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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
Greatest Moncy-Raising Church.

Three hundred thirteen thousand
dollars contributed in one year by one
congregation, not for any special pur-
pose, like building a new church. but
simply TO carry on religious work, and
with the expectation of giving the same
sum in each succeeding year, is, says
the New York Tribune. the high water
mark of congregations in America, if
not in the world. That sum was given
by st. Bartholomew Episcopal church
last year, according to the annual
statement just issued by the rector
Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks. A few years
ago when st. Bartholomew was pros
perinS to the establishment of the
whole country, its income was $21G.
600. With the change of rectors from
Bishop Greer to the former rector of
Emanuel church. Boston, fears were
expressed that it might not maintain
its old record.
There were also heard statements
that the religious sentiment was fail
ing. Yet within three years st. Bar
thOlOmew' congregation has increas
cd its gifts by 100000. Of this large
sum only $4,000 is expended in tho
maintenance of the church itself Al
the rest is expended for others. save
only $4,000 for necessary repairs
Hence, for every dollar which the pee
pie of st. Bartholomew expended fol
themselves on worship in which they
took part they gave nearly Sc to 9th
ers.
The pew rents in St. Bartholomew
amounted last year to $44.455 Abou
100000 was given in thank offerings
because last year was. the 3OOth ami
vcrsary of English Christianity il
America. Offerings by those who ha,
paid the large sums for pew rent
amounted to no less than $10l 900 70
the year. The number of salariet
workers of the parish is 2G2, and o
unSalaried 421.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
His Qualifications.


l am reminded, says a writer, of the
little boy who applied for a job at a
sQuire's house, where he could earn 5
shillings a week by making himself
generally useful.
Squire-Can you clean silver?
Boy-Yes. sir.
Can you cook and light fires and
sing and dust old china aud make
beds?' -
''Oh, yes, SIR
Can you clean bicycles and repair
punctured tires and tune pianos?'
Certainly, SIR
Can you mend electric bells and dc
plumbing and gas fitting, teach mod
ern and ancient languages. geography
and the use of the giobes?''
Il can, and also do anything else
that is required
Then 1 think you will do
BOy-Thank you. sir. BY the way, is
your house built on clay soil?
Squire-Well. it happens that it is
But what has that to do with it?
well. l thought you would like me
to fill up my spare time by making
| bricks"
He was not engaged for his inso
lence.-London Answers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

lation at Port Arthur during the siege
was given at the court martiel of Lieu
tenant General Stoessel yesterday by
Colonel Vershinin. civil commissioner
of that place, who fathered charges
against General Stoessel that he reaped
a rich harvest by selling eggs, milk
and Injuries TO the i'll during the siege.
According to Colonel Vershinin, ex-
istence was a luxury for civilians.
Provisions were enormously expensive.
A COW cost $500, a pig $500. eggs 81
each and other things correspondingly
He testified that Nine. Stoessel had
a large herd of cattle and a flock of
chickens, and charged eXorbitant
prices. Just before the surrender. he
said, she summoned a merchant and
attempted to dispose of these, the sup
position being that she had an inklinS
of the coming surrender.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

dence will be rewarded by a public
reprimand which would ordinarily be
misapplied if it's object were full
fiedged criminal"
The president never evinced a bad
disposition so clearly as in his criti-
cism in regard to Brownson. Even if
the former head of the bureau of navi-
cation was at fault in judgment, there
was no occasion for such defamatory
accusations as the president made \
more magnanimous president would
have avoided unnecessary reflections
upon the personal character and Off
cial conduct of an honorable officer.
especially an officer of the acknowledge
ed ability, fine record and high reputa-
ton which belong to Brownson.
But the castigatiOn was characters
tic of President Roosevelt Who does
not remember his "reprimand'' of Gen
eral Miles. who dared to expose the
"embalmed beef fraud? Who has for
gotten President Roosevelt's lecture to
Schley, the ever to be honOred hero of
the Santiago sea battle in which Ger
veras fleet was sunk off the Cuban
coast?
These instances, Selected from many
serve to illustrate the presidents lack
of the judicial spirit, his arbitrary dis
position, his ugly temper, his injustice
| to men who are at least his equals
personally and in their special fields
infinitely his superiors, because they
have, for some personal reason, come
under his Misrepresentation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
Rank Foojishness-

when attacked by a cough or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, it is
rank foolishness to take any other
medicine than DR.. Kings New Discov.
cry" says c. o. Eldridge of-Empire
Ga. 81 have used New Discovery
seven years and | know it is the best
remedy on earth for coughs and colds
Group, and all throat and lung troubles
My children are subject to Group, but
New Discovery quickly cures every at
tack" Known the world over as the
king of throat and lung remedies
Sold under guarantee at all druggists
so cents and 81. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
The Presidents Treatment of Brown


The Army and Navy Register, com
menting editorially upon the action of
Roosevelt toward Admiral Brownson
and the uncalled for denunciation of a
brave and capable veteran officer by
the president, says:
''Mr. RoOsevelt's action toward Rear
Admiral Brownson was brutal 1t has
been too frequently of that description
in the official communications which
the head Of this government has some
times found to be necessary between
himself and has subordinates. The
language would be startling if the pub
lie were not by this time accustomed
to the employment of explosives. The
denunciatory passages in the presi-
dents letters concerning Rear Admiral
Brownson are characteristic of their
source.
"As much, if not more. could have
been accomplished for all the purposes
of discipline. by less strident, less hys.
terical and less defamatory reference
to an individual. 1t is this sort OF
thing which has contributed to dis
enlargement of the personnel of both
the army and navy.
NO officer knows when his indepen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
New York Stoke.

New York, Jan. 23.-Following are
the quotations on the market today:
Gas S5H, u. p. 1231a, L. S. Steel
preferred 91B, L. S. Steel common
2S3s, Reading 101A, Rock Island pre-
ferred 2S%, Rock Island common 1874
Southern Pacific 1914, n. Y. Central
97%, Missouri Pacific 43R, L. & n
979s, Smelters 62A, C. F. l. 1874, Can.
adian Pacific 1872, Illinois Central
.129h. Penna 1127s. C. & o. 80, B. R
T. 441s, B. & o. 8712, Atchison ~, Lo
connective 37H, Sugar 117s, St Paul
|111h, Copper 1875, Republic Steel
preferred 90, Republic Steel common
17h, Southern Ry. 10a4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
8he Hrgus Daily Short Story
"A Double E1opement."-By Anne Holman.
Copyright 1907, Sutcife.)

as you spoiled yours, for you amt been
happy any more'n / have. | amt say
in that Elvie's mother want "A good
woman, but the Lord makes two people
for each OTHER and puts them into this
world TO meet and marry and die to-
setber, and if they so against his plan
MIN they suffer"
He started eagerly to speak, but she
went on rapidly.
Il didn't have enough money for you.
and you shilly shallied between me and
Ida and finally. married her without
sayin word to any one, and so at
last | married Isaac. He was a good
husband" A sudden impulse of 10y.
atty toward the dead surged within
her
''Hetty.' joyous warmth breaking
into the squire's voice-"Hetty. you
said-you said any moren you were
Do you mean that you've cared, too,
all these years? Have you, Hetty?'
with compelling eyes on hers.
Yes she answered simply, "Fve
cared. And there hasn't been day in
all these years when I've seen you
growing harder and harder that l amt
said TO myself, He'd been different if
he'd married the woman he loved FL
vie's just like you. She'd keep Charlie
off and on. and some day she'd go and
marry somebody else and be miser-
able"
Il didn't mean her to be miserable"
the squire stammered slowly. A great
wonder held him fast Was this the
quiet self repressHl woman who all
these years had sat across the aisle
from him every Sunday morning in
church, this slender, vibrant creature
trembling in the might of her demand
for happiness for his motherIess girl:
Was this the woman whom he had be.
lieved without feeling?
"Hettyr' he cried and held out his
hand.
She took it and stood looking sadly
up at him.
"Hetty, 1 didn't think you cared in
that way. thought you hated me fol
the way I'd treated you after goin
with you for two years. ! never
| thought you missed me as I've missed
| you all these years. I'd give them al
| only to live over the two happy years
when we kept company. How differ
| ent''-
you've rememberedr' the widow
cried, and her wan cheeks flushed
| I'm very lonesome here. Samuel. bu
won't be any more when l know
| you've remembered. Now go out an,
| put up your horse. Tommy's away 70
| the holidays, and I'm all alone. TIL,
| young folks are comm back here 70
dinner, and you must join us, sociabl,
like, and forgive them for runnin
away"
"Hetty," pleaded the squire the ligh
of determination in his eyes, lets rul
away too, My horse is better'n Char
! lies. Well get to the parsonage mos
| as quick as they do. Here, put OF
your wraps he commanded.
NO, no, Samuel''-her face flaming
mot after the way | talked. 1t look
as though | was hintin' -
We've wasted altogether too nue.
time already, Hetty. Put this scar
over your ears. It's too cold for
bunnit."
''Oh, Samuel, were too old to be s
foolishr' she faltered-
Were not too old to love-" he as
sured her as he tied on the scarf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock Feed and Fuel.

Stock Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, Jan. 23.-Following are
the wholesale quotations on the market
today:
Provisions and Produce.
Eggs-Fresh, &c.
Live Poultry - Spring chickens, SC
per pound; hens, per pound. &c; ducks,
per pound, &c to SC; turkeys per pound
13c; geese per pound &c to Sc.
Butter-Dairy, 23c to 24c.
Lard-10c.
Vegetables - Potatoes, soc; onions
75c.
Live Stock.
Hogs-s4 90 to $40.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $500 to
$500; lambs, $3.50 to S6.75.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 10 $3.50; cows
and heifers $500 to $500; calves, s4.O(
! to $3.50.
Feed and Fuel.
/ Grain-Corn Coo; oats 45c to 4Sc.
45c.
Forage-Timothy hay, s11 to s1g
prairie. $500 to s11.0O; clover, $1,000
to s11.O0; straw, $500.
Woodland, per load, $500 to $3.50
| Coal-Lump per bushel Ice to lie
slack per bushel &c to &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

Louisville Courier-Journal: There
is a place in Washington says a cor,
respondent, where an old-fashioned
fried chicken, cream gravy and hoe
cake dinner may be had for ST." Stats
ticians have never tried to estimate
the number OF places in Kentucky
where that sort of a meal may be had
hospitality doesn't balk at a book
agent or an umbrella member, albeit
his fare is fit for king"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
Why Suffer from Rheumatism?

Do you know that rheumatic pains
can be relieved? If you doubt this
fact just try one application of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. 1t will make
rest and sleep possible, and that GER
tainly means a great deal to any one
afflicted with rheumatism. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
WHALED YOUNG BR!TlSHEk
Fellow Clerks Caught Him Trampline
on an American Flag.

New York. Jan. 23.-The story that
young Englishman, who is employed
by one of the large life insurance COM
ranies trampled on the American flag
in the company's office, has aroused
the ire of members of the Star Span
gled Banner association, which has
formally demanded the company that
the man be discharged. 1t is said fol
lowing the insult to the flag, two
American clerks in the office gave the
Englishman a thrashing. The associa-
ton. which has for its object the puni
ishment of insults TO the flag, has elect
ed Nthe two Americans to honOrar''
membership.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

Hartman has picked Hughes as the
man who can beat Taft for the repub-
fight for him. What has Hughes done
to deserve all this? Hartman should
have kept quiet and given him a fair
show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

The eternal progress of things Ameri-
can is noted when last week in India
at one of the great religious festivals,
where only few years ago the only
vehicle i'll the procession was the car
of juSSernaut. was seen an American
automobile being used as the carriage
of state by the rajah.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

Judge Graves has often demonstra-
ted his wisdom as a jurist, but he has
now proven his ability beyond all
question. He has succeeded in solving
q baseball case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Elmer E. Reynolds to Frank H. As
plund, lot 1, plat /. lot 3, block ),
Howard's addition. Rock Island S1,4OO
John T. Campbell to William ].
Roger, lot 6. block /, John T. Camp
bells Sixteenth street addition. Rock
Island, south half section 2-17-2w. $3.50.
Edward Rosenberg to Dora Plam-
beck, lot ), block 8, Third Wheelock
Fifteenth stree> addition. Moline. 5000.
Charles E. White 10 Charles Sohl-
berg. west 80 feet, lot >. block G,
West Addition Moline. $500.
Guy F. Settle to II. G. Spitznas and
II. f. Spitznas, part east half south
east quarter section 2-w $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

Receipts today: Wheat. 80; corn,
l19; oats, 206; hogs, $1,000; cattle,
G,G0O; sheep. 10000.
Hog market opened weak. Hogs
left over 11,O00. Light, S4.O0@4.3O;
mixed and butchers, $4O56437; good
heavy. >S4.O5@4.37; rough heavy, S4.G5
gals.
Cattle market opened slow.
Sheep market opened 10 cents lower
Omaha-Hogs. $4,000; cattle, $500
Kansas City-Hogs, 10000; cattle
1000.
Hog market closed weak to cents
lower than opening. Light, S4.O0@4.25;
mixed and butchers. $4.05@4.35; good
heavy, $IO5@435; rough heavy, $4.O5
@4.15.
Cattle market closed weak. Beaves
$3.6066.CO: COWS and heifers. $1.50M
$50; stockers and feeders. S260@4.60
Sheep market weak to 10 cents
lower
Northwestern receipts. Minneapolis
To-day. 244; last week, 2S2; last
year, 157 Duluth-Today, 46; las
week, 81; last year, s.
Liverpool opening cables - Whea
unchanged. corn Il to u higher.
Liverpool closed - Wheat u to z
higher, corn Is higher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
SAYS EGGS COST DOLLAR
APIECE AT PORT ARTHUR
Reaped Rich Harvest as Mer-
chant in Siege.

ST. Petersburg, Jan. 23.-Tcstimony
showing the straits of the civil. popu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
A Higher Health Level.

81 have reached a higher health
level since l began using DR.. Kings
New life Pills." writes Jacob Springer
of West Franklin, Maine. They keep
my stomach, liver and bowels working
just right" If these pills disappoin'
you on trial, money will be refunded
! at all druggists. 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
THE ARGUS,

Published Daily and Weekly ut 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill [En-
tered at the postofice as second-class
natter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
Thursday, January %. 1908.

Perhaps the Aldrich bill wouldn't be
so bad if it had another name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
The Future.

Teacher-What is the future of Il
love-" Lulu?
Chicago Child-'I divorce. "-Bohe-
milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

Uncle Joe Cannon was right when
he said congress wouldn't do much.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
II is verv imnortant arrl in fact il

1t is very important and in fact it is
absolutely necessary to health that we
give relief to the stomach promptly
at the first signs of trouble. Take
something once in a while; especially
after meals; something like Kodol for
dyspepsia and indigestion. 1t will en-
able your stomach TO do its work prop
erly. Sold by all druggists.
De Wits Little Early Risers are the
best pills known. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
In Field of Literature

The Red Book Magazine for Febru-
ary.-One of the most striking stories,
of the month is The Tenth Alexan-
Ider," which George Randolph Chester
publishes in the Red Book Magazine
for February. \ tale of the last of
the present reigning dynasty in Rus
STA, ii appears at a singularly oppor-
tune time when Russia's internal wor-
ries have drawn ali eyes to the cars
domain. a second story in the same
| issue of the Red Book Magazine which
carries a note of timeliness is Their
Trial Marriage" by Mary X Maule. in
which the author carries out George
| MCrediths plan of a contract marriage
A business story that every tradesman
will enjoy is "Fulsome, Tea and Cot
fee" by +. Warner Robinson. A tale
of the lower cast side of New York is
Owen Kildare's Compensation" \
story OF more than the usual power is
| The Playground of the Winds by
Dane Coolidge Other tales that help
to make the Red Book Magazine for
| February a really notable issue are
The Sign" by Katherine Lynch; THE
Namesake and the Wax Madonna" by
Catherine Carr; The Passing of Cali
ente,' by, Thomas p. Byron. and The
Imperishable Child" by Mrs. Lydia
Pcas5Cr. The number is opened with
an eXQuisitely reproduced selection of
Photographic studies by Miss Margaret
Anglin, Miss Mary Mannering, Miss
Eleanor Robson and Miss Marie Doro
\ timely illustrated department of the
drama and a valuable article on Mo.
tOring complete the number.
The February eper.-When
royalty travels. an entire railroad is
upset. w. G. Fitz-Gerald, in The
,HOusekeeper for February. tells of the
private trains of European kings and
queens and the remarkable safeguards
that are taken to protect them. The
photographs are excellent. In the fic.
ton pages we find well told stories
Their Valentine by Emma Lee Wal
ltOn: when Doubt Assailed.'' by Emily
Ruth Calvin; The Mozart Allegro.
by Arthur Epson; The Outsider" By
Mary Heaton Worse There are the
usual helpful departments devoted tC
entertaining. home treatment of i'll
ness. fashions, cookery. fancywork
The Housekeeper Corporation, Mime
apolis, MINI. Sixty cents a year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications Of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, Jan. 23.-FollOwinS are tn
market quotations today:
Wheat.
May, 1921, 1895, 1925. 1925.
July, 9S3s, 80, 9Sk. 9S1s.
September, 95H, SO, 95H, 95H.
Corn.
May, 81. 613s. CO.'S, 81.
July, 5915, 1913. 593s, 591z.
September, 59H, 500, SO, 591s.
Oats.
May, "a, "a, 53$4, 53A.
July, 471s, 47ss. 461a, 465s.
September, 1885. 39a8, 1914, 1914.
Pork.
January, closed 1882.
May, 1895, 1910, 1892, 1892.
Lard.
January, closed 7.G5.
May, 1872, $50, 1872, 7.S7.
Ribs.
January, closed 6.G2.
May, 6.S7, 700, G.S7, Coz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-23

Rock Island, Jan. 23.-Following are
the wholesale quotations on the marke
today:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-09

ton In session in thls city to present his machine made program to the electors of the state7 What theory Is there but the one that the people will walk humbly to the polls, as they have done time and time again, and eat the cake prepared for their consumption? |? Not very pleaeing picture The Jour will await with increasing Interest the effect of this political en-
 terprise upon the voters of Conneeti- cut, upon the men who have their cap
 ltal invested in local industries and
 upon the men who do the toiling in the
 shops and foundries There would be
 no question of the anewer to be re-
 turned If It were an off year, So the only influences which can possibly turn
 dlscredit into power is the fascinating
 personality of Judge Taft and the stupidity of democratic leadership The
 leaders in today's convention are walk Ing In a dangerous direction
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-09
THE CRY or FRAUD.

Speaking of the Cleveland letter to the American people which was pub lished In certain New York, Chicago and Providence papers fortnight ago. Marse Henry Wattcrson said In Chicago Monday. when interviewed. "I think that letter was fake" do not believe Mir. Cleveland wrote It. and l am now having the matter In- vestigated by persons who were friends of MT Cleveland and believe with me that the letter was a fake After reviewing a great amount of Internal evdencep In the Cleveland letter, Marse Henry's newspaper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, says of #: Tn our opinion it is bogus"
 This is serious charge, even for the veteran Kentucky editor, to make. When the Philadelphia Record also takes up the same slogan 1t becomes nationally interesting, especially In view of the fact that among the pa pers that published the Cleveland let ter were the New York Times and the Providence Journal Grover Clcve- lands published last words to his fel- low citizens have made profound impression and one highly favorable to Mir Taft. II is most natural, for that reason, that the cry of Fraud! Fraud" should come from the demo- cratic camp, If at all. Yet, if the charge can be proved, which seems rebound 10 the dscredt of Mir. Taft or any of his management, but rather, as the New York Tribune has put 1t, as "a substantial grievance against the publishers of the article" They should have satisfied themselves be- yond the shadow of a doubt that the
 last word of the late ex-president was a genuine appeal to the country at
 large. The Journal Courier for one Is inclined to the belief that these papers did satisfy themselves and that the cry of Fraud Fraud" can soon be hurled back Into Marse Henrys camp with increased force and mean 1 Ing,
 This case of hvper-critcism had It's :! initial start with a correspondent of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-09
A FAITHFUL SERVANT.

Today marks the retirement of Jus tice Hammersly of Hartford from his seat on the bench of the supreme court of Connecticut. Justice Hammersly re- tires not for the lack of physical and mental vigor but becaise he has reach ed the age limit set by the law of the state.
 It Is both duty and a pleasure to extend to Justice Hammersly the cour- tesies of such an event From the mo ment he entered into the service or Connecticut his conduct has been nota- ble for the dignity ii has expressed and the usefulness it has typihed. He has seen but one way 10 look and that ahead; he has had but one master to serve and that the state Of Connecti- cut; he has had but one Ideal and that the just interpretation of the constitu- ton and the laws as he understood them
 Connecticut will not lack for eminent servants to take the place of thoss who for good and sufficient reasons arc withdrawn from It's service, but it will find no substitute more suited for sucr service than Justice Hammersly ha' shown himself. A learned jurist, gen tlcman of rare cultivation and refine ment, may he have before him man, years of that calm and serenity whicl are said to add such delicate navo to advancing years