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out and weighed above the ground. The totals
probably therefore well below rather than above
the truth because everybody knows that coal
weights sometimes short.
Now for twenty-five years after established
this Republic of free men. used very little coal
because Benjamin Franklin had vet showed
how to burn the stuff Then took squirt. In
seventy-fve years we burned four thousand million
tons. incidentally and exuberantly wasted six
thousand million tons: that is to say pray bear in
mind. that wasted two thousand million tons
than used. Apparently were jealous of the
reputation OF Tyre Sidon, and other cities None the
less. Pittsburgh waxed great through coal and steel
Take figures of progress In ten years
beginning with 1890 We mined as much coal as we
did in all of the seventy-fve years before That is
what may call acceeration in output But
now in doing this, wasted, destroyed. or left
minable three thousand million tons more than
used. We have always wasted about one-third
coal than have used. We are now using
much in ten wears as we did in seventy-five years
awhile back. The next ten years will show
celeration far greater. Thirty years from
will take out in year much We did in those
seventyfive Years of history we have mentioned
Add to that the waste and destruction. and it is
easy see that will get rid of as much coal IN
that marked OFT the slate IN all the
years from lo2 to 1908
This is an unpleasant thing to say. Why should
it when there far greater issue before the
people to-day: the question whether the Maps or
the Tigers, the Giants the Cubs, ought by rights
to have won the national victory:
No one can plant coal. Once gone. it is gone for
ever We have used seven and half thousand
million tons and wasted nine thousand million tons.
Perhaps now we why coal costs ten to htteen
per cent more than used to pay. What Is true
of the coal of Pennsylvania IS true OF the entire
United States Taking the present rate of production
in the Pittsburgh region coal will be left there in
one hundred wears. Take the accelerated rate and
it will not last fifty years. Figure what Your coal
bills will be fifty years from now. 1t might have
been much better for you had you got IN on the
ground floor as others did in their days.
wonder after all whether the Phllies will defeat
the Tigers next year!
How about IRON There is railroad down IN
Missouri and elsewhere called the Iron Mountain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01
We Had Great Deal of Coal-Once

/ FIND myself reading the story of Andrew Carnegie
OF Pittsburgh in the public prints, and Mr.. Car
negie is interesting when he points out to that
when forefathers were laying the foundations of
this country we had in all about trllion tons of
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not so VIDE as OUTS, DuI at IedSC lIIIy Tive
hundred square miles of them. There II
the cedars of Lebanon described to in l.
the Book of Books in terms that novelist
of to-day surpasses at his best Besides the
cedars of Lebanon were lofty frs, wide reaches of
sandalwood and splendid groves of Syrian oaks
At the edge of this primeval forest stood the
cities of Tyre and Sidon. They the front
page every week. in their way. They maritime
cities trading cities cities that became great through
their ships Their ships made of that most
splendid of all boat building woods cedar the cedars
of Lebanon. Their masts made of tough fir
trees their ribs of the hardy oaks that grew
those hills
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coal. | do not know how he knows this; but
he does In any case we had great deal of
coal. If we could not measure all of it that
was under the ground at least we could with
foir hat. hy,-ac tal-a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mr., and Mrs. Robert Wagner left
this morning for New Orleans to be
gone a couple of weeks.
MIR. and Mrs. F. j. Kinney of Lin
coin, Neb., are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Harper.
Mrs. Lee Pfau left this morning for
her home in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a
visit of seven weeks with her sisters,
the Misses Agnes, Rosa and Frances
Brennan, of this city.
X. p. Reuth, who has been visiting
for month in Rock Island, left Satur-
day afternoon for his home in New
Mexico. He was accompanied by Mrs.
c. H. Seidel as far as Denver where
she will visit for a short time.
Mrs. G. c. Dack and son Harry of
South Heights went to Geneseo TODAY
to attend the funeral of Clarence Stas
ford, a young man who was well known
in this city. Mr.. Stafford, who form. :
| ly lived at Green River, died sudden;
at Geneseo Friday of heart failure. Hc
| was 81 years of age and the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Stafford O.
Geneseo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
William Myers.

William Myers, a resident of Goal
Valley for many years. died at S:35
this morning Mr.. Myers was taken
i'll very suddenly last Thursday even
ing with an attack of hernia which re
suited in his death this morning. He
was a native of Germany and came to
the United States in 1854 and located
in 1861 in Coal Valley, where he has
resided continuously since. In his
early years he engaged in contracting
and building, but for the last 80 years
had been engaged in the undertaking
business. He is survived by his wife
and three sons and a daughter, Will
lam c. of Davenport, Fred 7. and
Charles c. of Rock Island, and Mrs.
Laura Myers of Coal Valley. Mr.
Myers was in his I'D year.
q, Mr.. Myers. having been one of the
Old residents of the county. was well
known here He had been honOred by
election to several civic offices. He
was one of the original stockholders
of the Peoples National bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03

Mrs Harry l.. King died last night
at $40 at the home, GOG1a Fifteenth
street, of bronchial pneumonia. Mrs.
King. whose maiden name was Miss
Emma Swanson, was born in Sweden
May /, 1885. When nine years old
she came to America and lived with
an uncle at Sandwich III. She came
TO Rock Island when II years of age
and was married Sept IS, 1905, in this
city. She is survived by her husband,
sister, Miss Ida Swanson of this city,
her brother, Avid of Chicago. and her
mother, stepfather, two brothers and
two sisters in Sweden. She was a
member of the United PresbJ terrain
church of Moline and belonged to the
local lodge of the Modern Brotherhood
of America. The funeral will be held
from the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon and, burial will take place
in Chippiannock cemetery. Rev. w. B.
Clemmer will conduct the services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
A Real Airship.

In the rivalry for the production of
for military purposes, Great
Britain seems to have taken a step in
advance of all competitors. A success
full test was made recently during
which the balloon travelled so miles in
three hours and was able to withstand
considerable firing. If you want "a
medicine that has been able to stand
the severe test of public approval for
Sd years, get a bottle of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. 1t has proven itself
to be perfectly successful remedy
for such ailments as sick headache
bloating, heartburn, fatulency, cramps
dyspepsia, Indigestion, costiveness, fe
male ills. general debility. colds, grip
or malaria, fever and ague. Take oul
advice and don't delay any longer and
you'll be thankful afterwards. The
genuine with our. private stamp ovel
the neck of bottle. we guarantee. abso
lutely pure Always insist on havin:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
MILK DEALER PLEADS
GUILTY TO CHARGE
Himself a Purckaser-Improve-
ment in Grade Shown.

Adolph Spriet, South Moline milk
dealer, arrested last week for selling
milk not up to the requirements of
the state law, plead guilty before Mag
istrate Elliott this morning, and was
fined $25 and costs, the minimum fine.
Spriet, it appears, had bought the milk
he sold from another dealer. and when
it was tested by Dr. Ralph Dart. the
city health commissioner lit was found
to contain but Is per cent butter fat.
where per cent is required. Milk
brought to the station this morning by
Spriet as a sample of the quality he
now handled. showed per cent but
ter fat, and a good specific gravity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Charles Simmon.

Charles Simmon, an old settler of
the county, having come to this coun-
try from Weisenheim, Germany. III
1888, and to Rock Island county in
1850. died this morning at G:15
at his home in Sherrard of pneumonia.
The funeral of his wife, who died
Thursday, was held yesterday. He is
survived by five sons, George, living in
Kansas; Henry in Iowa; Oscar in Ne
braska. and John and William at Sher-
rard; three daughters, Mrs. Kate Bo-
sold living in Iowa; Mrs. Clara Fowler
of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Anna
Colburn of Taylor Ridge. Mr.. Sim
mon was 81 years old. The funeral
will be held Wednesday morning at II
o'clock from the Presbyterian church
at Sherrard and burial will take place
at Beulah cemetery, Sherrard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
two small children. The remains will
be brought to Port Byron for burial at
the Fairfield cemetery.
Funeral of Mrs. {. j. Hatch.

The remains of Mrs. f. ]. Hatch,
who passed away Saturday morning at
her home, at Walkerton, Ind, were
brought to this city at lis this after
noon over the Rock Island, and taken
to the home of the parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Kane, 71s Eighteenth
street. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
at ST. Joseph's church by Dean J. J.
Quinn, and burial will take place at
Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
"H0MESPUN BRIGADE"
Enough Congressman Now Clad Likf
Uncle Joe to Start Ono.

They are going 70, form the home
spun brigade in the house. of repre-.
sentatives and go back to first prin-
ciples. says Washington correspond
ent to the New York Sun Representa-
tive Wyatt Aiken of South Carolina
is the organizer of the brigade. In the
Fifty-ninth congress Mr.. Aiken came
up from his home in Abbeville with
his rotund figure clad i'll an old fash
toned homespun suit. One day he was
passing through the speakers lobby
and encountered Speaker Cannon.
Aiken said the speaker, where
the - did you get them jeans? Do
you know haven'c seen any of that
cloth since was boy in North Caro-
lima
Mr.. Aiken explained that an old wo
man in the district had made it. and
on his next visit to South Carolina be
got a bolt of the cloth and presented
it to the speaker. Mr.. Cannon had it
made into a suit, which was the envy
of every man in the house. Since that
time Mr.. Aiken has been able to get
recognition and pOstoffices whenever
he wanted them, but he has been be
sieged by Il score of members for
cloth enough to make a suit like Tn
Gle JOe'S.'
Last spring when he went home he
engaged the old lady to make all the
homespun she could during the sum-
mer. The result was three suitings,
These Mr. Aiken brought up to Wash
ington a few days ago and presented
to Representative Ryan of New York,
Representative Lee of Georgia and
Representative Griggs of Georgia.
These three, with the speaker and
Mr. Aiken, will form the charter mem
bership of the :homespun brigade"
Other applicants will be admitted
when the old lady turns out some
more jeans. 1t is costing Mr. Aiken q
lot for uniforms, but he doesn't mind
that, for he gets everything else he
wants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03

of the old Rockford, Rock Island &
st. Louis road under r. r. Gable.
Later he went abroad as the special
representative of the German bond
holders of the road, with headquarters
at Frankfort on the Main. He was
succeeded in that office by William H.
Truesdale his brotherin-law, now
president of the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western railway. Mr. Gaskell for
some years has been located at Mime
apOlis.
a genial and hospitable gentleman,
Mr. Gaskell has many friends in Rock
Island who knew and loved him in the
days when he was located here. and
his death is regarded as a personal
loss by many.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Cornelius Meenan.

Cornelius Meenan died at lis this
afternoon at the home, 1888 Eighth
avenue. after a months illness with a
of diseases. Mr.. Meenan
was born in Rock Island Jan. 1, 1873.
and has lived here all his life. He
was a member of Camp No 1851, NJ.
w. A. He is survived by his mother.
three brothers, Patrick, of Bisbee,
Ariz.; Frank and Conrad at home
and four sisters. Mrs. F. H. Potter of
Oakland. Cal; Miss Mammie Meenan
of Oakland. Cal, and the Misses An
mabel and Dolly at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Henry Eifert.

Henry Eifert, an old resident of
Rock Island, died at the home of c..
Myer on Webb street, South Rock Is
land, at o'clock this morning after
an illness of two weeks with bron-
chial pneumonia. Mr. Eifert was born
in Germany Nov. IS, 1925. and came
to America in 1855, settling in New
York He removed to Rock Island
about 40 years ago and worked at the
listed here. He is survived by four sons
and two daughters, his wife having
died 10 years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Secured Divorce by Default.
OBITUARY.
Joseph GaskeH.

Joseph Gaskell, formerly a resident
of this city, died Saturday in Mime
apolis. Mr.. Gaskell was the treasurer
of the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail
way company. Funeral services will
be held at the home in Minneapolis,
1i1l Linden avenue, tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. Interment will take
place in this city later.
Mr.. Gaskell was native of England.
He came to Rock Island in the 70's
and served for 4 time in the employ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
70 co ON BALLOT
Reports of Solicitors Indicate
That Prohibition Question
Will be Up to Voters.
UNDER LOCAL OPTION Law
Required Number of Signatures to Pc
ton Apparently Has Been Sc
cured by Ministers.

Reports submitted to meeting at
the Y. NJ. c. A. Saturday evening in
licate that the prohibition question
will be put up to the people of Rock
island at the spring election in April.
1t appears that enough signatures have
been secured on the petition to place
the question on the ballot, and it will
thus be squarely up TO the Voters
whether they desire to close up the
town or not
Have 1,29J SiGners.
A conference of those interested in
the movement was held Saturday ev-
ening for the purpose of checking over
the petitions, and it was found that
1926 names have been secured. I'm
der the law, which requires that the
petition must to be effective be sign
ed by at least one-fourth of the num-
Der OF voters at the last election, 1,225
signatures were required. In order
that the petition may not be attacked
and its purpose lost because of errors
or improper signatures, the ministers
hope to secure even more signers.
Must BE Filed by Thursday.
The law requires that the petition
be filed with the city clerk 60 days be-
fore the election, and this makes il
necessary to have the petitions FLEA
by Thursday. The ministers
10 e.
signatures until Tuesday evening,
when another informal conference will
be held
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03

rage Inree.1
and friends of the pupils was present.
Each number was performed in very
creditable manner. Following is the
program as it was given:
General Bum Bum" .... Poldini
Myrtle. Frisk.
(a) Forest SpriteS' Williams
(b) 'Sonatine" OPP. Sc, No. l. Clement
Marion McCabe.
Duet-"Les SauterellesI 80. Van Gael
Robert Pearce and Franklin Searle.
(a) First Loss. ......S chumann
(b) Hunting Song. ... Schumann
Pansy Jones.
(a) Bach invention, No. 6.
OBJ "In the Arbor' Thome
Lyman Weld.
"Madrigap ......... .Gabriel-Marie
Dorothy Rhoads.
"A Jolly Time. .Gurlitt
Margaret McLane.
Duet-"Prixies on the Water" Brown
Miriam Walker and Pansy Jones.
THE Little Prince" ..... .Krogman
Robert Pearce.
Violin solo-"Serenade Badine"
Willis Weld.
Les SylphS ..-............ Bachman
Marguerite Marselus.
(a) The Dolls Funeral" Willis
(b) Jumping Rope" .........W Willis
Franklin Searle.
"The little CornOral''
Pansy Jones.
Duo-(two pianos) Loves Dream
After the Bali. Czibulka
Miss Abraham and Lyman Weld.
(a) "BOurvee" Bach
(b) Pleasures of the Dance.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Scharwenka
Dorothy McCabe
(a) Theme" with variations. .Gurlitt
(b) 'Tyroler Lied. .......K ohler
i4ucile Abraham.
(a) THE Young Marshal" " Renard
OBJ Die Kinder Singer und Spleen"
Miriam Walker.
Dut-(two pianos) Music from
tauSt ....-....t.. ............
Miss Abraham and Mrs. AcCabe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03

Nineteenth street and Second avenue.
md the horse started west on Second
avenue dragging along the front
wheels Silvin Robbins, the driver,
Aeld to the reins and was jerked from
lis seat and dragged along in the
NOW for a short distance in an effort
o hold the animal. The horse sprint
ed as far as Sixteenth street where it
WAS Stnnned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Keeping Open House

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working
properly. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
regulate the action of stomach. liver
and bowels so perfectly one can't help
feeling good when he uses these pills.
.25 cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Mrs. John Owen.

Mrs. John Owen of Sac City, Iowa,
formerly Miss Polly Gilbert of Port
Byron died Saturday at her home.
Mrs. Owen was born at Port Byron and
was a daughter of Edward Gilbert.
She had resided on a farm near Sac
City for about four years Besides
her husband and her father, she leaves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03

The report is of general interest, as
it shows some of the details of the
management of athletics in the high
school, which, unlike most high
schools, maintains its athletic activity
entirely Independent of any donations
or contributions. The association must
sustain itself, or athletics will be
dropped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Morris konnerstein.

Morris Kopperstein died Saturday
afternoon at St AnthOny's hos
pital, where he was removed from
his home suffering with humorous can
Ger. The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at o'clock from the home,
727 Ninth street, and burial took place
in the Jewish cemetery in Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
THE WAGON CAME APART
Horse Ran Down Second Avenue with
Front Running Gear.

* A horse hitched to a delivery wagon
of Schroeder's meat market ran away
this morning about 8 o'clock. The
king bolt holding the front running
gear dropped out in some manner at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
Osborn.

Raymond Osborn, the 10 year old
son of Benjamin Osborn, died last
night at the home near Osborn station.
He had been sick for about two weeks
with the grip and complications. The
funeral will probably be held Wednes-
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
MOCK CONVENTION
Hioh School Students Will Dis
pose of Republican PreSi-
Dental Nomination.
. DEBATING SOCIETY PLAN
All Possibilities are to be Named-Ath.
letic Association Balance for
Year Is $251.13.

A republican national convention is
10 be held in Rock Island 1t will be
held Feb. IA, and the delegates Will
convene at the high school. The con-
vention is being planned by the Boys
Literary and Debating society of the
high school, and the event promises to
be one of the most interesting ever
given at the school.
Politics is the chief study at the
present time of the students to partici-
pate, and the public records of all of
the men before the public today in the
light of possibilities as republican
nominees are being carefully investi-
gated
Roosevelt will not be nominated. He
has declined the nomination, SO the
delegates have eliminated him. But
Taft of Ohio, Hughes of New York,
La Toilette of Wisconsin, Cannon of
Illinois, Foraker of Ohio, Fairbanks of
Indiana, Shaw and Cummins of Iowa,
and Knox of Pennsylvania, Cortelyou,
and few others, are to be placed in
nomination before the convention
The nomination speeches are being
prepared, and the students are making
| big preparations for the occasion. The
president of the association, Norman
French, will nominate Taft. Harry
Stoakes will submit Cortelyou's claims,
Ben Finklestein will speak for Cum
Minis. and n. Barton Sears will urge
Shaw's nomination.
Friday the students of the club will
have a debate on the relative merits
of the new primary Jaw just adopted
by the Illinois legislature, and the pri.
mary law which was declared void
Athletic Funds.
The report of Paul Lamp, treasurer
of the High School Athletic associa
| ton, which will be submitted TO the
association at the annual meeting this
week, was posted at the school today
1t shows that the athletic season has
lbeen profitable one, and that there
is a balance of $2511o in the treas
ury.
The receipts are itemized as fol
lows:
From former treasurer. .....-. S12S.5I
Football season:
Alumni game ........ 1870
lClinton game ........... %;
Moline game Observation-Disclosures. 245. II
Peoria game ............... 57.5
ISeason tickets ............. ISIS;
,0T Il. a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03

Arsenal Club Bridge Party.-The
ladies of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf
club played bridge at the club house
Saturday afternoonGthe favor going to
Miss Marjorie Allen of Moline. Tea
and waters We're served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
ENDS HIS CAREER
William Hull of Princeton, lowe,
Deserted by HisWife, Com
mits Suicide.
HIS DAUGHTER WAS KIDNAPPED
Mother Brought Her to This City on
Pretext of Interview and Then
Fled With Child.

William Hull, the Princeton, Iowa,
mar whose wife deserted him three
years ago and recently kidnapped their
12-yearold daughter from this city,
committed suicide at the home of his
brotherin-law. Frank Hanks, at Prince
ton while the family were at church
yesterday. Two shots were fired from
revolver, the second taking effect in
the brain and causing instant death.
Brooding over the marital troubles and
the loss of his daughter without ques-
ton led to the suicide.
Secured Divorce by Default.
Mr.. Hull was given a divorce in
Davenport recently, his wife default
ing. Several weeks before the case
came to Il hearing she, on the plea that
she wanted an interview with the girl,
got the fathers consent to bring her to
this city and once out Of Iowa she lost
no time in taking the child to parts
unknown.
Mr.. Hull was IS years of age and
was an accomplished musician.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
The Expenditures.

The expenditures of the association
are itemized as follows:
Football season:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

Continued From Page Three.)
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-18
MINING, MARKETS AND METAL

traceable to decline in trade activity
and is an element in the absenation
of foreign markets from any recall
of the enormous sums shipped to this
country to tide us over our crisis
last fall The excess value of our
February exports reached sSS,743.-
361. compared with $36, 100000 in
the same month last year, but the
falling off of nearly $44,000,000 in
value of our imports is the vital fac
tor in this showing and is conclusive
testimony to commercial contraction.
Speculative sentiment was espe-
cially impressed by the pressure to
realize profits in Amalgamated Cop
per, in spite of another rise in the
metal here and in London. This
realizing in Amalgamated Copper was
a prime factor in the marked weak
ness of the late market and which
continued up to the closing.