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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-16
MERIT LAW FIGHT
Opens Up Again in the House
This Week and Promises
To Be Warm.
CASE IS TO COME UP
Watson TO Make a Statement-New
Fish and Game Law Complaint
Against the Itemizing
System.

Springfield, Ills, March 16-There
legislature until Wednesday. Today the
legislature meets at 3 p. M, and moth
ing ever comes of these Monday after
noon meetings that is of much impor-
lance. Tomorrow would ordinarily be
a day bringing forth much of interest,
but this time it is registration day at
Chicago, and this fact will keep many
of the Chicago members at home,
which will thin out the legislature con-
sideRably; so there is nothing of great
interest likelytO come mp until Wednes-
day, when the governors civil service
bill will be taken up. and it is likely
that it will occupy the attention of tie
house during the remainder CT TIE leg
islative days this week.
Disposition as to the Bill.
The civil service bill is still on the
order of second reading and Il number
of amendments to the measure have
been prepared for presentation. There
is much speculation as to what action
will be taken on the bill, but it is gen
orally admitted that it will pass in
some form. Up to this time all II neE.-
Elents vitality affecting the bill have
been voted down, and there is IN cTi-
dtnt disposition TO put it through with
Il amendment.
Nub or One Amendment.
Friends C. some oil the stat" officers
have under consideration plan to
amend the bill by providing that the
civil service commission shall consist
OF the elective stat2 officers. instead Of
three men appointed by the governor.
They think this will meet tie approval
of the members who are opposed to the
creation of any additional SAlar;nd
state commissioners, and at the same
time still the complaint that the bill
gives the governor control of all the
state patronage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-16

Watson's salary. AS the matter now
stands the state auditor feels that be
has no authority to pay any such mon
eys nor will he pay any such.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-16
working Overtime.

. Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless, little wOrkers-Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. Millions are
always at work, night and day, cur
ing Indigestion, biliOusness, constlpa-
ton, sick headache and all stomach,
liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleas
ant, safe, sure. Only Csc, at Hartz d
Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-16
Eoucase Your Bowels VVItl, rs.s..~.v.-

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forevae.
ocs Ne II e4sS. Q. fall druggists refund moneT,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-16

The best pill meath the stars and
stripes;
1t cleanses the system and never
gripes.
Little Early Risers of worldly re-
pute-
Ask for DeWitt's and take no sub
stitute.
A small pill, easy to buy, easy TO
take and easy to act, but never fall-
ing in results. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers arouse the secretions and act
as tonic to the liver, curing Perma-
nently.
Harper House pharmacy; a. j.
Riess drug store, corner Seventh ave
nue. and Twenty-seventh street,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-16
MILLER RESERVED
Release of Second Baseman Not
Yet Purchased by Mil
Waukee.
HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF A CONTEST
Davenport Awarded mike" Jacobs
AS Against Claim of
Minneapolis.

1t has not been generally known
that a contest has been on over the
reservation of Kohley Miller, who
covered second SO ably for Rock ISL
and last year. When Kohley went to
Milwaukee in the Western league last
fall after completing the season here
it was to play out the remainder of
the season and to report here this
spring. That was the understanding
the Rock Island management had of
the matter and the signed papers
showed that the reserve clause was
in force.
But Kohley appears to have labored
under the impression that the reserve
clause had been waived and he told
Manager Hugh Duffy. of The Milwau-
kee team, so and signed with him for
this year. The Rock Island managers
learned of it and protested and the
contract was submitted to Secretary
Farrell, of the National Association
of Minor leagues, who lost no time in
deciding in Rock Islands favor Koh-
ley's release has not yet been pur-
chased and il is not as yet known
whether he will report here or at Mil
waukee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01

He persisted in his attention to the young woman. in spite of what the parents Thought and said.
 He met with only a kind but firm op- position to his desires from everybody ex- cept the young woman Finally he became 4Aksn with the idea of an elopement, but was at a loss to arrange the details lpo that the parents on both sides would mot suspect.
 Married After Funeral.
 Tn some way the said parents got an Anlxltng that something was up and they put a guard over the girl. Just then friend of both the young couple was Kind enough to die. Moore's employer was the undertaken engaged and Moore was to assist in the services. In that he got an idea.
 Miss Pullen could get permission to attend the funeral Her parents would not think of connecting a funeral with an elopement. He secured license. Both were on the funeral car when it started for the cemetery. On the way back they stopped at the home of a minister. who married them. Then they took the next car and went home.
 In a few days their secret became known and the parents were wise enough to laugh at the way in which the fun ;nRal baked meats had set forth the we'd
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who can direct such an affair A party of young Indians in Minnesota have just completed get away which for compli- cations would have puzzled the most dar- ing young people of pa1er color.
 The word party is used advisedly. as in one case the young man who started the eIopement did not finish 1t. His girl was taken in tow by another Indian, who proved the more fascinating. He was deserted and the girl married No 2.
 Wins an Hoping Maid.
 Two maidens were pupils in the govern ment school near Tower, Minn In this case, as in others. the opposition had wind of the affair and had taken the precau- ton to lock the doors-A precaution which had no effect, as the girls slid down the lightning rods and escaped Then they set out for a minister, but on the way there appeared on the scene a fascinating young Indian, to whom one of the elop- ing maidens took immediate fancy,
 This fancy prompted her to give the original suitor his copge and he was left behind The five finally were resolved into two married couples and a tilted young man who returned philosophically to Tower as if he never had made a bold dash for a bride and failed
 Two Nebraska young people submitted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01
OF THE HERMITAGE
The House in Which Andrew Jackson
 Made His Home.


 The Hermitage, the old home of Gen. eral Andrew Jackson, has, through the efforts of the Ladies Hermitage Associa- tton, been almost restored to the condi- tion 1t was in at the time of the death of General Jackson. In 1858 the State of Ten nessee purchased from Andrew Jackson, Jr., for $4S000 the Hermitage farm, which then consisted of 800 acres of land; and 1t was intended to offer 1t to the United States government for branch of West Point academy, but the civil war pre- vented the consummation of these plans In 1889 the State Legislature of Tennes- see conveyed to the Ladies' Hermitage Association. through board of trustees the house, tomb, all outhouses and twen- ty-flve acres of land to preserve, beau. tify and adorn, throughout all coming years, in a manner most befitting the memory of the great man and commen- surate with the gratitude of his country men,"
 The Association has put forth untirina efforts to raise the funds necessary to purchase the furniture and relics that were In the house at the time of General Jackson's death. It has inaugurated all kinds of enterprises. lectures, balls, con- certs. theatricals, etc., anything that would net money to its treasury. ThG work of sustentation is aided by the States appropriation of $50 a month, which pays the curator and does some little repair work. The Association has succeeded in putting the place in its pres ent good condition and in replacing those pieces of relic furniture now to be seen in the house, and 1t Is It's cherished plan to purchase all the relics and furniture and
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.., .o narental objections until the pauen r,.n was B years old and the sir. nsS.., thav decided that they were oio o-. +o know their own mlnos anu Is +heIr own actions without aoVpoo e,,an from their parents. They were IInn D., A A. Hoffman of Omaha ana "AA'' A. Dykeman. .4o,+ and the nrida a Roman Catholic, on whlcn clrcumi- stance the objections were based rlha-ay thev left for Harlan. 1a.' secureu Aiooo and were married .S -.,r, ,r .ha runaway watch makes mistaHe' Th;s u,ilI he admitted by nearly every
 na and will be declared positively oy parents In most cases.
 Weeds Gambler Twice Her Age. l 1rhts |. said concerning Denver mar ,aaa of the last few days. pretty ryiI1tu, Denver girl has left her parents broken hearted and has run away to mar rv man twice as old as she gambler. who sems to have irresistioly attracteo the young girl. ,o o,a daugbter of Edward George. Her hus- banS-thev were married in Colorado SnrInqs-is E. Gordon Pickett. The story | of the lovemaking. the parents attempts to neyent it, and of the runaway match is told by the father.
 "Katherine Is our only child" he salo' Ever since she was born 1t has been our desire to make her happy. We never dreamed that she would break faith with us She has had hosts of admirers none of whom was objectionable to us except MT. Pickett.
 "It has been nearly two years since she met him. The first intimation we had of the affair was when we saw hand- some diamond ring on her finger and ask ed her where she got 1t. She replied that a friend had given 1t to her, ana atter- wards we found out who the friend was. We tried to break it of. and Katherine seemed to listen to us. For a year. so far as we knew, she saw nothing of him.
 'Now we know that we were deceived ali this time and that she was meeting him every day She was a member of the Trinity Church choir and they have been in the habit of meeting at the church and then going together, when we thought she was in her place in the choir.
 Confesses to Secret Meetings.
 ''The first we knew otherwise was Tuesday afternoon, when a friend told my wife that she had seen Katherine and Mir. Pickett together at a time when we re- membered afterward she had told us she was going to visit school friend of hers in South Denver We at once spoke to her about 1t, and she confessed that she had been seeing him all the time Some 1 thing in the girls manner indicated to her
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From various writers, notably from Washington Irwin, we know how her sad story closed-how with beauty clouded and spirits crushed, away from home she was ardently wooed. and wooed long in vain, by a distinguished officer, who was (and was worthy to be) lineal de- scendant of Strafford, and who was as chivalrous and tender as Emmet him. self-more could hardly be said to the honor of Captain Henry Sturgeon-and how he considered 1t his blessed good for tune to marry her at Cork in 1906, al- though he was given to believe, alas! that only a dead man had Ter hardly living heart. She appreciated all he was with a quite passionate gratitude. The months of Malta and of Sicily could do nothing to restore to health one who made all haste to die She lives as Em- met does. in a nameless grave in her na- tive land.
 The English lover. once so heedful of her least wish, always so devoted to her memory, met his soldierly fate, while still young, in the Spanish field against Napoleon. The historians of the penin- sular War and minor commentators since have marveled that one so conspicuously brave, one mentioned so often in dis patches, should have gone without his due rewards. Perhaps 1t is not hard to surmise, why the Government of that day should have acted as 1t uid act to- ward Sarah Currans husband. Emmet's defeat had laid 8 sort of dark chrism upon him. There was to be no favoring influence in high places for any man so touched, however obliqueiy
 Well. one likes to remember, in a more humanist mood. that 1t ended for good and all hundred years ago. But. artis- tically, a certain ironic satisfaction re- mains. Yes, it is memorably written from proem to epilogue. this perfect tragedy of Ireland and of sensitive hearts The book fthe play is one in which a detached critic can find nothing but well and fair"
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rehabilitate the house as 1t was in Jack. :, sons life v
 The original Hermitage was built in 1894. It was made of logs and part of it sis still standing. Aaron. Bur made, his famous visit to the Hermitage in, 1905, and was entertained in this log house. General Jackson was living in the. log house when the battle of New Orleans was fought. in 1915, and returned to this humble nome the 'conquering hero' and idol of the nation. The present site was selected and built upon in 1S19, and was of brick made on the place. Lafayette was entertained there in 1895. This house was burned In 1885 ana rebuilt In 1856 upon the same foundation as 1t now stands. General Jackson died in 1s45, at the age of 7s years and was buried by the side of his wife in the tomb in the garden.
 In 1909 Andrew Jackson and his wife adopted the infant son of Steven Donel- son, brother of Mrs. Jackson, and named him Andrew Jackson, Jr.; and he bore the name and became the heir to all the estates. His son, Col. Andrew Jack son, after serving gallantly as colonel of artillery in the Confederate army re- turned to the Hermitage and lived with his mother until the time of her death and by her will inherited the household furniture mementos and relics of the old hero. It was from Colonel Jackson that the Ladies' Hermitage Association pur: chased most of the relics.
 The Hermitage Is built in the old colo " nial style of architecture, with large ve- dandas in front and rear, a wide hallway with double rooms on either side and wings supplementing these. The rooms, are large and spacious, and are eleven in number. besides pantry, storeroom kitch- en, cellar, etc. On entering the hall which Is large and commodious, one notes at first glance the pictorial wall paper, which was ordered by General Jackson from Paris, France. when the house was built in 1s36 It came by way of New Orleans. up the Mississippi and Cumberland Rivers. It represents the legend of Telemachus. and is that part of the story of the landing of Ulysses on tine island of Calypso.
 Although Colonel Jackson still has many vauable curios that belonged to the 'old hero," the Ladies' Hermitage Association has succeeded in acquiring, either by pur- chase or presentation, no less than 17z separate and distinct relics, varying in size and value from the celebrated De- catur silver service that General Jackson purchased from the widow of Commodore Decatur, down to the brass fender that has no value whatever, except that 1t was once the property of the General.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01
MORPHIN E. Opium, WhiSkGy and
 all Drug Habits
Cured without Pain at Your Home
THE BEST OF SANAToR1UM
 FACILITIES IF DES-"ED.

If you are addicted to these habits you can be cured and restored to your former health and vigor without pain or the loss of an hour from your business at mod crate cost. The medicine builds up your health, restores your nervous system to it's normal condition; you feel like a diff fersnt person from the beginning of treat ment, LEAVING OFF THE OPIATES AFTER THE FIRST DOSE. You will soon be convinced and fully satisfied in your own mind that you will be cured.
 MT. T. NJ. Brown, of Mcqueen. Ark, says: over seven years ago l was cured of the opium habit by your medicine. and have continued in the very best of health since''
 Dr. w. M. Tunstall of Lovingston. Va. says: Il am glad to say that firmly be- lleve that 1 am entirely and permanently cured of the Drink Habit, as have never even so much as wanted a drink in any form since l took your eradicator' now eighteen months ago. It was the best dollars l ever invested"
 Mrs Virginia Townsend. of Shreveport. La., writes: No more opium. l have taken no other remedy than yours, and make no mistake when say that my health is better now than 1t ever was in my life, and I owe 1t to you and your remedy. It has been twelve years since was cured by your treatment
 For his book and full particulars ad- dress Dr. B. M. Woolley, 2OS Lowndes Bldg, Atlanta. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01

ding supper They forgave their erring children and everybody is expected to live happily ever afterwards.
 Two young people in Virginia were put to almost as much trouble. in fact, more trouble to accomplish their matrimonial intentions They were w. P. Randall and Miss Minnie Brown and were beset, as true lovers frequently are. with watch ful parents
 Elope Ind Wed Over 'phone.
 They planned to elude the latter but planned to no purpose for some time. Finally it occurred to them that an elopement could be conducted without exciting any suspicion.
 Miss Brown made arrangements to vls- it friends about hundred miles from Louisa, Va, her home. Randall went to Buffalo. w. Va, also to visit friends. There he procured a marriage license and then went to the long distance tele- phone. Miss Brown was ready with wit nesses and the minister engaged by Ran- dall married them.
 In the midst of these eIopements 1t may be interesting to know that white young men and women are not the only ones
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01
Robtailed Coats Barred.

The Greenbrier presbytery, one of the strongest presbyteries in the South, meet ing at Lewisburg, w. Va, has adopted the following resolution:
 Resolved That 1t is the solemn and painful conviction of this Greenbrier pres bytery that some of the ministerial breth- ren are departing from the e-honored custom of the fathers in wearing bob tailed coats, and the presbytery would hereby warn the brethren against con fornity to this custom of the dudes.
 Let the offending brethren be warn- ed of what may be done to them, as re- corded in I Chronicles xiv:1-5. We re- spectfully point them to the vestures Of the fathers and brethren of the presby- tery the Revs. H. M. Bittinger. W. T. Price and M. l.. Lacy, as having coats becoming in length and in opposition to conformity to the fashions of the Spres& ent day"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01

There are two kinds of people in this world-those who create and those who initiate. The former are for the greater part men and the latter women. for 1t Is simply remarkable how women like to walk in well trodden tracks.
 It makes me at the same time despise and pity women to see how they are un- der the influence of one another. The woman who dares is the rare. rare ex- ception, and then as soon as the rest take note of her out of the ordinary action what a storm of opposition there Is! Look at women in any station of life and see how they bow to the cut and dried rules made for that particular station by the other women. Let one woman write
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01
USE FUNERAL CAR
 FOR AN ELoPEMENT.
Cleveland Couple Leave Grave
 Find Minister to Wei Them.

Cleveland Couple Leave Grave to
 Find Minister to Wed Them. Chicago Tribune.
 The little god Cupid in his widest va garies probably never invented a more unique plan to aid loving couple than that used by Forrest Moore and Miss Mabel Pullen of Cleveland O., few days ago to elude the watchfulness of parents and be united in marriage.
 The black draped funeral car of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company was the vehicle used to outwit the parents of both Moore and Miss Pullen.
 The groom had been employed by an undertaker. He had been engaged to Miss Pullen for some time, but their inten- tion of marrying did not meet with pa- rental approval. The question had been 3debated thoroughly in joint family coun- scils and always with the same verdict --that the couple were entirely too young to think of marrying. As the prospective Bridegroom is 9 years old he failed to lece the reasonableness of this decision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01

lf6t thSAAot 9ty AO O& story. and, be-
 held. there are a
 hundred like 1t.
 In the art school behold them pa
 tiently copying for years the very stroke of some master and
 turning them selves incidental ly into poor sec ond hand imita- tions of him, de- void of the slight est personality of their own. On the stage even. that most indi- vidual of all the ways in which a woman can earn her living, for one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01
The Nonorderlv Maid.

And the poor girl who never can learn to keep things in neat rows or in bureau drawers-what is to become of her2 We'll at least she will do things differently from other people. mainly because she can't help herself. If she is caught young and tanned by some enterprising man she will exert herself to please him, and he will have an odd home not un- pleasing, full of color and quaint touches
 There may be dust on the mantelshelf, but he won't notice that because of the hangings and the soft pink light over the piano. And the lamps will all be pleasant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01

A We'll Balanced ChaInbermaid.
 She loves straight lines and rows and even numbers as much as I hate them The top of my desk is occupied by candlestick, gilt frame and little match bowl. I try to dispose of them carelessly, but not she. She makes them toe the line. and. lest they might appear still disorderly, she adds to the line a gilt calendar and makes 1t two and two.
 The chairs she turns all in one direc- ton, and the music and books she ranges in one neat pile at the extreme end of the piano. I have no doubt she would take out a tape and put the pictures on an exact line. too. if she dared. But, oh, how they must distress her!
 Order is a lovely thing-far be it from me to make fun of it-but did you ever know painstaking. careful, orderly wo- man to make smart gown or. better still. tie chic bow? Did you ever know one to be a genius?
 Of course one can never be sure that child is a genius because 1t has no sense of order, and so 1t is just as well to train it to put things away. a place
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ly shaded and his big chair will be pulled up close to the fire, with a litter of papers on the arm of 1t, and he may throw the ashes of his cigar on the car pet if he choses. And the holes in his stockings-ah. well. he will learn to darn them himself. which Is perhaps a good idea, after all, or he can draw them up with a bit of thread. and every one knows that hole that is too big to be drawn up with thread is too big to be mended at all.
 No, we can't all be alike. Some of us love straight lines and beaten tracks, and others-well. l just know this: Once as a child I saw a picture of heaven all straight lines of angels reaching out as far as the eye could see And made up my mind all of a sudden that I didn't want to go there. Still perhaps they won't be like that. Perhaps they'll be allowed to break up into little groups and circles. But If they're not one thing Is sure-I'll step out of line.
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for each thing
 and each thing in Its place; also a time for each
 thing and each
 thing in Its time.
 Still if the child simply cannot learn these prim and irt u o u s maxims 1t may be some comfort to look forward to an artistic career for 1t. But don't try to make an artist tress or a great or a great ac- diva out of the good little order
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01

had gone. The young people said she had gone down the street, but they refused to tell in which direction. They were evidently in collision with her. We had no further knowledge of our daughters actions until we saw an account of her marriage in Colorado Springs"