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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

sanity among them is gradually In
creasing. but not at an alarming rate
There are thirty who have to he re
strained, all but two of whom are ne
groes.
Near by them are fourteen lepers,
also negroes, who soon will be sent to
IN island down the Pacific coast.
There have been white men attacked
by IeprOsy. and several suspicious cases
among them are under surveillance. 1t
Is estimated that there are more than
sixty among the natives scattered over
the isthmus.
Some of the best ana Broudest fam
lilies on the iSthmus are known to be
afflicted with it. There are not many
such instances, the better class of Pan
amans being remarkably clean skin
ned and healthy. The American doc
tors dread the day when such cases
must be dealt with by removal to
leper camp. The order for a close in
spection of all natives and a report OF
every case discovered has gone out
from sanitary headquarters. Any guess
Of the number that will be found would
be wild, but il is estimated by one Of
Tue lnsDectoTs tlIdl JueFe are-Iuly SiAis-
Quarters for the unfortunates at Mi
rafiores are necessarily crude and far
from what they should be. This is in
a measure Offset by the care given
them, which visit to- the camp shows
is intelligent and humane The wards
Of the violent patients were unwisely
built near the station, so close to the
railroad tracks that their gestures can
be seen through the bars of their cells
ana their wild cries heard by passen-
gers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
New Use. For "oId CIoes."

y movement IS now on foot among
Yale men to rid the university OF the
'old cloes" pests-in other words, men
who hang around the campus for the
purpose Of buying the CASTOR garments
OF the students, says a New Haven
dispatch to the New York Tribune
The majority of the men of the AGA
demic department have agreed TO turn
over their castoff clothes tn the Rev. II.
Roswell Bates OF New York city. who
is working in the slums OF the metrop-
oils, and the Sheffield Scientific school
will follow suit or will follow with its
suits in Il few days
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

he is going after he adopts the same
process with similar results. He uses
plain speech and hOmely illustrations.
Though nearly seventy years old, he
can fight all day and all night and be
as clipper as u dancing master for the
next days scrimmage. He never bears
spite. and the wounds he leaves ON
others are OF the sort that heal quick
ly. In other words. there is no malice
in his attacks. He is hard hitter,
but fights fair. He looks like a dea-
con anu swears Ike a pirate. Yet Eis
oaths are OF an amiable sort that con
tain no blasphemy. They are simply
vigorous adjectiyes. He always has
cigar except when asleep or in the
speakers chair. The cigar is usually
cheap, long and black, and the various
angles at which IL is tilted indicate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

tain dignity of the sort l mean even
about a yellow jacket. and this is the
kind that appertains TO your Uncle Joe.
He is genuine, virile. partisan to his
finger tips and an all the time Ameri-
can. In speaking he beats the atmos-
,phere pounds his desk with both fists.
keeps his body in constant motion and
is as lively as fly in bottle. In fact,
members in his immediate vicinity
have to get out OF the way for personal
safety. He does not do these things
for effect, but because he can't help it
They bubble out Of him as spontane-
ously as song out of a katydid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
Brokers' Lucky shot.

f. II. Douglas, New York broker,
who recently came out Of the woods
near Fredericton, y. B., where he
hunted with Harry Braithwaite as
guide. killed two offers in an unusual
way, says a dispatch from Frederic
ton, y. Il. The offers were under the
Ice when discovered. and Mr. Douglas
shot at them with his rife. The bullet
hit the ice and broke IL so that the
conclusion killed the offers. The ami
mails were not hit by the bullet, and
thus the skins were not injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
How Girl Corn Husker Won piano

On Il wager with her father. in which
the stake was new piano and year
at Chicago musical college. Alice
Iseminger. the eighteen-year-o daugli
ter of one of the best TO do farmer
near Manila, Ia, recently broke the
record. says the Chicago Tribune. by
husking and cribbing 1870 bushels be
tween sunrise and sunset.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

the boy or he might have taken the
leap.
When the gangplank was run out TO
the ship Mr.. Morgan was the first To
cross il. He kissed each of the Hamil-
tons with reSounding smack. Then
he helped To hustle the new arrivals
into waiting carriage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
Greatest Pie Eater In Congress.


Cannon has the record as the greatest
pie eater in congress. His doctor for
babe meat eating because OF equity
tendencies, so the speaker fell back on
pie. -Four pieces for lunch is not bad
for man approaching seventy.
Soon after being elected speaker I'm
Gle Joe gave the newspaper boys a
recipe for spending Christmas He told
them to take one drink. no more ana
that should be straight whisky. After
describing the ideal Christmas dinner
he added that one should tilt back his
chair, put his feet high up and light a
cigar.
BE SO contented.' he said, that you
even forget to cuss the scoundrel who
wrote lies on you"
After giving that advice Uncle Joe
went out TO Illinois. When he got back
he found several bushels of letters
from temperance people protesting
against his advice to take one drink of
whisky.
Upon wading into these warm epis-
ties for an hour or two Uncle Joe
gasped to his secretary:
Good God. Busbey! What would
they have said If L had made IL two
drinks of whisky"
AS speaker Mr.. Cannon has not so
many opportunities for his wit as for
merly. Still he frequently gives vent to
something that cOnvulses the house.
At the time the Philippines bill was on
passage the Republicans paid little at
tentiOn, and only Il few scattering
ayes We're heard. But the nays from
the Democratic side We're united and
vociferouS.
Tie nays seem to make the most
noise" said the speaker. "but the ayes
have it, and the bill is passed.
On the eve of his first election to the
speakership one of the members came
TO bid him goodby.
What do you meant said Cannon.
The member. remembering the meta
morphosis through which other men
had gone who had been elected to the
position, replied:
II suppose you'll be speaker now"
Waving his cigar toward the house.
Uncle Joe said:
I'm there I'll be speaker; away from
there you'll find that I'll be Joe Can
non''
1t has been even so.
There's nothing like power" re-
marked Il new member TO Uncle Joe
You feel like regular car or sultan
at times"
Yes, said Cannon refiectively
There are times when do These are
when l mediate on the fact that r
have complete control over the BARRIERS
in the two shaving establishments of
the house. l hold the snickersnee over
their heads, every one of them. and Il
get pigeon breasted when / contem-
plate it,
Some one asked the speaker his def
milton of IL pessimist
"A pessimist.' said he, sis fellow
that goes around looking for thorns to |
sit on
One day an Obstreperous member re- l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
wireless In surveying.

Survey camps along the Grand
Trunk Pacific lines east OF Winnipeg
will keep In touch with headquarters
BY means e wireless teIegrapby.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
BaIks at High Hand Shake.

The speaker balks ut the high hand
shake \ young man tried it on him
one day, but Joe said he didn't belong
to that lodge and was not familiar with
the grip.
But everybody shakes hands that
way now" said the young man.
Every body" cried Cannon. Then
excuse me. l shall continue TO asso-
ciate and shake hands with nobodies."
A young naval officer who did not
know Cannon went into the appro-
priatiOnS committee on business ana
wondered who the deacon was sitting
at the head of the people. He was
suddenly trapsfiXed by having the sup
posed deacon turn around ana say:
'Well, young man, what the devil
can we do for yOu?"
Sunset Cox once allowed Cannon
time i'll IL debate provided the IllinoiSan
would keep his hands in his pockets.
Inside of minute, however. Uncle
Joe's famous left came out for Il ges-
ture, and he had to relinquish the
floor.
One morning the speaker came to
his Office with two collars on and no
lie tOulOl HOL ttII HON IL nap
pened.
Some one was commenting on the
lack of patriotism of certain man
ana was wondering how it could be,
since he came of good old Revolution
airy Rtock.
well, what of it," exclaimed Mr..
Cannon. You can't pump patriotism
out of IL pedigree"
Mr.. Cannon is quite well fixed as this
worlds goods go He has a rented
house i'll Washington, presided over by
his daughter. Miss Helen, where he Ell
tertains extensively. Uncle Joe is
quite a social feature in the national
capital.
Joseph q. Cannon was born in North
Carolina in 1896. His parents were
Quakers. He went early to Indiana,
attended school till fourteen, then |
clerked in n store till he had saved |
500. He then studied law and began !
practicing in Illinois For several |
years he was district attorney, then |
went to congress, where he has served |
over thirty years. He was offered the |
nomination for vice president last year. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
"Knows Whom to Bark at and When"

Holman of Indiana used to be called
THE watchdog of the treasury" But
Cannon" said Il man who had served
with both, lis 4 better trained dog than
Holman was. Holman barked at every
body and all the time; Cannon knows
whom to bark at and when
\ visitor once asked for an apprOpri-
alton, and Cannon said No so frank
~ that the man who had made the re-
quest seemed surprised and almost
gratified.
You asked me. didn't yOu?' said
Uncle Joe. We'll. told You Whit did
you take ME for? Did you think l was
going to fill You up with hot air and
then not do anything?"
Cannon has an original sort of bow.
all his own. He needs about six feet
square for the maneuver.
Il can't figure out" said the late
Postmaster General Payne. whether
Joe thinks he is planting corn or hitch
ing horse"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
GLIMPSES OF UNCLE JOE CANNON SPEAKER OF THE HOUS

but vigorously declined 1t. Ills friends
say he Is worthy higher place.
]. \. EDGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
Raising Ba mboo In Oregon.

Bamboo Is being grown on Balm
bridge island. NJ. Furuya * Co. i'm
porters and exporters OF JapaneSs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

FUSED TO be seated and cease talking.
The gentleman might as well quit"
said the speaker, vigorously pounding
the desk. Il can make as much noise
as he can"
The member saw the point and sub
sliced.
Here Is another Uncle Joe-ism:
a president without both houses of
congress back of him doesn't amount
to much more than n cat without claws
in that place that burneth with fire and
birthstone"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

thing about highbinders, out mat was
too much, and the interpreter baked.
The Illinois statesman is Il thorough
believer in the victor taking the spoils,
and it is asserted that he has secured
his share. In every department he has
secured appointments for his friends.
His style of going after these places
Is characteristic. He pounds the desk
in the same way and brings as vigor-
GUS arguments to bear as he would
n advocating bill in congress. Per-
haps the dread i'll which Uncle Joe has
been held ;ss chairman of the appropria-
tons committee had something to do
with his success in landing jobs for
his constituents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
No Dull Moments Ia His Vicinity.

When Cannon first doomed into PROM
inence he was referred to as IA big
gun" but that pun became hanging
Offense twenty years ago. Besides, a
Calling is more in keeping with his
rapid fire style. He usually keeps his
temper. but now and then there is an
explosion that clears the atmosphere
for hours afterwarl. His blue eyes
alternately twinkle with humOr and
fash with the fire of battle. His mouth
GUMS up at the corners. ready 10 slip
into smile at any moment. He is
straightforward. startlingly frank and
always interesting. There are no dull
moments in his neighborhood If a
camp meeting eXhorter and a horse
jockey could be combined and the COM
posite result was incarnated as a poll
tician the result would he something
like Uncle Joe
When he was chairman of the aDpro-
priationS committee, a place that he
held for many years, he attempted one
day to cut down the salaries of the sci
entists in the agricultural department.
Ii was objected that good scientists
could not be hired for less than $1,000
per year.
Why" retorted Cannon, there are
hundreds and thousands of scientists
who would be glad to take the position
at $1,000. and whenever there is a va
cancy scientists come rushing in for
the place like duck after June bug"
Esprit of Beauty"
Here Is characteristic Cannonesque
thing that Kate Carew declares the
speaker got off in one of his inspired
moments:
Il wouldn't give three whoops in h
for any man whose heart would not
beat faster, who would not breathe
deeper, whose eyes would not take fire.
whose spirit would not swell as if 10 |
him, who would not be moved !
TO the shedding of tears (and that with
out any shame) by the voices of birds |
and children, by mothers smile, by Il |
song that is sung greatly from thet
heart, by the face of a beautiful wo- |
man and the voice Of her pleading, by /
noble oratOry or the noble acting of
actors on the stage, by any human art |
through which the spirit of beauty in |
one speaks TO the spirit OF bcluty in |
mother
Think of congressman getting that
off without ever Stopping to take
breath, III proof were needed that
Cannon is a man out of the ordinary,
that would furnish it, But proof is not
required, for no one questions the state
ment
1t was Uncle Joe, by the way, who
originated that pun about high cities.
lie was talking TO a Chinese prince
through an interpreter, of course
when something was said about sky
Yes said Cannon, your Celestial
excellency will find that the most char
acteristic three cities in this land are
by some manifestation of
lighness. In New York we have high
buildings, in Chicago high winds and
n San Francisco high rollers
Joe afterward tried To ring in some !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01
An All the Time American.

He is ford of face, nearly bald
shaves his upper lip and wears whis-
kers that once were sandy, but now are
almost white. He is only of medium
height, thin. gnarled and Niry, slightly
STOPPING in posture and careless as to
dress. His vest is usually half unbut-
toned. and in action he sheds his coat
and vest, often ev-n his collar and
cravat. and not infrequently rolls up
his sleeves. Rather he did these things
when he was fighter on the floor
Since taking the chair il is essential
for him TO keep his wardrobe intac.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

the mood or the possessor as certain
~ as the barometer indicates the
weather. He wears spectacIes. but de-
tests to be pictured in them; says he
looks old aDnnuh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-01

Why She Enjoyed Church.
4 clergyman in Richmond, Va, tells
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10
"coPPERED" THE PROPHET,
Weather Man So Often Wrong 1t Was
a Sure Thing to Bet Against 49,
L Him.

Z This is story OF q weather Almanac
prophet, who may be called Thompson.
tells on himself, says the New Yorb
Press. While recently visiting s jersey
town he went into store to buy ciga,:
He made his purchase and was about til
leave the store when the proprietor. re.
marked: .r.-
B TITS pity you have no umbrella. for
It's going to rain soon." .>. =.
i Il think you are wrong in your predic.
ton, replied Thompson. 1T looks like
fine weather to me.'.' ~
s well" said the cigar store man. "1,u
bet a dollar 1t will rain before noon"
Il Very good, III call in again TO-DAY
and collect" = said Thompson. After
leaving the store he had gone only a few
blocks when he was well drenched nv a
sudden shower. Thompson was struck
by the mans prediction, and being al
ways intent on the interest Of his alma
nae he went back to the store and was
received by the proprietor with q broad
brin. ~ ,1stt:.. In tsG H. !, IL. -
y you see ! was right after ali. -.
g Yes, admitted Thompson. Here's
your dollar. and III give you another il
you tell me how you knew of this rain ;.
Why, the truth is have an almanac
called Thompson's Almanac, and the fel-
low is such notorious liar that whan-
ever he predicts q fine day always know,
twill be the exact opposite. Hooked &c
the almanac early this morning and pre-
pared for rain z5=sz5s.z j. .y5 z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10

Years ago when foods threatened, al
the people could do was to flee with
what goods they could carry away, and
wait to return to their homes, to plant
crops and carry on their work when tho
waters had fallen. Then gradually prt-
vate enterprise began building leveo
here and there; next communities took
It upon themselves to provide this pro-
lection: later the state carried the bur
den, and now the federal government
looks after repairs and even undertakes
to build up new works. To-day there
are $500 miles oflevees below the mouth
Of the Ohio, contrast to that first levee
built in New Orleans in TIT, one mile
long. ~. :. : =:
In addition to the river gauges. the
service has lately begun to make use OF
the snow gauge A tube measures
depth Of snow deposits, and the snow in
the tube Is melted down. this water
measured and compared with the depth
OF snow. Estimates are made OF tho
quantity Of water there will be when
the spring thaws melt the snow crustA.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10
Serious Accusations Are Made Against
President Joseph F. Smith.
LATTER WOULD BE A MONAR CH
Chareed That Leader Speculated with Church
Funds to His Personal Benefit-Accus-
ers Are Excommunicated.
Two Prominent Men Leading Fight Dethrone Al.
legged Autocratc Ruler--His Crimes Against the
Church. His Followers and the Nation.

! viously in good standing in the church
have made serious accusations against
Mr.. Smith.
He has been charged with taking the
money paid as an offering to the Lord"
and using it for speculations to build ZIP
his own private wealth.
He has been charged with taking the
bodies Of the daughters Of his subjects
and bestowing them upon his favor
ites;;" OF taking property which be-
longed to the widow and orphan and
having absorbed it into the possessions
of the CROWN" with expressing the poor
members Of the church for his own en-
richment; Of violating the laws of the
church; of committing crimes against
the government: of reasonable teach
ing, and OF forsaking true spiritual life
for the worship Of mammon."
Accusers Excommunicated.
Goaded into anger by these attacks,
President Smith has sought to retaliate
by communicating persons who might
question his acts.
Already former Senator Frank J. Can
non, son of President George @. Can
non, one of the most celebrated leaders
of the Mormon church. has been cut of
for daring to express opinions in criti-
cism of the Mormon head
Charles A. Smurthwaite. one of the
leading business men of Utah. a high
priest in the church and a man whose
character has been above reproach, has
been disfellowshipped for charging
President Smith with bad faith and de-
handing an accounting Of the church
funds.
He is fighting the proceedings against
him, maintaining that, if given an op-
portunity, he will prove every statement
he has made against the president of the
church.
Furthermore. he has put to test the
various asseverations of the church to
the effect that polygamy and polyga-
nous cohabitation are no longer counte-
nanced by filing charges against one Of
the elders of the church. Hyrum II. Cod
dard, on the ground that this elder is
violating the revelation against polyg-
amy by living with two wives.
The hierarchy is seeking to eyade, the
issue by raising technical points, but it
is being continually put into the position
of showing bad faith all around. and is
being forced into this attitude by it's own
members.
Discomfort Grows. D."
According to impartial observers, the
discomfort within the church is growing
rapidly, and it. is said this same discon-
tent is manifesting itself in a way to
hurt the president in the most sensitive
place-the pocketbook Already it is
stated that the tithing is falling of
heavily. -
Thinking men among the Mormons
are backing up Elder Smurthwaite's de-
mand that an accounting be made for
the tithing. They object to giving up q
tenth of their incomes as an offering to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10
The Spring Floods That
Yearly Cause Such Distress
River and Flood Service laboring 70 Avert Evils-Vev
Important Branch Of Weather Bureau Brief
St Glance at Its Work. =

Fourth instant, six a. m. Clear wealth
er. Wind south Precipitation since
last report, 10. River S.S below zero Of
gauge and falling" ~. 5
The big Mississippi Is divided into ten
districts, each has Z station that gathers
daily reports from its substattons. Ths
station ut Cairo 1s = very important one.
looked upon as the key Of the entire
stream. Here empties the waters Of tho
Ohio, and near by 10 the Missouri.s
mouth. The forecans for the river be-
low Cairo are chiefly based on the meas
uroments Of the Cairo station.
Along the Mississippi are distributed
30 river gauges, huge measuring rods
that reach down to the rivers bolton
and up higher than any probable flood
ever will 90. The shortest are Is fest
in length, the longest 200. In normal
times the water surface is read on these
gauges once day; in times Of flood
sometimes once an hour. The greatest
variation recorded is 69 feet at Cincin-
natl. The variation for slow rivers aV-
erages from ten to Is feet, and up to s.
and 40 feet in rapid streams.
The cost of the river and flood serv-
ice is very small compared to tho
amount of property it saves. Fifty
dollars expended by the food service Of
the bureau for extra telegraph tolls in
seasons Of flood frequently saves anil
lion dollars in property and hundreds OF
lives more precious than the total wealth
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10
RAILROAD BRIDGE WRECKED AT KANSAS CITY

the dryest month Of all the twelve, the
time of low waters.
New England floods come when the
spring rains melt the winter store Of
ice. On the Pacific coast, the great
Columbus river regularly has floods
that last from near the middle Of May
on into June. The Sacramento rises
earlier as rule; last year foods along
the banks of this river worked much
havoc, smashed levees and devastated
to an unusual degree.
DR.. Frankenfield, who has charge
of the river and food service,
speaks of the Mississippi flood Of
1904 as the greatest in the history
Of the United States, the only inun-
dation ever approaching it being that
of 1874. Third in severity was that
Of 1897. ..-~:
To give some idea Of the good Yankee
dollars saved by the work Of the new
service, We may mention that in 1897
DR.. Frankenfield's corps saved $15,-
100000 worth Of property, and in the
greater food Of 1903 property Of much
greater value. Concerning the warn
ings sent out by the service, DR.. Frank
enfield speaks thus: I'VE always aim to
frame our forecast at least within foot