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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
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G. Z. TlIancy Of rrcopcrt. O., has eaten
nothing hut ice cream for nine years. On
q recent visit to Cleveland ne explained to
Wcrld reporter that since 1889 he had
been a victim of mysterious stomach
trouble. Nr. CLANCY is typesetter by
trade, but, ewing to i'll health. obtained a
job as brakeman on local railroad. Ono
Gay be had 20 run ahead Ct his train to
throw a switch, and as lie reached tho
switch his foot was caught in the point TO-
tween the rails where they came together
in a sharp angle.
His foot was so firmly wodgcd between
the steel rails that it was impossible to
move it, and the train WIS so close on him
and coming so rapidly that there was no
time to rnfaston his shoe, even ii il would
have been possible &c free his foot in that
way.
All he could do was TO drag his body rs
far away from the rail ms possible and wait
for the renorseless wheels OF the engine to
pass over his Imprisoned foot. Fortunate
ly the foot was not cut of. though both
/ the foot and ankle were terribly IEanglcd.
| and it was n long tine before he could
| walk. Il was when he recovered frnn this
accident that the stomach trouble assumed
! its present form. Nothing he ato could bo
retained by the refractory stomach. ami he
was slowly starving 20 death. AT tho
| suggestion Of friend, - says Mr. CLANCY,
II began to eat ice cream and improved.
Several timcs tried other kinds ot food
| besides ice Crear, bit every tine the re.
| suit was al attack OF stomach trouble
| that seemed SO severe that it would cost
! me my life. So FAX cs have been ablo Ia
discover tbcle is absolutely no other Kind
Of feed that l can eat without ;mpe-iiinl
my life.
| "Of course even ice cream causes mC
| some pain, but it IS nothing like what
suffer if l ent anything else, and The dis
| trcss caused by the cream seems to DO
| growing less as time goes on. l stepped
! experimenting years ego ard nothing
| would temps nc to make 4 meal Of any
thing besides ice cream.
| "Of course | am not strong, but an
free from pain 4 good deal OF the time. ana
that aloED is Il blessing. The most &c,
cream l ever Gto in day was littln over
a gallon, and that did not seem to hurt
mo at ill. 1t Just happened that / VIZ,
unusually hungry that day.
| when am in tho country, have g
good deal Of tire ON my hands and 1 make
Che leo cream myself sometimes. like t.
make it myself because know what is in
| it then and it seems to taste better
| Il cannot eat the cream IL It is melted
| GUNNER or winter, and Is must be frozen
as | swallow it Or there is trouble as once
When ] am away from home, buy the ic,
cream wherever / happen 81 he and an
ordinary platefui makes q meal for nc
cat about four times day, and Gon't
suppose the average quantity would b,
much more than II quart Gay. 1 CT
whenever am hungry. though, and som,
days eat two or three times as much as
| dc Cthcrs,'i
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26

this form of the navajo presents, offer a
tremendous advantage, and in the street
brawls and private quarrcls so often in
dulged in always oyerinatch more fragile
weapons.
Matches are seldom used, except by Ger
tain Of the better classes in the land of
Ferdinand and isabella, and the practice
Of striking a light from the flint will IL
lustrato how common an article Of use the
ever handy kniio is. Nearly every Span
lard carries in his belt n bit Of flint. When
he wants light, cut comes the flint, the
knife is produced, and the stone strue
with the back of the blade a small piece
of punk catches the spari: as it flies. nur-
lures it, and in second there is all tho
blaze needed. Calmly the Spa1:ard blow
the smoke Of his cigarette in rings about
his head, ever ready for a resort to the
friend who never plays him falsc-his ma
yaja
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
REALISM THAT KILLED
Strange Fatality OF the Magic
Bullet Catching Trick.
BLACK AIT USED IN DIPLOMACY.

Eo~ Hoadin Csr;isa;ed tie superstItious
Ara3s-rTagic Death of n Magician In
DeadwooJ Thcascr-secret OF the
Illusion.
The most sensational Of all stage tricks
Is that Of catching bullets SHOT from guns
a series Of strange fatalities has brought
sCch exhibitions into disrcpu;e, however.
and they may be wholly discontinued. In
pcEfurming the startling sot Roicr; Hou-
din used a mechanical pistol By which the
bullet, after the weapon had been loaded.
would drop inso his hand. Hermann r.
lied upon a tray which was supplied with
false bottom. With great dcx5criiy be
would invariably substitute composition
bullets, which were blown 90 atoms. for
the real ones which disappeared through
the false bottom Of the tray.
Eoudin employed this illusion most sue
ccssfully IN his diplomatic mission to Al
fcria, in which he Was employed by tho
French government ioundcr-nine II posi-.
bic The supremacy which the maralbouts.
by their pra;c-,iod miracles. had acquired
over tho minds 81 The suVc-siiiious Arabs.
This method q dci-g the ballet trick hud
DO bid fsiiiag--iho pistol could no; Dc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
ApinE Sherlock HoImeso

A Midnapore correspondent tells wha.
he says is true tale Of the discovery Of a
murder ct that station by the aid Of a
monkey. AT itineraut buEdar wallah was
waylaid by some rufiiars. robbed Of the
few rupees he possessed, then murdered
and his body thrown into bush. One Of
his monkeys witnessed the tragedy and
followed the murdereFs 70 their boncs.
Next morning iscko led passsrty to the
bush and revealed she corpse Of his deceas-
cd master. The matter was reported to the
police, who have, il IS said, succeeded ia
tracing the mGrdesers By thc aid Of the
monkey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
TOW THE CUBANSEElHT'
Blood and Death Have Lost
Their Te--ors.
WOMEN IN TIE EAYES WITH ME-.

Colonel isueTro /: 80: For Twenty
nire Yeers-Mcre El-S.5 and Slabs Than
ANY Other living LT=--E-ndscIna and
Ecro:c Lieutenant Gca-a,cr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
DEADLY NAVAJA.
& Fe-ocious Weapon Which Finds Favor
Among 5iurderous Spaniards.

<A.1OHS VI GsOeAcNs SpEnitENs.
II is said that every Spaniard carries q
knife unless he belongs to the upper classes
or the aristocracy. Even then instinct frc-
qucrHy leads him 10 its use. With the
peasants and c0mmcn people n blade is an
Indispensable article Of dress. The ugli-
est OF Spanish knives is the navajo Of Sc
Vile. At the first intimation of trouble
the Spaniard pulls his knife. II it Is n
navajo and provided with big ratchet
and spring, be jerks tho blade oucn, the
ratchet swapping like rattlcsnaEo warn
Ing. This adds dramatic effect and ap-
pcals to that love Of brargadOcio and dis
play inherent in the Spanish people.
Tho navajo is used with the blade up.
ThiG gives tho blow terrible ripping and
thrusting force. 1t IS hard to parry, and,
The point onco in, little ayails the victim.
The wound il nearly fatal, for It leaves n
trail like battloax, save that it Is IN in
stead of Gown. Tho long knives, such as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
Hund eds of Cases Chrome DISEASES Pronounced Incur
able by Others.
CONSULTATION FREE

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
Administrators Notice.

Estate Of Sophia Giesenhagen deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ad
ministrator Of the estate Of Sophia GicScnha.
gen. late of the county Of Rock Island state
of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that
he will appear before the county court of
Rock Island county Mt the county court room,
In the city OF Rock Island. at the June term
on the first Monday In June next, mt which
time all persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested to attend,
for the purpose OF having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
qucsted to make immediate payment To the
der>igncd.
Dated this i2th day Of April. a. ID. ls!lS.
HENRY GItSENHAGEN. Administrator.
WILLIAM l.. LUDoLPH, Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
Is the Earth Fla;tenins Ont.

According to Professor Coils, under the
action Of sun, cir and water the Hottest
mountains arc being gradually worn
down, and the whole varied Landscape of
kill and valley is being reduced to dead
level
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26

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mercury EOr any
other injurious drug.
1t Is quickly Alb
Sorbed. Gives Re
lief at nnce. Ii
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-26
CATARRH

the Nasal Passages. Allays inflammation.
Heals and Protects the Membrane. Re-
stores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full
Size soc; Trial Size loo at Druggist, or by
mail.
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
ACTIVITY AT ToULoN.
Echo de Paris Reiterates That Em-
barkation of War Material and
Supplies Continues.

PARIS. Oct. 13.-In spite of the semi-offi-
cial denials. the Echo de Paris asserts to-
day that the embarkation of war material
and supplies continues at Toulon, adding
that extraordinary activity reigns at the
arsenal there. Four ironclads and three
cruisers are embarking ammunition and
war material Two transports are almost
ready for sea. All French naval officers on
leave of absence have been recalled. The
naval authorities at Toulon are very reti-
cent.
The Temps, commenting upon the sem
Sational stories of naval mobilization, says.
While the political situation necessarily
induces unusual vigilance and activity, ii
must not be forgotten that the present Ra-
val movements are principally an inaugu-
ration of the reforms planned by NJ. Lock-
roy when he was appointed minister of ma
rine and which he desires to have compiet-
ed prior to January j. neXt-refoTms where
by the squadrons and ports will always be
ready and clear for action and fully
equipped within few days"
After enumerating the proposed future
strength of the various squadrons intended
for coast defense, the Temps concludes as
follows:
Ashore our military works are quite
ready and certainly the best disposition is
being made of the means at the disposal of
the navy. even If before the date men
toned the hoped for solution, agreeable to
Fashoda question"
A dispatch TO the Petit Parisenne from
Toulon, confirms the reports of the Echo
de Paris and says the greatest activity pre-
walls in the navy yard, where work is pro-
ceeding with feverish speed day and night
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
GERMAN MEAT RESTRICTIONS,
Powerful Agitation Has Commenced
Looking to Their Modification
or Overthrow.

LONDON, Oct. ia powerful agitation
has commenced in Germany against the
high duties and numerous restrictions by
which the government has nearly stopped
the importation Of live animals and great
ly Increased the price of meat products.
This is the substance of a report made to
the state department by Dean B. Mason,
vice and deputy consul general at Frank
fort
He says that the price of meat has been
Increased. so that there is decided de-
crease in the consumption. the Berlin
slaughter houses receiving 50.491 fewer an
imals last year than in the preceding year,
while there probably has been q still great
er decrease since the figures were gath
cred. One result of the high price has been
marked increase in the quantity of cured
meat imported. This, Mr.. Mason says, is
peculiarly advantageous to the United
States, which can export meat products
to Germany far more readily than live
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
WHAT AILS THE EMPEROR?
Physician of the French Embassy
Calls on China's Deposed
Ruler mt PekinS,

PEKTNG, Oct. 19.-At the suggestion OF
Sir Claude Mcdonald, the physician of
the French embassy called on the emperor
and made a minute examination of his
majesty in the presence of the dowager
empress, Prince Ching and a number of
mandarins. Details as to the specific dis
ease from which the emperor is suffering
were not obtainable. But he is weak and
requires constant care. He is in no imme-
date danger. He was cheerful and showed
the utmost Difference to the dowager en-
press. The doctor promised 10 send his
majesty a prescription.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-The Globe this after
noon publishes a dispatch from Shanghai
saying Prince Henry of Prussia is return
ing to Peking in order to demand an audi
ence with the emperor. The dispatch adds
that an intimate friend of the reformer.
kang Yu Wei named Richard. a resident
Of Peking. in an interview, has affirmed
that, though the emperor is not dead he
is in the greatest danger. Richard also
urges immediate action to restore the en-
peror to power, pointing out that there is
now unique opportunity for suppresSIng
the dowager empress faction, clearing the
way for substantial progress and re-esta b.
fishing British prestige
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
MUCH SICKNESS IN HONOLULU.
Observation-Disclosures Does
Not HeIp Matters

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19-The steamer
Mariposa from Australia and Honolulu ar
rived to-day, bringing the following ad-
vices to the Associated Press from Homo
lulu, under date of October Il:
Private James NJ. Wall, Company c,
First New York. is in the military hospital,
paralyzed from head to foot. His condition
is due to a dive in shallow water. his head
coming in contact with rock at the bot
tom. He will recover.
There are 130 patients in the military hos
pital. One is quite low of fever and may
die. Malaria. rheumatism and dysentery
are the principal ailments. Homesickness
does not help matters any. The rheu-
matism patients are all from Northern lat
itudes. which is considered strange. There
is more malaria in the camps than was
reasonably to be expected. This is for the
most part due to the habits of the men.
Captain Tanner, L. S. N, has made draft
on the public works office here for wharf
and evacuation plans so that he may call
for bids for United States water front work
here upon his return TO the coast. It is
now certain that there will be no delay in
establishing here considerable naval sta
ton.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
STARVATION AT KOTZEBUE,
Prospectors There, Including
Many Women.

TACOMA. WASH, Oct. 1s-Charles
Farnsworth, of Massachusetts, has re-
turned from Kotzebue sound, where he
went last April on the schooner Marion
from San Francisco. He says her voyage
north with fifty-seven men aboard was
something terrible. Farnsworth's party
became disgusted with prospecting late in
August and returned to Kotzebue where
they found 500 hungry and, for the most
part, pennless proSpectors living In tents
Farnsworth says not one in ten had money
to pay his return passage and not one in
fifty had supplies for the winter. He be-
lists among these argonauts. Among them
We're several dozen women and children
who were suffering for food. One family
had been living on rice and picked pork
for ten days. Farnsworth thinks the Red
Cross Society or the government should
send steamer to Kotzebue and rescue
these unfortunates.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
BLACKS IN FRATERNAL ORDERS
Color Line Causing Trouble Among
Ohio Ell>s and Kentucky
MasOns.

CINCINNATI. o., Get. IA lodge of
the Order of Elks, composed of colored
men, has been organized in Cincincati.
Grand Exalted Ruler Calvin says the ac-
ton is wholly without warrant and clearly
void. as the constitution provides that the
members shall be white. He will take no
action unless the new lodge undertakes to
use the name B. p. o. E. In that case
he will undertake to enjoin them.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Oct. l9.-The grand
iodSe of Kentucky Masons. at its session
to-day, unanimously adopted the reso.u-
ton reported by its special comm I ee
which recommends non-intercourse he
grand lodge of Washington, because of the
action Of the latter in recognizing negro
,odSes. The motion to adopt was seconded
By fifty Master Masons
1t was also decided to build home for
aged and infirm Masons. $4,000 of the
necessary $4,000 for this purpose having
been raised, $4,000 within the last year,
Ihe grand lodge pledged itself to donate
Sl,UOo for ten years in order to secure the
remaining $1,000
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20

| uate capable of taking charge of from
! twenty-five to fifty typhoid fever cases.
1 There was, he said, no proper opportu-
! nifty for consultation with superior officers,
| as the latter We're. rule, so occupied
with their administrative duties as to pre-
vent their giving close attention to pro-
| fessfonal matters, unless specially called
| Upon. He considered this system all wrong,
| and considered there should be more super
vision in serious cases in the hospital on
the part of experienced men.
IN reply to request from General Dodge,
Major Frye gave his opinion as to the
| origin of the Popular excitement concerning
conditions at Montauk Point while the
troops We're stationed there He said that
from rom % 10 20 per cent of the men were sick
When they landed there. and that Insult
fcient room had been made for them. As
| a consequence, many were compelled to
lie upon the bare ground. and they natur-
ally suffered from exposure. He also as
serted that reporters of the many newspa-
pers mad been sent to the camp under in
structions to find all that was bad and
nothing that was good.
DO you know this of your own personal
knowledge?" he was asked, and he replied
No but ] was told ii by men who talked
Colonel Dows. of the Forty-ninth Iowa
regiment, followed DR.. Frye and he was.
in turn. followed by various members of
his regiment.
Colonel Dows said there had been no de-
hciency in the commissary supplies. The
said, and il they have not had enough,
the fault is theirs
He had had some complaints against the
meat and in all cases the undesirable ar
ticle was exchanged upon application and
without going through the form of condem-
nation. Speaking of the medical supplies.
Colonel Dows said that physician whom
Governor Shaw had sent to the camp had
spoken with surprise of the variety and
the quality OF the medicines and medical
appliances on hand.
General F. Il. Williston in command of
the First brigade of the Seventh corps.
speaking of the condition at Jacksonville
said he did not see that any fault could be
found with either the administrative Off
GERS or the service performed by them in
either the medical. CommisSary or quarter
masters departments. Most of his staff
officers were volunteers. but he had found
them very efficient. He had also found
the troops in his command splenddly
officers especially Jealous to maintain the
best sanitary conditions possible
General Wiiliston had been at Montauk
from the 10th of August to the 18th of Sep
tember and had superintended the debarka-
ton OF the troops and the location of the
infantry regiments in camp.
Never said he. was a prettier camp
pitched in the United States that was
that camp at Montauk.''
He said there were tents erected for TO-
600 men before men arrived, and all they
had to do was to walk into them. and so
far as the men who were not sick were
concerned. they were well provided for.
He said the site was splendidly adapted
to camp service and that the camp was
abundantly supplied with stores of all
kinds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20
NEBRASKA DAY AT OMAHA.
Attendance Estimated at 10000 Yes
terday, in Spite of the Unfa-
xorabIe weather.

OMAHA, NEB.. Oct. l9.-The attendance
at the exposition is estimated at 5000 to-
day. All railroads report heavy traffic.
despite unfavorable weather. Nebraska
day was celebrated with enthusiasm, the
auditorium being packed.
Judge William NevilI called the crowd to
order soon after II o'clock and introduced
Chancellor MacLean, of the Nebraska
state university. who invoked the divine
blessing on the occasion and on the COM
nonwealth that 1t was designed to honor.
The Wesleyan quartette, of Lincoln, sang
Dudley Bucks Concert Waltz" with ex-
cellent taste.
President Wattles made brief address
of welcome. Hon. William F. CurIey de-
liyered an oration with good effect. At q
o'clock a reception was rendered to Cow
ernor Holcomb at the Nebraska building.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-20

and Generals Miles and Shafter being Gov
ernor Mount, Governor Scofield and Cap
tain McCalia.
In the reviewing stand proper there
were with the president General Miles
General Shafter. both in full uniform; Gov
ernor Tanner, Mayor Harrison and Chair
man Truax, of the jubilee committee.
Led by the Grand Army.
The advance of the parade, after the
presidential escorts Lad wheeled out OF
the line of march was given to the vet
erans of the Grand Army, who were pres
ent in great numbers. Several of the posts
carried gauZy old banners that had waved
in battle thirty-five years ago. and to
every one OF the tattered flags the presi-
dent called the attention of those about
him, and every head was bare until the
flag had gone by.
Behind the veterans of a former war
came numerous civic societies rank after
rank, until il seemed as though they would
never end. Their gay uniforms, bright
with warm coIors. and their many ban
ners of many hues, stripes and sizes made
brilliant and glowing panorama.
There were the Clan-Na-Gael Guards of
Chicago in full force, 500 strong, but with
ont weapons. Not a man carried a rife.
the regiment went past the reviewing
stand a white gloved hand was at every
cap, TO salute the president, and, in pro-
test, 1T was said, against the action taken
by Governor Tanner last spring regarding
the Seventh infantry, itself an Irish regi-
ment, for marching on st. Patrick's day
in the same parade as the Clan-Na-Gaels,
the latter, not being state organization
and having, according to the statutes of
Illinois. no right to parade under arms
without the special permission of the state
executive.
Crowd Wildly Enthusiastic
After these came the Fourth regular in
fantry from Fort Sheridan, and then such
of the fighting men of Chicago as have
returned from the war. AS the military
division, commanded by Brigadier General
Fftzsimmcns, of the Illinois national
guard, approached the reviewing stand the
enthusiasm of the crowd knew no bounds.
A Niagara of cheers went up as, in close
set ranks, the men of the naval reserve
went by. Rightly or wrongly, the people
of Illinois believe with all their hearts and
all their souls that no state in the Union
sent better sailors to the front than did
she, and, full of pride at the achieve
ments of the navy in which these boys
had borne part, they greeted them with
waving handkerchiefs and flags and cheers
that brought the red blood TO the cheeks of
the marching boys.
Then, bright in new uniforms. the Fourth
regulars. under the command of Major Ba-
ker, came in sight The ranks OF the regi-
ment, which were sadly thinned in Cuba,
were up again to nearly full strength, and.
notwithstanding the many recruits in the
ranks, the regiment marched in superb
style. and from first 10 last the crowd was
with them.
The First Illinois. which gave more lives
during the war than any other Illinois
BODY OF enlisted men, set the people fran
nc the combination of local pride and
patriotism being too much for a crowd not
conservative and to-day on edge with pa
triotism and excitement The Seventh in