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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
Mitchell & Lynde

or call at office, Mitchell & Lynde
building.
It's easy money when you can get
suit worth FROM SO to SIS for S6.ss
or an overcoat worth up to S22.5 for
SO. You can get either at the Lon
don, but not after today. You
know us.
Don't fail to attend the musical to
be given by Trinity guild of the Epis-
copaI church at Bowlby's store next
Monday evening. a fine program has
been arranged, and includes the best
local talent. Tickets % cents.
Allen, Myers & Company have been
awarded the contract for installing
the steam heating and power plant in
the new Harms hotel which, it is I'M
derstood, Will be as modern and up
to-date as it is possible to make it.
| The Associated Charities will hold
their regular monthly meeting Mon
day evening at 1880 in their rooms
on Eighteenth street. The repre-
sentatives from the different
churches are requested TO be present
at this meeting.
If you haven't attended our remod-
cling sale do not fail to do so, for we
are Offering bargains in the line of
furniture, carpets and rugs which
you can't afford to overlook. y big
discount on everything in the store.
Ciemann & SaIzmann.
Louis Smith. the aged river pilot,
who over a month ago was removed
TO st. Anthony's hospital from his
room ia the Buford block suffering
with a complication of ailments. was
today removed to the home of rel
alive on Eleventh street.
All those interested in the work be-
ing pursued by the Union Mission are
welcome To attend the meeting of
the directors of that institution at
the mission at , o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon. 1t is hoped in this manner
to awaken wider interest in the
mission. The second Sunday in each
month hereafter similar meeting
viii be held.
Gustaf l.. Wcnnerstrom. while
working at what * called n spindle
and block machine at the Rock Is
land Wood works on Eleventh street
this afternoon, caught his ri@ht hand
IN the knives in such I manner as to
badly manglc the member. l. is
feared that three of the finger; will
be lost. Wennerstrom lives at Goa
Forty-first street.
Present day fnancicring teaches
that big figures that look well on pa
per do not always turn out so at
tractively in the light of bitter ana
lysis. Millions on paper have come
TO mean but thousands, in fact, in
too many instances unfortunately.
So it is to the doubling man real
comfort to see Il lot of figures that
stand for exactly what they mean;
figures that do not lie. Such are al
ways the figures of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance company,
whose 56th annual statement is pub |
lished in another column. Now that
the figures of the business for the
last year have been computed, the |
presents to its policy hold |
ers the summary of the situation.
This is in the briefest form. that af- |
ter paying S7.s72, 913 to policy holders
and for all expenses, the company
has still left a surplus above
all claims of S7.O11.O4O and an aggre-
gate surplus of $G5.277.179. which is
invested in the very best of securities
for the benefit of the assured and
their heirs. 1t is the sort of showing
that must be most satisfying to the |
6o,o16 policy holders who know that
their risks are absolutely safe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
JUDGE GEsTs VIEWS
ON DIVORCE QUESTION

The following is from the Kewanee
Star-Courier:
Judge Gest, one of the circuit judges
of this district, has some decided
views regarding divorce methods of
today and is rightly taking stand
against making the severing of mat
rimonial bonds an easy matter. In
a case at Princeton a few days ago
he said ne did not believe in turning
his court into a divorce mill and rail-
reading cases through on fiimsy pre-
texts. He often found that persons
would come into court with trumped
up stories, obtain divorce, and in q
few hours both parties by previous
agreement. would be married again
to other people. At one term he
would grant divorce and at the next
term or two he would find the same
parties back again for n divorce so
they could marry some one else.
This practice, he said. was only n
relic of barbarism, and the people
were acting like animals. His home
county, Rock Island, he said, stood
next TO Cook county in the granting
of dicorccs, and he was ashamed Of
the county. If persons want divorce
proceedings in this court, he said,
they should have good and sufficient
reasons for bringing them.
Upon the adjournment of court
Judge Gest was interviewed by rep
resentative of the Republican. He
said he had made practice of hear
ing only two divorce cases week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
SPECIAL TONIGHT
At Young & VI Combs spot Cash Depart
ment Store.

At Young & VI Combs spot Cash Depart
ment Store.
One lot ladies tennis night gowns,
slightly mussed from being up in
trim, worth SIPS, Saturday 20 cents.
100 piece dinner set, our s9.9s set,
Saturday only $6.9S.
Ladies' handmade chatelaine bags,
covered with steel beads. just ar
rived. for Saturday $1.2j.
Ladies' black mercerized under
skirts, with flounce and ruffles, for
this sale Saturday 20 cents.
Fancy lace valentines, for 1 cent.
Whitley ezercisers, S1.9S and up.
When Knighthood was in Flower,
Saturday special 60 cents.
Fancy broken mixed candy per
pound ) cents.
New bulk seeds just arrived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
warming. warning.

Beware of substitutes offered by
INSCRIPTIONS dealers in place of Foo
.ley's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney
Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest
dealers for n little extra profit will
try to palm off worthless prepara-
tons in place of these valuable med
icines that have stood the test of
years, and thus jeopardize the lives
of their victims. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the firm
of w. II. Eastman d Co. is dissolved,
beginning Feb. 6, 1902, by mutual
agreement of members of the firm,
L. II. Godfrey withdrawing from the
firm. w. II. Eastman Will continue
in the collection and loan business.
w. H. EASTMAN.
Z. II. GODFREY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
The Chndren.s Friend.

There is no use trying to persuade
American mothers that substitute
exists for Perry Davis Painkiller.
They know how it relieves the trou-
bles of childhood, from sprained arms
and legs TO stomachache. Other prep
arations may do good, Painkiller is
certain to. \ big difference, and one
that has been recognized for GO
years. There is but one Painkiller,
Perry Davis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
Experienced.

He-Your friend. Miss Dashway. has
quite n military air about her.
She-No wonder. She has participant
ed in no fewer than seventeen engage
mcnts.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08

Foley's Honey and Tar is best for
Group and whooping cough, contains
no opiates, and cures quickly. Care
full mothers keep it in the house. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08
The Weather.

Fair and continued cold to-
night and Sunday.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature--At z a. M. 5
below; at $50 p. M, above.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08

and am going to stay here until L get
one" Judge Gest said, you get out
of this building" and just then her
attorney gave her some advice and
she went.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-08

Is it a burn? Use DR.. Thomas Ec-
Iectric Oil. \ cut? Use DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. At your druggists.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
NEWS in BRIEF
Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

John d. Rockefeller, some time ago
offered to give dollar for dollar 70 the
Rochester IN. " theological semi
nary for all funds that the lnstltu-
ton might raise from other sources
nm to the amount of $150.0o0. inns
fine limit on Mr.. Rockefeller's offer
expired on the list. Rev. DR.. y. w. a.
Stewart. chairman of the seminary ;
executive committee, says that more
than 100000 has been raised for the
seminary Mr.. Rockefeller's GIT VIII
therefore double this sum.
a Central News (London) dispatch
from Vienna, on the I'd, said the re-
port had been received there, via 80
fla. to the effect that Miss Helen n.
Stone. the captive American mission =
arv. had been released. The report
lacked confirmation.
On the ed George Housman, tne
Cincinnati policeman who was public
ly degraded and dismissed, last ran.
for. having spoken disrespectfully Oh
President Mckinley, when he was
shot. was declared insane and sent to
an ASYLUM. The testimony showed
that some years ago he suffered from
sunstroke and later received an elec-
tric shock and had been insane for
years.
On the Sd Lord Strathcona and
Mount Royal, the Canadian high com
missioner, in England. sent check
for e25,oOO to the authorities OF Alb
erdeen university. The money is to
go toward completing the extension
of the university.
On the Sd Lord Kitchener cabled
the governor general Of Canada ac-
cepting the offer of five Canadian
nurses for South Africa. Lord kitch.
ener asked that some scouts be sent
along with the contingent which IS
now being organized.
On the Sd the circuit court at To-
ledo, O., handed down a decision af-
firming decision of the lower courts
giving Mrs. adelaide Smith, of Ere
mont, a Judgment Of $5,4oo against
the estate of the late President r. L.
HAYES. Mrs. Smith was bitten by a
dog belonging to the late president
and this was the cause Of action.
On the Sd Gen. Bruce Hamilton
captured another Boer lager and ~
prisoners on the Swaziland border.
Gen. Louis Botha has sent note to
all Boer commanders requesting
them to keep on fighting, asserting
that the British parliament is to be
asked for another vote which will in
duce the British nation to demand
that the war in South Africa be
stopped.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
BOY MURDERER SENTENCED.
Gets Twenty. Years, the Judge Hold
ing that He was Old Enough
to be Responsible.

Winfield, Kas.., Jan. 4.--Clyde Moore,
the 17-year-old boy convicted Of muir
der in the second degree for killing
c. i. Wiltberger, farmer, near here,
last April, for his money. was yester-
day sentenced to ~ years in the PEN
itentiury. He Received the verdict
with a. smile. The prisoners attor-
ney pleaded for reform school sem
tence.
Wiltberger was shot from behind
while driving to town. His dead body
was found in the wagon, and three
checks which he had received for his
wheat. were missing. Clyde Belts.
aged 10, and Moore, boys who had
run away from home previous to the
murder, were arrested charged with
the crime. Belts was tried first and
acquitted. While Moore was being
tried a prisoner in the Sedgwickcoun-
ty jail confessed that he, with Moore
and another boy killed Wiltberger.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

A comparative statement of the re-
ceipts from the war, revenue act OIL
June 10, 1898, and the war revenue
reduction act of March 2, 1901, shows
that the former act produced, be-
tween July /, 1900, and November 30,
1900, SAG, 629, 3os. The revenue reduc-
ton act of the latter date produced
in the corresponding period in 1901,
s2o. 42o. 642. a decrease of SIT ,199,666.
United States Commissioner jan
new, at Ogdensburg, N. T., ordered
the deportation of 81 Cinnamon for
having unlawfully entered the coun-
try. Appeals are being filed in each
case. Forty-five Cinnamon are now
in the county Jail there awaiting the
action of the higher court.
According to a report received, on
the 3D.. at the navy department, the
new battleship Maine is as per cent.
completed. This is such rapid adj
vance on the new ship that naval Of
ficials are satisfied she can be placed
in commission by February Is, 1908,
which will be the fifth anniversary
of the sinking of the former battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor.
The report recently published IN
the United States to the effect that
IA Jews were massacred atZarweisen,
Austrian Galacia. by a mob headed by
three land owners, it turns out, upon
investigation, was common murder
inc ARRAY in which three Jews were
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
THE CHRISTIAN CAPTIvES.
Reports of Their Release Uncoa-
hrmed-Lstest "News" from
the Bandit Camp.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 4.-The local
reports of the release of Miss Ellen
M. Stone and her companion, Ma
dame Tsilka remain uncontirmed.
News from the frontier says the bril-
gands are hiding in Turkish terri
tory and are being hustled by the
inhabitants, who had previously beer
victimized by the bandits. A fight
occurred recently in which the lead
ers of the brigands are said to have
been wounded. Part of the brigand
band, wearied at the delay in obtain
ing ransom for the captiyes, have
deserted. and are attempting to re-
enter Bulgaria, but the guards arr
closely watching the frontier. II "a
further said that the whereabouts OF
the capiires IS known. and that It is
hoped The agents Of the missionaries
win be able 20 set In contact with
the bandits IN q ffH DAYS.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
A FRIGHrFUL SUICIDE.
A bohemian, Having Touble with
His Family, blows Himself to
Pieces with Dynamite.

Morris, ILL.,, Jan. 4.-There was n
frightful suicide at, Coal City, ten
miles southeast of this city, yester-
day. Joseph H. Bovine, leader
among the Bohemians in the coal
fields, had trouble with his wife yes
terday morning. He brooded over the
matter till afternoon, when he went
to the village and secured a stick of
dynamite. On his return he went
back of his barn and lying on his
back. placed the dynamite beneath
himself With his hand he struck
the cap and exploded the dynamite
The explosion tore great hole in the
earth and blew the mans body into
countless pieces.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

Senator SewelI, of New Jersey,
whose death has just taken place,
was man of public spirit and abil-
ity, who was prominent in many
sorts of activities. He was gallant
soldier in the war of 1S61-65, was con-
spicuously identified with the rail
road system in his region, served in
the legislature of his state, and was
a United States senator for two
terms widely separated in time. For
a quarter of a century he was prom
inent in the politics and the social
life of his locality.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

The United States has given few
more splendid Christmas presents
than the new regime of peace, order
and cleanliness it has bestowed on
Cuba. With its cities sanitarily re-
deemed. it's agriculture relieved from
the plague of war and its social life
as whole infused with new ideas
and ideals, new methods, Cuba has
been treated as no other state under
like circumstances. Impartial history
will not fail to give the United States
its due need of praise, and this is no
small thing, for our generosity has
no historic parallel.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
The Peruna Almnnao

The druggists have already been spnnl,.
with Peruna almanacs. There Is srr sp ~
a great demand for these almanaes .s ~ y !. !
count of the articles on astrology Which Il.
contain. The subject Of astrolopy i ! s ~
attractive one to most people. Tie art II
on astrology in the Peruna almanac i IT,,
been furnished by very competent ast r.,
ogist, and the mental characteristics II WY =.
sign 10 given, constituting almost cotn 4 NJ
horoscope. A list of lucky and unlucky Ky Ky
for each month are given. There Nh l N ~
great rush for these books. Ask your NJ IL Z
gist for one early before they are ali ro n
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
Loss Of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Compauy's Steamer
Walla Walla.
coLLlDED WITH AN IRON SAILING SHIP,
According to Reports Thus Far Received
There Must Have Been considerapic
Loss Of Life The Selling Vessel Disap-
peared and what Became Of Her =
Unknown.

san Francisco. JAM A collision
AZ sea. early Thursday morning, be-
tween the steamship Walla Walla and
an unknown sailing vessel resulted ~
the sinking Of the steamship ana the
probable loss of at least 20 lives. nc
Walla Walla, owned by the PACING
Coast Steamship Coz, sailed from San
Francisco, January !, for< FugeI
Sound ports. She carried 10 nrst-
class passengers, 2S second-class and
crew Of so men. When on cape
Mendocino, on the California coast
at 4:10 a. m. Thursday, an iron BARK
believed to be French, doomed up IN
the haze and crashed into the Walla
Walla's bow. The sailing vessel siid
Off into the darkness and was seen
no more.
All the passengers and crew OF the
Walla Walla, except the few on
watch, were asleep, but We're aroused
| Nv the crash. The steerage quarters
were in the bow anditis believed that
some of the steerage passengers anu
crew were crushed to death. A big
hole was made in the steamers DOW,
and she sank in 35 minutes. Inc
officers and crew maintained strict
discipline and boats and life RATS
| we're lowered. All who were not
killed in the collision got off, except
Capt. Hall, who. went down with his,
ship He was picked up later by ore
Of the boats, uninjured, with the eA
ception Of a few bruises.
There was a choppy sea running
and the boats could not make land-
| ing on the shore, few miles dis
tant. They drifted about all day, and
finally 65 people were picked up by
the steamer Dispatch, which took
them to Eureka. Another boat, under
command of, Engineer Brown and
containing 10 persons, attempted to
Hand at Trinidad and was swamped.
John Wilkinson, quartermaster; Will
lam Martel, fireman. j. Drube, pas
senger, and three unknown men were
drowned. Those in the boat who We're
saved were Engineer Brown, Fireman
| John Mcclellan, Coal Passer William
/ Shinn, Sailor O'Leary, Chief Cook
1 Marshall and Passengers Williams ~
Smith and William Moorehouse.
When the dispatch reached Eureka,
yesterday morning, with the surviv-
ors, tugs We're immediately sent out
for the missing boats. The tug RAN
ger picked up one containing II pas
sengers and three Of the crew.
The Walla Walla was valued at
about s250,oo0. She was formerly
used as a collier, and about ten years
ago was converted into a passenger
4 vessel at cost Of $l75,000. The yes
sci was insured for about 100000.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

It remained for John +. Keller, hvs
ing near Pana, ILL.,, to settle social
problem which has been agitating the
world ever since the foundations of
time. At the age of so years, stand
ing before the altar, the license in his
hands, he decided that he was too old
to marry, and backed out. To his in
tended bride he gave $1,000 in cash,
and sthey parted good friends"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
Appropriate.

A Sunday school teacher in Carh.. n
has class Of little girls, and Il Z mage, q
TO tell them each Sunday of n - al IS. ssulsto
cident that has happened in t Iae httlei
request the children to QUOTE tae week, Al
Scripture to illustrate the s storS verse
way she hopes to impress tb aeo ,,.s IN Il
Biblical knowledge upon the littJ ssl Ona
One Sunday she told her Class ,as ~ oIes,
boy who would catch cats and emf :, 20 s e
tails. Now, can any little girl IN ~ y. sa'
an appropriate verse;" she asked ~ me
sIhere was pause for a few H..
when one of the little girls aroso ia aI
solemn voice said: "Whatsoeva., a m "
joined together let no man but asu uSa !
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

Some idea Of the important edr...
reforms brought about and w. euaueatioa
progress made since the island v'e .wondea
American rule, can be obtained zane a. und|
exhibit at the Pan-American eSn IRON It'd
Gently, for which they were aM Aposalll0n
medals: There is also wondart,J,Ie ny
back OF Hostetter's Stomach Rita resoI
that has never been equalled 'f 4 andol
cific remedy for dyspepsia, indiesass,;s 81
headache and malaria, fever a ndasuso II ss
fail to try it. osue, Don
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

Cen. Tomasa Maso has taken him
self out of the canvass for the pres
idency of the Cuban republic, and
has. at the same time, given intima-
fion that he is going to shout
s4Fraud. when Palma is elected, as he
undoubtedly will be. Palma is IA
vorable to the Americans. though 1t
Is not believed that he wants annex
alton. at least until after the Cubans
have made a trial of self-government.
He wants the Platt amendment 20 be
carried out by the Cubans In its let
ter and spirit. Maso is against the
PIatt stipulations. and he virtually
declared on the stump that he would
disregard them II elected
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
If sainted John Wesley could

with his present-day followers, evsI
his progressive spirit would wonder
at the presence of women in the gem
eral conferences of the church. Pro
gressionist that he was, it is proba
BILE that the almost unanimous vote
which the Methodist Episcopal church
has given the new constitution of the
denomination would be- something
more than surprise to the fiery
apostle of religious freedom.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
For The second time Texas. leads az

For the second time Texas leads ev-
cry state in the union in the mileage
OF new track laid during the year
just closed, the same relative position
having been gained in 1900. Second
in the list, according to statistics
gathered by the Railroad Gazette, is
Dklahoma. The figures for Texas are
537 miles, and for Oklahoma 39S, or
g35 miles in all.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

King Edward is asserting. his social
mastery. On the recommendation of
the manager of one of the largest
hotels, he has arranged biz household
on business lines, abolishing many of
the old offices and customs. Petty
servants now travel in the third, not
the first-class carriages, and so on,
yet the king means to increase, not
to lessen, the dignities of the court, ).
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
Opportunities Wasted

\ She was entertaining the assembled a.
pany with an account of their first l ous -
and how, after making it up with o aSs' n
other, her husband had planted a trse /;
remembrance of it. ~
IL we had only done that" wbisnrs
the minister's wife to her husband. .wb s
9 splendid avenue we might have bad III.
Stray Stories.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

In 1873, when letter postage was
three cents, the New York post office
receipts for stamps We're about 3d.
100000. Last year, with two-cent
postage, the receipts exceeded ST ,o0o,-
300 q month, exclusive of money order
business, What would be the effect of
one-cent postage?
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

Secretary of the Navy Long, who
took occasion in his speech at the
launching of the battleship Missouri
to defend the proposed expenditure
of $100,000,000 for the increase of the
American navy, may rest assured that
the vast majority Of Americans heart
lily favor the policy of lifting this gov
ernment's sea power to the first rank.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
Hest for the newell.

No matter what ails you, headache II ,
cancer, you will never get well until yous
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature
cure you without a grippe or pain, produe,
easy, natural movements, cost you just ID
cents to start getting your health ba.k
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, pul
up in metal boxes, every tablet has G. G..C
stamped On it. Beware Of limitations.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

Two farmers at Dyea, Alaska,
raised $4,000 bushels of potatoes last
year, and received two dollars bush
"a for them. They are described as
large, solid, mealy and palatable, and
contain more sugar than potatoes
grown in lower ATTITUDES.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10

Mr.. Justice Brewer is to be com
mended for correcting the erroneous
Impression that it was the war with
Spain that made America one of the
world powers. The country held this
position long before the Spanish war
was thought OF.