Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-11

| Dor camps OF hock lsiand-
Bowlby, the leader of low prices or
pianos and organs, has some choice
bargains in some slightly marred in.
struments. which he has just re.
ceived. Call and see them
All those who are to take part in
the male chorus at Harper's theatre
Friday night are requested to meet al
Totten's music store Wednesday even
ing at s O'Clock for rehearsal.
Ladies. clean your kid gloves with
Miller's Glovine. 1t is not liquid,
the glove is on the hand. For sale
only at Harper house pharmacy.
Several insurance men from var
ious parts of the country are at the
Harper. their mission being to ad-
| inst the loss on the Williams, White &
Co. plant in Moline recently damaged
by fire.
For the accommodation of tri-city
| patrons, the c.. K. l. & Z. railway
| has placed on an extra Pullman sleep
er in service on fast train to Omaha
every night. Now is the time to see
the exposition.
The executive board of the Rock
Island County Farmers Institute will
hold a meeting at the court house,
Oct. %, at 10 a. m, for the purpose
of arranging a series of meetings for
the coming year.
Ground was broken Yesterday by the
Callahan Construction company on the
Hennepin canal feeder that starts from
Sterling and Rock Falls Corbitt
IL Currie will begin excavating on
mile > next Thursday.
Mrs. Lena Schneider. a resident of
Moline since 1858, died at her home in
that city yesterday of paralysis. Mrs.
Schneider was born Sept. 3, 1928, at
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She
is survived by seven children, her
husband having died in 1892.
An elevator in the Moline Plow
company's new building fell from the
fifth story this morning with a work
man named Carl j. Carlson and the
ing injury. Carlson was picked up
unconscious and is still so. His con-
dition is regarded as serious.
It's IS years; many of you have
been the regular customers of Nc
Cabe's for all these years. It's your
store, sure enough, and for this week
the McCabe store is given over to the
public more than ever. If you are
customers at McCabe's you will find
souvenirs as free as water any day.
Every day this week.
The Palace of Sweets, with John
Lynn to preside over it's destinies, has
opened its doors at 31S Twentieth
street. In addition to the toothsome
CONNECTIONS that come from the deft
fingers of Mr.. Lynn, the new estab-
lishment will give attention to party
orders and furnish pastry, etc, of
the highest order of excellence. The
new store presents an inviting and
tasty appearance.
Elizabeth Bingham, wife of Milton
bingham, Bowling township farmer,
protested against being committed to
an asylum when taken before a jury
in the county court this morning to
have her mental condition inquired
into. She said she realized that her
mind was not as strong as it should
he, but she preferred treatment at
private institution. The jury re-
turned a verdict that she was not in
sane. The petition for the inquisition
was filed by Mrs. Bingman's husband.
Company A has accepted an invita-
ton to attend the peace jubilee at
Galesburg Thursday of this week.
President Mckinley and Gems. Miles
and Shafter will be there. and the
Rock Island boys have been assigned
to prominent position in the parade. |
The Galesburg people have arranged
to defray all the expenses of the trip
of the Rock Islanders. Capt. Nc |
Conochie requests the members of the |
company to be at the Burlington de- |
pot at 6:45 n. IN. Thursday in uni |
form.
Every age has its plenty of sor
row, heaven help where there are no |
Ben Hur. This is as |
great a truth today as it was when |
Ben Hur drove his Arab steeds to vic I
tory in the great chariot race in the |
DAYS of old. In "A Modern Wood |
man. the American comedy-drama.
at Harper's theatre tonight, YOU will |
not only be amused and entertained |
but instructed as well. for the play |
deals with one of the the great prob
lens of life and points to a great
moral lesson. LAS We sow so shall We |
reap
Teddy one of the 400, dutch |
Jake, " who wants some satisfaction.
.'Ain't it? Bridget" who would |
''loike to see any policeman arrest /
me. " together with George Augustus
Snow" who is white in name. but |
shady in color. and the Imam from /
the wild and woollv west" who has !
80 Of
are characters that furnish |
plenty of amusement to offset the !
serious and pathetic scenes in the
purely American eomedy-drama, "A !
Modern Woodman, at Harper's thea !,