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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-03
Adam Alday's Grave at River.
side Opened.
At MRS. ossAR's REQUEST.
Physicians to Hold a Post
Mortem Examination.
Coroner Eckhart and States
Officers on Hand.

The body Of Adam Alday was
raised from its resting place in River
side cemetery at Moline at O'Clock
this afternoon.
A post norton examination has
been ordered by Mrs. Hans Osbar, Of
Davenport, Alday's former wife, who
is under arrest on . charge of arson,
and who has been accused of know
ing something about her husband's
mysterious death two years ago, ii
having been alleged by william AMI
Edward Alday. sons Of the deceased,
that their father was poisoned.
The prosecution has been pressing
its search for evidence in the arson
case very strongly the past few dsys,
and there have been limitations that
q charge of murder would in all
probability be made. The prelimi.
nary hearing of Mrs. Osbar for arson
will be held Saturday.
The post norton 10 being con-
quoted by Drs. j. F. Myers. Of Rock
Island, and r. C. j. Meyer, Of Mo-
line, for Mrs. Osbar.
Alday died in November, 1894. The
state had talked of exhuming his re.
mains to seek to prove that he had
been poisoned, but it was thought
that he had been buried so long that
il there was any poison administered.
the last vestigs had long since dis
appeared.
Coroner Eckhart, States Attorney
Selrle, Detective Hull and Mai. j.
NJ. Beardsley will attend the exsmi.
nation and will also have physician
on hand. In case any evidence OF
poison is there Coroner Eckhart will
take charge of the remains.
As soon as the lid was removed
from the coffin the remains were
taken in charge by Coroner Eckhart
and States Attorney Searle. The
body is in . bad state of decomposi
ton, but Mrs. Osbar's physicianl
claim they can tell whether there
was any poison in the system.
| Says He Was Intimidstsd.
The defense now claims that 10
seph .KiPp was intimidated by De
tective Hull into making the con
fession in which he admitted settins
fire to the Alday house, and impli
Gated Mrs. Osbar. 1t 10 also sale
that Kipp is not right mentally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-03
ROCK ISLANDS ANNUAL
Omcsrs for the Ensuing Yest Chooea
EarninGs of the Read.

AoInHnGs OF the Road.
&. r. Cable was reelected presi.
dent of the Chicago, Rock Island 4
Pacific Railroad company at Q meet.
ing of the new directorate 1T Chicago
yesterday afternoon. Other officers
were elected as follows: First vice
president, Benjamin Brewster; sec.
Rotary and treasurer, w. G. Purdy;
third vice president and general
manger, W. H. Truesdale. At the
meeting Of the stockholders Ogden
Mills, Of New York, was elected d.
rector to succeed Alexander T. Van
Nest, deceased. These directors
whose term of office expired were
re elected, hence there is but one
change in the directorate.
r. Z. Cable, Benjamin Brewster,
H. Il. Bishop, H. H. Porter and Mar.
shall Field were elected An executive
committee to serve during the year.
George T. Boggs was reaPpointed %.
sistant secretary and treasurer at
New York, and J. F. Phillips assist.
ant secretary and treasurer at Chi
cago. G. g. Jilson will be assistant
treasurer with headquarters at To.
peka, Kas.
The net earnings of the road for
the yesr ending March 81, 1897, were
IS, 5S3. s25.46. as against IS, 493. O59, "a
for the IL preceding months. The
operating expenses for the past year
were $40, 743, .23. % against Sl0,.
977.321.1S the year before. The
gross earnings were $l7, 652.7l
Is against $i7 1853, 65S 50 the proceed.
ing year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-03
Iatersstine Dry Goods SELLING.


The Boston store is making it In.
teresting for shoppers at its sale OF
the klug-Kasler stock. which opened
Wednesday. Prices are down lower
than one could hope for. Klug'a
65 cent fancy waist silks are
going at 373 cents; $l.25 for
50 cents, and ~ cents for
~ cents . yard: tl.S4 colored cord.
ed silks for IS cents. 81 faille silks 69
cents . yard; IS cent silk al wool
challies for 70 cents; 81 kid gloves
sell for 90 cents q pair; spring and
fall jackets for misses and ladies,
which Klug sold for $l2. e15 and mp
to $50. are now marked 81. so each.
The sale will continue until the en-.
tire stock 10 sold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-03
my Husband
Is Kind

To his help" az the lady said when she heard him
In dream about poker game say Il raise you ten,
John" So statements are often misleading. Its
Shields one rule to do as he says That's what has
built up his business and It's why they go there reg
ularly to take advantage of his offerings With
stock that's always fresh and prices that always
right there is little chance for Shields to be outdone
Watch the prices and don't forget the number.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-03

By aid Of volcanic action 50 new r.
lands have appeared during the present
century. and 10 have disappeazed-hays
been submerged
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-03

The Brooks homestead, in Colum.
bia Park. . 10-room house. bath,
good cellar and cistern, for sale 1t {
bargain; easy terms. Apply 70 M.
& K.
The herald., 1897-09-26

tapestry. Everybody is smiling and
happy.
First comes the dance. The crowd
gathers in silent rows about the long
hall, while the musicians occupy an open
space in the center. A dried deerskin
is tightly stretched between upright
posts. This is the drum, which is oper-
ated on by the chief musician. His as
sistants have horns partly filled with
shot, or gourds containing beans, which
they rattle in time with the drummer.
The music" that they make would ruin
a white mans nerves in short order, but
it seems to fill the Indians with the
same sort Of joy that boy derives from
firecrackers and torpedoes. As soon as
the musicians strike up the eldest chief
of the tribe rises and begins shuff1ing
about the floor in time to the rattling
gourds and booming drum. The others
follow in the order Of their rank, with
the women at respectful distance. As
the dance goes on the time quickens, until
presently circle Of leaping, shouting
savages is whirling about the room,
executing the most grotesque and violent
figures. With short intermissions the
dance is kept up till almost morning,
when the dancers retire to prepare for
the final ceremony.
Just as the sun comes peeping over
the treetops the braves alone gather for
The herald., 1897-09-26

dogs bear them to the elder, who places
them on the fire, at the same time calling
on the Great Spirit to observe him. A.
the blaze rises higher, the elder, OF chisf
priest, as he might be called, throws
handfuls of dried, odorous herbs upon the
pile, at the same time pronouncing an
grafton to the Great Spirit for the beneht
of his friends who are gathered about.
This grafton he keeps up until the hre
has burned itself out, and the victims are
entirely consumed.
Then the crowd gathers once more n
the council house, whore there are more
long speeches. lasting well into the after
noon; and after that comes the great
feast, in which everybody takes part. At
ter the feast, at which amazing Quauti-
ties of meat and Indian delicacies are
devoured, the members Of the tribe dis-
perse to their homes, fully satisfied that
the Great Spirit will smile upon them
for q season at least.
It may seem hard to believe that guch
practices as the burning Of the white
dog still exist in our country, but the
Indians look upon the rite with great
veneration, and it il likely that It will
continue to be observed from time to
time until the Indians themselves have
disappeared.
ROBERT EARL.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-09-26
A Stupid English Traveller.

A story is told of a typical English
man who after living to be past fifty
without stepping foot off the tight lit
tie island, decided to travel in Europe.
OF course he travelled toward the rising
sun, but he was so stubbornly insular
that he refused to alter the time Of his
watch, being "sure those foreign clocks
were all wrong. He had had his watch
for nearly twenty years and would not
do it then"
In vain did his travelling companion
try to explain to him, that the further
he went eastward, the more his time
would require correction. No argu-
ment would induce him to bulge. He
was very anxious to keep a record Of
all the places he visited, and always
jotted down in his pocket book the
names of the various stations he had
stopped at, or passed; after some time
he said: "How curious it is there are
SO many stations of the same name!'
His friend replied that he had not OBJ.
served it, and then it came out thai
the man had mistaken the German
word "Ausgang' "exit" fol
a station name in a dozen or more in
stances.
The herald., 1897-09-26
Ex-EMPRESS EUGENE.

The pleadings Of the ex-EmpresD
Eugene and her friends to make Louis
Bonaparte governor of Crete have
brought this unfortunate woman again
before the public eye. She II In better
health at present than for some years.
yet she is rarely seen by any but her
friends. Time was when Farnborough.
her English country home, was open to
everyone who chose to pass the ever
open gates, but of late years this in
scription has barred the way: These
grounds are private. Trespassers will
be prosecuted"
This is not, however, a mark Of inhos-
pitality, nor of morbid desire for seclu-
sion. 1t Is simply a measure Of SELF
defence, and 1t reflects little credit
upon those who have hitherto visited
the place. The ex-Empress then found
her steps at all times dogged by in
trusive and inquisitive strangers, SO
that she could not have an hours or q
moments privacy. Not contented with
gazing at her from a courteous dis
tance, they would press close up to her
and stare rudely in her very face. Nor,
bad as this was, was 1t all. Vandalism
of all kinds was practiced. Flowers
and plants were stolen and shrubbery
broken and defaced. Even the
wreathes placed by the Widows own
hands upon the late Emperor's sar-
cophagus were ruthlessly spoliated and
stolen. One day the ex-Empress left
her rosary lying on her prayer-desk in
the chapel while she went for a moment
to the tomb: she returned to ind II
stolen. Such a state of affairs became
intolerable, and she was compelled to
put up the sign excluding the public.
However, anyone may obtain admission
to the grounds now at certain hours
upon application for the privilege; and
at certain hours, also, the mausoleum
and the road leading to 1t are opened
free to all.
The herald., 1897-09-26
Impressive |roquois Rite
Which Few White Men
Have Ever Seen.
Significance Of Ceremony
Persistence Of Pagan
Worship.

The Onondaga Indians and their
brothers among the Iroquois are said to
be planning to revive the ceremony of
burning the white dog. This is one of
the most ancient religious rites of the
Iroquois nation, dating back far beyond
the time when the white man first came
to know them; but it has not been OBJ
served of late, except at rare and ir-
regular intervals. The fact that the
Indians now wish to revive this rite is
only one of number of indications that
go to show the firm hold which the ira
ditions of his race have upon the red man.
Almost every settlement of Indians in
this country to-day is divided into two
classes: those who have accepted the
religion of the white man as well as his
dress and manner Of life, and those who
still cherish the beliefs of their ances-
tors and keep up so far as they can the
observances of their ancient worship.
So the fact that the Onondagas are
likely to revive the sacrifice of the white
dog means simply that the pagan party
among them has been gaining ground
during the past few years.
There are probably not a dozen white
men in this country to-day who have
even seen this queer religious ceremony.
The Indians themselves were always
very reticent about it, and while they
welcomed their white neighbors to their
harvest dances and other meetings they
would never reveal the time when this
sacrifice was to be observed. Even the
women, who have an equal share with
the men in most Iroquos doings, were
not allowed to be present when the burnt
offering was made; only the braves of
the council were allowed to participate
There is still living however, near the
Cattaraugus reservation in Western New
York, a gray-haired old gentlemen who
was the friend of the Seneca chiefs
Jameson and Tallchief; and through
their friendship he was once permitted
to see the burning of the dogs" | will
describe the ceremony as he recently de-
tailed it to me, and as it has been OBJ
served for hundreds on hundreds Of
years without change.
With the Indians, as among all other
peoples, white is the color emblematic of
peace; and the burning of a white dog
was an offering to the Great Spirit ask
ing to be at peace with his children. The
regular season for this rite was appar-
emily just before the coming of spring
early in February or late in January.
But there seems to have been no settled
date, and the ceremony could take place
whenever the chief had dream telling
him that it was necessary to propitiate
the Great Spirit.
The old English recipe, "How to cook
rabbit" started off by saying, "First
catch the rabbit" So in the sacrifice OF
the dogs, the first and most difficult
thing was to secure a pair of white
dogs. In order to make the rite effective
it was considered necessary that the
dogs be perfectly white, without darl
hair on their bodies, and the Indians
The herald., 1897-09-26

would go almost any length to secure
such animals. The dogs were treated
with especial care, and made as sleek
and fat as possible before the sacrifice.
1t was regarded as a great honor to be
appointed to care for these sacred beasts.
AS soon as the date had been set,
courier was sent out to give notice to all
the families in the tribe, and in every
household preparations for the great
event were begun. The squaws got out
their husbands gayest robes and made
them still brighter with beads and feath-
ers.
In the old times the hunters secured
the woods for days before the ceremony
and brought in many fat buck and
other wild game for the feast, which is
an important part Of every Indian cele-
bration. Now the deer have disappeared,
and the feast is supplied with more do
nestle animals. Many Of the reservation
dogs, whose coats would hardly entitle
them to become the central figures in
the sacrifice, nevertheless mysteriously
disappear about this time, and it is sus-
pected that they help fill the steaming
caldrons at the great feast.
At the appointed time the braves and
their families gather at the council
house. The variety of bright colors in
the dress of both men and women makes
the assembly look like piece of brilliant
The herald., 1897-09-26
A THOUSAND MILES OF MEN IN LINE.
That is the Army Which United Europe Could Put In
the Field in Case of Need.
Detailed Analysis Of Resources Of the Dual and Triple
Alliances s-Will America Become Involved
in Their Quarrels?

than Great Britain herself, but no 9TH
er continental nation has any at all,
and naval experts are rather skeptical
as to their value. There is no doubt
whatever, on the whole, Of the super
iority at sea Of Russia and France.
No other European power is strong
enough to cope with any Of these for a
moment on the sea.
UNITED STATES NIGHT DECIDE.
On land, the Dual Alliance and the
Triple Alliance are pretty fairly
matched in strength. with the former
rather in the lead.
On the sea, the Dual Alliance Is
stronger even than Great Britain, and
far stronger than the Triple Alliance.
Great Britain, with only small army,
comparatively speaking, could not af-
feet a struggle of land forces on the
continent in the least, but her navy,
which she is enlarging with desperate
haste in an attempt to catch UP with
the Franco-R Russia outfit, could secure
to the Triple Alliance undoubted VIC
tory at sea.
1t is evident, then, why the rumor is
persistent in Paris that the Dual ALI
ance hopes to make a Triple Alliance
with the United States. The wish is
father to the thought. This country's
The herald., 1897-09-26
Cruelty to Africans in Africa.

The current number Of one Of the
we'll known magazines has long arti-
Gle about the cruelty of the whites in
Africa to Africans. The race is indeed
a dark one, but it has long been known
that Caucasians living in the dark con-
tinent are not overly nice to the original
occupants. There seems to be only one
way for the black to live at all along
side the whites and that is to briba
the officials. In the French Congo
white men often go to the native vil-
lages, and take all the goats. ducks and
chickens, simply because one man owes
them q few shillings. Sometimes even
the villages are burned. A case Of
this kind was reported to the govern
ment, and investigation was made. The
offender was taken to Gaboon and Inn
prisoned. The Chief Judge Of the colo
ny came with the prisoner to Nyanxa
for the trial, and on the way there con-
tinually complained about his small
salary and the hard times. The hint
was taken. The accused trader was
set free, and at least 1000 francs found
their way into the purse Of the of1ciate
ing Judge. In the French Congo AZ
most any white rascal or petty tyTNu4
can buy protection for monsy,
The herald., 1897-09-26
IT WAS A RAT.

Two or three years ago the good folk
Of Satzburg, and especially the cler-
gymen were repeatedly scandalized by
the fact that the great eternal light
that burns before the chief altar of the
cathedral there, and which is supposed
never to go out, had been extinguished
at night. OF course it was thought at
first that the attendant deacons did not
pour sufficient oil into the lamp. but on
their innocence in the matter being
satisfactorily proved, 1t was determ-
ined to keep a watch on the lamp
through the night. in order to discover
the cause for the mysterious extinction
Of the flame. Accordingly several of
the priests concealed themselves behind
the altar. Their virgil was reward
ed when. toward midnight, they OBJ
served an enormous rat running along
the ceiling Of the vault, creeping eau
tiously down the rope by which the
lamp IL suspended. and feeding on the
OIL
The herald., 1897-09-26

war power Is likely to develop along
British rather than continental lines.
We shall have a small active army, but
a great and powerful navy. Already
stronger than that of Spain or Japan,
which most closely follow the big Pow
ers of Europe, our navy is even now
measurably equal to Austria's, and
will in no long time surpass those of all
nations except Great Britain, France,
and Russia.
Russia and France are both ancient
and traditional friends of the United
States. They are still our friends, and
have, as the Paris papers are pointing
out, practically no opposing interests
anywhere, from which disputes would
be likely to arise. Such an alliance
would be the worlds best guarantee of
peace, they say abroad, because 1t
would be invincible. Even If we did
nothing else to aid the Dreibund, we
might menace Canada as a pledge of
Great Britains neutrality in a Conti-
mental squabble. So the talk goes on
the Boulevards.
CHAUvINISM IN ENGLAND.
The extent of the war feeling in Great
Britain is surprising to one who hasn't
visited the country for some years
People Of the highest intelligence con-
stantly assert that ut is about time to
thrash the Frenchmen again. They
need it badly" Egypt might easily
precipitate such a war.
The military. and particularly the ma
val display at the Queens Jubilee
while all the arts of peace were
sighted, was a direct challenge to the
world.
The announcement Of the Franco
Russian Alliance, with q greater joint
naval force than Britain's. was the an
| swer to the challenge.
A great European war would be pref
ty apt to involve Great Britain. II
might also involve the United States.
But American diplomacy is different
from European, in that we are not CIV
en- to crossing bridges before we get to
them and If sometimes this method
has it's disadvantages, there are times
when it has advantages as we'll. 1t
Is probable that Uncle Sam will remain
deaf to the charming of the Boulevards
and keep out of European entangle-
ments.
THE MAN IN THE RANKS.
The military strength of the hostile
powers in Europe is not to be measured
in numbers. Which is the better man,
the better drilled and the better
equipped?
The German is superb fighting ma
chine, and his officers are admirably
trained. Some critics have claimed
that the private soldier is trained too
nne," to borrow sporting phrase-that
he is in danger Of becoming an auto
matom
The herald., 1897-09-26

There is more jollity and elasticity In
the French ranks. The men are ap-
parently happier. These may be ad-
vantages and they may not. The aver
age soldiers look rather small and
young. War is a science with their
generals, however, as with the Ger
mans.
Whoever has seen a company of
French soldiers running along coun-
try road, whooping and yelling and
fiinging up their guns in sheer joy of
living, cannot help contrasting their in
fectious jollity with the heavy gravity
Of the German "goose-step."
The Austro- Hungarian army, like the
monarchy itself, is weakened by d.
versity Of national strain. A large pro-
portion of its soldiers are frankly Rus
the Russians in blood.
The italian organization Is inferior to
the Germans. Economy enforced by
national poverty diminishes efficiency.
The men are sturdy, swarthy fellows;
the Bersaglieri, in particular. who al
ways march on the double-quick, are
splendid lot of men.
The Russian soldiers I have never
seen. Mr.. Ewing Cockrell, son Of Sem
ator Cockrell of Missouri. who has
made a careful study of Russia and
Siberia, pronounces them the strongest
and finest soldiers in Europe. Physic-
ally they are big men. They are brave,
accustomed to obedience, and as sim
ply religious as the Turks.
THE PONDEROUS ENGINE OF
WAR.
The five great Powers have over H.
900, 900 men available for national de-
fense. Britain has over half a million,
Spain, in theory, more than a million.
In all, Europe had last autumn mil
itary establishment, counting all re-
serves, Of over 22,000.0O0 men.
It is hard to realize the number. 1t
would be easier could one conceive of
it as a procession. formed in files of
twenty, and marching past a reviewing
stand. With files we'll closed up they
would reach a thousand miles and in
open marching order might easily
stretch from Paris away beyond Con-
stantinople.
In one day they would eat up $4,000
beeves. 1t would take 4,40O of the
queer little continental cattle cars to
freight these cattle and over hundred
engines to pull the cars.
In less than year the soldiers of Eu-
rope would drink the Erie canal dry
from Albany to Buffalo.
The herald., 1897-09-26

ure again, and where it had remained
was kept profound secret for long
time. Under strong cover the trans
portation of the treasure was started
for the frontier, but not far from Vilno
the wagons stuck in a defile, and it
seemed impossible to get them out
again. Rather than see the treasure
in the hands of the Russians, Field
Marshal Ney gave orders to break open
the barrels and distribute the money
to the returning soldiers as they pass
ed by, and thus it was done. Many of
the soldiers threw away all their be-
longipgs in order to fill up their KNAPP
sacks with gold, but only a few of
those, who carried the heavy wealth,
were able to drag the burden to the
frontier, and the very gold which was
intended for their benefit was the cause
of their perishing.
Copyright, 1897. by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-09-26

the sacrifice. The two doss are hanolrD
by their heels from rude wooden eToeG
and they have been carefully strangieds
10 that not hair of their smooth whito
bodies il runled. About their lsgs aD6
necks are tied bright ribbons, and their
breasts are covered with gayly colored
blankets.
A heap Of brushwood has been gath
cred, and the elder Of the tribe now pro-
ceeds to light it, always using the spark
from q flint, for only virgin fire can b
used for this solemn rite. As the pils
blazes up two young braves spring for
ward, and taking down the bodies Of the