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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
Remarkable Resc ue.

That truth is stranger than fiction
has once more been demonstrated in
the little town of Fedora, Tenn, the
residence of c. V. Pepper. He writes
Il was in bed. entirely disabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat
Doctors failed to help me. and all hope
had fled when began taking DR.
Kings New Discovery. Then instant
relief came. The coughing soon ceas
ed; the bleeding diminished RAPIDLY
and in three weeks | was able to go Z
work" Guaranteed for coughs an
colds soc and $100, at w. T. HartZ'S
drug store, 301 Twentieth street. Tria
bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

The papers north and south are
teeming with comment favorable TO
Senator Daniel as an available candi-
date for president. Personal opinion
has also been very generally quoted
on the same subject of which the state
ment of Forrest w. Brown, a promin-
ent lawyer of Charleston, w. Va, is Il
fair sample: The senator can have
the delegation from West Virginia any
time he wants it, for West Virginia is
in the south again, as far as its realiza-
ton that Senator Daniel would make
an admirable candidate is concerned
If nominated, he would run very strong
in the state. for he is regarded as a
clean and able man and representa-
| tive of both the old and new south. He
would run strong in my part of the
state. We should like to see Senator
Daniel nominated for the presidency
and the tariff revised"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

tnCmD. ms / did. ana the slightest
touch would give me the denomination
OF the card. AS TO the pack used,
found packs similar to those Mr.. Cor
derry kept on hand and SurreptitiouSlv
substituted my marked cards for his.
Well. | won all Mr. COrdery's belong
inCS-they were not larye-and made
him 4 pauper. l am aware that in
cases of this kind. especially in plays
the next step would be for the loser to
put up his daughter for stake But
since this was a real case no such
thing occurred. Mr.. Cordery borrowed
a small sum from one of the party
which | promptly won. Then he Dor
rowed Of me. and l Won what / had
lent him. He borrowed more. and
won that. Finally he gave uD the
struggle and shut himself up for three
days. | WAS frightened out of my wits
for fear he would do something desper-
ate. He WAS thinking about his daugh-
ters future. She would marry no one
but me, and if she didn't marry she
must go to work. OF two evils the
least must be chosen. The old man
gave in and told her she'd better accept
me.
AS soon as | had received his CON
sent. learning from Alice of Sundry
debts that had long been owing her
father l sent him 500. purporting to
come from one of his debtors from the
other side of the world AS expected.
he resumed his poker parties. The IA
pidity with which he won my money
was astonishing. In three Sittings he
had won all | had taken from him be
| fore he commenced to borrow of me
and in two more sittinGS had reGained
| the loans. ! announced that | would
! play no more as married man and
| the evening before my wedding lost Il
| him $1,000, salve for my conscience
at the strain | had put upon him.
| | have never dared tell my wife OF
| the manner 10y which cut the Gordiar
| knot and won her fathers consent
yes literally won it. and that with
marked cards. And l never see any
one of the men who made up the poker
| parties without Il shudder, thinking
though / had lost something to all OF
them, what a terrible fate would have
befallen me had / been detected in the
| fraud.
| EUGENE HOLMES BURT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Is there any legislature III the United
States that William J. Bryan has failed
to address? He talked at Albany re-
Gently. 1t is an astonishing spectacle
outside Of the White house, for whom
legislature after legislature would put
by its business in order to be talked TO!
The wonder grows whether legislatures
succumb of their own motion. or are
solicited by advance agents after z
carefully formulated plan Of campaign
Rarely is there such spontaneity as
this thing appears to carry on its face
or wire-pulling with the strings st
.adroitly kept from view.-SpringfielG
(MassD Republican.
No. there is no advance agents care
fully formulated plan of campaign" 81
"wire-pulling," but Mr.. Bryan's streng.i
of character, his frank and convincing
appeals in behalf of the common peD
pie and unyielding courage that at
tract There is not a legislature in tn.
United States nor any body of peOpl'
in the world that would not only con
slider it a pleasure, but an honor, to BE-
addressed by the eloquent and logica
w. J. Bryan, VINO always champions
the interest of the masses of the PEG
pie and good government His ira,
democracy adds to the esteem in which
he is universally held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
The
Employer

Who uses his beSt judgment in Sc
lecting employees;
Provides them with a good system
of accounting;
And bonds them in the AMERICAN
SURETY COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, the largest Surety Company
in the world,
Will
Re duce defalcations to the
minimum:
And when they do occur, will find
himself e1One,ared from blame and
Justly commended rs an able and far
seeing executive.
Many an employer has bitterly re.
gretted that he did not iHSiSf on
having the bond of this Company.
Remember that other Surety Com
panies, if they pay. rarely do 50
with the CELEBRITY OF this Company,
and spend little in capturing de-
faulterS.
YOU KaHf the best
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
Welcome the patriarchs Militant.

Rock Island with glad face and open
hand and heart, extends greeting and
welcome to the Patriarch Militant OF
the noble order of Odd Fellows of Hi
nois. Always a convention city, al
ways proud to receive gatherings OF
distinguished bodies of men, Rock Isl
and never welcomed an assemblage
more heartily and enthusiastically than
it does the great order that is to meet
here this week.
This is spoken in compliment to the
order itself and as voicing the spiril
prevailing in Rock Island at the pres
ent time, which means greater City, =
greater spirit of hospitality to all who
may come within the city's gates.
Welcome. many times welcome, tC
the city's guests of this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Those who expect the republicans
really intend to reform the tariff should
take heed of the declaration of Speaker
Cannon that the coming congress was
elected on the platform of "let well
enough alone" AS Uncle Joe will
probably be reelected speaker and thus
again boss the peoples representatives,
the stand-patters will have the inside
track and reform will be postponed un-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
home FOR ARMY MULES.
Move to Place Veterans In Service on
Uncle Sans Pension Roll.

NIOSG TO race veterans IN OeTNlCe OF
Uncle Sans Pension Roll.
a movement to pension the army
mule and furnish him Il home when
his days of usefulness are over has
been started. and if it receives the CO.
operation of humane societies bill
viii be passed by the next congress
prohibiting the sale of the obstinate
CRITTERS" owned by the government
says Washington special to the Chi
Cago Record Herald. Under preSen;
laws the army mule, along with all
other government property, must be
condemned when useless and be sold
to the highest bidder. Patriotic Soci-
cites which have been organized To
look after the welfare of veterans have
been asked to join in the movement
to provide ut government expense
quarters and feed for horses and mules
which have served faithfully with Tn
| Gle Sans army so as to save them
| from inhumane treatment.
". II. LOwder of Miles camp, Span
| ish War Veterans, who is taking lead
| ing part in the agitation in behalf Of
| the friendlesS mule, Mt Il meeting Of
his camp in Washington the other night
said
| 1t is a pitiabIe sight to see our old
| army horses and mules after having
seen service in foreign countries. sold
to INSCRIPTIONS horse dealers. Every
one of these noble animals is branded
with the United States army service
mark. and it is a disgrace that they
should be hitched up to scavenger wag
| OnS, ash and brick carts.
| Il have seen horses sold that have
seen years of honorable service and
| every soldier must feel the injustice of
| the treatment they are receiving, eSpe-
cially in n country like ours. where
there are thousands of acres of land
| lying idle in Virginia, Texas and west
ern forts. Why couldn't these animals
be allowed to spend the rest of their
days at these places on the pension
roll of Uncle Sam instead of being sold
for the paltry sum of S15?'
Officials of the war department who
have command of the army rules raise
no objection to the suggestion and say
that if permitted by law it could be
easily arranged to find n comfortable
home for the wornOut army mules.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

We desire to call Rock Islands dis
tinguished visitors attention. who are
to be here this week, to the fact that
there is to be Greater Rock Island
in very short time where this beauti-
full city now stands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

rrNsf H.
IG/t VShTJ3.b NN the valley of the
IhW ~ VA Missis sippi. mid
ku R% "a way between 81.
wA ~ Louis and st. paul.
NNAN< <&~ Chicago and OmR-
~Ak-~ ha and II n
City.
Ii in by mature, geographically, COM
mercialIy, and intIustriaIly. the gateway
of the west. northwest and southwest.
1t Is favored by situation on the Mis-
sissippi mt the mouth of the Hennepin
canal, connecting river and lake.
Ii has the main line of the Rock Is
land railroad. three branches springing
from the stem at this point to the north
west and far southwest, while the main
line goes on to the Pacific.
IL has the MIlwaukee's Kansas City
line, and the BurlInGtOn's st. Louis and
st. Paul line. with direct communication
with Milwaukee and Racine, and with
Peoria and Springfield.
Ii has three interurbans under way.
Ii has miles of paved streets.
1: has beautiful parks. including the
historic Black Hawks Watch Tower.
1t has handsome churches, of all de-
nominations.
Ii has u y. VI. &. 4. building.
IL has modern school buildings.
ID has n college and n seminary.
IL has nourIshIng factories, and free
sites for more.
IL has three first class hotels and nu-
merOus smaller ones.
1t has three theaters.
ID has u Turner hall.
1t has IA model system of rnpid transit.
1t has six substantial banks.
Ii has up-tO-date business blocks, and
three more In course of erection.
IL has immense department stores and
hundreds of other branches of mercan-
tile pursuits.
IL In the location of the Rock Island
arsenal, the grentcst In the worId.
Ii has the head offices of the Modern
woodmen of America. the largest fra
ternnI society In the world. housed in :,
quarter of IA million dollar freprOOf
building.
Ii has the head office of the FraternaI
Tribunes.
1t hns local lodges of aIl the great
fraternnI societies.
1t has quarter of a million dollar
court house.
Ii has n city hall. owned by the city.
II has u public library building.
Ii has II pOstofiice building, In which
are the Offices of the government engin-
eer corps i'm charge of upper Mississippi
improvements.
Ii has $1,000 population.
Jt has an Industrial commission TINT
f. boosting the town along Legitimate
and substantial lines.
And everybody In helping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
Start of Homespun Fad.

Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt has
started at Asheville. y. G., a home
spun fad by appearing in homespun
gown. Il bright yellow. which she de-
lights in telling cost her just SD and
was made by mountain woman near
Biltmore, says a special dispatch to
the New York Times. 1t has been
through Mrs. Vanderbilts patronage
that there has been revival of the
almost lost art of hand spinning and
weaving among the mountain women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. GEn-
tered at the postOflce as second-class
matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

The Gould divorce case has reached
the roof gardens The latest popular
song is "All That Glitters is Not Gould.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

The Booster Button is badge OF
local patriotism. Buy one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Be for Greater Rock Is
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Be for Greater Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

til-well, when the democrats control
congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

When you feel the need of pill take
a Dewitt Little Early Riser. Sold b.
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Stand by Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Be for Greater Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Boost, don't knock; lift, don't lean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Wear a Booster Button.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10
BY THE j. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year i'll advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

Boost for Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-10

BE for Greater Rock Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
The High School Societies

step in the right direction was taken
yesterday when the superintendent Of
schools named committee Of high school
teachers and principals to work out a.
scheme for the regulation Of student organ
izations In those schools. The proposition
that secret societies be forbidden Is based
upon sound judgment, and at the same time
1t Is necessary to recognize the right of the
young people, and in some measure their
need, to get together in clubs and societies
for the purpose Of Frightening their school
life and enabling them to meet on a more
personal basis than In the classroom Rut
there Is point, quickly reached in the de-
velopment of such organizations, where the
checking influence of the faculty is re-
quired and to this end the suggestion is adj
vanced that the governors of the various
student organizations shall consist in equal
parts of students and teachers.
1t is to be believed that the parents of the
high school students will take the view of
this situation that inspires the proposed
action and cooperate with the authorities
to regulate the social organizations. They
can accomplish as much on their side as
the teachers and principals can achieve on
their own, by limiting the secret fraternity
feature Of student organization outside OF
school precincts. 1t Is this element that lies
at the root of the trouble, leading to caste
spirit, to the hazing tendency and in some
measure to characterization.
All school clubs or societies should be oman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
Mr.. Burton's Candidacy.

The Leader, the republican organ Of
Cleveland, says
The people of Cleveland know that the
President knows Theodore Burton his char
acter and his ability. They know that the
head of the national government Is one or
the best informed men In America about
local conditions in great centerS OF popuia-
ton. They are sure that he did not give
advice pertaining to the city administration
In Cleveland without taking care to inform
himself fully about all phases of the mu-
nicipal situation
What time had the President to bestow
on this subject? What was Cleveland to
him. or he to Cleveland, that he should
turn from the great problems before him in
the White House and take thought of better
local government for the Buckeye city?
The Panama canal was ION his hands,"
as Mr.. Grover Cleveland would say. A
new feature of government in the Philip
pines was approaching trial. Wall streets
Juggling in progress. Discussion of the
Pacific program for the fleet was animated.
The trusts and the railroads were still
growing. And yet in the thick of it all
Mr. Roosevelt bethought him Of Cleveland
and how the people there were groaning
under machine government And so he
tells his friend Mr.. Burton to grid up his
lons and free the town from Tom Johnson's
power.
w nat really was IN the PreSlQentS NINA
was the Taft presidential boom, for which
he stood responsible The first skirmsh
was to be fought In Judge Taft's own state
and it would be important to win that
Everybody the President could command
must help Every Taft man. and particu-
Iarly every anti-Foraker man, in the COM
monwealth must take position where he
could do the most good
Mr.. Burton was at once pro- Roosevelt
proTaft and anti Foraker, and an able
man. How could he be employed to the
best advantage in Taft's behalf? AS may
or of Cleveland. elected over a popular dem
ocrat. would not both his power and his
prestige be increased. and that increase
go to the Taft boom? Sure! No sooner de-
cided upon than acted upon, and Mr. Bur-
ton gets his instructions. How he received
them, and what has since taken place, we
all know.
This explains the Presidents interest in
Cleveland. We may believe that he wants
may believe that If Mr.. Burton is elected
mayor the town will get good government
though maybe no better than 1t has had
and now has, under Mayor Johnson But
that il there had been no Taft boom and
no war on Mr.. Foraker the President would
cal affairs Is as unlikely as thing can be-
Why should anybody mistake SO plain g.
matter?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
Traction "Yellow Dogo Funds.

Mr.. William NJ. Wins who is doing the
probing for the new utilities commission of
New York city, has uncovered some inter-
esting facts concerning the so-called vel
low dog funds of the traction corpora
tions. Full explanations OF the objects
for which these funds We're formed and
expended will perhaps put a number of
prominent people of both political parties
on the grill. a certain republican. former
member OF Congress and city leader, has
admitted receiving some s217.307 in four
years from the Metropolitan Securities
Company About $4,000 OF this amount
was spent in that corporations efforts to
secure the new subway routes and to shut
out certain rival interests The expenses
Of some eight or ten citizens associations
I'm sending delegations to Albany had been
paid through him out OF this money. Here
the public gets line on the manner in
which the public Is worked by the corpora
lions To defeat It's own interests. In the
name OF local sentiment and in the guise
OF demands for improvements the corpora
ton itself makes Its own appeal to the leg
islature
These revelations are decidedly interest
ing and instructive Perhaps they will
lead 10 reforms Possibly they will lead
TO prosecutions. But whether the court or
the legislature gets 10 work upon the testi-
mony and seeks practical application of
the lessons thereby taught remains for
the future TO disclose. For pre- sent pur-
poses Mr.. WINS questions and the answers
reluctantly given by witnesses whom he
examines add an important chapter to
that large volume. The Strap-Hanger's
Guide and Taxpayers Manual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
Hustle and the White House.

We regard ourselves as the apostles of
hustle. Whether we work or play, 1t is
with all our might. Even our hospitality
Is at the two-forty gait. Visitors to the
country have to rise early and remain up
lats to meet their engage ments. No rest
"a provided for the weary. The person
who drops out of the procession stays
out. Everything is arranged for those who
can keep up.-Washington Star.
How can We help hustling when we
have at the head OF our nation such an
example OF "git-up-and-git." OF hurry
up-or-you'll-get-left, Of hard-hitting. give
it-to'em strenuosity. of pushing. palpi-
Eating, perpetual motion? With such an
Inspiration constantly before US. we SIM
ply have TO keep up the automobile pace
whether We want to or not.-Baltimore
Newa
This IS true. and maybe the News Will
egrse with The Star that the country has
profted from the presence in the White
House for the past six years Of the boss
hustler Of the age. Mr.. Roosevelt has
been constantly alive. He has set the pegs
N business. He has donA things. lie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02

has made some spoons and Spoilt some
horns. He has made mistakes. But we
are to remember the adage. that the man
who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
Mistakes inhere In activity-in convictions
and the courage of them. Great Is hustle.
and for six years Mr.. Roosevelt has I'M
doubtedly been its prophet.
But, 1t is sometimes asked, what are we
to do when he leaves the presidency? Hav-
ing inaugurated such strenuosity there, Mr..
Roosevelt will beaueath such record as
will be insupportable burden to any but
man as strenuous and as vigorous as him
self. People in the same numbers as before
will go to the White House, will lay before
the incumbent quite as varied line Of
business. and expect the same expedition in
dealing with 1t. Who but a man of physical
strength, great mental alertness and tire
less energy can now fill the bill?
Well. for the present. We may all feel
easy on that score. II we turn to the demo-
cratic side we find Mr.. Bryan, as strong and
strenuous as Mr.. Roosevelt. and quite as
full of ideas and assertion. Nobody around
him would be permitted to go to sleep, or
even to nod Without a doubt he would
keep up the record, and prolong, as far as
1t might be in his power to do so. the era
of hustle. AS a candidate for the pres1-
dency he takes no rest, and after securing
the Office would hardly grow lazy.
If We turn to the other side we find, with
but one exception, men under sixty. and all
of them robust and accustomed to plenty Of
business. Taft, Fairbanks and Hughes,
considered by the standard of politics. are
all young men, capable of any amount of
hard work. Mr.. Cannon is veteran, but
hardy one; and the man who at seventy
can hold down" the House of Representa-
tives would not be overwhelmed in the
White House.
Hustle is the word. The country likes the
pace. and the chief magistrate should be OF
the mettle to head the procession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02

to any student Of the school Enrolment in
the institution should be the only require
ment, unless, perhaps. a scholarship stand
ard is established thus offering an incent-
I've to the student to improve in class work
as means of obtaining admission to the
ranks of these organizations. One of the
chief evils Of the secret societies in a high
school is the drawing of false social lines.
and the establishment Of class or caste
spirit. The boy or girl who Is excluded
from a society feels Inundated. Cliques
form and interfere with the harmonious
working OF the school. The elimination OF
this element is the chief object to be sought
in any effort to reform the existing condi-
lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
The President on Tour,

The President appeared to much better
advantage at Keokuk than at Canton. He
does not shine as a eulogist, lacking the
graces OF diction demanded by that Office.
His best service at McKinley's tomb was
his reference to the very beautiful tribute
paid to the Ohio statesman by the presi-
dent Of the University Of California at the
time that institution conferred the degree
of LID. on the former, and which appears
on the tomb At Keokuk he got into his
stride again on the subject of iawless
wealth, and he said some good things ex-
ceedingly well. His word of praise for the
western homemaker was likewise admi-
rable. and 1t is to be hoped that when he
submits the matter to Congress. as likely
he will do in his message. something may
come of it in the way of legislation.