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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16
WINTER BIRDS HAVE COME
English Sparrows, Woodpeckers, ETC.
Take Place of Summer Visitors

With the advent of November most
of the summer birds have migrated
10 the sunny south and the harder
winter birds remain to cheer the cold
and dreary winter. Few birds ex-
eept the saucy sparTows and an oc-
casional blue jay are seen in the
business district of the cities. but in the
outskirts and in the country are found
many feathered friends.
The English sparrow is a constant
companion and may be found in every
hamlet and village from Manitoba TO
Florida. This little gamin infests
every street. alley and roof. in search
of food. and in the summer builds his
nest in every conceivable place. He il
a jolly. socisble fellow. and though q
great pest. he does much good as a
scayenger.
The first English sparrows were i'm
ported in 1851. ten pairs being liber-
ated in the city of Brooklyn. a bounty
of cents a head was paid by the
state previous TO 1902 and thous-
ands OF them were needlessiy slaugh-
tered. The sparrow is one of the few
birds that escapes protection under
the recent game law. yet he is unmo-
tested. being OF no commercial value.
The woodpeckers. OF which three
species exist. is another family of the
birds that remain in this section dur
ing the winter. The most common is
the red-headed woodpecker. most
numerous in the early winter. His
habitat is the timber land. where he
finds acoTns and seeds, which he stores
away in hollow trees and logs for food
when the ground is Recovered. He
is very sociable and keeps the woods
awake with his chattering.
The downy woodpecker is an
other OF our winter birds. though il is
lot so we'll known as the flicker or
the red-headed woodpecker. being more
common in the northern states
The chickadee is a small bird that
lives in small trees and shrubs He is
very tame. but rarely ventures near n
clearing, staying close to the timber
ed land. The chickadee may be seen
in. large droves hanging from small
twigs. where they gather innumerable
insects. They have a peculiar call
which resembles their name.
The blue jay is the most unsociable
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16
USES COFFEE CUP
FOR HIS WEAPON
David MayaI Brings Broken Chi
navarro to the Police
Station.
SAYS HEAD Is JUST MISSED
GAUGES the Arrest Of His Brother
in-law, John &
James

David MayalI brought to the police
station this morning the remains of
4 coffee cup that he alleges was hurled
1t his head by his brother-in-law. John
Z. James. proprietor OF the Delmonico
restaurant. 1907 Second avenue. but
which missed him on account of the
poor marksmanship of his assailant
and was broken ON the wall of the
restaurant.
II the cup had struck Mayall il is
likely ne would have needed the atten-
ton Of surgeon. He went before
Magistrate G.. \. Johnson and swore
out "a warrant charging James with
assault and battery. James will have
his hearing this afternoon.
More Than He BarEnin~d For.
Mrs. Frank Knox. 513 Twentieth
street. had a dispute with junk col
iector this morning that eliminated in
her sending a call for police assist
ance. The junk man bought an old
stove from Mrs. Knox. but the zinc on
which the stove stood was not included
in the transaction. she declared. When
the dealer was climbing on the seat
of his wagon To drive away she no
ticed that the zinc was missing and
she shouted to- him TO deliver il over
To her. He protested that the zinc
was his property. but she told him he
had stolen u. Mrs. knox's father-in
law. Sam Knox. took hold OF the head
OF the horse and said he would hold
the wagon there until an officer ar
rived. Officer Henry Thode was de
tailed. but when he reached the Knox
home the peddler had gone with his
wagon and the zinc. Mr.. Knox said
he held the horse about as long as he
thought the law allowed him to. Now
the police are looking for the man
with the zinc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16
Not a Sick Day Since.

81 was taken severely sick with kid
ney trouble. l tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of which relieved me. One
day / saw an al. of your Electric Bit
tiers and determined to try that. After
taking a few doses felt relieved. and
soon thereafter was entirely cured, and
have not seen a sick day since. Neigh
bors of mine have been cured of rheu-
matism. neuralgia, liver and kidney
troubles and general debility" This is
what B. F. Bass. of Fremont, y. c..
writes. Only so cents at Hartz & Ulle-
meyers, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16

winter friend and of a most greedy and
thieyish nature. He is easily diStin-
guished by his slow, irregular flight
and his plumage. He is of a venture
some nature and feels no fear in
alighting near a dwelling. where he is
ever on the lookout for something to
eat. He fits about from limb to
limb with his noisy cries, inviting an
attack from the sparrows, of which
he is a deadly enemy. The jays gen
orally move in numbers of three and
four. rarely flying for any great dis
lance. In the nesting season they
seem TO take delight in destroying the
nests of other birds and in killing the
young.
The crow is another great thief and
the especial enemy of the farmer. for
whom he destroys Il large amount of
corn. He will visit the corn field in
the early morning and dig up the
corn that the farmer has taken such
trouble TO plant. He is a flesh eater.
too and consumes much dead animal
flesh. in which he is very beneficial.
He preys on other birds nests and on
the chicken yards. where he destroys
many eggs. The crow is a very
shrewd bird and it is very hard 20 get
within shotgun of him.
The junco, better known as the
snow-bird. is a jolly little fellow and
very sociable. He hops around on the
snow-covered ground and may be made
very tame by scattering few crumbs
about when the snow is deep and it
is hard for him to- find enough food.
The junco and the chickadee are great
friends and may be found together in
large droves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16
w. l.. DOUGLAS TELLS
WHY HE WAS CHOSEN
GoUern0r--EIecf Of MdSsa
cbuseffs Says He Brought Tariff and
Trust Questions Home TO the People.

pair of shoes costing IS turned out Of
our factories there was a tariff duty OF
9 cents on the raw material. | in
stanced a recent purchase of $3.50. 006
of leather. which | bought from the
trust, on which there was a duty OF
$55 10000. l gave concrete illustrations
in the wooden, cotton and other trades
ut was an issue that touched a pop
ular chord. They said in the rational
campaign that we had no issue. We
had the greatest, the most vital of is
sues. For some reason it was SubOrdi
mated in our national campaign. III
was the one issue of all others to have
prescott was the thing the peopl,
were palpitating over. We made on:
people understand that the tariff anu
trust question is the same; that it is
idle to talk of solving the trust ques.
ton so long as we are shelterins
these giant paupers' under our pro-
tective system.
Losing Six to One.
81 told our people that Massachu-
sets put Sc in the protection pool for
every dollar it took out; that our So
600 homes contributed SEA, 100000 a
year to the trusts; that the steel
trust alone reaps SS0.OOO,OOO year
out OF protection, and pockets it, sell
ing abroad cheaper than we can buy
from it. And yet they have the assur-
ance to tell us the trust question has
nothing to do with the tariff.
MY election means the first gun il;
battle for reciprocity and tariff re-
lief.
In my inaugural 1 shall begin the
work by asking the Legislature for per
mission to appoint a commission to
thoroughly investigate all the tariff in
justices and report fully. That report /
shall seek to have sent to the people
under our referendum law, to instruct
our representatives in congress to take
steps to procure reciprocity and lower
tariff do not believe that the repub-
lican legislature will block this effort.
do not think it is willing to shoulder
the responsibility. The people have
shown what they want"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16

and a real ISSUE" that is William l..
Douglas laconic explanation of his
phenomenal victory in being elected
the democratic governor of Massachu-
sets, with Roosevelt carrying the state
by $4,000.
Such greak in politics is unparal-
leled in old Massachusetts. Mr.. Doug
las was not merely elected, he won by
a plurality about five times as large as
any democrat and second in size to
the plurality of any republican candi-
date for governor in the history of the
state. And to emphasize and isolate
his victory, he was the only democrat
TO win; all the republicans. from Lieut..
Gov. Curtis Guild down, getting the
normal vote.
Already Mr.. Douglas is being nomi-
mated for president in 1908 and hailed
as the newly raised Moses who is to
lead the democratic hosts in war on
the trusts next time. His victory has
given a terrible jar to the Lodge ma
chine and is being interpreted as an
ominous warning to the ''stand-pat-
ters.'
Sign Board and Newspaper.
Ii was a sign board and newspaper
victory. Every sign board in the state
and every newspaper made his war cry
of Reciprocity; no no protection to the
trusts" as familiar as the woodcuts of
Douglas in the advertisements. They
carried the story of his humble early
life as shoe pegger, doffer boy, driv-
re of prairie schooner, finally a modest
shoemaker and at last a millionaire
manufacturer to every corner and
crossroads. Poster and newspaper sat
urated the pubic with Douglas and his
idea.
Everybody in Massachusetts is
trying to figure out how it happened.
The kergovernOr-elect told the
story to representative in his head
quarters in the Old South building. He
had just come up from Brockton,
where 5000 of his employees had Civ
en- him a great ovation. He had been
cheered all the way up, and came to
Boston to find himself the hero of the
day.
The next governor of Massachusetts
is self-made business man. with ali
the marks of his successful kind. He
moves rapidly and speaks decisively
Il was elected" said he, because
made my fight upon a single. live. hui
man issue which reached straight into
the intimate everyday affairs of meE
and women-because of that issue and
q generous use of publicity. Adver-
Using has made my business pay. and
used it TO the limit in arousing and di-
recting the sentiment which l knew
to be widespread on the subject
which was our chief issue-reciprocity
and tariff relief.
Before People All Time.
THE central committee ran the cam
paign. We ran the advertising down at
Brockton. From the outset. my idea
was TO keep our fight and our idea
right before the people-to keep just
a little. more in the public view than
the republican candidate.
II made the fight solely on the propo-
sition that We should have reciprocity.
and that all trusts which sell their
products abroad cheaper than we can
buy them here should not be permit
ted to enjoy protection. ! gave them
practical examples of the working of
the tariff. told them that on every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16
TRIO INDICTED FOR MURDER
Grand Jury at Galesburs Forces Doc
tors and Others to Trial.

The grand jury of the November
term of the Knox county circuit court
made a full report yesterday afternoon.
returning q indictments. Among the
defendants are John Cole. Isaac Shell
ton and Rebecca Carroll, accused of
the murder of Miss Lena Ramp at
Yates City last August. This case is
one OF the most noted in the criminal
annals of the county. as Cole is one of
the foremost physicians in that sec
ton Shelton and the murdered girl
belonged to prominent families. Miss
Ramp is said TO have been killed by an
Illegal operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16
TALES OF CITY
STREETS.

a girl of probably II years weeping.
came to- police headquarters the other
evening. She handed the officer who
met her a telegram from a city some
thing over one hundred miles from
Rock Island stating that her brother
was dying and urging her TO come to
him ut once All the money she pos
sessed in the world was Sl.50. The
fare u her destination was 81.
Jennie did not have any relatives or
close friends in the city TO whom she
could turn for assistance. and in her
desperation she appealed to the police
authorities. She had only recently
come to the city and vas employed
as n servant in the home of one of the
well-known families
Jennie stated that she showed the
telegram TO her mistress. but that the
latter did not cvince interest beyond
paying her what wages she had com
ing. and expressing sorrow ut he.
brothers condition. Jennie told her
that she did not have sufficient funds
To- carry her through. but her mistress
coldly reminded her that IL was a mis-
fortune over which she had no control
Jennie had acquaintances, but she
thought IL any one would aid her IL
would be the woman IN whose home
she had been serving the indiffer-
encc with which her story was receiv-
cd there went straight to the girls
heart. Her eyes were swollen from
CRYING when she reached the station.
Perhaps IL I had pleaded with her
she might have helped me-" the girl
said. but when I saw there was no
sympathy for me. just could not
sneak. II is hard to have TO come TO
the poIice. know. but ! know no
place else to GO He Is my only broth
er. and I must go TO him IL l have TO
start walking to- his home this very
night"
The story of the girl touched the OH
GERS at the station Policemen daily
hear enough hard luck tales 10 MI
book. But this was one that could not
fail TO reach a man with heart And
poIicemen have hearts the sane rs oth
or individuals. even IL they do act AT
times as IL they did not.
Chief Miller took Jennie to the Bur
lington depot and bought Ter ticket
to the city where her brother lay dy
ing. telling her to keep the sl-50 for
incidental expenses The joy that
the Kindness Of the officer brought TO
the heart of the girl momentariIy
caused her TO forget her sorrow. but
she could not suppress her tears when
she expressed her thanks at the depot
promising TO return the money as soon
as she secured the amount
zone night. some years ago. go'
a hurry call to the home of an alder
man residing in the west end of the
city" said one of the veteran members
of the force He had been 10 the
city hail attending n meeting of the
council and was returning home late
In passing one of the lower end fac
tories he noticed a man following him
He turned and. seeing that he was
nearly on his heels. he broke into q
foot race that continued until he had
landed safely inside his home. He did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-16

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are becoming a fayorite for
stomach troubles and constipation. For
sale by all leading druggists.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

NO. 1922 COLUMBIA STREET NORTH
WEST-Mary ]. Deagen ct vir, Francis
E.. to Mark J. O'Dea, lot IA, square 1865;
SO.
STREET NORTHWEST between 21st
and 22d streets-Mark J. O'Dea to Mary
J. Deagen, part original lot II, square
II; $40.
NO. 304 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. J. Venable ct
ux. to George ]. Geiger, lot T., square
7s1; So
VERMONT AVENUE AND Q STREET
Frank Fuller and Ada F. Edwards,
trustees, lot 8, square south of 2T7; So
CLEVELAND PARK-Eleanor- p Lord ct
vlr, Charles E., to Minnie E. H. Keys,
lots to 10. block 5. $40.
CONGRESS HEIGHTS-George e. Dennis
ct ux. to Stephen H. Wright, lots l and
2, block 2; $3.50.
NO; III STREET NoRTHEAsT-Ruth
r Whitaker ct al. to George F. Nixon
lot 30. square 725: 81
NO 10 PIERCE STREET-Robt. p. Sow
erbutts to VIM. II and Johanna n.
cHfSHEsTEe fSFns PaTt OF lot 22l Anacostia; $40
to VIM. F. Warriner. executor: lots -
9, block 1; $40 -o'' -
LOOMINGDALE-Jose Paul ct ux. to
Mary a: smith, lot l. block Is; $40
KENTUCKY AVENUE AND d STREET
souTHEAST-H: Bradley Davidson ct
al, trustees, to H. Latane Lewis. lots
TO and IL, square 1862; 10000
NO % B STREET NORTHWESTERN
lyn ]. Harper ct vir, Robert, n, to
Cara H. Granger, lot 81 square 633:
$4,000 w.
SIXTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween p and Q streets-Carra H. Gran
ger ct vir John T., to Carolyn j. Har-
per. lots IA and 49, square 1874: $40. 600.
WILLARD STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween 18th and 18th streets-John w.
Pill1ng ct ux. to Charles f. and VIM NJ
Roach, Jr.. lots 9S to 10S square 151; $40.
NO 526 FOURTH STREET NORTHEAST
Samuel A. Drury ct ux to Bryan Cor
ridon, lot 167, square TO; $40
NORTH GROUNDS COLUMBIAN UNI
VERSITY-Herbert A. Gill ct AL trus-
. tees. to trustees OF Methodist Episcopal
Society Of Mount Pleasant, lots "a and
35, block 3S; $1,000
NOS. 119 121, 1877, 139 NORTH CAROLINA
AVENUE SOUTHEAST and No. 43S Cd
street southeast-Thos. e. Waggaman
et al, trustees. to Horace E. Grow lots
80, 40 AS 49, SO. square 7S5; $4,000.
Fl STREET NORTHWEST between 9Th and
4th streete-Jno T.. Arms ct al, trus-
tees. to Charles A and hfar1lla g. Ca
pell. part original lot IS, square 517:
$4,000
NOS. 700 AND III E STREET SOUTH
EAST-Theo. F. McCauley ct ux. to
"W. 12" square 903; SO.
DOUGLAS-Samuel r. Bond ct ux TO Dem
mis- E. and Mary E. White, lot 126; SO
II STREET SOUTHWEST between South
Capitol and Half streets-Wm e Ed
monston ct al. trustees, to Catharine
Ann Petit, original lots and 13, square
$40; $3.50.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
COMPANIES INCORPORATED.
Long List Of Certificates Filed With
Recorder of Deeds.

Certificates Incorporating the following
have been filed In the Office of the recorder
of deeds:
The Loeben Gas Light and Improvement
Company; capital stock. 100000; incor-
porators, r. s. Donaldson. E. w. McCor-
mick and James F. Shepperson.
F. 8. Collins Company; incorporators.
Frank Collins, Isaac Alleson and Willis c..
Lecker; capital stock. $1,000.
The National Colored Peoples Co-opera-
tive Beneficial Union; incorporators. John
n johnson, W. H. Cremo, jr..i and c. H.
Lyles.
The Scott L. Snyder Company; capital
stock, $4,000; incorporators. w. J. Dugan,
G. F. Havell, Hugh Mitchell and r. L.
Montague. tt.<s1
The Ridge Mining and Milling Company;
capital stock, 81. .OOO, 600; incorporators, RS.
Donaldson, E. w. Mccormick and James F.
Shepperson.
pany; incorporators, r. 6. Donaldson, E. w.
Mccormick and James B. Shepperson;
capital stock, 100000
The Georgetown Seamless Hosiery Manu-
featuring Company; capital stock. 10000;
incorporators, Grant Young, Eugene
Schooley and James B. Porter.
The Baltimore and Ohio OIL Company;
capital stock, $4,000; incorporators, E j.
Bond, w. Morgan Penn. II. Pickett D. b.
Baxter and j. Merrick Frere.
The Agricultural Steel Company; capital
stock, s., ,O00, 600; incorporators. Lewis A.
Sager Robert Erdman. Frank d. Blackl-
stone, w. E. Sims and w. w. Brennan
The New York-Kootenay Mining Com
pany, capital stock 100000; incorporators'
Henry Dickinson, William Pniilyson,
Ernest Hoff. Milton Tibbetts and J. W.
Babson, tr.
The Household Auxiliary to the Drivers
Progressive Relief Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Incerporators, Sarah j.
Lee Mary A. Jones and Sarah r. Bailey.
The Hagarty Mining and Development
Company capital stock. $500 600; incor-
porators, H. Clay Campbell, Charles w.
Embrey and Ralph E. Campbell.
The Jicarilla Mining and Development
Company; incorporators. H. Clay Camp
bell Charles Embrey and Ralph E. Camp
bell; capital stock. $250.OO0.
The Queen Mining and Development
Company, capital stock $500 900: incor-
bell and Ralph E. Campbell.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
Army Orders.

Major Frank e. Hobbs, ordnance Depart
ment. has been ordered to Penieia. Cal. to
assume command of the Eenicfa arsenal,
and to report to the commanding general.
Department Of California. y9or additional
duty as ordnance officer Of that depart
ment.
Major David A. Lyle. drdnahEe depart
ment. has been ordered to visit Fort
Screven, Tybee Island. ca, son official
business pertaining to the inspection of the
armament installed at that post,
Capt. Frank H. Lawton. cornfnfssary has
been relieved from duty az Atlanta, Ca,
and ordered to return to his proper station
at Governors Island, N. W
First Lieut.. George H. Il. Gosman, as
duty at Fort Duchesne, Utsah, siid ordered
to Camp George H. Thomas, Gas for duty.
Evening star., 1904-03-17
GENERAL INTEREST AROUSED.
Contest Over Bill for Reduced Rate o
Fare on Electric Road.

Fare on Electric Road.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, March 16, 1904.
The contest now over the bill before the
legislature requiring the Washington and
Rockville Electric Railway Company to re-
duce it's fare between the District of CO.
-lumbia line and Rockville from 20 to Is
cents. or to cents for each three miles of
road, is becoming interesting. Representa-
tiyes of the railway company are almost
daily at Annapolis. importuning the county
delegation to vote against the measure,
while those leading the fight for the reduc-
ton are spending considerable time at the
state capital and are strenuously insisting
that the bilb should become law What
the fate of the bill will be no one knows. 1t
viii probably pass the house of representa-
tfyes within the next few days, but what
VIII become OF 1t in the senate is problemat-
ical.
The railway people argue that the reduc-
ton proposed would so affect the receipts of
the company as to make it impossible to op-
crate the road: sworn statement on file
at Annapolis shows that the issued capital
stock Is $5O, O,0OO; the funded debt Is $45 600,
with interest at per cent, and the floating
debt is 192079, with interest at per cent;
the total receipts for the year 1903 were
So, ,234. .42; the operating expenses for the
same period, including repairs and inciden-
tai expenses, were $1S, 107.91, and the net
profits on the operation of the road for the
year were 81, 128.5 81, showing a loss of sew
eral hundred dollars to the company for the
year.
Those pushing the bill for reduced fares
claim that the statement is misleading
They state that in it's deed of trust. re-
corded in the District Of Columbia Land
Record Book, No. 1924. to the United States
Mortgage and Trust Company, it appears
that the whole of the capital stock and the
full amount Of he<bonds, as well as the
floating debt. in the form of promissory
notes of the Washington and Rockville Rail-
Evening star., 1904-03-17
Court of Appeals.

Present: The Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
Morris and Mr.. Justice Shepard.
1361-Consaul eft al agt. Cummings ct
al; continued.
13S5-Slater ct al. agt Van der Hoogt
ct al; submitted on briefs.
1391-Lanzille agt. Morris; continued.
1351-Eclipse Bicycle Company agt
Farrow; argument continued by Mr.. J.
c. Cuttings for appellee, and concluded
by Mr.. c. Schuyler Davis for appellant
1360-De Arnaud agt. Ainsworth; argu-
ment commenced by Mr.. A. A. Lipscomb
for appellant
Evening star., 1904-03-17
THE COURT RECORD.
united States supreme Court.

Present: The Chief Justice Mr.. Justice Har-
Ian, Mr.. Justice Brewer, Mr.. Justice
Brown, Mr.. Justice White, Mr.. Justice
Peckham, Mr.. Justice McKenna. Mr..
Justice Holmes and Mr.. Justice Day.
Louis Block Of Davenport. Iowa, and VIII
liam A. Shryock of Philadelphia Pa, were
admitted to practice.
Nos. 453 to 475-John M. Sloan ct al, ap-
pellants, agt. the United States ct al; ar
gument continued by Mr.. Thomas L. Sloan
for the appellants, and by Mr.. John L. Web
ster for the appellees.
Proceedings after The Star went to press
yesterday:
No. 1s2-The Newburyport Water Com
pany. appellant, agt. the city of Newbury-
port; and
No. 1S3-The Gloucester Water Supply
Company, appellant. agt. the city of
Gloucester; argument concluded by Mr..
Robert M. Morse for the appellants.
Nos. 453 to 475-John M. Sloan ct al, ap-
pellants. agt. the United States ct al;
argument commenced by Mr.. Thomas L..
Sloan for the appellants.
The day call for Thursday, March IT, is
as follows: Nos. 453 to- 475. 1856, 1873, 1Sy
(and 1900. 191, 142, 1893, 1914, 81 and 105.
The probable call for Friday. March IS,
will be as follows: Nos. 1888, 1S9 (and 1907,
101, 142, 1893. 1914. 81 1876. 1876 and 1877.