davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
OPERATION NECESSARY
FOR PRESIDENT HARPER

CHICAGO. Feb. 29.-President Harper.
of The University OF Chicago. viii be
operated on for appendicitis to.Lay or
tomorrow at the Pres sbyterian Hos s1ta-
as the result of a hurried consultation
of his physicians.
DR.. Harper's condition became slightly
worse last night and DR.. Nicholas Sem
was called in consultation.
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
IMPROVED REGISTRATION
OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

The District Commissioners today for
warded 10 Congress the draft of a bill
providing for the better registration OF
deaths and births in the District. and
recommended its early enactment
They sent with their communication a
copy of the report Of Health Officer
Woodward showing why the desired Leg
islatiOn is advisable
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
CONTROLLING TWO CITIES.
JAPAN MIGHT GUST RUSSIA

IF the reports from Tokyo that the
japanese are blockading Vladivostok be
true. il is safe TO predict that naval
warfare between the Russians and
japanese Is practically at an end. AMI
the important engagements hereafter
will be on land" said a prominent
American naval officer
The Russian navy IS entirely on the
defensive II will not engage i'm any
great fight with the japanese navy on
the open sea-
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF E. N. SPIELMAN

The funeral OF f. n Spielman. a clerk
i'm the Office of the Auditor for the Navv
Department, was held yesterday after
noon from the GlendOWer apartment
house. The service was conducted nv
Lebanon Lodge, F. A. Nj. and Lafayette
Royal Arch Chapter, No D. Tho Rev
Dr.. ). kellingCr officiated.
Mr.. Spielman died Of heart trouble on
Thursday at the GleudoWer He was a
nauNe OF ChaHberSburg, Pa. and hau
been employed i'm the Navy DcpartmenT
since 1889 He is survived by a widoy
and "A daughter
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
ATTEMPT TO STEAL
WASHINGTONS WILL
Thieves Break Into Court
house at Fairfax, Va.
USE EXPLOSIVE ON VAULT
Doors Fail to Give way-Reic Eludes
Them-Fighten-
ed OE.
USE EXPLOSIVE ON yAUL-


ALEXANDRIA. Va, Feb. 2e.-An un-,
successful attempt to steal the last will
% GcJrg' WIs -ington from it's =. p IS
ing place in the vault Of the courthouse
At FaiTfaX. Va. W. made last night
Thieves forced an entrance into the
courthouse building. but were unable 10
break open the vaults, where the Will
has been kept for many years inclosed
in a glass case.
No Valuables Taken.
Nothing Of value was taken from the
courthouse. although many legal pa
pers were scattered about the rooms of
the building in the search for the de-
sired relic. The combination Of the
vault was blown OF. but the doors were
not displaced by the explosion.
IT is believed that the perpetrators
were frightened away. The police Of
Alexandria have been notified to look
out for the thieves
A Varied History.
This documeht has been subjected TO
50 many changes and chances that 1t is
remarkable it still exists
IL was written in 1879 and dated July
.. On the death Of the test; tor # was
flied with the clerk of Fairfax county.
whose Office was in the Fairfax court
house.
There IT rested with other valuable
Revolutionary papers until the outbreak
OF the civil war. For what WAS con-
sldered its greater safety the viii was
then taken to Richmond and deposited
In the State Capitol. When the Con-
iederates evacuated the Virginia Capital
the document was left to it's fate and
Was found by a soldier among some
Tupbis. on the floor of the office OF the
Commonwealth's secretary. 1t later
passed into the possession OF a resident
OF Fairfax county and was by him re-
stored 10 its rightful place.
Kept in Vault.
The county authorities then devised
the vault in which 1t has since been
kept The viii was spread open in a
glass case and the case securely locked
in the large iron safe used by the county
authorities for the keeping OF the county
records.
These precautions proved their need A
few years ago. when an attempt was
Taade by burglars to blow open the safe
II happened the attempt was an entire
success. but the thieves did not appre-
Ciatc the value Of the will apparently
for II was left on the floor, loose among
other ancient but less interesting dOcu-
ments.
Prepared Solely by Washington.
Washington prepared this win alto
gether by himself. 1t consists of twenty
rine pages Of closely written paper. each
page signed by the devisee There were
no witnesses. Otherwise the instrument
is a model Of clearness and attention 20
detail. Its text reveals the man as his
tory has judged him fearing. no
ble, generous and just
The great Nuginian made but one
other william instrument evidently pre-
pared In great haste and sent with 4 let
ter TO his Dear Patsy" when he took
command Of the Continental army This
paper was probably destroyed There
Is no record of its present existence
The Washington times., 1904-02-29

ness part of the proceedings the assem-
bly, dispatched a telegram TO the Emper-
or expressing loyalty 10 him and the
throne.
HIS majesty replied. recognizing with
heartfelt gratitude the message. and
continued as follows: These expras-
sicns are witness OF the determination
OF the Russian mobiles to serve their En-
peror as in former days"
The Washington times., 1904-02-29

''The Russian vessels NJ Port A,..,,,,-
and Fladivostok wiH doubtless rarnai,,
bottled no in the two harhors and DO
what they can 10 protect the terminals
OF the Nladivostok and Port Artbu
branches of the railway II is safe To
predict. however. that the usefulness. of
these railways viii be destroyed i'm a
short time by the Japanese.
With Admiral AleXien established at
Continued ON Second Page)
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
MOBILES IN MOSCOW WILL AID
RUSSIANS WOUNDED IN EAST

MOSCOW. Feb. 29.-In accordance with
a message from the Car. large meet
Ing. at which the leading marshals.
members of the nobility, and govern
ment officials were present. was held
here yesterday for the purpose Of dis
cussing methods OF assistance for Rus
sian soldiers who may be wounded in
the Far East. Al the close of the bust
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
NEW REPRESENTATIVE SWORN III

When the House met today George \.
Castor who was elected 90 succeed TO
the seat Of the late Representative
Burly. OF Philadelphia. was presented by
Mr. Adams Rep., Pa and sworn in.
The Washington times., 1904-02-29
WEATHER REPORT.

There will be rain tonight I'm the upper
Ohio valley. the middle Atlantic and
northern portion OF the south Atlantic
States. continuing tomorrow I'm the
middle Atlantic States There Will be
rain or snow. principally snow. I'm tho
lower lake region tonight. continuing
tomorrow. except IN northwestern Ohio
In the east Gulf States the weather will
be fair.
II will be warmer tonight in the
middle Atlantic States and colder IN the
Ohio valley. 10 viii be colder tomorrow
in the middle Atlantic States. Ohio Val
ley. and the east Gulf States.
The Washington times., 1904-02-29

Rain, warmer tonight; rain
and colder tomorrow; brisk,
shifting winds.
The Washington times., 1904-02-29

Continued on Second Page)
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
WORkiNGMAN'S GAIN.
II Comes In the shape of better
Wages and shorter WOrkday.

Wages and shorter WOrkday.
In contending that prices have in
creased in much greater proportion
than wages. contention that is alb
soutely untrue, the Democratic man
ayers do not take into consideration
the shorter hours now enjoyed by the
workingmen of the country as compar-
ed with a few years ago. This hour
or two more of leisure to spend with
the family circle or with his books or
in any other manner best suited to his
inclnations and conditions is great
gain for the American workingman in
many ways. In some cases 1t means
more employment; for others 1t means
much larger demand for the luxuries
OF life; it means perhaps the cultiva-
ton Of the little garden and various
amusements, all tending to higher
standard of living and far larger
average of the enjoyment of pleasures
unknown to the workingman abroad.
Regarding this question of compara-
tive increase in wages and prices. the
Democratic managers forget that some
3O,O0000O and more farmers are reap
ing a double benefit, which must be re-
tecied eventually in their own increas-
ed consumption of the necessaries and
luXuries Of life. 1t will be absolutely
impossible for the free traders in the
comiSg campaign to throw any dis
credit whatever upon the Dingley law
and its most successful operation. The
government and the people are better
,ar In, he-
fore in the history of the nation. New
er before in our history could we have
withstood the abnormal conditions
which one after another have succeed
ed during the past twelve months.
These conditions, sufficient in them
selves in other years to have created
business panic. have either been dis
counted in advance or met at their
occurrence without any perceptihle
change in general business conditions.
This feature of the tariff law under
Which we are living cannot be too fully
emphasized. So prosperous Is the coun-
try at large and the whole people that
in spite of having an unusual shrinkage
of values in Wall street, in spite of
strikes involving several hundred thou
sand men and consequent largely de-
creased purchasing power, despite great
contagrations, despite abnormally high
priced cotton and despite various other
unusual conditions which have come,
yet it has made no ripple whatever
upon the prosperity of our farmers In
particular and the whole people in gen
eral. This feature of our present fiscal
policy should be continually kept In
mind and the Democratic demagogue
must not be allowed to deceive the peo-
pie in 1904 as he did in 1892.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
Two Kinds of Reciprocity.

There is tendency in some quarters
today to accept almost any tariff prof.
ect that is proposed in the name of
reciprocity. 1t ought to be needless to
say that there are such things as real
reciprocity and bogus reciprocity. Real
reciprocity, from the protection point
of view, is never at war with the de
Tense Of national industries. 1t Is In
variably complementary of and supple
mentary to protection. This is the only
sense in which reciprocity is indorsed
by Republican national platforms. Any
reciprocal trade arrangement that sac
rilices one class of protected industries
Tor the benefit of another class is mere
ly a partial application of free trade or
revenue tariff principles. 1t amounts
TO class legisla ton, something that no
honest supporter of protection can con
sistently sanction.
There is a species of reciprocity that
looks very alluring on paper. 1t re-
suits in an extension of foreign trade
and often cuts an imposing figure in
statistics of exports. 1t does not show
however, how many home industries
have been crippled or ruined or how
many domestic wage earners have been
thrown out of employment by means
of it, This is the sort Of reciprocity
that is often advocated by profeSsed
friends, but secret foes. of protection.
1t is the kind that is generally favored
by persons who believe in protection
for whatever they produce themselves,
but in free trade for whatever they
consume. Anybody who urges reci-
procity of this character Is an inter
loper in the camp of protection.-New
York Commercial.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
The TarIR and ExnOrta.

Mr.. Chamberlain speeches give US
some interesting facts regarding the
result Of free trade In Great Britain
for the last half century as compared
with protection in the United States
during u considerable portion of that
time. For instance, he shows that, al
though free trade was expected to
make Great Britain the workhouse of
the world, yet in the twenty years from
1880 to 1901 her imports Of manufac-
tured goods increased over II per cent,
while the increase In imports of manu-
factured goods to the United States
during the same period was only 20
per cent. When 1t comes to exports Of
manufactured goods 1t is found that
the increase Of the United King
dom was only II per cent, while
the increase OF the United States
was 300 per cent during the TWEEN
ty years from 1880 to 1901. During
the same time Germany increased
her exports of manufactured products
73 per cent. and even France increased
her exports of manufactured goods by
% per cent, or just double the increase
shown by Great Britain. This is a
most terrible indictment against the
contention that free raw material is
necessary for the increased sales Of
manufactured goods abroad.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
Manager Wanted

sheriff,s Ollice. Laporte, Pa. All l2. laO4.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28

Bargain and sale free trade" Is
what pungent writer calls the scheme
of reciprocity in competitive produces.
The designation is aptly chosen. 1t
fits the case. Under that vicious sys-
TEN tariff tinkerings would become Il
matter of dicker and barter. Industries
would be selected one by one for sac:f-
fee on the altar of more foreign
trade" until at last no industry would
remain untouched which foreign com
petition could strike and injure. Thus
would be demonstra ted the entire ac-
curacy of the Free Trade leagues def
milton: Reciprocity is free trade. Par
tial reciprocity is step toward free
trade" When once we shall have be-
gun taking those steps, who can tell
where we shall stop?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28

Trustworthy lady or gentleman to
manage business IN this country and
adjoining territory for well and fav-
orably known house ofsolid financial
standing. $1,000 straight cash sal
AIRY and expenses paid each Monday
by check direct from headquarters.
Expense money advance. Position
permanent. Address Manager SO Co
mo Block, Chicago, Illinois.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
~ ~ pf.in 'LAMATION.

WHEREAS, Hon. E. NJ. DuEHAM, President
Judge. Honorables John d. Reeser and jacob
Meyer Associate Judges ofIthe Courts OF Oyer ana
Term aer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter
Sessions of the Peace Orphans Court and Com
mon Pleas for the County of sullivan. have issued
their precept, bearing date the 20 day OF Feb.
1901 to me directed, for holding the severa
courts in the Borough of Laporte. on Monday the
% day OF May 1904, at o'clock p. IN.
Therefore, notice is hereby given to the Coroner
Justices of the Peace and COnsta bles within the
county, that they be then and there in their prop
er person at O'Clock p. IN. OF said day with their
rolls, records, inquistions examinations and
other rememberarces to those things to which
their offices appertain to be done. And to those
who are bound by their recognlance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail OF
the said county of sullivan are hereby notified to
be then and there to prosecute against them Us
will be just
J.G. COTT, Sheriff.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
Sothfng Else Will Provide an Issue
For the Democrats This Year.


For the Democrats This Year.
The Democrats need an issue for the
campaign this year, and 1t begins to
look as If they would be compelled to
fall back upon the old question of the
tariff The wiser among them will do
30 with reluctance, but 1t Is not easy
to see what else Is left to them. The
silver issue is as dead as the question
Of territorial expansion, and Senator
German has been instrumental In
making it plain to the dullest compre-
hension that the party cannot be raj
lied on platform of opposition to the
construction of the Panama canal.
There does not really seem to be any
thing left for the Democrats to take
up but the old tariff issue and on that
ground they are to all appearances
hopelessly divided. Ex-President
Cleveland is still confident that his
free trade policy did not get fair
trial and that the transformation it
experienced at the hands of Senator
German in the senate prevented it
from being the complete success he
to try it again. Senator German
knows better. He, at least, has not
forgotten 1896, and he is anxious to
trust to any conceivable issue rather
than to again fool with the tariff And
there Is coming to the front in the
south school of young Democrats. of
whom John Sharp Williams, the MI
I-it in hn Of
sentatives, is one of the foremost. who
insist that the party shall permanently
abandon Its traditional free trade atti-
tude and take up, with such moditica-
tions as may serve to make dlstinc-
ton between the two parties, the Re
publican policy Of protection. 1t Is
we'll known to those who are familiar
the south that the most progressive
among southern Democrats realize the
advantages that the south has reaped
from protection, and that only their
inveterate prejudice against the Re
publican party because OF civil war
memories and also because Of the Re
publican attitude on the negro Ques-
ocratic party, even while they realized
that the supremacy Of Democratic pol
icies would mean disaster to the south.
If they could contrive to shunt the
Democratic party on to the protection
ist track they would gladly do so.
But with the most laudable intentions
they are likely to blunder as badly as
ever. The Washington correspondent
of the Times speaks of Williams as be-
ing disposed to favor reciprocity with
Canada. From southern standpoint
that might suit very well, for Canada
does not compete with the south in the
production of any Of the great southern
staples. but If it is the object of Mr..
Williams to make the north solid
against his party he could hardly do
better than to get that party to adopt
platform in favor of reciprocity with
Canada. We have had an apple out Of
that bag before. Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
Damon and Pythfas,

David B. Hill is said to be secretly
promoting a Cleveland boom in the
hope that the Princeton man will be
overwhelmingly defeated. How these
Democrats love one another!-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
A Harmony Conference Suggested

Mr.. Bryan also manages to carry his
own state committee by three votes,
and can now confer with Ex-Governor
Hill on the subject of Democratic har-
mony in Republican states.-Brooklyn
Standard Union.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-28
A Warm Quartet.

Bryan. Cleveland. Hearst and Par
ker! Well, there's enough inflammable
material in that grouping to burn down
the Democratic shanty.-Owego Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Can anything be worse than to feel
that every minute will be your last =?
Such was the experience of Mrs. :. II,
NewSon. Decatur. Ala. For > years -
she writes. Il endured insufTera BILE
pain from indigestion. stomach and
bowel trouble. Death seemed inevitable
when doctors and all remedies failed.
At length | was induced to try Electric
Bitters and the result was miraculous.
| improved at once and now I'm COM
pleteIy recovered" For liver, kidney
stomach and bowel troubles Electric
Bitters is the only medicine. Only SOC.
It's guaranteed by Hartz & Ullemeyer,
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08
MOLINE MENTION

Gasoline cause Il fire in the home of
Eric Gustus, 31S Twelfth street, at
: o'clock Monday evening. Mr.. Gustus
had filled the gasoline tank attached
to the stove, using Il gallon Of the
liquid, and his wife. IS years Old. then
applied a match to start Il blaze.
When the match was struck flames
at once Cnveloped the basement room
in which the stove was. Mrs. Gustus,
with Il great presence of mind, seized
Il piece of carpet to smother the blaze,
and an alarm was at once turned in.
The loss is confined to the two base
ment rooms, where the walls. which
had been freshly painted, were badly
scorched. The loss Will amount 10
about 5000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

Living at an out of the way place
remote from civilization, family j
often driven TO desperation in case ot
accident, resulting in burns, cuts
wounds. ulcers. etc. Lay in a supply 81
BuckIen's Arnica Salve. It's the best
on earth. CSC, at Hartz & Uilemeyer''
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

Henry AuerOchs. an attachc Of Clay
WoodWard's Iowa theatre. was arrest
ed on the suspicion of having stolen n
diamond ring from the finger OF
Tony" Rockwell. member of the
demi-monGe. while she lay asleep in Il
camp below the city. The charge was
pressed in police court. Information
charging larceny from the person.
and fixing the value of the ring at
$50. was made out. Auerochs waived
examination, and was held to the
grand jury in the sum of $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08
Ten Years In Fed.

Il. \. Gray. !. T.. Oakvilie. Ind,
writes. For 10 years L was confined TO
my bed with disease of my kidneys
1t was so severe that l could not move
part Of the time. / consulted the very
best medical skill available. but could
get no relief until Foley's Kidney
Cure was recommended To me. 1t has
been a Godsend to me" All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08
Sfnn and Think

If y3L vant to go to Chicago you
can takc 4e of the c., NJ. e. ST.
fine train, sad make an easy and rap
id journey. Trains for Chicago leave
Rock Island as follows: At AIS n. m,
arriving at Chicago at s:55 a. m; at
4:5s p. m, arriving at Chicago at 9:55
p. m, and at 1850 p. m, arriving at
Chicago at 1855 a m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

George Lefty. manager of the Sweet
d Minehan Shoe company. is in re-
ceipt of letter from his wife who is
visiting in burlington. telling him that
his baby son and siStcr-in-law were i'm
the runaway street car which was
wrecked there Sunday. The sistcr-in-
law. 4 girl of Is years. jumped with
the child in her arms and escaped un.
injured. The lady who was killed had
jumped from the same seat with them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

\ very suspicious wedding took
place at o'clock yesterday afternoon
in which Miss Mary Cory, one of Dav-
exports charming and popular young
ladies was united in the holy bond of
wedlock to William Il. Wiley, one of
the city's well-known and progressive
merchants. The happy event occurred
at the home Of the bride. 921 West
Third street. Rev. DR.. Rowlands. pas
tor of the Calvary Baptist church, Of
ficiated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

The Union Savings bank, alleging
that Dec. Is. 1908, it loaned :. f. Smit II
$1,000, no part of which principal or
interest has been paid. has INTERVIEWED
in the case of Hiram Price Dillon ".
:. f. Smith, Mrs. ). f. Smith. W. {.
Putnam and y. W. Wander Neer. trus-
tees. Mr.. Dillon is suing to recover
money alleged to he due upon prom
issory note executed by S. +. Smith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

Do you want the little ones happy,
strong. robust and healthy? One pack
age of HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
Will make them strong and well. No
nav If II fails. IS cents. tea or tablets.
I. H. Thomas pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08

The annual kinderfcst Of the Davcn-
port Turner society Will be held al
Schuetzcn park Sunday. June -. and
at the Turner hall Monday, June Is
This is always a gala event for the
children Of the Turner school. and for
the children of the Turner's in the city
Sunday morning at 5 o'clock the chill
dron will assemble at Turner hall
whence Il committee will repair t.
the homes of the king and the queen
of last years fest. who will he cs-
corted to the hall, where n procession
will be formed which will parade the
downtown streets and then take cars
at Warren street for the park, where
the bird shooting exercises Will be in
dulged in, beginning at 1890 o'clock
in the forenoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-08
TIPS TO TRAVELLERS
Sc TO st. Louis and return via Rock
Island, June 10 and 27.

Cheap rates to st. Louis, Mo-, on ac-
count of the exposition via the Illinois
Central. Tickets on sale daily. Best
service. Quick time. Write or call on
us for full information. City ticket
office 800 Main street, Peoria, III. G..
\. Smith, general agent. Phone NJ,
SOC.