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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
Ed Berger, Secretary.

No one would buy a sailboat with
sails that could not be reeled. There
is always that possibility of a little
too much wind that makes a cautious
man afraid to go unprovided. The
thinking man, whose stomach some
times goes back on him, provides for
his stomach by keeping bottle of
Kodol for Dyspepsia within reach Ko-
dol digests what you eat and restores
the stomach to the condition to proper
ly perform its functions. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
Notice of Increase of Capital Stock o
Black Hawk Clay MFG. Co.

Public notice is hereby given that
at special meeting of the stockhOld-
ers of the Black Hawk Clay Mfg. Co.,
held at the Office of said company at
Sears. H., on the 2Sth day of August,
1906, the capital stock of said COM
pany was increased from $4,000 TO
100000 by the affirmative vote of
more than two-thirds of the stock of
said company.
The additional stock is voted to be
directors of said company
BLACK HAWK CLAY MFG CO.,
BY NJ. Rothschild, President
Ed Pnrpar Conrotorv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
Obituary Reco

Obituary Record-LeOnen Hubbard.
the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hubbard. 1868 Twenty-sixth avenue.
died Thursday evening after an illness
of consumption dating since last March
He was born at Almira. Mo. and three
years ago he came to Moline with his
parents and has been a pupil at the
Garfield school until prevented by his
illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Edna NJ Mitchell To- James c. Fled
Ter. lots : and 8. Upland Place. Mo
line. 81
l.. NJ. Magill to Moline Trust & Saw
ings bank. e1a of lots / and 3. block ,
Davenport's addition. Moline, 81.
Charles II. Deere to Moline Trust &
Savings bank. e1a of lots l. s. and >,
in block ;. George Davenport's addi-
ton. Moline. ST.
Charles L. White to Charles Steen-
beke. lot Is. block 151. Village of East
Moline, $500.
Levi S. McCabe to Charles A
Buchanan. lot 9. block X. in Edge
wood park addition. Rock Island. $525.
Robert A. Wagner TO Alexius Helta
e13 of lot TO- block 4. Pitts, Gilbert &
Pitts First addition, $4,000.
Martin Maurer to James L. Cox. lot
9, block Z, Village of Rapids City. 500.
Casper Maurer to James l.. Cox. lots
I. block 10. and 30 in block 3 and lots
TO 8, 10 and II in block Z. Village of
Rapids City. $3.50
Edward Maurer to James L. Cox.
lots and in block Z, town of Rapids
City, 800.
Emma c. Wells to Clarence A. Ban
lister. part of lots and in block /, in
Atkinson Park add. Moline. $4,000.
Francis Black to Philena Black. lot
block 6. Village of Hampton. 81.
Philena Black to Walter l. Black,
lots l. and IA, in block l, Village of
Hampton. 81
c. H Widener TO s. Van Steenbergh,
nwH in section 81. 30. 2e, $4,000.
Charles p. Skinner to Moline Candy
Mfg. Co. ely of lots /, s and 3. in
George Davenport's add. Moline. 81.
Jeanette d. Chapman TO Charles H.
Deere. part outlot F, Child's Second
add. Moline. $4,000.
Harriet E. Corns TO William Vivian
part of n1a of neH and part s11a of
seq in section 90. II, 1w, ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29

Doctor Fined for Assault.-Dr w. 4.
BenadOm was fined SO an costs by
Justice DitZen on the charge of as
sault and battery. the complaining wit
ness being Mrs. Johanna Rueter. Mrs
Rueter claims she was attacked by DR.
BenadOm and struck by him. DR.. Ben
adOm on the other hand claims he
merely shut a door in her face when
she refused 10 leave his residence At
ter being assessed a fine of SO and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
DAVENPORT

Claims to Be Deserter.-A man Civ
ing his name as William Davis and
claiming TO be a deserter from the
United States army. was arrested in
Bucktown by Police officer Brehmer
and taken TO the station Yesterday he
was removed 10 the Rock Island ar
senal. where he Will be held pending
an investigation Of his case
Big Shoot Tomorrow.-The cham
piCnship match of the Central Shoot
ing association will commence al 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning at SchuetZ-
en- park. Among the cities that will be
represented will be Cincinnati Denver.
Milwaukee. Wausau. Chiffon. La
Crosse. Chicago. Dubuque. Lyons. Key
stone. and Rockford. Twelve Daven-
port sharpshoOterS will enter the con
TEST. in which altogether about 40 men
will participate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29

Dies in AIIey.-A well known charac-
ter. c. A. PrOut. was found dead yes
terday in an alley behind the Midway
saloon on East Front street. from the
effects OF alcoholism He was a man
of between 80 and 40 years old. with
no home. who lived by working around
saloons. He was last seen by the Mid
way bartender at ! o'clock Thursday
night. when he said that he was going
to sober up that he could come around
and clean cut the saloon in the morn
ing. This morning at > o'clock the
bartender found him dead in the alley.
Coroner Lambach found that the eff
fects of continued use of alcohol had
paralyzed the muscles of the heart so
that the organ ceased TO beat and
death was the result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
Gas Turned OFF at Niqht.-Police {

Gas Turned Off at Night.-Police Of
ficers Lee and Terkelsen were given a
lot of trouble Thursday evening on ac-
count of the gas having been turned
off for a few minutes about s o'clock
at the power plant. All the gas lights
connected with the mains which were
affected were eXtinguished, but the
trouble only lasted for few minutes
Many of the merchants and other bus
mess men leave gas burning in their
places of business. and this was what
caused trouble for the special officers.
When they noticed that no lights were
burning in the stores which use gas for
illumination. they at once started an
investigation and found that the trou-
BILE was at the power plant. 1t was
then necessary to call the proprietors
of the places of business in order that
they might look after the lights and
prevent their buildings becoming filled
with gas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29
MOLINE
Enuaoement Announced The en-

Engagement Announced The en-
gagement of Miss Helen Swanson and
MauritZ Johnson was made public at
a dinner party Thursday evening at
the young lady's home on Eleventh av-
enue and Fourteenth street. The bride
to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Swanson. 1116 Fourteenth
street. She is member of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church, the Young Peo-
pies society, and sings in the choir.
The groom is the son of George w.
Johnson of the Moline Furniture works
and is employed by his father.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-29

Pimples call for immediate treat
ment There's nothing more offensive
and dreaded than a pretty face cover
ed with eruptions. The body must be
kept perfectly healthy with HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or tablets,
80 cents. T. H. Thomas pharmacy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
Electrical odditien.

One or two curious details of the fran
chise in France have come to light in con-
nection with the general election which
took place on Sunday. There are altogether
100000 electors, of whom in 1909 s,790Ooo
actually voted. But blank and spoiled pa
pers reduced the number OF effective votes
to $4,000, OF which 100000 were cast
for the deputies elected and 100000 for
the unsuccessful candidates. Altogether the
elected deputies represent rather less than
half the registered electors. The 3E deputies
who constitute the majority voting the
separation law represented $4,000 voters,
or only one-fourth Of the total NUMBER
London Globe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

average of similar lands opened TO settle
ment, beginning with Oklahoma. Okla
homa attracted immense numbers; the
Devils lake country a noticeable decrease;
the Rosebud, even though located within a
short ride of large centers of population,
failed to reach previous records; the recent
Crow opening in Montana was termed
decided frost" by expectant property own
ers residing at the various registration
points, and with a vastly greater area and
the assurance of water furnished by the
state, the shoshone applicants are proper
tionately the fewest yet.
Plan VIII stand.
Notwithstanding the light registration
officials Of the land office In charge of the
shoshone reservation drawings are conf
dent that the present plan will not be
changed. Commissioner w. A. Richards
was asked a few days ago as to his views
and the views OF the department on this
point, but to a correspondent he declined
to commit himself. The plan was origi-
mated by Mr.. Richards and he has on num-
Der Of occasions intimated his full faith in
the system. 1t was thought that perhaps
the decrease in the number of persons at
tracted to the registrations would cause the
department to find new way Of attracting
interest but this is set at rest by a state
ment made by Chief Clerk Harry Billings
Just after Mr.. Richards left Shoshoni. II
have recently talked with Commissioner
Richards" said Mr. Billings, and am
satisfied he is just as Arm as ever in his
confidence in the plan. He believes 1t is the
only safe and perfectly fair way to dispose
of these lands, and do not believe there
will be any change. Preparations for the
opening of the Flathead reservation in Mon
tana are going forward and there is not
the slightest intimation that its opening
will differ from that OF the others recently
parceled out to the public"
Moreover, so long as everyone draws
prize" there is no reason why those who
register should kick"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
TESTIMONY OF A GHOST
Once suficed TO Hang a Man, Ac-
cOrdinE to British Court
Records.


The testimony of ghost would not
now count for much in a British court of
law. but the day has been when It has
sufficed to hang a man, 1t is stated that
the original dispositions are in the Bodleian
library of a most remarkable case of this
character.
A girl named Annie Walker was sup
posed to have been sent away for her
good by a substantial farmer. Sometime
afterward so-called appaprition appeared
to a neighbor, with its head all bloody
with wounds and telling him that she had
been murdered by the farmer and an accom-
pIice. Her body the appaprition said, had
been buried In a spot which she described
and she begged the man to whom she ap-
peared to bring her murderers to justice.
True enough, the body was found In the
place mentioned, and the men were brought
to trial. The sensational character OF the
case was intensified by one of the jurymen
declaring that he saw the child OF the
dead woman sitting upon the shoulder
of it's father, the farmer. Both the Gull
prits were hanged.
There was a gho5ly accuser in case
with which readers of Scott are familiar.
soon after the "'45" an English soldier,
wandering near Bruemer, met violent
death. Hawks do not peck out hawks
cen. and no man opened his mouth TO
| give a clew. Years passed and then came
| a story of a communication from another
| world.
A farm servant declared that in the
night a spirit had appeared to him, de-
claring itself to be the ghost of the soldier
whose bones II said lay still unburied
| The Highlander must see to their decent
| interment and have the murderers-two
men named--brought to Justice. The
Highlander promised, but did not keeT
his word and a second and third time the
| spirit appeared and unbraided him fol
his breach OF faith. Alarmed at last and
no longer daring to delay, the man called
| a companion, went to the spot which the
| spirit had indicated and there found the
bones of the murdered warrior concealed
| in a mooriand tract called the Hill OF
| Christie.
The story of the Highlander came tc
| the ears of an anti-Jacobite, who caused
| the matter to be brought to trial before
[ the court of judiciary, Edinburgh There
! the tale was corroborated by a woman
who had seen a naked figure enter the
place on the night spoken of by the man
1t was an age of superstition, in dis
trict more than commonly given TO su-
perstitions, and the jury seemed dis
posed to find the two men charged guffty
of the murder, But IL happened that the
principal witness spoke only Gaelic
Now" said the counsel for the. defense
'in what language did the ghost speak p
in as good Gaelic as ! ever heard In
Lochabar," was the reply. Pretty good
for the ghost of an English soldier" said
counsel. And, that question and com
ment saved the necks of the men at The
bar The jury could believe in a ghost
but not in an English ghost speaking
Gaelic.--London Standard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
DENTISTRY
Tooth Talk No. So

'Painless Dentistry" in tho
minds Of some people Is a
mysterious and wonderful
thing. 1t is really nothing
OF the kind. II is simply
Careful Dentistry"-the ju-
dicious use OF uncommon care
and common sense.
do not wish TO be classed
with so-called Painless"
dentists but I give you my
word that I have practically
eliminated pain from my
practice.
II your teeth are sensitive
and hurt when filled let me
prove 70 you that I can MI
them painlessly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
The old school READERS.

Men and women who went to school
thirty-hve or forty years ago will be dis
posed to doubt the assertion repeatedly
made that no good school readers are
available nowadays. 1t may be that Nc
Guffy's" series is out of print, but 1t could
easily be rehabllitated, and any one OF the
old boys and girls will maintain that It
would be impossible to get up a better
reader than "McGuffy's." II there Is any
doubt about It in educational circles it ID
because educators, like most other people.
do not know what is good for them these
days.-Chicago Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
30 Wool Over His Ego.

Uncle Abe, grizzled old negro, visited
a geological garden. He stood fascinated
before a cage containing a chimpanzee and
could not be induced to move. After a
while the animal came to the front Of the
cage and Uncle Abe spoke 70 him;
"Howdy?" he said. "HoWdy3"
The chimpanzee not making any response,
Uncle Abe chuckled and winked at him
knowingly.
Oats right. dat de way ter do! Doan
yeu nebber gin ter talk. Ef you does white
man put er hoe in yer han en- meek yer
wuk!" he said.-HaTpers Weekly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

Lot 2 in block lbs, city Of Omaha, has
been sold by Fred Krause to the Omaha
& Southwestern Railway company, a sub
sidiary corporation of the Burlington! This
is located on Douglas street, between Sew
enth and Eighth, and is the property on
which was located the Omaha Tank COM
'pany's factory, burned down this summer.
The lot was wanted by the railroad for
trackage, as it has other property on both
sides, though nothing will be done with
1t at present The consideration was
1910.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Business Good as Compared with the Same
Time Last Year.
OLD-TIMERS ARE FLocKlNG BACK
Men who Were Attracted to the
Coast and Elsewhere Return
to the Real scens>~of
Activity.

It is by comparison that people are rich
or poor and by comparison that times are
good or bad. The Omaha real estate men
say business is slack, and, in fact, It is
small compared with any time of the first
four months of the year. In comparison
with a year ago at the same season and
two years ago at the same season it shows
up well. This is the dull season and it
cannot be Justly compared with the months
of big sales. Reports from the various
firms indicate that business is picking up
and that with a very few weeks It will
be as good as It was before the hot
weather.
I'VE have been doing a good business in
consideration of the fact that this is the
dull season, and we have no complaint
whatever to make" said one realty man.
There is a good demand for houses, par
ticularly for those ranging in price from
5000 to 5000, and we'll located. Then
there is a large sale of cheap lots in out
lying parts of the city, where men want
to buy on easy terms for the purpose of
building homes"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

DR. FICKEs, Dentist. 88s Zee Bldg.
Phone Douglas bs7.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

avenue and Jones streets. Mr.. Diets owns
other property on the west side 81 Thirty.
eighth avenue. and the entire half block
on the east side OF the avenue, directly
opposite hts new purchase.
other sales reported by Mr. wal
lace arc: A vacant lot li0xlso feet, AZ
the northwest corner Of Burt and Thirty
fifth streets, to a man who will not let
his name be known at present. but who
will erect one or more dwellings on his
purchase: two lots on spauldiRg street.
one between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth streets, and one just west Of Twenty
eighth street. to be improved with dwell
ings; lot and old houses on the south side
Of Leavenworth street between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth for 5000. to
Emma r. Taylor to be improved. Mr..
Wallace also reports the sale OF the Phelps
house at 475i Capitol avenue.
George II. Payne is building a unique
summer home on his property near Finn
wood park. It's first story Is Of Niger
heads" which he has had shipped from the
farm near Fort Dodge, Ia. on which ne
spent his boyhood days and many OF the
stones are as familiar to him as the furui-
ture in his own ONCE. The second story
will be sided with shingles. The house
will be after the bungalow style, low ana
squatty, with broad caves. II is in the
center OF several acres in grass and trees,
The Payne Investment company reports
an unusual amount Of activity In property
OF Grammercy park. which Il at Forty
eighth street and Military avenue. Twenty
lots have been sold there in the last week
and the larger number OF them 20 men
who intend to build homes.
Other sales reported by the Payne In-
vestment company are: Three cottages at
Seventeenth and Center streets from an
out-of-town man to William A. Becker,
who viii remodel them and place them on
the market: house and lot at S2s South
Twenty-fourth street, from the Bellows
Falls Savings bank to Abraham Pregler,
who will remodel the house and erect an
| other; store building and two cottages at
| the northwest corner of Twenty-ninth and
Dupont streets, from Mr.. Adams of New
York to Mrs Eugenia Earle. who will inn
prove the property; house and lot at 1903
Van Camp street, from James Boyer to
Frank Barber, who will tear down the
house and erect a large modern one in It's
stead; house at 27lO Davenport street. from
Mr.. Bradley to Miss Tillie Pearson, for a
home.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

Back to that dear old Omaha they all
come-these real estate men-after they
have been to faraway cities where sales
are ten times as many as in Omaha and the
agents earnings several times as large.
To Winnipeg, Seattle, Spokane and Los
Angeles they go, and when they return
tell wonderful stories of real estate ac-
tivity there, but instead of moving their
household Lares apd Penates, they buckle
down to business and sell some more of
that good old Omaha dirt. Only for a
short time does the glamor of the west
and north blind them to the fact that
Omaha is good town, and within a short
time after their visit to other cities, they
are boosting for Omaha with as hearty a
noise as anybody else.
Gould Dietz has bought through George
G. Wallace a piece of ground n0x1S2 feet.
Of NlA -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

The light fixtures are Of brushed brass
and include, besides the electrolier, plain
side brackets with art globes that when
Illuminated give a freight glow to the
room.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05

Broad paneled sliding doors leading to
the music room balance the west side OF
the room, and to the right of these few
steps lead 20 the stairway landing, which
Is arched and partially screened by the
railing The stairway is inclosed and IL
lighted at its second landing by a large
art window of rich design and delicate
coIoring. A paneled wainscoting follows
the stairway TO the second floor.
The music room follows the Louis XIV
style It's woodwork and walls are of pure
white enamel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-09

Mr.. Carl McGrew will leave Mon
day for Alta Vista, where he Will take
q position with the Rock Island road.
Mail Carrier Charles Swearingen Will
take a day off tomorrow and his
route viii be carried by Russell Har-
rison.
The steel for the double track
through the Union Pacific yard has ar
rived and the work will be now vigor-
ously pushed to an early completion.
Miss Phoebe jenkins of 1921
Quincy street went to Granville last
evening to attend the Shirley Beeler
wedding which took place last even
ing
Mrs ". K. Gardiner of 1431 Quincy
street was in Granville last evening
20 attend the wedding of her brother,
Mr. Walter Beeler, to Miss Shirley Of
that place.
Miss Alice Goodburn OF Des Moines.
iowa. arrived last evening for a visit
Of ten days or two weeks to Mr.. and
Mrs Philip Bickelhaupt of 324 West
Gordon street.
A ". Long, of Manhattan. formerly
head miller at the Mid-Continent mills,
but now connected with 2 new milling
enterprise at Manhattan, w. a North
side visitor yesterday.
The wife of John House, who lives
on the Mill on the Rochester road, is
Tery i'll and it IS feared that she viii
have to be taken to the hospital to
have an operation performed.
Mrs. L z. Anderson and Mrs. R. P.
Wolfenden entertained the boys Of
their Sunday school classes of the Bap-
fist church yesterday afternoon at a
picnic on the Washburn college
campus.
The Union Pacific brought in a car
load OF walnut legs yesterday from the
lower Kaw valley for the Topeka Box
and Barrel factory which is located at
South Topeka and which the Santa Fe
switches to the industry.
Fifty italians with their i've bunk
cars passed through Topeka at noon
today from FIT Riley where thew We're
enworth to work on the branch be-
tween Leayenworth and Lawrence
1t is understood that the street Rail
way company has asked or will ask
the board Of county commissioners for
permission to make a speed of at least
30 miles per hour on their proposed new
fine between the city limits and the
Reform school e
Merit Forbes is in town today from
Grove to attend the meeting of
the North Topeka drainage committee.
At this meeting surveyor win be Sc
lected to go over the ground and de-
termine the route which is to be taken
for the spillway-
w E. Bacon has returned from .
trip through the western part Of the
state. While he was away he dispos-
ed of $50 acres of Wallace county iand
and purchased 240 acres of land near
Sterling He reports that the crops il
aIl sections OF the state. where he Wis
fled. are in remarkably fine condition
The five tracks in the Union Pacific
material yard east Of the Santa Fe
junction viii soon be taken up they
have nearly outlfved their usefulness
This ground viii shortly be plated in
20 lots and offered for sale either fol
cash or long time payments. 1t is
owned by the Union Pacific and Sants
Te Jointly
Miss Elsie Gardiner, who has been
Evolutionary teacher in the State Nor
nal at Emporia. arrived yesterday to