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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
Perfect Confidence.

Where there used to be a feeling of
uneasiness and worry in the house
hold when a child showed symptoms
of Group. there is now perfect conf
dence. This is owing to the uniform
success of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy in the treatment of that disease.
Mrs. ". I. Basford. of PoOlesville, Nd,
in speaking of her experience in the
use of that remedy, says: Il have a
world of confidence in Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. for l have used il with
perfect success. My child Garland is
subject to severe attacks of Group
and ii always gives him prompt re-
lief" For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16

nue.. Old phone at Office, both phones
ct residence. Hours, to - a. m. and
! ? to and to p. N.
Fay Halves camp. No. PSI, r. y. of
A., viii give a social dance at r. y. a.
hall Tuesday, Feb. 10. Price, Is cents.
Friends of the order are invited.
| A practical demonstration showing
the Quick Meal steel ranges Will be in
progress all during this week at the
Drake Furniture & Carpet company.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers. Division No. 60. viii give a
grand ball at Industrial hall Friday
evening. Feb. 10. Cars to Moline and
Davenport after the dance. Tickets.
81; supper. extra.
The Quick Meal steel ranges are alb
solutely guaranteed in every particu-
lar and have many desirab BILE features
possessed by no other range. Demon
stration all this week at the Drake
Furniture d Carpet company.
August Van Dazzle. who was killed
by train at the Twenty-fourth street
viaduct Sunday night, was buried in
Calvary cemetery this afternoon. Rev.
Thomas Mackin conducting funeral
services at o'clock at St. Joseph's
church.
The boss painters and iourneymen
representing the Painters Tri-City
district council, at a meeting held at
Turner hall last evening, signed an
agreement for the ensuing year gov
erning wages. and hours. 1t is the
same practically as last year.
The Peoples Power company is pre-
pairing to extend its gas and electric
mains to parts of the city where new
consumers can be secured. Those
wishing to use either gas or cleo
tricity are requested to make applica-
ton at the cOmpany's Office, 100 East
Seventeenth street, during this month.
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the
beginning Of the Lenten season. At
Trinity Episcopal church there will be
services held at 1870 and 10 a. M. both
services being holy communion. and
at 7:3O in the evening. At St.Joseph's.
st. Mary's and Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic churches there will be serv-
ices at o'clock
II. w. Horst. of this city. has been
awarded the contract for the erection
of the new factory building of the Mo-
line Scale company at East Moline. 1t
will be 1S5 by ~ feet in area and two
stories in height. Brick will be the
material used. The cost will be about
$4,000. Work Will begin at once and
the contract calls for its completion
May -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
FLOAT A BIG SCHEME
FOR COLONIZATION
Nnrthern Settlers TO be Induced TO
Take Up Land i'm Ala
bama.

Washington. Feb. 1G.-The land and
Industrial departments of the South
ern railway and Mobile and Ohio rail
road announce an important land pur
chase in Alabama for development and
colonization purposes. \ syndicate OF
Iowa, Illinois and Arkansas capitalists
has purchased 1T yellow Pine. Ark,
mills, forty miles of railroad and Co.
600 acres OF lard.
The lands are valuable for fruit rails
ing and agriculture and the syndi-
cate has perfected plans to settle
them with northwestern farmers, as
the timber is cut. Several thousand
acres are now available and colonial
ton will start at once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
TODAY'S MARKETS

chicago, Feb. 16 Following are the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing auotatiops
IL today's markets:
Wheat
May, 977s 90 e6l4 e6&.
IulV, 9U2 9U1E So14 eS9s
Sept, IS; S6I4; s42s; SIS.
Corn.
Feb Feb 5 5as(: ? 5ss9 5'A I, :. 6l 81
July 500; 5s5s; 525S; 529s
July, ss3s; 5s3s; Se54 ss54.
Pork
May. Is CO: Is 90: IA 7O:I4c2
July, 90; Is OF: IA IS; l4e5.
Lard
July. 7.s7;; Isl: 10 : 20.
Ribr
May, 72O 7.27 7.O7 71O.
Dec. = 30; 737; 20. 72O
Rye, Feb. IS: May 81; fax. N. W 117H; S.
W. Ill; May ia; barley $1,000.
receipts today: wheat 81, corn 62S oats
327; nogs 10000; cattle 600; sheep $1,000
Hog market opened light steady.
ers a S5a5sO good heavy. S4.9505.4O: rough
heavy SA95GS510.
Cattle marKeL opened strong.
Sheep market opened firm.
Union stock yards $40 a. m.
aog market steady for light ---
Light, 81 60G5 Is; mixed ana butchers. so
as IS: good heavy e4.959S5 45; rough heavy.
1859 Is.
Cattle market strong.
Beeves % 25GS600 cows and beifeIS !l.25
QSi50, StockerS and feeuerS 81 20(lS420.
Sneep market strong.
hog market closed steady.
LIBnt. a 6105 Is; mixed and butchers o. 80
e.5.35 good heavy "a 9>G5 IS: rough heavy,
81 95Gn5.15.
cattle market closed strong.
Sheep market closed strong.
Estimated receipts wednesday: Wheat 90
c Urn 800 oats $50, hogs 5000.
New York Stocks.
view York, Feb i6-Tne following are the
,osing quotations on the New York stock
Exchange:
Sugar 1851, Gas 991S. c. R. L & P. 222i, South
ern Pacific 463i, Ii. & o. 779s, AtchiSon COM
mon 67k, Atchtson pfd. 1913, G. NJ. 81 St.
l4054, Manhattan 1875, copper 4s2l. w. U.
Tel. Co. -, L & n I04a4. s. A. 572s. Rdg
common 1926 Can. Pacific I1714. Leather. com
mon -, B; 4 43n, Pacific Nail 2s y.
Penna- 1lI3l, NO. Pacific s97s, Union Pacific
U5; coal and iron 81, Erie common 2 y
wabash pfd 36ls Car foundry 1885, c. & G.
w 1854, Rep Steel pfd. 44I5 Rep. Steel COM
mon -. New York Central 1l4S, Illinois
Central 1854
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16

When You feel ike sighing-sing;
Signing viii never pleasure bring;
Learn TO laugh and laugh right
BY taking Rocky Mountain Tea al
night. II. Thomas, pharmacist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
A WORD ABOUT
.GOLD-MOULDED-
RECORDS " ~

Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records
were the first moulded records on the
market by about year.
They always have been Gold-mould-
ed. y gold mould is the only economi-
cal and efficient mould known to the
'art.
Moulded records are superior to the
old engraved records because they
may he made of harder material.
Hard records last longer and have a
better quality of tone.
y gold-moulded record made of soft
material would he no better in quality
than an engraved record in soft ma
terial.
The best moulded records are not
only Gold-moulded. They are super
hardened.
Gold-moulded records are less ex-
pensive than engraved records. The
process is simpler.
Formerly. blank cylinders were
moulded, then shaved. then engraved
from an original. The originals soon
wore out under the reproducing
stylus.
Now. a gold-lined mould is made
from the original. and the product of
that mould is Il smoothly finished cyl
inder. with the sound record already
on it. The life of the original is in
creased 10 times. hundred times, Il
Il thousand times.
\ record is not more expensive be-
cause it is gold-moulded.
1t is less expensive.
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records
are new records. made by new pro-
cess. They are not only gold-moulded.
They are super-hardened.
Irrespective of price, they are SUI
perior in quality to any ether gold
moulded record on the market, and
they sell for only % cents.
We have just received a large ship
ment of these improved records, max
ing our stock very complete one.
Call at our warerooms and investi-
gate. We are. and have always been.
sole agents for Columbia goods in
Rock Island. We handle a complete
line of both disc and cylinder ma
chimes. Prices. - to So.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; rising tempera-
ture.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature--At z a. m. Z
below; at 2:3O p. m. 6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
.OOAL nARKET CONDITIOH

rodAy's Quotations Oh PrOVisiOns LIv'
stock. Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island. Feb l6.-FollowinR arr the
,uotations on the local market
Provisions
Gutter-Creamery 22c023c dairy 20;
Eggs-FreSh &c.
Live poultry-Spring chickens &C per
pound hens SC per pound.
VegetableS-Potatoes. Toe.
Live Stock.
.attle-Steers $3.50 to f475 cows Ano
eifers $500 to e4.0o calves $500 to sc 90
Hogs-Mixed and butchers a so TO $500
Sheep -Ycarlings or over, per cwt % 80 u
- 20 Lambs per head ss.OO 20 q 80
Feed and Fuel
Grain-Corn 43 20 47c: oats. SO 03sc
Forage-Timotny hay. Is to t95U, prairie
Is 20 straw IS 50.
WOODLAND. per load o. 90
Coal--Lump. per bushel l4c slack per
hDShel &c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
CITY CHAT.


Leaf lard at Gilmore's.
For insurance, Z. ]. Burns.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Dressed rabbits at Hess Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robb's.
Spencer & Trefz for bus or express.
For real estate and insurance, 4. j.
Burns.
Call at Lage-Waters for bargains in
shoes.
Adams * showing wonderful bar
gains in shoes.
Lage-Waters for bargains in shoes,
1903 Second avenue.
Laee-Waters for bargains in shoes.
1903 Second avenue.
Lage-Waters for bargains in shoes.
1903 Second avenue.
Laee-Waters for bargains in shoes,
1903 Second avenue.
The stage of water was 30 al IA.
III. and $40 at noon.
McKown has new supply of gem
uine Pocahontas coal.
Where the dollar does its duty.
Lage-Waters Shoe company.
All kinds of coal for sale at the
Rock Island Lumber company.
The First Book in Business Methods
can now be had at Trefz d Co.'S.
The only place for real bargains in
shoes is at Adams closing ont sale.
Weston will teach you to bowl free
of charge. Central bowling alleys.
Mrs. Austin's famous pancake flour
is in town, fresh and delicious a ever.
Good coal, coal, coal at Mueller
Lumber company's. Both telephones.
Adams is going out of business. Call
and get your shoes and save big money.
For tin and furnace work, see II. I.
Sicmon, 1926 Fourth avenue. union 2S3.
Try the Opera House restaurant for
2O-cent meals at 1908 Second avenue.
1875 pairs mems shoes at 9S cents
per pair. Lage-Waters Shoe company.
Mrs. Austin's pancakes will help you
to regain that lost appetite. All gro
GERS.
Stop that cough with Charles Tile
meyers White Pine compound. 1t
cures YOU in a minute.
No other store in Rock Island can
sell good shoes as cheap as Lage-
Waters Shoe company.
Cheapest to the best trunks and
suit cases at the Trunk Factory. 220
Brady street. Davenport, Iowa.
Have thousands of dollars worth of
shoes yet to dispose of. Can please
you in style, and prices are way down.
Adams.
For winter or summer. Mrs. Aus
tins pancake flour. Always good, at
groceTs.
All during this week they are serv-
ing The most delicious hot coffee and
rolls at the Drake Furniture q Carpet
company.
Avail yourself Of this great oppur-
tunity of buying the best grades Of
shoes at low down prices at Adams
closing out sale.
The Ladies' society of the Sacred
Heart church viii give a card party
this evening at Sacred Heart hail on
TwentN-eighth street.
Dr. p. f. Purdue, 1716ts Second ave-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
YOUNG LIFE ENDS
Miss Gertrude White Expires At
ter Three Weeks Illness
With Typhoid Fever.
BROUGHT HOME FROM COLLEGE
Promising Career Cut Short-Mrs.
Margaret DlcGrew, Pioneer,
Dead.

Brought home from Monmouth col
lege, where she was a student, three
weeks ago, suffering with typhoid
| fever, Miss Gertrude White passed
away at 1870 O'Clock this morning at
the home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
d. G. White, ZIG First avenue, after a
| brave struggle against the ravages OF
| the fever.
| Miss White was in her 21st year and
| a young woman of promising musical
and literary attainments. She gradu-
ated from Rock Island high school as
member of the class of 1901,
spending the following year studying
music at the Cedar Falls. Iowa. nor
NAL Last fall she entered Monmouth
college.
The survivors are the parents and
two sisters. Miss Maude White, of
Garretson. 5. d.. and Miss Elsie White,
of this city Deceased was an active
worker in the United Presbyterian
church and secretary of the Sunday
school.
Burial at Winona.
The remains of John III. Barnes. who
died Sunday at the county infirmary,
will be shipped to Winona, Mimi, this
evening for interment. Death was
caused by consumption. Deceased
was IS years of age. He had been at
the infirmary but two days, having
been employed as harnessmaker at
the shop of w. H. Stockham on Mar
ket square.
Dies In California.
Peter Carstens. who in his Younger
days worked as freighter between
Denver and California. before the rail
roads were built over the Rocky
mountains, and had spent the last 10
years as a resident of Rock Island,
died yesterday afternoon at Los An
geles. Cal. where he had gone to
spend the winter. He was a native of
Germany and 73 years of age. He is
survived by his brother, George Car
stems, in South Rock Island. The body
Will be brought here for burial.
Pioneer Dead in Iowa.
\ telegram was received by Judge
+. f. Parmenter yesterday afternoon
announcing the death of his aunt.
Mrs. Margaret McGrew. at West
Branch. Iowa. Mrs. McGrew was Il
pioneer settler of Rock Island coun-
~, coming here with her parents
when n child. She was 81 years of age
and a native of Westmoreland. Pa. In
1899 she was married at Illinois City
to y. /. McGrew. They settled on a
farm in Buffalo Prairie township and
remained there until 20 years ago.
when they removed to West Branch.
Mr.. McGrew died some years ago. His
widow is survived by two sons and
three daughters: Simon McGrew. of
Pasadena. Cal: Logan McGrew. of
Gilman. Iowa: Mrs. Maggie Faucet,
and Miss Bell McGrew. of West
Branch. Iowa. and Mrs. Nancy Thomp-
son, Of Pasadena. Cal. There are also
two sisters and a brother: Mrs. Sar-
all Nanatta. of Reynolds: Mrs. Eunice
MooTehead. of Woonsocket. :. D.. and
James Robbins. of Unionville. Mo.
The funeral will he held tomorrow.
with interment at West Branch.
Funeral of Charles Elliott.
The remains Of Charles Elliott we're
laid at rest in Chippiannock cemetery
yesterday afternoon. Rev. ID. Martin.
If the Christian church. Davenport,
conducting funeral services at the
home. 2221 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16

chicago, Feb Is Following are the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing uuotatiops
IL today'g markets:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
What Are Thew

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. a new remedy for stomach
troubles, biliousness and constipation,
and good one. Price, % cents. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
BOWLBY'S
16O9-16O91k SECOND AVENUE.
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE

-1rTy- ::ISht Thousand Dollar G'aIO
for a fancy Lot OF Tobacco.
The biggest purchase OF nigh grade
obacco ever made in the West 10y a
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank Z. Lewis, Peoria
Ill fO- his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. s written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was TO be fanc.y
selected tobacco. This no doubt
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder i'm tie United States of tobacco
o. 50 high u grading. - Tet0Ld Tran
s@-'SDt Dee 81 1893
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16
CAss COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARE
FOR WILLIAM r. HEARST

Virginia. H., Feb. 16.-The CaSs
county democrats held meeting here
Yesterday and unanimously passed
resolutions favoring William Ran
dolph Hearst for the democratic can
didate for president. The delegates
to the state convention will be 50 in
structed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-16

Winter coughs are apt to result in
consumption if neglected. They can
he soon broken up by using Foley's
Honey and Tar. Sold by all druggists
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-18

" VERY home in the nature Of an
~ orphan asylum is bound to be
LII permeated with pathetic stories
Y and sad lives and while the Re-
bekah Home has had its share of
troubles and woes, it has likewise had
its full share of blessings. The law of
nature heals wounds quicker with chill
dren than 1t does with grown folks,
our little ones have other than a smil-
ing face for long.
In the beginning the home had a par
ticularly sad family that it opened
wide its arms to receive and 1 am go
ing to tell you about it, as 1 think there
are few, if any, protective homes that
would shelter and care for family of
eight helpless little children.
Full five years ago there lived in
Solano County happy family whose
time and life were spent out of doors,
working and playing in an orchard and
making of life one great joyous holi-
day. Day after day passed and at the
close of the evening, when the seven
children were tucked safely away in
their beds and had gone happily to
dreamland, the father and mother used
to sit down and count themselves
among the blessed.
But somehow or other such complete
happiness seems to be of short dura-
tien, for there is seldom a case that
is not marred or robbed OF its price
less possession. One afternoon Mrs.
Newport, for such was her name, heard
a familiar step on the porch and went
out to see the meaning OF IL, for there
was a large shipment Of dried fruits
on hand and she knew that unless
something had gone seriously wrong
he would not be coming home in the
middle of the day with such weary.
dragging steps.
That was the beginning of their
troubles. Perhaps too much work. per-
haps too much handling of fruit. or
perhaps just rundown condition;
but whatever the cause, the fact re-
mained just the same, that before night
B. F. Newport was a seriously i'll man,
with symptoms that pointed strongly
the typhoid way.
Taking care Of sick man and see
ing that seven children, all under
eleven years Of age, were clothed and
fed, and trying to attend to the or
chard, would have been a most diff
cult task for any woman that possess
ed boundless strength and energy
which Mrs. Newport did not. so that
when her little one came she had
neither the physical endurance or vi
tality to rally. Slowly but surely she
grew weaker and the thought that her
husband was lying seriously i'll an@
perhaps in a dying condition almost
drove her frantic. What could her lit
tie ones do II they were left alone?
Not one of them was old enough to
realize the loss. let alone struggle
with the stern proposition Of winning
bread and butter.
Tortured and worried with anxiety.
dnable to leave her bed and go to the
man who cried aloud for her to come
to him in his delirium, and constantly
begged by little voices and pulled by
baby hands. is 1t any wonder that her
strength failed her altogether. so tha.
just three weeks after the arrival oe
the tiny stranger that she had looked
forward to with so much pleasure, she
slipped out into the unknown and
found the peace and quiet that she
had so longed for?
Certainly this affiiction should have
been enough, for 1t would have been
dlficult enough for a father to care
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-18

minute before. 1t was good thing
that the front portion was himsy, for
every one forgot all about the door in
the grand rush to get outside. for the
bull, on recovering his feet, gave one
snort and started for the outside. and
whether he was blinded by dirt or
merely wanted revenge we didn't know,
but at any rate as he came out he
knocked down the ridge pole support
and the whole roof OF our lodge room
caved in"
This story, which is perhaps familiar
to all Odd. Fellows. serves to show how
interested members have always been
in fhe order and what hardships they
were willing to undergo to keep it up,
and no matter where you may go you
will find the same indomitable spirit
in both lodges. so it is no wonder that
they have gained in strength and pow
er every day. Bare facts are not always
interesting, but they are wonderfully
good when 1t comes to a mere matter
of proof and when 1 tell you that
twenty-one years after the first lodge
was instituted there were lat with a
membership of 1o,4o4. think you will
agree with me that the Rebekahs had
pressed gallantly forward in the fra
ternal field and that the results were
most gratifying.
Just about this time we began to
feel that State convention would ac-
complish a great deal for US, for by
banding together we could formulate
and carry out plans that we had been
considering for some time, so accord
ingly in 1891 We held a convention in
California that really marked a new
era in Rebekah Odd Fellowship.
1t was not until the second session
OF the convention. year later, that any
movement was made toward establish
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-18

ing our orphans home, and then It
was IN the form Of the following reso-
luton:
Resolved. That the convention OF the
Daughters Of Rebekah, I. o. o. F.. Of
California, start a fund that shall be
known as the Odd Fellows Orphans
Home Fund Of California"
This occasioned the setting aside OF
moneys at various times. both by lodges
and interested individuals, but it was
not until after 1895, when the State
convention resolved itself into the Re-
bekah Assembly. that we really petit
toned for and received authority to
establish such home in our State.
This home is really the center and
the heart of Rebekahism. The Odd Fell
lows maintain their home for the poor
and reedy, but it is our pleasure to
care for the helpless and to shelter
those who should claim the sympathy
of every man and woman in the land
tiny tots who. cannot care for them
selves and who, by an unfortunate turn
Of the wheel of fate. have no one to do
1t for them.
And so it is with the Rebekahs, ever
sweeping onward with. the progress OF
civilization and standing under the ban
ner which is the symbol for Truth.
Humanity and Friendship
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-26

Yet the market Is extremely irregular The soft coal situation Is no longer dis turbing and 1t is generally believed low CT prices will be available when the new season opens The structural shapes of steel are sought, numerous contracts be- ing offered and more are about ready to be placed, but aside from special orders fos' locomotives the new business is small on railway account. Agricultural imple- ment makers are busy, merchant pipe Is in good demand and machinery lines will be stimulated by the beginning of work on the Panama canal, and other big tln- dertakings about to be started. Minor metals advanced in response to London.
 Quiet conditions continue in the hide market. Less activity Is noted in leather, aside from a fair export movement of hemlock sole. The New England manu- lecturers of footwear complained of the paucIty of new business.
 It is not yet possible to note any ef- feet in the cotton goods market of the collapse of speculation in the raw ma teriai. This is chiefly due to the extreme uncertainty regarding the permanence of the reaction. Mill operators are not yet in position to ofKer any material con sessions while buyers are making every effort to delay purchases until raw cot ton goes still lower. Only small sample orders are reported in the woolen goods division.
 Failures this week number 216 in the United States against N4 last year and l2 in Canada compared with 26 a year ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-26
HANDLEY WILL NOT RUN.
Tho Veteran Citizen of Randolph
 Writes Card.

Tho Veteran Citizen of Randolph
 Writes a Card.
 Roanoke. Ala, March 25, 1904. Editor The Advertiser:
 Through the kindness of the oldest and one of the greatest Alabama newspapers, I desire to thank several newspaper re- porters in this district and State. and a host of friends in the Fifth congressional district. who have signifled their prefer ence for me to become a candidate for Congress to fll the place of our distin- guished congressman. Hon. c. w. Thompson.
 find several of my long time friends have signifled their intention of becom- ing a candidate for this position. have seriously considered this matter. and as am adverse to entering into a heated contest and struggle with my friends for this position. I hasten to announce to the candidates and my friends through out the district. that I am not, and will not be. a candidate for Congress. The distinction and honor is great to he a member of Congress. have served this district in that capacity. For an honest man to serve in Congress there is nothing else beyond distinction and honor.
 In view of these facts I make this an- nouncement.
 W. A. Handley.