Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-30

until evening. In the evening there
was a period of a couple of hours in
which the fair was going again, to
the usual Saturday evening crowd.
II will probably require an
auditing of the bills to find out
if the local Elks are even on their
venture. Friday and Saturday the
fair was kept going at loss, and
the rain cost thousands of dollars.
If the fair paid out, its ability to
make money under favorable weather
conditions was satisfactorily dem
onstrated.
Maggie Hines was subjected to an
other remarkable operation last
week. She had the habit of eating
her own hair, which clogged in her
stomach, necessitating the use of the
surgeons knife in its removal. Mag
gle is an orphan. Father Niermann
saw that the sister, of which there
were several, were given good homes.
The Schebler and Werthmann fam
lies looked after them. Some three
or four years ago Maggie was oper-
ated upon by DIR. w. ). Allen, and Il
matted ball of hair, that completely
| filled her stomach, was extracted at
St. Luke's hospital. She recovered
from the operation nicely and was
thought to be cured. But the habit
with her was second nature. Like
those who gnaw their finger nails,
| Maggie would pluck hair from her
head and nibbIe at it as though it
were Il tidbit. The result was that
She grew i'll some time ago and was
sent to Morbonia hospital for treat
ment. There it was discovered that
she was back at her old habit again.
DR.. f. 5. Bowman diagnosed the
case and performed the operation
last Thursday, taking from her stom-
ach a ball of snarled and tangled
hair of an astonishing size. Still an
other mass remains in the bowels
which will necessitate second oper-
alton in about ten days. According
to scientific authority only eight
cases of the kind have been known,
in only three of which the operation
has been a success. The operation
performed upon Miss Hines several
years ago by DIR. Allen was exploited
far and wide at the time as being
unique in surgical practice. Maggie
is said to be recovering nicely from
the operation. 1t being the second
one, she evidently is becoming used to
| it,
The police on the Rock Island side
of the river had an interesting chase
early yesterday morning after col
ored man wanted for doing up Il Dav-
AL
with his gun. The fugitive crossed
to Rock Island on the Crescent bridge,
and although trace of him was secur-
ed and followed through the city. he
escaped. The officer who allowed
the colored man TO get the best of
him was Ed. Brehmer. About 1
o'clock yesterday morning the officer
met the colored man. who was =
powerful fellow and of decidedly sus-
picious appearance. The latter did
not give a very coherent account of
himself and Brehmer decided to take
him to- the station. While passing
an alley the prisoner requested that
| his captor take him through it, but
the latter refused. The colored man
started to turn and the officer shov-
| ed him back. Then the prisoner
clinched. The officer saw the flash
of "A razor and broke away just in
time. receiving a slight cut on the
face. Before the darlley could re-
cover Brehmer swung his club and
knocked him down. Then. instead of
following up his advantage, the Of
! ficer closed in and the prisoner again
| grapplcd him around the hips.
While the officer was trying to get Il
chance to use his club the negro got
hold of his gun and pulling it out
reversed the situation by showing it
up under Brehmer's chin. The col
ored man, of course. got away, cover
ing the officer with his own gun till
out of reach. He then came on
across the bridge, meeting en- route
couple of men. The latter say he
had gun in each hand, showing
that he had one of his own. and he
told the others to get out of the way,
which they did.
Joc<o Manwaring, the king of
Bucktown. is under bonds of $500 on
. charge of attempting to kill John
Stapleton, aged 20, and his saloon Ii
cense has been revoked by the mayor.
Manwaring took shot at Stapleton
yesterday. His injury is not serious,
however.
NJ. T. Mcdaniel was held to the
grand jury in $500 bonds for forgery
by Justice Finger this morning. G..
w. McCaskrin, of Rock Island, ap-
Deared as attorney for the defend