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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
ELECTDELECATES|
Republicans Hold Convention
to Name Representatives
at Macomb Meeting.
}. |. HAAS IS ENDORSED
Resolutions Instructing Delegation
to Work for Him Are Adopted ,
Handing In Chair.

The republicans of the county held
a convention in the circuit court room
at the court house this afternoon for
the purpose of naming delegates TO the
convention to be held at Macomb Aug.
II TO name candidate for the SUI
preme court bench.
The convention was called 10 order
at l:30 by Chairman DR.. Joseph De-
Silva, and organized by the election of
l.. c. Blanding as chairman and j. F.
Witter as secretary The temporary
Organization was made permanent. A
committee on credentials was named.
as follows: G. w. Johnson, H. J.
Gripp, c. V. Johnson. j. F. Mcbride,
II. NJ. Schriver, j. F. Murphy Thomas
Campbell. DR.. Freek and William j.
nent organization included Judge r.
w. Olmsted, Fred Whiteside and Hen
ry Selmer.
The chair named L. M. Magill
Charles George and e. r. Maloney as
a committee on resolutions.
Haas is Endorsed.
The resolutions committee reported
resolutions endorsing the candidacy of
j. l.. Haas. master in chancery. for
the nomination. and instructing the
delegates 10 support him in the con-
lvention. The resolutions were unani-
mously adopted and Mr. Haas was call
I'd upon for a speech He spoke brief
ly, and suggested that the other can
Milton Mcclure of Beardstown was
given the floor. He spoke of the re-
| markable courtesy shown the other
| candidates by Mr. Haas. and said that
| The convention did right in endorsing
him as the candidate.
Delegates Chosen.
The committee on the selection of
delegates. composed of w. A. Rosen-
field, DR.. Joseph DeSilva. c. e. Dietz,
| James Hutchinson and r. r. White
side, reported the following. and the
| report was adopted:
Delegates-Dr Joseph DeSilva. Ed
| ward w Schoede. c. F. GAZETTEER. H. NJ
schriver, E. r. Maloney, J. F. Mcbride
". A. Rosenfeld, w A. Meesa, l.. M
| Masill, l.. c. Banding. A. H. Kohler
| :. L. Whiteside, c. E. Dietz. G. A
'hallberg. Charles George. Thomas
| Campbell, j. NJ Hutchinson. Olaf AT
| Unison and Thomas Latin.
| Alternates-M. NJ. Sturgeon. H. w
| OImStld l. l. Hance Iohn Rippl- =
| ,. VanGalder, II. B. Hubba Il. 3. f
Knox, C. A. Bergland. R. w Hamilton
9. S. Bell, c. V. Johnson. C. w. .iohn
| 'on, George w. Gamble, F. II. Clues
ng. F. ]. Whiteside. George H. Rich
| nond r. L. Wilson. A. b. Johnson
| Henry Carpenter and William j. Nc
4 ntyre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

the voter will write the name of his
favorite on the outside Of his envelope,
enc vote being counted for each penny.
These envelopes will be deposited by
the purchaser in the ballot box, which
will be locked, and only such ballots
will be counted as correspond with the
number of votes appearing on the en-
veiope.
ain order TO be absolutely fair, three
designated citizens will act as Judges
of this contest and canvass the vote.
The contest is to be confined to a resi-
dent lady of Rock Island"
Location of Boxes.
All details preliminary to the open
ing of the contest have been attended
to, and today the ballot boxes were
placed in II convenient locations in
the city. The boxes are at the follow
ing places of business:
Mccabe & Co. store.
Young G. McCombs store.
M. w. A. building.
Safety building.
UIlemeyer pharmacy, Fifteenth street
and Eleventh avenue.
Hartz pharmacy, Twentieth street
and Third avenue.
Arcade cigar store.
Bijcu cigar and news stand.
Atlas cigar store.
Thomas drug store.
Rock Island National bank.
The fire queen contest is new idea.
and the display of the portrait of the
most popular young lady in the city, as
determined by the contest, has never
before been attempted. The exhibits
committee arranged for this feature
for the fireworks display in its con-
tract with the American Fireworks
company of Boston. which will furnish
the three big displays of pyrotechnics
during the exposition week 1t prom
Uses TO be an interesting feature of the
exposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

[Society news, written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address.l
Lawn Sociables Tonight.-The Busy
Bee Sewing society of the Eudora
Rebecca lodge will give lawn so
cable this evening at the home of Mrs.
]. A. Reid. $40 Sixteenth street The
ladies' will sell ice. cream and cake
and ice cream cones.
The Epworth league of the FRS!
Methodist church viii also conduct 4
lawn soeiable this evening on the lawn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
Children Who Are Sickly.

Mothers who value their own comfort
and the welfare of their children should
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, for
use throughout the season. They break
up Colds. cure Feverishness. Constipa-
ton. Teething Disorders. Headache and
stomach Troubles. THESE POWDERS
NEVER FAIL. Sold by all Drug Stores
25c. Don't accept any substitute A
trial package will be sent FREE to
any mother who will address Allen S.
Olmsted. re Roy, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
SNOWMAN TALKS
Dexter S. Fellows, With Bar
mum & Bailey, Commends
Exposition.
ATTRACTIONS STANDARD
Declares 1t One of the Best Local
Amusement Enterprises in the
Country.

I'm all my travels | haven't seen Il
local amusement enterprise in a COM
munity the size of this giving such
promise as the Rock Island exposition
does.' said Dexter S. Fellows, press
agent with the Barnum & Bailey
1T is well billed and | see the shining
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
Mere Time for lnterurban.

The Galesburg city council. in the
shortest session on record, Saturday
evening voted to extend. the time of
the Rock lsland-Galesburg interur-
ban. which asked for two months
longer TO open street over which it
proposes to enter the city. 1t was
explained that that period would be
needed TO arrange the final details
of financing the line
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
A Niqht Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calo-
mel, croton oil or aloes pills. They
raid your bed to rob you of rest. Not
so with DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They never distress or inconvenience
but always cleanse the system, cur
ing colds, headache, constipation,
malaria, 25 cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
To VOTE FOR
A FIRE QUEEN
Contest in Connection With
Second Rock Island EXPOSE
ton Opens Tomorrow.
CONTINUES FOR 10 DAYS
Ballot Boxes Are Placed at Conven-
lent Downtown StOres-Win-
ner's Portrait to be Shown.

The voting contest for the election
of the fire queen of the Rock Island
exposition will open tomorrow morning
at o'clock and close at 6 o'clock Sat
urday evening, July 81 The young
lady who receives the largest number
of votes in the contest will be declar
ed the fire queen. and her portrait will
be exhibited in fire as the special feat
ure of the big fireworks display the
closing night of the exposition, Aug. a.
The exhibits committee of the EXPOSE
ton company has selected three COM
petent men, whose names will be an
nounced later, TO act as judges of the
contest. These judges are all chosen
from outside of the board of directors
of the company.
Conditions of Contest.
The committee has announced the
conditions of the contest as follows:
LAS special feature of interest to
Rock island in connection with the
last fireworks exhibit of the Rock Is
land exposition, the directors have de-
cided to display a picture CT what will
be termed the fire queen who will be
selected by popular vote. In order to
determine the lady to be designated.
ballot boxes will be placed at conven-
lent locations through the business sec
ton CT the city, and votes may be pur-
chased at penny apiece. The condi-
tons are these:
Suitable envelopes will be provided
in which coin will be deposited and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
PERSONAL POINTS.

A. f. Lamp has returned from
visit in South Dakota
Mrs. T. II. Thomas has gone to Col
orado for an extended visit.
Frank Aud of Boston paid his
brother. ]. C. Aud short visit.
Miss Emily Freeman left today for
visit of several weeks in Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Harness left to-
day for an extended visit in Colorado
and California.
r. d. Bullock has gone TO Eureka,
Cal. where he will take position
with lumber company.
William Channon has returned to
Ontario. Canada, after a short visit
with relatives in this city.
DR.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Pearce leave
tonight for Denver, Colorado Springs
and other points in Colorado for two
weeks stay.
w. H. Gest left this noon for visit
of few days in Chicago. From there
he will go to Macknaw, Mich, for an
extended visit.
C. A. Curry has returned from a
visit of several weeks at Seattle
where he attended the Alaska-Y Yukon
Pacific exposition.
Mrs. w. H. WEIGH, son. Lester. an(
daughter. Ida. of Atkinson are visiting
at the home of their daughter, Mrs. f
| o. Bengston in Moline.
C. E. Gilman left this morning TO
| his home at Beloit. Wis. after lookin;
over the work at the Y. M. c. A. Thu
board will meet tonight to conside
Mr.. Gilman as the future physica
Idirector of the Y. M. c. A.
| Rev. w. B. Clemmer and family, Mr.
and Mrs Edward Lundberg. Mr.. ant
Mrs. F. l.. Patterson and Miss Harrie
Redline of Lanark. H., left today fo
Pentwater Mich. The party will spent
the month of August fishing and camp
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

Cudahy, son of the millionaire packer.
to Miss Lenora Brewer. daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. Brewer of San Fran
cisco. Cudahy was at one time kid
mapped by Pat Grove of Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

The worlds most successful medi.
cine for bowel complaints is Cham.
berlain,s Collie, Cholera and Diar.
hoea Remedy. 1t has relieved more
pain and suffering and saved more
lives than any other medicine in use
Invaluable for children and adults
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

lights of promise everywhere within
reasonable radius of Rock Island
In glancing over the listNof free at
fractions find much offered that | am
familiar with. The Sunlin trained bull
was with the Barnum shows two years
and is an attractive feature. The
Norins and Boitomlys are well known
high class attractions that would be a
credit to the best shows in the country.
The DakomaSchiller troupe has just
landed in this country from Europe and
is regarded by show people as top
liner. The Navassar band cannot 5e
beaten for a novel and artistic musical
organization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

"ss1''e oi the CHURCH. In case the
weather is too disagreeable. the affair
VIII be held in the church.
Ih-Ward.-.John Ill of the hardware
firm of Ill & Ehleb. surprised his many
friends of this city by announcing his
marriage to Miss Corinna Ward July
l3 at Oxford, Miss After the honey
moon spent in Memphis. Tenn, and
Chicago, they have returned to this
city and will go to housekeeping at
221S Sixth avenue The groom is a
promising business man of this com
munity and his many friends will wish
him success in his new venture.
Given Farewell Party.-Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Schroeder, SIG Seventh
street, were given farewell party yes
ternoon by the Low German Sisters
lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder will
leave Thursday morning for New
York. where they will board the
steamer Cleveland for three months
visit at Hamburg, Germany.
Gives Farewell Party.-Miss En-
right gave a farewell party at the
Hotel Davenport last evening for Miss
Josephine Gadient and Miss Nell Gan
non of Davenport, who will leave Aug
for Chicago. The same young ladies
will be the honorees at another party
Thursday evening at Fejervary park
and will be given by Miss Edna Davis.
Merry Widow Club Dance.-The
Merry Widow club gave dancing
party at the Watch Tower inn last
evening which was well attended.
This was the third of the series IF
summer parties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

Many a man does not know the
Merchant Tailor's patterns of each
season differ markedly from
those of machine made clothes.
Yet his friends who wear made-to-
order garments do know it.
Individuality is desired by
gentleman Always. In no
other way can he secure clothes
having this mark unless made e.S-
pecially for him by first class
Merchant Tailor.
E. F. DORM,
VIM. EMIG,
J. B. ZIMMER & SON.
Copyright by the Merchant nns Ieue)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27
Have Right Idea.

You have the right idea here in
Rock Island and there is no reason
why an exposition of the White City
order, such as you are pulling off an
nually should not run successfully fog
more than a week each year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

west of the church. In case the
weather is too disagreeable. the affair
viii be held in the church.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
SLUMP IN GRAINS
Sentiment Yesterday Exceedingly
Bearish-Whea Led and Others
Followed After.

Chicago. Aug. N'E'IAT.-S H.
liment today was exceedingly ! arts
with the exception of a shott per /
at the opening The feature Of the
trading was the selling of September
and December by elevator interests
whose purchases yesterday caused a
three cent bulge in the September
delivery Offerings from TINS souru
were so liberal that traders forg t
all about the congestion in Septemb =
and sold without stint the great +
part of the day.
The situation in the mort invest fur
Their aggravated the selling fever.
The first consignment Of new wheat
arrived N Minneapolis today, d the
elevator interests Of that town report
ed that the yield for Minnesota and
the Dakotas will be unusually heavy.
Winnipeg dispatches claimed the
Weld in western Ca, ada will he little
short of phenomenal Closed heavy
with the final quotations showing t
losses Of rs to 13l@ 7sc,
No. > red $1,000 Los; No. red 9te
n1.O41a; No. : hard 1.0ll2 n /. oSa &c.
) hard 94n10ll2. September o6clod
Lo2m1o2}2 high 1029s; low loo'a .
closed 1.G07a MlC1; December closed
qG2sc.
CORN-Priyate reports claiming
that a general rain was working east
ward from the Rocky Mountains,
through southwest Missouri and parts
ct Kansas were mainly responsible
fer the sldm2 to-day. Tao break in
wheat also depressed Prices. \ mum
Der Of larger longs too& profits ard
there was also free selling by com
mission houses. Closed wcakFsM Il (
lower.
No. > ca; No 2 white 7lt2G7l%
No. ? yellow 7tlk@718; No. , dSl@'
No. . white 7tAG71t2 No. , ye.
low ~; September opened G6&s a
66& higi GGa,; low G5ai; close
G57a m66. December 80
OATS Profit taking by local long
prompted by the declines in whea'
and corn. caused weakness in oats
following a strong tc-e early in the
lay. The new crop in the northwest
it is said, will be extremely heavy
Closed weak. isnA TO 7sc lower,
No . 37@&7l2; No. white 39'2 a
40; No. > white 3SM3912 standard
39M40 September opened 1914 a
S93s; high $685.; low 3Sm3S1s
closed 3St&GSS4. December IS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
SITUATIONS WANTED

S122973D is. by the terms of said
Ordinance No. 1873 to be paid by
special tax assessment of the whole
cost of said Improvement according to
the benefits and In accordance with
the provisions of said Ordinance, and
an assessment thereof having been
made and returned to said court, the
final hearing thereon will be had a.
the August Probate Term of said
County Court, at the Court House In
the City of Cairo, Illinois, on Tuesday,
the 31st day of August. A. D. 1909, al
the hour of nine O'Clock a. m. of said
day, or as soon thereafter as the bus.
mess of the Court will permit
All persons desiring may file objec-
tons in said Court before said day
and may then and there appear on the
hearing and make their defense.
The said assessment is payable in
ten annual installments. and all of said
installments will bear interest as pro
vided by statute, at the rate Of five
per cent. per annum.
Dated Cairo, Illinois, August 18th,
1909.
WALTER WARDER,
Commissioner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New YORK. Arg 19.--WHEAT.-Re-
ceipts 1890. exports 12fS75; sTot
weak: Ne ) red new s109 nominal,
and 1I23S' b. adoat. Apart from a
brief opeIirg sjeadincss wheat was
very wea' today, following the severe
b.eaksin the northwest Bears sold
aggrcssiyelv on fine weather. pros
rccts for heavier northwest receipts
and the bearish estimate of the
worlds crop from London and the
market closed weak at 1isM l &c net
declire. September closed 1909.
CORN Receipts $4,000: spot easy;
No. 9 mixed S0'5c nominal elevator
and 81 nominal delivered; No. new
mixed 6a9s fob aaoat The option
market was quiet AMI irregular; Sep
TENDER closed = higher. while D.
camber was = lower; September
closed 20.
OATS Receipts GsG25; exports l.
go: spot barely steady, mixed isc
nomina-. natural white 47i5n ~.
clipped white 52d52ls
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Ordinance No, 1913,

Notice Is hereby given to all per-
Gus interested. that the city council
If the City of Cairo, Illinois, has by
Ordinance No. 19S, approved July
9Th. A. d. 1904 ordered the improve
ncut of Elm street, in the City of
Iairo, Illinois, from the north line If
Thirtieth street to the east line of
Washington avenue. IN the City OF
afro, County of Alexander and State
# Illinois, by the construction there
n of vitrified brick pavement, with
combination concrete curb and gut
or on both sides of said brick pave
ncnt, al the outer edges of said brick
lavement, and by the construction
hereon of natural limestone mar
final curbs at all unpaved street
intersections, at the outside edges
{ said brick pavement and
ombination concrete curb and
utter. as extended out to the lot
inc on both sides of said street, and
W the construction thereon of brick
atch-basns and for the levy and col
cction of special tax upon contigu-
us property to pay for said improve
nenf, and that said Ordinance No. 1sS
on file in the office of the City Clerk
If said CITY OF Cairo. and that the
ghole cost of said improvement
mounting 10 the sum of Twelve
Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety
seven Dollars and Thirty One Cents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
STILL GOING DOWN
Are Prices of Stocks--Market At
tackled BY Bears Yesterday With
Vigor-IDe aings Heavy.

New York, Aug 19.-Prices IN the
stock market declined further today
on selling for both accounts. I'M
usual activity and excitement prevail
ed at the opening when transactions
were most heavy a d strongly sug-
gestive of general liquidation. Sup
portig orders helped to steady the
list and after the first hour the mar
ket grew quiet and orderly.
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Canadian Pacific, New York Central,
Illinois Central AID Northwestern all
fell a point or more at the opening
with very substantial fractional
losses in numerous other issues.
Atchison was one oI the few active
stocks to resist the selling pressure.
Before the expiration OF the first
hour in which almost half million
shares changed hands, Union Pacific
was off three points and Reading two.
BY midday there was some recovery
gree and the uudertone continued
feycrish and confusing, The final
hour brought further recovery with
especial sgains in local transactions
and Missouri Pacific. Reading, RocIa
Island, New York Central, Pensyi-
vania and Steel regaaeI a better
part Of their early losses, but The
Hartman group made little headway
lin that direction
Stocks poured out In enormous
volume ard the decline proceeded
with little interruption. Absolutely no
news was heard to account for the
movement which was the most sen
sational OF its kind in several weeks
the concensus of board room gossip
was that the raid had its origin in the
very aggressive bear faction, which
chose this particular occasion rs the
psychological moment y
At the lowest prices of the day
Union Pacific, Reading and New York
Central recorded maximum losses of
over five points each, and but very
little recovery was shown. The bal
apce of the list was affected to a
greater or lesser degree ard the close
was not without its moments of semi
Generalization Over 100000 shares
wpro traded during the last hour and
OF that mount over two thirds came
ont in the final twenty minutes The
DAYS total was again well above t.
100000 shares In the money market
call loans opened at 2% per cent and
held close to that figure Money was
in reduced demand without change of
rates.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
SCIENCE PREVENTS shLpNEss.


I. IL the rarest thing in the word fol
man to be necessarily bald. No man
whose hair is not dead at the roots need
be bald II he H'll use Newhr0s Herpi-
eide, the new scalp antiseptic. Herpi-
eide destroys the germ that cuts the hair
off at the root and cleans the scalp oi
dandrufr and leaves 1t in a perfectly
healthy condition. Mr.. Mannett, IN the
Maryland Block. Bntte, Mont, was en-
tirely bald. In less than month Herpi-
eide had removed the enemies OF hair
growth. aud nature did its work by COW
erng his head with thick hair an inch
long. and IN six weeks he had a normal
sliit of hair, Sod by leading druggists
Send loc, In stamps for sample to Tns
Rerpicde CO.. Detroit. Mich.
On. dolrr .,or~rs SusraD-ted' FaGl
G. Schrh & Sons. special agents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20

tone steady. net unchanged to tc1
points lower. Sales $3.50 bags. Seq
TENDER $5.i5; spot quiet No Eio
.74M71a; mild quiet; Cordoya SO
@12.
SUmAR-Raw firm; fair refining
s3G1; centrifugal SO; test Sail; mo-
lasses sugar Sc, refined steady,
confectioner's A 49,; mould A ia;
cut loaf SIS; crushed 575; powdered
Sis; graduated 505; cubes go.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-20
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER-Strong. creamery spec
ials 2Sl2c: extras 2717 thirds to
frsts 24G27
CHEESE Higher. ranged 50. n Is.
EGGS Steady: western not quoted
COFFEE-Futures opened quiet at
unchaneed prices to an advance Of r
ucints in response 10 the gain Of par
tial = franc in the French market
and held arorrd the initial figures IN
til the close when the market easel
absence Of buyers, with the final