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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03
is MORE RECKLESS THAN EVER
Dare Devil Tiiden Has Nearly Recov-
cred From Accident.

Dare Devil Tilden has emerged
from his splints and bandages at PEG
ria. and is now ready to repeat his
nerve racking performance of riding
down steep incline on a bicycle and
diving into a tank of water, which was
the cause of his injuries at Canton
six weeks ago. Bert Helyman. his
manager for next season. has booked
him for a number of engagements.
and expects TO place his act at all of
the principal points in the middle
west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03
RECTOR OF ST. LUkE'S,
Ashburnham, Ontario, Testifies to the
Good Qualities Of Chamber
Iain's Couuh Remedy.

Ashburnham. Ont. April IS, 1903
! think il is only right that | should
tell you what a wonderful effect Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has produced.
The day before Easter | was so dis
tressed with cold and cough that ]
did not think TO be able to take any
duties the next day. as my voice was
almost choked by the cough. The same
day received an order from you for a
bottle of your cough remedy. / al
once procured a sample bottle and
took about three doses of the medi-
cine. To my great relief the cough
and cold had completely disappeared
and I was able to preach three times
on Easter day. know that this rapid
and effective cure was due TO your
cough remedy. ! make this testimon-
ial without solicitation. being thankful
to- have found such God-sent remedy
Respectfully yours.
F. A. LANGFELDT. NJ. a
Rector OF St Luke's Church.
This remedy is for sale by ali lead
ing druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03
BOY CONFESSES
SEVERAL CRIMES
George p. Gilmore Passes in Role
Of Footpad and Fire.
bug.
TRIES TO BURN VILLAIN HALL
Also Applies Match to Two Other
6uiIdinas-Placed Under Ar
rest Today.

George p. Gilmore, son of J. II. Gill
more. the pioneer merchant of Milan,
who has been enacting the dual role
OF frebug and footpad, was arrested
today. and confessed TO five of his
crimes He was locked up at the
county Jail. where he will be held to
await the action of the grand jury.
/ His bond was fixed at $4,000 on a
charge of robbery
Gilmore, who is q years of age. has
been under surveillance for months.
but the officers never were able to OBJ
| tain any tangible connection between
him and the several crimes that have
been committed in the village and
which he was believed to have been
the perpetrator of. until Thursday
evening of the present week, when
Carl fanaki. farmland employed by
William McShane, of Edgington town
ship. was held up on the streets of
Milan and relieved of his money and
watch.
| Watch Traced to City.
| fanaki had passed some time in the
| village saloons, and when he started
for home he states he was attacked
by two men, one striking him and
knocking him down and the other CO.
ing through his clothing. Yanaki
could not identify either of the men
although the description that he gave
of one only added to the suspicious
already duplicating Gilmore.
Yesterday III. A. Smith. president
of the village board. learned that a
watch had changed hands in a card
| game at Milan. He traced the watch
TO Rock Island. the man who had got
ten possession of it saying that young
Gilmore was the former owner. The
watch was identified by Yanaki. This
established the chain of evidence that
| was the grounds for the arrest of Gil
more today. First he stoutly denied
| the charge. and did not wilt until ne
was put through the sweating process
at the sheriff's office by States Attor-
ney J. X. Scott and Sheriff w. G. Hell
der. Gilmore blames drink for his
downfall. claiming that all his crimes
| ence.
Extends Operations Here, 1s---
He confesses TO the holding up OF
| Yanaki. the burglariZing of Tarpy's
restaurant in this city some weeks
ago. the setting fire To the Milan town
hall Nov. ~. the firing of Zietschers
barn in the village Nov 10 and the
burning of Gannon's barn in Milan
| May %, 1901
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03

All the news all the time - THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03
Survey an Interurban.

The survey OF the Springfield,
Beardstown * Quincy interurban rail
road has been completed from Spring
field through Petersburg and Shand
field through Petersburg and Chandler.
vile tn Beardstown. The measure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03
His Overcoat Stolen.

4. B. Johnson, of Hillsdale. report
ed to the police this afternoon that
his overcoat had been stolen about
1870 this afternoon from the Bijou
cigar store. He gave a good descrip-
ton of the two men that he believes
stole the coat Mike Mintz has report
ed the theft of a bicycle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03

ment shows that the distance from
Springfield to Beardstown lacks onlys
10 feet of being 56H miles. From
Springfield to Petersburg 1913 miles;
from Petersburg TO Chandlerville "a
little over 17k miles from Chandler
vile to Beardstown a little more than
1872 miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES.

The q. L. |. club of the high school
last evening gave a reception and
dancing party at Industrial hall in
honor of the high school football
team. The hall had been prettily
decorated for the occasion. and the
event was attended by about $50 cou.
pies. The arrangements were in
charge of a committee composed of
Ralph Souders, Stephen Spencer and
Shirley Folsom. Mesdames Van Gald-
err Don and Peasants chaperoned the
party. Ogden's orchestra provided
the music for the dancing which fol
lowed the reception.
A very enjoyable social was held
last evening by the Epworth League
of the First NJ. f. church at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. X. Rhoads on
Twenty-first street. The main feature
of the entertainment was the shad-
ow photograph drawings made by
Miss Abbie Dean, teacher of drawing
in the public schools. Miss Lou Har-
ris presided at the fortune-telling
booth, and in suitable costume fore
casted the futures of the young peo-
pie who were present. Shadow tab
leauX were thrown on a large screen.
Refreshments were served by the
young ladies'
The entertainment given at the high
school yesterday afternoon by the pu-
pills of the Lincoln school was a grand
success, and a sum of over 500 was
added to the piano fund, in the inter-
ests of which the event was held
The assembly room was filled to it's
capacity, there being an attendance
of over a thousand. The pupils of
Lincoln school formed the greater part
of the audience. The pupils of the
grammar grades acquitted themselves
in a very creditable manner. and mer-
tied the hearty applause which greet
ed each number on the program.
Tr-City lodge No. 3SS. Information
al Association of Machinists, shortly
will give a ball for the benefit of the
striking machinists in Chicago and
on the Santa Fee system. While the in
ternational provides a weekly stipend
for the strikers, all along the line the
local unions have been arranging
dances to raise additional funds to
make the Christmas season happy for
the members who are out of employ
ment.
Miss Mango Broderick entertained
the II. Fl. club last evening at her
home. S31 Second avenue. The even
ing was spent in playing games and
a musical program was rendered. Re-
freshments were served, and all en-
joyed a pleasant evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03

When you want pleasant purga-
tive try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy TO take
and produce no nausea, gripping or
other disagreeable effect For sale by
all leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-03

A. r. Kane. a prominent druggist
of Baxter Springs, Kas-. says: Cham.
berlains Stomach and Liver Tablets
are. in my judgment, the most super
ior preparation of anything in use to
day for constipation. They are sure
in action and with no tendency TO
nauseate or grippe" For sale by all
leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
WAGE FARMERS AT THE FAIR
Prominent Men Planning to Help
Workers See the Great EXPOSITION.

Prominent Men Planning to Help
Workers See the Great Exposition.
Wage earners of America are to see
the Worlds Fair by tens of thousands
under the auspices of the National Civ
ic Federation. A new bureau of the
Federation has just been established ut
st. Louis upon the Worlds Fair
grounds. Back of the movement are
Grover Cleveland, David r. Francis
Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius n. Bliss
and others. Plans are making to have
a vast number of the wage earners of
the United States see the Worlds Fair,
the most glorious spectacle of the age
and the most influential factor in the
education of the American citizen.
The bureau is in charge of Miss Ger
trude Beeks, secretary Of the Fedora
tons welfare department, of which
Mr.. II. 81. Vreeland, head of the street
railway system of New York city, is
chairman. The bureau headquarters is
in the east end of the Palace Of Trans
portation, on the ground floor. The Ex-
position management is in hearty ac-
cord with this movement on the part
of the Federation to induce the large
manufacturers and other employers of
labor to provide ways and means for
the wage earners of America to visit
the Exposition. President Francis is
displaying personal interest in the I'M
dertaking by affording the Federation
every facility for the cOnsummation of
its efforts, and in this connection he
has directed Theodore Hardee, assist
ant to the secretary, to cooperate with
Miss Beeks and Ralph NJ. Easley.
chairman of the FederatiOn's executive
council, in every possible way.
The Exposition management has also
equipped this bureau with clerical as
sistance and a full supply of Worlds
Fair ltera ture The bureau will be
used as headquarters for all wage earn
ers coming TO the Exposition under its
auspices The aim of the Federation is
to make it feasible for the largest pos
sible proportion of wage earners to Wis
it st. Louis and see the Worlds Fair.
It will see that they are met at the de-
pot by responsible persons and con-
Quoted to suitable lodgings, where they
will be treated fairly.
There will also be furnished, free of
charge. appropriate itineraries indicat-
ing the points of interest to be seen
within a limit of one week, which is
about the average time each party will
spend here. 1t will also indicate the
objects of special interest to various
craftsmen in their particular lines. so
that they may devote as much time
as possible to the objects Of peculiar
interest to them. These and many 9th
er efforts will be made to help all wage
earners to enjoy the benefits of this
great Exposition comfortably and at an
expense within their means.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20

Iowa: The Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton is on the Grandest scale Of any expo
sition the world has ever seen
Hon. Richard Yates. governor of Illi-
nois: THE more 1 see of the Exposition
the more 1 enjoy it"
Hon. Fennimore Chatterton. governor OF
Wyoming: Il wish the Fair the Erea test
success. 1t certainly deserves it,
Hon. Franklin Murphy, governor of New
Jersey: 1T is well worth coming from
New Jersey to see even small part Of
this Fair"
Hon. A. B. White. governor of West
Virginia: II cannot speak too strongly of
the greatness of this Fair"
Hon. William J. Bryan: THE EXPOSE
ton is unparalleled wonder"
Hon John Sharp Williams. member Of
congress from Mississippi: The most
wonderful thing of its kind"
Hon Hoke Smith Of Georgia. formerly
secretary Of interior under President
Cleveland: II am highly pleased with the
Exposition and believe 1t to be one OF the
triumphs Of modern civilization"
Hon. Perry Belmont of New York: I'm
magnitude and beauty the Fair is wonder
full 1t is worth coming long distance
to see"
Hon Daniel J. Campau. chairman of the
Michigan delegation to the Democratic
national convention at St. Louis: 1T is
positively sinful for parents to fail TO
bring their children TO see the Fair"
NJ. Paul Dupuy. editor OF lie Petit Pari-
sien of Paris, France: Il admire the Ex-
position for its immensely, its spirit of the
sublime. it's general beauty and its COM
pletenCss."
Prince George Of Bavaria: II have never
seen anything prettIer than the St Louis
Worlds Fair buildings when outlined at
night with their millions OF electric
lights"
Hon Louis f. McComas Of Maryland:
THE greatest Fair In the world"
Hon. John +. Dryden Of New Jersey:
THE people have no idea of the greatness
Of the Exposition. Every American should
see it,
7. p shants. president of the Clover
Leaf route of Chicago: The Fair is a big
success and will continue 10 become a
greater success as II progresses"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
Ban on Chinese Foot Binding.

The japanese government in For
mosa has decreed the abolition Of foot
binding in the island. \ fine Of 800
Will be imposed for every breach Of
the law, and Chinese girls under six
years of age whose feet have been
bound must now have them unbound.
After that age the feet are hopelessly
deformed. but young children's feet re-
turn to their natural shape. Chinese
mothers are making a great lament
over the enactment, but in a few years
the enforcing Of the law viii be &C
knowledged to have been wise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
)AYS 1T THE EXPOSITION

and consequently a like number OF
chops" of tea.
1t must not be imagined that all these
different owners of the tea get the
same price for their commodity-far
from it, as each of these individual tea
growers has his own secrets for i'm
proving the quality and favor of tea.
Take, for instance, the Annoy and Fu-
chau districts, whence most of the tea
for the United States comes. The OWL
ers of chops" of tea varying from 10
to 200 chests of Sc pounds each bring
samples of their goods TO the various
foreign merchants for sale. These lat
ter turn the Chinese tea growers over
to the good offices of the foreign or
American professional tea faster, who
passes on the goods as 10 price. The
tea faster has the samples infused, not
boiled, in his presence and passes upon
the quality, flavor, twang and manner
of curing, fixing a price accordingly.
from which there is never any varia-
ton and which the tea grower must &C
cept or go elsewhere to dispose of his
wares. In q single tract of tea land
like the one cited above the price has
ranged from ii cents, the lowest, to
49, cents, the highest, per pound
among siXty-one different tea produ-
GERS. A matter of great moment that
also figures in the price of tea is
that very often tea from the same dis
trict will have the various chops
blended together in order to produce
special 6avors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20

SOUTH ENTRANCE PALACE OF Liberal
ARTS, WORLDS FAIR.
kind. Every nation on the globe is
represented. Every state and territory
is here with its best and making the
most of it's greatest opportunity.
The fact that China has not been n
large exhibitor at worlds fairs gives
to her great exhibit here a prominence
quite exceptional. 1t is u wonderland
of ingenious productions. We know
China best by reason of her extensive
exports of teas, which have found a
vast market in the United States for
general tons. Her commercial interests
therefore prompted her to make Il dis
play of teas that we should not for
get
In sealed glass jars China displays in
the Liberal Arts Palace some 1900
kinds of tea Young Hyson and Old
Hyson have a string of tea relations
longer than the genealogical chain of a
Plymouth Rock. They are neatly Sc
lected CHOPS" in the language of the
tea farmer, and these classes do not
embrace medicinal teas, which are
quite another lot in the rather modest
number of 400.
The teas exhibited vary in price from
a few cents a pound to some rare and
exclusive kinds that are worth their
weight in gold, the tea in the latter
cases being placed on one side of the
scales and pure gold on the other
that is to say, the tea of this expensive
kind is worth about $50 gold an ounce.
Only a very small quantity of this ex-
elusive leaf is exhibited, and it is
grown IN carefully guarded tea planta-
tons or gardens right under the shad-
Ows of the great wall of China. Its cul-
tivation is prohibited for any use save
for the imperial family Of China and a
few of the favored high officials.
Mention has been made Of the word
"chop" in connection with tea, and it
may be interesting to the everyday
reader to know what the word actually
signifies. The tea leaf is grown in va
rious districts of the Chinese empire on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
EXPRESS OPINIONS
What Distinguished Statesmen and
Others Say of the Educa-
tional Value.

The public utterances of distinguish
ed men who have visited the worlds
fair have but one note, and that of
emphatic praise. Here are some of
their comments:
Hon. John Hay. secretary of state: 81
have never seen nor heard of anything so
fine"
Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury: ANY father of a bright boy can
afford to send him to the Fair simply to
study any one of at least thousand ex-
hibits."
Hon. Charles II. Grosvenor Of Ohio: "A
visit of ten days by a man of ordinary
aptness and appreciative capacity to the
Fair is almost equal to a postgraduate
course in n university"
Hon. Benjamin B. Oden governor OF
New York: st. Louis has been badly mis-
represented by accounts which say that
her weather is unbearable. The Fair is
wonderful"
Hon. George c. Pardee. governor of Calf
fornia: The governor of the Golden State.
who has spent all his life within her bor-
ders. finds that he knew only a little
about his state until he came to the Fair
and saw all her varied products assembled
together
Hon. Albert 3. CummIps. governor Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT, WORLDS


Here Is an exposition within an ex-
position, n little wheel that revolves
Independently Of the larger one encom.
passing il.
Scores of buildings are filed with ex-
hibitS, native life is depicted by as
many different villages as there are
tribes on the islands, military drills are
given by Philippine troops, and con-
certs are rendered by native bands.
For its amusement features the Philip
pine exposition has the humorous Igor
rote. who dimes on dog meat, and
visitors are entertained by Nisayan
actors and actresses. Nothing is lack
ing TO make the show complete.
The Administration building is a rep
lica of the government offices IN Ma
Mia, while the Art and Education
building reproduces in miniature the
cathedral within the walled city, even
the mellowcd tints OF age being faith
fully rendered y section OF the an
cient but still serviceable town wall
has been reconstructed 10 serve the dou-
bic purpose OF 4 gateway TO the show
and a museum of arms and war relics.
The other main edifices are types OF
Filipino homes, being built OF undress-
ed timber, bamboo and rattan. with
matched roofs and broad verandas.
Then there are the tribal villages
nesting under the trees, some of the
houses perched high up among the
boughs, others on piles above the Wa
tiers of the Arrowhead lake. all of them
actual dwellings fashioned Of native
materials by native workmanship and
illustrating the mannWs. customs and
pursuits of their occupants. Here are
women weaving 4 coarse cloth on n
rude hand loom, others making bas-
kets, others tending irrigated fields OF
rice. One group OF men are in village
council, trying an offender according
to their tribal laws; others are, slowly
moving in q circular dance TO thethump
| OF tomtons and the clang OF brass
| Gongs; others, again. are smelling iron
by the aid OF primitive but most in
| genious bellows, the constituent parts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
TO KEEP OUR PETS WELL
Benefits OF Antitoxin Extended t.
the Animal World.

Domestic pets are now being inocu-
lated with antitOxin in hope of ward
ing off various complaints TO which
they are peculiarly subject. Some
laboratories are now putting up animal
antitOxins, and some men are making
money inOcula ting domestic favorites
brought TO them by their owners.
The method used is to inject the
serum beneath the skin of the animal
by means of a needle pointed syringe.
Vaccination" in the case Of a dog or
cat does not take as ii does with a
child. There is no eruption. The
serum is injected into the blood. and.
according to the advocates Of this
method OF treatment, renders the ami
NAL immune to the disease it is in
tended to feud of.
The greatest demand is for a dis
temper antitoXin. one dog doctor de-
clares that he caused a number OF
dogs which he had inOculated with the
serum as a safeguard against distem-
per TO be housed with dogs that were
not treated. A dog afflicted with dis
temper was then associated. with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20

ANIMALS, and, although five out of six
of the noninoculated animals contract
ed the complaint, the four dogs treated
with the serum continued their canine
careers in serene Indifference TO the
presence of danger and had not the
slightest trace of the disease when re-
turned to their regular homes.
The complaints to which eats are
subject are much the same as those
that attack dogs. and antitoXin is used
for the feline family. Monkeys and
rabbits arc also inoculated as a safe
guard against various diseases pecul-
lar TO the species.
More important than the incubation
of the domestic anima! for the purpose
Of warding off diseases of the common
variety is the series of experiments
now being conducted TO determine
whether or not there is any means OF
eliminating rabies from the list of the
terrors of dogdom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20
Creek Indians. stomp Dance

Within a few weeks will begin an
other favorite summer sport of the
Creeks which is now on the wane, the
stomp dance. says the Kansas City
Journal. Stomp dances were formerly
held In all the Indian towns, but now on
ly in the strictly fullblood settlements.
These come on about the time green
corn is old enough to eat. y stomp.
is called, and all the town, sometimes
two, combine and assemble. The bucks
go out and hunt until they have killed
enough game for Il feast. The roast
ing ears are pulled and prepared, and
the eating and dancing begin. The
dance resembles the gait of Il ram just
as he starts on a charge, and ii is ac-
companied by such noises as only In
dian voices can produce. The dancing
and feasting are kept up from one to
three days and end with a big ball
game and feast. Then the medicine
man. without occult ceremony. eXtin-
guishes the fires, builds a new one.
and from this new one each family
takes home fire and starts a q &c on its
own hearth.