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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
HELDTOFEDERAL GRAND JURY
Harry X. Morris of Springfield, H..
Under Accusation.

Chicago, Nov. 13.-Harry X. Morris
OF Springfield. H., charged with send
ing improper letters through the mails
to the daughter Of J. II. Burton of
Whitewater, Wis, was held to the fed
eral grand jury in $4,000 bonds last
night. The testimony showed tlTt
Morris had been arrested twice for the
same offense and that he had followed
Miss Burton all over the country caus-
ing her extreme annoyance. 1t is also
expected that he attacked the young
womans character to other persons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
SENATOR CULLOM
HAS FRESH ATTACK
Illinois Statesman Taken Suddenly MI
But is Reported in No
Danger.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Senator Cul-
lom suffered a slight attack of indiges-
ton and nausea while at the navy de-
partment today, requiring the attention
of physicians. He is resting easily and
it is believed will soon be completely
recovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
Secretary MetcaIf Completes
Mission on Which He Was
Sent to Frisco.
LEARNED STATUS OF JAPs
Finds Much Race Enmity in Evidence
Refuses to Make Any
Statement.

San Francisco, Nov. 13.-Secretary
Metcalf, who was sent to San Francis
co by President Roosevelt to investi-
gate the exclusion of Japanese chill
dren from the schools attended BY
whites, has concluded his work and
will depart for Washington to make
his report Metcalf has gone very
thoroughly into the matter and will
take a great amount of statistics and
facts bearing upon the case to Wash
ington.
Heard Complaints.
He heard complaints of alleged boy
cotting of Japanese restaurants and
other places of business, and investi-
gated cases of assault on Japanese and
numerous street brawls between Jap
anese and white boys. Metcalf declined
to say what conclusions he had
reached or make any statement until
he made a report to the president.
Jap Newspapers Bitter.
Victoria, b. c., Nov. 1S.-The steam
er. Empress of China, which arrived
today from the orient brought further
news of Chinese military maneuvers
in North China. Japanese corporals
who commanded the maneuvers are
unanimous in stating the troops are
not qualified to range themselves
against occidental soldiers Japanese
newspapers are filled with comment
regarding the anti-Japanese demon
stration at San Francisco. Some write
very bitterly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
TWO ARE BURNED TO. DEATH
Three Other Members of Family Es-
cape from Fire by Jumping.

Paoli, Ind, Nov. 13.-Vincent Moore.
aged 90, and Raymond Moore, aged IL,
were burned to death in their home
five miles in the country last night
Three other members of the family es-
capped by jumping from second story
window, but all were injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
Killed by Train at eaIesburq.

Galesburg, III. Nov 13.-Perry Dar-
nell, an old resident of Williamsfield,
was struck by Santa Fe train yester-
day and killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
POISON FROM EAR OF CORN
Caused Death Of Farmer Living Near
kewanee, Henry County.

Kewanee, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-Benjamin
Matthews, aged 40 years, a prominent
farmer is dead from blood poisoning
caused by slight injury 10 his hand
while picking, corn three days ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13


MIR
he
of
Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
Reichstaa hal session-

Berlin. Nov. 1s.-The reichstag re
assembled today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13

Not Preparing for Demonstration.
London, Nov. 13.-Reports from Gi
braltar that preparations are being
made for an Anglo-French naval de
monstration off Tangier are officially
declared to be erroneous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
Jap Newspapers Bitter.
MANY VICTIMS OF ExPL 0sI0N

Six Men scaIded to Death When Boiler
Blows Up.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13.-Six men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
EXPECT 100000 MEMBERS
Presbyterians Meet to Form Organiza-
ton of Present Church Bodies.

IiOn OF TFSSeHt OnuFCH 0CoiSS.
Indianapolis, Nov. 13.-Prominent
Presbyterians from all parts Of the
country are arriving today for the ma
tional convention which will open to-
night with a banquet for the purpose
of organizing a brotherhood to include
the several mems Societies, clubs, and
bible classes within the church. It is
hoped to have membership of 100000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13
Policy Not New.

I'VE have never opposed politics in
our organization, says the report,
though we have always opposed parti-
san politics. Independent voting with
an eye single to the interests of labor
is urged upon all members of the affili-
ated unions"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-13

Financially, as well as otherwise,
the American Federation of Labor has
had a prosperous year." said Secretary
Morrison in his report for the past
year, which closed with $113,540 in
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

season is continued until spring. Since
practically no breeders make a spe-
cialty of guinea fowl for the market,
the birds are supplied in small numbers
by poulterers who keep a few with
their other kinds. The New York deal
ers get their fresh guinea fowl largely
from New Jersey. They are raised in
small numbers by many poultrymen
in the middle west, as is shown by the
fact that the market supply comes in
considerable part from that region. The
wholesale meat dealers in Chicago buy
up the birds as they find them, here
and there, on farms, paying for them
by the head rather than by weight. as
with other varieties. The birds are put
into cold storage until enough are col
lected for shipment Sometimes they
are sold in our eastern markets, but
often they are sent to England, where
there is always sale for them.
Guinea fowl are not separately in.
cluded in the official market reports,
and consequently it is difficult to OBJ
tain definite information regarding
their price. Private inquiry among reli-
able dealers in Boston, New York,
Rochester and Philadelphia indicates
that in northeastern cities the average
retail price for pair weighing two
or three pounds each is probably about
SIPS in the autumn and early winter,
while younger birds earlier in the sea
son and older birds later often bring
$1.50 per pair or even more. In the
south. where all poultry is cheaper. they
cost less. Information received from
Montgomery, Ala. gives 80 to 50 cents
each as an ordinary retail price.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

As to the possibility of increasing the
yellow color of egg yolk by feeding,
it has been found at the Utah expert
ment station that when hens were fed
dried alfalfa leaves in winter the yolks
Of the eggs laid were normal in color.
while those laid by similar lots fed no
alfalfa were pale in color, and the
same improvement in color was noted
when hens had access to green grass.
alfalfa and clover In another test a
mixture of white and yellow corn eat
en- in place of wheat did not produce
yellow yollzs, nor did skim milk fed
in place of meat meal. 1T was not
noted that there was any difference in
color of yolk from different breeds, nor
did there appear to be any difference
due to individuality. The color of
shell is question of individuality, but
the proper color of yolk is a question
of food"
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

at the top and bottom on each side, as
shown. Run light iron rod from one
end piece to the other at the center.
To hold the timber in place when
saving secure hickory pole about
two inches in diameter and six feet
long. Fasten one end to the ground
at one side of the horse by means Of a
stake or a bent wooden staple, as IL
Illustrated. Bend the pole over the tim
Der to be held and fasten with forked
stake set in the ground. A small post
with holes bored in one side a few
inches apart and pin to fasten in
the holes will be found preferable to a
forked stick as the pole can thus be
sprung down and held at different
points to suit the various kinds of
wood laid on the sawhorse.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
THE GUINEA FOWL.
Increasing Interest In 1t as a Choice
Table Bird.


"a growing market for guinea fowl
in the United States has led to a recent
farmers bulletin, No. 234, on this bird
and its use as food. Among other in
teresting statements made are the fol-
lowing:
OF the domesticated birds of the
ordinary type the so called pearl
guinea fowl is by far the most COM
mon. 1t has steel or purplish gray
plumage regularly dotted or ''pearled"
with white (whence it's nance, and it
is so handsome that the feathers are
frequently used for ornamental pur-
poses. The birds have bright coral red
wattles. The ears and the sides of
the head are ordinarily white and are
not unlike kid in appearance.
On the continent of Europe guinea
fowl are considered very delicious TIA
BILE birds, and in England they are
highly priced as substitutes for game.
sometimes figuring on menus as "Amer-
lean pheasant" They have always
been eaten to a certain extent in the
United States, especially in the south,
and have been much relished by those
who were discriminating in their
tastes, but until recently they have
been commonly said to be rather in
ferior to chickens, perhaps because of
the darker color of the meat or be-
cause the majority of persons have new
er had their attention called to their
good points.
Their favor resembles in so many
ways that of game birds that guinea
fowl furnish an excellent substitute for
game. They seem as yet to be little
bought for private families except by
the few who have learned to appreciate
their excellent qualities, but some idea
Of their Importance in club and res
taurant menus may be gathered from
the fact that in a fashionable New
York hotel 5000 were used between the
LIST of January and the middle of April,
1908.
The young birds for broilers begin to
reach the market in the north late in
the summer; the larger birds are killed
throughout the autumn and early win
ter, and by means of cold storage the
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
"Cotton cr1turexv Connemnen.

When the warning against nitrocul-
ture was G.ven our readers it was not
based upon the worthlessncss of the
cotton cCitUr1 T1e supposed The bits
Of co,to: CO. aimed living bacteria. and
the thought las oA.y that thousands
We're paying 81 package for bacteria
when they e,.le.' Eal the bacteria in
their soils o. else bad soils in which
these bacteria would lot live. The adj
vertising by the national department
and the Gc2.ers in commercial nitro
culture WAS misleading and caused I'M
profitable Investment Eut now we
know more ab3ut the cotton cultures.
The great majority of those tested by
scientists are absolutely worthless.
They are lifeless. and Professor Hard
ing of the New York state station, aft
er summers work in which several
other well known psychologists as
sisted, says that cotton cultures are a
failure. To this end does the much ex-
plotted discovery Of the national de.
partment of agriculture come.-Alva
Agee in National Stockman.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28


Most farmers raise pumpkins in the
midst of their corn and cannot, of
course, expect so large pumpkin crop.
The size of the annual crop also de-
ponds great deal upon the weather at
the time when the vines are in blossom.
The yield may therefore vary from
year to year, and on this naturally de-
ponds the price which is paid per ton,
1t ranging in different years from $3.50
to 50. And when the crop in the vicini-
ty Of canning factory is small it is
necessary to ship pumpkins in from
other parts of the country in carloads.
Pumpkins are being grown in much
greater quantities today than they were
a few years ago. States like West Vir-
ginia and Arkansas, where the agricul-
turist has given little attention to them
in the past, are finding that under GER
tain conditions they are a profitable
crop. Michigan, where so much atten.
ton is being given to fruits, sugar
beets and other products in recent
years, is giving increased attention tc
this crop too. A ton Of pumpkins will
make about 1900 pounds when canned
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
Is Disease a Crime f?

Not very long ago, a popular magazine
published an editorial article in which
the writer asserted, in substance, that all
disease should be regarded as criminal.
Certain it is, that much of the sickness
and suffering of mankind is due to the
violation of certain of Natures laws.
But to say that all sickness should be
regarded as criminal. must appeal to
every reasonable individual as radically
wrong.
1t would be harsh, unsympathetic,
cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor,
weak, over-worked housewife who sinks
under the heavy load of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
nesses, various displacements of pelvic
organs and other arrangements peculiar
to her sex.
Frequent bearing of children. with its ex-
acting demands upon the system, coupled
with the care. worry and labor of rearing a
large family is often the cause OF weak
nesSes. arrangements and debility which are
aggravated by the many household cares.
and the harC. and never-ending work which
the mother is called upon to perform. Dr.
Pierce. the maker OF that wOrld-famed rem
edy for wouan's peculiar weaknesses and
ills-Dr. Plerce's Favorite Prescription-says
that one OF the greatest obstacles to the cure
OF this class OF maladies is the fact that the
poor. over-wDrked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
and labor to enable her TO secure from the
use of his Prescription its full benefits 1t
Is matter az FREQUENT experience, he says,
in his extensive practice in these cases. to
meet with those in which his treatment fails
by reason of The patients inability TO abstain
from hard work long enough to be cured.
With those suffering from prolapsus. ante
version and retroversion of the uterus or
other displacement OF the womanly organs.
It Is very NECESSARY that. I'm addition to taxi
ing his "FavOrite Prescription they abstain
from being very much or for long periods. on
their feet. All heavy lifting or straining' of
any kind should also be avoided As much
ofIf-1oDr air npScfb1n with randarafQ. LIGHT
exercise is so very important Let the
patient observe these rules and the Favor
lite Prescription will do the rest.
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only Send to Or. r. " Pierce,
Buffalo, N. X, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
IL sick CONSULT the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
| held sacredly confidential.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach. liver and bowels.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
Luckiest rIan in Arkansas.

I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas, -
writes b. l.. Stanley of Bruno, ''since
the restoration of my wifes health af-
ter i've years of continuous coughing
and bleeding from the lungs; and 1
owe my good fortune to the worlds
greatest medicine, DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which
know from experience will cure con.
sumption if taken in time. NY wife
improved with the first bottle and
twelve bottles completed the cure. -
Cures the worst coughs and colds or
money refunded At Benton N. Wei.
don, druggist. soc and $1.O0. Trial
bottle free
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
A II ealing Gospel

The Rev. J. @. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist Church, Belair, Ga,
says of Electric Bitters: "It's God
send to mankind. It cured me of
lame back, stiff joints and complete
physical collapse. 1 was so weak it
took me half an hour to walk mile.
Two bottles of Electric Bitters have
made me so strong 1 have just walked
three miles in so minutes and feel like
walking three more. It's made new
man of me-" Greatest remedy for
weakness and all Stomach, Liver and
Kidney complaints. Sold under guar
antee at Benton N. Weldon's drug
store. Price SOC.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
An Easily Made sayvnorse.

In the cut from Orange Judd Farmer
are shown an easily made sawhorse and
convenient way of holding wood.
Use pieces of by or 2 by inch
stuff for the legs, cutting them the
proper length. Mortise the legs to-
gether and connect the ends with wood
en- braces made of / by ~ inch stuff
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
Shading CnuIinnryer.

Experiments in shading caulifower
the past season at the Missouri expert
ment station gave the same results as
for the year previous. Plants made a
much bette start inside the tent than
outside. The leaf growth inside was
also superior throughout the summer
This was considered to be due to the
ground inside retaining it's moisture
much better chan that outside.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
PUMPKINS IN QUANTITY.
The New Industry of Growing Them
For Canning Factories.


In northeastern Ohio large quantities
of pumpkins are raised for canning
purposes. This is especially true in the
vicinity of Conneaut, where is locat-
ed one of the largest canneries for
pumpkins on the American continent.
More than 1000 tons of this product are
often used at a cannery in one season,
and this quantity is equivalent to about
1888 wagon loads, says a writer in
Ohio Farmer.
A field that will yield twenty tons of
pumpkins to the acre is considered ex-
cellent. The pumpkin field shown in
the cut was an unusually productive
one Pumpkins only were raised In
stead of corn and pumpkins together.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
NIeaIy Whenf.

A miller in Stark county, O.. writes
us that the millers of that county will
probably refuse to purchase mealy
wheat next year. He says they are
doing all they can to discourage its
production because of it's inferior mill
ing qualities-National Stockman.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
FriQhtfuIly Burned.

Chas. w. Moore, a machinist, Of
Ford City, Pa, had his hand fright
fully burned in an electrical furnace.
He applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve
with the usual result "a quick and
perfect cure" Greatest healer ON earth
for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Eczema
and Piles. 2Sc at Benton n Weldon,
druggist.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

Perhaps the most wasteful slip shod
and expensive printing Office is the
Government Printing Office in Wash
ington, but within the last few weeks
bona fide printer and manager,
Charles A. Shilling by name, has been
made Public Printer and is enforcing
come simple and business like rules
and regulations. There would appear
to be nothing remarkable or revolu-
tionary in this but it has shaken the
old asylum for Incompetent and dead
printers to its foundation. Their ulula-
tions and imprecations are like the
hovlings Of the Zoo at feeding time.
There are indications that Mr.. Still
ings will go right on with his better
ments. An intolerable situation has
been created by act and neglect o.
Congress and the idle, drunken and in
capable people should be cleared out
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

The consular system of the United
States in spite of its interested apollo
gists, is VIGOROUSLY bad The consul
lar personnel with some rare exceptions
is a byword of nations. Secretary
Root through the Lodge bill is en-
deavoring to effect such improvements
as no Secretary of State in recent times
has had the courage or the nerve to
undertake. The Senate after shaking
all the grit out of the Lodge bill has
passed it. 1t remains for the House to
replace the sand or for the President
to veto bill that has been amended
to leave the consular service wide open
for the incapable favorites and hench-
men of Senators.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

Pseudo humanitarians and diletante
statesmen have defeated a measure in
Congress much needed in all cities but
especially in Washington which has
the largest negro population of any
city except Timbuctoo. President
Roosevelt in his message to Congress
recommended the establishment in
Washington of the whipping post for
wife beaters, but the bill was defeated
by sufficient majority and the Gov
eminent will continue to reward these
miscreants with board and idleness at
the first rate second-class hotel called
the Jail.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

In the instance of kidnapper Pat
Groves acquittal the jury and the.iury
system is again and for the thousandth
time condemned. This particular jury
ought to be tried and sentenced midi
vidually aud collectively. The press
says the verdict was applsuded. Can
it be that the Judge of the court who
condemned the jury, is the only honest,
just and sensible man in that unspeak-
able bad jurisdiction?
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
SHORT SHARP, P|THY NEWS
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
dLEANlNGS PICKED UP FROM OUR WASH.
INGToN CORRESPONDENT OF INTEREST.
News OF the Day Boiled Down and Treated
In an Interesting Manner About Men
and Affairs OF National Interest.


In an Interesting Manner About Men
and Affairs OF National Interest.
The President of the Chicago bank
which has just failed, loaned the fam
lily cook $3.50 He lost the money
but they kept their cook.
The separation papers make it look
as if Anna Gould would not have been
so angry about Count Boni's love af-
fairs if he had not been so extravagant
in the gifts he made TO the fair ones.
Pat Grove and the Omaha jury are
at loggerheads. Grove confesses that
he was guilty of kidnapping the Cud-
shy boy but the jury brought in ver-
dict that he was innocent.
A Kansas negro has been sent to
Jail for twenty years for trying to rob
bank. If he had operated on the In
side he would merely have changed
his residence to Paris.
AS marital proposition the coach
man has, in measure, ceased to have
attraction for millionaires daughters
but the young ladies manage to keep
affairs lively by clipping with the chat
feures.
WI Ting Fang of China, says that
if each of his countrymen would add
one inch to the tail of his shirt, that
alone would come the entire cotton
crop of the South. The important con.
sideration at present is not that the
Cinnamon shall add an inch to it but
that he shall wear his shirt
Senator Clark of Montana, who has
one of the finest private art galleries
in the United States, says he is sorry
he did not become an artist. Almost
any one would exchange artistic talent
for the ability to make as effective a
pen and ink sketch at the bottom of
check as Senator CLARK.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
American Fence

great variety of heights and better than ever 90 pc
the Fence sold is American. Why? Because it is best
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-04
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
Steamer Island Queen is Sued BY
J. p. Kelly, Of Evansville, For
Being Elected.

Two Sundays ago Easter Sunday
the Island Queen ran her annual eX-
cursion between this city and Evans
vile and on each trip she carried a
large aggregation Of people from each
place. says thc Henderson. Ky. Even
ing Journal On one OF the trips ont
from Evansville a man by name Of J.
p Kelly got aboard az Evansville to
come to Henderson or 10 may be TO
make the rosud "Trip At any rate Mr..
Kelly was discovered on the boat and
there was some misunderstanding be
tween the collector u passage on the
boat and Kelly and as a result of IT,.
the boat was rUu to thc bank and KEEL
by madc 90 walk the stage plank 10
the bank. Kelly claims that be paid
his fare by the purchase 81 round
Trip ticket Yesterday he. by his at
torney. filed suit ia rhe circuit court
at Evansville, praying Judgment in
the sum Of one thousand dollars dam
ages, for ejectinE him from the boat
to The bank and cau.ing him great
modification.