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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Charges Of Canal Graft.

If the charges of graft in the commits
sary department of the Panama canal
made by Congressman Rainey of Hi
nos are to be investigated a good place
to begin would be in the methods under
which supplies are purchased in this
country and shipped to the isthmus.
There is no necessity TO charge that
there is official dishonesty in any part
of this system. That it is unnecessarily
expensive cannot be denied. All the
fresh beef supplied by the government
is. for instance. bought in Chicago, for.
warded over roads having steep grades
to New York, and thence shipped in
the governments own steamers to the
government agents in the canal zone
Excepting Galveston, the gulf ports
are as near to Chicago as New York
is, if not nearer, and the water grades
southwark afford easier rail transpor-
tation than the east and west lines
And from New Orleans. Mobile or Pen
saCOla the voyage to Panama is only
about half the distance that must be
traversed from New York.
From the packeries in Fort Worth
meats could be sent to the canal work
ers by the shortest of all possible hauls
both by land and water. Nearly al
the other food supplies which the gov
eminent buys are produced much near
er to the gulf ports than to New York
and yet the canal management persists
in dispatching all five of the govern
ment's steamers from that city.
1t would be instructive to know JUS
what the influences are which give the
eastern port monopoly Of the govern
ment's Panama traffic at a considera
BILE expense to the taxpayers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

try's sentiments. More than that it is
an appeal to American understanding
and American grit that cannot miss ITS
mark. There is no danger that in this
enterprise there will be any busting.
but in some quarters there is a dispo i
ton to be peSsimistic Taking their
clue from the interests which for years
selfishly opposed every step of the ad
vance of canal legislation, some people
have always shaken their heads in
doubt as to the feasibility of the pro-
ject Even now there are faint-hearted
men who seize every occasion to pro
claim their conviction that we will fail
there, fail to solve the sanitary prop
lens, fail to get the necessary labor,
fail to overcome the engineering OBJ
stacles. Yet every party of official ana
non-official visitors return full of en-
thusiasm and assurance and more than
ever positive that the realization of the
canal is but Il question of money, work
and perseverance. Not all speak as
eXpressively as Mr. Cannon nor in
terms so easily comprehended, but the
purpOrt is the same
The building of this canal is part
of the worlds work that We have un-
.dertaken. 1t has its problems and PEI
.pleXities. but people who conquered
the wilderness of great continent.
who mastered the mountains and de-
fled the deserts, pushed the frontiers
back to the coast line and wrought
in few decades out of savage
waste a understanding land of riches
and progress. will not be daunted 0y
difficulties. "We'H dig the ditch )r
bust" is a good enough motto for the
great ocean uniting undertaking. and
it is a motto the American people viii
stand by.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Religious Tracts In Stone.

Along the Southern Kansas road,
about two miles north of Arkansas
City. passengers may see the inscrip-
ton, Christ Died For the Ungodly." In
large letters on the side of hill about
one-fourth of mile west Of the rail
road track, says the Kansas City Jour
nal. The letters are thirty feet long.
and the inscription covers length of
more than 200 yards. The letters are
formed Of white stones laid in heaps
upon the ground. The inscription may
be read from the train more than two
miles. 1t was placed there by a rail
way train dispatcher at Arkansas City.
who belongs to religious sect which
believes In coming out into the world
with its religion. Across the river on
the face of a tall bluff about one mile
distant from the Southern Kansas rail
road station at Arkansas City is an
other Inscription In stone 1t reads.
"Eternity-Where VIII You Spend Itg'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

Kansas City Star: A successful sales
man who was discussing the principles
underlying his line of business made
the remark: Never so into a custom
er's store and sit down while you are
trying to sell him goods. Let him sit
down if he wants to, but you stand up
and fire the stuff at him. If he offers
you a chair. say: No, thank you, |
have been sitting down too much al
ready As you stand and he sits. he
has to look up. And if there is such a
thing as business hypnotism in nature,
that's the time when it gets in its
work"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Perhaps the oldest triplets in tn

Perhaps the oldest triplets in the
world celebrated their GSth birthday in
Jackson, Miss. last week. These trip
lets are J. +. Price, well known hotel
man of Jackson for the last 20 years;
his brother, Henry of Jackson, and Mrs.
Nancy Phillips of Calhoun county.
They are to all appearances good for
several years to come, being hale and
hearty and perfect specimens of physi-
cal manhood and womanhood. Henry
Price is a bachelor, but Frank and Mrs.
Phillips have been married many years
and have grandchildren. They first
saw the light of day in Cumberland
county, North Carolina.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
THE TERROR FROM TEXAS.
Only He Proved to Be a New York
Lawyer With Imagination and Jag.

Only He Proved to Be New York
Lawyer With Imagination and a Jag.
1t is not an uncommon thing for Il
youth from the east who has fed him
self on dime novels to travel out west
and pretend to be q real western bad
man. Such a person. does not go far
in the west without being discovered
and properly tagged. 1t is not quite
such an ordinary occurrence for an
easterner. remaining in the east to
pretend to be wild westerner, but
this happened the other day in New
York.
\ six foot fellow broke loose at
Broadway and Twenty-fourth street
about dark and announced that he was
a bowling terror from the cactus coun-
try of Texas. He carried n twelve inch
bowie knife which he fiourished with
menace and apparently with malice
afOrethought.
"Whoop" he yelled. I'm Bad Bill
from Beaumont! I'm the only riproar-
ing red ranger from Texas. Whoop!
OF course Il crowd gathered. 1t
doesn't take very much to collect a
tlONu III -NtN lOTh. LIE bdI HILL
from Texas pointed to the statue of
Diana on top of the Madison Square
Garden tower and declared that he
was going to climb up there with his
knife in his teeth and sever the fair
Diana's head. Then he would toss the
head down upon the Uranium Of the
first policeman he saw.
Just then a policeman hove in view
and remarked quietly to Bad Bill that
that was n fine knife he had. The
Texas terror proudly handed over the
knife for inspection. whereupon the po-
liceman marched the disarmed terror
to the station house,
Next morning in the police court the
terror was not so terrible. He had had
time to sober up and think it over
lie explained to the court that he was
not really a Texas bad man.
ooh, we knew that replied the
court.
mo. I'm only New York lawyer
your honor. who was out having a
good time. I reckon l had too good a
time"
The knife. he explained. was a hunt
ing companion. The prisoner presented
1t to the fellow attorney who defended
him, and upon his promise to be good
and not Texasize himself for the pur-
pose of terrorizing New York he was
permitted to go.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
When the Earth Quakes.

Some idea of the stupendoIs power
Of the subterranean forces exerted by
earthquakes is shown by the changes
effected by them in geography Noun
tainS have been Obliterated or new ones
formed. islands have been made or de
strOyed, and whole stretches of coast
line wiped out. For instance. in Sep
TENDER, 100. on the lofty tableIand
about 100 miles southwest of the City
of Mexico, Il piece of land four square
miles in area was suddenly raised 800
feet, and numerous cones appeared.
one of them, the volcano of Jorullo
being nearly LOO feet high. Java in
l712 suffered in the opposite way. for q
tract of country fifteen miles long By
six miles broad was swallowed up en-
tirely. mountain of 5000 feet being
reduced TO 5000 feet only in the
process.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
SIMPLE SPELLING CONVERTS.
Professor 5rander Matthews Declares
There Are 100000 In America.

There Are 100000 In America.
Professor Brander Matthews. who
submitted report at the recent meet
ing of the national simplified spelling
board in New York. declared that at
least 100000 converts to simplified
spelling have been made in this cOun-
try since the movement was started a
few months ago. He pointed out that
the 300 shorter forms recommended by
President Roosevelt have been adopted
by the city school superintendent of
New York and are being used also by
some magazines and newspapers. If
literary men. he said. We're as willing
to adopt the reformed spelling as men
of science have shown themselves to
be, the new form would prevail.
throughout America in short time
Andrew Carnegie. who was chosen
president Of the board. read a letter
from James Bryce the British ambas-
sadOr at Washington. in which that
distinguished writer said.
speaking in no sense officially.
may say that l have long felt that the
time must come when those who use
the English language will have serious
ly to consider the necessity of bringing
our. spelling into close accord with pro-
nunciatiOn. Sooner or later the Ques-
ton must be faced. What particular
reforms to propose is doubtless Il mat
ter requiring much thought gid pro-
longed discussion. but we cannot be-
gin too soon to consider the subject Sc
riously, for it will take a great deal of
time and pains"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Artful.

why don't you try to make people
give you their entire confidence?"
"I'd rather have 'em suspect me lust
"A little" answered Senator Sorghum
Then if anything goes wrong they are
not so surprised and resentful. Wash.
ington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Conversation,

COrkins-I don't know how I do It.
but | can always tell what time of day
clock. McStab-To be sure. Nature al
ways confers instinct upon creatures
that lack the higher faculties.-C Chicago
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

Former Senator Burton has one paid
up subscriber to his new paper. IL.
stead of cashing the draft sent by the
first subscriber he is going to frame it,
which looks as if he isn't in the same
class with most Of the editors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

Admiral Coghan is writing an art
Gle on the needs OF the navy. Judging
from the frequency with which battle
ships are running aground we Shouil
say that the most crying need of the
navy is for more water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Cannon Optimistic.

Speaker Cannon paused long enough
on his return trip from Panama to re
mark that We'll dig the ditch or
bust" This may violate some of the
rules of correct speaking but it terse-
ly and exactly represents this coua-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
Backhanded,

Bess-I don't like that Mr.. Cutting
Jess-That's unkind of you. l heard
him say something awfully sweet
about you yesterday. Bess-Oh. did he ?
What was it? Jessie said he imag-
ined you must have been perfectly
charming as n girl.-Cleveland Leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

Cleveland. Ohio, which raised Il RIM
pus because Hartman said he had
never heard of Tom Johnson, can nv
take comfort since Senator Tiliman
has referred to E. H. as this man Har-
rim1n "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

Ten years ago now Theodore RoOse-
welt was appointed assistant secretary
of the navy. he has had MS name III
the papers a whole lot since that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

Wall street is very positive that MI
Roosevelt is suffering from brain storm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

The surest way to test mans mem
DRY is to lend him money.-Detroit
Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

To small extent changes are always
making in numbers and at times in
the ownership of the smaller herds.
but these figures are substantially cor
rect. There are also some small herds
containing from two to six scattered
throughout the country, making, say.
about $50 all told, and thus we get a
total of 1.1S3 pure blooded bison in
the United States.
The effort making in several direc-
tons to cross the bison with cattle
has resulted in a hybrid called catola.
OF these there are:
% in California CE. G. Molera).
13 in Minnesota.
S in Montana pablo.
IL in Oklahoma.
% in South Dakota.
65 in Texas Goodnight.
in Wyoming.
245
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

But wouldn't Taft and Fairbanks be
a streak of fat and streak of lean?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10

If you can't lift don't lean. Do yodr
part TO boost for Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
LAST OF THE BUFFALOES.
Only 1,1s3 Remaining In the Whole
United States

A writer In the Outing Magazine, in
referring to the American bison, or
buffalo: as dying race, says:
That [ choose my word advisedly l
will show by a list of the number Of
bison in the world, the basis of which
figures are taken fran the report Of
DR. Frank Baker OF the National Zoo
logical park at Washington, who in
1908 compiled census from data
which he had gathered in every case
from the owners or persons in charge
Of the bison. In the first place | may
say that with the exception of the
herd near Great Slave lake and lit
tie herd in Yellowstone National park
there are no examples Of the American
bison unconfined in all the world.
PURE BLOODs IN THE UNITED
STATES.
Flathead Indian reservation, Mont.
(Aiichel Pablo. Observation-Disclosures. 800
Austin Corbin estate, Newport n. H. 10
Fit. Pierre, S. d. Games Philip. ....... Jos
Goodnight. Tex. Charles Goodnight. So
Kalspell (Mrs. A. d. ConradD.......... 90
Pawnee, Okla. &c. w. Lillie). .......... As
Yellowstone National park, Wyo. Qn
captivity) observation-disclosures. 80
Yellowstone National park. Wyo
drumming Wild Observation-Disclosures. 20
Wild West show. Missoula .............. 80
New York Geological Society park.
Bronx NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Island Improvement company. Salt
Lake City, Utah. Observation-Disclosures. IS
The Golden Gate. San FranCisco....... Il
Denver City park. Colo.................. 10
Washington National Geological park IA
Lincoln park Chica Observation-Disclosures. 20
Belvidere, Kan. Of. Rockefeller)....... 26
Cardigan, MINI. g. ]. HilD............. 16
Cincinnati Geological garden ........... 16
Bliss, Okla. DOL Ranch) .................. %
Bancroft. Ia. &C. G. Lenander)......... 10
Roman. Mont. (Eaton Brothers)........ 10
Philadelphia Geological gardens ....... S
1858
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-10
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
TERMs DaiIv 10 cents per weeI

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for pubfica-
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, 1907-04-10

Boost for Rock Island.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Orecon Items.

At Central Point, Sunday. Ward
Lever, 13 years cid. an employee OF the
Rogue River Electric company. met
death by contact with a wire carrying
1000 volts. The lad was alone at the
time.
That he was acting under the infiu-
ence of a dream is the only sxplana-
ton that William Thorne can give for
cutting his throat in his room in Sa-
lem recently. Though he cut his throat
from ear to ear he did not lost con
seriousness. and is now apparently in
his right mind.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
PASS This AROUND
TELLS HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE
RHEUMATISM CURE AT HOME
Prescription Given Which Sufferers OF
Dread Disease Can Easily Make
Up and Try at Home at
Small Cost.

To relieve the worst form of Rheu-
matism, take a teaspoonful Of the fol
lowing mixture after each meal and
at bedtime:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, n half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
These harmless ingredients can Dc
obtained from any druggist in the
smaller towns, and are~easily mixed
by shaking them well in a bottle. Re
lief is generally felt rom the first few
doses.
This prescription, states a well
known authority in a Cleveland morn
ing paper, forces the c~logged-up, mac
! tive kidneys to filter and strain from
the blood the poisonous waste matter
and uric acid, which causes Rheuma
tism.
As Rheumatism is not only the mos
painful and torturous disease. but dan
gerous to life, this simple recipe will
no doubt be greatly valued by man,
sufferers here at home, who SHOULD
at once prepare the mixture to &c
this relief.
II is said that a person who woul
take this prescription regularly, a dos
or two daily, or even a few times
week, would never have serious KID
ney or Urinary disorders or Rheumat
ism.
Cut this out and preserve 1t. Goo
rheumatism prescriptions which reall
relieve are scarce, indeed, and whei
you need 1t, you want it badly.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Secretary CorteIyou, in a signed
q%ualifedly false the current rumors of
undue political activity of his friend
sin forwarding a movement in his in
terest. The secretary declares that
neither he nor his friends have used
their influence in behalf of any candi-
date for the presidency and that he has
not been a candidate for anything but
the confidence # the people. He adds
that if he should hereafter decide to re
a candidate for any office, he will say
so frankly.
Admiral Rojestvensky, who during
the Russo-Japanese war led the ill
starred Russian fleet around Africa TO
ultimate defeat at the hands of the
japanese in the sea of Japan, is keenly
interested in the cruise of the Ameri-
can battleship squadron now on its way
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
Goldfeld, New. is greatly alarmed
over the fact that the feed wires of the
Nevada-California company r down
a d taat the company has been unable
To find the break or determine the
cause of it.
Thomas Tierney, who is said to hav'
been III years old, died recently at the
home of William Caldwell, five milei
below Culdesac, Idaho.
French papers continue to devot'
much space to the departure of tn
American fleet, publishing detaile'
data of the ships, with ILLUSTRATED
maps of the proposed voyage. They al
agree that it rivals if it does not ssuI
pass Admiral Rojestvensky's feat. Tn
papers are principally interested in it
political significance and speculate
covers the widest field. The article
generally are temperate, but the sensa
tional Intransigeant announces tina
the departure of the American feet
an implied declaration of a
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Mine Horrors of Hals Century.

Johnstown, Pa, July II, 1902, 112
dead.
Auderlues, Belgium, March II, 1892.
200 dead.
Nanaimo, Vancouver, May 4, 1887,
ITO dead.
Luud, England, Feb. 10, 1857, 1S9
dead.
Dour, Belgium, No. 10, 1888, 121
dead.
Berlin, Germany. Aug. 10, 1893, 81
dead.
Rhondda Valley, Wales, Feb. 10,
1887. 80 dead.
Mems, Belgium, March 5, 1885, 81
dead.
Braznell mine, near Brownsville.
Pa, Dec. "a, 1889, 30 dead.
Ebbw Valley. Wales, May "A, 1901
so dead.
Harwick, Pa, Jan. %. 1904. 1ss
dead.
Hanna, wyo., June 80. 1903, 200
dead.
Pas de Calais, France, March 10
1906, over 1000 dead.
Cananea, Mex, June 1, 1906, 1OC
dead.
Naomi mine, Belle Vernon, Pa, Dec
], 1907, "a dead.
Pocahontas mine, Virginia, 1884. 30i
dead.
Newburg, w. Va, 1885. 80 dead.
Red Ash, w. Va, March 6. 1890, Al
dead.
Berryburg mine. Harbor county, w
Va, Nav. 2, 1900, IS dead.
Monongah mine, Monongah, w. Va.
Dec. G, 1907, 400 dead.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Help MINERS FAMILIES.
esoooo Has Been Subscribed
AIrs@ Need 100000 to Supply
Needy Poor.

ant w. Va, Dec. 1.-THE
1aant relief committee healed by
pioTnor william o. Dawson, to pro
GOV for the widows and orphans in
Voc o through the reaent explosion
u.s. u.s.. mines of the Fairmont Coal
at Monongah. has prepared
op-na.l for funds that is being sent
.hsmbsrs of commerce and kindred
"-nigstions ell over the country.
Os,n ravspapers are urged to aid to-
an. work by receiving contribu-
Wa. Wa acknowledging them through
w. w. columns and sending them to the
@Tully $50 widows and 1000 children
Ia without any means OF support.
near as can be determined, $4,000
oil sources has been subscribed.
~ Nv. the basis of $500 for each widow
Va s1eo for each child under is years
- ace. $4,000 Will be required. At
Yaost s25 1000 will be necessary to pro-
~ On relatively the same basis, for
~. aggregated dependents of the un-
~.rried victims, the many now unborn
asrdrsu and the undoubted accessions
- Tho married victims list when com
rIs,e information has been received.
@Tse committee feels that a total OF
conn oes will be required to carry out
the relief work.
aAu checks should be made payable
"a the Monongah Mines Relief com
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
RloTIOUs TIMES IN BUTTE.
Non-Union Telephone Workmen Es-
corted out of CITY,

corted out of City.
AT Butte last Tuesday the injunction
orders Of the United Sttaes court, made
by Judge Hunt in October last, were
openly set at defiance by the men who
kidnapped SIX nonunion linemen Ia the
employ OF the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company. In each case, the
men were way laid while at work and
compelled to submit to an enforced
march out side the city limits. They
were warned If they ever returned to
the city they would be hanged from
telephone poles. In each of the two
kidnapping cases, between 40 and so
men participated and they boldly
marched through the streets with the
linemsn, some of whom they kicked as
they hurled epithets at them as they
proceeded to the point where they were
told to keep going.
The men were overtaken by the au-
thorities and brought back and another
attempt will be made to resume work
under protection of the officers.
While nc ar ests were made pending
word from Federal Judge Hunt, in
Helena, several are likely to at
any time, as many of the leaders in
both cases we're fully recognize by citi-
zens as they passed along the streets.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, u.
800 faAVn~Wsx ~

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he 10
senior partner Of she firm of +. J. CHENEY 4
&C., doing business I'm the City Of Toledo, oeun-
ty and state aforesaid, ana tkat said firm win
pay the sum Of M HUNDRED for
each and every case Of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use Of Halls CATARRH CpER
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn 20 before me and subscribed In my
presence, THU 9th day OF Deem Der, A. D., 1856.
A. W. GLEASON,
IsnAL Notary Public
49,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mueeus surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials, fres.
p. J. CKKNEY 4 60, Teledo, o.
sold by Druggists, Eo.
Hau'G Family Pills are the best
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Thanks God for she Verdict.

At Reading, Pa, Frank Palmer, aged
sc, was convicted of murder in the
first degree for killing Mrs. Gertrude
Clinton, his affinity. three months ago,
by cutting her throat. Palmer thank
ed the jury when the verdict was rem
dered, and added: Thank God, I'm
going"