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THE "ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, VMU. 4 THE ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 Second avenue. Rock Island, I1L IEn tered at the postofflco as second-class matter. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally, 10 cent! per week. Weekly. Jl per year In advance. All communications of argumenta tive character, political or religious, must have real name attached for pub lication. No such articles will be print ed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. Wednesday, September 7, 1904. The presidential canvass period is a time of claimcrs and declaimers. As a strike breeder and trust creator there is nothing like a stand-pat lush tariff. Vesuvius in action asain probably makes Naples wish that the volcano were a sphinx. I'itv the sorrows of the renubliean orator in Missouri this year, lie will have nothing to say and nolxxly to say it to. Six Indians diet from drinking alco hol at Holla, X. I). There must have been an enormous supply of alcohol at Holla. Yes, Vermont went republican by the c-ustoniary majority, but when it comes to a discussion of precedents and cri terions how about Arkansas? President Roosevelt's letter of ac fentance contains IUJhhi words. Thi.- oimht to serve as a warning to those persons who have made up their mind to read it. W. T. Stead says the czar is one of the most enlightened nun in tlu world. He certainly ought to be if lie has been reading the papers since last February. Mr. Roosevelt is running against the constitution. The competition is un fortunate for him. A president may override the constitution while in of fice, but a candidate cannot overcome it in a campaign. St. Louis Republic. Vfter all the boasting that came frmi administration sources to what the republicans would do in the repub lican state of Vermont the republican majorities in the election of yesterday are not above the average not so large as they have been in times past. 1'nique scenes were enacted when the remains of Col. M. II. Messoherb of Ooiiglasville. Pa., were removed from his late home to the place of cre mation near by. Deceased was a mil lionaire and had more friends among t tumps than any other man in the country. In some mysterious way news of his death had been passed around among these waifs, scores of whom were in attendance, many hav ing come from long distances. Moss cherb always had a quarter for a tramp and was known to thousands of the nomadic fra'ernity. There is not much evidence of the existence of a board of strategy in the war now going on in the far east. The operation! are not directed by a body f men thousands of miles from the Mcene of operations. The command ers, both as regards the Russians and the Japs, have been given hints as to the general conduct of the cam paign, but it has not been necessary, as it was in the case of Dewey, to cut the cable in order to get busy without interruption. An exchange re marks that war is hell over there and is carried on in the old hellish way of finding the enemy and then smashing them if the thing is possible, just as ilrnnt did. Political Speeches From the Cabinet. Xcw York World: The World can not wholly agree with certain captious critics of the administration who pro fess to find in the iKlitienl activity of the cabinet officers a violation of the spirit of the civil service law. It is a far-fetched critcism. There is no violation of the law. no impropriety in a cabinet officer's "taking the stump." On the contrary, there are excellent reasons why a cabinet oftict-r should make speeches in a campaign. Such activity is wholly in harmony with the political traditions of the F.nglish speaking peoples, who have always in sisted that their public servants give from time to time an account of their statesmanship. The people have a right to know what Secretary Taft ha? to say in support of his Philippine policy: what explanation Secretary Shaw can make of the treasury defic its: how Mr. Hay can justify the ael minis;r:i:r.'s dealing with Columbia and Venezuela and its prolific ue of the big stick; what Mr. Payne thinks of "hot air" and the postoff.ee scandals. Free discussion is the breath of life cf republican, institutions, and we are not in danger of suffering from too much of it. If the cabinet officers can convince the people that the administration was right in its policies, and is going to be right, well and good. If they cannot. the administration must take the con sequences. The V"orld does not be lieve the supporters of Judge Parker are afraid to meet any issue the cabi net officers can raise. Rood I erg Not Wanted by Folk. This epigramniatieal phrase from the recent speech of Joseph Y. Folk of Missouri will live a long time: "I do not want the support of hood Iers. Xext to the honor of defeating them is-" the honor of being defeated by them." . Yet there are municipalities in the United States today which sometimes tolerate officials who seek support of boodlers and depend upon that support for election as opposed to the support of the law-abiding element. Xon-en- forced laws, broken pledges and ne lect of duty are the products of boodle elected officials. If Missouri fails to elect Mr. Folk, Missouri deserves to suffer severely. If the state should fail to elect Folk it would serve it right to be punished by going republican. Kussia's Worst Dnemy is at Home, Perhaps when th Russian-Jap war is over, and the truth is all known, it will develop that the Japanese did not weaken Russia so much on the firing line as Russia has weakened herseif at home. Militarism ami anarchy seem to have rotted Russia internally. An illustration was the assassination of Minister Von Plehwe only a few we-ks ago. The fundamental principle of nation al strength and integrity is peace at home. Russia faces a (badly war at home. Officials look into the faces of the people with terror, knowing not which among them carry daggers in their sleeves or bombs in their pock ets. Obstacles to City Building. The Argus always has been an ob server and respecter of law. as any newspaper ought to be. but it never has had any patience with the dispo sit ion to take advantage of supposed technicalities for the purine either of oppressing or imposing upon cor porations in their reasonable enjoy mnt of privileges for doing business The Argus believes Rock Island the best town on earth. It is comjiosei of the most enterprising and progrcs sive people, liberal-minded in their treatment of all enterprises and indus tries, and on this account the spirit manifesting itself here of late years on the pnit of a few to inflict hard ships on corporations, and thus do ir reparable injury to the city's name, is the more to be deprecated. This paper has not hesitated to con leiiin on all occasions the tendency in certain quarters to unnecessarily and unjustly embarrass the Tri-City Railway company and the Milwaukee road in ttie holding of their franchises here, and the proceeding that has now been entered again.-t the Rock Island Plow company of a similar nature ought likewise to be denounced by all people broad-minded enough to regard the welfare of the entire city as para mount to tiie picauuish interests of the individual. Such proceedings as are herein re ferred to will do more to check the efforts of business men's associations and otle-r organizations for the promo tion of the common good than can be overcome in years of hard, persistent labor. The world outside should not anil. The Argus hopes, will not. judge Rock Island by the narrow spirit of the few who seek to profit at the expense of the city in general. It is simply the old fogy spirit that is apt to crop out in any community, and Rock Island re grets as much as it possibly can that it. is in evidence here. Notice to Stockholders. Public notice is hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Illinois Central Railroad company will be held at the company's office in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, October l'J, l".u4. at 12 o'clock noon. To permit personal attendance at said meeting thetj will be issued to each holder of one or more shares of the capital stock of the Illinois Central Railroad company, as registered on the books of the company at the close of business on Tuesday, September '2. I!n4, who is of full age, a ticket enab ling him. or her. to travel free over the company's lines from the station on the Illinois Central railroad nearest to his or her registered address to Chi cago and return, such ticket to be good for the journey to Chicago only during the four days immediately preceding and the day of the meeting, and for the return journey from Chicago, only on the day of the meeting and the four days immediately following, when properly countersigned and stamped during business hours that is to say, between ?:".ri m. and 5:0o p. rn. in the office of the assistant secretary, Mr. W. G. Union, in Chicago. Such ticket may be obtained by any holder of stock, registered as above, on ap plication, in writing, to the president of the company in Chicago. Each ap plication must state the full name and address of the stockholder exactly as given in his of her certificate of stock, together with the number and date of such certificate. Xo more than one person will be carried free in respect to any one holding of stock as regis tered oil flic" books of the companv. A. G. HACKSTAFF, Secretary. DAILY SHORT STORY A PUZZLE IN EVIDENCE. Original. One of the most puzzling cases of professional duty I ever had was that of Philip Gray, whom I defended on a charge of forgery. Before selecting a line of defense I visited the prisoner In his cell and asked Lim to tell me whatever he knew that would tend to establish his innocence. Gray was a fine looking young fellow, about twenty-live years old. and with as hon est a look as I ever saw in any man's eye. Judge, therefore, of my surprise when, instead of complying with my request, he asked me whether an at torney was bound to secrecy with re- tspect to his client's admission of guilt. and when I said that such was the obligation he declared that he had com mitted the forgery. A celebrated Iiritish barrister, hav ing been placed in a similar position, referred the case to the judges, who after deliberation told him that it was proper he should defend his client, though he should not state his own belief In his innocence. I resolved to act upon this advice myself and pro ceedil with the defense. Gray seemed indifferent to the out come; at any rate, lie would give me no information to guide me in assist ing him. Indeed, there was little to bring forward, for all the incentive to the crime was with the accused. The forgery was the signature of a will purporting to have been left by his uncle, Peter Martin, leaving Philip Gray all bis property, n large estate. There was, however, one weak point in the evidence against the prisoner in tliis: That two in three experts in chi rography testified, and without know ing each other's conclusions, that Phil ip Gray had not written the signature to the will. F'tit the opinion of the two experts who were of this opinion did not count for much. They were with out reputation in their calling and had been summoned by me. The expert who declared that the accused had committed the forgery was at the head of his profession and had been sum moned by the state. The last day of the trial was an ex citing one or, rather, a pathetic one. The mother of the accused was in court and the agony depicted cm bis face was enough to move a heart of ada mant. Indeed, the evidence against my client was so strong, and I was so weakened bv the knowledge of bis guilt, that I came toward the end of the trial to rely principally on the ir:sence of the mother and her effect upon the jury. I spoke, feelingly the misfortune under which the prison er labored, that both of the witness who bad seen tiie testator sign the will were dead, drawing a picture of tiie delightful tr ansit ion from one accused of a crime to vindication if one or both the witnesses should come into court. 1 also pictured tJ the jury a noble lift1 blighted bv a mistake. lule 1 was speaking the mother of the prison was far more visibly affected than the jury, and when I sat down she went out of the courtroom, sent for me and confessed that she, in order to secure the estate for the son. bad forged tin will. Here was a new complicnti.m, but it was a relief to me. Gray, to screen Lis mother, bad confessed the crime lie. not his mother, was my client, and I was placed in a new position by this knowledge of bis innocence. I t!id not care to ask him if bis mother s conf sioii was the truth, for I felt quite sure that the same motive' that bad h-d him t'j '-u-ie himself won lei lead him to deny that she was guilty. I went bae-k into the courtroom resolved to spare no effort te save an Innoe-ent man. one who was placing himself in his menh er's stead, from punishment for a crime he hael not committed. Hut lie-re again wa a puzzle as to duty. Profession.' ally I was bouml to prove my client's Innocence if possible. Jy putting ids mother on the stanel I could secure his Hcepiiital. I knew that he wouhl be a far greater sufferer if I ndeptcil this course than if be were convicted in her steael. I made up my mind to do what I -oulel feir him without compromisin his mother. Possibly I might save him without resorting to this expedient. I arose to the last summing up There was little to say in his defense without accusing his mother, so I was obligeel to content myself with a con tinueel effort to win the sympathy of the jury, p.ut on this I was clogged bv a knowledge that the woman for whom I askctl their indulgence was herself guilty of the crime. As I pr- cecdvsl 1 saw that the twelve men looking at me were couvliu-eel that 1 did not feel what I saiel. I was lum bering along hurriedly when there was a stir beyond the rail. A man pushed forwarel ami asked to speak to the prisoner's counsel. I paused iu my sieech and went to the rail. "I'm IMmund D. Cor wine," he said, "one of the witnesses to the will of Peter Martin." "Are you sure? You're supposed to Le dead." '1 cau prove my identity and am ready to swear that Peter Martin sign ed a will in my present." He did bejth. and the prisoner was not only acquitted, but came into pos session of a large fortune. The explanation? Well, the man who would have inherited the estate but for the will worked up a case of for gery against Gray. Gray's mother had once told her son that his uncle's estate should never go to the next of kin. and Gray believed that she had committed forgery for his s.nke. He confessed to save her. and she con fessed to save him. The witness who finally set us all right hal permitted himself to be suppose! to be dead in order to get away from a woman who had been hounding him for blackmail. At her death he returned, fortunately ips la-time, THOMAS BROWN. TODAY'S MARKETS. " Clii'-.-.tf", s: -.. 7 I-V!''v.!:!ir are t:n opening, hig-hest lowest and closing quotations In today's markets: Whrnl. Sept.--mJ.pr. liU. I'M7. 1"3"4. l'M's. I )'-c-n-.!)-r. H"";-"'. le7V, lfli". 1 o ; 3 . M.1V. 1 ll'.... i"J. ( .ini. s.-.!cnit -r. r.:;,. r.t. r.s. :?.-. 1 '---ir.'. r. r.l4. .".4. ."3'-. ".3. Mi 4 40",. f,. OnlM. s.-rt-mi-!-. ::i. 3i4. IVc-nibr :-. "2 v. 32 V May. 3." 'i. :;.-. ,. 3., a.".',. Pork. Si-ptemtM-r. 1 . 7 7. 1 .('. 1".77. 1'i.sti. tc!iit-r. 1 ..;. ll. "0. lo st. i.!i2. January. U. ...... V2.-V.. 12. ". 12.5".. I..irl. S pie mlx r. 7 "". 7."". 7."". 7. -hi. .'.-ti-ln-r. 7. . 1 7 . 7.1.".. 7. "7. 7.10. January. 7 . 1 . 7.17. 7.10, 7.17. ! 1 i Hil. S.-pt-ml. r. 7.2". 7.20, 7.2". '.'!. ). t....-r. 7. 7.3". 7.27. 7.27. January. ;.".7. '''2. 1. 'T.T. !! re-ipt-s filay: Wli.-at 9". i-oin 73, ats 31". l.i.irs 1"."C". caul.- 12.'"i', p 2"."i"i. Kstiinat-d !: -i ipts Thursday: Wheat! 71. i-erii 4''-'.. uals l-i". lintis 1'..0"0. Ho gmark.-t e.it-ne-il strong to .". liigh r. Light ."..4" . ."..N". mix( (l aa.l hutch- jU is ."..H" ."..7.".. good le avy 4. M' ; T.. rotinh l;-a v . so (,i Cattle market opened steady. S!.--p market .p n. d weal; to 1" w . r. Ib'gs at eeniaha .".." '. cattle .(i"i. !(' Hogs at Kansas e'itv :,."'". cattle ll.-.)' unit ; I' I". S. Yards. s:i" a. in. 11. .g market hrm to ."c higher. Light ,".4" i :..mi. mixed atot leu. li.-rs .V-Jit ."..so. go.id heavy 4.S" ' :..0.". rough heavy J.Mf, Cattle- market steady to 1 iv higher. I ie-eve.-e 3. 1 .", 'n f,. 1 e.iws a nd heifers lim I i.2r. Texas sleets 2. i " t . JO, stoekers and feeelcrs 2.0" . ;!.s.".. Sheep market steady to l'Jc lowe-r. Hog- mark'-t e-losed steady to strong. Light r.. lee? j g.i.id heavy 4. '' ."..i;.". :n:e el am! hut hers .". J" ti ",.iii. rough heavy I. vi Vie.". e'.'tt! market closed strong and most ly 1 '' high-r. Sheep market eh'se-J shv. !vw eirU Sleick. New York. Sept. 7. Suagr 13 "-. Clas l"2"s. e, U. i. i 7',. Southern pa-ei.'i.- ."7'i. II. .v- e . v.n,. Ate his. n com mon S2';. Atehisou preferred !-s'i. ('.. .M. .V St. 1. K.7. Manhattan ir.fi. Copper W. I'. Ted. e-o. !)M.4l X. V. (' ntral .21',. L. .v N. Ui'-S. a. 41 Kead mij; ce.mino!! e'anadian Paciiie 12.". '.s. ll. II. T. .-.;:.,. Tae ific Mail 31. t S. Steel pi . fel l ed I". S. St . I com mon 13-V IVnmt 1T.. Missouri I'a- ci:ic il-'s. I'r.lou l'.iciii,. innu ..-. 1 .i'. Iron le;', Krie common 3'.tsH. Wahash preieii.d 4",. C. ,v :. W. 1G'. Illinois Central 13'j. Car Kounilry jm4. I!, puhli Ste el preferre'd 43'j.. I.Or.Xt. MAHKET CONDITIONS. I'oelay'M (luotntiouN on Irovl.Mlona, I.lve Slock. I'crtI and I'uel. I to k Islanel. Sept. 7. Following are the wholesale quotations in the local market: Irii ImIoiim. Imttor Creamery, 'Jno, dairy l.-.flOe. Kgf?s l-'resli lfic. Lard '.to. Live Poultry Siring chickens, $2.75 e 3.2.". per dozen; hens So per pound: turkeys lo.- per pound; ducks So: geese Sc. Vegetables Potatoes 40c. I. lie ?toek. e'atth Stee rs $4.00 r..O" : cows and he ifers $3."" 4.0"; calves $3.0" 'i 7,A)0. Hogs Mixed and butche-rs $4.7."jCi ."..2.".. Sheep Yearlings or over $3.004.00; Iambs $3.r.o n Feed nn.l I'uel. drain Co! :i .". s; '.Meic ; e.ats 32 fe 3."e. Peerage Timothy hay $.00i&'$ll; prairie $: $ l o.r.o. straw $;.r.o J7.G0. Wood Hard, per load, $."..r.O. 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