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,THE iVHGUS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1904. LOW WAGE GIVENiSCHOOL TEACHERS DRIVES THEM TO OTHER VOCATIONS Wrlt:-n lr &tat Superintendent Al fred IlayllK. The iai whool census in Illinois gare 1.4 19.230 children of school age. Of th esc 9 S. t attende-d the public school more or less. The public HChool are clarified as graded and ungraded. A nchool which baa but one teach r 'U 'tla&sed a ungraded. Any school wbleh has two or more teach ers Is claed a graded. In the graded achjoiii there were iCO.Snt; pu pil. In th ungraded there were 31X 2H pupil.. The last number were dia-tributr-d. amon; 10.677 districts. Some of thene ungraded school are the best of Reboots. Many count ry districts pay their teachers as h'.gb ax J CO a month. In rar- inxtjtnces they pay as high as 37 a inntb and in the smallest coun ty of the f tate one district school teach er draws V a month. Dut there la a whte difference be tween tb'wag seal of teachers in the graded c-hool and trachers in the un graded schof.I.-t. The total amount of teacher wares fur the whole blate last was f 12.8 12.1 r,9.i. This large amount was div;d-d as follows: The 2.394 men who taught in the graded schools re ceived t2.111..Cl.51. while the Z.SZi men who taught in ll. ungraded schools received but 1!5.s.v This means that th avrac- yearly salary of-the men in the gradd school isj $882. while the avcrag yearly salary of. the men In the ungraded m1u1h Is 2Z. A like comparison of the avcr ge yearly wages of women can be made by any one who will take the trouble to divide $7.C7M 12.91 by 12. 780 and $2.ir.9.r,x. 1 2 by MIS. Th-se amounts repreneut respectively the ag gregate wage of the worn u in the two! kinds of wbols. This comparison is not quite a fair in way. The whol Dumlxr of ungraded choo districts is 10.677. while it will be been that the to- DAVENPORT DOTS, Orders New Trial. Judge House has filed bis decision in the case of A. I. Huggard vs. the Gluco.e company wherein he granted the motion for a new trial upon the knowing made by the defense is ref erence to the. perjury of W. T. McDon ald. The judge is severe in his ar raignment of .Mr. Mclhinald and states that In all of hij testimony he failed In any way to connect Mr. Kiy with the suborning of testimony in the ease. McDonald the judge characterizes as n conscienceless fellow whse evi dence had no value, and it appears ..jipoa the decision that no toock wa taken in his testimony whatever. The location of the piece of pipe, which is alleged to have hit Huggard. was fixed by McDonald, and on that ground, the judge has ordered a new trial. as Will Give Away Turkeys. The Tri-City Railway company . and the Iletrendorf Metal Wheel works will this year observe their annual custom of presenting each of their employes with a turkey for Christmas. The Tri-City Railway company has placed orders for 40o turkeys for its employes and the Bettendorf Wheel company will give away 2C0 turkeys to the married men in their employ and a pair of gloves to the single men. Shoe Company Incorporates. The articles of incorporation of the Kambach Shoe company, have been filed by Ruymann & Ruymann, with the county recorder. The capital stock of the new corporation is fixed at $20.m0. and the business of the concern will begin when $10.iiim) s secured, the time being fixed at Jan. 2. The incorporations of the new con cern are John Kambach. John RohU and N. J. Nelson. Obituary. Record. John Day. son of j he late John Day. the well known grocer on Fulton and College avenues, died at Mercy hos pital yesterday. He had lccn sent there violently insane only five days ago. He was about T,T, years of age. unmarried, and was born and reared in this city. At the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hartz. of lladlal Heights. Wednesday, occurred the death of oooao00oooos0oo o o o o o o o o o o o & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WE wish to announce to the public that 1our dental offices will be located on the the Illinois Theatre Building, where we to meet our patrons, both old and new. 0O0OOO00OOOOOOO0OOOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i tat number of teachers in these dis tricts was 12.297. indicating that 1.620 districts changed teachers during the year. Dividing the whole amount of money paid ungraded school teachers which was $3.030.r,27.1 by 10.077. the number of districts, gives the average paid for teaching for each district as J22.82. There are SI counties In Illinois in which one or more teachers worked last year for less than 23 a month. It is quite probable that some of the schools in these districts fall a little short of being first class. There were C.243 teachers in Illinois last school year who worked for less than $40 a month. Forty Is altogether too small pay for a competent teacher. It is less than a carpenter, or a painter, or a tailor can make by just about half, and helps account for the fact that there were 552 fewer men nnd S27 more women in the schools last year than two years ago. while the net Increase in the Whole number of teachers was but 2S5. It helps account, also, for the fact that there Is a great scarcity of qualified teachers. But there Is an apparent dis position, in the country especially, to pay better wages whenever good serv ice can ! guaranteed. Indeed, it is be coming quite evident that the wages of teachers in the country schools must materially increase if those schools are to maintain their standing as the best kind of schools for the elementary grades. At each of four meetings of county superintendent and normal school teachers which I have attended during the last month it has come out in the discussions that teachers quite fre quently accept employment in the cit-i ies af a lower wage than they are re-! reiving in the country. An inquiry into the cause of this tendency would l very interesting. John Hartz. aged 4 years and 2 months. Diphtheria was the fatal ail ment. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Siefers of the Ixst Grove road east of the city are mourning the loss of their 17-day"s old infant son. Walter, who died yester day. Leonidas Hearing On. The hearing of the issues between P. W. McManus. administrator of the estate of the late Ellsworth Leonidas. who was shot to death by Mate Dan Ureen upon the lower dock of the steamer Dubuque, at the Davenport levee in July. 1902. and the Diamond Jo company, began in chambers in Judge House's court yesterday after noon. Quinn Has Gold Star. Detective John Quinn of the Dav enport police department, is now wear ing the gold fctar which was recently voted to him for being the most pop ular police officer in Davenport. The contest was the one inaugurated by the Davenport Workmen's Industrial Home association at the fair held at Armory hal'- Grocery Company Formed. Articles incorporating the John A. Feeney company have been filed in the office of the county recorder. The WHY DOES A BABY CRY? Because it is either hun gry or in pain. Properly nourished it will usually grow up right and be comfortable that's the principal thing for a baby. If its food lacks strength and nourishment add Scott's Emulsion at feed ing time. A few drops will show surprising results., If a baby is plump it is reason ably safe. Scott's Emulsion makes babies plump. Well bend you a sample free. Scott & Bownr. 409 TVail St.. New York. 000000000000000 Notice of5 Removal. Economy DSL. C. C. MANNING, Mgr. 1610 12 Second Avenue. Rock Island, 111. Incorporators are John A. Feeney. Fred Brooks. Edward Dishingcr and Frank W. Feeney. The concern Is capitalized at 12.urt and Its object i?to engage in a general grocery business. PIONEER RAILROADER TELLS OF DITCHING OF DIX How Old Locomotive Came to Grief in Duck Creek stn 1263. "Do I remember the ditching of the 'DlxT I should say I do," said Mark McGrath. the flagman of the Fifth and Warren street crossing, in Davenport. "It happened just before I went to work for the M. & M. railroad, which was then getting ready to be absorb ed by the Chicago & Rock Island Rail way company. "The Dix was named after John A. Dix. one of the magnates of the road, and she was the locomotive which was hauled over the river on the ice in the winter of 1S55. It was at that time the "Tony" came over the Ice. By the Tony" I mean the locomotive Antoine LoClaire. named after our big and good man here. The 'Tony was hauled across the river on barges while the old wooden bridge was building. "Those were good engines, but along side the big 14O0's and ICOO's we have now they look like toy locomotives we are now buying for our children. "The 'Dix' left her roundhouse where old Pat Summers was hostler in fine shape one day in the summer of 1S63 and after taking her train started out i up the Dutchman's grade. It was much steeper than now and the locomotives' had to puff vigorously to make the c limb. "Engineer Morgan and Fireman Gil len were in the cab as the 'Dix' pulled out. Everything went well until Duck creek bridge was reached. The boiler went into the air and then came down on top of the trucks and the tank which were ditched with poor Morgan and Gil len beneath them. "It is a coincidence that two lives were lost in that accident, the same number of victims who lost theirs la last Sunday night's explosion. "The 'Dix was scrap iron. Her sepulchre was the bed of Duck creek. The 'Tony' went the same way. In 1SC3 after having rendered service for nearly eight years she blew up her boiler at Dtirant. a station about ttn miles west of where poor Calhoun and Pinney's engine went to smash. In the wreck of the 'Tony' the fireman named Smith was caught and crippled for life, but the engineer escaped. "Another explosion was that of the j old locomotive 'Davenport.' which oc curred in the roundhouse here in 1SG1. Pat Summers was in the roundhouse at the time and miraculously escaped un hurt. John Annable was also Itiere. but escaped providentially. "In 1857 the locomotive boiler used as a stationary engine boiler for the motive power in the shops, also blew up killing two persons and damaging proierty to the value of $3,000 or more. "When I compare the giant locomo tives today with the oid 'Dix,' 'Tony,' or 'Davenport.' or the old 'Samson, and the 'silver engine.. once such a source of pride for Daveniorters, I cannot but shudder to think of the long chances the engineer and firemen must take in jumping when they are obliged to leave them in a hurry. Some of the cabs are eight and nine feet from the rail, and a leap from one of "them in the dark, from a rapidly moving locomotive is a hazard which menaces life and limb. "I hear that the crown sheet of the locomotive which exploded Sunday night showed evidences of crystalliza tion. I believe the explosion was due to that condition of the boiler which made it lack the necessary tension. "In the roundhouses the hostlers have a habit of using only a little water when they first kindle the fire to get up steam. Uy an oversight, it is easy to see how the lniiler can be burn ed, and thus crystallized rendering its tension such as to be unable to with stand the 200 pounds pressure which the big engines usualy carry." Mr. McGrath was for years a fireman on the Rock Island road. Ho is still in 'the employ of the road as a brakeman on Fifth and Warren streets. When you're broke the girls will shy They turn and fly as you come nigh, Brace up old man. show some pluck. Take Rocky Mountain Tea; t'will change your luck. T. II. Thomas' pharmacy. 000000000000000 o 0 0 ,0 0 0 O ... after January second floor of will be pleased Dental O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WHY v NOT GIVE HIM A it TT! MINE MENTION I Church Annual. Plymouth Congregational church of East Moline held its annual business meeting Wednesday evening and heard reports of. excellent progress made during the last year from the church officers, the Sunday school and Plymouth circle. The membership now numbers 23 and is steadily growing, and it may yet be decided to build a church during the year to come. The church and its pastor. Rev. J. W. Da vies, are warmly drawn toward one an other and under this influence great good in spiritual helpfulness and ma terial growth is expected. The officers elected are: Clerk. Lillian Stultz; treasurer, Bert Siegrist; organist, Clara Peterson. Janitor is Policeman. Determined to put a stop to the practice of residents of cutting across the Irving school property, the board of education has sworn in the janitor of the Irving building as a special po liceman. The new officer has been in structed to rigidly enforce the order to stop the use of the lot as a public highway and to arrest any who may persist after due;warning. It is said that the threats of arrest recently: made have had no effect and that some pedestrians have even gone to the ex tent of removing the signs which were fhit up. o Rebekahs Elect. Myrtle lodjre of Rebekahs have elect ed the following officers: Past noble grand. Gertie Christ ison; vice grand, grand. Gertie Christ ison; noble grand, tha Wilson; recording secretary, Tillie Brown; financial secretary, Mrs. Annie Newton; musician, Mrs. Goodnow. Announces a Refund. City Attorney Kohler announced what will come as a timely Christmas gift to Seventeenth street proierty own. ers. It is that f per cent of the as sessment levied upon owners of prop erty abutting upon that thoroughfare for the improvement of sewers and watermain. will be refunded to them. The reason for this action is that the cost of said improvement did not. come up to the estimate made by the city engineer, and in cases of this sort the remainder of the assessment is refund ed to those upon whom it fell. Obituary Record. Ellen Tuborh Thomas Hanson, who resides at 1-Sj Sixth avenue, died yes terday after an illness of four weeks with bronchitis and whooping cough. He was 4 years and S months old. The funeral will be held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:S0. In terment at Riverside. MANLOVE ENJOINED FROM MAKING TAX INVESTIGATION Action Begun in McLean on Opinion From Attorney General Hamlin. As an aftermath to the recent em ployment of a special agent to investi gate the delinquent tax list of McLean county, a test suit has been filed in the circuit court af Bloomington by t Wil liam R. Each, stale's attorney, and E. V. Oglevee, a young attorney of that city. The suit is directed against George M. Manlove. representing the Springfield Accounting company, and others concerned. Mr. Manlove re cently collected something like $140. 000 in back taxes in Rock Island county. - In the bill filed Bacli sets forth the results of his visit to Springfield to interview Attorney General Hamlin, in which Mr. Hamlin stated that the pro ceedings on the part of the board of review were illegal when it permitted a division of the returns from delin quent tax payers to be made with Man love. Bach further says the action of the board in continuing Manlove in the po sition of deputy supervisor of assess ments after he had reported the de cision of the attorney general was il legal. Manlove w-as discharged by jjiji pm j 1 jyjEj .... iiiiv2? - - .-.i- .. . MKID0 acKe or ua n 'Treasurer Smith the day after Bacli returned from his visit at Springfield and has bitterly contested his removal ' It is thought that when the present ! difficulty is adjusted he will institute proceedings against Smith for dam ages as the result of his dismissal when the board had voted to retain him. A full recital of the work done by Manlovc is incorporated in the bill and 1 lie payments that have been made to the county are enumerated. Accord ing to Bach, the board of review had no right to sit, this declaration being !ased on the fact that according to the i-.ttorney general its duties were con cluded, in September. An injunction is prayed for asking that Man love be re strained from conducting a further in vestigation. SPENCER CHURCH CHRISTMAS Sunday School Entertainment Monday Evening. Christmas exercises of the Sunday school of Spencer Memorial Methodist church will be held Monday evening, beginning at 7:45 o'clock. The pro gram is to be as follows: Christmas hymn;- scripture reading; pra3 -r; class recitation, "Jacob's Ladder;" duet, Lucretia and Jessie Groves; drill, primary class girls; instrumental solo. Ernest Henning; recitation, Viola Larison; duet, Hazel Beck with and May Coopman; recitation. Clarence Curtis; recitation, Emma Goble; solo, Elizabeth Miller; recitation. Gwcndola Connell; drill, primary class boys; duet. Rev. E. W. Thompson and Miss Ilattie Wiggins; recitation. Pearl Sa ville; recitation. Andora Larison; rec- J itation. If. M. McCaskrin; recitation. Georgia Gregory; anthem, choir. AFE COLDS PLF.EJY Curo for HEADACHES URE LA GRIPPE itOHO-LAJ' "Contains lio Quinine." Breaks a Cold In a Few Hours, Stops Headache In a Few Minutes, Prevents La Grippe. T.avp no lml etfW-ts like Quinine Drenara- tions. Bfiro-ldix in ittniiil. K4Mthim: ltutntive tn.-uiy t:tk it for just I hut reason. 1-or Hale by nil urutfcirfts, zjc, Mua &te uiui mo mut'i viutua Bromo-Lax (Contains No Quinine). l r sale by Thomas 1 1. Thomas, cor ner Second Ave. and Seventeenth St. Christmas Shoppers Can do no better anywhere in the city if they are looking for attractive bargains in groceries than at Rachman's Grocery (orurr TiTelflli Street and Sev enth Ave. Ilotb I'buara. Here they are offered' an al most endless array of eatables at prices which demand their -patronage. The stock is large and moves continually, giving the buyer the advantage cf new goods. Here are only a few of the snaps. Call and we will show you more: 10 bars Santa Ciaus soap... 25c Cream flour, every sack guar anteed $1.45 10 pound box fancy prunes, p r box . . 60c Holland Herring, per keg. .60c 3 cans Sugar Corn, best on the market 25c 3 cans Early June Peas 25c 2 pound can Tomatoes, per can 05c Fancy Japan rice, per lb... 05c Japan tea. per pound 25c Xice picnic Hams, ptr lb... 09c Soda and oyster crackers, 2 lbs for 15c Navel sweet Oranges, per dozen 15c For this week only I will... sell 10 lbs granulated sug ar for ...50e Greatest Clothintf Store, 121 West Second Street. tnri WAKvnvs aooreciat- CCOGOCCOOCOGOOOCCOOOOOOOOO? 6e Economy 2 Ft 8 Grocery Prices Court Scrupulous examination by careful buyers. They are arranged es pecially for the people who pay the cash and are therefore justified to expect good groceries at lowest prices coupled with fair treatment and prompt attention. Here Are a Few Drops At the Bucket: Brazil Coffee, per lb . A2yzc Good Rice C lbs 25c Y. II. and Japan Tea, per lb 25c Oil or Mustard Sardines, C for 25c Seedless Rajsins. 2.1b pkg 15c Homc-Made Mince Meat, 3 pounds 25c dinger Snaps, per pound.. .5c Good corn, per dozen, SOc, Qt. Bottle Maple Syrup 25c Catsup. 3 large or C small bottles for 25c Coeoanut, per pound 15c Tall Salmon 3 cans for 25c Diamond C Soap, 10 bars.. 25c 1515 Second Ave. CrfyXjOOOOOOOOCOOOOCOCOOOCOO PUR.ITV AND t 11 ''1 ia raw. ,s 0 r 0 W V ) ) o It- ir Go "Tourist" To California. a p, o o 8 B TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO. CALIFORNIA GO IN TOURIST CARS. , TOURIST CARS ARE NEAT, COMFORTABLE AND ECONOMICAL. THE ROCK ISLAND HAS MORE TOURIST CAR LINES TO CALIFORNIA THAN ANY OTHER ROUTE. TWO ROUTES: THROUGH COLORADO AND THROUGH NEW MEXICO. THROUGH CARS BOTH WAYS. - f ' WE WILL SEND A FOLDER GIVING COM PLETE INFORMATION ON REQUEST. o o o o o 25 1 ..... j J2T- ,4 " by men. ureatest selection in the Tri-Citles. : Sultana Raisins, 2 lb 15c Good Frunes, 2 lb 15c Santa Claus Soap, 9 bars. . 25c Yeast Foam, package 3c Horseshoe Tobacco, per lb 45c Star Tobacco, per lb 45c Monarch Gelatine, 2 pkgs. 25c 3 cans for 25c Good Tomatoes, per doz 00c 3 cans for 25c Early June Peas, per doz 90c, 3 cans for 25c Citron, per lb 17c Gold Dust. 4 lb plg 15c Currants, 2 pkgs 15c l'et Cream, 3 large or 0 smal cans for 25c Both 'Phones ooooooooocoooocooooooooooo CLEANLINESS as to persons are so much a matter of good bathing equip ment that I wish to emphasize our facilities for outfitting bath rooms with the best and most sanitary apparatus. In such cases it Is to your highest inter est to consult us, see samples here and get our estimates free of charge. STENGEL. T5he Plumber II. PLUM ME R. City Passenger Agent, Rock Island, III.