The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-16
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Soon AFTER tie suicide az IL Simon B
Paige. who was enc Of Cos noble
men If one ever existed, The
report was eireulased that his second
marriage was opposed By his Oshkoala
relatives en- fhese0re of too great dispals
/ ity in years etc. and that d. Paige replied
that II the anion proved an unhappy one
/ the word would never know Il eeeaps {
he would hill himself Anybody e ~
acquainted with the deceased and nAs
brothers viii stamp fhas asshe vef1est
twaddfe at the outset. Fifteen years age
tbs Smontn the Writer became aequaIhecu
with Nh. SIS rage ana shat scluain-
tance oeePened into . iasaaag 'flendsnip
more honest, Straightforward genial
man never lived than he and the sugges
1on that his second marriage was not o
happy enc, (afieast rs happy as the diK-
ference IN years OF hlr. ana mrs. range
would allow, } ispreposterous Ordinarily
that snch Unions are likely to end dss'
astrously the ARGUS freely admits but if
there was AN eveentiar IN the r,,le IL xaa
=. n
.isat 0ssin shose VINO Aho" y NJ
rage intimately know that IN business,
as well as personal, affairs he was likely to
have his own wav He il was who built
!.
"p ''io '"0s : "'zO Ss'oso oOA ~ 1poA
him that his younger brothers leaned Tor
counsel Without his capital the MINER
ons po;,.e a,,.o~,.-;ses xvo,,la hovs c,ona 70
pieces years ago ne WAS hhore shan
ordinarily shrewd man and no man
could more Quickly see into
an attemntea ;mnosit;on The oext dav
ai'ef ING news Oh eho suieaoe was f0eolsoo
IN Oshkosh sensational correspondent
of a Chicago paper tried to make Il an
,Do,. 49,. ~. ao,e h;,,;,o, .,a;..,,,., 20
ho' airec'iy' a''fioutaoie 70 ooiheseic iu-
felicity This was caught up by the As
sociated Press and the New York papers
Oct hold of it Fortunately Mrs Paioe's
n,o.b.- s.r .,u or,;o,a = .,,os,;o "a
'--0'i'o'
comes out win the removing reJoinder;
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Libbey, of Brook
lyn, mother of Mrs Mary ID. Paige said,
in reference TO the recent suicide of Simon
B. Paige. the millionaire lumber merchant
of Davenport: IF there is any hidden
mystery about the suicide of nv son-in-
law none would be happier to have it re-
| vealed than and nv family. If Mr.. Paige's
family have any proof of that kind thev
could do no better service than make It
| public in the interest of Justice. The
published statement that NV daughter is
An adyenturess and induced Mr. Paige to
marry her bv the arts of such Characters
is utterly false. We objected to the mar
rage At 'he outset oecause oi 1he sreas
Us 80 go Ns 5anohtsr ,as 81 81 ga
be was SO. But he showed so much real
affection and promised to take
such gooo cara OF her that L
',oaa~,;o, ,,. 10 ,' re- o,Ir ST. .;,,as
before the wedding is absurd. They cor
responded regularly for two years, and
mr. rage stopPed Iong u,ne wlth US
t,aTa is 70 he aa1,os, ,svar ,s. ,,rr.-,ar..,
and strong opposition is to be made to his
widow receiving her share. Her rela-
tlVes' however, VIII resist anything IKE
he hasoa ~ a. .s,t;ra1o s-ro,>o,,s
ception of the relations of husband and
wife. L sincerely believe that his suicide
was oue 10 ieSai tro1oies. Ahere was
! conLj ever End ont that Womb nromnt
his self destruction. The assertion sttri-