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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
Wedding Postponed.

Sharp Dame-I must frankly tell
you, Mr.. Meek, that my consent to your
marrying with my daughter has been
wrung from me under protest.
Mr. Meek-Eh: Protest?
Sharp Dame-Yes, sir. l knew that
if l did not consent she would disgrace
the family by an elopement. When she
wants anything, we all have to give in
to her or take the consequences, and
long experience has taught me that l
might as well try TO fan off a cyclone as
reason with her when she gets mad,
especially if there is a hatiron or a roll
ing pin handy, and SO just give right
up at once. Has the wedding day been
set yet, MIR. Mock
Mr. Meek-Um-er-nM yet, and,
in fact, madam, Im-I'm a little
afraid l can't afford to marry very soon
anyhow. Goo-good day.-New York
Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
X RAYS CAN BE SEEN,
Their Effects on Different Pnrts Of tn,
Human Eye.


Human Eye.
DR.. Brandes of the University of
Halle has succeeded in rendering directly
visible the \ rags discovered by Pro-
fessor Roentgen. The observation made
by Professor Salvioni. an Italian physi-
cist, that lenses are in a very slight de-
gree penetrable by Roentgen's rays,
suggested to DR.. Brandes the idea that
the invisibility might be due to circum-
stances connected with this fact. He ac-
cordingly resolved to test the effect of
Roentgen's rays OH lenseless eyes.
There are many people who have had
the lenses of their eyes removed as n
remedy for extreme shortsightedness or
for cataract. A girl who had had this
operation performed OH both eyes, but
in whose right eye a remnant of the lens
had been left, allowed the experiment
to be tried upon her.
Professor Dorm. whom DR.. Brandes
had interested in the investigation, SUBJ
jected the girl quite unexpectedly to the
rays, and, when the strong current
passed through the tube, which had been
totally darkened, she declared that she
saw light with her left eye. Professors
Dorm and Brandes at first thought it
possible that spark had leaped across,
but, when this had been rendered impos-
sible, the girl continued to declare that
she saw light.
On further trying the experiment the
two savants saw the light too. They
then continued their Investigations and
ascertained that ROentgen's rays really
| affect the retina. If We place our head,
completely inclosed in an entirely
Opaque vessel, near the source of the
rays, we see light even with the closed
| eyes, and we see it most clearly at the
periphery. Moreover, we continue to see
it even when large aluminium plate,
which would completely exclude electric
rays, is placed between a Hittorf tube
and the eye. Utter darkness, on the
other hand. results if a thick pane OF
glass, which, as is well known, is only
i'll very slight degree penetrable by
Roentgen's rays, is placed between the
tube and the closed or covered eye
Berlin Cor London Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25

A Stafford boy died from meningitis
reSuittrg from black eye got at school
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
THE eREEchLOApER.
8mpr0vements In Guns That Coadues -
Rapidly q Firinl.

8oPa0nty q E1f10B.
Let Us exAmine a breechloader and
see what improvements have been made
which may conduce to rapidity of fire.
We see that in the older pattern three
motions were necessary to open the
breech. First the bar which is fixed
across the base of the block had to be
removed, then q half turn had to be
given to the block to free it in its bed,
and then it had to be pulled forward.
Lastly, it had to be thrown back on its
hinge, SO as to open the gun from end to
end. We are shown that in later pat
terms the cavity or bed into which the
block fits is made in the form of cone,
SO that the breech block itself can be
turned outward without any preliminary
motion forward. In artillery work time
is everything, and any one motion of
the gunner's hands and arms saved is q
point gained.
Now let us look at the mechanism BY
which the recoil or backward movement
Of the gun is checked at the moment of
firing. The gun slides into its cradle,
and its recOil is cOunteracted by buffers
which work in coil, something in the
fashion of the coil springs which we see
on doors. Iron spiral springs push the
gun back again into place. Another in
teresting piece of mechanism is the cleo
trio machinery by which the gun is fired.
When the recoil has taken place, the
wire, along which runs the electric cur
rent. is pushed out Of place, SO that it
is impossible to fire the gun, even though
it be loaded, until it has been again
fixed i'll its proper position on the cradle
Truly a modern cannon is a wonderful
machine, and yet it is only a develop
ment from the sort of iron gas pipe which
was used in the middle ages.
Hard by is gun which has come to
grief. In experiments which are carried
on at Shoeburyness guns are charged to
their full, or, as in this case. more than
their full strength. There is an ugly
cash running down the outer case OF
jacket, as it is called, of the gun, and
the latter has broken and nearly jumped
out Of its cradle. Nursery phraseology
certainly comes in strongly in the tech.
nical slang of gunnery when we have te
do with Woolwich infants.
Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
Publication Notice.
STATk OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY

In the circuit court. to the September tenn. A.
d. 1895.
Gnca =. Cellus va. Ella Baker in attachment
Puolic ro,ice IL herr, W given 10 the said Ella
Baker that q swrit OF attachnept issued
out OF the office OF the clerk of the circuit court
Of Rock Island county, dated the sith day OF
march. d., 1896 at the euit Of the said
Gudalia Cellus, and againet the estate OF
the said Ella Baker for the sum Of ten hun.
bred and twenty five dollars, (&i G2S) directed 10
the sheriff o. laid Rock Island county. which
said writ has zen return d executed.
and an order having entered Of record in eaid
court at the May term, 1896. thereof, that eaid
cause stand continued.
Now. therefore. unless You. the said Ella Baker,
shall personally be and appear before the said
circnit coaIt OF Rock Island county on the first
day Of the next term thereof, to be holden Q,
the court house in the city Of Rock leland
IN said county. on the first Monday of September
A. D. 1896. give special bail and plead TO the said
Plaintiffs action, judgment will be entered
agais.t you. and in favor OF the said Gudalis
z. Cellus. and so much Of the property az
tachcd a. NAV be eufncient TO satisfy the said
Judgment and coets will be cold to pstisfy the
same, GEORGE ". GAMBLE. Clerk.
McKNIsY & McENInY, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
July IL. A. D., 1896.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
Her Varying Value.

Mrs. Fergnson-George. if should
Cease to care for you and fall in love
with some handsomer man. what would
you do:
Mr.. Ferguson with some fierceness)
I'D sue the scoundrel for 800. 0oO'
Mrs. Ferguson applying the corner
of handkerchief to her eye)-And yet
when / told you the other day how
dearly I'd love you if you would only
buy me that 1899 vase at Spotcash B
Co IS You only said. "H'nIph"-Chi-
cago Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
A Woman Cured Him.

Two years ago an old woman near Cen
tcryille, Ind, became angered at a man
who lived near her and prophesied that he
would die violently, and for his sins his
bones would be scattered after death.
Shortly after. the man was drowned. and
recently 1t was discovered that groundhogs
had burrowed into the grave where he was
buried and stolen his bones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25

Poison rings during the twelfth, tbir
tenth and fourteenth centuries were very
common in Italy The bezel of the ring
was hollow cup, opened by spring and
designed TO contain a quantity Of poison to
be used either for suicide or murder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
LEGAL.
Administrator's Notico.
Rst.te Of Wilhelm Sander, deosaesd.

Bb0te OF VI Inefu S2uoefs ueoo0s0-
TIE undersignsd having been appointed admin.
istratrix Of the estate Of wuheim SENDER
etate Of Illinois, deceassd. hereby gives notice
hat she viii appear before the county cour'
OF Rock Island county. at the ONCE OF the e'erh
October term, ON the Arst Monday In October
next, at which time all persons having elaima
against sod estate are notified and requested q
justed.
Al persons indebted 10 said estate are -
guessed 70 make immediate payment - the IN
designed.
Dated this SSH day Of July A. D.. ieeo.
Augusta SANpER. AdmipietlAtYtx.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
ASTORY OF KIT CARSON
Renaissance of Indian Warfare
Beyond the Rockies.
ADVENTURE WITH THE APACHEs.

Major Calhoun Tells How He First Met
the Celebrated Scout and Gives an Ex-
ample Of His Intrepid Courage-A Pa
thetic Tale.
1t was some years after the war. We
were searching out a railroad route across
the mountains to the south of the Ar
kansas river 1t was Sunday, and our party
had stopped for rest on the summit of FL
Sangre de Christie pass, 10, 600 feet above
the sea level.
At the foot Of the slope and eight miles
to the westward on the edge of San Luis
park was Fort Garland, at this time COM
manded by Colonel Christopher Carson,
brevet brigadier general of volunteers and
better known to the world as kit" Car
son, the famous explorer and scout.
Anxious to meet the man who had
guided our troops in Mexico, conducted
General Beal across the wilds of Arizona
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
The New Crnxe.

observation-disclosures. sir?
Customer-Yes, please.
PhotoErapher-Inside or outside, sir!
Pick Ne Cp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
One WAY to supvre,s Old STYLES.

One Indiana man shot and killed an
other the other day beca1ise he persisted in
sticking to the old style OF Waiting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25
cA TAI .cATARRH
ELY'S
CREAM pAIX

Opcne and clcane,- the
Na-ai Passages. Allays
riin ard lnflamn alton,
Heal. the sores.Pro-
The herald., 1896-07-17
FELL FROM A TRAIN
Bartender Sustains Injuries Which Ma,
Cripple Him for Life

A Bartender Sustains Injuries Which NAV
Cripple Him for Life
Richard Woods, employed as a bar
tender in the Mechanics saloon on First
street, east of Los Angeles, met with a
serious accident yesterday afternoon
which may cripple him for life.
He had been down at Long Beach and
about o'clock took the train for the city.
He had been drinking heavily and was
pretty we'll intoxicated A mile or two
out of Long Beach he in some manner fell
from the train; how. he does not know.
The cars were moving swiftly at the
time and he fell with great force on his
hip.
He was picked up unconscious. placed
IN the baggage car and brought to the
city, where the patrol wagon met the
train and took him to the receiving hos
pital. DR.. Ainsworth attended the suf-
ferer and found that he had sustained
either dislocated or fractured hip. 1t
is impossible as yet to tell positively
which injury has been suffered. but the
physician is inclined to believe that the
femur or thigh bone is broken short off
nigh up near the end where it sets into
the pelvis. If this proves to be the case
1t will be difficult job to reduce the
fracture, and 1t may eventuate in Wouds
becoming confirmed cripple.
The herald., 1896-07-17
A VERY SILLY INVENTION
Bryan Never Changed His Name-That
Of His Father Good Enough
Indisputabie Testimony Easily Gathered In
This City Yesterday From Old Acquaint.
ances-Wss Billy Bryan a. . Boy

There is just as much truth in the re-
port that Bryan changed his name from
O'Brien as that McKinley's name was
formerly McGinty.
A morning contemporary had the
effrOntery yesterday to prominently re-
peat the absurd falsehood concerning
Mr.. Bryan's name. which emanated
from the imaginative brain of man in
Portland, Ore.
In a very few minutes yesterday sufl-
Client evidence was gained in this city to
palpably prove that the story was a
silly invention.
Henry O'Melveny, the attorney, who
knew Bryan intimately in his boyhood,
said: There can be no question in the
world about Bryan's name. knew him
we'll as Billy Bryan; we were boys to-
gether. My grandfather and his an
cestors migrated from the southern
states to Southern Illinois about the
same time, and my father and his father
were both judges of the state circuit
court. There is absolutely no founda-
tion to the story"
Nathan Cole, jr., the real estate man,
said that he knew from his relatives,
who had lived in Chester, ILL.,, that WILL
lam Jennings Bryan's fathers name
was always Bryan. Judge Silas Bryan
was a well known and very popular
character. He was a very interesting
lecturer. and wherever he used to hold
court he would announce free lecture
in the evening. Twenty-Five years ago
Bryan was certainly his patronymic."
w. j. Nevins of Winfield Kan. a for
mer resident of Lincoln, Neb., said that
he had known Bryan for eighteen years,
and that the story of his having changed
his name was a ridiculous but mischeiy-
Gus invention.
A. T. Nevins of San Bernardino, pre-
viously of Lincoln, Neb, also corrobor-
ated this evidence.
Charles Cawney writes The Herald:
will you allow me the space in your
paper to dispute the charge of w. j.
Bryan ever dropping the from his
name? In 1874 l lived in the town of
Salem, ILL.,, and nobody knew the Bryan
family better than did. w. Us. father
was not known as O'Bryan. was per-
sonally acquainted with the judge and
also with his brother. Russ; also per-
sonally acquainted with the children of
both families. l write this in respect
to the man charged, and can further
say w. J. Bryan is descendant of a
noble, good and-bighly respected citizen,
Judge Bryan. This is written to give
man his just dues, as / am lifelong Re-
publican
The herald., 1896-07-17
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MEETING
Permanent Organiza alton of the Thlrtieth Pre-.
cinct-Interesting Papers

Permanent Organization Of the Thlrtieth Pre-.
cinct-Interest Papers
An enthusiastic woman's suffrage par
lor meeting was held at the home Of Mrs.
j. F. Hewes at 1921 South Hill street
directions of the woman's suffrage cam
paign committee a permanent organi-
zation was formed, to be known as the
Thirtieth precinct club. The scope of
the club will extend over the territory
lying between Ninth and Pico streets
on the north and south, and Mainland
Hope on the;west and east. Following
are the names of the newly chosen Off
GERS: DR.. Mary E. Stark. president;
Mrs. J. F. Hewes, vice president; Mrs
w. B. Martin. secretary; Mrs. j. c.
Gooding, treasurer.
At the conclusion Of the formal busi-
ness session brief recess was taken,
after which Mrs. A. c. Smithers read
an interesting paper on the New Woman.
She treated the old subject of the new
woman inlavery novel manner.
DR.. Mary e. Stark followed with a
thoroughly enjoyable paper touching
upon the history of the woman's move
ment in New York. The doctor dwelt
at some length upon the difficulties there
encountered and paid high tribute of
praise to the brave women who strug-
gled through the early campaigns.
A brief paper was then read by Mrs.
A. w. Chubb on the history of. woman
suffrage in California Mrs. Chubbs
account of the efforts to- get a bill favor
ing woman's suffrage through the state
legislature was amusing and at the
same time instructive. She concluded
her excellent talk with an optimistic
horoscope of the future.
aio1 p1, ,of inI fl,o,, i
the afternoon. The next precinct meet
. ing will be held at the residence of Mrs.
w. B. Martin, 1901 South Olive street,
at 2:30 p. m. Monday.
The herald., 1896-07-17
A Theory OF THE CHECK
Henry Gage Contends 1t
Was Not Altered
CRU|KSHANk WIS FL|M-FLAMMED
Opposing Council Indulge in
Mutual Amenities
BOOM.TIME FRAUD ALLEGED
A Tenant Stands Off His Rent With a
Counter Claim
Compound Law Suit as an Aftermath Of the
Road Race
A New Water Company Iucorporates-To Rn-
large the Postofiice-The Divorce 1iil.
Discharged on Habeas Corpus.
New Suit s-Court Notes
A Tenant Stands Off His Rent With a
Counter Claim
Compound Law Suit as an Aftermath Of the
Road Race

In following the arguments in the Dole
case yesterday the old childish story of
Eyes and No Eyes" was forcibly re-
called to ones memory.
The defendant is TALL 1.-THE fellow
standing six feet three. And yet, as Mr..
Gage pointed out, and opened the vials
of his scorn in doing 1t, Mr.. Cruikshank,
when giving a description of the man
who had obtained certified check for
$3.50 from him at Santa Ana, described
him as standing about five feet nine, or,
as he stated later, about five feet eleven.
Such a miscalculation as this seems
hardly possible, and yet it is not mark
er to the contradictions that have crop
ped up in this case.
Shortly after Doles arrest his pho
tograph, very good one, too, was shown
to Miss Brunfes at AZusa, and she, with
others, wrote on the back that the photo
graph in no way resembled the man who
had the dark moustache, wore dark
glasses and had stopped at the hotel.
And yet on Tuesday Miss Brunfes went
on the witness stand and said she be-
lieved the defendant was the man who
had stopped at her mothers hotel
to one set of circumstances and later
another set of witnesses would testify
to another set of circumstances, which if
true, made it absolutely Impossible that
the first ones could be correct.
And the case has bristled with incon-
gruitieS of this kind clearly illustrating
the variations of the human mind and its
general unreliability in matters which,
at the time, may be regarded as unim-
portant.
In the light of these almost sensation
ally opposing statements, it is not to be
wondered at that counsel for the de-
fense arrogated to himself certain lati-
tude in building up a hypothetical case,
in order to account for the crime charged
being saddled on to his client.
Counsel pointed out to the jury that
close examination of the check with the
aid of a powerful glass, revealed some
curious things. 1t was alleged that GER
tain words had been eliminated to per-
nit the insertion of the raised amount.
The herald., 1896-07-17
Chamber of Commerce Notes

D. D. Johnston of Norwalk has sent
to the chamber of commerce samples of
the citron of commerce
David Nichols of Garden Grove has
sent single branch of a seeding lemon,
carrying eighteen lemons which average
about one and one-quarter pounds each.
j. b. Carr of this city furnishes the
chamber with an interesting relic. II is
small cannon ball, once weighing six
pounds, but now reduced to five and one
half pounds by corrosion. It was found
in a load of gravel taken from the river
bed, and is probably memento of John
c. Fremont's occupation of Los An
geles when the Americans took posses
sion of California.
The herald., 1896-07-17
New Suits


]. C. Kolff vs. Henry Elliott ct ala
suit to recover S32.72 on a mechanics
lien, with SIS attorneys fees.
Charles Olvera VS.. P. H. Winston ct
ALA suit to recover on a promissory
note for 5000, drawn in July, 1891, and un-
secured.
Willard H. Clark VS.. Henry Elliott ct
ALA suit to recover $3.50 on a me-
chanics' lien, and S100 for attorneys fees.
To change the name of the Main Street
Savings Bank and Trust company-A
petition to change the name to the Main
Street Savings bank.
City of Los Angeles ct al. VS.. William
Young. justice of the peace of the town
ship-A petition to the court to issue
writ of review commanding Justice
Young to certify to a transcript in the
suit Of E. A. McCombs VS.. the City of Los
Angeles. that the case be reviewed.
Alosta Water and Development COM
pany VS.. Jane D. Snyder ct ala suit
to enjoin the defendants from inter-
fering with the pipes or water system
of the plaintiff corporation, and to settle
the claim or title which they allege.
The herald., 1896-07-17
Ry habees Corpns

Mrs. Mary Jacinta Tassell came into
department one yesterday, suing out
writ of habeaS corpus.
On the 14th instant Mrs. Tassell was
an unmarried woman, and on the com
plant of j. w. Green was arrested at
San Pedro as "vagrant and lewd per-
son." and was brought before the JUS
tice of Wilmington township. The day
following she came to Los Angeles and
was married to w. F. Tassell, and to
render her happiness complete was or
dered discharged from custody by Judge
Smith
The herald., 1896-07-17
RESULT OF A DISPUTE
Charges Againts Melendes Said to Have Been
Actuated by Spite

Charges Againts Melendes Said to Have Been
Actuated by Spite
In the police court complaint and
warrant were yesterday afternoon
sworn out by Officer Miles Long against
Juan Josd Melendes, charging him with
disturbance of the peace on Wednesday
afternoon in a lodging house at Also and
Los Angeles streets. Melendes is the
party accused by little girl named
Victoria Santonge with having taken
improper liberties with her person.
AS matters look at present the child's
story Is much exaggerated and is to be
taken with grain of salt. Mr.. Melendes
is wealthy rancher who has always
borne good reputation, and he claims
that the whole affair is the result of
spite work. Mr.. Santonge, father of the
The herald., 1896-07-17
Fer Rental Dre

Two cases on appeal from the justice
court were decided by Judge York. in
department three yesterday. The first
was on a suit to recover $4 rent from
]. F. Conroy and was argued and sub
mitted, and the second was a suit by
DR.. r. G. Cunningham against H. F..
Carpenter, to recover $40. for rent of
premises AS opposed to this claim the
defendant put in a counter claim of
s3S.75, alleging that it took two persons
eight days and three persons five days
to make suG repairs to the roadway,
ETC.. as would put the house in the con-
dition agreed upon.
The herald., 1896-07-17
Under the Flag

The following aliens were yesterday
admitted to all the rights and privileges
of citizens, upon submitting proper
proof of eligibility:
John Hogan, a native of Ireland;
Charles White, a native of New Zealand;
N. J. Knagenhyelm. a native of Nor
way; Otto Deissler, native of Ger
many; Gustaf F. Johansson, native
of Sweden; Frank Dresser, native of
England and Domenico Audreine, ma
tive of Italy, by Judge Mckinley.
Joseph V. I.owrenco, native of Portu-
gal, by Judge York.
The herald., 1896-07-17
An Echo of the Past

A reminiscence of boom times came
up in department six yesterday, before
Judge Mckinley and jury. 1t was on
the trial of suit instituted by A. Love
against Henry Bleecker, to recover a
large sum of money.
In September, 1892 the defendant, who
is an attorney. was employed by J. King
as his legal advisor in all matters per-
tanning to his business. One n. S. Sher-
man went to King and asked him to
loan S1400 to John Robarts, asserting at
the time that Robarts was administra-
The herald., 1896-07-17
The Divorce Mill

The suit of Carrie T. Snyder against
Eli Snyder, wherein she sued for support
resulted yesterday in Judge York max
ing an order for permanent alimony of
$50 month, until the further order of
court
The suit of c. B. Combs VS.. S. e. Combs
was transferred yesterday by Judge Van
Dyke to department six.
Judge Smith yesterday granted a de-
cree Of divorce to A. Williamson from P.
D. Williamson, on the charge of deser-
ton.
The herald., 1896-07-17
DETECTIVES AT WORE
Investigating the Cowardiy Attempt to Burn
q Lodging House

The police detectives are working on
the attempt at arson which was yester-
day morning made on the lodging house
No. 416 Wall street. Certain crcum.
stances have been discovered which
point the finger of suspicion at one party,
but as yet nothing definite has devel-
oped Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward, the pro-
prietors, came up from Long Beach yes
terday and were closeted with tho
officers for time. They are at loss
to know what could have actuated the
dastardly attempt upon their house.
they are spending the summer at the
seashore and returned there last night.
M. b. HANDLE, owner of the building,
is back east on visit and does not as
yet know of the attempt made upon
his property.