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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29
ANDALUSIA.

Principal Henry ]. Oaks has return
ed to his home in Indiana to spend the
holidays.
Mrs. Joseph Simmons was in Musca-
tine Saturday.
Mrs. G.. E. Spickler and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Herbert. were shopping in
Rock Island last Friday.
T. z. Cole was in Muscatine on bus
mess several days of last week.
The entertainment at the Baptist
church Christmas eve was a success.
1t was enjoyed by all, especially the
children.
The young people are enjoying fine
skating on the river.
A E Simmons and Bernhardt HeinZe
We're in Rock Island last week.
Edward Wenks and daughter leila
of Des Moines are spending the holi-
days with relatives here.
Edward Kane of Chicago spent
Christmas with home folks.
The Misses Cora and Abbie Pierce
of Des Moines are visiting their uncle
Charles Huntley.
Mrs. Ballard and Mrs. D. B. Holmes
departed Sunday to visit the latter's
sisters in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Zwicker were re-
cent visitors at Mr.. and Mrs. T. w.
Simmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Err Dunlap of Rock Is
land visited Christmas with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Bur
gOyne.
Forrest Spickler has returned from
North Dakota TO spend the winter with
his parents.
Mr.. Hobart of northeastern Kansas
is visiting relatives here.
Osten-Say. pa. what is beastly
weather. anyway?
Pa-Oh. weather you hear so many
growlS about.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

home of the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Bowser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Meyer of Wray-
vile spent few days last week at
the home of Mrs. Meyers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ayers of Wilton, Iowa.
F. Reynolds departed Thursday for
Rock Island, where he will visit his
mother, Mrs. E. Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Mewes entertain
ed DR.. Bendle and wife Wednesday ev-
ening in honor of Rev and Mrs. w.
Kettlekamp, who are visiting at their
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29
Tim B ER.

Arthur Roberts of Illinois City. Wis
tied at Thomas Hayes Wednesday.
Mrs. Lottie Andrews spent Tuesday
in Rock Island.
Services will be held at Oak Ridge
school house Jan. 6, 1907 at 8 p. IN.
Mr. and Mrs. D. l.. Parmenter and
children and Frank Roberts, partici-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

pated in Christmas ceremonies at w.
E. Parmenter's Christmas eve.
Miss Estelle Schultz is sick with the
grip.
Miss Retta Andrews is spending n
weeks vacation at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

of Davenport, Joseph of Eldridge,
Iowa. and her mother, Mrs. Lena
Schesser. Clara Burmeister, Mrs. Liz
zie, Kasso of Davenport and Mrs. Cy-
rus Agne of Long Grove, are sisters
who survive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29
YUMA.

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Daley visited
Saturday and Sunday in Moline with
Mr.. Dailey's brother. Roy Daley.
Mrs. William Moody of Nebraska is
visiting with friends in this vicinity
this week.
A general epidemic of grip prevails
in this vicinity.
Joseph, Frank, and Fred Hilbert
Frank Wainwright, and Charles Wal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

Thursday night broke a paddock on the
door of c. o. Lovejoy's hen house sit
uated in the rear of his meat market,
Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street,
and made off with three or four fine
bronze turkeys and a considerable
number of geese and chickens. Some
person entered the Reese boarding
house, Fifth street and Fourth avenue
Thursday evening, and was caught
rummaging in a bureau drawer, evil
IDENTIFY in search of valuables. He made
bis escape before arrest was possible,
but took nothing with him so far as is
known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

Fines for Gambiers.-Newton Bayn.
ton and A. T. Cellar, who were arrest
ed Thursday night charged with run
ming a gaming house. appeared before
Police Magistrate Gustafson yesterday
morning. Both men pleaded not gull
ty to the charge of operating gam
bling house, and were given hearing.
officer Henry Lebbert, who headed the
raid, was placed upon the stand and
testified against the two men. After
the hearing of the evidence the magis-
trate fined Baynton 800 and costs, and
Cellar $50 and costs. AS it was Eel
lars first offense his fine was made
lighter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

Obituary Record.-Mrs. Hilda Smith,
daughter of Mrs. Christine Erickson of
1135 Fifth avenue, and well known
member of the Swedish Lutheran
church, who for two years has resided
in Davenport, passed away at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon after a three
weeks illness with tuberculosis. She
came home two weeks ago and had
since been belfast. She was born in
this city Aug. 20, 1873, and resided
here till after marriage, later moving
to Davenport with her husband. She
is survived by her mother and one
sister, Selma, in Moline, and her hus-
band, Arthur E. Smith, and 9-year-
old daughter, Frances, in Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-29

Corbett Coming.-Among the leading
attractions announced for January,
Manager Hurst brings the word that
James j. COrbett, the once heavy
weight champion prize fighter and
greatest boxer living, will appear at
the Moline. Jim appears as the hero
in the play entitled The Burglar and
the Lady" a production which has
proven good drawing card all sea-
son, due to the fact that the famous
fighter is with the show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
IRISH FISH STORIES.
Catch of Royal Sturgeon in Dublin
Bay.

Bay.
Special Cablegram to The Star
DUBLIN, November ia very re-
markable catch was made at the mouth of
Dublin bay the other day by the Father
OFlynna steam fishing trawler Of Messrs
M. and P. OHanlon, the well-known fish
merchants. This was what is known as
royal sturgeon" a huge fish measuring
the prodigious length of twenty-five feet
and weighing about 1900 pounds The
creature was about sixty inches in gi1th.
The catch was displayed at Messrs. O'Han-
Ions shop in Moore street, where its di-
mansions attracted the attention OF large
crowds Of people. The sturgeon is very
rarely caught in Irish waters, and Mr..
O'Hanlon States that he has never seen
one before in all his long experience. The
common sturgeon seldom exceeds eight
feet in length. 1t is interesting to note
the origin of the popular title of ''royaP'
fish which is applied to it. From it's rarity
1t has been regarded as a great delicacy,
and in England, when caught in the
Thames, within the jurisdiction Of the
lord mayor of London, it is royal fish,
also in high repute for the table among
the Greeks and Romans.
Surgeons of the huge size of the one
caught yesterday are encountered In the
Black sea and Caspian sea. but seldom
in these climates. It's advent in the pres
ent case is very interesting.
Mr.. OHanlon also possesses another
curiosity in the shape of a stuffed shark,
caught in Dublin bay some years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
HYPNOTIC BURIAL.
Professor" Refuses to Dig Up His
Wife.

W1fe.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, November IT,
-"Pro cssor' W. A. Barclay, a colored hyp-
notist hypnotized his wife and in the pres
ence of large gathering Of the public
buried her in a coffin under eight feet of
earth.
The professor" announced that he would
leave his wife buried for six days. After
digging her up again and reviving her he
declared she would be as fit and we'll as
before burial
The ceremony took place at Rockport
Gardens. The grave was already dug when
the professor and his wife arrived, and
the coffin placed by it's side. Mrs. Barclay
stepped into the coffin, lay out at full
length and closed her eyes peacefully.
Professor" Barclay, after making passes
over his wifes head, announced that she
was hypnotized and ready for burial. The
coffin lid was then fastened down, and the
coffin was lowered into the grave. The
earth was then piled on the coffin to a
depth of eight feet.
Barclay assured the people that his wife
was not in the slightest degree affected by
the burial, and suffered no discomfort. In
fact, he said, she was much better Off than
a good many who were walking on the
earth,
When the full details of the burial became
known storm of protest was raised in
Kingston. Mr.. roster Davis, VINO has
control Of Rockport Gardens, sent a letter
to Barclay declaring that he had no idea
Of the realistic character Of the perform
ance. and adding:
I'm these circumstances must ask you
to be good enough to make arrangements
to disinter your wife this evening.
Barclay, on receiving the letter. replied
that he had pledged his word to the public
that he would bury his wife alive for six
days, and he did not mean to break 1t.
The matter therefore. remains at COM
plete standstill The professor will not
unbury his wife, and the authorities fear
to do so owing to the possible consequences
Of removal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
AROUND THE CITY

Four countrifed old horses were pulling
a load of hay down 10th street. 1t was
s,;ch huge load that the driver. perched
up in front, was completely niched in by
weather-beaten trusses, and the old horses
seemed to be jogging along to the hay mar
ket of their own accord. Midway Of the
square an elderly and comfortably stout
woman stepped from the pavement and
called on the driver to stop. Plainly, he
didn't hear her. for the horses kept up
their logging Then the woman ran for
ward until she stood In front OF the team,
and with hands raised and her voice loud
"Stop there! Stop this minute! I want
to speak to you. Stop, tell you!
The driver and his horses must have mad
conscientious scruples In the matter OF
wheels stopped and a lean and very brown
regro man climbed down from his perch
and stood respectfully, cap in hand, to
receive all orders coming to him.
"You wait till I get this address out or
my bagAt's in here somewhere. Reckon
l left 1t home, but, never mind, you wait
here till come back. Don't move now!'
The woman crossed the pavement ana
went into store and two men who had
watched the proceedings fingered to see II
out.
I'D like to know what right that pre-
yention of cruelty to animals woman has
to be law to stop such meddling!
That's what I tell my wife; she's one
of 'em. But Us no use trying to stop en-
woman will do anything these days. ex-
cept stay at home where she belongs"
And that fellow will have to lose day
and pay a fine because she doesn't Hike
the cut Of his horses ribs! Gee. 1t would
make me hot If a woman was to come
round interfering with me like that"
you amt married yet. You don't know
what you'll have to stand when the time
comes
woman who likes to know things had
also stopped to watch the stout lady and
to listen to the critics on the curb. Then
she made cross-cut to the opposite pave
inent pausng to ask the patiently waiting
driver If he had got himself in trouble with
the S. p. C. A.
Nome. rs jes' waitin' fob de lady to
put down de dress Of her house. which
she done forgot to ca'hy wild her. She
wants to buy some hay"
And while the lean, brown man was max
ing his explanation the stout lady came
out of the store and the critics kept on
talking.
She was a shirt-waist young woman. with
skyscraper pompadour OF cinnamon mar
and a skirt short enough to show pro-
digiously high-heeled slippers. She stood
in the doorway of a big cafe on down.
town street. and as she held a paint brush
in one jeweled hand the inference was
that she was a member of some cult OF
bare-headed artists who work, for fame
instead of money and that she was en-
gagged in outdoor sketching.
A curious woman, who was passing and
who adores art. fingered at a neighboring
shop to see what was going to happen
She didn't have to wait long, for the art ist.
having stared enJoyably up and doTa the
street. stepped before the window Of tie
big cafe and, using the glass for a canvas,
painted with the abandon of the true pro-
fessional. Turkey dinner today.
Two oolored porters were trnndling rolls
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precedent followed by too many of our
best artists since then, was noted. His
association with Paul Revere brought forth
during discussion some interesting revo-
lutionary incidents.
The club theL took up the subject of
'Menes.' Mrs. J. F. Engle read a sketch
of this half-mythical founder of nation,
who is said to have built Memphis ard
made 1t his capital This was supplemented
by excerpts from the writings oe Herodotus,
Diodorus Siculus. Manetho aid a number
of modern Egyptologers. AS there is a
differ ence among writers upon this sub
ject of 1890 years in the extreme dates
given for the dates of his reign. these ac-
counts proved interesting, bur "the child
hood of a race" the Egyptian type in art, %
were more attractive topics for discussion.
A selection from George Ade's experiences
in Egypt upon the word old" was read
by Mrs. Stokes. and a sketch of Hypatia,
by Mrs. Sep. The chairman of the enter
tainment committee announced that a
'euchre'' would be held under The auspices
of the club in the parlors of the Portncr, in
December, the proceeds to be given for the
art fund of the district Federation of
Woman's Clubs.
The Excelsior Literary Club met with
Mrs. Baker, 1900 @ street northwest, with
a large attendance of members and visitors.
The president, Mrs. Emerson, presided.
Business, current events and parliamentary
drill occupied the time, instead of the
routine study, all taking part and making
1t very interesting. Mrs. Baker sang the
Shawnee River" all joining in the chorus.
Dainty, refreshments were served, after
which the club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Barnard.
The Capitol Hill History Club met
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. B. C.
Yorks, with nineteen members present. Mrs
j. A. Meyer read paper on Hudson Bay
and Northwest Territory" and Mrs Charles
Fisher gave a book review Of 1.-The Man
From Glengarry.' Canadian Folk Life
and Folk Lore was the subject for roll
call. Mrs. Sep played two piano solos and
Mrs. Chase recited Monterey"
A dance was given by The Washing
tonians at the National Rifles Armory
last Wednesday evening. The ever-in-
creasing attendance speaks well for the
popularity of these monthly dances.
special feature was the grand march, led
by President c. N. Phelps and Miss Edith
Appleby.
The third meeting of the "Seig-oob" Club
was held Friday evening at the home of
Miss Nora Richardson on Capitol Hill. Pro-
gIessive games constituted the principal
diversion, and these were followed by
Dutch supper" Those present were:
Misses Nora Richardson, Sadie Wagner,
Emma Rothwell. Elsie Shinn, Marguerite
Wagner, Matilda Vogt, Ethel Shane, Ruth
Hall, Jessie Stevens, and Messrs. Ralph
O'Brien, Fairfax Oyster, Raphael Semmes,
George Oyster, Samuel Yoder, Edwin Jones,
Francis Howard, Russell Thompson, Max
Williams and ODER Burch.
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of paper into a newspaper building when q
white man. in passing, interrupted them to
say:
in the way?'
They were very busy por.ers. hut they
had the politeness of their race.
II can't say, sub" answered the spokes-
man, while the other stood by in respect
full silence; lone man he slipped las yeah
an de papah roll ovah him an break a
laig or two. but amt nevah heard OF
none bein' killed yet. Would Y Ike 10
try It, subj Yous puffecly welcome
This truly genuine offer was unanimously
seconded by batch Of sporty newsboys,
but 1t was not accepted.
And when the man had made use OF his
own LEG or two" to get out OF ranss OF re
teers and chuckles, the porters returned
dutifully to their work.
A particularly stylish young woman
stopped another woman the street on
the last mild morning.
"Will you please tell me what's wrong
with my dress? I've counted six women
and two men on this one square who have
overtaken me to look back and grin and
stare I'm just so nervous 1 don't know
what to do"
The particularly stylish young woman
turned around.
"Its your waist It's buttoned up crook
ed top and bottom. and gaping wide open
well. II 1 won't haul Bob Blank over
the Goals for letting me go out like this.
He told me positively that he had buttoned
me UP properly l declare It's enough to
discourage any woman to live with man
she can't trust. l hope you have better
luck with your husband.
The other woman had fastened each tiny
pearl into its lawful hole and was straight
ening the gold bar that caught the laces
at the back Of the neck
Haven't had any: I'm SINGLE, was the
reply.
The buttoned- In the back woman wheeled
around with honest commisseration In her
very pretty eyes and sympathy in her voice.
"O-h! Is that so? Well. indeed you don't
look like an old maid. Honest. you don't!
l took you for a widow"
1t was a truly great reward for so small
a service and the spinster went her way
wishing she deserved 1t.
There goes a fellow who considers me
dead"
The man who made the assertion was one
of a couple of jolly red faced citizens who
were swinging along + street at 2:4O'
gait.
"Why, he spoke to you. old man.
"Of course he spoke to me. We are life
long friends. Had ticklish deal together
not long ago. and when it was satisfactorily
settled he wrote me, Dear Jim: All your
troubles are over!
And while the preson behind was wonder
ing what there was in the remark to start
the other man laughing, the two went In q
saloon and slammed the shutter door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
DIVORCED BY DEATH.
Mother Kills Herself and Children in
Proof Of Innocence.

Special Cabegram to The Star
GENEVA. November ia tragic sequel
to a divorce case has Just occurred at
BlankenDurg. in the canton of Berne.
Five months ago a merchant of Cassel
Germany. named Schopfwinkel. secured a
divorce from his wife. and was awarded
the custody of his two children, aged four
and five years, respectively.
Before he could secure the children, how
ever. the mother fed from Cassel, taking
them with her. For five months Herr
Schopfwinkel and a detective pursued her
all over Germany and Switzerland, and
at last found her living in apartments at
Blankenburg.
When Schopfwinkel and the detective, ac-
companied by local gendarme, entered
her apartments they found Nine. Schopf-
winkel and her two children lying in bed,
shot through the heart
Lying on the table was note in which
the wife declared that she was ''as inno-
cent of the charge against her as her
babes" She had killed them and then COM
mitted suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

ing formed and are securing a limited num-
Der of the government Krags through the
OF dnance department of the army The
proposition is to have an indoor shoot be-
tween teams representing the signal corps
OF Ypsilanti and Company /, LIST Infantry,
OF Ann Arbor, at which the prizes, instead
OF the usual medals and trophies. will be
annual subscriptions to the seven leading
military and rife publications CT the coun-
try. The publications will be kept on file
in the reading room of the winning team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
"Little Check" for sec, 900.
Special Cablegram to The Star

Special Cablegram to The Star
PARIS, November 17.-Baron Henri de
Rothschild. the millionaire doctor of medi-
cine, presented check for $4,000 toward
the establishment Of cancer institute in
France.
The baron attended at the Academy Of
Medicine, where DR.. Poirier. at the close of
a mastery lecture. expressed regret that
France had no cancer institute Baron
Henri sent up note to the lecturer ex-
pressing his pleasure at the lecture and
inclosing little check toward the pre-
liminary expenses Of the institute"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Fears for Cologne Cathedral.

COLOGNE, November 17.-Serious fears
are entertained for the safety OF Cologne
Cathedral. During the work of renovation
in recent months stones have continually
become detached and fallen down into the
street on to the cathedral terrace. This
morning a large stone fell from a great
height on to a newly erected group of statu-
airy representing the crucfixfon, near the
altar. The group was completely destroyed.
Stones have fallen into the path leading
past the cathedral, and the public have
been warned not to pass over the terrace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Globe Trotting in Fact.
Special cablegram to The Star

Special Cablegram to Inc star
CALCUTTA, November II. - Walking
around the world for q wager, the Amerf-
can athlete Lorimer has arrived at Gavin
pore. He has already been attacked by q
pack of wild dogs. Of which he killed four,
has narrowly escaped being run over by a
train and has been suffering from ptomaine
poisoning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Convocation Of Hague Conference.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

THE HAGUE. November 1.-THE convo-
cations for the peace congress. which. 1t
was said, would be deferred till 1908. will
be issued at the beginning of December.
converting the conference for about Easter
It is probable that the trustees of the Car
negie fund will fix an early date for the
beginning of the temple of peace, So that
the foundation stone can be laid In the
presence OF the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
Walking Across Africa.

Special CabIegram 10 Inc Star.
CAIRO, November n.-Capt. Daniel.
r. N, who Is walking across Africa, has
arrived at BraEzaville. In the French
Congo. He started from the east coast to
travel across the continent.
Capt Daniells journey from the Indian
ocean to the mouth of the Congo Is 1.500
miles In a direct line by way of Lake Tan,
ganyil9a. He 10 now on his way to Bona
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

Commander Peary and his arctic steam
ship, the Roosevelt, sailed from Chateau
bay, Labrador. yesterday for Sydney. The
expedition was delayed at Chateau bay
by fog and head winds. With her pro-
peller damaged, 1t Is reported that the
Roosevelt viii simply crawl from port to
port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

A SIDE from the routine of drills,
~ schools for officers and non-com-
- missioned officers and company
meetings, matters pertaining to
tho National Guard of the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

Miss Ethel Tibbetts has just returned
from an extensive trip west, where she has
been visiting friends and relatives in Spring
Lake, Mich; Chicago and Aurora, Ill. {;
Kansas City, Mo-, and Kansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

The marriage of Miss Agnes Campbell
Gordon Armistead to Adolph Napoleone
francesca d'Nesti will take place Wednes-
day, November u, at high noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

presented showed Judge McCreery to have
been a man of many sides, devoted hus-
band and father, universally loved and es-
teemed in the communicate gentle SOUL
to human race friend A recitation by
Miss Lottie Lewis, THE Death of the
Flowers closed the exercises Of the even
ing.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-07-31
NegrOInSpired Wholesale Murder

According to the statement recently
made by his wife, Nease Gillispie, the
nergo accused of being the leader in
the murder of Isaac Lyerly and family
at BARRIERS, N. c., is the guilty man.
The woman said her husband threaten
ed to kill Lyerly. The five prisoners
accused of the crime are still in the
Jail at Charleston. According to the
testimony, two of the negroes did the
killing, while the others held the
lamps. The oil was then poured over
the beds in order that they would burn
rapidly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-07-31
The Black Maria.

"Black Maria" is a familiar term,
with an origin more or less mysterious.
1t has been suggested that maria"
really represents the old word mari
nated," which meant transported or
married" slang expression formerly
applied to persons chained or hand
cuffed together on the way to Jail. But
more attractive is the story that in
the old colonial days a gigantic and
brawny negress kept a sailors board
ing house at Boston and frequently lent
order. Once she took three sailors to
the lookup unassisted. Send for Black
Maria it is said, became a regular
way of limiting that man ought to be
jailed.