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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
LIVED ON
RAW EGGS
Ar. Richards Experience With DIFF.
ferent Diets. Peaches and
ButtermiIk for Three Years.

Cecilton, Md.-Mr. George Richards,
Of this place, during the past IL years,
has probably tried more different diets
than the average person would ever use
In a lifetime.
What he has to say about his expert
ments, must therefore be highly interest
ing to anyone suffering from indigestion
or stomach troubles of any kind.
He says: For more than IL years,
I suffered with stomach troubles, and
paid hundreds OF dollars for doctor bills
and medicines. was also operated on
for piles.
lived on dried peaches AMI buttermiIk
for nearly three years. The only thing
that would not give me pain was raw eggs.
I was a physical wreck. ! could not
sleep, and was as near crazy as a man
could well be.
must say that after taking two 25-cent
packages Of Thedford's Black-DTaught,
it did me more good than all ever spent
for other medicines.
have been working daily on the farm
ever since, and am as hard as iron. "
This purely vegetable remedy has been
in successful use for more than 20 years.
TEyit. But be sure that it's 'IhedioId' 5. ("
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
HISTORIC BLACKGUARDS
BY Albert Payson Terhune
Copyright by Publishing WORLDLY

snip to Flanders. The other conspira-
tors were to kill or captrue any men,
bers of the royal family who did not
chance to be at Parliament's opening.
No one betrayed this plot. which
might have changed the history OF
the world. Yet it was discovered.
The discovery came about In an odd
way.
One Of the conspirators-which one
was never known-was a friend OF
Lord Monteagle, noted English
statesman. He sent Monteagle an
anonymous letter, begging him to
keep away from the opening of Par
lament. Monteagle. not sure whether
or not the warning was q joke. show
ed It to the secretary Of state The
secretary laughed at 1t as hoax, but
was induced to show II to the king.
James (who was SO cowardly that
the sight of a sword used to make
him III fell into a frenzy Of fear On
the night OF Nov. 4 he ordered Par
lament house searched. AS the
searchers neared the cellars they met
Guy Fawkes coming out. He was
seized before he could dart back and
the place was ransacked.
The sight OF 80 large a pile OF
wood reused suspicion. The wood
was cleared away and the gunpowder
barrels were discovered Fawkes,
raving with helpless fury, strove in
vain to set fire to the gunpowder and
to die with his enemies. He was
overpowered and dragged before the
king. There he made Burly. con-
temptuous answers to all questions
and refused to betray his accom-
plices. But torture at last made him
speak. The conspirators were seized
and most OF them were executed
Fawkes last OF all An old chronicle
gives the following account OF his
farewell to the world:
This very tall and desperate fell
low made no long speech, but
Cafter a sort). seeming sorry for his
offense. asked a kind Of forgiveness
OF the king and the state for his
bloody intent"
All Europe shuddered over Eng.
lands narrow escape. The fifth of
November was ordained by King
James ito be observed forever as a
day Of Thanksgiving" For centuries
! thereafter Nov. was celebrated
throughout England much as we cele.
brate July 4. Amid bonfires and noise
Guy Fawkes was burned in efigy.
Even now the cellars Of the houses of
Parliament are regularly Searched
in memory Of governments old-time
| peril.
So, for more than three hundred
years after his death, Guy Fawkes
has had the honor Of an annual Day
"a privilege denied TO most heroes
and accorded perhaps to no etbnr
] BLACKBOARD,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

father, who is a Baptist missionary
in that country.
Mrs Edward DOol of Calexico, Cal,
and Mrs. Guy c. Scott of this city,
took little Miss Isabelle Irwin of CaleX-
leo to Alexis, Wednesday, to make
an extended visit with her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Gamble.
Those from out of town who attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Minerva Ruse
were a son, George W. Mars, of Min
den, Neb.. a sister, Mrs. Sarah Gros-
jan of Rock Island, Mrs. Rebecca Ora
ham, John w. Graham and Frank
Watson of Rock Island, Clarence VIII
liams of Sherrard, Mrs. Sarah Ruse,
Mrs. Kate Oswald and son, Harold, and
Harry Ruse, all of Monmouth, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Greer of Burgess and
Mrs. Amelia Griffin and Mrs. II. F.
Greenwood of Viola.
Rolly Reed and Miss Lena Ethel
Norton, both of New Boston, were
united in marriage by Justice James
R. Spence at his office in Aledo, June
81.
Rev. j. b. Pollock went to Viola
to attend the Young Peoples Christian,
convention.
This is the weather report for June
as given by William B. Frew, observer
of AledO. Temperature: mean, maxi
mum, 1919 degrees; mean, minimum,
56.S degrees; mean, 6S.3 degrees,
which is is degrees below the mean
for the preceding Is years, during
which the highest was "A degrees in
1898 and the lowest 65S degrees in
! 1902. Maximum, 80 regEees on the
26th; minimum, A regrees on the
eighth. Greatest daily range, 30 de
grees on the 22nd and Goth Precipita.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
AledO

Miss Nellie Thompson has gone to
Rich Hill Mo, where she will visit
several weeks with her sister, Mrs
Clark Griffin.
The annual soldiers and sailors re-
union of Mercer county will be held
in Aledo Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 20 and q. These dates were
decided upon this week by the COM
mittee. which is making plans to make
this the best reunion in recent years.
The first days exercises will be held
in Monument park and the program
Of the day will be basket dinner and
stories of old times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scannell of
Kewanee came to spend a few days
with relatives.
The Aledo chautauqua committee is
planning TO have only the best attrac-
lions On the program for the coming
chautauqua, which will be held in
Aledo in August. A partial list OF the
star attractions has been made public
which shows the class of entertain
ment which the chautauqua will sup
port. Among these are: Mrs. Maud
Ballington Booth, DR.. William A. Col
lege, George E. Colby, the Cambridge
players, Rogers and Grilley, Thomas
Brooks Fletcher, Ferguson's Dixie
Jubilee Concert company. This is
AledO's first chautauqua and the com.
mittee is doing everything in its power
TO make 1t a success.
Miss Alice Stead has gone for a
two weeks visit in Kansas City. She
was accompanied as far as Galesburs
by Miss Olive Werts.
Mrs. Minerva Ruse died at her home
in Aledo, June "a. She was born in
Bever county, Pennsylvania, April 4
1888. January 8. 1S49 she was united
in marriage to Robert Mars in New
Castle, Pa. After living there a few
years they came overland to Rock Is.
land and later came to Viola, where
Mr.. Mars was killed In a saw mill or
Pope creek, south Of Viola. Aug. II
1858. To this union We're born -four
children, two OF whom are now liv
| ing. Mrs. Mars was married Oct. l3
1889 TO David Ruse, who died Aug. 10
1904. To them seven children wer,
born, five of whom are living in Aledo
She is survived by four grandchildren
and two great grandchildren, also tive
sisters, Mrs. Sarah Grosjean OF Rocl
/ Island and Mrs. Marie Serbine Of Ma
I quOketa, Iowa Funeral services wer.
held at the home. June 26. Rev. A. E
/ Moody oficiated, assisted by Rev. ]
VI. Jones. Interments was made il
Aledo cemetery.
Mrs. A H Tost, son, John, am
daughters, Eta and Gladys, of Lo
Angeles, Cal. visited here the frs
of the week with Mr.. and Mrs. w S
Sloan and left Wednesday for an e1
tended visit in Egypt with Mrs. lost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

planned that he was the servant
of Master Thomas Piercy, who
lived next door to Parliament
House, and that he wanted the vault
as a storage place for fuel.
James l. was king of England. He
had succeeded Queen Elizabeth in
1903. He was a scoundrel in a weak.
stilted way. He prosecuted the Cath
olics, broke his solemn state prom
ises, lied out OF difficulties and In
other ways made for himself host
of enemies. Parliament, for the most
part, backed the kings wishes. Hence
Parliament shared his unpopularity.
A band of daring, If interruptions.
men resolved to rid England of King
James, the royal family and Parlia-
ment IS well by the very simple
means Of destroying the whole lot at
one blow. Their plan was to I'LL the
cellars OF the House OF Lords with
gunpowder. Then, On the day when
the king and his family should come
to open Parliament, to set a match TO
the powder and blow up every one in
the building.
Robert Catesby, Thomas Piercy and
eighteen others were in the conspir-
acy. They chose as the actual assas-
sin a brave. hesrtless soldier OF for
tune whose real name Is said to have
been Guido Fox, but who is known TO
history as Guy Fawkes" No one
knows whether Fawkes was TO re.
ceive money for his deed or whether
he consented to do 1t through hatred
for King James.
In the early autumn Of 1904 the
conspirators began to cut q hole
| through the nine-foot wall between
Piercy's house and the Parliament
cellars. Then, hearing the cellars
were for rent. Fawkes hired them
After that the work went On easily
and safely enough. Thirty-six barrels
/ OF gunpowder were rolled into the eel
lars and we're covered with masses oil
wood. A train OF powder was laid
Everything was ready.
Parliament was to meet on Noyem
Der 8, 1904. The king and most Of
the royal family were to be there. A
E signal Fawkes was TO light the pow
der train and was then to escape b.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

Dwellings, III: hotels, 4 barns, 29;
sheds, 28; garages, 3; stores, 16:
factories, 10; restaurants, 3; sa-
looms, 6; public halls, 3; laundries,
.; shops, 3; warehouses, 8; lumber
yards, 2; breweries, foundries, l.
The total value of the buildings
affected by blazes in Chicago amount
ed to $1,625,21O. Their contents
was valued at $1,6S2,955. The in
surance on buildings, S972,S95; on
contents, $1,049,150.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
MOLINE

New Band orsanIzed.-Organization
of the American band has been per
fected in East Moline, and the first
public concert will be given Monday,
July 20. There are Is members in
the band at the present time and all OF
them have had experience with other
musical organizations.
Looking Over Sites.-Six sites for
city hall were considered Saturday az
ternoon at the special meeting OF The
city commission, but decision to pur-
chase was not reached. 1t was ex-
pected that the proposition would be
brought before the commission at the
regular session, but it was not.
Small Fire. Fire IN a defective
chimney in rooms over the grocery
store and pool room of T. E. Srov-
amos at 1921 Second avenue resulted
in setting the roof of the place ablaze
at 4:o5 Saturday afternoon. The sand
ed roof made 1T difficult for the fire.
men to get at the fire, but after half
hours work the flames were under
control. Damage was confined to the
roof and the ceiling underneath.
Lightning Hits House. - Lightning
struck the residence Of w. H. Christi
son at 1543 Twentyfourth avenue at
6:15 Sunday evening and started a
blaze that neCessitated work on the
part of the fire department. The crash
came in the early part of Sunday
storm, the bolt being conveyed to the
house on a telephone wire. The fire
started on the side of the house near
the ground wire of the telephone, but
was checked before any damage was
done, the heavy rain proving a valua,
bic aid
Dissolve Partnership. - George S
FitzGibbon Saturday purchased the
! interest of Harry DeWolf in the cloth
ing store on Fifteenth street, conduct
ed for the last six years under the
firm name of FitzGibbon & DeWolf
and he will continue in business alone
The store was closed yesterday, but
will be reopened for business as soon
as inventory work can be completed
Mr.. DeWolf's plans for the future have
not been. definitely decided
O.
Obituary Record. - Miss Rebecca
| Sherwood died at II o'clock yesterday
morning at the home of her nephew
George Sherwood, 1923 Sixteenth street
after a long illness. Miss Sherwood
was born in Ridgefeld, Conn, in 1888
and was in her S0th year The re
mains will be taken to Beloit, Wis.
which was for years her home before
coming to Moline, and the funeral will
be held there "Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
JUNE FIRE LOSS S475,251
Total Number of BIases in Illinois
5I6--MarshaTs Report.

54G--MarshaI's Report.
Springfield, H., July accord
ing to the report of the state fire mar
shals Office the number of fires N
Illinois in June was 546. OF these
255 took place in Chicago, where the
damage reported amounted to $133,-
9S5 Outside of Chicago the fire loss
totaled $341,266.
The causes in Chicago were:
Matches. 50: overhea'ed stoves, can
dies, lamps and gas jets, >; gasoline
stoves, 4; gasoline and benzine, Il;
defective fiues, S; spontaneous com
bustion, ( lighted from other fires,
SO: incendiary, Is; sparks, 16; care
lessness Of tramps, 2 carelessness OF
boys. 2; rubbish, 3; lightning. Is.
hot ashes, /; defective wiring, 2 CT
CARS. /; from causes unknown, 6S.
Chicago buildings damaged were.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
Miqhty Mean.

"She's the meanest woman l know
"Nhats tse matter nowT
81 offered To give her servant So
week more to come to work for me.
and, would you believe it. she met the
raise and kept the maid herSelfw-De-
tr0it Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

lingering illness of several months,
at the age of 70 years. She was
born in Albany, y. Y, and has lived
in this city for a number of years.
Yesterday afternoon at l o'clock at
her home, 1922 Leonard street, oc-
CURED the death of Mrs. Carrie Kroe-
ger. after an illness of over year,
death being caused by tuberculosis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

ton, 200 inches, which is 1.59 inches
below the mean for the preceding II
years, during which the greatest was
ISL inches in 1902, and the least, 100
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

He-The bridegroom always looks
Ike a fool during the ceremony. She
How about the bride? He-Oh. the
bride. being a woman. is able to dis
semble!-BOSton Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
Raised the Ante.

Tommy" said a visitor to a bright
little five-year-old. what would you
Go II gave you pennyT
wish il was a nickel" was the re-
ply.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
DAVENPORT

Licensed 70 Wed.-Adolph Petersen !
and Miss Wilhelmine Richter, both Of |
Davenport.
Small Pox In clty-The board OF
health yesterday received a report OF
"a case OF smallpox which was dis
covered at SIS Main street. The vic
tim IL a little boy and both he and
his mother have been removed 70
81. Roberts hospital. There are
several other families in the house.
Secures q DiVorce.-On the grounds
of cruelty and drunkenness, Mrs.
May Greil was yesterday granted a
decree Of divorce from her husband,
Curt c. GreiL The plaintiff is
Awarded the custody OF the minor
child. Ruth Greil. They were mar
ried March II, 1910. Attorney w.
II. Petersen represented the plain
tin.
Child 10 ScaIded.-While her mother
was out OF the room, 2-year-old Mar
tina Kindred, $40 East Twelfth street,
got hold of kettle of water and
pulled IL OF the stove, receiving
severe Bcalding over her face, arms
and neck. DR.. Bendixen, who is at
tending the case, states that the child
win recover.
Four Caught in Raid.-Four foreign.
ers were caught in a raid which was
made Sunday night at PIG East Sec
. ha
police station on a charge OF keeping
a gambling house and being inmates.
Those arrested were Nick Antharos-
sion, George Coloftis, Jim Papas and
John Antharossion. The first two
named were booked as keepers of
the house and posted 500 security
for their appearance for trial this
morning. The other two were held
as inmates and posted SIS security
for their appearance.
Tries to Suiclde.-Goldie Randall.
aged 10, residing at S2S West Sec
ond street, Respondent in a love az
fair, attempted TO take her own life
at Suburban island Sunday morning
at $50 o'clock, by shooting herself
in the left lung with a 32-calibre re-
volver. She Is at the Davenport hos
pital and will recover from the
wound.
Obituary Record.-After a lingering
illness of several months duration.
Mrs. Doris Arp passed away Sunday
afternoon at her home, l4O4 Mar.
quette street, at the age of
10 years. She was born Sept. 2.
1888, in Schoenberg, Germany, com
ing to America in 1866, and landing
in New Orleans in July OF the same
year. Mrs. Arp tnee Sienknecht)
moved to Davenport and was married
10 Claus Arp. April IA. 1865. She
is survived by her husband and sew
en- children-Hans B. Arp OF West
Liberty. Theodore Arp OF Denver.
Col, Mrs. Minnie Kuelper OF Wal
colt, Mrs. Meta Gollnitz Of Sunbury,
Otto Arp OF Probstci. Iowa; Herman
ARP OF Stockton and Miss Adelia Arp
at home. Eleven grandchildren and
one great grandchild also survive.
The funeral will be held from the
home Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock with interment in the city
cemetery.
Mrs. Maria Jones passed away
Sunday morning at O'Clock at her
home. 4lO West Ninth street. after a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09

inches in 1911. Prevailing wind, east.
Number of clear days, IA; partly
cloudy, 10; cloudy, 8. Thunderstorms.
4th, goth and 30th. Hail, goth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-09
Guy Fawkes: And the 'Gunpow.
der Plot"

a BIG. beard
"a ed m a n.
~ k n o W n a 8
u o h n son."
aroused some idle
curiosity by bid
ding in at auction
the lease of a vault
or coal cellar I'M
derneath the House
of Lords in Lon
don. Johnson eX-
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21
Central Agency to Sell Fruits.

Grand Junction.-Secretary A. E.
Mauff of the State Board of Horticul-
ture, made his annual report at the
convention of the society here. He
recommended state distributing and
fruit sales agency, combining all fruit
growers associations in Colorado un-
der one head; a forecast of the
worlds fruit crop similar to the fed
eral grain forecast; canning and
evaporating factories for using sur
plus crops; longer storage for winter
apples; protective legislation for hor-
ticulture, and a more energetic and
scientific fight against the leaf roller
and other fruit pests.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator Sutherland introduced reso
luton to modify proceedings in i'm,
peachment trials.
The Senate passed a bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for statue of Pocahontas
at Jamestown, Va.
President Taft submitted for ap-
proval nine names for members of the
commission on industrial relations.
The House agriculture committee,
bye tie vote, deferred action on Lever
bill framed to encourage oleomargar-
inc industry.
The Senate adopted plan designat-
ing Senators Gallinger and Bacon act
ing alternately fortnightly. as pres
idents pro tempore.
Representative de Forest introduced
joint resolution proposing constitu-
ttonal amendment to make terms of
cogressmen four years.
William r. Hearst, testifying before
campaign funds investigation commit
tee. produced several new letters
bearing on political activities Of John
d. Archbold and Standard OIL Com
pany
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21
Red Cross Stamps.

Pueblo.-The interest which the peo-
pie of Colorado are taking in the fight
to exterminate the great white plague
is shown in the manner in which they,
one and all, respond to the sale of the
Red Cross Christmas Seals. These
seals are being pushed in every town
in the state and the work is being
done by volunteer workers, mostly
young ladies who are interested and
who are willing to give a portion of
their time toward the stamping out of
the dread disease consumption.
These girls stand in the Railways of the
large buildings and other places from
$3.50 in the morning until $50 in the
evening and request each passer-by to
purchase a package of the seals. The
packages are done up in small enve-
lopes containing ten, twenty-five, fifty
or hundred seals as the case may be
and the purchaser chooses the number
that he wants. There is no begging of
the trade, neither is there any attempt
to embarrass; just an earnest appeal to
purchase the stamps and use them ac-
cording to directions on the envelope.
The Red Cross Society does not expect
to make any great amount of money
off of this work. What it hopes to do
is to educate the people on what it is
doing in the way of exterminating the
people how to help exterminate it.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21
GEN ERAL.
ponent.

President-elect Wilson returned
from his vacation trip to Bermuda.
The band of marching suffragettes
en- route from New York to Albany
reached Yonkers with a declaration
that they would place New York in the
list of equal suffrages states in 1915
or leave the state.
John Christensen, vice president of
the New York Central lines and three
subsidiary railroads of the system,
was indicted by the federal grand
given rebates to the O'Gara Coal Com
pany amounting to 100000.
"a woman police platoon assigned
to the white light district is the solu-
tion of the white slave problem" de-
clared Mrs. Alice Stebben Wells, po-
lice woman from Los Angeles, speak
ing in New York before 100 members
of the Women's Municipal League, as
sembled in the home of Mrs. Lincoln
Cromwell.
Yes, the papers are signed and
my decree is granted. | am free
woman. Poor boy, the foolish boy. l
wonder who will care for him now?
He is so helpless" So said Mrs. Au-
gustus Heinze, two years ago the
bride of the copper king, when notl-
fled that the Supreme Court of New
York had granted her a decree.
John T. Butler of Buffalo, vice pres
ident of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, was locked in Jail after his bond
of $4,000 had been increased to S15,-
600 and after the court had said he
committed perjury in testifying in his
own behalf as defendant in the "dy
Mantle conspiracy" trial at Indianap-
oils.
Presidcnt-elect Wilson's life has
again been threatened by a letter
writer. The letter was mailed in New.
York December -, received by the
governors secretary at Trenton the
following day, and turned over to the
postal authorities. 1t is now in pos
session of United States Assistant
District Attorney Lindabury, who de-
clined to discuss it.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21
WASHINGTON.

Participation by the government in
the livestock department of the Pana-
ma Pacific exposition is to be on an
extraordinary scale.
Representative Kahn urged public
buildings committee to provide $780,
900 for marine hospital at San Fran
cisco.
Representative Berger introduced
resolution providing that the govern
ment condemn and buy the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad
properties.
More than $50 American citizens
have been murdered in Mexico since
the revolution has held that country in
its grip, according to authentic infor
nation which has been brought to the
attention of the State Department in
Washington.
A thousand dollar Christmas tree,
the largest ever seen in Washington,
and $4,000 worth of imported toys,
will make the birthday party of Vim
son Walsh Mclean, the 100000
baby. notable in the annals of Amer
lean childhood.
Safety first" is the paramount rule
of train operation suggested by the In
terstate Commerce Commission in its
twenty-siXth annual report submitted
to Congress. Discussion of disasters
on American railroads during the last
year constitutes an important feature
of the report.
From persons prominent in Penn
sylvania affairs ard in federal court
circles of the east, the attorneys for
Judge Robert w. Archibald of the
Commerce Court. on trial befo<e the
Senate impeachment court, drew testi
monv ~ este blish his good renutatinn.