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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
THE MARKETS.,
Chicago, Sept. Following are the
market quotations today:

Chicago, Sept Following are the
market quotations today:
Wheat.
September, 7O5s, 719s, 10Y, ~.
December, 1875, "A, 1885. 1873.
May. 1914. 49,, 777s, 1874
Corn.
September. AIS. 47%. 47M. 47A
December 1885. 1875, 431s. 43A.
May, 44A, 441s, 441s, 44ss.
Oats.
September. 291a. 9O1a. 2912. 3O1a
December. SO7s. S11A. S07s, S11a.
May. 1914, 337s. 3SA. 3Ss4.
Pork.
September. 1890, $3.50, 1855, 1880.
January, 13.45. 1850, 13.45, 1880.
Lard.
September, 875. SIT. SIS. S.77.
October, S.S5, S.S7, S.S5. S.S7.
January, 1872, 1877, 1872, 1877.
Ribs.
September, SIS, $50, S.75. $50.
october, SO, S.72, $40, S.72.
January, 7.25. 7.25, 1922, 1925.
Receipts today-Wheat "a, corn 347.
oats 240, hogs 5000. cattle 400, sheen
1000.
Hog market opened strong to sc
aigher. Hogs left over $500. Light
G.05@65e. mixed and butchers 5.7OG
G.47. good heavy 5.450G35, rough
heavy 5.45@5.7O.
Cattle market opened unchanged.
Sheep market opened steady.
Hogs at Omaha 5000, cattle 100 .
Hogs at Kansas City 1000, cattle 200.
I. ). Yards, $40 a. m.-Hog market
strong to &c higher Light 6.05@6.5O.
mixed and butchers 5.9O66.47. good
heavy 5.45@6.35, rough heavy 5.45@
$40.
Cattle market unchanged. Beeves
3.G5@6.S0, cows and heifers 1.35Q43O,
stockers and feeders 2.3O0425.
Sheep market steady.
Hog market closed weak. sc to 1Oc
lower. Light 6.OO@6.45, mixed and
butchers 5.S506.4O. good heavy 5.4Om
$50. rough heavy 5.40@6.3O.
Cattle market closed unchanged.
Sheep market closed steady.
New York Stocks.
New York, Sept. 1.-U. P. 1874, u. S.
Steel preferred 1878, U. S. Steel com
mon 46A, Reading 1873. Rock Island
preferred 65H, Rock Island common
PTS, o. C w. SOS, Southern Pacific
SIS, n. Y. Central LAG. Missouri Pa
cific 97A, l.. & N 149, Shelters 157h,
c. F. /. 564. Canadian Pacific 1741s.
Penna 1929. Erie 46A, C. & o. CAY,
B. r. T. 76%, B. & o. 1181s, Atchison
l06A, Locomotive 70, Sugar 1861. st.
Paul 17714. Copper HOS. Republic
Steel common 80.
Bank Statement.
New York. Sept. l. Reserve de-
crease. s1,420.675; reserve less u. S.
decrease, si,430,000: loans decrease,
81, 1913, 200; specie decrease, $4,2S7 200;
egals decrease, $50, 100: deposits de-
crease, $11,794, 800; circulation de-
crease, $6S,S00.
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
roday's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Tel NJ of-sa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, Sept. Following are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and, Weekly At 1924
second avenue. Rock L land, Ill IEn-
tered at the postofdoe "a second-class
matter.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
New York stocks.
Bank Statement.

New York. Sept. l. Reserve de-
crease. s1,420.675; reserve less u. S.
decrease, Si,430,o00; loans decrease.
S7,393,200; specie decrease, $4,2S7 200 /;
legals decrease, $S2,100: deposits de-
crease. $11, 794, 800; circulation de-
crease. $68.SOO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01

by THE J. w. po1TEB CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01

TERMS Daily. 10 ceIts per week
Weekly. 81 per year In adv ence-
All communications OF ara umont3tive
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have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles will be printed
ever fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited frtns every
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Saturday, Sept. I, 1906.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name day: Sylvester; Sun rises at 7'9f; 1saOMEra sets a of the first settlement of New aSSYm England. r. 1t being sabbatG. tnsy kept the day for the first time in their new house, and in grateful remem- last town they left in their native country, they called it Plymouth:
 I77a-Assault of the American forces under Montgomery and Arnold on que bee Montgomery Ssrr,sr was K,iiee st ,tbn m head @ of the New York troops, and Arnold's division, after desperate engagement, in which the American sustained the whole force of the garrison three hours were compelled to. surrender. They last 400 killed. 800 taken.
 17e1-Henry Laurens, amDsssador erated from the Tower of London in exchange for General Burgoyne.
 1792-The quantity of gold coined at the royal mint of Mexico this year was gest sum which had been coined there Since the conquest of the country.
 1793-Thomas Jefferson resigned the office of Secretary of State to the Uni
 1sI2~Uaited States frigates. Presi- dent and Congress, returned to Boston after an active cruise of three months, during which they passed over space of about 5000 miles without meeting an adventure to test the courage and discipline of their crews. Ihey, now ever, captured TWO oEAbtSn NSSSSASb ShO laden with s300,O0o specie and gold dust, the other with oiL
 1S27-The subject of general re- vision of the tarj6 brought before con gress and a resolution adopted authoriz- ing tue emu u'itee on manufactures to send for persons and papers.
 1S29-General Guerrero resigned the presidency of Mexico. The new gov ernment settled under Bustament, tie former vice president.
 1832-Insurrection of the slaves Tn Jamaica More than 150 plantations de- stroyed, and the ioss of property esti- mated at more than four millions or dollars. About 2.000 negroes are sup posed to have been killed.
 1S35-Battle of Withlacoochie; about 250 United States troops and militia engaged 300 Seminole Indians. or the latter, forty were killed of the tormer' four killed. fifty-nine wounded.
 1S49-Hudson river railroad opened to Poughkeepsie.
 1S60~South Carolina sent Commls- slonets to tEe slave States to .nake ar- engagements for a Southern Confeder-
 iSs4-The rump Legislature mst ar Springfield, III, adJourned.
 1S74--A wage conference betW"sn anthracite operators and miners at HazIeton, Pa, resIl+ed in disagree m mt and a coal strike was crdorcd.
 1&S4-The Baltimore and Ohio Tels- graph Company, inaugurated sweep Ing cut in tolls.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
MONDAY, DECEMBER s1, 1908.

Significant evidence of the changed aspect of large capitalists and of wise railroad managers toward the subject of waterway improvement is shown by the fact that the project for the con struction of a canal across Cape Cod, which has been discussed for 200 years, has been taken up by August Belmont that firm as rapidly as possible. Will liam Barclay Parsons. the distinguish ed engineer. is to have charge of the work and has been engaged upon the plans for the last eight months. In an intervieqg he says that the canal will run from Buzzards Bay to Barnstable Bay, that 1t will be eight miles long and have a depth of at least twenty five feet at low water. It will be a sea level canal and will cost about $1O,- 000.0 Its construction will occupy not more than two and one-half years. The New York. New Haven and Hart ford Railroad, to which has been as- cribed the chief opposition to the project in recent years. has now chang ed front and become a hearty support CT of it. The canal will shorten the inside water route from New York to Boston by seventy miles, and the out side route by 12O miles. It will also add to the safety of shipping along that coast. The construction of this canal will serve to give new life to the project to make an inside water
 way all along the Atlantic coast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
MONUMENT TO FULTON.

The proposition to erect near New York a handsome monument to Robert Fulton. usually considered the inventor of the steamboat is being discussed, and brings from The New York Times a sort of epitome of the steamboat which is worth copying entire. As that paper says, the beginnings of the steamboat are obscure and uncertain.
 More than eight centuries ago, Roger Bacon, the marvellous Franciscan monk
 had the idea very clearly in mind, when
 in forecasting the possibilities of steam in it's useful applications, he record ed the prophecy: Instruments may be made by which the largest ships, with only one man guiding them, will be carried with greater velocity than if they were full of sailors In 1543 Blac- co de Gary Is recorded in Spanish an nals as operating a steamboat in Bar ceiona harbor. In 1890 Papin oper- ated one on the Fulda at Cassel. In 17S6 the Compte d'Auxiron built a steamboat and ran it on the Seine. Be- tween TITS and 17S2 another French man, the Marquis de Jouffroy. built and operated several steamboats on as many routes with satisfactory results, Tn 17S6 an Americah mechanic, James Rumsey, operated a steamboat on the Potomac Tn 17SS John Fitch built a very practical steamboat at Philadel- phia, which was in service four years. About the same time steamboat with side paddle wheels was put in service at Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This, in brief, was the state of the art of steam navigation when Robert Fulton, in 1SO2-OS, constructed his first steam boat which was so frail and slight that she literally broke in two under the weight of her engines and sank at her moorings. The wreck was rais- cd and rebuilt and in August, 1903, was tested This was at Paris. Re- turnng to this country, he built the CIcrmcnt in 1907, depending upon an English engine of Boulton and Watt for power. and employing the side pad dle-wheels of the Scotch pioneers"
 As The Times intimates, it is not fair or proper lO SpSdh ol ulIoll dS the inventor of steamboating, just as it is not correct to refer to Benjamin Franklin as the inventor or discoverer of electricity. For many centuries scientists and philosophers had some knowledge of the wonderful and mys- terious power which would light up the clouds, rend a forest or destroy life. Numbers of them experimented with it in very timid and elementary man ner. but they could do nothing with 1t. It remained for the great American philosopher to capture the elusive ele- ment and for other and later investi- gators and inventors to harness and control it as we see it now And yet, SO slow was the progress of former
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
Let Us Bring the Man to the Land.

Dallas News.
 We broke the record on immigration during .ne last fiscal year. We went above a million. The total number of aliens applying for admission was l. 17S,7S5. Of these 12.452 had their ap- plications rejected, and 65,61S were re- turning to the country after tempo rary' absence or were reported as tour ists, so that the new arrivals admitted numbered 1.100,7S5, or about 40,OOO more than the year before.
 Italy and Austria Hungary each con tributed nearly quarter of the total and each exceeded the remarkable Ger man immigration of 1882, which came to 250,630 That record was first brok- en in the fiscal year o!eo l9O4o5, when Aus. to the United States. This remains the highest figure for any one country, but the Italian total for the last fiscal year was 273,l20 and Austria Hungary s 265.13s. At the same, time Russia made a large advance. Taking the last three fiscal years, her record reads: 1904, 145,14 1905, 1S4,89I; 1906, 215,665. The about 69 per cent of all the immigra- ton. They forged to the front as far back as 1896 and have continued ever since to furnish very large per cent eleven years including the fiscal year ending June 30 1896, numbered 1,6OO.- 900. In accepting the total allowance must be made for aliens who return home never to come to the United States again. but even with the allow ance it is evident that there is a vast multitude added to the permanent pop ulation of the country.
 The principal grounds Of exclusion and the numbers respectively were Paupers, 7,069; contract laborers, g. S14; diseased aliens, 2,27S; insane per, sons and idiots, 23l; conYicts, 205: and ese. were rejected for the minor eaus' eg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

An observant contemporary estimates that not less tran ten million Christ mas trees were cut for the present hol- iday occasion. and that in all probabil- fly not one was planted, and ir would be interesting to soma man good at figures to calculate how long it will be before there will DC no trees left to cut. Well. man is a destructive anil nal, and when it comes to destroying the trees of the forest he has little thought of staying his hand or of re- pairing the damage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

MT. Bryan has given the Democratic Party a plenty of notice that he is will ing to be a candidate again. As matter of fact, however, says The Savannah News, If there has been a time since that crown of thorns' speech when Mir. Bryan was not a candidate, the country has failed to notice it. But the South may have something to say about the Democratic candidate next time. Northern Democrats seem willing that she should, and the South is awakening to the fact that it de- pends upon her to say whether or not she will again take her true position In national politics. The South las been fed upon husks long enough"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
One Matter settled.

Chicago Tribune.
 "Oh. by the way. Laura" said MT Ferguson. T shall not want any neck ties or slippers for Christmas this year"
 That's all right. Georgia" answered Mrs. Ferguson; and I don't want an' napkin ring, set of plated forks or imi- tation cut-glass bowl"
 There being nothing further before the house. the meeting adjourned with out form
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

The fact that the Postmaster Csner- aTs report shows failing off of nearly 5000 in the number of postoffices dur ing the past decade, does not mean retrogression, but on the contrary a decided advance. Nor does it mean that the postal business has fallen off, but rather shows an increase. It is directly traceable. as stated by the Postmaster General. to the establish ment and rapid extension of the rural free delivery system. which does away with the small and unimportant post onices of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

In some parts of Texas the Christ mas holidays interrupted cotton pick ing, and 1t is thought that planting time will aslo interfere with gathering the present years crop. They raise some cotton in Texas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
OCTOBER. 1906.

F S. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says.
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month of Octo- ber. 1908, is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents, spoiled and leftover copies have been deducted. F. g. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of November, 1906. (Eeal) F. W. JACKSON,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

days. that from the time when Frank lin demonstrated that electricity could be controlled, nearly a century elapsed before the first working telegraph line was put into operation by Professor Morse in 1s44. The discovery slumber- ed almost hundred years before 1t was made useful
 As The Times sets out, something of the same nature occurred in the case of the steamboat. Something of the pow CT and effects of steam had long been dimly recognized, and efforts made to put it to practical use, but progress was slow. and only a century ago was it demonstrated, again by an American. that steam could be made to drive vessel on the water, though Fulton's Clermont would now be looked on as a very crude affair indeed.
 Again advance was slow. It might be thought that when 1t had been act ually demonstrated that a steamboat would go, and that it would go against both wind and current, the inventors and mechanics would have vied with each other in perfecting the work. but they were slow to see what was possi- ble. It was about one-third of a cen- tury before a steamboat crossed the Atlantic, and then it was about three weeks making the voyage. The real wonders of steamboat building have been practically brought out during the past quarter of century. But what ever was known before him, and what ever has been done since his day, a monument to Robert Fulton will be ap- propriate and weIl-deserved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

So far as appears in the public prints, King Edward didn't write any letters 10 My Dear Mi Durand" or to My Dear Lady Susan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
ADVERTISERS. SW0RN-TO CANCELLATION

Any day in the year you can look right here and find this sworn Detailed State mont of The Advertisers Circulation for the preceding nonth.
 The net paid-for circulation during Octo- Der follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
SIDEWALK PENClLINCS
AIabama,. AgricuIturaI schooIs.

Atabama's Agricultural Schools.
 sessions of the Southern Educational Association which were held In Mont gomery last week." said a prominent arssama srss;nn .ssIf sdufa.or yesterday wss ths. of secondary education than any other. It is matter of peculiar interest that the agricultural high schools of Ala oama were accorded the leading place in the discussions.
 There was a time when these schools struggled for existence. and there was danger of their elimination from the educational system of Alabama. That day has passed away. Alabama took the lead in establishing such schools. and already Georgia has established a CT States will follow in rapid success sion. The eleven schools located in Georgia have received from private contributions more than 5000 acres of 900. The Governor of Georgia has pledges made in bidding for these eSaSGs Gaorsa Tosld nas a%og oS sOr each school per annum, more than dou- ble the amount given to the schools in
 "Dr. Craighead. the president of Tu- lane University, referring to this mat ter said: ,,.. .,.sa o ,.,,~ the Sioneer in esta6iishing system Of gret to say that Alabama has never adequately supported these institu-
 If Georgia can start its agricul- tural schools on S6,00O a year, then Alabama. with her wonderful resources and marvellous prosperity and with the eighteen years record Of the agri- pass the State of Georgia in making adequate appropriation for the support of this system of educational work"
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
The Legislator Boarder.

'"The scarcity of accommodations in the first class pl ,vate boarding houses to me- said stranger in Montgomery last night I went out this morning to secure a boarding niace for friend who e4pests to be in the city on for of the meeting of the Legislature in January. that the most desirable rooms in private boarding houses or Montgom- cry have been taken.
 That such is the case speaks well for keepers of boarding houses but it is rather severe on people who come quarters. A question of doubt arises, however as to the wisdom of the course of the proprietors in filling up their houses with a transient class to the exclusion of the permanent boarder. After the adjournment of the Lekisla- ture, which will be In two months, there will be a reaction and the want column of the daily papers VII o De % niied Still that is a matter for the pro- prietors to look after. and l imagine they appreciate the profits and losses of Legislature guests as well as any one"
 MT. W. F. Dent returned home last night from New Orleans, where he had the pleasure of attending the fourth annual banauet of the employees of the Parker Blake Company. of New Or leans, for which he travels. MT. Dent  chosen toastmaster bv his fellow work CTS. The dinner was served at the St. Charles Hotel and was a most en5oya- % $ &
 MT. M. B. Rushton. of Banner. and Mir. s. T. Rushton. of Grady. are stay ing at Mabsonss; ..:.
 MT. M. Perdue. of Greenville. is staying at the New Exchange. ~.
 $ Ss <
 Mir. R. E. Black. of Evergreen, is registered at the Windsor.
 Ss SS $
 MT. J S. Carroll. of Ire is stay ing at the New Exchange. -.. $ # 3s MT. N. J. Larson. of Troy. is regis Ftered at the Glenmore: 3s 9s < MT. Will Hudson, of Selma. was in Montgomery last night. g S e
 MT. J. L. Acree, of Dothan. is stag ing at the Imperial.
 $ x $
 MT. James Murphree. of Troy. was Tn the city yesterday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
A Prophet of Evil.

SaNanndN NeWs
 A Pennsllvania prophet" of the name of Spangler is predicting that famine in 1908 and that immediately thereafter will come the end of the ,4 crld. TO prepare for the cataclysm he is 4dvising that everybody give their property to the poor, reserving years. He says nobody will have any use for money after that time, hence 1t Is better to make it do all the good world has yet to exist. He himself Is giving away his property, and Is find Ing ready takers. When we find the on q suggestion like that of Spangler, about giving away their property, then we shall know that the end of the world is at hand sure enough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31
Growth of Montgomery.

Those Alabamtans who journey 10 Montgomery only when the Legislature is in session" said the Enthusiastic old town when they begin coming next month. do not believe there is city in Alabama that Is growing faster than Montgomery
 Let your mind go back four or five years and rest upon the Montgom- cry of then and compare it with the Montgomery of now. You will find a vastly improved street car system. more paved streets. more fine buildings and many more people.
 If one rides into the suburbs he will be impressed with the wonderful growth of Montgomery. It seems only a few years since Cloverdale and Highland Park were out in the country. Now there are several millions of dol lars worth of buildings ia those at- tractive suburbs.
 "A visit to the northern part of the city discloses numerous new factories and everywhere there Is hum of ac- tivity.
 N tell you that the man who has been away from Montgomery four years will be astounded by. the pro- gress made here. We people do not realize how fast the city is growing into commercial importance"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-31

"The turkey, the hash and the soup have all disappeared" remarks The Columbus Ledger, with evident relief How about the stomach -ache2
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-19
THE SENTINEL
l.. n HUNTING. Editor and Prop,

Entered at the postofice in Grand
Junction. Colo. as I'd class matter