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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
Police Points.

The case of Lee Pau, charged with
assault with deadly weapon. was
this afternoon continued until Nov. s.
A saddle was stolen from Prick Il
Kautz livery barn last night. The
thief has succeeded in Guiding cap
ture.
Fred Warner was bound over to the
circuit court in 800 bonds Yesterday
afternoon by Magistrate Schroeder
for the larceny of SIS from Gilbert
Murray.
John Riley and Richard Morrisey.
two buns. were given 50 DAYS each
in the county Jail b. Magistrate
Schroeder yesterday afternoon. The
clothing found in their possession
was stolen from a secondhand store
on Twentieth street between Third
and Fourth avenues.
The result of the investigation fol-
lowing the strange find by the two
men in the river at the foot of Eigh-
teenth street last Friday night. is not
as startling as might have been sup
posed. The writer OF the letter
found in the bundle OF clothing was
George Hakes. who for years worked
as an engineer on Mississippi river
steamboats,, and who recently was
pardoned from the Iowa state peni-
Tertiary. where he had served three
of 10-vears' sentence. The person
to whom the letter was addressed
was one of two girls who were in the
police court at Davenport but last
week. Hakes net the two girls COM
ing down the river in a house boat
with their parents, at McGregor, and
probably thinking the progress OF
their conveyance a little slow, sent
money to bring them to Davenport.
The house boat with the supposed
parents aboard appeared on the
scene Friday, and Hakes. with the
two girls. are now with them, float.
ing down the river. and probably un.
conscious of the sensation the find.
ing of the bundle of clothing and let.
ter created.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
Court Cuttings.

Two years ago, in the circuit
court. Mrs. Harriet Fermen was al
lowed $1,000 damages against
Charles Hannewacker. of Hampton,
for selling liquor to her husband.
J. l.. Haas and Hon. W. ii. Gest, as
attorneys for the defendant.
appealed the case to the appellate
court, which sustained the decision
OF the circuit court. The suprem,
court was then appealed to, and thi:
morning Mr.. Haas received notice
that the decision had been reversed
j. L. Kenworthy and NJ. NJ. Sturgeon
represented the plaintiff.
The case Of P. and F. Corbin, Chi
cago wholesale hardware merchants
to obtain $500 from Fred Haas, the
amount of a guarantee on the pur.
chase of a bill of goods bought fol
Mrs. Housman through Maj. J. NJ
Beardsley. is being tried befor,
the following jury today: L. Martin
William Holland. q. F. Lund. Rober
Thompson. Ben Vanatta. K. {. Her
ron. George Cook. ID. j. Sears. Nate
Taylor, a. G. Olson, John Downer
Jr.. and W. ii. Garnet. j. l.. Haa
appears for the defendant, while
William McEniry represents tn,
plaintiffs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
Presbyterian Church Services.

Although the weather was not very
favorable last night. the attendance
at the Central Presbyterian church
was very encouraging. Rev. Skin
ner began his work by preaching an
earnest, practical sermon to Chris.
tians. The service this evening will
begin promptly at 7:30 and will be
held in the lecture room in the base
ment of the church. The public
generally are cordially invited to at
tend these services and derive from
them the good that will certainly
come to those who are present. Mr..
Skinner is an interesting and forci-
bic preacher, and his work here will
doubtless do a great deal of good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
NEED OF THE TIMES.
The New Court House. and why 1t should
Carry.

Carry.
The reasons for the success of the
new court house proposition are SO
aboundant that to attempt to enum-
crate them would be an endless task.
So many are apparent at all times
that no one can fail. upon the least
reflection, to cast his ballot for the
bond issue. The fact that the
court room is so situated that it be-
comes necessary to place sawdust in
the street and keep the windows
about the jury box down when court
is in session, no matter what the
state of the atmosphere in order to
insure sufficient quiet to conduct
business properly; the fact that the
county offices at present are scat
tered not only over three buildings
in court house square, but all over
the city, may be merely enumerated
as few of the substantial argu-
ments in support of the issue before
the people, and against the folly of
resorting to the other positive alter
native of expanding $4,000 on
structure that ought to be con-
demned in the interest of public
safety and decency.
why Delay:
The ARGUS has vet to hear any in
dividual in the county dispute the
fact that a new court house is as
badly needed as possible. In view
of this condition. which none will de-
ny, why delay the improvement when
the delay means 100000? Is there
any economy in that? Is there any
one who will wish to delay the inev-
liable and put the county to the ad-
ditional expense Of $4,000, when the
new building could be had now at a
cost that none will feel? Some
striking estimates have been made of
the actual individual cost of the new
court house erection. From them
the following may be reproduced:
If you own an average farm of 16C
acres average assessed valuation
S10.34 per acre) and the average
amount of personal property owned
by the head of family in our coun.
ty (SlSO the court house will cost
you Sl.55 per year for 20 years-oi
course this estimate is very high. be-
cause few persons. comp aratively
own the above amount of property.
But here is an easy way to compute
your assessment, the figures giver
being taken from County Treasurer
Campbell's records and are sub
scribed to by him:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30

j. W. Kelley, of Batavia, N. Y.
conductor on the N. Y. c. railway,
and one of the best known men on the
road, says of Parks Tea: For 10 years
l have suffered from constipation.
Tried everything and found nothing
of lasting value. Having heard SO
many talking of Parks Tea, tried it
without much hope, The first dose
moved my bowels easily and now ]
am cured. 1t works like magic. Sold
by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
MCCABE'S

ready to wear-you know the hat
paw others 81 so and rs for them;
our price has been 9ic all the sea-
SON. We made an advantageous
purchase of 20 dozer. and while
they last our price will he 25c.
Hear? 25c. Only one to customer.
Prices at the BIG STORE al
ways the lowest. Don't buy i'm
small stores under the mistaken
idea Of economy. The BIG STORE
sells goods cheaper than the small
dealers can buy them. The big
stores assortments are better and
styles more varied. This weeks
dazzling bargain lists will add-new
laurels TO our reputation for sur
passing values.
80 dozen Ladies' and Misses Nat
ural Grey Ribbed Drawers &c n pair.
Worth three times. worth four
times.
25 dozen Ladies' and Misses
Cream Ribbed Vests. l6lc. Worth
a little more than double.
A purchase of 1900 pieces of
heavy, pure silk Moire ribbons.
The result Of some clever shopping
by our buyer. We shall sell the
No. D at &c. the No. at &c. No. y
ut 10c. and the No. IL at 12c per
yard. You can't match these
prices. quality considered. any
where in the great northwest. Al
most anybody can sell cotton
mixed. cheap, trashy ribbons at low
prices. Ours are not that kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
A SAD CASE.
The Fading OF the Life Of Max wesenthaI
BIZ His Own Hand.

The Fading OF the Life Of Max Wesentha1
By His Own Hand.
The facts brought out by the cor
oner's jury in the inquest over the
body of Max Wesenthal. show that
the deceased became Respondent
over his downward career. the chief
cause of which was weakness for Ii
quor. Letters found in his grip
show the tender solicitude by his
brothers in Chicago and Ohio in en-
deavoring to have Max make a man
Of himself. and give up the use of
liquor. also helping him financially.
The deceased received a check for $l5
Friday from his brother Louis. nj
Chicago, and the accompanying let
ter indicates that the money was TO
he used by Max TO pay his fare to
Dwight, where his folks had continu-
ally tried to get him, TO take the
Kelley cure. Having no other funds
left, he paid SO OF it on his account
at the hotel. With the rest he be
came intoxicated. remaining in that
condition when he went to his room
Saturday afternoon. from which he
never returned alive.
The Verdict.
The coroner's Jury, compo ed OF S.
W. Searle, foreman: Peter Philebar,
Joseph Stroehle. L. G. Alexander, c.
f. Wilton and l.. V. Eckhart, re.
turned as its verdict, "that Max
Wesenthal's death was due to an
overdose of morphine"
The remains were taken in charge
by Undertaken Knox, and Louis Yves.
enthal, of Chicago. brother of the de-
ceased. was telegraphed for. who ar
rived at midnight. and left this morn.
ing with the body for the famil,
home at Lima, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
Rudy's Pile Sunnositorv Is omar,

Rudy's Pile Suppository is guaran.
teed to cure piles and constipation
or money refunded. Fifty cents per
box. Send stamp for circular and
free sample to Martin Rudy, Lancas.
ter. Pa. For sale by T. H. Thomas
and Hartz 3 Bahnsen, druggists,
Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30

The annual meeting of the stock.
holders Of the Peoples Power compa.
ny will be held at the office of the
company on East Seventeenth street,
Rock Island. at p. m Nov. 8. 1894,
for the election of directors and any
other business that may come before
the meeting. S. S. DAVIS, Sec.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
"A Chance

Purchase gave us FIVE of the best
colors, all wool, 51c Henriettas,
which we throw out on our coun-
tiers on Tuesday morning at the un-
heard of price of one half. Csc a
yard. Remember these are the soc
kind and a bargain Ia be snapped
up quick-50c for 2jc-Jpc for 25c.
Parrots
Are imitators. People who initiate
are called parrots. But you know
there are people who never origi-
nate. who, parrot like, repeat.
copy. initiate. initiate. initiate.
These are the kind Of people called
parrots. BY the way. speaking of
parrots. we shall sell parrots at
25c a piece this week. Parrots.
gulls, blue birds. brown birds, red
birds, black birds. all kinds of
birds, at 25c. Birds worth 81.
birds worth 81 so. birds worth 75c.
all, all Csc, 25c, 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30

Light rain today and tonight; very
little change in temperature; clear.
ing Wednesday and slightly warmer.
Today's temperature. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
THE AIRLINE PROJECT.
A Communication From President vii
liam Daiiin.

A Communication From President Will
liam DaIIin.
A letter from President Dallin. of
the Atlantic & Pacific Railway Con-
struction company. dated San Fran
cisco, Cal. Oct. 23, has been re-
ceived by Fred Hass, chairman of the
citizens committee, to which was re-
ferred the proposition made the Rock
Island people by the road. Mr.. Dali
lin says: 1--WE have been some time
in this state, and, while the railroads
and press will oppose US here, the
people thoroughly believe in the en-
terprise and will work for the road.
California will furnish us free of
cost, ample terminals on the bay
facing San Francisco, and the right
of wav, 100 feet wide, across the
State, and also 81 900 O00 subsidy to
be paid when the road is completed
beside other concessions. We shall
be in Chicago about the goth. and
trust to hear from you that you gen.
tlemen have accepted our PROPOSE
lion. Please advise us of your inten-
tons at your earliest convenience. SO
that we may know what can be de-
pended upon"
Mr. Hass' Reply.
In replying to the above, Mr.. Hass
accepted the terms submitted by
President Dallin as a condition oil
locating the road within Rock Isl
and's city limits. and assuring him
that as soon as a survey
is filed the money required
on account of the incurring
expenses will be RENTED. The
so, 900 bonus will be paid as soon as
the road is actually constructed tC
this point. This is the assurance
asked of Rock Island, and as Daven
pors and Moline have agreed to dc
likewise, the location here of thi:
great railway project may be consid
cred settled. If the road is built al
far west as the Mississippi river, il
will be surely constructed to Rocl
| Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
l72s Seeead Az,
3oek Island,
Young ( DlcCon)bs.

THE NEW STORE is blessing to the trading
public Don't buy your goods until you have inspected
big stock Our assortmcnts are better our STYLES
more varied, and you always get your money
back it dissatisfied. Note of our dazzling bargains
which have made this the most popular store in Rock
Island and vicinity.
LADIES FEDORA HATS, satin and velvet crown,
only $50 all this week. Others are asking SIC to Srso
for the same goods.
BOYS WINTER CAPS 9oc and up. We can save
you just 50 per cent in this department and see
ALL SILK BABY RIBBON, &c per yard.
NOVELTY WOOL CLOTH, So inch, at a9c per
yard just half price.
UNDERWEAR-Great benefit for buyers Ladies'
Babriggan, Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, satin 'front.'
pearl buttons and feeced lined our price ,oc elsewhere
SOC.
WAISTS, Tea Gowns, and Wrappers.
CLOAkS. Capes Jackets and Chic ren's Coats
CROCKERY Glassware and Lamps.
DRESS GOODS-Watch Locals on Dress Goods
this week
HANDKERCHIEFS FOR MEN-An all linen
Hemstched Handkerchief will sell for sc, cheap 25c
How many do you want this week?
LADIES GENTS AND CHILDREN'S Tennis
Flannel Night Robes for soc and up.
MEMS EXTRA HEAVY SHIRTS DRAWERS,
a big job this sale for 5oc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30
Parrots


We shall also show some trim
med hats this week which for beau
ty and extreme low prices. will
stand pre-eminent. Out comes
your pocket-book. the purchase is
made. See how easy? And nearly
all of your money goes back again
into your pocket.
The Manhasset hat, trimmed, all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-30

The ARGUS delivered every even
ing at your door at Toe . week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

Dallas gets the meeting of the
State Executive committee of the
Clark Democracy and will pull for
all that is in her to secure the
meeting of the convention. If
Waller Baker and Matlock agree
upon this thing it will be about
all that they will come together
unOn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

across a whole column in "box-
car" letters.
To the travelled tourist and the
average San Antonian this article
is as comical as circus poster, but
to the uninitiated it may come
with the force of a possible truth
and give a very unfavorable i'm
preston of that which once seen
would never afterward be so mis-
understood. The writer of the
above screed may deceive the Her.
aid office, but that slight portion
of the world that is not enclosed in
Benefits corral will read the arti-
Gle and note in it the ear-marks of
the man who, while posing as a
writer of fact, deals only in fiction
and rivals the husband of Sapphire
in assassinating truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1894
A TISSUE OF LIES.

The New York Herald in it's Sun
day issue contains an illustrated
article upon tn e"Old Missions of
San Antonio" The writer of this
fiction, impressed with the necessi-
ty of saying something new, and
aware that all has been said upon
this old subject that can be said in
truth, draws upon his imagination
for his material and weaves his
web regardless of that old fash
toned treasure which lies at the
bottom of the we'll. AS a specimen
of the lingo dealt out by the Her.
aid correspondent take this:
"Swarms of children Overrun the
old ruins and spitefully spit at the
American tourist or visitor who
passes. They beg and steal and
then curse in the choicest of Next
can patois the Internal Gringoes."
The names of the missions in
the illustrations are not correctly
given; the facts in the
case are all falsified; the
true situation is either
unknown or purposely misrepre-
scented and, the whole article so
faulty as a pen picture of the "mis-
sions" that it is greatly to be Won
dered at that the Herald admitted
it to its columns; for, certainly
there has been enough said and
sung and illustrated by photo
graph and engraver, to give an APP
proXimately correct idea of these
cold missions" The article in
question seems to have been writ
ton in a fit of spleen, by some
impecunious hypOchOndriaC who
was in rage over his hack bill
the illustrations engraved on the
back of a cracker box with a jack
knife; the facts set up in row and
bowlCd over, then picked up bot
tom side uppermost and hurled in
to print as mad printer hurl'
"pi" into a "hell-boX." The eX
tract given above is full o
gross inaccuracies, as every on,
who has ever visited the missions
knows. The feeling of race antag
Onism, which this lyrical liar i'm.
AGNES pervades the atmosphere o
San Antonio, has died out a gen
GRAFTON ago, and only exists in tn
imaginatiOns of those PICTURESQUE
descendants of the ancient Ana
MAS, who lie for a living at S
much a column. There are tw
things to be noted in this remark
able productiOn-the imposslbilit
of the writer to tell the truth whe
lying is of no earthly use, and til
uniform inaccuracy of his stat
ments as to the most patent an
palpable facts. His inability
read a sign as big as a barn do,
crops out in his "HUGO ]
SCHMELTZER," which he spreat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

With a direct road to Browns
vile, the extension of the "Katy"
to this city and the building of
that Gulf Shore road into the south
elst, San Antonio will be doing her
share of railway construction for
1894.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

There is a good amount of avail
able capital coming into south
west Texas for investment, and
very little of it for speculative prr-
poses. The purchase of lands for
immediate occupation and inn
provement seems to be the princi-
pal object with which lands are
sought. This is what is desired.
Actual settlers, and those of such
a class as will add to the intelli-
gence as we'll as the productive
wealth of this region. There are
lands enough held for speculative
purposes in this southwest and
there is nothing gained by increas-
ing them, but every acre that is
brought under cultivation adds to
the local wealth and does so much
towards increasing the generalpros-
perity. This whole region offers in
ducements to settlers presented by
few sections of the national domain
and it is evident that it's natural
advantages are becoming better
known from year to year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

The irrigation investigators have
concluded that there is not water
enough available for irrigation
purposes to cut much of figure in
retaining the arid regions and
preparing them for cultivation.
This verdict does not apply to
southwest Texas where abundant
water for irrigation is found in
every section.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13
TO CORREstUN DENTS.

ALI communications for this paper
hould be accompanied by the name OF the
author, not necessary for publication, but
as evidence of good faith on the part OF
She writer, Write on one side OF the pa
per. in a plain hand. Anonymous COM
% rnications will not be noticed. The
LIGHT will not be responsible for the
statements Of its CORRESPONDENTS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

The Colorado legislature is in SEES
sion, but it is an open question
how long it will remain so. The
Senate favors an immediate ad-
journment and the House is flood
ed with petitions to the same end,
Waite's extra session is as unpop-
ular and unnecessary as he is him.
self.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

The utter inconsistency of john
sons position, as a free trader as
sailing the Wilson bill for its de-
struction of American industries,
does not prevent his criticism
from ranking in the democratic
mind. If that speech is the con-
clusion of Cleveland's friend what
will be the judgment of his en-
envy?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13
a. $3.50 soc $500 81 OOI OOs5O %
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Legal advertisements $l.O0pe. inch nrSt
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euent Insertion. Trustees sales S1.0O per
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,sfter
Reading matter, editorial page, rs cents
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so cents first insertion. 10 cents first week
ae1ts after first week. Special rates on
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Home Advertisements payable on first OF
= sAcn month. Transient advertising pay
q able In advance. Only metal cuts printed.
Special rates given on larger space and
1ong time advertisements. Discount given
Z for cash.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

quarter. Spain is not ripe for Re-
publicanism, as Castelar, told that
people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-13

all that they will come together
upon.
The Reed rules have been damn
ed by the Democracy, and now the
country damns the Democracy for
not adopting them. All things
come to the honest Republican
who has the grace of patience.
The newspaper that is subsidized
by city administration, to wreck
the financial institutions of that
city, may be in good business, but
it will not so appear to the mind of
ordinary intelligence.
Judge Clark's confession that the
party in Texas has gone to pieces
finds rebuke in certain over
confident minds. The diago-
scis of the Judge is eminently cor
rect all the same.
The Indian reservations are de-
fusion and snare. The sooner
they are abolished and McLo
placed on lands in severalty to dig
for his sustenance the better for
the country.
"The variety joint" seems to
trouble the piety of DenisOn, with
out any discrimination as to the
variety of the JOINT. That town
should unhinge itself and become
disjointed.
Col. Uriah Lott is at Little
Rock, Arkansas, ready to put his
shoulder to the wheel for the Hot
Springs railway. That road will
be built, for the Col. never gets
left.
Maxey's proposition is the best
yet proposed for the harmonization
Of the discords in the camp Of the
state Democracy, but it is not har-
monization that is sought.
The Katy road is coming into
San Antonio, and this will make
the fourth railroad prospective in
which this city is interested. Mat
tiers are coming this way.
That Tourists hotel project is
not dead but sleeping. 1t is al
most time that it reused itself
from its long nap and came to the
from t for business.
There is one thing certain as to
Hawaii, neither Queen Lii nor the
English princess, Kaulani, will
ever ascend that throne during the
reign of Grover.
Mello is sick with an attack of
"bere- beri," This disease is not
known in the United States by
that name, here it is spelled "beery
berry"
Mrs. Lease of Kansas has given
the Populist party of that state
more solid uneasiness than all of
their democratic alliances COM
bined.
1t is not connection with Groups
Christi but with San Antonio that
Brownsville wants and San An
tonic reciprocates that want.
The reports from down the
country are very favorable for the
speedy settlement of preliminaries
lOI JlldU DIO" uSN lllS lOhu'
Congressional proceedings I
both House and Senate are lively
reminding one of the good old
times "befoh the wah."
The Christmas carol of lS9;
presages no good will among the
belligerents of the state Democracy
in 1894.
The man who fixes the date c
the next Democratic state connec
ton fixes the date of great con
tention.
The batch of Democratic pie
pleaders in this state multiplies, a
, the distribution day approaches
New York Chamber of Com
merce fights an income tax and il
so doing fights the inevitable.
Denison Herald records 1893 2
an era of good stealing. 1t was
: typical Democratic year.
The "Angel of Death" continue
to make his presence felt on Ian
and sea.
A good deal of that postoffice pi
will taste of the plate before it i
o served.