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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
NEW PAPER FOR LONDON.
American Style and Reporters to Be
Used In Educating EnsIishmen.

American Style and Reporters to Be
Used In Educating EnsIishmen.
r. S. Barrett, proprietor of the Daily
Record of the City of Mexico. upon
landing ut New York the other morn
ing from the steamship Finland said
that he had decided to establish In
London a newspaper along the lines
of the up to date American dailies."
He would import for his purpose, he
explained. reporters trained i'll Ameri-
can journalism. Mr.. Barrett is an
American. He has conducted his Mex.
lean newspaper for some years, says
the New York Post.
Il do not think that the English
reading public is as yet ready to re
ccive the kind of paper l expect to
publish" he said Their newspapers
are heavy and ponderous. and | am of
the opinion that it will take Il long
period to educate them to like the
American style of journalism. My pa
per, therefore. will depend ut first up
ON the patronage of summer tourists.
who flock to London in large numbers
| in the summer and will be glad to find
tIlcEe IL newspaper VI the Sty'e "
which they are accustomed. In the
| winter American tourists come to Mex
| leo. Until | am well started in London
| | shall divide my time between the
two cities, depending in both places
for the patronage of the American Wis
itor."
| English papers were described by
| Mr.. Barrett as far behind ours in theiI
| manner of handling news and adver
| Using.
"They have not as yet adopted the
/ telephone as a means of transmitting
news" he said, land in other respect:
their methods are crude. The tele
Il phone systems of English cities, BY
the way. are in about the same stage
Of development that those OF the Unit
ed States Had reached ten or fifteeI
II years ago. The service is slow ant
poor.
'sThe English reporter takes his TIM
about getting a story and must go al
the way to his Office to write it. 81,
knows nothing of the rapid fire edi
lions such as are to be found in New
II York and other large American cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
LET CHICKENS RUN;
OWNER Is FINED
M. Dunn Assessed So and Costs for Not
Keeping Fowl at Home, as the
Ordinances Require.

People who own chickens must keep
them at home, just as they must keep
horses and COWS from running at large.
The city ordinances so provide, and
this morning VI. Dunn was fined So and
costs under this section for allowing
chickens to run at large. The CON-
plant was made by J. MESH. The case
was heard by Justice d. r. McFarlane,
who is attending to Magistrate Elliott's
business during the latter's absence
from the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
DOCKET CROWDED
Over 500 Cases to be Listed for
the September Term of
The Circuit Court.
ARE OVER 100 NEW SUITS
Clerks Office Kept Busy Issuing Sum-
mons on Last Days of Service
For the Coming Term.

Today was the last day of service for
cases for the September term of the
circuit court, and in the last few days
Il score or more of new cases have
been filed in the clerks office. The
docket of the term will contain over
SOC cases, of which between 115 and
125 are new suits. The docket will he
heavier than for many years. and it is
Gel ain that there will be a large num-
beT of The cases which will not be
reached by the court during the term
which opens Sept. 1G.
Suits for Damages.
Among the new cases are several for
damages for personal injury. a declar-
alton in the case of Gastaf Tropp
against the Deere & Mansur company
of lOline and the Rock Island was filed
Yes -erday afternoon. The plaintiff al
leg s that he was employed by the
Deere x Mansur company as teamster
jan. 22, 1906, and that in driving out
Of one of the buildings his wagon was
hit by a car being switched on the
side track. He asks $4,000 damages
because of the injuries he sustained.
q. 4. Shallberg and S. II. Kenworthy
are his attorneys
: praecipc in a suit for $4,000 dam
age against the Rock Island was filed
todly by William Il. Sackvillp. Will
liam Maxwell has started a suit for 81.
sec against the Rock Island Pillow COM
pary. G. w. McCaskrin is the plain
tiff 5 attorney in each case.
AXel Westlin has filed a praecipe in
$1,000 aSsumpsit case against NichO.
las Peters, through CIV. McCaskrin.
/. c. Smith &, Bros. Typewriter com
pary of Chicago have filed a replevin
sui in the circuit court against Her
berr ID. Blakemore. to recover -four
typewriters. Adair Peasants repre-
sen.s the company.
= NJ. Fryer has started a $4,000
sui against the Tri-City Railway cor
parry for damages because of alleged
I'M Iries received at the hands of
ira nmen of the company on a Watcl
To#er car a few weeks ago. G.. w
McCaskrin is the plaintiffs attorney
File Divorce Bills.
Lavina Dolan has filed a bill for di
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
TEACHERS
Members of Board of Education
Hold Special Session for
That Purpose.
THE SALARIES ARE FIXED
Those Who Are to Direct School At
fairs This Year and Their Com
pensation for the Work.

The board of education held a special
meeting last evening for the purpose
of assigning teachers to buildings and
grades, and fixing salaries for the COM
ing year. The list follows:
Supervision-H. B. Hayden, superin-
tendent, $1,000 per year ;E. l.. Phil
brook, supervisor of music, $945 per
ing, $500 per year; Alba G. Hill, direc-
tor of manual training. $1,000 per year.
High School-H. L. Brown, princi-
pal, $1,000 per year; Cora l.. Eastman.
assistant principal, Latin, $105 per
month; Augusta Hellpenstell, German
and French, 800; Alice Rush, biology,
800; Emelie Mertz. German and Eng
lish, $50; Clara f. Barclay, English,
$50; Victor C. Hall, mathematics and
physics, 500; Ada M. Hoebeke, Latin,
$780, Litta d. Jackson, English, SIS;
Thomas NJ. Coen, photography and
algebra, $50; Mary V. Rice, history,
SIS; Emma Seymour Butler, English.
l$6O; Alvin l.. Barton, history. $50; ELS
worth F. Burch. commercial, $3.50 per
| year; Linus l.. Harms, manual training,
ISIS; Charlotte E. Chamberlin, librarian,
$35.
| In Grade Schools.
Hawthorne SCHOOL,. c. Daugherty
principal, eighth grade, 81 200 per year
Mary E. Entrikin, assistant principal
eighth, $50; Lou NJ Harris, seventh
SOS; Margaret J. Wilson, seventh. SOS
Sara B. Hitler, sixth, $50; Maude Rob
ertson, sixth, SIS; Mary Lannen. fifth
SOS: Emma L. Battles, fifth, $50; Au
gusta S. Dart, fourth, s45; Elsie B
Johnston, third. s55; Winifred Hun
toon, third, s45; Mary A. Brennan
second. $50; Marion J. Banding, first
SOS; Margaret Repine, first, sG5.
Washington School-Emily Freeman
principal, first grade. SIS; Dora Hartz
second, $50; Ethel Young. third, $40
Bella F. Cooke, fourth, 500
\ Kemble School AIDA Ellen Muse
principal, first grade, $50; Nellie F. Ke!
llerstrass, second, $50; Ethel Carter
third, s35; Jennie Murphy, fourth, $40
fifth grade, to be supplied; Mrs. Louis,
Koch, sixth, $50.
Lincoln School-Mary Plat, princi
pal, eighth grade, s1.150 per year; Ides
sa Wakefield. eighth, $40; Jessie B
!. Prick, eighth, $40; Anna NJ. Johnson
/ seventh, SOS: Frances Oswald, seventh
!, ls65: Ellen S. Freed, seventh, $65; Ju
lila H. Channon. sixth, $50; Mabel FREE
ylstat, fifth, $50; Lucia M. Robbins
> fourth, $40; Josephine Whistler, THIRD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
Says She Wed Wronu Man.

Paris, ILL.,, Sept. G.-Mrs. Addi9
Thomas has brought suit for divorce
from her husband, Calvin Thomas. di-
leging he had deceived her into be-
lieving she was marrying his twil
brother, Alvin, whom he closely resem-
bles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06

Knicker-There are plenty of books
telling how to save life while waiting
for the doctor. Bocker-Yes. What we
need is one telling the young doctor
how to save life while waiting for the
patient.-Harper's Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
Vet It Was Realistic.

Miss Yern-Of course you've read
that new love story of his. Crabbe
book reviewer)-Yes, had to. Very
realistic, wasn't It? Miss Yern-Non-
sense! The dialogue between the low
ers was positively silly. Crabbe-Well?
philadelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06

"Have you lived here all your nfe
friendT'
''Not yit but eff don't git money
enough to move reckon I'll have tor
Atlanta Constitution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06

Entertains Friends.-Edward Guyer,
Jr., entertained a little company Of
young people delightfully."- at his home
on Twenty-frst street last evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
MOTHER SUES SON
Mrs. Lydia B. Schroeder Claims
William n. Schroeder Kid
naped and Abducted Her.
SHE WANTS $50, 900 DAMAGES
Alleges Deception Resulted in Her Be-
ing Confined for Week in In
sane Ward of Hospital.

Mrs. Lydia 3. Schroeder, through her
attorney, G. c. Wenger, this afternoon
filed declaration in suit against
her son, William H. Schroeder for $50,
OGO damages by reason of alleged do
ception practiced by the defendant, re
sulting in her being confined for 4
week in Mercy hospital, Davenport, in
the insane ward. Mrs. Schroeder, it
will be remembered. has twice, abour
two years ago and again recently.
been the defendant in a petition for
the appointment of a conservator to
care for her property. the son being
the petitioner.
Alleges Deception.
The declaration sets up that for sew
eral years prior 10 April 5, 1905, M.
SCHROEDER, the plaintiffs husband, now
deceased, was in poor health AMI
turned over his business affairs to his
son. the defendant. 1t is further al
legged that the son did not allow his
mother any knowledge of his admin
iStratiOn of the affairs. and because
of her suspicious, suggested to his
father that his mother was insane. ami
should be confined. The plaintiff d =
clares that the son procured n certili-
cate from Davenport physicians to al.
nit the mother TO Mercy hospital as an
insane person.
Alleged Kidnapping.
The declaration then states that
| through the assistance of other relI-
tives, the son kidnapped and abduct.
ed Mrs. Schroeder from the state
She declares that she was told that
| her youngest son had been hurt :"
Davenport and induced to go there
in a carriage, and that she was then
confined for a week at the hospital
| By reason of her confinement and the
alleged deception, she claims to have
sustained $4,000 damages.
! G. c. Wenger. the plaintiffs attor
ney. is the defendant in a $4,000 dam
age suit filed by the defendant in this
case. William II. Schroeder, for Sian
der because of certain language h.
used in the trial of the last petitio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

TSocicty news, written or telephoned
TO the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06

Post Club Meets.-The Post club
was entertained yesterday afternoon a.
Campbells island by Mrs. A. Pool.
Cinch was played with the first prize
going to Mrs. John Schroeder. second
to Mrs. George Shaffer of Moline and
the lhiId to Mrs. c. NJ. Ganmin. Afte"
the games refreshments were served.
MIS-. Schwecke will be the hostess ~
the next meeting of the club which
will be held at Washington park, Day
export. Sept IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06

Birthday Party. - Mrs. II. Gels
Ter entertained a party of ladies
at Fejervary park yesterday, the
occasion being her birthday ami
yersary. Progressive cinch was played
after which a six course dinner was
served. She was presented with 2
handsome gift from the Ivory club and
Ia most enjoyable afternoon was spent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06
Issue Cards to Wedding.-Dr. and

issue Cards TO Wedding.-Dr. and
Mrs. Benjamin f. Hall have issued
cards to the marriage of their GauSr
Ter Florence Isabel to Perry Ellsworth
David. the ceremony to take place
Tuesday. Sept. "a at G:3O O'clock at
the home, 9I3 Twentv-first street.
They will be at home after Nov. / at
1914 Churchill Terrace, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-06

Lavina Dolan has filed a bill for di-
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
LITTLE CAUSE FOR WORRY.
Mere or Less elit,erins Bait Held Out
 to Cow Punchers.

Over in the Salmon river meadows country. in Idaho ranged q wild and woclly bunch of long-haired COW punehers. whose knowledge of the world was confined mainly to trips after cattle Into surrounding counties. Into this reckless but verdant com munity there came the smooth tongued representative of wild west show. who hired several riders at high salary 10 do a hair-raising act. the chief feature being that they should appear to be thrown from their horses and dragged by the foot
 After they had practiced in a corral for a while one of them loosened himself and rising from the dirt, dis hcveled and dazed. inquired:
 Say. mister, ain't this ruther dan gerous? We might git killed"
 That's all right" chirped the shows representative cheerfully. Your salary will go on just the same. e.'-Lippineott's Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
TIE AMERICAN FARMER.

The American farmer and the Wall Street speculator represent agricul- tural condition in America today as | they have existed from the beginning up to now.
 The farmer has w6rked and worried. and his profit has been small, The bad crop worries were all for him He stood the loss alone.
 The speculator in lifes necessities can do as well on a bad crop as on good one.
 The dronghts. the insect pests. the extortion Of the reaper trust and the fertilizer trust were all for the farm CT, IL makes no difference to the speculator of the produce exchange what farm machinery or fertilizer cost
 The farmer worked from daylight until dark one year and the next year, while his life lasted. At the end he had little more than at the begin ming. On his rare visits 10 town he had the pleasure of looking at the palaces. yachts. automobiles and pri- vate cars built for spectators and middlemen from the products of the farm
 By organization they might settle the price that the Southern cotton grower must take per bale of cotton. Some other man, thousands of miles away, could settle the price that the Western farmer should have for his grain
 The farmer alone had nothing to say about it. The railroads decided what they should charge him. Banks de cided what they should charge for the use of money Trusts decided on their extortions. Tariff builders decided what tax the farmers wife nnd daush. ter should nay on their dresses.
 But the farmer was forbidden to have any say in fixing the price of his goods.
 This is to end-the work has been already begun in farmers organiza. tions. The newspaper congraulates the farmers. and greets as public bene= factors the moving spirits in the great farmers organizations
 The farmers of the country are the backbone Of the country. They deyel- op the Nations real wealth, which is the wealth of the soil They are en- titled to q full share of that wealth and of the Natonal prosperity. By combination, by insisting on fair prices for their cotton, their wheat and their other crops. and by refusing to sell the Hen-peFishable products ex- cept but for fair price, they have al ready added tens of millions to the annual return from the farms. And they will add tens of hundreds of mil lions more annually as their Unions increase in power.
 The isolated human being, whether he be farmer or mechanic, is at the mercy of every form of greed and cunning.
 The farmer has too long plowed, narrowed and sown. reaped. sweated and fretted to build up bank accounts for others and pay interest on mort gages. We are glad that he has de eided by Union to keep for himself and his family. which means for the people of America. that to which they are eatitled.-Hearst's N. Y. Exam iner
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
The Mules Understood.

A story is told of Senator Knute Nelson, who spent some of his early years in a logging camp. He there discovered the necessity of certain emphatic language in order to make mules move. AM varieties of tongues were in demand in that camp Scandinavian, German, Italian-but none of the words used seemed to have the explosive force to adjust the tempo of the mule to the desired pace Along came strapping Irish man. who used some popular exple- tiyes. usually indicated in print by blank. blank, or - -. The mules moved, There's language all mules understand" said the lrishman and it's ret me mother tongue, ayther Joe Mitchell Chapple. in National Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
Wifb a Proviao.

When universal peace is finally cs. tablished," said Alfred II. Love. the president of the Universal Peace un
 ion, in an interview in Philadelphia, then many man who now ridicules the peace movement will claim to have been its lifelong champion. If is always so. We thump and kick a poor, weak, struggling movement st its inception, and when 1t has succeed
 ed and no longer needs our help. ws give it the most solicitous support. There was once young lady whose betrcthe6, very poor young man. was about to set out for South Ameri. ca to seek his fortune in the rubber trade. As he took his leave of her the night before his departure. he said, tremulously: And you swear to be true to me, Irene?' Yes, Heber cried the girl; 'yes-if you're successful. :.
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itct, -cutieura Remedies Cured at Cost
 of Seventy-Five Gents.

'Aiy little boy. when only an infant cf three months. caught the Cuban Itch. Sores broke out from his head to the bottom of his feet He would itch and claw himself and cry all the time. He could not sleep day or night, and a light dress is all he could wear l called one of our best doctors to treat him. but he seemed 10 get worse. He suffered so terribly that my bus band said he believed he would have to die. l had almost given up hope when q lady friend told me to try the Cuticura Remedies. l used the Cuti- cura Soap and applied the Cuticura Ointment and he at once fell into sleep, and he slept with ease for the first time since two months. After three applications the sores began to dry up, and in just two weeks from the day I commenced to use the Cutieura Remedies my baby was entirely well. The treatment only cost me 75c, and I would have gladly paid s100 if I could not have got il cheaper. I feel safe in saying that the Cuticura Remedies saved his life. He is now boy of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller. Union City, R. F. D. Nc. l, Branch Co.,, Mich, May r. 1g0e"
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
Ambiguous.

At the death of a much-loved pas tor some years ago the vestry of a prominent New York church resolved to place tablet to his memory in the vestibule of the church, tells Harper's Weekly In due time tho tablet appeared in it's place, where it still remains. It has caused not few smiles; for. after reeiting list of the former pastors virtues and la bors, it closes with the quotation:
 Now the people of God have rest"
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
Satis fled.

A seedy-looking loafer, having or dered and eaten large and sumptu- ous dinner. explained to the waiter that he had no money.
 The waiter immediately told the restaurant proprietor, who sent for a policeman.
 The proprietor, going up to the un- welcome guest, explained that he had sent for a policeman.
 Thank goodness! you didn't send for stomach pump," the seedy one replied. with huge contentmeat.-Il- lustrated Bits
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
NERVOUS COLLAPSE
IS OFTEN PREVENTED BY CR.
 WILLIAMS FINK PILLS.
Taken When the First Warning Symp- toms Are Noticed Much Needless
 SufferinQ May Be Saved.

Are you troubled with pallor, loss of spirits, waves of heat passing over the body, shortness of breath after slight exertion, peculiar skipping of the heart beat. poor digestion, cold extremi- ties or feeling of weight and fullness? Do not make the mistake of thinking that these are diseases ill themselves and be satisfied with temporary relief.
 This is the way the nerves give warn- ing that they are breaking down. It simply means that the blood has become impure and cannot carry enough nourish- ment to the nerves to keep them healthy and able to do their work.
 Rest. alone, will sometimes give the needed relief. The tonic treatment by Dr. Williams Pink Pills. however, pre- vents the final breakdown of the nerves and the more serious diseases which follow, because the pills act directly upon the impure blood, making it rich, red and pure.
 Mrs. E. O. Bradley, of 103 Parsells avenue, Rochester, N. r., says:
 "I was never very healthy and some years ago, when in rundown condi- tion, suffered a nervous shock, caused by a misfortune to a friend. It was so great that 1 was unfitted for work.
 ''I was just weak, low-s spirited and nervous. could hardly walk and could not bear the least noise. My appetite was poor and did not care for food. couldn't sleep well and once for two weeks got scarcely an hours sleep. 1 had severe headaches most of the time and pains in the back and spine.
 !" was treated by two doctors, being under the care of one of them for six months. I got no relief and then de. cided to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills. soon began to feel better and the im- provement was general My appetite became hearty and my sleep better. The headaches all left and also the pains in my back A few more boxes entirely cured me and I was able to go back to work. I felt splendid and as though had never been sick. n
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills are invaluable in such diseases as rheumatism, after effects of the grip and fevers, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance and even partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia.
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box. six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
Coed for Evil.

One Sunday teacher was trying to illustrate to her small scholars the lesson, Return good for evil" To make it practical she said:
 Suppose, children, one of your sehoolmates should strike you and the next day you should bring him an apple-that would be one way of returning good for evil"
 To her dismay one of the little girls spoke up quickly:
 Then he would strike you again to get another apple!"
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27

The country papers, generally speak ing. are not aware of the power they possess. and the instruments they are in the hands of destiny to work out the course of the Nation. The work these sheets do is not of the revolu- tionary sort. They are incapable of throwing the Nation into a panic but through the ehild-life that they come so close to they are the real mouders of public opinion after all has been said and done. Don't you, dear read CT, feel the effects to this day of the little home paper upon your life? Then how careful should the country editor be to say or do nothing that will have an ultimate bad end in a boundless eternity
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
Oldest Known Human BeIno.

The oldest living human being ct Authentic record is Mrs. Mary Wood, of Hillsboro. Ore. few miles west of Portland Mrs Wood is 120 years old. She was born in Knoxville. Tenn, May 20. 17S7, which the res ords at Knoxville still show. When she was 65 years old she rode the en- tire distance across the continent from her old home fin Tennessee to her present home iii Oregon.
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
Advanced.

Hiram" said Mrs. Kornkob to her Husband. who was reading the Weekly Screeeh. they say tfat Jones man who has taken the farm next to ours is mighty intellectual
 T guess he is. replied Farmer Kornkob. He knows four different almanacs by heart" = Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Monticellonian., 1907-06-27
knotty Point 10 Decide,

"Is a goat sheep?" is a geological question that the commissioners of this county have been called upon to decide officially There has long been state law P=eTiding that the county shall reimburse farmers for sheep killed tY degs A. R. Harvard. of Miftin township, has fled a claim for $50 for Angcra goats so destroyed Columbus cor.ospoadoac Pittsburg DisHateh.