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Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18
Bryan on the Indiana Situation.

w. J. Bryan. fresh from a triumph
ant tour of the larger portion
OF the state of Indiana in the
interest of the democratic ma
tional and state tickets, declared Sun
day at West Baden, that the state was
safely in the democratic column. Il
am more anxious that it should be So
Bryan declared than | was in 1896
or 1900. for the country is more in
peril now than it was at either of the
times that I was the presidential can
didate. From expressions of opinion
in the territory l have covered and
from reports l have received from the
parts Of the state in which have not
been, | feel sure that Indiana will cast
its electoral vote for Parker and Da-
Wis"
Asked TO give his reasons for his
belief in the success of the democratic
national ticket in the Hoosier state,
Mr. Bryan said:
MY belief. amounting, / may say,
to a conviction, is based on the fact
that the socalled silver democrats are
in line for the ticket, and they, tOgeth.
er with the democrats who were Op-
posed to me in the campaigns of 1896
and 1900 and the republicans who
have been led away from their party
by its imperialistic policy, will give Il
majority for the democratic electoral
ticket. The meetings / have address
ed have been large and enthusiastic
so large. in fact. that my voice has
not been strong enough to carry to all
of those assembled.
81 regard Indiana as the great fight.
ing ground of this campaign, and
while I would not care to say that
Indiana will make the result of the
election certain. I do believe that with
this state safe the chances are strong
~ in favor of the democratic ticket
| would not attempt to give any figures
as 10 the plurality in Indiana, but am
confident it will be large enough to re-
move all element OF doubt on election
night -
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

The desperate state to which the re-
publicans have been driven is shown
by the manner in which even the So
called Independent press of that party
is driven to it's support. Walter Well
man of the Chicago Record Herald has
been doing his best for some time to
aid the republican cause. and now
William f. Curtis has likewise been
assigned TO the task of helping ont the
republican national ticket. The latter
in fact declares that Judge Parker
made a great mistake in his attack
upon Imperialism and proceeds forth
with TO show what Judge Parker
should have said. How thOughtless of
the presidential candidate not to have
consulted Curtis before he spoke.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18
The Democratic Status Locally.

Following the democratic county
convention of June so. when the party
throughout the county. following the
example of the democrats of Rock ISL
and declared for clean politics. threw
off the yoke of the party oppressor
and took stand on higher ground, The
Argus expressed the hope that the
party from that time on would be at
peace. But it was not 20 be. Threats
of contest from the element that had
sought to ride rough shod over the
rank and file. precipitated a continual
state of unrest. and deprived the party
OF opportunity for the fight it might
have made for its county ticket. Con
fident though the representative body
of the party was that it would be sus-
tained. there were some hesitancy
about going ahead when there was so
much in its own affairs TO disturb and
annoy.
But with the outcome of the contest
in Rock Island county following the
result of the strife in the city and
township of Rock Island. and follow
ed by the decision of the tribunal at
Macomb yesterday dispOSing of the
control of congressional affairs. the
party should now breathe easy. and
make the best of the situation in the
remaining days of the campaign.
With the control of the organization
of the party in Rock Island city and
county and in this congressional dis
trict as well, wrested from the hands
of those who sought TO dominate. ev-
cry democrat should rally 10 the side
II Is party and his party candidates.
and renew his interest in all that per
tainS - party concern. The future of
the pat I city. county and congress
sional district. whose control two years
ago was in the hands of Influences
detrimental TO the higher and better
interests of democracy. now rests with |
che party itself. The organization in
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

Ex-President Steyn's declared inten-
ton TO take the oath of fValty to Ed
ward VII seems To- have taken the pro
beers of France by surprise. La Pa
trie could hardly bring itself TO believe
the astonishing news. 1t remembers
how Mr. Steyn found means to avoid
signing the peace conditions. and how
unlike Botha, Delarey and De Wet, he
spurned to touch the soil of England.
and it sent an envoy TO Brussels.
where the eX-president. now in fair
health. is at present staying. to find
out the truth concerning the dreadful
rumor or his submission to England
and his return to the Transvaal. The
interviewer found little consolation.
1T is true" said Mr.. Steyn. Il am go
ing TO return to South Africa. The
affair is all over
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

the city, in the county and in this con-
Sressional district, is in the hands of
the representative democrats. All that
is necessary is TO back up the com
mitteemen in whatever they may do
for clean politics. attend the primaries
and maintain a steady interest in ev-
cry move that pertains TO party good
and well being
If the republican party in Rock Isl,
and city and county does as well in
ridding itself of the same identical
elements of discord and destruction as
the democratic party has, it will be
come a subject of wholesome congrat.
ulation.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18
Proof as to Where the Money Power
Stands in Campaign.

The Chicago RecOrd-Herald of Sun
day morning inadvertently disclosed
where the money power stands in the
present campaign in an interview with
the great Wall street banker Frank \.
Vanderlip who happened to be sojourn-
ing in the city of his former home.
The following is from the Record-Her
aid columns:
The business interests of the cOun-
try now regard Theodore RCosevelts s
election as assured BY this | mean
TO say that the banker. manufacturer
and other men of affairs in the east
no longer take into consideration, in
planning for the future, the possibility
of Mr. Parker defeating the republi-
can ticket. I believe | am in a posi-
ton TO read the situation Alright and
to assert with positiveness that the
country is to have four years more of
republican administration"
Frank A Vanderlip. vice president
of the National City bank of New York
City. the highest bank in the United
States. made the foregoing prediction
yesterday. Mr. Nanderlip is on his
way TO St. Louis. where he addresses
the Illinois Bankers Association to-
morrow on general financial matters.
He has been vice president of the
National City bank since leaving
Washington as assistant secretary of
the treasury three years ago. In this
time Mr. Vanderlip has risen rapidly in
the financial world. He is known to
be especially cOnversant with the in.
side sentiment of the milliOnaires
whose interests are so vast that il is
their care TO fOresee any possible pO-
litical upheaval
IF there were doubt about the
triumph of the republican national
ticket" continued the Wall street
man. I'VE now would be seeing evi-
dences of il in commercial and finan-
Cial circles. If the big men of finance
or the great manufacturers or railroad
magnates thought it possible that the
democratic ticket was TO win. and that
there would be such radical tariff
revision and probable disturbance in
internal affairs as 10 make the whole
country uneasy. they would show
these doubts in various ways. Money
would be harder TO get. the manufaC-
turer probably would map out less
extensive program and things CONNER
cial would become tight and cramped-
AS it is. business is advancing sat
isfactorily and in a normal manner.
The business interests are confident
of no upheaval, and. serene in this
belief. are planning future affairs as
if election day did not come on Nov.
:"
Mr.. Vanderlip then spoke of Chair
man Cortelyou of the republican ma
rional committee.
1T is known that Mr.. CortelyoU.
brilliant as he is. is not a politician
in the ordinary acceptance of the
term he said. 1t seems 10 be agreed.
however. that he is directing the cam
paign along high lines. While the na-
tional committee seems TO have all the
money il needs. I imagine that Mr
Cortelyou has not had the political eN-
perience 10 enable him 10 I'LL a big
barrel from the Golfers Of the rich. |
Still, l have heard nothing to indicate /
that the republican campaign Ian
suished because of lack of funds
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

Judge Alton 3. Parker says the is
sue Of Imperialism which has been
thrust upon the country involves a
decision whether the law of the land
or the rule of individual caprice shall
govern. The principle of Imperialism
may give rise to brilliant. startling.
dashing results. but the principle of
democracy holds in check the brilliant
executive and subjects him 10 the So
Der, conservative control of the people.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18
COURT HOUSE RECORD.
Circuit Court Orders

Oct. 17-132, Harper vs.. Hollings-
worth, Appeal by defendant. Costs
paid. Cause of action settled. Suit
dismissed.
CHANCERY.
Oct. u. III, Carpenter Cons. VS..
Flemming Partition. Petition by
Lemiy and Lee Moward for order di-
recting master to pay part of share
of James Flemming to them.
Real Estate Transfers.
oct. Il. - Frederick Lebbert to
John Schmidt. wndiv. y interest in
lots - and Il and the 36 feet. lot
ii, Stewards Second add. So1th Mo
line. 81.
Caroline n. Henry 10 w. II. Christi
son lot >. block >. South Moline. $1,000.
Ida NJ. Murray, ct al to Elizabeth
Anderson. " co feet. lot s. block /
Moline on the Bluff add. Moline.
$1.SOO
G. J. Williams to c. y. Whitehead.
swH and VIZ. seI. p. 20, 2e. $1,000
c. y. Whitehead to S Jankowsbi
sw4 and VIZ. sel4. p. 20. 2e. $15.5Oo.
Mary E. Robinson to $. s. Davis.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character political or religious, must
have real name attached for pubIica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

Thomas E. Watson the populistic
candidate for president. but who in
reality is the adjunct of the republi-
can national committee in the present
campaign will follow Bryan in Indiana
and attempt TO undo as far as posi-
BILE the good work that the democratic
leader has done in that state-in the
hopes Of holding the state i'll the re-
publican column.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

The liberality, patriotism and nation
al pride of the people should not be
made an excuse for waste of the pub
lie funds Official extravaganza is of
fetal crime.-Judge Parker.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18
THE ARGUS.

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Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18
Tuesday, October 1e, 1904.

Kuropatkin is not to blame. II is
Oyama's fault. He has habit of win
ming
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-18

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
Evening star., 1904-01-01
PARIsIAN wAsHERwoMAN
Chic and Gay, No One Would Associate
Her With suds.
is Correspondence New York world

Paris Correspondence New York World.
Among the working classes of Paris thers
Is no more cequetttsh member than the
jaunty little washerwoman the 'blanchis-
seuse Parisienne." She carries her basket
on her arm or her bundle swung over her
shoulder in tha airiest way as she trina
along, and to see her one would never as
sociate her with soap and suds. She is al.
ways fair-headsd, but with her hair done
up and befrizzied IN the most bewitchins
modish fashion. and nearly always she
wears smart cheap little costume In
good taste and very becoming. with a rib
bon or a bit of tuIle stuck somewhere as a
finishing attraction
She may wash out or burn out one's
clothes In a trice. but she Is the ARREST.
most obngfng little person in her tall In
aginable. She knows how to explain away
all missing articles or to account in the
most plausible. polite fashion for ones not
having received clothes on the day asked
for.
In the ironing room she looks as fresh as
rose. She bends over the ironing board
with a little song on her lips and keeps
half an eye on the street door for a passing
Irritation. IN the window there is always
a bouquet of flowers. and frequently sleek
cat curled up. On the wall hangs some gay
plaster Punchinell0 sits upon the shelf
Very often canary hangs In the front
shop window and chirps while the little
washerwoman sings to the brisk movement
of her iron.
1t Is easy enough to associate the Parisian
washerwroman with a romance. There is
no hint Of soapy red elbows about her. The
Evening star., 1904-01-01
Walking Through Corea.
From Outing.

FROM outing
Korean sampans ply between the hatoba
Qanding place. and the shipping in the
harbor. and for ten Japanese cents. eighty
brass cash, or package Of cigarettes one
is rowed across the bay-a bay fairly alive
with beautiful medusae which spasmodi-
caIly expand and contract as they drift by
with the tide. As Koreans cannot sit on
their heels comfortably in a moving sampan
they stand. and In the absence Of regular
seats the passenger goes shoreward like
Colossus of Rhodes, trimming the craft
by placing a foot on each side of the center
line and arching through the air with its
swaying.
The only brisk thing in Chemulpo Is the
tide. which rises thirty-six feet, and drops
to behold. As 1t swirls and rushes sea-
ward. acres of glistening mud begin to
show in the harbor, and ere long hundreds
of junks are resting like fat cassowaries
on the bottom Of the bay. Scores Of clam
diggers swarm over the Shiny flats, and
Korean boys wade and seine the shallow
reaches Of water left glistening In the sun.
Across the flats the Han river winds like
muddy ribbon and all the larger boats
string along its channel-a channel too
narrow to admit Of q thousand-ton shin
turning in its width.
Taken altogether there Is scarcely a half
mile of decent street In Chemulpo The
rice paddy paths Of China are sand-papered
bouievards compared to the misnamed coun-
try roads Of Korea, and this truth is thrust
home to the walking tourist ere he ts a
mile from the town limits Of Chemulpo.
Evening star., 1904-01-01
CHINESE ANATOMY.
Shows That Body Contains Fire, Wood,
Water, Earth and Metal.

Shows That Body Contains Fire, Wood,
Water, Earth and Metal.
From American Medicine.
No Chinese repre- sentative of the healing
art has ever dissected any portion Of the
human frame. Accordingly their ideas of
anatomy and physiology are matters of
faith-confirmed by Images which have been
reproduced during untold centuries. Their
osteoiogy teaches that the skull is formed
of one bone; so is the pelvis; the number
of ribs varies with the individual, and at
the junction of the arm with the forearm
is placed a cubital patella. According to
Chinese splanchology the small intestine
communicates with the cavity of the heart.
while the colon after describing 16 circum-
volutions, terminates by opening into the
lung. The heart governs the vital processes
in cooperation with the cavity of the
stomach 1t supplies all ideas and all pleas
urable sensations. The liver is the habitat
of the soul. and 1t is from this gland that
all noble and generous sentiments emanate.
The gall bladder Is the receptacle of cour-
age its ascent in the body is the cause OF
q fit of anger. They have an idea of the
continuous motion of the blood. but 1t
seems to be the product Of an imagination
more riotously Oriental than even that
which created the other items Of their
physiologic knowledge. They do not know
the pulmonary circulation; they, naturally,
know nothing of the valves in the veins:
they do not even appear to have quite
grasped the motor function of the heart it
self: but they nevertheless profess to diff
ferentiate no less than "a varieties of pulse
simultaneously recognizable on the person
Of a single Individual! In it's ultimate
stNlcture the body is composed OF five ele
ments: Fire, water. earth. wood and metal
Each Of these elements is in a harmonious
rapport with the corresponding members OF
the serious of five planets. five metals, five
solid viscera, five colors and five tastes. All
diseases originate from disturbances of the
primary and essential quintic harmonies of
these correlationS.
Evening star., 1904-01-01

and frequently both contestants fall at the
same time in opposite directions, turning
around the pole and dropping of onto the
mattresses. Il Is found that the cavalry Of
fcers are the most skillful in these con-
tests.
The obstruction race L. another amusing
event. In this race a number Of obstruc-
tions for the contestants to pass are
ranged along tho deck. He must climb
UP through several circular life preservers
which are suspended In the air. then crawl
or wriggle through long tubular canvas
air shaft which is placed horizontally on
the deck: then he must fatten down on
the deck and slide or creep under several
low benches. and finishes by climbing over
a high horizontal bar which is lashed up
within a foot or so of the canvas awning
overhead. When a number of men are COM
peting In this race the effect Is exceedingly
ludicrous.
In addition to the games, any number of
concerts, dances and masquerade balls are
given during the voyage. so the time passes
very agreeabiy.
Evening star., 1904-01-01
FUN ABOARD VESSELS.
Various Forms Of Amusement Adopted
by Passengers to While Away Time.

During the holiday season. when the mil
itary. departmental and other official class
es of India are returning to their duties
land, the steamers traversing the Mediter-
present an aspect of increasing activity in
the line of amusements.
As soon as the passengers have recovered
from the seasickness caused by the noto-
riously rough Bay of Biscay a mass meet
ing is held in the main saloon, and a
sports committee is elected. The duty OF
tainment of the ships company during the
voyage. Contests In whist hearts euchre.
quoits, Switchboard, billboard and other
games of skill are opened and the passen-
gers enter the competition with the great
est enthusiasm. After passing into the
Mediterranean the sky and sea are gener-
ally clear and smooth day after day; so no
impediment to the progress of the sports Is
offered.
In addition to the games mentioned,
strenuous tugs of war, in which most of
the passengers Join, are had frequently
Rubber-soled shoes, which are less likely
to slip on the smooth deck are in great de-
mand during these trials of strength.
Another very amusing contest to witness
is pillow fight on a pole. In this fight
smooth, round pole or spar Is lashed across
the deck some five or six feet above its sur
face. Two men then straddle the pole,
facing each other, few feet apart, each
holding pillow in his right hand. The
object each contestant has In view Is to
falling himself. Several mattresses are ar
ranged under the spar to soften the descent
OF the vanquished. The feat of keeping
one's balance ON the pole is very difficult.
Evening star., 1904-01-01
COLD BRINGS RELIEF
ONE CLASS OF CITIZENS BENEFIT
ED BY ARCTIC WEATHER.
Police Not So Anxious Regarding
Jewels Worn by Ladies on
the Streets.

The recent cold wave that called heavy
wraps from the closets brought relief to the
troubled-taxed minds of the police OF Wash
tngton. 1t caused women to seclude cherish
ed jewels under their wraps. Thus another
temptation was removed from the grasping
hand Of the iniauitous street thief
The inventor of the shirt waist watch
fob did more to promote crime than any of
the worlds patentees. They are perfect
SNAP for the nimbled fingered thief. Dur
ing the recent Christmas shopping the police
and detectives constantly warned women
Of the danger of losing their watches, but
they deliberately Haunted their Watches
many of them valued present-in the faces
of the easily tempted thieves.
The detectives do not hesitate to say that
the women of today send more men to the
penitentiary with the brand of a thief upon
them than any other human agency. They
persist in wearing watches and Jewels In
crowded stores and streets and always In a
place to tempt the pickpockets and street
thief.
ut is the easiest trick in the world to
lift a watch from a fob said one of the
local detectives. "The thief sees merry
maiden stroll into crowd. On her shirt
waist Is a good looking gold watch To him
Is Is an invitation to steal
She doesn't want it very badly, or she
wouldn't wear 1T there his conscience will
II,
has no fear of losing 1t. The thief hurries
into the crowd with her. She laughs and so
does he. Then she 1ostles somebody and he
1ostles her. A quick turn of the watch
either wrenches 1t from its ring or the fob
Is released and away he goes. He doesn't
care for the fob. He wants the watch: he
gets It. too.
She had no business to wear It there.
She ought to know that somebody would
take It,, his conscience says again, as he
departs. On through the merry-making
crowd she goes. obltvfous Of the taking
qualities Of that handsome chap that JOS
tied her few moments before
Her Loss Discovered.
by and by she comes to. Then there is
cry Of horror, pitiful story to unsym-
pathizing police and flood Of tears.
"'You should have known better than
to wear 1t there the policeman will say,
and really he has right to say It, because
she was indiscreet. The police search the
pawnshops, and If their search is vain the
young woman invariably calls the police
inefficient.
'Women-that is, the welI-dressed wo-
men--tempt thieves almost every day."
said the detective. go into almost any Of
the big stores on q bargain day and you
will see score of women wearing their
watches and other Jewels In such q way as
to make them perfect snaps for the thief.
1t Is a trait in feminine nature that have
never been able to understand. They sim
ply invite thieves to steal their jewels, and
then get mad about 1t II the thieves accept
the invitation 1t is wonder to me that
a thousand watches are not lifted off Of
shirt waists every summer. And don't you
know that If a detective steps up to a wo-
angry and sometimes declares she has
been inSulted'
Evening star., 1904-01-01

washing all appears to be done sub rosa,
and she looks as If she were always on
dress parade. In fact. there is no end Of
small Paris amourets in which the washer
woman plays one of the principal parts.
In the Latin quarter 1t frequently happens
that passerby In the street sees a student
Of the Sorbonne flirting over his linen with
the washer Of 1t in the little iaundries that
abound In the quarter.
AS rule the blanchisseuse does not envy
the sewing girl her lot. She Is much more
care free, sings more and has a greater
number Of opportunities to trot the street
basket on arm, flinging bright, malicious
glances or bons mots at her male acquaint-
ances as she trips along in her high-heeled
shoes. The Partisan washerwomen is one
OF the distinctive types Of the city, under
standing perfectly what it is TO be chic"
and gay on a few sous.