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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

There has been a report current for
some time that Thomas A. Edison
would turn his attention TO peTfecting
the marvellous storage battery of which
he has from time To time given some
hint. Motorists are agreed that if such
a battery can be made a commercial
possibility the construction of motor
cars will be revolutioniZed. The es-
sential advantage that Mr.. Edison
claims for his battery is that il will,
when perfected combine enormous po-
tential power with a weight so incon-
siderable as to make its employment
applicable TO any class of vehicle. This
is the very thing that the builders of
automobiles have tried the hardest TO
obtain-great power from a battery of
nominal weight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10
Cheap Excursion Rates via the c., M
& ST. P

Milwaukee, Wis, sell June 16 to 10
inclusive at one fare plus so cents for
the round trip.
Niagara Falls, y. Y. Sell June Il.
IS. and 10. one fare plus $500 round
trip: account annual meeting Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine
Toronto. Ont. Sell June Is. 10. 81
and %. one fare plus $500 for round
trip; account triennial convention In
ternational Sunday School association.
indianapolis. Ind. Sell June 10. 20
81. and %. one fare plus $500 round
trip; account national funniest North
American Gymnastic union.
Asbury Park. \. ]. $3.50 round
trip. sell June %. %. 50. and July /.
account annual convention National
Educational association.
Baltimore. Md. seas round trip
sell July l. >, and 3. account of inter.
national convention United Society OF
Christian EndeavOr.
Buffalo. y. Y. one fare plus 81 100
sell July = s and 9. account annual
meeting grand lodge, Benevolent aHd
Protective Order Elks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

James II. Hyde's $125.000 salary
drawn from the Equitable company
has called attention TO the enormous
sums paid to officers of all the big in
surance companies. First. second and
third vice presidents of all the big
companies receive more money than
the president of the United States for
a years work and they are not
obliged to entertain half so lavishly.
Nevertheless most of them are doing
fairly well in the matter of living and
spending money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

One of Carrie Nations most tenn
pestuous disciples has been Myra NJ.
Henry. whose field of operations re-
Gently was Arkansas City. After one
of her sallies into a saloon she was
arrested and brought before a justice
of the peace. She dared him to fine
her and the magistrate promptly ac-
Commodated her to the amount of
500 for contempt of court. Thereupon
Myra's courage gave way and she tear
fully apologized. His honor RENTED
the fine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

Ex-Gov. Yates. of Illinois. aspires to
the senate. Gov. HeTrick. of Ohio, re-
fuses s150000 a year. and Gov. Folk,
of Missouri. is holding down the lid
because. he says it's right There's no
presidential politics this year, but the
statesmen are not idle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

There is a characteristic absence of
diplomatic phraseology in President
Roosevelt's peace proposition note to
the belligerent powers in the far east.
for the language is such that either a
Jap or a Russian may comprehend at
a glance. What it lacks in verbose
sense ii makes up in common sense
May the presidents intercession be at
tended by success. Stop the slaughter
If pOssibIe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

Queen Christina, of Spain, who in
herited an immense private fortune
from her uncle, the late Archduke AL
bert, of Austria, has for a number of
years held some $3,000,000 worth of
United States bonds and retained pos
session thereof even throughout the
war eff Spain with this country. They
are deposited. with the remainder OF
her holdings of one kind or another, in
the Bank of England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

Now they say that Mayor George
may reach out for other worlds to
conquer and become a candidate for
congress. A little diversion just now
might do George good-and the city
might arrange 10 spare his services for
a brief interval.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

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 publica-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

Ny dear. 1 object to the new cooks
calling me by my first name"
1t doesn't hurt you mite, George.
and l wouldn't have you offend her
for the world"
Well. let her mend her pronuncia-
don then She calls me Hennery. as II
I were a chicken coop..CIeveIand
Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

Springfield CMassD Republican: One
of the Vermont newspapers learns from
a drug house drummer that the patent
medicine business is better in Vermont
in the towns voting no license. This is
very conclusive testimony 10 the alco-
holic character of many of these medi-
cines. Village topers long ago learned
to get what they wanted in this way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

Those Russian cruisers in Manila
bay are safer than they have been
since they bombarded the trawlers in
the North sea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island. Ill IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

The c., M. & ST. P. offer first class
train service to Chicago and kansa.
City, from the tri-city, sleeping car res
servations made to any point desired
for further information phone any o.
their Offices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

c., m. & ST. p. Summer Tourist Rates.
The c., M. & st. p. railway will sell
round trip summer tourist tickets
daily, commencing May Is, to Sept. 80,
1905, to various summer resorts in
Wisconsin. Final return limit, Oct. 81,
1905.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10
Saturday, June 10, 1905.

Well, we suppose mutual congratu-
lations are in order as far as the coun-
try and Paul Morton are concerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-10

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-28

ed elsewhere. Within the last
twenty years the industrial
operations of the South have In
creased 80 tremendously that
there is scarcity of labor almDs
everywhere; so that it is the part
of wisdom tor al who wish the
prosperity of the South to hep
the negro to become in the high
est deg ee useful to himself, and
therefore to the community in
which he lives. The South has
always depended, and now de-
ponds, chiefly upon her native
population for her work. There
fore in view of the scarcity not
only OF common labor, but o.!
skilled labor, it becomes doubly
important to train every avail.
able man to be of the utmost
use, by developing his intelli
gence, his skill and his capacity
for Conscientious effort. Hence
the work of the Tuskegee Nor.
NAL and Industrial Institute is a
matter of the highest practical
importance to both the white
man and the black man, and well
worth the support of both races
alike in the South and in the
North. Your fifteen hundred
students are not only being edu.
Gated in head and heart, bui also
trained to industrial efficiency,
for from the beginning TusKe
gee has placed especial emphasis
upon the training of men and
women in agriculture, mechanics
and household duties. Trainins
in these three fundamental direc.
tions does not embrace all that
the negro or any other race needs
but it does cover IN very large
degree the field in which the
negro can at present do most for
himself and be most helpful to
his white neighbOrs. Every
black man who leaves this insti
tute better able TO do mechanicli
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-28

or industrial work adds by so
much to the wealth of the whole
community and benefits all peo.
le in the community. The pro-
essional and mercantile avenues
to success are overcro wded; tor
the present the best chance of
success awaits the intelligent
worker at some mechanical trade
or on farm; for this man will
almost certainly achieve indus
trial independence. | am pleas
ed, but not in the least surprised
to learn that many among the
men and women trained at Tus
kegee find immediate employ
ment as leaders and workers
among their own people, and
that their services are eagerly
>ought by white people for vari-
Gus kinds of industrial work, the
the demand being much greater
than the supply. Viewed from
any angle ignorance is the cost
lest crop that can be raised in
any part of this union. Every
dollar put into the education of
either white man or black man
in head, in hand and in heart,
yields rich div dends to the en-
Tire community. Merely from
The economic standpoint it is Of
the utmost conse quence TO all
our citizens that institutions such
as this at Tuskegee should be
success. But there are other
and even higher reasons that en-
title it to our support. In the
interest of humanity, Of justice,
and Of self protection, every
white man in America, no mat
ter where he lives, should try to
help the negro to help himself.
1t is in the interest, and for the
protection Of the white man TO
see that the negro is educated
1t is not only the duty Of the
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-28
AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE.

r.
Tuskegee, Ala, Oct. "a
Prsident Roosevelt reached the
grounds of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute at s 80
0'clnck this morning, and after "a
brief stop in the town of Tuske-
gee, where he was received by
the Mayor and other distinguish
eG citizens OF Alabama, he spoke
warmly and feiicitously from tt
platform in the grounds of the
Girls College located here. The
Presidents train was then car
ried directly into the grounds Of
the institute, ovsr its private
track which connects with the
main line.
From II O'Clock last night un.
I'll morning great crowds OF coun.
try people, white and black,
have been coming from all sec
tons of the surrounding territory
to Tuskegee.
The President was received by
Principal Booker I. Washing o.
and members Of the institute
board OF trustees and faculty
He then entered a finely built
carriage, made by students of the
school, drawn by horses raised
at the school, and driven by a
student in the schools uiform
-Four other carriages, also
made by the students, in which
members of the Presidential
party were seated, followed. The
party at once proceeded to an
elaborately decorated reviewing
stand, erected in front of the
office building, surmounted by
the Presidents flag.
The President spoke in part as
follows:
"To the white population At
we'll as to the black, it is of the
utmost Importance that the negro
be encouraged to make himself
citizen Of the highest type OF
usefulness. Il is to the interest
of the white people that this
policy be conscientiously pursu.
ed, and to the interest of the
colored people that they clearly
realize that they have opportuni.
ties for economic development
here in the South not now offer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-28
The President Adnonishes,
the Negroes to Behave
Themselves and Have
Confidence in the White
People Of the South--His
Speech at Booker Wash
ington's School.

Tuskegee, Ala. Oct 24.-The
President arrived at $50. The
city was beautifully decorated
The platform from which the
President spoke to the people OF
the city was made from 100000
worth of cotton in the original
bales. Escorted by company
of State militia the President was
driven to the Alabama Confer
ence Female College, which re.
presented typical Southern
scene. Cotton had been trans
planted. in long rows and two old
Southern negroes with cotton
pickers' sacks on their shoulders,
were engaged in picking the
staple from the plants. The
President was greeted at the col
lege grounds by students and
public school children. The
Presidents address was short,
and at its conclusion he left for
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
School.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-28

CONTINUED on Page Seven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Boil Weevil in Louisiana.

Sabine, Calcasien, DeSoto, Vernon and Caddo parishes, in Louisiana, all lie along the Texas line Nachitoches parish lies east of Sabine parish, the Red river flowing through it. Shreveport is in Caddo parish.
 Boil weevils have appeared in Sa- bine and Calcasien parishes, but not in the other parishes named. In Sa- bine and Calcasien the pest is pres ent in large numbers, and in about a week the first brood from the hiber- hating brood will appear. The cot ton crop is late, and in most of the parishes the ordinary seed was plant ed, and the state entomologist antici- pates serious injury to the crop in the Sabine and Calcasen parishes. Whether much damage will be done by the insects in DeSoto, Vernon, Nachitoches and Caddo parishes can
 
 not at present be determined. No reports of the presence of the insects in the four parishes have been re- ceived.
 The assistant entomologist of the crop state commission found in Sa- blne parish several weeyil eggs on one cotton square, although usually only one egg is laid to the square. The truth is the pest is as numerous in Sabine parish as if it had infested it several years. Sabine parish lies in the latitude of Natchez and Fort Deposit and Union Springs. It is abreast of Alexandria, on the Red river. The chances now seem to be that the pest will not cross Red river this year. If so it will not be apt to cross the Mississippi next year, and two seasons will be consumed in it's march, or rather flights, across the state of Mississil T, so that Alabama will remain practically free from de- structive weevils until 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
MACHINE LAYS BRICK.

Augusta (Ga.) correspondent New York
 American.
 report has reached this city that P. H. Loud of Willlston, S. C., has invented machine that will revolutionize the art of building, in addition to cheapening the cost of construction and the time neces- sary for the erection of brick structures.
 The machine in question lays brick. It is claimed by those who have seen the ma- chine that it will lay brick with all the skill of the most accomplished bricklayer, with perfect accuracy, and with a rapidity that discounts the human hands. The re- port is to the effect that with two or three men operating the machine, supplying it with bricks and mortar, 1t will do the work of a dozen bricklayers in the course of a day, carrying up wall as If by magic.
 If Is further claimed that the machine can be easily and quickly regulated so as to skip wherever it is desired to leave doors and windows doing this work with seeming human intelligence It is also said that the machine is not complicated, will not easily get out of order, and is in every way practical and useful invention sure to come into general use by contractors.
 Mir. Loud is in correspondence with local contractors in reference to the machine he has invented and it is probable that at an early date it will be given a prac- tieal test on some large contract in this oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Caracas Affairs in Washington.

The Loomis-Bowen scandal is not that the President and Secretary Taft have published. It will not be ended until the evidence taken by the latter is laid before the public, thus putting each reader in position to judge the case for himself.
 It is plain that Minister Bowen was embarrassed at Caracs by persistent rumors relating to ex-Minister Loomis, who was MT. Bowen's predecessor at Caracas. It is plain, too, that he be- came convinced that MT. Loomis was a grafter. MT. Bowen is a son of the old-time editor of the Independent, who lived and died an honest man.
 Mr. Loomis became assistant sec retary of state, and Minister Bowen let the chasm between them widen, and no doubt he was indiscreet, but his indiscreetness had no touch of personal gain in 1t, as confessedly had MT. Loomis.
 The dismissal of Minister Bowen carries with it no disgrace. He was wrought up by the current rumors at Caracas and his confidence was be- trayed by two newspaper men. He did no wrong. He pocketed no money that he had officially collected. The coat of calcamine which has been applied to MT. Loomis may be justified, but the public will decline to indorse it until they see the testimony that MT. Taft collected. The case is incom- plete as it stands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Public Baths for Boys.

Kansas City has a public bathing place-a pool under a roof-in which a thousand boys bathe daily. A ee- mented pool protected from the sun and rendered duly private need not be expensive and two of them in this town, the one for blacks and the other for whites, could both be established at moderate expense. A stern super intendent can readily keep order, or dering the boys in and out at the proper time, and insuring to each boy fail play and plunge once a day.
 Public baths would do more to raise the health and comfort of the boy pop ulation of this town than any other one improvement that can be men, toned. We have no streams at all in which anyone should bathe. Even if our streams were wholesome they are too small to plunge into Public pools are therefore necessities, and the sooner we secure them the sooner our boys will enjoy the summer sea- son and keep in good condition.
 Some cities have public baths for women, but we will do well to bring tn. boys to swimming pools. We can start with pools for boys and work up perhaps to free public baths for all the rest of the city's population.
 There is nothing specially socialistic in the proposition, because it would be wholly in the interest of the pub lie health. The city that enables it's boys to bathe daily is a city that keeps it's boys healthy as a rule, thus laying the foundation for vigorous citizens in the future. There is no reason why Birmingham should not have public baths. There is, on the other hand, a score of reasons why it should have them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
DOGS ALWAYS HONEST.
From the Houston Post

From the Houston Post.
 'There is one peculiar thing about dogs" remarked a well-known local fancier and huntsman, "and that is you never saw one pant and wag his tail at the same time. A dog is not capable of a double emotion. He can't growl and wag his tail at the same time for 1t is in possible for him to be mad at one end and glad at the other.
 If dog is glad to see his master he will bark and wag his tail. If he wants to get into the house he will paw at the door, whine and wag his tail, but they are all symptoms of one and the same emotion But if the master opens the door he will cease to show anxiety imme- diateIy by whining and will show plea- sure only by the wagging of his tail.
 Tn or6er to get a mans temper one must watch his eyes, but for dogs you havo to watch his tail The dog IS likewise incar able of deceit. He deceives no one, not even his master. If he Is oyerioyed every motion is indicative ot that fact and his whole makeup gives ample testimony to it. If he is displeaseo or angered it is the same way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
A stinqina InveetiVe.

"controversles between newspaper edl- torsn said q former North carolnian last night at the Hillman. though often interesting and entertaining are seldom if ever instructive.
 "Now and then, however, may be re- marked an exception case in point Is fha vyitbering condemnation recently vis- ited mon tbe Rev. A. J. McKelway' the e5ifor of the Presbyterian Standard, by J. D Caldwell. the editor of the Charlotte Observer. In point of stinging satire and straipht flung Anglo-Saxon inveetive, MT. Caldwelrs characterization of the Rev. MT McKelway takes rank with Junlus or Burke's masterpieces.
 ..T was especially interested in MT. Cald- wells signed editorial article in the op- server" the North Carolinian went on' "bv reason of the fact that years ago I had the pleasure of knowing MT. Cald- well when I was in North Carolina. The Rev. Mir McKelway is. I think, a less southern product than are the North Car olinians He made a grave mistake In attacking Mir Caldwell, and especially Tn attempting to impugn that gentlemans sense of elean-handed dealing with his fellow-men.
 "So long as MT. McKelway, in striking at Mr. Caldwell, did not touch that gem tleman's honor the editor of the op- server completely ignored him. The 9mo- ment however the line was crosseds MT. Caldwell attended to the matter very dit- ferently, and in way that will enlist the heartiest sympathy and support of high-minded men.
 "There are d great many native North Carolinians in Alabama. They know MT. Caldwell, or know of him, intimately. Throughout their native state few men there stand higher than the edi- tor of the Charlotte Observer. He is recognized by thinking persons as one of the men of light and lead ing in the old north state. Of the per sons who know him, all respect him, a great many admire him and not a few love him. He has been, in years gone by. the staunch friend and counsellor of men who have done North Carolina the most credit in the eye of the country.
 'It is almost incredible that anyone, however unwise or vindlctive, should have had the temerity to assail the integrity of a man whose life and work reflect honor alike upon his profession and his state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
A STRANGE AUTOMOBILE.

Lesueur (Mnn) Correspondent Chicago
 Chronicle.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Hummer of Belt township, this county were the victims of disagreeable accident yesterday, but the accident had also humorous side to it. They started to town to attend the street fair and had with them large OK in a rack on a low truck wagon drawn by a team of fiery horses When within three miles of town the OK broke through the bottom boards of the rack and settled down with all four feet on the ground The broken boards scatter ed over the road.
 The crash of the breaking boards frightened the horses and they lunged violently forward, broke the double tree, and thus being freed from the wagon, ran away and were soon lost to sight.
 The OK was anxious to break out of his confinement, and, SIS he had his feet on the ground, was able to move the wagon, and did shove it forward that way. The tongue swerved to one side. and fearing that the wagon would thus be tipped over, Mr. Hummer sprang down, seized the tongue and pointed 1t along the mid dle of the road to keep the wagon in the track. This seemed to suit the OK and he continued to push the wagon for ward, Mir Hummer guiding and Mrs. Hummer riding aloft on the high seat on top of the rack, enjoying the novel; mode of propulsion.
 Thus they went onward, up hill and down hill across bridges and through ravines, for three miles, and finally made their triumphal entry into town, the ob- served of all observers and the crowning attraction of the little exposition.
 Mrs. Hummer refers proudly to the in- cident as her first ride on an automo- bile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
A FAMOUS RIVALRY.

From the London Globe.
 NJ Marchal the keeper of the printed books in the Bbliotheque Rationale, has just acquired volume which Is consid- cred to be the most valuable book added to the national collection for many years. It is a breviary printed by Jean du Pre- of Lyons, for Nicolas Maufras' bishop Of Uzes, and published before the year 150d. It is one of the forty-two books first printed in France. of which the Bibliothe- que Rationale now possesses forty the two others being the first book printed at Perpignan, which belong to the Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, and the first book printed at Narbonne, which Is in the Municipal library of that city. However, all the forty-two books are in France and as there is little likelihood of their going to America, M. Marchal may posses his soul in peace.