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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-15
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postoffice as secOnd-class
Inatter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-15

For sick headache take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
quick cure is certain. For sale by
all druggists.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market.

The outlook for this week seems lit
tie brighter than when we wrote our last
report. The letting up of the cold was
very opportune for the growers of the
weed. Friday night it began to grow
warm and to rain little: Saturday was
warmer with quite heavy fog, and, as
have since heard, quite good deal OF to-
bacco was taken from the poles, thus re-
lieving many of the growers of their an
xiety about getting their tobacco ready
for the buyers to inspect.
Our correspondents report as follows:
Suffield, CT: Il have few sales to re-
port. George B Marther, John Bagger-
staff, Leander McCompt, Ell. S. Pomeroy,
to Lichtensteen of New York. r. Cool
son, William Selenski, W. j.. Phelps, to
Meyer & Mendelsshon of New York.
Joseph Frohlinger, Andrew Anderson, to
J. Koffenberg & Sons, Boston. James
Skelly, to G. Forbes & Son, Westtield,
Mass. Another warehouse has been
opened in town, but with only two weeks
work in sight. Another report of three
acres sold at lie, assorted. One lot at
lac in bundle and one at &c. Buyers
were out looking today and | may have
more sales to report later" Had!ey,
Mass: "a number of sales of the 1903
crop of tobacco was made today to the
American Tobacco Company of Meriden,
CT. Prices paid were from 10 to 121ac.
Mr. Maynard sold acres at 101ac. x.
Dickinson, 2 acres at 1019c. Horace
Cook acres at 1870. Mrs. Patrick
Byron, acres at 15c in bundle. There
is large amount of tobacco still hang
ing Hatfield, Mass: Handling of to-
bacco is nearly at standstill, awaiting
damp weather to be taken from the
poles, so many who have bargained their
crops cannot deliver it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Feb. 5, 1904.

Another week of zero weather holds
the tobacco situation at exactly the same
status as for weeks past and to all ap-
pearances we are as far away from cas-
ing weather as ever. There is less riding
done in the growing sections in the
search for the new crop during the
clustering week, though the buyers of
the American Cigar Co. are still out in
many localities and sales continue to be
made at about former fgures-6 20 s
cents.
Old leaf is moving again in moderate
quantities and a healthier tone is pre-
vading the trade. G.. Ell. Rumrill has
closed sales ofnearly 900 boxes of differ
ent years packings during the week,
500 in single lot going to an eastern
iobber. F. S. Baines sold 200cs of '02
to Conway & Hubbell for the account of
J. Vetterlein. T.. B. Carle & Son report
the sale of 125cs for the week which
embraces the largest transactions COM
ing to notice.
The shipments out of storage reach
5OOcs to all points from the market for
the week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
l.anC0AfRr.
Lancaster.
LANCASTER NEW ERA. Jan. 26, 1904.

LANCASTER New ERA. Jan. 26, 1904.
There is little change in the condition
of the tobacco market since our last re-
port The goods are scarce and the buy
ers even more so, so that, between the
two, trade does not make heavy exactions
upon the packers time, and the foreman
or Office boy is often the only person
found upon the premises The only
sales that have come to notice during
the week were 80cs bought and SECS sold
by w. H. Mclaughlin, and 255cs sold by
/. H. Weaver; in all, 387cs. For the cor
responding week of last year the sales
we're 698cs.
The crop of 1908 is still selling little,
In the quietest kind of way. The damp
spell of last week was sufficient to put it
into excellent condition, and farmers
will no longer have cause for complaint
against the lack of casing weather. The
next week or two will show unwonted
activity in most of the tobacco cellars of
the county.
During the past week we received a
sample of Vuelta Abajo tobacco, grown
from Cuban seed, in Texas. 1t was of
the imported Vuelto Abajo type in ap-
pearance, size, color and aroma. The
manufacturing expert to whom we sub
mitted it declared it as handsome a
wrapper leaf as he had ever seen from
any country. In fact. it was almost an
ideal leaf. 1t will be made into cigars
and its burning qualities tested.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
MIAMIsBURG, O., Jan. 26, 1904.

The long-deferred thaw arrived last
Thursday afternoon and Friday morn
ing, bringing tobacco into "case," and
permitting farmers to take down their
tobacco from the rails, where it had
hung ever since August or September,
and enable them to commence stripping.
This winter has been a record breaker
in that no weather suitable for casing
tobacco has occurred until SO late in the
year, January 2lst Tobacco growers
will be exceedingly busy for some time.
The weather became cold again after the
brief spell of wet weather.-NeWs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
COMMODITY RATES ON TOBACCO.
How the Railways Foster This Industry

HOW the Railways roster InIS AhuuSbry.
(H. G. KLINEFELTER IN MADISON JoURNAL)
A faction of politicians under the
leadership of Governor La Fottette is
agitating the question of the establish
ment of a state railroad commission
with the power to make freight rates.
If this scheme should be enacted into
law, the freight rates for this state
would be made by political commits
sion, instead of by the railroads as is the
case now. The result would be that the
business of this state would be done
upon distance tariff, the same as in
other states where the scheme has been
tried.
The advocates Of this change point to
Iowa as the state which has ideal laws
governing railroad freight rates. Com
parisons ingeniously arranged have been
used to make good the claim that Wis
consin is being Disseminated against.
It is not my purpose to enter into a
general discussion of this subject in this
letter. I merely want to call the atten-
tion of the tobacco growers OF this state
to what they have now and to what they
would get under the Iowa scheme and
to ask them whether they can afford to
support the movement that was initiated,
and is being pushed by Governor LA
Toilette and his faction.
The tobacco interests of the state have
received the special attention of the rail
| roads. In order to encourage this indus
try, they have put into force extremely
| low rates, generally known as concentra-
| ton rates, and which may be properly
cassed with the commodity rates of this
state.
Fro N table of commodity rates which
[ have prepared showing that the Wis
consin rate in comparison with that of
Iowa, / want to call attention to two
| features. First, the rate per hundred
pounds is much lower than is charged
| for similar service in Iowa. Second, to-
| bacco growers are given the same rate in
bales as is given in cases. This is an
important concession because it relieves
the grower of the expense of putting his
tobacco into cases to be shipped to con-
centration or packing points.
I also want to call attention to the fact
that the rate from the concentration
point to the market is lower from Wis
consin than it is from Iowa, which is
represented as the state with ideal
freight rate conditions.
The following is an illustration of what
the concentration rate. plus the lower
rate to market, saves the Wisconsin pro-
ducer. Every grower and shipper of
this commodity can figure out for him
self just what this means to him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
New YORK, Jan. 27, 1904.

Domestic leaf is moving slowly. Wis
consin, being the principal and about
the only binder on the market, is in
quite good demand and is selling readily,
but not in large lots. Only small show
ing of force-sweated New England has
been made as yet, but what has been
offered has sold quickly, and the pack
ings to come are assured Of lively re-
ception.
Sumatra is selling fairly we'll, but more
especially in Western cigar sections. The
Havana market is generally described
this week as "so-so." Several transac-
tons are reported, and while thev are
not of imposing proportions, the week
aggregation of sales makes very good
showing, considering the time of year.
Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
BaIdwtnsviIle, n. Y.

The thaw the latter part of last week
gave the growers the long waited for op-
portunity to get down their tobacco and
it was promptly taken advantage of. The
growers are now handling their crops
and reports from many indicate that the
crop as whole is better even than was
expected. A few purchases have been
made of the new and it is expected that
the market will open briskly in very
short time, as soon as growers have their
crops in condition for selling. A few
sales Of old have been reported, A.
Heinke having made purchases. He is
still looking for good grades of Old
Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
Rate Tobacco in
tr4loex eaa1~l a1ane,

Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago.
138 Miles, 1900 lbs. at 22c
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
New York.
NEW YORK. Jan. 80, 1904.

NEW YORK, Jan. ~, lSO4.
It was rather dull week in the mar
ket as far as local trade is concerned.
The severity of the weather such as New
York has not experienced for genera
tion may be the cause of the reticence Of
local buyers; for reports from the road
are far more encouraging. Orders are
coming in freely and Havana seems to be
particularly an object of great demand
throughout the country. From the ia
BILE of output of our cigar industry dur
ing the calendar year of 1908, which is
published exclusively in this issue by
the u. S. Tobacco Journal, the trade can
be inspired by only the brightest pros
poets. An output of seven billions and
half of cigars, big and little must re-
quire an increased supply of raw leaf
and if the demand slackens down in one
week it is bound to double in another
journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05
w ioCOAolu ...-. ..-.... ....-..........-...
Excess of Iowa charges for same service

1t will be observed from the above IL
lustration that the Wisconsin shipper
saves SIS so upon shipment of 1900
pounds, concentrated at Madison and
forwarded to Chicago.
Now, regardless of what the friends of
La Follette's scheme may claim, it Is safe
to accept this as foregone conclusion. LIZ
the state goes on distance tariff basis
established by law, the concentration rate
will be Withdrawn. The tobacco grower
will then pay full tariff to concentration
points. instead of the low rates he is now
paying. This change will cost every
grower money. 1t is, therefore, not
political question, and | appeal to the
voters who are interested in this pro-
duct, not to lend themselves to scheme
that is going to wsrk to our injury.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-05

Loan your money on good farm Sc
curity at s, 10 and II per cent. without
having to pay taxes on the same. To
encourage investment the laws of Idaho
exempt from taxation all securities on
Idaho property. For furth her particulars
write ERNEST LIvICK,
Sites, Idaho.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
HULK OF SL0CUM CONCEALS
MANY DEAD EXCURSIONlSTS
1t viii be Necessary TO Use Dynamite Before They Can Be Re-
eOvered-lnvesigaiiOn Reveals Gross Negligence on
Some Ones Part
BY the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
New York, June l7--But few bodies
Of tho who perished ip the Slocum
disaster were recovered to-day. II
was Stated by divers that there are
many bodies in the wreck and that it
would be necessary to dynamite the
hulk or raise it before they cauld be
reached To this end city officials
communicated with a wrecking com
pany. and an announcement was made
that the company would undertake the
work of bringing the wreck to the
surface. Later, however, confer
cncc between marine insurance com
panics and the wrecking company end
cd in disagreement with the result
that for the present at least the mat
ter is in allegiance
Secretary Cortelyou, of the depart
mcnt of Commerce will personally
undertake an inye tigation into the
disaster ON behalf of the government.
District Attorney Jeromeh assist
ants are working enegetieally on the
case and officials of the cl.roner's of.
fee have made considerable progress
in gathering evidence to be presented
Monday. when the inquiry will begin
There Is in the coroners possassioa
a stand pipe taken at his direction by
a diver from the submerged wreck,
Tho valve is closed tight, showing no
usc was made of this pipe in lighting
the flames,
Statements were made to- the coron.
er today by several of the steamboat
employees that the captain of the Slo-
cum sailed his boat three or four miles
after the fire broke out before beach
ing her, Several watches showed that
more than an hour had elapsed from
the breaking out of the fire urtil the
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
WASH I PRETTY
BUT ENHANCING
Rich Old Man SO Desiguatcs WO.
man Suing Him For Big Sum.
-
is AN ADVENTURES
SEEKING TO BLACkMAiL HIM
OUT OF $10o,010-HAS AL.
READY PAID LARGE
AMOUNTS.

New York, June l7.-Meyer Gug-
g2nheim, II years old, great grand
father millionaire, phianthropi5t an
as keen man for his age as ever sc!
his jaws together and said No, who
has been made defendant In $780,
600 breach of promise suit brought
through Levy & Unger by Miss Han
nah Mcnamara, today consented to
be interviewed regarding his relations
with the woman
"l met this woman first in Phila-
delphia about Is years ago said the
aged millionaire mining king, when
| went there on some business mat
ter She was not SO very good look
ing, but was clever and bright and
good company. | remained in Phila-
delphia, and when | left | gave the
woman a couple of hundred dollars.
Il did not see her again for about
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
PAPERS SERVED
In the Big Damage Suit Of the Pert.
land Mine and in An Injunc-
Ten Suit.

Denver, juno 17-Papers in the
100000 damaga al, of the Portland
Mining company against Governor
Peabody. Adiutant General Bell. e. c.
Chamblin, sccre.1ry Mine Owners
association ami Others connected with
that body az well a. Sheriff Bell and
bis dcputic5. VIII assisted In clo ing
the Portland mine were SERVED on the
gevernCr ;ojay
The governor this afternoon receiy-
c1 notice OF applicati IN to United
States Circuit Judge Tbaytr. Of St
Louis fer an injunction 10 restrain the
GOV rn0r. military and all other per
e1n from Interfering with the open
iug of the PCril1nd mine
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

day. turned 1t over to my creditors.
II was an evil day for me when
found q mining circular in my mail
II offered hattering inducements IL
tive investors want nothing more
to do with mining to this day for
their failure to realize on their in.
vestmcnt
"No one need think he can pay
debts with his profits from getrich-
quick enterprises. It's q poor place
to put money Good money goes af-
ter bad These stocks attract wo-
mon investors | want nothing 10 do
With stock gambling II werc to
buy stock should want to be on both
lidCs Of the markct-that Is the only
way TO win. If were going to bet on
I horse race ! should want TO place a
wager on every horse
Our first real trouble began seven
years ago when was induced to open
| corset factory in Elgin Business
vas falling off 1t had been ruined
by department stores and the electric
ar line A trade that once kept us
n comfort scarcely paid the expense
If our home. ! invented corset II
vas an improved, adjustable form
People told me that | might as we'll
iave the profits from its manufacture
Is any one didn't have sense
'nough to know that il took money
o run factory and we failed after
truggle Of several years. We had
mt all our energies In the factory
md when it failed We lost hope
My sister borrowed various sums
# money from the Elgln Womans
'lub. Of which she was treasurer. The
money, something less than $4,000
has been secured We expected to
pay this money back. and would have
done so had il not been for the fail
ure of certain enterprises All the
money went 20 pay debts am not
member Of the Woman's club |
was a member years ago. but gave
it up. because ! believe a woman's
most useful place is her home.
Some of my creditors have been
kind and have offered TO give me re-
ecIpted hills. Several of them asked
me To explain the full extent of my
obligations that they may assist me.
Elgin residents became suspicious
of Miss Bunn's business methods soon
after il was discovered that her sis-
ter. Elizabeth. who had been treas
urer Of the Woman's clab for five
years. was short in her accounts So.
$40. This was just before the annual
club election last May
Mrs r. D. Hollenbeak IS president
of the club. and her husband. who Is
an attorney. went over the hooks with
her when it became evident that
there was less money in the bank
(Continued on Second Psge.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
WOMAN VERY DEEP IN DEBT
CAMBLED TO PAY CREDITORS
Prominent Cubw0man in Jail Result Upon Charge OF Forgery
ler Final Step TO Obtain Necessary Funds in Order TO
Satisfy an Inordinatc Desire For Wealth.

Elgin, H. June IA fever for
speculation was said today by FL
gin residents to have caused the
downfall of Miss Martha b. Lunn,
once a leader in religious and club
circles of that town, and who was ar
rested, charged with forgery.
IIarasscI by creditors, filled with
such a desire to meet her financial oh
legations that It amounted. her at.
t0rney says, 10 monomania, Miss
LunnS mind was in receptive state
for the speculative germ Acquaint-
ancc3 say she was attracted by every
form Of "getrich quick" concern and
that stock gambling will explain the
whereabouts of much OF the large
sums that she secured from hei
friends. It Is asserted that these T.
abilities approximate 10000 thougl
Miss Lunn says $4,000 will cover the
amount
It Is not charged that Miss Lunn
was extrayagint. Investigation prove.
that she and her family lived in the
plainest manner Those who say tina
her money was lost in speculation
agree that she was actuated solely b,
desire to make a coup" sufiicien
to wipe ont the monetary obligations
that existed since she failed in Tho
manufacturing business three year
ago
Miss Lunn is still a prisoner in the
county jail at Geneva Her father
bowed with the weight Of more thar
four score years, and her white-hairc
sister yesterday walked the street.
Of Elgin ill they were weary in
vain effort TO find somebody to 80 o
her bond for $500.
mo one believes am honest"
said the prisoner sadly. All thar I
ask is freedom to work with these
two hands and pay my debts.
Miss Lunn. as she told her story of
her life, looked through The bars Of
her cell upon the green grass of the
Jail yard and sighed.
1T is hard" she said, after these
twenty-five years of toll Ia occupy a
cell and to have lost the confidence
of your friends and neighbors ! have
nothing left but my two hands. but
am not too old 20 work. and If they
let me out III pay every dollar that
I owe"
Was it to meet your obllgatloBs
that you borrowed and speculated3" >"
IF ever did wrong il was for
The benefit Of my creditors Was II
wrong 10 make an effort 10 pay shat
I owe17 In everything | did that was
my only mo i've. thought. ! talked of
nothing else. But ! have nnt been
the 5pcculator that some people
charge have owned some mining
stock ana a little oil stock. moi more
than 2.00o shares in all hat It never
paid dividends. Perhaps il viii some
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
WON MORE THAN HE LOST.
by the Associated Press.

st. Petersburg Juwe l7-Military circles
here d. not view the battle Of Vatan
gow a defeat and ihey contend that
StaEclherg. unlike Sassllitch won
more than he lost. Whether or not
Stakelbcrg's expedition to The south
had an immediate bearing ON the sit
uation at Port Arthur il is consider
On ur1ues' ionable that his presence
has caused a diversion which will
materially affect operations in The
southern part Of the Lao Tung pcnin
sula. Il is thought unlikely that the
japanese had north of Kin Chow suci
n large force a that which engaged
Stakelbergs division, ami the mum
bcrs seem to Indicate that they drew
off some of the troops operating
against Port Arthur
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
BATTLE IN DETAIL.
\ Id Associated Pross.

BY the Associated Press.
Lao Yang, June IA correspond
ent of the Associated Press. who was
present at the battle of Naiangow, de-
scribes the fighting as follows;
"The stern. doggcd fighting at the
battle Of Vafangow was like another
Borodn0 The roar of the machine
guns ard the boom of the cannon till
ring in ones earei
Throughout the three days of com
bat the officers and men WED with
each other in pluck and hcroism They
have added a glorious page TO Ru5sias
military history.
The enemys advance originally in
cluded the Fifth. Eighth and Eleventh
divisions, Il squadrons Of cavalry and
splendid artillery. About 200 guns
were belchng a continuous stream Of
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18

six months, when business again took
me to Philadelphia She met me in
the street accidentally and invited me
TO call on her She was very enter
tanning, and when left | felt she
ought to be remunerated, so | gave
her some money.
During the next two years | saw
her only couple of timet, once in
Baltimore, whore ! went in connec
tion with the promotion of the SmeIt
or corporation. Some Of her patrons
later told her my real name, and soon
after She learned it she move -
New York She sent word 20 NE
that she was here and wanted - fix
up some apartments in Eighteenth
street gave her the money 10 far
uiah The place
about this time I met her quite
frequently and took her for drives
She had a 5tupendous thirst She
could drink more wine than any per
son ! ever met. When I discovered
her appetite for wine ! got a pot of
pleasure in taking her out to va ch
her absorb it, At one sitting she
drank nine quarts Of champ1ig1 be-
sides the red wines and lquoWs that
went with the different courses at TIE
dinner She was certainly the most
wonderful drinker had ever met for
a young woman.
Il was always careful where [ wen'
with her. as my sons were in prom
nent positions, and dii not want -
give any one chance t) bi1~kmaiI
me.
She moved from place to pl1cr
Her apartments the last time I visit
ed her vcrc on I'ifvniata street iusf
OFF Central Park West
y few days later ! was walking lln
CONCLUDED on Second Pagel
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
SATISFACTORILY SETTLED.
r|y the Associated Press.

Uy the Associated Press.
Washington, June l7-The CouClu-
IONS of the navy board which has
l.cc testing coal and oil as navy fuel
las been made public, The board's S
opinion is favorable to the use of old,
I; regards the mechanical features of
liquid fuel problem as practically and
satisfactorily solved For manufac
turing purposes the financial and sup
ply features of the fuel are the only
hmdrances to the use of crude petrol
cum as a standard fuel,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-18
MEN AND HORSES FELL
UNDER WITHER|NG FIRE
OF THE JAPANESE GUNS
NO BETTING
viii Be Allowed at Washington Park
Today When American Derby
is Run.


BY Associated Press.
Chicago, lune l7-The American
derby will be run at Washington
park tomorrow for the first time in
the history Of the race with a deter
mined attempt to prohibit betting.
Three hundred policemen viii he
there to enforce Mayor Harrison s or
der against betting Officials of the
track have notified the authorities
that they will assist in enforcing the
law and the indications tonight are
the derby Will be decided without the
excitement Of open betting
Ont of no horses originally named