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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

WE WILL BOND YOU=Executors', ad-
ministrators, guardians. trustees, or
any kind of judicial bonds; lodge. and
society officers; city. state or u. s.
government officials; contractors, po-
sitions of trust; in fact, any kind of
bond you want Except bail bonds) }.
Terms reasonable. Hayes & Cleave-
land, resident managers Fidelity q
Deposit company, of Maryland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

HAYES & CLEAVELAND-The pioneer
agency. Old time and fire tested COM
panies. Fire, lightning, plate glass.
tornado, accident. life, or almost any
form of risk. Ground floor office 210
to 21S Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
Rock IxIand q Peorin DIvIsIon.

Trains leave Twentieth street station.
Main line trains start from main depot
on Fifth avenue minutes in advance
of time given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

INSURANCE on dwellings, and house
hold furniture speciality. G. r.
Chamberlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

FOR SALE - New siX-room modern
house on Twenty-ninth street; has
furnace. bath. electric lights and re
ception hall; very beautiful and
convenient home, and can be bought
for. 50 500. Ii. *. Walker, agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

FOR SALE Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line. cheap on monthly pay
ments. Inquire of John Il. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 322
West.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
FOR sALE-CrTY PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-Lot 40x15O feet centrally
located, paved street. For partic-
ulars address Box 267, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

WANTED-BoarderS at German house,
1905 Fourth avenue, formerly Seven
teenth street German house all mod
and board, or table board alone, at a
reasonable price. Mrs. +. c. Hahn,
old phone, S24Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

WANTED-A good delivery clerk at
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
wANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-Pantry girls at the Harp
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16

WANTED-Agents wanted everywhere
to sell our popular policies. covering
all accidents, diseases and occupa-
tions; something entirely new and is
sued by this society only; easily I'M
derstood and easily sold; cost but sc
per annum each, payable monthly if
desired; large commissions paid i'm
mediately and exclusive territory al
lowed. Address National Accident
Society, $40 Broadway, New York.
Established 20 years.
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supply and Demand in Market.

From The JeDelerS' Circular Weekiy.
The announcement made last week OF the annual
meeting OF the stockholders OF the DC Beers Con.
solidated Mines. Limited. is worthy OF careful stu dv
by all members OF the jeweIry and precious stone
trade. According 10 a report presented by the
company, and cabled 10 New York. the sales dur
ing the last year realized more than As, sou. ooo.
an increase Of more than Es0O.00 o over the previous
year. When these figures are compared with the
Importation at the port OF New York alone. which
show for the eleven months Just passed that he
value OF precious stones brought in prlncipa,lf
diamonds) amounted TO $50. SOC. 900, II will easily
be seen how far the demand for diamonds is In
excess Of the supply, as the hgures OF the DE Beers
corporation are those OF the bulk Of the output
OF course. one must consider that the Importa
tons at New York include othSr gems besides
diamonds. and a large part OF these obtained an
additional value by cutting, but the value OF th'
rough stones imported In New York alone since
January amounts TO 50. $50. 900. showing that th'
diamond cutting interests OF this country alone
consume about one third OF the output, while tIr
cut precious stones In ported are nearly equal ln
value To the entire output. When one considers
these facts In connection with the demand Tor dA
monds that exists In the principal countries ~
Europe. not taking into consideration Asia. Africa.
Australia or South America. there Is little wonder
the prices have increased 10 the extent they have
in the last few years. and there can be little doubt
that even with a decided increase In the production
OF the diamond mines OF the world prices NJ gem
stones must go higher In the future accordirg -
all economic laws.
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hope Of gaining a foothold in the Csrib-
bean or on the coast of Brazil. Even
the design, which at one time he wa
supposed to cherish, of extending his
sphere of influence in China from Kiao-
chou over the whole of the great prov
ince Of Shantung seems now to have
been abandoned.
We are convinced that Emperor WILL
IAN will not allow the work Of concilia-
ton which he has prosecuted so pa
tiently and successfully to be brought
10 naught by a tariff a He must see
that Mr.. ROOSEVELT, whatever may be
his personal wish, is powerless at this
time to obtain the assent of our Federal
Senate to the changes in the Dingley
tariff which German exporters desire
He must recognize that the utmost
possible concession which lies within
the power of our Executive is confined
to some notifications of our existing
customs regulations. Evidently all the
Emperor asks of us is that we should do
what we can to afford him a show Of
justification for employing his influence
and authority to secure a further extern
sion of the present provisional arrange
ment, under which only the minimum
rates of the German tariff are imposed
on imports from the United States.
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Federal laws regulating interstate COM
merce. These unfortunate individuals,
whose offences were no more serious
than those charged against Mr.. ROOKIE
TELLER, must pay for their acts in spite
of Mr.. PHELPs's opinion that society
is to blame for existing social and indi-
vidual ills, and the prosecution Of indi-
viduals is only justified when it becomes
necessary to accomplish reforms
It is conceivable that Messrs. BRADLEY,
DAVIS and OBY are archvillsins. far more
deserving Of punishment than Mr.. ROOKIE
TELLER. That benevolent g~entleman's
alleged shortcomings and misconduct
may have resulted from the pressure
Of a social system he was too weak to
Withstand. If such is the case, what a
grievous wrong has been done him by
the society that has ruined and then
execrated himl
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from Cuba. All Of these were invalids
to a greater or less extent. The official
reports show, however, that the death
rate among the patients at Montauk
was exactly 2 per cent? The most
frightful stories were sent out from
Montauk by persons of all kinds, malig-
nant. misinformed, or otherwise dis
qualified for giving truthful evidence.
The figures we here give, taken from
the official report Of Major IRA c. BROWN,
executive officer of the Montauk hos
pitfalls, happen to express the real facts
of the case.
Butitis by considering the grand totals
that the civilian acquires the essentially
important material for an intelligent and
satisfactory conclusion. There were
300, 900 men in the service during the cpl
sode we are accustomed to describe as
The Spanish War" OF these less than
5000 died. whether in battle or by dis
ease, and more than 2s7 900 survived.
Death is always d~eplorable. Death,
however, we have always with us. But
when it comes to a campaign covering
several months, with battles. disease
and all the usual and inevitable concomi-
tants of abnormal peril and vicissitude,
and when at the final accounting we find
a percentage of mortality smaller than
may be found in many communities sub
sisting under a dispensation of absolute
security and peace, where shall we obtain
our warrant for the hypothesis Of army
"inefficiency"?
If the officials of the War Department
were guilty of criminal neglect or stupid
futility in 1898, what, in the light of the
mortuary record, must be said of the
health officers of New York or any other
great American city in this year of our
Lord 1906?
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An Echo From the Yellow.

In one part of his vigorous and elo-
quent message to Congress the Presi-
dent has kindled what promises to flame
into a very lively and instructive con-
troversy. Referring to the military
branch of the public service, he said:
The conduct Of the Spanish war showed the
lamentabls loss OF life. the useless extravaganza
and the inefnciency certain TO result II during peace
the high oricials OF the War and Navy Departments
are praised and rewarded only II they save money
at no matter what cost TO the efficiency Of the ser
vice, and II the higher officers are given no chance
whatever to exercise and practise command"
Army officers will all agree, we think,
that the creation of the General Staff
has furnished the Government with a
machinery which, if properly and in
diligently utilized, will avoid a great
deal of confusion and add vastly to that
expedition and accuracy in handling
the material OF war which is so indis-
pensable in a serious emergency. But,
Passing by the yellow journal TRADES and
the ignorant and irresponsible gossip
which at one time during the year 1898
so misled and Mortified the American
people, it will be very difficult, AZ we
see the matter, TO discover in authentic
chronicle the slightest warrant for be-
lieving that there was any loss of life,
either in camp or field, which can be
charged to official inefficiency in our
military establishment.
The records of the War Department
show that the total number of men in
our service after the declaration of war,
April rs, 1893, was, in round numbers,
800, 900. OF these more than 270,OO0
were volunteers. The same records
show that of the whole aggregate there
died from all causes including disease,
accident and wounds received in battle
less than 5000.
In the Shafter expedition, counting
Che 1000 who sailed after the departure
of the first army, there were 1900 men.
OF these, 4l6 died of disease and 367 from
gunshot wounds-less than 900 in all.
At Camp Thomas (Chickamauga Park
whence came the most narrowing stories
Of martyrdom to incompetency and
neglect, we had altogether, from first
TO last, $4,000 men, though never more
than about $4,000 at any n time. That
typhoid fever ragged there throughout
the summer no one acquainted with the
facts has any disposition to deny. It is
an ascertained fact that there were 10000
cases of fever at Chickamauga. Many
volunteer regiments brought the disease
there with them. Other thousands con-
tracted il. But the Typhoid Fever
Board, appointed in August, 1893, by Sec
rotary ALGER to conduct a searching in
vestigation, found the total mortality
to be 7l3-7a death rate of 7.3s per cent.
The same board subsequently visited
and examined the records of thoroughly
equipped hospitals in Boston, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and New York and found
there an average death rate from typhoid
of e.24!
At MOntauk Point, confessedly a hos
pital camp for the sick and convalescent,
there were 2OSpO soldiers, just returned
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Woodrow Wilson.

What is all this talk we hear about Mr..
WOODROW WILSON of Princeton, y. j.?
From the dimensions of a mild and
fugitive intellectual speculation which
might readily have passed as a mere
distraction of the late summer it has
grown Of late far more concrete and
ominous. At Washington just at present
it may be said to have reached the pro-
portions of an animated discussion; a
discussion, too, Of no particular geo.
graphical or political restrictions. What
does it all mean? Is it that We are asked
thus early TO believe that HEARST was
really the salvation of the Democracy?
We confess that unaided we should never
have penetrated that disguise!
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Play for Mere Man.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir; For
thirty years and more | have been a constant
theatregoer in New York city. ! have seen
scores OF plays where the villain was a villain
for fair, and where the usual moral was set
up for the guidance and protection of women.
comedy and of all ages below so. but / have
never seen a play where the plot looked TO
the protection and guidance of men from
the wiles Of women. In this town there are
many adventuresses. l am told. who pass
their days and nights planning to blackmail
citizens, good. bad and indifferent. Many
OF these women are ingenuity personi1ed.
Many Of them are beautiful and insinuatinR,
clever and with charming manners. Mere
man, stupid man. blunder headed man, but
withal good. sometimes becomes the victim
Of these dangerous women.
Why not advocate a play pointing out to
men, comedy and OF all ages below so, the
consequences of being entrapped by these
slrensP In other words. why should there
not be a play written pointing out morals for
men as well as for women2 s.. j. L.
NEW YORK. December g..
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wHO owns THE MESSAGES1
Ia the Right Of Publication with the Com
kress or with the President?

To TIE EpIroR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
custom OF the President in giving out for
publication his recommendations 10 Con-
gress, usually called his message. seems 10
be an abuse Of the prerogatives OF the lesls-
lative branch Of the Government. The Pres
ident Is required by the Constitution to give
to the Congress information OF the state OF
the Union, and recommend to their considera-
ton such measures as he shall judge neces-
sary and expedient." His message when IL
Ia delivered to the only ones entitled TO re-
ceive it becomes their property. and they
may publish II OF ~pigeonhole IL. IL may De
best for the welfare of the country that IL De
withheld from publication. IfCongress wants
IL published Congress can give II out. But
for the President to give 1t out IL no part Oh
his duty, nor IL 1t his right to do so. HIS
utterances may commit the country TO a
position before the world, Congress may see
things in a totally different light from the
light he sees them in yet its action becomes
embarrassed by unwarranted publication OF
the message before Congress has had an op-
portunity to digest IL.
just now the California school question Is
prominent, not 20 say acute. The President
takes Q position that assumes the Japanese
to be right and the school authorities OF the
State TO be wrong, and he even goes so FAR
as to intimate hat he may use the military
to compel the admission Of Japanese to the
SCHOOLS. Naturally tue JhphhcsC No'oA
ment will think It has some rights in the
affairs Of our ountr which the local author
tiles have denied and violated. This attitude
OF the President amounts to rendering judy
ment in favor Of the japanese. although
whether or not they have any such rights can
only be ascertained by an examination ofthe
treaty and also the consideration OF what
power the Federal Government has over the
school systems OF the States.
For the President to illuminate and detonate
ct the State OF California is highly improper.
He thereby gives the Japanese an advantage
and commits the country as far as it can be
committed by his acts. A wise course would
be to leave to Congress the consideration OF
such matters ss are within its province. and
in q proper case to invoke the authority Of
the courts and abide by their decision; and
not assume in a messag e to Congress that
the State lie wrong and that the Japanese are
right. l write this not in the spirit OF unfair
criticism. but in the desire to comment upon
and draw attention to the disposition OF
Presidents to publish. before Congress has had
an opportunity to decide whether to publish
or not. Z. X. ID.
New YORK. December 8.
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The TelephonOscOpe,

To THE EDITOR or The ~SUN-Str: Have you
heard OF the telephonoscope, II Is the invention
OF Boston man. II Is destined 10 supersede every
other method for prying into other peoples bust
ness and domestic A1airs. IL Is a wireless system.
a combination OF the telephone. cinematoKraph
and photograph, II enables a subscriber 20 com
mAnd a view OF the interior OF another's house: 10
see what he is doing, 70 hear what he is saying.
The FIRST installation OF this marvellous device
will be in Boston newspaper onlces. IL Will enable
them TO enlarge greatly the space" they are now
copiously devoting to the dolngs OF local police
men and nremen; TO give more intimate details
concerning the turpitudes OF Rep" A., Sec"
b. pres" c., Comm" D.. &c. sbbrevia-
lions they employ OF oficisl titles that are madden
Ing even TO a CONSTANT READER.
BOSTON. December S.
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Spencer. N. q.
From the Washington Post.

= TVWT ~" " 'HTTVTV 7 Ut
A happy and contented town Is that of Spencer.
N. C.. named for Samuel Spencer. the late president
OF the Southern Railway. Although II is not vel
ten years old, II has a population OF 1000. and is
growing.
"ons reason the people Of Spencer are happy ia
that they are always busy. explained ]. NJ. Mau.
pin. who was one OF a m OF thirty appointed
to attend Mr.. Spencer's funeral.
In the corporate limits OF Spencer there is NOT
q single pauper." continued Mr.. Maupin. Every
Objectionable person who drifts into town seeking
employment Is given work TO do. Those who al
not want work receive strong hints that their room
Is preferable 70 their company. The charter OF the
city does not permit the Issuance OF saloon licenses
The drug stores do not sell liquor for other ,na
medicinal purposes. and those who care TO take AN
occasional drink must 60 60 Salisbury. two miles
away. on the trolley car"
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Mr.. Roosevelt on Cuba.

The President covers the Cuban situa-
ton admirably. He reviews the expert
ence of the last four months, showing the
causes and the process of Intervention.
He leaves the time and the conditions Of
the restoration for determination by the
conduct of the Cuban people.
This is as il should be. ANY specific
pledges at this time would be a serious
mistake. We must understand and must
give our Cuban wards clearly to UNDER
stand that "the United States has assumed
the sponsorship before the civilized world
for Cuba's career as a nation We have
underwritten any Government which may
hereafter be established in the island.
In our own interest, in the interest of
alien residents and investors and in the
interest Of the Cubans themselves we are
bound, whatever the time required, to
hold the control of the island until there
is a reasonable assurance that when
their new Government is started it shall
run smoothly and with freedom from
fragrant denial of right on the one hand
and from insurrectionary disturbances
on the other.
The President states that his proclama-
ton of a provisional Government was an
act sin accordance with the so-called
Platt Amendment The point is not Of
vital Importance, but a similar error has
already been made the basis of sharp
criticism of the Administration for its
conduct in the Cuban affair. The Amend
ment declares that Cuba consents that
the United States may exercise the right
to intervene" &c. The point has been
raised that the Use Of the term United
States" would call for action by Con-
gress and leave no right of action to the
President or n other individual.
The Presidents authority to act does
not come from the Amendment itself
but from the treaty of July, 1904, for
which provision was made in Article VIII.
of the Amendment. BY that convention
the right eof intervention was made a
part of an international treaty and there
fore subject to Executive action.
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Oil and Rmhhcr.

Mr.. JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER has found
a friend and defender in the person of
GEORGE II. PHELPS, counsel for the State
of Ohio in the prosecution Of the Stand
ard Oil Company, with which Mr.. RoCKE-
FELLER's name and business methods
are most intimately associated, although
he declares that he has had nothing to do
with its management for half a score of
wears or longer. Mr.. PHELPS, accord
ing to dispatches from Findlay, Ohio,
regards Mr.. ROCKEFELLER as a victim
of the spirit Of greed developed by the
competitive system" and he blames
society for the conditions that have
resulted in the indictment Of Mr.. RoCKE-
TELLER fora criminal offence.
Al 1.-THE moment, however, Mr.. PHELPs's
attitude toward Mr.. ROCKEFELLER is of
more interest than it would have been,
for instance, a month ago, or maybe a
month hence, because of the unhappy
case in which three other Ohioans, luck
less victims of the competitive system, "
now find themselves. These men are
ROBERT d. BRADLEY, president; Edwin
DAVIS, vice-president, and WILLIAM j.
OBY, formerly an officer, of the Canton
OOhio) Rubber Company, each Of whom
on December 4 was sentenced to impris-
onment for a year in the House OF Cor
rection for conspiracy to violate tho
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Pullman Berth Fittings.

To THE EDITOR or TEE SuN-Str: Having had
occasion al various times recently 10 travel In the
Pullman sleepers on the Pennsylvania Railroad
lines. I have been nauseated by the odor from the
blankets. Some time since the company adopted
a new system Of putting a sheet over the blanket
with the evident purpose OF preventing contact
with the person OF the passenger. The effect OF this
seems 10 be that the blankets smell worse than
they used to, and ! suppose the use OF the sheet is
made On excuse for not airing or cleaning the
blankets. which are shut up all day In a heated
car, practically without ventilation.
The Pullman company charges $3.50 TO sleep In
one of Its maIodorous berths. which Is the price Of
a good room and bath az a nrst class hotel. have
heard many complaints In regard 10 this condition
OF affairs, and II seems one which might well enlist
the attention of the health authorities.
II seems TO me that a portion Of the surplus OF
the Pullman company might well he expended In
laundries. The odor from one Of these Pullman
berths Is a great educator OF anti trust ointment
NEW YORK.. December JOHN HALL JONES.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: I beg space
In your columns TO narrate an incident 10 prove.
as you have many times insisted, that Boston has
q language all its own.
In many OF the cities south OF Mason and Dixon's
line Il Is customary and proper when riding on a
street car to say TO the conductor when approaching
ones street. Put me OF at such and such n street. "
Recently q promlnent physician of a certain city
In that part Of the country happened to be In Bos
ton. He had occasion one day to use the Washing
ton street surface car. and being a stranger to the
city. invoked the aid of the conductor by saying:
Put me OF. please. at BOylston street. The con
ductor. with that Impotence which true purists
assume when they hear any misuse OF English,
replied very cuItly: when the car reaches your
destination It will stop and you may then alight.
We do not put of passengers In Boston"
You see what bulwarks OF syntax we raise In
Boston. Who shall dare TO tear them down,
BOSTON. December q. {, s a.