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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
Masters Sale.
Joseph B., Oakleaf, Attorney.

Joseph B. Oadeaf, Attorney.
State of Illinois, L.
Rock Island County,
In the Circuit Court, in chancery:
Hannah Hams, complainant, VS. Jane McCowp,
Alice Hecsman. Rebecca Lammel Anna
smiLh Margaret Wolfe, unkno Wn heirs and
dew ees Of Daniel a. Smith. deceased; Mary
HicKs. alice Price, A. F. eariiott, William
2 known heirs and devisees of Catherine Gar
riott,deceased;unknowL heirs and dev sees of
ton, unknown heirs and oevisees of Lucy A
H Ancock, deceased; Darius Mckenzie, I'M
Renzie. deceased; Augustus G arriott, John
Feiock, Ida Blankenbaker, Adoie Belle
Esapinda Becker, Rebe Ca Leinba ch, James
s. Nance aud Anoie B. johnson, defend
ants Partition general No 1877
decree OF said Court, entered in the above
entitled cause; on the ffsn day of
eleventh day of May, A. D. 1901,
at the hour of two O'Clock in the after
House in the City OF Rock Island. in
said county of Rock Island, directed by
est and best bidder for cash in hand on the
Gay OF sale those certain parcels Of land
State OF Illinois, known and described as
follows, to-wit:
The Souih sl.29 acres of the South West
Section NO. Thirteen (I3) In Township No
Seventeen 90 North Range No. One ~ West
.
tract No on plat attached to said report of
commissioners in this cause; Also the West
fl p acres of the East Half 90 OF the North
Wess Quarter Cd of said section No. Thir-
teen Q3), known as tract No. four on plat at
tached to report OF commissioners in said
cause.
Also beginning at a stone set in the South
west corner of the South East Quarter ca OF
the South West Quarter 90 OF Section No.
Twelve G2) in said Township No. Seventeen.
thence run North on the West line of said
South East Quarter of the South West Guar
ter 90 5.25 chains thence run East parallel
with the South line of said South East Quar-
ter "a of the South West Quarter 90 4
chains, thence run South parallel with the
West line of said South East Quarter Cd Of
the South West Quar'er 90 SIS chains to the
South line OF said South East Quarter cd OF
the South West Quarter 90. thence run
West along the South line of said South East
Quarter 90, of the South West Quarter 60
of said section No. Twelve O2) chains, to
the place of beginning, containing lilo acres
aud known as tract No. on plat attached TO
report of commissioners in this cause,
Dated at Rock Island Illinois, this Sth day
of April A ID. 1901.
JOSEPH OAKLEAF. Compartments Solicitor.
ELwIN z. PARMENTER,
Master In Chancery, Rock Island County. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
Chancery Notice.
State of Illinois, ss
Rock Island County.

Ro S1af Isl o1 d Goantv les
He Circuit court of said County, to the
May term, A. 1901.
Home Building and Loan association, of Rock
Island, a corporation, May Andrews.
George A. Andrews, Alice Sayre Charles
A. Sayre. Jane Grimm and George G. Griffin.
In Chancery. Bill to fore close
Anldavit OF nOn-resdence OF Alice Sayre
and Charles A. S ayre, defendants above n an ed,
having been fled in the office of the clerk of
said circuit court of Rock IslaL county no.
tice is hereby given to the said Alice Sayre
and Charles A Sayre, that the complainant
fled it's bill OF complaint in said court, on
the cbancery side thereof, on the 5th day of
April, A. D., 1901, and that a summons
thereupon issued out of said court against
said defendants May Andrews, George A An
drews, Alice Sayre. Charles a. Sayre, Jane
Grif1n and George G. Griffin. returnaDle on the
9th day OF May next, 1901, as is by law required,
Now, unless you, the said Alice Sayre
and Charles A Sayre shall personally be and ap-
pear before the said circuit court, on the first
day of the next term thereof, to be holden il
Rock Island, 10 aid county, on the 9th day of
May 1901, and plead, answer or demur to the
said complainant's bill OF complaint, the
same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated Will be taken confessed
and a decree entered against you according
to the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE. Circuit Clerk
JACKSON & BURST. Compliments Solicitors.
Rock Island, ILL., 4 pril 5, 1901.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12

2O1kc per Id: extra dairy, 14@19c: pack
ing stock, 12@121sc. Eggs-F'resh stock,
turkeys. SOLE per ID; chickens. S15@
915c; ducks. S@11c; geese, rosie. Po-
tatoes-Fair to choice, 30@41c per blu.
Apples-Common to choice, $1.50@4.50
per Dbl. CranberrieS@Cape Code. SIS. 90
@S.5O per Dbl; bell and bugle, 5000
S.25.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. April IL.
HogS-Estimated receipts for the day,
$4,000; quality good: left over, 6. 123:
market active and feeling firm. Prices
unchanged to sc higher; sales ranged
at s4.60G5.50 for pigs, $5.70@6.021@ for
light. s5.I5@5.90 for rough packing,
S5.S0@6.0T1s for mixed, and $5.95@6.10 for
heavy packing and shipping lots, with
the bulk OF sales at S5.95n6.05.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the
day. 1900; quality fairly good. Market
ruled moderately active; best grades
steady. other lots 5G10c lower: quota
tions ranged at $5.70@6.05 choice TO eX-
ira steers, S5.2035.65 good to choice do,
common to medium do, s3.90@4.40
butchers steers. S450@5.75 fed western
steers, $2.70@4.90 stockers and feeders,
s1.75@4.50 cows, $2.60@4.75 heifers, $3.50
@4.50 bulls and oxen, $3.15@4.50 stays.
$4.00@5.10 Texas steers, and $3.50@6.00
yea lcalveS.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo. n. Y. April IL
Dunning &, Stevens, Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo. n. Y,
car; market steady; veals. S4.o0@625.
Hogs-ReceiptS, Is cars; market slow:
Workers.. $610@6 Is; mixed, els: heavy.
S6.15@6.20; pigs, s5.S0@5.90; roughs. $5.25
65.5O Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. so
cars; market steady; lambs, woods, S5.25
OSLO: clipped, S4.25@5.50: sheep, culls
to wethers, $3.25@5.50; clipped, $2.75@
$50.
st. Louis Grain.
ST. Louis, April IL
Wheat-Higher; o. red cash eleva-
tor, 7O1Ac; track, 7S@741sc; May. 11Ac;
Corn-Lower; No. cash. 421kc: track.
431sc; May, 41Ss@4134c; July, 421sc. Oats
Weak; No. cash, 2I12c; track, 211aQ
Csc; May, &c; July. 247sc; No. white.
soc. Rye-Firm; sac.
Milwaukee GRAIN
Milwaukee, April IL.
Wheat-Higher; o. 1 northern, 72@
Higher; No. 1 ,531l @531Ac. Barley
Steady; No. ., 5765Sc; sample, 40@54c.
Oats-Steady; No. 2 white. 2S%Q29kc.
Local Markets.
Corn-4404ec.
Hay-Timothy. sis0si4; prairie, sscsll.
Straw-S6
Coats ser ton.
Butter-Choice to fair, 1856; fresh creamery,
23c.
Hens Sc per pound.
Spring Chickens-sc per pound.
Turkeys-7c0sc.
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers,
31c@41sc; COWS and heifers, 3hc04c; calves
4cN5c.
Spring Lam6s-ss soosI a head.
Hogs-s55o0s575
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
job Couldn,t Have stood 1t

If he'd had itching piles. They're
terribly annoying; but Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve will cure the worse case of
piles on earth. 1t has cured thous-
ands. For injuries, pains or bodily
eruptions it's the best salve in the
world. Price 25 cents box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by Hartz d Ulle-
never.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
SAYS HIS WIFE DESERTED

John 81. Townsend Begins Suit for Divorce
In Circnit Court.
John H. Townsend, of Moline,
through his attorney, A.. H. Kohler,
has begun divorce proceedings against
his wife, Manda Townsend. The
couple were married in Annamos,
COL, in 1875 and lived happily to-
gether till 1897. Then discord arose
aud Mrs. Townsend, according to the
bill filed, deserted her husband and
SON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
Pierpont Morgan at Southampton.

Southampton, April 12.-The White
Star line steamer Teutonic, from New
York April 3, arrived early yesterday
morning. Captain McKinstry reports
a stormy passage. j. Pierpont Nor
gan who is on board is we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
Contest closes Monday, April Is, at

Contest closes Monday, April 10, at
noon.
Columbia rallied in the theatre
name voting contest today, and by a
wonderful Pumping of votes got once
more to the lead. although Illinois
likewise made remarkable as well as
steady gains.
A bunch of ballots for one of these
names came in marked $50. which. on
being counted in THE ARGUS office,
was found to contain 500. There is
increased activity in voting through
out the list.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
ADJUSTMENTS.
Sunday, April "a.

Fred Rider's Moulin Rouge Burlesquers.
The latest Partisan novelty presenting
two new burleSQues entitled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produes.

Chicago, April IL.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
THE TRAVRLERs, GUIDE

svs.resss D,aeas-zz~v 6yHIoA GO, ROCK ISLAND q
RSsR44A5z Pacific Railway Tickets
NiIJtNk1EIif can be purchased or baggage
ES<SIt1ff|R check ed at r. T & p. Twentieth
sst1lkskkik1[ street depot, or c., r. L & 2.
depot, corner Fifth avenue and
ehirty-frst street. FraEk II. Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12
THAIRa.

~ 7 Springfield. Peoria
Quincy Wis Galesburgl
Chicago via Mendoza and
STEERING -..-.-
Peoria, beardstown, Bur
hnRtOr, Denver anc
w est. ...... 49,.
St. L. kas Citv, Denverl
and Pacific Coast via |
GaleSburg. -..--....-
Sterling and Points inter-
mediate.... 1919.
Fast Moline, Suburban.
st. l. Denver and west
Davenport, Clinton and
Dubuque.
Davenport, Clio ton, ru-
buque, LaCross e, st
Paul. MINI. & West and
n. W..
Davenport from Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12

Telephone 1850.
*naily. +Dauy except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-12

! LEAVE. ARRIVE.
7:I5 am $3.50 am
+7;45 am 1905 pm
+42:4O pm tI2:l1 pm
1925 PM *7:15 pm
47:25 pm +7:I5 pm
1918 am
r $3.50 am
1880 am $3.50 am
*7:15 pm *7:15 am
1905 pm
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20
AN ELECTRIC DIET.
Interesting Possibilities for Improving
the Human Race.

Interesting Possibilities for Improving
the Human Race.
The notion of fattening pigs by cleo
tricity is at all events novel, and if the
inventor Of the process be not disap-
pointed the idea will yet be applied to
other animals and even to human be-
ipgs. To Dr. w. J. Herdman of the
medical faculty of the University of
Michigan the world owes this discov-
cry, which is to the effect that the gal
vanic current promotes the growth of
tissue-that is to say, the increase of
flesh 1t had previously been ascer-
tained that plants develop more rapid
ly under the electric stimulus, and
there was no obvious reason why ami
mails should not be equally responsive
to it.
Hence the idea of DR.. Herdman,
which promises we'll though its ap-
plication cannot as yet be said to have
passed beyond the experimental stage.
The doctor, for the sake of conven-
ience began his experiments with gut
nea pigs, half a dozen of which he put
in each Of two cages, taking care that
they should all be Of exactly the same
age, so as to make the conditions OF
the trial as free from flaw as possible
Around one of the cages he strung sew
eral wires, through which q current of
electricity was kept passing night and
day, while nothing of the kind was
done with the other cage. Meanwhile
for a stated period, the animals in
both cages were fed with a precisely
equal quantity of provender Of the
same kind, so that there should be no
advantage in this respect on either side.
As result it was found that the
guinea pigs that lived in an electric
environment gained in weight during
a measured time 10 percent more than
those in the non-electric cage.
DR.. Herdman is confident that ordl-
nary pigs, if subjected to similar treat
ment would exhibit like results. He
proposes to build suitably wired pens,
and to furnish the growing swine with
regular supplies of electricity, much
in the same way as was done with the
guinea pigs
Nobody can soy what may be the
final influence OF this new discovery
upon the packing trade, or whether the
electric bacon" Of the future may not
command a special price in the market.
The imagination extends the applica-
ton of Dr.. Herdman's discovery to al
most any lengths. Why may not the
day come when every COW in her stall
shall have her private wire? And if
electricity is good for pigs, it may
serve TO fatten babies, or even grown
persons who are desirous of increasing
their avoirdupois, and thus most in
teresting possibilities for the improve
ment of the human physique are
opened up.-Saturday Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20
THE CHURCH "AD." TAKES
Ohio Minister Puts 1t in Display Typ
and Says 1t Makes Converts.

Ohio Minister Puts 1t in Display Type
and Says 1t Makes Converts.
4 decided innovation in church cir
cles has been introduced by the Rev.
Dr.. Il. r. Whitaker. of Ashtabula,
Ohio, pastor Of the Park Street Meth
dist Episcopal Church. He is using
large display newspaper advertising
TO announce his church services, and
testifes to the fact that two ten-inch
advertisements resulted in doubling
his average Sunday evening attend
ance and were instrumental in max
ing converts to religion. His adver-
tlsements are set double measure, "top
of column next to reading matter''
They are written in an attractive man
ner, and are set in heavy. black-faced
type Here is a sample of one of
them:
''Wanted-A few more saints, few
more men, a few more Methodists, n
few more sinners, to become saints.
Meeting tonight at the First NJ. e.
Church Subject: Fools and Their
Companions
The dodger cannot take the place Of
Il newspaper display advertisement,
the Rev. Whitaker says, and he is rot
satisfied with the "Church Notices.
department.. DR.. Whitaker pays full
rates for his advertising.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20
PEARLS or THOUGHT.

The root of all discomfort IS self
loye.-J. F, Clarke.
We are as often duped by dilidence
as by onfidence.-Chesterhe
Delicacy is to the affections what
grace is to beauty. ty.-Degerandc.
Whatever Is worth doing at all is
worth doing well.-Chesterfeld.
The reward of one duty done is the
power to fulfill another.--Georse Eliot.
The feeling of diEtrust is always the
last which a great mind acquires.-Ra-
cine.
Il thou art master, be sometimes
blind, if a servant, sometimes deaf
Fuller.
Each hour comes with some little
fagot of Gods win fastened upon it's
back.-Faber.
TO be traduced by ignorant tongues
is the tough brake that virtue nj go
through. Shakespeare.
Dignity consists not in possessing
honors, but in the consciousness that
we deserve them.-Aristotle
1t cannot be too often repeated that
it is not helps, but obstacles, not fa-
cilities, but difficulties, that make men.
w. Mathews.
Depend on no man, on no friend but
him who can depend on himself. He
only who acts conscientiously towards
himself, will act so towards others
LayatOr
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

a new scheme to get people 10 buy
a paper has been on trial by the Ref
cree, London sporting journal. 1t
advertised chat on certain days a num-
Der Of persons in its employ would pa
troll certain thoroughfares and count
the copies seen in the hands or pock-
cts of people who pass them. On
reaching a certain unadvertised num-
ber the counter would present the per.
son with an envelope containing a
check for two guineas. Such scheme
would not appeal to American readers,
as they would not consent TO make
walking advertisements of themselves,
even though they might capture a $40
bill for doing so.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

81 had strange experience a few
nights ago said the man who wants
10 know about thi-gs. 1t WAS while
1 was getting on Sixth avenue troll
ley car. \ damp snow was falling,
and the car platform was saturated
with moisture. Just rs my foot touched
the platform | felt Il sensation in my
ankle rs il some one had grabbed my
Lee and was holding on good ana hard.
| yelled and turned around like a fash,
but the OrlT one near me was an old
lady. She ,,idn't seem TO be a person
who woald DO a thing of that kind. On
the contrary she looked at me as much
as to say: WHAT'S the matter? Are
you crazy? l took my seat meek. but
puzzled.
"When l left the car the same thing
happened, and it set me TO thinking.
I almost began to believe in spirits.
Finally | figured it out in this way; L
didn't have on any rubbers, the car
platform was wet and there We're lots
of electricity running around loose. In
other words, when my foot hit the
platform l got an electric shock. Am
| right ?n-New York Mail and EX-
press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

Few people are perhaps aware how
thoroughly Queen Victoria enjoyed ;
joke. \ Gentleman-in-W Waiting, whom
we will call Mr.. b, distinguishe,
for his initiative powers and dramati
talent, was a frequent visitor at boil
Windsor and Osborne. One day thl
Queen, looking with a certain auster
ity straight into his face, demanded
Now, Mr.. B, 1 am perfectly wei
aware that when my back is turne,
you initiate me; l wish to see how yol
do it this minute" Poor Mr. b fel
straightway into the royal trap, Grim
soned, faltered and utterly lost hi
countenance. "Ah" exclaimed TN
Queen. 81 see l was right. You ough
to be ashamed of yourselfw ard thel
added, laughing as heartily rs an.
schoolgirl, "but, mind you, don't do
again" n."-London Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

It would be waste Of time to argue
in almost any gathering of miners of
the west that the Lost Cabin mine
exists merely in the imagination of
gold-hungry men. 1t is popularity sup
posed that the Lost Cabin mine is
somewhere among the Big Horn
mountains in southern Montana or
northern Wyoming. In the late flfties
three men. Allen e. Hurlburt Adam
Cox and Jefferson Jones discovered
it and found it so rich that they could
scarcely believe their senses. They
built cabin of logs, fortifying it with
stockades, in which they passed the
winter months. When the spring sun
unlocked the waters of the creek, they
hurried back to their sluce boxes and
worked harder than ever One day
Hurlburt left the sluices to so to the
cabin. He had barely lost sight of his
companions when he heard the report
Of rifles. Indians had surprised his
companions and killed them. Hurl-
burt lay concealed in the brush for a
day and night. Half dead and almost
insane he managed to get across the
prairie and down the North Platte
river to what is now Fort Laramie.
Soon after telling his story he died.
Miners have since been searching for
the log cabin on the creek. In 1866
an expedition Of over 200 men was or
ganized at Fort Laramie solely to
spend two months in searching for the
Lost Cabin mine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20
Duration of the Victorian r,.,

The Victorian Era has taken Its
place in history. 1t dawned at twenty
minutes past two ON the morning of
June 20, 1887, and closed at half-pas st
six on the evening Of January %, 1901,
says st. James Gazette. 1t lasted
1928 days, 557386 full hours, 33,443,.
ITO minutes and 2,00G,590, POO seconds.
All but JAG IL hours of it were in the
nineteenth century.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

A German statistician announces
that according TO census taken re-
Gently there are about G2,000 centcn
arans in Europe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20
NATURAL REMEDIES.

Feeling bad?
Just sing;
Soon be glad
(Sure thing!)
Feeling mad?
Here's n cure;
Smile, my lad,
Quick! Sure!)
Worrying
Breathe deep.
(Just the thing
Safe! CheapD
Cash all gone?
Don't groan;
Work, my son.
BEST knownD
Deep in love
Here's a cure:
Wed the dove.
Great! SureN
james Rowe, in Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

The art of dentistry was introduced
into New York City by John Green
wood in 1888. He is said to have made
the first artificial teeth ever manufac
turef in this country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

Many Londoners insist that their ap-
petite has improved since electricity
vas applied to some of the under
ground railways. 1t is beleTed to gen
Tate ozone.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-20

Entered at the PostoGnce at Freeland. Pa,
as Second-Class Matter.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-05
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

legislature last evening, but when the roll
call had been summed up there were
eighty of them present. Even then
several wanted to adjourn, but the country
members were there for business and or
dered the machinery started The only
| important bill introduced was one by
Representative Dunn of Ramsey county
who has a plan by which cities OF so, 900
or more inhabitants may secure parks. A
park board may acquire land for park
purposes, but the city council shall have
the power Of confirmation. The purchase
price shall be supplied by assessments,
but the total in any one year shall not
exceed $4,000. This bill was referred to
the Hennepin, Ramsey and st. Louis coun-
ty delegations.
The broad tire law, which was deemed
to be such an excellent thing in 1895, was
repealed last evening, with only two votes
against 1t. The law did not work as was
expected. The cute farmers claimed the
81 exemption for all kinds of machinery
which were never taken on the roads,
thus reducing the income of the road tax
TO such an extent that work on the high
ways was greatly curtailed.
Representative Umland of St. Paul was
the only one present to vote against the
memorial to congress recommending a
constitutional amendment to confer on
congress the power to define control,
regulate and dissolve trusts.
Sweets kidnapping bill, which fixes the
maximum penalty for kidnapping at
twenty years imprisonment, was passed
without opposition.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-05
MAKES A SURPLUS
Hurd Bill Puts Inspection Fees in a
Fund.
SAME NOW AS WILSON BILL
Committee Decided to BE on the
Safe Side of the Constitution
and Change Bill.

The Hurd bill, placing the office of
state inspector of Illuminating oils on
salary basis. is now in the hands Of
the house of representatives, having been
favorably reported by the committee on
general legislation. But it is not the
same bill that Mr. Hurd introduced. 1t
is now practically the same as the bill in
troduced by Senator Wilson of Hennepin
two years ago.
The Wilson bill provided that the fees
collected by the state inspector should
go into fund known as the illuminating
oil inspection fund.- When Rukard
Hurd of Ramsey county introduced his
bill this winter he did not see the neces-
sity of putting Che money into a separate
fund, and his bill provided that the fees
should be turned into the general fund
Several attorneys on the committee raised
the point that the bill so drawn would be
unconstitutional. The inspection Of oil
is police measure, and the fees derived
from 1t can only be used in defraying
the necessary expenses Of the work
Should they be turned into the general
fund, the Standard Oil company could raise
the point that the fees were a revenue
tax, and that the company was already
paying its proper proportion Of the states
taxes.
The author agreed to the amendment,