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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
sMULsKI RESIGNS OFFICE
Republican Candidate for State Treas
urer Quits as City Attorney

urer Quits as City Attorney
Chicago. Oct 4.-John F. Smulslti
sent his resignation as city attorney
to Mayor Dunno Yesterday. II is I'M
derstood Frank B. Ayers, at present
first assistant TO Mr.. Smulsld. will be
selected and the office force left undis-
turbed Mr. Smulski has been anxious
10 retire for some time. Not only is he
the republican candidate for state treas
urer. but he has recently gone into the
banking business. The Office of city
attorney expires by limitation next
April If he is elected state treasurer,
he would have to resign the city office
Jan ] anyhow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
TERRIBLE QUAKE AT
SOME REMOTE POINT

Goettingen, Prussia, Oct. 4.-The
seismograph at the observatory here
today registered a powerful earthquake
$4,000 miles distant from this town.
The vibrations lasted two hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04

of the sensational features of the trial
was the attempt TO destroy certain doc
uments introduced in the case. Some
body threw them into the sewer. but
they were recovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
BUILD CANAL BY
CONTRACT is PLAN
Chairman Shontz Favors Course and
Commission Will Soon
Decide.

Washington. Oct A tentative de.
cisiOn has been reached by Chairman
Shontz of the Isthmian canal commits
sion. that the Panama canal will be
built by contract. Announcement of
the final determination of the canal Of
ficials respecting the method of con
struction is expected in a few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
Are Suggested to New
York Chamber of
Commerce
BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Radical Departures From Pres
ent Laws Required In
Either Case.

New York. Oct 1.-The special cur
rency committee appointed by the New
York Chamber of Commerce for the
purpose of inquiring into the condition
OF the currency and suggesting desir-
able changes. today submitted leng-
Thy report to that body. The commit.
tee finds that our currency is seriously
defective in that its volume does not
vary with the demand. so that the bus
mess of the country is alternately ex-
posed to the evils OF a redundant and
Of a deficient supply.
summary of plan.
Following is a summary of the re-
concentrations made:
!. That legislation be enacted
which shall provide the country with
a flexible and elastic bank note cur
rency; and to this end we suggest
that either one Of the two following
plans might wisely be adopted:
taD Let there be created a central
bank Of issue similar to the Bank OF
Germany or the Bank of France: such
bank TO deal exclusively with banks;
ITO be owned in part by banking institu.
tions and in part by the government:
but in its management representatives
of the government shall be supreme.
This central bank shall issue currency,
rediscount for other banks. hold public
money. and act as agent of the govern
ment in redeeming it's paper money
and making its disbursements.
Authority ia Issue.
Or (b) Let any national bank
whose bond-secured circulation equals
80 per cent Of it's capital have author
ity to issue additional notes equal in
amount to 35 per cent of its capital
Let such additional notes be subject
TO graduated tax as follows: The
first , per cent, taxed at the rate OF
per cent per annum; the second per
cent. taxed at the rate of 3 per cent:
the third per cent. taxed at the rate
of per cent: then an issue equal 10
10 per cent of capital. taxed ; per
cent: then an issue equal TO 10 per
cent of capital. taxed per cent.
Let the proceeds of this graduated
tax constitute a guaranty fund. in the
custody of the government. for the re-
demption of the notes of failed banks.
For Redemption Agencies.
To insure the prompt retirement OF
notes when not needed. let redemption
agencies be established at sub-treasur-
les and other convenient points.
Let all the notes Of a bank be alike
in form and let IL be the duty of the
United States treasury. as at present.
to redeem all the notes of failed
bank in full on presentation from the
, per cent redemption fund. and after
the exhaustion of that fund from the
guaranty fund.
2 That the law restricting the re-
tirement of National bank notes TO
81 100000 per month by the deposit of
lawful money be repealed.
3. That future issues of United
States bonds be not made available as
a basis for the issue of national bank
notes.
Deposit All Surplus.
4. That the laws regulating the OPP
erations of the United States treasury
be amended in such a manner that
they shall not. as now. interfere with
the money market: and TO this end we
a law requiring that all money
i'm the general fund of the treasury
above a reasonable working balance
be deposited in national banks.
Carried Up BY Balloon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
Snow at Colorado SPRINGS.

Colorado Springs. Colo. Oct A.
Colorado Springs today experienced
the first snow storm of the season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
BANDITS IN BANK
Beat Manager TO Death and In
lure Clerk at San Fran
cisco.
USE A PIECE OF GAS PIPE
Seize $4,000 in Gold and Make Their
Escape-Previous Crimes
of Same Nature.

San-F'rdncisco. Oct 1.-Two robbers
at noon yesterday entered the Kimmon
Ginko. a Japanese bank. also known
as the Golden Gate bank. and after
fatally beating S. Urakata. the manag-
err who was acting teller. and seriously
injuring A. Sassaki Il clerk. with piec-
es OF gas pipe. escaped with $4,000 in
gold. Manager Urakata died two hours
later from his injuries
Drag Victims TO Back Room.
After striking down their victims
the robbers dragged them TO a dimly
lighted room in the rear. where the
men were found later. They were ly-
ing in pool of blood. and nearby was
the piece of gas pipe. foot in length.
Chief of Police Dinan detailed on the
case every available detective and po-
liceman. He advanced the theory that
the robbers are the same who recently
killed Pfitzner and Friede. merchants.
in their stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
Structure at Harrisburg
Represents Cost of
$13,OOO,OOG.
OF VAST DIMENSIONS
Chief Executive in Address Re-
news Plea Against
Class War.

Harrisburg Oct 4.-In the presence
OF the largest crowd that ever gathered
in Harrisburg. the magnificent new
capitol of Pennsylvania was dedicated
today with brief ceremonies in which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
Deposit All Surplus.

A. That the laws regulating the op-
erations of the United States treasury
be amended in such a manner that
they shall not. as now. interfere with
the money market: and TO this end we
suggest a law requiring that all money
in the general fund of the treasury
above a reasonable working balance
be deposited in national banks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
Cost SI3.OOO,OOO.
Larger Than L. =. Capitol.

The building contains 4S1 rooms
occupied by all departments of the
state government. 1t contains more
floor space than the capitol at Wash
ington or Albany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04
Rained Throughout.
Governor Accepts.

Governor Pennypacker accepted the
building on behalf of the people and
then introduced President Roosevelt.
who delivered the principal address.
saving in part:
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
DAUGHTER OF VIRGINIA
PROFESSIONAL MOTHER

NEW YORK, March 31.-Mrs. Thomp-
son, of 1lee Bedford avenue, BROOKLYN.
who says she is niece of a former
governor of Virginia, was the success
full applicant among hundreds who to-
day appeared at the stage door of the
Victoria Theater in answer to the fol-
lowing advertisement:
Mother-Wanted TO hire, a mother:
must be respectable, elderly person.
with good references. Apply at stage
door, Hammerstein's Victoria Theater.
Monday morning at 10. Inquire for
Miss Harcourt''
Miss Harcourt is an English charac-
ter Coincidence, an orphan and an
alien in this country. and she wants
the companionship of an elderly. moth
erly woman All she wants, she saws.
is to have her help her on with her
change of costumes sew, make a not
CT tea, be companionable, and fasten
The successful applicant, who said
she was the niece of the Governor of
Virginia said she had been formerly
employed as maid to a burlesoue
queen in Busy lzzy."
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
" The American Woman.

Mrs. Cragie. whose incisive mind
and crisp dialogue have made her
famous as John Oliver Hobbies, has
been delivering an addl 9ss on "The
American Woman" before the Ma
tional Liberal Club of London. With
her good eyes she has been seeing
good things. so that none of us who
live here in America will have any
quarrel with the Englishwoman on
account of this talk. Yet some OF
the things she has. been saying of
our American woman folks are
right surprising.
What are we to think of this, for
example:
Tho temperament OF the American
people is Of a past age. Their faces and
features belong to another period. They
suggest the old masters. i saw people
constantly who might have been the
originals of portraits by Rembrandt or
Jan Steen, girls with types of counte-
nances associated with the French be-
fore the revolution, with the same
combination OF delicacy and vivacity
and frailty. Among modern Europeans
these types are very rare.
We had been led to think the
American girl a new type. We
had thought her high development
rather than reversion to old
models. Bat, maybe, we did not
know. Maybe she is something of
a blend. Maybe she has only the
= - l.
mother of Louis XIV. the physical
strength of Boadicea, the spirit of
Maria Theresa. and the heart of
pc, lovely Louisa of Mecklenburg-
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
Imitation " ThriIlerS. y

A 'loop the loop" girl was injured
through the negligence of her man
ager, wherefore she brought suit for
damages in an English court. The
testimony in the case established the
fact that her performance was mere
ly an imitation of celebrated thrill
ler." and. with ordinary care, was
not dangerous; neither did it re-
quire skill or daring. In his instrac-
tions to. the jury the judge cynically
remarked that the public would not
have cared for the act had it known
that the performers life was not
endangered
True, judge. The highly civilized
world dearly loves a thriller" but
it must be the real thing to corral
the coin.
The Washington times., 1906-03-31

Strelitz. That's the effect of what
Mrs. Cragie says and it's not for
Americans to deny it.
But there is more than this. Thus:
The American woman makes an ex-
cellent wife and devoted mother, but
TO a great extent her intellectual and
social life is not at all closely associat-
ed with that of her husband. And the
American men really seem to encourag ge
this.
They spend money on their wives and
daughters, but on the tacit understand
ing that the wives and daughters shall
ask no questions, and. above all, offer
no advice.
1t would be interesting to know
with whom Mrs. Cragie visited while
in America. She may be right. But
it is not our experience that Ameri-
can women ask no questions and
offer no advice. In our judgment
they do both a-plenty and it would
be cold day for American business
men if they should stop.
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
Age Dead Line Plan
For Clerks Opposed
Retirement OF Government Employees Has As
surned a More Healthy Aspect, According
to Views of Student of Conditions.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
IL is comforting TO note that the dis
cussion as TO the retirement OF super
annuated Government clerks has as
sumed more balanced aspect, ae pre-
sented in the views of the Congressional
committee and high officials who know,
pro and con.
II is suggested that there would be no
necessity for establishing an age dead
line for the retirement of clerks If an
equitable plan is adopted after due con-
sideratior in conjunction with a fair
representation, which in justice is due
all of the clerks concerned
The clerk body surely knows what IL
would be willing 10 swallow in the form
OF a retirement schedule. and / think
should, IN a general WY. be allowed to
cast their opinions and locate the pain
before the dose is administered.
In order that no faction or class be
permitted to fasten upon helpless ma
iority. a yoke stapled too far TO one
side and not adjusted to the pulling
strength, the following suggestion is
submitted:
That all the principal phases Of retire
ment which can be arranged distinctly
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
GREAT CHORUS TO SING
At PAUL JONES' TOMB
0ratorio Society Of Baltimore, Of Over
Three Hundred Voices, Viii Lead
Interment Ceremonies.

BALTIMORE. March st-GeOrEe T.
NJ. Gibson, president OF the Oratcrio So
ciety. has pronounced the program for
the musical service over the remains or
Paul Jones at Annapolis. on April p.
II is hoped 10 have the string inStru-
ments OF the Marine Band play the mu-
sic for the OratOrio and other musical
numbers, and Mr.. Gibson is waiting TO
hear from President Roosevelt.
The program. with the exception Of a
few minor details. will be as follows:
-Star-Spangled Banntr," as President
Roosevelt and suite enter the mauso-
leum
Address, President Roosevelt; address,
French minister; chorus, The Marsei-
laise," address. Gen. Horace Porter:
chorus mot yet selected; Maryland.
WarfeId: ceremonious hymn, How
Sleep the Brave"
The music will be under the direction
OF Joseph Pache, who VIII lead 80
voices.
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
New Macmillan Books.

George P. Brett. president OF the Mac
milan Company who has just returned
from England. reports that he has made
arrangements for the publication In this
country OF the following books Of spe-
cial interest.
Bran Stoker's Life OF Sir Henry
Irving Life Of Lord Leighton" IN
two volumes. by Mrs. Russell Barring
ton. who wrote the biography Of G. F..
Watts that appeared last fail: 'Vaca-
tion Rambles in London" by e V
Lucas. uniform with "A Wanderer in
Holland" by the same author; the au-
thorized life OF the late Walter Crane.
which viii contain many interesting IL
lustrations not before reproduced; ''HAr-
old" the next drama 10 come from the
pen of Stephen Phillips. whose Nero.
written last year. is Just published I;
Muther's History of Modern Painting" !"
IN four volumes. revised and enlarged: !:
The Fair Hills of Ireland" by Stephen
Gwynn. delightfully."- illustrated by Hugh
Thomson: a new edition of the Novels
OF Ivan Turgenev." in fifteen volumes: /:
and a new and cheaper edition of Main
Currents in Nineteenth Century Litera-
ture." by George Brandes-
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
.HE|RESS SUCCUhBS TO
BAIT OF MATRIAONY

READING. Pa. March 31.-Miss Ros-
ella Lillian Kellar. the $4,000 shoe store
clerk heiress, who has received many
offers OF marriage since the announce
ment of her windfall. due to her rich
uDcle's death In Denver, announced to-
day that she had decided to accept that
of J. n. Strepey. of Breckenridge. Col.
Miss Kellar has never seen the man
In one of his letters Strepey states
that he Is the owner of a large restau-
rant. has stock in gold mines and owns
$4,000 WORTH of real estate at Coleman, !,
Tex. Miss Kellar was once in the res
tsurant brsiness herself, having been a
waitress a. the Philadelphia and Read
ing station here, so Strepeys offer ap-
pealed To her. In another letter he
writes.
My ltear-You come to me and you
shall want for nothing I want a wife
and a friend of yours told me that you
would be just the girl for me. am
anxious to marry you."
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
For a Cotton Reform.

There arrived by the steamship
Saxonia at Boston the other day a
party of Englishmen who will doubt
less be heard from later, and in no
uncertain tones. They are manu-
facturers of cotton goods, and are
sent over as a committee from spin
ners and others to see what is the
matter with American raw cotton,
and if something cannot be done to
improve the article as it is shipped
to England. According to H. w.
MacAlister, the leader of the depu-
tation, there are very serious faults
in the packing and shipping of the
staple by our Southern growers and
consigners, faults that ought to be
and must be remedied If we are TO
enjoy our share of the English
market. Here is a part of the in
dictment:
American cotton is baIed crudely,
for one thing. 1t comes out of the
press packed loosely. perhaps with
Out tuu lllln anu lnC Inc
result is that when you come to put
il in the hold of a steamship ii will
not pack compactly. taking up much
more space than is necessary. AS a
rough comparison, three bales OF
Egyptian cotton, OF the same weight
as American bales, Will fit into The
space needed for two bales Of Ameri-
can cotton.
Then the Egyptian cotton Is pressed
so much more compactly that a bale
weighing about $50 pounds is no larger
than the average American bale OF 800
pounds. Furthermore, your American
cotton frequently comes to US half
spoiled by having been left out where
1t has become wet. Your grower per
haps has stored his crop in a barn which
is not large enough to hold the entire
crop. That which he is unable TO store
is left out where il is exposed TO the
elements. The result is that when It
reaches England much of IL has to be
picked over, sorted out, the damaged
and the good separated
This lack of care on the part of
exporters is no new thing:
we run against it in nearly all
foreign countries where we are at
all threatened by European competi-
ton. But in this case we have a
special mission of inquiry and en-
lightenment, and It will be the cot
ton mems own fault If they do not
mend their ways.
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
Andrew Lang and Sir Walter Scott.

Andrew Iang's new Life Of Sir Wal
ter Scott" is announced as the best snort
l.s- of that great figure which has ever
been written. For those who are too
busy TO read Lockhart's Life" this
little book gives a most satisfactory and
at the same time sympathetic and in
teresting idea OF Scott. In summing up
Scott's final position IN literature Mr.
Lang says:
Tides OF criticism come and go; they
may leave the name and fame Of Wal
ter Scott deserted. like the cajrn of a
forgotten warrior forsaken by a receding
sea or they may I'LL the space with a
diapason Of their waves We cannot
prophesy- But one sound will not cease.
IL dead men remember the carol OF
the lark that sang above Seott's grave
at the funeral OF the dearest OF his
daughters
THAT song Of praise for such hap
piness as 'sceptered king nor laureled
conqueror' can give. has followed this
wondrOus potentate from three gener-
ations, who have warmed their hands
at the hearth OF his genius, who have
drunk of his enchanted cup. and eaten
OF his fairy bread. and been happy
through his gift"
The Washington times., 1906-03-31

oe classified and submitted to all of the
employees concerned, for individual Sc
iectlon OF any one phase submitted OF
a rejection of ALL This will Certainly
Iurnlsh fair basis upon which 10 Iegis-
Late: Why not? If these people are able
70 run the Government for a few DAYS
az time they surely have brains
enough to settle this question as far as
tneir opinions are concerned, and stin
teel that they are American citizens un-
der the Constitution.
In my part of the article on the extra
half hour, Published in The Times jan
uary IA. 1904. l stated: In the face OF
these prosperous times, the Government
mas virtually reduced the salaries Of its
servants -076S2 per cent. As time Is
money, the employees of the Government
are reduced S16.92 per year for every
thousand IN salary they draw" Now,
that item. IL allowed and permitted to
accrue, would help a retirement plan
and perhaps the clerks would not OBJ
ject. Let il be hoped that the workers
receive justice in this matter, and trust
It may be conceded that they who are
weaker. and in order TO accomplish,
have physical and other obstacles to
break down by sheer persistent effort.
are entitled 10 some consideration as
well as the stronger. who have the per-
feet physique. and accomplish without
great effort c. w. GARRETT.
Washington. March Is, 1906.
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
chestertOn's Estimate of Dickinson.

G. Loves Dickinson. author a
Modern Symposium" The Greek View
OF Life 'Religion-A Criticism and a
Forecast" etc. is a vigorous thinker.
and has consequently drawn the fire OF
the eleverest men OF our time He in
spired the paradoxicai Gilbert Chester
ton TO say in his ''Heretics."
My objection to Loves Dickinson and
the supporters OF the Pagan ideal is,
then. this. i accuse them OF ignoring
definite human discoveries in the moral
world, discoveries as definite, though
not as material, as the circulation OF
the blood.
We cannot go back to an ideal Of
reason and sanity. for mankind has
discovered that reason does not lead TO
sanity. We cannot go back 10 an ideal
Of pride and enjoyment. for mankind
has discovered that pride does not lead
to endowment accuse Mr.
Loves Dickinson and his school of re-
action in the only sense II he likes,
let him ignore the plow or the printing
press. but If we do revive and pursue
the Pagan ideal Of a simple and ratioa-
al self-completion we shall end-where
Paganism ended. / do not mean we
shall end in destruction: l mean We
shall end in Christianity"
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
Who Are the Two churchills7

Winston Churchill. the American an
thor. was born az ST Louis, November
10 1871, and graduated in 1894 from the
United States Naval Academy For a
year ne was editor Of the Army and
Navy Journal, and later managing edi-
tor Of the Cosmopolitan. His first book.
The Celebrity established for him an
enviable position among American writ
ers OF fiction; out IL was his second book
Richard Carvel, which gave him a
place very near the top among novel
lists OF the present day. He was elected
70 the New Hampshire legislature in
E13, and served with distinction during
two terms
The Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill,
NJ P-r who has just accepted the post OF
under-secretary for the colonies in the
new Liberal government, was born No
Nemoer 81, 1874, and is thus three years
the junior Of his American namesake-
he entered the British Army in 1895.
and served with distinction in Cuba. the
Pun1ab. Egypt and South Africa, taking
part IN many hard-fought battles In 1900
he was elected TO parliament 10 repre-
sent Oldham. His first book showed
him writer OF considerable power and
cleVerDeSS in describing military opera-
tons extending over a long period.
The Washington times., 1906-03-31
With whitman in Camden.

For immediate publication, Small, May
naro & Co. announce with Walt Whit
man in Camden by Horace Traubel,
being a Diary Record OF Conver-
sations. with many important Letters
and other Manuscripts. copiousiy illus
tTated with thirty-five fplI-page por-
traits and facsimilies-'' The volume is
written by Horace Traubel, one of
Whitmans literary executors and for
many years his neighbor and intimate
friend
Nvhitman's daily life and thought is
tn Is given TO the interested public The
period covered by this Diary was in
Whitman's last years, wlen his judg-
ments and personality were finally ma
tured. We have here WhitmSn'S own
words regarding most of the important
literary and personal events Of his life
and his comments on nearly five hun
dred contemporary ntterateurs. Horace
Iraubel was Whitman's taeitiy author
lied biographer. and this record OF
what Whitman did and said from day
70 day is practically an autobiography
The volume IS sumptuously Illustrated
and handsomely bound.