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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Miss Mary Cassidy, a somewhat aus
tere spinster of Wilkesbarre. Pa, child
ed a young girl named Margaret Far
ran because the latter had stayed away
from home rather late one evening.
Thereupon Miss Farran sneeringly re-
ferred to Miss Cassidy as IAN old
maid" Miss Cassidy caused the girls
arrest and the magistrate bound over
the accused in 5000 bail to keep the
peace. He said: "A woman has a per-
feet right to be an old maid if she
wishes. In fact, it takes considerable
courage to be one Any old thing can
get man these days. hurry him off to
an alderman's office and marry him,
and yet women who rather than lose
their independence remain unmarried
are called old maids. Instead of being
frowned upon, they should be applaud
ed: they are more to be hOnOred than
Difi9d. !"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
Ravage of the Red Plague.

Nearly 1000 lives lost and more than
$500, 600. 900 worth of property destroy
ed-this is the havoc that marks last
years path of the "red plague" from
San Francisco to New York. Every
day of the year just ended, on the av-
erage 20 lives and nearly S1,5O0,000
were sacrificed upon the altar of the
fire god. Nowhere else in the world is
the fire loss in bulk or pro rata any
where near our own. The average loss
no effective means are taken to
check it.
Something like an adequate concep-
tion of what these losses mean is ar
rived at by considering what the half
billion dollars thrown onto the ma
tional ash heap last year would buy.
IL would pay for a fleet of so battle
ships, every one equal to the Dread
naught." 1t would support the United
States army for the next seven years.
IL would pay one-half of our imports
and wipe out half the national debt.
1t would cover the cost of 80 sky
scrapers.
A practical suggestion as to one way
OF reducing the fire loss is to be press
ed upon the attention of American mu-
inequalities by the International Society
of Building Commissioners and Inspec-
tors. The argument of this organiza-
ton is that fire losses and costly fire
departments are due mainly to danger
Gus buildings. and that these buildings
should, therefore, pay higher taxes
than are assessed on fireproof struc-
lures. The society, with headquarters
at Washington, and others similar to
IL are carrying on an active campaign
of education in favor of fireproof build
ing.
That absolutely fireproof construc-
ton is a possibility has been shown by
the National Board of Fire Underwri-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
CUMMINS NOT A CANDIDATE
Iowa Governor Declares He Is Not
Fighting Senator DoIiVer.


Des Moines. Iowa, Jan. 14.-In an au-
thorized statement in the Register and
Leader, Governor Cummins makes de-
NAL to set at rest persistent rumors
that he and his friends expect to make
a fight on Dolliver for reelection to
the United States senate. He says he
is not a candidate for election to the
United States senate by the 32nd gen.
eral assembly.
81 shall not be a candidate
81 shall not do anything whatever to
further or encourage any proposition
looking to my election by the general
assembly.
But there is one thing that I shall
not say, and that is that 1 would re-
fuse the honor if it were offered to me
by the legislature"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Fifteen men are known to be still
alive who served as confederate con-
gressmen-John Goode and Roger A.
Pryor, Virginia; A. S. Colyar, J. d.
Atkins. Joseph B. Heiskel. and John
V. Wright, Tennessee; Hiram P Bell.
Georgia; Henry G.. Jones, Florida;
James L. Pugh. Alabama; S. B. Gala
han, Indian Territory; ]. A. p. Camp
bell, Mississippi; S. H. Ford, Ken
lucky; w. H. Tibbs, North Carolina.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
SUIT is STARTED
Attorney General Stead Files Ac-
ton to Recover From I'LL
nois Central.
RESULT LONG CONTROVERSY
State Claims Large Part of Share of
Gross Earnings Has Been
Withheld.

Springfield, H.. Jan. 14.-Suit by the
state of Illinois against the Illinois
Central railroad for the collection of
several million dollars which the state
alleges is being withheld from the
states share of the gross earnings of
the railroad was filed in the state SUI
preme court this morning by Attorney
General Stead.
The supreme court convenes in Feb
ruary, and at that time attorneys for
the railroad will appear in court and
answer the summons. A fight on the
Jurisdiction of the state is expected.
To Assist Attorney General
w. H Boys of Streator; former as
sistant attorney general, B. F. Lincoln
of Ottawa, and Major j. II. Widmer of
Ottawa, have been employed as special
counsel for the state and will have
charge of the proceeding.
Under the rules of the supreme court
proceedings it will be docketed for the
February term, as it will have been
filed 20 days before the opening of that
term. This tribunal will be asked to-
take the case on the ground that, be
cause of the magnitude of the accounts
the difficulty of examination of the COM
records and the extent of the
bill of accounting isl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Prince Khilkoff is called in Russian
society the American" because when
young he shipped himself to America
as a fireman and set himself to learn
all he could about railways by working
as conductor brakeman and mechanic
in the engine shops without allowing
his princely rank to be suspected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Senator Beveridge of Indiana scorn-
fully refuses to carry an umbrella. He
was walking toward the White house a
few days ago in a heavy rain when a
friend offered him a share of his UNI
brella. No, thank you; l never use
one said the Indiana man. IAN UNI
brella is a sign of an effete and deca-
dent civilization. l like to walk in the
rain, and a man that does not ought to
wear petticoats.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

the only proceeding that will furnish
the desired relief.
No specific Indebtedness is mention
ed in the bill because it is impractical
BILE to compute it. The bill is volum-
nous document, filling 1876 printed
pages
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

ters Walls of yitrified brick and floors,
partitions, roof and stairway of hollow
burnt brick are the main features of
the buildings that can not burn down.
The most vehement of the national
resolves that are in order at this sea-
son should be one that will mark the
end of the era of fiimsy, dangerous
building and the beginning of the fire
proof age
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
The Riaht Name.

August Sherpe, the popular overseer
of the poor, at Fort Madison, Iowa,
says: Or. Kings New Life Pills are
rightly named; they act more agreeab-
~, do more good and make one feel
better than any other laxative" Guar
anteed to cure biliousness and consti-
patton. Csc at w. F. Hartz's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
chauncey 3. Geiqer Resiuns.

Springfield. H., Jan. 14--Chairman
Chauncey B. Geiger of Ashley has ten
dered his resignation as member of
the state board of arbitration, TO take
effect at once. The resignation has
been accepted by Governor Deneen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
BEAT UPON THE TRIANGLE
Thus Lightkeepers Warn Boston Mari
ners in Foggy Weather.

Wnen rogs prevail in Boston harbor
the attention of passengers on the Nan
tashet Beach line of steamers Is at
tracted by faint metallic sound which
might be mistaken for the sound of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Milton H. Smith. president of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad COM
pany. will resign on March 3. His adj
vanced age is assigned for the step, he
being now II years old. He will be
succeeded by Vice President George b.
Evans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
WAS ONCE LEADING TENOR
Henry Squires Passes Away at Bur-
Iington, Iowa, Aged 81.

Burlington, Iowa, jan 14.-Henry
Squires, at one time Americas leading
tenor, died here today of paralysis.
aged 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

They had quite an earthquake
through the east, but ii could no
shock Washington society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Legislators must be getting good
Michigan has elected a senator that Il
not a millionaire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

Make way for more roads and more
factories by distributing the track
rights down town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14

bell. But tits not the changing of a
bell which the passengers hear Sud
denly through the mist there appears
ahead. like specter, large tripod,
from the apex of which is suspended a
big steel triangle. 1t is this which
causes the strange sound and signals
vessels as to how to guide their course
through the difficult channel in the fog.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
$500 REWARD FOR LYNCHERS
Governor Cummins Acts on Request of
Charles City Attorney.

Des Moines, Jan. Ex-Governor Cum
Minis has offered a reward of $500 each
for the arrest and conviction of men,
bers of the mob at Charles City who
lynched the murderer, James Cullen,
Wednesday night The reward was
offered in response to the appeal of
the prosecuting attorney at Charles
City, who says the county authorities
will not offer a reward and that his in
vestigations thus far have been ham,
pered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-14
THE ARGUS

BY THE ]. w. POTTER CO.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-06-05

Continued on page seven.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
\ Democrat Of RcnOwn.

The nomination at the primaries in
Mississippi of Hon. John Sharp VIII
liams as the candidate for United
States senator shows that the demo
Gratis of Mississippi appreciate one of
the most able, honest and industrious
public servants that either party can
boast of Those of us who have the
good fortune to come in contact with
him i'll his position as the democratic
leader of the house of representatives
can only hope that his successor in
that position will as ably advocate
democratic issues and so completely
confound republican fallacies as he
has done.
In the more sedate senate he will be
a light to tighten the republican gen
tiles by his great learning and ability
to impart his knowledge in good strong
English, polished by contact with the
best the world produces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
THISTLES AND DANDRUFF.
An Interesting Parallel and VaIuab Il
Deduction IherefrnYn

Cutting down thistles no more re-
lieves the land of thistles than does
securing the scalp cure dandruff IN
each case permanent relief can only
come from crdicating permanently the
cause. y germ that plOws up the scalp
in searching for the hair root where il
saps the vitality causes dandruff, fal.-
ing hair. and badness. If you kill that
germ, you'll have no dandruff but a lux
uriant suit of hair. Newbro's Herpi-
eide is the only hair preparation in the
word that cures dandruff and falling
hair by killing the germ. Destroy the
cause, you remove the effect" Sold
by leading druggists. Send 10c ii
stamps for sample to the Herpicide
Co. Detroit, Mich. Sold in two sizes,
soc and 81. T. H. Thomas, special
agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
Keep the Kidneys Well.
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Rock Island People Know
How to Save 1t,

Many Rock Island people take their
lives in their hands by reglecting their
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are respon-
sible for a vast amount of suffering
and i'll health, but there Is no need to
suffer nor to remain in danger when
all diseases and aches and pains due to
weak kidneys can be quickly and per
manently cured by the use of DOan's
Kidney Pills. Here is the statement
of Rock Island citizen who has re-
claimed good health by the use of this
remedy
Mrs. Isaac Shiffer of 1417 Fifth ave
nue., Rock Island, Ills, says:
My husband was troubled for two
years with kidney trouble before he
found anything to help him The worst
symptoms he endured were severe
pains in the region of his kidneys and
across his back, and frequent desire t.
void the urine, which he could not con
troll. He was unable to stoop or lift
anything. He tried many remedies
but got no relief He read of Doan's
Kidney Pills in the paper and decided
to try them, procured a box at the Har
per House pharmacy and after using
them a short time the pains and othei
symptoms left him. have used Doan {
Kidney Pills myself and find them tc
he exactly as represented. My hus
band and l agree that Doan's Kidney
Pills are the surcst and safest remedy
for kidney trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo. n. Y, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan's-anl
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
Cuckoo Corporations.

Shakespeare says in one of his plays:
The hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so
long,
1t has its head bit off by its young"
In North Carolina the Southern rail
way is now playing the role OF cuckoo
for all it is worth The state built a
railroad and leased it to a corporation
for SO years. Now the corporation is
persistently disregarding and defying
the laws Of the state, and, as it were,
biting off the head of its parent.
No corporation should be allowed to
hold a charter under state authority,
and act as the Southern railway has
been acting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
Remedy for Diarrhoea-Never Known
20 Fail.

81 want to say few words for Cham
berlain's collie, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy. | have used this preparation
in my family for the past five years,
and have recommended it to a number
OF people in York county. and have
never known it to fail to effect a cure
in any instance. | feel that | cannot
say too much for the best remedy Of
the kind in the worlds. Jemison,
Spring Grove, York county, Pa. This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
Corporation Statesmen.

Another enterprising republican
statesman, Senator Dupont of Della
ware, is said to be in danger of being
indicted for conspiring to restrain trade
in his connection with the powder
trust. But if all the republican United
States senators who are connected with
corporations are prosecuted-which is
not at all likely to occur under republi-
can auspices-it would break quorum
of the senate.
There is Guggenheimer, Aldrich-but
what is the good of naming them; the
people of each state know their own
black sheep, and some of them persist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
Advertising Counts.

The manager of one of the largest
department stores in the middle west
says that for his business the daily pa
per is the advertising medium that
counts and no paper in his city ever
goes to press without carrying some
kind of an announcement of his store.
He explains one result of advertising
bargains and prices which good many
merchants have overlooked. "Of course
our advertisements pay" he said; they
pay in two ways. They bring custom
ers to our store and they keep down
Expenses for clerk hire fully One-half;
for the ads make it possible for one
clerk to do the work of two. They
prime the customer with the infOTma-
ton he would otherwise have to get
from the clerk and at the expense of
time. Having read our announcements,
i'll four cases out of five, customer
|COmes into our store knowing just
what he wants and just what he will
have to pay, and all the clerk has to
do is to produce the goods and get the
money for them. In store that adver-
tises properly there are very few pcO-
pie who come in just to look around,
and as consequence business moves
easily and briskly. | secured demon
StratiOn of this one day several years
ago, after a member of the firm had
suggested that our advertising bills
were rather large, and we agreed upon
an experiment TO put the matter to test
by dropping our big ads from the sue
ceeding Saturday evening and Sunday
morning papers. The following Mon
day business appeared to open up about
as usual. The crowds came and occu-
pied the store in seemingly greater
numbers than usual throughout the day.
Several times during the rush hours
my partner gave me a significant look,
as much as to say that he expected to
have the laugh on~me. When night
came everybody connected with the es
tablishmCnt was completely tagged out
and the heads of several departments
came to my desk to say that they must
have more help. Apparently it had
been a great day, but footing of the
sales told different stOry-told that
the sales had been the lightest of any
Monday for a year. Seemed odd on
the face of it. but simple enough when
submitted to an analysis. The fact is
the machinery of our store had been
simply ClOgged. An unusual number
of buyers had come without knowing
exactly what they wanted and the
clerks time had been consumed il
helping them make their conclusions
On other Mondays their conclusions
had been made in advance by reading
our ads"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

Secretary Root, "the only smart man
in the cabinet" virtually confesses he
is at his wits end to enforce the trust
protecting tariff without serious dis
agreement with foreign countries. For
he has had to resurrect an old statute
that allows the president to bar out
foreign goods of nations that discrim-
mate against us. If that law is put
into effect, up will go trust prices again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
For an Impaired Appetite.

en- the digestion try a few doses CT
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's. J. H. SeitZ, of Detroit, Mich,
says: "They restored by appetite
when impaired, relieved be of bloat-
ed feeling and caused pleasant and
satisfactory movement of the bowels .
Price, % cents. Samples free. All
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE,
Real Estate Transfers.

Rock Island Mutual Building, Loan
& Saving association to Henry HoltZ
lot 10, block >, Guyer's Second addi-
ton, Rock Island, $1,100.
David Hamilton to Louis l.. Fuller
west p lot ., block 50, Lower addition
Rock Island, 81 400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

Former Senator Carmack declares
that he would sooner be a justice of
the peace or school commissioner with
something to do, than vice president,
who has nothing to do but look wise
and draw mis- salary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

A New Yorker wrote to newspaper
asking for the words to the song,
only Three Grains of Corn. Mother:
Only Three Grains of Corn" An eX-
change suggests sending him a pack
age of the latest breakfast food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

Inasmuch as ultimatums are in the
air. anent the telegraph strike, why
would it not be timely act for the
federal government to issue one to the,
telegraph companies to resume bust
ness within Is hours on penalty of los
ing their franchise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

After Secretary Taft has looked into
the results of trying to make the Fill
pinos happy in his way, regardless Of
their own, he will return via Siberia,
perhaps in the hope of finding contrast
enough to soothe sensitive Ohio
conscience
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

The telegraphers strike may isolate
every great city in the country and
make this a dark continent so far as
the developments of the hour are con-
cerned-but the world moves on just
the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

A dispatch says that English golfers
walk 250,OOO,000 miles a year S.
Louis shoe manufacturers should give
Great Britain the sole kiss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

Some western farmers add beer to
wages as inducements to farm hands.
Now all understand the significance of
a prairie schooner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

The most consistent part of the
strike is that the Western Union tell
graph strikers are still working for the
union
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. I'm
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

1t is said that the latest dish at the
women's lunch rooms is the Ellawheel-
erwilCOX-just prunes and milk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

in keeping these representatives of
corporations and trusts where they
can do the most harm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

At this season we should eat sparing-
ly and properly. We should also help
the stomach as much as possible by
the use of little Kodol occasionally.
Kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia
will rest the stomach by actually di'
costing the food itself. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
Rheumatism Cured in "a Hours.

T. ]. Blackmore, OF Halter & Black
more, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "A short
time since procured a bottle of Mys-
tic Cure. 1t got me out of the house in
"a hours. / took to my bed with rheu-
matism nine months ago and the Mystic
Cure is the only medicine that did me
any good. l had five of the best physi-
clans in the city, but l received very
little help from them. l know the Mys-
tic Cure to be what it is represented
and take pleasure in recommending it
to other poor sufferers" Sold by Otto
Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue, Rock Is
land; Gust Schlegel & Son, 220 West
Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13

A Chicago woman is reported to have
whipped her husband just for filing an
application for divorce!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-13
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

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.
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TRA6gs Iss2t coGNejEs 70
LalcuX
Tuesday, August 10, 1907.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-23
THE LATEST
STEAMSHIP FAD
FOR WHICH ONLY THE RICH
NEED APPLY.

When the steamship Minnetonka
arrived from London the first of the
so-called sea flats" was exhibited
in this port. They are located on
Saloon square" overlooking the At
lantic, and thus swept constantly by
ocean breezes when not in port. No
stairs, no dogs, no janotirs and a
change of scene every few minutes.
Saloon square" is a broad corridor
.amidships, and the flats" flank eth
.er side No ! has a drawing room.
sitting room, two bed rooms, a smok-
ing room and bath. In No. the
drawing and smoking ooms have
been omitted. These flats" are the
extreme development thus far in
shipbuilding. They offer every home
IKE advantage that fancy can devise
on imagination suggest. There are
no back yards, and thus no noctur-
nal feline songsters. If there be rub
Der plants they are cared for By
the stewards, and the servant girl
question" is omitted The apart
ments were not occupied on the
present trip, because the decorators
had not completed their embelish-
ment..-New York Letter.