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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
PACIFIC SOLUTION OF
TROUBLE NOW EXPECTED
business today. All the nine justices
were on the bench.
TRUST DEED FOR
$2,5OO,000 FILED
Rock Island Southern Gives Title to
Line to the Western Trust
and Savings Bank.

A trust deed from the Rock Island
Southern company was filed for record
IN the circuit court today. The deed
is for $2,5O0,c00, and is made to the
Western Trust and Savings bank OF
Chicago. 1t covers the proposed line
CT the road to Rock Island from Mon
mouth. The bonds are payable Jan
/ 1947.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
IS FALLING OFF
IN REGISTRATION
Both Parties Trying to Overcome Ap-
parent Apathy Of Voters for
November Election.

New York, Oct. 12.-Extraordinary
efforts are being made by all political
party leaders today to induce voters
to register for the November elections
Up to the present there has been a
remarkable falling on in registration
compared with other presidential!
years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
Foreign Missions Considered.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 12.-Foreigu
missions today received almost the un-
divided attention of the international
missionary conference of the Churches
Of Christ. Mission study classes, re.
ports and addresses filled busy pro-
gram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
TO ELECT NEW TRUSTEE
Special Election to Be Held Nov. Is
Called in State.

County Clerk H. B: Hubbard is in
receipt of a certificate from the secre-
tary Of state, calling a special election
10 fill a vacancy in the board of trus-
tees of the state university. The cleo
ton will be held Nov. 8, the date of
tne general election, and will not in
reality be a special election. The
vacancy is caused by the death of the
late Alexander MacLean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
Fatal Riot in Mine Town.

Fairmont. w. Va, Oct. 12.-Three
men are dying and three more or less
seriously wourded as the result of a
riot between miners and outside men
at Enterprizs, nine miles from here.
last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
BRYAN TAKES A SHORT REST
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming to
Be Stumpina Ground This Week.


Be Stumpins Ground This Week.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12.-Having
spent several active days last week
on the stump William J. Bryan yes
terday devoted most of his time to
resting up preparatory to hard week
OF campaigning in Nebraska, Colorado
and Wyoming. He arrived here at
10:30 o'clock yesterday morning, direct
from St. Joseph, Mo. The westward
journey will be begun early tomorrow
morning. Speaking Of the results Of
his campaigning so far, the democratic
candidate declared himself confident OF
success. He stated that reports re-
ceived by him indicate constantly
increasing sentiment toward the DEM
ccratic party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
TALKS ABOUT TAX ISSUE
Harry M. McCaskrin Addresses Voters
on Market Square.

Harry M. McCaskrin, candidate for
the legislature on the prohibition
ticket, gave an address on Market
square Saturday night, speaking to a
small audience of voters. He devoted
considerable time to a discussion of
the proposition for special tax of
80 cents for county purposes and gave
numerous reasons why the tax shouli
be opposed ~ the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
wife Of President Of Hayti Dead.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Oct. IL
Nine. Nord Alexis, wife of the aged
president Of Eayti, died today after a
short illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
Parliament in sessjon

{ London, Oct. 1.-THE autumn ses-
sion Of the British parliament opened
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12

Supreme Court Ie IN session. A
Washington. Oct. 12.-After a recess
If more than four months. the rupreme
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12
TODAY,s BATTING ORDER.

--Umpires o'Day and Sheridan.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
GHOSTS IN THE LIBRARY.

suppose when now the house is dumb.
When lights are cut and ashes fall
Suppose their ancient owners conc
To claim cur spOils Of shop and stall,
All. mo within the narrow hall
How strange q mob would meet and 60.
What famGls folk would haunt them all,
Octave. quarto, folio.
What famous fclk q old are here!
4 royal duke Genes down 90 rs,
And greatly wants his Elzevir,
His Pagan tutor. Lucius.
And Btckford claims en- amorous
old heatlien IN morocco blue;
And who demands E0hauus
Bat stately Jacques Auguste de Thou
Thsy Comc. the wise. the great, the true
They lOstlc on the narrow stair,
TIE frolic Countess dc Verne.
Lam0iEnoa. az. and Longrpierre.
Tie new and elder dead are there
The lords Of speech, and sing. and pen,
Gambetta, sehlcgel. and the rare
Dnmm0nd Ct haunted Hawthonden.
At least in pleasant company
Re boobkish ghosts. peTchance, may fit;
\ man may turn page, and sigh.
Seeing ones name, 10 think Of IT,
Beauty, CT Poet. Sage or Wit,
May ops cur bOok and muss awhile,
And fan into a dreaming At.
As nov We cream, and wake. and SMILE
Andrew Lang.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
Domestic Science Only Recently
Studied I'm America.

Domestic Science Only Recently
Studied In America.
While one can point TO any number Of
cooking schools in European cities, we
have until recently had no such thing as
domestic science. Nor did we have q
name 10 connect with such a science IN
til Prof. Il. Strauss has favored Us with
mis- name by making valuable investga-
tions and contributions in that field.
Thanks 10 his researches We have now
the beginning Of q science OF food. or
.titrology. as 1t Is technically called. says
the Chicago Tribune.
To increase our happiness by preserving
eur health we must, therefore continue
our efforts clong this line. We must con
tinue paying more attention to the
science of food. IN theory and In prac-
tice. The first step in that direction is
the establishment of Institutions where
this science could be developed. We must
establish institutes for the study Of
dietetics. with laboratories for practical
use In the teaching OF cooking. At the
head of such institute must be a hygienic
and dietetic authority from the medical
field. says the Chicago Tribune. Phy-
sicians should be foremost among the
students in such an institution, in order
10 attain not merely a theoretical but
also a practical knowledge Of dietetics.
Managers Of public institutions where a
great many people are fed should by all
means be required to attend such an in
stitute. The same is true in a still greater
degree with regard 10 the attendants or
hospitals and homes for invalids.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
MORE DREAM INTERVIEWS S
HENRY JAMES, Novelist.

Really. I do not see why should
subject myself to an interview" said
Henry James, as he held the door of his
apartment slightly open and made a
eoolly deliberate estimate Of his visitor
Il am not a politician" he added. "sc
why should be disturbed?"
''Nobody'd ever accuse you Of being a
politician" volunteered the visitor, &C.
.cording TO the ST. Louis Republic.
And why not?" he queried. with a
show of interest
"A politician IS a vulgar concoeuon;
you are an intellectual abstraction"
Walk right in" And Mr. James
opened wide the door and led the way
to HIS study. II is a brown study. with
something esoteric about it-an atmos-
phere that makes the visitor feel as much
out Of tune with his surroundings as a
pork sausage at a pale pink tea party
All this atmosphere is an expression OF
individuality, of course, and while differ
ent men. under favorable circumstances.
have been made to feel like a piece OF
cheese. like a plate of boarding house
hash, a pint Of peanuts or plate OF
beans Mr. James has the distinction OF
being the first man to invest the rank
outsider with the snug, congested and
hOmely feeling Of a pork sausage. And
in commenting on this fact the grea,
novelist said:
I'm fact, regard all society as sau-
sages Of various makes. Some of them
may hold better material than others,
but they are all sausages made up of
odds and ends of the good and the bad.
Indeed, I know some literary freakfur-
ters of such vile quality that their ex-
istence IS a crime.
ITO what do you refeT?' he was asked.
"If you have any knowledge of present
conditions, replied Mr.. James, I've been
sufficiently explicit"
Don't you construct your sentences on
the sausage plan-link after link and Ink
ana link as long as you see ft?" The in
terviewer felt daring.
"If the sausage makers pattern their
work after my construction they show
more intelligent appreciation than is usu-
ally found in America. The fault of this
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

entire nation is that It neither speaks nor
understands English-the faultless Eng
lish Of the Georges"
We speak the English OF the Georges
all right" corrected the interviewer.
''The Georges"
Yes. George Ade and George Cohan. "
Never heard OF either OF the gentle
men, said Mr.. James, in well-bred sur
prise. They are probably professors at
the University OF Chicago, are they nOt?"
Not yet" answered the interviewer.
Now, don't say but soon. ex~
claimed the novelist raising a carefully
manicured hand i'm protest.
We'll, then" said the interviewer. "how
about that story of a Kansas man who
became so entangled in one Of your SEN
tences and was nearly dead from ex-
haustion and hunger when he was finally
rescued by Boston experts?'
"a perfect style" remarked Mr.. James,
has infinite possibilities. And yet, you
see, that under the same circumstances
4 Boston man wouldn't have starved.
MIR James" asked his visitor. why do
you not speak in the way YOU writer
Il haven't a month 10 give TO this inter
view" he answered. And besides, you
wouldn't understand me."
Most people do not" bluntly volun-
teered tho interviewer.
The austere face OF the great cryptOIO-
gist softened in a glow % pride.
Perhaps the greatest misfortune in life
is TO be understood. To be understood is
to be conventional. commonplace, and in
cidental Coarse minds cannot pierce the
Isis veil of my thoroughly artistic OBJ
scurity, and deem me no egotist for de-
claring the fact that it is all clothed in
English, the purity Of which is the rever-
ent expression Of a life consecrated to
the work What would your stylists.
Ade ana Cohan. say TO this?'
" Forget it. " answered the inter
viewer
The big dictionary fell to the floor with
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
Rrran In $500.

Here IS a memorandum 81 the voting OF
the Democratic convention twelve years
ago. II shows some interesting facts
about past and present leaders OF the
Democracy.
First hallot-BTysn. l57; Bland. % Boies. 81;
Matthews. 3; AeIaiu. y Psttison. s. Blackman,
g., Teller. Z Scattering votes for others.
Second ballot-Bland 81 Boies g; Matthews
p. sIcLain s.; Blsckman, 4 Paitison. leo; Bryan
ls7; Teller. g
Third hslloa-Bland, 2gl Boics g, Matthews. a;
SlcIaia. 81 BHan, 1s: Blaclmsn. q Pattison, 81 (;
Teller, none.
Fourth ballot-Bland. 2il: Boies. S5; Matthews.
S. McE4ain. IS, Bryan 30; Patiison, 81, and scat
teTiug votes for Others,
Fifth ballot Bran, 652: BiaEc, II: Pattison, g;
Stevenson, 8; HDI. I. Turre. Bryan nominated
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
MOON SAVES THIS SHIP.
Breaks Through Clouds Just In Time
70 RereaI DereIict.

Boston. Jan. 4.-The moon burst through
a bank Of storm clouds just in time 10
save the steamship Alica. from Seville,
Spain, to Boston. as she was piowing her
way through the Gulf Stream
The SKY was black with clouds one
night, and the deck watch was vigilant
Suddenly through a rift in the clouds
the moonlight burst forth. and dead
ahead. hardly a cables length from the
steamships bows. the lookout sighted d
derelict wallowIng in the sea,
The course Of the Alica was altered
instantly, and she forged by the stranger
with scarcely hand S breadth TO spare
In port yesterday Capt. Bennet and his
crew were thanking their lucky stars for
that little patch Of moonlight
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

ments. where any possible favor for a
constituent might be found. he had
friend IN every bureau. and division upon
whom he could rely. and the grass never
grew under his feet. His constituents
were remembered with invitations to din
ners and balls in such number that If by
chance they had been accepted, no house
in Washington could have accommodated
the guests.
This kind Of messenger boy duty Is In
cumbent upon every member Of Congress
to degree. but it is the only hope of
member Of the minority He cannot hope
to accomplish anything in the way Of
great constructive legislation Unless ne
is one of the few leaders, his chances for
prominence in debate are few. To make
good he must hustle around, see that
rural free delivery routes are established,
see that the POst-ofiee Department does
not forget his peoples needs, see that
the Agricultural Department remembers
him. and try 10 get an extra allotment OF
free garden seeds from some city Con
gresham who doesn't need his thousands
OF packages.
Two Of the most popular books ever
printed in America were Congressional
publications-the reproduction OF the
Jefferson Bible and the Department Of
Agricultures treatise on the Diseases
Of the Horse. The Jefferson Bibles
are all gone now. and the horse books
are hard to get hold Of Some Of the
city Congressman began to give away
all their agricultural publications to
rural colleagues. But that was a great
mistake The Hon. William Sul1er
represents the dear pee-pur' Of one
Of the most crowded sections OF the
East side of New York City There
isn't a farm or a farmer in his whole
district. But here is a missive he re-
ceived a few days ago: Mr.. William
SulZer & Co, Washington, y. c. Dear
sir: Please send me one Of your fam
Gus agriculture books BY doing SO
III be very much surprised" Another
was like this; The William book CO.,
Seitzer, Washington. d. c. Dear ser.
viii you kiny send ne the book and
will not give you no truble and ] viii
for IL" Another. William SulZer. 45
Broadway. Washington. d. c. Dear sir:
Kindly send me one Of your agriculture
bittAS t3TEhLoE u uHts me = EaN GEdA
Of work"
Whether a farmer from Manhattan
Island or a bank president from the in
terror Of Nebraska. the constituent
must be looked after and the member
Of Congress must run his eTTands in
Washington. Thus the new member,
coming under the shadow of the dome
with chest bursting with the speeches
he is TO make in the great national
forum. soon learns better Clutching
his cap firmly in one hand he sprints
down the Avenue to the Post-office De
p1rtment in a fashion that makes him
more popular with athletes than with
the A D. 7. messenger boys union.
Representative Nathan Wesley Hale. OF
Tennessee gave out an interview soon
after he got here that Congress was a
place where legs counted more than
brains and that one term would be
enough for his. II wasn't long how
ever. until a great light broke in upon
him. lie was reelected and is still
here. just now grooming himself for
another hCt race, by making himself
handy messenger boy. He has agreed
with many older than he, wiser than
he. that legs do count for a good deal
TO-mOrFOw-Tbe Peoples Lobby.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

From the London Punch.
A rag is a sehoolboy's clean hand
kerehief, and baby's new frock. after
half an hours use.
a rag is a 50-guinea dinner gown
after it has been worn three times.
a rag is, at Cambridge, the under
graduates way of welcoming a Spanish
monarch: in Spain, the matadors me
dium for annoying q bull.
A rag Is the other paper.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

From the Chicago Reoord-Uerald
''Why, I didn't know that you and
Higgley were gcquaintances.
.'Oh. yes he was my brother-in-laW
for a while once"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
The Modern WAY.

From the london Truth.
The best way 10 make love is 60 make
money.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
The Congo and Coasts of Africa.

weeks long, and therefore 70 seems a
trifie presumptuous for Mr. Davis TO set
up as somewhat Of an authority on
Congo atrocities" but he is a severe
critic Of King Leopold Of Belgium. and
is not always quite accurate in his state
ments as 10 what the monarch Is respon-
sible for in the Congo region. Nor can
1t be said that Mr.. Davis adds much 10
our information as 10 the Congo region.
He has evidently been a keen reader of
the works on the Congo written by Mr.
Morrell, and he gives US at second hand
what that author gave US from personal
knowledge. so that If one really wants 10
get the story Of the Congo atrocities
from one Of the severest and at the same
time ablest OF the critics Of King Leo
pOld. he had better far rely on MorreH
than on Davis
But Mr.. Davis book has a charm that
IS 20 be found in most Of what he writes
He is an excellent reporter picturesque.
and clear-seeing, and when he tells US
only what he has seen or what he knows
he is distinctly worth while It is when
he tries to repeat things he has heard
statistics and dates and so on, that his
book becomes quite unreliable and un-
worthy Of him. Here will be found an
amusing story Of how Mr. Davis did not
Kill q 'hippopotamus; a tale OF the queer
things one sees travelling on the inland
waters, with some curious stories about
the rubber trade and the richness there.
Of Afterward, Mr.. Davis takes rs
around to the other side of Africa and
discOuTses pleasantly OF Zanzibar and of
the white men who are carrying the
burden Of keeping these waste places
until the time shall come when they
shall be brought 10 their fullest use. In
short, this is q pleasant, gossipy narra-
tive told by an experienced traveller and
1t is embellished. as so many other books
Of travel have been, by Mr. Davis por-
trait taken in queer places. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons)
The record of book popularity at the
Public Library during the past week is
as follows: In nonfiction, Ciarke's Man
ual of Practical Indexiug" and Smiths
Proof Reading and Punctuation In
fiction the call was for Carey's Angel OF
Forgiveness" and Wharton's Fruit Of
the Tree" Among the juvenile books
the most asked for were Langs Red
Fairy Book and orange Fairy Book.
and Alcott's Little Men" Psychology
was also especially popular during the
week, Hallecks Psychology and Psy-
chic and Hyslop's Science and Fu-
ture Life. In bookmaking there was
, considerable demand for Hitchcock s
Building Of a Book" and Appleton's
'Of the Making of a Book"
n. Alexandra Ular. foreign editor of lie
Petit Journal, of Paris, who is now vis-
iting America. presents MS views on our
japanese relations through the medium
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

The late Gen. Joe Wheeler. of Ala
bama, was the greatest messenger boy
Congress has ever known. The grjzzled
hero OF two wars was no bigger than a
minute. and was as active as a kitten.
No man ever knew him to sit perfectly
still for two minutes. In Washington.
while he was q member Of the House. II
was a saying that nobody could catch
Joe Wheeler, he must be shot on the fly.
He made the rounds OF all the depart
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

n Alexandra Ular. foreign editor of lie
Petit Journal, of Paris, who is now yis-
itng America. presents MS views on our
japanese relations through the medium
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
On the Rag.

The big dictionary fell to the floor wit
a loud bang, and the interviewer woke u
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

flannel jacket" Dickens he pronounees
"a child of genius. but only child" He
dislikes Disraeli, thought Longfellow "a
sort Of male Mrs. Hemans," was never
quite sure about Browning. and said that
George Eliot made him uncomfortable g"
Stevenson he finds "a new liquor. fresh
and aromatic"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

The Letters of DR.. John Brown,
edited by his son and D. W. Forrest, D.
D., viii interest those who care for the
author of Rab and His Friends" A
busy Edinburgh doctor, he went his
breezy way through life with a remark
able capacity for -iendship. His fame,
as Stevenson plaintiyely said. was won
with such careless ease, and by another
critic he is called ''since Scott the most
lovable Of all writer's In Ruskin's
words, he was a good Scotchman Of the
old classic breed" or TO take another
siUiie from the same source, "a HolheIn
with Carpaccio tenderness" There are
some 500 of the letters. and at the end
a number Of letters from Ruskin. Thack-
cray. Mark Twain. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, r. II. Hutton, Lord Cockburn.
and Dean Stanley. OF Ruskin DR.. Brown
says, Il am sure he has wings under his
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

The correspondent rushed to the Senate
wing Of the Capitol. only 10 find the Sen
ate in secret session. When the Senate
gees into secret executive session there is
jangle Of bells all over the building a
flaring OF red lights before the main door
Of the chamber. a clearing of the galleries.
hasty exodus of clerks and pages, a
closing of thick white doors, and none but
a Senator may enter that room there
after until the secret session is ended. The
correspondent was perplexed. Soon the
other venerable octogenarian from Ala
bama. Senator Pettus. came walking down
the corridor The correspondent hailed
him. stopped him while a note could be
written, sent him into the Senate with
the note, had him wait until Senator
Morgan could write a reply, and then
bring the answer back to the correspond
ent in time to catch the edition Of his
paper.
The Senate has one member who is
faithful in attendance every day. al
though he is so deaf that he hears little
or nothing Of what goes on. other Sena-
tors say that is why he is so regular in
coming One day newspaper man sent
for him to come out TO the marble room.
The correspondent shouted in the old
mans ear: ANY news to-day?" The Sena-
tor replied not a word, but went down
into his vest pocket ished out q cigar,
gave it 10 the correspondent bowed re-
spectfully and went back into the Senate.
After ne had taken his seat he leaned
over to a neighbOrng Senator and said.
These newspaper men certainly have
their nerve. One Of them just now called
me out of the Senate to ask me for a
cigar"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
COLLEGES OF EATING.

TO-morrow-The Peoples LObB
Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-21
PRESIDENTIAL HONESTY.

Grover Cleveland was reputed to be
a very rich man when he left the Whi'e
House. 1t was charged by populist ana
other orators that he had accumulated
a fortune of fully 100000 while in
ONCE. That he died comparatively poor
effectively refutes a SANDER as persist
ent as it was malignant. Personal in
tegrity has ever been distinguishing
trait in president of the United States
There have been twenty-six occupants
of the high post. but against none OF
them has an accusation Of dishonesty
been preferred which had more sub
stantial basis than wild rumor. The
charges were rung on Grants alleged
connection with the gold ring, but the
evidence as sifted by historians ac-
quits him of any completely in that
attack on the nations credit. From
washington to Roosevelt the line OF
succession in answering integrity re
mains unbroken.
Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-21
DANGEROUS ARGUMENT.

Mr.. Roosevelt and his party had bet
ter beware how far they press their ar
gument that tariff revision will be I'M
possible if a democratic house should
be elected. Specifically considered,
that may sound like an effective argu-
ment to use among independent voters.
But how about the standpatters? There
are myriads of them who do not wish to
see a single schedule touched. Manu-
facturers without end feel that, if re-
vised at ali, the tariff should be revised
upward. Indeed, there were resolutions
to this effect passed in Chicago last
week by a manufacturing association.
What if they turn to and elect demo
cratic house for the express purpose Of
defeating tariff revision? Will Mr..
Taft, who is now so insistent ON tariff
plank, be content then to sit still for at
least two years, rather than make use
of democratic votes to achieve the re-
suit he deems so desirable7 II there
is any hint of this, it will be extreme
ly hard for many man whose pockets
are bullying because of his special part
nership with the government to refrain
from splitting his ticket and sending
democratic representative from his
district. He would feel certain then
that the temple of protection would re-
main inviolate.