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THE ARGUS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1004. 4 ,4 THE ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 Becond avenue. Rock Island, I1L En tered at the postofflce as econd-class matter. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally, 10 centa per week. Weekly, $1 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. Saturday, September 10, 1904. Orderly retreat ami rout swra to be synonymous in the Kussian language. The newest drink in a Jeffries' punch. When you trot a few under the belt you are about all in. Ah Arkansas went, bo will go Tf-x-as. Chicago Tribune. And as Ver mont went, co will go Maine. Business men are drifting rapidly to Parker; a fact which means well for Parker and for business. Maybe the czar would rather take his chances "at the front" than walk the floor at night with his colicky son and heir. The election report from Vermont indicates that with all her opportuni ties to learn she is still green Quiney Herald. The trip from New York City to Dawson City can be made in 1) days now. Do you stipose Secretary Sew ard would believe it if he should hap pen to drop in just now? The Kansas City barber who charged Fairbanks $2 for a shave doubtless earned his money. He also had to comb the senator's hair and do a little stunt in landscape gardening. The military establishment of the I'nitetl States, exclusive of pensions, will, tinder four years of Koosevelt, in a time of profound peace, have cost $515.hiii,(mii) more than under four years of Cleveland. One half of the men employed iji the steel works at Sharon. Pa., are to be discharged between now and tlie first, of January next. The mill is in the United States Steel trust. The idle men will inquire about this tariff busi ness as a dinner pail tiller. A canvass of Indiana has been made by the Indianapolis Sentinel, and the conclusion of its eorrespondent is that if a vote were taken now there would be a democratic plurality of .".unit or more. He finds the gold and silver democrats united, a good deal of dis tention among republicans ami that a great many of the business men who supported President McKinley are now supporting Judge Parker. lie believes the republican vote will fall off five p-r cent or more and that the demo crats will gain this. The Sentinel edi torially believes its correspondent is too conservative, and predicts a plu rality of more than tl.oiiu for Parker and Davis. The following expressions from Hon. Lawrence Stringer, democratic candi date for governor of Illinois, will ap peal at once to all thinking and un prejudiced citizens: "The office of governor of Illinois is non-political. It Is a business office, and in seeking votes 1 shall confine myself wholly to state issues. The governor of this state has nothing to do with the money question, the tariff, or the Panama canal. I am not attacking Cov. Yates" administration in particular. I am at tacking the system that exists with regard to the management of our state institutions. I advocate a complete and radical change in administrative heads of departments. I hold that Mr. Deneen. if elected, could not make these needed changes, owing to con ditions with which he would find him self surrounded." Tiding with his army in a condition to defend it against Japanese attacks, it will be equivalent to a victory for the Russians and the war will continue many months. That is the reason the Japanese are making such herculean efforts to overwhelm and annihilate Kuropatkin on his retreat. The Kawiin CrUis. The Japanese are bent on annihilat ing the army tinder Kuropatkin or compelling it to surrender. Having driven it from Liaoyang. they are. ac cording to the reports, pursuing and fiercely attacking it on its retreat from Mukden. The news this morning in dicates that the Japanese are forcing the Russians to defend the rear of their retreating army at heavy cost and that the Russian army is likely to be dest roved or captured before it escapes. If the Japanese de stroy Kuropatkin's army or compel it to surrender, the beginning of the end of the struggle will be nigh. The bone of contention between the combatants has l-ei Manchuria. Once driven from the country, it would seem at that distance, folly for Russia to at tempt to recapture what she lost at a terrible sacrifice. On the other hand, if Kuropatkin succeeds in reaching The Situation in New York. Everybody agrees that New York will be the scene of a pivotal struggle in November. I3oth parties are claim ing the state, and as for democracy, it is intelligently preparing with a thorough and united organization for a supreme effort. At present the republican equipment, however, does not appear to warrant great confidence in the party. Mr. Root, could have cleared up much of his party's difficulty by consenting to run for governor, but he has steadfast ly and with the utmost evident sincer ity declined. Cov. Odell. who has temporarily wrested control of the organization away from Piatt by sheer force, has done an unprecedented thing in mak ing himself state chairman, fearing to trust any man but himself in that i- sition. Every Piatt man in the Em pire State is infuriated' and stirred to attack by this action, and it is said the ticket will be knifed by wholesale, whoever may be the nominee. Piatt will not die happy, so it is given out. until he shall have once more come into his own and dethroned Odell. Piatt men unhesitatingly an nounce that the presidential election will be subordinated to the factional fight. Piatt, is far from being dead nolit icallv. How. in the face of all this, asks the St. Louis Republic, can the republican party hop' to carry New York? Hard Times and High Death Hate I!rool:lyn Eagle: The republican talk about "prosperity" sounded like a joke in the face of the recently printed tables showing the increase in the cost of living. Hut in the face of the rising death-rate and the amounts expended in charitable societies in New York City stub .a claim becomes either a satire or a tragedy. The death rat has risen from IS. In last year to 22.21 for the first six months of the present year. The total numuer ot deal lis in the city last year was C.T.oihi while for the first half of this year it is 42,'hmi. The officials of the health department attribute this rise in the death-rate to increasing poverty ami to lack of proper food ami clothing. Bodies wc-ak ened for lack of food succumb to nil sorts of disease. Although this sum mcr has been singularly cool the pro portion of deaths among children suf fering from intestinal diseases has been unusually high. The lack of food is explained by high prices. The same wages will buy only about two-thirds as much food as they would two or three years ago. and the poor have to scrimp themselves in many ways. DAILY SHORT STORY A WISE INSPECTOR. AUGUSTANA NOTES. Registration day. last Tuesday, at Augustana. was a very busy day. In addition to a great number of former students, over 1 new students came from all parts of the land and pre sented themselves for registration. All signs show that the enrollment this year will be considerably larger than that of last. Prof. Oelschlagel. formerly of Clin ton, Iowa, takes tip his violin work at Augustana Monday. In the course of the following week he will give a violin recital in the chapel. The number of students coming to the music department was so large that one more teacher was engaged. Miss Daugherty. who was once a stu dent at this conservatory. She has since studied under such men as I-'ried-heim. McCarroll. Hyllestedt. Fall:, and Hrowski. in addition to taking the examination of the Victoria Music col lege of london. During the course oi this month a piano recital will be giv en by Mis Daugherty at the college chapel. Last Wednesday morning Mrs. Lund, who has for many years been instruc tor in vocal at Augustana. returned from Europe, where she has been spending the summer, and will resume her duties at Augustana. The enrollment in the business de partment is also large and the class of students is the best. Tennis seems very popular among the students this year. One club in tends to have three first class courts prepared and hopes to advance the in terest and efficiency in tennis so that intercollegiate matches can be ar ranged for. at which Augustana hopes to make a good showing. S. R. Wright Appointed. W. (',. Edens. grand chancellor of Illinois, of the Knights of Pythias, has appointed S. R. Wright, of this city, an honorary member of the commit tee tm the Aged Pythians and Pythian Orphans' home. Mr. Wright has ac cepted. His duty will be the interest ing of members of the lodges of the county and elsewhere in the star in the projected home in which to care for aged Pythians and thtir orphans. Foot Caught in Machinery, Mrs. DeYoe. of Sears, employed in the Rock Island canning company fac tory in that village, stepped throush an opening the floor Thursday, her foor catching in an automatic corn husk carrier. The foot from the heel to the toes wa painfully lacerated. Original. ! From my youth I desired to work up b. case with detectives, and at last luck threw an opportunity in my way. Re turning from a Journey I found a small satchel on a meat in the car I was leav ing and picked it up. When passing through the station gate a couple of men stared at me so intently that I asked if they were look in? for a lost satchel. They proved to be detectives watching the train. There had been a robbery of diamonds up the road, and they were looking for the thief. The bag was opened and found to contain the very property they were looking for. The thief had doubtless become frightened and left it on purpose. '"There's a big reward offered for this." said the inspector at the police office where I was taken with the jew els, '-which you will get, but I want you to help me trap the thief." lie wrote an advertisement stating that a bag containing diamonds had been found on a train and the owner could have the same by applying to the finder. It didn't seem l- me that the thief would be likely to walk into such a palpable trap, and so I tuld the in spector. He drew back haughtily and asked me where I, bad been educated in detective work. I confessed that my knowledge of the subject bad most ly come from reading detective stories, and this mollified him. When a feu days after the insertion a note signed "G. 1". H.." written in an exee'lent hand, well spelled and well expressed, but extremely guarded, came for inc. 1 hung my bead to the inspector and tuld bim that it was plain he was much more farseeing than I had supposed. Several notes passed, each stating plainer than the last what Mas ex pected, and finally L I E. wrote of fering that if 1 would deliver the jewels I was to have half their value, he agreeing to turn them into cash at his own risk. I accepted the terms, stipulating that I should be paid cash on delivery. I was 1o take the jewels to a certain number on a certain street at an appointed hour. The inspector, in order to win the confidence of the thief, so that we might make a more certain and com plete job. borrowed the jewels, which bad been turned over to the owner, and had facsimile's made of them, liich were b.-i tided t me in the very satehel I bad found on the train. The inspector gave me full instruct ions. I was to go t the appointed place and keep the thief dickering as to th value of the jewels for twenty minutes. Meanwhile the police were to surroiimi the bouse and within the twenty min utes enter and make the arresi. I told the inspector that it would be better for him to send one of bis own trained men In my place, but he told me that the thief doubtless had kept watch to see who had taken the satchel and such a plan wouldn't work at all. I thought I might be at some risk, but my admiration for detect ies and my desire to take part in their clever work buoyed mo up, and I consented to keep the appointment. I found the house to be a small, dingy looking dwelling, standing on a lot iy itself. not nearer than thirty feet to any other building. I rang the door bell and was admitted by a man I asked if be was ii. V. E. lie led me to a back room, and we at oiu-e commenced negotiations. He asked me what value I put upon the jewels. and 1 named a sum double what it real- j ly was. He examined them and at j onee agreed to my valuation. j "That makes ha if their value $7..V)0. ' j he said, and counted out new crisp bills, mostly of S.Vio each, making up j the amount. 1 was quite taken aback j at the rapidity with which the trans action had gone through and began to : show- signs of wanting more, where upon the man told me that if 1 was not satisfied to take my jewels and go. This would have spoiled the plan, so to gain time I set about counting the bills. While 1 was thus engaged 1 heard a door latch click and. looking j up. found the inau had gone with the jewels. I sprang for the door and en- j deavored to open it. It had been locked by a spring lock with no knob on my i side of it. There was nothing to do but go out the front door and notify the p dice who were to have surrounded the house. Seeing one of them in front of the d.Kr 1 called him in. and. followel by several of the others, be darted into the house and began to ransack it. N-Jt a person was to be found. The house had been surrounded since 1 entered It atl'l mi oui-had gone out. After a coll slderable search a tunnel was futitid leading from the cellar t a deserted blacksmith shop ninety feet away. It. too. was empty. This didn't seem so sharp on the part of the police, after all. but I remem bered that the man had false jewels and I had ST.rxl. The bills were taken to the police ottiee. where the iupe tfp sat behind his desk in no wl humor at the failure of his plan. He took one of the bills, held it up to the light, put a magnifying class to it and grunted: "Counterfeit." I formed my own conclusions. C'otrn terfeitera seeing the advertisement hoped to turn some of their wares in to diamonds, a pood Investment f.r them, and personated the thief v. t Lal stolen the jewel. There wa a change, that the thief win had st.,!en the jew- e'.s desired t realize on them, but as' this was nt the case they got only paste fr the.r --.nfcr." ; After I had thus figure.! the matter . out I wrote a note to the Inspector tell- j ing him that I bad guessed the mean ing of the letters C. T". E. They stood ! for "Get Up Early." j CALEB R. WIHTAKEH. I COGCOOCCOCCOCeCCCCCCOCCOCO J. H. .Immer. YV:.t. 1 :::!! n;x. J. B. ZIMMLR & CO., :! TAILORS. 8 L & H 5 Iji I.I 1 i-$ar 1 iHWP - Wk o o WE WISH TO AN NOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC T H AT OUR STYLES ARE IN AND WE COR DIALLY INVITE YOUR INSPECTION. 1323 SECOND AVENUE. I I o 8 I it I "7 I j V.' ; t-i OOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOGOOOCOOGO ' OintCTION Cmambeblin,Kinot.Companv. Saturday, Sept. 10. i"id I:.: cii.ti.l j.f.-s.-!its his lit. si tnelo-di-im:itic s access. Old Arkaasaw will! .1 full e. ; ii i jinici. t of scenic ;iml mc e!i:::;ic:il effect-:. Victor Lambert, as John Rocigers. " ' ld A i k;i :is.i v. ;,nd James Goodwin as Jeremiah Snodgrass A gveitt liii; cc:pily production with .! strong c;i-t beaut it til scenery. Mure i;'-nnii:i- comedy than lias ever iiceii put iiiln the melodramas. The most la unliable -I'eci.t 1 1 s. (xcithier climax 's, st at t !i stage effects, and peculiar !:a ract ers ever necived. lrli--s: '2Tif. ar,e, .Ulr. Iloxc T.le. Seat -'ale at theatre Thtirsd.-iy a. ill. 'phone J.'l. 6lR CHON CMAMGtRLlN.KlNOTit CtMPANV Sunday, Sept. 11, A m.iirn i !i et. t production .f the sre.it i ni'il ional drama. 15he Little Homestead Hr W. 15. l'ntK.ii. A 1" autil nl story of liTe in a little down east Village. A siipeib cast. Klahorate svf-nic ef- :'ect. ec I lie C.rrat Snow Monti Smtf. I Vic-. 2Tti ;.- nee. Ilovos T."c H-::t sa!i- at tl-at'e. '!;,,,,. ;!. ' VhyWJm DESIGNERS It'' i UV,KV MAKFDS it MAKERS of FINE CLOTHINQ FeJl t Clothing Now Skowa If it is fit, style and workmanship that you want in your clothing try a G. (SL H. SPECIAL SUIT & OVERCOAT and you will have it. They are strictly hand-tailored by the very BEST TAILORS. This line of Clothing is made up specially for ustafson ii! G . Go to . . WILLIAMSON S To buy or sell Second Hand Goods of all Kinds 1628 Second Avenue. New 'Phone 5164 O- :&itAV,1 tA'. i s ' - sis ir- tn,n?e St: Piaio Do you want Ql Gerwiine .. -rm Uarga-in? A few returned from renting to be disposed of at greatly reduced prices. trcvoral otiier upright pi anos which, liave leen used and can hardly he distinguished from new, to be )lfe red at a reat discount. They include such hitlhrade pianos as Kimball. Mallet 6 Davis. Emerson. These !.ar- HT gains arc ouVri'.l as f 0f) low a.-S90 also lie.ni- ti f ill up rights at $125, 135. $150. A very tiii. insttumcr.i at .i'(.u, A fun siol iC piano, little uscl, now $250. I'asy payments if lesire. anii all ianos warranted. Call at once while there is an assortment to selt'c! from. Store open Wedn.s- iuy ami satnr dav evenings Bowlby 1603-1609', Second avenue. ill 1 JHk- .....aii OOCCOCOCOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOCXl '8 IT CURVES... Cramps Sum mer Complaint s ec . quickly dis pelled by Cincho Relief Tonic. At all druggists and cafes. Price. 25c. R TAILOR MADE, UNION MADE, NONE BETTER" MADE. Suits and Overcoats made to measure, $15 to $30. BeaJ 6 McCarthy, ILLINOIS THEATRE BUILDING. Cleaning. Pressing, Dyeing end Repairing. Old 'Phone 716 L. "Tarns Back Time in It Flight," HAY'SHSSSTRIAL HfiiRH;DOTTCE HEALTHSeFREE tornitO HATCO..'JU?-!-tt t..SVwrk. SJ. SiMX-M' UUTrULU AT liKCUtildlS'. For sale by T. II. Thoniaj. T5he Work of T5he is recognized ?5he Best ExaminoLtion is invited. aksiee. 1823 THIRD AWE. BOTH PHONES A Little Flavin Tadk. Suipot) your trroror. huteher, lamllonl or anyotii' else, has ex leinled yon credit for about as lotions tltey can afford to, wouM ii not he heiier to borrow enough money to clean up all these obligations? Make Your Credit Good and ;;et a fresh start? Well loan yon the money on our furniture, piano, horses, wagons or other personal property and will arranire it so that you can repay the loan without inconvenience. You have the use of the money and the property, as the security is left m your possession. All strictly confident ial. Let us H.nuro with you if you need nny money for any purpose. FIDELITY LOAN COMPANY, MITCHELL & LYNDE BLOCK, ROOM 33, ROCK ISLAND, ILL. Saturday evenings. Telephone Office hours 8 a. m. to C p. m. and West 511; new telephone. C011. i Tlio only real 5 cent cigar to lo hart al tlio only Real Cigar Store. 99 THE SMOKER..1 YOU KNOW THE BOY S Bosco and Clint 5 5 N5U'spapers, Magazines end Periodicals "5 UNROLL Ujc FACTS nliont Hiipprlitr Intrrlitr ilrciiral Ion nml you Mill II ml Hk-iii to 'onnlKt oft Ilrnt ilrKlcnN, i rt lit lc lints, tjunHty of paprr, wrarint; fimlil-. All lli'M nrrllrnrlrti nrc uiii n (i li- llli In evory fool anil jiird of vtnl! pnprr hi-II, yrt Ikr prieeH m innrk. u nrr not IiIrH rnoiiKli ' to More llir lioiiHrktM-per of intnirrntr Jr mrntiM. Srr our nnrnplrs nnil lp rttuj vlnenl. f nl o lo flrat clnnn palnlli' anil rurrj' n full line of moultllng. tf Ht PAR.IDON (SL SON."' 4it si:v i;'ri:i:.Tii sikkht. .en Vliuue .'213. Old 'phone 721 X. VM- Z't&ii ,;- ptmrw ii ki.i:h m.i k i i..ir: Oil. St O Ti:-; i-irit.ti Is the lj-.t n ml inft tcm. !n :i 1 st-. .- to We had for nmiii-r r.n.kiiiH. It i- nlsopjt ly y;if': 'el oilorJ'-ss; :u'i:i: t or.oiri if ;tl tl.Mu ' i!. woo. or (.-.I.-'-; ue . l.i ry doju.-. '. .ir !-!.iiiM i.e..- '' theK- cool, al. sj:ii:a.r cookir.tf utovts. J'l T.v"V-;'.j T I i . . - ... : ; . I COLD COMFORT is what c aro all after, and the pos session of a North Star or Indiana re frigerator in.su res sweet milk, cream and butter ami many dainties that would b unattainable without the re frigerator. IJccausu the summer is partially over we are making especial reductions on refrigerators. Allen , Mvers :&:bmpanr Opposite Harper House.