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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
Johnson City Exchange.

3e-Harr, Isaac, law ofice,
9-Jonesboro Banking and Trust Company,
33-Johnson City Foundry and Machine Co.
43-Jackson, M, Grocery store,
49-Kirkp atrick. Williams & Bowman, lawyers
Lyle Cy H, Comet Office.
57-Long, DR.. E. A., Residence and oflee.
29-Martin, Jas. A.. lumber
37-Matthews, DR.. w, j., residence and office,
56-Miller, DR.. E. S., jr., residence.
-Mauray, M. H., residence.
SO, r. & G. Depot:
10-Pardue, H. W, grocery store.
34-Phillips and Walters, saloon.
-Pouder, S. H., undertaken and residence.
Reese, W. f., Poultry, Etc.
23-Recorder's ONCE.
6-Smith, Judge Jno. p, residence.
22-Southern Depot.
4~S-Summers, Barton g. Parrot, hardware.
53-Snapp, W. c., livery stable.
35-Steam Tannery,
southern Express Company,
~6O-Taylor, j. d.
30-Uptegrove, VIM. E.. and Bro.
4-Wilsof, Joe, Stave factory,
l7-White, S, b., tinware and stoves.
2l-Willtams, H, L., residence,
27-Watauga Lighting and Power Company.
30 -Woford Bros. insurance.
57-Weiler. Mel H., residence.
62-Worley, J. B., groceries, fresh meats and ice
Wood q Co.. Poultry,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

WANTEDl Reliable nan in this vi
ciHity to open q small Office and handle
my goods. Position permanent and
good pay. II your record is o. X.
here is an opening fer you. Kindly
mention this paper when writing.
A. Il. MORRIS.
75e-6k Cincinnati, O.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

Seven acres of good land with good
spring, six room house and outbuild-
ings, situated south about one mile
from center of town, on Southern rail
way. For price and terms apply to
760-2t BEN d. LYLE.
DR.. Miles NerYine loosens Grip's grasn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
-Armbrust q Smith, Furniture.

-Armbrust a Smith, Furniture,
l-Brpner, r. L., residence.
Hive.
3-Broyles, DR.. c. j.. residence.
5-BIddle d Ellsworth, roller -four mills.
7--Boring Brothers, handle factory.
16TBuck, ]. M, residence and once.
Boring g. Reeves, once.
burgess, w. l., Groceries.
Carnegie Supply Co.
Carnegie Furnace, once.
i4-Cox, 7. A, Law once,
15-Cure. J. W., residence.
t8-Clerk & Master, once.
i9-Carr & Reeves, law office,
33-City Coal Co.
4i-Cox, W. H, residence.
55-City Drug Store,
Softly Grocery Company,
24-Dyer, N. Saloon.
a-ELIZABETHTON CENTRAL.
2s-Exum & Boring, heading factory,
45-Faw, w. W., residence and law ONCE.
54-Faucette, J. ID. residence,
52-FLOURVILLE
fs-Gump & Mathes.
56-Gump Bros, Clothiers,
Hart a Smith, Dry Goods.
2-Hunter, X, c., once.
26-Hotel Piedmont.
3i-Harris, W. p, residence and once.
64-Hardin, Geo., residence.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

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are the first requisites for your own enjoyment and the entertainment
and proper education of your children. :
To secure for you the best and most interesting of the great illus
trated magazines at the lowest possible price has been the aim of the
editor of this journal. That we have succeeded we leave our readers
to judge. Aspechl contract recently entered into with The CoSmo-
poitan, which seeks to become better known in this neghborhood, has
enabled us oofer you a years subscription to the greatest of the illus
traed magazines together with a years subscription to this journal,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

AASS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP
Co only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing Of the CALI
FoRNEA FId SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions Of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of it's remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe MOI
n~auseate. In orderto get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
A FRANCISCO. Gal.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. E YORK. n. :.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
DOES YOUR ROOF LEAKs
How to PrOlOhg The Lie Of an Old
RnAf

II an old leaky tin, iron, or steel roof, paint
It with Aliens Antitrust Japan. One coat is
enough; no skill required; costs little; goes far
and lasts long. Stops leaks and prolongs the
ufe OF old roofs, Write for evidence and circu-
lars. ALLEN ANTI-RUsTM MFG. Co, 4i3 Vine st.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 75O-6mo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

nTatAtArrNUBIAN TEA cures Dyspep.
SNtss~s% STA, Constipation and Indi.
g%estion. Regulates the Liver. Price, IS cts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
Al! Three Together for Only $225.

One other opportunity we offer you. You wish to keep in touch
with metropolitan life, through the medium of a great daily. The
is a marvellous fund Of knowledge concerning the happenings Of the
day. Each issue contains six to eight pages Of eight columns each or
over eight thousand columns of reading matter a year. In former
days this would have cost you probably as much as 5000 a year,
by itself. Now you can have it. if you wish, in connection with your
: home paper and The Cosmopolitan Magazine
.IhIee Together One Year for Only SD.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
The Best Prescription for ChllIs

IHV HVNt ATVNUI IVVIVH tut OHIIIS
and Fever is a bottle of Crows TASTE
LESS CHtLL Tonic. 1t is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. No
cure-no yay. Price soc.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
NOIa ChuCky Telephone Company.

ONCE hours at Cenras 8 q m to $3.50 m; Sundays sO Wa M and 3to5p n.
This telephone is fort the exclusive use of he subsribersa and lis immediate amiym N.
sagesuN Tor non-ubsnnbes will be charged for such messages at the regular rates fixed by the
company in addition the regular BntaLr will be disconnected by centrns
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

Cure a Cold In n Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money il il fails to cure. 25c.
The genuine has L, 3. @, on each tablet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

Grip sufferers should take Niles Nervine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

Miss A. X, Hardy, who will open a
millinery store in Johnson City, will
leave Wilson, N. O., for the northern
markets next week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

We have just received another car of
the celebrated "Studebaker' wagons,
and can furnish you in any size, high
or low wheel. Summers, Barton q
Parrott.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

Remine & Co. sell both Jellico and
Pine Mountain Coal and are always
supplied. Prompt delivery and full
weight guaranteed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

Jas. Summers, Of Summers, Barton
h Parrot, attended the meeting OF
hardware merchants at Knoxville last
week. The meeting was a most inter
esting and profitable one. Mr.. Sum
mers was appointed to read a paper on
important topics at the next semi-an-
nual meeting that win be held in John
City next July. I
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

G.. G. Harris has returned from I
prospecting visit to Joplin, Mo. Gabt
has located a lead mine and sunk sew.
eral dollars with a shaft. If he's beer
lead into a hole Rome will howl.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-01-26

The next twenty days 1 will sell hats
trimed and untrimed at cost, to make
room for my spring stock. Mrs. j. Il,
Drummer, Main street, Johnson City
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-01-31

Is prepared to execute al orders for lob Print
ing. such as Letter Heads, Bill Heads. Busi
ness Cards. Wedding Cards. Envelope Cards
and IN fact all kinds OF Printing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
ADVANCE IN BROOMS
Resultant from the High Price of
Brush and a Trust in
tbs Industry
MOST OF THE PRODUCT ooRNERED

Pauper Made Rich by the Death of a Son
the Indians KiIIed-AuthoriSies at Cairo
After a Couple of Men Who Dealt In
Poultry and Eggs-Leonid Takes a Tum-
BILE Through a House Near Crescent
City-State Items.
Chicago, Nov. 1S-NegotiationS will
be completed today or early next week
for the transfer of the broom corn of
five local concerns to the Union Broom
Supply company. the so-called trust
that was organized two months ago
under the laws of Indiana. BY the ac-
QUESTION of this stock, IT is claimed,
the corporation will own 80 per cent.
of the market. The Chicago interests
that are expected to bow to the con-
trolling body are Hubbard & Co, J. p.
Gross X Co, Morris N Johnson, \. d.
Ferry x Co. and Lande N Co. The
price to be paid for the 1000 tons of
broom corn which they possess prob
ably will reach 100000, or $3.50 ton.
Brooms Are a Dollar Higher.
The price of broomS was raised 81
q dozen by the organization Tuesday.
y persistent rumor has reached the
adyace the price of broom corn from
5000 ton. its present figure, to S400 ut
one stroke of the pen and eventually
10 $500, and the delegates were eanXious
10 provide for such Il contingency in
arranging for another gathering.
Coupled with the announcements that
the trust was arranging for the pur-
chase of the stock owned by the local
concerns comes the intimation that the
Union Broom Supply company soon
will enter the field of broom making
itself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18

16.-Secret service agents are con-
tiQually arriving here from the Trans
vaal- y member of the Orange Free
State legislature arrived last night
from Pretoria. Ii is believed he is pro-
ceeding to Cape Town on a mission.
the object of which is unknown.
London. Nov. 1S.-It is reported that
the British government has purchased
the CreuSot guns ordered by the Trans
vaal, but not delivered y nOfiicial dis
patch confirms the statement that Cap
tain j. \. Haldane. of the Gordon
HighlanderS. attached to the Dublin
Fusiliers. and Lieutenant T. H Frank
land. and thirty-Seven non-commiS-
stoned officers and men of the Dublin
FuSilierS are missing.
London. Nov. 1S.-Advices from
Zululand testify 10 the growing uneas-
iness of British residents. whose stores
are looted by the Beers with the result
that the Zulus themselves are growing
insolent, giving rise to a fear that they
may attack the unarmed British popu-
Ia riOO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Mr.. MOODY STRICKEN.
His Heart Refuses TO the Prop
erIy-His Condition Serious.

His Heart Refuses 10 Io the Horz Prop
erIy-His Condition Serious
Kansas. City. Nov. 1S.-Dwight L..
Moody. the evangelist, who has been
preaching here to thousands nightly
in Convention Hall. was stricken with
heart trouble yesterday. His engage
ment here was cut short. and last
night he started for his home at North
Held. Mass E. in the care of Dr. Schauf-
fler. OF this city. and G. NJ. Vinilg.
teller of the Union National bank.
They are travelling in special car pro-
Vided by the committee of churchmen
who brought Moody to Kansas City.
II Is admitted that Moody's condition
IS serious. thopugh when the evangelist
was seen at his hotel shortly before he
ing taken tothe railway station. he cx-
pressed the belief that his condition
was not serious.
He stated that lie was feeling very
weak and added: Il have had trouble
with my heart for Il good many years.
but | never felt weak. as | do now.
There is nothing alarming about my
condition. | believe" Since last sun
day night the evangelist has been COM
PEELED at times to sit up all night, as
lie could not breath while lying down.
st. Louis. Nov. sd. l.. Moody,
the evangelist, passed through the
city this morning. He denied the
attack of heart trouble suffered at
Kansas City was serious. He said he
had almost entirely recovered this
mOrninp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18

a couple of men who recently did u
good deal of business here. using the
mails for the purpose of fraud. offer
ing To pay more than the market
price for produce and remitting moth
ing. Every day some one visits Cairo
to look up the SwindlerS. who operated
in poultry and eggs and decamped
Sunday.
At the Alexander County National
bank, where the firm did business. Il
big pile of their checks has been re-
ceived. They had a few hundred dol
lars on deposit there last Friday, but
this did not last long. They gave
checks amounting to $1,000 to Schaef-
fer X Ferguson of Union City, Tenn.
and about $1,000 TO others. all of
which came after the funds had been
exhausted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
State Board of Pharmacy.

Springfield. Ills. Nov. 1S.-At the
meeting OF the state board of .phar-
macy held in Chicago Nov. Z to 10. out
of n class of ofninety-two applicants thirty
passed as registered pharmacists, and
twelve as assiStent pharmacists. The
following resolution was adopted at
the meeting: That the committee on
questions be instructed TO prepare a
set of questions which will test the
primary educational qualifications of
applicants and those who fail in said
examination be not allowed TO take the
final examination" The next meet
ing of the board will be held here Jan.
g 1900
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

Emperor William and the empress
are on route to England TO visit the
queen
The French chamber of deputies has
passed vote of confidence i'll the gov
ernment.
The NJ. l.. church has decided to
organize two churches in Porto Rico,
one at Ponce and one at San Juan.
George Smith. of the town of Burke.
Dane county, Wis. was sentenced to
two years in state prison for horse
stealing.
Armenians. armed with Russian
arms. started revolution in northern
Armenia. but We're suppressed by
Turkish troops.
And now here comes Professor See.
of Washington naval observatory. and
says the shower of shooting stars is
not due until next year.
Appeals for subscriptions to an en-
dowment fund OF 100000 for Booker
T WaShington's school ut TuSegee,
Ala. have been issued.
Emeline Akier. ~ years old. dauch-
ter of David Akier. of Milwaukee. was
arrested at Chicago charged with rob
bing her father of S1.3oO.
The directors of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad company have declared
dividends Of "a per cent on preferred
and per cent on common
Two masked men broke into the
state bank at Parker. Kan. and bind
ing and CaEGing the cashier blew the
safe open and secured Sl.Jo0 in cash.
Doing nothing is doing ILL" I'm
pure blood neglected will become 3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
CLIMAX
OF CRIME.
St. Louis Midwife Said
to Be Guilty
Of 1t.
KNOWLEDGE OF MURDERS.
A Moline Victim Among
Others Spoken
of.
KNOWLEDGE OF MURDERS.

St. Louis, Nov. 1S.-The Post-Dis-
patch says: Mrs. Henrietta Bam-
berger, midwife, was arrested on
the charge that she had knowledge of
the murder of at least three women
and the destruction of scores of ba-
bies." The Post-Dispatch continues:
lone witness alleges the body of
Lydia Dessert. who disappeared N
1897, was buried in a cellar.
Moline Victim Involved.
Another declares the body of Miss
Annie Zimmerman, of Moline, Ill
who died from a criminal operation.
was thrown into the Merimac river"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
PRISONERS IN BoER HANDS
Aggregate Thereof Is, Officers and Men.
I.366-South African Notes.

Durham. Thursday. Nov. 1S.-A gen
tleman who was arrested at Johannes
burg. taken TO Pretoria and released.
has arrived here. via Delagoa bay.
While at Pretoria he was confined on
the race course with the military pris-
oners. comprising fifty-two officers and
12T5 non-commissioned officers and
men from Natal ten officers and TWEEN
ty-five non-commissioned officers and
men from Mafeking. and four men
from Fort 'Tuli. The prisoners guards
were almost exclusively Germans, and
the artiIlerymen manning the forts
were also mostly Germans. The pris-
oners We're we'll fed and Were shown
every consideration. Most of the Off
GERS We're removed to more comfort
able quarters in the town.
Lourenzo Marques. ThursdaY.- NoY,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
ConsoIidatIou Announced.

New York, Nov. lS.-The announce
ment was made Yesterday of Il con
Solidation between the International
Automobile and Vehicle Tire company
and the New England Rubber Tire
Wheel company. of Boston BY the
terms of the consolidation the first
named company is said to have acquired
the business of the rubber tire COM
pany. including Il number of valuable
patents. The amount involved in the
transaction is placed at about $1,000
600
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Received CooIIy by the x. Off

Boston. Nov. 1S.-It was business all
day yesterday and Il dance in the even
ing at the general assembly of the
knights of Labor. General Master
Workman John y. Parsons. of New
York, presided at the business session.
The proposition of the United Mine
Workers to turn over to the Knights
of Labor 1900 miners. provided John
Flannery. editor of The Trade Journal
was dropped from the order, was re-
cpiYp1 cnnIIY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Senator Hayward May Recover.

Nebraska City, Neb.. Nov. 1S.-Sena-
tor Hayward's condition has shown
marked Improvement during the past
twenty-four hours. DIR. Whitten eX-
pressed himself as being greatly en-
couraged with the prospects of his
patients recovery. The paralysis ap-
pears TO have been arrested, as he was
able to use his right arm yesterday
and to utter n few unintelligible sen
fences the first time since the begin
ming of his present illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Moline Victim InyoIves
UnIted Nrrne Morker. Prosperou..

indianapolis. Nov. 1S.--The executive
committee of the United Mine Work.
ers will close its session today. The
mine workers, as an organization, are
in a prosperous condition II is stated
by the committee. There are 100000
members, or 10000 more than had been
counted on. and there is Il national
surplus of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
ARMIES
ADVANCE.
Otis Gables Operations of
Americans in the
Philippines.
REPORTS SEEM FAVORABLE.
Insurgents Fleeing Toward
Their Mountain
Capital.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Otis cables
Mac Arthur advanced to Paniqui.
The Inhabitants remained in their
houses. receiving the troops hospita-
bly,, the first instance during the en-
tire advance. Wheaton is at San Fa-
bian. Indications are that the in
surgent troops are widely scattered.
"a dispatch from Lawton between
San Nicholas and San Manuel trans
mits dispatches from Young and Maj.
Balance at Asingan and Rosales, of
the 18th and 10th. The former
was 2 miles east of San Fabian, where
Maj. Swigert finds the enemy strongly
entrenched. Young and Balance lad
several skirmishes, driving the enemy
northward off the road to Bayongbong,
their mountIin capital. Hayes tele-
graphs from San Isidro that ne holds
Aguinaldo's secretary of the interior.
Indications are foT good weather. "
Moving NOrIhward.
Manila, Nov. Is. SO a. m..General
Macarthur, with the Thirty-sixth iu-
fantry. Il battalion OF the Seventeenth
infantry. a troop of the Fourth cavalry.
several Gatlings and Il detachment Of
the signal corps. has begun his north.
ward advance from Tarlac. which will
he continued TO BayomDonS, province
of New Nizcaya.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18

New York. Nov. 1S-A match be-
tween Jim Jeffries. the champion
heavyweight pugilist, and Jim Cor
bett. eX-champion. was arranged
between Corbett personally. and w.
A. Brady for .TeffrieS. The articles
will he signed next Tuesday. JeffricS
will have the fixing of the date of the
bout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Rnrk River Canal Project.

Rockford. Ills. Nov. 1S.-The move
ment to convert Rock River into Il
canal between Rockford and Sterling
has progressed so far that a conven-
tiOn has been called for this city
Thursday. Nov. 2:S. at which time steps
will be taken TO formally present the
project to congress. Every city along
the river in the strip of the proposed
Improvement will send delegates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
BUBONIC PLAGUE FEARED.
British Steamer Taylor Held In Guarantee
at New York.

New York. Nov. IS.-The British
steamer Taylor. from Santos, Brazil,
is detained in quarantine on suspicion
of bubonic plague among the crew.
One man died at sea, and Capt. Wat
ers and the cook show indications of
bubOnic swellings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Henderson of iowa at washington.

Washington. Nov. 1S.-HOn. David
r. Henderson. of Iowa. who is slated
to be speaker of the next house of
representatives. arrived in Washing
ton yesterday and has established him
self at the Normandie hotel. Colonel
Henderson is accompanied by his wife
and 1auobtpr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Postma..ers close Their Mee,tnr.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-The National
Association of Postmasters closed its
meeting here yesterday. having decied-
ed against holding the annual meet
ings each year in Washington, as it
was thought a better representation
could be had by moving the conven-
tinn pach YEAR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
One Leonid Gets Here.

Crescent. Ills, Nov. 1S.-By the fall
ing of an aerolite seven miles south of
Crecent City the residences of John
Meyers was partially wrecked and the
neighborhood was panic-stricken. The
meteor came from n point in the sky
Il little east of south and struck the
north end of the house, tearing away
n part of the upper story. The aerolite
buried itself in the ground about three
feet from the foundation of the house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Sir Richard Webster a Baron.

London. Nov. 1S.-Sir Richard Web
stcr. the British attorney general. has
been made baronet. in recognition Of
his work on the Venezuelan arbitra-
ton commission. Sir Robert r. Reid.
of counsel for Great Britain. has been
made Il knight grand cross of the Or
der of ST. Michael and ST. GeOrge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Detroit Gives to the Parneu Fund.

Detroit. Nov. 1S.-About 1000 was
raised last night for the Parnell monu-
ment fund at meeting held in the
Empire theatre. which was addressed
by Hon. John L. Redmond. NJ. T.. and
Hon. Daniel Talon. lord mayor of
Dublin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Princeton, 6; Washington and Jeffer-
n, O.
SENATOR THURSToN WEDs.
Nebraska Statesman Marries Miss Lolo
Purmau.

Washington, Nov. 18.-The mar
riage of Senator John NJ. Thurston,
of Nebraska, and Miss Lolo Purman,
daughter of w. j. Purman, was sol
emnized this morning at the residence
of the brides parents. The ceremony
was attended only by Immediate rela-
tives. After a wedding breakfast the
bride and groom started on a2weeks'
tour of the south and west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-18
Duke Wanted to Go tn War

London. Nov. lS.-It is announced
that the Duke of Connaught was
among the first to seek employment i'll
the war. and even offered TO waive his
seniority for this purpose: but it was
not deemed eXpPdient that an officer so
senior TO Sir RedvPrs Butler should
serve under him. The duke was great
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