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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

The FIRST paleface ! remember see
ing. outside Of my own family. was
George Davenport He was the first
white settler In the vicinity of Rock
Island. There were three Davenport
families. not at all connected-all liv.
ing on Rock island-the others being
George Marmaduke and Col William
Davenport One was the George
have Just named. the Indian trader
located where the old trading house
still remains on the government isl
and Him I remember very well He
Was a man Of medium height. 5 feet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
GOES BACK To THE YEAR 1877.



Ssruxxies Of Pfose~r settlers
Al Audalusia Tuesday evening Capt
Clark presented n manuscript to be
come part of the records OF the Me
mortal association dealing with the
early settlement OF Andalusia In the
following language:
II take quite an interest In old times
and history. and hope you Will no,
think me boastful when saying thar
know more about the early settlement
Of Rock Island county and your neigh
borhood. and people. than anyone else
now living. my fathers family setting
where the city Of Rock Island now u
On IN. summer Of 1897. I will begin
NV quoting n few lines from an article
takeu from an old newspaper:
There were scAnt postal facilities
I'm 1877. when the boy Clark tmyseiD
fir-t went upon the island tFort Arm
sfrungJ. Mail was obtained from Ca
lena. about 100 miles away. by sending
two soldiers on foot To that place The
ne~s OF President Jackson's election In
Isss wss not received until late In De
r.mber. although the election had TAX.
en- Mace I'm August. and then by mes
sanxcr service. the messenger being
the Hon John w. Spencer. requiring
week for the trip
MY father built. In ISIS. double
log house on the river bank. near
where the wagon bridge from the Isl
and strikes the Rock Island shore,
which stood there until after the com
pietion OF the c. r. l. x p railroad.
An 1854. No doubt many old citizens of
Rock Island gill remember IT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

OF the Indians were told many in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
Nothing More Dangerous

Than Cutting Corns. The Foot-E ass
Sanitary Corn-Fad cures by Absorption.
An entirely new invention. The sani-
tary oils and vapors do the work. Do
not accept any substitute. Insist
upon having The Foot. Ease Sanitary
Corn Pad. Identical in merit with AL
lens Foot-Ease (powder), but in shape
and form best adapted for the cure of
Corns. Sold by all Druggists 25c. or
by mail. Sample mailed FREE. Ad-
dxeaa. A lea S. Olmstead. lie Roy N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
Forced to Starve.

B. F. Leek, of Concord, KY, says: For
20 years I suffered agonies with a sore on
my upper lip, so painful sometimes that
1 could not eat. After vainly trying
everything else, I cured it with Bucklen's
Arnica Salve.'' It's great for burns, cuts
and wounds At Arnold Drug Co., 81 N.
Kansas avenue. Only 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
TO THE PEACH BELT.
Santa Fe Makes Sig Rate to Soufhs
western Arkansas.

An July 18th the Santa Fe will sell
tickets to Horatio. Duqueen and Locks
burg and return for $1,000, final limit
returning July %. liberal conditions and
stopovers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
$500
Buffalo and Return. via Rock Island
System.

Tickets on sale July Z, s and 9. final
return limit August 4, 1905. For full
see Rock Island agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08

Webster-TuIIoch Coal Company
Moved to 1913 Kansas avenue. See
,ur ad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
ROBBERS AND
THE ROBBED.

Continued from Page six.)
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
Sense and Figures.

The difference between common
sense and arithmetic was illustrated
in a remark which Tommy Jones
who is not exceptionally bright, but
just common, natural boy-made in
his class at school the other day. 1t
was the lesson in mental arithmetic.
The teacher asked Willie Smith:
(which would you rather have,
Willie, half an apple or eight-six-
teenths of an applet"
Wouldn't make any difference"
said Willie.
why not?"
"Eight-sixteenths and one,half are
all the same"
At this reply Tommy Jones, who
was several steps lower down the
class. shifted scornfully. The teach
e. heard him.
"Wen. Tommy" said he. don't you
agree with Willie?"
NO, SIR" said Tommy. 'Td good
deal rather have one-half an apple"
"And why, please?"
More Juice. Cut up half an apple
into eight-sixteenths and J.u'd lose
half the juice doing it."
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
M,aOoro WiLJo,a

The following letter is only one of
many thousands which are on file in
the Pinkham office. and go to prove
beyond question that Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound must be a
remedy of great merit, otherwise it
could not produce such marvellous re-
suits among sick and ailing women.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
about nine months ago was a great suf-
ferer with womb trouble, which caused me
severe pain extreme nervousness and fire.
quent headaches, from which the doctor
failed to relieve me. / tried Lydia <. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and within a
short time felt better. and after taking five
bottles of it was entirely cured. l therefore
heartily recommend your Compound as a
splendid uterine tonic. 1t makes the monthly
periods regular and without pain and what
a blessing 1t is to find such remedy after so
many doctors fail to help you. am pleased
to recommend it to all suffering women
Mrs. Sara Wilson, 81 East Sd Street, Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
If you have suppressed or painful
menstruation. weakness of the stom-
ach, indigestion, bloating, leucorrhea,
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citability. backache or the blues, these
are sure indications of female weak
ness, some arrangement of the uterus
or ovarian trouble. In such cases there
is one tried and true remedy-Lydie.
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
WANTED TO HELP HIM OUT.
Believer in Health Fad Victim of HUI
initiating Mistake.

A certain man well known in local
real estate circles recently became a
convert of the physical culture craze.
In addition to certain prescribed ex-
ercises, he was made to believe that
the wearing of an overcoat was mere
ly a matter of habit and that any
healthy being should be ashamed to
be seen with one on. His three over
coats Zone OF them handsome fur
lined garment) were therefore laid
aside, and much to his surprise he ex-
perienced no inconvenience. One
morning, as he sailed forth, he made
a mental note of the fact that the
mercury was exceedingly low, while
q light snow was falling. Nothing
daunted, however, he walked briskly
on. AS he was crossing small
street a short distance from his place
of business, he was suddenly accosted
by rather seedy-looking individual,
who, with glance, eyed him from
head to foot and then, with the air of
a confidence man, exclaimed:
Say. pard, do you want to buy a
pawn ticket for good overcoat?y-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
ONE TOAST ALWAYS POPULAR.
ITO Our Mothers" Sentiment Every.
where Appreciated.

In all laughter and love-making, In
all joyousness and song, there is one
sentiment which invariably takes
precedence. one sentiment in which
all men join. 1t matters not who the
men may be nor in what land they
are, the toast ITO Our Mothers
brings every man to his feet and ais
heart leaps in response, for as siark
Twain says: I'VE haven't all had the
good fortune to be ladies'; we have
not all been generals. or poets, or
statesmen; but when the tcasts work
down to the babies we stand on COM
mon ground-for we've all been ba-
bies'; and because of this we can join
in toast to our mothers. OF these
there have been many, but the great
est circulation has been won by this /:
We have toasted our sweethearts,
Our friends and our wives
We have toasted each other.
Wishing all merry lives.
Don't frown when 1 tell you
This toast beats all others.
But drink one more toast. boys
A toast to-Our Mothers!
Baltimore Sun.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30

couragement. of defiance, and of
agony rent the air.
A night attack has horrors all its
own, and the horrors of many night at
lacks seemed concentrated here. The
hillsides were already slippery with
human blood. Men found themselves
hampered by the still forms of the
dead lying around. In deeds of hero
ism each side -ivaled the other, but
the Japanese. alert, athletic. courage
Gus, were the stronger men. and be-
fore dawn came they were masters of
the hill.
We held the hill all day, our SOL
diers digging holes in the earth and
crouching in them for shelter from
the pouring shell fire. AS darkness
drew near, the sound of music swept
across the valley. The Japanese look
ed up and saw on the opposite hill
massed Russian bands of musicians
assembled and blaring out, fiauntingly
and defiantly the Russian national an
them. The Japanese heard undismay-
ed. They had no bands. but they as
sembled their buglers. and, with equal
defiance. played back the japanese
national air.
Darkness fell. The Japanese soldiers
crept from their gullies and lined the
trenches round the hill. Suddenly,
right from the ground Immediately in
front of their trenches lights flashed
out, soldiers jumped to their feet to
fire downward. AS they rose. bombs
were thrown at them, exploding with
horrible effect wherever they touched
The Russian pioneers, throwing away
their lives for their fatherland, had
crawled right up under the trenches
with infinite care. and had hurled
hand grenades into the Japanese line.
The Japanese front was shaken;
then came the pouring ranks of the
Russian storming party, and hand
to-hand fight on the hill followed, last
ing for seven hours.
Pen fails to convey the slightest i'm
preston of the horrors of that time
An examination of the weapons and
dress left on the field might do some
thing. Here were the rifles splintered
at the magazine-case, where a soldier
had been shot as he raised his weap-
on to fire. Here were others with
shattered stocks, here bent bayonets,
riddled hats, drums, with holes
through and across them, showing
where bullets had gone.
The japanese rallied and as the
Russians advanced on their second
line they met them with a steady fire.
Line after line of Russians fell, as
though the Angel OF Death had drawn
a straight furrow. The ground be-
came, and remained for many days
after, literally soaked with blood.
Now men were firing at one another
within a few yards; now rifie-stocks
did work more deadly than bullets.
In the end the Russians retook the
hill. but they could not hold it, for
their army was retiring all along the
rest of the line.
A few hours later stood on the
hill. The sick1y smell OF the dead was
in the air. Blood was everywhere. In
the valleys below. thick, nauseating
smoke was pouring up from the points
where the Japanese were heaping
their own dead and burning them. As
I gazed at the lines OF the dead I
realized that this was the elimination
of the horrors of war.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
An Expensive Bouquet.

JOSEPH Chamberlain is known to
have other interests than protection.
He has long been a collector of or
chids, his collection being one of the
finest in the world. During a recent
visit to Paris he saw a rare orchid,
the duplicate of which he had added
to his collection with TIE idea that it
was the only one of its kind in the
world. He asked the price of the
flower and was told 20,000f. Mr..
Chamberlain instantly paid the mon.
ey, and then. throwing the flower on
the floor, ground 1t to pieces with his
foot.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
Denver Directory

You take no
chance when
buying a har-
ness from US
every set war
ranted to be
as represent
ed. This dou-
bic team har-
ness complete
with coiiars
and oreech
ings. Concord
style, s-inch
traces. Z o T
$500. Sold
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30

Correspondent Tells of Most
Terrible Scenes Of the War

What is the most terrible scene
! you have witnessed on the battlefields
of the Far East?" is question | am
often asked, writes Mr.. F. A. McKen
zie. war correspondent OF the London
Daily Mail.
The question is not easily an
swered, for war is thing of accumu
1ating horrors.
The most tragic detail in modern
fighting is the injury inflicted on
women and children. Few of us who
were present at the battle CT Lao
yang will ever forget the sight of the
wounded babies in arms, the mothers
shot accidentally while nursing their
children and the boys, scarce able 10
toddle, cut down by shrapnel fire.
No scene stands out more vividly
than the horrors Of Rice Cake Hill,
the Spion Kop of Manchuria. A bat
tic ragged around this for nearly a
week, and the hill was taken and re-
taken by either side. At the end It
was horrible shambles, gorged with
blood.
was with Gen. Kuroki's army
when 1t made its quick move around
Liaoyang and sought to cut of Kouro-
patkin's retreat. We found ourselves
held up by the Russians on three for
titled hills, and our troops at once set
out to attack the ceitral defence.
Six batteries of Japanese artillery.
standing out boldly on a ridge of the
valley, engaged the Russians on the
hills. The heavens seemed covered
with bursting shells as with curtain.
The Russians fired thousands of
rounds in reply.
When the full chorus of artillery
began. and each second had its rack
Taut nerves and electrified brains pic
tured the scene in front.
my God-my Godi" burst from the
lips of hardened. fighter at my side
Can man be left alive?'
Yet when the Russians made mo-
mentary pause. quick reply came
First one gun spoke. then came sue
cession of flashes, and our gunners,
jumping out of the narrow pits they
had dug for shelter places, poured out
round upon round.
1 lie SUI SINK DeulHu Lne heavens.
Suddenly tremendous crackle,
caused by thousands of infantry vol
ley firing. struck our ears, and the
lines of splitting brightness showed
that our infantry attack on the central
hill had begun. Our soldiers, who had
been creeping closer through the mill
let. rushed the village at the foot of
the hill, and prepared to ascend
There were gullies up one side of the
hill, through which they could creep,
but they were greeted with so heavy
a fire that even the fearless japanese
soldiers paused.
Then their officers sprang up. One.
with drawn sword, rushed where the
firing was thiokest. shouting before he
fell: Now is the time to die for the
Emperor" Others took up the cry,
and the whole body of men moved for
ward.
"What could we do?" the soldiers
asked me afterwards, when telling me
of their rush. What could we do but
follow when our officers led the way?"
On the Russian side beating drums
bade the men stand fast; on the jap
anese bugle calls encouraged adj
vance. Shouts of exultation, of en-
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
Tomato Packing States.

In marked contradistinction to the
phenomenal corn pack of the year the
quantity of tomatoes packed in 1904
shows a decrease of about 16 per cent,
compared with the previous years
output. The total number of cases
for the United States is placed at
S,671,0 Maryland leads among in
dividual state records with nearly
100000 cases. Indiana ranks second,
with little, more than 100000, and
New Jersey third, with 100000.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-30
ITS MERIT is PROVED
RECORD or 4 GREAT MEDICINE
A Prominent Cincinnati Woman Tells
How Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Completely Cured Her.

The great good Lydia E. PinlSham's
Vegetable Compound is doing among
the women of America is attracting
the attention of many of our leading
scientists. and thinking people gener-
ally.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
FIRE STIRS UP NEGRO FLOCK.
Lots OF Excitement Al n Tenement Blaze
In West SiNtieIh Street.

The colored folks who live in Sixtieth
street between Amsterdam and West End
avenues had a heap Of eIcitemsnt last
night while fire was burning in the five
story fat at No. zoe. There are about twenty
negro families in this building and at Q
O'Clock fire started on the top floor in the
rooms Of Mrs. Swan, spreading 70 the air
shaft on the west side Of the building with
great Tapidity.
Mrs. Robert Carter. the wife Of the janitor,
discovered the fire and went in search Of a
policeman. She found one quicker than
most people do when one is wanted and
the cop turned in an alarm By the time
the first fire engine arrived the fire looked
80 bad that a second alarm was rung in.
Most Of the tenants seemed to lose their
heads. Things Of little or no value they
carried 10 the Fl e escapes, and these him
cred their climbing 70 the street.
Policeman Moran Of the West Forty
seventh street station guided the per
sons on the upper floors 20 the roof and
over the adjoining roofs. Folks on the
lower floors got out them selves Those
who made for the fire escapes were the
most panicky One woman with three
children who was on the rear Gre escape
got as far down as the first floor. Then she
became so excited that she dropped her
children one by one into the arms of a
policeman in the yard
While Policeman Moran was trying 10
free the fire escapes OF their load a stout
negro woman who was desce nding lost her
footing and fell on him. Both the police
man and the woman came near falling into
the yard.
Il took the fremen an hour TO extinguish
the fire and the damage will be s. 900. Tho
reserves Of the West Sixty-eighth street
station were called out and the street was
seemed 10 know some one living in the fat
and they were all anxious TO locate their
friends.
There were fourteen irc alarms between
and $50 last night
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
COLUMBIA MAILS NEAR READY,
students 10 share Largely In Their Man.
agement--Cost OF Living in Them.

aEement-Cost OF Living I'm Them.
The new Columbia dormitories. Hartley
and Livingston halls, are so near compile
ton that notice has been given TO intending
residents to apply for rooms by May !.
The establishment Of these buildings is
expected to prove the salvation Of Columbia
in several ways, The students look forward
TO the time when they can attract athletes
TO the university by giving them some
college life in dormitory. incidentally.
while not so frank about it, the faculty hopes
to make the college more attractive and thus
enlarge the attendance.
Both buildings are fireproof. They con-
tain all told 900 rooms. The plans provide
for $50 beds. The bedrooms average by
i4Is feet; AMI the studies ire 10 by 49,
feet Rooms can be hired for thirty-nne
weeks
Tenancy is to date from the Monday be-
fore college opens until the Saturday after
commencement. The average cost OF a room
will he Sl29 The only extra charge Is IS a
year for light. The most expensive single
room furnished u $50 a year and some are
10 be- had for half that amount Double
rooms are offered from 5000 Ia $3.50 a year.
Three-room suites can be had up TO 500.
The rent il due in four installments
A hall council. made up OF the supeTin-
tendent OF buildings and grounds, two
university officers and two elected student
representatives, one from each hall, will
control. student elected from each floor
will act with the superintendent as a hall
committee for each building. Cases Of OBJ
jectiUnable conduct on the part Of any stu
dent will come before the hall council on
n CONNIE nGation Of the hall committee
These general rules have been made:
No beer. wine or liquor shall be allowed In
the halls.
No betting. gambling nor games Of chance
shall be allowed IN the halls
No dogs shall be kept In the halls.
Women may be admitted to the reception
room between the hours OF and S O'Clock
In the afternoon. but at no other time and In
no other part OF the halls without written per-
mission OF the chairman OF the hall COM
mittee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
OhItmAry Nofes.

james 4. Patteson. probably the oldest
Virginian living In New York. died YESTERDAY
at his horie. ?S6 West Fifty-second street.
He was horn in Virginia In 1870 and in is17
he moved TO this city and engaged In the
tobacco business n fore the civ u war he
was one OF the most prominent toba Geo
merchants in this city. He retired from
buslnes I'm sac and went abroad. When he
returned he became q member Of the Stock
Exchange. and later he was the senior partner
In the Stock Exchange firm Of " tlliam NJ
Patteson 4 Co, lie retired permanently
from business when he was 6s years old
Mr.. Paterson was member OF the Southern
Society and a lifelong Democrat. lie il sur
yiyed by wife. four daughters and three
sons.
james T. Morgan ~ years old, died in Will
min gton, Del. yesterday. For fifty years
he had been an On gineer IN the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the Della
ware vision. AZ the conclusion Of his half
century Of work, few years ago, he was
placed on the pension roll.
PatrOlmAn Patrick J. KeatinR Of the Qasaon
avenue station, Brooklyn died at his home
ay Clifton place yesterday. lie was 3s years
old and had been q member Of tho force since
Dec, l. 1892.
Capt Prindle. who for many years has
taken tickets at Yale games and the junior
promenade. died Of heart disease In New
Haven yesterday He was ~ y ears old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
BENJAMIN y. COHEN DEAD.
His Hotel Once John Y. McKane's Head.
quarters on Concy Island.

quarters on ConCy Island.
Benjamin B. Cohen, for many years a
hotel keeper at Coney Island, where his
place was the headquarters Of the late
John y. McKane, died at the Bartholdi in
Manhattan on Saturday. He was in his
sixty-sixth wear. Cohen went TO Coney
Island about twenty years ago and opened
the Clarendon Hotel on Surf avenue Sub
seQuently he built the Albemarle Hotel on
Surf avenue, near West Eighth street,
which soon became the headquarters Of the
politicians and sports from ali over the
country.
At the time Of the political upheaval dur
ing which McKane was de. hI oned and sent
to Sing Sing, Cohen fell into the hands
of the law and was sent TO the Kings County
Pend entiaIy for six months for TaItici-
patton in the electi fIaUds. Ee vas an
inspector Of election appointed by McKane.
Subsequently hetuTned his business over TO
his son, after whose death and The n arr lag e
Of the widow he sold the hotel and Tur-
chased a place in Sheepshead Bay. Re
Gently he sold the ShCepshead Bay house
and moved to MsnhattaR
At the time Of his death he was building
a road house on the Ocean Parkway, near
Minden's whel he intended 10 live in OF der
that he might again get In touch with the
many road drivers and sporting men whom
he had known so many years. ! he inter
ment " III lie in Greenwood. lie Is survived
by a wife and one son.