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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
MAYOR TO Be
INAUCURATED
Customary Ceremony Will Be
Carried Out at Mondays
Session of Council.
NO SLATE READY AS YET
MayOr.Elect George McCaskrin Says
He Has Not Decided on APP
/ pOintments to be Made.

Monday evening the ceremony OF
the inauguration of the newly elected
city officials will be held at the city
hall and Mayor H. c. Schaffer will
turn over to George w. McCaskrin
the duties of the executive office The
usual ceremony will attend the in
Iauguration. The council will meet,
and after disposing of routine matters,
Mayor Schaffer will deliver his vale
dictory, and the council will adjourn
sine die. The new council will then
assemble, and after the formal calling
of the roll, Mayor McCaskrin will pre-
sent his inaugural address, and the
new administration will assume charge
of the city's affairs.
The new aldermen who will take
their seats are as follows: S. 4. La
yanway, Third ward; W. d. Cochran,
Fifth ward, and Charles Borst, Sew
|enth ward The aldermen who will
enter ON new terms are John Holz-
hammer, First ward; August Utke,
Second ward; Henry ]. Prick, Fourth
ward, and Martin McNealy, Sixth ward
No slate Prepared.
Mr.. MeCaskrin was seen today by
representative of The Argus, and ask
ed as to his slate of appointments.
He stated that he had not as yet de-
termined his slate, and that he had
given no one any assurances of APP
pointments. He said that he had re-
ceived many applications, and has CIV
en- all applications due consideration.
He is busy preparing his inaugural adj
dress. Il do not care to give out any
thing, and in fact will have nothing to
give out until | assume the duties Of
my Office" said the mayor-elect. He
said that at present he could not state
whether the entire slate of appoint
ments would be made Monday evening
or not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01

mayor, took part in the discussion.
and expressed his approval of the
course followed by the council.
Business for Monday.
Chairman Tuckis of the finance
committee told the council that he
will insist on vote Monday evening,
by the old council, on the bills of the
city attorney for extra compensation
in the higher courts, and on the bill
of II. F. Butler, the expert account
ant who some time ago made an
audit of the waterworks accounts.
Mr.. Butler charged $3.50 for extras
and he has since agreed to take $3.50
in settlement of the account. The
city attorneys bills were presented
at the last meeting and laid over to
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. Ella Read has returned home
after spending the winter in Louisville.
Ky.
Mrs. T. NJ. Dekay has gone to Chi
cago to visit her husband, who is in
business in that city.
Mrs. Rebecca Taylor left this after
noon for Viola to attend the commence
ment exercises OF the Viola high
school.
Glen Wright leaves for Detroit to-
morrow evening to serve as delegate
TO the steel workers convention which
is to be held there. Mr.. Wright rep
reSents Sylvan lodge No. Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
HAND IN ROLLERS
Young Woman Is Severely In
jured in Accident at the
G. o. D. Laundry
CAUGHT IN HOT MACHINE
Is Terribly Burned and Bruised Be-
fore Released from Grip of the
Mangling Irons.

Miss Ella Mcmahon, an employe 1t
the c. o. d. laundry, met with SER
ious accident yesterday while at work,
and as result her left hand is in a
very serious condition The accident
occurred ON the mangling machine
which Miss Mcmahon was operating.
This machine is used for ironing large
pieces of laundry, and in some way
Miss McMahon'S left hand was caught
by the heated rollers and drawn into
the machine Before the roller was
stopped her hand was badly burned
and crushed. Practically all the flesh
from the palm Of the hand was burned
away from the contact with the hot
roller and the back of the hand was
badly crushed Physicians were sum
moned at once and the injuries were
given immediate attention.
Causes Great Pain.
The hand is still so bruised an6
swollen that it is impossible to tel
whether any bones are broken or not
The pain from the injured hand is in
tense and Miss McMahon was unable
! to sleep last night despite the soda
tives which were given to ease tn,
pain and cause sleep. This morning
less pain was experienced, and it il
hoped that there will be steady i'm
provement from now on. This is no
the first injury sustained by laundr.
girls who were operating the manglini
machine, as one suffered PRACTICAL!
the same accident some six weeks ago
| She has yet not fully recovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
Bad Attack Of Dysentery Cured.

"An honored citizen of this town
was suffering from severe attack of
dysentery. He told a friend if he
could obtain bottle of Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
he felt confident of being cured, he
having used this remedy in the west
He was told that | kept it in stock
and lost no time in obtaining it, and
was promptly. cured" says NJ ].
Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, VT. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
Whoopina Couch.

whooping cough. Mr.. Lane of Hart
land, recommended Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and said it gave his
customers the best OF satisfaction. We
found it as he said, and can recon-
mend it to anyone having children
troubled with whooping cough says
Mrs A. Goss of Durand, Mich. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
Funeral of Mrs. Plummer.

The funeral services over the re-
mains of Mrs. Sarah Moore Plummer,
which are expected here tomorrow
morning from San Jose, Cal, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
at the Broadway Presbyterian church.
The services will be conducted by Rev.
w. S. Marquis. Burial will take place
at Chippiannock cemetery. DR.. S. c..
Plummer of Chicago, son of Mrs.
Plummer, will accompany the remains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
OBITUARY..
Funeral of Charles Durkee.

The funeral of Charles Durkee, 31S
Forty-fifth street, was held this after
noon at 2 O'Clock from the home. The
services were conducted by Rev. d. Fl.
Leland of the EIdgewood Baptist
church. Burial took place at Chippian-
mock cemetery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
A Famous Health Builder.

4 medicine that will cleanse the bow
els and put them in condition to do
their proper work unaided will do more
than anything else to preserve health
and strength. Such medicine is the
tonic laxative herb tea. Lanes Family
Medicine. Get a 25-cent package today
at any druggists or dealers No mat
ter what you have tried before, try this
famous herb tea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
DOCTORS TO BE GUESTS
VIII BE Banqueted Druggists
Association Next Thursday.

of h its'ceyr. ffiaascmfwypetaoinc
The Rock Island County Retail
Druggists association has arranged to
have a. banquet at the grill room of
Young & McCombs Thursday evening,
May 6, and has extended. an invitation
to- the physicians to attend A very
interesting program. including an ad
dress by George P. Mills of Evanston.
is to be given. g~te.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
OWNERS
ARE FINED 500
Plead Guilty in County Court to
Charge of Renting for I'm
moral Purpose.
TWO OTHERS PROSECUTED
George Schatfer, Fred Martens and
Robert Shannon Pay-Other
Cases Continued.

Five owners of property that is
claimed TO have been leased for the
purpose Of prostitution were arraign
ed in the county court yesterday af-
ternoon on information filed by States
Attorney L. NJ Magill, and three
plead guilty to the charge. of leasing
houses for this purpose, and were fined
$l00 and costs each
George Schaffer, who owns the prop
erty occupied by Nell Hill; Fred Mar
tens, who has conducted the Buffalo
on Twenty-fourth street, and Robert
Shannon, who has conducted a place
on Seventeenth street, We're the three
who plead guilty. They all paid their
fines, the total being $120S5 in each
case. Shannon paid only a part of the
amount. but arranged to settle the
| balance
Two Cases Continued.
| CAMEL Mortier and Thomas Rosen-
| field were the two Others arraignei,
and they We're granted contiuuances of
their cases. Rosenfeld furnished bail
| in the sum of $1,000, with G. Albert
| Johnson and Otto Grotjan as Sureties.
Mortier furnished $500 bail. He plead
not guilty to the charge. Rosenfield s
charged with renting property to Dot
Fern.
The arrests of the property owners
is the sequel to the states attorney
move 10 put an end to disorderly
houses in Rock Island He declared
when he caused the arrest of the
keepers of the places, that he would
prosecute the owners of the places
and this was done yesterday
Boy is Fined $50.
Frank Golf, one of the trio of young
men arrested for stealing chickens in
South Rock Island, plead guilty in the
Icounty court yesterday afternoon, an
was fined $40 and costs, the tota
amounting to about $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
Attention

Members of local 1G6. U. b. of C. &
j., are requested to meet at Industrial
hall at | p. m. tomorrow to attend the
funeral of deceased brother Benjamin
Stephen During. HARRY PAYNE,
Edward J. Struss, Vice Pres
Fin. Sec'y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
GO BACK TO KANSAS CITY
Two Men Arrested Here Are Turned
Over to Sheriff. -

Ben eagle and Sam Floyd, arrest
ed here some time ago as fugitives
from justice, were last evening turn
ed over by the police department to
the sheriff from Kansas City. The
men are wanted in Kansas City on
charges of felonious assault in con-
nection with labor troubles there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
DIsMIssES DOERING CASE
Justice Finds Evidence Against the
Supervisor Insufficient.

The case of Herman Doering. who
was charged by his wife with attempt
ing to kill her with an axe, came up
for trial this afternoon in Justice p
H. Wells court, and was dismissed on
he grounds that there was not suffi-
cient. evidence to warrant his being
held on the charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
Get kewanee Contract.

V. Jobst & Son, the Peoria contract
ing firm which built the l.. P. Best
building occupied by Young & Nc
Combs. have been awarded the con-
tract for the new Kewanee federal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
OBSERVE MAY DAY
College Band Gives Early Pro-
gram in Dome of Tower
on Main Building.
OUT BEFORE BREAKFAST
Students of AuguStana Follow the
Custom That Has Prevailed
Through Several Decades.

People living in the vicinity of Aug
ustana college, who were awakened
this morning at O'Clock by the
strains of band music. knew that it
was the first of May. AS is customary
ON May day the college band got up
early, climbed the stairs to the top of
the college dome. opened the windows
in the tower and then there was music
in the crisp morning air. The pro
gram lasted from to I O'Clock and
consisted principally of American and
Swedish national airs. Because of the
unusually cold weather the band mem
bers were given a "bracer'' in the form
of hot coffee in the dining hall before
going into the tower
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01

The custom of celebrating MAY
day. at the college dates back to-no
one knows exactly when. The day was
observed, however. before the college
was moved to Rock Island in 1874
Before the present college building
was erected. the band used to play on
the roof of the old college building,
which is now used as the boys dormi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01

building at price something over
$4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24

Il spoke a cross word 10 my
wife but once"
"Honest7"
Honest. Once was enough for
mine. thank you."-Cleveland Leader.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
JOB WOULD KEEP HIM BUSY
o%reenhorn Sailor Realized the Captain
Had Given Him a Big
Contract.

In the height Of the recent wheat ~.
mutt Broker patten. discussing the
governments wheat estimates with a
reporter. said calmly:
But some OF the men the govern
ment takes It's figures from are green
horns. Perfect g~reenhorns. As bad
as the Dutch sailor. you know.
The captain said Is the sailor.
when the ship came to port:
take a boat. run ashore and buy
tvo dollars worth OF vegetables
THE sailor didn't know what vege-
tables we're. so A. soon as he struck
land he said TO a 'longshoreman:
what is vegetables. mater
"'Oh. dried peas. for Instance the
1ongshoreman answered.
so the Dutch sailor spent his two
dollars on n huge sack OF dried peas.
when he drew near the ship again
with his load the captain called him
from the bridge:
well. have you got those vege
tabiesg
AYE. aye. SIR said the sailor.
Then said the captain. hand
them up 10 cookie one at a time
"'Shiver my timbers,' said the
sailor. I've got n job before me now.
and no mistakei"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
Our Undeseloped Forces.

Speak to the children OF Israel
that they go forward."-Ex. l4:i5.
When the command OF this text was
spoken by Moses to the Israelites they
were shut in completely. High noun.
tains on either side. before them the
great deep sea, behind them an embit.
tered, cruel. determined foe. Calmly
Moses is hidden by God to speak ante
the children of Israel that they go for.
ward. You remember how that sea
became a safe pathway to freedom
and a fuller knowledge of a divine
providence and grace. So Gods for.
ward call today to the u~ndeveloped
forces within us, If obeyed in as firm
a faith, will be crowned with as mar
velous results.
In putting into service these unde.
veloped forces of Christian manhood
and ~womanhood, remember that the
years of preparation or OF slow prog.
ress in attaining our ideals or OF an.
parent bitter defeat and failure are
not lost to us. Much is accomplished
in these struggles OF the soul which
only God and the individual really
ever know. We may Judge ourselves
as only doing the little things. the
hidden things, yet IL these be well
done like towers OF strength, we will
rise and be enabled to do greater
things afterward for God.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
ACCENT ON THE "PUs."


There was once upon a time a coun-
try lawyer who was noted for his Sc
date and his judicial bearing
In the course Of time he was elevated
to the bench. where he conducted him
self and the court with becoming de-
meanor. and where he won a reputa-
ton for sagacity based nearly alto
gether upon his solemn accents and
his corrugated brow.
One who knew him well vas asked
by a stranger who saw the Judge PASS
upon the street whether he vas really
an efficient arbiter.
We'll" said the acquaintance sioE.
ly. Il think | may say that John pre-
sides with more dignity and Jess abb
ity than anyone else | ~ knew =
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24

Based on the Apocryphal Book OF
Judith. Chapters l4-is.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
SORE EYES CURED.
EyeBalIs and Lids Became Terribly
infsmed-Was Unable to Go About
All Other Treatments Failed, But


About two years g my eyes got
In such a condition that I was unable
TO go about. They were terribly in.
famed. both the balls and lids. I
tried home remedies without relief
Then I decided to go 10 our family
physician. but he didn't help them.
Then ! tried two more OF our most
prominent physicians. but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
a friend Of mine advised me to try
Cutieura Ointment. and after using IL
about n week my eyes were con-
~siderably improved. and In two weeks
they r almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since and
! am now sixty-ive years old. shall
always praise Cuticura. G. II. Halsey.
Mouth Of Wilson. Va. Apr. 4. 1908"
Peter Drag d Chem Corp. sole Props, Boston.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
WERE BOTH OF MIXED BLOOD
Points OF Resemblance Between Emo
ishmsn and Cowboy. al the
Latter Understood II.

The countess de Pourtaies was a
New York Lorillard." said a New York
~tobacconist $50 on both sides. Of
course. she has blue blood. Yet she is
without false pride.
AT a recent tobacco mems Y
ton a director told me of a remark
the countess made in Biarritx 10 an
arrogant E~nglishman.
This fellow boosted Of his ancestry.
The countess said that sort OF talk
wouldn't be understood in the Wild
west She said an EngIishman said
to a Texas cowboy once:
- have Tudor blood in my veins
on the maternal side and through my
fathers family I am a Piantaganet'
is that sor said the cowboy.
Frightening with keen interest. Ny
blood's a ieetle mixed. too. My grand.
father was a Jersey tenderfoot and my
grandmother a Digger Indian squaw.
Were both half-breeds. stranger.
Come and liquor up.'"-cincinnati
Enquirer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24

etable Compound had helped her. and
4 tried II, and after the third bottle
was cured Mrs. ALvESA SPERLINe,
IL langdon Street, Chicago. Ill.
II you are III do not drag along at
home or In your place Of employment
until an operation Is necessary, but
build up the feminine system. and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia r
Etnkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years II has been the STAN
dard remedy for female ills. and has
positively restored the health Of thou
sandsot ~womenwhO have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation. nj
eeration. hbroid tumors. irregularities.
periodic pains. backache. bearing-down
feeling. fiatulency. indigestion, dizzi-
ness. or nervous prostration. Why
don't you try it,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
THE STORY.
UHALL Achier."

UTALL Achier."
- The command of Ozias sounded
sharp and clear on the early morning
air. and the scurrying feet told OF the
eager effort to obey.
The little group stood within tho
space about the great massive ga,as
OF the city which but a short time ha.
fore had swung on their hinges ana
admitted Judith and her maid who
five days before had gone forth IA.
king their lives in their hands that
they might serve the city they loved
And that their efforts had not baep
in vain was evident from the ghast.
ly trophy which n OF the group held
in his hand.
Hang II upon the wall" Judith
had said as she had passed on and
after the first thrill Of excitemen,
had subsidized and the ruler and princes
OF the city had regained some.
what of their composure, Ozias had
bethought himself of Achier rho
Ammonite chief whom Holofernes had
consigned TO the city TO await death
when the city should be taken by his
soldiers, and had commanded that he
be brought.
AT last the hour has come" mut.
tered Achier, as he followed the mes.
sengers back through the streets in
the direction of the city's gate. But.
|. Achier. the Ammonite chief. will
at least show them how a true sol.
der can die"
The light was Just beginning to
break in the east. and in the half
darkness which still fingered Achier
could not distinguish the faces OF the
group standing near the gate nor dis
Germ the central object OF interest un-
til he was fairly in their midst, and
could have reached out and touched
the arm which held the something
before the eyes OF the assembled
group.
A cry, almost a shrek. broke from
Achier's lips, as he cried:
"Ye gods of the Assyrians, 1t Is the
head of H~olofernes." and trembling
like an aspen he fell upon his lace
to the ground.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
sERmoNETTE.

= And when he (Aehierl came
. ard saw the head o. Hoiofernes.
ard perceived all that the God
OF Israel had done, ne believed
in God greatly ard vas Joined
unto the house OF Israel"
Oh, hu, you say. Il vas Ju-
: dith who had wrought so might.
lily. Why speak so explicitly Of
: God and sseribe to him all the
srect-
= Did you eve observe that he
"ho really works the works az
: God is lost In the shadows Of
the Aimighty's presence.
= While we may be conscious OF
n human instrument which
: has become the willing channel
through which God has poured
: his power and has ~rouah,
nightly among men. still there
: IS the larger. blessed
thought that Il IL God who has
= wrought.
Inc head on the wall ls no,
: the symbol Of the ~onsn's po..
! er, but rather the strenq,h o.
: God as manifested in the weak
! ness and frsiity Of a ~oman.
Aehier, the captain o. an the
: FORCES Of the anmonities, had
: been summoned before Hoiofrr.
; e the captain Of the Aasyris,
forces which had come ard laid
siege TO sethUlia. ara In answer
10 questions Of the great sener-
, al NJ had given a history Of the
Jewish people ard how God rad
|, worked nightly IN their behalf.
. This aroused the anger o. Hoio-
fernes. and declaring that - the
Hebrew God was such a area,
God. Aehier should ind refuce
within the walls Of 5ethuIia. Do,
when his army s~ep, away its
walls and fell upon the peoole
= ne tAehierl should be the nr.,
|. 10 suffer death. Ard Aehfer be.
: Iiesed the power Of Holoterne,
!. and waited in fear and trernb-
: ling during those days while Ju.
!. cith carried out her plot. And
when he say the head Of Actc-
!. fernes he believed in the God Of
: israel"
. The de~liyersnee OF the city
= was a great rewsrd for Judith's
!. devotion. but perhaps a greater
: reward was the winning of a
: soul from the darkness OF hea-
: thenism TO the knowledge Of the
! true God. so that from that dsv
: forth Aehier, the srea, captain
: OF the Ammonites, chose the God
israel as his God and Joined
: himself unto Israel.
2 The victories Of the servants
: OF God are always far reaehino
= In their influences.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24
WHY HE LIKED TIGHT SHOES
Little Remark That Threw Great
Light on the Home Conditions
Of Amos Dore.

W always wondered a little how
Amos Dore and his wife got along
really" Aunt En-" Macomber said.
frankly. Some In the ne~ighborhood
said they'd V overheard a single
loud or cross word on either side, but
Life Daniels always stuck to II that
Amos was as mis'able at home as a
man could be.
He never spoke right out till Amos
died and Mis- Dore went back up
country to her folks. Then he let
out"
WHAT queried Aunt Ems visitor.
well, Amos worked logging along.
side of Lie every winter, and sum.
mers they hayed together most al
ways, and it seems" said Aunt EN-, i'm
pressiyely. that Amos complained of
his shoes hurting him about All the
time. Finally Lie asked why he wore
tight shoes.
Why don't you get a pair big
enough says Lie. one day.
We'll. I'll tell you Amos saws
When | wear tight shoes I forget all
my other troubles. YOUTHS Com
panion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-06-24

Consumption among japanese laho--
ers is increasing to such a degree thz;
the figures are becoming a source q
anxiety to Japanese merchants and q
fcials. A large percentage Of labor
ers who are sent back to Japan By
the Japanese charity associations are
consumptives. II Is claimed by the
Japanese newspapers comenting on
this matter hat through the lack Of
hospital accommodations in the Jap
labor camps tuberculosis in
a at an alarming rate. They
suggest hat a new system be EN-
ployed in dealing with the sick in
these camps. as the Japanese are
quite ignorant OF even the most sim
pie health safeguards.