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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
CITY CHAT.
Kerler & Co. weave rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.

Kerler & Co. weave rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Read H. K. Walkers want ads.
Fine eating apples at Battles & Co,
oysters and celery at H. Tremann's
Sons.
Tokay and Malaga grapes at Battles
& Co.
Yellow tomatoes in baskets at Bat
Ties & co.
Godfrey'e laundry gives green trad
ing stamps.
Full line of Milwaukee sausages al
Battles & Co.
Go to Muscatine on steamer w. w.
Sunday, Aug. so.
Dressed spring and old chickens AT
H. Tremann's Sons.
Boys and girls school hose 10 cents
Saturday at McCaDe's.
Fresh oysters in cans and fancy eel
cry at Battles & Co.
Fine quality house brooms Is cents
Saturday at McCabe's.
One dollar for white petticoats worth
two Saturday at McCabe's.
Fresh dressed spring and old chick
ems at Schroeders tomorrow.
You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight 5-cent cigar.
Nicely dressed chickens at Cole
mans market, 1913 Second avenue.
! Let Krell & Johnston do your tin
and furnace work, 1916 Third avenue
! A special bargain in dwelling Oh
Twelfth street. Call on Reidy Bros
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work. 1526-152S Fourth ave
nue..
When you think of your fall suit
think of Griggs, the tailor, 1928 Sec
ond avenue.
If we don't make your fall suit, we
both lose money. Island City Tailors
Math building.
A pleasant way of spending Sunda.
afternoon will be by going TO Musca
tine on the steamer w w
Rev. B. o. Evans of Maquoketa
Iowa, will preach at Edgewood Bap
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
OBJECT TO MAIN
Second Ward Property Owners
Secure More Time to Fight
Water Improvement
TO PAVE TWELFTH STREET
Assessment Roll Is Confirmed-Pro
tests Flied Against Nineteenth
Street Paving-More Follow.

Local Improvement cases occupied
the attention of Judge r. w. Olmsted
In she county court this morning. The
largest number of Improvement mat
tiers ever brought up at one time in
the county court were on the docket
for the day. Some of them were final
ly disposed of but more were held
over for a period of 10 days to allow
further investigation. The Second
ward water main was the project
which received the most attention
This is a project entailing the expen-
diture of some $4,000 and the court
room was well filled with property
owners who objected to the laying of
the main. Attorneys NJ. E. Sweeney
Robert Reynolds and George Nc
Caskrin appeared on behalf of the Oh
jectors and secured continuance OF
the hearing until Sept. IL at which
time it is expected it will be either
knocked out or settled to the satisfac
ton of the property owners.
There were four assessment rolls to
be considered by the court and only
one of them was confirmed. it being
the paving of Twelfth street between
First and Fourth avenues. There
were no objections raised to this prop
Csition. and it was confirmed The
other two. which were the First street
water main and the First street sewer.
were continued for period of 10 days.
Finished Work Confirmed.
Nearly all the Improvement work OF
last summer was confirmed and or.
dered paid with the exception of the
paving on Nineteenth street and
Forty-second street and the laying OF
the water main on Forty-first street.
Objections TO the settlement for the
Nineteenth street work have beea
filed and it will have to be investi-
gated before an order of final con
firmation is issued by the courts No
protests were filed on the other two
jobs but it is understood that there
will be and so they were laid over
fer time. The objections that arr
to be raised are to the effect that con
tract specifications have not been fol
lowed to the letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
COUNTY COMMITTEE
HAS CONSTITUTION
One Adopted at Meeting Called by
Chairman Snlith-Exccutive Body
to Handle Campaign.

The democratic county committee
met last evening at Turner hall at the
call of Chairman c. J. Smith. The
meeting was called for the purpose
mainly of considering the draft of the
constitution and bylaws which was
submitted at the first meeting of the
committee and ordered laid on the
table at that time until the members
had been given a better chance TO con-
slider it. The constitution was read
and adopted. According to its terms,
Chairman Smith appointed an eXecu
tive committee to take charge of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

unfit to be used as food. They have
been covering the city in a buggy and
disposing of their fish for some time
Some question as to the quality of the
goods they were selling was raised by
some of the people who bought of
them and the health officer was mott
fed. Magistrate Elliott tried them
this morning and fined. each of them
S. and costs with an injunction to be
more careful in the future
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
LAND NOT GROWING BARREN
Secretary Wilson Says Productivity of
American Soil increases.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 2S.-Secrc-
tary of Agriculture Wilson yesterday
at the state fair declared that Ameri
its productivity generally is greater
now than it was 10 years ago.
He based his statements upon inves-
LEGATIONS which have been carried on
by the department at Washington for
40 yeays.
For the last 10 years period the soil
of the country generally has produced
10 per cent or more greater crops than
in the 10 years preceding, he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
AUG. 70 In History.

1910 - Johann Wolfgang Won Goethe,
German poet. born: died 1852.
1SJS-Rev. EleaZer Williams, long sup
posed to be the lost dauphin'
Q.ouis XNII. of Franco, died at
Hoganstown. \. Y.
19O4-M. Plehve, Russian minister of
the interior, assassinated.
1905-The mikado of Japan ordered
further concessions to Russia in
order to insure peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
FESTIVE BURGLAR
BUSY IN DAVENPORT
Enters Seven Places in Business Part
of the City But Makes Poor
Haul Generally.

There were 10 less than seven burg
laries in Davenport last night. all pre-
sumably the work of the same gang.
The places entered were in the bust
ness district-stores, a restaurant, sa-
loon. etc The biggest haul was made
at Hickey Bros cigar store. where
SIS in cash and 100 cigars were taken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
TuMBlES DOWN A
FLIGHT OF STAIRS
Moline Man While Walking in Sleep
Meets With Injuries That May
Prove Fatal.

Andrew Bauer. janitor of the Swed-
ish Olive lodge hall in Moline. while
walking in his sleep at his home. i16-
fell down a flight of stairs sand was
rendered unconscious. He is badly in
jured. the base of the brain being af-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 6:35, rises $40: moon sets
T:51 p. m; moons age, , days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
RIVER BULLETIN.

Very slowly falling stages will con-
tinue in the Mississippi from below
Dubuque to Muscatine.
J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

Temperature atS7 a.. ~. 6S; af 3 10. M,
SO. Maximum temperature in last "a
hours, 81; minimum. 81. Velocity Of
wind at "a. M, . miles per hour. Stage
of water, BIB feet, IL fall of 4 foot i'm
last "a hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
|0iD MEN GET INTO FIGHT
Start Trouble and End in Jail-Claim
Knife Was Drawn.


Jim Haley and John Saunders, two
old men well known in police circles
because of their drinking prOpensities
got into a quarrel last night while in
their usual condition and a fight re
suited. The scene of battle was on
Seventeenth street and it was not long
before the officers took both the bel
ligerents into custody. Saunders
claimed to the police that Haley had
drawn a knife on him and he showed
"a cut on his forhead to prove his as
sertion. To the police, however, the
wound looked as though it had come
through a fail on the ground. Both
will grace cells in the county Jail for
the next month. Their hearing was
held this morning.
Muscatine Excursion.
Fast steamer Columbia every Sat
urday at 4 p. m. w. A. BLAIR,
Telephone 18S. Manager.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
FISH PE0DLERS ARRESTED
Fined SIS Each on Charge of Selling
Bad Quality of Fish.

Ben Keller and George Cain, fish
peddlers. were arrested this morning
by Health Officer Frank Westbay on
the charge of selling fish that were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
THE W EATH f. r.

Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday =;
not much change in temperature.
j. NJ. SHERIER, Local FOrecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

fected, and his physicians fear for the
outcome
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Army Kcens Account

At this season of the year, when
special appeals are made for funds
for the Salvation Army work, it IS
not out of the way to direct attention
to the fact that the Army in all its
branches employs up-to-date bust
ness methods in the handling of its
funds. The Iomeletlc Review com
ments along this line as follows:
AS the period of the Christmas
holidays is approaching clergymen
and their congregations, in many
places, will be asked to contribute to
the special collections solicited by the
Salvation Army In past years there
have been some who have raised
questions about the methods OF the
Army in collecting and distributing
its funds, and some have openly
criticized what they supposed these
methods or lack of methods might be.
In order to inform correctly orr
readers, and all whom 1t may con-
Germ, we have made an inquiry into
these methods. On the basis OF this
investigation, we now take pleasure
in assuring our readers and the pub
lie thatsin every essential particular
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
INTERESTING LECTURE.
With Demonstrations on E'ec
trfcity Given by Prof
Thomas E. Hodges

Prof. Thomas E. Hodges OF the
West Virginia University faculty. de-
livered an interesting and edifyinE
lecture on electricity at the meeting
of the brotherhood of the First
Presbyterian church at the church
Friday night. Prof. Hodges brought
some laboratory apparatus along. live
wires were strung into the room and
connected, and the lecture was illus
trated with several demonstrations
He commanded the closest attention
of large audience. consisting of
members of the brotherhood and the
general public, to whom an invita-
ton had been 'entended 0by the
brotherhood
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
ARRESTED AGAIN
Is Special Constable on the
Charge of Shooting
Grafton Starbuck.

CHARLESTON. Dec. 19-H. e.
Saunders. a special constable of Fay
cite county, has been re-arrested ut
Boomer for the murder of Grafton
Starbuck. at Gauley Bridge October
IS. Saunders was arrested for the
murder of Starbuck several weeks
ago, but at the preliminary hearing
was released.
Since that time. however, detect
ives have been busy on the case and
it is claimed now that they have adj
ditIonal evidence against Saunders.
Mrs. L. V Smith, who was arrest
ed yesterday, charged with the mnr-
der, is stin confined in Jail and will
be given n hearing soon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Only -Four More Days

1t is probably too late now to
preach any more about early Christ
mas shopping this year, as there are
only four more shopping days left.
still, some of the late shopping may
and jam of the last, feverish twenty
four hours before the day may be
relieved somewhat. If there are
Christmas presents yet to buy, the
buyer should hustle out early Mon
day and Tuesday and get them
bought.
The several leading good reasons
why Christmas shopping should be
done early have been dinned into
the ears of people enough for them
to know what early shopping means
and the advantages to be gained by
it. The early shopper gets the first
choice. The early shopper does not
have to waste time in waiting or
strength in pushing and fighting the
crowds. Then there is the shop girls
and the clerks side of it. 1t is not
fair for several thousand people to
put off-their Christmas shopping uH-
til the very last minute and then ali
rush into the store at the same time
and charge and yell at the poor folks
behind the counter like lot of saw
ages on the war path. But, there Is
another good reason that should APP
peal. to the buyer of Christmas goods.
That is the getting of suggestions
from the girl or the man behind the
counter. Very few persons can walk
right into a store, like Al Leach,
pick something up, turn around and
walk right out again. Says an ex-
change:
There are thousands of people
who want to send somebody some
thing, but do not know exactly what.
If they go into the shops at the pres
ent time and explain their situation
1t is ten chances to one that some
bright girl Will be found who can
suggest something particularly
nice But in the rush of late shop
ping, clerks have no time for making
suggestions. 1t keeps them busy to
fish out what is asked for and there
Is no time for acting as personal ad-
visers."
The Telegram urges all of its local
readers who have yet to buy Christ
mas goods, to buy them as early as
possible and get through before that
distressing rush the day before
Christmas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
WIlnt Happened?

Two members Of the county court
stated after the bonds of sherln-eIect
NJ j. Francis we're fled that one
bond was ten thousand dollars less
than they had understood It was to
be. 1t appears they understood the
two bonds were to amount to one
hundred and ninety thousand dollars
and .sherin-eIect Francis also under
stood it that way. Yet the bonds
showed mp ten thousand dollars
short. What happened and .why2
The people have the right to know.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19

ser. 81 100 the cunt Of
.il1ye ted IN cotton mills had crown
to $266. 81 90. 900. an increase Of al
most 100 per cent In 1858 the
coal mined 81 the southern states
was insignihcant. BY 1880 the coal
output had grown to 100000 tons,
and in 1903 the mines OF the south
produced s5.o0o.ooO tons. In 1880
the farm products of this section.
regarded since the war as poor
folks country were valued at
$500, 900, Ooo.The value OF southern
farm products for the current year
Is estimated at 81. 225,000s OoO.--
ATemphIs News scimitar.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
VOTED DRY
Is Washington County, o., by Large
Majority.

MARIETTA, o., Dec. 19-The
Christmas bells were ringing. Wash
Gngton county has done dry" the
majority being 1902. Senator Rose,
father of the Rose law, beaten by
1900 votes at the last general cleo
ton, when he sought to succeed him
self in the Ohio ASSEMBLY, has been
indicated by his people say his
friends. All is happiness among the
"drys" The festivities extended far
into the night.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Embarrassing Champ Clark.

Things are taking an embarrassing
turn for Hon. Champ Clark and the
other Democratic members of the
Ways and Means COMMITTEES. A
good many of the good Democrats
down South who raise tobacco, sea
island cotton, peanuts, &c, could not
be more eager and clamorous than
they are for tariff protectNnn II they
We're Pennsylvania manufacturers
Hartford Courant.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Where Was He Shot?

CHARGING at the Fairmont West
virgInian the other day we noticed
an article stating that man had
been shot in his back yard shortly
after eating breakfast" We see a
good many in Grafton OF evenings
who appear half-shot in their front
yards. and some of them have had
neither breakfast, dinner nor supper.
Republican.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Delightful?

Democratic newspapers and DEM
ocratic statesmen are now engaged
in writing essays on chow to save
the party" This is a delightful
business and usually follows~the per-
iod after the Presidential campaign.
Charleston Mail
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Which is a Fact.

The rule OF getting rid of college
professors as soon as they are IS
years old seems wise to the authori-
ties of the University of Minnesota,
but If it had heretofore prevailed
American college students would
have been deprived of some of the
best Instructions they ever received.
-Martinsburg Journal.
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Receiving sorne Notice.

Messrs. Joseph Pulitzer and Della
van Smith are being heard of these
days in places where before their
names were unknown. May be they
will be good hereafter, at least they
ought to, though that seems hard for
some Democratic editors to do
Fairmont West virginian.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
III y,oIT AT7Ts 4 TRIPLE sIEN sITIgI

IF YOU ARE 4 TRIFLE sEEsS ss1,lt Z =
About the size OF your shoes tts SONS
satisfaction to know that many
Die can wear shoes a size small ef ~
sprlnlSIing Aliens Foot-Ease mtg
them. Just the ti7tnE for daneiEsf
parties, Patent Leather Shoes
for breaking in new shoes W1sni
rubbers or overshoes become nece
ray ana your shoes pinch Allen.s
Foot Ease gives Instant relief ol,a
everyvv here, Csc. Sample
Address. Allen s. oImsted LIE Rp
81. y. Done ..aceePts anyssspb t1te-
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I: What OTHER EDITORS SAY /:
.H4a44sl.4A4A


Count Boni de CastelIane's am
nouncement that he is willing to
waive his demand for Anna Gould's
money, If he gets the custody of the
children, appears like a case Of sour
grapes.-Wheeling Register.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19

Two valued contemporaries, yes
terday, each published an extended
and we'll written editorial. which
this paper originated in both in
stances and for which it failed to
receive credit. In one paper 1t form
ed the leading editorial. PaFkers-
burg Dispatch-News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
college Grapes.

President Hadley of Yale tells
Harvard students that brain and not
Drawn should be the ideal OF college
men. It was noted on recent oc-
casion that some of the Harvard men
had become too brawny to suit the
Yale people.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19

the Salvation Army has and main
tains, an admirable ana compre1iels
sive system OF accounts which are
systematically Inspected and ohicIally
audited. y
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Digging Goes On.

Meanwhile, quite regardless of sen
sational charges and counter charges
in the United States, the army Of
icials at Panama are digging the
ditch.-BIuefield Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
Why Not a Peace Trust.

One wayt to get ahead of the al
legged worldwide powder trust would
be for the nations of the earth to
form trust and agree not to burn
any powder.-New York Mail.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
sArURDAY. DEG. .. Joe.
An Eve.ii-s Echo.

When the foot of adversely kicks
you. and you look round to see
where you are. sometimes you find
is has landed you upstairs.-C Charles
Sandburg
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we Believe Her.

A woman sixty-five years old testi-
fed under oath that never in her
life had she told a lie. We hate to
be ungallant-but Great Scott! what
do you think? -Charleston Gazette.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
The south's Marvellous Growth.

In 1868 the amount of capital in
vested in southern industries might
be represented as nearly nil. In
1880 1t had grown to $21. 100000
for cotton alone. But 2s years lat
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
LIE FAIsAIrlRs pAI.IEI.

The suns market reports
commercial Columns are comp e2
and reliable. and put the farr1eg, the
merchant and the broker Ia touch
with the markets of Baltimore. oI=
folk, Charleston, New Y orls, Cll{cllgQs
PhiIad elphia and all other 3EupQrt1
ant points in the United states
other coutries All OF wlatcl1 ne
reader gets for one cent.
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Enrnished Iessons.

The drouth was not without its les
sons. Tt has impressed the country
with the Importance of conserving
it's water supplies. - conneIlsvilIe
Courier.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19
WeIconle ID Their 10.

Nobody win envy the spanking
committee appointed by the house
to deal with Mr.. Roosevelt. Wash
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Lucky SANTA.

Still the President has written no
letter to Santa Claus.-Pittsburg
Gazette-Times.
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TIIE WOaIlAN,S PAPEEt

The Sun Is the best type Of a news
paper morally and intellectually. IN
addition to the news OF the days e
publishes the best features that ean
be presented. such as fashion arttclc
and miscellaneous writings from
men and women of note and pfol41-
hence. 1t is al educator OF the
highest character. constantly saKp4Is
latine to noble ideals in individual
and national life.
The Sun IS publfshed on SUNDAY
well as every other day OF the Week
BY mail The Daily sun. - year
The sunday sun alone, $t.50 . yell.
Address,
a. $. ABELL COMPANY
publishers and Proprt9tQ
BALTIMORE MD
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INC Ohio Drouellt.

They seem to count that day lost
in Ohio. when a county fails to vote
dry.-wheeling IntelLigencer.
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We Still Lead.

King Edward weighs 210 pounds,
but. as usual. America leads the
world.-New York World.
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PAYS FOR DRUNKENNESS.

There was but one defendant be-
fore Mayor Edward ]. Wood at the
regular term of the city court this
morning, John Carter, who was con-
vlcted of drunkenness in the street
and fined $500. He was released
on payment of $3.50, which was all
the money he had.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-19

C. X. Altman, of Buckhannon, was
here last night.
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The suns special corr
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as In Europe, China. South
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Its VVashlnton and New = orls 3ilz
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