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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20

VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. Rudimentary and
higher branches and all polite ac-
complishments taught. Twentieth
street and Fifteenth avenue, Rock
Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
MONEY TO LoAN.

LOANS on REAL ESTATE SECURITY
Al lowest rates. Ludolph * Reynolds,
lawyers. Buford block. corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
RAILWAYS AND STEAMERS.

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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND X PACIFIC
Railway 49, Tickets may be purcnaSed
At the city ticket Office 1929 Second
avenue or g. u. I X I. depot. Fifth 8V-
eruc foot of Thivty-firSt street. Phc nc
west 1898. west 1873. FRANK IL
PIJ-AfNER. c. 4. \.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
II. III. THOMAS.
DRUGGIST.
CARD OF THANKS.

CHRIS LANCE and children wish TO
express their thanks to neighbors an d
TRENDS Tor Kindness and sympathy
shown them in their bereavement
also 10 thank those sending floral of
feringS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
ARCHITECTS.

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LEONARD DRACE-ArChitect and SUI
perintendent. Skinner block, second
floor. Office hours. 10 to IL q. m, TO
$50 p. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
FUEL.

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EMPIRE COAL * COKE COMPANY
tufinous aud anthracite coal Prompt
delivery service. Office. l71S First
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
HOTELS AND RESORTS.

LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS - Located
$751; feet above the sea All year
round resort A perfect place for
rest For particulars. address DIR.
Daniel :. PerkinA medical director.
Las Vegas y. NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
I.AtNIDitiI;S.

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ROCK ISLAND STEAM LAjN DIX =
Poucrsf,ld n Sexton. propritto
zinc finish and quick service. 1914
Third avenue. Phone west l225-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

II. J. TOHER & CO.-Brokers, Dayen-
port Stocks, grain, provision, cot
ton Private wire to New York and
chicago. Offices. 100 Main street Tel
ephOne 400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CHASNON DUFVA * CO. Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines.
Careful and skilled workmen- prompt
attention ia West Seventeenth street
Phone lltS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
Trains.

IOWA < ILLINOIS RAILWAY UNTER-
urbanD- Station, IL Brady street.
Davenport Telephone, Central Union,
North 7iO. Fare. one way. between
trip. $40. Five hundred mile book.
$3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
EDUCATIONAL.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE-Busines de-
partment a thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
life. Terms reasonable. Apply at
Augustana college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
PATENTS.

PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPY
rights.-A. H. Lidders, attorney-at-
law; L. :. and foreign patents; room
s, McKinnie block, corner Fifteenth
street and Fourth avenue, Molint.
open Wednesday and Saturday even
ingS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
Trains
ART DECORATION.

ART DECORATION.
PARTITION & son - Artistic interior
drrorutiou Finest line OF late paper
carried and skilled woTkmen employ
ed. Moderate prices. All ScveE-
tccnth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
FOR sALE-CrrY PROPERTY.


| FOR SALE = Lot 4Ox15O feet. centrally
| located, on paved street. For partic-
| uiars address Box 261, city.
FOR SALE - six-roon modern mouse,
| 5o-fuot lot. in trSt class location:
price $4,000. Reidy Bros.
FOR SALE -. Ffye-room cottage. wa
ter. sewer. closet and steam heat: lot
30 lay 100: reasonable. if ,akcn al
once. Call at 80 Forty-iifth street.
FOR SALE--Four nice. high building
Tenth and Eleventh streets. south
fronts. 40N 100. Inquire at lOlS
Twelfth street.
FOR SALE Lots 4Sxl35: price. $3.50:
corner Twenty-siNth street ana EiCh
tceuth avenue. facing LonEVicN:
street car line. Inquire At Isl" Tween
ty-SiNth street
FOR SALE - a new fve-room house.
most cXccllently built. on splendid
lot. wei located in new addition: IL
Inquire II. II. Walker.
FOR SALE - large l0-room house.
all modern: lot S5Nl50; south front.
three blocks from business portion OF
city, For particulars, see Eckhart X
Bunum. room 10, NJ. & l. building.
FOR SALE-Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on blum near
street car line. cheap on monthly pay
mentS. Inquire of John 7. Campbell,
1879 Seventeenth street. Phone 322
West.
FOR SALE-One acre of land. all fenced
in chicken tight; four-rOom cottage.
barn. chicken house; all kinds Of
growing fruit, located at 1919 Tween
ty-siXth street. For particulars. in
quire on premises.
FOR SALE-Two east front lots 4Ox
120 cone a corner lotb. with city Wa
ter and sewer connections. located
on Twelfth street, between Tenth and
Eleventh avenues; also one south
front lot 3SNl2O, with outbuilding&
and city water connections, on EleV-
enth avenue and Twelfth street. In
quire at l0IS Twelfth street.
THE two-story brick store building
situated at 1917 Second avenue, now
occupied by Dindinger, the printer.
This is 4 good investment.
FOR SALE-To close estate, the beau
tiful home. No. 1872 Seventeenth street;
modern improvements; east front;
eight rooms. fine location; best of re
pair Call and examine
FOUR acres. with house, situated on cor
ncr Twelfth street and Cemetery
road. in South Rock Island: fine place
for gardening, florist, or poultry rails
ing. The heirs are DESTROYS of sell
bile For further information, apply
ont IA ctr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
LOST AND FOUND.

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FOCND-A parrot. at Rock Island ar.
senaL Owner may have the same by
proving claim and paying for ad. Ad-
dress commanding officer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20

FOR SALE-To close estate, the beau
tiful home. No. 732 Seventeenth street
modern improvements. east front
eight rooms: fine location; best of re
pair. Call and examine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
FLORISTS.

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HENRY GAETHJE Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store, 1919
Second avenue Telephone ITO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.


GUSTAV BLANK ENBURG - All kinds
of contracting, building and 1obbing;
workmanship guaranteed; estimates
furnished. Residence, SIT twenty
ninth street. Phone 1888.
JOHN VOLK & CO. Contractors and
builders Also manufacturers OF SASH,
doors blinds and mouldings. Dealers
= plate window and art glass. Of
hoes and factory, BIZ to 32s Elgh-
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
MONEY TO LOAN.

WE, MAKE A SPECIALITY of loaning
money on household goods. horses
wagons, etc. without removal and In
n quiet way. Call on US for quick
loans Fidelity Loan company, room
rs. Mitchell & Lynde block
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB.

EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB.
ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY = 120
West Seventeenth street Old phone
1897: new phone 515S. New storage
building. Express, baggage, bus and
cab calls answered day or night.
EwERT & RICHTER - Express and
Storage company. having uneQualed
facilities for moving. storing, packing
and shipping household goods, ana
Pacific coast and other points. Write
or call Office and warehouse, S22-
3as East Fourth street, Davenport
Iowa Telephone SOS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
wANTED-MALE OR FEMALE.
wANTED-AGENTS.


WANTED - Agents; any hustler with
S25 can earn $50 per week canvass
ing dress goods. give week :
free trial; instructions and money -
always under your own contIoI-
Boards worth, 1874 Broadway, New
York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
CLAIRVOYANT.
INSURANCE.


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PLEASANT +. cox - Real estate and
insurance. Loans specially. Best
fire companies represented Your pat
ronage solicited. Phone west 1Ob-8.
Office, 1921 Second avenue.
INSURANCE on dwellings, and house,
hold goods d speciality. Oldest ana
best Companies: lowest rates 9. X.
Chamberlin, Mitchell 81 Lynde block.
Phone 1880.
BENEFITS Insurance Agency - Fire,
life, accident, health and plate glass.
Real estate and loans. Room ?, Bu-
ford block. Residence phone, union
361: office. union 1l3.
TORNADO INSURANCE-Rat for city
property 90 cents per 800 one year
40 cents per 800 three years, 90 cents
per 800 five years. Cali or ADDRESS
G r. ChamberlIn, agent, mitchell q
Lynde building.
HAYES & CLEAVELAND-The pioneer
agency. Old time and hre tested com
panIes. Fire. lightning, plate glass,
tornado, accident, life, or almost any
form OF risk. Ground floor once Zl0
to 2IS Eighteenth street
WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors'. ad =
mGnfstrators'. guardians, trustees, or
any kind OF judicial bonds; lodge and
society officers: city, state or l. y
government officials: contractors po-
sitions Of trust. in fact, any KIND OF
bond you want Except bail bonds)-
Terms reasonable Hayes K CleaVe-
Land resident managers Fidelity az
Deposit company, Of Maryland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20


FOR SALE - Lot 40x15O feet, centrally
located, on paved street. For partic-
uiarS address Box 261, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20

CHICAGO. BURLINGTON x QUINCY
Depot. Second avenue and Twenteth
street Tclephvr.0. old west CSC, new 6lto.
=. y. RIDDELI. Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-20
Trains

CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAU.
RailwaN-D.. r. l. y y. W. passenger
station at foot of Seventeenth street. ).
Il. STODDARD. Agent. i. l.. Hinrichs.
commercial agent. 3O3 Brady street,
Davenport.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
THE Russo.JAPAN WAR.

ST PETERSBURG, Feb. 27.-
The hoped for success of Kuropatkin
turns out to be another delusion, for
not only has ne failed to win victory
but has met with another reverse, and
in a dispatch to the emperor dated
yesterday and made public this morn
Ing. Kuropatkin declares that the en-
emy mas occupied Tsink Hetchen, and
that the Russian losses have been
very severe. The scene of these oper-
ations, which ended so unfortunately
Is fifty miles southeast of Mukden.
General Kuropatkin evidently plan
ned to inaugurate widely sweeping
operations, but his efforts have been
aiDped in the bud at the start Botn
armies are today, however. in strong
positions.
KRONSTADT. Feb. 27.-Tne fourth
Baltic squadron for the Orient began
armins today.
from the front say the entire armies
OF Oyama and Kuropatkin are engag
ed along the whole line. Eleven-inch
Japanese mortars are hurting nuge
shells into Mukden. doing great dam
age. The heaviest fight is along the
Japanese right. Kuroki is said to be
crumpling up the Russian flank
MUKDEN, Feb. 2S.-The Japanese
army now holds the front along the
Hun river for several miles, and
threatens Tie Pass and Mukden itself
Kuropatkin has been routed from his
strong lines by the resstless Japan
ese. Kurokis success has been bril-
liant in the extreme.
RIGA, Feb 2S.-Maxim Gorky, the
author who was banisned from ST
Petersburg. arrived here today. In
an official statement he says that Gov
ernor General Trepoff, after decree
ing his banishment. allowed him to
select his place of residence.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.
WARSAW. Feb. 27.-sixty per cer

WARSAW. Feb. 27.-Sixty per cen
OF the police force struck today.
Fights between troops and strikers
are numerous. A force OF strikers
headed by rebellous policeman par
AIDED the streets today.
In one of the fignts on the soldiers
pne policeman was killed and ten
wounded.
MOSCOW, Feb. 27.-The central
committee of the Terrorist organiza
lion OF the revolutionary party in
Russia has sent bombs TO active mem
bers in all large cities to murder all
the leading officials WAC brutally sup
pressed the democratic movement.
In Moscow sixteen are known TO
have been prepared for action, but
their whereabouts cannot be ascer-
tanned by the police.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 27.-
All Russian railways except the Cen
tral Russian have been placed under
martial law. The publication of the
ofiicial paper Russ has been suspend.
ed.
BERLIN, Feb. 2s.-Newspapers as
sert that the officials reports of the
strikes in Russia give no adequate
idea of the gravity of the situation
From Information received here rev.
olutionary governments have been es-
tablisned at Baku and six other large
towns in southern Russia.
All these towns have proclaimed
tneir Independence and a determine
ton to establish separate govern
ments. The local papers estimate
that 200, 900 workmen are on strike in
southern Russia. Railway communi-
cation is paralyzed and the telegraph
lines have been destroyed.
ST PETERSBURG, Feb. 2s-
Grand Duke Vladimir received no
tice from the Terrorists that the sen
tence of death passed upon him had
been suspended pending the outcome
of the assassination of his brother.
Sergi,ls.
Duke Vladimir's health is almost
wrecked. He drives about the city
daily against the advice of his friends
and despite the protests of his wife
the Grand Dphcess Marie. who accom-
panies him,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
TELEGRAPHic NEWS.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 27-The
fire which began last night is still
raging this morning. The loss already
goes beyond s5,000,00O A dozen
blocks on the river front are gone,
and the wharves and small shipping
are a mass of ruins. The enormous
grain elevators of the Illinois Central.
hundreds of loaded cars, immense
freight sheds, 10000 bales of cotton
and a score of residences We're burned
between darkness last night and dawn
this morning. The great terminals OF
the Illinois Central known as the
Stuyvesant blocks, are gone and rem
der 1t impossible for the company to
continue business for weeks. The
Are is really an appalling calamity.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27.-Tne loss
by the destruction of the Illinois Cen
trail docks and neighboring property
is placed at 5000, 900 today.
The fire was gotten under contro
at II O'Clock this morning. although
1t is burning fiercely in dozen place,
in the district between Louisiana ave
nue. and Constantinople street.
The Illinois Central railroad com
pany has issued an announcement
that rebuilding OF their various build
ings and docks will be started as sooI
as the ashes cool.
NEW CHWANG. Feb. 27.-A maj
who mas Just returned here from TIL
front says the Japanese are shellin
Mukden with eleven-inch mortars.
The bombardment has caused grea
damage far behind the Russian lines
report and state that q general ell
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
WHAT THIS MAN SAYS
Only Re-echoes the Sentiments Of
Thousands In our Republic.


Tne Durango reader is asked to
thoroughly investigate the following:
This can readily be done. for the gen.
ileman whose statement Is published
below will only be too glad to answer
any communication mailed to him II
the writer really suffers from the an
noylng consequences which always at
tend inactive or weakened kidneys:
Murial Thompson, now retired. Of
1870 Main avenue. says: II was sub
ject to attacks of backache for over
a period of twenty years. Later they
became more aggravated than when
frst noticed them and were accom-
panied with a disturbed action OF the
kidney secretions. Doan's Kidney
Pills. procured at Geo. r. Tiffany, Jr.'s
drug store. removed this backache or
kidney complaint. was compelled
to rise at night several times and I
arose In the morning unrsfreshed.
was subject to spells Of dizziness and
blurring Of the vision and was unable
TO check the cause let alone remove
1t. very strongly advise the use Of
Doan's Kidney Piile. This prepare
ton is invaluable and can absolutely
be depended upon"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
THE coLoNEL's WATERLOO.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller. OF Honey
Grove. Texas, nearly met his Water
loo, from Liver and Kidney trouble
In a recent letter. he says. IL was
nearly dead, of these complaints. and.
although | tried my family doctor, he
did me no good, 30 ! got soc bot
tie OF your great Electric Bltters.
which cured me. | canslder them the
best medicine on eartn. and thank
God who gave you the knowledge to
make them" Sold and guaranteed to
cure Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Kid
ney Disease. by Geo. e. Tiffany. Jr
soc a bottle.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
Gives, Health, vigor and Tone.

Herbine Is boon for sufferers from
aneamia. BY its use the blood is
quickly regenerated and the color be-
comes normal. The dropping
strength is revived. The languor Ia
diminished. Health. vigor and tone
prcdominate, New life and happy ac-
tivity results. Mrs. Belle II. Shirel,
Middlesborough, Ills. writes: 81 nave
and poor blood, and have found moth
ing to benefit me like HerbIne I
nope never to be without It, have
wished that | had known OF 1t In my
husbands lifetime" soc. Sold by
J. l.. Parsons.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
TELEoRApAic NEWS.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb 2S.--Federsl
Judge Taylor today refused to quash
the indictments against Cassie Chad
wick. Attorney Dawley made a mo
tion to this eject. saying they were
illegal.
BERKELEY, Calf, Feb. 2S.-Dr
Jacauez Loeb, Of the University OF
California. announced further result
In the creation Of life by artiflcia
means today. Prof. Loeb produced
live, wiggling larvae from nnfertilizet
eggs Of sea nrchlns. Ninety-one pei
cent Of the eggs were developed.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
STRIKES HIDDEN ROCKS.

When your ship OF health strikes
the hidden rocks of Consumption,
Pneumonia, etc, you are lost, II you
don't get help from DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. j. w.
Mckinnon. of Talladega Springs, Ala.
writes; II mad been very III with
Pneumonia. under the care OF two
doctors. but was getting no better
when | began to take DR., Kings
New Discovery. The first dose gave
relief and one bottle cured me-"
Sure cure for sore tnroat. bronchitis.
coughs and colds Guaranteed at
Geo. E. Tiffany, Jr's drug store.
Price soc and 800. Trial bottle free.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
CURED CONSUMPTION.

Mrs b. w. Evans, Clearwater. Kan,
writes; MY husband lay sick for
three months. The doctors said he
had quick consumption. We procured
n bottle OF Billiards. Horehound Sy-
rup, and 1t cured nkn. That was six
years ago and since then we have al
ways kept a bottle In the house. We
cannot do without IT. For coughs.
and colds II has no equal" Csc. soc
and 800 Sold by j. l.. Parsons.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
invaluable for Rheumatism.

| have been suffering for the past
few years with severe attack of
rheumatism and found That Billiards.
SNOW l-iniment was the only thing
that gave me satisfaction and tended
TO alleviate my pains. March Gath.
1909. John c. Degnan, Knsman. Ills.
25c. soc and s1.00. Sold by j. l.. Par
sons
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
The Best Cough Syrup.

$. l.. Apple. ex.Probata Judge. OF
ava, Co. Kansas, writes: This Is
to say that | have used Ballard 5
liorenound Syrup for years. and that
do not hesitate to recommend 1t as
the best cough syrup have ever
used" 25c, soc, 500. Sold by j. L.
Parsons
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY

II would have been incredible bru-
tality If Cnas. f. Lemberger Of Syra-
cuse, n. Y. had not done the best he
could for his suffering son. MY boy"
he says. cut fearful cash over his
eye. so | applied Bucklen's Arnica
salve. watch quickly healed 1t and
saved his eye" Good for burns and
ulcers. too. Only 25c at Geo f. Tif-
fany, Jr IS drug store.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
A Safe Cough MedleIn. for Children.

In buying cough medicine for
Children never be afraid to buy Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. There Is no
danger from ii and relief is always
sure 10 follow. 1t is especially valiI-
able for colds. Group and whooping
cough For sale by all druggists.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
STARTLING MORTALITY.

Statistics show startling mortality,
from appendicitis and peritonitis, To
prevent and cure these awful diseases
there is just one reliable remedy,
DR. Kings New Life Pills. NJ. Flan-
merry Of IA Custom House Place, Chi
cago. says: They have no equal for
Constipation and Billousness." 25c
at Geo. Il. Tiffany. Jr.. drug store.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02
Railroad Possibilities.

The Denver Z Rio Grande mas
completed Its survey on line run
ming from Durango to Aztec, the
county seat Of San Juan county.
and thence to Pennington. Contracts
for grading have been let and work
commenced. Wise ones In railroad
circles are of tae opinion that this
road will buid on to San Diego. CAL.
giving 1t the shorteH line to the
coast.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-02

As fruit country the fruit Of st,
Jss. Michigan, the land Of the big
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-07
Resident of New York.

New York, Dec. 6.-American Consul
James Russell Parsons Jr,, who was
killed by an electric car at his post OF
duty in the City of Mexico last night,
resided until his last appointment by
President Roosevelt, at Elk Nest, this
city. He was born in HOosic Falls, Feb.
20, 1861. lie was graduated at Trinity
College. On February s, 1893, he mar
ried Mrs. William Starr Dana. whose
maiden rRme was FraHces TheOdoh
Smith. He was private secretary to
Bishop John Williams OF Connecticut
from 1882 to 1883 and school commission
er Of the first district, Ren4saeler Coun.
tv from 1884 TO 1887 He was American
Consul To AK la Chapelle, Germany,
from 1888 to 1890. In 1891 he was made
inspector OF secondary schools Tor the
University oi the State Of New York.
In 1897 he was made director Of col.
leges and high school departments and
secretary OF the University of My
York. lie wa- well known as a writer.
He was author of "Prussian Schools
through American Eyes" "French
schols through American Eyes" and
other works Of an educational nature.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-07

Chicago. Dec. Ga dispatch to tn,
Tribune from the City of Mexico give
details of the accident in which jaime,
Russell Parsons, U. $. Consul General
lost his life last night.
An open carriage in which he wa'
driving with MIS-. Parsons and thei,
son. was struck by an electric ear. Mrs
Parsons was slightly injured, The boy
escaped without scratch The acci'
dent happened while Mr.. Parsons and
his family were going to the Central
station To bid farewell to friends The
coachman tried to cross street ear
track in front of a rapidly moving ear,
which struck the carriage with terrific
force, crushing il against trolley post,
Mr. Parsons head struck the post. the
whole of the head being torn otr. When
assistance arrived the body was living
with the head and shoulders lying with
the head and shoulders ON the pavement
and the feet in the wreck of the ear.
riags. Mrs. Parsons was staggering
blindly around. stunned by the shock
and muttering incoherently, inquiring
where she was and where she was going.
Mamma. ! thing Papa i killed" said
James Russell Parsons. Jr., but Mrs.
Parsons was too dazed tn realize the
truth. Mrs. Parsons Immediately was
taken by friends who happened to be in
the vicinity TO her residence where
medical assistance was given. Mr. Par
sons body wa taken to the seventh po.
lice station according to police regula'
tions. where it still remains pending
an order from Judge.
An examination failed to reveal
single injury or even brui,e on any part
of the body except the top of the head.
Not a bone is broken and except for
blod stains on the face it appears per.
fectly natural. Until the police investi.
CATION is concluded there is no means
of fixing the responsibility as no ac'
tual eye witness was close enouh.
The motorman and driver of the
coach both disappeared Immediately af'
ter the accident and have not yet been
arrested. News Of the affair spread rap.
rapidly among the members of the Am.
erican colony, creating CONSERVATION.