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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

cision of the supreme court would
seem to be- to render void all the work
done All that has been done was
with a view to the convention called
under the provisions of the primary
law for May 3, and as that convention
might be rendered void by the provis-
ions of the law which it is sought to
enact, all proceedings looking toward
it would also be rendered void. 1t will
not be held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

There is one thing we have never
been able to understand, why ladies
viii buy harmful cosmetics when Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea makes
clear compilations. S5c, tea or tab
les. T. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

Wedding is of interest. - Davenport
friends Will be interested in the ap-
preaching marriage OF Miss Adeline
Sigh of Grand Rapids. Mich. and Yale
Henry. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Henry. former residents of Davenport
now Of Des Moines. The happy event
viii take place April p.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

Baseball Season Opens.-The for
nal opening of the amateur baseball
season will occur tomorrow afternoon
At FIambos park when the Greys ana
the Epicurean club from East Daven-
port will cross bats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07
Special Easter Offering s

Of fact Everything useful for the Home
beautiful Palor
Carpet Size Rug Po Don't be selfish and
individual be
family for all Remember there
no
i is home is
would and we'll help
little haven't all the
and the balance by the week month";
You'll rknowh howe is until tried with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07
MOLINE MENTION,

Arranging fer Convention Plans
are being perfected for the second an
unal convention OF the state associa
ton of stationary engineers in this
city Saturday and Sunday. May 10 and
20. The business sessions are to be
held in Turner hall and the call to
order viii be at a. N. Saturday In
spection Of the Moline factories, the
arsenal, the water works and the water
power plants here forms part of the
first days entertainment, and Sunday
the visitors will be taken to Davenport
to spend part of the day with the
Iowa engineers, who will be assembled
there. Committees of local members
of the association have been named
Sixty-Two Will Graduate = The
graduating class of the high school
this year will be the largest in the his
tory of the institution unless mum
Der of the members fail in their final
examinations. So far GO have kept up
their work in good shape and have
passed all the examinations. OF course
ii will be necessary for all the pros
:
examinations in order for them to
graduate, but it is thought that there
viii be little if any change in the num-
Der. 1t is also probable that two or
three others who are working up their
credits viii be able to graduate with
the class this spring.
City's Financial Condition. City
Clerk Carlson's report shows that the
total bonded Indebtedness of. the city
is $4,000. The report of City Treas
Urer H. F. Werlich shows the total re-
ceiDts for the year to be $14S.799.90
and the balance March 81 of this year
lis $45.29G.GO.
Changes in Revival Dates Dates
for the revival meetings which have
been planned for some time to be held
in this city have been changed. The
preliminary meetings win begin May
. and continue to May IS The cen
trail meeting date is set for May 20 To
June 4. when DR.. BIederwolf, the evan
gClist, VIII be here. The members of
the First Congregational church have
now decided to participate in the meet
ingG. and a committee consisting OF
IS. Il. Quick, p. S. McGlynn. and G. T.
Smith has been appointed to make ar
rangements. The devotional commit
tee has arranged for the first meeting
to be held next Wednesday afternoon
at the First Baptist church at $3.50 and
Thursday evening at $50 the English
speaking churches will hold a union
meeting in the same church.
Do Net Settle Paving Question.-Al-
though property owners along Sixteenth
avenue held q mass meeting on Thurs
day evening, the city board of local i'm
provements is at much at sea as it |
has been so far as having any idea
which material is wanted by the prop
erty owners for pavement. Over so |
interested parties were present. and
Fred Young acted as chairman of thel
meeting. The all important question
was discussed pro and con for nearly
two hours, but when it adjourned noth-
ing had been accomplished and it willl
probably be necessary 10 hold another,
meeting before the 10-days' limit is up
Hamer Behiinq. - Jesse w Palmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

Elect Officers for the Season.-At
the meeting of the Davenport Fishing
club held at Turner hall, the following
officers were elected for the year: Com
modore. w. d. Petersen; president.
William o. Schmidt; vice president, o.
B. Grant; second vice president Il. NJ,
Sharon; purser and treasurer. \. w.
Wander Vear; assistant pUrser, Cap
tain J. VI. Mccartney; second assistant
purser. John Hill; secretary, Frank
BaIluff; depredations committee, w.
VI. Chamjerlin, Henry Vollmer, and
Fred B. Sharon: committee on bait, r.
l.. Schricker. y l.. Anderson and
Christ Neirp. The Trilby's first cruise
will be on April "a. The club VIII hold
cruise every alternating Tuesday
thereafter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07
a Positive
CURE
Ely's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.

eS Hc'ISf AZ O"tSs
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stores the Senses of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

Obituary Record Gust Youngberg.
90 years ago a member of the Light
Guard band. died Thursday in Kansas
City of cancer of the stomach, aged
IS. He left a wife and four children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07
DAVENPORT DOTS.

Election in Progress.-Great inter
est is being taken in the municipal
election today. Both democrats and
republicans are working with might
and main and Indications are that the
vote viii be the fullest that has ever
been registered in city election.
complete staff OF officers is to he chos-
en- including. mayor. clerk, treasurer,
assessor, police magistrate. two alder
men-at-large. and one alderman from
each Of the six wards Interest centers
of course. in the race between Waldo
Becker. formerly mayor and the DEM
Ccratic nominee. and Harry Phillips.
present mayor. nominated by the re-
puDlieans. The campaign has been one
OF the most bitter ever waged. the is
sues hinsing upon the course OF the
present mayor. Personalities have
Deen freely INDUCED IN. The republi-
cans closed tEe.r campaign last night
with meetings. in various parts OF the
city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

Taste and Smell. Full size so cts, at Drug.
gists or by mail Trial Size 10 cts. by mail !
Ely Brothers, sc Warren Street. New York. ;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-07

City's Financial Condition City
Clerk Carlson's report shows that the
total bonded Indebtedness of. the city
is $4,000. The report of City Treas
rirer H. F. Werlich shows the total re-
ceiDts for the year to be $14S.7999 80
and the balance March 81 of this year
is $45.29G.G0.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

from talking with men brought there
to take their places. Notwithstanding
the injunction the company has been
unable to secure men to take their
places.
San Francisco Planning Mill Own
ers' association has signed an agree
ment with the building trades council,
Wages will range from 1925 to S.
day. The agreement remains in force
for two years and all differences which
may arise will be settled by arbitra
ton.
The Chicago Tribune says: "Since
the defeat of the Garment Workers
sweatshops have enormously increased
in number. Only cent apiece is paid
for coats and undervests. By working
seven days some can make as much
as a dollar This comes from the
open" shop.
Union men. please your wife and
your pocketbook by purchasing Riv-
Ell side Base Burner. There is abso-
lutely no stove on the market that
will furnish as much heat IT, the
amount Of coal consumed as will the
Riverside." Sold exclusively by Hoppe
al 1OS North Tenth street.~ -
Tom Watson's Magazine, another
of the brood of non-union sheets pub
lished in New York typothetae offices,
appears to have gone to the wall, a
judgment of $6O,936 having been is
sued against it. Tom quit because he
could not collect his salary. The idea
OF being long on glory and short on
cash did not appeal particularly to
him.
Independent Telephone company of
Omaha has signed scale of wages
with the Electrical Workers union.
All journeymen linemen, trouble
| men," instalers and switchboard men
| will receive So per day, while the
cable splicers will get 81 for eight
hours. Time and a half will be paid
for overtime; double time will be paid
for Sundays and all legal holidays.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.

Capital auxiliary will meet Friday,
November 16, with Mrs. Wells Comp
ton, 1916 T street, 2:30 sharp.
Mrs E. A. King and daughter are
home again after visit OF several
weeks with relatives and friends in
Missouri
The meeting of November 2, held
with Mrs Abe Compton and Mrs.
Morris Crissman, was reasonably
well attended, and a great deal of
business was attended to, amongst
other things it was decided that No.
II have charge of the oyster room
at the labor fair We will serve every
afternoon and hope the union men
and women will not forget our corner.
The ladies will also hold a bazaar dur
ing the fair They are hard at work
making such things as every house
wife needs, 1t will be good place
to buy Christmas gifts.
The committee in charge of the Soc
ial for November has selected Tues
day evening, the goth, as the date for
the box social to be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walthan, 1744 J street.
The ladies are preparing to have a
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
A LIVING BOOK.
The Greatest Ever Written, and Will
Always Lead Men Right.

A century ago France was spending
Iniilions of dollars each year in print
ing and distributing infidel literature.
Tie Bible was suppressed. God was
deaied. What was the result? He'll
broke loose. Half the children born
in Faris were illegitimate, to say
nothing of other frightful facts in
Frances history.
In classic Athens, when Demon
themes was pronouncing his eloquent
crations. you could buy man for $50;
half the price of an ordinary horse.
Plato was exposed for sale in the
slave market. Aesop, whose fables
you read and study, was a slave. In
Rome, when Christianity dawned upon
earth, slave was worth about 500.
That was the price that Rome, with
all her wealth and her civilization, put
upon man. You can not buy man
in Rome for that price now, and the
change in this custom is not due to
the advance in her so-called civiliZa-|
ton.
Fifty years ago an ordinary man
brought seven dollars in the Fiji mar
ket. Today you can not buy man
there for seven million dollars. Why
not? A thousand Christian churches
tell why not.
A story is told of an old Fijian chief
and an English earl-an infidelIwho
visited the Fiji Islands. The English
man said to the chief: you are a
great chief, and it is really pity
that you have been so foolish as to
listen to the missionaries, who only
want to get rich among you. No one
nowadays would believe any more in
that old book which is called the BIZ
BILE; neither do men listen to that
story about Jesus Christ people know
better now, and l am sorry for you
that you are so foolish" When he
said that, the old chiefs eyes flashed
as he answered: do you see that
great stone over there? On that stone
we smashed the heads of our victims
to. death. Do you see that native oven
over yonder? In that oven we roasted
the human bodies for our feasts If
it had not been fer these good mis-
sionaries, for that old book. and the
great love of Jesus Christ, which has
changed us from savages into Gods
children, you would never leave this
spot! You have to thank God for
| the Gospel as otherwise you would
be killed and roasted in yonder oven,
and we would feast on your body"
Every one knows that where this
book has influence it makes things
| safe. Why is this? If it were bad
the hands of the worst men. In New
York there is ''rouges' museum
place where they have all kinds OF
skeleton keys, jimmies, brass knuck-
les, dirks, pistols, and implements of
mischief, which they have taken away
| from roughs and criminals. Do you
| suppose there is a single New TeSta-
ment in the whole kit? If it were
bad book you would expect rouge
to have a revolver in one pocket, and
| a New Testament tucked away in an
other. There was row the other
| night, and a man broke his wife's
head with a Bible? No. 1t was
bottIe!-Rev. Charles Stelzle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
DEATH OF J. N. GAFFIN.
Ex-Speaker and PopuIist Leader
Passes Away

J. N. Gaffin of Valley died November
3 at the Fremont, Neb., hospital, from
paralysis. He was fifty-one years of
age. Mr.. Gaffin in 1898 and 1897 was
speaker of the house, being a repre-
sentative from Saunders county He
was deputy oil inspector under the
fusion administration. The body was
taken to his former home at Colon
for interment, the funeral being held
there November s.
Mr.. Gaffin was one of the promin-
ent figures in the history of the pop
ulist party. He was member of the
house of representatives in the ses-
sions of 1891, when S. NJ. Elder was
speaker; and in 1898, when he was
made speaker himself, also in 1897,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
FRESHMAN MARRIED.

T. Bridges, foreman of the Wood
ras of this city, were married at the
home of the brides parents on Wed
nesday, October 81. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bridges went to Oskaloosa, Ia, for
a few days visit with relatives and
friends, returning on November Z.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

when he was again speaker. He pre-
sided during some stormy scenes, the
most sensational being those that &C.
Cured during the recount of the bal
lots cast on the constitutional amend
ment relating to the supreme court
Mr.. Gaff1n was a diplomatic man,
yet thorough partisan and his combi-
nation of the two characteristics made
him a popular leader.
He had been in i'll health for num-
Der of years previous to his death
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

real good time on that evening, and
the boys are expected to arrange to
come. Further particulars will be
given next week.
Members are requested to bring
their thimbles and needles to the
next meeting, as there is still plenty
of sewing to be done for the bazaar.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
PIANOS MADE BY UNION MEN

Union men take notice:
The Prescott Music company handle
two makes of pianos made by union
men exclusively and have the union
labor label on every piano. Union
men know what this means and will
want to buy only such instruments
These pianos are The Bush & Gertz.
made in Chicago, and The Hazelton
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

Missionaries report most severe
famine in the northern part of Kiang-
SUI province, central China. 1t is esti-
mated that ten million people face
starvation. Local magistrates are pre-
venting people from leaving the reg
ion, but are taking no steps to pro-
vide them with food supplies. Serious
disorders are feared
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
Death Of Mrs. E. w. Nye.

Mrs. Edgar w. Nye, widow of the
late Bib Nye, the famous humorist.
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
E. w. Pharr, at Avoca plantation, near
Morgan City. La. Mrs. Nye was fifty
six years of age, and was formerly a
resident of North Carolina. Her body
will be inferred at New Iberia.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

Bros, made in New York. The Pres
colt Music company's place of bust
ness is 13S-142 South Twelfth street,
Lincoln.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

+ One of the principal features of
next weeks program at the Bijou will
be Mr.. and Mrs. Danny Mann, who
will present beautiful one-act rural
comedy entitled Mandy Hawkins"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

The average woman has a pretty
good opinion of her own figure
The National tribune., 1906-01-04
THE CULEBRA CUT.
il VIII BE the Greatest Excavation Ever
;, Made by Man.

The huge excavation for the Panama
Canal across the Culebra Divide will
be by far the greatest furrow in the
earth's surface ever made by human
agency. 1t Is so large that the mind
fails to grasp IT'S real magnitude. Great
amounts Of, excavation were done. of
course, on such works as the North
Sea Canal, the Manchester Canal and
the Suez Cafial; but all these were built
through comparatively level country.
So far as we are able to find, the
only deep cut at all comparable with
that to be made through the Guile bra
Divide is the great Noschistongo cut
through the hills which surround the
Valley of Mexico This huge eXcava-
ton was begnn2fn 1646 for the purpose
OF affording an outlet to the food wa
tGrs which had inundated the City Of
Mexico, and destroyed great part of
the city and it's inhabitants. For more
than 40 years labor on this great work
was the chief task of the Mexican Ma
ton, and it was not until the year 1889
that it was finally completed. The to-
tai length of the Noschistongo cut is
t12h miles. Its greatest depth is 1877
feet, and its greatest width 361 feet.
The total amount of material excayated
Was about 81 900. 900 cubic yards. In
comparison with this the cut at Guile
lrs. will have a considerably greater
| maximum depth and width, even for
level. The total cube of excavation al
| the culebra Divide was estimated by
john r. Wallace as 1S6,000,0O cubic
yards for the sea-levei canal and ILL.,
| 00e, 900 cubic yards for canal with a
G0-foot summit level.
While In mere size of excavation the
cut through the Panama Divide is by
| far the larger, the fact that the Nosch-
| istOngo cut was made with absolutely
no aid from machinery Or mechanical
power, but wholly with human muscle
| makes our task on the Isthmus seem
| like mere childs play I'm comparison
with that accomplished by those patient
| toilers under the torrid sun of Mexico
| two centuries ago. When one recalls
that this deep artificial valley more
| than IL miles long was all dug by the
| labor of Indians. who eXcavated the
material with the crudest hand tools
| and carried 1t in baskets on their heads
| to the place of final deposit, the great
cut of Noschistongo is entitled to rank
| with the pyramids of Egypt, among the
worlds greatest wonders.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04
PRESENTIMENTS OF DANGER.
Occult Warnings In Two Instances-Ex-
periences by an Army Of the Potomac
COMrade.

Editor National Tribune: am some
what Of a reader, and have the run of
several magazines and papers, but there
is nothing to me so interesting as the
columns of our own paper, The Ma
tional Tribune. / particularly enjoy the
"reminiscences and sketches from mem
DRY of personal experiences and notable
events which have come under the di-
rect observation of the writer's. If I
may, l would like in return to contrib
ute little to the pleasure of my com
rades.
Being impressed by the frequency
with which presentiments of coming
death have been expressed by soldiers
just previous to the battles in which
they were killed, l am impelled to give
you certain army experiences of my
own.
The change Of base which caused the
transfer of the Army of the Potomac
under Mcclellan to the. Peninsula
brought the First Brigade, Second Divi-
sion, Second Corps, in front Of one of
the Yorktown forts. On certain
night a detail from the 18th Mass. and
the 34th n. Y.-possibly including also
members of the other regiments in the
brigade, but that is not essential to my
story-was sent out to cover the opera
tons of another detail armed with
spades On the approach of daylight
we found ourselves stretched across a
bit of level meadowland covered with
last years growth of high grass and
weeds. with an occasional low, stocky
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

not ashamed OF IL If / did. -. l.s~ ~,
terry Of it TO this day is. why he should
have foreSeen or forefeit the danger and
remain utterly unconscious Of IL.
Again, at Fair Oaks i received q
slight wound which relieved me from
active duty for time. but did not send
rae to a hospital. Our brigade had
thrown up breastworks OF poles and
dirt, and the regiments had made camp
a little I'm the rear. Every afternoon
about supper time the Johnnies used
to throw shells along the line, and the
regiments were ordered to Fail in"
and marched to the breastworks TO be
i'm readiness for whatever might come
from Richmond. For several nights /
had lain in nay tent listening TO the
shells with the utmost composure- One
evening as / lay there the firing COM
menced away on to our right, and /
listened as the shells came nearer and
nearer as they swept the line from right
to left Instantly, and without any
known cause, i felt that / must get out
Of there and get out quick. In vain /
reasoned with myself, and ridfculed the
idea that there could be any greater
danger this evening than there had been
on previous occasions. / finally obeyed
the "hunch" and limped, with the aid
of crutch and cane, over the hill to
W here the transfers were preparing
their supper, ate with them, and came
back to find my tent blown to frag-
,ments by the explosion Of a shell Now,
some of you vets who have studied the
occult ten me the why and the how.
Why did / receive this warning. and not
the other How was the danger so
strongly impressed upon me this time,
ence upon the other OCCASION i shall
be glad to hear from you.-G. A. Pa
bodie, 34th n. Z. and z6th y. Y. Cav,
Baraboo, Wis.
The National tribune., 1906-01-04

tree, and directly in front of the fort.
OF course, as every soldier did and
should, We took advantage of every
shelter. and lay low in the high grass.
The keen-eyed Johnnies soon discov-
cred the new line of red earth thrown
up during the night a short distance in
our rear, and greeted it with a brisk
fire OF shells from the forts and Of bull
lets from sharpshooters under cover Of
the artillery. La fact, it became a sort
Of Donnybrook Fair occasion-"Whin-
liver ye see head, hit it,
/ was upon the right of the detail
from the saith n. Y, and a man named
Law was on the left of the detail from
the 18th Mass. thus bringing Law and
myself about 25 or 80 feet apart, with
no one between US. When the firing
was pretty lively Law called to me to
come over, as he had found log which
afforded excellent shelter. l started.
snake fashion, through the tall grass.
being extremely careful not to expose
any portion of my precious anatomy
any more than possible. When / had
covered about half the distance separat-
ing US / met Law coming toward me in
the same manner. I asked him, What
is the matter? Are you hit?" He re-
there Why" said 1. Il don't
know" said he. ct just had to-" After
some argument / decided that log
was mighty good friend upon such an
occasion, and started to crawl toward
it; but he laid restraining hand upon
me, saying, Il don't know how / know
it, or why I know it. but 1 just know
that something will happen if you GO
behind that log" Just as he finished
speaking a shell from the fort struck
the log, or the earth under it, and ex-
ploded, throwing the log 10 feet in the
air. I think we both looked a little
pallid for few moments, and I am