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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RENT-Store with living rooms
above, at $50 Seventeenth street. In
quire +. +. Buffum, Argus Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; all conVenienCeS. Apply
1913 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RENT - Two modern furnish ed
rooms for light housekeeping also
front sleeping room; at 1904 Fifth
and-a-half avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished front
room; references required; at 1O4S
Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

LOST-A pair of gold rim spectacles on
Third avenue between the Woodmen
building and Eleventh street. A suit
able reward will be paid for return to
this Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RENT - A three-room furnished
fiat, suitable for light housekeeping;
sewer and water. Inquire 705 Fourth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RNT - A nicely furnished front
room. strictly modern, suitable for
one or two gentlemen, with or with
out board. Apply 1880 Second ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

LOST-Sunday evening between Daven-
port and Prospect park, Moline a
gold chain and pendant with pearl
trimming. Reward for return to Ar
gus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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JACKSON, HURST - STAFFORD-AI-
torneys-at-law. Office in Rock Island
National bank building.
SEARLE & MARSHALL - Lawyers.
Money to loan on good real estate
security. Roc MS 500 and 3O3, Safety
building. Rock Island. Ill.
McENIRY & McENIRY - Attorneys at
law. Loan money on good security;
make collections. References, Mitch
eli & Lynde. bankers. Office, Mitchell
d Lynde building.
SWEENEY & WALKER - Attorneys
and counselors at law. sey to loan
on real estate. AbstrsC.- 81 title pre-
pared Rooms 2O0-2U5. fcOple's Ma
Jional bank building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR RENT-In Robinson building, well
lighted offices; all cOnveniences in
Guiding elevator service, roomy vaults,
etc; one choice suite with large prt-
waite vault Apply room 100. f. K
RhoadS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15
FOR RENT--FLATS.

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FOR RENT-AIodern fiat; apply 1913
Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

LOST-A lady's brown coat, on Second
avenue. between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets. Finder please re
turn to $50 Tweuty-dfth street and
receive reward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15
EOR SALE=LANDS.

FOR SALE-224 acre stock farm: fine
improvements; four miles from Milan;
price 500 per acre. kcldy Bros.
FOR SALE - 4O-acre farm. i've miles
from Milan; GOOD lmprONS mentS; land
rolling; plenty OF fruit; price $4,000.
EckHart " BuHum.
FOR SALE-l4 acres in South Rock
Island; GHe land cor gardening; good
improvements, can be laid out in lots.
For particulars see -Eckhdrt * Bu4-
IUnl
FOX sALE-In ROCK Island county at
bargain, 4vC acres. ali under cult
walton, good improvements, Will sell
in one body or divide into so or 100
acre tracts; easy terms Lininger *
Meyer 20 Eighteenth street.
FOR SALOON easy terms. an acre lot.
cellar. with drain. good well ana els
tern; small fruit OF all kinds; So fruit
trees. l.. =. Allen. BOX 245. Twenty
ninth street Twentieth avenue.
FOR SALE-A farm of 100 acres, near
EdsingtOn; the buildings are only
fair, but the land Is very good and
IS located on a main road; Ihe price
IS $50 per acre; / would like to show
you this farm. Ii * Walker. agent.
FOR SALE-Firty acres good land. four
miles from Galeua, county seat, also
four miles from Reeds Spring, both
on the Missouri Pacific railroad in
south MlSSouIls worth 80 per acre,
for sale at SIS per acre., Tor three
days only. See or write .. NJ Wight,
New Harper Hotel, Rock Island, Ill
FOR SALE-5,G 600 acres near Iron River
Bayfield, county. Wisconsin: fruit and
tarr1 lands. we have been holding tDi.
at $3.50 and it's cheap at that, but
owner is hard pressed for money; can
deliver it for $3.50 per acre; $4,000
cash Will handle this, must be sold
within 10 days. Jennings Land Com
pany, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

evening, a lady's gold
watch, with fob and lOCket attached
name ''Teua' engraved on same. Re
turn to $500 Seventh avenue for lib
eraI reward Old phone 1251-N
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR RENT-A Carlisle" piano, veneer
mahogany; rent 81 week. Inquire
426 Eleventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15
FOR Observation-Disclosures

FOR SALE - Delivery horse; inquire
Selle Bros, 1880 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15
MULTIPLE ELECrRoLYsls.

AULIIFLE ELECIROL Subsequently,
GUS hairs face and arms perma-
nently removed with To six
needless; four to SIX hours work IL
one With six; treatments given at
home unless otherwise desired. Ad-
dress Miss A Ii klttridSc. 1919 Per
~ street. Davenport OLD phone 1895
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-15

FOR SALE-Cheap, a launch. 81 feet
long. stern paddle wheel Apply j. w.
Graves, Milan.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
CELEBRATE STRIKES END
Men. Women and Children Listen to
Speeches commemorsting the
Peace Pact at Herrin. ~.

Herrin. Ill.-Forty thousand men.
women and children marched to the
Mccormick park and listened to
speeches commemorating the end OF
the coal strike in Illinois. Thomas
Clayton presided. and speeches were
made by Revs. Kinison and Gambee
and George F. Wilson and Hal W.
Trovillion.
The increase Of wages to miners in
Williamson county. where are located
thirty-six mines. will amount TO $780,
900. or an advance OF cents per ton
on all coal mined. Great shouts went
up when the whistles sounded at the
mines about the city. after a silence
of over five months. blew for work.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
OXFORD. MISS, THURSDAY SEPT Is. 1910.
k..ssr,n,|S CHIEF DEAD.
Broken-Hearted Because OF Loss
OF His Wealth.
Gabriel Godfrey Gave Fortune In Flight
for His People-First wife
Granddaughter Of stolen
"Whlte Rose"

Peru. ind.-Gabriel Godfrey. last
chief of the Miamis. died the other
day OF a broken heart. because he had
lost all his wealth. $4,000. through
politics. lie was urged by his friends
to run for road supervisor, and he
Won the Office. though he afterward
declared that he did not want Il. God.
troy and his people were persuaded
TO vote. Chief Godfrey bitterly re-
pented Of this later. for. when his
people exercised that function. they
were called upon to pay taxes. from
which they had been previously ex.
empt. and this started litigation which
continued for years and wiped out
the holdings OF the chief. who was the
banker for his people.
Chief Godfrey. the Last Of the
Miamis." he might be called. was sew.
enty-six years old. and was born In
Blackford county. Just adjoining the
county In which he lived all his life
and in which he died. His father
was Chief Francis Godfrey. Of French
descent. who a. warrior was. next
to Little Turtle. the greatest chief OF
the Miamis. He ranked close 90 To
cumssh. the Napoleon OF the red
race Little Turtle formed a powerful
tedcration Ot the Weas. the shock
neSA the Pankakavs and the Potta-
watomSes. which defeated General
Eamer October 10. 1890 and General
81. Clair November 4. 1891. At the
battle of Tippecanoe. Chief Francis
Godfrey gave the signal for the attack
of the combined Indian forces and
was Joint commander vita Deaf Man
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
ILLINOIS STRIKES
| OVER; MINERS WIN
GOAL WORKERS wALk.our Elm
ALLY SETTLED AT CHICAGO
CONFERENCE.
Iw0 YEARS PEACE SURE
Union Gets Lions Share OF Demand.
Peoria Scale Adopted Work
to Be Resumed Saturday in
Mines tina, are Ready.

chicago. Ill.-Industrial peace for
~ ieast two years has been re-
stored in the Illinois coal mines
AFTER 1--WE months OF stubborn con-
iiict. unmarked by any acts OF ex.
IRENE violence. the operators and min.
ers have agreed to bury their differ.
ences and to resume operation Of the
mines. In the settlement. the miner,
got the lions share OF the demands
only some minor details having baen
changed. The full scale Of wage,
and prices set by the Peoria conyen.
tion viii be paid by the operators
Inc settlement was reached a, a
conference between a committee N,
operators and the executive board os
the Illinois miners. The operators
protested that the agreement was un.
Just and Harry y. Taylor Withdrew
from the committee rather than agr.e
to IT,
The wage increase, together with
the safety appliances which the ON.
orators must install in complianc.
with the recently enacted law Will
add at least twelve cents a ton to m.
cost OF coal production in the s,ats
Inequalities OF mining rates. com.
pared with those of other states. OF
which the Illinois operators complain
ed at the beginning Of the strike
have been increased. throwing m.
mine owners still further out OF line
In competition with the operators Of
Indiana and Ohio. The payment n,
the wages OF shot-firers against which
the operators have contended sine,
the law went into effect five wears
ago. forms the heaviest burden thev
viii have to pay as the price of their
defeat
The Illinois operators from the be.
ginnig offered TO pay the national de-
mands and settle on the same terms
as did the operators in western Penn,
sylvania. Ohio. Indiana and Iowa. but
the offer was rejected by the miners
When the negotiations were broken
off. President ]. II. Walker of the
Illinois miners ordered out the engi
neers and pump men who were left
at work to protect the property.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
FATALITIES ON WARSHIP
Test Of OIL as Fuel on North Dakota,
Near Norfolk. Virginia,
Results Fatally.

Washington, ID. C.-Three coal
passers are dead and seven machin-
lists and firemen injured as the result
Of oil catcning fire on the battleship
North Dakota. This report was re-
ceived at the navy department from
Admiral Schroeder, COMMANDMENT
chief of the Atlantic feet.
A special telegram to the Norfolk
Ledger Dispatch from Old Point Com
fort. said that seven men were killed
and 100 injured, while other reports
gave varying figures. and also differed
as TO the accident.
The North Dakota was launched al
Quincy, Mass. Nov. 10. 1905. and was
at the time the most powerful battle
ship afloat. She was bigger. faster
and more formidable than any OF the
British Drednaughts, along whose
lines she was built.
The North Dakota cost the govern
uent 3lO000,000
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

BIG CAR FERRY is LOST
Fate Of Pere Marquette Boat coun-
terpart Of Disaster in
Huao's Book.

Ludington, Mich.-Thirty lives we're
lost when the Pere Marquette car
ferry No. IS. bound from Ludingt1n
TO Milwaukee. went to the bottom of
Lake Michigan half way across the
lake
The dead include Captain Peter XII
ty OF LudingtO. 5. r Sezepanek OF
Worcester. Mass. purser and wireless
operator whose signals of distress
brought assistance to the sinking yes
sci and two members OF the crew OF
car ferry No. Il. who lost their lives
in an effort to rescue the crew OF M
Is
This was her first trip on her regiI-
lar run. The boat was in service al
summer. plying with excursionists be
tween Chicago and Waukegan. Ill. Its
last excursion trip OF the season was
made last Monday. when it carried
5000 Labor Day pleasure seekers TO
Waukegan and return.
Freight cars on No. Is got loose in
the gale and practically battered the
ship to pieces.
Two or three hours after the first
wireless distress signal was picked up
here. a message was received from No.
II. which evidently also heard the
S. o. ;" and had gone to the rescue
OF No is. stating that all aboard were
saved.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

Arrangements for the sale OF Red
Cross Christmas Seals for 1910 have
been announced by the National AS
sooiation for the Study and Proven.
tion OF tuberculosis and the Ameri-
can Red Cross "A Million for Tuber-
cul6 els" will be the slogan OF the 1910
campaign. Two features OF the sale
this year are unique and will bring
considerable capital to the tuberculo-
sis fighters The American National
Red Cross is to issue the stamps as in
former years. but this organization
viii york in close cooperation with
he National Association for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis. which
body will share In the proceeds of the
sales The charge to local associa-
tons for the use of the national
stamps has been reduced also from 20
per cent TO l2is per cent. which will
mean at least $4,000 more for tuber-
oulosis work in all parts OF the United
States The stamps are to be desis-
mated as Red Cross Seals" this year
and are to be placed on the back Of
letters instead Of on the front.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

well at night. 1 believe there Is noth-
Ing like the Pinkham remedies."-
Mrs CLARA FRANKS. r. +. d.. No. q
Knoxville. Iowa.
The success OF Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled IL may b
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements. infam-
nation, liberation. fbroid tumors. IT.
regilarities. periodic pains, backache.
bearingdown feeling. fatulency. indi-
gestion. dizziness. or nervous prostra-
ton
For thirty years Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills. and
suffering women owe 10 to themselves
90 AZ least give this medicine O trial
Proof Is abundant that IL has cured
thousands Of others. aud why should it
not euro youp
Ifyou want special advice write
Mrs. Ptnkham. Lynn. Mass. for tt.
It ts free and always helpful
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
THOUSANDS VIEW PAGEANT
Great Religious Spectacle Closes Eu-
ehsrist Congress At Montreal
Canadian City Crowded.

Montreal. Que.-A religious pageant
as rich In devotional emotion as sac
red imagery. and as orderly in beha-
vior as II was diverse in nationality
and huge size. closed the twenty first
International Eucharistic congress.
held this year for the first time in the
Dominion OF Canada.
Visitors from the United States
were especially impressed with the
magnitude. splendor and reverence OF
the procession. which marched four
miles through the city streets. the
host at its head. to Mount Royal.
above the city. A modest estimate
Is that there were 100000 In line. and
that 500. 900 viewed II from where best
they couIl
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

Harrisburg. Ill--The miners of Har.
risburg celebrated the end of the
strike by parading through the prin-
cipal streets. headed by a band and
discharging fireworks. fire arms and
explosives.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
WIRELESS MESSAGES ANCIENT
Natives os Africa Communicate Over
Distance Of Seven Miles by .
Code Of Drum Signals

johannesburg. L-Many strange
tribes dwell IN the interior of Africa
and queer indeed are some OF their
ways. One tribe. the Batetela. has
long used a method of sending com
munications between its several viii
iages that is unique and well worth
consideration. A wooden drum is
used and the wireless" message can
be picked up. or heard. seven miles
away IL Is amazing The drum used
by the Batetela for sending messages
In this manner Is first cut out from
one large solid piece of hard wood.
Its shape. as may be seen in the illus
tration. Is quite peculiar and must
require considerable skill In the fash
ioning. when one considers the lack
Of proper tools among these tribes.
Still more difficult is the finishing OF
the drums interior. for II has to be
followed out and all the work Is done
through the long narrow opening
which shows at the top. The shape
inside follows that outside and much
patience and care are required in at
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
ACQU|TTAL FOR BROWNE
JURY IN CHICAGO ExoNeRares
ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR.
Verdict Is Greeted With Cheers and
Friends Participate in
Wild Scene.

Chieago.-The jury in the Le.
ONeil Browne sensational bribery
case returned a verdict of not guilty
The finding OF the jury was greeted
With cheers the bailiffs could no,
check. Brownies friends crowded
about him. shaking his hand and con.
graduating him and his counsel
Browne. as soon as the verdict was
read. turned TO his counsel and his
friends. who rushed to his side and
said.
am not surprised. knew 4,
could not Be otherwise. No BODY Of
twelve men could believe me guilty
OF such a crime"
States Attorney Wayman said.
The verdict speaks for itself. The
public knows What the evidence is -
Wild scenes followed the rendering
OF the verdict For the first time in
years a courtroom crowd cheered and
yelled upon the rendering OF the YER
dict. The yells of the crowd were
heard for blocks and five hundred
prisoners in the county Jail sent back
an answering yell.
Judge kersten rpse and above the
tumult his voice was heard: AIRES,
those men; preserve order"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
an answering yell
BALLINGER IS CONDEMNED
Democratic and Insurgent Members
Of Committee Pass Resolution
Demanding His Retirement.

Minneapolis. MIrn.-The combined
Democrat and insurgent members OF
the Ballinger congressional investi-
eating committee stole a march on the
stand pat members and secured the
passage Of resolution declaring the
passagfe Of resolution declaring the
secretary OF the interior unraithful to
his trust. and demanding his removal.
Only five out of the twelve MEM
bers OF the committee voted on the
resolution. The pro-Ballinger men
present raised the point OF no quorum
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

tanning that perfection necessary to
success in the completed Instrument
The least check or split in the wooden
walls Of this instrument would seri.
ously impair II it did not destroy Its
usefulness.
The sticks used in beating this
peculiar drum have at their ends a
knob af rubber. To send a message
the beater will ascend hill in the
evening when the air is still and of.
fers least resistance to the outward
speeding sound waves from his drum.
The sound created is very rough when
near by. Three distinct sounds or
notes can be produced from each side
OF this drum. according TO where IL is
beaten. These are used to form a
syllable alphabet. which permits the
natives to transmit messages. no mat
ter how complicated they may be.
Not unlike the tones OF some bell.
then. the Africa drum sends its weird
notes ringing through the tropical
forests, and members Of the tribe In
other villages, even as far away as
seven miles, can hear and understand
the message on a still night
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

kfter the grand jury Of Lincoln
Pnu was organized and charged by
EEe Miller a recess was taken, in
er to allow Senator Leroy Percy
opportunity to speak to the large
nd assembled. Senator Percy was
|ened to with respectful and cour-
Is aitention throughout his address
an hour and half. II was Sen
Pereys first appearance before
lincoln county audience.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15
SlBLEY AND 4 INDICTED
Former consressmsn's Secretary Is
Among Those Held on Bribery
Charge by Grand Jury.

Warren. Pa.-The special grand
Jury which has been investigating
charges against Former Congressman
Joseph c. Sibley and four eo-defend-
ants. in connection with Sibley's nom
ination as the Republican candidate
for congress at the June primaries. re-
turned true bills against each of the
defendants.
All are charged with conspiracy 70
bribe. debauch and corrupt voters OF
Warren county.
Besides Sibley. who is III at his
home in Franklin. the defendants ars
Frank II. Taylor. his private secre-
tary. George ID. Mum. David NJ How
ard and c. ID. Crandall
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-15

IN the urANu battle Of MtfrfSstneWa
against Colonel Campbell. the last
battle Of the Miamis
At the treaty oG ST Mary's. God
froy vas granted six sections OF land
on the north bank Of the Wabash. EN-
hraeing nearly all the present site OF
the city Of Peru. This ancestral es
tate. II might be called. dwindled un
I'll at the death of the son. Gabriel.
only about forty acres Of the origins al
tract remained. and this was in the
possession Of Gabriers children. to
whom he had decided II a few years
ago.
Old Chief Francis Godfrey was mar.
ried twice. The wife OF his youth at
the age of nifty made a proposition to
her husband which for depth OF un-
selfish love has rarely been equaled
by a woman Of any race. She said To
him. Il am no longer young. You
are not as happy as you should be.
but you do not complain. / grieve TO
know that you are not contented. for
| see II when other eyes are blind
Marry young squaw. She will cheer
and brighten your life I'll not com.
plain or sulk. I'll be your slave and
a servant to her and her children IS
He declined. but his wife pleaded with
him until he finally granted her wish
When his father died, in a house
which is part Of the present home of
the Godfrey family. and was buried
Just across the road. Gabriel became
chief. He was married three times
His first wife was a granddaughter OF
Frances Slocum. who was stolen NV
the Indians when she was six years
old
Frances Slocum was stolen in I77s
from her home near wukesbarre. Pa
by the Delaware Indians. She was
passed to the Miamis and became
known as the White Rose of the MI.
amis." Her brothers never gave up
the search for her. Finally. in 1887.
she was located in Miami county as a
member OF the Indian tribe. and her
brothers journeyed from Pennsylvania
to take her home. When the object
OF their visit was explained, she said
she had lived so long among the In.
dians. and they had treated her SO
well. that she would not desert them
Her brothers went home broken.
hearted. Godfroy's third wife is still
living.
Twenty years ago Chief Godfroy
had a fine farm OF about a hundred
acres and was worth about $50. 900
He was called on scores OF times 10
pay fines against Indians. For seven
years he paid the expense and stood
the worry OF legal battle which ths
county commissioners brought to com.
pei him and others of his tribe In nav
taxes on their lands. They claimed
the lands to be exempt because OF the
treaties by which they were decided
TO them by the government When
his fortune had disappeared the suit
was compromised. and his people
should be exempt for ten years.
When this decision was announced
Chief Godfrey advanced to the bench
and. in a voice trembling with emo
tion. told his story of wrongs. The
aged chief told how the poor Indians
had again been crushed and humili
ated by the cruel pale face;" how
they had Last their lands and thei,
rights. When he had finished he
strode from the courtroom with al
the dignity becoming a great chief
but from that moment until he diet
he seemed oppressed with grief. HI
died without any property. The LAS
OF the Miamis" has gone to the -Hap
py Hunting Grounds