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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17

This sentiment was concurred in by
Mayor McCaskrin, who was present
and addressed the assembly briefly on
the line of taking the matter to the
courts, which he now seems to prefer.
DR.. w. H. Ludewig and Colonel w. T.
Channon both expressed themselves as
against the ordinance as proposed by
the company. There was much discus
sion on rates, operating expenses, and
connections, numerous questions being
put TO Mr. Rottger of Springfield, the
superintendent. The conclusion was.
the resolution offered by w c. Mauck-
er, the committee consisting of F.. #.
Myers. w. c. Maucker, W. H. Lude
wig, w. T. Channon, z. B. McKown,
and l.. c. Pfoh, having been named to-
day.
= The meeting was so largely attend
ed that it was necessary to adjourn
from the office of MIR. Maucker to the
hall above, where the meeting was pre-
sided over by President F. t. Myers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17
NOT To RESTRAIN
Judge Gest Declines Injunction
Against Moline Railway
Company.
NOT TO AFFECT FIRST CASE
Makes No Comments on the Case-AI-
lows Filing of More Claims in
Building & Loan Litigation.

In the injunction proceedings
brought by Francis Y. Keator and U.
p. Hord against the Moline, East Mo
line & Watertown Railway company,
Joshua Hale and George j. Kobusch,
asking that they be restrained from
transferring certain stocks, Judge
Gest this morning denied the petition.
No comments were made upon the case
by the court. This does not affect the
suit now pending in the circuit court.
Stay File Claims.
In the case of F. A Herbst VS.. the
Moline Buildings, Savings & Loan as
sociation, the court allowed certain
claimants to file claims although the
matter is in the hands of the master
in chancery. However, time will be
fixed as limit to the fling of further
claims. Judge Gest announced that a
F. H. Kelly had begun this case as
master in chancery he would com
plete it.
Divorce Testimony.
Testimony was heard in the divorce
case of Nels J. Nelson W. Emily c.
Nelson. the charge being de-ertion
and in the case Of John Martin VS..
Ruth Martin on the same charge.
Lloyd Wardlow was this morning
wife, Rella Wardlow and a charge of
and was given custody OF the
child. A decree was also granted in
the ease of Della Phelps VS.. Grant |
Phelps, upon the charge of desertion. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17
Personal POINTS.

Miss Emily G.. Anderson. SAC Forty
sixth street, departed today for Chi
cago.
Master Philo Gable is home from
school i'll the east for his spring vaca-
ton.
Rev. w. S. Marquis left today for
Lake Forest, where he will tomorrow
occupy the pulpit OF the First Presby-
terrain church.
Mrs. J. NJ. Cotterall will return to
her home in Des Moines tomorrow
morning after a visit of two months
with relatives.
Mrs. II. ID. Blakemore has
Galesburg for a visit of a
with her sister. Her daught
and Esther are also there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17
Divorce TestfrnoHy.
LEE PROHIBITION TICKETS
County, Senatorial and Congressional
Conventions at Dixon

Dixon, Ill. March 1.-THE Prohibi-
tionists held three conventions here
yesterday. The Lee county convention
nominated the following ticket:
Judge-John Blocheer. Franklin
Grove
Sheriff.. S. Dunn, Dixon.
Clerk-A. ]. Miller. Dixon.
Treasurer-C. a. Enterf, Amboy.
superintendent of Schools-John E.
ByingtOn, Dixon.
The senatorial convention nOmi-
mated ID. S. Syme of Sycamore for rep
resentatiye. and S. F. Shirley of Rock
Falls. for senator.
The congressional convention named
c. L. Logan of Elizabeth for congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17
Notice

Sealed proposals are hereby invited
for the refreshment, bicycle checking.
scorecard and advertising privileges at
Island City park for the season of 1906.
Interested parties are requested to
have their bids in the hands, of the I'M
dersigned on or before March 2S. 1906.
The baseball club reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
NJ. H. SEXTON, President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-17
Notice TO Contractor..

Scaled proposals will be received at
the City Clerks office, Rock Island, Ill.,,
until Monday, March 10. 1906, at 5
o'clock p. M, for the erection of an
addition to the Waterworks building.
Plans and specifications on file at the
City Clerks Office.
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
H c. SCHAFFER,
City Clerk.
Rock Island. ILL.,, Feb. "a, 1906.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02
LITTLE CASH IN TREASURY
Custodian of Public Funds, Makes State
ment for Past Month.
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND ALL INVESTED
W. w. Young of stanton Announces
HIS Candidacy for Congress In
the Third District TO
1, Succeed Mccarthy.

LINCOLN, May 1.-(Special)-The report
OF State Treasurer Peter Mortensen of the
condition of the treasury and the amount
(From a Stan Correspondent
OF business done during the month shows
that outside of the temporary school fund
the other funds of the state contain only
S42,Ol9 The temporary school fund con-
tains SS37, $3.50 which will be apportioned
out on the third Monday in May to the
various school districts of the state. AT
this time this fund is several thousand
dollars in excess of what 1t was at the
same time a year ago and the fund to
be apportioned will therefore be cores
pondingly larger. In the general fund there
is only $H.12 while every cent of the per-
manent school fund is drawing interest for
the state. There was received in the in
sane hospital fund a total of cents during
the month. This cents was received under
an old tax law now repealed.
Following is the report in detail, together
with the bank balances:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02

back to Cherryvale and start towards the
great wells of Uncle Sans in the Indian
loaded and being completed. Go to the
county recorder and find deeds for Uncle
Sam pump stations and see the carloads
of pipe that are being unloaded. or write
to Edgar NJ. Moore & Co. Farmers Bank
building Pittsburg, Pa, and see II we are
not buying the pipe. Then go to Atchi-
son where Uncle sam refinery No. is
nearing completion and see the men as
they are crpwding the work, and then go
foundation and railroad switch are COM
pleted, and then consider what (2,10OD two
thousand one hundred barrels of oil manu-
featured and sold daily will bring and you
will realize that tSSO0O) eight thousand
dollar sales daily for Uncle Sam products
by October is certain to be reality. Then
you better mail your check or draft for
all the money you can spare for part If
Uncle Sam stock at 20 cents per snare and
pletion and secure for yourself an invest
ment al safe as government bonds and one
that will pay you increased dividends
yearly
Another Fortune Maker.
We win admit that lots of investors have
lost money in oil stocks and the same can
be said of bank failures, railroad stocks,
town lots and other real and personal in
vestments. However there have been
larger and greater fortunes made in oil
than in any other industry in the United
States. There are always the good ana
Uncle Sam company certainly is giving
proof every few days of the valuable I'M
developed assets back of the Uncle Sam.
Only last week Uncle Sam completed oiler
No. II, an LOO acre lot 40, Usage. This
oiier as can be proven by reliable men,
flowed over Ave hundred (500) barrels of
high grade oil the first day. or course,
ali oil wells produce more oil the first few
DAYS than they do after they have settled
down. However, we can prove that this
oil manufactured into the different pro-
ducts as the Uncle Sam company will
soon be abe to do, will bring four dollars
and thirty-nine cents 04.S9) per barrel.
This oiler No. IL, above mentioned, cost
the Uncle Sam company less than $1,000
completed. Now, we call IL fortune
maker-it has produced in the frst TWEEN
ty-four hours oil enough to bring Uncle
Sam stockholders over two thousand dol
lars (S2,OOO). and is good for years TO
come Are we not correct when we call
IL fortune maker? How can such prop
critics as this help but put Uncle sam
stock to several times par? The stock has
been selling for the past five months at 20
cents per share. over two hundred thou
sand dollars 02OO,OOO) han been sub;
scribed at this same price asked you, ana
now this money is all back OF the COM
pany making the balance OF the STOCK
lust that much more valuable, while sew
eral big oilers like No. IL have been COM
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02
TWO THOUSAND
SALES WILL
% 6 6vk oF p N T

20 per cent in pay dirt, and this well
showed up about $50 barrels the first day.
Then the drill was moved straight west
to location No IL, and the same depth of
ninety-six feet of sand was secured with
forty-eight t4S) feet of rich pay dirt. or
gain of nearly 100 per cent over oiler No.
s. with the we'll flowing as above stated
over five hundred 5000 barrels the first
day. Now, just as sure as you are foot
high, Uncle Sam is nearing one of the
greatest oil pools in the Usage country
and you need not be surprised to see q
three thousand $4,000 barrel oiler at any
two drills at work on this great prop
erty, which is easily worth a million dol
lars to Uncle Sam stockholders. Now,
with all the great work of building pipe
lines, refneries and drilling in great oil
wells, can you afford to turn down an in
vestment in this stock2 Every hour the
stock left for sale is diminishing. Thou
sands OF loyal stockholders are increasing
their holdings and any day now the price
share by the bringing in of a big oil we'll
On the other hand If you wish to see for
yourself what we state herein, go down to
Bartlesville and go out to where the I'm
Gle Sam settlement is bringing in these
big oil wells and see for yourself.
Putting Up a Square, Conservative,
Practical Fight for Success.
There are stockholders in the Uncle Sam
company from every state and territory
Mexico. The management of the company
from the word go have tried to secure,
MAINTAIN ana merit the commence or III
Vestors from everywhere. 1t matters not
whether you live in New York or Mexico
or Florida or Canada or Oregon, your in
terests will be guarded just as carefully
as though you lived in Cherryvale. To
build up an enterprise like the Uncle SaI1
company IL is necessary 10 secure stock
holders from all over, for the trust.
through it's different hirelings, has in the
past been able TO block a great many
efforts of capitalists to furnish competi-
tion for Kansas-Territory oil. However,
by securing the assistance of and low ad-
Vertising rates with the leading and it,
| fiuential papers of the land, the Uncle
Sam company has been able to make the
company a houseword in thousands of
! homes, and. with $40 from one place, $50
| from another, 500 from another, $500
| from another, and from $1,000 to $4,000
/ from other places, the funds have been
| raised regardless of the attempts of GER
! tain blackmailing, would-be financial pa
pers and other perjured hirelings of the
/ criminal trust in their losing efforts to dis
credit the Uncle Sam company.
! The management of any company IL
] largely responsible for its success or
| failure. Now the Uncle Sam Company
| has grown stronger every day since u
| entered, the field. The management is
the same today as it was at the begin
| ming The course pursued has beer
along we'll laid plans. There has been
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02

Former state Senator w. w. Young OF
Stanton, Stanton county, is candidate 'or
the republican nomination for congress
from the Third district 70 succeed Con-
gresham Mccarthy. Senator Young made
his Official announcement of his candldacy
while attending supreme court this morn
ing.
''While have not before formally said l
would be a candidate" said Mr.. Young
IT will be, and this you can consider my
official announcement Both Congressman
Mccarthy and Judge Boyd are particular
friends of mine and l expect to wage a
clean campaign and expect to end the con-
test friendly to both of the other candi'
dates
"I have been a consistent republican for
twenty-three years and have always sup
ported republican nominees. OF course
Judge Boyd will get large per cent OF the
counties in his judicial district and l viii
have to go farther away from home for
my support, as these counties in the judicial
district are right around my home. How
ever, / expect TO have considerable strength
when the convention meets and certainly
expect TO get the nomination"
william Hardie Wanted.
Secretary Of State Galusha is In receipt of
letter from Fresno, Cal. asking for in
formation that will lead to the discovery
OF William Hardie, who is thought to be
in Nebraska The letter stated the missing
Hardie left his fathers home in oleander,
Fresno county, Cal, in September, 1897, at
the age OF l6 years. October 8, 1895, a let
ter was received from him in Denver. which
is the last information his parents have
! received from him. The young man had a
| In ha Int
know his name. When ne left home young
Hardie was hve feet eight inches in height,
fair complexion. light brown hair, small
/ brown eyes. The relatives or the boy fear
he may have got In trouble and may now
/ be in some penal institution in Nebraska.
Attraction for state Fair.
| The State Fair board last night closed
a contract for the appearance OF Emma
| the little PAGER who goes alone, and will
enter any race of the 2:l5 class. The
horse has neither hobbies nor saddle and
is said TO be a great attraction wherever
she has been shown.
W. l.. Wilson of the Bankers Union
was given permission TO erect building
with a seating capacity OF 500, in which
he will exhibit pictures of scenes in Ne
braska free OF charge The Commercial
club is arranging to hold evening enter
tainments in town during the fair week
Charges Not Generally Sustained.
Recently a Lincoln paper charged tina
immoral practices were being INDUCED il
at the high school to such an extent a
| TO involve many of the students. Tn
school board took up the matter and Gale,
upon a number Of prominent citizens 4
take hand in the investigation. Toda!
the committee reported that the paper hai
failed to substantiate its charges and tina
what II had published it. could not prove
The committee, however. said IL found Nv
young people who confessed 70 wrong
doing and IL recommended to parents tina
they prohibit their children from going I
the school dances and other public dances
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02

and 1t also took a few jabs at the high
school building, which 1t said contained
dark halls and poorly lighted rooms and
was in every way unfit for housing young
children.
RAILROAD Company Appeals.
The Rock Island Railroad company has
appealed from the decision of the district
court of Pawnee county in which Robert
F. Cook, William Cummings and Samuel
Fouts. a firm, secured a verdict for dam
age sustained by reason of alleged negli-
gence on the part of the company in car
ing for fifteen carloads of sheep which
the plaintiffs shipped from Roswell, Colo,
to South Omaha.
state Medical Society.
The State Medical society began its
thirty-seventh annual session at the Lin
dell hotel this afternoon anG will continue
In session for three days. 1t is expected
$50 medical men will be here by tomorrow
This evening the wives of the doctors were
entertained at the home of Mrs. W. L.
Dayton and the men enjoyed a smoker al
the hotel
Preceding the smoker tonight, Chan
cellor Andrews delivered an address of wei
come. to which Superintendent Greene of the
insane hospital responded.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02

no turning back, but continually ad-
vancing towards its sought for goals,
and every day events are happening that
prove that our efforts are practicable.
Today the business men of Kansas city
are agitating a barge line to st. Louis
tried to ridicule the plans of Uncle Sam
to barge oil down the river to the mar
kets of the world gncle sam will not not
barge up the river to St. Joe, Omaha,
Council BLUFFS and scores of other cities
along the banks of the Missouri The
facts are the management of the Uncle
Sam Company know what they are
doing, they are not dreamers, but arc
hsmmering along on practical lines, and
II you join the company you will march
to success with IL, for Uncle Sam stock
is going to increase in solid value to
several times par just as sure as water
seeks it's level. You are solicited to join
this company now by sending check or
draft by return mail for stock at prices
quoted herein.
Sales viii be $4,000 Daily by October.
The man who thinks that this giant en-
terprise, backed by nearly 5000 stockhold-
ers and public sentiment In general, is no;
in the fight for big game, will be badly
mistaken. Like soldiers swinging into bat
tie line, the Uncle Sam Company is bring
ing up a solid front. One of these days
all will be complete. The great river pips
line (255) two hundred and fifty-five miles
long will be finished and then from the
great oil wells of the Indian Territory and
from all along their pipe line through the
Kansas oil fields tor nearly $50 miles the
Uncle Sam Company will pump oil to mar.
ket at saving over oil trust railroad
rates of nearly one dollar per barrel. The
north terminus OF their main trunk plps
line Will be the big river refinery by Atch.
ison on the banks of the Missouri. From
Atchison uncle sam steel barges will hau
Uncle Sam oil to Omaha, Council Bluns
St Joseph, Nebraska City, Kansas City
Jefferson City, Boonville and on down e
ST. Louis, from where, unhindered anC
Tree, Uncle sam oil can be carried to the
markets of the world at a very low rate
of transportation In the pipe line anC
river baIges lie the secret of success OF
the Uncle Sam Company All along the
banks OF the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers are large manufacturing enter
prises which would be glad to pay 81 81
per barrel for Kansas and Indian Terri
tory oil, even to burn under the furnaces
Under these conditions, Uncle Sans pip,
line and barges alone will be great reve
nue. getter for Uncle sam stockholders
II you don't think Uncle Sam is buildinI
this pipe line, come down to Cherryyal,
and start out north and you will walk fo
ten days before you can reach the end o.
the line already screwed together ant
ready to put oil through. Then com,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02
WAYNE is TAKING ON NEW LIFE
Already Prosperous City Proposes to
he More Prosperous.

Already Prosperous City Proposes to
BE More Prosperous.
WAYNE. Neb, May 1.-(Special.) Am
other memorable event in the history OF
Wayne, and one that augur we'll for the
city, was the smoker" given by the
Wayne Commercial club at the Modern
Woodman hall last night. The members
OF the club and invited guests, including
most OF the business men, to the number OF
more than 100, assembled at o'clock and
enioyed one of the most sociable as well
as beneficial Of times. Cigars and punch
were INDUCED in and during the evening
excellent refreshments were served. The
events of the evening were interspersed with
most excellent music by the Omaha Ital-
ian orchestra under the management of
A. Iogratta, which was repeatedly en-
cored A number of short addresses were
made during the evening. Prof. ]. NJ. Pile
Of the Nebraska Normal college OF this
citv. one of the most popular educational
institutions in the state, in his remarks
stated that he could not hnd words win
which TO express his thanks TO the mem
hers of the Commercial club and others
for the splendid manner in which they as
posed of the $4,000 of five per cent ponds
the proceeds of which are to enlarge ana
construct new buildings, as the present
ones are inadequate for the increasing at
tendance. Already work has begun on a
new dormitory, a new chapel nan ana
gymnasium and an electric light and hea1s'
ing plant. The speaker was also warm n
his praise of northeastern Nebraska
President Tucker of the Citizens bank
spoke OF what Wayne had already seeornp'
lished and offered some valuable SUSSes'
tions to be taken up by the club for the
future of the new Wayne. Mayor James
Britton talked along political lines and
urged that the club take up the matter Of
seeing that Wayne county and northeast
ern Nebraska get their proper representa-
ton in the state house and senate and II
congress, in accordance with the popula
ton and the laws of the state. othei
speakers of the evening were r. N. North
rop and Elmer Lundburg
A resolution was passed requesting tn
city council to appoint park commission
I'm accordance with the state Law 10 pro
vide for the maintenance and care OF tn
new park dedicated on Arbor day by III
children of the public schools.
The following were elected as Director
OF the club for the ensuing year: 8.
Theobald A. r. Davis, II. s. RinSiand
James Ahern, II. B. Jones, J NJ. Pie
RoIlie Ley, F. L. Nicely, ID. Harrington
w. NJ. Orr, F. G. Philleo, ]. f. Marstelle
] and H. Henney.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02
RAINS GENERAL OVER THE STATE
Fall So Heavy LOwlands in Many
PIacea Are FIOoded.

Places Are Flooded.
SCHUYLER, Neb., May 1.-(Special.)-
Since Sunday evening four inches of water
has fallen here, one and one-half inches
Monday night. Tuesday the city was all
Hooded, water coming in from the west
and flowing east on Battle street Many
crossings and sidewalks are loosened and
some are floating around. The railroad
company is liable to have trouble east of
town, as the water is high enough to wash
the track. Preparations have been made
to prevent 1t from washing out any track.
CHADRON, Neb., May 1.-(Special.)-
Forty-eight hours of a steady downpour of
rain causes northwestern Nebraska to
think 1t was in the rain belt.
HARVARD. Neb.. May 1.--(Special.)-
Fully two and one-fourth inches of water
has fallen within the past forty-eight
hours, which, with one and one-fourth
inches the last of last week, will make it
impossible for farmers to resume work
for several days, the fields being too wet
to pillow. This morning is bright and pleas
ant, II having cleared away without frost.
LINWOOD. Neb.. May l-(Speeiai.)-
Sunday was a fine day. Monday It driE-
zled all day. with east wind. Monday
night one of the heaviest rains of the sea-
son occurred. About four inches of water
fell, flooding the town, and all cellars and
elevator boots are full of water, as much
az six feet being in the same. About 300
feet Of the railroad track was washed out
near Octavia.
ARLINGTON, Neb.. May 1.-CSpeclaL)-
II has rained almost continuously since
| Friday night The lowlands are covered
with water and the farmers are much dis
| couraged with present prospects.
| FREMONT, Neb, May 1-(Special) y
| About two inches of rain fell last night
/ which, following the heavy showers of yes
| terday afternoon. did considerable damage
! In some parts of the city on West First
! street the water was especially bad. The
| residents assert that the construction OF
the Great Northern is responsible for sons
| OF II. and the matter may get into tn,
courts The Platte river is high and still
| rising. The new grade OF the Great North
ern is badly washed in places and land
slide is reported in the big cut south o
Oakland. The Northwestern trains wer
slightly delayed by high water and con
sequently soft track.
/ TABLE ROCK, Neb., May 1-(Special.
The heaviest rain of the season came 1
us last night, measuring nearly tw
inches and was accompanied with a vivi
electrical display The Purcell restauran
was struck by lightning, but no grea
damage was done, only TO sift SCOT owe
the various rooms. For time the street
became miniature rivers.
|, FULLERTON. Neb., May l.-(special.) J.
Heavy rain fell here all day yesterda!
which became a deluge during the nigh
The lowlands are all submerged and farm
ers report this morning that work will
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02

delayed from one to two weeks. Farmers
are greatly behind time in putting In crops
owing to too much rain throughout the
months of March and April.
ALBION, Neb., May 1-Speclal)-
Rain began falling Sunday night and
continued during most of the day yester-
day. Last night the heaviest rain OF the
season fell and the Beaver river Is rising
rapidly this morning and is already out OF
its banks. Farm work rs retarded ana II
will be several days before work can De
resumed in the fields.