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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
SUICIDE SUCCEEDS
IN THIRD ATTEMPT
j. Ward Dies at Moline City Hospital
This Afternoon From Effects of
Morphine Taken Yesterday.

J. Ward, 40 years of age, died at
2:3O o'clock this afternoon at the Mo
line City hospital from the effects of
morphine taken with suicidal intent.
Ward had tried TO kill himself twice
before in the past year, once by taking
laudanum and again by inhaling fumes
from a gas stove. He was saved in
both instances by his little son.
Last evening, after his father had
retired, his boy found a box labeled
poison. He went TO his fathers room
and found him sick. a doctor was call
ed and he was removed to the hospital
Twelve quarter grain morphine pills
that had not yet been dissolved were
pumped out of his stomach. but it de-
veloped this was only small portion
of the drug that he had taken.
Yesterday afternoon he bought at
Henry Miller's drug store 50 grains in
capsule form. These were taken, but
when they failed of the desired re
suits, Ward returned to the store and
purchased another dozen capsules. AT
1870 he was discovered by his son.
Ward had been on a spree. He was
a painter. He leaves his wife and
three children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
PERSONAL POINT S.

Dan Driesen has departed for Eel
Paso to make his home
A. c. Lentz left last evening to spend
a week at the St. Louis fair.
Mrs. J. H. Cleland is in Mount Pleas
ant Ia, visiting with her son.
r. A. Watson, of Galesburg, is in
Rock Island calling on friends.
DR.. F. H. First leaves this evening
for a 1O-days' visit at St. Paul.
A. r. Bradford has gone to st.
Louis to spend a week at the worlds
air.
G. II. Frick has returned home af-
ter spending a week at the St. Louis
fair
Mr.. and Mrs. George w Cummins,
Of AIedo. are visiting Rock Island reIa-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kahikc, now
of Seattle, Wash. are visiting rcia-
tivcs.
Col. II. b. Brugh. who is in the gov
crnment revenue service, is home for
a visit.
George Mattern is in Kansas City
to visit with his parents for TWO
weeks.
D. b. slcas. of Joliet. is in Rock
island visiting with relatives for a
f'w days.
Mrs, Emily Sutherland, Of Chicago.
is the guest Of her cousin Mrs vii
Yam FairchiIH.
Edward Nance leaves the early part
Of next week for a western hunting
trip % several weeks.
Ed e. Pickens. clerk at the Harms
hotel is in Strcator visiting with his
parents for a few days.
Fred Grotjan. who is now located at
Buffalo. y. y. is visiting with his
parents in Rock Island.
Mrs. II. Yeager and son. Edwin,
have gone TO St. Louis to spend q
week al the worlds fair
Mr.. and Mrs c. ID. Bushby Of Brook
In. la. arc visiting al the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. p. \. KIendcr.
Mrs. G. c. Carter and children. and
sister. Miss Whitney. left yesterday
tor Pawtuckct. r. l., for a visit.
aIr. and Mrs. r. y. Hall have return
Cd to their home at s. Paul after a
short visit with Albert Kline in Rock
Island.
Miss Nellie Anderson arrived last
evening from Colorado Springs, to-
spend the winter with Rock Island
relatives.
Col. C. F. Richie is in Rock IsIanc
On business connected with the govern
Iuent light house service on the upper
Mississippi.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank JOsephson have
returned to their home at keOkuk, Ia,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14

after spending a few days with friends
in Rock Island.
Secretary Keyser, of the Y. NJ. c. A..
who was summoned to Richmond, Ind.
by the death of his wife's father, will
return tomorrow.
Ex-Sheriff c. ID. Gordon. who has
been visiting his daughters in Rock
Island. departed yesterday for his
home at Kansas City.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mendt, who
have been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. II. Gordon, have returned to their
home at Memphis, Tenn.
Norman c. Woodin left this morning
for Bay City. Mich, where he is to
take a position as civil engineer for
the Industrial Iron works.
DR.. ana Mrs. Raymond Gould, of De
troit. Mich. who have been visiting
friends here, have departed for New
Orleans to spend the winter.
Mrs w {. Ferguson and daughter
Helen. of Genosco. who have been Wis
ting in Rock Island this week, depart
cd last evening for Denver, Colo, 10
spend the winter.
The Misses Marie and Jeanette Fen
! ton. Of Ga,c~burg. are spending a few
days in Rock Island. before leaving for
two weeks visit at the worlds fair
at St Louis.
Capt. y. ". Wishcrd has returned
| from an extended southern trip in
| the interests OF tho steamer J. s.,
which is doing excursion business on
| the lower Mississippi,
Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. Gladstone, who
have been visiting for a short time at
| The home Of Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Saw
yer. departed last evening for their
/ home in Grand Rapids. Mich.
! w. IL Craync who has been visiting
| for ii week with his brother, Ray. in
! Rock Island. has departed for St. Louis
| 10 spend a week at the worlds fair
! before returning 10 his home at Louis
vile. Ky.
! Miss Elisha Parker and Mrs. r. Boil
man left last night for St. Louis -
spend q week al the worlds fair. The
! latter is delegate 10 the International
| Christian church convention. which
thcy VIII attend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
is AT WAR.
Mrs. Alkaline Wilcox Asks to be Re.
stored in Possession OF
Domicile.
HUSBAND RETURNS SUDDENLY
Leaves Soldiers Home, Bringing
Relatives-Rough House is
the Result.

Mrs Alkaline Wilcox, of East Moline.
whose differences with her husband.
James D. Wilcox, a veteran of the civil
war, have been the subject of num-
Der of court trials, this morning
brought suit in the circuit court on the
grounds of cruelty and petitioned fO1
an injunction to restrain her husband
from molesting her in the enjoyment
of the occupancy of her home or from
disposing of any of the property during
the tendency of the suit
Both have been twice married, each
having had children by their former
unions. They We're welded June s,
1902, and lived together until Aug. Il,
1908. when, the wife alleges, she was
obliged to leave him because she could
not longer endure his cruel treatment
of her. In her bill she cites instances
where Wilcox beat her and pinched
her. on one occasion knocking out
several of her teeth.
Declares Contract Fraudulent.
When the couple married they had
contract drawn showing joint own
OlSillD VI inc lOlilCSlNcI'- O4lC W as
given a half interest. but Wilcox re
tanned a life lease on the whole. This
contract. she now claims, was pre-
pared for the purpose of defraudinS
her Of her dover rights in One-half
of the property, and that she was an
illiterate person and did not under
stand the effect of the agreement I'M
til after she had affixed her signature
thereto.
For the past year Wilcox has been
an inmate OF an Indiana soldiers
home. Mrs. Wilcox occupied the sec
ond story of the home at East Moline,
renting the lower portion to a fam
lily named Erickson. For two months
Mrs Wilcox has been stopping at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Miller.
When she left the house she entrusted
the key to her apartments to the keep
ing of her tenants. the Ericksons.
When she returned to her home last
Sunday she found it in possession of
her husband and his son, Lawrence
Mann, and the latter's wife, whom Will
cox had brought with him from In
diana. The meeting between husband
and wife was not attended by those
aifcctiOnate plcasantries that are Gus
| tomary on such an occasion.
! Instead there was a rough house
Mrs. Wilson claims to have been
pounced upon by her husband and
Mann and his wife and beaten cruelty
Arrested for Assault.
Yesterday she sworc out a warrant
in the court of Police Magistrate G.
y. Johnson charging the three with as
sault and battery. There was a par
tial hearing of the case. Mrs Wilcox
exposing her arm to display the eff
fects of the blows that she says were
| inflicted there and on other parts of
her body by her assailants. The arm
was bruised in several places. The
hearing was continued to next Tuesday
morning at . o'clock. The defendants
were released on each giving bail of
500.
Mrs. Wilcox is represented at the
police court hearing and in her di-
vOrce proceedings by Attorneys w. c.
and J. o. Allen, of Moline. and Lu.
dolph & Reynolds, of this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
Saloon Notice.

Oyster soup at De Keyzer's place
Saturday night, Twenty-fourth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
McCABE'S SPECIALS
Saturday All Day and Evening.

Wide, heavy 10c shaker flannel. &C
Soft bleached muslin, 10 yards for
SIC
Heavy &C indigo prints. G%c
Upholstered Roman seats. 7Sc
81 fur trimmed slippers. 69c
Mems $3.50 blucher patent shoes
s24S.
Childrcn's lie ffeeced hose. 12&c.
Cream fruit candy. per III. Zoe
Best plain soda. 1c glass, 10 TO Il
O'Clock, and again to O'Clock. 1c
Fresh cut carnations, dozen. 15c
81 satin stripe black and white gren-
adines. per yd.. 49c.
81 heeced house wrappers, sc.
3G-inch damask lunch cloths. SOC.
All colOrs 25c taffeta ribbons. 1Sc.
$1.25 cotton bed blankets, with some
slight imperfections. G9c.
10c and 1212c embroideries, per yd.,
sc.
Music in the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
ALEDO POSTMASTER GIVEN
81 DAMAGES FOR LIBEL
Brings Suit for $4,000 Against Times
Record for Attack on His Man.
agement of His Office.

4 verdict of 81 was awarded the
plaintiff in the circuit court of Mer-
Ger county by the jury that tried the
suits for $4,000 damages for alleged
libel of Postmaster James Cummins
of Aledo against the Aledo Times-Rec-
ord.
The trouble arose over the publica-
ton of an article in the Times Record
bitterly attacking Mr.. Cummins. 1t
seems that while Postmaster Cum
minis was away the Times-Record ar
ranged to send ont between 1000 and
1000 extra copies of their paper con
tanning a circular. They printed
words on the circular which they sup
posed would make it supplement of
the paper and let it in the mails as
seCOnd-class matter.
\ clerk in the postoffice passed it
and the TimeS-Record went ahead.
wrapped up the stuff and sent it to the
pOstOfFice. About that time Cummins
got home. and when he saw the cir
GUAR inside the extra papers he held
mp the matter and required the Times
Record people 10 deposit $4S to cover
postage pending the submission Of the
question to the postmaster general
He claimed that each piece should
bear two cents postage. bat would
let it 20 out if the deposit was made
The T;mes-RecorG man, Mr.. Blazer.
refused to make the deposit. where
upon the postmaster said he would
have to hold the extra copies or re-
turn them TO the Times-Record Office.
The following issue of the Times-Rec-
ord contained an article evidently
penned in no amiable mood. rejecting
severely upon Mr.. Cummins, his per
sonality, age and career. using ex-
pTessions which the victim deemed
libelOus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES.

The pupils of Irving school enter
aimed at a musical this afternoon at
he school building. a number of the
Harents and friends attending. The
following program was presented.
Piano solo. a March" Amelia Mil
Ter.
Recitation, Il Went to Visit a
Friend" first grade girls.
Song. The Leaves" third grade boys
and girls.
Piano solo. Mascot schottfsche,"
Ruth Ihrig
Recitation. Popcorn second grade
boys and girls
Recitation. The Burr Brothers"
Milton Bleuer.
Recitation. -Four Little Grasshop-
pers." second grade girls.
Piano solo. THE Echo" Ida SOsna.
Recitation, Little Miss Apple" Har-
~ Davis.
Piano solo, The Mocking Bird, :"
'.aurine Staubacb.
Recitation. In Autumn" Elizabeth
Bryan.
Piano solo. la Mora" Mary Pear
son.
Recitation. Where the Peppermint
Crows" third grade girls.
Song, Tip Toe" second grade girls.
Piano solo. The Chase" Violet Lar
son
Recitation, How the Leaves Come
Down" Leo Pinkerton.
Piano solo, The Gallop," Myra
Schlemmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
JERMAN S. KEATOR is DEAD
Expires Suddenly at His Ranch at Cas-
tlewood, S. D.

veteran manufacturers and business
men, died suddenly this morning at 4
O'Clock at his ranch at CastlewOod.
s. d. Mr.. KeatOT. who was 81 years
OF age. was one Of the organizers of
the old Rock Island & Moline Rail
way company, and was one of the
early business men Of the city. His
home was in Moline, but he had been
living for a time on a ranch in South
Dakota He leaves four children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
POLITICAL POINTERS.

The honor of a visit from a candi-
and's this evening. Eugene V. Debs,
the socialist nominee for the first Office
in the land, will discuss the issues
raised by his party at the Illinois thea
ire, beginning at s o'clock. A small
admission will be charged.
G. w. McCaskrin says his flag-raising
at Milan last night was a hummer.
There was a delegation of hundred
or so from Rock Island and process
sion preceded the main fireworks. The
flag was put up in the middle of the
block in which the towns main bust
ness houses are located. The demo
Gratis already have flag flying at the
south end of the block and the repub
licans put one up this afternoon al
the north end, so that the stars and
stripes are pretty much in evidence in
that part of the town.
Second ward republicans met last
evening and decided TO raise a fag
next week at Eighth street and Third
avenue Aid. l. V. Eckhart was chair
man and Allen Pratt secretary of the
meeting.
The republicans of the Sixth ward
organized q marching club last even.
ing. Emil Peterson was chosen pres,
idcnt. &. p. Nissen secretary and F
c. Denkmann treasurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
Head Prize to the Army.

Capt. James, in charge of the local
corps. has received word of the award
ing of first prize by the worlds fair
TO the Salvation Army. This is graft
flying news to the Salvationists here,
in view of the fact that the army had
10 compete with all other societies Of
the world having for their aim the
betterment of humanity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
Fourth Avenue and Seventeenth
Street.

Children's house slippers, &C.
Boys house slippers. 49c.
Mems house slippers, 49c.
Women's house slippers. CSC.
Children's shoes, i9C.
Women's $1.25 and $3.50 shoes. all
sizes. CSC
Womens 81 shoes. s1.4S.
Boys school shoes. CSC.
Its a little farther but it pays"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
Throwing Car Trolley is no Joke.


Carl Paulsen. the son of a leading
Davenport grocer of Davenport. when
the conductor declined 10 stop car
on which he was riding in the middle
of the Brady street hill, jumped off.
holding on the trolley rope as he
did so. The trolley was thrown from
the wire. and the car started 10 move
down hill until the brakes were ap-
piled. Paulsen was arrested the next
day on a charge of disturbing the
peace and gave bonds for an appear
ance When the day of his trial ar
rived he was out of the city. II was
explained. that he had gone to Sigour-
ney. Iowa. on business. Now the Tri-
City Railway company has sworn out
a warrant charging him with obstruct-
ing street car traffic. an offense pun
ishable by penalty not TO exceed two
years in the penitentiary in the state
Of Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-14
BATTLES SATURDAY SALE.

Music in the evening
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-07
The Arcbbi.hop,. surrc.,ion

The late Archbishop Corrigan was
one Of the gentlest OF men, but when II
was necessary to reprovc any one un-
der his charge. whether priest or lay
man. lie never hesitated 10 do so. At
one time there was vacancy I'm the
rectorship OF one Of the large churches
In New York city. and several clergy
men were talked about for the posi-
ton. Two prominent women who were
members OF the church called upon the
archbishop ana urged the selection OF
one OF their clerical friends. AS they
were leaving one woman turned 20 the
other and said impressively:
when you get home pray that the
Holy Ghost may give the archbishop
the grace to appoint the right man"
Like flash the archbishop turned
around and said I'm icy tones:
While you are ut IL ask the Holy
Ghost TO give women the grace TO at
tend 10 their own business. '-Harper's
Weekly.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-07
THE PANTHEON.
IL Has withstood vtcis-studes OF
over Twenty Centuries.

VNff twenty centuries.
The Pantheon Is the most interesting
OF all the interesting places of Rome.
IL was used FOR its present purpose as
a place OF religious worship before the
foundations OF the Coliseum were laid.
Its huge doors have opened TO admit
the great ones OF the earth. from Au-
gustus Caesar to Napoleon. an asser-
ton that will scarcely bc disputed,
IL stands in the very heart OF old
Rome. and the vIcissitudes which have
befallen the Eternal city during the
1000 years OF it's existence have left
IL practically unchanged. The gilded
bronze that lined it's roof has been car
ried of TO decorate" ST. Peters. where.
In the form OF clouds ana Cupids. cords
and curtains. IL fills the beholder with
displeased amusement.
Its tiles OF bronze and gold were re-
moved TO Constantinople l 800 years
ago. and the statues which adorned IL
have long since persisted. But the
mighty walls yet stand. firm as ever.
sweeping mp TO the majestic dome. the
largest. though not the highest. i'm the
world
One hundred feet across. a hundred
feet high and perfectly circular, no
architect could design building more
perfect i'm its proportions. more harmo-
NOUS as whole. 1t Is lighted solely
10y an aperture i'm the dome. n circle
thirty feet across. Standing on it's mar
BILE floor one looks mp TO the greatest
dome man ever raised and through
that 10 the blue dome which bends
above it. sending summer sun or win
ter rain through those bare yards OF
space.
The effect is so impressive. SO entire
" unmatched and unrivaled. that the
dullest OF hearts and most untaught OF
minds must perforce acknowledge its
influence. \ man may think St Pc
ter's disappointing" may condemn
the Coliseum ms barbaric or decide
that he does not care for the cata-
combs, but every man who has viewed
il has been impressed. even to the
pitch of respectful silence by the Pan
thcon.
The huge leaves of the bronze door
revOlve on their mighty hinges as they
have done since the days Of the Gaze
sars. and so perfectly balanced are
they that woman'S wrist can unclose
them. Through those doors they car
ried Julia. Caesars daughter. with all
the pomp Of Ter imperial power about
her. And after the lapse OF twenty
centuries King Humbert was brought
across the scifSamc threshold 20 sleep
his last sleep in the ancient place
Chicago Journal
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

The aftermath of the election its
causes for going sooverwhelmingly
republican, the lessons it has taught
and everything connected there
with, are the sole topics of CONVEX
sation at the National Capital
among the men of prominence in
the national councils as they arrive
to take up the work of the short
session of Congress which opened
on last Monday. The general
consensus of opinion among the
prominent democrats who have ar
rived here concerning the causes
which brought about the defeat of
the democratic party, may be sum-
med up in one sentence: Prosperi-
ty, Roosevelt's personality and
reTenge. Undoubtedly, the gen
eral conditions existing throughout
the country were such that many
business men hesitated to change
for fear that something would 90
wrong. Again, the vivid person.
atty of Roosevelt so filled the pub
lie eye with its variegated color
and was so pleasing thereto, espec-
tally to the young voter, that he
received many hundred thousand
votes that no other republican
would have received.
Again, the Bryan democrats
were bent on revenge for the course
taken by the Eastern wing or gold
democrats in the two campaigns of
1896 and 1900 and thousands of
them either voted straight for
Roosevelt or else stayed at home
and did not vote at all. The result
in the State of Missouri proved
this beyond all question, where not
less than fifty thousand democrats
stayed away from the polls. This
same thing undoubtedly happened
in many other states and the result
could not have been anything else
than the so-caIled landslide for the
republican ticket.
When the vote is cast up and
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-07
Real Estate Opportunities.

The Knoll" a beautiful and
charming residence on South
Church ST., BerryviIle, Va, in the
center of a four acre lawn with
shade trees and evergreens and
surrounded by an Arbor Vital
hedge. 1t contains three reception
rooms, large hall, ten bed rooms,
bath rooms (hOld and cold water).
two water closets and lighted
throughout with Acetylene Gas.
The sanitation is perfect. An ex-
cellent stable, carriage house, poul-
try yard and garden. An oppor-
tunity for city gentleman to pur-
chase a summer home that cost
$4,000 at the low price of 81, 800.
Farm of 12O acres, % miles from
Berryville, land especially suited
for fruit. Large dwelling. Price
$4,000.
-Four acres of good land with
Dwelling House and Outbuildings.
Merchant, Grist and Saw Mill. all
in good condition, Al miles from
Berryville. Pays interest on 81
600. Price $1,000.
652 acres of land, with store
house and mill property. 2 dwell
llngs. 5-acre orchard. Large
spring. J miles from Govern
ment weather bureau. A profita-
BILE mercantile and milling bust
ness has been carried on at this
place for years. Fine fruit land.
Price so per acre.
$50 acres. Half mile from
Government weather bureau.
Land adjoining sold for 500 per
acre. Fairly good house. Stab
ling, spring and orchard. Espec-
tally suited for fruit farm. S12
per acre.
ID. G.. SNYDER.
Real Estate Agent,
BerryviIIe, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-07
QUEER ALMANAcs.
Australian shepherds Have odo
Ways OF Marking Time.


The boundary riders OF the great
Australian sheep ranches have each
district to look after, In which one
must keep the wire fences In repair
and see that the sheep come 10 no
harm. IL Is n hard and lonely life. liv-
ing. as each boundary rider does. quite
alone I'm the wilderness. A writer tells
of some OF the curious ways In which
these solitary mep keep count OF the
days.
one old man who had lived In the
back country for thirty years used two
lam tins and seven pebbles. one TIN
was marked. This week. ana the oth-
or Last week" ON Monday morning
he would take pebble from Last
week" and drop it into This week,
and each subsequent morning I'LL This
week" had swallowed the seven Tney
were returned TO Last week" and the
old fellow knew that another Sunday
had passed.
Another man had tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit on
new idea. He made big damper (cake
OF loli- and water) on Sunday night
ana nUlkcN IL AAAV SWIM HNNtN-''f
each section being "A days allowance.
SO that every time he picked up the
dampcr the grocer would remind him
of the day. Unfortunately one Tues
day there came a visitor with raven
Gus appetite. The host stinted him
self that the hungry one might be sat
isfied with the days section. But he
wasn't. with anxious eyes the host
saw the knife clearing the boundary
line and the hungry man ruthlessly
carving into his almanac. At last he
could stand il no longer.
stop. Stop he cried as he grabbed
the damper and glared at H.
There" he said. you've eaten Toos-
day and We'n'day, and now yer wanter
slice the best o the mornin' o Thurs
day. an won't know the day o the
week
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-07
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