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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
CLOSES BUSINESS
Big Grocery Concern Suspends
and Failure Seems to be
Threatened.
BRANCHES IN SEVERAL CITIES
Member OF Firm Says 1t VIII Resume
Again Under New Man
agement.

Peoria, Oct. 3O.-The Consolidated
Grocers of America, with stores in
Peoria, Chicago, St. Paul and Gales
burg, has ceased business. The action
is voluntary. There has been no legal
proceedings.
The concern has two stores in Peo-
ria, one in Galesburg. four in Chicago
and one in St Paul, The capital
stock is $1,500,OOO Flavel Shurtleff,
the president, withdrew in June. II.
w. McQuaid, of St Paul, is now clos
ing up the affairs of the concern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Fire at a Coal Mine.

Linton, Ind. Oct. 3O.-The Pewee
coal mine. owned by Robertson Bros,
of this city, was almost destroyed by
fire. Engines. boiler room and ma
chinery and part of the tipple burned
to the ground. The fire will throw
several men out of work for a month.
Fire loss. $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Two More suspect Thugs Arrested.

st. Paul, Oct 30.-Frank Lattimer
and z. Burns have been arrested here
and locked up in jail on a charge of
having been implicated in the Superior,
Wis, robbery of the postoffice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
RIoomington Heiress oIarried.

Bloomington, Ill, Oct. 80. - Miss
Emily Rupert and Gordon Cole were
married at the brides home. Miss Ru-
pert is one of the wealthilest heiresseS
in the city. Rev. ], II. Mueller, pastor
of the Unitarian church. Oficiated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
AND MRS. RooTH-TUcKER.

COMMANDER AND MItS. BOOTH-TUCkER.
one of the Army's most successful en-
terpriseS. Thus at one cruel blow were
stricken dewn two of the most efficient
aides of the founder of the Salvation
Army. The disaster was caused by
brake rod on n sleeping car dropping
and catching OH a switch, derailing
the car and causing it to collide with
a steel water tank. The car was re-
duced to splinters by the impact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
CouIdn,t Settle the DiAicuItv.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 3O.-Na-
tionaI Organizer Rice. of the United
Mine Workers, and representatives OF
the mine operators have adjourned aft
er failing to settle the differences be-
teen operatives and operators of mines
not included in the Knoxville settle
ment They agreed to leave the ques-
ton to United States Judge CD. Clark,
OF this CITY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
BurgIars Get 80 Moner.

st. Paul Neb., Oct. 3O-Burglars
have entered the Elba State bank.
Forcing the outside door they cut
through the brick wall and gained en-
trance to the safe. The explosion OF
dynamite wrecked the doors of the
vault and the safe. The citizens were
aroused and the burglars departed
without getting the money. The loss
to the bank will be 5000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
HORACE GREEN AND
WIFE ASPhYXIATED
Publisher of Free Thought MaGazin c
Suffocates in Chi
cago.

Chicago. Oct. 3O.-Horace l.. Green
and wife were found dead in bed to-
dayas result of asphyHiation. Green
was publisher of the Free Thought
magazine. He was 75 and his wife 20.
later developments tend to show
the aged couple were victims of an ac-
cident. The gas jet was found partly
open.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Get a Life Customer.

"You haven't charged me nearly as
much for half soling these shoes as 1
expected"
"No, ma'am. We charge according
to the size Of the oe."-Chicago Trib-
tlHle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
n,rs Hendricl<,s at Deatb.s Door,

indianapolis, Oct. 30.-Mrs. Thomas
A Hendricks, widow of the late Vice
President Hendricks, is lying at the
point of death. Her physicians say
she cannot live twenty-fOur hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
BUILDER OF CUP DEFENDERS
IS ILL WITH PNEUMONIA

Bristol. r. l.. Oct. 3O.-Capt. Natha-
mel q. Herreshoff, designer and build
er Of several America cup defenders,
is seriously i'll from pneumonia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Indiana's Corn Crop Is Heavv.

Indianapolis. Ind, Oct 30.-Reports
from about one-half of Indiana show
that farmers are harvesting an im-
Rense corn crop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Basis.

But after all. is rot good digestion
the basis of beauty?"
AYE. what else may change the
grub into the butterhy?' exclaimed
Beatrice. attacking the sirloin zestful-
ly.-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
SAYS He Has Bought Interest.

Chicago, Oct. 3O.-W V. McQuaid
Of Des Moines, who is fn Chicago, said
he bought holdings in the CONSOLE
dated Grocers of America. dissolving
the corporation He viii continue the
business as an individual. He denies
there are any financial difficulties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30

Your troubles are not interesting un.
less you are h-Schoolmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30

History repeats itself. You cannot
find the age of a woman in the Bible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Suicide Solves Mabel
BeChteI Murder
Mystery.
BROTHER CUTS THROAT
Police Tell Their Yer
sion of the
Crime.

Allentown, Pa, Oct. 30.-Thomas
Bechtel, who was held awaiting inves-
tigation of the murder of his sister,
Mabel II. Bechtel, at their home few
days ago, committed suicide in his cell
in the Central Police station. The po-
lice consider this act as u practical ac-
knowledgement of BechteI's guilt. Sew
ereal relatives and friends were admit
ted to see him during the afternoon.
About p. N. he called across the cor
ridor to Alfred Eckstein, Miss Bech-
tells affianced lover, who is also held
pending the coroner's inquest: Hello
81, are you there?'
Yes" answered Eckstein. Bechtel
responded: Il wish you were here with
me now that we might both die to-
Cether."
Last Words of Bechtel.
These were the last words heard
from Bechtel A short time later Eek
stein called Bechtel and got no answer,
but he thought he heard an unusual
Gurgle. House Sergeant Frank q.
Roth had been through the cells only
short time before. At Il quarter past )
he entered the corridor and called both
men. Getting no answer from Bechtel
he looked into his cell and was ap-
paIled to see a stream of blood running
over the cell floor. Bechtel had laid
himself on the bench in his cell and
cut his throat with a knife. He was
dead when found. The knife lay near
him on the floor. How he got the knife
is not known. He was carefully search
ed when placedin the cell and no weap-
on was found. There is a rumOr to the
effect that Il newsboy passed the knife
to him in the cell.
Funeral of the Murdered Girl.
The funeral of the murdered girl took
place during the afternoon, the services
being held at her late home. 1t was
the family's intention to have the serv-
ices and interment private, but when
the undertaken took the remains from
his mOrgue to the Bechtel residence
neighbors, relatives, silk millassOciates
AMI other friends called at the home.
and a steady stream of people entered
the house and filed past the casket
containing the body until the services
began at > o'clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
Strike to START Next Month.

Trinidad, Colo, Oct. 3O-William
Howells, president of district No. 16,
United Mine Workers, has announced
that Nov. 8 is the date ON which the
coal miners strike in Colorado. New
Mexico, Wyoming and Utah will be in
augurated provided an adjustment of
grievances has not been reached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30
ADMITTED PART
OF THE TESTIMONY
Sam Parks Denied, However, That
He Received $500 Fraudu-
lently.

New York. Oct 3O.-5The jury in the
Parks eXtortion trial returned a yer
dict of guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30

New York, Oct. 3O.-By a vote of
Parks men the International Associa-
ton of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers has ordered Il strike all over
the United States against the members
of the Iron League, the employers
union. The order is effective Satur-
daV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-30

Fort Madison, Oct 30-The condi-
ton Of Col. Holland is greatly inn
proved. He regained consciousness
last night, and his physician states
the chances of recovery are good.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Alaska Fisheries.

In 1867 Alaska was purchased by
the United States for s7,2OO,0OO Last
year the total value OF salmon packed
there was s8,6G7.673. as against
$6926.167 the previous year, an in
crease of $1.741.506, or upward of
twenty-five per cent.
The total number OF hands en-
ployed at the several fisheries was
1882. or 2.1S2 more than the year
before. This respectable army of
workers was made up Of 1867 whites,
1916 Chinese and Japs, and 2,679 ma
tives
The aggregate amount paid in wages
was $4,000 ,6S2, approximately one-half
OF the sum total of gross receipts
The outlay for tin plate was $l.3S3,-
$50, the Alaska packers having paid
out $G40,000 and the Pacific Packing
and Navigation Company $323,725 OF
this amount.
The total tax collectable is $685..
80S.l3, of which the Alaska Packers
Association pays $50,15494. and the
Pacific Packing and Navigation Com
pany s25.9S2.64. The previous years
collection was sS7,622.95
The shipping employed in the indus
try comprises l25 steam vessels and
sixty-eight sailing ships. Lighters
and small boats number 2,134.
Fishing gear is composed Of 251
seines and LAS gill nets, with seven
ty-two traps built Of piles and web
bing
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new
things of everyday use in the market
and who is reasonably satisfied with
the old, We would suggest that a trial
OF Defiance Cold Water Starch be
made at once. Not alone because 1t
is guaranteed by the manufacturers
to be superior to any other brand.
but because each 10c package con:
tains l6 ozs., while all the other kinds
contain but 10 OZs. 1t Is safe to say
that the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other Quality
and quantity must win.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Frauds in "OId kiastera."

Disclosures in regard to bogus "old
masters" in France led an English
artist who copies celebrated pictures
10 declare that at recent exhibition
he recognized no less than seven of
his own works posing as originals. The
same artist has a curious tale to tell
of certain millionaire. one whose
most valuable picture had somehow
been damaged The artist was sent
for to restore II and found that he
had to restore one of his own copies.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
The New Senate.

In the new Senate the Republicans
have only one Senator from the South.
Southwest or border states, McComas
of Maryland. The Democrats have six
from the West, two from Colorado,
two from Montana. and one each from
Idaho and Nevada. In this division
West Virginia is counted as a middle
West state. which. politically as well
as industrially, it has become.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
A CONSTANTLY increasing number

A CONSTANTLY increasing number
~ of physicians prescribe Peruna in
\ their regular practice. 1t has proven
its merits SO thoroughly that even the
doctors have overcome their prejudice
against so-called patent medicines and
recommend it to their patients.
Peruna occupies a unique position in
medical science. 1t is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh as
every one will admit, is the cause of one
half the diseases which aflict mankind
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afflict one
half of the people of the United States.
F. H. Brand. NJ. D., of Mokena ILL.,,
uses Peruna in his practice. The following
case is an example of the success he has
through the use of Peruna for catarrh.
DR.. Brand says: Mrs. c. age %,
had been a sufferer from catarrh for the
past seven years: could not hear plain and
had watery eyes. She came to me almost
physical wreck. She had tried the Cope
land cures and various other so-caled
specialists, and had derived no benefit
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Chance for Irish Seanor,

Renewed and earnest attention =,
being directed in England toward &
short trans atlantic route. One of ths
best natural harbOrs in the British
Isles is that of Galway. on the wesr
coast of Ireland. Almost straight
across the Atlantic is ST. John. New
fourdland. The distance between
these two outposts is but 1876 miles
from Liverpool TO New York it is
S.l16 miles, and from Southampton
3,095 miles.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Too Stringent Blue Laws.

Philadelphia agitation in regard to
its obsolete Sunday laws recalls that
in 1890 Queen Mary, in the absence OF
King William. forbade all hackney
carriages and horses to work on Sun
days, and had constables stationed at
the corners Of tn streets to capture
all puddings on their way to bakers
ovens ON Sunday" But this was GO
ing too far and all but led TO a riot in
London.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
No Race Suicide Here.

In the trial of the Tultic Ranch
company versus Hunsacker, while
Isaac Hunsacker was on the stand
Attorney Rogers was asking him a.
to the identity of numerous persons
by the name of Hunsacker. to all OF
which he replied: Brother" Fin.
ally Rogers asked him how many
children his father had. and he re,
piled: "Fifty-one or two; maybe
fifty-three head."-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Can Vote at foreiun Ports.

Norwegian seamen are entitled to
vote before leaving their country, if
the polling day is within three
months of their departure, or they
can vote at a foreign port within
the same time by having their votes
sent home through a Norwegian con
sui
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

l put her on
Peruna and told
her to come back
in two weeks. The
effects were won
derful. The cast
down look she had
when l first saw
her had left her
and Il smile adorn-
ed her face. She
told me she felt a
different woman,
her hearing was
improved and her
eyes did not trou-
hla har ap,. p,nra
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Not Sufficiently Attractive,

A reward of 500 was offered in
Chicago for the return of lost white
English setter. valued more for his
intelligence than for his pedigree"
but at latest accounts it had failed
to restore him to his owner.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
American Trade Spreadino.

In Haifa the American Exchange
company was organized year age
for business with the United States
Ha!fa commands the trade of Galilee
besides the plains OF Esdraelon and
upper Sharon. 1t is the seat of a col
ony of foreigners. including some sev
enteen American families. who teach
the natives modern methods in agri.
culture.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
University Graduates in Congress.

There are no less than eighteen
graduates and former students of the
University of Michigan among the
members Of the Fifty-eighth Congress
Two of the number, Joseph V. Quarles
and Porter J. McCumber, are senators.
The remaining sixteen are representa-
tives. Senator Quarles of Wisconsin
has been in Congress since 1899. as
has also Senator McCumber of North
Dakota.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
1he Way Of the World.

Canon Anger. biographer and editor
of Charles Lamb. once uttered this
pithy saying: "fCu may preach like an
angel. but if you can whistle on
stick people ignore your preaching and
speak of you as the man who can
whistle on a stick"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Little Snow in Berlin

The removal of snow has cost Ber.
lin as much as $3.50, 900 a year. Dur
ing the past winter there was so lit.
tie snow that it cost only $500 to
remove it.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
To Show Arctic Flora.

Hothouse displays of tropical plants
are common enough, but it is now pro-
posed to construct in London an Arc
tic garden with the temperature low
cred by refrigerating processes, where
all sorts of Arctic fora would be ex.
hibited,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Smoker haa Lived onn.

The oldest man in California has
added two years to his century. He
has been smoker for eighty-five and
a moderate drinker for seventy-fve
years, but never touched modern
breakfast foods.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
The Exports for 1902.

Nearly all the important manufac.
lures entering into export trade show
an increase in 1862, the chief excep,
tions being iron and steel and refined
mineral Oil. Iron and steel manufac.
lures show decrease of over 81
100000 and mineral oils a reduction
OF S4,Oo0,C00, Copper manufactures
showed the largest gain, sl2 2,OOO.0 900.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Lipton's Luck.

Shamrock III. is to be fitted out
with sails which weigh three and a
half tons. somewhat heavy burden.
Should the three-leaved Irish clover
fail to lift the cup. will Sir Thomas
persist and go on search for a
fourth leaf? A four-leaved clover is
said to be particularly lucky to the
finder.-New York Tribune.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Subtle Bribery.

A Boston expert who went to Wall
Street Boulder county. to examine a
mine offered for sale. was fed on beans
but it is not believed that such
thoughtful consideration will in the
least influence his report.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
The Globes Death Rate.

The death rate of the globe is est.
mated at sixty eight a minute, 1890
a day, or 35,740,S00 year. The
birth rate is seventy minute. 100,S00
day, or 36,792.000 a year, reckoning
the year to be 365 days in length
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Can Not Devise Scheme,

Lord Strathcona writes to London
that he would gladly welcome an ar,
rangement by which money could be
provided to assist suitable British
families to emigrate to Canada. but
no scheme seems to commend itself
either to the government or to capi
talists.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
General Fault of Artists.

Hayden. the English artist. in his
diary. relates how he once went late
TO sitting given him by the Duke of
Wellington and the old duke tore his
white hair and cried that he had sat
to 400 - painters and sculptors.
and none of them was ever punctual. :"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
A Diplomatic Photoqrapher.

A German photographer. kunwald,
says photography, when taking pic
ture OF lady of doubtful age, places
tive and the printing paper, thus pro-
ducing very softening effect, which
hides the discrepancies of age.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Old Tradition Smashed.

Edward Everett Hale, the grand
old New Englander, whom the whole
world loves, has smashed long chef.
ished national tradition. He says
that Daniel Webster was not a drunk
ard
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Keep Your Eve

On the sunny San Luis valley. for it
is going to be winner this year. You
will have full information from time
to time in these columns.
The Colorado Bureau of Immigra
ton GIG Majestic Building, Denver,
Colorado.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Britain Buildinq Bio Vessels

Great Britain is this year provid.
ing for the construction of three great
vessels of $4,000 tons displacement.
or 1000 tons more than the large YES
sells congress has just authorized.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
New Building Material.

Liverpool has decided to trv the
suggestion of its city engineer to
build workmen's dwellings with con-
crete slabs made from dust destruc.
tor clinkers.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
magic Wand" Farce AGAIN.

That magic wand which locates
suitable places for wells has turned
up again. This time it is in Germany
that the little hazel twig is being
used with success and much dis.
cussed
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
"Prize Money" Long Overdue.

Several old naval men have jLst
obtained prize money which fell
due to them when they were boys and
had been lying at the British admir-,
atty for over fifty years.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

Tommy-Pop. what is hero worship?
Tommy's Pop-Elero worship, my son,
is the admiration we feel for great peo-
pie until we get to know them init
mately.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

This is only one case of the many 1
have treated with your valuable mediciue. -
F. H. Brand. NJ. d.
Catarrh may invade any organ of the
body; may destroy any function of the
body. 1t most commonly attacks the head,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
FrightfuI Slaughter of Birds.

Forty thousand birds. mostly sand
pipers. are reported to have been
killed recently on the North Carolina
coast for millinery purposes
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Years Production of Gold

During the last year California nru.
duced twice as much gold as Alaska
and Colorado produced more than
three times as much
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Worlds Railway MiIeauc.

Russia's increase in railway mile.
age in 1901 was G.o9 per cent, as
against 2.57 in Germany. l.94 in
France, rs in Great Britain.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Roer Hero in Baltimore

Gen. p. II. Kritzinger, one of the
best of the Boer leaders during the
South African war, is in Baltimore.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

Superior quality and extra quantity
} must win. This is why Defiance
Starch is taking the place OF all
othars.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

DO you believe that there's nothing
new under the SUM-" well, | hope my
wife didn't pay that $50 for an old
bonnet
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Bible the Best Selma Rook

Over 100000 Bibles are sold every
year in Chicago. The sale is better
than any ten of the so-called best.
selling books.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
The Worlds Laruest incubato-

An incubator in use in Australia
has capacity of 11,44O ducks eggs
or 14,0S0 hens eggs.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

Maximum Weight Of the Brain.
Prof. Marchand OF Paris says the
brain has its maximum weight at
twenty years.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
New Move Of Cincinnati coll.

The University of Cincinnati grad
yates this year its first class of cleo.
trical engineers.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
aRkfaa|[llG!!
HARD TO BEAR.
/ ~ When the back ache
| n and pains SO badl
| cant work. cant res
@ can't sleep. can't ca
- ~ il is hard to bear.
HARD TO BEAR.

II Is Hdlu " Uedi-
Thousands OF aching backs have
been relieved and cured.
People are learning that backache
pains come from disordered kidneys.
that Doans Kidney pills cure every
Kidney i'll. cure Bladder troubles, uri-
nary arrangements, Dropsy. Diabetes.
Bright's Disease.
Read this testimony to the merit OF
the greatest of Kidney Specifies.
j. W. Walls, superintendent Of
streets of Lebanon, Ky. living on
East Main street in that city. says:
With my nightly rest broken. ow-
ing to Irregularities of the kidneys.
suffering intensely from severe pains
in the small of my back and through
the kidneys, and annoyed by painful
passages Of abnormal secretions, life
was anything but pleasant for me.
No amount of doctoring relieved this
condition and for the reason that moth
ing seemed to give me even temporary
relief, | became about discouraged.
One day noticed in the newspapers
the case of 4 man who was afflicted
as was and was cured by the use OF
Doan's Kidney Pills. His words Of
praise for this remedy were SO sim
cere that on the strength of his state
ment | went to the Hugh Murray
Drug Co.'S store and got box.
found that the medicine was exactly
as powerful a kidney remedy as rep
resented. | experienced quick and
lasting relief. Deans Kidney Pills
will prove blessing to all sufferers
from kidney disorders who will give
them a fair trial
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Walls will
be mailed to any part OF the United
States on application. Address Fos-
ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. Price SO cents
per box.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01

First Heiress-But you are quite sure
the count loves you? Second ieress-Of
course I am. He said II | would marry
him he'd let me keep half OF my own
money.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Conditions of Life in Moscow

There are more millionaires and
more paupers in Moscow than in the
whole of England.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Vital Statistics of Greco.

Greece has as many people as
Michigan and as many acres as West
Virginia.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
Use for Wireless Telcuraphv.

The missing link from Fashoda to
Ujiji, in the telegraph line from Cape
Town to Cairo, will be supplied by
wireless Instruments