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4 THE AUGTJS, MONDAY, MAflCH 23, 1903. THE ARGUS. Published Daily and "Weekly at 18S4 Sec ond avenue. Rock Island. IlL Entered at the postofflce as Second-class matter. BY THE J. W. POTTEK CO. TERMS Dally, 1 cents per week. Weekly, tl per year in, advance. All communications of political or argu mentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica tion. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Cot respondence solicited from every town ship in Rock Island county. Monday, March 23. The assault of Miss Alice on San Juan's social hill is evidently a suc cess. President Roosevelt should have a heart-to-heart talk with landlords who bar children from the premises. The recent death in Chicago of a plumber at the age of 11G years should serve to remind us that no man has a lead-pipe cinch on life. Big- sums, of money are being- of fered in Chicago on Mayor Harrison which is- a pretty g-ood sign that he is likely to win. The professional gambler never bets because he fa vors a man or a party but bets to win as a cold money proposition. Now we are a "two-billion-dollar nation," and it is not probable that the limit has yet been reached. Our statesmen will be extravagant just as long as the people are willing- to be taxed to pile up a surplus in the treas ury. If taxpayers are indifferent to their own interests they may rest as sured that congress will place no curb on the reckless expenditure of the people's money. A daughter of the famous Sioux chief, American Horse, has applied) to the Indian bureau in Washington for a position as matron or any similar place in the Indian school service. She is a graduate of the Carlisle In dian school and looks every inch the daughter of a noble red man, as in deed she ought to, for veterans of the regular army regard her father as the finest living- specimen of the Ameri can Indian. Thev have their tax troubles even in China. Royal extravagance, fol lowing the heavy indemnity the country has had to pay on account of the late insurrection and the low- condition of the treasury, have op erated to produce a great deal of dis content among the pople and in some places it is taking the form of open rebellion. The royal family of the empire would be an expensive luxury if their pay were cut one-half. Although it is thirty-eight j'ears since I e surrendered, the old soldier still seems to have the call in politics for more than 16 per cent of the mem bers of the next congress; 29 per cent of the senate and 13 per cent of the house fought on one side or the oth er, in the civil war. Twenty-eight members of the house were not born when Lee surrendered, and several of the senators were little children. Of the seventy-seven ex-soldiers, forty-seven were in the union army and thirty in the confederate army. In the senate there is a tie; thirteen ex-confederates and thirteen union soldiers. " A Philadelphia paper says that city has 1.200 automobiles that cost $2. 000,000. It would be interesting to know what per cent of this $2,000,000 was clear profit to the manufactur ers. With the use of the machine rapidly extending- and all factories crowded with orders the price is still beyond the reach of manv who would be glad to own it in city and country Probably within a few .years there will be a popularizing- of prices so that the auto may have a far larger sale just as did the bicycle. Moder ate profits- on tens of thousands of machines instead of big profits on a few thousand would be better for the factories and the public. St. Iiouis Exposition. , It is announced that the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be dedicated April CO, and May 1 and 2 of this year. How much significance will at tach to this ceremony will be appreci ated when the fact is known that the managers of the event are striving to rival the great World's Fair at Chi cag-o. The success of the plans to date is in no small part due to the energies of ex-Gov. David li. Francis, of Mis souri, who has just completed a most remarkable trip through Europe. He was cordially received everywhere and unusual compliments in , audiences with the reigning souvereigns and din ner.; and other social functions with t:-e foremost men of the respective nations participating, were accorded him. Among those with whom he had pn.sunal interviews were Kng Ed ward, Emperor William, the president of France and the king1 of Belgium, from whom he received heartfelt as surances of cooperation. Rapid progress is being made with. the work of construction and the buildings are 50 per cent completed, being now farther advanced! than the buildings of the Chicago fair in March, 1893, and there are fourteen months yet remaining. How Did He Get There? Among officeholders in Washington Comptroller Trncewell of the treas ury is regarded as a most extraordin ary person. Mr. Tracewell's salary is $3,500 and he thinks he is overpaid. Worse than entertaining such a het erodox, however, is the fact that he has not hesitated to give expression thereto. - During the recent session of congress he was giving- a subcom mittee some information regarding his office. The chairman -complimented! him by saying: "You are the first government oHicer who has appeared before us who did not ask for an in crease of salary." Tracewell replied bluntly: "I'm getting a blank sight too much now." In private conver sation he said "Considering the hours of their labor and their responsibili ties government employes are paid more than any other class of men in the world." All of which is regard ed in bureaucratic circles as little short of revolutionary. Naval Marksmanship. That was pretty shooting- the bat tleship Massachusets did off Pensa cola the other day. A moving- target distant 200 yards was so reduced in size as to be equivalent t a target 17 feet by 21 feet at a distance of 1.700 yards. This was hit ten times in ten shots with the turret gun and six times out of seven shots with a broadside gun. Seamanship was the thing in the days when fighting craft was of wood. Many an American captain lowered the enemy's flag because he could better maneuver a ship for position and effective range. Seamanship still counts for a great deal, but the man behind the gun bears the real respon sibility in these days of steel navies. And the Massachusetts' men seem to be pretty nearly the pink of perfec tion m the shooting art. The Automobile. The automobile is still in its in fancy, and its cost confines it to the wealthy classes. They are making it a sporting vehicle, but this is onlv an ephemeral feature of the situation. The "sport" is nevertheless contributing to the perfectiQn of the machine. He wants simplicity and compactness of machinery, a reduction in weight and certainty of operation, and his money is paying for experiments in these di rections, and thereby contributing to the general good, for ultimately the machine is to come into general use. and prove a valuable and practical portion of the equipment of mankind The ruralist. who is the chief cri tic of the machine, is too shortsight ed, and the greater part of his pres ent fears will never be realized. In fact, it promises him a larg-e personal saving which he does not y?t compre hend. The automobile of today, which so excites his anxiety and. fear is only the pioneer of a machine of but moderate cost which will soon re place his animals, costing almost nothing for feed and maintenance. never getting sick or dying, and not "eating its head off" when not in use. NEWS IN OUTLINE. The Missouri legislature adjourned sine die at noon today. Peace has been signed between the Uraguayan poverninent and the rebels. The revolution only lasted a couple of wieks. The Chinese down per empress has ordered an appropriation of a half mil lion tads for a Chinese exhibit at St Louis. Reports from eastern Oregon state that range stock is suffering on ac count of the snowfall. . The Spanish minister of marine has completed th; naval budget, providing for an increased expenditure amount ing to 55,000.000. The United Statesan Cyclist Joe Nel son won a match against Jimmy Michael, at the Velodrom Buffalo, Taris, yesterday. In an address delivered in New York Major General Clraffee said that he never met an intelligent Chinaman who expressed any desire to embrace Christianity. Governor McBride, of "Washington, has vetoed the bill providing for a bounty of 1 cent per pound on Wash ington beet sugar. The Red Cross trouble has been set tled by Clara Barton retiring from the active presidency and taking an honorary post for life. A thousand new rural free delivery routes are to be established in July, of which Illinois gets thirty-two. Chicago is officially broke and) the paymaster's office is closed until $1,-' 900,000 can be found to pay March salaries. The Buffalo district attorney says he has not yet secured evidence to show who murdered Edwin L. Burdick. The Chicago Great Western rail way has reached an agreement with Its employes on the wage scale. The Laetare medal has been award ed to Charles J. Bonaparte, lawy--, of Baltimore, by the University of Notre Dame, Ind. HEED THE WARNING! The first warning of kidney trouble Is usually pain in the back, because the spinal cord and kidneys work in sympathy. To avoid complications such as Brlght's Disease or Diabetes, get KId-Ne-Oids now. They cure weak back and sick kidneys to stay cured., 60c. ' Coated tablets. Easy to take. T. H. THOMAS, Leading Druggist. DAILY SHORT STORY The Bet of a Woman Hater. Original. Bob Brackett after learning a great deal in college about football tactics lie was a wiry quarter back and a very little of Lathi, Greek, mathemat ics and such annoyances to young men who go to college for fun, woke up one June morning and found himself In possession of a diploma. Bob determined to do some more studying abroad. He was a professed woman hater, and before he loft the girls poked fun at him by betting him a box of cigars against a hundred yards of brussels lace that ho would bring back a wife with him, and one little minx declared that she would be black. Bob offered to take a hundred such bets, but his teasers were quite content with one. Six months after his departure Bob was in India. He was dining one evening with a party, of Americans and British officers when the subject of the suttee. or burning of widows with the bodies of their husbands. was introduced. , .! . . it "That's stopped now," said a British captain, "by a treaty with the British government." "Sahib," 6aid au Indian servant, "there will be a suttee tomorrow morn ing at sunrise. The young widow of the prince of PIngpore will be burned with her husband." "The deuce you say!" The servant being questioned said that the prince was a very old man, who had married the wife when she was twelve years old. She was now fifteen. The party became much in terested, but as there was no English garrison near it did not seem that any thing could be done to preveut this outrage against civilization. Brackett proposed that the party constitute themselves a iosse to do so. The Englishmeu were hard to move until they had had a number of brandy and sodas. Then they chimed in with alacrity. The party arose from the table and, guided by the servant, went to the place where the pyre had been set up in the court of a ruin. Un the pyre was the body of the old prince, guarded by heathen Hindoos. "I have a scheme," said Brackett "a real out and out Yankee scheme. We'll conceal ourselves iu what is left of that apartment on the other side of the wall from the pyre. It isn't more than thir ty feet from the pyre to the room. Sup pose we dig a tunnel to a point beneath the pyre, remove the material from un der where the widow will lie and let her down and out before the flames touch her." "Good," said every one, and the Hin doo servant was dispatched for spades and a wheelbarrow. With a will they set to work, all of them young-strong men, and in three hours a spade broke through the ground and struck the wood of the pyre. Then commenced the more difficult work of locating the re quired spot and removing that part of the pyre directly under the spot where the widow would lie. .However, it Was at last accomplished, the wooden plat form being left supported by pieces of timber that could be removed at will. Iu the morning there was a great diu of the funeral procession approaching. A troop of Brahman priests, their shaved heads uncovered, carrying torch es, followed by a concourse of natives, rame howling into the court. In their midst was the young widow. The party of Anglo-Saxons had pushed the mor tar from a chink in the wall, through which they watched the proceedings. At the foot of the pyre the widow was stripped of all her clothing except a One silken undergarment. To see the young thing stand there, looking about her with a bewildered stare, then at the pyre with a shudder, was enough to move stouter hearts than the Eng lish and Americans. Brackett took one look through the peephole, then dashed iuto the tunnel and to the bottom of the pyre, where he stood ready. When the widow ascended the pyre and lay down and a cloud of smoke concealed the bodies, the signal was given by a British officer at the peephole. Remov ing the supports, Brackett lowered the living body, receiving it in his arms. The widow, frightened at this unex pected occurrence as well as the flames, swooned and was easily carried through the tunnel to the ruined chamber. When she came to, a hand was clapped over her mouth, and she was forced to remalu quiet. It was not till night that the party, dressing the widow In the costume of their servant. Bob Brackett sacrificing his beard to conceal her features, dared to leave their place of conceal ment and return to their quarters. The widow, knowing that If found she would be spurned by her people and compelled to again go through the dread ordeal to Its completion, begged her liberators to take her out of the country. As none of them could go where he liked except Brackett, he was assigned the post of honor. It was on a long journey ou a P. and O. steamer to England, sitting with her daily on deck, talking of her past life and telling her of the western world, that Brackett lost his heart. The con sequence was that when they reached England the widow of the Prince of Pingpore became Mrs. Bob Brackett. On the arrival a few weeks later of the steamer Lucania at New York Brackett's girl friends, who had heard of his marriage with an Indian, were on the dock awaiting him. "A hundred yards of lace, please." "I didn't lose the bet, which was that my wife would be black. She Is coppege colored. Nevertheless I am so happy that I am ready to pay." And he drew from his pocket a bundle of tho finest quality of lace. Then thej all dined together, and Bob presented his bride. EDNA CARROLL, I NO COSTS UNLESS CUBED. A Fair Offer Made by T. II. Thomas to All Sufferers From Catarrh. T. II. Thomas is selling- Hyomei on a plan that has caused considerable talk among his customers. The plan is different from that fol lowed by other remedies, but the remedy itself is different also. This treatment for the cure of catarrh has such an unusual record of cures to its credit that T. II. Thomas offers to refund the money if it does not give the desired benefit. This is cer tainly one of the fairest offers that can be made, and anyone who has ca tarrh and does not take advantage of it is doing himself or herself an in justice. ' The Hyomei treatment consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The complete treatment costs but $1, and as the inhaler will last a life time and there is sufficient Hyomei for more than a month's use, the medicine is very in expensive. Many people who have used it write that for the good Hyo mei has done them they would, will ingly pay thousands of -dollars.-' ' "Extra bottles of Hyomei-"fan- be procured for use with the inhaler at 50 cents. ' Do not suffer any longer with tick ling, smarting, irritating, burning, eye-watering troubles that afflict those who have catarrh. Hyomei will cure you, but if you should not find it adapted to your case, T. II. Thomas will return your money. TODAY'S MARKETS Chicago, March 21 Following are the oper- mg. highest, lowest and closing quotation in today' markets: Wheat. May, 7CX:73i6 July, 69X; ;0!4; Wi' 70H Corn. May, 43' ; ti'f. 434: 43X July, 43; 43 i; 43 Oata. Mav, 83 V: 33: 33: 83 July, 30?g; 3U?t jSOO. Pork. May, 18.15: 18 20 17 115: 18 02 July, 17 30; 17.40; 17.10; l7.- Lard May, 10 00; 10 15: 10.00: 10.02s July, 85; V.90; .KJ; 9.87s Ribs. May, 9 87; 9.P0: 9.79: 9.87 July, 9.57; 9.62: 9.52:9.57. Rye. Mav 60s: flax. cash. N. W.. 1.13 S. W. 1.11. May 1.13, timothy, March 3.42H uariey, casn nt'sw. Receipts today: Wheat 20. corn 122, oats 247: noES 17.000: cattle 28.000. sneen 18.000 Hogs at Kansas City 3,nX), cattle 5,500, noes at omana 5,uo. came i.wr. Hog market opened strong and 10c higher. Hogs left over 3..00. L.tgbt. 17(57 60: muced and butch ers. 17 20J&7.75; good heavy, I7.30ia7.75; rough oeavy, 7.softt7.tu Cattle market oprned slow. ' Sheep market opened unchanged. Union stock yards 8:40 a. m. Hoe market stroncr. lCGtlSc nieher. Light, 17.057.65; mixed ana ouicners, IT 20 7.75; gooa Heavy, 7.aoa.8o; rougu neavy tt..vna,,.M. Cattle market for best steady, others slow Beeves $3.75i3.75, cows ana" hellers l sooi 4.75, Texas steers Kf.yuiS4.eo, Blockers ana ieeaers s w. Sheep market stronsr. Ilog market closed weak and a shade lower. ' Light, t7.0f7.GS; mixed and butchers, 7.20 ,7. ,o: gooa Heavy, I7.30(S7.S5; rougn neavy, 7.30&7.50. Cattle market closed dull and mostly 5 to iuc lower. Sheep market closed strong-. Visible supply: Wheat decreased 1.911:000 Dusneis, last year decreased l.twy.ouo bustiels. corn decreased i7r.wxi busnels; last year de creased 5TX,((V bushels. Oats decreased 175.0 0 bushels; last year decreased 2t7.ouo Dusneis. Kstimated receipts Tuesday: Wheat 30. corn -joo, oais u, nogs is.ihw. New York Stocks. New York. March 23 -The following are the closing quotations on the New York stock exenange: So. Pacific 64, suear 12SH, C. & A. com. 32 v ras 103, Penna. 143. B. & O. 93H-C.R. 1. & P. com 49. C. M. &. St. P 1704. Manhattan 14tV pacinc Mau :w. Atcnison com . t3X, w. u Tel. Co. 8H. N. Y. Central 137. & N 122, B.. R.T.67H, Rdg. com. 60s;, leather com. 12. copper 72. Atcnison pta. w. u S. Steel ptd 874. U. S. Steei common 3TSi. Missouri Pad Be 1094. Union Pact tic common 0,;V4. coal and Iron 68. Krle common ss: Wabash ptd 50?8. Can Pacific l4. Republic Meet common ao, Ke public steel pta. .. M. K. & T. common 2tH. American Car Foundry common 40H; C. & G. V. 25H. LOCAL. MARKET CONDITIONS. Today's Quotations on Provisions. Live Stock. Feet) and Fuel. Rock Island, March 23. Following are the quotations on the local market: Provisions. Butter Creamery 25c, dairy JOc. Ea-es Fresh 15c. Live poultry Chickens 10c per pound. nens wc per pound, aucks isac, turkeys use. geese 9HC. vegetaoies potatoes, xc to 4uc. Live Stock. Cattle Steers 13.25 to 15.51. cows and heifers 2.oo to 14.50. calves 14.50 to tfl.50. Hogs Mixed and butchers 10.25 to 7 25 Sheep Yearlings or over, per cwt. 14.00 to &.uu, Lamoa per neaa ti uu to sa.aj. Feed nnd Fuel. Grain Corn 4345c; oats. 32c to 35c Forage Timothy hay, til to 113. prairie H0 to in. baled prairie 19, baled timothy 112 straw, te.uj. wood Hara. per load R.oora5.50. Coal Lump, per bushel i3c&Hc. mine run 13c per bushel, siack. per bushel 7c H. J. TOHER. A. L. ANDERSON. H. J. Toher & Co., Brokers. Stocks, Grain, Provisions, Cotton. Private wires To New York And Chicago. No.-109 Main at Davenport. Iowa. Telephone 07. ; One of the Finest And big-gest displays of fruits and vegetables can be found at our store. We have everything that the market affords. If you have tried elsewhere and could not find what yon wanted call us up. Vegetables. 0lerv. Green onions. Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Water Cress Soup Bunches Radishes. ParsJey. Head Lettuce, Oyster Plant. Egg Plant, Brussei Sprouts New Peas. Leaf Lettuce.Turnips, Cauliflower. Wax Beans, Mushrooms, Carrots. Beets, Squash. Endive! Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Spanish Onions, Leek. Kohl Rabi. Pie Plant, N"wOnions Bermuda Onions Horse Radish Roots Fruits. Malaga Grape. Eating and Cooking Apples Bananas Navel Orange, Florida Oranges California Pears Strawberries Blood oronges Poultry &.nd Fish. Dressed Chickens. Fresh Fish - I- Turkeys. Ducks. Canned Oysters. Bulk Oysters 'ii.i Shell Oysters. Spring Chickens dressed to order Goose. Wild ducks dressed to order. HKSS BUOS. ift?n Kond Ave. Phone 1031. IVt A THI'S Confectionery airtd Fancy Bakery is and always was in the hands of the people and we are their servants, and ever ready- to serve you with the most palat able Confections, Ba.kery Goods, Ice Cre&m and Cakes. Try our homemade Chocolate Dipped Kisses, something new and delicious. Give us your trade and you'll not be disap pointed. ALWAYS THE LEADEES IN OUR LINE. Matti, 1716-1718 Second Av Enjoyed By All record of Arndt's Havana Sec onds. !Xot much wonder when you know what they are made of. Don't Be Fooled by taking something- else rec ommended as being "just as good." While you are here look over our line of smokers' arti cles. There are many tilings here you'll not find el&ewhere. .S. M. Arndt & Co., . 1706 Second. Avenue. BKNOSTOS'S BLOCK. This is One Side of the R.U& sii m mim m i The Other Side is Just Like It v Call and examine our beauti ful hand-made "Fluff Rugs." Carpet Cleaning a. bpeialty Rock Island Rug Co., New 'phone 5001. 225 Fourth Ave. Old 'phone 1519. , Spring ? The New Clothing Store 4 H "I1 I 1 "J1 "I1 'I1 I' h 'X 1 ll3 'l!9 1 to iiouseki:i:pei;s is our system of selling groceries. J HIGHEST QUALITY AND LOWEST PRICES, WITH PROMPT DE- LIVERY' SERVICE MAKE IT AX Oli.IECT FOll YOU TO TRADE WITH US. READ THE FOLLOWING: JEgg plums, 2 cans JKorn Krisp, 2 pkgs X. Y. buckwheat, per sack.. J Rye meal, per sack Rye Hour, per sack Graham flour, per sack Corn meal, per sack ,j, Dried apricots, 3 lb. Dried peaches, 3 lbs Yeast foam, pkg Onion set, per quart Granulated sugar, 20 lbs Rolled oats, S lbs. for 15e 25c 17'.e 32c r.Oe l'.e l;.e 23c 2jc " Tic 1.00 25c S 1 MAUCKER. (SL TONN, r J Cash Grocers, Cor. Seventeenth St. & Fourth Ave Old Phone, West 1301. New Phone 519. $ t WE HAVE A STANDARD t I 1 j CHANNON, Davis Block. 'Phono 114S. I TWEIITY PER CEIIT To open the season v.e have decided to make a dis count of 20 per cent on any paper iu the store for the next two weeks, beginning Wednesday, March 4. AH new spring goods and a large assortment to select from. CaU on us and see if we can't save you money. PAR.IDON (Si SON. Thones Old Union 213; new 5213. 419 Seventeenth St. HM.I--H"i"M HI 111 H. E. CASTEEL, President. L. Central Trust and Savings Bank ROCK ISLAND, ILL. INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAW. Capital Stock. lOO.OOO- Four Per Cent Interest Paid on DepoalU j Trust Department j Estates and property of all kinds are managed by this depart- J ment, which, is kept entirely Mparete from the banking business ol- jr J the company. We act as executor of and trustee under Wills, Ad- J mmistrator, uuaruian ana onsrvaior ox x-siaies. j Receiver and assignee of insolvent v estates. General financial agent for non-residents, women, invalids and others. J rttti i tttmn tinn Olotfiiog HJJE are show-1 ing the fin- est and best! hand tailored trra h23 that has ever been shown i n this city, the G. & H. Special. 1714 Second Avenue. 4 "J "I" t I" t fi 'I1 'I1 ! ! J "1 "I1 "J .$1.00 . 10c 2oe 18c 15c 15e t 1 1 c " '2jc t;5e Ite 25c . Fine peaberry coffee, 0 lbs... Good Santos coffee. 10 lbs... XXXX coffee, cr lb Santa Claus soap. 8 bars .... "Swift's Pride"' soap, 8 bars. Gold Dust, per pkg Sapolio. Se pkg.. 2 for Large Ivory soap. 2 for Tomatoes, per can Kidney beans, n cans I. Corn. 2 cans 13c, per do Salmon, tall cans? Table peaches, 2 cans l'y which we gauge every bit of plumbing work we do. That standard is excellence, and our many satisfied patrons attest the full measure of merit and adher ence to our standard. We don't do inferior work at any time, but charge no more for the superior kind. PERRY CO., Ill West Seventeenth St. DISCOIT, I : 111 t IU II I I D. MUDGE, Vice President. IL D. SIMMON, Cashier h f n n u i m i mif U 1 EU P i ill 111! tat Mayes