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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
EToT 81 q T,

E.ght-roomed modern dwelling at 20
South Front street.
Eight-roomed brick dwelling, nrst-class
condition, with good stable in rear, on
Market. etwee Eighth and Ninth streets.
Four-roomed house "A Baker street.
(around the hilO for $50: long. easy pay
ments; no harder than paying rent.
A trst-class 5-Coomed house at 81 South
York street.
TO ~LET;-store rooms. dwellings and
offices.
G. o. SMITH.
Exchange Bank Building.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
Mrs. Crafts head
does not trouble her
any more and she
feels better than she
has for three a

Mrs. Lydia Craft, Of Larwood. Linz Co, Greg,
writes: II was sick for a long time with female
ra..AIn M nnil l;ttln
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-Brick house. with store at,
tached, on Hanover street. Martins Fer
Ohio; lot 2lCX52 feet. If store not de.
sired can easily be removed and leave a
very desirable residence. Unable TO at
tend to business the reason for selling.
Apply on premises. Terms easy. A W.
Hell. feilevdq
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
DAILY AND SUNDAY REGISTER.

Daily Register and Harper'E WeeklyS8.N
Daily Register, including Sunday,
and Harper's Weekly. ll.O0
Daily Register and Harpcrs Maya
Daily Register, including sunday,
and Harper's MagaziHe............ 1913
Daily Register and Harper's Bazaar. SO
Daily Register, including Sunday.
and Harper's BaZaar.............. 10
Daily REGISTER and Scribner' s....-..... no
Daily Register. including Sunday,
and Scribner's 1912
Daily Register and Cosmopoltan.. .. Geo
Daily Register. including Sunday,
n Cosmopolitan .-............. $50
Daily Register and the Century Mag
AZine .......-....-.. ...-t...+-.. $40
Daily Register. including Sunday.
n the Century Magazine .......... Il 81
Daily Register and st. Nicholas. no
Daily Register. including Sunday.
ana St. Nicholas ...-.. ..........., 1920
WEEKLY.
Weekly Register and Country Gentle
weekly Register and Harpcrs
Weekly Register and Harper's Maya
weekly Register and Harpers
Weekly Register and ...... II
Weekly Register and The Century. 40
Weekly Register and St Nicholas. $50
Weekly Register and Ohio Farmer. gIg
/ Weekly Register and Weston CW.
Na) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lie
Weekly Register and Bagster Art
Weekly Register and Bagster Art
Bible fStyle go
Weekly Register and Cosmopolitan. l.s)
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
GEO. ]. MATHlSON,
FOR RENT.

Real Estate and Insurance,
No. l2oN Market street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Rnined by NIuIeE.

NJ. p. LIE Grand, an Alabama farmer,
says that many negroes in the south are
ruined by mules, and he thinks he has
proved it. He owns a great deal of farm
land, which he rents to negroes on con-
dition that they shall do their work
with an OK instead of mule. AS re-
suit, all his tenants are prosperous and
pay their rent promptly. The OK, he ex-
plains, is entirely capable in all the re-
quirements of the cotton patch, but he
has his limitations, and his colored mas
ter does not think of mounting him and
riding OF on useless errands or pleasure
trips. AS the negro cannot ride to dis
tant churches, cake walks or "hoe
downs, " and as he will not walk, he
goes to bed and is rested and ready for
labor in the morning.
So far as the inference from this ex-
pertinent goes. the negro, plus a mule,
is shiftless and unreliable citizen, but
eliminate the mule and substitute an
OK, and he becomes regular in his hab-
its, businesslike and prosperous.-New
York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
THE POWER OF WILL.
He Wanted to Live Four Days, ana
He Succeeded.

1t would be vain to attempt to de-
scribe the sympathy for the poor and
suffering which William Stokes could
throw into his voice, says his biogra-
pher. One of the stories he used to tell
is of peculiar interest, not only for its
revelation of human kindness, but as q
proof of the power of the will in pro-
longing life.
An old pensioner was a patient of
Stokes in the Meath hospital. His life
was despaired of, and, in fact, his death
was hourly expected. One morning,
having many patients to care for and
believing that the pensioner was uncon-
scious and past help, DR.. Stokes passed
his bed without stopping. The patient
was greatly distressed and cried out;
Don't pass me by, docther; You
must keep me alive for four days.
eve Will keep you as long as we
can, my poor fellow" answered Stokes,
but why for four days particularly ?"
Because, was the reply, my pen
sion will be due then, and 1 want the
money for my wife and children. Don't
give me anything to make me sleep, for
if sleep shall die"
On the third day after this, to the
amazement of Stokes and others, the
patient was still breathing. On the
morning of the fourth day he was alive
and conscious, and on entering the
ward Stokes saw him holding in his
hand the certificate which required sig
nature As the doctor drew near the
dying man gasped:
''Sign, signr'
The doctor quickly complied, and the
man sank back exhausted and within a
few minutes crossed his hands over his
breast and said, 1.-THE Lord have mercy
ON my soul" and quietly breathed his
last
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
DoINGs OF THE CUBAN ASSEMBLY.
Syndicate Offers to Raise a Loan State
ment of the Promoter.

Havana, April 3.-The Cuban as
sembIy met at Cerro Saturday Dis
patches were read from Seniors .ViIlalon
ard Hevia. the Cuban commissioners
sert to the United States to see about
raising a loan, saying that they had
failed to fulfill their mission and would
leave for Cuba at once. General
Manuel Sanguily read dispatch from
an American syndicate saying that the
syndicate was willing to raise a loan
for the Cubans under certain conditions
Thereupon the assembly decided not to
dissolve.
Washington, April 3.-Senors VIII
laIon and Hevia, the Cuban assembly
committee. left here Saturday en- route
home. c. NJ. Coen, who it is alleged
is engineering the scheme for a S2O,-
o00, eco loan issue 10 the Cuban assem-
bly,, and is said to be the author of the
mysterious dispatches to the Cuban as
sembly urging that body not to disband
on the ground of a good prospect of
securing more than the 100000 offered
by the United States, is in Washington.
Coen admitted that he was the man who
had been working on the plan to estab-
Iish a $40, o00 COO bond issue to be paid
for out of the Cuban revenues now col
lected by the United States. He said
coo capital which intended to place the
loan.
II came to this city from Havana last
Sunday" he said. Il haven't been in
hiding. l spent one month in Cuba and
was around in the open air every day
seeing the members of the Cuban as
sembly. I met General Brooke and
made myself known to him. I ex-
planned my views of the situation to
him. If the three million payment is
forced on the army it will create future
dissatisfaction and disloyalty, while a
bonded debt. paid out of the Cuban
revenues. would solve the Cuban
problem"
How about your $40, coo co.," he was
asked: who is back of it and where is
it?" Coen replied: Il have assurance
that the money will be ready the minute
the plan for a loan is adopted. l have
already told you that l have no capital,
/ am simply doing the work"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
HORRIBLE CASE OF SUICIDE.
Successful Effort of Mad Man to End
His Life by Violence.

Charleston, S. c., April 3.-Samuel
Wertheim, an oil merchant, of New
York. Killed simself in a most shocking
manner Saturday in the office of G. NJ.
Politzer. He suffered from insomnia.
His nephew and he came here Saturday
on their way north and called at
Politzer's office. Wertheim walked UP
to Politzer and said: Gus, 1 am go
ing mad
With this he began beating himself
on the head with a paper weight I'm
able to restrain him young Wertheim.
his nephew, and Politzer rushed out to
get help. The frenzied man then broke
out a pane of glass in one of the office
windows and beat himself on the face
and neck with the jagged edges that re-
manned in the sash.
A negro boy tried to drag him from
the window. but was told he would be
killed If he interfered. The boy re-
treated and Wertheim dashed his head
through another pane and sawed his
neck on the ragged glass till he fell to
the floor. Medical assistance was sum-
moned and ne was put in an ambulance.
but died before the city hospital was
reached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
REMARKS MADE BY AGONclLLo.
Filipino Agent at Paris Belittles Our
Capture OF MalOlos.

Paris. April 2.-Agoncillo, the cgent
81 Aguinaldo, IN the course of an inter
view says: The capture Of Malolos
is rot as important as the Americans
are trying TO make it appear. The
Filipino government had already de-
termined upon removal to San Fer
nanGo, and a small detachment of
troops was left with orders to burn the
town and thus to draw the Americans
inland. Two months Of rain and fever
Will save the F'ilipinos their ammuni-
tioE and good deal of trouble, and the
war will not end while a single Filipino
remains to bear arms" He charges
Major General Otis with opening the
hostilities. and holds the Americans re-
sponsible for the transfer of the Spanish
prisoners ard for preventing the Fill
pinos negotiating a treaty with Spain.
New York, April 3.-James Creelman,
special correspondent at Manila, cables
the paper he serves here as follows:
'Aguinaldo and his staff were the first
to leave Malolos, taking a special train
on the railway to carry them to safety.
Prisoners say that the insurgents re-
fused TO obey the orders of their gen.
erals and make stand at Malolos. so a
retreat was Of necessity decided upon.
\ vast multitude of natives who have
been driven northward are anxious to
return home, but are held back by armed
Tagalos- This homeless population has
sent n committee to plead with the in
surgent government to make peace.
Our prisoners declare that before the
people will consent to be driven into
the mountains by Aguinaldo they will
force him to surrender or break through
the insurSent lines. After grinding
down the people, reducing them almost
to slavery, and telling them stories Of
victories over the Americans, Aguinaldo
is said to be now claiming that the
Americans will offer terms of peace and
compromise. Every development of the
situation shows the fraud and in
capacity OF the insurgent government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Executor's Notice.


Estate of Henry Fielder, deceased
The undersigned having oeen appointed ex-
ecutriX OF the last will ADD te-tsment OF Henry
Fiedler. late of the county of Rock Island.
state of Illinois. deceased hereby gives notice
that she win appear before the county
court OF Rock Island county. at the county
court room, In the city of Rock Island at the
May term. the first Monday in May
next at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified ana
requested TO attend, for the purpose OF hav-
ing the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said t. .te are re-
quested to make Immediate payment to the
undersigned
Dated this 18th day OF February. A. d. 1899.
VAEOSICA BICK. Executrix
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Publication NotIce-In Attachment.

State OF Illinois.
County OF Rock Island. ~
Circuit court of Rock Island county. May
term. y. ID 1893
Joseph l. Hans " Henrietta NJ. Benser in at
tachmcnt.
Public notice i hereby given TO the said
Henrietta VI. BcnSer. that a writ OF attach
mcnt issued out Of the once of the cle,k OF
the circuit court OF Rock Island county. dated
the Sth day Of March. \. ID ls.g II the suit of
the said Joseph l. Haas and BgainSt tn estate.
Of the said H. nrietta NJ BenSer for the. sum
of twelve hundred and Cighty-eight dollars
and twenty cents, directed To the he riff of
said hook Island comfy. WHICH sad writ has
been returned executed.
Now therefore. unless you. the said Henri
eta NJ tst user shall personally ne and Hppeh r
before the said q rcuit court OF Rock Island
county on the first day OF The next term hereof
10 bc holden At the court house in the city Of
Rock Island. in said county. on the first day Of
May 4. II. 1879. give special bail and plead TO
the said plaintiff action. judgment will be
en- cred against you. and in favor Of tn Ssid
Joseph L. Haas. and 30 much OF the Dropertv
attached as may be sufficient To Sati>f, said
Judgment and costs viii be sold to satisfy the
same.
GEORGE W. CAMILLE CLERK
CHARLES BUFpRp. T1aintIn Attorney.
Merch 18th. y ID. lss9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
HE FACED GREAT DANGER.
Est, Not Knowing II. He Escaped Be-
iEE Considered Brave.

81 noticed couple of "reminiscences
as to my old branch of service" said
an ex-naval official to the writer,
(which reminded me of an incident in
my own career. I was an assistant en-
gineer ON a cruiser bound from Norfolk
to South American ports, and our ship
was telling off IA or 1 > knots an hour
one day, when crank pin came out,
and the next instant the crank was
thrashing around in a most reckNssly
unsystematic fashion. Everybody in the
engine room-and there We're some men
of considerable rank there just then, as
it happened-madea dash for the deck.
Meanwhile 1 quietly took four or five
steps and shut off the steam. OF course
the engines stopped, and then followed
the delay caused by making the neces-
sary repairs.
at didn' occur to me that had per-
formed any act of an especial character
until the chief engineer informed me
that / was confounded fool Don't
you know your place under such cir
cumstances, sir?' he asked, and when l
answered that l thought had taken
my proper position he continued: mo,
sir; your duty was to make your way
as soon as possible TO the deck with
that piece of steel whirling and crash
ing about it was one chance in thou
sand that a single soul would escape an
instantaneous cooking, because if that
thing had carried away the steam con-
nections your life would have ended
right then.
"'Well, 1 took the chance. an
swered.
"'Yes, sir, you did, but you didn't
know it, therefore it is not at all to
your credit, was the chiefs answer,
and it was so absolutely true that l
couldn't for the life of me make any re-
ply. Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Notice of PubllcatIon-Chancery
McCasI,rin s McCaskrln. lawyers.

McCasISrin s McCaskrin lawyers
State of Illinois
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court. May term, \. n 1899.
Emma Williams ". George y. Williams in
chancery.
An afidavit having been duly ceit titled and
sworn to and filed in the clerk offce of said
county and state by the above named com
Tluiuant. Emma Williams. showing that the
residence OF the above named defendant is
unknown, notice Is therefore hereby given
to the said defendant that the compla nant
filed her bill OF complaint in said court, ON the
chanccry side thereof. on the I'D day of Mar. n,
ls.g. and that thereupon a summons issued out
of lid court wherein said suit is now pending.
rcturnabIe on the first Monday in the month of
May next, as * by law required
Now unless you. the S-td defendant. George
A Williams, shall personally be and appear be-
fore said circuit court. on the first day of the
next term thereof. to be holden 1t Rock Island
in and for the said county, on the first monday
in MAY next, and plead answer demur TO the
said complainant 5 bill of complaint. the same
and the matters and things therein charged
and stated Will be taken As confessed. and "A
decree entered against you according TO the
prayer of said bill.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois. Msrch -. 1899.
MCCAskRiN * MCCAsKRIS.
Complainant S Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Notice of PubIication-Chancery.

State of Illinois.
Rock Island County, -
In the circuit court. to May term 1889 In
chanceTy.
Cora Murphey Howard J. Murphey.
Afiidavit OF the nonresident of the de-
PENDANT, HowardJ Hurphey having been fled
in the clerks Office OF the circuit court OF said
county. notice Is therefore hereby given to
the said nonresident defendant that the com
plainant filed her bill of complaint In sad
court, on the chancery side thereof, on the
Sd day of March. Irg9 and that there
upon summons issued out Os said court
wherein said suit Is now pending, returnable on
the first Monday in the month OF May next.
as isby law required. Now, unless you. the said
nonresident defendant ab1ve named. Howard
J. Murphcy- shall personally be and appear be-
fore said circuit court. the first day OF the
next term Thereof. to be holden Rock Isl
and in and for the said county, on the LIST
Monday in May next. and plead, answer
or demur to id cOmplainant's bill of com
plant, the same and the matters and things
therein charged and stated viii be taken as
confessed. and decree entered against you
according TO the prayer of said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois, March b 1879.
STURGEON & MARSHALL
Compartments Solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Publication Notice.

State of Illinois,
Rock Island county.
In the circuit court OF said county, to the
May term. n ID. 1879.
Carl J. Mueller Us William Ferguson. Simon
lseNtrr, Jessie A. Dexter. Lucy y Maflock
Marta e Duttou. Carrie Cumu iuz-s. &c orge
MatiOck-
Afldavit OF non-reSidence of Maria G Dut-
ton. Car lie Cummings and George NatIock
defendants in The above entitled cause havinrr
oeen HE'D IN tue clerk ONCE ia the circuit court
81 SAID county. botice i hereby given TO the
sad nonresident defendants thai the com
riainant HE'D his bill of complaint ia sid
court on the chancery side thereof on the
18th day OF CHI \. II, 1892 and hat there,lr.1n
a summons was issued out OF said court
y herein said suit - now pending returnahle
y the hrst Monday in the month of NAV
next Is is by law required
Vow unless YOU the said non-rtsidert de-
tcncAuiS above named. shall pprSonaIlv
be and appear before said Circuit ,.o,Ir,
on the nrSt day OF the next term thereof IN
be holden ~ Rock Island In ard for the
said county on the first Mondav in NAV
next and plead. answer or deynu- -
the said compartments bin of corapIaint the
same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated viii be taken as confeSsed
AID the decree entered against you accordinr
10 the prayer OF said bill
GEORGE W. GAMBLE Clerk
Rock Island, Illinois. March Is iss9
McESIRY & MCEHIRY
Complainant 5 Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03

Lonia. But this shooting has been Just
active enough to make the lives of the
soldiers a burden, and to compel the
officers to sleep in trenches. clothed and
IN readiness to repel possible attacks.
Most Of the Americans are becoming
convinced that the backbone Of the in
surgent opposition is broken. There are
numerous rumors pointing to an early
collapse of the insurrectiOn. One of
these IS that General Pho Del Pillar. the
best fighter among the Filipino officers.
will desert Aguinaldo and give his sup
port to the Americans.
Spanish Prediction as to the Future.
The Spaniards. reasoning from their
experience of the natives. refuse to be-
Iieya that the rebellion is anywhere
near put down. They declare that the
Filipinos will not take their defeat at
MaIolos. with the loss of the city and
the removal of their so-called govern
ment, seriously 10 heart. On the con-
trary, the Spaniards predict that the in
surgents will hover near the American
lines. bothering them as much as posi-
bic, and when attacked in force, dis
solve. only to re-appear at other points.
This sort of tactics-the Spaniards say
will be followed until the wet season
compels the Americans to be housed in
barracks. and then the Filipinos will re-
turn and re-occupy such towns as the
United States troops do not garrison.
With the next dry season a repetition of
the present operations will begin.
Something to Take Into Account
Time alone will show how much there
is in this theory, but as against it
must be borne in mind the fact that the
Spaniards in all their domination of the
Philippines never gave the inhabitants
demonstration of power comparable in
effectiveness to that given them by the
United States. a priest and two MEM
bers of the so-called Filipino congress-
who hid themselves in the woods during
the fighting. which preceded the capture
Of Malolos, returned there this morn
ing and declared that two thousand of
the Filipino soldiers were anxious to
give up fighting, ard would do so but
for their officers, who keep them under
arms. The whole country between
Malolos anu Calcoocan is now full of
friendlies. women. children and old peo-
pie. who are returning to their homes
carrying white flags. The Americans
are trying to gain the confiGence~of the
inha bitants by proving to them that il
they will return and attend to their or
binary work. peacefully, no harm will
befall them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03

II is simply 2 case Of armed Tagalos
cruelty depressing the rest of the popu-
lation. The patriotic idea has long
since died out.
THE warfare in the islands is now
merely brigandage on a large scale.
The bands that are attacking the
American lines TO the east and south
Of Manila are operating independently.
The Philippine republic is practically 4
thing of the past. Now the question is
OF supprcssing a number of powerful
bandits. The last copy of Aguinaldo's
official newspaper announces that the
insurgents killed 5000 Americans and
wounded 1900 more in three days of
fighting"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Execntnr,a Notice.

Estate OF George VOgltr, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutrix of the last II and testament of George
NOgler. late of the county of Rock Island,
state of Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice
that s7c will APPEAR before the county court of
Rock Island county. 1T the county court room,
In the city of Rock leland, at the June
term, the first Monday IN June next
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and requested
to attend for the purpose of having the same
ad juSted- All persons Indebted to said estate
are requested 10 make Immediate payment TO
the undersigned.
Dated this 10Th day OF March. a. ID. 1899.
AGNES VoGLER. Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Woman Dynamiter Convicted.

Carthage, Ills, April 3.-Mrs. Sadie
Rings was convicted of an attempt to
blow up the residence of DR.. ]. r.
Kelley, of Augusta, Dec. /. 1898. The
house was partly wrecked by dyna-
mite explosion about : o'clock in the
evening. Mrs. Rings had been interested
in a DR.. J. p. Ellis, and became jealous
of Mrs. Kelley because of supposed at
tentfons she was receiving from DIR.
Ellis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
LEGAL.
Executors Notice

Estate OF Frederick Schneider. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
executrix of the last viii and testament
of Frederick Schneider, late OF the
county OF Rock Island. state of Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that she Will
appear before the county court OF ROCK
Island county. at the county court room IN
the city of Rock Island. at the Aay
term, on the first Monday In May next
at which time all persons having claims Sainst
said estate are notified and requested 10 at
tend for the purpose of having the same 40
justed- AL persons indebted 70 saio estste
are requested to make immediate payment
to the undersigned
Dated this 9TH day of March. A. d. 1899
KUNIGUSDE ITTSER, Ezecutrix
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-03
Manila Casualties to April 3.

Washington, April S.-The list of
casualties at Manila forwarded to the
war department under date of March
so by General Otis gave one killed and
thirty-two wounded.
The previous report carried the total
OF killed and injured to fifty-eight dead
and 329 wounded. With the list Of
sixty-three wounded Saturday the total
reported to that date is fifty-nine killed
and 424 wounded