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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
THE STAGE
Nov. 26-Rudolph and Adolph.
Nov. 27-"The Irish PawnbrOkerS. u
Miss Ring Was III.


An indisposition that seized her late
| in the day prevented the appearance
of Miss Blanche Ring in the leading
role of the play, ''Vivian's Papas,
presented last evening at the Illinois.
Miss Ring, despite that she was des-
perateiy sick, came to the theatre de-
termined not to disappoint. but she
collapsed in her dressing room short
ly after the raising of the curtain, and
two physicians worked over her for
an hour before she had been revived
sufficiently to be able to reach a car
riage and be conveyed back to her
hotel. Miss Ring does not make her
entrance until the second act, and con-
sequently those in front were not
aware that the star was i'll until r.
III. Taylor, the manager of the thea
tire. came before the curtain during
the wait between the first and second
acts, and told of the condition of the
leading woman. There was hope that
she would be recovered so as to per-
NIT her going on with her part in
% minutes, but when this interim had
expired. ii was announced that the
physicians forbade Miss Rings play
ing. but that if the audience wished
the piece would continue. with the
part of Vivian entrusted to an under
study. Those who had come of
course wanted to see Miss Ring, and
hear her songs, which are the feature
of her performances, but. too. they
wanted to see the story enacted. and
one sharp voiced man acting as
60. ,lya For. h>e tt,nI ~
of the house shouted to Manager Tay-
lor to proceed with the play. Mr.. Tay
lor said. however. that any not salts
fled to remain would have the admis-
sion money refunded at the box office.
The young woman who would take
Miss Rings part did not pretend to be
in the stars class. but she would do
the best she could. Only a few people
asked for the return of their money.
There was an audience of several
hundred people. The young woman
that stepped into Miss Rings part
was most confident and agreeable, her
pleasing personality paving the way
for her. She stumbled over her lines,
but the audience overlooked this. be-
cause she was so good-natured about
IL many SoaoI, dS one U HeT papdS,
was immense. as he always is. Conor
was last seen here in The Chaper-
ons. The company was competent
throughout. and the play was elegant.y
staged. "Vivian's Papas" has been
termed a smart play 1t is all this,
and then some more. The story re-
wolves around q New York chorus
girl. drawing a salary of Sc per and
living in swell fiat with servants,
automobiles and diamonds. Ii natu-
ally follows there is an angel. In this
case there is an extra one, and TO
prevent jar in the household Vivian
calls them both papa One is Chi
cago business man and the other a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26

All the news all the time - THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
THE HOTELS.

At the Harper-R- Treeber. Kansas
City: G. l.. Il. Burdick. Chicago: c. X.
BcedenhoT. New York: Robert G. Har-
ris. st. Louis: $. c. Orchard. Miss Leila
Orchard. VI. lone Birchard. Rock ISL
and: DIR. s. Duypier. Clinton. Iowa;
a. v. Ingborn. Davenport: Charles
Armstrong. Clinton. Iowa: II. Trout
man. New York: W. +. Renderknecht
and wife. Chicago: Ben Hendricks and
wife: Miss Angelina Hamial; Miss Ber-
tie Conway: George CONWAY; c. G..
Shuier: Thomas McCulloch. Musca-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26

New York lawyer. Both are wei
along in years. Charles ID. Farnham
4 son of Chester ID. Farnham. one OF
The papas, receives a receipt for Z
diamond sunburst that had been pur
chased for the chorus girl. This gets
him in trouble with his young wife
who is the daughter of the other
papa. There are a series of compiled
tons that require two acts to unravel.
Despite that the play in spots de-
sends to coarseness, it is a success
as laugh producer, much after the
order of Are You a Mason?" TOO
Much Johnson" etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26

down with Casey at 3 o'clock I'm the
afternoon. We were playing Castles in
the Air then. Well, the night perfor-
nance came around and in the boxes
sat the two baseball teams. There was
old Arson, Ewing and other famous
ball players. To make n long story
short, / pulled Casey on them and it
made an enormous hit"
The actor says that he searched for
about four years to learn who wrote
Casey" and finally discovered that the
author was Z. L. Thayer, a manufac-
turer, of Worcester
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in 1 to- 3
days. It's action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. 75c and
81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Sec
ond avenue. Rock Island; Gustave
Schlegel & Son, 900 West Second
street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
Miss Burt Returns to Part.

Harriet Burt. who was the first girl
to make success of the part of the
New York girl in the Prince of Pill
sen,' and who has been in retirement
for over year, will join the company
in Montreal, taking the part of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
Ladies Free at the OPENING.

Ladies will be admitted free Monday
evening to the opening performance by
the Rutledge Stock company, when ac-
companied by paid 30-cent ticket. The
company comes highly recommended
by the cities where it has played this
season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
The Mid-Ocean Newspaper.

From the wonderful success of wire
less telegraphy in supplying news To
passengers on ocean voyages, ii may
be taken for granted that the mid
ocean newspaper has come to stay,
for the value of il is 10 travellers be-
tween the old and new world cannot
be over-estimated Neither is it posi-
BILE to over-estimate the value Of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters in cases OF
poor appetite. heartburn, flatulency in
somnia, dyspepsia, indigestion, costive'
ness, biliousness. chills. colds. general
debility or malaria. The fact is. this
medicine has brought about so many
wonderful cures that il is recognized
everywhere and by most everyone to
be the only stomach medicine that will
cure these ailments. One bottle will
easily convince you of its merits. Try
it today.
All the news all the time - THE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
awnbrokers for Sunday.

Tomorrow evening Joseph w.
Spears Irish Pawnbrokers," local
favorite, plays at the Illinois. The COM
pany is headed by Wesley and Mack
and Miss Maize Trumbull. There are
new specialties and a beauty chorus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26

naughty damsel from Manhattan Isle.
When the prince of Pilsen' was first
produced, Miss Burt was chosen from
1 thousand applicants as the one most
typical of New York's fashionable
girl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26
An Old Favorite This Eveninu,

Rudolph and Adolph," musical
comedy that met with favor here last
season, is to be the bill at the Illinois
tonight Broadhurst & Currie, the man.
ayers. promise a first class production.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-26

son" company; G. f. Andrews, Peoria,
ILL.,; ". c. Freir. Kewanee; T. f. Eng
lish, st. Louis; X. c. Bierbach, Chica-
go; A. L. Hereford. Springfield, ILL.,;
ID. Hatch. George Holmes. Chicago;
Mrs. Lindsey, Milwaukee; Marion Lit
tie, New York; F. E Green. Chicago;
John OBrien, Streator, ILL.,; j. II. Abra-
ham, Bennett, Iowa; j. a. Sexsmith
and wife. Troy, y. Y: J. E. Mahoney
and wife. Chicago: X. A. Bailey, New
York; T. Z. Green. New York; Emma
j. Jaurice, New York: F. Knapp, Mus
catine, Iowa; Z. Ewing, Clinton; E.
Karlsruber. Cincinnati; III. B. Gilmore,
Rock Island; Michael Doran. Jr., st.
Paul; II. l.. Langdon and wife. Iowa
City; Leo Kugel. S. Kugel, Cincinnati.
Ohio; George II. Osborn, Chicago;
III. p. Duncan, Bloomington; r. J.
Strong. Chicago; ". Hitchcock. Peo-
ria, ILL.,; w. w. Newhall. Kansas City:
William G. Hanson. st. Louis: r. J.
Stromberg, Canton: Levi p. Green
baum, Chicago.
At the Rock Island CEuropean)-E.
F. Galligan. Chicago; J. p. Brown.
Rock Island; w. f. Airport. Chicago;
F. a. Wood. Edgington; w F. Miller
and wife. NATION. H.; f. r. Waters.
St. Louis; George J. Lee. Rock Island;
Miss II. Bolton, Dubuque: w. s. Ea-
kin. Atlanta; w. C. Cowles. Detroit;
Mrs. c. c. Flynn, Cedar Rapids Pat
Carr. Ladd. Ill; J. Avery. Geneseo;
F. j. Idle. Peoria; b. f. Franken-
bridge. Joliet; ]. II. Parish. Peoria:
Mrs. F. F. Fish. Chicago; ]. Kirk. Chi
cago; Katie Morrissey; Z. f. Drum,
Chicago: II. l.. Langford and wife,
Iowa City. Iowa; r. c. Baldwin, Mil
waukee; J. c. Kitle, Rock Island; +.
ID. Croker. Milwaukee; Mrs. Robert
son. Aurora; Emmett Foye: G. c.
Wright: J. +. Ely; J. a. Heller. Boards
town: J. b. Blodgette. Chicago; James
Roehn. Aledo: W. 4. Horton, La
Crosse; J. Jameson, Chicago; L.
James. Cedar Rapids: F. II. Cole.
Prophetstown; r. Elliott, Viola. Kans.
William Dusand. Prophetstown; NIB.
Doran and wife, Chicago; J. B. Mackie,
Chicago; ID. w. Cunningham. Des
Moines; James Rugh, Geneseo; j. Z.
Bar and wife. Macomb; E. Dice, F.
r. Jones, Doc Lanham, ]. C. Buyer.
Chicago; j. A. Robson, Aledo; C. p
Hall. p. J. Farrelly, 4. s. Hayne. Chi
cago; a. J. Cowles. Detroit; w. r.
Gibson. Centerville. ILL.,; w. p. Guile,
Pittsfield, H.; w. d. Patty, Chicago;
Z. E. Moran. Newton, Ia; S. P. Nc
Connell. st. Louis; T. w. Powell, city;
J. w. Zook. Cedar Rapids; NJ. Hays,
Ferdinand Ill: T r Johnson OttuTn-
wa: G. L. Mowett, Kewanee; A. ].
Daley, Boston; P. ]. McFinn, a. p.
Casey, Denver.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01
w, c. T. u. Notes

Women and girls wanting resp
ectable lodging in st. Louis apply
to Womcn's Christian Temperance
Union, Centenary NJ. T.. Church,
10th and Pine-sts., 3 blocks from
depot; the Salvation Army, Sth
and Walnut; the Queens Daugh-
ter's Home, III n. 10th street;
Evangelical Lutheran City Mission
Society, i70i Market; Travellers
Aid, w. G. Association, 1914
Washington avenue. There will
be Deaconesses at the Union depot
to meet all trains. Also women
with blue badges with the words
"Traveler's Aid" and the "Wom-
ans Christian Association" In gold
lettes. Apply to these, or go di-
rect to one OF the above addresses.
The above circular Is being dis
tributcd by the w. c. T. Y. all
over the state and elsewhere, and
will prove the salvation of many
women and girls. II Is strongly
urged by those contemplating
going to the city TO cut this out and
preserve Il for reference.
The w. c. I. U. of Montgomery
City will hold its regular meeting
for business in the hall next Mon
day, April Z, at 2;30 p. m. AL
members are specially requested
to be present. All others interest
ed invited.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01
COURT NEWS.

The Court of Appeals Tuesday
decided tho case ofJ. j. Alexander
VS.. Chas. Wade, NJ. NJ. Sccor
Trunk Co., ct al, interpleaders, in
favor of the interpleaders. When
Wade sold his store to Hays 4
Rodgers he deposited sufficient
money in the Union Saviugs Bank
to pay the wholesale houses to
whom he was indebted for the
goods. This was one II the condi.
tions Of the trade. Two days later
Alexander sued Wade and attach
cd this money in the bnnlS, before
the wholesale houses knew any
thing about the arrangement. The
Wholesale houses interpleaded for
the money and won out, IA above
stated. =. II. Cullen and Judge
Barnett represented Alexander,
and A. w. Laiicrty the wholesale
houses.
The defendants motion for a
rehearing in the court OF appeals
In the bucket-shop cases was moi
passed on Tuesday. The same
will likely be passed on in about
two weeks, as the court hands
down opinions every two weeks.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01
Voice Of the People.
Harry Jacks for Alderman.

Mr.. Editor:-I am n tax payer
and voter OF the second ward of
this city, and am'unqualiHcdly OPP
posed to elccting any man as al
dermsn OF this or any other ward
who has a personal AK to grind In
conducting the affairs OF the city.
Such man has no business In
the council. For this reason am
opposed to the election Of Harry
S. Jacks as a member OF the Mont
gomery City council because he is
one of three members Of the same
family here who now own or con-
troll all the telephone lines running
into, out OF, and about this city.
They have already bought up all
the lines they could secure at their
own prices, and am informed by
reliable outside parties, now re-
fuse 10 connect here with any other
lines from outside towns and
country districts, except on their
exorbitant terms. The people
along these lines have built them
az conveniences, To buy mcrchan-
disc and sell their produce, and
they want to come to Montgomery
City to trade. but Harry Jacks and
the other members OF the company
say no. unless you comply with
our demands: so such people now
have to go. to other towns to do
their buying and selling. ls that
the kind OF public convenicnces
we want--convcnicnccs TO cut our
commercial throatsp There Is no
politics In this matter. Personally
have nothing against Harry. lie
Is a nice young man, but put him
In that council as alderman, TO al
ways vote ms ordered by his par
entail company, and with one oil
two other members having axes ol
their own to grind TO trade with,
the wheels of the city business
here might soon be blocked or Ia
the hands OF boodlers. In Other
cities telephone poles are taxed by
the city from Toe to 81 each. Her,
the poles are not taxed at all, and
the company pays but very little,
II any, license. Let us have men
for aldermen with no selfish inter-
csts at stake, and who will lei
every telephone line come into the
city that wants to ON the sam,
terms as does the present com
pany. Middlctown has some TWEEN
ty little lines running into IL from
| adjoining towns and among tn,
farmers, and so has Wellsyille
whereby other merchants can buy
and sell there az also farmers
/ Why cannot Montgomery Cit,
have such convenienccs, instca'
of sitting around waiting for peo'
, pie to come to town to see us?
| will tell you why. Because ou
present telephone company is op
posed to it, and now wants n mem
> Der Of the company in the cit,
council TO help force their de-
mands as long as they can. vii
you vote for such n man, Mr.
: Democrat or Republican, II yol
do, you are n bigger fool than
[ think you are. TELEPHONE
BELIEVES IN TEN PINS.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01
BELIEVES In TEN PINS.

Town report has it that n petit
ton is about to be circulated
against our city ten pin alley
While there Is no danger from any
such effort, we want to say there is
no more harm in rolling ten pins
than in pitching horse shoes, or
running foot races. Because some
people don't know how or are too
old or awkward and can't indulge
in these necessary recreations,
they are envious OF those who can.
When this alley was established
here a sigh of relief went up from
some parents that a place
of amusement had been finally
established here In competition
with the saloons and billiard hallt
and now some sonless persons
perhaps In the interest OF the sal
oons, would drive this away.
A PARENT
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01
Local Briefs.

day moved their restaurant back
TO New Florence.
Mrs. p. S. Williams OF this city
visited with her daughter at Key
tesville the past two weeks.
L. A. Bird, formerly of the
Msrtinsburg Enterprise, has pur-
chased the Vandalia Mail and
Express.
Chillicothe has passed an or di-
nance levying a tax of rs cents per
telephone in the city. There are
1895 poles.
A stock show Of horses n nd jacks
Is to be held at Bellflowcr, next
week Saturday, April 9, beginning
at 2 p. m.
Claude Morton, a lad OF IL years,
near Shamrock accidently shot
and killed himself while out hunt
ing one day last week.
Garden seeds and onion sets, at
A. HUBBARD's.
Col. Warner Lewis took a five
days trip into the southern part
OF the county last week, with horse
and buggy, to visit his two farms
near Big Springs and McKittrick.
The Moberly newspapers say the
Wabash will put on three extra
through trains and some ex-
ira local ones for tho Worlds Fair
business which will open up about
May list.
II. j. Williams of st. Louis, man.
ager for the Fidelity Mutual Insu-
rance Co., spent last Sunday with
his mother, Mrs. =. 5. Williams of
this city.
Now is the time for brother Ellis
of the New Florence Leader to
boom his electric railroad through
this county, before the roads are
dried up.
Emmett II. Wyatt of Prices
Branch and Lillian d. Dale ot
Kansas City, were granted mar
riage license few days ago Al
Kansas City.
Two dogs followed their master
into n church here lately, and tn,
preacher ordered the master to take
them out, which he did. That wa,
right. Dogs can't be christians.
Chas. Wade OF this city has re.
Gently bought thirty acre farm
with residence thereon adjoining
New Florence, where Mrs. Wad,
and he expect to soon make thcil
future home.
Charles Kimmell, aged 81 years
blind broom maker and seller a
Pendleton, and well known here
was struck by a st. Louis stree
car last Sunday, and seriously in
jured.
Robert Stacey, lad about min
years OF age, residing in western
part of town, was last week acci
dentally shot in the nose by
playmate, and with a small targe
rifle. The bullet lodged in the lef
side of the face where 1t still ID
and may yet prove n serious aiYail
Mrs. William Leek has rente'
the spacious store room in tn
Lcnze building and will shortl
open q millinery store with a
entirely new stock OF goods. Mrs
Leek was formerly in the milliner
business with her sister In Mout
gomery City and Is therefore n
new hand.-Warrenton Banner.
The large residence of j. I
Webb at New Florence had nal
row escape from being destroye
by fire Tuesday afternoon. tn
fire caught in the roof of the two
story part, and when discovere
by daughter was making rapi
headway for destruction. She
once gave. the alarm to neighbol
who passed it along down tow
and the way the people came frol
all directions, and the way the
submerged that fire would ha,
surprised the st. Louis city fire d
partment.
Premium sorghum, at
A HIJBBARD'
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01
New Ferguson Hotel Opens.

The New Ferguson Hotel was
opened in this city Monday night
with n grand banquet attended by
about three hundred couples, sew
eral of whom were from away.
The guests certainly bcheld one of
the most prcttlly furnished and
up-to-date hotels In any city in
the country of this size. And this
is not all, as the management and
service are both equnled TO the
furnishings, making it appear and
seem more like private residence
than public hostelry. Messrs,
Rodgers and Ferguson must be
com plimentcd for the great addi-
tion they have made to the city,
and we hope their efforts will meet
their most saDguine expectations.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pace, wife OF w.
II. Pace, deceased, died at the
home OF her son In Woodson coun-
ty, Kansas, March 2s, 1904, at the
age of about "a years. Mrs. Pace
resided at Danville, p ices Branch
and near Wellsville with her hug
band and children fos many years
before going to Kansas, and where
her hush and died some years ago,
She was the mother OF Irvine Pace
of this city, Mrs. j. H. Diggs OF
Wellsville, John w. Of Crawford
county, and Geo. Pace of Kansas
also Of Mrs Margaret Barker OF thi'
city, deceased. The funeral anc
burial took place Wednesday a
Wellsville, and among those pres
ent were Mrs. Lakeland Of Dan
vile, and the Misses Lillian, Ethe
and Gensvievo Barkee of this city
grand daughters of tn. deceased.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-01

Take advantage of my hitch rack
and stile.. Come in and-get ycur
groceries. A. HUBBARD.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-11-01
THE DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP.

From all accounts the voyage Of the Baldwin air
ship, the California Arrow, has solved the question
of the practicability of aerial navigation though
the first voyage-from the ST. Louis fair grounds
was not completely satisfactory. But when it has
been established that the airship rose from the en-
closure of the worlds fair, twice encrced the adj
mnistration building and sailed over the tops Of the
highest buildings in ST. Louis, going in the direction
of the Illinois Shore it may be taken that the acci
dent to the engine was one only of detail, and not
affecting the main fact-that the dirigibe airshp is
certainty says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
But the demonstration of the possibilities of the
vessel it may be SO caed-was so successful that it
has been declared eligible for the prize of 100000
to be competed for before the close of the fair In
the light of the success Of the Baldwin ship the
cident to the airship of Santos-Dumont and the re-
tirement of the inventor to Paris in disgust become
more easily understood. The complaint Of Santos
Dumont was that it was impossible to have his ship
repaired in the United States, and that
trip to Paris was necessity. 1t would seem, how
ever, that the country which can produce sue
cessful airship could also supply the neces-
sary for the repair Of another.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-11-01
BRISK MARKET FOR wArsHIPs.

The statement from Rio Janeiro that the Brazil
ian government has authorized the construction
abroad of % warships, coupled with hints that Rus
STA is about to buy Chies navy after repeated ef-
forts to make deal for these vessels indicates the
brisk market in menof-war and the big profit to be
reaped by the smaller nations when the bigger ones
90 to war At the outbreak Of the Spanish -Ameri-
can conflict both sides made big bids for the ships
of the South American republics and this nation OBJ
tanned several vessels of power. When Dom Paul
Kruger began to stagger the world, Great Britain,
fearing interference by at least of the powers,
made haste to augment her own supreme naval
forces by the same method. Japan and Russia have
been competing bidders for more than two years,
wherever ships have been known to be for sale
Brazil sees a profitable market in this tendency.
1t is not to be thought that the South American
republic contemplates building % ships of war. for
herself They are to be held for sale and, if work
is rushed on the smaller ones ordered and the war in
Manchuria continues year more, Brazil may de-
liver few of the new fleet in time to make large
returns on her expenditures. Navies are of little
use to any but the greater powers. Even Spain
might sell what Dewey and Schey left of her squad
rons without real detriment to herself The day is
coming when the building of men-ofwar for sale
will be recognized business.