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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
LIQUOR men IN
Def OF LAWS
Propose Opening Saloons in the
Face of Opposition of the
Property Owners.
DODGE CONSENT ORDINANCE
Arrangements Are Proceeding for
the Opening of Three New
Places.

Ignoring protests Of owners of adj
joining property, the local representa-
tives of the Henning Brewing company
ARE proceeding with their arrangements
to open saloons at Eighteenth street
and Fourth avenue and at 800 Ninth
street. The protest Of property hold
ers in the neighborhood of the Eigh-
teenth street place was referred to in
detail in last nights Argus A second
one was fled at the city clerks othce
this afternoon.
There is a city ordinance that pro
vides that the consent of owners of
property adjoining building in which
1t is proposed to establish saloon
shall be obtained and the signatures
of those consenting shall accompany
the application for license. This
ordinance in the majority of instances
has been enforced.
Allowed to Resume.
Under the administration of Mayor
II. C. Schaffer among the licenses re-
voked were those Of the Owl and the
Quail, both on Seventeenth street be-
tween Third and Fourth avenues. In
the interim both of these saloons have
been reopened in the face of the pro
lest of the citizens who have property
near them and in absolute violation of
the laws of the city. These saloons
continue in business, the Owl, one of
the most notorious joints of the city,
and against the existence Of which ad-
jacent property holders have protest
Ped, so far in vain.
The Argus gave the reason for the
opposition Of citizens to the reestab-
lishment Of the saloon at Eighteenth
street and Fourth avenue. It is based
on the reputation it bore formerly. It
was one of the hangOuts Of the street
walkers, for whose convenience drink
ing stalls and rooms were maintained.
1t became SO obnoxious that the city
authorities We're forced to close it in
response to the complain Of citizens.
Petition to the Mayor.
The people whose homes are cOutigu-
Gus to SEQ Ninth street have been
aroused by the attempt to open a So
loon at that number and they have
prepared a petition which IS addressed
TO the mayor. A store room adjoining
at the west the c., 3. & @. saloon on
Second avenue and Twentieth street
Las been rented, and already fixtures
have been placed there in preparation
for opening for business.
n all three instances the owners of
-djcinin5 property have been ignored.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
Sawdust PIIe On Elre.

The No. 2 fire department was
called to Third street and Eleventh
avenue this afternoon. \ pile Of saw
dust near the Neck Yoke works was
the cause Of the trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

The case of the people of the state
against George Josephs on the charge
Of embezzIement Of $3.50 from Charles
Peters which was to have been heard
today was continued till Saturday
morning, Nov. 6. s. f. Schriver, the
attorney for Josephs, is now in Ne
braska and it was necessary to con-
tinue the case for this reason.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
Two rain coats made of a
waterproof material in fan
cheviots, home spuns and bI
weight neItons.
Pay 5000 for Services.

port accepted at least.
Pay 5000 for Services.
The city of Rock Island already has
an investment of 5000 in the services
of Engineer Alvord. He has been ad-
vising the council at different intervals
upwards of year on the filter i'm
provement. The. council, apparently
satisfied with his honesty and eff1cien-
cy when last spring he recommended
rejecting all bids and the selection Of
the hill site for the plant; when the
new bids were advertised for, voted
unanimously for recalling him to guide
the members of that body in intelli-
gently determining the most desirable
proposal submitted by the filter COM
panies of the country.
Mr.. Alvord, after spending nine days
in canyassing and analyzing the bids,
has given his verdict. In the meantime,
seemingly, there has been some under
ground work, and at the meeting of
the council last Monday evening there
came to the surface a sudden change
of heart, not alone against the judg-
ment of Mr.. Alvord but in favor Of
company other than the one he had
recommended. To further complicate
the situation a representative of
this concern has remained in the
city, and has been devoting his time to
gaining the friendship of the alder
men. He has been unable to convince
Mr.. Alvord that his bid is the best,
and therefore has turned his batteries
on the members of the council, holding
a nightly school of instruction on filter
technique for their especial edifica-
ton.
How Taxpayers Feel.
The taxpayers of the city know moth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
there was variance between the dec
laration and the proof.

there was a variance between the dec
laration and the proof.
Declaration Amended.
On the case being remanded to the
circuit court for another trial the dec
laration was amended SO that 1t al
legged he> did not know the staples
were in the belt, and to this amended
declaration the company set up the
statute of limitations that the amend
ment was made more than two years
after the accident, and hence Lee was
barred, but the trial court did not so
hold and the jury on the second trial
brought in a verdict for $1,000.
Company Again Appeals.
The company appealed again to the
appellate court, but in the meantime
two new judges were appointed to that
court, one of the old ones remaining,
and the appellate court affirmed the
judgment of the trial court, but re-
quired the plaintiff to take off $4,000,
the old judge holding that none should
be taken off.
The plaintiff did remit the $4,000
and the steel company then appealed
to the supreme court which now has
affirmed the judgment of $4,000, 30
that six years after the accident Mr..
Lee is at last successful. w. R. Moore
was attorney for Lee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
Halloween Party at Club.

Rock Island Club members will en-
joy dinner and Halloween party ut
the club house on Sixteenth street this
evening. The dinner will be served at
Z o'clock. a program of novel stunts
will follow. The house has been pref
tily decorated for the occasion. Each
is permitted to invite a guest
for this evenings affair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

The taxpayers of the city know moth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

evening announcing the sale of the
Rock Island Tool company plant TO
an eastern syndicate a typographical
error made this paper say that the In
dustrial commission had expended
$4,000 in building plant for the conf
pany. 1t should have said the amount
was $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
frIahtfuI Fate Averted.

81 would have been a cripple for
life, from terrible cut on my knee
cap" writes Frank Disberry, Kelliher,
Mimi, without Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. which soon cured me-" Infalli-
Bile for wounds, cuts and bruises, It
soon cures burns, scalds, old sores,
boils, skin eruptDns. Worlds best for
piles Csc at druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
Rlver Llnllts 81 No.. 1O.

Notice is given that the government
lights on the Mississippi river from
Rock Island, Ill. to Keokul1, Iowa, will
be lighted for the last time this season
Nov. 10.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
Portrait Pleased Maaner.

Sir Hubert Won Herkomer. the cele-
brated English artist, recently de-
scribed in an address his experience
In painting the portrait OF Richard
Wagner without a sitting. Wagner in
1877 was introducing his music to
English audiences, and he permitted
the young artist to be with him at his
house. see him day by day. and watch
him. When Wagner was asked when
he intended to sit, he replied, He
sees me all the time" That went on
for a month. Then the artist started
one Friday on the portrait, worked at
1t all day at white heat, slept badly
all night, and worked again all day
Saturday. By the evening it was fin
ished. and the next day he took the
portrait. glazed and framed, to Wag-
ner. Then came a change over the
great musician. He was delighted.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29

Scotland is rich in ghost lore There
is, perhaps. hardly a castle or ruin
which has not some special story cling
ing to 1t, and the strange part of the
matter is that many OF the legends are
substantiated by latter day expert
ences. Dunrobin castle. the Highland
home of the duke of Sutherland, boasts
of haunted room. The specter there
is invisible and denotes its presence
by an awe-inspiring laugh. The story
goes that one of the dukes ancestors
caused the chief of a rival clan to
be starved to death in his room, Wis,
iting him periodically during his suf-
ferings and laughing at his tortures.
AS punishment for this crime the I'M
scrupulous chieftain has to haunt the
room.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
LIVE AFTER DEATH
VITAL ORGANS SLOW TO CEASE
FUNCTIONS.
All Parts Of the Body Do Not Stimuli
taneously Give Up Their Work
Where Science Admits
Itself at Fault.

To the unscientifc citizen it is some
thing of surprise to learn that large
parts OF the body are alive and useful
after the phenomenon popularity known
as death has taken place.
Few of us suspect, for example. that
our kidneys and hearts after we have
died ourselves can in most cases be
resuscitated and that II by some sur
glcaI miracle they could be trans
planted into another body they would
quickly resume their functions.
This, however, is a well demonstrat-
ed medical fact
The human heart has been removed
from the body more than 30 hours
after death and made to beat again
DR.. Carrel of the Rockefeller institute
has taken the heart from one dog and
inserted it in the neck of another.
connecting the aorta with the carotid
artery of the new heart and the vena
cava with its jugular vein. In q few
moments the live dog had two hearts
rhythmically beating, one recording
pulse Of SS and the other 100.
Science has yet formed no precise
definition of death, says McClure's
The human body teens and quivers
with life, only a small part OF which
becomes a part of individual conscious
ness.
An artery, thoroughly disinfected,
placed in an ordinary culture tube and
then closed to the access of all bac-
terra, will not putrefy Under ordinary
circumstances, however, it will under
go autolytic disintegration. Complete
desiccation will preserve 1t against
this latter process.
Autolysis does not take place except
in the presence of water, this explains
why Egyptian mummies. which were
thoroughly dried before being placed
away in the tomb, have resisted for
80 centuries the autolytic ferment
Normal blood serum lie another sub
stance which inhibits to a considerable
degree autolytic degeneration.
Cold, while it doesn entirely check
the process, makes 1t exceedingly
slow. 1t is upon refrigeration that DR..
Carrel has thus far chiefly depended
for preserving arteries. In order to
prevent putrefcation he places them
in sterilized culture tubes and then
he puts away the tubes in large ice
chests. which maintain a temperature
Just above the freezing point. Here
they live in condition of suspended
animation.
Dry and shriveled as they appear,
they are still living tissue. and al
though the animals from which they
have been taken have long since gone
to their final rest these fragments, IL
placed in a new living host once more
take up the thread Of existence. That
the arteries could be removed from a
man recently dead and have their
vitality and usefulness preserved in
this same fashion is certain.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
Fire DESTROYS Famous Hotel.

The beautiful Mecklenburg Hotel at
Chase City, Va, was totally destroved
by fire on Thursday afternoon of last
week.
The hotel was an expensive frame
structure Uuiit ten years ago by the
Mecklenburg Springs Corporation at a
cost. including furnishings, of $500, 900.
AT the time of the fire. It was owned bv
the estate of NJ. l.. T. Davis. of Nor
tolk, and was leased and managed bv
W. L. Hughes, who had conducted It
Tor several years. The owners carried
only $4,000 insurance on the hotel and
equipment.
Only about thirty guests were regis-
tered at the hosteIery at the time of
the fire.
The structure, situated on an emf
nence just outside of Chase CITY. had
two hundred guest chambers, all well
furnished
The ttames were discovered by guests
Oh the lawn who saw smoke issuing
from the slate roof, aud the alarm was
gwen Immediately but the fire-fightinr
facilities We're wholly mad, uuate to
cope with the fire raging fiercely.
All of the guests escaped and most of
them saved all their personal belongings
before the fire Reached the lover floors
OF the structure.
The Mecklenburg had been a health
ana pleasure resort for a decade and
many from all over the country sought
1t because of the medicinal Qualities of
the mineral waters.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Bible School
every Sunday at GAS a. IN. Preach ~
fourth Sunday m r, ing at II a. m; fir t
and third Sundays 81. IN. PRAYER NEE /
liL,g Wednesday evening at p. IN. j. \.
Hartman, pastor.
EIHODIST Oh RICH Main Street.
sunday School every SUNDAY at 9:3Oa m.
Little Workers' Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 3 p. IN. Preachi, 2
nrst and third Sundays IL a. m. seco, 4
and fourth Sundays p. M, fifth SrI-
days II a. m. and p. m. q, c. Rect, r,
pastor.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH. -
Z c@y School every Sunday at 10 a. n.
-escaing first and third SUNDAYS :. nm
-e''0nd and fourth Sundays IL a. a.
y r meeting every Friday pm. q.
Q. Rector, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sundv
school every Sunday at $50 II. m. Preac1-
ing second, third and fourth SUNDAYS at
ii a. m. and Z. p. In. Preaching fifth
sundays at II a. m. Prayermeeting everv
wednesday evening Z p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKE'S GAR
OEN.-Preachingo on first Sunday at IL A.
~ and p. m. S. o. Hall, pastor.
g TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
HANoMAN WAS ALSO SURGEON.
Until 100 Years Ago Exeeutloners
Were Permitted to Practice.

Two or three centuries ago execu-
TONERS not infreQuently performed
surgical operations. says the British
Medical Journal This seems to have
been particularly the case in Denmark.
July "a, 1879, license was issued by
Frederick II. to Anders Freimut, exc
cutioner OF Copenhagen, granting him
the right to set bones and treat old
wounds; he was expressly forbidden
TO NEEDLE with recent wounds. In 1909
1t Is recorded In the municipal
archives OF Copenhagen that Gaspar.
the hangman. had received four rigs
callers Tor the cure of two sick children
In the inhrmsry. In 1888 Christian ".
summoned the executioner of Gluck-
stadt in Holstein to examine the dis
eased foot OF the crown prince. In a
letter addressed to Ole Worm, a lead
ing Danish physician Of the day, Henry
Roster. MISUNDERSTANDING to the
king, complains bitterly Of the slight
mus put upon him. He says that for
TWO whole months the hangman, who
Is as ut to treat the case as an ass
is to play the Tyre" had the case in
nand and the doctor was not asked
MS ADVICE. Again, In 1851,
christian v. gave a fee of 200 rigs
dalers to the Copenhagen hangman
Tor curing the leg Of page In 1872,
Bergen, an executioner in Norway, was
authorized by royal decree to practice
surgery.
Even up to the early years of the
nineteenth century this extraordinary
association of surgery with the last
penalty of the law continued. Erik
Peterson, who was appointed public
executioner at Trondhjem In 1895,
served as surgeon to an infantry regi-
ment In the war with Sweden, and re-
tired In 1914 with the rank of surgeon
major. Frederick I. OF Prussia chose
his favorite hangman, Coblenz, to be
his physician-in-ordinary. 1t might be
suspected that this peculiar combine
ton OF functions had its origin In a
satirical view of the art Of healing;
but In the records we have quoted we
can trace nothing Of the kind. Per
haps the executioner drove a trade In
human fat and other things supposed
to possess marvellous healing proper
ties; he may thus have come to be
credited with skill in healing. though
the association surely represents the
lowest degree to which the surgeon
has ever fallen In public esteem and
social position.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
Work of Bees.

Three hundred billion bees made
enough honey during last year to fill
a train of cars long enough to reach
from New York to Buffalo. At the
low wholesale rate Of ten cents a
pound it was worth $4,000, 900. and II
the 100000 bee-keepers OF the country
had worked as industrlously and skill
fully as did the bees. the weight of the
output would have been three times
as great and the value $75,000,0OO.
In one year the beehives sent to
market a product worth nearly as
much as the barley crop, three times
as much as the buckwheat crop. Sc.
100000 greater than the rye crop, and
nearly 100000 greater than the rice
crop. All the the rice and buckwheat
grown on an aggregated area oil
2,126 1-3 square miles did not reach tc
the value Of the honey by $151,259
To appreciate these results, one
must necessarily strive also to appre
ciate the number of insects at work
That Is rather difficult, for 300. 0OO. 900.
600 stretches a long way beyond intel
ligent human comprehension. The
human mind doesn't work we'll in any
thing automatically greater than
thousands.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
Vintage Nicknanes.

We have nicknames for the vintages
which few persons except the wine
drinkers know. Thus the vintage OF
the present year we call Zeppelin, in
honor of the air navigator's achieve
ment and because 1t is so high. Rec
ords show that these nicknames were
bestowed on vintages as far back as
1929, when the bad-watered wine was
called Baptist"
The sour wine Of 1860 was called
Garibaldi, and in memory OF the Chi
nese war the 1894 wine is still known
as Weihaiwei. The vintage of 1886
promised much and gave little. and was
nicknamed Ii Hung Chang, and an.
other nickname for the same years
wine, Moses, was given because the
wine was taken from the water princi
pally.-Munchener Neurichten.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
An Anti-Ant BuildInc

Reinforced concrete is the material
which Will be used almost exclusively
IN the construction of the new gov.
eminent buildings to be erected bv the
United States at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Tor use as postoffioe. courthouse and
custom house. Wood is to be prac.
ucally excluded from the structure
the only place about the building
wnere wood will be employed will he
In the window sashes on one side of
the edidce. The interior doors will he
rattan. The reason why wood is being
avoided by the government in this
case Is because there is a small ant
indigenous to the island Of Porto Rico
which eats its way up through wooden
chairs, doors and desks and makes
them spongy on the inside.-Cement
Age.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
Subscribe for the Republican.
HUBBY EFFECTED QUICK CURE.
Sick Wife Aroused by Contemplation
Of Her Successor.

William, DEAR" feebly called the
invalid wife. who was supposed to be
nearing the end Of her earthly career
Yes, darling" answered the SORROW
ing husband. What is it,"
When am gone," said she, IT feel
that for the sake Of the motherless
little ones you should marry again"
DO you really think it would be
best, darling7" asked the faithful
William.
Yes, William, really do" replied
the invalid. After q reasonable length
OF time you should seek the compan-
tonship of some good woman"
DO you know, my dear" said the
husband, that you havs lifted q great
burden from nay mindf Now, there il
that charming widow Jones across the
way. She has acted rather friendly
toward me ever since you were taken
Ill OF course. dear, she could never
NIL your place, but she Is young, plump
and pretty, and I'm sure she would do
her best to lessen nay grief"
William Henry Brown!" exclaimed
the female whose days were supposed
to be numbered, as she partly raised
herself upon the pillow, eff you ever
dare install that red-headed, freckle-
faced, sauint-eyed hussy In my shoes,
filth" And then she tainted.
But the next day Mrs. Brown was
able to sit up. and two days later abe
was dowustatrs.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
VERY EVIDENTLY HIS FIRST ONE
Young Man Was Proud Parent, and
Didn't Care Who Knew Il.

There was no booth in the corner
drug store. The young man at the tele-
phone therefore could be heard by all
the customers who ranged about the
soda water fountain. His face beamed
as he talked.
Everything is all night" he was
saying.
"Ma'am?
'Yes'm. Eleven pounds. Beautiful
boy. Like me. they say.
"Ma'am?
"Yes'm. Resting quietly. Would
have sent for you. but thought 1t best
not to. Didn't want to worry you.
"Ms'am?
"Yes'm. I'll attend to all that
"Ma'am?
"Yes'm. I'll tell her you're coming
down right away. Beautiful boy.
"Ma'am?
"Yes'm. Eleven pounds and looks
Just like me-"
He rang OF and walked proudly out
Of the drug store apparently oblivious
to the smiling countenances OF his
Interested listeners ranged around the
soda fountain.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-29
Fighting the Pests Of Orchard, Field and
6arden Crops.

At this time of the year the fruit
grower, gardener and trucker are be-
ginning to worry about possible dam
age to their crops by insect pests and
diseases. These pests have greatly in
creased in recent years, keeping pace
with the rapid development of the fruit
and trucking industries. A conserva-
tive estimate is that Virginia fruit
growers and truckers lose from eight to
ten millions of dollars year by the at
lacks of these enemies. But most of
these injuries can be either completely
prevented or greatly lessened by prompt
measures; the most important of these
is spraying. Spraying is not very Diff
cult, or expensive, as many people sup
pose, and hundreds of Virginia fruit
growers and truckers have demonstrate
ed that it pays when properly done.
The State Agricultural Experiment
Station, at Blacksburg, has just issued
a timely circular on this subjec1. De-
scriptions, with many illustrations, are
given of all the most common injurious
insects and diseases of fruit, truck, to-
bacco, potatoes, field crops, house
plants, and ornamentals, with advice on
treatment, and a full discussion of
spraying. Such common trouble as the
borers, San Jose scale, cooling moth,
fire blight, striped cucumber beetle,
rose spot, army worm, Hessian fly,
grain smut, potato blight, tobacco wire
worm, plant lice, ETC., are treated in
detail. This circular may be secured
free upon application to the State Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Blacks
burg, Va.