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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
MINNIE JURY SECURED
Those Who are to Decide Fate of Men
Accused of MUIR
der.

The jury in the Mime murder case
was completed i'm the circuit court
this morning, four men being select
ed. y fourth venire of 20 men re-
ported upon the converting of court
but only part of them were examin-
ed. The total number of men from
which the jury was chosen was about
80. The jury il composed of the
following: j. Crosby and J. NJ. Spur,
South Rock Island; j. II. Norris, Bar
stow; Charles Roseman, Hampton;
Fred Meeslle, Carbon Cliff; j. Meal
lister. Port Byron; Leonard Hoffman.
Reynolds; j. Bales and Frank Ward.
Buffalo Prairie; Il. J.. Grain, Moline;
+. =. Phillips. Cordova. and Albert
Cohen, Milan. The greater part of
the afternoon was given up 10 the
opening statements of the counsel.
Mrs. Edith Mclaughlin. of Moline.
vest erday afternoon began divorce
proceedings against her husband,
John Mclaughlin. The grounds al
legged being infidelity. The couple
wer" married in 1892.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
THE FEAR OF HUMBUG
Prevents Many People From Trying n Good
Medicine.

prevents Many People From Trying n Good
Medicine.
Stomach troubles are so common
and in most cases so obstinate to
cure that people are apt to look with
suspicion on any remedy claiming to
be radical, permanent cure for
dyspepsia and Indigestion. Many
such pride themselves on their acute
ness in never being humbugged, es-
pecialy in medicines.
This fear of being humbugged can
he carried too far, so far. in fact,
that many people suffer for years
with weak digestion rather than
risk Il little time and money in faith
fully testing the claims made of a
preparation so reliable and univer-
sally used as Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
Now Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
are vastly different in one important
respect from ordinary proprietary
medicines for the reason that they
are not secret patent medicine, no
secret is made of their ingredients,
although they are sold by all drug
gists under protection of trade
mark. but analysis shows them to
contain the natural digestive fer
ments, pure aseptic pepsin, the di-
gestive acids. Golden Seal, bismuth,
hydrastis and nuX. They are not ca
thartic. neither do they act power
fully on any organ, but they cure
Indigestion on the common sense
plan of digesting the food eaten
thoroughly before il has time 10 fer
ment, sour and cause the mischief.
This is the only secret of their sue
cess.
Cathartic pills never have and
never can cure Indigestion and stom-
ach troubles because they act en-
tirely on the bowels, whereas the
whole trouble is really in the stom-
ach.
Stuart's- Dyspepsia Tablets taken
after meals digest the TODD. This is
all there is to it. Food not digested
or half digested is poison, as it
creates gas, acidity, headaches, pal
pitation of the heart, loss of flesh
and many other troubles which are
often called by some other name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
QUEER WILLS OF THE RICH
Some Wealthy Men Have Made Many Ex-
traordinary Requests

Some Wealthy Men Have Made Many Ex-
traordinary Requests.
1t does not necessarily follow that
because a man has been shrewd
enough TO amass a great fortune he
is wise enough to dispose of it in Il
sensible way. The records of the
PROBATE courts show that requests
fraught with onerous. even impos-
sible. conditions are not uncommon.
1t is as though the testator, resent
ing the scramble for his property
which he foresees will follow his
death, desires To make the lot of his
heirs as hard as possible.
Within the last few months there
have been several Of these eccentric
wills. \ brother left his sister SD
900 under the cypress condition that
she should neither marry nor become
nan. In default Of carrying out
the StipulationS the money is to be
distributed among other relatives.
Very different toward marriage
was the attitude of Il wealthy italian
who died recently. TO each of his
three daughters he left $500 Il year
if they remained single and five times
that much. s., 800 yearly. if they mar
ried.
y member of the English parlia-
ment, just deceased. bequeathed to
his two daughters his entire estate
of $4,000. with the provision that
they can only inherit if they attain
the age of thirty-five without we'd
ding either a Hebrew or citizen of
the United States.
\ curious evidence of the fore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
Saved His Life.

81 feel owe my life to Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure" writes II. C. Chresten-
son, Hayfeld, Mimi. For three
years 1 had dyspepsia so bad that I
could hold nothing on my stomach.
Finally 1 was confined to my bed.
Doctors said L could not live. L read
your advertisement of Kodol Dyspep-
STA Cure and thought it fit my case
and commenced its use. 1 began to
improve from the first bottle. Now
L am cured and recommend it to ALL"
b. II. Bieber and HartZ & Ullemeye=.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
Some Letters
to Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus: | thought 1
would write you Il few lines TO let
you know what want for Christmas.
| would like very n;uca 10 nave n
writing desk, Il doll buggy and some
candy ana nuts. and anything else
you can spare me. | go TO Longfel-
low school and ! am q years old. /
like my teacher very much, and her
name is Miss Wilcox. Goodbye. dear
Santa Claus
MYRTLE PREICHLER.
SIG Forty-Second street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
INSURED.

V-T1OU insure your house against fire. You know
NJ what people would say if it burned down
lYTH without insurance. They would say you
l- were wanting in business sagacity, that you
should have provided for this. Now leave house INSTR
ance and consider clothing insurance Here the danger
even greater-not from fire. but from the chemicals
and strong soaps used in the laundry. Wise women
insure their finer delicate and perishabe things
against this risk, and the premium they pay is the
tring cost of Ivory Soap That guarantees protection.
IVORY SOAP-IT FLOATS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
OBITUARY RECORD.

Peter GottSmann died at the fam
lily residence. APP Fourth avenue. at
1920 this morning after four weeks
illness with heart trouble. He was
one of the old and well known resi-
dents of the city, having lived here
since 1868. He was born i'm WunZie-
tel, Upper Franken. Bavaria, and i'm
migrated to America in 1854. On
Feb. 3, 1876. he was united in mar
riagc 10 Miss Barbara Ziegler. who
survives, together with one daughter.
home. \ brother and sister live at.
Warsaw, Ind. For - years Mr.
Gottsmann was n pillow filter for the
Rock Island Plow company. The
funeral will take place from the be-
reaved home AT 2:3O p. m. Sunday.
Mrs. Simon Drost died early this
morning at ST. Anthony's hospital.
where she had been taken from her
home on Fifth avenue near Twenty
first street only two days aga. She
was % years of age and leaves Il hus-
band, to whom she had been married
but six months.
The funeral of Mrs. Louis Range.
ST., took place At , O'Clock yesterday
aftcrI Don from the home of Jacob
Ohlweiler, Jr., 123 Seventeenth street.
Services were conducted by Rev. w.
:. Marquis and interment was made
at Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
SAYS He Was Tortured.

81 suffered such pain from corns I
could hardly walk writes II. Robin
son, Hillsborough, Ills, d" but Buck
lens Arnica Salve completely cured
them" Acts like magic on sprains,
bruises, cuts, sores, scalds, burns,
boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin
diseases and piles. Cure guaranteed
by Hartz & Ullemeyer. csc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13

\ certificate of incorporation of
The Rock Island Regalia company
was filed in the circuit clerks Office
yesterday afternoon. The incorpo-
rators are Lily Eichelsdorfer, Will
liam y Andersen and John r. Stat
ford The capital stock is $4,000 in
l.OOD shares of so each. The pur-
pose of the company is 10 manufac-
ture mems and women's clothing and
re@1lia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13

There's a lot of girls who have
regulations as beauties. Their
loneliness is caused by good health,
brought about by taking Rocky
Mountain Tea, made by Madison
Medicine company. IS cents. 7. H..
Thomas, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13

Stunl-Ac-Oids possess a great deal
of merit, and cure aggravated cases OF
sour stomach, heartburn, bad taste,
foul breath, headache, Irregular bowel
movement, dyspepsia and indigestion.
SOC. Coated tablets. Pleasant to take.
T. H. THOMAS, Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
Chris. Mueller G Sons.
Twcnty-Founh ST. and Tsird Ave.

prepared Soft
money will buy and prices that all right
anything lumber, xindly
give a call
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
How Mrs Jennie Cove Gained Seven Pounds.

of Biddeord, Me-, She all
appetite ambition for Her stomach had
We persuaded her Vnol which she
weeks the first dose she
began and has of appetite
How VinoI Caused a Gain 20 Pounds.
N. JENNER, of Lakewood, N that she wishes to
make statement regards 'My pounds.
weighed pounds Everybody
die with consumption had three OF the best
did good and practically given die
nothing night One
kindly book Vinol and
bottle which
taking establishment of all began better Have
bottles and gained weight pounds
that strength satisfied that would not have
lived week longer had not commenced taking Vinol
delicious it does contain these
nuchsought-after medical properties Of codver without
disagreeabe unhesitatngy
of codver oil
rebuder had store Your
vac you so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13
Gold Crown Dental Parlors

The day has when the people demand something better
than the old method extracting There
ments every other line it
improve dentistry a preparation
which renders the extracting
s the removing o a it
without slightest the delicate patient and
without unpleasant after effects whatever.
Call and and teeth examined free of
charge We also written for for all
workd in our
The Best of Work at the Lowest Prices.
Office Third Seventeenth street,
Over Trernann's Meat Market.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-13

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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

were knocked down and crushed be-
meath the iron-shod hoofs and wheels.
Keep low" cried Alec, land hold
fast for your life"
The mule, jerked first to the right
and then to the left, galloped straight
on. Through the lofty archways
plunged the cart, scattered a group
of yelling foes who barred the way at
the outer gate, and jolting over some
of them as it passed from the Tartar
city to the Chinese town.
Behind swelled the hue and cry, and
in front lay as yet silence and dark
ness. For a quarter of mile due
south Alec drove at full speed down
the lonely avenue. Then he swerved
eastward into a narrow street, which,
several hundred yards further on,
made a sharp turn. Here the cart
scraped on one wheel and instantly
capsized, throwing its occupants over
low embankment. The mule, after
dragging the vehicle short distance,
broke the traces and vanished with a
thudding of hoofs.
The two lads were unhurt, and as
far as they could tell the Princess Loo
Lao had also escaped injury, though
she remained in an unconscious state.
BY the dim light it could be seen that
the fugitives had been hurled into the
bed of a canal which was partly dried
up. In the middle OF the ditch DULY
glimmering sheet of water stretched
north and south. rejecting the tall
lines of buildings that rose darkly on
either side.
There is no one about" said Alec.
Quick, we must find a hiding place.
Where are the rifies?"
Dan found one lying close by. and
the other, which was probably in the
cart, was abandoned. Without delay
the lads set off to the southwark along
the dry, sandy verge of the canal.
Alec carrying the slim figure of a girl
in his arms. They had gone hundred
yards or more and the clamor of pur-
suit was swelling louder in the rear,
when Dan, who was several feet in adj
vance, uttered a low, eager exclama-
ton. At the same instant from one
side came an alarming sound.
snarling dog with open Jaws and
bristling hair. rushed suddenly out.
Dan reversed his rife and aimed a
swinging blow, but to his chagrin he
merely grazed the animals foreshoul-
der, and sent 1t yelping back whence 1t
came.
At once the lads turned into the
prosecuting, and in the thick darkness
CROPPED their way along a path made
OF slabs of stone IS inches wide, which
being fortunately dry, retained no tell
tale marks. High walls rose on either
side, and in the middle lay the strip
of stagnant, foul-smelling water.
For thirty or forty yards the fugi-
tives crept on, and then the dog, which
had been retreating before them, and
turning from time to time to utter
a savage growl, suddenly made a leap
at clump of bushes and vanished.
The mystery was soon explained for
the bushes, which grew at the base of
the wall, concealed a jagged hole in
the mansory. 1t was a doubtful and un-
certain refuge, but no better was like
ly to be found.
''In with you, quickl" said Alec.
1t was a tight squeeze for Dan, and
a tighter one for Alec. who followed
after his companion had drawn the girl
through. On the inner side of the wall
was a floor OF earth, and when the lads
tried TO stand erect they struck their
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

poast-then shall you be my son, an
rule for me-"
Then Dermond mounted the horse an
rode Off up the mountain with King
Murdough-an' the Princess beside
MIN, with the golden hair that made
ilght SHINE in the air as she turned to
look pack at Conan, where he sat
playln' his sorrowin' for his father.
Now, after Dermond O. the Bow rode
across the mountains to where King
Murdough held court-he had a fine
room given him, an all the walls were
covered with silver cloth, an two serv-
IN men went after him wherever he
walked, to carry his bow an arrows.
An the Princess sent him a sword an
shield.
But the servants o. the Princess stood
aside an laughed at his ragged old
shoes, an at the faded green jerlxin
that was nigh on too small for his
shoulders.
"Tis a scare-crow, an no prince"
said one.
Put him up on the castle wall, an
he'll brighten the Danes as he is" said
another.
Now Dermond was a proud man OF
his birth, an he pretended not to hear
them-thinkin' O the fine things he
would have when he married the prin-
cess. So the first day went over with
out more trouble
Then on the second day came the
best fighters o. King Murdough's men,
an Dermond had never been so strong
In fightin' as he was then. Down went
every man he put hand on, an none
could stand UP after.
That night there was another feast
AN more than before the maids that
served Princess Maurya passed behind
his chair an laughed to each other at
his poor dress. An sleepin' that night,
an wakin' in the mornin,' he was hot
with anger at them. He took his
sword that the princess had given him,
an cut great piece o. the silver cloth
from the wall O. the room, an made
himself a cloak of it.
"What'll it matter tomorrow, when
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

he stepped up bravely. An before he
knew it,-sure, Dermond O the Bow
was lynn on the stones o. the court
yard,-beaten fair an square, under
the very eyes O. the princess.
An then others took courage, an
faced him; an Dermond had no heart
to fight MORGAN no thought how
this could be.
Fine feathers make the peacock, "
laughed the girls. Where is your
green jenkins now, Dermond the Cham
pion?"
SO all sudden like it came to him
what his father had said,-an he
rushed off to his sleepin' room, lookin'
for the jerkin. But no sign of it was
to be seen near nor far. An in the
door stood the princess, smilin' at him.
What has gone amiss?" she asked.
Lady Maurya," said Dermond, my
jerbin is lost, an my power with 1t.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
PRINCESS OF THE PALACE.
BY William Murray Graydon.
Copyright 1901 b,ywilliam Murray
Graydon.
CHAPTER v.
A QUEER HIDING PLACE.


A QUEER HIDING PLACE.
Cut off from friends and shelter, COM
pletely encircled by foes who would
show no mercy, impelled helplessly on
ward into the very jaws of death-no
more disheartening prospect could we'll
have faced the two lads. And they
were not blind to their danger; in the
chilling moment of reaction, while they
gained on their pursuers. they under
stood what their daring feat was GER
tain to cost them, unless as by a mir
acle some means of escape should
arise.
Its all up with us, old fellow" Dan
exclaimed hoarsely. Directly we come
yonder, into the open
Yes, l know" Alec interrupted.
How about the girl?-she is not
dead?"
Her face is warm and she is breath
ing" Dan replied as he partly lifted
the covering. Those scoundrels must
have drugged her to make her uncon-
scious. l say, do you think there is
any chance for us?"
I've got two in my mind, but the
odds are a thousand to one against
either of them
What are they?"
Alec did not answer. His teeth were
set hard and his eyes fixed ahead as
he tugged at the guiding lines. The
walls flew by in a dizzy blur. The al
ley suddenly turned to the left, and the
fugitives rounded the corner in safety.
A minute later, after Gathering
through a passage on the right-there
was no other way-and crossing a lit
tie bridge spanning dry ditch, the
cart swung out into a spacious square
and emerged from the closely built
government quarters into the open
heart of the capital.
Now for it," he cried. Guard the
rear, Dan, and stick Tight"
Hard and quick fell the strokes Of
the whip. A bowling mob was in the
rear, and from right and from left
fresh ones sprang at the tearing vehi-
Gle. A bugle blared its murderous note
and a couple of firearms were dis
charged. Dams rifle spoke shrilly, and
one of the nearest pursuers dropped IN
his tracks. A Boxer leaped toward
Alec with drawn sword, and blind
ing cut from the whip sent him reel
ing back. Two more, who threw them
selves recklessly at the mules head,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

eyes. The effects OF the potent drug
had by no means passed off, and her
senses were clouded again.
That's a relief" whispered Dan. 1T
will be all the better if she don't pull
round in a hurry"
Alec laughed grimly. 81 wonder" he
said, "if two chaps were ever in such
a fix as we are. A Chinese princess
on our hands-its a rum go! But we
must face it. And now to find safer
quarters"
This was accomplished with less diff
ficulty than was anticipated. thor
ough tapping of the floor overhead dis
covered a loose board by means of
which the lads, after a careful recon-
noitering. climbed into a large dimly-
lit room 1t was a warehouse belonging
to some prosperous tradesman, and
along the walls were piled bales of silk,
satins and brocades, wrapped in paper
and sacking.
This is what call luck" said Dan.
Eyes, it's as snug a place as we
could wish for" Alec replied.
without delay the Princess Loo-Lao
was brought here-it was not easy to
rouse her-and in a pretty, lisping
voice she thanked her young protec-
tors for their thoughtfulness.
The Boxers did not come, though,
as the day wore OMIT was the 14th
of June--a distant clamor was heard
at intervals, and several times a dog
barked in the vicinity of the ware
house The sharp pangs of hunger and
thirst, anxiety on their own account
and for the safety OF the legations.
made the hours drag slowly by and
kept the lads awake. In the afternoon
they detested a strong smell OF some
thing burning. and the sky was OBJ
scured by volumes OF black and yellow
smoke. The confagration was still rag
ing when darkness fell.
I'm off now, old fellow" Alec the J
said. And quite time. too"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
'n| W" THE GREEN JERKIN.

story of the Three Sons OF
ca the Irish King without a
,a,.ansi Their Fight for the
priDcess' Hand.
Bv Adds Dunbar.
law. is it? An the grass a-per-
-. the want O. waterin' this
i'Al-' orenin'! Well, have yer way
very che Masther yerself what was
al binderin' me from me work.
AT hack o. the years, in the days
80, the Little People were a power
"H. -. land. an there was fightin' a
IN -. With the Danes an their like,
plsts cormac without a Kingdom
,,raS bv the Lake o the Eagle with
his three sons
~" r,it.an the Swift,-an' the young
-an IN mat was Conan o. the Long
esl % an, some called him Conan the
ARM. Arms for he had skill in singin' more
Hlla ~, man on the shores o. Moyle,
Una The birds came an sat on the
as a. 10 listen when he played on the
harp. .,sa :, +hA pou vas
- At the huntin' an could send
g Ell long arrows across the Lake O. the
ms MS lie an strike the wild ducks that
ha5 in the reeds. But Cormac, his
s swJni that had lost his kingdom by
l Iaoson o. the Danes,-could sit at the
49, snor a his cabin an bring down the
uoo w., that flew across the fir
t sps An the fir trees grew where
the reeds ended.
An, Eiveen the Swift could run be-
vond the deer in the forest, an turn
mem toward his brother, in the chase;
Snt king Cormac, for all his white
hair. was swifter still, an could keep
abreasr o. the wind as it blew over
sbe green grass, an sent the little
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

heads All was darkness except a
murky gray patch some distance off,
and this probably accounted for the
disappearance of the dog, who could no
longer be heard.
IT believe we are in a cellar" said
Dan. Il should like to have a look
round, but, of course, it won't do to
strike a light"
"Hush!" Alec whispered. you don't
know who may hear US. And listen
those human bloodhounds are coming
near"
AS he spoke he looked cautiously out,
and his feet struck "a heap of loose
stones which had fallen from the de-
cayed wall. A shrewd idea instantly
occurred to him, and with feverish
haste he fitted the stones into the gap,
one by one, until it was half blocked
up.
The task was finished barely in time.
From the canal, where they had been
checked for a moment. the pursuers
turned unerringly into the side chan
nell Filling the narrow ditch from wall
to wall, pattering over the flagstones
and splashing through the shallow
water, they swept on with fiendish
cries. The two lads scarcely dared to
hope, as they crouched in front of the
still unconscious girl They heard the
blood thirsty threats of the Boxers, and
saw overhead the lurid, flashing glare
from the passing torches. 1t seemed
impossible that they could escape dis
covery and death.
The ordeal lasted fully half an hour.
To and fro, backward and forward,
surged the ravenous pack, examining
every nook and Granny and lighting
up every inch of the walls. Twice they
pulled aside the bushes and revealed
the hole. but never dreamed that their
prey could have crept through so small
a space. And in the end they reluct-
antly departed to seek elsewhere for
the foreign devils, and the hue and cry
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

Let me go from here, for I'm dis
graced."
"An' have we no strength o. your
own without it?" asked she.
"Ay" he answered. but not more
nor other men,"
""Then here is a purse O. gold, Der
mond O. the Bow,-that you may go
off to some far kingdom an win an
other wife. But am not for you"
An he crept out by the low door at
the back O. the castle; an went off to
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

I've married the kings daughter" said
he, an threw the old green jacket back
o. the door.
When he came to the field where he
was to show his strength, there was
no man willin' to match with him.
Then King Murdough sent word to
blow the horn on the castle wall-tell-
in that here was a great champion,
an that who wanted could try to fight
with him.
At last Eocha, a great stout man,
that was chief cook for the kings Ia
BILE, put his head out o the door.
Fight will l." said he. Greasy
apron against silver doublet, an see
which wins
DeEmond looked at him scornful like,
for he was sure o. whipin' him: an
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04

Nathan Church, a man of scholar
ly attachments and the colleague of
Blaine in the Maine Legislature, is now
working as street cleaner in Minneap-
oils at a salary of S1.50 day.