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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
Antiquity of an Old Tune.

When NapoleOn's army was in Egypt
in 1899 and the band struck up the
tune which in England is set to the
song 1--WE Won't Go Home Till Morn
ing" its effect on the Bedouins was
electrical. They leapod and shouted
and embraced one another deliriously.
They averred that they We're listening
to the oldest and most popular tune of
their people. 1t Is thought that the
tune was brought to Europe from the
dark continent in the eleventh century
by the Crusaders-St James Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
A Chinese Idea of Foreigners.

The following is a quite modern Chi
nese conception of the foreigners
treatment of infectious cases: If an
epidemic broke out two foreigners took
the sick away and put them i'll little
room, washed them with lime water
and then locked them up so that no one
could see them on purpose that they
might soon die and not propagate the
disease. Wives and children might cry
and weep, but the foreigner would but
drive them away with sticks. for until
dead no one must see those faces
again. Better for all of us to jump in
to the sea than submit to this"
South China Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
No More Secrecy,

For once f. ii. Hartman has taken
a step that can receive hearty endorse
ment. He has ordered that all report :
shall be made and be promptly given
TO the press concerning all accidents
on the Union Pacific and the Southern
Pacific systems, and the Oregon lines
This is a remarkable departure from all
established precedent.
1t has been the universal practice of
the railroads to absolutely suppress
all details of disasters. 1t is the in
flexible rule that nothing must be made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
cobbestones to AdoTn Pretty Home


An architect has prepared plans fol-
an attractive residence in Los Angeles
Cal, to be erected on Breed street, be
tween Third and Fourth. for W. c
Snyder, says the Los Angeles Exam
liner. The residence VIII contain tel
rooms, large reception hall. dining
room and living room. The floors vii
be of oak and the fireplaces of brick
In the rear of the dining room The
smoking room and inglenooI are to bt
located. On the second floor viii bt
four large chambers, besides servants
quarters. The veranda will he Orna
mented with cObbleStOncS, and the low
er part of the house will be treated
in the same manner. The upper par
will be of shingles. The cost of thu
residence is placed at $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

"Your husband seems to have an ex-
allied opinion of you" remarked the
brides aunt. He says you are his
right hand"
Yes" rejoined the young wife, with
q sigh, shut he's one of those men who
never let their right hand know what
their left hand does"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
The Annette.

"The appetite" said the physician,
"is always a consideration of great i'm,
portance."
Yes" answered the man who Is
painfully economical. "'If you have a
poor one you worry about your health
and if you have a good one you worry
about the expense. "-WaShingtOn Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
QUARREL FOR LOT.
Difficulties Over Possession of
Nineteenth Street Site Ia
ken Into Court.
WANTED FOR A THEATER
Charles T. kindt and Charles o. Por
ter Come to BIows-Judge De-
MES an Injunction.

The difficulty between Charles T.
hand and c. o. Porter on the other,
over the possession of the lot in
the rear of the Harper house resulted
in a fiStic encounter last night at the
lot, and this morning came before Judge
Gest in the circuit court. Yesterday al
temOon Mr.. Porter served notice on
Mr.. Kindt and Mr.. Taylor of his inten-
ton this morning to apply in the Cir
cult court for an injunction against
them, restraining them from entering
the property. When the notice was
served about o'clock, Mr. Kindt be
came angry and blows were struck. An
officer interfered, and Mr.. Porter lett
the scene.
Injunction Is Refused.
The application for an injunction was
denied this morning on a technicalitv
by Judge Gest. 1t appeared that Mr.
Porter rented the lot from Charles Nc.
Hugh June %, and that later Mr.. Kindt
and Mr.. Taylor went ahead and made
arrangements to open an "airdOme" sim
liar to that contemplated by Mr.. POrter
The theater men took possession of the
lot and kept a guard there night and
day. The court held that as Mr. Porter
did not exercise actual possession, he
was not entitled TO the injunction
Schriver & Schriver represent Mr.. Por
ter, and Kenworthy & KenwOrthy ap
pear for Mr.. Kindt and Mr.. Taylor.
More Litigation Likely.
1t is expected that the question OF
the possession of the lot will not be
settled before the GO TT has passed m
it III other forms. he claim of Kind
and Taylor Is that they hold posses
sion by reason e.: tie ill board rights
Whether chGses will be made by rea
son of the encounter last evening re
mains to be seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

This years session of the New York
legislature has been the longest since
that in 1881. when the notable contest
to return Roscoe Conkling and Thomas
c. Plat to the United States senate.
from which they had resigned. oc-
cnrrpl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

The plea made for John ID. Rookie
Teller being excused from appearance
in the federal court at Chicago is that
he is very old and very busy. He -
not so old or so busy but that he can
keep on grabbing other peoples money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

St Paul probably has the oldest may.
or of any large city of the country.
Mayor Robert A. Smith, of that city,
recently celebrated his S0th birthday.
He has held the Office of mayor. with
the exception of two terms. sine
1000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

John d. Rockefeller who has been
playing the Pat Grove act with the
miniOns of the law for the past few
days has at last thrown up his hand ;
and is begging for clemency. There il
some satisfaction in that anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

All conditions seem favorable to :.
Glorious Fourth in point of weathe"
and celebration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

Billy Mason says he is in the fight
to win. Still it looks as if We will
have to lose him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second class
matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-04

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 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, 1907-07-04

BY THE ]. w. POTTER CO.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
SPECIALIST
PRESCR|BES
CUT|CURA
A Famous French Specialist on Dis
eases of the Skin Prescribes Cuti-
cura as the Most Effective Remedy
Known to Him, Charging as His
Fee 100 Francs $500.
PRESCRIBED IN
HOSPITAL SAINT LOUIS

Gentlemen You may be pleased to
learn hat a patient suffering from an
irritation of the skin, caused by motor
ing, on consulting a noted physician in
Paris, for which a fee of n hundred
francs (twenty dollars) was charged,
was advised to use Cuticura, which adj
vice, although received with astonish-
ment. was folluv~a1 and resulted in a
perfect cure. (si~ned) Lewis Cover,
1923 Broadway. Now York, U. S. A.,
December l6, 1906
French physicians, particularly those
making a speciality Of the treatment OF
skin diseases, have for many years re-
garded Cuticura as a specific and have
distinction of being prescribed in the
Hospital Saint Louis. Paris. one OF the
largest and most famous hospitals in
the world devoted exclusively to the
treatment Of diseases Of the skin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
A Wonderful Creature.

The polyp is the most remarkable
creature on earth. If cut ~transversely
or lo%ngitudinally into several parts,
each will become a perfect animal.
Trembly turned them inside out and
they ate and enjoyed themselves as
much rs ever. He slit two longitude
nally, placed the halves together and
united them into two animals. He
divided two ~transversely and created
one with two heads. He pushed one
down the throat Of another, a third
down the throat Of the second, and thus
formed a creature with three heads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
VALUE OF A WHOOPER.

Indian Territory Hunters Introduced
to a New Character.
A Muskogee q. IT, hunting party on
the brakes Of the Illinois river had
pitched its tents for the night; the hunt
ers had eaten supper and were smok-
ing a pipeful Of ''home grown" before
turning in. They intended to get a
good rest and begin their hunt the next
morning. While they were spinning
yarns a barefooted country boy BASH
fully sauntered up to the campfire and
inquired whether or not they wanted
to hire a ~''whooper." writes a Musko-
gee correspondent of the Kansas City
Star.
what is a ~whooper?" asked one Of
the hunters.
"A whooper's a whooper," said the
boy In surprise. "'Pears to me you all
amt much hunters II you don't know
what a whooper is"
More to have sport with the boy
than anything else the lad was hired.
When the hunting party started into
the canebrake the next morning the
boy said:
"Now, when you all is lost just
whoop 'er up, and I'll whoop back, and
you all conn to my whoop."
In the afternoon one Of the hunters
tried to go back to camp, but lost his
way. About the time he thought he
would strike a clearing he would find
the canebrake growing thicker. He
had almost given up in despair when
he thought of the whooper. He let
out a yell and listened.
"Whoopee!" came the sound from
the distance. He knew the whooper
had lived up to his contract. BY fol-
lowing the sound made by the boy the
hunter struck the clearing and got
back to camp in safety.
ats a cinch If a man goes hunting
on the Illinois," said this hunter, 'he'd
better employ a whooper."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
Mother OF Ten
Always Kept Cuticura Ready
for Children'S Skin and
Scalp Troubles.

"I wish to add my voice to the praise
of Cuticura Remedies. l am h father
of ten children. whose mother is dead.
In our homes in England and America,
she kept in her little medicine chest.
always on hand. and often used to usethe
Cuticura Remedies, and they brought
the best Of results in children's skin and
scalp troubles. These children are all
grown and scattered and | cannot recall
any specific cases Of cure, but l do know
that l have spent remarkably little in
doctors fees. George w. Rugby, 6o \.
Clark St., Chicago, H., Oct. %, 1906
COMPLETE External and Internal Treatment for
Every liumOr Of Infants, Children. and Adults. con-
sists of Cuttcura soap ,2acl 10 Cleanse the Sh!n,
cuticura Ointment t5nc1 10 Heal the skin, and tutl-
cura Resolvent t5ocA. cor in the form of Chocolate
Coated Pills, 25c. per vial OF Coz 10 Purify the Blood.
Sold throughout the worlts. Potter Drug X Chem.
Corn, Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
Gg-Mailed Free. CutiCura Book on Skin Diseases.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
National Control of
Industry Is Inevitable,
By DR.. CHARLES J. BUSHNELL. sociolopist. of Washington.

BY Dr. CHARLES j. BUSHNELL, socolosist of Washington.
HE modern trust is the response under indivilualisic condi-
tons to the inevitable demand for a MORE UNIFIED
~ AND ECONOMICAL business organization. And Social
ism itself, with all Its past faults and failures, is but the
FURTHER EFFORT to carry the will of the people effectively into
our industrial as well as our political life.
BY ITS DEMAND THAT WE SHOULD OWN AND CONTROL
COLLECTIVELY WHAT WE NEED TO USE COLLECTIVELY, SOCIAL.
ISM is A PROTEST AGAINST THE THEORY THAT ALL A WORK.
iNGMAN NEEDS AND WANTS Is A ROOF, A FAMILY AND A FULL
DINNER PAIL. 1T is AN ASPIRATION FOR A FULLER AND
No8LER SOCIAL LIFE.
For one l believe that the present UNDENlABLE DECAY OF
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, of government OF, for and by
the people, is temporary and is slowly arousing a reaction which is
bound to lead us into a finer and a broader national life, with adequate
NATIONAL CONTROL of our great industries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
America Not the
Land of the Free.

By Sir cAsPAR PURDoN CLARKE. Director Of h metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York.
MERICA is not the land Of liberty. Your blue ribbon laws
that make the temperate suffer for the incorporate are most
Il ~RANNICAI In England at least we have no laws in
terfering with personal rights.
TALK ABOUT OPPRESSION IN RUSSIA! WHERE WILL YOU
FIND ANY GREATER OPPRESSION THAN IN THE STATE OF
MAINE, WITH ITS UNJUST BLUE LAWS? FREEDOM! AMERICA
CANNOT BOAST OF THAT.
1t is WOMEN WHO ARE REALLY AT THE BOTTOM
OF THESE BLUE RIBBON LAWS, these tyrannical restrictions
of personal liberty. Whenever a woman permits her emotions to run
away with her judgment she is almost sure to rush into something of
this kind. Women are all right until they become FADDlSIS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
A Rhyminq Will.

Perhaps the most peculiar will ever
written was probated in England at
doctors commons, July II, 1899. It
al as follows:
l give and bequeath,
When 1 am laid underneath,
To my two loving sisters, most dear,
The whole of my store,
Were it twice as much more,
Which Gods goodness has granted me
here.
And that none may prevent
This my will and intent,
Or occasion the least Of law racket,
With a solemn appeal
I confirm, sign and seal
This the true act and deed Of Will Jacket.
Chicago Record Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23

lake. The boat in which they set out
hoated ashore during the morning and
up to an early hour this morning a
rescue party had been unable to locate
the men Or to their bodies.
Little doubt is entertained that all
three of the men persisted in the lake.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23

UR farms produce more than $4,000, 100000 per an
num-, and THE PROSPECT IS GOOD for an av
erage crop. Our mines yield more than 81 100000
900 and our forests more than 81, OOO 100000. And
neither of these sources of wealth has been exhausted.
The output Of our factories in other than food prod
ucs is approximately $12, ooo,o 900, and no fires have been extn-
guished.
The railways earn more than So, 600, $1,000, and THEY ARE
ALL IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. The payroIs of our facto-
rms and railways aggregate approximately $500, 100000, and the
scale of wages has not been reduced.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE REAL SOURCES OF THE PEOPLES
WEALTH HAVE NOT YET BEEN AFFECTED, AND THE ABILITY OF
INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS TO PAY DIVIDENDS IS NOT MEASURED
BY THE MARKET PRICE OF THEIR STOCKS.
BY HENRY c. PRICK II hi United sate.s ee, Corporation.
FIND NOTHING IN UNDERLYING CONDITIONS TO WARRANT
TIE APPARENT GREAT LACK OF coNf,DmNcE :" BUSINESS GEN
THING TO JUSTIFY THAT FEELING IN TRADE CONDITIONS, !
DO NOT SEE IT.
OF SENTIMENT created by current agitation against corporations,
but this is in a measure apart from real conditions and is capable of
correction. I believe myself, and always have, in the correction of
ABUSES, WHETHER CORPORATE OR INDIVIDUAL, but I
feel that such care should be exercised in doing this that only the
w%rongdoer should suffer.
Of course where corporations re still acting outside of the law
til to be expected that they should be set right,
but 1 am sure they can be accomplished without harm to any one and
without the least injury to credit, if the situation is PROPERLY
AND INTELLIGENTLY HANDLED by the administration.
By JOSEPH G. CANNON. Speaker o he Nahonal House OF Representatives.
eosH, ALL eosH! THAT'S wAAT IT is, THIS TALK OF
~ 7o'N' ~ COUNTRY NEVER WAS BETTER, AND !
GUESS THESE WALL STREET FELLOWS ARE sQUEALING BE.
CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN sTUNG.
With me it's simply a question of whether the bulls eat the bears
or the bears eat the bulls. There happens to be A FEW MILLION
FARMERS in this country of ours, and they are not bothering about
this cry of financial panic. Theyr busy harvesting their crops.
NO FEAR, THE FARMERS WILL BE BUYING MORE AuToMo.
eILEs THIS FALL, AND INSTEAD OF DISASTER THERE WILL BE
MORE REAL PROSPERITY THAN EVER BEFORE. REAL PROS.
PERlTY, SAID. NOT THE WALL STREET KIND.
By WILLIAM b RlDcELy. Comptroller # he Currency.
The announcement made by Secretary Corteyou of his plan for
relieving the strain on the money market by the deposit of govern
ment funds is VERY WISE AND TIMELY and should 90 very
far toward alaying apprehension and restoring business to its normal
condition.
WHILE THE PRESENT SITUATION is ONE REQUIRING CARE
AND COOL HEADED, DELIBERATE ACTION, ESPECIALLY ON THE
PART OF THE BANKS, THERE is NO REASON AT ALL WHY THE
DEMAND FOR LIQUIDATION SHOULD so SPREAD AS TO PRODUCE
ANYTHING LIKE A PANIC OR COMMERCIAL CRISIS.
The banking condition is UNUSUALLY SOUND, more 50 on
account of the readjustment of stock market values.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
There Is Financial
Panic In Sight.

farms produce more than $4,000 ,ooO,0 900 per an
mum. and THE PROSPECT IS GOOD for an av-
erage crop. Our mines yield more than $1,5OO,O0O,-
900 and our forests more than 81, 900, 100000. And
neither of these sources of wealth has been exhausted.
The outnut of our factories in other than food prod
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30
What Twenty-two Dollars Did.

It may be of interest to tell the story of how we opened Luna Park on $22 We had worked consistently, and 1t came two days before opening day, when Dundy decided to take the last $2,000 we had in the bank and use 1t for change on the opening night, He drew out the amount and put it in the safe at Luna. In the next two days bills came in so fast that, without his real- izing it, his $2,OOo was gone-the last of s1, ,O0O, 900 invested. And 1,40O employees on the payroll, and only $22 to open the park with!
 We sat and gloomed together for about two hours without speaking a word: then I suggested that if we had money enough to meet next weeks pay roll we could post notice that Here after, to avoid bookkeeping, employees will be paid only every two weeks. '' This, I thought, would clean out a whole lot of workmen, and would save us giving out that we could go no fur ther; then if we could not raise the money at the end of two weeks, we were broke anyhow We posted the mo- tice, paid the men on payday, and on Monday looked for about 200 out of the 1,400 men we had working. Dundy came around on Monday and took me about the place. Every one of the 1,400 showed up. The day before the two weeks pay was due three parties of fered to loan us the necessary amount to pay the men.-Frederic Thompson, in the Bohemian.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30
The Mnopel shop.

New York is the home of the dope shop. In that city 1t was born and in that city 1t has been brought to it's highest state of development. Every other large city in which there is inter- est in racing has it's. dope shops, but in none is the game worked so effec- lively as in New York. The neces- saries of 6 dope shop are manager who can take the last dollar of a widow without computation, @ cheap office, a desk, a sucker list, a supply of extravagantly worded circulars and a block of telegraph blanks. The fee charged ranges from $1 to $1O for each tip sent, and from $5 to $2O for the weekly tip service. To each subscriber who has paid the fee in advance there is sent by telegraph the name of a horse that the confidence man tells you cannot lose that day. Besides paying for the so-called information you are required to pay the cost of the message. This information" usually is q guess by the office boy or by the manager, neither of whom has any closer connec- tion with racing stables than the suck  CTS to whom the information is sent. There are few square" confidence men in this game who send to all their subscribers the name of the same horse on a given day. The majority of them send to subscribers in one city the name of one horse to subscribers in another city the name of another horse in the same race, and to subscribers in still other cities the names of still oth- CT horses in the same race. One of these is reasonably certain to win. In this way the subscribers in the city to which the name of the winning horse is sent are inveigled into buying more dope of the same kind and into playing the information until they have lost hopelessly. So widespread has become this evil that newspapers and racing publications which publish the adyer- tisements of dope shops have been forced to refuse the advertisements of those who have been caught playing this trick,--Josiah Flynt, in the Cos mopolitan,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30
MARKED EXPANSION.
In Electrical Manufacturers-7s4 C0n- cerns Doing Business.

Washington, May 2o.--A bulletin issued to-day by the census bureau contains a report on the manufac- ture, according to the census of 1905, of electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies. It says that during the five-year period from 1900 there have been extensive Improvements in the utilization of electricity and electrical machinery. In 1905 there were 7S4 establishments engaged primarily in the manufacture of electrical machin- cry, apparatus and supplies, with a capital of $174,06,026 There have been increases since 1900 in all items, even in the number of establishments, an item which in most industries, the report says has been reduced by the general tendency towards consolida- tion. There was a gain of 34.9 per cent, in the number of establishments and of 10S1 per cent. in capital, and lin value of products of 52.8 per cent | In addition to the products reported by the establishments there was an output of electrical machinery and supplies valued at S1S,742,OSS from 12S establishments engaged primarily in other lines of manufacture.
 New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana and New Jersey reported 631 of the 7S4 establishments making electrical apparatus, their output be- ing 90.1 per cent. of the total. The increase in total capital was greatest in Pennsylvania, equaling 17S5 per cent, although the value of the pro- ducts advanced only 37,4 per cent.
 The capital and value of products of the leading states follow: New York, capital ssO,64S, 167 and pro- ducts $S5, ,2S6; Illinois, capital $21,- 644,7S3 and products $16, TOO, OFT; Massachusetts, capital $12,785, ,426 and products $15,sS2,216; New Jersey, capital, s1s,457.s21 and products S15,- S03,476; Ohio, capital $10,40S,1S4 and products $11,019,2S5.
 The total value of telephonic ap- paratus manufactured in 1905 was $15, ,S6S,69S as compared with $10,- 512,412 for 1900, Illinois is the great center of telephonic manufacturing industry and more than half of the total products was from this state. An
 apparent falling off in the production
 of telegraph apparatus from $1,642,- 266 in 1900 to $1,111,194 in 1905 is accounted for in part by the grow ing custom among the larger tele- graph systems of making and repair 1 ing their own apparatus.