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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
A MIRACULOUS CURE.

The following statement by H. M.
Adams and wife, Henerietta, Pa, will
interest parents and others. GA
miraculous cure has taken place in our
home Our child had eczema years
and was pronounced incurable, when
we read about Electric Bitters, and
concluded to try it. Before the second
bottle was all taken we noticed a
change for the better, and after taking
bottle he was completely cured. 3"
It's the up-to-date blood medicine and
body building tonic. Guaranteed.
SOC and s1.00 at Gamm's Corner Drug
Store.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
"PriVate mOnOpOlN of Public IIti

"Private monopoly of Public Utili-
ties is lntolerable, B" says VIM. j
Bryan. At the head of his paper.
''The Commoner, he keeps standing
the following:
mo man who is financially con-
nected with corporation that is seek
ing privileges ought to act as a
member of a political organization,
because he cannot represent his cor
poration and the people at the same
time. He cannot serve the party
while he is seeking to promote the
financial interests of the corporation
with which he is Connected
Such sentiments are antagonistic to
sound public policy, and patriotic,
thinking men cannot endorse them.
Every day observation and experience
proves that practical men of business
who have honestly acquired capital
and invested it in establishing indus
trial enterprises, may be men of cor
rect principles, philanthrcpic and truly
patriotic. To ostracise such men,
terds to surrender political leadership
to just such irresponsible adventures
who would create confusion and ieop-
ardlse the public place and prosperity.
We would not deprive any American
citizen of his Constitutional rights.
We know rich man may be honest
as we'll as the man of moderate
means. Mr.. Bryan would deprive
men who invests in corporate enter
prise, of their legal enjoyment of
political privileges. Hence it is, we
cannot accept Mr.. Bryan's populitsic
ideas, and do not believe he is a safe
leader. : Prairie du Chen Dem.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

Since President Roosevelt has de-
clared in no uncertain terms and with
an emphasis that leaves no doubt of
his determination not to again be the
candidate of his party for the presi-
dency, the party leaders are casting
round for the man who shall either
lead the party to victory or defeat
in the next presidential campaign.
The names of Secretary of War Taft,
Secretary of State Root, Senator Fair
banks and Speaker Cannon are fire.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
A Harvard Young.
(FrOm Saturdays Daily. !


A society bud goes to her first big
party. 1t is gorgeous social event,
and she is all fiuttering with excite
ment. The star of the big party is
young man recently returned from a
long trip abroad after completing his
course at Harvard He is very hand
some, very brilliant, very rich. All
the young women are overwhelmingly
interested. The brilliant young man
meets the little debutante, and falls
head over heels in love. He dances
with her repeatedly, and then asks if
he may call. The girl. very much
agitaIed, says that she will ask her
mamma. Mother, equally agitated,
tells her daughter to say to the young
man that they will be delighted to
have him call, and he says he will
drop in on the following Thursday
evening. The society bud goes home,
her head whirling with the excite
ment of her first filtration and the an
ticipatIon Of call from the real catch
of the season. Next day she seeks
out some of her girl friends.
"Just think, he's coming to call
next Thursday evening" she says.
"Oh, my, what'll l say to HIM when
he calls? He is so smart and intel
lectual; graduated at Harvard and
travelled abroad and all that. l just
know | won't be able to talk about
the things that interest him. What
do you think he'll want to talk
about?"
81 dare say" replied her friend.
"that he Will want to talk about If
erature, art or history"
''But I don't know anything about
them.''
"Why don't you read up? You
have tour days, and you can do lot
of reading in that time.
So tie young woman read history
for four days so that she might be
able to carry on conversation with
the intellectual giant from Harvard,
who had travelled abroad. Thursday
evening came He arrived and was
shown into the parlor, Presently she
came down. He arose and took her
by the hand and began to talk to her
as follows:
"Gee, but I'm glad to see you
again, and say, you're lookin' fine
tonight. That gown is a corker.
How have you been since the dance?
Didn't we have great time? Say,
l never enjoyed myself so much in
my life. You're the greatest partner
l ever danced with. When it comes
to two-stepping you re the sure enough
limit. Honestly, you are. I'm not
stringin' you. I have been thinkln'
all week about comm up here tonight,
and you dun't know how tickled am
TO see you lookin' so WE'LL
For ten minutes he gabbled on. She
leaned back in her chair, calm and
self possessed, determined that this
intellectual being should not be COM
PEELED to bring the conversation down
tho her level.
Finally there was a lull, and she
looked across at him and SAID,
Wasn't that too bad abuut Mary,
Queen of Scots?''
The young man was startled.
"Why, what do you mean?" he
asked. "Haven't you heard about it"
she exclaimed "Why gracious me
She had her head cut off !'-George
AIDE IN Success Magazine.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

Some women like men become idiot
ic in order to become sensational. The
latest thing in the fool line is book
written by woman, who is no credit
to her sex, advocating "trial or pro-
bational marriges" or in plain Eng
ish man and woman living together
so long and no longer than they find
some other affinity and should children
be born of such union abandon them.
The writer, who so far forget the
purity and sanctity Of the home as to
writer such desplicated nonsense should
have lifted the cover and advocated
directly, promiscous prostitution, so
that the animal IN man might govern
his domestic actions. The place for
the advocates of such social and i'm
moral conditions, should be focked by
themselves ON some lone island and
left to themselves to work out their
fool theory in pain and suffering, for
such would be the consequences of the
disregard of the divine, and the moral
laws of their being-and the worse
thing about the matter IS, that the pro-
posed destruction Of the home Is advo-
Gated by woman.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

There is persistent effort being
made by certain parties to discredit
the pure food laws and it is we'll to
keep an eye on them. There is not
an Individual item IN the pure food
bill that can be pointed out as being
unreasonable or unjust, but the ras-
Gals who have been cheating the peo-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

pie by adulterating and misrepresent-
ing the products they have been sell
ing, readily see that they will lose
some of the profits they have been en-
joying. Now is the time for the peo-
pie see to it that the laws are en-
forced to the letter. 'Let no guilty
man escape" is the proper senti-
ment In this matter.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

1t is reported in the press dispatches
that two full regiments of Japs with
their officers are in Honolulu, Hawaii,
waiting for an opportune moment to
make their presence known in full
regimentals with arms in their hands.
The dispatch may have emniated from
parties hostile to the presence Of
japanese on the island and are Ell
deavoring to create prejudice against
tn ''Yanks of the Orient" strong
enough to drive them, not only from
Hawaii, but California as well. Un-
der the circumstances it might be
we'll to hold judgment in allegiance
until the truth of the report is au-
thenticated. Should it prove true
however, the position of the Presi-
dent on the Jap question will be
embarrassing in the extreme and
prove that he made a mistake in
his diagnosis of the question in CAL
ifornia.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
A Michigan wife who eloped with

A Michigan wife who eloped with
her husbands best friend, was sur
prised to receive by mail her false
teeth neatly wrapped in rag. An
accompanying note from her deserted
spouse said: "In your haste to escape
you overlooked these teeth. | am
sending them appropriately wrapped,
fearing lest without the teeth you
could not chew the rag and might be
lonesome.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

On the 18th inst, in an address
delivered at banquet in the city of
Washington, d. c., by the Automobile
manufacturers Of the United States,
Secretary Of the Treasury Leslie M.
Shaw, gave utterance to startling
warning: he said IN part:
'tTo those of you who still pray
get down on your knees tonight and
pray to God to save this country from
its prosperity.
This country has grown as no
country in the world has ever grown.
1t is advancing by leaps and bounds.
| don't want to worry you with Stats
cal data. Within the last ten years,
however, the country has jumped to
an appalling stature. We are com
PEELED to do business at ten-fold
increase with the financial implements
of past age compared with our pres
ent strength and capacity.
81 don't know what is going to
become of US. 1t is all right to boast
of our greatness, to herald our Won
deriul productive capacity to the world
and set ourselves upon pedestal, but,
gentlemen, we're going to fast. Stop
and ponder.
eve have outgroWn our swaddling
clothes without preparing ourselves
for a new wardrobe. Only complete
disaster can follow a continuance of
this unparalleled prosperity. AS |
said, those of you who pray, get down
on your knees tonight and pray God
that there will be an abatement or no
one can tell what will become of US
ALL am sure | cannot. -
The people of this country will be
astonished at the doleful prediction of
the secretary of the treasury, who is
about to retire from office and again
become private citizen. The coun-
try is wonderfully prosperous as Mr..
Shaw states, but is the prosperity
general and are all classes included?
A = ~, th1 Of h,,
try, yea, world, when such colossal
fortunes were amassed by the few,
than at the present time, and should
the same condition continue to exist
as now prevail IN this country, the
time will come when the rich as well
as the poor will need to pray. But it
is astonishing that Mr.. Shaw, who
is one of the ultra "stand patters'' on
the tariff should be uneasy, for he
knows, If he knows anything, that the
.prohibitive tariff now in force, has
been a potential factor in building up
such fabulous fortunes He no doubt,
is aware of the fact that legislation
for long term of years was in the
interest of capital. What now looks
SO ominous may be obviated by re-
ducing the tariff and reducing the cost
of living to the laborlng and produc-
ing classes, and make it possible for
them to have a few of the luXurles
and pleasures of life. If IN the future,
near or distant, there is civil war in
this country the capitalisUic class
will be responsible for it, for the
American will never become an in
dustrial slave for rich master.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Observations.

William. Jennings Bryan doesn t
drink. In Japan banquet was given
in his honor. When it came to drink
ing the health of Admiral Togo, Bryan
raised a glass of water to his lips.
Togo looked at HIM an said:" We are
drinking wine!'> But you won your
battles on WATER" said Bryan. "When
you win any on wine, I'll drink wine
to your heatlh.''
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Railroad Time Table
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PA

Train No. % arrives from Chicago and departs
for Madison at 6:l0, p. m. except Sunday
No. SO arrives from Milwaukee and departs
TOR Madison at 1898 a. M, except Sunday.
No. ? arrives from Chicago and departs for
Madison at 2:5S p. M, daily exceSt Sunday.
Train No. 23S arrives from Madison at 7:03 p.
~ daily except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from Milwaukee at TAO
o, M daily
Sunday train from Milwaukee arrives here
45 a. IN. Returning, departs at $40 p. m.
*This train stops at Watertown Junct. only.
GEORGE w. WEBB Agent.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
CHICAGO & NORTHWEST

CHICAGO & NORTHWEST
GOING SOUTH
Leave
5:55 a. m. Chicago GAINESVILLE, Milwaukee,
Madison.
II 10 a. m. Chicago, Janeville, Madison.
lao p. IN. Chicago, GAINESVILLE, Milwaukee,
Rockford. Dekalb.
6:56 p. IN. GAINESVILLE, Milwaukee, Madison,
Rockford.
8 5:56 p. m Chicagot GAINESVILLE.
GOING NORTH
Leave
I 500 a. m, Fond du Lac Green Bay, Marnette,
Sheboygan RipOn, Marshfeld.
S:18 a. IN. Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Rlpon,
MarShtield.
II SO a. m. From GAINESVILLE goes no further.
+ 2:35 p. m. Fond du Lac. Green Bay, Sheboygan,
Ripon, Grand Rapids,
9:45 p. m. From Chicago, GAINESVILLE goes no
further.
Except Sunday. Sunday only,
F. M. NEWTON, Agent.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

Jacob Schiff, one of the most con-
spicuous bankers of New York in a
speech delivered in Chicago this week
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

By this time, the Hon, Bethany
Storer must feel like battalion of
25th. infantry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
BIC HELP TO FUND
Contributions Aggregating ST.
600 for Long View Park
improvement.
RAILWAY co. GIVES $500
Mrs. Anna e. Davis Provision for Play
Ground and Donations of Messrs.
Cable and Weyerhaeuser.

President William Jackson of thc
park commission received letter from
j. F. Lardner, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Tri-City Railway
company this morning, stating that the
directors representing the new stock
holders of the company had made an
appropriation of 81 800 toward the
Long View park development and that
the amount was subject to the order
OF the park commission. The act is
an evidence of enterprise and public
spirit on the part of the new company
that the public will appreciate.
Great Encouragement for Board.
This handsome contribution follow
ing the noble offer made to President
Jackson by Mrs. Anna T.. Davis, to pro
vide for the laying out and equipment
of the children's playground at an out
lay of $500, together with the splendid
subscriptions of $500 each from Hon.
Ben T. Cable and Frederick Weyer-
haeuSer, affords Il most gratifying
source of encouragement 10 the park
board IL brings the fund contingent
upon which the city's appropriations to
be made up TO a high mark
The list of subscriptions. including
in addition to what have been printed.
will be published in full shortly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
LADIES UNABLE
TO NAME A DATE
Have Decided to Give Out Door Enter
tainment to Raise Funds for Gem
etery Road improvement.

At the meeting of the Cemetery
Road Improvement association held at
the home of Mrs. Wadsworth this
morning the principal matter under dis
cussion was as TO the date of the enter
tainment that is 10 raise the funds
for the proposed work. On account OF
numerous evenings taken up by the
schools this time of the year. this is
not small task, and the ladies' are vet
undecided. They have. however. de.
termined that it shall be an out of
door entertainment of some kind.
There are some committees that will
have reports to offer soon and anoth-
er meeting will he held as soon as they
are ready.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
September. 900, 900, sos, S.97.

Receipts today-Wheat -. corn $50.
oats LAG, hogs II 200 cattle 400. sheep
1000.
Hog market opened steady. Hogs
left over 5000. Light 6.35 a 6.57. mixed
and butchers 6.35@6.60, good heavy
6.20@6.60. rough heavy 6.2O@6.35.
Cattle market opened unchanged.
Sheep market opened steady.
Hogs at Omaha $500, cattle 400.
Hogs at Kansas City 1000, cattle 1000.
u. S. Yards, $40 a. m.-Hog market
weak Light 6.30@6.5O.. mixed and
butchers 6.3O@6.55. good heavy 6.20@
6.57. rough heavy 6.20@6.30.
Cattle market unchanged. Beeves
41O@6.20. cows and heifers 1.75@4.S0.
stockers and feeders 2.90@505.
Sheep market unchanged.
Hog market closed weak and mostly
I0c lower. Light 6.30@650. mixed and
butchers 6.30@6.50, good heavy 615@
6.52 rough heavy 6.15@6.30.
Cattle market closed steady.
= Sheep market closed steady
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
CITY CHAT.

Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
LaSalle coal at Mueller's only.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus or express. Spencer & Trefz.
For bus. baggage. express. call Robb's.
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
Schreiner & Hubbard. Real estate.
Schreiner & Hubbard. Real estate.
Schreiner & Hubbard. Real estate.
Special Sunday night dinner at the
Harper.
Bleuer-Hemenway orchestra At the
Harper Sunday night.
Lawn swings. lawn mowers and BIZ
cycles at David Don's.
Lawn mowers, lawn mowers, lawn
mowers, at David DOn's.
Rock Island Fuel company is now de-
1ivering green pine wood.
Order green pine WOOD now from the
Rock Island Fuel company.
Clemann e Salzmann are mill agents
for the celebrated Bundhar, Wilton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
CROWDS FLOCK N. & INWARD
Clerks Unable to Handle All the Bus
iness-Many Turned Away-More
Men Monday

Fridays crowds. great as they were,
were overshadOwed by the throngs
that literally rushed the statesmen off
their feet in their vain endeavOr to
satisfy the needs of all who came.
The extraordinary bargains offered
by NJ. & X. have brought out the peo-
pie and demonstrated conclusively
the high esteem with which this firm
is regarded by the public.
Every article in the entire stock has
been cut for rapid selling, 10 move
the merchandise out of the way of the
carpenters who are making improve
ments in the building this store occu-
pies. Ten per cent, % per cent and
even more has been cut from the reg
ular prices of all the finest wearables
If this splendid stock
The result is season of extra value
giving, monumental in the history of
Rock Island observation-disclosures oppor-
tunity for any one to be well clad
1T small cost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19

full impression at the vatican that he
has not long to live.
/ When the pOntiff came to Rome as
Cardinal Sarto, archbishop of Venice,
TO participate in the election Of a sue
cessOr to Leo Kill, his face was that
of man in perfect physical condition,
his complexion in particular denoting
his robust health.
All that has disappeared. and while
the kindness has remained. the cheer
mess, and good humor. have vanished
from his features.
Takes No Exercise.
He was accustomed to taking plenty
of exercise while at Venice and dur
ing the first two years of his pontifi-
cate he was able to keep himself in
fairly good condition by long walks in
the vatican grounds
Lately the pontiff has given up
walks and is found for more than half
the hours of every day at his desk To
the protests of DIR. Lapponi he insists
he has no time for outdoor exercise
The fact of the matter is that Plus
X. is simply overwhelmed with work.
which is accommodating all the time.
owing to his reluctance to have any
thing done in his name which has
neither his coSnizance nor approval.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
SOCIALISTS IN
CONVENTION
Meet in cock Island and Name County
and Senatorial Tickets-Seiect
Delegates.

Socialists of Rock Island county and
of the Thirty-third senatorial district,
held their conventions in this city last
evening and nominated tickets. Err
nest Sechnor of Moline. was chairman
and Louis E SieverS of Rock Island
was secretary. The following ticket
was nominated:
For county Judge. A, Gustafson.
For county clerk Z. Sievers.
For treasurer-Ernest Sechnor.
For sheriff-Charles Block.
For superintendent of schools. NJ
Hardy.
For Senator-Nels E. II. Bohman.
For representative-W. w Duffin
Eleven delegates were named TO at
tend the state convention in Chicago
June 2. and the same with three addi-
tional Will attend the congressional
convention May p.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
WOMEN WANT RIGHT
TO VOTE. AT ONCE
Not Contented With British Premier's
Reference to Future Vic
tory.

London, May 19.-Escorted by 40
members of parliament nearly 400
women suffragists representing organ
izations from all parts of the country
interviewed Premier Campbell-Banner-
man today and presented their claims
that women be allowed To vote. In
concluding his reply to their demands
the premier said he sympathiZed with
the object of the deputation and he be-
lieved ii would not be many years be-
fore the desired change would be
brought about Reference to years
was met with kissing from the men,
bers of the deputation who left the
foreign Office evidently greatly dis
satisfied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
Facsimile of Old Newspaper.

A fac-simile of copy of the Dublin
Newsletter dated From Tuesday
June %. to Saturday, June p, 1741."
has been received by Reidy Bros. Be.
sides being a decided curiosity as a
newspaper. it is interesting to the re-
cipients in a business way. as on one
OF its pages is found the advertisement
of the Royal Exchange Assurance com
pany of London, which the firm repre-
sents in this locality.
Takes the burn out; heals the wound
cures the pain. Dr. Thomas Eclectric
OIL, the household remedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19

to 15c. Geese, per pound. lie.
egetables-Potatoes. 60 to zoe.
Eggs-Fresh, Is TO 14c.
Live Stock,
Sheep-Yearlings or over. $3.000S6;
lambs, $4@$6.50.
CattIe-Steers, $3.50@$5; cows and
heifers, $2@$450: calves $50H.
Hogs-Mixed s5.75 to $6.25.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, so to SIC; oats, 80 to
33c.
Forage - Timothy hay. $120$13;
prairie, s9@$12; clover, mixed $50
SO; straw. 5000.
WOODLAND, per load. 35Gsb.60.
Coal-Lump, bushel, 1Sc; slick. per
bushel, 10 to 12c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
New York Stocks.

New York. May 19.-U. p. 1879. L.
S. Steel preferred 1858, u. S. Steel
common 4OA, Reading 1875, o. & w.
1879. Southern Pacific 64A, n. Y. Cen.
trail 1899. Missouri Pacific 931s. l.. &
n. 145. SHELTERS 1854, c. F. |. 5OH.
Canadian Pacific 100. Penna 1925
Erie 43A. c. & o. 5S5s, B. r. T. 1914
B. & o. 1878, Atchison SO, Locomotive
69H, Sugar 13G. ST. Paul 1881, Copper
1898. Republic Steel preferred 101h.
Republic Steel common 2SA. Southern
Rv 37A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19

1000 yards of those fine English mercerized
Sheppard checks. permanent finish. beautiful
for shirt waist suits, regular Csc and 38c quail
ties. come in reseda green, brown. pink and
blue only. choice at 15c yd.
5000 yards fine organizes and batistes, beau
tiful sheer fabrics. printed in dots and wide
range of daintiest flower designs. choice of
these at yd., IL 1-2c.
10 pieces al-linen suitings. embroidered in
white. imported to sell at 75c. while this small
lot lasts. 19c yd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-19
THE MARKETS.

Chicago. May 19.-FOllowing are tn,
market quotations today:
Wheat.
May, S45s. S4a4. SAY, S41s.
July, S2k. S3B, S2as. SO.
September. sos, 81, SOas, sos.
Corn.
May 1915, 1885. As, ASH.
July. Az, Az, 471s, 4714.
September, AN, 471a, AIS, 473s.
Oats.
May. 1895. 33%, 1914, 33A.
July. 327s. $685., 327s. 33
September, 3O7s, SAY. 3OM, 311s.
Park.
May. closed 1850
July. 1865, 1850. 1885. 1857.
September. 15.40. 15.40. 1875. 1910.
Lara.
May. closed $50.
July, S.65, S.G5. S.57. S.57.
September, $50. $50. S.72, S.72.
Ribs.
May. S.S7. $50, S.S7. $50.
!, July, 900, 800, S.97, s.97. 4