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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-09
PROTOCOL SIGNED.
End of an Important Stage of the Difficult
ty With China.

Picking. Sept. 9.-The settlement
protocol between China and the pow
ers was signed Saturday morning. The
two edicts required under the terms
of the protocol were presented I'M
mediatcly after the dispute in regard
to the audience ut Berlin was ar
ranged. The ministers of the powers.
nj their meeting. accepted the cdicts
as satisfactory. and filled in the dates
left blank in the protocol.
Picking will be evacuated on Sept.
Il. and the province of Pe-Chi-Li ON
Sept. ~. The ministers have decided
TO allow representation OH the Shang-
hal conservancy board TO countries
with tonnage in vessels carrying
freight to China of 100000 or more
annually. thus including the United
States and France
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-09
She Wa, Ordered to Leave.

Harrisburg. Ills. Sept. 9.-Upon
reading n bulletin OF the assassination
Of President Mckinley Miss Ida
Briggs, of Union City, Tenn. who WAS
the guest of Miss Daisy Greer. Of this
city, shouted and clapped her hands
for joy. The citizens held an i'm
promptu mass meeting and served no.
tice on her to leave the city ON the first
train
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-09
nnnth nf Elirn AIIen stnr.

Rockford. Ills. Sept. 9.-Eliza Allen
Star. of Chicago, n well known Roman
Catholic writer. died Saturday at the
homo of her brother i'm Durand II viii
lage near Rockford. aged "a years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-09

Gives one backbone; you're lovelier
to look upon. You'll love yourself
better alter taking Rocky Mountain
Tea made by Madison Medicine Co
25c L II Thomas Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-09
WE MAY HAVE

Generally fair tonight ard
TUESDAY; slightly WaTmer
Tuesday.
j. n. SHERIER, Obse-osT
Temperature at Z a. M. 81,
at $50 D. M. II.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
FlRECRACKERS.
How They Are Now Manufactured In
the United states.

A few years ago al the firecrackers
with which American boys and girls
celebrated the Fourth of July were
brought over from China. But Yankee
ingenuity soon found way to make its
own firecrackers. and now the Chinese
actually celebrate with the fireworks of
the finer kinds sent over from America.
says the Chicago Record.
The Chinese probably made firecrack-
ers thousands of years ago. They were
the first TO discover gunpowder, and
the very old books tell how the Chinese
had n curious art of making "devourng
fire" and causing the earth ito thunder
right terribly" The discovery OF pow
der was due 10 the presence of vast
and India. Some Chinaman was camp
ing perhaps near these beds and left
some charcoal from his campfire. In
some way the saltpeter and the char
coal became mixed, and the next camp
err who built his fire in that spot was
no doubt startled by seeing the rocks
blaze up furiously. 1t was only step
then to the addition Of sulphur to this
flashing powder and presently to the
production Of fireworks.
Firecrackers are made by hand in
China, but the Yankee has invented a
few simple but effective devices by
means of which an American girl can
make as many crackers in one day as
10 or 90 Cinnamon and make them bet
ter too.
The firecracker tubes are made by
rolling sheets of strawboard over a
steel roll, forming tube just the size
Of the intended firecracker. The fuse
is Of spun cotton, soaked in mixture
of starch and fine gunpowder, and is
fastened into the tube by means Of a
packing of clay, which hardens into a
firm plug.
The explosive mixture, which is Of
charcoal, bichromate of potash and chic
rate Of potash, is put into the crackers
100 at time, and the bottom is then
plugged with a bit Of cork, which is
rammed down hard on the powder.
After being dried for time the crack
! ers are by girls coated with red and
green and yellow paper and then braid
| ed into punches and packed away to
await the Fourth OF July Chinese fire
crackers may still be had in the mar
ket, but they are generally regarded as
less excellent in quality than those
made in this country. But they will
all pop, and that is all any boy wants.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
BUYING UP BANKS.
John D. Rockefeller After Some West
ern Banks. FE

Kansas City, June 19.-The City Ma
tional bank of New York city, con-
trolled by John d. Rockefeller and the
Standard Oil interests, is said to be
negotiating for the purchase of the
National Bank of Commerce and the
First National bank of Kansas City.
The two concerns are the strongest in
Kansas City and have combined de.
posts Of nearly $50000,000
1t is stated that the New York bank
is endeavoring to buy up banks in
other western cities.
The negotiations are said to have
been carried on by l.. Z. Underwood
a financial agent of New York city and
formerly president of the Merchants
National bank of Kansas City. Mr..
Underwood has just returned east.
The New York bank has, it is de-
clared, secured an option on $780, 900
of the stock of the National Bank of
Commerce and has control of sufficient
more stock to insure a majority of
the concerns holdings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
FIRE AND lOOTING.
Militia Company and Police Preserve
Order.

Greenvilfe, S. c., June 19.-Fire
which broke out in a bakery destroyed
an entire block in the business por-
ton of this city. The loss will reach
$4,000 The fire at one time threat
ened the entire business section of
Grsenville.
In order to save the stocks in the
buildings near the fire, the goods were
carried 10 the streets. While the peo-
pie were fighting the flames. negro
thieves were discovered looting the
piles of goods. The thieves were be-
ing augmented rapidly by a mixed
crowd of whites and blacks, when a
local military company was summoned
to the scene. The mlitiamen. with
the aid of the police, preserved order.
The Beattie block, in which the West.
ern Union was located, was destroyed
and communication with the outside
world was interrupted until late in the
afternoon.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
A MICHIGAN GIRL
Lured Into Cepravity by Married
Man from Kansas.

Buffalo. June l9.-In the arrest of
Grace Wheeler In this city the police
believe they have unearthed case
of sad moral depravity in which the
girl, who is only 16, was the victim.
The girl claims she is the grand
daughter of Michigan Methodist
minister and the niece of another. The
police have also arrested George Tur-
lott, As years old. with whom the poor
girl has been living, although the man
says he is married and has a wife and
two children in Galena. Kan.
According TO the girls story, she
met Tarlott in Kalamazoo, where she
lived, and he induced her TO run away
with him and come TO Buffalo. He OBJ
tanned a place for her as a waitress
in a concert saloon, and subsequently
as a clerk in Kno~'s store.
Turlott, the girl asserts, would come
to her counter and buy a large bill Of
goods, for which she was required to
make out small check, thus cheating
the proprietor. She says she was re-
CURED TO steal money from the store
solicit on the streets at night and dc
other degrading things to satisfy Tur
lott, in addition to posing as his wife
All this is denied by Turlott except
the police say, that Turlott admitted
that he secured goods from Knox as
described by the girl.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
An Ipdenendence Day FroIic.

At a Fourth of July picnic were pass
ed around TO the company wooden
plates of generous dinner plate size.
On these were pasted various odd
shaped pieces of red, white and blue
paper. These, ii was explained, were
intended to represent in their general
outline the maps of the Is original
states as they now appeared, and
with them, to avoid the unlucky num-
Der, was also a map Of Cuba. At the
top of each, instead of its name, was
printed a number. Pencils were dis
tributed, and the guests were given
half an hour to guess the identity of
the maps, the names of which were
to be written on the backs Of the
plates. The couple most successful in
this were each presented with an i'm
mense cannon firecracker, which, how
ever, was not as dangerous as it SEEM
ed at first sight, for it was nothing
worse than clever imitation of the
real thing filed with bonbOns.-Alice
Carlotta Wheeler in Woman's Home
Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
BODY OF AN UNKNOWN
Woman Found Floating in the River
Near Wyandotte.

Detroit. Mich, June 1S.-The body
of an unknown woman was found
floating off Grassy Isle and is now at
Thon Bros. undertaking establish
ment in Wyandotte, awaiting identif.
cation. The remains, which are badly
decomposed, are those of a woman
presumably "a or % years OF age. The
deceased wore a blue and white
striped shirt waist that looks to be
new. black silk sAirt, purple under
skirt, as well as a white and gray
checked undersKirt. The stockings
are black TO certain point, and al
though discolored, look as if they were
white and red striped at the top.
Justice Perry of Ecorse, who will
hold an inquest, found two cards in
the dead woman's pockets. One bore
the name of Emma s. Scheeler, and
the other a card advertising the fur
nished rooms establishment of Bertha
UnterbOrn at 294 Antoine street. A
pocketbook containing II cents and a
ticket to Bots Blanc island were also
found.
The woman was about five feet six
inches in hight, and would weigh 100
pounds. Her hair was black and on
one foot there was a slipper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Real Estate Transfers.

Nancy p Crane to f A Crane; 40 a
"a % Paw Paw; 81.
Geo Michels to Elizabeth Pompey lot
sec ii Covert; $50.
Geo Michels to S. II. Shattuck; lot sec
Ii Covert; 81.
SH Shattuck to Geo Michels; lot sec
ii Covert; 81.
Beehive Grange to Michael Enlow; lot
on sec II Covert; 81 800.
CP Ludwig to d d Ludwig; 2 will
South Haven; SIS.
Alice Cross to j Z Livermore and W;
und Il % fit lot 4 blk Cross add
Bangor: 500.
Auditor General to VIM Popendick
lots /, ., 3, and ) blk \ Decatur.
Ulysses Brown to w w Brown; W a
: a II Arlington: 5000.
A II Brown to f H Brown; 50 a sec %
Hartford 81.
Dora \ Fish to Lydia II Camp; und
sw NV Il 9 Arlington: 5000.
ID b Allen ct al to Geo Michels; Ia a
W a II Covert; 81.
c S Broadhead to S w Broadhead: e y
w p ; W a - Hartford; oJOO.
w Curtis to A b Connable; , n c
a ne 20 Bloomingdale; 81.
4 B Counable to w Curtis and W
same as last above; g.
Ruth BARLEY to Beehive grange; lot
sec II Covert: 81.
Minnie b Cheesebrough to Cordelia }
Libbie; W "a 4 q Almena; 81.
CT Monroe ct al to Q NJ Vaughan
middle 20 a 40 a p NV fl "a 3 Covert
81.
David Town TO Hortense A Stevens;
sec II Waverly; $50
United States to j II Ostrom ct al I
- sec u South Haven.
ON Vaughan to L II Rood; lot sec l;
Covert; $50.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Huxley and the Clergyman.

A rash clergyman once, without fur
Their equipment in natural history than
Darwinian theory in some sundry mag
aZine articles in which he made him
self uncommonly merry at Huxley
expense. This was intended to draw
the great mans fire, and as the batter
les remained silent the author proceed
ed to write to Huxley, calling his at
tention to the articles and at the same
time with mock modesty, asking adj
vice as to the further study of these
deep questions.
Huxley's answer was brief and to
the point, "Take cockroach and dis
sect t."-Argonaut.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
BOTH TURNED UP
Mccarry and TAILOR Arralgned and
Give Bail.

Grand Rnpids. Mich. June IS
Thomas f. MoGarry and Millionaire II.
A. Taylor, indicted by the grand jury
for alleged bribery and conspiracy, did
not wait for the officers TO go after
them. They arrived here yesterday
and went to the superior court 10 ac-
cept the service of warrant.
They refused to recognize the regu-
larity OF the proceedings and "A plea
of not guilty was entered for them.
Henry Spring, VIM. $. Gum, w. A.
Gum and p. j. Klingman signed the
$4,000 bail bond for Taylor, and Will
lam Alden Smith and Chas. w. Wat
kins became surety for McGarry.
Spring, who signed Taylor's bond, is
foreman of the grand jury and is said
TO be one of the three who voted
against the indictments. McGarry has
been his attorney for a long time and
it was at McGarry's request that
Spring signed the bond.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
FOURTH OF JULY TRICKS.
A Few That VIII Help You Celebrate
the Day.

To make we'll Of fire, says the Chi
cagO Inter Ocean, to u ounces of water
in an earthenware basin add gradually
2 ounces of sulphuric acid. Then add
to this. also gradually, about three-quar-
tiers of an ounce of granulated zinc. a
rapid production Of hydrogen gas will
instantly take place. Then add from
time TO time q few small pieces Of
phosphorus. A multitude of gas bub-
bles will be produced, which will fire
on the surface Of the effervescing liq-
uid. The whole surface Of the liquid
will become luminous, and fire balls,
with jets of fame will dart from the
bottom through the fluid with great ra-
pidity and a kissing noise.
To set a combustible body on fire by
the contact of water fill saucer with
water and let fall into it piece of po-
tassium Of the size Of a peppercorn.
The potassium will instantly burst into
fame, with slight explosion, and burn
wildly on the surface of the water,
darling at the same time from one side
Of the vessel to the other with great
violence in the form Of a beautiful red
hot fireball.
For the experiment called animated
fire put some small pieces of camphor
in a basin of pure water. a very Pc
culiar motion commences at once, some
of the pieces turning as if on an axis,
others 60 steadily round the vessel,
some seem TO be pursuing others, and
thus they continue forming a curious
and pleasing appearance. But if sim
gle drop Of sulphuric acid be put into
the water the motion of the camphor
stops instantly. If piece Of camphor
is lighted and then carefully placed or
the water, it burns with bright flame.
moving about with great rapidity, as If
in search of something, but is instantly
stopped by drop of sulphuric acid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Made Them Yield up.

West Branch, Mich, June ia
couple of hobos stopped at Herman
Franks house, four and half miles
northwest of Lewiston, and not finding
anyone at home, proceeded to ransacR
the house. They ate a lunch, took s.
in cash and a pair of new shoes and
departed. Mrs. Frank was at a neigh
boris and saw the men at a distance
as they departed but supposed they
were acquaintances. Shortly after
ward a 16-year-old brother, Peter
Frank, returned home, loaded his Win
chester and started in pursuit. He
soon overhauled them and at the muz
zle of his Winchester made them re
turn the stolen property.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
A Famous Newspaper Correspon-
dent.

There are few II any newspaper men in
the United States with a more brilliant
record than that achieved by Mr.. Wlllla IN
H.. Curtis, the famous Washing on CORES
pondent Of the Chicago Record Herald
Among newspaper men as well as among
the careful readers of newspapers, 1t Is
generally conceded that Mr.. Curtis is
the dean of the large colony OF trained
journalists at the national capital. His
relations with the eminent men In Wash
ington are so intimate and so personal,
that he has an immense advantage over
the ordinary correspondent. They give
To him their confidence, knowing that he
will properly discriminate what should be
said and what should not.
The newspaper career of Mr.. Curtis
began in Chicago in 1872. Starting as
reporter, he worked his way upward
rapidly to the position of managing edi-
tor, which he resigned TO become the
secretary of the South American com
misslon-a government appointment.
While in this position, Mr.. Curtis travel
ed extensively in Central and South
America, producing several popular vol
umes as the literary result of his labors.
Later on, in cooperation with Secretary
of State James q. Blaine, MIR. Curtis or
ganiz9d the work of the bureau of Amer
lean republics, and was placed in charge
of that organizations and at the worlds
Columbian exposition, he distinguished
himself by his labors as the executive
head of the Latin American departments.
AS correspondent of the Chicago Record,
Mr.. Curtis travels carried him not only
into all quarters of the United States,
| but almost everywhere abroad. His let
tiers to the Record from Japan and China
were published in book form: likewise
his letters from England, Germany and
France, and also those resulting from his
travels in Mexico and in South America.
A letter from Mr.. Curtis is published in
every issue of the Chicago Record Her
aid daily and Sunday.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Work at q Standstill.

Jackson, Mich, June 19.-City work
was at a standstill yesterday owing
to the injunction issued by the circuit
court Three Of the principal streets
are torn up, two for matchmaking,
the other repairing the bridge over
Grand river, and the courts orders
will not permit these or any other
work TO be touched pending the hear.
ing next Monday. Sidewalk building
is also suspended, and 10 city labor.
-yilrs are idle
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
GETTING Alonu Nicely.

Washington, June 19.-Dr. Rixey,
after his evening visit, on leaving the
White House at 1920 last night, said
Mrs. Mckinley is getting along very
nicely. She continues to improve. She
is sitting up daily. She sat up yester-
day about two hours. She saw several
friends"
The president was accompanied on
his drive by Secretary Hitchcock. Sec
rotary and Mrs. Long, Miss Wilson,
Mrs. Charles Emory Smith and a num-
Der of other official and personal
friends called during the day, but
there were no callers last night.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
BODY OF AN UNKNOWN
Woman Found Floating in the River
Near Wyandotte,


Detroit Mich, June 1S.-The body
of an unknown woman was found
floating off Grassy Isle. and is now at
Thon Bros undertaking establish
ment in Wyandotte, awaiting identifi-
cation. The remains, which are badly
decomposed, are those Of a woman
presumably "a or % years of age. The
deceased wore a blue and white
striped shirt waist that looks to be
new, black silk SKIRT, purple under
skirt, as well as white and gray
checked underskirt The stockings
are black to certain point, and al
though discolored, look as if they were
white and red striped at the top.
Justice Perry of Ecorse, who will
hold an inquest, found two cards in
the dead woman's pockets. One bore
the name of Emma S. Scheeler, and
the other a card advertising the fur
nished rooms establishment of Bertha
Unterborn at 294 Antoine street. A
pocketbook containing IL cents and
ticket to Bots Blanc island were also
found
The woman was about five feet six
inches in hight, and would weigh 100
pounds. Her hair was black and on
one foot there was a slipper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
liqhtninu Did IL

Allegan, Mich, June 1S.-During the
severe electric storm Sunday night
lightning killed two horses and in.
Jured another in the barn of Robert
Mabbs, four miles north Of Allegan
The barn did not burn. In Trowbridge
township Walter Hollands barn and
contents, including two horses and 1OC
bushels of corn burned A house and
barn near Hugginss bridge in this
township also burned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Died from Blood POISONING

Centerville, Mich, June 1S.-WiIl.
lam Steninger, aged 80 died of te-
tanus, caused by puncturing the ball
OF his foot with a single nail on June
o. He continued his labor for seven
hours and then, after the wound be.
gan to pain him, he went to A. F.
Kingsley for medical treatment AL
though the wound was probed several
times nothing could be gotten there
from and blood poisoning soon devel.
oped.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
MICHIGAN Pensioners.

Washington, June 19.-Michigan
pensions were granted Tuesday as fol
lows Increase-Daniel Fifield, Lilley,
$40; Richard Titus, Newaygo, IS; VIM.
Dawsett, Battle Creek, $24; John
Thomas, Spring Lake, $12; George NJ
Munger Marcellus, SS; Jesse C. owen
ST. Johns, SIS; Sebastian Norman,
Grand Rapids, So. Reissue-Ignatz
Kenzler, Saginaw, East Side, S24
Widows-Jane r. Smith, Owosso, IS;
Betsey M. Lewis, Yuba, SIS; Roxana
Chapman, Clio, S12; Hannah Jacobs
Milan, IS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Will Not Prosecute.

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 19.-The
university authorities refuse to do
anything toward the prosecution Of
Earl w. Conover, the student who con
fessed to so many thefts. However
the officers held him on the original
warrant, taken out by Student Will
Jams, for stealing books. Canover
pleaded guilty to this and was fined
S25 and costs, or 90 days in Jail. He
has telegraphed to his home for mon
ey. The other charge of stealing a
pair of pants from Railway Mai
Clerk Morton remains to be disposed
of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Burned to Death,

Ovid, Mich, June 1S.-Mrs. Ruth
Neal, who for some time has lived
alone in the south part of this village
was burned to death at her home Fire
started from some unknown cause. II
is thought the woman was suffocated
before the fire reached her, as she was
not very badly disfgured. The body
was found 'ying on the floor near the
stove, in which it is said she constant,
ly kept fire. Mrs. Neal leaves a sis.
ter and one brother.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
JUMPED HIS BAIL
Louis Busch, Arrested for Snug.
Cling, Failed to Show Up
BONDS DECLARED FORFEITED
Came to Detroit With the Diamonds
In His Shoes, But Was Caught and
Made to Disgorge to the Custom:
House Officers.

Detroit, Mich, June 19.-The claim
of William Rosenberg of New York to
5Sl diamonds said to have been SNUG
gled into this country by one Louis
Busch, is now in the hands of Judge
Swan, the matter having been given a
hearing in the United States district
court yesterday afternoon.
Busch, who was indicted on the
charge of smuggling the diamonds and
released on $4,000 bail, was to have ap-
peared yesterday morning for trial,
but failed to show up, so his recog-
nizance was forfeited and a capias is
sued for his re-arrest. Attorney G.. f.
Robinson appeared for both Busch and
Rosenberg and could not understand
why the former did not put in an ap'
pearance. 1t is claimed that Busch
was acting as agent for Rosenberg and
was taking the diamonds from New
y DIRK to other American cities.
Van Antwerpen a. Van den Bosch OF
Antwerp also claim the diamonds and
say that they were beaten out of them
by Max Hurvich, who gave $4,000
cash and a worthless note for sim
liar amount for the stones. 1t is said
he brought them to Montreal and
turned them over to Busch at Hamll
ton. Busch was arrested in Detroit
June %, 1899, and the diamonds were
found in his shoes. About year ago
Attorney +. w. Whiting filed a claim
for the diamonds in behalf Of Van Ant
werpen a Van den bosch, but the dis
trict attorney took exception to it on
the ground that it was not full enough
and his objection was sustained. At
torney Whiting will make motion to
file an amended answer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21
Seven Years In Bed.

"Will wonders ever cease?" inquire the
friends of Mrs. L. Pease of Lawrence
Kan. They knew she had been unable
to leave her bed in seven years on ac-
count of kidney trouble, nervous pros
tration and general debility; but, three
bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to
walk" she writes, land in three months
| felt like new person" Women suf-
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