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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02
COMES TO ITSOWN
Mississippi River to Be High
way in the Handling of
Flour.
MILL MEN IN CONFERENCE
Find That They Can Ship Their
Product by Boat More Cheaply
Than by Rail.

ST Paul, July 1.-The first serious
step in many years towards restoring
10 the upper Mississippi river the vol
ume of traffic experts believe it should
carry are embodied in co ferences
now in progress between leaumg Min
nesota millers and river men, which it
is believed will result in barging an
immense amount of flour hereafter
from the head of navigation at st.
Paul through 10 salt water at New
Orleans =,
From St Paul to Atlantic tidewater
the flour rate is % cents.=Littie ex-
cept a slight lake differentiaI can be
saved by forwarding via the lead OF
the great lakes and Buffalo.
FROM ST Paul we believe We can
barge -four to New Orleans %. upper
Ohio river points alike for IL cents,
said a representative of the millers.
This is saving of 8 cents hundred,
ana in addition we are confident that
this traffic can be maintained on a
schedule of 20 days for the dow river
trip to New Orleans, 10 days o ST
Louis, and % days or possibly slightly
less to the upper Ohio. From present
indications | think we will send down
the first string of barges before the
close OF the present navigation sea-
SON"
Barges Are Cheap.
Suitable barges for flour traffic can
be built for $500 each and will last, in
the opinion of river men, from 10 to
Is years. Each will carry 10 carloads
Of freight at average stage, and even
more in high water.
Captain Winans of the towbeat path
finder, who has been engaged In the
towing and rafting business on the
upper river for years, has given the
millers his opinion that the plan is
tho. oughly practical and can be made
To pay Advices recently received in
dictate that barges are now under con-
struction for various purposes at Still
water, La Crosse, Dubuque. Keokuk
and other ports, and that the construc-
ton of flour barges can be readily ex-
pedited even for this seasons bust
ness.
sSThe millers point out that an es-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02
WILL CHALLENGE AGAIN
Upton willing to Make Another Eff
fort for Cup.

Glasgow, July 2.-Sir Thomas
Upton has renewed: communications
with the Royal Ulster Yacht club
and has informed the club that he is
willing to challenge for the Amer
icas cup Immediately under condi-
tions indicated by him in recent
interview. Sir Thomas now declares
that he is ready. tosrace under any
modern rules, and will allow the New
York Yacht club the choice of rule.
European or American, with a bow
of any size the defenders may pre-
fer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate transfers.

Blondine Case to Taylor & Morey,
undivided one-third lots 10, IL, block
f" Edgewood park addition, Rock Is
land Also undivided one-third part
west $500 acres southwest quarter
section 311S-1w, 81.
Arthur B. Chapman to Eta s. An
derson, lot Z. Candee's subdivision out
lot 2. Candee grove. South Moline, 81
Lena Bendle aud Leonard Bendle 20
August Miedke, lot 5, block ''P," No
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02

In the northern series that ended
yesterday, Springfield and Blooming
ton won five games and Decatur and
Peoria four each. Springfield just
broke even, Decatur lost six and
Bloomington and Peoria lost eight
each. Rock Island and Davenport
won eight and lost four, Dubuque
Won six and lost two and Cedar
Rapids won five and lost eight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02

All the news all the time-Tne Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02
LINE o. DOPE.
CONTINUED from page Three).

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just as much right to the eats as any
one else. Accordingly the box seats
which number 140, have all been le-
served and can be secured AT the Ar
cade cigar store at the rate If ,5 cents
each. Regular seat coupons will be
given and anyone who buys box seat
can be assured of seat no matter
how large the crowd may be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02
Where to Go July 4th and 5th
July 18th and 9Th

WATCH T0WER-Big
Take Watch Tower"
CAMPBEllS SLAND-Many
avenuei line to chantio
block Sixteenth
PROSPECT PARKA
SCHUETZEN
to Third
SUBURBAN
Fourth Street, car
FEJERVARY bridge
port change ask
CENTRAL PARKTake
led Central Park
BETTEND0 OWA-Take
marks
COVERING.
parE K Cal on Rock Island.
Baseball
PARK morning and afternoon
car hail. change to
tire
LONG VIEW
Genera Tansfer system except and from "Bdge Line"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02

Esther Hemmingberg to Robert Carl
son, lot 6. block 1, Childs' second addi-
tion, Moline, ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02

when he attempted to and was put out
:as a result, the play was in no sense
force under the rules.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-02
Best the World Affords.

ut gives me unbounded pleasure
to recommend Bucklen's Arnica
Salve," says J. w. jenkins of Chapel
Hill, N C. II am convinced it's the
best salve the world affords. It
cured a felon on my thumb and il
or wound to which it is applied. 20
cents at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Fraternity Pins.

Fraternity pins are seldom lost, and
when they do disappear they often
turn up again, sometimes years after
ward in the most out OF the way
places. AS they always bear the own
er's name and chapter engraved or
the back it Is not difficult matter to
return them. One 'old grad" who lost
his pin shoutly after be left college
and bought another now has two. the
original emblem having been returned
In singular manner. brother
had observed the familiar token re-
posing upon the bandanna Of an old
colored nanny In a little town in Vir-
ginia Upon questioning her he
learned that she had come by 1t tax
ing In washing. After much persua.
sion she was prevailed upon to sur
render. the trophy. New York Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

that he had the right to oppose
Beckham for other reasons, aotwith-
standing the fact that Beckham
claimed to be the candidate Of the
temperance people. will he now deny
that right to other men who have
just as much sense, just as much
honor and Just as much patriotism
as has the Judge?
The Journal is Democratic to the
core and has the right among the
nominees of the party to demand
that nothing shall be said by any
candidate which win injure the par
ty, and it has still greater right to
demand that a public servant shall
not be traduced and abused. Mr..
Stanley is not only a candidate for
congress; he is our congressman. If
he is guilty of petty larceny. il he
has defrauded the government of
atamps and is printing a lie upon the
back of every envelope that pro-
claims the contents as official busi
ness when it is not official business,
he has not only injured himself. but
has brought disrepute upon the
Democratic party. If the charge is
true, it is up to the Judge to prove
it, and if it is false, the man who
makes it deserves the severest CEN
sure and will receive at the hands of
an indignant Democracy certain
condemnation.
The Journal defended Mr.. Stanley
because he is an able and capable
representative in congress-because
he is the Democratic leader of the
Second congressional district, and
last, but not least, because he is in
noctpt of the charge made by Judge
Givens.
The Journal knows how to oppose
a man without denouneing him as a
defrauder or a thief, or casting as
pensions upon his character as an
officer or man. and the Journal
knows how to oppose a man in a
primary without continuing its Sc
cret hostility at the general election.
We regret that the Judge has net
learned this lesson, both for his own
sake and for the sake of the Democ-
racy of Hopkins county. Madison
vile Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

No account OF travel In Labrador can
be complete without some mention OF
the terrible pest Of mosquitoes These
were always present In immense
swarms from the beginning of our trip
to the end. and sometimes they made
life almost unbearable
Nothing could be heard but their
buzzing. Whenever we attempted to
eat they were down our tbroats and
in our eyes and faces. and in spite of
our head nets and hy dope we were
always badly bitten. The natives
seemed to mind them almost as much
as we did, their remedy being rancid
seal oil. L. am satisfied that were one
50 unfortunate as to be caught out az
night without protection he would be
either crazy or dead by morning.
Our tents were provided with 6ne
mesh bobbtnet inner tent, but some
would always find their way inside or
come up from the ground. At times
our light so attracted them we went
outside to see il It were not raining.
for the constant tapping of the mos
qultoes against the canvas sounded so
exactly like rain that It was impossible
to tell the difference.
On many nights had to give up the
observation Of stars for latitude and
longitude because a candle could ne
be kept lit long enough to adjust the
artificial horizon. We unfortunately
had no chimney, and the mosquitoes
swarmed so thickly that without this
protection the fame was quickly
smothered. There were but few nights
cool enough to afford US any relief
We found that it required n tempera-
ture within a few degrees of actual
freezing to subdue them. Forest and
Stream
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

The most imrortan provision of
the census bill is one pertaining to
the general civil service and not es-
pecially to the census. This provis-
ion requires that hereafter all exam
nations of applicants for positions
in the government service from any
state shall be conducted in the state
in which such applicant resides and
that persons taking she examinations
shall have been actually domiciled
for at least a year previous to exam
ination. The provision is intended
to prevent the appointment of resi-
dents of Washington City upon en-
dorsements obtained through the
mails, a practice which it is claimed,
has been carried on to such an ex.
tent as to make an abuse on it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
An Absurd Expre .alon.

DR.. w j. Garnett writes to the Lon
don Saturday Review protesting
against the phrase "By the skin of my
teeth" as recently used by a we'll
known court official in one of his pub
lie addresses. Dr. Garnett points out
that these words so generally used
are not only misquotation, but a per
version or the meaning conveyed in
'be poem by the true text Reference
to the Book OF Job, 1920, will show
the praiagonist as made to say, not,
L am escaped by the skin of my teeth,
but with the skin meaning, not 4
have escaped with great difficulty, but
destitute of everything | possessed,
just as the teeth are destitute Of
skim" Dr. Garnett concludes; The
latter is appropriate and forcible, the
former an absurd metaphor, and it is
high time 1t were relegated to the
same category as creating a Franken.
stein and similar corrupt texts"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
SlOO REWARD SlOO.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased tc
learn that there 10 at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 cure in all its stages
and that is Catarrh. Halls catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known TO the medical frat
requires constitutional treatment. Halls Cat
rrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surface Of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of the disease
and giving the patient strength by building up
he constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. 1lhe proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that IL fails TO cure. Send
or list Of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c,
Take Hairs Family Pilis ios constipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
SEARCHED CLOTHES.
The Fashion Was Started In England
by Queen Elizabeth.


by Queen Elizabeth.
The practice of starching linen is
at least 400 years old 1t is said
to have originated under Queen
Elizabeth Its inventor was Dutch
woman, the wife of a Mr.. Guilheem,
who was driver at the royal court.
Mrs. GuiIheem understood so we'll how
to improve a small deficiency in the
bust of her royal mistress by means of
stiffened collars. frills and laces that
Elizabeth overwhelmed her with IA
vors and privileges and finally elevated
her to the rank of chief inspectress of
the court linen.
The fashion introduced by the queen
was Of course soon followed by all
the women of rank The fad for this
new art finally degenerated into a
veritable mania for starching, ironing,
plating. etc. Later special profess
ors'' Of the art of starching estab-
lished themselves in London. among
whom q Flemish woman of the name
Of Dinghen van der Piasse seems TO
have occupied tue highest rank. Those
privileged to be initiated by her in the
art had to pay no less than f5 for a
lesson
Later they began to add blue color to
the starch. Queen Elizabeth. who was
very anxious about her questionable
beauty. found that the addition of blue
gave a green hue to her complexion.
She therefore prohibited her subjects
wearing any other than pure white
starched linen. claiming that blue
washed linen was injurious to health
But fashion proved superior even to
good Queen Bess" they continued
merrily to use blue starch, though one
woman after the other had to go to
prison for transgressing the blue
law Boston Post
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

International Convention United
Society of Caristian Endeavor, ST.,
Paul. Mimi. July TIP, 1909
The Illinois Central Railroad Co.
will sell round-trip tickets for the
above occasion at $2295 for the
round trip.
Dates of sale-July 8. 4. 5. 1909.
only.
Return Limit-Tickets good to
reach original starting point not lat
er than midnight of July 81. 1909.
For further information call on
Agent Illinois Central Railroad Co.
T. MORROW, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

The preparation of bill to exclude
negroes from employment as fire
men and trainmen in Georgia was
begun Tuesday by a committee rep
resenting the firemen and trainmen
of the Georgia Railroad The bill
will be presented to the legislature
now in session.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Divorce is a remedy for evil rather
than an evil in itself" declared Chief
Justice Emery of Maine. in recent
address. Marriage he defined as a
civil institution. established by law
for the benefit of man, and he sug-
gested that the divorce laws could bs
perfected in three ways-frst. by
granting no divorce until husband and
wife had lived apart for a year; sec
ond by publishing the suits in the
daily papers; third, by giving the
court authority to delay hearings, II
necessary, so that they cannot be
rushed through as is sometimes the
case now.-New York Tribune.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

A call on national depository banks
for return to the treasury of govern
ment funds aggregating approx
mately S25, 900. 900 has been made by
the secretary of the Treasury. Of
this amount S9,0O0,OOO has been
called for July Is. and $16.O00,O0O
September Is.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Five bishops of the African Meth
odist church who complained to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
that they were Disseminated against
by the Southern railroads and the
Pullman Company in transportation,
dining-car and sleeping car facilities,
have been informed by the commits
sion that their complaint was not
Warranted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Lacey Rogers.

Claude Lacey, of ClarksvilIe. and
Miss Bessie Rogers. of South Chris
tian, were married here late Mon
day afternoon. Rev. j. U. SpurIn
officiated. The young people will
reside in Clarksvile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

BrOughton Brandeuburg was ac-
quilted at New York on the charge
of grand larceny. growing out of the
sale to the New York Times of an
article purporting to have been
signed by Grover Cleveland.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
What He Meant.

"Its fortunate that Professor Lung
ley has cold tonight"
what do you mean2 If it hadn't
been for the cold the professor would
have sung"
"Yes." ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

The first automobile stage service
on the Valdez-Fairbanks wagon road
in Alaska is to be inaugurated Aug
/, when a Valdez company will start
TWO machines on the run from the
summit of the Alaska range.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

George W. Ristine, president of
the Tennessee Central railroad,
with headquarters in Nashville, has
resigned and the resignation will
take effect today, when Mr.. Ristine
Will return to Chicago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
sicily's Wheat and Fruits.

Sicily was the ''granary of Rome" In
former days. Wheat grows to an enor.
nous height, and the ears seldom con-
tain less than so grains. The rice is
the finest on earth. l buy it at ten
cents a pound to make that famous
dish-"riso ell buterro @ fromagio." )"
No other rice answers the purpose.
The most bountiful crops of Ger.
many and France. of England and
Austria-Hungary, present to the Sicil.
ian the image of sterility A Sicilian
watermelon is a dream. 1t was the
original nectar of the gods. No Geor-
gia rattlesnake variety is in its class.
Indian figs and aloes are wonderful
the former serving as food for the
poor The pomegrana;e reaches rs
highest perfection along the southern
coast, and is shipped to all parts Of
the world under the name of "punica. %
in honor of the Punic war; it was
brought from Carthage into Italy by
the Romans.-New York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Good luck.

Mr. Buggins-A black cat came TO
our back fence last night Mrs. Bug
gins-Did 1t bring you good luck? Mr..
Buggins-T what II did hit 1t
the first time | fred. = Philadelphia
Record
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Toiner--Sumner.

A license was issued Tuesday to
DUDLEY Joiner and Miss Gertie
Sumner. The young people live
near Lafayett and the wedding is
scheduled to occur tomorrow.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Badly Named.

There is a man in a midland town
whose name is Burst. 1t is a mlsfor-
tune that would not have attracteC
much attention II he had not called his
two children Annie May aud Ernest
Will.-London Scraps,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

A reward of $4,000 has been of
fered by the city of Chicago for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of persons responsible for
the damaging explosion of Sunday
niOht
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Easily Satisfied.

A country man who was doing Lon
don" went to a concert hall and in
qulred the prices Of seats.
"Front seats, shllIings; back. 1
shilling; programs, a penny" said the
attendant.
"Oh. well, them" the visitor re-
marked blandly, "I'll take a program
seatg'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Two companies of white troops
will be sent to Fort Brown, at
Brownsville. Tex, the first garrison
the fort has had since the negro
troops were removed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
NOTICE.

All creditors Of the desolved farm
ing partnership of Foard Brothcfs,
If Longview, Kentucky. are hereby
notified to present a statement OF
claims held by them to me at Long
view, Kentucky, Rural Route No. /,
or to my attorneys. Downer & Rus
sell. at HopkinsviIIe, KY, on or be-
fore August 1st, 1909.
This May %, 1909.
JESSE FOARD.
Surviving partner Of Foard Bros.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
The Weather.

FOR RKENTUCKY Generally fair
Thursday. Not much change in
temperature.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Grape bags for sale at this
office. 1t costs butIlittle to
protect your grapes from in
sects and to prolong the sea-
son. June is the time to
pin on the bags.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01
Confession Of Faith.

Groves: believe in laughter, In
love, in faith, in alr distant hopes that
lure US on.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Colors seen by candlelight will not
look the same by day.-Mrs. Browning.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Actions are the raiment Of the man.
Greek proverb.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Statewide prohibition went into
effect in Tennessee last midnight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

Surviving partner Of Foard Bros.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-07-01

TREATS MS CdHuIudCy, DOln IN puDlc
speech and private conversation. No
man will claim, who knows both
men, that Givens will get more votes
than Kincheloe; no man will say,
who knows both men, that Kinche
loe has less personal influence than
Judge Givens; no man will claim.
who knows both men, that Givens
leads more temperate life than
David Kincheloe. Yet the Hustler
the dispenser of Givens' utterances,
intlmates that every man and every
newspaper who are inclined to vote
against Givens, has cloven foot. II
does not matter, Of course, if the
other candidates are just as temper.
ate or just as much in favor of pro.
hibition as he is, the temperance
voters should all support Givens.
Beckham a short time ago offered
to make the temperance question an
issue, and claimed to be a temper
ance man. Yet Judge Givens op
posed Beckham in the Madisonville
Hustler end in the Henderson Clean.
er. The Journal heartily supported
Mr.. Beckham, who was certainly a.
good a temperance man as Judge
IGiyens. If Judge Giyens claims
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-26
GIPS|ES IN BITTER
f[UD OVER A GIRL

CHICAGO. Nov. 25.-There is feud
between two gypsy tribes. with Chicago
and vicinity as the scene of conflict.
The alleged kidnapping of Is year old
Amelia Johnson from her father.
Ephraim Johnson. in Elizabeth, N j.
three years ago, started it. The arrest
of Zalacho Demetro on a charge of
stealing the girl aggravated the feud
Now Nichola George, his wife and
three children. said to be members of
Johnson's band of gipsies, are under
arrest and may be deported- They
were arrested yesterday when they ar
rived in Chicago. presumably to aid
Johnson in getting his daughter back.
Demetro's nomads informed the au-
thorities that the Georges were SNUG
gled in from Canada after being denied
admission by way of Detroit
The gypsy girl stated TO Judge Better
that she did not want TO return TO her
father. but preferred to live with the
Demetros because she loved to travel.
Demetro declared his son was
Amelia's husband and that the girl 3
father had been paid $1,000 for the
bride He said $500 was spent for a
bridal feast The girl and boy were
held TO the Juvenile court
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-26
NO AFRICAN SLAVE
TRADE, sAYSWYlLlf


NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Widespread
allegations of deplorable conditions in
Portuguese East Africa, particularly in
the islands of San Thome and Principe,
credited by recent English and Ameri-
can writer's TO the existence of cruel
slave trade in African negroes among
the planters. were denounced as un-
warranted fabrications today by Colo
mel ]. A. Wyllie, fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society of England. who
arrived on the steamer Teutonic after
a two months investigation of condi-
tions in Portuguese East Africa.
Colonel Wyllie spent last August on
the islands of San Thome and Principe
and said he found spirit of friendli-
ness and perfect freedom existing be-
tween the white men and the black
The Africans condition is wonder
fully improved as a laborer by the
Portuguese in contrast with his home
environment in central Africa" said
Colonel Wyllie
They come down to the coast. many
of them cannibals and all barbarians
and are glad TO hire out to the planters
to escape the tortures of their tribal
barbarities. On the plantations they are
well housed, well fed and the medical
treatment offered them is excellent"