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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-14

After the old business district had
been wiped out by fire it was freely
predicted that Fillmore street would
be the new Market street" But Van
Ness avenue, the line of demarcation
between the unburned and the devaS-
tated districts, promptly put in a claim
for 4 part of the transferred business.
All along the beautiful boulevard, for
merry lined with ariStocratic homes,
spTang up the fiat topped mushrooms
Of business places, and many retail
dry goods stores and similar establish
ments took up their quarters there,
paying enormous rents.
Not so very long ago merchants went
almost into frenzy in their frantic
bidding for lots and these stores, and
many were the tales of fortunes made
by spectators in ground leases. Go
ing today along this street, which still
swarms with shoppers on week days.
noticed here. and there creeping in the
familiar sign. ITO lease" also have
and there are banners announcing that
''SO-and-so will remove soon to their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-14
SAN FRANCISCO AS 1T
IS TODAY.

Scrubbed in pencil on the walls OF
the temporary structure occupied by
one of San Francisco's leading hotels
Is this:
81 came saw and went. Too bad.
Too bad! Poor old San Francisco.
How l used TO love you
This Is evidently the outpOuring from
the fullness of heart Of some tourist on
his first visit after the earthquake and
fire, says a San Francisco special dis
patch to the New York Herald. The
sad sentiment thus expressed is uni
versal among those who knew the old
paris of the Pacific coast" but the
visitor who felt the first shock more
than n year ago and who is returning
to the scene has another standard with
which to make comparison. He has
memories of miles of smoking ruins, of
debris blocked streets, of crowded ref
uge camps, of long and winding bread
lines. of soldiers at every turn, of Il
city desolate and stunned. Such per-
son is looking for indications Of the
pIOSltSS VI IL ear ulltl Ids Al h4htIC
viewpoint. His comparisons are all
with the worst which could be.
Leaving San Francisco two weeks
after the earthquake and returning now
for the first time, this was my attitude
of mind. Coming in on belated train.
it was long after midnight as | stood
on the bow of the ferryboat, clrcliug In
on the rising tide. Beside me stood an
old San Franciscan.
81 used to follow the sea-" said this
man. land | know nearly every pr0mt
nent port on the globe. There's only
one other harbor which will compare
with this magnificent bay. That's Val
paraiso. Chile. This lay alone will res
cue San Francisco. It's going To lie a
long. hard struggle, but we'll win.
I'm obliged to be away from home
great deal. and every time l come
back as | get aboard the ferry | look
across the bay for the lights. and eau
tell something about the progress
which has been made while l have
been gone Each time the circle of
light increases. I've been gone about
two months now. and can see that q
strip about II mile wide has been add
ed. 1t looks good TO me-"
There are hotel accommodations in
San Francisco now, and one may live
in comfort even if he does have tC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-14

old location in Market street" Many
signs of ITO lease" there may be in
the nciChbOrhood of Market street. but
there are numerous Indications that
the time IS coming soon when they will
be less frequent in the old business
district, while trade deserts Van Ness
avenue for its haunts of former days.
Fillmore street, however, gives more
signs of permanency as 4 secondary
business street.
As for Mob Hill, never more will it
be famed for the palaces of the ma
bobs'' if present indications bear true
prophecy. Practically untouched for
more than Il year lie the PROSTATE
ruins of the former mansions. There
are no signs Of their reconstruction,
while here and there are placards which
announce the prospective erection OF
apartment houses.
These are the first impressions of the
visitor one year after the great diSaS-
ter Golden Gate park, the Cliff House
and the seal rocks seem about all there
is left of San Francisco of other days
the days of care free gaycty. They
look as of old. But elsewhere on every
hand are evidences of the titanic task
which confronts the beautiful metrop-
oils of the Pacific before she can re-
cover from her travail and rchabilitatc
! herself.
| Can she ever recover is the ques-
| ton every visitor instinctiycly asks
himself. Among the many monuments
within the city are two which help to
| give an answer. One is that to the
| Americans who conquered the Spanish
| fleet at Manila. Another is to the
| pioneers who conquered the wilderness
| of Americas golden west" In Say
| Francisco's case the American spirit
must triumph ultimately. But there
are sore trials now and many more
| booming into view.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-14
He Fired the Stick.

81 have fired the walking-stick re
carried over 40 years, on account of 4
sore that resisted every kind of treat
ment, until l tried Bucklen's Arnica
Salve; that has healed the sore and
made me happy man. writes John
Garrett, of North Mills, \. c. Guaran-
teed for Piles. Burns. etc, by w. ].
Hartz, druggist, sol Twentieth street:
% cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-14

ATTRACTIVE LITTLE PARK, AWAY FROM THE CROWDS
OFFERING ADJUSTMENTS FOR EVERY
ONE BOATING swrcHBAcK RAILROAD zoo GARDENS DANCING,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
SENATE APPROVES
JAP AMENDMENT
ADMINISTRATION BILL TO SET.
TIE FRISCO DIFFICULTY BY
BIG MAJORITY.
IS AMICABLY ADJUSTED
Says Mayor Schmitz But He Refuses
to Make Any Statement-cali
fornia Delegation Approves
Peace Plans

Washington, Feb. 16.--The admins
tration plan TO settle the California
japanese situation was approved by
the senate today In the adoption OF
the confer nee report on the immigra
ton bill. This report contains pro,
vision which authorizes the president
to exclude Japanese labor from the
United States at his discretion.
The report now will go to the house
for its approval, which it has been
stated Is assured.
The entire day was devoted to
further debate of questions involved
in the report. The opposition present
ed as alternative plan contained in
a resolution of instructions to the con
ferees requiring them to bring in a
provision positively prohibiting the
entrance of japanese labor from the
United States. Culberson presented
this resolution. II was declared not
in order. on me ton of Lodge, and an
appeal from this ruling of the vice
president was defeated 45 to "a, being
practically q party vote. Tho confer,
ence report was then adopted without
roll call
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
ACTION ENDORSED.
BY California Delegation But All
Statements Are Withheld.

Washington, Feb. 16-Contrary to
expectations, Mayor Schmitz tonight
announced that he would be unable to
make any statement on the Japanese
question until the house had passed
upon the exclusion amendment to the
immigration bill This it is expected
wilf occur on Monday.
Schmitz and the members of the
San Francisco school board tonight
expressed the greatest satisfaction
with the acton of the senate in adopt
ing the amendment.
While admitting that the Oriental
school will not be abolished and tha;
there will be no separate Japanese
school established, Schmitz and mem
bers of the school board tonight would
say nothing as to the disposition of
the Japanese in the matter of school
facilities. "Suff ce Il TO say said
the mayor, that the whole question
has been amicably adjusted"
California Delegation Pleased.
Late this afternoon the entire Cali.
fornia delegation in congress. with
'hc exception of preventative Nc
Lachlan, who is absent from the city
on account of his wifc's death con.
ferred with Schmitz and the San
Francisco school board. They were
made acquainted with the result Of
the conf, rences with the president
and Secretary Root and Schmitz an.
nounced tonight that the delegation
endorsed the action of
the San Francisco committee in the
stand they had taken. Beyound this
neither Schmitz nor any member Of
his party would say ANYTHING.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
USE ICE OFF CEMETERY POND.

Milwaukee. Wis. Feb. 16.-The
war on ice companies ere has taken
new turn. II has been discovered
that ice taken from a pond which
drains the cemetery at the National
Soldiers home is being sold The
pond drains several burial places n
addition 10 the Soldier home eeme-
terry. ineluding Calvary. the largest
Catholic cemetery in the county. and
Spring LIAl cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
WILL ACCEPT ARBITRATION.

Washington. Feb. 16.-Dispatches
received by the president yesterday
from the presidents of Nicafagua and
Honduras give assurances of the
maintenance of peaceful relations be
tween those two countries. In re-
sponse to the joint note of the United
States. Mexico. Guatemala and other
Central American countries both
presidents have signiiied their will
ingness to agree to any step which
NAV be iakcn leading ~ 10 the sub
mission of the questions in dispute
10 an arbitration court and 10 abide
By the decision.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
TO CURB STOCK
MANIPUi ATOMS
LOWDEN'S SPEECH FORCES Ac-
TlON ON BILL REQUIRING
PUBLICITY.
CONFIDENCE Is LACKING
On Part OF the Public Because OF Tin.
jsut reatment--Should Not Jeo.
pardize Future to Gain Ad
vantases Today.

Washington, Feb lG-"Coahdeace
In anyth ng IS impossible without
knowledge. A Gibraltar obsured in
fogs seems no longer fortre to tn
world
When Lowden of Illinois. uttered
these terse sentences today in the
house, speaking upon the bin requir-
ing publicity on the part of corpora
tious engaged in interstate commerce,
the members gave immediate atten-
ton.
THE total wealth Of the United
States" sad Lowden, Is ninety bill
lions Of dollars. 1t is stated on ex.
cellent authority that one-fifth Of this
total IL in corporations which would
become subject to the provisions Of
this law. There is already vast
number of our people who hold secur.
tiles in shese corporations. What,
however, can most of them know
what tn Sc securities represent. either
II tangible value or IN earning capac-
ity?
How Stocks Are Manipulated.
They must depend for their knowl-
edge Of their property upon rumora In
newspapers and quotations tn The
stock markell DEtports nsit Al Thus af,
forded 10 the nnscrupulous manipiia-
tor upon the stock exchange to set In
circulation all kinds of slanders and
depress the stocks. In the condi ion
of panic which follows he can fright.
en- the leg innate investor in that
stick which follows, he can frighten
the legitimate investor In that stock
into selling for whatever he can get
Then. when the manipulation has ac-
quired all the stock he desires. he
takes his hand from the market and
the stock raist once more TO its real
value. The result Is not only a great
financial loss to those who can least
afford ii. but they also lose something
more and that if. confidence in the In
tegrity Of our commercial conditions
Let this confidence disappear and ha
voc always com s.
He cont ended that the corporations
are themselv to blame for the lack
of confidence In them adding that in
the early days Cf the railroad it was
treated. not only fairly but generous
ly by he people.
How did it repay the people for this
J.. auL oil .psafsl tsfffF
said: "Iu some instances it used its
popularity and growing power IN an
effort to dictate the politics of state.
II intrigued for the 81 walton Of some
enc TO The bench, whose decisions
would he favorable to the railroads
Time TO End SenseIess War.
Mr. I.owdcn asked If 1t was not time
for the sens less war between the
corporations and the public to end.
and added:
"The earth is filled with giant forms
lf life long dead which ceased 10 be
lecau.c in the evolution Of the uni
verse they no longer performed func
lions of use to the world. The time
has come when corporations must de-
tide whether they will ieopardize the
security Of property for all the future
IN order TO gain a temporary advan'
age today On the one hand Is pri
sate property. under the law and on
he ether socialistic state from
which Americans must shrink.
Let there be light, When fair
minded men agree upon the facts.
hey do no. differ much on the conclu-
,ions'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
TO RESUME THAW
TRIAL On MONDAY
JUROR BOLTON CONSIDERS IT
HIS CONSCIENTIOUS DUTY
TO CONTINUE CASE.
EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
Continues to Pile Up While Jerome is
Said to Be Out Of Ammunition
Motives For Shooting Con-
tained In Letter

New York, Feb. 1.-THE Tribune
this morning Sunday says:
Unusual developments in the case
Of Harry X Thaw are expected by
tomorrow morning when The trial will
be resumed II is learned on gocd au,
thority, that in all probability Dolphin
Michael DeImas the lawyer from San
Francisco, who has been conduc ing
the examination of witnes ses, VIII be
dropped from the defense, ana Clifford
w. Hartridge, attorney of record will
assume active charge. AS for Henry
Clay McPil<e. partner of Mr. Delmas
it is understood he has never been a
regularly retained counsel and here
after will have nothing TO do with
the case.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
WILL CONTEST SUDDENLY ENDS

Kewanee. H.. Feb i6-In the
third i,isl Of $4,000 contest over
tle will Of Even Davis a settlement
was UNEXPECTEDLY made today. Misses
Anna and Emma B-obson. for many
wears r1vis' housekecDers, % whom
he left all his property. agreed to pay
court costs 10 contesting Iowa tv
relatives and the suit was dropped.
The costs amounted II S2G09.
NEW LETTER DELIVERY LAW.
Washington Feb. 16.-The house to
dav pas ed a bill amend NJ the postal
laws 50 a. to provide for the special
delivery of letters carrying ten cents
worth Of ordinary postage stamps in
stead Cf requiring. as nov, special
stamps.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
use.siatOrs Change Minds.

They row discover hat their part
in the scheme is merely tie unpleas-
ant one Of depriving themselves and
other privileged persons or railroad
passes and that VII they have per
formed this act Of renuBciatiUn the
state railroad board viii 10 the &c {.
tcOncluded oa Third PsEeJ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17

lCoucIuded on Second PegeJ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17

THE SMALL CLASSIFIED sdver.
tisements in the daily papers are tho
greatest money makers for all con-
cerned because they represent the
wants Of the common people.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17

A WANT 40. In The Bulletin will
run week for a few cents and will
reach twenty thousand pairs Of eyes
during that time.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
TrsHiekine in Babies Lives.

Another preparation" says the re-
port. is Mix Keep made by nobody
but capable Of killing as many babies
as ether Of the other two. for it is 4
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17

lCoucluded On Third Page,)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17

Gcoucludcd % Second Fase)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17

CcOBcluded % Third PsgeJ
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
Model Tenements.

No account Of model tenements
would be complete without the state
ment Of the remarkable fact that they
not only offer the advantages outlined.
rent as cheaply as they do, and are
run as beneficently as if they were
a philanthropy, but that they also pay
annually four per cent. on the invest
ment, as a cold business proposition.
1t is not theory that is being expert
mented with; the experimental stage
has long since been passed. 1t is an
accomplished fact. Ever since the ten.
ements were built, each half year two
per cent. dividends have gone regularly
to stockholders of record. The invest
ment is paradoxically a business and
a philanthropy at once. Thus it comes
about that the 81 100000 gift Of Henry
Phipps, the steel magnate, If put into
operation according to the best plans
Of the City and Suburban Homes Com
pany OF New York, as it undoubtedly
will be, will net $4,000 year-it IL
assured - which will be reinvested in
other houses, and endless chain to ban
ish the slum.-October Reader.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
MILITARY AFFAIRS.

Adjutant General Fridge is busy fig.
encampment will be held, though the dare
is approximately fixed for above secon
week in August. 1t is the purpose of the
officers to hold the encampment, if posi-.
BILE, between the first and second prima.
ries, and as the first will be probably or
dered about the 7th of August, it is fig.
ured that the will be plenty of time for
the time and the concluding primary. The
city of Columbus has secured the encamp.
ment, and the active business men of thai
community will spare no effort to &c
ready for the event and to do the right
thing by the National Guard.
General Fridge reports that the in
vestigation and perfection Of titles an.
details preliminary to the transfer of the
ground for the state rife range near The
city of Vicksburg is progressing slowly
and this is partly due to the fact thai
some of the parties interested in, the lane
are non resident, and difficult of access
In the meantime the practical details arr
going ahead as fast as possible up to the
point of entering upon and preparing
the tract for rife practice purposes, and
when once the legal transfer is effected
the finishing details will not require
much time or be attended with any leng
thy delay. There will be opportunity be-
fore the National Rifle Association shoot
which will be held in the fall, for the ea.
tending marksmen to get some helpful
practice at tht Vicksburg ranges, and
this will enable Mississippi to show bet
ter in the general averages than she has
been enabled to do heretofore.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
EFFORT TO GET
TRAINING SCHOOL
FOR TEACHERS WITH SUPPORT
FROM THE STATE.
PREPARE FOR ENCAMpMENY
ADJUTANT GENERAL FRIDGE rs
ARRANGING TIME WHEN SOL
DIERS WILL ASSEMBLE AT CO.
LUMBUS.
TRAINING SCHOOL.

Prof. Joe Cook, president of the Mis-
sissippi State Teachers Association, an
nounces that he has secured pledges from
I'VE Of the six candidates for governor
that, a. elected, they will recommend the
establishment of a State Normal and
A--ining School for teachers, with ar
adequate legislative appropriation for it,
support.
Prof. Cook issues an appeal to the car
didates for legislature throughout the
state to pledge their support to this
cause, and also asks the teachers to take
Up the subject personally with the can
didates and enlist their support. The
matter will be fully discussed at the, an
nual convention of teachers in Gulfpori
during the month of May. President
Cook sets forth the following concrete
reasons why the State Normal and Train
ing school should be established:
THE people want good schools.
GOOD schools cannot be had without
trained teachers.
TRAINED teachers cannot be obtained
unless Mississippi establishes a school,
for their training
"Persons who expect to become teach
ers are anxious to secure this training be
fore they enter the work.
"The people have to pay for the train
ing of every teacher who is trained e1
tirely in the school room.
"When the teacher is trained entirely
in the school room the children help II
pay for the training-not from then
pockets, but from their life equipment
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
INSURANCE STATISTICS.

Insurance Commissioner w. O. Cole
has completed the compilation Of sta
tistics showing the business written by
life insurance companies in Mississippi
during the year 1906.
The total amount of insurance in force
at the end Of the year 1905 was $780,
739, 4s2, covered in 47,597 policies. Dur
ing the year 1906 the twenty-five COM
panies operating in the State wrote
9943 policies, amounting in the aggre-
gate to $18,1SS,431, and 6746 policies,
representing a total Of $12, 1O5,S2S ceas.
ed to be in force during the year.
The total amount of insurance in force
on Jan. l, 1905, was $96,822, 0S5, or an
increase Of more than six million dol
lars during the year. The premiums
collected for the annual period amounted
to So, BAT ,29o.42, the losses incurred were
1926, 717.47, while the losses paid were
1882, 1868. On the face Of these ng-
ures the life insurance corporations en-
joyed very prosperous business. How
ever, the business was more divided
among a larger number of companies
than heretofore owing to the number #
new corporations entering the State, and
the activity shown by the new companies
that entered during the year 1905. Sew
eral of the large companies show net
loss of business.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A mere madness = to live like /.
wretch that he may die rich.-Burton.
There is no ghost so difficult to lay as
the ghost of an injury. - Alexander
Smith.
One of the duties Of to-day is to quail
ify yourself for w.-Scottish
Reformer.
J. He who increases the endearments OF
life increases at the same time the ter
rOrs of death.-YOung.
Cheerfulness is not always sponta-
neous; it is greatly a matter Of habit.
and bears cultivation.
The desire of knowledge, like the
thirst of riches, increases ever with the
acquisition of it.-Charles Hodge.
Any one can do his best, but the
trouble with most Of us is that our best
isn't good enough.-Scottish Reformer.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this
that when an injury began OH his part
the kindness should begin on ours
TillotSOn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
LARGE DELEGATION.

According to reports received by Maj
Gen. Robert Lowry, commander Of the
Mississippi division, the attendance from
this state at the Richmond reunion Will
be notably large, despite the long dis
lance the veterans must travel to reach
the reunion city. Mississippi furnished
large number Of soldiers for the Army
of Northern Virginia, and many of the
survivors have not visited the Confed-
crate capitol since the surrender at APP
pomatox, and they will take advantage
of what will be the last opportunity
many will have to revisit the blody bat
tlefelds of '61-'65. Gen. Lowry expects
to arrange for special train to carry
the Mississippi delegation direct 10 Rich
mond without change Of cars. The Rob
ert A. Smith camp, Of this eity, win
send about twenty Of its members.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
PRESBYTERY DOTS.

Preparations have ben completed 70,
the regular semi annual session Of tn.
six presbyteries composing the Missis
sippi synod Of the Presbyterian church
at which delegates will be named to the
general assembly session, to be held VI
Birmingham in May. The dates, place.
and stated clerks Of the presbyteriei
are as follows:
Central Mississippi, at voiden, Tues
day, April %, at 7:3o p. M; Rev. F. l.
McCne, stated clerk.
Chickasaw, at Guntown, Thursdag
April "a, at IL a. m.,; J. w. Allen, stat
ed clerk.
Ethel, at Zion Church, Enon, near Hat
tiesburg, session held ON March % and
delegates named.
Meridian at Gulfport, on Thursday
April "a, at11 a. M. A. B. Colt, stated
clerk.
Mississippi, at Pine Ridge Church
Tuesday, April 16, at 10 a. M, s. 9
Caldwell, stated clerk. ;
North Mississippi, at Water Valley
Monday, April % at 7:3o p. M; w. D.
Hedleston, stated clerk.
Tombeckbee at Columbus, Wednesday
April "a, at 1880 p. M; J. w. Nose
ley, Jr. stated clerk.