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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15

arg chairman. Mayor William Nc
ConOchie was upon motion Of Aid. Will
liam Kennedy, seconded by Mr.. Meese.
called to that honor johnny Rinck
was continued as temporary secre-
tary. \ committee of nine on creden-
tiaIs was moved by Mr.. Meese. to in
| clude three members each from Rock
| Island and Moline. one from the upper
end, one from the center Of the coun-
ty and one from the lower end. The
committee was composed Of Frank
Kelly. DIR. &. G.. Craig. AID. William
Kennedy, George Richmond, David
Schaible, II. b. Carpenter. DIR. \. II.
Arp, q. \. Schallenger and II. Il. In
glas. This committee went into a
dressing room in the rear of the stage
and proceeded with its work. Divers
resolutions were offered cCndemna-
tory of the action of the county COM
mittee, and We're referred. and Mr..
Murphy, the long-haired man from
Coal Valley. said that while he was
present as an accredited delegate. he
had not his credentials. Wei seat
you in the body of this convention, all
right" came the assurance from Mr..
Meese, and the Coal NaIleyite sat
down.
The committee on credentials re-
ported seating PA of the 352 delegates
elected in the county, and the tenn
porary organization was made perma-
nemt on roll call. The Lowden delega-
ton in the Third ward, Rock Island.
was recognized.
y motion was offered by w. y.
Meese to authorize l.. NJ. Magill to
appoint the II delegates to the sena-
toriaI conyention. before which he
VIII be n candidate for renomiuation.
, substitute by p. J. Cary that the
-on ention indorse Magill and allow
him to select his delegation was car
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15

The funeral of Mrs. Il. II. Fitzsim-
mons was held from Sacred Heart
church at Q o'clock yesterday morn
ing, Rev. J. F. Lockney officiating, as
sisted by the church choir. Claire
Fry, Robert McCluskev, Arthur Oster-
man, Ferd Schnell, Fred Huber and
Charles Schnell acted as palIbearers.
Interment was at Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15
-tu geon Endorsed.

DIR. q. G. Craig offered a motion
that NJ. NJ. Sturgeon be indorsed as
candidate for member of the state
board of equalization. Mr.. Sturgeon.
before the motion was put. was per-
mitted to talk, explaining his alliance
with the convention in which he was
seated. He had been neutral on the
governorship until o'clock this morn
ing. when he discovered that all rules
of procedure and common decency
had been violated by enc of the repub-
lican factions. He then burned the
bridge under him and stated his posi-
ton his friends i'm n manner that could
not be misunderstood. He would
rather have n seat in the convention
that ne was addressing than the office
If member of the state board of
equalization. The Endorsement mo-
ton was adopted with but one dissent
inu, voice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15
OBITUARY RECORD.

Arbon Fughes. the 1O-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Fughes, re-
siding at $50 Thirty-ninth street, died
at o'clock this morning. The re
mains will be shipped to Macomb for
burial tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; warmer Wednes-
day.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature at Z am. "a;
at 2:3O %. N. 2S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15
Speeches Cut Short.

Secretary Rinck then announced
that there were PA accredited dele
gates present in the convention. Then
there was a flow Of Oratory. to which
il. ID. Connolly. J. w. Parker and w
4. Meese contributed, and TO which
J.. c. Blanding was about To add his
measure, when Mr. Sturgeon cut out
further remarks and the convention
proceeded to the election of temper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15
ROCK ISLAND.

AT this moment Pat Cary ventured
to inform the convention that the del
egation had the delegate-at-large. in
the person of \. 6. Anderson. but Mr..
Sturgeon frowned at Pat and he went
back and sat down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15

whereas if all the contentious that
have been raised were true. the dele
CATION would still have the ma iOrity
of the ward. No man commissioned
as a colonel by the governor of this
state. said Mr.. Sturgeon, can send his
. cohorts into this town to say how
the republicans shall vote. Mr.. Stur-
'eeon thereupon stated that a member
of the republican county committee
was present in the person of Moses
Titterington, of Edgington. and in the
absence of the regular chairman, he
moved that Mr.. Titterington be called
to the chair. Go it. Mose!" came
from dozen or more threats, and
Nose" mounted the stage amid the
plaudits of the gathering. The read
ing of the call was. upon Mr.. Stur-
geon's suggestion. dispensed with. and
Johnny Rinck was. upon motion of
w. \. Meese. elected to the secretary
ship. Johnny was boosted to the
stage. waved his hands and proceeded
to work. Mr. Meese moved the call of
the roll of the county for representa-
tion in the convention to indicate tie
strength of the convention. The mo-
tion prevailed. and the result was as
follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15
TWO COUNTY CONVENTIONS
HELD BY THE REPUBLICANS

Continued from First Page.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15

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will appeal to you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

preter for the party of Aleutian isla rd-
 CTS that went to the St. Louis Exposi- tion recently. While here the inter- preter, with her baby, 1 year old, was the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Sand ley. The baby Mrs. Massey dresses In
 suits made of squirrel skins such as the natives wear.
 Just before leaving Alaska Mrs. Vas sey's mother shot q mammoth bear, and forwarded the head to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D. c. For the specimen the directors of the big scientific museum sent It's slayer $500. In the skull was found imbedded a number of old-time Russian handmade by the Alaska bear after victorious meeting with his natural enemies. In the Aleutian Islands the natives have so long been under the Russian infiu- ence that the Greek Church Is thor oughly established, and all Its festivals and rites are most faithfully observed. The natives are numerous.
 Eagles grow to an enormous size on Kadiak and other islands, and the Gov ernment pays a bounty on each one killed. for they carry off the sheep and are destructive in many ways.
 The long days of the summer season make the grass most abundant, and 1t grows to a height of five feet, while berries also grow plentifully and en- tirely without cultivation. On account of the numerous wild flowers there are many kinds of bugs and insects, rare speces of butterflies and bees. In col- lecting these Mrs. Vassey's father makes a good income. Cattle do we'll but must be fed heavily because of the long and severe winters. Some min
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
At RIiou Next Week.

Could any series of play scenes be more interesting than those utilized in Why He Divorced Her." by Will c. Murphey, which is to be produced here for three days. beginning Monday Mo- vember 21, with matinee Wednesday at the Bijou Theatre.
 Long Island Sound by moonlight, the entrance to historic Grace Church, New York. the bridal apartments in the Hotel Cecil. the Cherry Blossom roof garden and view of New Yorks house tops by night, the fencing scene between women, the death by light ming bolt, the rose arbor hypnotic scene. the dagger duel on the grand staircase and several others, equally effective, being among those which. have excited unbounded admiration
 Surely with such an array Of stage pictures, Why He Divorced Her" may justly lay claim to a production of sur passing interest.
 In addition to the scenic investiture.
 there is we'll wrought story, having Tor its origin the main incidents in the great scandal concerning the violet Bride" case, the proceedings of which created most profound stir in society put few years ago. The story. re- counts in a thrilling manner, the ex- periences of a beautiful girl in an ef- fort to extricate herself from an un-
 happy marriage, and introduces g.
 bunch of violets as a potent factor in breaking asunder the uncongenial bonds. Plot and counterplot are in volved in bringing forth the elemen ts Of strongest passions, and when the final curtain falls upon the storm cleared drama the audience has en- Joyed q performance of the most spir- ited kind, and one that has offered g. refreshing relief from the convention al offering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
DEAD sHors ARn AIL prAr.

Hearing of the Left Ear Affected hw
 Concussion of the Rifle. New York Sun.
 T see you are a rifle shot" remark. ed Philosopher Simeon Ford to a man who after a good deal of sparrinx for place at last sat down in the hotel corr ridor by the side of New York's iard- lord orator.
 How do you make that out?" asked MT. Ford's companion.
 ''Oh. easy enough. You are deaf in your left ear. All rifle shots are deaf in their left ears. All the Creedmoor experts are that way. I am deaf in my left ear myself and got 1t shooting rifles. l met Gildersleeve once and I was backing and filling and dodgfng to get a position where my right ear would bear on him and he was maneu- vering at the same time for an opening. where he could rake me with his right ear. Then Gildersleeve said to me. as I have just said to you. that he ob. served I was a rifle shot. It was the first time I had heard that all rifle shots were deaf in their left ears, but I have noticed 1t even since and know that 1t is true.
 The reason of 1t is that all the con. cussion of the rifle explosion comes on the left drum. The right ear Is part- ly turned away and partly protected by the gunstock being brought up to the cheek when the gun is fired" 
 A man may pose as a sculptor with. out cutting much of 8 figure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
Under Southern Skies.

| At last we are to have an opportu-
 nity Of passing upon the merits of that
 phenomenally successful play of South
 ern life. bearing the attractive title
 Under Southern Skies"
 l For the past three seasons this dra-
 ma has been delighting enthusiastic
 and fashionable audiences throughout
 the east. For the firt time 1t is now touring this territory when it will go | doubt repeat its eastern triumphs.
 Under Southern Skies" is said to be
 far and away the most successful play
 dealing with Southern life which is
 now before the public and its career doah." Held by the Enemy" or Sec ret Service Unlike these plays. 'Un-
 der Southern Skies" does not deal with the war. Its great attraction which permeates it, notwithstanding the heart moving story which Is Its foundation.
 All the scenery used is carried by the company and the cast is a very large one, numbering twenty-three people. The costuming. after the period of the play. 1875, is pretty and
 dainty. The gowns of the eleven la- dies in the cast are an attraction in themselves to che feminine portion of the audience.
 A Halloween celebration and pump
 kin dance are Cnique features of the performance and rouse the audience to the greatest enthusiasm and laughter. Under Southern Skies" will be giv- en at the Montgomery Theatre next Thursday night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

throughout and that the interest in it's story constantly accumulates until brought to close by a terribly dra- matic climax.
 neither money nor pains to make ''Sa. lammbo' the biggest dramatic spectacle of the present season. and it's popular success has caused it to be chased with Cleopatra Quo vadis." and the oth. CT great show pieces which have pre- ceded 1t. In addition to the attractive and wonder Ninspiring incidental music specially composed by Henry K. Had.
 ley.
 Among the large supporting compa. ny are Wadsworth Harris. Thomas Coffin Cooke, Dudley Kellard. Angus. tus Balfour, Ina Brooks and Irene Osier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

The inevitable comparisons which were so conspicuously in the wake of the theatrical offerings of last week will not be in evidence this week, as nothing announced at the Montgomery Theatre for this week has been seen in Montgomery before and the Bijou Theatre will be dark.
 Everything produced last week at the Perry Street playhouse had been seen before in Montgomery and 1t was quite the natural thing that the odious comparison should be applied. These comparisons invariably detract from the pleasure of an entertainment. The fault is not altogether with the enter tainer. either. It is we'll to bear in mind that the second dish of salad is never as palatable as the first
 With Babes in Toyland." "Salamm- bo," and Under Southern Skies on the menu this week. theatre-goers should find a good morsel or two.
 The man who goes to see everything as a business does not hesitate to en- dorse Babes in Toyland." It Is a gorgeous spectacle bubbling over with Victor Herberts choice music and Glen McDonough's best lines. Hamlin & Mitchell have made much money with this piece and a glance at the list of names in the company insures cred itaDle entertainment IL IS 5uulCleHI lO say that dainty Mary Marble is the star and that her chief companion in the fun-making is Chip" the clever little actor who used to tickle our disabilities in Hoyt's farces.
 It is said that Frederick Warde, one of the best legitimate actors of the American stage, and Miss Kathryn Kid der have been remarkably successful in their presentation of "Salammbo" a dramatization of Flaubert's virile work of the same name. At any rate one may expect an extravagant spec tacular production; this much is in- variably assured by Wagenhals & Kemper, managing owners of the en- tertainment.
 Under Southern Skies" written by Lottie Blair Parker, was an Eastern success. If the twenty-three players promised by thes management give us a correct portrayal of Southern customs and manners they will have accom- plished something rarely ever done by actors. The play Is well worthy of patronage and the company has re- ceived most favorable mention from the newspapers.
 While the Bijou Theatre will be dark all of this week. Manager Neal an- nounces that every night next week will be filled. Two strong melodramas are to be produced there by big com panies and Mir. Neal feels confident they will please the patrons of the Bibb Street house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

age English Grand Opera Company Is now on its ten thousand mile tour Of the countrf. Its first visit recently through New England was a success sion of crowded houses and the open ing performance of 'Lohengrin" in Montreal last Monday night was att tended by the largest audience ever assembled in His Majesty's Theatre. not even excepting that for Henry Irv- ing. The company is booked for Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
Many Southern Plnxern.

We ought to call this organization The Southern Opera Company" said Frank Deshon, the clever little come- dian of the company presenting Miss Bob White" as the theatrical man of The Advertiser sat in his dressing room at the Montgomery Theatre the other night.
 For myself" Mir. Deshon went on 1T take little stock in the business of ad- vertising that this person or that per son is from a particular section of the country in order to arouse interest there and I'm not talkinf TOT publica- ton, but 1t Is really a coincidence that so many persons of Southern birth and rearing should have happened to be engaged in one organization"
 Then the little comedian recounted the numerous persons of his company whose parents sympathized with the South in the great war. First of all as most of us familiar with stage af- fairs know, Frank Deshon is a native of South Carolina. He was born in Columbia and was reared in Charles ron. He has been drawing laughs so long, however, that one does not con- meet him with the little Charleston boy of three decades ago. His com panion in fun this season, the angular MT. Mcclure, who made such a good ItiPresslon on montgomery, Is from Monroe. Louisiana.
 Mcclure is just a kid" laughed MT. Deshon as his young friend sat on a trunk puffing a cigarette. T put him in the business two years ago and I'm sorter acting as his Godfather. He'll do after awhile"
 Miss Denson. one of the prima donnas of the company was until few years back soloist in a Virginia church. She is native of the Old Dominion In the chorous Miss Holmes and Miss Haddon are from Georgia and there are more Southern people whose names were not listed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
LIFE IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
Where Bears and Eagles are Large and
 Grass Five Feet High.

SedItle llmeS'
 The simple announcement that Mrs. Annie Massey of Kadiak. Alaska, had returned to her home after visit to Seattle. as reported in the society col umns of the newspapers, meant little to the average reader. but the visit itself meant much to Mrs. Massey, for 1t was the first time she had been out side of Alaska. Never before had she ridden on a street car, seen a locomo- tive, been within a theater or wit messed the complex life of a city. All was new and strange to her. Her twenty years were spent entirely on Kadlak Island and the islands of the AIeutian group. Mrs. Vassey's father. a descendant of the ancient house of Romanoff the ruling dynasty of Rus sia, went to Alaska fin 1860, and has lived there continuously In the Russian settlements of the Aleutians.
 Mrs. Massey speaks Russian as well as English and several Indian tongues, and her trip to Seattle was as inter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
sBabes in ToyIand,.

Babes in Toyland." Glen McDonough and Victor Herbert's musical extrav- aganza, which was the vogue of New York. Chicago and Boston last season. having had a run of 250 nights at the Majestic Theatre. New York, and 150 nights in Chicago. will be presented at the Montgomery Theatre Monday night.
 Internationally Babes in Toyland'' will be one of the events of the dra- matic season in Montgomery. as it has been in all of the cities of the North. where Hamlin & Mitchell have present. ed this musical company of interna- tional fame; with their all-star cast.
 Babes in Toyland." replete in brilliant scenic and electrical effects and gorge ous costumes. is a spectacle which charms, bewilders and entrances every one who sees 1t. Glen McDonough has treated the nursery fairy stories, which is dear to the heart of every child. and to the heart of everyone who has been A child in years gone by. in an en- tireIy original manner. One sees Alan and Jane, Beautiful Mary quite con trary, Boy Blue, Jack and Jill. Little
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
neWS cf be Stage

Miss Muffet. Red Riding Hood, and all the other characters of fairy fame, de- picted by talented and beautiful ac- tresses and capable actors.
 l The opening act shows the home of the Widow Piper and her thirteen chill dren. The succeeding scenes in three
 acts reveal the babes lest in the woods,
 and later masquerading in the imagin-
 ary country of Toyland.
 The plot of Babes in Toyland" prin- i cipally concerns Alan and Jane, the
 central figures, and Old Barnaby, their
 uncle. The story in brief is this: Alan and Contrary Mary are sweethearts. Tom Tom and Jane are sweethearts. old Barnaby, who is the guardian of Alan and Jane, desires to destroy them that he may marry Contrary ] Mary himself, as well as secure Alan and Jane's wealth. Barnaby's first plan goes amiss, however, as he sends Alan and Jane out on 8 ship. hoping they will be lost at sea. His second effort meets with little less success, for when he tries to destroy his niece and nephew by sending them into the woods where the Vale of Spiders Is. he suc- ceeds in causing them much alarm and fright, but they eventually find their way into Toyland. Here is 1t that the most intensely in- teresting part of the action of the play takes place, as Alan and Jane. dis guised as some of the dolls which the Master Toymaker of the world, who lives in Toyland has made, enters into the drills and marches of these toy | soldier sand so disguised, evade the de- lection of Old Barnaby and the search | of the detectives which he employs to run them down.
 After many complications. Contrary Mary, who has run away from home I with Tom Tom and gone into Toyland | too, discovers Alan and Jane, and Bar naby discovers them also. Barnaby forces Contrary Mary to marry him
 when Alan's identity has become re-
 vealed to him. telling her that If she
 refuses he will hand Alan over to the | officers of Toyland as the murderer oi
 Master Toymaker of the world, who I has been murdered by some of the dolls
 who were made to walk and talk.
 The final climax comes when Barna.
 by, intoxicated with the success of hi'
 villanous schemes, drinks poisoned
 wine and dies, and Contrary Mary, ow-
 ing to a technical point In the laws oi
 Toyland, which says any condemned
 man claimed by a widow will be par
 doned, claims Alan for her husband.
 Mary Marble, the dainty comedienne | so well known here, and Little Chip,
 equally well known and popular, have
 been secured by Hamlin & Mitchell tC
 play the principal parts, Alan and Jane
 The critics of New York and of the
 other large cities of the North, where
 the production has been seen. with one accord declare that Miss Marble ant l Chip" make the greatest Alan ant Jane ever seen. The supporting com pany with which Hamlin Mitchell have surrounded Miss Marble anc l Chip" includes many celebrities.
 | Babes in Toyland' is one of the larg' est companies sent out of New York IT
 many years. as the cast numbers eighty i people, and a special train Is required | to transport the company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
MT. warde and Miss Kidder.

Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kid der who have perhaps larger follow ing among local playgoers than any of the populsr stars now before the pub lie will be seen here Wednesday night at the Montgomery Theatre in Wagen- haIs and Kemper's gorgeous scenic production of "Salammbo." a play from the pen of Stanislaus Stange founded on the vividIy interesting novel of that name by the famous French writer Gustave Flaubert.
 It Is laid in the days of ancient Car thage at the height of its civic splen- dor and its story concerns chiefly the passion of Matho a barbarian chifetan for the patrician and beauteous Salam- bo a priestess of the Moon Goddess. These two roles will be assumed by Mir. Warde and Miss Kidder. and il is said both artists have equal oppor- tunity for the display of their sterling ability. The action Of the play Is said to be rapid and absorbing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
MoNrcoMERY THEATRE.
wed-fri-su.

Monday Night-"Babes in Toyiana' Wednesday, Night--Frederfck Waroe and Katheryn Kidder in "saiammbo' Thursday Nisht-"Under sou'hefn Skies.o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

Ing Is done. The climate as a whole 1. host healthfui. -