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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
FEAR THE RESULT
Move to Put Print Paper and
Wood Pulp on. Free List
Causes a Scare
ON WAYS AND MEANS BODY
Request of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association Turn
ed Down.

New York, March 26-The Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers associa-
tion's effort to obtain legislation by
congress to put print paper and wood
pulp on the free list has received a
setback through the refusal of the
ways and means committee to give
the association a hearing.
Herman Ridder president of the
publishers organization, who recently
wrote to Chairman Serene E. Payne
asking hearing has made public the
latter's reply denying the request.
Payne's Letter of Refusal.
Chairman Payne's letter follows:
"The majority of the committee de
termined early in the session that it
would not be wise to enter upon a re-
vision of the tariff this year, because
such action would add to the uncer.
tainty and disquiet always caused by
a presidential election.
They also had in mind the dis
turbance caused by the recent panic
To avoid all agitation, they decided
they would have no hearings upon any
subject affecting the tariff rates.
After receiving your letter. l again
talked with majority of the mem
bers of the committee, and they ad-
hered to their opinion. l therefore
feel authorized to say to you there will
be no hearings upon tariff rates until
after the presidential election.
"SERENO e. PAYNE"
Williams Promises to Force Issue.
Mr.. Ridder, speaking on the sub
ject, said:
Il have seen President Roosevelt on
this subject repeatedly, and he gave
me positive assurances he would send
special message to congress urging
that print paper and wood pulp be
put upon the free list. On the strength
of his statement | have urged the
newspaper publishers of the United
States to support him in his efforts to
do us justice.
Congressman Williams, leader OF
the minority, Tuesday announced on
the floor of congress that he would re
fuse to allow any legislation to go for
ward until the majority would give
assurances that it would pass three OF
four measures, among which was this
one. We have assurances from a ma
jority of congress that they will vote
for this measure if it can be brought
before the house.
Delay Disastrous to Public.
Apparently the sole obstructionists
are on the ways and means commit
tee, and l hope the publishers of the
country will take immediate measures
to bring a majority of the committee
to a realizing sense of their duty in
the matter.
Unless prompt and vigorous action
is taken, the measure is likely to fail
If it does, the paper combine will
maintain high prices or may even ad
vance prices. If we fail to put the
manufactured article on the free list
the Canadian government may impose
a prohibitive export duty on the logs
and then the situation would become
most serious.
1T would not only prove disastrous
to the public interests. but it would
mean that there would be still great
er destruction of our forests with al
the attendant evil consequences"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
SENATOR BURROWS
MAKES OBJECTION
land Was Not Elected in Con-
stitutional Manner.

Washington, March Ex-senator
Burrows today made objection to the
swearing in of Senator-elect Smith of
Maryland, who was chosen to succeed
the late Senator Whyte. 1t was
claimed Smiths election had not been
in accordance with the form prescrib-
ed by the constitution.
The motion to seat Smith carried
without division.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
NO MORE SILVER SENT FREE
Appropriation for Transporting Coins
Exhausted, Notice is Given.

Washington, March 26.-Secretary
Cortelyou has issued a general circu-
lar announcing the amount of appro-
priations by congress for the transpor-
tation of silver coins for the year 1908
having become exhausted, mo more
standard silver dollars will be sent to
applicants free of charge for transpor-
tation from the Offices of the treas
urer or assistant treasurers of the
United States.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
ADJUSTMENT" OF TARIFF IS THE
LATEST REPUBLICAN WRINKLE:
BUT IT'S TOO STRONG FOR ILLINOIS

ed by Mayor Price as firetraps and
ordered to be closed. Fifty buildings
In all have been declared unsafe.
Among them are the fine new Y. NJ.
c. A. building, Elgin academy, one of
the finest schools in the west, and the
Chicago Telephone company's build
ing. Enormous expenditures will be
necessary to put the structures into
proper condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
Guild About the Same.

Boston. March 26.-According to the
physicians bulletin at 10 this morning
Governor Guild had rather restless
night, but has shown some improve
ment in the past "a hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
PENROSE SEEMS In
SERIOUS CONDITION
Physicians Bulletin Noting No Sig
nificant Change Causes
Alarm.

Philadelphia, March 26.-The condi-
tion of Senator Penrose is causing
great alarm and there are grave
doubts as to his recovery. The fol-
lowing bulletin was issued by the
three attending physicians at noon:
No significant change in patients
condition" which occasions great anx-
iety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
KANSAS FACULTY IN A FIGHT
Agricultural School Head Quits in {
Fight and Teacher Fellows.

Manhattan, Kan, March 26.-Mrs.
Henrietta Calvin, professor of domes-
tic science and art at the Kansas
State Agricultural college, yesterday
announced her resignation, to take
effect Sept /. 1t is understood that
at that time the entire staff of 10 in
domestic science will resign.
The action followed the resignation
of President Nichols, who quit be.
cause of differences among members
of the faculty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
STILL BURNING WAREHOUSES;

Tobacco War in Kentucky Continues
Residences and Saloon Destroyed.
Covington, March 26.-The leaf to-
bacco warehouse of Hamilton & Co.
was destroyed by fire early today, en-
failing loss of $15e,000 The fire is
thought of incendiary origin Five
residences and saloon were also de-
stroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
PLEDGES REMOVAL OF EVILS THAT
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TOLERATINC

called for caused surprise even among
the stanch Bryan men.
Up to the time of the assembling
of the afternoon session the Johnson
men said they would introduce a sec
end choice resolution, but it was not
forthcoming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
G0LDFlELD BANKER ACCUSED
President Hickey of State Bank &
Trust Company Indicted.

Goldfield, New, March 26.-The
grand jury, as a result of its investi-
cation into the affairs of the State
Bank & Trust company, yesterday
found two indictments against Presi-
dent Hickey, charging him with en-
bezzlement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
CLOSES FIReTRAP BUILDINGS

EIgin Mayor Closes II Schools and
19 Churches as Unsafe.
Elgin, Ill.,~ March 26-Seventeea
schools, 16 churches, with theaters
and public halls, have been condemn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
VIII support Taggart.

Delegates to the convention yester-
day afternoon selected by districts 26
delegates to the national convention
at Denver and the committee on rules
selected four delegates at large.
All of the 80 national delegates will
vote for Bryan for president and a
majority of them will vote for the re-
election of National Chairman Taggart
as the Indiana member of the national
committee.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20
CATCHING DEVIL FISH.
thrilling Sport In spearins These
Ouasr Denizens of the Deem,

Thrilling Sport In spearins These
Queer Denizens of the Deep.
There is no more thrilling sport
than harpooning the devil fish, the
giant ray or manta, which has its
home in the Gulf of Mexico, says the
Illustrated London News. Some Of
these fish, which are very grewsome
to behold, measure from twelve to
eighteen feet and weigh more than fif-
teen hundred pounds. 1t requires tre-
mendous skill to harpoon them, and
infinite tact to land them once they
are struck. 1t Is not unusual for the
fish to run for three hours or more,
and they can tow ten-ton sloop.
The fish is willy and will often go
to the bottom to rest, to prevent
which he has to be kept in constant
state Of panic by hauling the tow In
close to him. At a moment Of weak
ening another harpoon and rifle shot
will dispatch him.
During a recent run, 1t was three
hours before the cable could be fast
ened to the boats windlass in order
to pull the devil fish under the bow,
where another lily iron was secured
in him, and then followed a rush of
extraordinary impetuosity. Following
this method and only after there were
three harpoons in his back and a
shark hook attached to one flipper,
was it felt that he was secure. Half
an hour later his struggles were final
ly stilled by lucky rifle shot In the
head
AS night came on the sharks began
to come in, and long after dark could
be heard fighting over the stranded
carcass,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20
The Reformed Broncho.

To the general public the word bron-
cho suggests everything. wild and vi
cious in horsefesh. One associates the
usefulness of the broncho almost en-
tirely with the rugged west. That this
wiry little animal could ever develop
the points of a good park horse would
be received with much reservation by
most persons.
Yet some ten years or more Of cross
breeding, says Country Life in Amer
lea, has accomplished this somewhat
amazing result. Today one can see on
the bride paths Of Central Park the
we'll -groomed broncho fraternizing as
an equal with the Blue Grass thorough
bred, and his number is constantly
growing.
To be sure, he is no longer the ham,
merhead with a pronounced eve neck,
almost as devoid of flesh as a skeleton.
He has developed fine crest in this
upbreeding and can show as fine neck
as any Kentucky-bred horse.
His middle piece Is no longer dis
tended from much eating Of grass food,
nor is he so loosely Joined to his quar-
ters as his prototype. Higher living has
rounded him into a strikingly we'll
proportioned saddle horse. In his new
estate he subsists less on the fresh,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20
ANDREW JoHNSoN's END.
To the Last He Was Bitter Against
General Grant.

General Grant,
William H. Crooks "reminiscences or
Andrew Johnson in the White House"
in the Century deal with that presi-
dents Impeachment, trial and acquittal
and his last days. Mr.. Crook says:
There was one man Of those whom he
considered his enemies whom Mr..
Johnson had not forgiven. 1t was only
a day or two after he took his seat In
the senate that he sent for me to come
to his hotel-the old Willard on Penn
sylvania avenue. l found him, on a
nearer view, looking very little changed.
He was older, of course; there was
more gray in his hair; his whole face
looked bleached. He seemed finer to
me; not less strong, but more delicate.
There were no more lines in his face;
those that had been there were deeper
craven; that was all.
l asked for all the family, and he told
me what there was to tell. Mrs.
Johnson, 1 knew, was still living, but
poor Robert Johnson, had died soon
after his father returned to Tennessee.
He spoke to me Of them both. The
grandchildren were growing up. He
told me of his fight for election.
And now" he said, Il want you to
tell me where 1 can find notices about
Grant in my scrapbook. You remem-
ber where you pasted them in. l
don't" He got the scrapbooks and I
put slips of paper in to mark the refer
ences he wanted. AS rose to go he
said:
Crook, l have come back to the
senate with two purposes. One Is to
do what 1 can to punish the southern
brigadiers They led the south into
secession and they have never had
their deserts. The other" He paus-
ed, and his face darkened.
What is the other, Mr.. Johnson"
asked.
1.-The other is to make a speech
against Grant. And l am going to
make 1t this session"
He made the speech in less than two
weeks from that evening. 1t was
clever one, too, and bitter. Every
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

a life that was swift and terrible. the
law was upon them. Two Of the horse
men dived suddenly into the crowd and
brought out a struggling, cursing cap
tive 1t was Lafferty.
Hartley watched it all with grim in
terest, as he leaned on Everard's shoul-
der and pressed his hand closely to his
chest, apparently undisturbed by the
close proximity of the law he himself
had once outraged. In the rush and
excitement he had come here hatless
and coatless, and an ugly red stain
was creeping out on his linen, and
growing slowly larger. He leaned for
ward as though to speak, and the same
tense silence waited upon his words.
Men, this is the sheriff of the coun-
ty, and his official escort. They are
here to preserve order. did not ex-
pect them so early, but they have an
errand of their own, to arrest Mr.. Dan
iel Lafferty, alias a dozen other names,
for killing an honest and decent man
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

even his respect for Everard's misery
could not wholly conceal.
Now l know why it was that saw
her picture in your room. How that
memory has tormented me! Tell me,
Everard, is She"
But Everard merely raised his voice
and called:
Betty"
She came in like a spirit Of joy,
swift and eager, dropping her head
with little sobbing breaths in the hol-
low of the arm outstretched to receive
her, and Everard stepped out softly and
left them alone. 1t was his turn to
stand outside the gate of Paradise.
These two were happy, but he must set
down his own cup Of JOY untasted. Jes-
sica was a proud woman; he might not
ask her to share an heritage OF cow
ardly dishonor. He would let her go,
and go away himself as soon as his
work here would permit
What beautiful intuition told her
Wlat was III Ills IIllIlu, ana SdNCu "SShS
of miserable misunderstanding? She
met him at the foot of the stairs, and
showed that she knew what for the sick
mans sake he had already briefly told
her father The light touch Of her fin
gers on his arm was eloquent.
Dick, dear, you must let Mrs. Wen
del stay here with us, and the little Sis
ter also. The hotel is no place for
them, and besides 1 wish to get ac-
quainted with-our mother"
What Everard said to her then no
man heard nor could have heard, since
it was not altogether coherent or con-
secutive, but the language he spoke was
as old as the mighty hills which raised
their heads around them, as new as
the fairest half opened flower that
bathed in the sunshine Of the lower
slopes, and both Of them understood
and were satisfied.
THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

point of Gen. Grants career which
might be considered vulnerable was
very skillfully attacked. The fact that
he had taken gifts and that it was sus-
pected he desired a third term were
played upon. Yes; Mr.. Johnson did
what he had intended to do. had been
intending to do ever since he left the
White House. He was the best hater
l ever knew.
He went back home at the end of the
session, and then to visit his daughter,
Mrs Slower. in eastern Tennessee.
There. given up to the family associa-
tions he clung to. and with the grand
children he loved, he was stricken sud-
denly with paralysis, and on July 81,
1875, he died 1t seemed as it, with
his speech against President Grant.
some spring Of action which had kept
him fighting broke. The rest was
peace.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

knew that it was nOt-it never had
been Hartley.
He gave himself one brief instant of
heaven, taking her face in both hands
and drawing her to him with a tender
ness almost fierce in it's haste, since
duty urgently called him out there, and
his help might at any moment be need
ed to fight for her ultimate safety.
When he was gone, she knelt at a chair
where she could peep at him unseen,
and note with proud beating pulse how
straight and unafraid he stood in the
face of danger.
Everard heard Hartley's voice before
he got out again, stern and wrathful,
and then the insistent roar Of the
crowd.
I'VE amt treated right"
1--WE want more money"
Wont stand these slave-driver
hours"
You don't want anything of the
kind" Hartley thundered back at them,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20
Misfellaneuus Reaaing.
THE COURSE OF CHOLERA.
Always First Appears In Russia and
Travels Across Europe.

Travels Across Europe.
Russia has the melancholy celebrity
Of being the first European country in
which cholera has made its appearance
in all the visitations Of this scourge,
says the Boston Transcript. The first
great epidemic, that of 1880, passed in
to Russia apparently from Siberia,
thence spread westward into Germany
and France, leaped the channel barriers
and afflicted Great Britain, thence it
was carried by immigrant ships to
Quebec.
So rapid was its advance on this
continent that though the first death
from cholera Of which we have any
Quebec on June 8, 1882, it was followed
by another at New York exactly a fort
night later. The disease spread over
the greater part of the United States,
and was said to have been carried into
the struggling hamlets Of the then far
west" by the troops destined for the
Black Hawk war; That visitation of
the cholera was the most terrible the
western world has known. 1t is esti-
mated that on the continent Of Europe
there were at least 100000 victims.
For a time the medical profession,
confronted by malady which few Of
it's members had ever seen, was over
whelmed. Men died in obscure villages
in rural regions, as we'll as in crowded
cities, though where population was
most congested the rate Of mortality
proved the highest.
Since then the course Of every chol-
era epidemic has been practically the
same, first making itself known in Rus
sia and then travelling rapidly across
Europe. When the world recovered
from it's first horror 1t set to work to
study the cholera, and now it Is known
that pure drinking water is the first
requisite for the defense. The cholera
germ must be taken into the system,
,, for the disease is not contagious.
An abundant supply of good water,
rigidly protected from pollution, is a
much more common possession Of large
communities now than it was seventy
five years ago, and public sanitation
has made giant strides. 1t is in back
ward countries, those which lag in the
rear of sanitary development, that cho-
lera gains volume. Hence 1t is that
Russia is the point Of departure of
the disease for Europe. In Russia
there are vast regions which modern
sanitation has not touched, where the
disease rapidly becomes epidemic even
before it's presence Is known or needed
in the great cities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

juicy grasses, and the new order grows
quite a different animal.
But through all this transformation
he still retains the leg characteristics
Of his bronco ancestry, perfect in SYM
metry, rather light in muscle and slen-
der in bone, but the muscles Of strong
quality and the sinews very firm.
His power of endurance has dimin-
ished somewhat, but even so he has
few equals and no superiors. His
toughness and grit have changed little
in the cross breeding, and doubtless II
turned out to the freedom Of the range
he would give as good an account OF
himself as did his ancestors in the ear
ly days Of the west.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

passed since these swift moving car
riages appeared, the capital already In
vested in London taxicabs is 10000
900. There are 1853 taxicabs on the
streets, $500 taxicabs on order and l.
700 licensed drivers. There are eight
London taxicab companies, the average
days earnings of cab being $11.20.
The average cost is $1,703.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

On the second morning after he had
been shot, as Hartley lay quiet and dis
pirited in the blue room, wondering
what blow Fate meant to launch at him
next, his quick ear caught the sound of
a soft commotion down stairs. 1t was
quite natural that people should be
down there. but it made him restless
and excited.
After that there was five, ten min
utes of comparative silence, then a
hasty step at his door, and EVerard
was beside him, his boyish face gray
and miserable, his speech halting.
"Hartley-I mean Carter, ask your
forgiveness. If you can't give it, after
the way I've presumed to sit in judg-
ment on you, it is no more than l de-
serve"
"Oh. old man, never mind what you
said. How did you know? Has he
cleared me? Oh, Everard, I've lived on
the rack five years, waiting for a mis-
erably weak man to work up his
courage"
He is dead" Everard answered
slowly. staring beyond Hartley out OF
the window. and tingling with shame
"but he left the world confession. He
was my step-father."
An involuntary start was the wound
ed mans only answer, but when he
spoke a few moments later, his voice
was struggling with a gladness which
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

81 Taxicabs in London, as in New
York, are marked success, and the
hanson is being crowded out reports
say. Although scarcely year mas
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20

Trouble among the men! 1t is an
uminous phrase. and even Everard as
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-14

AS thore are 10 be about thirty.fYe
names "a the ticket in the next cleo.
tion for Presidential Electors it
weuid be wen for the adherents OF
the dlffereRt parties TO Study wen the
candidates Of he party which they win
support The names bf the Demo
cratic candidates are II. p. Bailey. p.
W. Butler, r Il. Davis, George G,
Martin and Samuel Pasco. Study
these names well and be prepared
to mark an x opposite them on No
vember Ord II you desire to vote for
William Jennings Bryan. the greatest
living Democrat.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-14
pRosLEMs 81 FIRE pRorEcrIoM


1t Is stated BY FIRE insurance author
tiles, says Pearl Evans Ia American
Industries for August, that an average
OF 80 cents out OF every 81 OF premium
received Is used 70 pay insured fire
loss. With these figures as q basis It
will be possible by reducing iire
waste for the public, to save on ali
average at once all uninsured value
now burned and'in time 2.s Of al In
sured values now burned
A word now about the character Of
FIRE loss telling wherein It differs from
any Of the other compared items
substantially all OF these represent
merely trausferaIs Of value; whereas.
fire loss Is an absolute destruction of
wealth the product OF mans thought.
toll and self-dcnial Who can doubt
the propriety and wisdom OF reducing
as far as possible the approximately
proportionate life loss which accompa-
niles III II may be asked at this point
whether this waste Is unreasonably
large, and capable Of being reduced.
A comparison with other countries OF
like civilization win supply fair test.
In round figures the per capita fire loss
ia the United States during the past
year has been 50 as against s0,s3 in
the principal European countries. in
cluding England France, Germany and
Italy. or nine times more FIRE waste
and interruption Of business (which
Insurance cannot cover) IN the United
States than In western Europe. There
are certain conditions IN these coun-
tries that operate to effect lower ffe
loss than would reasonably be pos
sihle here, viz. the larger use OF nom
combustible materials. due to the high
cost OF wood, and better building
codes IN letter and practice; the
height and smalI areas employed In
their city construction; and finally,
the intangible influence OF their older
civilization, which makes these people
more careful OF small savings IN All
their affairs and generally more eau
tious than we have yet become. AL.
lowing for these fundamental differ
ences between the countries compared
II IL yet apparent that the nine times
larger fire loss in the United States
than the principal western European
countries suffer. Is outrageously and
crlmlnally greater than It should be-
and this condition must arise largely
from the ignorance and carelessness
Of this country's people