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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-19
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And satisfactory results are possible
when you buy coal and wood of Nc
Kown. A trial will convince you that
our Pocahontas, Carterville and White
Ash soft Goals are unexcelled for fur
naces. We sell nut and egg for cook
stoves, mine run and screenings for
all heaters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-19
O5. rough heavy 4.15@4.SO.

sos. rough heavy 4.75@4.S0.
Cattle market steady. Beeves $50
@6.OO, COWS and heifers 1.35 a AS,
stockers and feeders 3.15@410.
Sheep market steady.
Hog market closed strong to sc
higher. Light Also 500, mixed and
butchers 4.S0@5.10, good heavy Also
SO. rough heavy 4.70@4.S0.
Cattle market closed steady.
Sheep market closed weak
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New York Stocks.

New York, Dec 19-Gas 103A, u. p.
146k, U. S. Steel preferred 1043s, U.
S. Steel common 37A, Reading 1864
Rock Island preferred 62as, Rock Isl
and common 23H, o. & w. 523s, South
ern Pacific 65%, n. Y. Central 147h
Missouri Pacific 1925, Metropolitan
121H, l.. & n. 151A, Shelters 1872 Is
c. F. |. sc, Canadian Pacific 17S1a, Hi
nois Central 1852, Penna 40, Erie Al,
r. c. |. IA, c. & o. 547s, B. & o. 112,
Atchison S6%, Locomotive GSH. Sugar
1914, st. Paul 17S5s, Copper 9SA, Re
public Steel preferred 1O3A, Republic
Steel common 34k.
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Licensed to Wed.

Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $425 tc
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
Favorable Action by the Senate on
Presidential Selections,

The following nominations were confirmed
by the Senate yesterday afternoon:
William Harrison Bradley, Illinois, consul
general at Manchester: William J. Mills,
chief justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico; Clarence A. Hammett, collector OF
customs for the district of Newport, r. l.;
Thomas Hull, surveyor general of Utah.
District attorneys-Reese Blizzard, north
ern district of West Virginia; Harry J.
Bone, district of Kansas.
Marshals-James F. Shea, district of
North Dakota; Charles D. Elliott, northern
district of West Virginia.
Receivers Of land off1ces-George w. Bibee,
at Portland, Ore; Don B. Cotton, at Vernal,
Utah; Henry s. Chubb, at Gainesville, Fla.
Registers of land off1ces-Benjamin l..
Edd. at Roseburg, Ore; Frank C. Pres
colt, at Los Angeles, CAL; George w,
Fisher. at Topeka, Kan; Robert ]. Mon
tague. at Crookston, Mimi; Aigernon s.
Dresser. at Portland, Ore; Charles De
Noisy. at vernal, Utah. Thomas ". Davis.
at Evanston. Wyo.; Galen J. Dixon, at
Independence. Cal: Walter G. Robinson. al
Gainesville. Fla. and a number of post
masters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
Japan's Popular War Fund.

The Japanese ministry of finance reports
that 2,311, 29S yen, equal to about 81 ,250 900,
has been received as voluntary contribu-
lions TO the war fund from the people of
that empire and nearly all of 1t has been
contributed in small amounts, evidently
from the poorer classes of people. This
does not include the large amounts that
have been contributed by the people to the
Red Cross Society, to the relief of the fami-
lies of the dead and wounded or for deli
cacies for the hospitals or any of the spe-
cial funds that have been raised for various
purposes during the progress of the war.
II includes only cash resolved at the public
treasury from patriotic citizens, often
anonymous, toward the military expenses.
l. has been customary for Japanese living
in the United States and other foreign
countries to send certain portion of their
income every month because for reasons
they themselves were not able to do mill
tary duty. There are many Japanese stew
ards. cooks and other servants on board
the ships of the United States navy, and
the paymasters will tell you that every one
of them Invariably sent a portion of his
wages to his government every month.
These We're voluntary gifts made in lieu OF
personal service.
There are altogether about 100000 Japa-
nese in the United States. They are, gem
orally speaking, well-tcdo and prosperous
citizens, and the great majority of them,
not being in the first or second reserves,
were not called home TO join the army. but
contributed as much a,s they were able In
ca sh to pay the expenses of the war. Dur
Ing the entire year the Japanese newspapers
have contained anecdotes of people who
have contributedsto this fund.- Very often
SO small sum as penny would be re-
ceived with letter giving reasons why the
Enclosure was not larger and they were of
ten pathetic. Hundreds of people sold val
uables, ornaments. keepsakes pictures and
other objects of art and gave the proceeds
to the war-chest One gentleman in Toxic
sold valuable collection of bric-a-brac
which he had been years in making and
gave the entire proceeds. His sales were
advertised in the newspapers and many of
his choicest articles were purchased by
Americans and are now in this country
You may remember story told last
spring of letter received at the district Of
fees addressed to THE Lord Mayor Of
washington, by school boy of village
near the city OF Sendai, who wanted some
American to buy his collection of postage
stamps In order that he might give the
money to the emperor to carry on the war.
He was only a little boy and could not go
into the army and his parents were poor.
SO that he could not contribute anything;
but he had fine collection of stamps and
II he could sell them he would give the
proceeds to the government. Il was by
such contributions that the 2,311.3oS ven
was made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
On the River Front.

The tug Radiant of the Standard Oil
Company fleet, towing two large tank
barges laden with oil in bulk, arrived in
port yesterday morning and will unload
their cargoes at the oil stations here and
at Alexandria. The tug, with her barges,
sailed from Baltimore Friday morning
last, but was caught in the snow storm
and gale and forced to seek shelter for
several hours from the storm, but ar
rived here in safety
Arrived-Schooner Eddie, lumber. from
the Rappahannock river; schooners Will
liam Villas. Rena Cox, Willie Clarence
Ada Ballenger and Elenora Russell, oys-
tiers, from river beds Gin tow of tug VIM.
H Yerkes Jr.); steam barge D. X Jack
son, lumber from Aqua creek; scow Dam
lei. railway ties from river points. at
Alexandria; bugeye Goldie c., oysters
from river beds Gin tow Of tug VIM. H
Moh1er).
Sailed-Sloop Daisy, from Alexandria
with a general cargo for Pennington,
on Piscataway creek; schooner Alethea,
for Rappahannock river to load lumber
back to this city; schooner j. p. Robinson,
for Alexandria to load for Upper Macho-
doc creek; schooner Uriah Horner. for
river points to load lumber back to this
city.
observation-disclosures Mabel and Ruth.
from Newborn, n. c., for this city with q
cargo Of lumber aboard at Norfolk. 18th
instant; schooner May Brown, loaded
WIFI cora WOou IRON 1OWSTs MdcuOd0C
creek. and waiting a tug to tow her to
this city.
The Georgetown tug William H. Moh-
Ter sailed from Alexandria yesterday with
the large covered scow of the Alexandria
Chemical company in tow bound to
Quantico, where the scow Is to load a
cargo of sulphur rock for use in the
manufacture of sulphuric acid at the
Alexandria acid factory.
A large force of hands are at work
aboard the steamer Charles Manchester
overhauling her boiler and machinery
and renewing woodwork where neces-
sary, in order to put her in thorough or
der for service when she returns to her
route between this city and Mt. Vernon
early in the coming spring, somewhere
about March 1.
The tug M Mitchell Davis of this city,
which has been employed in bay towing
for several weeks past. has been ordered
to meet the tug Yerkes in the river and
relieve her of barge from this city.
which is to be taken to Norfolk. The
Yerkes will return to this city to be
hauled out to have her hull metaled.
Mr.. Will Reed, engineer of the District
freboat, who broke his leg aboard the
Firefighter~ about two months ago, has
recovered sufficiently to return to duty.
He is, however. still forced to use
crutches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
Chile to Lease It's Railways.

The students of government ownership
may find an interesting and important OBJ
ject-lesson in the republic of Chile, where
the congress has decided to lease for a
long term the principal railways belonging
to the state. The reasons given are econ
omy, and the fact that government control
and operation has not been satisfactory to
the public Chile was the first state in
South America to build railway and 1t
was built by William Wheelwright Penn
sylvanian. who was the father of the for
eign commerce and the transportation sys-
TENS Of both Chile and the Argentine Repub-
liz. Both governments have erected monu-
ments in his honor. Chile now has twenty
eight hundred miles of railway, of which
$50 miles belong to the government. They
have cost sc, 463, 437 silver pesos. The reve-
nues and the expenditures have been an
nUally about the same, but Congress has
been frequently called ON to make an APP
preparation to meet & deficit. There has
been a good deal of criticism concerning the
Introduction Of politics in the management
and the employment of unnecessary and in
competent help for political reasons The
private railways in Chile have been much
more profitable and the management has
been more satisfactory TO the public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
Stevens on Health at Panama.

John F. Stevens. chief engineer of the
Panama canal. who arrived at New York
from Colon on the steamer Havana yester.
day, said the sanitary conditions on the
isthmus are good enough for any one who
will live as clearly as at home. He said:
1.-THE sanitary conditions at the canal are
all right. went there five months ago
without any prejudices and in a receptive
condition of mind, with no opinion about
sanitary matters, sanitarians or their
theories. 1 met conditions as 1 found them
and now believe that the country Is good
enough for any one who will live cleaniy
life. without excess in fact. Just as he
would at home. AS for the mosquitoes, !
believe there are more in one county OF
northern Michigan than there are on tho
whole isthmus. The congestion of freight
has been removed, and we have cleared up
considerable work, building railroads and
moving material, andS this without addi-
tionaI facilities I am going to Washington
and will return to Colon after Christmas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
PATRIOT OF VENEZUELA.
Portrait of Gen. Paez Presented to the
Smithsonian institution.

The Smithsonian Institution has just re-
ceived full-length portrait of Gen. Jose
Antonio Paez. the patriot leader Of Ven
ezuela. Gen. Paez was well known in this
country and died in New York In 1873 He
had been soldier most of his life, his
boyhood till about the time he reached his
majority having been spent in the noun
tain region of Venezuela and In the cattle
country, where he developed skill as a.
trailer and an iron constitution that stood
him well in after years. He was born in
Acarigua In 1890. In early manhood he
made the acquaintance of Bolivar, and was
in a number Of the revolutions and upris-
ings in Venezuela and neighboring. South
American states. He came to this country
to pass his last years, and was for some
time resident of New York, where his
daughter is now Mrs. McGin, wife of the
fine arts director of the Cooper Institute.
The National Museum already had the
sword of Gen. Paez and his uniform The
portrait. by Paeli, was presented to the
Smithsonian by his children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
Victim of Auto Accident May Die.

A cablegram from Avignon. France, last
night says: The doctors have little hope
of saving the life Of ]. Walter Spalding
of the firm of A. G. Spaldlng & Brother,
New York city. who was injured in an auto
mobile accident at railway crossing near
Mondragon yesterday. The frontal bono
was fractured. one eye destroyed and the
other injured by splinters from his glasses.
Details of the accident show that Mr..
Spaldings automobile, in which he was
accompanied by three friends. was travel
ing at a high rate OF speed. 1t broke down
close to the crossing barrier, swerving
along the track and overturning. MT.
Spaldings head struck fence post, ana
fine other pa ssengers were severely bruised.
A minute later an express train passed the
scene of the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19

taken to the isthmus for the purpose named
and says that an examination of the vouch-
ers of the labor agents shows that there
have been no payments for other than la
borers. The Secretary conferred with
Chairman Shonts, Colonel Ernst and jack
son Smith, chief of the bureau of labor and
quarters, all of the Panama canal commits
sion, and the Secretary says they deny also
that there was any foundation for the
charge In transmitting mass of cor
respondence and reports from officials on
the isthmus, tending to show that the COM
mission had imported no persons other
than laborers into Panama, the Secretary
says: II may say generally that the COM
mission has been exceedingly solicitous con-
corning the conditions to the morality
and decent living of those whom they are
gathering into settlements along the line of
the canal on the isthmus''
He adds that the commission is supply
ing school buildings which will be used for
religious services on Sundays and that al
ready there are several preachers of differ
ent creeds In the pay of the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19

works in all the provinces was passed. The
house also passed unanimously, and with
out debate, an appropriation of $4,000 to
assist the striking Cuban cigarmakers at
Key West. Since the introduction OF the
latter bill the Cuban newspapers have been
urging its immediate passage, and there
was not the least opposition to 1t In any
quarter. with the exception OF the Ameri.
can newspapers here, which ventured to op.
pose the granting of government aid to the
strikers.
The Havana provincial council yesterday
appropriated $1,000 and the Havana city
council, $1,000 for the aid OF the Key West
strikers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
Large Shops and Parks.

Mr. A. MacAdams of Overlook Pa,
asks which of the great dry goods stores
has the largest floor space. Mr.. E. :.
Graham of D. H. Durham & Co. tells me
that Wanamaker's new store in Philadel-
phia will cover an area of 120.29S square
feet; the old Stewart building, now occu-
pied by Wanamaker in New York, covers
an area of $500 square feet, while the re-
Gently erected addition covers 81, COS square
feet, making total of 115,96S square feet
for Wanamaker's New York establishment.
Marshall Fields retail store in Chicago is
the next in size, and covers an area of
81, S14 square feet.
Mr.. MacAdams also asks the area of the
different parks IN cities of the United
States, which are as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
no boards, and then the suggestion was

no beardS, and then the suggestion was
tossed about between them until the three
agreed that they would go to the barber
shop Immediately after office hours, get a
clean-shave transformation and see what
the consequences would be. 1t was de-
cided transformation. Each one of them
looked at least ten years younger, and they
not only compfimented each other upon that
fact, but received congratulations from
every friend they met after leaving the
barber shop.
One of them. who lives in the country
northeast of Washington and is a good
deal of wag and practical joker, was SO
pleased with himself that after he got off
the trolley car he decided to have some
fun with his children. He took off his coat
turned 1t wrongside out and put 1t on
again; he mashed In his hat SO that 1t
looked disreputable; and when he entered
his own gate he commenced to shout, in
disguised voice, at a. group of little ones
who were playing on the piazza. They did
not recognize him; neither did his dog. a
loyal Irish setter which had been trained
to watch the children off the house and
stand off tramps. The children ran scream
ing into the hall, but the dog took the
other direction, and in less time than it
takes to tell 1t ne had his teeth in his mas
ters leg and had thrown him to the ground
with violence, where desperate struggle
took place.
Before his wife reached the scene he was
pretty well chewed up. The dog was pen1-
tent but doesn't yet quite understand what
was the matter. He seems to lack the
sense of humor, and cannot appreciate the
fun of having disguised man come into
the yard and yell rudely at the children he
Is ordered to protect. After his mistress
had called him off and he had recognized
his master, he appeared to be sincerely
sorry for the mistake; but his master struck
him two or three times with stick and
he ran off into some bushes.
There was also a good deal of explana
ton necessary before the wife and children
saw any humor in the situation. The clerk
had to telephone for three days sick leave,
nd no finally hap to his desk
he walked with a cane and his hands and
face were well covered with court-plaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19

No other city has more than 1000 acres
in parks. Paramount Park in Philadelphia
has a larger area than any other single
body of land devoted to park purposes in
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
DNIAID)AIM]LE VA[LIE'S
ALMOND BLOSSOM
Go M IPL f \ 10 IN
CIR RA M
Greatest Toilet
Luxury Made.

Cleanses softens purifies, whitens and beauties
the skin Soap and water only cleanse superb
tally.
Nine Yale says: A little Almond Bios
som Complexion Cream should be applied
every time the face ard hands are washed.
II removes the dust. SCOT, CRIME, smut and
smudge from the iDterstices of the skin
and makes the surface smooth velvet.
A daily necessity at home and abroad treasure
when travelling by land or water, when
outing Of any kind. and particularly priced at the
seaside or mountain resort Protects the skin from
cutting winds, burning rays Of the sun and every
cures abnormal redness OF the nose or any part
OF she face; also chappang. chatting, cold sores,
fever blisters and all irrtations OF the skin. It 10
the greatest known specific for burns; takes the
FIRE out more quickly than anything else. soothes,
heals and prevents scars and suppuratou. Indis-
the household An exquisite natural beau-fher. A
grateful application after shaving. Excellent FOR
massage purposes. Nine. Yale's Almond Blossom
Complexion Cream comes in two sizes, at special
prices Of Tec for the large sio0 size and ssc for
the zoe. size.
Ask for free copy OF Nine. Yaie's e8-page SOU
venir book at our Toilet Goods Department given
away free. Also mailed free to these living out OF
town. Write for copy.
We are Madame Ysle's washinston agents and
have permanently placed her entire line in our
Toilet Goods section, where ladies' can at an
times obtain any of these well known preparations.
We sell the entire limo at Special Cut Prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19

Women's all-linen plain hemstitched.
Women's all-linen Initial hemstitched.
Women's Swiss embroidered.
Women's all-linen, mourning borders.
Mems all-linen initial.
Mems Irish linen, tape borders.
Mems pure linen hemstitched.
women's hemstitched, embroidered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19

Cleanses softens. purifes, whitens and beauties
tally.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
Business CARDS.

TOWARD L. AVEEILL,
- D. D. s.,
DENTIST.
once hours, to IL a. M, to p. m. ONCE
over Stern's Drug Store, Brewster Block
MIDDLEBURY, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
WILL VISIT STATES.
LORD ROBERTS, OF ENGLAND,
COMING TO AMERICA.
Popular British Warrior May Be Guest
of President Roosevelt After
Inspecting Canadian Mil
itary Posts.

London.-Gen. Frederick Sleigh Rob
erts, earl of Kandanar, will sail short
iy for America, where he will make
a tour of inspection of his majesty's
Notifications and military establish
ments in Canada, from Halifax to
Vancouver.
It is Earl Roberts intention, WREN
he finishes his tour of duty in the
British possessions, to visit the princi-
pal cities Of the United States, includ
ing Washington, where, it is believed,
he will be the guest of President
Roosevelt
The general will be accompanied to
America only by a small military staff.
Lord Roberts is a soldier of many
titles, but he is known best by his
rank and file name of "Bobs," given
him lovingly by his military following
because of his fighting qualities and
his solicitude for the comfort Of the
soldier in the field.
American army officers probably will
greet Lord Roberts with enthusiasm.
He has said many kindly and appreci.
alive things of the American forces,
and recently he declared at a banquet
given in London that West Point was
the greatest military school in the
world.
Lord Roberts probably has more
medals than any other man in the
world, soldier or civilian. He doesn't
wear them all. He can't, for there is
not room for them on his uniform coat.
One decoration, however, he never
parts with. 1t is the bit of bronze
known as the Victoria Cross, which is
given only for conspicuous personal
gallantry under the fire of the enemy.
Only one other general of the first
rank in England. Sir George White,
has won the coveted cross.
"Bobs" is the son of soldier and of
soldiers daughter, and he has been
soldering since boyhood. He served
through the siege of Delhi and was
wounded at its capture. He was with
the column which relieved Lucknow,
and fought in nearly every important
battle of the Indian mutiny.
In the year 1880 Lord Roberts led
the English forces in that memorable
march from Kabul to the relief OF
Kandahar When an earldom was ere.
ated for Lord Roberts, his march to
Kandahar and the fierce battle on his
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06
IRON TIRES FOR AUTOS.
New Wheel Invented Which, It Is
Claimed, Will Do Away with
Pneumatic Tires.

New York.-A new iron wheel and
tire for automobiles has been invented
which. it is claimed, will in time entire
ly supplant the pneumatic tires now in
use. A test run was recently made from
New York to Stamford, Conn. a distance
of 40 miles, on an automobile fitted with
the wheels, and the four passengers, had
they not been aware of the conditions,
might have believed themselves to be
rolling along on the best acting pneu-
matte tires. John Chamber Rutherford,
a mining engineer of Mexico, is the in
ventor of the new wheels.
The wheel is somewhat cumbersome
in appearance, though by no means un-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-06

fish nets which fall in graceful curves
between the posts
For modern comfort and luxury
large choice of hotels and summer
houses. OF difficult access in the past,
Block island now is within Az hours
of New York, the new service inau-
gurated by President Ralph Peters,
of the Long Island railroad, gives
fast run by limited express from one
end of Long Island to the other, pass
ing through the beautiful Hamptons,
over the famous Shinn1tck hills, and
with a panorama Of never ending in
terest reaching Montauk 116 miles
east, there to take a fast comfort
able steamer for an hours run across
to Block Island sound, the land that
means all the health and pleasure OF
an ocean voyage with its discomforts
and unpleasant features omitted.