
His bid was $1,000.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-29
A Trust That Is Not Protected.

good many families that usually have turkey to eat on Thanksgiving had to be satisfied this year with more moderate priced fare The price of turkeys in the eastern cities was be- yond the purse of ordinary housekeep- ing. It now appears that the cold storage trust had bought up all the available supply of turkeys and. like its sister trusts. expected the people would have to pay all it demanded. The trust reckoned without it's host and sdll has good many turkeys on hard that the public refused to purchase Fur keys are not a necessity like the prod nets of many other trusts. and the con- sumers refused to pay the price de- manded, and the turkey trust is not rolling in riches. The profectionists should look to this-here is a trust that is not protected by the tariff. and some way should be devised to shelter 1t like the other trusts. It is even said that fhe turkey raisers in Congress man Grosvenor's district in Ohio were gwindIed by the trust into selling their turkeys at low price and are de manding that that arch protectionist pay some attention to their interests iB- stead of figuring on election results that always foretell protectionist victories. The turkey trust and the turkey pro ducer must be protected. What is the use of protection that does not protect all alike?
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-29
HEPBURN ROASTED BROWN.
Benny of New Jersey Supplies the
 Fuel and Stirs the Fire.

Fuel and Stirs the Fire.
 Congressman Hepburn of Iowa. the political oracle of the Republican party in the house. whose dignity and i'm portance will not tolerate a question from any new member of that body, was roasted to turn on Dec. Il by Mir. Benny. one of the new congress men from New Jersey. On Dec. ] Mir. Hepburn said in congress:
 Today every man in the United States who wants to work finds en- ployment in the great labor fields of the United States and at co;npensating wage"
 To show that neither of these state Ilents was true Mir. Benny said:
 "I live in the city of Bayonne. a city of i9.000 inhabitants. Every morning at the gates of our great manufactur- ing establishments-the Standard Oil company. the Babcock X Wilson Boiler company. the Safety Insulated Wire and Cable company and other large
 
 and beg for work. Across Newark bay, at the works of the Singer Manufac- turing company. other hundreds gath CT, also looking for work. Every large factory in Jersey City, New York and in every other city that l know of will furnish a similar sight each morning.
 Every man in public life, if he lives in, f.i-U ic rx, ha hna t.s in him, can testify that he is overrun with applications of deserving men looking for work. And the men at these factory gates are men who really want ard who deserve wcrk In addi- tion to this evidence. do not the news papers almost daily contain accounts of works shutting down. certain rail road companies laying off 15O.O0O men within the last three months, and so on?"
 TEe great Hepburn also said on Dec. l:
 When has there been a time when the distribution of wealth was as great as it is now and when the humblest and poorest had so large a share of the accumulaticns of each year as now There never has been q time"
 In reply MT. Benny said:
 Has the gentleman not read the fig. ures in the United States census of 1900, which show that S99 per cent of the people own 12.67 per cent of the wealth of this country? Has he never seen the estimates of MT. Charles E Spahr, whereby it appears that l per cent of the people own 54.S per cent of the wealth, another 1O.9 per cent of the people own 322 per cent additional which added together shows that 11G per cent of the people own ST per cent of our wealth, the other 13 per cent of the wealth then remaining being owned by 3S.1 per cent of the people, Add all these items up. and you will see by these figures all of our wealth is owned by just 90 per cent of the peo [ pie, the other 90 per cent of our people or in round numbers 100000 souls owning absolutely no part of the coun try's great wealth.
 Has it not been stated over and over again without contradiction that when the board of directors of the steel trust meets the twenty-two men who there sit down own one-twelfth of the entire wealth of the United States:
 Does that show the present to be q time when the distribution of wealth is greater than ever before and that tho humblest and the poorest have larger share of the accumulation of the yea, than ever before? Shame on tine sug ! gestion'
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-29
ADlMINISHINC SURPLUS
Secretary Shaw's Financial Pre-
 dicament.
CALL IN LOANS OR ISSUE BONDS 2

National Banks will Have to Return May Pay For Panama Canal or Bonds Will Hnve to Be Issued to Raise the Funds.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-24

1t Is a matter of minor consideration
whether the one accused did or did not
destroy House vouchers, in comparison
with the establishing of the fact that
anyone having custody of such records
may destroy them only at his peril.
There is no doubt for the future that
the evidences of how legislative ex-
penses are disbursed constitute public
documents guarded by United States
law. While the courts will hold the
custodians of legislative vouchers ac-
countable for their preservation, the
taxpayers should hold their representa-
tives in the Legislature to strict account
for the manner in which seasonal APP
preparations are expended.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-24
CLOSING PEARL HARBOR.

While no official notification has been
ment relative to the closing of Pearl
Harbor to foreign warships, such an
order is being transmitted to foreign
governments.
The new order requires that perms-
sion be first requested before admis-
sion to certain naval ports in the Unit
ed States will be granted.
The General Board has made this
recommendation and in accordance
with it the State Department has
transmitted this memorandum to all
its diplomatic and consular representa-
tives abroad. THE General Board is
of the opinion that with the exception
of the below named ports no restriction
should be placed on the visits of for
eign men-of-war or other public ves-
sells either as to number or period of
stay in ports within the United States
or under their control. Neither should
it be required that previous permission
must be obtained. The general board
is further of the opinion that before
visiting any of the several named ports
the foreign men-ofwar or public ves-
sells should be required to ask permits
sion from the Secretary of the Navy
through their respective ministers and
the State Department.: Tortugas. Fla.
Great Harbor, Culebra the ports and
anchorages of Kiska island, Aleutian
Archipelago; Guantanamo, Cuba; Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii; Guam; Subig Bay,
Philippine Islands. 1t is of course I'M
derstood that any foreign vessel be-
fore entering the actual limits of
navy yard in any port of the United
States would first apply for permis-
sion"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-24

From the statistics given the war
seems to have affected the policy of
governments but little. The following
figures show the total tonnage of bat
tleships building and projected: Great
Britain, 1000; Russia, 125,270; Ger
many, 1O3,976; United States, 209, $50.
1t is further stated, as regards battle
ships projected, that the numbers are:
Great Britain, two; United States, one;
but that the British Admiralty have
no knowledge of the four Russian and
two German ships alleged in some
quarters to be projected The num-
bers actually under construction are
again given as: Great Britain, eight;
Russia, nine Germany, eight; United
States. thirteen.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-24

According to the Chicago Chronicle,
asphalt pavements in that city are n
disappointment. a little more than
four years ago the Chicago corporation
decided to adopt asphalt exclusively In
new street making, From the Chroni-
oles article on the subject, II is less
the material than the mode Of using II
which is found wanting, Asphalt pave
ments have proved 10 have lasting
qualities in other cities, What would
condemn them az their best for Homo
lulu, II the question came 10 head
here Ia their capacity ~ absorbing and
rejecting HEAT
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-24
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

Takushan, where more japanese
troops are landing, is on the Liaotong
coast about so miles northeast of PITT
ze-wo, the scene of the first landing
of the second army. Evidently these
forces constitute the second division
of an army corps and are intended
either to cooperate in the siege of
Port Arthur or to hold an intermed-
ate position between the Yalu and
Liaotong armies.
1t is not clear what Is happening
on the route of the Yalu army. The
Japanese retreat from Fengwengcheng
there is no support for the earlier
rumor that the invaders lost a battle
there. The retreat may be a tactical
move due to the dangerous extension
of the Japanese line; or it may be
that the Russians are beginning to
appear in overwhelming numbers and
that the Japanese commander feels it
advisable to get on better fighting
ground than Fenwengcheng affords.
Chefoo reports hearing a terrific eX-
plosion from the direction of Port
Arthur. There are many possibilities
in this, but the most plausible theory
is that the Russians are blowing away
channel-obstr Water is a bet
ter conductor of sound than air and
a heavy explosion on the sea floor at
Port Arthur might easily be heard
across the narrow part of the Gulf of
Peohili
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-24
PLANTERS THEIR
own BUG FANC|ERS

The sugar planters are establishing
an chronological department for them
selves at their experimental station.
This important advance is announced
as follows in the Hawaiian Agriculture
list and Forester for May:
An chronological department of it's
own is being established by the Ha-
waiian Sugar Planters Association at
it's Experiment Station, Makiki. This
important expansion of the Associa-
TONS activities has been occasoned by
the unusual attack on sugar cane by
the leaf-hopper and numerous fungi
during the past two years. Insec-
tariums, laboratories and office quar-
ters will shortly be erected, and all the
chronological work of the Association
will then be conducted independently to
the Division of Entomology of the Ter
rtolial Board of Agriculture. This gov
eminent service will continue in opera
tion but with much smaller staff and
at less expense.