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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15

Inc business streets are on the inter
al between the river and the foot of
he hills. and at either end of all these
treets are many elegant and costly
iwelling houses. Here is every ap-
,earance of wealth. The public build
ngs for all purposes are sufficiently i'm
posing. and there is one fraternity
building put up and owned by the Mod
ern Woodmen. which is sure to attract
the visitors notice. A dozen avenues
and streets. wholly occupied with resi-
iences. extend eastwardly to the low
sr portions of the hills and are rapidly
scaling their heights. The town has a
large park. and besides there is the
island in the river. where is the United
States arsenal. and the whole of this
island is a beautiful park. 1t serves
equally we'll for each of the three cit
les.
The natural situation of Moline is
different from that of either of its sis
ter towns. The river as il rushes by is
swift and compelling. the current of
the mighty stream having been swayed
by engineering contrivances to the side
of the city to give the manufacturers
adequate water power. The factories
occupy the whole of the fiat ground.
and the streets for trade are squeezed
in between the railroad tracks and de-
pots and the foot of the hills. which
are much nearer here than in Rock ISL
and. The rich manufacturers have
their comfortable Monochrome of them
very handsome in their exteriors - in
places heavily shaded with large trees
on these hill-climbing streets. Deep
ravines extend in all directions. II is
a strange locality where TO build a city,
and partly for that very reason the city
Itself is interesting. but mainly it is
attractive to men Of large business,
who come there each on their own er-
rands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Pillow City Court Elects.

Pillow City lodge No. 1016 of the
Court of Honor elected the following
officers at the regular meeting Tues
day evening: Past chancellor, c. d.
Waters; chancellor. Mrs. Emma Mil
Ter; vice chancellor, Lawrence Peter
son; chaplain, Miss Dora Lundeen;
recorder, Charles Wahlgren; conduc-
tor, Amos Renstrom; guard, Mrs. An
ME Waters; sentinel, Arthur Nord-
strom: directors. Charles Glaspell for
three years and Ella Gottsche for two
years. Fourteen applications were
read.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
DAVENPORT DOTS.
lumbermen Meet.

\ meeting of the Lake St Croix
and Lower Mississippi Lumbermen's
association was held yesterday after
noon in the pariors of the Kimball
house. The object of the association
is for mutual interest and benefit. 1t
is the association which recently sent
Attorney Steve Bawden of this city
after the lumber pirates up north. The
association has in a large measure
broken up the organized gangs of
lumber pirates which for years have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Beuthien on Stand.

Arnold Beuthien was examined yes.
terday at the court house in connec
ton with the Dixon bank case before
Referee Helmick. Garfield Beuthien
brother of the defaulting bank cash.
Ter. was first put on the stand and
Questioned as to- the collections of the
Dixon bank that were made through
he New Liberty bank. When Arnold
Beuthien was put on the stand he was
tsked concerning certain notes he had
signed personally on the Dixon bank.
Harry ]. Mcfarland. deputy clerk, who
IS a trustee of the Dixon bank. was
asked to make out a standing of the
Dixon bank as compared with the New
Liberty bank. After the above pro-
seedlings the hearing in the matter
was postponed until 10 O'Clock Friday
morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
TRY TO Get ACROSS.
Davenport 4 Suburban Wants to
Cross Rock island
Bridges.
NEG0rIATEs WITH UNCLE SAM
Plans Are Brought Out at Banquet
to Celebrate Opening of
Grand Isle.

IT leaked out at the banquet last
evening to celebrate the opening OF
the winter season at Grand Isle. al
which 200 business people were pres
ent. that the Davenport & Suburban
Street Railway company has been ne.
gotiating with the government for per.
mission to cross the Rock Island
bridge. as far as the island at least.
1t is limited that the purpose then is to
shoot across the island to Moline, and
failing in this to come into Rock Island
by way of Twenty-fourth street. and
thence devise a route to Moline, the
main object being to get line from the
upper end through to Davenport toward
Muscatine. The idea does not hardly
come up to what Rock Island is looking
for in the line of interurbans. 1t is the
bringing in of roads from the east.
south and southwest that this city is
more in need of than the encourage.
ment Of added means of transit with
Davenport at the present time.
: such permit of course would be
conditional on an arrangement with
the -Tri-City Railway company for the
sharing of the cost of laying the tracks
over the bridges. The Davenport e.
Suburban, whose line now extends
only from the Davenport approach of
the Rock Island bridge to Grand Isle,
expects also to follow the Iowa shore
to Muscatine.
Work on the Quiet.
These plans were not made public
at the banquet. but were confided nv
one of the promoters to a gentleman
who was present. The Washes, who
have both extensive interests in both
Davenport and Clinton, are the chief
factors in the Davenport and Subur-
ban. The line is known to have been
built as a competitor of the Tri-City
company. although the pro-
motors deny this. At any rate, they
want to come to this city over the
the Rock Island bridges. Once they
get fOothold here, they say they will
extend their lines on to Moline, and
to other points where the business JUS
titles, but primarily. they claim, their
line is an interurban, simply desiring
to make the cities the terminals for
their branches extending through the
districts.
Mayor William McConochie and c.
J. Larkin, of Rock Island, were guests
at the Grand Isle function last even
ing. There were present men from
Davenport, Clinton and Iowa City.
The party was taken from Davenport
to the island in three special cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Obituary Record.

The death of Edward Fisher occur
red at his home on Marquette street at
1890 o'clock yesterday from consump-
ton. Deceased was born Jan. IA. 1866.
and was SO years, IL months of age.
Besides his wife. Paulina, there survive
two daughters and one son, Laura, Mar
tina and Louis Fisher. and four brothers
and two sisters. George, of Rock ISL
and; John. of Dakota; Joseph and Hen
ry. of Nebraska; Mrs. j. H. Tedrow,
of Kansas. and Mrs. George Black, Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Plan New Car Line.

In all probability. if satisfactory ar
rangements with people owning prop
erty along the Milwaukee tracks be-
tween East Moline and Moline, new
electric line will enter this city. 1t is
understood that a local company is
back of the deal and wants to build 4
line between this city and New Shops
for use as a feeder to the city lines.
John Peterson, who owns IL lots east
of Forty-fifth street, has been offer
ed $1,000 for strip of 20 feet of his
ground, and Mr.. Quist, living in the
near vicinity. has been offered a good
price for a strip of his s0-line from
the eastern terminal of the Tri-City
Railway company on Third avenue,
this city. and to build it along the foot
lot. The plans at present is to start
the river road as far as Fifty-hfth
street. or near that vicinity, and then
follow the railroad tracks direct to
East Moline and New Shops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Deaths involve Law Point.

A neat law point involving a portion
of the property of a well-known Day.
export family has recently been the
subject of investigation, although IT
may never be passed upon by the
courts. Recently a mother and child
expired at Mercy hospital after n
Caesarian operation. performed by sew
'ral well known Davenport physicians
The child was dead. it is understood
when brought into the world by the
operation. The mother lived for some
time afterward. AS the mother was
possessed of considerable property
md left no will. the question of wheth-
er she or the child died first becomes
an important one in determining the
distribution of the estate. Had the
mother died first. the child would
have been her heir, and the father
would have inherited the property
from the child upon it's death. But
{ the child died before the mother,
he husband would receive only the
share of the property allowed him by
he law. and the remainder would go
to the other relatives of the wife. The
facts in this case are being looked up
and their bearing on the distribution
of the property determined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Pearl Was Worth $25.

Night Marshal George Ray is glad
that he had an appetite for raw oys-
tiers while sitting in a restaurant at
East Moline on Monday and that he
ordered plate of them. Along with
the biyalves the restaurant keeper
served real pearls and instead of swal-
lowing the one he found in his oysters
Mr.. Ray brought it to town and at JOS
ephson's jewelry store he was told
that it was worth $25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Gun Club Officers.

The Cumberland Gun club has eject.
ed the following officers: President,
Henry Eggers: vice president, Theo-
lore Wilkens; secretary. F. w. Kroy;
assistant secretary. Ignatz Schmidt !:
treasurer, Carl Thode; field marshal.
Charles Hagemann; assistant field
marshal. John Fuhiendorf: board of
directors. DIR. o. c. Rogers, John
Heinz. Henry Wilkens. II. n. Boy,
William Brehmer, Henry Marcussen,
John Spiel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15

made, great depredations upon the
logs of the mill owners in the north.
The association also engages a boat
each season to pick up all the lost and
strayed logs along the river. These
are afterwards sold and the proceeds
divided among the owners of the lost
logs, according to the number belong
ing to them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
WeiI-known Firm Meets.

The annual meeting O. the Sickels,
Preston & Nutting company. was held
yesterday. The officers elected are as
follows: President, Robert Sickels;
vice president. A ]. Preston; secre-
tary. Grant H. Nutting: treasurer and
general manager. Col. j. r. Nutting;
directors. Col. ]. r. Nutting. A. j. Pres
ton and Grant H. Nutting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
MOLINE MENTION,
Voted an Assistant,

AT a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation, it was voted to give Secre-
tary J. S. Freeman an assistant and
Edwin Torley of Monmouth, who has
had some experience in Y. n. c. A.
work, was named for the position. Mr..
Torley will be here soon to take up
his work in his new field. it having
grown too large for Mr.. Freeman to
handle alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Married so Years.

Robert Stoelting. one of Moline's
best known German-American resi-
dents. and his good wife passed the
half-century mark as man and wife
and were made the victims of sur
prise visit from relatives and friends
at their home Tuesday evening. About
so were present and the evening was
passed in a joyous manner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Buys koehIer Drug eusiness.

The Koehler drug store, Eleventh
street and Third avenue, has been
acquired by Charles Strate. who was
for a number of years employed at the
Harper house pharmacy, and later was
prescription clerk at a store in Aus
tin. Mr.. Strate reopened the Koehler
store yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
THEIR Welded BLISS BRIEF
Mrs. Mayme Danieison Brings Suit in
Circuit Court For Divorce.

Mrs. Mayme Danielson. through her
attorney, II. NJ. McCaskrin, has filed
bill for divorce in the circuit court.
charging her husband, Martin II. Dan
elson. with cruelty and infidelity. The
plaintiff asks that she be allowed to
resume her maiden name, Mayme
Townsend. The couple married at
Davenport the 4th of last May.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
EIks' Program.


Following is the program for the
EIks' MINISTRIES to be presented at the
Wagner next Monday evening:
FIRST PART.
Grand opening overture.
Would You?" Axel Dunderberg.
"Teasing''-Dr. E. ]. Kelly.
blue BeiI'-H. T. Wheelock.
THE Clang of the Forge"-F. A.
Thomas.
"Oh. Promise Med. w. COnnell.
Here's Your Hat What's Your
Hurry ?"-Axel Kohler.
'Hannah"-W. A. Rosenfield.
The first part will conclude with an
of the Elks Eleven O'Clock
Toast" All Elks in the house are in
yited to rise and join with the min
strels in the singing.
SECOND PART.
Cornet solo. For All Eternity
William P Swanson.
Monologue-John NJ. Colligan.
Soprano solo, Sing Me to Sleep
Irene Woodyatt.
."Just Plain MGR. +. McCrea OF
ST. Louis, introducing little heart-to-
heart buzz.
COMEDY Band" = Imported from
in Rock Island county. IN
PRODUCING something similar to Don't
Rock the Boat"
The complete cast is:
Interiocutor-E. S. Skinner.
Tambos-W. A. Rosenfield, F. T.
Leayens, Horace Altz.
Bones-A. H. Kohler, E. ]. Kelly, A.
T. Foster.
Chorus-F. A. Thomas, A. e. Koh-
Ter, w. ]. Ball, Steve Ray, Fritz Peter
son, A. l.. Lindburg. Frank Lindberg,
]. r. Mahon, Henry Mumm. Axel Dun
derberg, H. T. Wheelock. ID. w. Con-
nell. Otto Patting, Fred DeFoe-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15

A few days ago Carl was seized with
an attack of appendicitis which now
threatens to end fatally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
Sunday School Officers.

Members of the Sunday school o.
the First Methodist church elected the
following officers for the next year al
a meeting held Tuesday evening: Sup
erintendent. P. c. Simmon; assistant
superintendent, J. c. Tunnicliff; assis
tant secretary, Emily r. Mckeever
treasurer Sadie Chadwick: librarian
Clarence Mccoy; assistant librarian
Carl Lundberg; pianist, Mrs. J. w
Hunter; assistant pianist. Mary Crum
baker; chorister, Miss Minnie Starr
assistant choris:er, D. A. Johnston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
c. w. Skinner Found Helpless.

G. w. Skinner. father of Mayor Skin
ner, was found in bed at his home, SO
Sixteenth street. yesterday morning in
what was thought to be dying condi-
ton, but with the prompt arrival Of
medical aid he revived. From appear
ances. Mr.. Skinner had been uncon-
scious all night, and, unable to make
his condition known, had been with
out attention till O'Clock in the morn
ing The indications are that the
bursting of a blood vessel in the brain
produced an epileptic seizure. which
rendered Mr.. Skinner helpless. The
patient is about Go years old, and came
here from Geneseo about three or four
years ago to reside closer to his three
sons, James c., Charles p, and Il.
Stanley Skinner. Mrs. Skinner, who
Ia sojourning with her son, Mayor
Charles p. Skinner. at Tucson. Ariz,
was Immediately wired as to the con-
dition of her husband. and answered
that she will start at once for Moline.
Understandable.
Edward Elmer Maher and Miss Ma
bel Elizabeth Dindahle were united in
marriage by the Rev. L. A. Johnston
at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage at
noon yesterday. The young people
were unattended The groom is an
employee of the Model Printing COM
pany Mis- bride is the ward of Mr..
and Mrs. Gust X Lindahle OF 1144
Twelfth avenue, a graduate Of the
Moline high school and an estimable
young lady of many personal charms.
Student Stricken.
News is received in the city that
will bring sorrow to many people. Carl
Elmstedt, Moline boy and a grad
uate of the local high school in the
class of 1901, is critically ill at Ann
Arbor, Mich, and is not expected to
live. Mr.. Elmstedt after his gradua-
ton. entered the Michigan state uni
versity and embarked upon a literary
course of two years. He will. unless
his illness proves fatal, complete this
in the spring and take up Law course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-23
PACKARD ANENT HEPBURN.

Ex-Governor Packard, always alive
to the livestock interests of the coun-
try. has read the printed speech of
Colonel Hepburn's and has some peril
nent criticisms to make In today's is
sue OF this Hepburn is the ora
tor who grew so indignant at the close
of the standpat convention in May be-
aus as he claimed, somebody had
used McKinley's ,a lie In support of
principles which the lamented states
man had spent his lifetime fighting.
Then McKiniey's special commissioner,
John A. Kasson. came back with a let
ter saying that the Hepburn kind Of
reciprocity. confined to non-competi-
tive products only. was a reputation
of all reciprocity and an abandonment
of the very principles for which Nc
Kinley had sent his special commits
sioner abroad.
t,na IN v, n,,a.f;ar o,~xn IN. - ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-23
AN UNFOUNDeD ASSUMPTION.

The standpatters of the state may
take some comfort in voting against
Ketchum for railroad commissioner,
not with any hope of defeating lin,
but with the idea of reducing the ma
jority. But they would also like to
reduce the majorities of Martin, Gil
bertson and Carroll, If not Mullan, so
that they VIII hardly know where to
begin.-cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Gazette is mistaken when it as
fumes that any faction of the republi-
ran party is ready to cut threats at
the polls. 1t is also mistaken when I
assumes that Mr.. Ketchum is persons
non grata to any considerable number
of any faction in Iowa. Mr.. Ketchum
represents unqualifiedly the choice of
mis- party, not so much as a partisan
as a business man, qualified for the
place by experience and capacity. His
nomination was a business transaction
by the republican party. He filed the
with unanimity. His nomination was
one as satisfactory to both factions
as 1t was possible to make.
There is nothing in the history If
the republicans OF Iowa that supports
an assumption that any of them will
vote to reduce majorities in a presiden-
tial year. Somewhat inclined, It must
be admitted, to walk about with each
Others hair in their hands, and bits of
skin under their finger nails, previous
to and during the conventions. they
vote together with a whoIesouled unau-
unity and forgetfulness of factional
that makes Iowa the ban
republican state. There will be
no blood letting at the polls. AS at a
picnic In Wyoming all are left
outside before the dance begins. Let
congratulate themselves before
on reduced republican majorities |
Iowa, due TO diverse republican
opinion. Like the man who anticipated
the enjoyment of rubbing the bul.s
nose OH the ground. he will be glad he
had his laugh first when the votes are
counted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-23

son treaties, declares that he advises
reciprocity in competitive products
where the foreign country comedies to
us in reduction of the duty more than
it exacts; that is, we give up 20 per
cent and receive in turn SO per cent
on some articles. Colonel Hepburn's
words were that all reciprocal ar
engagements are to be confined and
limited to the non-competitiye art
cles." the Chicago convention declared
otherwise.
VIII the colonel make a start by
abolishing the free list in the tariff ?
Colonel Hepburn quotes (a%pprovingly)
the platform of 1896: Protection for
what we produce; free admission for
the necessaries of life, which we do
not produce" Why does the colonel
not tell us what will be left to trade
in an arrangement for reciprocal COM
mercial trade. Has he no concern for
the surplus meat and breadstuffs pro-
duced in Iowa. that find a market
abroad? Are the standpatters unmind-
of the interest of the Iowa farm
ers? Are they forever to befriend the
consumers of the eastern states that
produce no surplus of soil products to
glut the markets and leave the middle
west to hold the bag? The committee
on resolutions of the national
ton and the convention were more
liberal restoring to our party a salts
reciprocity plank, and the
are advised tina it will
be well If they speedily get on to that
plank and keep there.
S. B. PACKARD.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-23
Topics of the Times

The ketehum wagon turned out tc
be Of the band variety.
The SiouN City Journal SAYS Mr..
Ketehum is a solid citizen OF Marshall
iowa and expected to measure up to
the demands OF the office of railroad
commissioner.
General kuropatkin is getting out a
newspaper for his army. His state
ment regarding Christmas at Toxic
probably a pa~ragrapher's joke.
Judge Parker can now turn from
watching the men make hay to con-
temptation Of Mr.. German as he gath
ers in a crop of long green.
The Blencoe Herald, established by
Wonder about six months ago.
has been sold by him 10 Thomas e.
Brown, of Blencoe, who expects to
continue the publication, and will en-
the paper somewhat.
While Roosevelt and Fairbanks cannot
be matched well in rhyme,
Yet when weighed by a Fairbanks
they're 16 unces every time.
-Grundy Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-23
gurnhnn Tmrs3~ hruh1rur 71ar5ha1tnur tgnma, satardap, au1p ~ 1901

Chicago convention and, in spite OF the
road ridden states as Pennsylvania
and California. non-competitive reci-
procity was omitted from the plat
form. Colonel Hepburn, however.
thought he would still find sympathy
in Iowa, but when Governor Curnmins
entered a box before that convention
and the delegates fairly went wild In
their enthusiasm the ready Hepburn
could be seen to gather new light.
Hence it was that reciprocity in nom
competitive products never appeared
in the delivered speech 81 all. Gov
cred speech and said: Il am at a loss
to understand whether he is an Iowa
Idea man or am a st%andpatter.' But
Governor Packard has read the print
ed speech and rightly finds fault with
it. The difference is that Mr.. Packard
wants treaties that will extend our
markets for corn and mont products
wen II we do have to give
something to make the bargain. He is
sincerely interested in reciprocity as a
business proposition, Hepburn is a
politician interested in campaign funds
and willing to talk about reciprocity in
products on which we have no tariff
schedules TO trade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-23

and came in atonement. DR.. Boyd
would preach punishment and Christ
as the savior. I~nferentially he sug-
gests that other ministers do not.
The lack of church interest empha-
sized by Or, Boyd has long been no.
ticeable by others. The lack of faith
is not so noticeable. Most men believe
in The Christ who came 10 save sin
ners. The belief in him is so common
that the vision of an angry God has
grown inafstinct. Men have grown to
believe more in mercy and less IN Ven
geance, Ministers preach Christ cru
cited for love Of the world as much as
they ever did, but they leave the lid on
hell. The tendency is to draw men,
not to drive them.
Perhaps DR.. Boyd is mistaken ana
the lack Of church membership is due
to the faults of the church more than
to a lack Of real religious faith. Pos
sibly the church is not keeping UP
with the world, which is certainly
growing wiser and better. The church
concerns itself with much beyond the
foundations of Christian faith. 1t
promulgates a rigid discipline for its
membership to which not all who be-
lieve in Christ are ready to submit. 1t
is impossible to drive the world in a
flock, but il is possible to head ii all
one way-toward the higher life. The
cornerstone of religion is Jesus Christ.
and upen him mankind believes. 1t Is
the restrictions and conclusions of the
church tina 1t denies-not Christ.
DR.. Boyd to the contrary notwith-
standing, there is more true religion, il
less zeal, In the world today than ever
more charity. human helpful
ness and more of the Christ life in this
than in the past nineteen.
Men and nations recognize the claims
IF humanity more than eyer before,
md the claims of common humanity
vas the argument of Christ. If the
is falling behind there is some
wrong with itself. Men arc
wider and better and nearer the teach
ngs of Christ than they have ever
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