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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22

"Humbug" Circus.

Already plans are being made by the
Mississippi Valley Traction company
for a line of entertainments on Camp
bells island for next summer. One
unique feature which is now being
worked up by the St. George lodge.
K. of p, will in all probability be pre-
scented TO the public A movement is
now on foot with the lodge members
to arrange to give what will be known
as the "Humbug" circus. and this
lodge will make it all it can possibly
be. If plans carry a large tent will
be purchased for erection on the ISL
and for the purpose of giving the cir
Gus. In that tent will be seen a first
class menagerie, from the mans best
friend, the horse, to the king of the
forest, the lion. All animals will be
Gagged and will be impersOnated by
members of the lodge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Don't Eat Drugs
Better Take the Food Cure.

Most diseases arise from defective
blood or from a disordered or eX-
hausted nervous system. DR.. Chase's
Blood and Nerve Food is the most eff
fective blood builder and nerve vital
iZer. 1t restores blood integrity and
nerve strength. All forms of nervous
debility. exhaustion or prostration are
cured by this greatest of all reStora-
tives. Even long-standing cases and
advanced stages of physical relaxation
and vital decline, the various results
of over-taxation. excuses or viola
tions of the laws of health. are quick
ly cured by this best of all strength
eners and vitaliZeTs. 1t is the surest
known preventive and curative of
mental-fag. brain-break. spine-ail.
nerve-wreck. and all manner of gen.
eral or special debility. II enriches
the blood. feeds. fortifies and vitalizes
the nerves: regulates, sustains and
strengthens all natural functions. II
is the hope and prop of the weak and
discouraged. the restoration Of the
chemically i'll. Under its influence
hope and ambition revive. courage
comes. energy and strength develop.
Price so cents. Book free.
Sold and guaranteed at T. II. Thorn
as pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Heart On the Right Side.

The police picked up a man, who
gave the name of Frank Cary, at the
Rock Island depot He was bleeding
from wounds about the head. and was
in a beastly state of intoxication. He
told the police when he reached the
station that he had been kicked off a
train by negro porter, but the officers
believe that he got drunk and fell off.
Luck was with him, and he was not
killed. When searched at the station
it was found that he had a bag full of
old coins on his person. The intOxi-
Gated party was placed in a cell, and
not long afterward he raped on the
bars with a tin cup and summoned the
desk sergeant. He confided to him
that he had vacillating heart 1T is
now on the right side of my body" he
said, land a little whisky will shift it
over to the other side. Feel of its
humping" The desk sergeant saw
that the man really needed a drink to
withstand the shock of his fall from
the train. and he gave it to him from
the emergency bottle. One long pull
and the anatomical wonder subsidized
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Lost on Way Home.

George Bicknell. 4-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Bicknell OF
202 Second street, lost himself while
returning home from the Ericsson
school, where he attends the kinder
garten department. The little fellow
wandered about from 1880 in the
forenoon till 2 in the afternoon, when
he discovered crying in front of the
Naehwe grocery, 1143 Sixteenth ave
nue. 4 telephone call from the groc-
cry store to the police station brought
an officer in haste to the store for the
lad and he was soon restored to his
mother. He was frightened and hun
CRY. and glad to get back home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
NEVER so MANY QUAIL
IN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
Deputy Game Warden Latin Says
Birds Did Not StarVe or
Freeze.

Rock Island county has today more
quail than ever before at this season
of the year" said T. p. Latin. deputy
game warden, to an Argus reporter
| yesterday afternoon. Il know" he
continued, because | have just been
over a large part of the country feed
ing the birds and arranging for the
farmers to feed them while the heavy
snow was on. according to instruc-
tons from the state game commits
sioner."
Mr.. Latin stated that he had spent
a considerable portion of the last two
weeks covering the lower end of the
county in this work He covered as
much ground as he could and did not
enter the upper end because of lack
OF time and bad roads Each morning
he started out with a quantity of she'll
ed corn, and when he came to the
sheltered places where there were
tracks of the birds. he scattered the
grain literally. AS quail move about
very little, especially during bad wealth
er. he was reasonably certain that
they would in time find the food
For two or three days after the
heavy snow fell" said the deputy war
den. Il was unable to find trace of a
bird. Where they were do not know.
but il seems that they were huddfed
under the snow. At the end OF that
time they came out. and in several
cases where l personally knew of the
size of the coveys I found that not one
was missing. After that time it was
not at all difficult 10 find birds. In all
the time I was out | heard of but a
couple Of cases in which birds were
reported to have been frozen TO death
One man in the lower end Of the coun-
" told of driving along the road dur
ing the coolest weather and seeing. as
he believed, a covey frozen and living
In a heap He decided that when he
came back he would pick them IN and
take them home. reasoning that they
would make a welcome addition 10 the
bill Of fare. the manner of their death
not spelling them for table use. When
he came 10 the spot and tried TO gather
Up the birds he was very much surpris-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Farmer Has Match On.

Farmer" Burns, of Big Rock, and
N. A Simmer, of Lenox, the latter be-
ing a we1I-known strong man." were
in the city Monday evening Both gen
tlemen have been giving exhibitions
over the state, having been at Ana
mosa, Monticello, Upton, and numer-
Gus other places, and stopped over in
this city upon their retuSn home. The
Farmer stated that while in the city
he attempted to match Simmer against
Mike Kuhnen, the local strong man of
Northwest Davenport. Mr.. Kuhnen,
however has not been doing any heavy
lifting for several years and does not
consider himself in the business any
longer, therefore he could not accom-
modate the Farmer" by taking on a
match with his man Simmer. Burns
also stated that at the present time
negotiations were pending between
himself and Jack Carey for a match to
take place at St. Paul.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY
Circuit Judge Interprets State Law
on the Sub iect.

The state law. according TO an inter.
probation of it issued by a circuit
judge in southern Illinois, exempts
many citizens from serving as jurors
The supervisors had been sending in
long lists of jurors many of whom
We're exempt.
The statutes, he told the supervis-
ors, exempts state officers, members
of general assembly, judges of courts,
clerks of courts, sheriffs, coroners,
postmasters, mail carriers. practicing
attorneys. officers of the United
States. officiating ministers of the pos
pei. school teachers during the terms
practicing physicians. registered and
assistant pharmacists, constant ferry
men, mayors of cities, policemen, ac-
tive members of the fire department,
embalmers. funeral directors and I'M
dertakers, and all judges and clerks
of election during their service as such
and for two years afterward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
MONSON THOUGHT HE
WAS FREE TO REMARRY
Henry County Suicide Left Pathetic
Letter to His Bride of a
Few Weeks.

There is really pathetic side to the
suicide of Swan Monson, the Kewanee
man who ended his life in the Henry
county Jail after being indicted for
bigamy, details of which were publish
ed in yesterdays Argus. Monson,
though generally looked upon as a
worthless fellow was kind at heart and
in his ignorance evidently felt that his
four years separation from his first
wife and her statement that he was
free legally entitled him to marry
again.
While contemplating his final deed
in his cell he wrote the following let
ter to his second wife:
Feb. IS, 1907 am now permitted
to write few lines to you, my dear
Clara, and bid you goodbye. My dear
friend, | will tell you that cannot live
longer now without you, for my
thoughts are with you always. | can
not see where | shall meet you any
more. So now will bid goodbye to all
Svithiod brothers and my comrades.
could not, indeed, think that she should
come and put me in trouble when she
OHtt Sstlu L WdS Tree iIOIl IeT. DuJ 1
believe that she will have TO answer
enough for it some day. She has hal
other men besides me; therefore, | left
her; therefore, | could not endure to
live with such wife But now she
comes and wants to take my life so
she may be able to marry Nels That
much | heard from Princeton long ago.
Now | will write a few lines TO you,
Carlson. If she comes and wants TO
take any of my stuff, she shall have
nothing of that. | have a rain coat and
rubbers at Wilson's that you shall have
leave all to YOU. but my dear Clara
shall have my watch Tor clock) We
meet no more here on earth, but
wish we may meet some time in heav-
en-. Goodbye TO You. my dear. tender
~ beloved frisnf. SWAN Monsoon.
y dcsirss that Svithiod shall bury
me in Kewanee. III. | want TO tell you,
my desFs GtaBa, that youswill find the
key in4hy hip pocket to my trunk that
you shall have. These lines are writ
ten by your dear friend. Swan Mon
son. Goodbye TO all. know that
these few lines will find you, Mr.. Carl
son. goo y. Cjarne street, Kewanee,
III"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Chased Home,

Monday night while AL Johnson was
vending his way home he noticed he
was followed by two tough and very
suspicious looking characters. He was
on Third avenue between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets when he first no
ticed the bad looking men. They were
large sized men and as Al quickened
his pace they did likewise. Al lives on
Third avenue, the third house from
Nineteenth street, and when he reach.
ed that street he broke and run for his
house. Gaining the porch he turned
and saw the men cross the avenue
and run down Nineteenth to the rear
of the Wagner opera house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22

ed TO see them all come TO life and fly
away. l did not find any frozen birds,
and 1 doubt if any died from the cold.
1T is very doubtful if any starved TO
death, either, even where they were
not fed. In several places l found
where coveys were coming into the
feed lots and eating corn with hogs
and cattle, just as barnyard fowl would
do. In some places l found that the
birds were depending for food on wild
grapes. As you know, there was a
great crop of this fruit last fall. and
it still hangs on the vines and though
frozen contains much nourishment.
Quail also eat great quantities of weed
seed and do much good in this man.
ner. Now that the snow is going off
l am certain that quail will be able to
look out for themselves and will come
through the winter in good shape and
in greater numbers than ever before. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22

to do all the good it should have done.
Our possession of the Philippines, our
interest in the trade of the orient. our
building the Isthmian canal, our insis-
tence upon the Monroe doctrine. all
demand that our navy shall be of ade-
quate size and for its size of unsur-
passed efficiency. If 1t is strong
enough / believe 1t will minimize the
chance of our being drawn into foreign
war If we let 1t run down it is as
certain as the day that sooner or later
we shall have to choose between Il
probably disastrous foreign war or n
peace kept on terms that imply nation
al humiliation.
Our navy is the surcst guaranty
of peace and the cheapest insurance
against war, and those who. in what
ever capacity have helped TO build 1t
up during the past 20 years have been
in good faith observing and living up
to one of the most important of the
principles which Washington laid
down for the guidance of his country
men,"
Leaving the academy OF music the
president was escorted to the armory
of the First Troop where he was en-
tertained at luncheon.
other Degrees Conferred.
Degrees were also conferred ON Brit
ish Ambassador Durand, Rear Admiral
Charles Z. Clark Senator Knox and
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Leaves for Capital.
President Roosevelt left for Wash
ingtnn at 3 so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
RAILWAY TIPS.
c., p. & ST. L. Railway.

Only one change of cars from Peoria
to Hot Springs. Eureka Springs, Gal
weston, Houston, San Antonio. Mobile.
New Orleans, and Florida points. Only
through car line to ST. Louis.
Round trip excursion rates to points
in Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Kansas, Arkansas and California Feb.
81, March and 81, will be lowest
rates ever known. For full information
and illustrated folder, call on or ad-
dress T. J. McGrath, travelling passen-
ger agent, 317 Main street, Peoria; J.
Lee Barrett. city passenger and ticket
agent, 317 Main street, Peoria, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
DAVENPORT DOTS.
Mas Near Famine.

The present thaw has saved Daven-
port from a coal famine. Every coal
dealer in the city had been rushed TO
death during the cold weather, and
several of the large firms were employ
ing Is and % teams in delivering coal.
One of the local power houses narrow
ly escaped running ont of coal last
week The regular shipment was de-
Iayed, and it was only by emptying the
bins of a local dealer that the crisis
was tided over. All coal men admit
that the city was as near coal famine
as il could possibly get. The soft
weather saved Il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Debate on Crime and Punishment.

Debaters of the Young Peoples SO
ciety of the Swedish Lutheran church
triumphed over the representatives for
the Young Mems club of this city 1t
the meeting held Monday night at the
church. The question was Resolved
That Punishment Diminishes Crime
and August Brissman, Maurice John
son and Osbar Boman, the representa-
tives of the Young Peoples society had
the affirmative side of the question.
John Lindberk. B. F. Enlow and Carl
Gamble of the Young Mems club de
Tended the negative. The judges were
DR.. c. w. Foss. of Augustana college.
Prof. Muhleman and George w. Wood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Bows Cried in Court.

Three lads, Nick EichhoTn, Lee Mil
Ter and Harry Handel, all ranging in
the neighborhood of II years of age,
were brought before Justice Ditzen
upon the charge of assault and battery.
The lads were charged with having laid
in wait for and to have beaten another
lad by the name of Carl Pfannkuchen.
All the lads were found guilty and SEN
fenced to 80 days in Jail. The pro-
nouncement of the sentence greatly
frightened the lads and they began 10
sob and wall pitifully. The sentence
was later suspended upon the promise
of the lads TO hereafter behave them
selves in proper manner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22


mankind is that nation which combines
strength Of character, force of charac
ter. and insistcncc upon its own rights.
with a full Acknowledgement Of its
own duties toward others. Just al
present the best way in which we can
show that our loyalty TO the teachings
of Washington is a loyalty Of the heart
and not Of the lips only is TO see 10 it
that the work of building up our navy
goes steadily on. and that at the same
time our stand for international right
eousness Is clear and emphatic.
Never since the beginning Of our
country's history has the navy been
used in an unjust war. Never has IL
failed 10 render great and sometimes
vital EeTgiee n The republic. -.
Net Too strong.
1T has not been too strong for our
good. though often not strong enough
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22

hospital the entire amount of the APP
preparation, which is in the neighbour
hood of $4,000. and contemplates the
erection of several new buildings, one
of them a reception hall.
The senate committee has yet to
act on the appropriation, but there is
act on the appropriation, but here is
no doubt but that the sum already
fixed will be granted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
FAVORABLE TO THE HOSPITAL
House Committee Will Recommend
Full Appropriation for WstertoNln.

Watertown hospital viii gain the
fun amount Of the appropriation il ia
seeking from the state legislature. if
the action of the subcommittee from
the house is any criterion The com.
mittee spent two days a. the institu-
ton incidental TO their inspection.
The members made a thorough in
spection of the grounds and buildings
and were guests ar the band concert
and dance at the institution and also
attended chapel Sunday. The commit
tee voted unanimously TO grant the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Breaks Wrist.

Miss Anna Ericsson. 701 Eighteenth
street had the misfortune to fall and
break her right wrist. Miss Ericsson
was engaged in moving a piece of fur
niture when her hand slipped pre-
cipitating her to the floor. This is the
second accident of this kind to befall
the young lady. once when she was
a girl she broke her left wrist. Miss
Ericsson is employed at the Moline
Plow company's as telephone operator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
TIE HOME OF v1NoL

TIE HOME OF V1NoL
To People with Weak Lungs:--
You know that for centuries Cod Liver
Oil has been considered the best medicine
for throat and lung troubles, but its
nauseating effect upon the stomach made
IT Impossible for many to take it. Now-a-
days Vino1 accomp1ishes greater results
for while it is a Cod Liver Oil prepara-
ton, it is entirely free from oil OF
grease, and therefore it is fast taking
the place Of o1d-fashioned Cod Liver Oil
and Emu1sions 49, Respectfully,
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Peculiar Disappearance.

J. d. Runyan. of Butlerville. o.. laid
the peculiar disappearance of his pain
full symptoms, of Indigestion and bill
BUSINESS. to DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
He says: They are a perfect rem
edy, for dizziness, sour stomach, head
ache. constipation, etc. Guaranteed ut
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store. price
25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
j AS TO COLDS

Feed a cold-ycs, but
feed it with SCOTS Emul-
sion. Feeding a cold in this
way kills it. You cannot
afford to have a cough or
cold at this season or any
other. SCOTS Emulsion
will drive it out quickly
and keep it out. Weak
lungs are strengthened
and all wasting diseases
are checked by SCOTS
Emulsion. It's a great
flesh producer.
Wen send yca sample tree
SCOTT & BOVINE. go Pearl Stree, New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
What Are They?

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. a new remedy for stomach
troubles, biliousness. and constipation.
and a good one. Price % cents. For
sale by all leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
THE HOTELS.

At the Harper-P. c. Pearson Chi
cago: F. L. Gregg, Kansas City, Mo. !;
f. A Nixon, St. Louis, Mo; F. Beard
stock, New York; w. S. Rosenfield,
Chicago; Henry Waterman, Geneseo;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
Rock Island people testify to this.

Isaac ShiGer. of 529 Fifteenth street.
employed at the Moline gas works.
says: There was a dull. heavy pain
in the small Of my pack continually.
and after STOPPING IL was all I could
do to straighten again. There was a.
ways too frequent action OF the kidney
.secretiOns. which was very annoying.
especially through the day. saw
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised in our
paper and I procured box from the
Harper House drug store. After a
short treatment the dull aching pains
left me. my back felt stronger and the
kidney secretions were restored totheir
normal condition. / know Of others
who had a similar satisfactory expert
enee with Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
Gents. Foster-M iiburn Co. Buffalo. NJ
Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
ROOSEVELT ARGUES FOR
ADEQUATE ARMY AND NAVY

Continued From Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22
TELLS YOU
As Many a Rock Island Reader Knows
Too Well.

When the kidneys are sick.
Nature tells you all about It.
The urine Is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action:
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22

1T has not been too strong for our
good. though often not strong enough
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-22

Wen send yca sample free
COTT BOVINE, 500 Pearl StTees, New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-26
Qualification Notice.

To All Persons Whom 1t May Concern
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned. Rudolph Dumbeck, guardian
of Frederick Dumheck, a minor, will
make application to the circuit court
of Rock Island county. in the state OF
Illinois. at "a regular term thereof. to
be held at the court house in the city of
Rock Island. in said county, on the first
Monday of May. a. d, 1905. being the
first day thereof, for an order and de-
cree OF said court. directing him, as said
guardian. to sell the following real es-
tate belonging to said minor. or so
much thereof as shall seem to said
court to the interest of said minor. sit
uated in the county of Rock Island. and
state of Illinois, to-wit:
The undivided one-seventh 40 part
of the east half CR) of the south half
CIa). OF outlot forty-eight (4S), in sec
tion thirty-nVe $3.50. township eighteen
GS). north OF range two 90 west of
the fourth principal meridian. in the
city of Rock Island, in said county, sub
ject to the dOweT and homestead rights
of william Thompson. the surviving huS-
band of Ellen Thompson, deceased there
in. for the support and education Of said
minor. and for the purpose Of invest
ing such of the proceeds of said sale as
shall be Immediately requisite for said
support and education in other real es-
tate. or OF otherwise investing the
same. RUDOLPH DITMBECK.
Guardian of Said Minor.
Lucian Adams solicitor for petitioner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-26
LEGAL.
Conservator.s sale Of real Estnt,

COnservatOr's sale of Real Estate.
State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun
In the County Court of said county.
To the April term. ~ ID. 1905.
IN the matter OF the petition of George
W Henry, cOnserVator of Elizabeth
BlnSman, an insane person. for leave
20 sen real estate OF said insane per-
BY virtue Of an order and decree OF
the county court of said Rock Island
county, state of Illinois. made and tn-
tered in the above entitled cause on
the Srd day of April A. II. 1905. being
one OF the days OF the said April term
OF said court, shall. on Wednesday,
the hours OF 10 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p. m. to-wit. at the hour OF 10
O'Clock a. m. expose for sale at public
vendue, at the premises, in the village
or Coal Valley. county OF Rock Island.
state OF Illinois. to the highest and best
bidder. all the right. title and interest
or said Elizabeth Bingham, insane, IN
wit; Lots one Cd and two 90 in block
nine tSe, in the town of Coal Valley.
and lot two (2l. in block ten t1Ol: also
all the soft coal lying and being in lot
seven ca. OF assessors plat of Coal
Valley, OF date 1879, and being the min
eral rights reserved in said lot when it
was sold to Jacob Ellis by the Coal
are situated in the village or Coal VAL
ley. county Of Rock Island. state Of IL
linois: on the following terms. to-wit.
cash in hand.
Dated at Rock Island. Ill, this sth
day OF April, a. n. 1905.
GEORGE W. HENRY.
Sonservator of Elizabeth Bingham. in