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New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
PENNSYLVANIA OLEOuARGaRIyE LAW.

Harrisburg, PENN May Ex-Governor Stone to-
day signed the Snyder-Harris oleomargarine Re
striction bill The new law regulates the manu-
facture and sale OF butter!ne and similar products
forbids oleomargarine from being colored, prevents
dealers from selling oleomargarne for butter and
makes 1t compulsory upon each dealer secure a
permit from the Agricultural Department before
handling Oleomargarine.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
GREEK GAMBLERS sEyTENcED.
RECORDER GoFF GIVES EACH OF THEM
TWO MONTHS IN PRISON.

The first two gamblers arrested in raids OF the
COMMITTEE O. Fifteen who have been brought to
frial were convicted yesterday in General Sessions
ano sentenced by Recorder Goff 10 two months
each in the penitentiary. They George Guck-
eries and Louis Trombos, Greeks, arrested in a
raid in no. 10 Madison-st. In sentencing them Re
corder Cor said:
II Is true thar you this gambling house con-
1ecuon with your saloon in a small way. but II is
also true that YOU neeced your countrymen to the
same extent proportionately as bigger gambling
houses 40 more wealthy people. You went the
stand and sWOre 10 what ] believe. and what the
evidence shows vas perjury, in saying there
no gambling there II IS the first offence for each Of
you, and as there has been a recommendation TO
mercy YOU are sentenced 10 two months each in the
IenitentlarN.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
WOMEN DECORATE GRANTS Static

Washington May 2e-The Grant statue in the
rotunda Of the Capitol the centre of an affect
ing ceremony to-day, when the patriotic women
Of the l. 5. Grant Circle, Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic. placed a wreath at the feet
OF the figure and sang America" after n few an
proprlate remarks by several members of the
Grand Army of the Republic who served with
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
BODY OF ALVAH ". BROWN HERE

The body of Alvah w. Brown the insurance.
agent. who shot himself the steamer Plymouth
at Newport. on Monday night and died soon after
ward. was brought to this city yesterday. It was
structions from Mrs. Brown. to the funeral ar
rangements. -
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
IF YoU FAIL TO PASS, BE BRAVE.
POLICE DISCOVER A METHOD TO DEFY
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

II seems 10 be definitely settled now that police
officers can be promoted ny the Commissioner for
bravery without any civil service examination
Murphy has been advised by the Corporation
counsel and by President Knox of the Civil Service
Commission. He took advantage OF this discovery
yesterday 10 promote Patrolmen Thomas Kelley
and W. II. Ahrens 10 the rank Of roundsmen. They
ere two Of the three men selected for gold medals
ror bravery the third being already a roundsman.
Some fear is expressed that this power will be
nbused and as certificates OF bravery are not hard
10 get they may be used upset the Civil Service
department
The public need have no fear" said Commission
er Murphy, that this power viii be abused by me
! VIII use II sparlngly and only where the bravery
ts conspicuous"
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
MORE GAMBLERS FORFEIT BAIL.
DENNIS NMAHoN. THEIR BONDsMAN. MIST
NOW PAY $4,000 Or FIND TIE MEN.

Twenty-three alleged gamblers, captured by the
Committee OF Fifteen have now forfeited their bail
rather than stand trial. Judge Foster in General
Sessions yesterday morning ordered the bail the
last four-$l.000 each-forfeited. They are George
Lewis, Of No III GreenWich-st.: Joseph Beasely.
OF No "a West Ninth-st.; Harvey Goodale. OF No.
- Avenue D. and John H Garvey, of No 1O7 West
1cghty-thrd-st. They were arrested in a raid at
No "A East Eighth-st April p. and were re-
leased on bail furnished by Dennis Mcmahon, a
retired LAWYER. of No. "a West One-hun6red-and-
uhirty-f fOurth-st
Mcmahon gave security 107 lots on the west
side Of Wards Island. opposite One-hundred-an
siNteenth-st He was in Judge Fosters court on
MONDAY, and WAS told by the judge TO have the
four men in court yesterday that they could
furnish new bail, rule of the Supreme Court for
bloding the acceptance OF lawyers sureties. Nc
Mahon promised 70 have the in court and Is
now held responsible for the 5000 bail.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
To START BRONX TUNNEL WORK.

At the meeting Of The Bronx Board of Local I'm
provements yesterday 1t decided 10 have the
tunnel work in that section begun on June s. The
members OF the Loard formed themselves INTO a
committee TO make preparations for a celebration
on that date. 20 which the Mayor and other city
officials will be invited
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
BABY'S FTNGERNAILS CAUSE DEATH.
MOTHERS FACE WAS SCRATCHED. AND ERYs1P-
ELIAS ENsUED WITH FATAL RESULT.

Mrs. Mary Himmerch. twenty-five years old.
the wife OF musician, who lived in the Of
house at No. 1s2 Meserole-st.. Brooklyn. died I'm
great agony Tuesday. and investigation yes
terday by Corone-'s Physician DR. Wuest showed
that she had died from erysipelas, caused by her
baby three months old scratching her cheek with
its hngernails.
The baby sickly, and required constant care.
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Himmerich Sit
ting the window with the child in her arms.
She kissed IT, and the baby placed It's hands against
its mothers face. As she drew her head aside, the
baby's hngernails scratched her cheek. On Sat
urday her face was swollen, and physician told
her she had erysipelas. She continued TO grow
On Tuesday she unable leave her
bed, and died late in the afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30

Schedules in the assignment of Andrew Deyo,
coal merchant. of Yonkers. filed yesterday show
liabilities OF 1891 l91 and OF s23S0s. Among
the latter included stock in trade sl2 900; open
accounts Sno2i: stocks, 81 $50 and insurance pol
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30

Ollie Mach Trumbull of No lao Broadway. for
merly member OF the theatrical firm of Flynn &
Mach dissolved in 1900 has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities OF S.76s and OF S. 100
New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

George c. Johns. dealer in engines and boilers at
No. 81 Pine-st- has nled a petition in bankruptcy,
with abilities OF s42 600 and no assets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
SnuH spoons.

All the world is familiar with snuff
boxes, but snuff spoons are pretty little
refinements Of which this generation
has hardly heard Very probably they
came into use ABOUT two years after
Sir George Rockies expedition TO Vigo
bay in 1902, when lie captured half n
ton OF tobacco and snuff from the
Spanish galleons. and snuff thus be
came a common article in England.
One of the characters in a comedy
published at Oxford in 1904, entitled
An Act at Oxford" by Thomas Baker,
says, But 1 carry sweet snuff for the
ladies'" TO which -Arabella replies: ~
spoon too. That's very gallant, for to
see some people run their fat fingers
into box is as nauseOus as eating
without a fork"
In the fOrties and fifties snuff spoons
were still in use on the Scottish border.
They were of bone and of a size to go
into the snuffbOx. People fed their
noses, it was said, as naturally as they
carried soup to their mouths. As late
as 1877 a farmer at Tweed
was seen using One.-Gentleman's Mag
aZine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
HONOR DUE TO HoNoRE.

Aid. Honore Palmer, of Chicago,
though belonging to the smart set of
Chicago society and expected to be
more or less a Joke in municipal pol
itics, has done good and wise thing
in lifting up Fairgrounds for the boys
and girls of his ward. Judging by
results it doesn't matter whether or
not young Mr.. Palmer has taken this
action as bid for popularity. The
two city blocks to be transformed in
TO Fairgrounds for children could not
be put to better use. The carrying
out of the plan to this end means
health and happiness to many a Chi
cago youngster. 1t ought to make
Aid. Palmer popular.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
WHOLESALE FRAUDS.

1t is said that it is finally settled
that Rathbone and Nicely are to be al
lowed to go free in Cuba in order to
save the exposure of bigger and more
conspicuous patriots, and now comes
the news of a steal in the Philippine
postal affairs of the same magnitude
as theirs in Cuba. The dispatches state
that the stealing had grown so open
that it could no longer be covered 1t
is hoped that the matter will be
thoroughly investigated and not
whitewashed. But this administra-
ton heretofore has been SO lenient
with hooters that the dark deeds of
the Philippine plunderers will likely be
covered with a coat of kalsomine, as
were the embalmed beef. Cuban and
Porto Rican scandals. These blem-
ishes upon the escutcheon of the ma
tion make every honest American
blush for shame, and the fact that the
government always CLOSES over the
misdeeds and shields the miscreants
increases thu humiliation. The i'm
perial policy of the war lord has
opened many avenues through which
the avaricious may satiate their greed
for gold at the expense Of the public,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
COST TO BRITAIN OF TaE sOER WAR.


COST TO BRITAIN OF THE BOER WAR.
The loan of $500, 600, 600 which the
British government is negotiating is
one index of the cost of the Boer war.
The British tax payers are to be levied
thew may be able to afford the ex-
pense. it will be far from a cheerful
contribution from those at least who
understand the true inwardness of the
maneuvers that brought on the war.
The payment of the debt incurred
through the Boer war will be burden
upon the people for many years. but
it can be eventually paid and recover
ed from.
There is another cost, however,
than that which appears in the finan-
cial statements and increased indebt-
edness of the government, and one
for which the nation can never De
recouped- A recent return of the war
office reports the cost of the war to
Great Britain alone in human flesh
and blood down to a month ago.
From this it appears that the nun Der
of deaths has been IA, 72S. OF these.
). $40 were killed in battle, 1901 died
of wounds soon after battle,
SO died in Boer prisons, 303 died
after having been sent home as inval-
ids, 29S were killed by accident and
the appalling number of s, 793 died of
disease. No fewer than 775 are still
missing or in captivity among the
Beers And 2,1S9 having been sent
home as invalids have so far failed to re-
cover their health as to remain perma-
nently unfit for duty, if not quite dis
abled. If we reckon thst most of the
missing and prisoners will eventu-
ally be reported safe and sound, we
have total of IL 600 men forever lost
to the working force of the British
empire.
That is loss of the heaviest kind,
and one for which there can never be
compensation. The gold mines of the
island, valuable as they may be to the
syndicat,ss that control them, have not
wealth enough in them to compensate
for the thousands of strong young
British lives that have been sacrificed
to the greed of gold and land that in
spired the encroachment of the British
government upon the heritage OF the
Beers.
Seventeen thou sand lives of her best
picked mem And it was to have been
merely a 'milit airy promenade" to
Pretoria The cost to the British of
the Boer war is IA appalling proof of
the illimitable uncertainties into
which nation plunges blindly and
headlong whenever it goes TO war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
,rnrve1our Chicken Legs.

The mechanism of the leg and foot of
a chicken or other bird that roosts on Il
limb is n marvel of design. 1t often
seems strange thatsa bird will sit on u
rOost and sleep all night without fall
ing off, but the explanation is perfectly
simple. The tendon of the leg of bird
that roOsts is so arranged that when
the leg is bent at the knee the claws
are bound to contract and thus hold
with a sort of death grip the limb
around which they are placed. Put a
chickens feet on your wrist and then
make the bird sit down, and you will
have a practical illustration on your
skin that you will remember for some
time. By this singular arrangement,
seen only in such birds as roost, they
will rest comfortably and never think
of holding on. for it is impossible for
them to let go till they stand up.-Pres-
byterian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

NOR SALE-A 5-HORSE POWER GASO-
II line engine at De Reu Bros 1877 Fifteenth
street, Mclme.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

A RECENT order issued by the navy
department establishes a rate of pay
for natives of the Philippine islands
who may enlist in the United States
navy. Under the terms OF the order
the native Filipino gets just half as
much pay as anybody else in the same
grade. In the United States navy are
all classes and conditions of men,
from Chinese to college graduates,
and a seaman, white, black, brown or
yellow, receives $24 per month; a
Pine gets $12. Naval machinists OF
assorted coIors and nativity, except
Filipinos, get $40 and $55 per month,
while the natives of Aguinaldodom
get $40 and $2S and so on down the
list. When Aggie hears of the navy
ruling he can issue another proclama-
ton urging his erstwhile comrades to
lay down their arms and he can guar
antee good treatment in this way:
Fellow countrymen, l half found
that the blessings of liberty, which
half been granted me in the comfort
able Jail in which / have been placed,
half all the good qualities which the
Americans half said they half. half
no hesitancy in urging you to step up
and half some for yourself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
ABSOLUTE FAITH.
You Can Depend Upon the Word of This
Rock Island Citizen.


He has had the experience.
He has thoroughly tested the arti-
Gle.
He found it as represented.
He corroborates the opinions of
scores in Rock Island.
Isaac Shiffer, of 529 Fifteenth
street, employed at the Moline Gas
works, says: There was a dull,
heavy pain in he small of my back
continually, and after STOPPING it was
ali could do to straighten again.
There was always too frequent action
of the kidney secretions which was
very annoying, especially through the
day. l saw Doan's Kidney Pills adj
vertised in our paper and 1 procured
a box from Marshall 81 Fishers drug
store. After a short treatment the
dull aching pains left me, my back
felt stronger and the kidney secretions
were restored to their normal condi-
ton l know of others who had
similar satisfactory experience with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn company. Buff
falo, N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no Institute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
InfemininP.

Fogg-It isn't such a difficult thing
to read character by the handwriting.
1 believe can do it myself.
Bass-Well, try your skill on that let
ter received a short time ago. What
do you say to that?
Fogg-In the first place, the writer is
a very unwomanly woman.
Bass-HOw do you come to that con-
clusion?
Fogg-NOne of the words are under
scOred.-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

~ z ~ the business July 2, 1890, and occI pying
=. F. corner OF Mitchell
& Lynde'S ,GW building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
CLAIRVOYANT

MADAM ST. MARIE - CLAIRVOYANT
WI and palmist. She reads your life like a
book, from youth to old age, telling everything
of your past, present and future. She tells
you everything concerning love marriage en-
gagementS. separations. divorces. family
troubles, Inheritance, wills, deeds, money due
you, positions, salary, sickness. accidents or
any subject you may be interested in. Full
life reading so cents once hours from / d.
N. till 10 p. m. Is permanently located at 705
Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

a WOMAN in an Illinois town was so
grievously stricken with disease that
she sent each of her seven children
for different doctor, with the result
that during the day at least three
physicians responded to her calls.
The woman died the following day.
At the coroner's inquest held over her
body the jury brought in the follow
ing verdict: 1--WE find that the woman
came to her death from bowel trouble
and a complication of physicians"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
Chancery Notice,

State of Illinois,
Rock Island County. 81
10 the Circuit Court of said county, to the
Nav term. A. D.. 1901.
The Home Building and Loan association of
Rock Island, corporation, VS.. Hattie L. G.
Vaughan and ID. Cramer. In chancery. Bill to
fOreclOSe.
Anidavit of the non-residence OF Hattie L.
G. Vaughan, one of the defendants above
AIMED, having been fled in the office of the
clerk OF said circuit court of Rock Island
county, notice is hereby given to the said
Hattie l. G. Vaugnac, that the complainant
filed IT'S bill of complaint in said court, on the
chancery side thereof on the 5th day of April.
1901, and that a summons thereupOn issued out
of SAID court against said defendants Hattie l..
&. Vaughan and ID. Cramer, returnable on the
sixth (5th) day OF May next, 1901, as is by law
required.
Now, unless you, the sad Hattie L. c.
Vaughan and ID. Cramer shall personally be
and appear before said cfrcuiG court of Rock
Island county, on the first day of the next
term thereof to be holden 10 Rock Island in
said county on the sixth e6'h) day OF May,
1901 and plead. answer, or deInur to the said
complainant S bill of complaint, the same, and
the matters and things therein charged and
stated, viii be taken as confessed. and de-
cree entered against you, according to the
prayer of said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE Circuit Clerk.
JACKSON & HURST, Complanants Solicitors
Rock Island, Ill, April g. 1901.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

Commencing Monday, April 1, the
c., b. & Q. freight train will leave
the new station in Rock Island at
7:45 a. m. for Clinton, via Davenport
and the D., r. 1. e. N. w. railway,
distributing freight for points along
that line, reaching Clinton at 1850 a.
m. Freight will also be received via
the same route for local points on the
c., d N. w. railway at the lowest
current rates affording prompt and
quick service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

GEN. WOODS hasty run to Washing
ton to head off the Cuban commission
ers looks very much as if he was
afraid of what they might have 10 say.
The excuse that he wanted to BE- there
TO introduce them to the presid ent IS
all bosh. Gen. Wood made an excel
lent record in the start-off, but has
made several unfortunate and egregi-
Gus plumbers of late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS.

Beginning with Monday, April 1,
all passenger business OF the c., M.
& St P. will be done through the
D., r. L. & n. w. depot, at the foot of
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
A Ma.cuIIne Lady,s Maid.

A Bostonian while exploring the files
of a paper printed in his town a cen
fury ago came across this rather star
Ting advertisement: as Rogers informs
those ladies who wish to be dressed by
him, either on assembly or ball days,
to give him notice the previous day.
Ladies who engage to and don't dress
must pay him half price"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

For the launching of the battleship
Ohio at San Francisco, Calf, May
IS. the Burlington will have on sale
round trip tickets to San Francisco
and return, May and 8, continuous
passage going returning stop overs
will be permitted west of the Missouri
river and st. Paul. with final limit
80 days from date of sale, at 500 %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

and they are taking advantage of their
In permitting the
plunderers to go UNPUBLISHED the chief
executive is clinching his title to the
sppellation applied to him by Colo mel
Teddy-''the man with the chocolate
eclaire backbone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

CArIrAL punishment viii continne
to be inflicted in New York. The
legislature which lately adjourned re-
lected bill to abolish it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
Notice of Publication-In Attachment.

StakS Oi hlluOlS, lgS
Rock Island County. a.
Circuit Court of Rock Island County, May
term A D., 1901.
Gertrude Mcdaniel VS.. William s; Mcdaniel.
In Attachment. General No. 1854
Notice is hereby giveu to the said Wi liam
$. Mcdaniel that writ of attachment issued
out of the office of the clerk of the circuit
court of Rock Island county, dated the 2Sth
day of Marcn A. D., 1901 at the suit of the
said Gertrude Mcdaniel and against the es-
of the said William s. Mcdaniel, for the
sum OF three hundred aud thirteen dollars,
directed TO the sheriff of said Rock Island
county, which said writ has been return6 d ex-
ccuted.
now, therefore, unless you, the said Will
liam 5. Mcdaniel. shall persona ly be and APP
pear before the said circuit court of Rock Is
land county on the first day of the next
term thereof, to be holden at the court
house in the city of Rock Island. in said
COUNTY. on the first Monday of May 4. D..
1901, give special bail and plead to the said
plaintin's action. judgment will be entered
against you, and in favor of the said Gertrude
Mcdaniel, and so much OF the property at
tached as may be sufficient TO satisfy the said
Judgment and costs win be sold to satisfy the
same. GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Circuit Clerk.
April ], A. D., -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

IT is announced that the Chicago
Record Herald has be Cd mortgaged
for SIS, 600, 600 subject to a prior IN
mbrance of 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

The Comus club will give it's
third annual excursion to Milwaukee
via the Chicago. Milwaukee IL st. Paul
railway June 8. The club has ar
ranged for two trains that will leave
Rock Island about 1890 p. M, arriy-
ing at Milwaukee the following morn
ing Returning. will leave Milwau-
kee at 1880 p. m. the 9th, and will
arrive at Rock Island not later than 6
q. m. This will give the excursion
lists the full day and evening in Mil
waukee. Sleeping car accommoda-
tions will be provided for those that
wish them. The rates will be very
low
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29
ASTROLOGER.

nR. Ora YES, EXPERT READER OF THE
IL head, hand and stars, corner Eighteenth
street and Third avenue, price of reading 81,
satisfaction no charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

The Burlington route, c., B. & Q.
railroad company. will have on sale
April and 10, home seekers excur-
sion tickets at one first-class fare,
plus 81, for the round trip, to points
south, southwest, west and north
west, good returning within 81 days
from date of sale. 1t also has on
sale, at greatly reduced rates, tickets
for Puget Sound points, Colorado,
Pacific Coast and various other points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

A Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
freight train departs from the ID r.
l. & N. w. freight depot at 4:5O p. m.
daily, except Sunday, and runs via
Davenport and the D., r. 1. & N. w.
railway, arriving at Clinton at $3.50
p. m. This train distributes freight
at stations on the line of the D., r. 1.
& n. w. and also carries freight for
Chicago & Northwestern points, a
prompt delivery being made to that
line at Clinton. Freight for this train
should be delivered at the ID Il. l. &
n. w. depot not later than o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

Those famous little pills, De Witt
Little Early Risers, will remove
all impurities from your system.
cleanse your bowels, make them reg
ular. b. H. Bieber and Hartz s. Ulle-
meyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-29

A N ELDERLY WIDOW LADY, REFINED
IA aud genteeI, good housckeepeT, great
lover of home comforts and worthy com
pauiou, would like to correspond with gen
tleman OF responsibility between the age
of So aud IS. Only those worthy of q true wife
need reply. Address Mrs. Anna Laurie, Rock
Island, Ill, General Delivery.