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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
MIR. FISH IS SILENT
Friends of Former |. G.. Presi-
dent Deny Long Estrange-
ment With Harahan.
TELL OF HARTMAN PLEDGE
incident of Last Annual Meeting of Di'
rectors Given to Support
the View.

New York, Aug. 31.-The fighting
factions in Illinois Central, or, to be
more exact. nonfighting representa-
tives of the fighting factions. are TAX
ing notice of President Harahan 5
Chicago stand upon dignity and the
decision Of the spokesman of the HaI-
riman directors that Stuyvcsant Fish
didn't really hit Mr.. Harahan, but sim.
lply choked him and cuffed him ami
tossed him aside:
With Mr.. Fish himself the episode.
as before, was treated as "a matter
of action rather than words. All he
would say was this:
The Harahan incident was closed
when | left the Illinois Central ofiic IS
on Wednesday What he may now
see fit TO give out. after his return IL
Chicago, does not interest me, nor Will
| il lead me to break the silence which
| have maintained"
| Facts or Friendship Issue.
On the statement of Mr.. Harahan ia
4 oAiiNtt-' 'Ai''' MI ilSI dNllOllS u1A
severed their friendship several years
prior to 1906" the Fish adherents pro
duced facts.
| A representative of one of the Fist
| directors showed a long string OF
newspaper clippings. The genera
| trend of them was embodied in dis
patch to New York paper which
| pSnoucad tho IJ,rrir,ou o,,rc III,
dispatch was published in the middl,
of October.
| Everything that was said about M,
in certain publications indicating thai
| | have become foe of Mr.. Fish" Mr.
Harahan was reported as saying b!
way of resenting an insinuation of de
sertion. lis absolutely untrue. / an
not a Hartman man and | deny tht
insinuation"
| Pledged to Hartman.
Mr. Fish. this representative said
early i'll the campaign became con
WINGED that Mr.. Harahan was NOR
tightly bound TO Mr.. Hartman thai
TO himself. The conviction had to D
driven into him. however. and it We
only driven in when Mr.. Fish learned
beyond the preadventurc of a dOuh
that in July. weeks before the NEE
ing at which he was deposcd. Mr.. HaI
ahan had signed a paper in which he
together with other directors previou!
lly friendly 20 Mr.. Fish. pledged then
! selves to carry out Mr.. Hartman
! DESIRES
Fish Told at Last Moment.
Mr.. Fish and every one else kme'
he was beaten when he went into tn
meeting in November for the electiO
of president" this Representative col
tinucd But both Mr.. Fish and hi
close friends insisted on a showdown
for the sole purpose of determinin
how far the action of Mr.. Haraha
= and one or two others Comported wit
{ their professions of truth. Mr.. Fis
! | told Mr. Harahan of his decision II
e morning of the meeting, and not unit
then did the latter let him know th:
he had taken a position against hi
and was to get his office. Mr.. Fl:
simply replied that he would go
| the meeting and see him do it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
Sues Armour G. Co.

John H. Cooley has filed a praecipe
in suit against Armour & Co for
1890 in the circuit court s r. Ken.
worthy is the plaintiffs attorney
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT
w. c. Tubbs of Monmouth Refused to
Appear Before Board of Review.

Appear Before Board of Review.
President w. c. Tubbs Of the Ma
tional bank of Monmouth is under bond
to appear before the county court Of
Mercer county for alleged contempt in
failing to heed notice to appear before
the board Of review. He did SO. it
seems. on advice of counsel, who i'll
formed him he could not be obliged to
testify before the board of review re-
garding the private business Of a pat
ron of his bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
new INSTRUCTORS
Are Selected at Special Meeting
Of Board to Fill Vacancies
in the Corps
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Marvin v. Wallace Resigns to Go to
Butte, Mont.-6ids for Repair
Work Are Received.

The board of education, at a special
meeting last evening, elected two new
instructors to fill vacancies i'll the corps
of the high school. The resignation of
Marvin V. Wallace, teacher in history
for the last year, was accepted Mr..
Wallace will take a position at Butte,
Mont, under the superintendency of r.
G. Young formerly superintendent of
the city schools in Rock Island. Alvin
L. Barton Of Hinsdale was elected to
the vacancy caused by Mr.. Wallace'3
resignation. Linus l.. Harms OF Parker
Ind, was elected assistant instructor
in manual training, to take charge OF
the work shop in the high school. He
will fill the vacancy caused by the with
drawal of Leonard A. Williams, who
was recently elected to this position.
RepnirS Are Considered.
The board also gave attention to var
ious repairs at the different schoo
buildings. Mr.. Seidel reported bids fol
installing a concrete retaining wall OF
the west side of the Fairgrounds of the
Eugene Field school, and the cOntrac
was awarded to Gus Fisher, the loves
bidder. Bids for installing drinking
fountains at the LongfGllow school wer,
received and referred to the commit
tee of buildings to place the contract
Fuel Contract Let.
c. II. Seidel reported that the con
tract for fuel has been awarded to tn
Rock Island Sand G. Gravel comDauy
The contract and bond were filed. TIL
committee on supplies was authorize
to purchase stationery and other ma
terial for the Industrial art work in tn
primary grades.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
Was Given Property.

He found further that the contract
notary public. and that, fearing it would
not stand the test of law, DIR. Warner,
in d will made in 1905, bequeathed TO
his widow real estate worth s35,qO0 on
condition that she did not contest the
will
Judge Cochran expressed the opinion
that while no deception was practiced
in drawing up the ante-nuptial contract,
the wife never had an opportunity to
consider il thoroughly. He found also
that at the time he agreed to bequeath
his widow S10000 DR.. Warner was
worth only S3l 600. and the settlement
could not be considered adequate when
at his death his fortune had grown to
81 100000
On these considerations he ruled in
favor of the widows claim for dover
and homestead rights.
Pash Warner 10 Appeal Decision.
United States Commissioner of Pen
sions Warner, who as executor of his
| fathers estate was defendant to the
suit. read the decision in his home
here He concealed whatever chagrin
he felt over the defeat of his efforts
to prevent his stepmother from inner
iting her share of his fathers estate.
| There would have been an appeal I'm
any case" he said. Now, | shall car
ry is vigorously to the supreme court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
Ohio Company is Formed
+. With Capital of $25,-
100000.
TAKES THREE LINES
Senator Foraker Interested
EIkins-W!dener Syndicate
Backs Enterprise.

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 31.-The Ohio
Electric Railway company, which was
incorporated this week with a capital
stock of S25,000,000 will absorb the
Indiana, Columbus and Eastern. Gin.
cinnati Northern and Lima and To
ledo Electric railroads at midnight.
Young Foraker Vice President.
w Kelsey Schopf, head of the Gin
cinnati street railway system. is pres
ident of the Ohio Electric, and Benson
Foraker, son of Senator Foraker, vice
president.
The Elkins-Widener syndicate is
back of the company,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
Hard Coal Magnates An
sWer Suit to Break
Up Monopoly.
BRING MARK HANNA IN
Declare They We're Forced TO
Settle Strike of 1900 for
Political Effect.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 31-Thc
Reading company, Philadelphia and
Reading Railway company. Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Coke com
pany today filed answers to the suit
of the federal government to break
up the alleged monopoly existing III
the anthracite coal regions of tbs
state.
Goes Back 20 strike.
The answers of the three concerns
Of which George +. Baer is president
make 4 general denial Of the govern
ments allegations, and go into the
first great strike in the hard coal fields
and its relation to the presidential
campaign of 1900 when Mckinley was
elected
Did Not Enforce Law.
1t is declared the agreements to ad
vance the price of coal were brought
about in 1900 by violence and intima
ton of striking wine workers aud b,
failure of the United States govern
ment and the state of PENNSYLVANIA
to enforce the laws ana protect Goa
companies and the opportunities of the
late Marcus A. Hanna, who if is n
legged was anxious to end the strike q
the miners on account of the impcnd
ing presidential election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31

gate>into the cause of the disaster.
The jury viewed the bodies of the
victims and then adjourned until to,
day Meantime search was made fo9
the missing motorman, McCleary. who
disappeared Immediately after the
crash.
Superintendent Moore of the trac-
ton company last night gave out I
statement in which he places respol,-
sibility for the disaster ON McCleary,
who was motorman of the express car
Orders Arc Ignored.
During this week. while the county
fair is IN progress, the company has
| been operating cars on a half hour
schedule instead of the customary
| hour schedule.
Mr.-Moore. saesSthe express was run
in violation OF the schedule. although
the motorman had been provided with
the special schedule and instructed "a
keep in the clear at all times for the
regular cars. Instead. McCleary i
/ charged with having ignored the eX
! istcnce of No II. and the collision
! followed. McCleary narrowly escape
| injury in the crash. and vanished dur
ing the excitement. He lived il
| Charleston, and always bore gOot
| reputation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
No Ground for Charge.

Judge Cochran also held in his de-
cisiOn that the charge made by YES
pasian Warner that his stepmother was
part negro and that the blood of the
children she bore his father was faint
ed, was unwarTanted and based purely
upon hearsay and rumor.
The decision nullifies the ante-nuptial
contract signed between DR. Warner
and Isabella Robinson few hours be
fore their marriage. This contract stip-
ulated that after marriage Mrs. Warner
was to receive $500 a year andd S10,vsJ
at the death of DIR. Warner. Judge
Cochran held that from the date of
their marriage until 1905 Mrs. Warner
had received checks aggregating s4i.-
600 from her husband, thus violating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
Mrs. Isabella Warner to
Get Share OF Hus-
bands Estate
AFTER A LONG FIGHT
Pension Commissioner Warner
Contesting, Holding the Wom-
an is Part Negro.

Clinton, H., Aug. 31-In decision
handed down yesterday, Circuit Court
Judge w. G.. Cochran ruled that Mrs.
Isabella Robinson Warner. stepmother
of Vespasian Warner, United States
commissioner of pensions. is entitled
to dover and homestead rights in the
estate of her deceased husband, DR.
John Warner.
The court held that at the time of his
death DR.. Warner was worth 81 &c.,
GOO The effect of the decision, if sus-
tanned by the supreme court, to which
an appeal Will be carried, is to give the
widow the old Warner homestead in
Clinton. $250,00O. and an annual in
come of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-31
LEADER OF MUTINY HANGS
Officer Who Commanded Rebel Rus
sian War Ship Pays Penalty.

Odessa, Aug. 31-Matushenko, the
Russian non-commissioned officer who
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
In the Same Grave.

A romance of fifty years ago has
been revived by the death of Miss
Elizabeth Thomas Carr, a sister OF
the late Judge Carr, who has been a
resident of Mount Holly for a long
time. She was seventy-eight years
old, and her last request was that she
should be buried in the same grave
with Lafayette Keller, to whom she
was to have been married over fifty
years ago. Keller was one of the
promising young men of the village
then, and after a courtship of a yelr
won the heart of Miss Carr, then one
of the most beautiful girls in the
community. The day was set for the
wedding, but a week prior to the
date Keller was stricken with small
pox and soon afterward died. Miss
Carr ever afterward lived alone, rare
ly going into society and devoting
her time to the welfare of the poor.
The romance of her youth had al
most been forgotten when it was re.
vived by her last request. This re.
quest was respected by her executor,
and she was buried in the same grave
in which she saw her lover entombed
half a century ago. Some difficulty
was experienced in securing a grave
digger, as it was feared the opening
of the grave might cause ar outbreak
of smallpox, but the Board of Health
declared there was no danger and
the burial took place.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Jerseys New Assessments.

Governor Stokes received the Sec
ond annual report of the State Board
of Equalization of Taxes, which
shows that under the new tax laws
the assessed valuation of property
in the State has been Increased from
$~1,153,682, 961 in 1905, to S1,57O,.
210,073 for 1906. Of this increase.
amounting to $416,527,112, Essex
County leads the State, it's valuations
having been lacked up to the extent
of $149,215,9 91. Hudson comes sec.
ond, with an increase of $5~7,959,S97.
Passaic and Union counties follow
with respective increases of $52,201,-
0S3 and $50,99S,72S. From the
viewpoint of the percentage of in
crease Union County leads all the
others, it's ratables having been
raised 1922 per cent. Cape May fol.
lows, with an increase of 77.3 per
cent, Passaic with 65.8 per cent. and
Essex with 55.9 per cent. No county
shows any decrease, and the aggre-
gate increase of nearly half a billion
dollars Is 36.1 per cent. more than
the valuations of 1905 The report
comments freely upon the features of
the new tax laws, which it analyses
in their practical operation. OF the
newly created county boards of equal
ization the report says: Their power
to correct glazing faults in the man.
ner of assessing taxes is undoubted
The beginnings of their labors give
promise of success, and seem to jus.
tify the confidence of those RESPONSE.
BILE for their creation, that the county
boards will be a permanent, weighty
factor in bringing about and main.
tanning equal taxation, and producing
a condition where all taxpayers ara
treated exactly alike, without preiu.
dice or favoritsm."
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
Fair Year Fairly Beaten.

In July, 1905, the Lewis and Clark
Fair was in the height of its glory.
Our streets were thronged with thou
sands of visitors from all over the
United States. Every hotel and iodg-
ing house was crowded, and new
buildings were going up On every
hand. This unparalleled activity,
while pleasing in the extreme, could
not dispense the gloom from a large
number of pessimists, who feared the
slump after the fair" But more
than a year has passed since the fair
was at the zenith of its success, and
nine months have passed since its
doors were closed forever, and what
is the result? Bank clearings for
July, 1906, more than $4,300,000
greater than for the same month last
year, and building permits for May,
June and July-the months when,
last year, buildings was at it's height
this yea $1,36S,00O greater than
for the same three months in 1906.
These glowing facts may be distress
ing for the pessimists, but it should
be remembered that Portland has
been no place for a pessimist for the
past two years.-Portland Oregonian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
English is Good Enough.

The English language is pretty
we'll liked, and to some extentservtce-
able, as it is-as Shakespeare mis-
spelled it, and Milton versed it, and
Pope and Swift and Addison and
Goldsmith refined it, and, in fact, as
all our long line of literary geniuses
have philosophical and sermonized
and romanced and word-painted in 1t.
And the Englishman, unfamiliar or
but slightly familiar with any save
his native tongue, may we'll wonder,
as he contemplates the great body of
English literature, whether there is
another so strong and at the same
time so flexible. Surely any move
ment which even remotely threatens
to impair it's strength and lessen its
dexibilfty should be approached with
thoughtful hesitation. 1t would, in
deed, be a sad whiting down from
the big to the little should simplified
spelling finally lead to simplified
rhetoric, and simplified rhetoric re.
suit in d~esiccated prose and ported
-theory.-Washington Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11

The London Spectator recently said
chat until it took Great Britain near
ly three years and the whole power
of the EMPIRE to subdue the Beers,
Englishmen could never quite under
stand why it took so many years and
SO many men for the North to con-
quer the South, but that now they
understand. The New York Tribune
hints that we may also have showed
the way for a settlement of the Brit
ish-Boer status which is agitating the
country now. 1t says:
"The great question now agitating
England, that of the status of Boer
and Briton in the T%ransvaal, is, of
course, M for Great Britain to set
tie. If a striking precedent is wanted
much might be learned from the
American policy of magnanimity
which, after some serious mistakes in
the reconstruction period, has at last
o~bliterated sectional lines between
North and South and resulted in a
happily reunited people,"
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
When Love is Young.

They had reached that stage of the
engagement when there is usually
more or less speculation as to the
future on the part of the bride to
be.
"It doesn't seem, Tom dear, that
we could eve speak a cross word to
ecch otEsr, does it, dearest:" she
murmured from his coat lapel.
Never, sweetheart" declared
Tom stoutly.
But, dear" she persisted, eff
mind l say tiff some morning the
steak should be burned and the
coffee cold, and you were tempted
to be just a bit-just a teeney wee
bit cross, what would you do?"
She looked up into his face anx-
iously and he felt that his reply must
be one that would fully reassure her.
After a moments thought he ex-
claimed triumphantly: I'D go down.
town and get my breakfast."-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
STATE AS PLAINTIFF
TRIES TO GUST MAYOR
New York's New Attorney eneraI
Brings Suit Against Mcclellan.
RESULT MAY SEAT HEARST
jackson in His Petition Calls Present
Incumbent Usurper of Office
Clarence j. Shearn Made Special
Deputy to Try the Case.

Albany, N. Y. - Acknowledgement
Jackson, under Section 194S of the
Code of Civil Procedure, has begun a
quo warranto proceeding on his own
motion to test Mayor McClellan's IT,
tie to his office. Thus he avoids JUS
tfce Fits writ of prohibition granted
in the quo warranto action started
upon the application of w. R. Hearst.
The section of the code applicable
permits "a quo warranto action to be
commenced upon the application of
the claimant candidate, but the At
torney-General need not wait for an
outside application and may COM
mence an action upon his own mo-
ton. In view of Justice Fits pro-
hibitive order, the Acknowledgement
decided to act under the alternative
provision of the code permitting him
to begin an action without the inter-
ventton of a private person.
The summons and complaint was
served upon Mayor Mcclellan, and
the acknowledgements once appoint
ed Clarence J. Shearn, Mr.. Hearst's
personal counsel, as a special attor-
ney to prosecute the action.
Mayor Mcclellan has twenty days
in which to answer the complaint,
and he may ask for an additional
twenty days at the expiration of that
time, and then he may get a further
twenty days in which to file an
amended answer, so that Mr.. Shearn
figures that the issues would be
framed so that the case can get into
court within a couple of months. Mr..
Hearst's counsel figures that mean
while commissioners could be ap-
pointed to count the ballots. This
action on the part of Attorney-Gen-
eral Jackson has the same effect as
though he had heard arguments
upon the original Hearst quo war
ranto application filed on New Years
Day and had decided upon permit
ting the action to be brought.
The effect of Attorney-General
Jackson's bringing this action upon
his W motion makes the costs of
the proceedings, in case Mr.. Hearst
loses on a recount, a State charge,
whereas If the action was brought
upon MI. Hearst's first application
Mr.. Hearst would have had to give a
bond to stand the costs of the suit.
If he lost the suit 1t is estimated it
would have cost him thousands Of
dollars.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
What Is Pe-ru-na?
Is it a atarr Remedy, or a Tonic
or Is il BOthe

Some people call Peruna a great tonic. Others refer to Peruna q .
cahmrhr remedy.
Which Of these people ART right? Is 1t more proper to "a Feruna =
catanh remedy than to call IT a tonic? -
Our reply Is, that Peruna is both a tonic and a catarTh remedy. Ln4
deed, there al &c n % efectual catarTh remedy that Is Bot also q tonic.
In order to thoroughly relieve any ase Of CatarrhJ a remedy uSS %
only have a specific action on the mucous membranes affected Ivy the -
Catarrh. even In persons who are otherwise strong, s a weakened con-
clifton OF some mucous membrane. Tbere must be something to Strengthen
the circulation, to give tone 10 the arteries, aud to raise the vital forces
Perhaps 10 vegetable remedy in the world has attracted 70 much at
tenton from medical writer's as HYDRAsTIs CAEADEN8IS. The WONDER
full efficacy of this herb has been recognized many years, and is growing In
lis hold upon the medical profession. When Joined wtb CUBEBs and
.COPAIBA q trio of medical agents Is formed In Pcruna which constitutes .
specific remedy for catarrh that in the present state of medical progress
cannot b. improved upon. This action, reinforced hy such renowned tonEeS
as CoLLNsoNlA CANADENsIS, CORYDAIs FORaiosA and CEDRoN
SEED, ought to make tbsc compound N ideal remedy fof catarrh In all Is
stages and locations in the body.
From a theoretical standpoint. therefore, Peruna Is beyond criticism.
III use OF Peruna confirms this opinion. .Eumbericss testimonials from
every quarter of the earth furnish ample evidence that this Judgment Is nok
over enthusiastic. When practical experience confirms q weI-zroundcd the.
DRY the result is a truth that cannot be shaken.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
COURT UPHOLDS STOCK TAX.
Decision Throws About $1,000, 900
Into New York Treasury.

Washington, D. c. Throwing
about 100000 a year into New
York States Golfers, the United States
Supreme Court ruled that States
Stock Transfer Tax law was not I'M
constitutional, and therefore the rev.
enues intended to be raised under it
must be paid. 1t OVERRIDE one by one
all the objections to the statute made
by Albert J. Hatch, a Connecticut
broker, shedding interesting light on
the ~inaccuracy of his contention that
the law interfered with interstate
commerce and that it was against the
constitution because it taxed alike
stocks of different values. The result
of the decision is that a legal stamp
must be affixed to every transfer of
stock made in New York, and the
income of the State is increased by a
fat amount. New York's own Court
of Appeals sustained the law, and
now the dispute has been settled by
the highest Federal tribunal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-11
.Mhat Shall Do2"

That is the problem which fire.
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expense-sometimes prevents death.
The trouble is that so few people can
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to apply, even If they have the knowl-
edge necessary to recognize the dis
ease and know what simple remedies
are best. To meet this want at small
expense the Book Publishing House,
134 Leonard street, New York City,
is sending postpaid a doctor book on
receipt of sixty cents in stamps. The
book is illustrated, contains 59S
pages, explains symptoms, causes
and simple means of overcoming or
binary illnesses. 1t was written by
the eminent j. Hamilton Ayrea, A.
NJ, NJ. D. 1t Is a volume which
should be in every household, as no
one can tell what moment he may re-
Quire the knowledge it contains.