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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18

This story. told by the sufferer him
self. suggested several others. one OF
the listeners said he had been affected
In the same way, but not TO such an
extent.
Il came to my room late one night
and began to read. said he, nut
was uncomfortable and had an oppress-
ed feeling. The silence caused me to
be uneasy. Then ! looked NJ and saw
that the clock had stopped L started
Il again. and when II began ticking /
felt a. If ! had a companion. The tick
ing OF a clock is something that you
never hear until * stops.
THAT reminds me Of friend Of mine
who is an electrician" said another.
"He has a room in an electric lght
power house. As long as the machine
ry is pounding he can sleep like a top.
but when the machinery stops ne Is
Weakened In an instant"
In the main Office OF the Western
Union Telegraph company there are 30
or more telegraph instruments clicking
all the time To the unframed ear the
noise is distracting. 1t would seem i'm
possible to hear one sounder and turn
a deaf ear TO the remainder. That Is
what the operator does, however. lie
takes the message from the-to have
noises all around you and not hear the
dots and dashes that are being clicked
off on other saunders all around him.
The amazed stranger hears only "a loud
and angry buzz. This Is a part of the
town education-to have noises all
around you and not hear them. When
trains began running on the Alley ele-
waited road. between State street and
Wabash avenue, a carriage manufac-
turer who had number OF workmen
employed at tables next To the alley
windows decided to have them moved
10 some place where they would not
be disturbed. He supposed that when
the trains began rushing by the win
dows and only "A few feet from the
building the men would constantly
have their attention drawn from their
work. For few days after the trains
began running 1t seemed that he was
right The men would stop work and
watch the train until il had passed.
But i'm one short week the novelty wore
off. The roar of the passing train be-
came familiar and was almost unno-
ticed. In less than a month the work.
at all. AS one OF them said: I'VE for
get there are any trains passing unless
some one speaks Of IT,"
Any hotel clerk will tell you OF the
tribulations of country people who stop
at downtown houses. They can not
sleep until the cable ears have ceased
their rumbling and bell-ringing. and
then they are aroused before daybreak
by the market wagons and the early
cable cars. Often enough they cannot
sleep at all. The rattle OF a hanson
cab I'm the streets below will arouse
them TO fun wakefulness. and the sound
OF some one passing through the hall
way outside will cause them TO open
their eyes and listen intently for j,
minutes. Then there is the dread OF
fires which is never conducive to slum-
Der But there is another side TO this
story. A Chicago man who has lived al
downtown hotel for years said he
never awoke before = o'clock except
when he was i'm Chicago.
When he was in town he could SLEEP
for three hours with cable cars. wag
ons and newsboys making all kinds OF
noises under his window. but when he
was in the country he was awakened
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18

To prevent the hardening of the sub
cutaneous tissues OF the scalp and the
obliteration OF the hair folllcles, which
cause badness. use Halls Hair Re
newer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18

For allaying hoarseness and irrit alton OF the
throat. browns Bronchial Troches f" are
won1 er'ul en- sctive. Avoid imlfat ons
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18

came 10 me. drew a full breath OF re-
lief and realized that hadn't gone en-
tiTely crazy"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18

For quick trip TO Chicago try the
Burlington route via Northern Pacific
at Billings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
Election Notice

Notice Is hereby given that Tues lay the 9Th
day of April A D. 1896. in the city of Rock Isl.
and, H., an election WI be held for the following
officers to-Wit:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
Grand j ufy for May.

The board Of supervisors yesterday
afternoon selected the following
grand jurors to serve at the Nav
term of the circuit court:
Cordova-G. H. eager.
Coe-Joshua Dillon.
Canoe Creek-William Orr.
Zuma-William H. Whiteside.
Port Byron-William Denbigh.
Hampton-Anthony Wells.
Moline-G. w. Vinton, G. w. John.
son, Ed Wiese.
South Moline-A. W. Fisk.
Rock Island-W. j. Gamble, Frank
Eckhart, z. 3. Mckown. w. II. Cline.
South Rock Island-J. w. Graham
Black Hawk-Samuel NJ. johnson.
Coal Valley-D. H. Lyons.
Bowling-James BlakesIey.
Edgington-A. W. Elliott.
Rural-H. j. Simmon.
Andalusia-T. W. Simmons.
Buffalo Prairie-John Vanatta.
Drury-Reynold HAYES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
=THR ARaHs akTBRDAY, MkRe# 1855,

q j.
60. Rock Island 8 Pacific Railway
company. resulting from the death Of
". n. Sage, freight traffic manager
of the company. ]. n. johnson.
who has been general freight agent,
has been appointed freight traffic
manager, while H. Cover. FIRST as.
sistant general freight agent. be-
comes general freight agent, sue
ceeding Mr.. johnson. E. B. Boyd,
who has been second assistant gen.
eral freight agent. is promoted to
first assistant general freight agent,
and he in turn is succeeded by j. NJ.
Allen, division freight agent of the
road. All the officials advanced are
old employees of the Rock Island COM
PAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
ASSESSMENT ARRAlGNED.
A Correspondent Who Opposes the Sys
TEN Employed.

A Correspondent Who Opposes the sys-
TEN Employed.
Rock ISLAND, March 5.-EDIrOR
ARGUS: 1t is said that storms purify
the atmosphere. If that is so it is
to be hoped that the storm raised
aud now raging. caused by the little
pamphlet containing list of the tax
able real estate and personal prop.
erty in the city of Rock Island, will
purify the assessors brain this
spring. and cause his estimation OF
the value of property to be clearer,
and also so improve his organs of
vision to the end that he may not
miss single person liable to tax.
The pamphlet referred to present.
many glaring Inconsistencies in re-
gard to values, indicating thet the
assessor must have been laboring
under strabismus of the imagination
when assessing some peoples prop
erty.
1t is not necessary to point out
these Inconsistencies. as they are a
matter of almost universal comment.
What object to most is the fact that
there are persons who have been liv-
ing i'm the city for years. and yet have
never paid any personal tax at all.
and are not on the list now. 1t seems
strange that the assessors should
miss them year after year. What we
want to do this spring is to elect a
man who will give all a fair deal re-
CARELESS of color, creed, or previous
condition. and who will make it a
point to get all who are liable even
for 5 cents taxation on the books.
Whichever party dominates such a
candidate gets the vote of X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY.
What the Wonderful New In
vention May Show Re-
garding Things We
Already Know.

at is an astounding discovery
ons OF the most marvellous of the
present sge!"
1t was in these words that an emf
nent scientist lately referred to the
new and wonderful invention in pho.
togrsphy which everybody is dis.
cussing. This great invention, al
most people are aware. euables pho.
tographers to take pictures of OBJ.
jects completely hidden from the
sight. In recent experiment, for
instance. q portrait OF a man was Sc
cured, although he was separated
from the photographer by a 3-inch
partition. In another case, a pic
ture was obtained of all the bones,
muscles. blood vessels and internal
organs in a mans body.
In speaking of this wonderful dis
covery a well known New York phv.
stefan recently said: "If thousands
of people who are walking the streets
today and attending to business
could only see photograph of their
internal organs. they would be filled
with alarm and dread. They would
see their liver and kidneys clogged
with impurities and their blood filled
with deadly secretions which poison
the whole system. They would see
these delicate organs slowly but
surely giving way under this corrod-
ing poisoning influence. Oh. what
an effect such a picture would have -
The doctor is perfectly right, but
at the same time there are thousands
of people who need no photograph to
tell them that there is something
wrong with their health. They know
that they do not feel as well as they
ought to feel. They complain of
tired feelings, nervousness, head
aches, backaches. stomach trou bles
constipation and dull. heavy sensa-
tions. They feel miserable, but do
not know why they suffer. 1t is only
the skilled physician who knows that
these symptoms are all caused by the
liver and kidneys being out of order.
When these great organs of the body
fail to act properly the health speed
lily breaks down.
1t was knowledge of this impor-
tant fact that led to one of the great
est discoveries of modern times. For
long years the brightest men in the
medical profession sought for a rem
edy which would cure all these de-
engagements of the liver and kidneys,
and at last they succeeded in finding
it. This great remedy. which has
proved blessing to thousands. is
Warmers Safe Cure. a remedy that
today is known and honored all over
the world. No other remedy has
ever equaled it for making weak.
rundown people feel strong and
well. 1t is universally admitted to
be the safest and best remedy for
curing every form of liver and kid
ney disease. 1t puts an end to stom-
ach troubles, purifies and enriches
the blood and restores lost vitality.
This great safe cure is not an ex-
pertinent. 1t has been in use for
over twenty years and has been the
means OF saving millions of lives. 1t
is the only remedy prescribed by the
worlds leading physicians. No
other remedy compares with it for
building up the system and impart-
ing new life to every part of the
bodv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
TOWNSHIP OFFICER.

lCSRS.
One Supervisor for two years.
Two Ass slant Supervisors for two years
One Assess > for one year
One Collector TO- one year
which election viii be open Of Z O'Clock in the
morning and continue open until o clock in the
Places OF registration and voting will b, as fol
First Wa.i-Fraukl b zee house.
second ward -Precinct /, No 1914 Third ave
second Ward-Precinct 2, Georg. stodd's hall.
high'n avenue tetween Ninth and Tenth street
Tniro ward Precinct 1, 40 1914 Third avenue
THO Wari-Precinct 3. John Taylor's gro
CRY, el2n,n avenue and Fourteenth street.
stable
FOURTH Wsrd-PreciDc' 2. No school, Fifth
avenue AM Nineteenth street.
ty-second street.
Twentieth street.
sixth wasd-No. sss3 Seventh ayeuue.
seventn VA d-Precinct /, street car harm
seventh Ward Pseci &c, }. Old No school,
a D; BUEsING. City snd Town Clerk.
Roc iIsnd, I'll. March 4, 4. %. 1876.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
The Ideal Panacea.

James L. Francis, alderman, Chi
cago. says: II regard DR.. Kings
New Discovery as an ideal panacea
for coughs, colds and lung CON-
plants, having used it in my family
for the last five years, to the exclu-
sion of physicians prescriptions or
other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes: 81 have been a minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal church for
so years or more. and have never
found anything so beneficial, or that
gave ME such speedy relief as DR..
Kings New Discovery" Try this
ideal cough remedy now. Trial bot.
ties free at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
CITY OFFICERS

tne alderman ia the Fir ward for two wears
one alderman in the econf wa d for I'VE wear.
One alderman n ire Third ward for two wears
One alderman in he F. n VIZ ri for two ySs,s
Cne alderman In the Fifth ward for two YEAR
One aldermen in tn, ,iath ward for two years
Cne alderman in the sev:nth ward f,r two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
PAY YOUR TAXES.

Collector Baker Announces the Extreme
Limit of Time for Payment of Taxes.
The time for collecting taxes being
limited by law to the 10th of March
and the board of supervisors having
by resolution declared its intention
to comply with the law in regard to
taxes on personal property. 1 shall
be obliged to levy for all personal
taxes which are not paid by March
10. Taxes on real estate will be re-
ceived up to March %.
WILLIAM BAKER, Tax Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07

name with Lord"
Forty-eight years ago on farm in
the neighborhood OF Port Byron was
born the gentleman in question.
Young Donahue assisted around his
parents farm and worked for neigh
bors until he reached his 10Th year.
Then was born his ambition to be-
come q railroad man. He was an
unusally large fellow for his years
and weighed about one hundred and
sixty pounds and when he applied
for n position as brakeman on the
Western Union railway (now the Mil
waukee. he was accepted. For two
years he served this company and
afterward became connected with the
old Sabula. Ackley & Dakota and
Rockford. Rock Island & St. Louis
companies in similar capacities,
later branching out as a member of
the surveying corps of the latter
corporation. In those days the St.
Louis division of the Burlington
railway was known as the Rockford,
Rock Island & st. Louis. 1t was in
1870 that young Donahue secured .
position firing engine ~ for this
company between Rock Island and
Beardstown. Twelve months wound
up his career as q fireman and he
drifted down to Burlington. where he
went braking for the Burlington &
Missouri River railway. Another year
witnessed his advancement to freight
conductor for the same company be-
tween Burlington and Ottumwa.
Iowa. Four more years rolled
around and Mr.. Donahue finds him
self in the regalia of freight conduc-
tor for the Union Pacific between
Omaha and Grand Island. Neb.
1t was just about nineteen years
ago that Mr.. Donahue became identi-
fled with the Rock Island railway
company. His first position was as
freight conductor on the Iowa d.
vision. This he acceptably filled
until 1890, when he was rendered
the passenger run between Rock ISL
and Omaha, which he has filled with
credit to himself and his company
since. Mr.. Donahue is now in his
4sth years. years have been
passed in the employ of railroads.
Conductor Donahue has certainly
had an abundance of experience and
his record both from q railroading
standpoint and his popularity with
the travelling public is sufficient to
warrant the assertion that he is the
right man in the right place.
In his long railroading career he
has never been in q fatal accident.
But he has had some exciting expert
ences, the most thrilling of which
occurred one morning something
over year ago in Iowa, when cou-
pie of bank robbers shot at him sew
eral times when he offered assistance
to the authorities attempting to pre-
vent them from stopping the train
and escaping. The robbers didn't hit
Donahue, however, but succeeded in
stacking up the train by, means of a
dynamite bomb, which shattered the
car windows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
THE TERMINAL CoMPANY's BRIDGE

Work Commenced on the Structure Which
Will span the Mississippi.
Work has been commenced on the
Davenport & Rock Island Bridge and
Terminal company's bridge. which is
to span the Mississippi in the lower
end of the city, and everything
favorable it is anticipated that by
the close Of navigation next winter
several piers will be in and ready
for the steel structure. The stone
and trestle work contracts have been
awarded to the Stone Construction
company, Of st. Paul, and Mr.. Stone
has at present force of men digging
out resting place for the Rock ISL
and abutment, which is to be located
about thirty feet west of Seventh
street. The piers and abutments
are to be constructed of Anamosa
stone. and the laying OF material for
the Rock Island abutment will be
commenced in a couple of weeks
or as soon as the contractor can re-
move his transfer barges, which are
launched in the river at St. Paul.
Notes.
John Horns engine 653 has gone
INTO the c.. r. l. & P. repair shops
at Davenport.
Frank MONEYS Rock Island en-
gine 051 has returned from the Dav-
export shops, where it received q
general overhauling.
Division Agent H. D. Mack and
Agent N. ]. Young attended a meet
ing OF the Burlington passenger and
ireight departments at Chicago yes
terday.
Announcement has been made of
several promotions and changes in
the freight department of the Chica-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07

"rAae Tired Feeling

overcomes us when inferior prepare
lions are recommended by unscrupu-
lous 3palers as lust as good as Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup -
when We know the unequalled merits
OF this great medicine For sale 1t
n F. Bshnsen's drug store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07
DONAHUE'S CAREER
Begins Railroading Before Leav
ing His Teens.
MANY YEARS N THE BUSINESS

From Brakeman He Goes slowly Upward
and Is Finally launched Among the
Rock Island's Ticket Punchers-Ranway
Notes.
Six years on a passenger train be-
tween Rock Island and Omaha and
Thomas Donahue can without reluc.
lance accept the distinction of being
numbered with the popular and cool
headed ticket punchers Of the great
road with which he is identified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-07

Nearly every
traveller W b o
has used the
Rock Islands
western route
knows Conduc-
tor Donahue
and his COM
handing APP
pearance an d
strict attention
to duty has re-
suited in many
preiixing h i s
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23
The Tragedy ~ N,rr,ih.

The tragedy Of Macbeth vas the occa-
sion Of one Of thosc unlucky occur
rcnces which. as every playgoer knows,
must and will occasionally happen. but
which are generally more appreciated
by the oulooAcrs than those immediate
~ concerned. \ wr,l.huown actor vas
starring in the English provinces when,
one evening, the man cast Tor the first
murderer wa suddenly taken i'll. The
resources of the company were very
limited, and there was nothing left for
II but to put u super into his place.
Keep close to- the wings the prompt"r
said: 81 will read the words Ia YOU, and
you can repeat thom after me- Such
circumstance As these would very
naturally have made considerable de-
mands on the tact and courage Of a
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23
Made Money Vn Wood Blocks.

The United States signal service Of
ficers at Iona, Mich, captured Frank
and George Kingston. counterfeiters
They captured the press, and they be-
licve have made the most important
arrest In years. Frank is 20 years OLE
and George 80. the former being thu
artist who made the plate. They hat
1920 in $50 bills, all ready to float
and paper enough to make sl,OOO,OO
more. The plates from which the bills
were printed are made of lockwood, ant
the bills are all treasury notes OF TIT
series of 1890, containing a medallion
portrait of Alexander Hamilton, ant
so clever that none bur an expert ca
detect them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23
Age OF Gold which was written In San
ANNA HELD.

Age OF Gold which was written In San
Francisco when l was II years old. l
took 1t to John Mccullough to read.
He was then managing the California
theater, and he treated me with charm
ing courtesy, asking me to come back
and see him two or three days later,
which | did. He said he intended to
criticise the play frankly. and told me.
without beating around the bush. that
The Age OF Gold was unpresentable.
whereupon / remarked: i suppose,
Mr.. Mccullough, 1t needs the blue pen
ell The blue pencil? queried Me-
Cullough. Then, laying his hand kind
IL upon my shoulder: My boy, 1t needs
q club" He added, however, hat the
play showed that had obvious dram
attic instinct and he hoped would cul-
tivate 1t by studying the action OF plays
md their construction.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23
over 1000 Dcscend.nis.

A half-breed Indian who comes acros,
the Canadian border with s~nowshoes,
moccasins and baskets to sell may be
seen almost any day about the streets
of Saranac Lake. He occasionally
makes excursions to this city. His
name Is Macomber, h.s father having
been n Frenchman. The tribe 10 which
he belongs has a reservation twelve
miles square. The tribe Is descended
from the Five Nations. The rescryl-
ton Is known az Caughnavdga. Ma.
comber's grandfather died last week.
aged 1903, and leaving considerable
wealth. He had been married three
times, the first two wives hning deai.
His first wife bore him six children.
the second fifteen and the third thu
same number. His grandchildren.
Observation-Disclosures ana great-great-
grandchildren number over 1000. or
the thirty-six children twenty-eight are
living, as are most of the grandchil-
dren, great-grandchildrsn and tha
Observation-Disclosures
The tribe claims a portion OF Yer
mont territory known ~ the Missis-
quot valley. Chiefs and great men OF
the tribes OF the Five Nations have ap-
peared before every session OF the legis-
lature for upward of half O century de-
handing remuneration. 49, New York
Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23
81 "a Whispers.


Nat Goodwin will return from Aus
tralia In December.
Frank Daniels will not produce a new
opera for some time.
Olga Nethersole opens her next
American IA In Brooklyn.
Cecil Raleigh Is doing a new piece,
called The Belle Of Cairo" for May
YOhe.
Wagner Is to be made again the chief
attraction Of the London opera season
next spring,
j. w. Pigott. author OF THE Book
maker" has made a stage version OF
Anthony Hopes Mr.. Wits widow
T.. w. Townsend. the author OF
"Chimmie Fadden," has arranged to
have his popular book published In
London next month.
The plot OF Bulwer's novel. Eugene
Aram," has furnished the foundation
upon which Walker Whitcslde and Paul
!, Kester have built a drama.
Clarence Holt. the veteran English
actor. who is about TO publish his rem
in!scences, will have a good deal Of
interest to narrate in connection with
the exciting times In the early Austria
liam gold fields.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23

Morris slept well the night before HI
vac hanged. and did not awaken unit
6 o'clock. Before going 20 he'd he hat
n long talk with t,, wdtchmau. ana t.
him as ven as .,' Rev George Tonga
ware. he made % romp,stc cont, ion o.
his crime. 10" add hp Killed I.okcr fot
his MONEY 'i' .,.ayl how he hac
planned tho murder. AHd how he hlt
carried into cT,.. hls p'gus.
When Deputy John, vas about &c
draw the G'ack cap over Morris face
he said he would Like 10 speak. IL,
then addressed himself to the sheriff
and said II wish to thank you for
your sympathy. | bid YOU all good-by
! know I atu going TO meet my Cod
The cap was then adjusted, and be.
fore the people knew what had been
done Sheriff Chalfaat had sprung the
trap and the body Of Frank Morris
shot downward aud his neck was bro.
ken.
The body OF Morris Was placed where
Il could be seen. and thousands
looked upon the face of the nan who
had been rendered incapable of shed
ding more blood. About 200 people
witnessed the execution.
The remains were taken TO his old
home In the evening. and were in
TERED In the family graveyard by his
friends. His father was with him e
the last and admonishcd him TO pre-
pare to meet his Cod. The mother
died several years ago, and Morris
stated that he was glad that she did
not live to see his awful fate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23

away the dead D0dy Of the man with
whom she died. John liartig, the lead
man, was but II years old. the son Of Il
farmer living at Conner Station. Mary
Bush, about 10 years Did. and quite
pretty, is the daughter of u poor sec
ton hand. who works on the Missouri
Pacific railroad ut Pomeroy. The youth
and maiden had met and loved, but
when they proposed marriage the faith
er OF the girl objected. Young Hartig
was without means. From develop
ments It is evident that the young low
ers had discussed their poverty, the
parental opposition to the marriage.
and what seemed 10 them their dark
prospects until death seemed prefera-
BILE to life. Their journey to Leaven-
worth. and the tragedy was the result.