davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
CITY CHAT.

Insure with Mckee.
Zibia-lighted-
Zazaro is there, call for it,
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
II. X. Walker, fire insurance.
Dolly Bros $3.50 shoes for fit.
Dressed chickens at Schroeders.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Watch for Sonnen-Gold tomorrow.
Watch for Sonnen-Gold tomorrow.
Watch for Sonnen-Gold tomorrow.
Watch for Sonnen Gold tomorrow.
Watch for Sonnen Gold tomorrow.
Fresh May sausage at Schroeder's.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robb's
For bus or express. Spencer & Trefz
O. Dolly Bros. $3.50 gun metal shoes.
Dolly Bros. $3.50 shoes have style
Dolly Bros. $3.50 oxfords are swell
Dolly Bros. $3.50 tan OXfords arc
beauties.
Plenty of fancy dairy butter at Pas
sig Bros.
See the elegant ,,ct of ladies' oxfords
at Lage-Waters'.
Paragon pes top trousers at Gustaf
son & Hayes.
See the elegant lot of ladies' oxfords
at Lage-Waters'.
Plenty of choice berries and vegetS
bles at Kuschmann
Large 50-cent chop plates. 10 cents
Saturday at McCabe's.
Our furnishing goods department is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
S READY FOR BUSINESS
The Wholesale Flour and Feed Store of
J. M. Schaab on Fourth Avenue.

J, W. oCHddD on : OUTFIT NVGHUc'
]. NJ. Schaab wishes to announce to
the trading public that he is now locat-
ed in his new quarters. 1907 Fourth
avenue, two doors east of his former
stand, where he is prepared to furnish
at wholesale and retail, flour. feed.
grain and hay in any quantity at the
lowest market price. A share of the
peoples patronage will he appreciated.
Both phones. All orders delivered
promptly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
HON. M. v. CANNON RETURNS
Firm of Cannon & McGuirk to be Reor-
uanized after 10 Years Dissolution.

ganized after 10 Years Dissolution.
Hon. NJ. V. Cannon. formerly a mem
Der of the law firm of Cannon d Nc
Guirk. of Davenport. who went to Chi
cago about 10 years ago, has returned
and announces that he is to remain in
Davenport. and that the old firm will
be reorganized with Mr.. Cannon and
A. P. McGuirk as its members. Dur
ing Mr.. McGuirk's confinement at the
hospital Mr.. Cannon has been attend
ing to Mr.. McGuirk's legal business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
DRUGGISTS sUNDRIEs.

vi SAtuEuAgs
Witch Hazel Soap, per box. 1c
White CASTLE Soap, box 49,. 1c
Shaffer medicated green Soap SC
Kinks Juvenile Soap ....1oc
Large Wash Cloth and large
cake of Soap ......... Sc
Eastman Crushed Roses Tai
cum Powder 49,. ......15c
Eastman Cold Cream, rose or
violet ........ .10 c
100 bottles assorted odors Per
tune. formerly sold up to 4Sc
per bottle. while they
last. Saturday 1ec
Rubber Beauty Brushes,
Saturday price .........15c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
Bluff Improvement Association.

The Bluff Improvement association
will hold a meeting at Horace Mann
school Friday evening, May IL.
FRANK MAUCKER. President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
NONE BETTER THAN THE BEST
But Better Than the Rest.

Suits cut and fit to your individual
measure at SIS to $50.
BEAL & MCCARTHY,
Illinois Theatre Building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12

All the news all the time - THE
ARGUS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
BIG BILL FOR REPAIRS.

There was a man sent to the hospital for this
and a tender sent 10 the repair shop The city
keeps a five story building in West 3d-st. to re-
pair the work of just such happenings The pay
roll of the shop amounts to about $4,000 year.
and the work OF repairing costs additional
100000 or more. The basement is blacksmith
shop The ground floor is a combination of
storeroom and workshop. on the next floor are
the machine shop and the Offices Above them
is the wheelwright and carpenter shop. Then
comes the hose repair and harness shop. and
the paint shop is next to the roof. There
facilities there for building an engine anew
and they are needed. Some awful wrecks come
in TO he fixed up
few years ago at the Wicke ci-ar box
factory fire an engine was left standing too long
al 1st-aye. and 32d-st.. and the horses could
not be brought up in the intense heat 10 pull
it awav. The wheels burned up and part of a
wall toppled over onto the engine. The scrap
iron found when 1t was all over was taken to
the repair shop and 1t is now running to fires as
we'll as any engine in the department The men
of the repair shop point to this Job with pride.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
Continued on third page.
CHINESE As MINERS.
Not Thinning Much Praise from
Their York IN South africa.

Now that the Chinese Labor question is we'll
to the fore some account of actual experiences
with the yellow laborers on the Rand may not be
uninstructfve. I have no theories and no fads,
but saw the first batch of Cinnamon march on
10 mines premises. L have worked with
them, and spent anxious days and nights in help
ing to keep them under when they have broken
out. What have to say is the truth, as 1 have
seen it. told without prejudice or exaggeration.
To begin with let remark that the policy
of mine managers has been to hush up all trou-
bles The full story of the rioting has never
been told If the Cinnamon broke out and
threatened whites or native boys, we were or
dered TO use no violence. even though our lives
were threatened. and the cooIe fellows soon
learned that they could go a long way without
being hit back. Secondly, I may say it was
wrong to intrust Cinnamon with dynamite and
other explosives. We have had some bad acct
dents in the last twelve months, and men have
been blown to pieces through the careless han
ding of high explosives But you can't get them
to understand Either their intelligence is a
low grade proposition or In their complete salts
faction with themselves they have no room for
further information. At the same time they
hate the white men because of the accidents.
They are an unsavory crowd to handle and
revel I'm mischief OF every kind. Devtry Is Der-
haps a better word than mischief in This in
stance. 1t was rule in our mine that when
man had 10 climb up rope or rome ladder
from one stage to another, n Chinaman sbouId
always go first II this simple Insurance. were
disregarded, some CELESTIAL gentleman quite
unseen, would be fairly safe to take the chance
of hurting rock stones on the head of tha
climber on many occasions these Cinnamon
have tempered with the cage by which we go
to our work, and we have to examine the fit-
tings carefully every time The conditions OF
work nave even got upon the nerves of men
who nave served on mining STATS in wilder
countries than South Africa The railway
points have been deliberately altered on several
occasions; small accidents have resulted and
big ones been averted by chance. Indeed, l
thlhk IL fair 10 that John Chinaman has
no moral sense at all We WesternerS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

after the latter had been driven out Of Ger
many and of Belgium, the finishing touch
and the last straw. It was ultimately deter
mined that Moresnet had forfeited its right to
independence, and accordingly an arrangement
was made between Belgium and Prussia
whereby the republic has been incorporated
INTO the dominions Of King Leopold, who in
return has coded to Emperor William a small
strip of Belgian territory, adjacent to the Prus
sian frontier town of Eupen The consent NJ
OF the government and people of Moresnet to
this transaction was neither asked nor given,
and their fate should be taken to heart by the
people Of Monaco, who, through their prince,
have converted their picturesque country into
such plague spot of Europe that the question
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
F1aset
S S Easy. bu

the drivers to avoid running down citizen is
to take a wheel off, and elevated railroad pill
lars handy for this sort of thing. BY a
clever driver, the curbing at the corner of the
street can be used to advantage for the same
purpose. If necessary, however to avoid hitting
a citizen. driver will hesitate to take his
horses right up onto the pavement and put
them inside of store by way of the window.
That he often smashes some one inside the store
is an unavoidable accident, of course.
But the question is, Would not more care on
the part of the drivers and less reckless speed
ing make these things unnecessary? Take this
instance from a newspaper report:
To avoid a collision with a wagon at 7th-ave
and 29th-st. Edward Tanning, a driver of the
tender of Engine No l, pulled his horses up
short yesterday afternoon and struck the car
tracks. He was pitched off the seat. His right
arm fractured and he suffered many painful
contusions He taken 10 Bellevue Hospital.
When Tanning fell off. the horses dashed up the
avenue and plunged onto the sidewalk, over
turning fruit stand and crashing into the front
window of John Quigleys saloon. at No 3T7
7th-ave. The horses stopped with their heads at
the end of the bar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

the battle of Sadowa and by the Treaty Of
Nicolshurg.
Six years previously the kingdom of Naples
or the Two Sicilies, had been put out Of ex-
istence by it's Incorporation into the kingdom
of Italy after the victorious march of Garibaldi
from Sicily up all Southern Italy the sur
render Of Naples and that siege of the fortress
of Gaeta of which the now widowed ex-Queen
Marie of Naples the heroine Less than
year previously the duchies of Parma and OF
Modena and the grand duchy of Tuscany were
added in much the way to the Kingdom
of Italy, after the close of the war of 1883. in
which France and Sardinia took part against
Austria allied to the grand duchy and duchles
in question The throne of the duchy of Parma
had been occupied by a branch of the House of
Bourbon while those of Modena and Tuscany
were owned by princes of the Austrian House
of Hapsburg 1t cannot be denied that the
change was for the better. For whereas Italy
until that time had, by reason of its being par
titioned up into a number of petty states, oc-
cupied no weight or position of any importance
in the concert of Europe. it has now as a
united kingdom developed into one of the great
powers from a political as we'll from an
economic point of view. while the dethronement
of the Bourbons of Parma and Naples and of
the Hapsburgs of Tuscany and Modena. who
were identified with everything most reaction
airy that it is possible to conceive has undOubt-
eddy paved the way for progress and enlighten-
ment. OF course Austria, and in a lesser de-
gree Russia, took exception to the extinction
of these sovereign states. But everywhere else
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

The latter was wiped out of existence by Prus-
STA in 1866 and although a good deal of sym
pathv was manifested for the blind King and
people of Hanover, and even for the population
of Hesse-CasseI who lost their independence
in the same war between Austria and Prussia,
little or none was entertained for Nassau, owing
to the manner in which it had bartered away
the good name of it's people and of its reigning
house by farming out gambling house rights in
the capital at Wiesbaden and elsewhere in the
duchy to individuals of the stripe OF Blanc and
of his titled associates
The first thing that Prussia did after annex
ing Nassau was to abolish all the public gam
bling in the duchy and to drive Blanc and his
partners out of the country. For time. OF
course Wieshaden which until then had been
the rendezvous of all the gamblers in Europe
suffered a species of eclipse regards It's
wealth and popularity as a resort for foreign
visitors. But to-day it has recovered most If
its oldtime prosperity, along with a respecta-
bility and good name which it cannot be said
to have enjoyed in olden times. The Duke OF
Nassau spent more than a quarter of CEN
tury in exile until the death of his cousin. King
William of Holland, brought him to the lat
ters throne as sovereign Grand Duke of Lux
emburg He is, like his sister. the Queen Of
Sweden. enormously rich, their private fortune
being derived from the share of their family in
the receipts and profits of the public tables in
the former duchy of Nassau 1t may be added
that Nassau Hanover and Hesse-Cassel were
annexed by Prussia in 1866 and disap peared as
independent states from the map of Europe be-
cause they had sided with Austria against her
in the struggle that was brought to a close by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

"T don't know but I would just about as soon
be burned out" remarked the first man, as ne
Imped out of a trolley car that had been hit
and smashed by FIVE ton fire truck racing
rechlessly TO a fire.
Yes" said his friend rubbing bruised arm
"and that fire truck over there against the curb
with one wheel off and half the ladders smashed
viii DO q fine lot of rescue work at the IRE 10
which it was going. won't it,"
1T is all very well 10 say that thousands OF
dollars NAV 90 I'D in smoke if the fremen are
delayed in reaching fire continued the hrS'
man while he ruefully took note of his torn
clothing. but 7 pay my share Of taxes to sup
port the Fire Department, just the same as my
refghbor Jones does If it We're not for Joness
fellow citizens there would be no Fire Depart
ment at all TO save Jones's property When II
catches fire Now do you suppose l am willing
TO have the fremen run over me in order that
Jones's loss may be reduced TO minimum!
No, sir 7 am not. Neither is any other man.
and the law should be changed which permits
such furious and reckless driving.
Il was another CT those accidents which have
become almost characteristic of the Newly ork
Fire Department Every year, as our streets
become more crowded through increase Of the
height OF buildings, the number of accidents to
fire apparatus on the way to fires in this city
newspapers do not show one or more instances
OF an engine crashing into an elevated railroad
pillar, or Il fire track smashing into streetcar
Or q hose cart overturned. New-York is said to
average q fire every three-quarters Of an hour
The year round. and apparently every three
fires average an accident, for there are hun
dreds accounts of which never appear in the
newspapers.
Now. tits IS all very costly. You cannot take
a wheel OF fire engine for nothing; $4,000
fire truck cannot be smashed ana repaired with
out cost, and The men of the force being laid up
in the hospitals both impairs the efficiency Of
the force and entails considerable expense in
carrying Them the payrolls as though they
were in the fire houses - aGy to respond on the
Instant to the can Of dc4Y But, in addition TO
The costliness Of this form Of hremens sport,
there is the question OF the lives OF citizens i'm
perillcd- Children playing in The streets OF the
crowded East Side. women crossing the streets
Passengers in the cars. and men, women and
children the sidewall1s-for It is a common
Thing nowadays for the fire apparatus TO be
driven on The sidewalks. and even through the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

has frequently been raised as to whether France
should not be asked to annex the principally
with the object of abolishing once and for all
time that public gambling establishment, which
has furnished the dominions of the ruler known
"the Prince Rouge ct Nor" with a larger
population of alien dead. self-destroyed the
result of ruin at his gambling tables. than of
living citizens.
Curously enough the Bancs, who are asso-
ciated with the Prince of Monaco. Prince Con-
stantine Radziwin. and Roland Bonaparte in
the ownership and management of the great
gambling establishment at Monte Carlo, were
formerly identified with the public gambling
tables at Wiesbaden, in the Duchy of Nassau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

lives. but they make short work of getting there,
when they do succeed in bringing piece of ap-
paratUs through on four wheels. But engine
with side in the gutter four blocks from the
scene of action is not much use in fighting a
fire. and a fire truck with it's front end through
a saloon window and the horses politely waiting
to be served with beer is not of great avail for
bringing imperiIled women cut Of blazing ten
ement house Add to which, that good half Of
the alarms in New-York are false ones or the
fires are put out by citizens before the depart
ment gets on the scene, and it seems a reason
able proposition that some Of these accidents
might be avoided by the exercise of a little more
care and a little less recklessness.
Engine No % of 5th-st.. answering an alarm
Of fire. turned into the Bowery at 5th-st not
long ago and galloped along just ahead of a
southbound Madison-ave car. A couple of
blocks down the Bowery the driver pulled
his horses over in front of the car. In the few
feet Intervening it was impossible for the motor
man to stop his car. and it hit the rear end of
the fire engine with terrific force. Lieutenant
Herman W. Oppe was thrown to the street and
sustained injuries 10 his back and head that
made it necessary for him 10 be sent to Bellevue
Joseph Davis. a fireman, thrown from the
back of the engine, and Philip Preganzer, the
driver was thrown among the horses Both
were taken home. The engine, Of course. never
got near the fire.
More recently No. II truck. going through
Hudson-st. hit an Sth-ave. car that stand
ing stil, waiting for the truck to pass, Five
men were hurt one probably fatally. The other
day fire truck Nc. 30. stationed at 166th-st and
Washington-ave.. in going TO a trifiing fire In
3d-ave turned into Wendover-ave and dashed
at full speed on a group of children playing in
the street 1t was impossible TO pull the horses
up. and they had to be turned into the curb
Ned, horse that had been fifteen years in the
service Of the department, fell and broke his leg
and had TO be shot by policeman.
No one questions the bravery of the firemen
and no one charges that they like TO endanger
the citizen. In fact, there is an unwrItten law
in the department that says; Ruin your ap
paratus kill your crew and yourself. but never
harm hair of a citizens head" 1t sounds well
but It works oct poorly. The ia .-orite plan of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

see things. and he would not finch from any
action however ronstrOUs. He can work well
when ne likes and is not too well treated by his
overseers Sometimes he seeks revenge. We
had the whole camp ont one night because we
interfered 10 prevent an unpopular overseer
from being roasted alive.
The Chnaman as / have met him on the
Rand is not on speaking terms with honesty.
Yo,, can leave nothing within mis- reach. He is
as susceptible to bright cClors maggie. and
when once thing has disappeared il will never
come back-CA Mining Engineer. in The Illus
trated London News
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
DEATH TO BYsTANDERS.

II was not so long ago that a fire truck in
turning a corner killed two persons and injured
seven others so that they had to be sent TO the
hospitals, while a score more had wounds
dressed and went to their homes. No possible
reason except reckless driving could be found
for this accident Hook and ladder truck NO L.
on the way to a small fire on the West Side ap-
preached the corner of 9th-ave. and 40th-st at
furious speed crowd of fifty more men
and boys stood on the corner watching the app
,roacb Of the apparatus. while the street was
coneested with cabs and wagons. The hre truck
made no attempt TO slow up. and TO avoid the
,,,aqons the hind end of the truck swung
far over toward the curb where the crowd was
gathered The long ends of the 90-foot extern
Sion ladder moved the crowd down like a reaper
in a wheat field George Giled, twenty years
old and Richard Knight, six years ola, were
killed outright. Seven others were sent 10 inc
hospital - ..
deter the firemen from their course. Accident
aftar accident has followed, and a spirit or
recklcssness and daredeviltry seems TO nave
peryaded The whole department. both win re-
card 70 life and property. When the men OF the
Kew York Fire Department who had been sent
+o baltimore 70 help fight the connagration
which threatened that city with destruction re
tnrned 10 their native heath they told of the
dIfferences in the methods of the various de-
nartmenfs in fighting fire Washington, II ap-
reared differed from New-YoTk IN that the men
ti.o+cI,ad their apparatus and tools and were
nrarared instantly to save them from destruc-
ton by the element that they were Hshtlllg
f5EiI. 5eInbia fought the flames from the rear
HJa,I'Yorb stood boldly in front. planted its en-
gines laid its lines of hose, Withdrew It's horses
md never retreated. In case the hre got TOO
az ~ engine was left to become a charred and
bIackened ruin along with the house or store
that had gone up in smoke .Lo,
Also New-York chopped its way liii'uSn
,.no1 stone brick and mortar TO get 10 the
DANES Everything went down before the on
sIaught of the hremen. we may destroy d goou
',ai 81 nronertv before we get TO the seat or the
,,t1a they naTveIy said but we make snort
,.,oylx Of the fire when reach II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
ROOFS lN rs RRIrlsH NAVY.

Every rooe used in The British naval service.
from heaving line to havser and wherever it may
be used shipboard or in dockyard has woven
tion. red thread. The presumption is tina"
rope with the red thread round outside
uses is in improper hands. This custom
British navy has prevailed since the days
son. Some large concerns, such as railways.
times use an interviewer colored thread.-(C
News
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

plate glass windows of stores and saloons-are
all not only in daily danger from hres' put IN
daily menace from the fire apparatus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

The enlisted men of the department have less
to say. A $4,000 repair job is not the best rec
ommendation for their policy.
OF course, fire engine has to be repaired
about once in so often, anyway. Galloping over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
FALL EXPECTATIONS
ARE NOW HERE.

Every effort has been put forth
this year to get our large Fall
importations in earlier than here
tofore. How well we have sue
ceeded can best be Judged by a
personal visit to the worlds great
est China and Glass store. We
state emphatically and unhesitat-
ingly that until you have seen our
stock you have not seen the largest,
finest and most complete assort-
ment of China and Glass that has
ever been assembled by any retail
China and Glass store in the world.
Big talk. Yes, quite true, but we
have big thing to talk about. One
thing never changes. That is our
we'll known policy of selling at
prices averaging
"a Less than Elsewhere"
Read a few details.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
DESTROY IN ORDER TO SAVE.

The same thing seems to be true OF gong 10
a. THE men destroy a good deal of property
- TING TO them. and endanger a coed many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
Read a few details.


COnIfdCJtu " II
a very large manufacturing con-
Germ for the exclusive sale of their
Electroliers in New York City. In
our Judgment they are the finest
goods that have been shown IN this
market. The designs are absolutely
new. the metal is 95 per cent.
bronze, and when you see them you
will say that they are the finest yet.
Prices range downward from $3.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

Continued on third page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
DINNER WARE 1t is a common

our statesmen that we never lose
customer on Dinner Ware.
How could it possibly be other
wise! Exclusive patterns and
shapes, the largest assortment in
the city and prices always averag-
ing
"a Less than Elsewhere"
Some very dainty, pretty Limoges
China Dinner Sets are sell
ing at .-...-......... io.OU
From this price upwards to the
magnificent English China sets of
which we carry fifty different va
rieties.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-10-07

5ta&'s S Gents 9apana . giaarre