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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
AtteII Has Best of 1t.

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-Abe Attell, of
Chicago, made Eddie Hanlon. the San
Francisco fighter, look like novice in
A six-round bout at Industrial hall last
night. 1t was a boxer against slug
ger. and despite the fact that the lat
ter was willing and aggressive in five
of the six rounds. he was receiver
general HanIon fought in open style
for the first two minutes of the first
round. and AttelI reached him with left
and right hand blows in such rapid sue
session that the Californian took TO
his crouch and began boring in Attell
Immediately changed his tactics and
upper-cut with both hands, and Han
Ion was forced To cIinch TO save him
self There was no decision-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
STATE ENDS CASE
asst Witness in the Vermeesch
Trial Leaves Stand at
Noon.
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY
Position of Victim When Shot is In
ispute-Surgeons Tes-
fifty.

With the testimony of Sheriff w. G..
Heider the state at noon today rested
in the prosecution of Henry Vermeesch.
on trial in the circuit court for the muir
der OF John O'Connor in the saloon of
Leon Callewaert. in East Moline, last
fall. Mr.. Heider related the details of
the arrest of Vermeesch and identified
the revolver with which the shooting
was done Mr.. Scott, the states attor-
ney. said he had a number of rebuttal
witnesses that he would call in the
event that it was necessary to estab-
lish the guilt of the defendant He said
il was a plain case of murder, and he
could not see how any evidence that
would be brought out by the defense
could lessen the seriousness of the
crime against Vermeesch.
O'COnnOr's Companions Conc.
Other witnesses of the morning were
DIR. p H. Vessel who assisted at the
operation for the removal of the bull
let from OConnor's body; J. @.
Stultz. the East Moline police magis-
trate, and Perry c. Dunbar. the East
Moline hotelkeeper. Stultz saw two
shots fired at OConnor while the lat
ter lay PROSTATE on the walk i'll front
of the Callewaert saloon. Vermeesch
was the one who did the shooting he
said. The two men who were drinking
with O'COnnor in the CalleWaert Sa-
loon on the day of the tragedy have
disappeared. They have not been seen
since the shooting. They were strang-
ers in East Moline. and are understood
10 have been there looking for employ
ment. The defense will introduce wit
nesses to establish the good reputation
of Verneesch. and will seek to prove
that he would not have fired on D,Con.
nor unless he were compelled to do 50
in order to protect his own life.
story of Town Marshal.
The first witness for the state yes
terday afternoon was George w. Hoov-
cr. marshal of East Moline. Hoover
told of seeing O'Connor lying in front
of the Callewaert saloon He heard
the shots fired, and was about a block
west of the saloon at the time He
claimed to b e looking in the direc-
ton of the saloon. He said that
.OConncr was lying across a board.
just of of the sidewalk. He said he
did not see O'COnnor make any moves.
He told of the condition of the interior
.Of the saloon, in the course of the
cross examination, but claimed TO
have no knowledge of how the chair
was broken, nor of how the mirror in
the rear OF the bar was broken. He
was sharply cross examined by Mr.
Searle for the defense. and was asked
whether he had made any statement
to VermeesCh when he arrested him,
and what Vermeesch had said to
him. He told that Vermeesch had
said he guessed he was in for it,"
He was asked whether he had not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
CentraIs.

Following will be found the result
of the three games played in Daven-
port between the Flying Dutchmen
and the Rivals:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
STEAL BOLT CLOTH.
A Pair of Strangers Operate in
J. 3. Zimmer's
Store.
ONE HAS HIMSELF MEASURED
While His Companion Puts Goods
Under overcoat and Disap-
pears-Both Arrested.

Two strangers called at the tailor
ing establishment of J. B. thinner,
IN Second avenue, at $50 this morn
ing One asked to be measured for
pair of trousers. While this process
was under way the unceremonious de-
oarture of the customers companion
was noted. He appeared fuller in
front than when he came in the store
bolt of cloth from one of the coun-
ters up towards the front of the room
was missing.
Then it was realized that there had
been a game played. The man who
came to be measured denied any &C
Iuaintance with the other fellow. and
eft when the tailor had done with
him. stating that he would call fol
he trousers on the day when he was
told he could expect them to be fin
shed.
Police Arc Called.
The police station was notified by
telephone, and Officers Sidney Pear
son and Henry Thode were detailed
on the case. George Edwards. tho
man who had stolen the cloth. was ar
rested by Officer Thode in a saloon
doorway on Second avenue between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. H.
lad the cloth under his overcoat. His
al. who gave the name of Edward
FRANKLIN, was apprehended in Mar
ct square by officer Pearson.
Edwards insisted that he had never
seen Franklin before He said that
his home was in Philadelphia. He
had just arrived in the city. He wa.
lick and without friends. He needed
medicine. he said and called on
number of physicians and asked them
% help him, and when they all turned
him down. he did the next best thing
md turned thief Edwards had beer
thinking. and the police do not take
any stock in his medicine story.
believed to Have Record.
Edwards is believed to have rec
ord He claims to know a number of
rominent people in Chicago. He ask
d for an attorney to conduct his de.
'ense. He did not want any lawyer
Who was intimate with the police, he
aid. showing that he had had exper-
enCe in the police court before. He
aid he preferred some young attor-
icy who had not been practicing in the
,olice court. He said he had a long
story to tell, and he believed when
The facts were properly presented he
would not have any difficulty in secur-
ng his freedom.
Edwards was held to the grand jury
in 500 bond for larceny and Franklin
was sentenced to so days in the coun-
~ Jail for disordeTly conduct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
Morrison Knocks Out Ross.

Benton Harbor. Mich, Feb. Is
Jimmy" Ross. OF Kansas City, went
down in defeat last night before John
ny" Morrison. Of St Joseph, the feath-
erweight champion of Michigan. in the
fourth round a right jolt 10 the jaw
did the business. In the third round.
fighting in close TO his opponent, Nor
rison sent Ross 10 the floor for the
count Of eight. The gong saved Ross.
Tommy Ryan. Morrison's manager.
stated after the bout that ne would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25

said TO Vermeesch that he did just
right Those hobos were trying to
run the town" Hoover denied making
such a statement. Some slight dis
crepancies were pointed out between
the testimony of Hoover at the pre-
hminary hearing and at the coroner's
inquest with his testimony yesterday
afternoon
Tells of Victims Injuries.
DR.. a. H. Arp. of Moline. who con-
Quoted the operation on O'Connor at
the Moline hospital. was called. and
gave expert testimony regarding the
injuries which O'Connor sustained.
DR.. Arp told of meeting the injured
man at the station with the ambulance
and having him removed to the hospi-
tai. He told OF the operation. and of
the location and character of the
wound. He said that the bullet had
pierced the liver. the diaphram. and
the right lung He said that judging
from the course of the bullet the man
was falling when he was shot. The
path of the bullet was almost in a di-
rect line upward. DIR. Arp told of the
postmortem which was held and pro-
duced the bullet which was removed
from the right lung. The bullet was
offered in testimony. as were O'Con-
nor's clothes. which DR.. Arp had pre-.
served. In the crOss-eXaminatiCn Mr..
Marshall attempted to show that the
course of the bullet was no guide as
to the mans position at the time. He
asked the witness many questions tend
ing to show that a bullet of the kind
used was very likely to take an erratic
course through the body. and might be
reflected by muscles or tendons. The
bullet has a slight abrasion on one
side of the point, and this was point
ed out by Mr.. Marshall. DR.. Arp said
that this could not have been caused
since the bullet was removed. and ad-
mitted that it might have been caused
by the DETECTION of the bullet in its
course.
DETECTION by Clothing.
DR. E. Don Taylor. of Moline. was
called. He was practicing in East Mo
line Oct II. when the shooting oc-
CURED, and was one of the first called
to the scene. He told of the operation
and the removal of the bullet In
cross-examination DR.. Taylor also was
questioned as to the probability of the
bullets having taking an erratic
course He stated that the bullet
might have been DETECTED by the
clothing This was contradictory tC
TIC statement of DIR. Arp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
Bulletin for Week Commencing Sun.
day, Feb. &c.

bulletin for Week Commencing SUM-
day, Feb. &c.
STANDARDIZATION class, p. M: ser
non, DIR. c. o. Blomgren, 1880 p. m.
Monday-Committee on absences. ;
,. M; Wennerberg chorus. 5 p. M; pu-
Ills recital. p. m
Tuesday-College faculty, p. m;
iladstone Debating club, p. m: Web.
;ter Debating club, 4 p. m; Oratorio
society, 1880 p. IN.
Wednesday-Conservatory faculty, 4
}. m: TOrgny Debating club. 5 d. IN.
prayer meeting, Z p. m; band rehear.
sal, p. m.
Observation-Disclosures faculty. 4 p. m. ::
Wennerberg chorus, p. m; basketball
game, Augustana VS.. Lombard, s D. m.
Friday-Theological faculty, 4 p. m. ::
Concordia society. 4 p. m; Iduna so.
ciety. p. m; lecture, Dreams" DR..
Seashore, p. m.
Saturday-Students' prayer meeting.
p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
NOTES ON SPORT.
chicaqoans OF for Coast.

Chicago. Feb. 25.-First in the field
% start for a climate suitable for base
ball practice, the Chicago Nationals,
nearly twenty strong, will leave the
Dearborn street station at 10 O'Clock
-onight for southern California, and
next Wednesday the frOlicsome cubs
will be leaping around in the sunshine
If Santa Monica trying to timber up
he stiff joints caused by long win
ter's idleness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25

Outfelder "Davy'' Jones has been
sold TO the Minneapolis American as
ISOLATION team, Manager Watkins hav-
ing made the best offer for the cub
cast-off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
ARE TO PLAY BASKETBALL
Interesting Game Scheduled for To
night at the Y. M. c. A.

This evening at the Y. M c. A. gym.
naslum, the Y. NJ. c. A. team will play
The team of Augustana college. The
college team is considered one of the
pest teams in this section, and has de
ieated the teams of nearly all of the
schools and colleges nearby. The Y
VI G. y. team, while not in the same
class, perhaps. will endeayor to make
ne college boys earn any scores they
are credited with. The Snails of the
association will play the II. S. s. team
following the main game of the even
n9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
The BOWLING Tournament.


Milwaukee, Feb. est Paul threat
ems to win the individual champion
ship in the national bowling tourna-
nent. which ends here this afternoon
:. NJ. Anderson. of that city, rolled
total of 651 early yesterday afternoon,
and the mark has resisted all efforts
IN the part of over 100 men to beat it,
anderson is a man about 40 years of
age, and has been rolling about five
Years, this being his first big tourna-
nent. He is a member of the Pfisters
If st. Paul. During the day Harry VIII
Jams. of San Francisco, rolled 269 in
he singles, tying the record for ma
fOnal tournament made two years ago
n Indianapolis by Ernest Kettcnacher
who won third place in that tourney
Ernest Peterson, of Chicago last
hight rolled GIG. and is third Mathew
Naetz. a Lake View bowler, is fourth
18th G23, being tied with a. w. Allison
{ Washington. Z. ID. Pfeifer. one of
est of the Columbian knights bowl
RS, rolled COG. Ed Stretch and Bob
aolfe, of Chicago, are still high in the
women event, and their total of 1918
the only one compiled above the 400
lvCrage mark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
CENTRALS DEFEAT SCOUTS
In Bowling Match Last Evening at
Central Alleys.

In a match last evening at the Cen
Ial alleys the Scouts lost to the Cen
tails. The scores:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
Decision to NearN.

Milwaukee. Feb. 25.-Charles Neary
got the decision over Maurice Thomp-
son. of Butte. last night after eight
rounds of fast fighting before the Bad
ger Athletic club. To many of the
spectators it seemed as though the
Bout should have been a draw. but
Referee Malachy Hogan saw it differ
entity. There were no knock-downs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
match his protese with Benny Yanger
Or any other 130-pounder.
For Sunday Ball.

jefferson City, Mo, Feb. Boy vot-
ing to table an amendment TO the bill
prohibiting Sunday baseball games and
theatrical performances, the house
yesterday killed the bill after several
attempts had been made TO amend it
and a motion poStponing its considera-
ton indefinitely had been voted down.
Indianapolis. Feb. 25.-The Indiana
house of representatives yesterday de
feated a bill to allow Sunday baseball
games by vote of Al to As.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25

The scheduled contest between the
BrunsWicks and Recruits at Moline
was postponed
Makes bone and muscle faster than
any other remedy. Brings strength
health and happiness 10 the whole fam
ily. That's what HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea VIII do. 35 cents, tea or
tablets T n Thomas pharmsoy- ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
Marshall Wins Thirteenth Game.

Paris. Feb. 25.-Frank J. Marshall
won the 18th game of his chess match
with d. Janowski here yesterday on
the 10th move. after nine hours of ex-
citing play The score now stands:
Marshall. 6: Janowski. 4 drawn. 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-25
OFFICERS OF THEATRE CO.
No Change Made in Governing 3oaro
of Illinois Property.

Nd Change Made in Governing 8care
of Illinois Property.
The stockholders OF tie Ilsinoi.
Theatre company held their annua
meeting yesterday afternoon. Phil
Mitchell. +. w. Bahnsen and r. J. Me
dill were reelected members of the
board of directors. The directors re
elected the officers:
President-Phil Mitchell.
Vice President-F. w. Bahnsen.
Secretary and Treasurcr-T. J. M
dill.
The theatre is under 10-year lease
to ChambeTlin. Kindt & Co. Their
lease runs eight years more.
That Tickling in the Throat.
One minute after taking One Minute
Cough Cure that tickling in the throat
is gone. 1t acts in the throat-not ths
stomach. Harmless-good for chill
dren. Sold by all druggists
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
MISSED SCENIC DELIGHTS.
T%hespian Crossed the Continent in a
Box Car Which Was Devoid
of Windows.

A wandering thespian, WIFI
vanishes from Broadway ever,
summer and then turns up like ;
bad penny when the big play
houses open for the season, was
sighted in his usual haunts re
Gently.
Hello, old boyw! cried one OF
his rathskeller friends. "yyhert
have you been srrrmerirg"
"Oh, | was out on the Pacific
coast. Had a delightful time,
You know | am very fond of tray.
elers."
$50 you told me. suppose you
came through Oregon, Colorado
and the other picturesque states
of the Golden Vest"
Eyes, | passed through nearly
all Of them"
"And did you admire the Colum.
bia river very muchw
mo, err passed near it, but |
didn't see it,"
That's strange. | shouldn't
think that anyone with a love for
the picturesque would miss seeing
the Columbia river. But surely
you Toasted your eyes on the mag.
nificent pateaus, giant ranges and
awe-inspring geysers of Colo.
rado?'
Didn't see any of them"
"What? You mean to tell me
you Travelled through the most
picturesque part of America and
did not even look out of the car
Window"
The thespian shook his head
and smiled.
"The car didn't have any win
dows," he said. 81 came across in
a box car"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
OLD BOSTON TOULOUSE.
Ancient Landmark in Citv of Cam
bridge, Mass, Has Been Sold
for S25,

For the paltry sum of $25 the
old dollhouse, one of the many rel
les of bygone days in the city OF
Cambridge, which, during it's ex.
%istence has held probably many
thousands of dollars, has been
sold, says the Boston Transcript.
The house stood for more than a
century at the Cambridge end Of
the West Boston bridge, but dur.
ing the last few years has been so
badly in need of repairs that it was
more of an eyesore than a thing to
be admired as having been handed
down by our forefathers.
The house had been in disuse
since 1853, and from the appear.
ance of it at the time of it's demo.
lition one might readily believe
that no repairs had been made
upon it since that time. 1t is prob.
able that, so great was the reiOic-
ing when the West Boston bridge
was made a "free" bridge, there
was no place in the hearts of Cam
bridge citizens for sentiment. and
none arose in the hearts of their
descendants to prompt them to
preserve the old landmark. The
dollhouse was first used when the
West Boston bridge, known as the
Great bridge" was completed
IL 1893. No person was allowed
to pass over without first visiting
the dollhouse to pay the pittancc
was demanded of him. In
1903 Moses Hadley was made the
toll collector, andcontinued in that
,apacity until 1858, when the
was made a "free" bridge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
COLLEGE GIRLS TO BE TIDY
President Thomas of Bryn Mawr Says
the Day of Varsity Trump
Is Past.

Educational attainments will
no longer excuse s%lovenliness il
dress and manners among women,
says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Miss M. Carey Thomas, president
of Bryn Mawr college, made this
home truth a feature of her ad.
dress to the students at the open
Ing exercises of that institution.
1t was near the close of her
speech, when she was telling the
girls not to underrate the impor.
lance of details, that Miss Thorn.
as brought the subject up. First
she recalled the much discussed
lecture of Henry Jones, in
which he urged the exercise of
more care in conversation and
writing and an effort to use purer
English. But this, she said, was
a detail of education, which the
matter of personal appearance
is not.
The day of the college trump"
SAID the president, was past, and
she was glad of it. Slovenliness
In dress and manners were no
longer overlooked in a woman n o
matter how brilliant she might
be. AS the college woman came
TO be less of a curiosity and her
numbers increased, she could not
afford to be careless of the little
things which others of her sex re.
garded.
Miss Thomas urged the girls to
be tidy and to see that they re-
elected credit on their alma mater
when they appeared in public.
She said there was no tax which
the college paid more cheerfully
than the double one on Springfield
water, and that there was plenty
OF water, both hot and cold, in the
buildings.
The advantages of corporate
life of the college were expatiated
on by the president, who said that
the ideas of the girls were broad
ened and they became more self
reliant in thus living away from
home andamong their classmates.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
HE HATED EACH THE SAME
Denmark Wanted 1t Understood That
in Entertaining B~ritons, Ger
many Was Not Sighted.

A speech made by Commandant
Blumne at Elsberg, on the occa
SION Of the arrival of the British
fleet in the Baltic, caused great
amusement to those who heard il.
and who were able TO understand
the Danish language. 1t is, in
many ways, the most delightful
piece of sarcasm.
One object of the speech was to
show that in welcoming the Brit.
ish fleet Denmark had no desire TO
be discourte0us to GERMANY. but
wished to be on excellent terms
with both these great powers. The
following extract was the princi.
pal point Of the discourse:
"a hundred years ago England
destroyed our feet and rayaeed
our country from sea to sea-: Al
years ago Germany ruined us on
land and robbed us Of half our ter.
ritory. We do not hate England
more than we do Germany, nor
Germany more than we do Eng.
land. A month ago we welcomed
the German sailors, to-day we wei.
come the English fleet. Long live
the powerful English nation say
we now, just as a month ago we
said: Long live the no.Iess DOW
erfuI Germans"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
BOUND TO BEAT AT LYING
Jim Watson When He Knew Of His
Rivals Prevarlcation Won
by Two Miles.

At the junction of two high
ways III a certain county in Iowa
found the directions on the
gnideboard all faded out, relates
Il writer in the Baltimore Amer.
lean, and, noticing q farmer at
work in his field, | hitched the
horse and went over TO him and
asked:
"Will you kindly tell me how
far it is to Painsville?"
Have you asked anyone else?'
queried the farmer, as he leaned
on his hoe.
"Yes, ] asked a man back here
about a mile"
"Was his name Bill scoyel?"
eyes, | think it was"
"What'd he say?"
81 understood him to say that it
was nine miles"
swell, then, it's 'lcven."
/ took his word for it and went
on, but found the distance only
seven miles. Returning that way
next day encountered the farmer
moving weeds along the highway
and said:
"Why did you tell me Yesterday
that ii was II miles to PainsviIley
Yon must have known that it was
only seven"
"Bill scovel told you nine.
hep"
"Yes."
swell, Bill Scoyel thinks he's
the biggest liar around here. and
told you 'leyen to show him that
he'd got a hard man to beat when
ne set out to git the best OF Jim
Watson
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
VARIOUS HABITS OF HAREs
lhey Retreat to Sand Hills During
Daytime, But Feed Early in the
Morning and at Night.

A clever observer writes: "A
good many hares find a secure re,
treat IN the sand hills during the
daytime and feed on the marshes
III the morning and evening. The
hour at which most of them leave
the marsh varies, but it is any time
before nine o'clock. All the hares.
however, do not return, some pre-.
ferrlng to lie out all day and make
ther forms in any standing clump
OF grass in the Enclosures. Ifound
tEls out one day while taking shell.
Ter among the fir trees from a
downpour of rain. As soon as the
ram got really heavy | saw first
one and then another hare appear.
as 1t were, out of the ground in the
middle of the fields and race for
the shelter of the sand hills.
ION their return to the hills in
the morning many of them take up
thelr station on the sunny side of
a hr tree, generally on a slope.
ana SIT there, either among he fir
needles or else on the bare ground
or sand, without any sort of form
apparently. They like a warm.
sunny seat, out of the wind, or, in
wet weather, sheltered from the
RAIN. Here they sit and sleep. I'M.
less disturbed, until an hour or
two past midday.
AT some time between / 80 and
. o'clock they wake up and begin
their toilet, which is a long
and very careful process. |
have seen them roll in the
sand then get up, shake them.
selves and finally lick their
bodies all over, for the most part
directly with their tongues, but
those parts of their bodies which
they cannot reach so-face. back
head, ears and nape of neck
are dressed by the forelimbs. ex.
actly in the same way that q cat
does it.
These toilet operations often
take half or three-quarters of an
hour. When complete there is a
short time of rest, then a long
stretch and a yawn, fore legs first,
then the hind legs; finally the
whole body is raised into an arch,
after which the animals begin to
move off for another feed"