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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
SUIT FOR 1000
| FILED in cOUR'
Large Amount Is Asked From Rock
island for Death Of Albert Erick
son in the West End.

Charles A. Larson as administrator
of the estate of Albert Erickson has
fled a suit against the Rock Island
for $4,000 damages for the death OF
sdr. Erickson Feb. is, this year. Mr.
Erickson. it will be remembered, was
killed on the Rock Islands tracks II
the west end of the city, near The
Sixth avenue crossing. George w
Wood of Moline represents the plain
tiff.
Mrs. Amanda Hesh has filed a d.
yorce suit against her husband. San.
uel >Hesh, charging him with habitua
drunkenness. They were married a
Macomb. Dec. 90. 1886. J. Ros
Mickey represents the complainant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
only one sHromo Quinine. !.

That is Laxative sBromo Quinine.
Look for the signature of e. w. Grove
Used world over to cure cold in one
day. rs cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

per pound, &c; turkeys, per pound,
I4c; geese, per pound, SC.
Butter-Dairy, Csc to 27c.
Lard-10c
Vegetables - Potatoes, Csc: onions,
s115.
Live Stock.
Hogs-s5.5O to $3.50.
Strengthening or over. $500 to
$500; lambs, 81 so to $6.75.
Cattle-Steers, $500 to $500: cows
and heifers, $500 20 $500; calves. $500
to $3.50.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn. Csc to zoe; oats. soc to
SIC.
Forage-Timothy hay, $11 to $40:
prairie. $500 to $1,000; clover, $1.oo
to $11.00; straw, 5000.
Coal-Lump. per bushel, lac; slack,
per bushel, &c to SC.
All the news all the time-THE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
April 10 In History.

l731-William Williams.
"signer" for Connect
cut, soldier. etc, born
died 1911.
1775-Paul Revere's ia
nous ride out of Bos-
ton to arouse the CO
lonial patriots.
1917 - G o'rge Henry
Lewes, noted English
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
Mrs. Nile. Kehoe.
THE w Ed TIL Err.

cooler tonight; Sunday, moderate. tenn
perature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS:

Tonight and Tomorrow Morning.
Sun sets 6:3S, rises 5:11; moon rises
1858 y. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

Undoubtedly a great many
people will pay our regular
prices for graduation gifts in
May and June--isnorine the dis
tinct advantage of buying at
this time.
And those VINO wait, failing to
avail themselves of our removal
sale reductions, are wise just
about Sc per cent.
The difference is just about
what you can save.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
Irs. Albert Wood of West chazy.

Mrs. Albert Wood of West Chazy,
Wy.
Mrs. Magill was charter member
of Fort Armstrong chapter of the d.
A. r.. and was member of the First
M, F. church
The funeral services are to be con-
Quoted Monday morning. at 10 o'clocl,
at the home by Rev. r. B. Williams.
Burial will take place at chippiannock
cemetery.
Mrs. Miles Kei0c.
Mrs. Miles kehoe. aged about 10
died suddenly this morning at the
home on Vandruff's island. She was
taken suddenly i'll, and before rhy'
stefan could reach the home, she
passed away. The physician declined
TO issue certificate of death, and
the coroner was called this afternoon
tc Investigate the case. Death is as
signed 10 heart trouble and complica
tions Mrs. Kehoe is survived by her
husband and several children
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

J. NJ. sHERIER. Local Forecaster
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

White. Ivory and Cream; 24-inch Figured
all Silk Pongees. in newest Stripes and
Figures. mostly Navies and Browns; IT.
inch Rough Shantung Silk. in two shades of
Tan or Natural Pongee. a splendid silk for
coats. these and many choice styles of fancy
Taffetas. all at 48c yard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
just 1877 Pieces of
New Spring Silks

BY US at 40 cents on the dollar will be sold Monday and during
The week correspond with Everything will
for selling by $50 all fashionable including
almost all cooing styles and impossible
that no one in this vicinity need go with silk want unsuppHdSks for
SUITS Waists Coats Innings Petcoa every purpose
in the lotRead carefully every line at McCabes as
early in the week possible your bargains
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

Rare Values in Black Silks
S8c sold zoo 25
69c Csc
beautiful 80c
Anything in Black Silks this
Silks OF all kinds and qualities prices than satisfy the
economical buyer in the We advise early selection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

OF checks Pongee Silks with oyer-plaids
OF Brown. Green Navy Red and Copenha-
gen Blue: .Pekin Stripes. Shadow Check
and Plaid Louisine Silks. "a inch figured
Foulards. light grounds; Taffeta and Tartan
Plaids. two toned stripe effects. all this COL
lection at 29c-yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

a yard for excellent
quality Plain Tat
feta in a large line
of colors. including
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

An inclination to be constip- ated is a common symptom of the American people. This is due to indigestion, and indiges- 'tion comes from indiscretion of diet. Let foods be daily eaten like
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
A COMPLETE SOLUTION
 OF MONEY SITUATION
The Price of 1t Dragging in New York
 and Running Lower.

New York. Jan. 24.-EXtreme dull ness, approaching at times, staznation. was partly attributable to the inclem- ent weather. Another note issue was reported today by the Missouri Paci- fic to run two years and bear six per cent, for the purpose of providing means to take uo notes for S6,000.OO maturing in April. It is known that the movement of money for week, according to the estimates of the most trustworthy authorities. indicated a gain in cash by banks of about sl5.- 0OO.06 The action of the money mar ket gives abundant evidence that last autumn's $10O,OO0O0O of gold imports and S54 4.000,GO0 bank note expansion are roW leaving their results in pie thOric condition of the money market, with the turning back of sums then driven into hoarding by the panic Money continues 10 press on the mar ket for call loans; no better than ? per cent can be procured for it. The withdrawal of treasury deposits from New York banks has begun without the downward tendency of money -ates.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
ards slow fire. Under the rules one

yards slow fire. Under the rules one :hird Of the members of prize-win- ming team are disdualified for the next three competitions, and these four men must be those who have partici- pated in the greatest number of na- tional matches This rifle has been qualified so tkat person eliminated under t and who has been out three years and thus become eligible again, shall be considered as 9 neW member. This means should the team again be winning team his participation in former national contests will not count against him. For the benefit Of weak CT states the rifle requiring 75 per cent of military duty for members of the team is modified to oremit states not heretofore competing to send teams whose members shall have 75 per cent of military duty for the pre- ceding six months instead of one year, to the.r credit. The board has also in creased the n-mber of medals for the individual match and will give twelve medals each of gold silver and bronze, 50 that 3G competitors will receive medals instead of F as heretofore. The cash .rizes remain the same.
 In the pistol match. Target A I will be used for slow. timed and rapid fire. At 200 ,-ards t is more than probable Target 4 will be used instead of Tar get F. most important change has been made in the matter of slirmish targets. The silhouettes will be placed on a E target so that the base of the figures shall be one foot above the crest of the bank when the target is in place. The skirmish targets at Camp Perry last year were considered ideal. but as comparatively few ranges ad- init of such targets and all can be equipped with silhouettes on the F targets, the change was made for the benefit Of all
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

final test When ir has been fourd that they possess a c.ean hill nf health. an other corps of examiners go through the pen and the emigrauts are made to come forward and register Their papers must correspond In every detail with the en- try on the ships manifest. and 1t Is here inst their tickets are again examined. The emgrant holding a ticket for san Francisco. or some intefmediatr point. must give some lucid explanation as to why he desires to go there. If he has friends there to meet him. he is not al allowed to leave the pen until those friends have been communicated with. aud Some word received from them in turn Those whose papers. explanations and funds are intact. are placed in charge of an inspector and boarding q barge they are transported to the railroad sta ton from which they start on their overI and voyage.
 The West still claims thel jority Of these aliens and several trains are re auired 10 transport the westward bound emigrants following the arrival of each shin.
 Many heartrending tales are heard at the island. and many bitter tears are shed before final release Is accomplished or else return to the old country has been enforced. Young, buxom, bright
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

work upon themselves, and the chsscs for a white-slave trsric again spriagiag up is most remote
 The most familiar groups ou the island are formed by families eating the Dol lar Dinner" Sometimes the top of q trunk or a big clothes basket serves ss table. More freduentlY the meal Ia eaten tsbleless. The dinner Ia put up in a pasteboard box and is sold by the caterer of the island. There !s enough solid food in each box for about four or dinary persons, but the frugal immigrant, unaccus6omed to feasts. except on cer- tain holidays. usually makes it serve for eight Some of the immigrants going long distances buy several boxes to eat on the way. Those whose destinations are nearby, only one. which they eat on the island pending the departure of the ferry-boat.
 The influx of girls and young women hns been remarkable for this period of the year. Many go into domestic serr- fee and many come to meet their sweet hearts. who have preceded them hy many months and have got together enough household goods to warrant set ting a date for the wedding
 All records have been broken this year
 
 the port of New York Co those on ths other side of the Atlantic Always st Christmas the stecrages Of the outgoing ships are hlled with foreigners who. hay ing saved mp few hundred dollars here as result Of their frugality. refurn tO the old country, there tO purchase a little strip of land and settle down for life. This year every outgoing steamship has been laden to her full capacity and thousands were left on the piers The steerase accommodations of the Cunard liners are booked solid until next Au- gust. officials of that company recently asserting that the rush of foreigners from America ecllpses anything within their experience. The recent i1anciai panic struck terror to the hearts of the foreign laborer especially the Italians and ia consequence the bookings for Italian pcrrs are far heavier than those for other points.
 Yet this mad rust eastward from hsrs acts in no wise sS a deterrent upon those on the other side who seek to make their fortunes here, as each Incoming ship Is loaded to the gunwaie with its heteroge- neous mass of humanity which snrges from the steerage to the shores off. the isaRd. and there. for the first time,s set foot on the soil which they have loug learned to regard as the Land of ths Free"
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
TO BE KNOWN TODAY
Whether tie D-y Farming Congress
 Will Come to Arizona.

Salt Lake, Jan 24-The question as to the meeting place of the next Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress will be answered h.' the executive commit tee tomorrow. sheaf of telegrams from Arizona cities and citizens. all urging the claims of Douglas. arrived today The Cheyenne delegation feels that t has the situation well in hand and the friends of Idaho Falls arc still hopeful
 Gov. Brooks Of Wyoming toda-' ad Vised the congress of bis acceptance of the presidency. The retiring Presi- dent Fisher Harris Of Salt Lake, is the choice os the executive committee for the new position of permanent secre- tarX.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

IT \ her twenty-one years of existence
 Miss Liberty-better known as The . Lady of the Bay-has welcomed more foreigners to these shores than any Of her sisters. CT her cousins. or her ounts; or. In fact, any Of her sex; for be 1t re membered 1t is she who. with beacon head aloft. lights the way for every In coming ship that threads her way through the Narrovs :o the Upper Bay, and finally into North or East River, before touching st Ellis Island. where every immigrant must pass muster before being allowed 10 set foot on the shores of that iand tales of which are synonymous with riches far beyond the grasp of the immigrant mind, and of freedom Itself.
 And what an epoch i- is Is in the lives of the millions of immigrants who have Hooked to these hospitab'e shores when they gain their first glimpse ns that striklngly majestic figure known as the Statue Of Liberty. as she stands santlnel-like at the very front door of New York. Imperiots of pose, The ..ady Of the Bay Is siihouetjed against the most wonderful skyline ia the world. anJ 1t is this background which first appeals to the immigrant, who then and there realizes that all he has heard Gf the vgStness of New rk k here before his very eyes. A vast majority of the i'm migrants-whO, like cattle, are herdeu Into the steerages of the big trans-At- Iantic liners-are disposed 10 believe that. with the first glimpse os New York. their troubles then and there end, and the New Word stretches away be fore them. theirs to conquer. or. at least. holding a place therein for them where a handsome living can be vrestcd from those who were here horn. or from those who preceded them In the steer age of other ships. How little they renl- ize all the heartaches. disappontments and hours of burning anguish they must endure before they have been freed from the hot and stufy immigrant pens filled with strange faces and even stranger and sterner officials, whose duty It Is to see that each and every new comer has entered port Tn strict accordance with the laws which govern the advent of aliens here.
 Each immigrant. before embarsing for America. undergoes a more or less rigid examination at the port of authorization fin the fatherland. He Is supposed to be free from any infection, his eyesight and hearing examined, and he must be In possession of sufficient funds 10 preclude
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

upon their arrival here Tn consequence their food for the voyage they prepare hefcre leaving home and thls ration of provisions ls made 10 last until Ellis is- land Is reached. where they must rur- chase food there consumed from the off cial caterer
 When quarantine Is reached a squad Of health officers board the liners and maE- ing their way to the stePrage. q careful inspection is made. Each emigrant Is closely examined. the scrutiny being far more searching than the superficial test to which they are subjected before leav- ing home. Unless no infestious diseases are found to exist on board. the ship Is permitted to proceed on her way up the bay and aliens are landed in the pens at Ellis Island. Here begins the real and crucial test. and sometimes days elapse before these poor creatures are informed whether or not they are eligible to leave the island for the destinations they seek or else he returned 10 the port from which they so recently embarked. so strict have our emigration laws become within the past decade.
 Scores of lynX-eyed medical examiners 20 from pen to pen. and once more these candidates for citizenship are looked over. No physical examinations at any port In the world Is more rigid that this. the
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
kHHZLF TA0l9zHA62AL2H

eyed anI pretty girls step from the em- grant ships full of life and hope. fondly looking forward to an immcd.HI, reuni'n with the lover who had preceded her to this county. and who hal promised 10 meet he- upon her arrival here. Some times-more often than not. in fact-he Is true to his word. and not only meets his sweetheart at the picrs but forthwith marries her there. for the Ellis Island chaplain is always ''OD his job and very busy official is be. But when the lover fails Co put In his appearance. then it is that the lovelorn maiden realizes her sad plight. Thousands Of miles om home in n land where she does not know a soul beyond the faithless one. her des- perate plight dawns upon her. and in all the abandonment of her grief she turns to one of the many kindly matrpns there stationed to weep until her pretty eyes grow dim and ache with pain. Of course. she has to be transported back home. and this homecoming Is not the least of her trials. for there she will have to answer hundreds of cruel questioners. who gather to greet her.
 A few years ago tine laws governing ths entrance of young and unmarried women to this port were all too lax. In cOnse- quence q ''white-slave" trat fife SD uny ap and fourisbed, and became so appalling
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

the possibility of his hecoming an object of charity upon landing here should he not find immediate employment. Then, too. when purchasing his steamship Il; ket ln the old country that ticket is sold straight through to their destination in this country, whether it bc to New York or San Francisco. If he has friends in this country, and these friends are td meet him at Ellis Island. the steamship of fcials must satisfy themselves that they have heen notified before tue prospective voyager Is allowed to take his place in the steerage.
 These details having been arranged the emierants nre herded Into quarters ut feriy devoid ot ail- comforts and for week or more they endure hardships and rrivat!ons that any free born American would be ashamed to accord cattle in transit. By thIs 1t is not meant that they are subjected to indignities or inhuman treatment but the extremely low rate at which they purchase their tickets en titles them only to the scantcSt of ac- commoda tions. which however, they seem to look upon as nothing out of the ordi- nary Many families in the steerage are leaving the old country with so little capital in hand that every penny Is ieal- ousiy saved, for they well know that they will need all they can scrape together
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

for the promotion of rifle practice in public schools. colleges, universities, and civilian rifle practice. including the cost of arms ammunition. prizes, and the necessary material and appli- ances therefor and for the expenses of indoor and outdoor competition among the students and members attending or belonging to tle same. and the travelling expenses and pay of persons designated by the secretary of war to superintend such instructions and competition. These are to be conduct ed in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of war. General Robert Shaw oliver. assistant secretary of war. and president of the National Board. General James A Drain, and General George w. Win gate of New York. the father of rifle practice" have been named as a com m.ttee to present the matter to con gross.
 |. The National Board for the Promo ton of Rifle Practice has made some important changes in regard to the National Matches which will be held at Camp Perry, ohio. beginning Mon day. August 24. 1908 Monday was fixed as the opening day instead of "Wednesday as last year. in order that the teams and range officers might have Sunda- to rest and prepare for the strenuous day to follow. The pre- ceding Friday and Saturday. August 2I and 9, will be set aside for prelimi- nary practice. the use of the range be- ing free 10 the teams. To avoid con- troversies. the naval militia has been included so that it's members will be clearly eligible for places on the team. In the army matches. members of the medical corps are forbidden to compete as under the Red Cross regu- latiOns the:- are not supposed to bear arms or to be cOmbatants, but for the purpose of the national match the term organized militia" will be held to in Clude the several arms. corps, and de- partments which constitute it.
 It will be of great interest to rifle men to know that Model 1903 rifles. otherwise known as the New Spring fields" will be used, as this means the new rifles will be issued in time for spring practice The ammunition will Bt NpllAtlltA lg ilit SttN lNt Aatl IT lAiE.E- as manufactured and issued by the ordnance department, L. z. A Teams will be permitted to bring ammunition 10 the match in original sealed pack ages. Before the beginning of the match all ammunition will be turned over to the ordnance officer for issue to the teams at firing points as needed during the progress of the match. Each team will be issued the ammuni- ton brought bE it. This enables the team 10 order their ammunition from the government for the spring prac- tice and the match al the same time, thus providing that the same ammu- milton will he slcot in the match as in practice and preventing any teams from using superior ammunition. one reason for the charge was that t is scarcely likely that private manufac- turers will be able to supply ammuni- tion for the 1903 rifles in time for the spring practice.
 The order O. fire has again been changed, the skirmish run, which first on the program last year. has been placed between the 500 yard and the 1000 -ard stages. The order of fire will be 200 slow, 200 rapid 500 slow. 500 slo-,, one skirmish run and 1000
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25

in its magnitude and so revolting in de
 tail that sweeping laws were speedily en- acted. which soon put a check to the practice. Then. there were bands of men and women who by some nefarious means gained access to the emigrant' pens and by holding out prospects of i'm mediate and lucrative employment to the most corhely among the young women. took them from the snd and immsdi- ately imprisoned them in dens of vice. In Philadelphia alone thousands Of these young women were released from their bondage about three years ago. when the Law and Order Society. under the in- trepid leadership of Clarence Gibboney, stepped in and raided hundreds ot brth els which housed these ignorant and basely betrayed young emigrants. The tales of brutality that they told of ia the police courts and the indignities to which they had been subjected beggared de scTptou. Now the man or woman who meets young and lone girl at Ellis Is- land has 10 be accompanied by creden- tials as 10 his or her responsibility and responsibility before the person sought Is allowed to depart from the pen. The missionary societies. spurred on by the revelations made at Philadelphia. have now taken this important branch of the