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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

L. V. Cinch CIub.-The members of
the l.. V. Cinch club were entertained
Yesterday afternoon by Mrs. George
Richmond at her home in South Rock
Island. Three tables were surrounded
at the games and the prizes were given
to Mrs. f. Siemons and Mrs. Frank A.
Riddell. Lunch was served by the
hostess, and she was presented with 4
piece of Haviland china The club will
hold its next meeting with Mrs. Franz;
Riddell. 917 Fourteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

D. A. U. Club.-The D. A. L. club
Agnes Kelly. 2503 Fifth avenue. Tho
Misses Hulsbrink will entertain the
club at its next meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

[Society news, written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
must be made known, to insure rella-
bility. Written notices should bear sig
nature and addreSS.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

Selma Stolley, violinist. and Miss
Weise. pianist. After the program a
social hour was passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

lyMackin.-John Dolly and Mrs
Grace Lynch Mackin were united in
marriage at ST Joseph's church last
evening at : o'clock by Dean J. i.
Quinn in the presence of the members
of the immediate families. The bride
is prominent and estimable lady and
for several years has been organist At
St. Joseph's church. Mr. Dolly for a
number of years has been connected
with the shoe firm of Dolly brothers.
and is one of the well known business
men of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Dolly
will reside at ll19 Twentieth street,
where they will be at home to their
friends after March 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

w. r. c. Coffee.-The w. r. c. CAV,
coffee yesterday afternoon from Il
O'Clock at the home of Mrs. Charles
Becht. 643 Seventeenth street. A lars;
number of ladies were present and A.;
pleasant afternoon was passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

Valentine SaIe.-The vestment guild
Of Trinity church gives a valentine and
fancy work sale at the choir room of
the church Monday afternoon. Tea
will be served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

Kings Daughters Musicale.-In His
Name circle Of the Kings Daughter
gives a musicale at Odd Fellows hal
in the London building at o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08
Afternoon Recital at the cluI

Afternoon Recital at the Club.
Mrs. F. w. Bahnsen and Mr..
Mary b. Montgomery were hos;-
esses at an afternoon recital yes
rerday at the Rock Island club
About a hundred tri-city ladies were
the guests. The hostesses received
alone and were assisted in The dining
room and in the entertainment of the
guests by Mrs. l. S. White, Mrs Frank
MiXter, Mrs Mary WadswOrrh. Mrs T.
J. BufOrd. Mrs. James Conner. Mrs. c.
l.. Walker Mrs. J. F. Robinson. Mrs. f.
w. Hurst, Miss Mary Rice. Miss Char
lOtte Chamberlin,. Miss Anna Mont.
gomery. Miss Louise Montgomery. and
Mrs Mactie. The recital was given
by John Jacob Lines of Davenport and
was given in the large dining room Oi
the club. which was handsomely deco
rated with pink carnations Mr. Lines
has very pleasing and sympathetic
voice and delighted his hearers with
his beautiful Interpretation of the
songs \ collation. was served in the
library which was decorated with pinl;
carnations and ribbons. Many beauti
full gowns were worn by the ladies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-08

Entertains at Evening Party.-Miss
Anna Callahan entertained a number
of her friends at her home on Four
teenth street last evening. The eve
ming was pleasantly passed with mu
sic and games. after which an elabor
ate supper was served by the hostess
sister. In a peanut hunt Anna Goet.
was awarded first prize and Clarence
Nye second. A guessing contest was
also given, the prize winners being
Blenche French and Fay Andrews
Those present were the Misses On:
Tracy. Blanche French, Anna Goetz
Gertrude Bleuer, Fay Andrews, Flor
ence Nye. Goldie Edwards. Anna Cal
lahan. Florence Moeller: Messrs Ray
Davis. Joe Johnson. Earl Tracy. Jake
Wollenhaupt, Louis Brundel. Gus An
dersOn. Clarence Nye, Elmer Salyard
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

angle of the work. A large steamer was
coming in with the flag flying at her
peak. Maj. Anderson, who had been
aroused by Capt Doubleday upon the
firing of the first gun from the battery,
had given orders to beat the long roll,
and the men had fallen in, had reached
the parapet and had manned the guns.
Three 24-pounders and one eight-inch
seacoast howitzer were the only guns
mounted on the gorge of the work. and
no ammunition had yet been served to
them. The grape with which they had
been loaded was taken out, and they
We're loaded with solid shot. They
were of the lighter caliber, and, en-
cumbering the parade, they had been
mounted on the parapet to clear the
way for the heavier guns, the main OBJ
ject of the garrison being to transfer
the large amount of ordnance material.
besides the provisions and stores which
obstructed the entrances to the work,
to the interior, and to prepare at once
to resist an assault which the exposed
and unfinished condition of the fort too
evidently invited. All was soon in read
mess. and the gunner (Oakes) stood
with the lanyard in his hand at the
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

name equally dear to America. With
the liberty for which she is now cone
tending, to the latest posterity."
The body of Gen. Mercer was later
removed to Laurel Hill, and reinterred
in the burial plot purchased for the
purpose by the st. Andrews Society.
The Congress. on April Z. 1777, re-
solved that monument should DO
erected at Boston in memory of Gen.
Warren. and one at Fredericksburg TO
Gen Mercer, and Washington, in re.
ferring to this, said: Their character
and fortitude had just claim to every
mark of respect" Later Congress made
an appropriation for the education Of
Gen. Mercer's youngest son. Hugh. who
died in 1853.
The proposition for a monument ore
dered by Congress lay dormant for
over a century, and 1t has only recently
been erected at Fredericksburg, Va.
recently published Life of Gen.
Hugh Mercer" ably and carefully writ
ten by Judge John T. Goolrick. Of
Fredericksburg. contains thoroughly
details of his life, and
traces his ancestors in Scotland from
1850: a book much needed to properly
present the life and character Of this
gallant Scotchman and American.
Mercer's Character.
IN reviewing ms WOrR, Judge COOL
rick presented as the most attractive
and potential elements of the life Or
General Mercer. Fidelity to principle.
fixedness of purpose. faithfulness in the
discharge of the obligations imposed b.
citizenship. with a fearlessness thar
knew no limitation when duty and OBJ
legation Joined in demanding energetic
action. His life was a strenu.
GUS one, full Of exacting and unselfish
work for others. AS a country doctor,
ministering to the sick and comforting
the suffering; as a Mason, teaching by
precept and by example the cardinal
doctrines Of the craft, the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of MANI
as a member of the church. expressing
by his walk and conversation the faith
he felt in the Saviour Of men, whom
he humbIy followed. He Is
entitled to the gratitude Of all liberty
loving America. His life was beautiful
and complete in its symmetry, and was
both a benediction and benefaction.
The memory of such a man cannot
perish from the face of the eatrh, but
shall be as eternal as Truth
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
By JOHN McELROY.

dawn. when she made out the solitary
light at Fort Sumter, and then pro-
ceeded slowly and cautiously until she
arrived at the main channel, where she
waited for dawn. AS day was breaking,
a steamer in-shore saw her, and began
signaling by colored lights and rockets
as she steamed rapidly back. The "Star
OF the West did not dare to follow her,
as there was not yet light enough to
get the proper range for crossing the
bar Two of the buoys marking the
channel had been taken up, which ad-
ded immensely to the difficulties. The
ship crost the bar at high water, and
stood for Fort Sumter. When opposite
the group of houses near the shore a
red Palmetto flag was seen and imme-
diately and without the least warning a
battery opened upon the ship. This
battery was hidden among the sand
hills, and its presence unsuspected. The
first shot went across the bow of the
ship, which continued on its course,
then the whole battery opened up.
Shots narrowly missed the pilot-house
and machinery; one struck near the
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
The lssth and s4th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 1S6th and saith
Ohio.-Robert Powell, Traer, Iowa.
The 1SSth Ohio was organized at
Camp Chase in February, 1865, for one
year, and mustered out Sept. Is, 1865.
It was commanded by Col. Thomas f.
Wildes, who was brevetted Brigadier-
General March IL, 1865. It lost one
killed and 40 from disease, etc.
The Saith Ohio was organized at
Camp Chase from May, 1852, to serve
three months, and was mustered out
Sept. 20, 1852. It was commanded Dy
Col. VIM. Lawrence. It lost Ia from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

eight-inch seacoast howitzer and ready
for the word The battery was nearly
1000 or 1000 yards distant, and had
been built under a sand-hill wholly
safe from any direct shots and almost
secure from shells, owing to the diff
Guilty of exploding a shell over a fixed
point. Maj. Anderson, with Lieuts.
Davis and Meade and the writer, was
in the angle of the parapet, the latter
with his glass upon the steamer and
reporting her movements. Maj. Ander-
son was excited and uncertain what to
do. The steamer in the midst of the
fire upon her had hoisted and lowered
a large National flag to her fore, when
the writer reported to Maj. Anderson
that she was making signals to the fort.
Maj. Anderson turned to his flag. but
the halliardS had become twisted about
the staff and the flag could not be used
Fort Moultrie had now opened, when
Lieut.. Davis called the attention of Maj
Anderson to the fact, and suggested
that 1t was upon that fort that our fire
should be opened. and that to fire upon
the battery would be useless. Maj. An
derson seemed for a moment to ac-
quiesce, and directed Lieut.. Davis to
go down to the lower tier, to take COM
mand of a battery of two 42-pounders
which We're mounted in the angle and
which bore on Fort Moultrie, and TO
await his orders.
Differing Views Among the Officers.
Lieut.. Meade earnestly advised that
fire should not be opened at all, as it
would at once initiate civil war, and
that the Governor would probably re-
pudiate the act. Meantime the Star
of the West had past the battery,
when, Moultrie opening upon her, she
turned and left the harbor. Seeing her
turn, Maj. Anderson said: Hold on;
do not fire. / will wait. Let the men
go to their quarters, leaving two at
each gun--I wish to see the officers at
my quarters
The officers assembled in Maj. An
derson's quarters at once. All were
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
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The National tribune., 1907-02-07

rudder, and another the hull about two
feet above the water. AS soon as the
battery opened, the Star of the Vest
hoisted large garrison flag, which she
lowered and ran up again as signal
to Maj Anderson. 1t was expected that
upon seeing this he would open with
his guns to protect the ship. He had,
however, not received the instructions
sent him by Gen. Scott. The Star of
the West had nearly past the battery.
and was approaching Fort Moultrie.
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
IN NEW MEXICO.
The Troops Which Defeated Gen. Sfbleyi
Command.


Editor National Tribune: The CALI
fornia troops never got to Fort Craig,
N. NJ, until the Summer Of '62, after
the last Of Sibley's command had been
paroled at Fort Craig and given mules,
wagons and provisions to take them
back to Texas. Our command. 1st Colo.
part of the 5th u. S., some of the I'd
the Sd U. S. Cav, and Canby's COM
mand drove the rebels (Sibley's) from
Apache Canyon to Peralta. where they
crost the Rio Grande River and took
to the hills, leaving some Of their guns,
mountain howitzers. buried In the sand,
and they are now in the State Capitol
at Denver. We took their hospital at
Socorro and paroled them at Craig,
and, by the way, some Of them were at
the sinking of the Harriet Lane In
Galveston.-E. H. JeanjaQuet. Soldiers
Home, Boise, Idaho.
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

and 1t could not have been taken with
300 well-provisioned, well-armed men
defending it. The mighty effort that
we afterward made to retake the fort
would have hastened the conclusion of
the war IL it had been directed else
where.
(To be continued.)
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

when that work opened upon her with
Columbiads and 32-pounders, Fort Sum-
ter remaining silent all the time. The
Captain of the ship and Lieut.. Wood
then decided that it would be impossi-
BILE to reach Fort Sumter, as to do so
the ship would have to pass with her
broadsides exposed to the direct and
close fire of all the guns on Moultrie.
She therefore came around, and favored
by a strong ebb-tide succeeded in re-
gaining the open sea without further
incident
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
A sorely Worried President.

President Buchanan's perpleXities
with regard to Maj. Anderson were not
ended by any means by the communi-
eaton to the South Carolina Commis-
sioners of his decision to allow Maj.
Anderson to remain in Fort Sumter.
Indeed this communication rather open
ed new chapter quite as grave. The
logical situation then became this: Maj.
Anderson was in Fort Sumter with
the approval of the Administration.
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
Surgeon Crawford's Account.

Surgeon Crawford gives this account
of what took place in the fort during
this exciting episode:
.'At O'clock on the morning of Jan.
the writer was aroused by the an
nouncement that the Carolinians were
firing from Morris Island upon a vessel
bearing the National flag, that was at
tempting to enter the harbor. He went
at once to the parapet at the southeast
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
CHAPTER V.

FIRING ON THE STAR OF TIE:
WEST.
The First Gun of the War Fired a Trans
port Carrying ReinforcemenfS and Sup
plies to Fort Sumtcr-Maj. Anderson
Decides Not to Reply-Corresponden
With the GOvernor-Reference TO
Washington
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
Gen. HUGH MERCER.
A Grand Old Patriot Who Gave
His Life for His Country.

Complied by Comrade Robert B. Beath,
Past Commander-in-Chief G. A. r.,
for the st. Andrews Society of Phil
ndelpbia
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

Gen. Hugh Mercer was enrolled as a
member of the st Andrews Society in
If5I, under his then military title of
Captain in the Provincial forces.
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. about
1725, he was graduated from Marschail
College as a physician IN 1744. When
Bonnie Prince Charlie" led in the up
rising" of 1745, soon to have a disas-
trous ending on Culloden Moor, DR..
Mercer served in his army as an As
sistant Surgeon. Gen. Braddock. also
born in the same section of Scotland as
Mercer, was in high command in the
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

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Druggists refund money II It fnils to cure.
E. w. GROVES signature Is On each box. Csc
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

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PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed TO cure any
case Of Itching Blind, Bleeding Protruding
Piles in to "A days money refunded. Soc
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

handed to Lieut.. Hall by Governor
Pickens in person. AS matter of pru-
dence. in the excited state of the peo-
pie. Lieut.. Hall rwas returned to his
boat by carriage. accompanied by one
of the Aids of the, Governor and an es-
cort'' So,
The Governor's Reply.
The Governors repy was long but
very clear and decided letter, in which
he informed Maj. Anderson that South
Carolina had,secetled, had resumed all
the powers that she had once delegated
to the United, States, and had informed
that Government of the fact. There
fore, the President of the United States
was fully aware that sending any rein
forcements or supplies to the garrison,
which was only temporarily tolerated
in South Carolina waters. was an act
of hostility which the State was COM
PEELED to resent. 1t could mean Moth
ing less than an attempt by the Gov
ernment to "coerce" South Carolina
into resumption of her old relations.
The letter concluded:
Under these circumstances, the Star
of the West, II iS understood, this MORN
ing attempted to enter this harbor,
with troops on board, and having been
notified that she could not enter, was
fred into. The act is perfectly justi-
fed by me. In regard to your threat
in regard to vessels in the harbor, it is
only necessary to say that you must
judge Of your own responsibilities.
Your position in this harbor has been
tolerated by the authorities of tho
State, and while the act of which you
complain is in perfect consistency with
the rights and duties of the State, it IS
not perceived how far the conduct
which you propose to adopt can find a
parallel in the history of any country,
or be reconciled with any other pur-
pose of your Government than that OF
imposing upon this State the condition
of a conquered province.
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
Buried In Philadelphia.

The body of Gen. Mercer was brought
to Philadelphia and inferred in Christ
church-yard with military honors and
solemn ceremonies. The Evening Post,
for Jan. Is, 1877. in referring to these
ceremonies. said: 'The uniform char
acter, exalted abilities and intrepidity
OF this illuStrious officer will renda- his
The National tribune., 1907-02-07

for Williamsburg, properly accoutred
as light horsemen. Expresses are sent
off to inform the commanding officers
in the adjacent Counties of our resolu-
ton. and we shall wait prepared for
your Instructions and their assistance"
There was no hesitation or uncertain
ca.,na fo this
The National tribune., 1907-02-07
The Price of Liberty.

This was the price a gallant soldier,
born in Bonnie Scotland, paid for love
of the country of his adoption. Prince
ton turned the tide of war. the preced-
ing gloom cast over the Colonies was
dispelled and a new Nation was born.
AS Mr.. Reed aptly expressed the
thought, "The flag of the Nation is the
shroud of the Nations heroes. Its
happy stars shine brightly Ger their
graves"
Losing refers to Mercer: "Highly
educated. patriotic, brave and noted
for strict integrity, he was regarded
as one of the most promising of the
general officers with whom the Chief
tWashington) was associated
The Washington times., 1907-12-01

mis- own separately cooked piece be
fore him. A Stnl stranger arrange
ment which sometimes occurs in the
coal mining camps is for the contract
10 include the services Of the woman
not only N having ready. against his
return from work. tub of hot water
for the absolutely necessary daily bath
(which makes the dirty-Iooking miner
one of the cle9nest Of worlxingmen).
brt To- engage her motherly help in
the bathing operation itself. She
comes 81 and scrnhs the CRIME off the
miners Shoulders where he cannot
get at IT,
Most youns Slavic couples are them
selves conscious of tie objections To
such overcrow1ing and lowering of the
general tone of family life resulting
therefrom, and there is happily a very
strong tendency 20 abahdon this source
Of income. On the whole such rough
ing it, would seem to oe only q transi-
ton phase ne''essitated by the eX-
igencles Of the economic situation.
In spite of the scarcity of women
and the consequent state of the mar
rage market. the number CT Slavic
The Washington times., 1907-12-01
HoQU SIaDc Women Goqvd Into the United States

women who work for wages is abso-
lutely. if not relatively. a large one.
As servants and Mattresses alone. the
census showed nearly 5000 women
whose parents were natives of Aus
tria. Bohemia. Hungary. Poland. and
Russia 1 have generally found that
housekeepers who have Slavic girls
give them enthusiastic praise as very
clean. very hard working. and devot-
eely loyal TO the family.
The number OF Slavic women work
ing in shops and factories is also
large, These are mainly unmarried
Eirls. but the Bohemian families in
New York city and elsewhere have the
reputation Of sending their wives and
mothers into tSilorinG and ,lyar-maI-
mg shops 10 an excessive desrye. The
kinds Of work az which SiaNlC women
are engaged. on course. va~y immense
ly. In Cleveland SIavOni1n gals work
,3- g hardware factory banding iron
PARTS OF considerable WetsIt- at the
ether extreme are Bohcmian and Slo-
wax eiris doing the finest q lace work
md embroidery for Fashionable New
= ork dressn,igers Their ola world
The Washington times., 1907-12-01

ties. Americans see the overcrowdine
and the occasional rows and are scan
daiized by the presence of one woman
in a house full of men. They do not
realize that Tor young fellow 30
camp with a number of others in one
room in the house of some relative or
acquaintance may be not demoralszing
but a safeguard
Sometimes the men pay only for
a sleeping place. sometimes they are
regular boarders. In a Colorado min
ing camp SO a month is usual price
in the latter case Another arrange
ment that is very common is for the
men to pay certain sum perhaps 81
a month. perhaps 50 for lodging and
sashing and cooking and 10 buy their
own food \ single detail that one
IS told Of over and over again ard
which seems TO be peculiar 10 SIavs
is for the men to Ouy. or get the
woman &C. buy for thers, each his own
separate daily supply Of food. If
woman mas fifteen bOarders she may
have a butcher cut off and weigh nf-
teen pisces OF meat and the men may
sit down 10 supper together. each with
The Washington times., 1907-12-01
Reveals the Truth.

ANY one normal person, he declared
was capable of having any number
of "affinities with all OF whom sex
relations could and should be OD-
served one woman could have in one
man Z spiritual affinity. in another an
artistic affinity in another religious
affinity. anG so on indefinitely. while
she could herself be different "affini-
ties to any number Of men (HOw
barren life rlust have been for thos,
two unfortUnates Adam and Eve. iu
he lonely garden Of Eden). Then i'm
mediately upon the discovery OF each
other. two "afiinities~ should haste
To avail themselves OF the sex rela
tiOn. thus completing and rounding out
the great scheme Of love. Each ind
vidaal. ne insisted. has various needs
which can only be satisfied through
intimate relations with as many
others Of the opposite sex.
Much Of the present married llfe oi
women. he declared. is a state of cor.
tinuous prostitution. II woman
charged her husband with non-sup
port before a magistrate the two
questions asked the man by the mag
istrate reveal The state OF affairs. DO
YOU live with this wolnsa?' And
What do you give her for it,
Whereas. if the multiple affinity doc
trine were put into practice. each
would give for the JOY OF giving, and
not for a sordid consideration.
1T is true" exclaimed this apostle
of true love. that d man may see
many afhnities in hlm. bat that is no