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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
PROVES KINGDOM
Monarch of the Cocos Files His
Royal Fathers Will in
London.
HIS POSITION UNIQUE ONE
No Courts in His Domain, His Word
Being AbsOlute-Is Graduate
of English School.

John Sidney Cluuies-Ross, now in
London. is figure as strangely roman
tic as was ever pictured by writer's of
the most lurid fiction. lust now he
is a well educated and wealthy gen
tleman. descended on one side from
an ariStocratic Scotch family and on
the other from royal Malay blood. but
at home. in the Cocos islands. he is
monarch of all her surveys, and he sur
veys a good deal
Clunies- Ross, whose father died a
month or two ago. is the fourth of his
name to rule over the little group of
coral islands in the Indian ocean. The
story of his family is that of a man
who would be king who lived nearly
100 years ago.
The original CIunies- Ross bore the
same name as his great-grandson. He
was born in the Shetland islands.
whittier his family had fed. proscrib-
ed. after the failure OF the Jacobite
uprising in the early eighteenth cen
fury. But he Obeyed the call of the
sea. and in the course of his rowing he
fell in with one Alexander Hare, a
dissolute, imaginative. not Overhonest
man. who had come under the spell
of the east to the extent of adopting
most of its vices. He was in disgrace
with his employers and found a change
of residence imperative.
Pick Out a Kingdom.
In Clunies-Ross he met man as
daring as himself, though honorable
and straight living. He proposed that
the pair of them should seek out an
uninhabited group of islands and live
thereon like oriental potentates.
The young Scotchman liked the idea,
and the two proceeded to the Cocos
Islands, 500 miles from other land, and
established themselves. together with
about 100 others. Hare took a harem
along with him and prepared to spend
his days in riotous living. Clunies-
Ross took his lawful family, was sat
isfied with the primitive life and look
ed about for Il chance to trade.
He tried spices and coffee and failed.
Then he pitched on cocoanuts as his
best investment and planted great
groves of the trees While they were
growing he traded as best he could.
and u good many Malays with a few
whites. were attracted to the island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
GOOD WAY TO USE
HYOMEI FOR CATARRH

Besides breathing through the in
haler a few times a day, many ca
tarrh sufferers write that they find
inhaling HYOMEI pronounce it
High-o-me) from a bowl OF steaming
water each night before retiring a
great aid in curing stubborn cases.
Try it; it's very simple; gives
quick relief and makes you breathe
easier.
Fill bowl half full of boiling wa
ter; pour into the water a teaspoon
full of fIYOMEI, cover head and bowl
with a towel, and breathe through
nose and mouth the pleasant, medi-
Gated, antiseptic and healing vapor
that arises.
This method relieves that stuff
ness at once, and makes your head
feel fine.
You can get bottle of HYOMEI
at Harper House Pharmacy and
druggists everywhere, for only so
cents Ask for extra bottle HYO-
MEL Inhalent.
But bear in mind that HYOMEI
outfit which includes inhaler and
bottle of HYOMEI costs $1O0.
HYOMEI is guaranteed by Harper
House Pharmacy and druggists ev-
erywhere to cure catarrh, sore
throat, coughs. colds, asthma and
Group, or money back. Try it on
that generous basis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19

at the home OF Miss Margaret Boil
man, 1902 Fourteenth-and-a-hal street
The teachers and teachers training
class will meet Friday evening at
1880.
Grace English Luthersn-The Acme
society will meet tonight at the home
of Miss Lou Ullman, 1136 Fourteenth
and-a-half street.
The For-Get-Me-Not society will
meet tomorrow evening at the homo
Of Miss Olga Ed. 4O6 Railroad ave-
nue., Moline.
The confirmation class will meet
Wednesday evening at o'clock.
Prayer services will be held Wednes-
day evening at o'clock.
First Swedish Lutheran-The board
of deacons and trustees will meet this
evening at the parsonage.
The Willing Helpers will be enter
tanned tomorrow evening at the home
Of Miss Nellie Swanson, GA Third
avenue.
Mid-week prayer services Will be
held Wednesday evening at 1880.
The Tri-City Luther league viii be
entertained by the Luther league Of
the church Thursday evening. The
meeting will be held at o'clock y
program will be rendered and refresh
ments will be served.
The confirmation class will meet
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Aiken Street Chapel-The Ladies'
Aid society will meet with Mrs. o. J.
Chambers, 1901 Second street, Moline,
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19

ton of the population, with Sucn III
success that he was forced to leave
the island. He went TO Singapore.
where he died not long afterward, de-
serted by his harem and "courtiers."
Fortune in COeOanutA.
The cOcoauuIS grew. ard Clunies-
Ross began To make money out of the
oil and various other products of the
trees. Trade prospered in other direc-
tons also. and the island attracted
more inhabitants. The rule OF Ross
was recognized and welcomed. He
was just and kind and withal canny in
matters of trading.
Then John. having ruled twenty-sev-
en- years. died in 1854. He was sue
ceeded by John George, his son. In
his time the territory was proclaimed
under British protection. but the
change was merely nominal. Nobody
interfered with the absolute rule of
John George. He further strengthened
his position by marrying Malay
woman of royal blood and fine char
acter. Together they developed the
islands and saw justice done.
The chiefs six sons were all edu-
Gated in Scotland. for the cocoanuts
were bringing in tidy sum. George
was the eldest son. and he studied en-
cheering that his islands might have
the benefit of his skill. When he sue
ceeded his father he devoted himself
not only TO carrying on trade. but
to perfecting the native arts. He in
turn married q native woman. who
proved as worthy a helpmate as the
wife OF John George.
All Educated In England.
Like his IorDrurs. George Clunies-
Ross had many sons. all educated IN
England. He was in England with
them when he died. in June of this
year. His son, John Sidney. succeeds
10 the kingship. or whatever it may
be called, and the property. There
has been trouble in England over pro-
batting the viii. because there is no le-
gal machinery for doing such things
in the Cocos islands. but this little
difficulty does not affect the status Of
John Sidney. The islanders, who num-
Der about 700. are well satisfied with
the justice of the Clunies-Ross dy-
nasty and have no desire to invite a
change of government
There are neither soldiers nor police
in the Cocos islands. The natives live
at peace with one another and with
the great spirit they believe in They
have plenty of this worlds goods
plenty. that is, for simple. healthy
wants
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
Mrs. Carrie w Passia.

Mrs. Carrie w. Passig died at $50
Saturday night at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Pratt,
2419 Eleventh street, after an ill
ness Of more than two years with
tuberculosis. Mrs. Passig was born
in South Rock Island, Oct. 80, 1878.
She resided in South Rock Island
and Rock Island all her life. She
was the wife of the late William
Passig, who died Oct. 8. 1907. Be
sides her parents she is survived by
one daughter, Ruth, four brothers,
George Z. Pratt, Duluth, Mimi,
William, Allen and Charles Pratt.
Rock Island, and three sisters, Mrs.
D. c. Wakeman, Duluth, Mrs. Adolph
Hofer, Taylor Ridge, and Miss Hat
tie Pratt. at home. The funeral
will be held tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock from the Pratt residence.
DR.. H. w. Reed, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will conduct the
services. Burial will be in the fam
lily lot in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19

Central Presbyterian-This evening
at 1880 the regular business and So
cial meeting Of the Young Peoples
Social league will be held at the home
of Miss Della Cook, 1923 Fourteenth
avenue.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with
Mrs. H. c. Connolly, 1900 Second ave
nue..
Mid-week prayer services will be
held Wednesday night at 7:3O.
United Observation-Disclosures pray
1880.
Broadway Presbyterian - Mid-week
prayer services Wednesday evening at
1880. A letter from DR.. w. s. Mar
quis will be read.
South Park.-Junior services tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock. Prayer SER
vices tomorrow evening at 1880.
First Baptist-Mid-week prayer SER
vices will be held Wednesday evening
at 1880.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
at the church Friday afternoon for
work.
Spencer Memorial. - The monthly
meeting of the EpwOrth league will
be held this evening at the home of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19

ed by the chairman consisting of the
three officers and E. w. Schoede and
A. G. Anderson of Rock Island, L. c
Blanding and L. c. Peterson OF Mo-
line and Charles George and Thomas
Latin of the country. Delegates were
named as follows:
State deIegates-B. F. Knox, DR..
Joseph De Silva, A. G. Anderson
William Sehnert, Colonel w. I.
Channon, c. F. Gazetteer, L. S. Nc
Cabe, Rock Island; F. A. Landee'
F. G. Allen, William Butterworth,
w. A. Meese, r. w. Hamilton, G.
w. Johnson, c. w. Lundahl, P. H.
Vessel, Moline; ]. w. Simonson, I.
p. Latin, Charles George, Thomas
Campbell and R. L. Wilson OF the
country.
Congressional delegates-G. c.
Wenger, Leo Vemere. William
Payne, Robert Bennett, F. w. Rinck
L. S. McCabe. ]. S. Mcbride, o. P
Olson, E. w. Schoede, H. A. j. Nc
Donald, F.. o. Van Calder, James
Ahearn, r. w. Olmsted, John G.
Swanson, S. w. Searle, Sam Ryer-
son, H. B. Hubbard, Rock Island;
B. F. Peek, James Johnston, Sol
Hirsch, o. F. Anderson, c. D. Kerns,
G. D. Dietz, A T. Foster, r. w.
Hamilton, B. S. Bell, John Sundine,
W. E. Taylor, c. z. Evans, j. A.
Godine, F. C. Entrikin, R. ]. Pears.
Nels Peterson, c. G. Carlson, Moline;
w. H. Ashdown, ]. w. Simonson, F.
J. Clendenin, John Upton, Robert
Little, ]. D. Mill and John Eckert of
the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
HoM,S ThiS2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of catarrh that can,
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure,
F. J..CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years. and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in ali
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINMAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system Testi-
monials sent free. Price, rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
WORK WEAKENS THE
KIDNEYS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service for People Who Work
in Rock Island.

DOan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service for People Who Work
in Rock Island.
cry day in some strained, unnatural
position-bending constantly over a
desk-riding on jolting wagons or
cars-doing 1aborious homework;
lifting, reaching or pulling, or try
ing the back in a hundred and one
other ways. All these strains tend to
wear, weaken and inture the kid
neys until they fall behind in their
work of filteriug the poisons from
the blood. Doan's Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, put new strength in
bad backs. Rock Island cures prove
It.
Mrs. E. Vandeburgh. 500 First
avenue. Purk Island, ~. says:
"Doans Kidney Pills have been used
in my household on several occa-
sions with the best of results. Re-
Gently a member of the family suf-
fered from a weak back and pains
in the kidneys, the trouble no doubt
being caused by heavy lifting.
Doan's Kidney Pills were procured
at the Harper House Pharmacy and
it required but few doses to bring
relief. l know that this remedy lives
up to the claims made for it."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name - Doan's =
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
CIR A1rrk III thr City GIn1rrIrfH

Andrew Olson, 45O3 Eighth avenue.
The bible study class will meet to-
morrow evening at the church.
The Y. L. A girls will conduct a
bakery and candy sale in the church
basement Wednesday afternoon and
evening.
Prayer services will be held Thurs
day evening at o'clock.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Friday evening.
First Methodist-Prayer services will
be held Wednesday evening at 1880.
The choir will meet Saturday even
ing for rehearsal.
Memorial ChrIstian-The Queen Es-
Their circle will meet this evening at
the home of Miss Frey, 1920 Seventh
avenue.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Sec
ond Christian chapel will meet Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mid-week services will be held We'd
nesday evening at 1880.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Thursday afternoon at o'clock at the
home of Mrs Camblin, South Rock Is
land. The members of the society will
meet at the corner Of Seventeenth
street and Second avenue and will
board the Watch Tower car at 2:30.
The choir will meet Thursday even
ing at 1880 for rehearsal.
The Young Ladies' Missionary cir
Gle will meet Friday evening at 1880
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
Channon Funeral.

The funeral of Fred c. Channon
was held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the home, 1850 Fifth
avenue. Services were in charge of
Rock Island lodge No. 65S, A. F. &
A M, of which deceased was a
member. Rev. G. H. Sherwood, pas
tor of Trinity Episcopal church,
preached the funeral sermon. The
pallbearers were members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers and were William Arnold,
James Carl, William Coyne, William
Johnson, James Mirfield and Frank
Duncan. Burial was in Chippian-
mock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
ROCK ISLAND COUPLE WED
George Engleand and JOY Wilson
Get License at Chicago.

Chicago, III, Sept. 19.-(SpecfaI.) J
George ENGLAND, aged 81, of Rock Is
land, secured license from the coun-
ty clerk here this morning permitting
him to marry Joy Wilson, aged IS, also
of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19

Hare tried TO ensllve the darker por-
ton of the population, with such III
success that he was forced to leave
the island. He went 10 Singapore.
where he died not long afterward, de-
serted by his harem and "courtiers."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
Soothing.

Mildred = Since our engagement:
George has been perfectly devoted re
me. Do you think he will continue to
love me wheT am old? Clarice-Real-
Iy. dear. | can't say, but you'll soon
know.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
Sugar 10 Cents Cheaper

New York, Sept. 1O.-All grades OF
refined sugar were reduced 10 cents
per 100 pounds today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19

Your complexion as web as your tenn
dered liver. By taking Chamberlains
Stomach and Liver Tablets you can
improve both. Sold by all druggists.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15
DOPE F|END NOW
IN JAIL
Wreck From Cocaine Steals
Tools but Remembers
Nothing.

For week or more the police
have been seeking a thief who has
stolen a quantity of tools. Their
clues all indicated that the guilty
one was a dope fiend who would
mysteriously and suddenly disappear
after each theft. Saturday night
Officer Bob Nelson found him eat
ing in the Jap restaurant at 20 We
natchee avenue south.
The fellow gives the name of Os-
car Smith and his residence Leahy,
small village in the northern part
of Douglas county. He is thirty-one
years of age. His arms are both one
mass of sores caused by the constant
use of hypodermics.
Smith claims that he has been ad-
dicted to the cocaine habit for nine
years. He was down in old Mexico
where he was taken i'll with fever.
The only physician available was a
Chinese doctor. The Oriental ad-
ministered the fatal drug and fas-
tened the habit upon the poor fell
low. He is almost complete wreck.
If deprived of the drug twenty-four
hours, he becomes violent.
1t is expected that the man will
plead guilty when arraigned. He
is not vicious, does not remember
having committed the thefts. He
took a quantity of tools from w. T.
Clark's garage, from the Wenatchee
hotel and from D. M. Stauffer's bar
Der shop. Their value is sufficient
to establish the crime of grand lar
ceny. 1t will be a mercy for the fell
low to be committed to the peniten-
tiary, where they are prepared to
take care of his class of diseased
criminals.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15
BRUSSELS FAIR
BURNED
CONTINUED from Page -

ian section, rose majestically on a
slight elevation facing the main en-
trance. To the left of the main
building was the Kermesz.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15
Harlin Building Tenants.

The Orondo Cash Grocery has COM
pleted arrangements to lease the
corner of the Harlin building and
will move in Immediately on COM
yletion of the block. On the alley
corner opposite the postoffice, Mrs.
M. A. Young of Tacoma has secured
a location for millinery and notion
store. On the second floor, DR.. Has
kell has engaged two rooms on the
corner of Mission and Orondo for his
offices, and the next three rooms
facing Mission street will used by
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15

ian section, rose majestically on a
slight elevation facing the main en-
trance. To the left of the main
building was the Kermesz.
Beautiful Exhibits.
A magnificent quadrilateral of the
gardens was surrounded by the four
concessions of France, Germany, Hol-
land and Italy The German section
was grouped around the main pavil-
ion. Eight large halls were devoted
to exhibits of railroad companies,
agriculture machines, art and educa-
ton The Netherlands section in
cluded an elevated roadbed.
One of the most striking features
of the French section was the palace
of agriculture and horticulture. The
Spanish pavilion offered remark
able reproduction of the Alhambra
palace of Granada.
Ruins of State Shown.
The Court of Lions and several Of
the ruins of state were represented,
in which the Spanish government ex-
hibited some of it's national treasure,
such as tapestries, paintings, armors,
and jewels of the former royal fam
lilies. An interesting feature of the
| fair was the house of Reubens, which
was the official pavilion of Antwerp.
Besides representative exhibits of
all branches of local activity, the pa
vilion contained a retrospective ex-
hibition of Flemish art of the Reu-
bens period. 1t was announced
some time before the opening of the
exhibition that many of the leading
museums of the world would con-
tribute masterpieces in their pos
session.
King Albert inaugurated the col
onial section of the exhibition on
April 80.
Will Be ReOpened.
Later-The ruins of the burned
section are still smoking but all dam
ger of renewal of the fire is past. The
exposition management has decided
to close it for a few days, until the
ruins are cleared away, when it will
be reopened. 1t is impossible in the
present confusion to estimate close
ly the losses, and while the losses
will run into millions of francs it
will not be so great as 100000, 1000,
as was at first estimated. Forum
ately the most priceless of the art
treasures, which had been loaned to
the exposition or acquired by it, in
Guiding 5000 Gobelin tapestries, the
large exhibition of jewelry, and many
paintings, marbles and ancient fur
niture, were removed by the police
to places of safety, out of reach of
the fire and the pillaging of GRIM
inals, who attempted to take advant-
age of the disaster.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15
Bought q Buick.

c. A. Harris, of the Entiat Light
& Power company, purchased a for
ty-horsepower Buick automobile on
Saturday from the agent here, H. G.
Harris. This makes quite number
of these popular machines which
have been sold by this agency with
in the past two weeks. The. Buick
has demonstrated its peculiar adap-
liability to this section a number of
times this season.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15
Writing Tricks.

Can you write your name with your
left hand? 1t is good thing to know
how in case you ever hurt your RICH:
hand.
Can you write looking glass letter?
That always amuses children, so IL
you have friend who Is i'll send her
a looking glass letter to cheer her up
Practice by writing on a piece of paper
held in front of a mirror. and soon you
will find it is quite easy to do looking
glass writing. Looking glass writing
Is done backward. so that 1t looks all
right when 1t is held to the mirror.
Also see If you can write your name
backward-that is. begin at the last
stroke and go back to the first-and as
last trick try to write your name up
side down. That is not at all easy,
but copy your signature upside down
and you will be able to do it quite well
after little practice.
After you can do all these things
learn to write good clear hand in the
proper way. like a sensible person.
Chicago News
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15
0RAHA[L C0NF|NED
IN HOSPITAL
Operated Upon Yesterday
for Appendicitis by
DR.. Mccoy.

Ora Hall, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
e. Hall, was successfully operated
upon yesterday morning for appen-
dicitis at the Wenatchee General
hospital.
The young man is employed at
Ellis-FOrde's. For some time he has
been suffering occasional attacks
from the disease. Last week it be-
came so severe that he decided to
submit to the knife.
He is doing nicely and it is pos
sible that he may go home the last
OF this week. His mother is with
him is well as the nurse, Miss Rick
man.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15

A select home school for the train
ing of manly boys. Instruction thor
ough and personal. Athletics encour-
aged; fine new gymnasium; a
healthy country school life; modern
buildings; pure water; wholesome
food. Prepares for college and bust
ness life. Special college prepara-
tory courses and instruction in lam
guages. Fall term begins Sept. Is,
1910.
Located on Lake Steilacoom, eight
miles south of Tacoma.
For full information, address
ID. S. PULFORD, Principal.
South Tacoma. Wash.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-15

DR.. Culp. Half of the third floor
has been leased by the Wenatchee
Business College which will be fit
ted up with elegant fixtures and a
thoroughly up-to-date equipment for
that institution.