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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08
PETROLEUM,

Brother Rockefeller seems to feel able to give away a good deal this year, though perhaps his oil business wasn't anything extra last year. The output of crude petroleum in 1904, as estimated by the United States Geological Survey, was enormous. More than 117,OOO, 900 barrels, valued at $101, ,17O, ,466, were pro- duced. Compared with the year 1903, there was an increase in quantity of 16,000,000 barrels, and the value of the product increased by $6,476.416. To the consumers the value of the oil per bar rel fell from .9426 in 1903 to 1884 in 1904, a decrease in value of nearly eight cents barrel. The returns for 1904 show 8 marked increase of production in the new fields, but decrease in the Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas fields. Pennsylvania oil remained nearly sta- tionary in quantity and value. Tn West Virginia the output of oil declined slightly. The most striking feature of the report is that showing the increase in production in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, in Kansas, Louisiana and Texas. The production in the two ter- ritories increased from 138,911 barrels, valued at $142,4O2, in 1903, to 1866, 74S barrels. The value of this product, to- gether with that of Kansas, is given as $5,447,622, Kansas having increased her output from 932,214 barrels to 4,250, 779 barrels.
 These are big figures, but oil is and has been big thing.
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HE WTIL SUCCEED HAY.

First it was announced that MT. Root would be Secretary of State. Then it was announced that he could not pos sibly be Secretary of State, because he was bound by retainers amounting to $2OO,OOO or so to do law work for certain clients. Now it is announced that he is going to be Secretary of State, but cannot go to Washington permanently until September. As this announce lnent is made by the Secretary to the President, it may be assumed to be correct.
 As MT. Root is a great man and ap- parently able to do we'll whatever he undertakes We may expect much from him, in his new office. And th:re is pretty definite talk that his appoint ment means more than might at first look appear. It is said that official Washington attaches but one meaning to Mfr. Roots going again into the cab inet; that he will be candidate for the Presidency in 1908, and that he will have behind him all the influence and patronage of the Roosevelt administra- tion in attaining his ambition. On no other ground can anyone in Washing ton account for MT. Roots willingness to resign the acknowledged leadership of the New York bar and the handsome income from his law practice incident to that position, to assume again a po- sltion in offl.ial Washington, which, his friends declare, both he and Mrs. Root found eistasteful when a1e r2sided there as secretary of war.
 All Of which is interesting and per haps imr ant. There will have to be q rryS.t,ent chosen in 1908, and perhaps he will nail from New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08
AN1C4DEMY OF SPORTS.

The Academy of Sports is among the latest French ideas, and it isn't a bad one. Some time ago. it appears, the patrons of motor-boat racing want ed a name for the sport, and applied for one to the old original Academy, which furnished quantity of erudite but totally impractical combinations. Therefore Prince d'Arenberg, Baron Henri de Rothschlld, Count Henri de la Vaulx, the Marquis de Dion, M. Paul Adam, NJ. Henri Desgranges, and oth- CT we'll known gentlemen decided that it was high time that sport should have an acad'5my of it's own, capable of calling things by appropriate names, at once pronounceable and intelligible. So the new academy has been organiz- ed. It will consist always of forty members. Although it will not lay claim to any authority, it expects to exercise a grjat deal of it. As one of it's founders says: We hope that the collective influence of the members of body including the best known names in the world of sport will carry great weight, and that an expression of it's opinion will have an effect amounting to authority. Such result would be in the best interests of sport. The aca- demy will occupy itself, first of all, with the adoption of a sporting nomen- clature. Then the academy will award prizes and honors for meritorious per formances of all descriptions in the sporting arena"
 Why not? Sports are important enough nowadays to justify an acad- emy.
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ANNEXED.

The Caller-The man who wrote that poem you printed yesterday didn't know what he was talking about. The Editor-Of course not. Other wise it wouldn't have been poetry Chicago Daily News
 ''So let that settle it." Mrs. Henreck concluded, "a word to the wise is suf- f1cient."
 ''Yes, may dear," replied Henpeck, and to the average married man a word in edgewise is suffictsnt. "-Phila- delphia Press.
 "Pa, what's a tip?" "A tip. my son, is small sum of money which you give a man because you're afraid he won't like not being paid for something you didn't ask him to do."-Life.
 Willie-"well, pa; I have been work ing like b:aver to-day" Father That's good. What were you doing?" Building a dam to make a ewimmin' le."-Washington Life.
 Jack-Dora, how much longer have I got to waltz" Dora-"Why, Jack, we've baen engaged only three weeks! When we are having such happy time why do you want to cut short and get married? ?"-Chicago Tribune.
 Uncle Winthrop-And what do you desire to be when you become a man, Emersie? When I was your age wanted to ba a pirate.
 Emerson Lowell Backbeigh-This as- pirations of modern youth are so diff ferent, uncle. Now, I should like to be a promoter.-Puck.
 They were seated so close together on the parlor sofa that there was no room between them for an argument, when she suddenly kt loose 8 large and soul ful sigh, Whats the matter, darling?' he asked.
 "Oh," she replied q just happened to think that this would be our lss evening together until to-niorrow even ing!"-London Tit-Bits
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- - = Up Like a Rocket.

Up like Q rocket. and down like the But, Up like rocket" ce sates IS my
 pick. v The rocket: We wait in the ,tarkne sas Keyed up with expecting it's glorious
 rush.
 S-w-i-s-s-s-n! It will rise to the joy oH our eyes, Fullsfaming and splendid as srandly 1t And roaring and soaring and boring the
 skies; Behind it d shower of tremulous light No garland of jewels was ever so bright It biazes it's way to the heart of the
 night! The rocket! It hurries with marvellous
 sWirls, Bomharding the gloom with the missiles
 S-w-i-s-s-s-h! And all of us wonder in watching it's To see it's outaingings of purple and That laugh at the dinner display of tho It heads for goal inconceivably far; It drives with might that will bend It seems to cry "Room"' to each quiv-
 ering star! The rocket! Spilled wine from the bowl
 of nights cup A cascade of glory, it reaches up, up!
 Sw-i-s-s-s-h! And then, when it's mark it has gallant
 ly gained, We shout at the glittering colorings That leave all the dark tridescently
 stained. Then. soft as whisper, the colorings Again all the mystery creeps through
 the sky, The hour of the rocket has swiftly gone
 by. Up like a rocket"-But glory comes
 quick, Let me be rocket. Who cares for the W. D. Nesbit in The Reader Magazine
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08
TANNING BUFFALoEs-Part HI.

It was so late when the four buffalo, calves arrived at my home, that Mor- rison, who brought them over the mountain from Corbin yards, con- scented to remain over night. I doubt if he slept very much, for the buffalo calves were the pride of his heart, and to see -four of the finest of them Cfor had had my pick) doomed in what I believe he considered almost certain death must surely have given him a bad night. I got up very early and went out to the barn, and stood for some minutes watching the wildeyed cavles as they stood ready to dash themselves against the walls of their pen at the slightest attempt to ap- proach them.
 Well! What do you think of them?"
 I turned my head, and there was Morrison who had been watching them probably since daylight. I answered that I thought I had my work cut out for me for some time to come. An in- describable look came over the mans face, but knew what was passing in his mind. He was wondering if there was no way to save his darling calves without offence to me. At last, with a. smile which would have helted an ice- berg, he said, very gently, q think two O them will be all yell care to handle, sir. They're not like anything else, ye know; ye cant do nothing with 'em. When ye try to make 'em feed one O 'em will make ye dom tired, and then just thfnk of it sir, there'll be three more. Just let me take two O them back to their mothers this morning. and yell never regret it," Sincerity was written ill every line of his face, and he gained his point.
 I consented to his taking two of the calves back with him, with the under standing that if I succeeded in keep- ing my two alive for ten days, I was to have two more. A look of great iov came over his honest face iov tempered only by the thought that he could not take all four of the precious babies back with him. So, after some trouble, we crated two of the calves,
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ed, they had no further use for me, and If persisted in an effort to caress one of them, he would butt me yigor- Ously. His plan of attack consisted in leaping forward. bringing the fore eet down with great force. if possible upon my toes, and then bringing the lowered head up with all his might. If I dodged, or if for any other reason he failed to strike me with his head at the first attempt, he would not try again immediately, but if his head reached me the first time, he would follow it right up, and give me several more good punches in rapid succession.
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

rather than take it back. How in the world. I ask. could the great tide of immigration that has turned itself to- ward this country in the last half cen- tury and more have been retained with in the fold of the Christian church without the great moulding influence that the American branch of the Ro- man Catholic church has given it? again thank God for the Roman Catho- lie church.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08
MEANS TO RULE THE WAVE.

Britannia is going to continue to rule the wave, if she knows herself, and she thinks she does. The English govern ment will in October next lay the keel plates at Portsmouth dockyard of a battleship of 1S,OOO tons displacement,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08
ADvERTIsING RATES.

eItnatiops. wants. Rents. and other Rmail Advertisements. One Cent q "oro each insertion. Five Cents a worG t0r full week.
 Display advertisements. per ineh' one insertson, s1.20; each subsequent EnseF- tton. 40 cents; one week. sS'zo; one month. s1o; one year. $49.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 1s GENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS. ss YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. 2 CENTa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

A Danbury minister who has located 4 camp on the shore of lake has re- l;citously named the establishment oweneeda Rest"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08
respondent who is with Genera

sspondent who is with Geheral 9~.hander of the Salvation
 saws that on shipboard he is al- ,noat \ slave to work. His cabin is a Morkshop, his couch, emblazoned with army flags, resembles a warriors tent; his walks and talks on deck are utili- tarian: his staple food is rice and lie ignores the dinner table. His tour Of the Orient is to include meetings, coun- cils and conferences in all the leading towns of New Zealand, Tasmania Queensland, New South Wales, Victo- ria South Australia and West Aus tralia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

The Brooklyn Eagle says this is a. true story from Tennessee: A northern woman missed a turkey which had been roasted for dinner. She unwisely searched the cabin of her cook, found the skeleton of the missing bird under the bed, and, being stranger, was more shocked than the discovery callsd for. Not long after the cook emerged from her cabin in gorgeous raiment and high good spirits, and explained gleefully that she was going to com munion. The mistress was still more shocked and asked how she dared to go after the turkey episode. Then the servant drew herself up with dignity and inquired: "Mis' Johnson, do you think I'm goin' to let a little measIy turkey stand between me and my bless ed Lawd?"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

There was no court etiquette during 4he German emperor's recent Mediter- ranean trip, according to Professor rheodor schienann, one of the guests. sAlI wore the same sort of clOtheS' . ssvs the professor, "and took their places at table at random except that every day two guests were specially in- vited to sit at the Kaisers rlgflt ana left In conversation the Kaiser knew how to listen as well as to talk, and he was not in the least offended at contradiction. Sunday mornings ne ,rasided over the service, reading ser mons by Goens or Dryander. Once ne delivered a most erudite discourse on Babel and Btbel.' "
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

THH WEEKLY JOURNAL Issued Thursdnys, One Dollar a Year,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

The Rev. pr. c. L. Rhodes, secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, at the annual luncheon to the guests of the West Thirty-third Street Baptist church, New York, recently, took the ministers to task for discussing trivial topics at their weekly meetings, and went on to say: have been se- verely criticised for saying that I thank God that there has been a Roman Catholic church and that it has had an American branch, But reiterate it,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

IA Richmond (virginia) judge tells story which illustrates the difficulty met in trying to stop the carrying of pistols. A tough youth was brought before the judge, charged with firing revolver in the street. The testimony in the case was to the effect that the young hoodlum had filled himself win wh;skey and had discharged his weap- on in a crowded street. Twenty dol lars and. costs.'' said the magistrate. aBrt. your honor," interposed counsel for the prisoner, "my client did not hit anybody."v ''Why, you admit that he fred the gum" "Yes, but he fired in fhe air, explained the lawyer. "Twen- ty dollars and costsSS' repeated the dudge. He might have shot an angel" And tie riotous fellow went to jail, not having the money to pay his fine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

William Dean Howells has some en- Graging words to say to young as- Tirants for fTtgTgsFy' Sonors. There IS room for a good story of>any kind" he said recently. Although an editor governs his judgment by what his read sers have liked before. often rejecting something they would like much bet ter, no good thing in a story ever re- mains unpublished. Someone will read dt. feel it's truth and print it if it is true. But he goes on with word of advice. II do not believe anyone can write a novel. with rare exceptions, until he has lived at least thirty-ive years in experience of the world" Mr.
 Howells' opinion is based upon the most minute critical endeavors for many years, both as editor and author
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-08

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB- LrsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

Carried Trunk Out.-Another bold
theft was committed yesterday morn
ing when some one entered the house
AT 170S Fourth avenue and took a trunk
belonging TO Peter Johnson and
Charles Larson. The two men were
sleeping in the room at the time the
trunk was taken. but they did not hear
the thief. so clever was he in his work.
The trunk was carried into the back
yard and rified. where it was found.
Sixteen dollars in money. a gold watch
and chain. some clothing ana TWO bank
books containing several hundred dol
lars in deposits was the booty gained
by the thief. The bank books were
found in the alley at the rear of the
house. No clue as TO who might be the
thief was left. Johnson and Larson
room together at the above address and
Sunday night the former went 10 bed
quite early About u O'Clock Larson
came home and retired. and il was
some time after this that the burglary
was committed. The authorities are
busy on the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

Charles Franzenberg. Trayer. Iowa;
W. Miller Chicago: Nelson Grant.sLa-
fayette; F. A Jones. Lafayette: ! Ma
guire. Brier Bluff: s. o. TansiH. Savan-
nah. Mo: George NJ. Henderson. Rock
ford; F. H. Blakely. Buffalo Prairie;
r. A MoTeland and wife. Montezuma:
Charles c. Booker, 81. Louis; d. S.
Hecker Galesburg: w. 7. Williamson.
Galesburg; Frank o. lresOn. New
York: e F. Rosemar. New York:
George E. Cole. New York; L. w Law
ton, Delevan. H.; c. r. Carpenter. Edg-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

:. o. Tansin. Savannah. Mo; J. y.
Bopcs Tay Tor Ridge: Harry Lewis,
Mason City; J. h. Cummings. Chicago;
II. Il. Rankin. New York: }. j. Beeson,
Peoria; NJ. o. Waggoner Galesburg:
Nj. and Mrs. Tana. Chicago; W. c. Al
len. Joy. Ill.,; NJ. l.. Jennings. Pitts
burg; Byron Kendall, Hillsdalc: w +.
DeNoe. Chicago: !. b. Norris. Chicago;
b. &. Brown. Chicago; +. s Guntle.
George II. F0ote. Rushville; J. u. Vas
concellas, Galesburg; l.. II. Hyett. Mil
lersburg; L. {. Cash. ST Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

ington: c. W. Black. s. Louis; p. NJ.
PIummer. Peoria: Joseph Tracey. Mat
toon; y. J. Ferry. Buffalo: c. w Mil
Ter. Havana; Carl Breli. Havana: {. +.
Hendricksoa. Chicago. Hiram Beach,
Rochester; William b. Lane. Chicago:
Miss Mary Brown. Clinton: Miss Clara
Brown. Clinton: Charles McGregory
Chicago; Dan Coakes, Cambridge; j.
H. Bisno. Chicago; H. \. Seeser. Can
ton; William T. Ashby, Chicago; d. +.
Larson. Chicago; James G. Britton. An
dalusia; j. II. Shoemake. OskalooSa:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

Brown, Chicago: H. r. Manlove. Chi
cago; \. NJ. Harvey. Chicago; Carl
BreH. Havana. IL; George Winters
LaSalle; c. A Charles. Savanna: II. +.
Bliler. Chicago: J. W. Haines. Chica-
go: H NJ. Mooney. New York: X. l.
Franklin. Kansas City; w. F. DeVoe
Chicago: Charles Noll. Dayton; c. f.
Choppeler, GAINESVILLE; George J. Hol-
mott and wife, Chicago. J. A. Miller
Louisville. Ky; T. W. Powell, St
Louis; George o. VAR, Chicago;
George F'ranzenberg. Trayer. Iowa;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12
Engine Blew Up.-Another I

Engine Blew Up.-Another freight
engine on the Rock Island system. one
of the 1400s. blew up Saturday night.
but fortunately no one was killed. The
fireman and engineer both had very
narrow escapes. The accident occur
red in the evening while the engine
was passing through East Moline. The
engine was not attached to string Of
cars. but was making a trip TO New
Shops When near Tenth street. with
out warning, the boiler burst and the
steam dome was blown up into the air
quite a distance. When l. descended
it fell upon the roof of the annex 10
the Fuller & Leas company, passing
through the roof and lodging in the
second floor So great was the force
of the descending missile that several
heavy jOists were snapped off The loss
10 Fuller & Leas will probably amount
10 800.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12
DAVENPORT DOTS,

Plan New 6uiIding.-A new five
story building, OF the most modern con
struction. is 10 rise in the place Of The
partial ruins OF the Louis HaEssGn's
Sons hardware house. which was par.
~ buried under the falling walls OF the
Klug building Architect \. G. Hans
sen has been east in the interest of the
firm. inspecting the big houses there
that have been built for the purpose OF
handling business similar 10 that OF
the Davenport house. The result is
that when he was commissioned 10 pre-
pare plans for five story building,
32x15O feet, il meant that one OF the
best style and arrangement for hand
ling the business of the house Will be
built. The new building Will have
freight and passenger elevators. and
every convenience for handling the big
trade in the great variety of hardware
that centers al the Hansen house.
o.
Last Paving Started.-Martin Nc
Carthy has started a big gang 10 work
in Pekin alley. The men and teams
started the work Of eXcavating prepare
tory 10 paving the alley. The contrac;
for paving this thorouShfare was let
to the Peoples Construction company
but that company has engaged Mr.. Nc
Car;hy TO do the work. Besides the
alley. Sixteenth street between Brady
and Harrison streets. Fifteenth be
tween Main and Harrison streets and
Ripley from Fourteenth TO Sixteenth
streets viii be paved. The contracts
for all these strips Of paving were iet
TO the Peoples Construction company
and work on them viii now be pushed
All the other paving contracted 70:
this year has been finished.
Paper Soon to APpear.-TLe frs
number of the new high school paper
"The High School Guard" is now in
course of preparation and will soon BE-
issued. Never before has a publication
of this kind succeeded. The Red and
Blue" which was issued number OF
years. was a failure II is TO be hoped
that this latest publication may he a
success 1t would raise the patriotism
and school spirit among the students
Noonen Won.-The beef killing con
test n Suburban Island Sunay after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

Don't delay a minute. Cholera in
fantum, dysentery, diarrhoea come sud
denly. Only safe plan is TO have DR..
Fowlers Extract of Wild Strawberry
always ON hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12
Dr.. A. ". chase's
Kidney.LiNer Pills

the worlds greatest kidney and liver
regulator, and the only medicine hav-
ing combined action on kidneys and
liver. One pill dose; as cents a box.
Write for free sample to The DIR. A. w
Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo. n. y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12
BACK-AGKE

and all other symptoms of kidney dis
ease are speedily removed when the
kidneys are made healthy, active anc
vigorous by the use of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12
Obituary Record.-Yesterday NOR

Obituary Record.-Yesterday morn
ing at her home. 170S Iowa street. oc-
CURED the death of Mrs. Elmer c.
Young. Deceased had been in i'll health
for some time She was born a Can
ton. Pa. and was 80 years and =
months old at the time of her death.
About a year ago she came here from
Connecticut with her husband Be
sides her husband she is survived by
two children. Robert l.. Young and
Florence G. Young, all of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Gebhardt OF
900 West Third street are mourning
the death OF their little child, Mar
garetha Nettie GebhaTdt, who died
Sunday at the age OF three months and
1G days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-12

Nine Miles of Track.-Nne miles of
of the Rock Island system in the vi
entity of New Shops. The west yard
which will embrace Il miles of tracks
will be completed this month The
east yard when finished, viii contain
20 miles of tracks. Only this amount
of trackage will be constructed this
fall. but when the system of yards at
that point are all in there will be 10
miles of trackage in the vicinity of
New Shops. Work will begine some
time this week on the building of the
big stock yards just east of the railroad
yards now in process of construction
The stock yards. which are To be for
both cattle and sheep. will be complet-
ed in from four to six weeks.
Have High School Course.-East
Moline children are TO have the benefit
of a high school education. The board
of directors of the public school met
last week with the principal. Charles
NJ. GrandJean. and discussed and ar
rived at decision in the arrangement
of school matters for the present year.
which will no doubt meet with the
hearty Endorsement of all East Moline
citizens who have the best interest of
the public schools at heart and believe
i'll advancing the town