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f5 TILE AUGUS TTEDKODAT. SEPTEMUEn 25, 1001. IT m tM. Taa nw MUM ao. wcmin SWEET RESTORERS. LEEP cannot be appearance, neither can Ivory Soap. There are other white soaps that look like Ivory Soap, this is a penalty which it pays for its great success. But you are not deceived, there is only one Ivory, the others are imitations of its perfections. PER CENT. PURE. PORT BY RON NEWS POINTS. High HcCiU Sustain Intern. 1 Injuria--Social Doing. Port Hvron. Sept. 25 reach trees are breaking dona with their heavj loads of fruit Miss Cora David has returned from her visit to DeWitt, Iowa. The Misses Phebe acd Rosa Pear sail left for Beloit college Tuesday. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by the Eapene Lyford pott and I O O. F. over the death of Mrs. J. W. Maxwell. Rev. Herrick, principal of Port Byron academy, preached at the Congregational church Sunday morning- The o fllials of tho Missionary Cir cle and Academy All society will meet at the tesidence of A. II. Wcndt Friday afternoon. Charles Moody, a member of the Rock Island police force, has been pending a 10 days' vacation with relatives in the upper end of the connty. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scnsibangh re turned from their visit in Iowa Sat urday, r, Andrew Axelson has taken a posi tion in Totten's music store in Rock Island. A. bout 293 feet of new tile sidewalk is beinjr laid near Mark Ashdown's k ten rv - "-i - ..r- ARE YOUR HANDS TIED? Do you need a Technical Education to Rive you Promotion ai.d Higher Salarj in yourown bus'. Pcss? Io you want t Irani how to improv our position a 1 fc by Uikit'it i another n '? If: if- We Teach You by Mail. 250.000 Studaats NOW. Ths International Correspondence Schools, SCRANTON, PA. PLACE & CO. 318 Seventeenth Street, Wc make and repair Carriage Trimmings, Upholstering, Tents and Awnings. Give us a trial. All work guaranteed. A Postal Will Insure Immcdiato Attention Recent Shipment of WALL PAPER At Summer Prices st PARIDON & SON. 419 Seventeenth 'treet. Telephone 4753. imitated except in residence and on the west aide of Main street. Thomas Candler, about 55 years of age. an old river piljt and a citizen of Port Byron. -wa. taken to the Watertown asylum Monday. Saturday night a blind man gave an interesting lecture on phrenology upon the public street. One of our citizens being called out submitted to a public examination of his faculties, and the blind phrenologist's diagno sis of his leading characteristics was amusing and was considered correct Tho academy chapel waj well tilled with lovers of music Tuesday even ing to hear Miss Zsllingcr. soloist; Miss Kenice, reader, and Mr. Axel son, violinist A class in French is being formed at the Port Byron academy by Prof. Herrick. Hugh McCall, who was so severely hurt from being struck with a wagon tongue, is afraid he received internal iojatics from which he will never re- cjver. Miss Grace Wood, lady principal of the academy, has been visited by her falbtr, who has now returned to his home in Springfield, Mo. Several farmers who were in town Monday claim that the frost has cer tainly nipped the corn, upon the low lands especially. There were appropriate memorial services for President McKinley Thursday at the M K church, which were attended by most of our citizens, srhool children. Eigene Lyford post. G. A. R-, and the W. R C. which en tirely tilled the edifice. The gather ing was addressed by Rev. C. C Adams, Rev. A. Harper, Prof H M. Herrick and J. G O, borne, all of wbom spoke of McKinley as a chris tian and home builder, as a president. and the lesson that the assassination should teach us. fetood Drath Off. E. B. Monday, a lawyer of Henri etta, Tex., once fooled a grave-digger He says: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice. persuaded him to try Electric Bitters and he was soon much better, but continued their use until be was wholly cared. I am sure Electric Bitters saved his life." This remedy expclls malaria, kills disease germs and purifies the blood; aids digestion, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels cures constipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases, kidney troubles, female com plaints; gives perfect health. Only 60c a bottle at liartz Ullem cyer' drug store. A thousand things by It are done far better than most things do one. We refer to Rocky Mountain Tea made by Madison Medicine company o5c. T. II. Thomas1 pharmacy. OAI1TED TO OIE But Walter Downs Apparently Qid Not Have Required Nerve. - HAD BUrOHEB KSITZ WITH Hill Found Almost Nude Under Ware houses-Sent to the Poor Farm. Some small biys playing abcut the steamboat warchoueo at the foot of Nineteenth street late jesterday after noon saw a man wedged in between he outer and inner planks of the wall hat wa erected on the north side of the building for protection against be l;e. Help was summoned aud the individual, when at last reluctantly dragged forth, proved to bo Walter Do us. the cook at rortera restaurant who disappeared so mysteriously early Mot day morning. Downs was found just as he wes known to have left, cad only in an old pair of overalls, and phvsically he appeared to have suffered little from his strange confinement. The b,utiher knife that he had taken away was found near him. thoved down between wo boards The fugitive was taken to the police station oy Oflicers Thode and Schmidt and on the way showed evidence of wild insanity. Ha begged the oflicers to shoot him and complete the work he had apparently contem plated, but later be qu.eled down and became more rational. Intended Kllllnc IIIn.stlf. The Insane man no doubt loft Mon day morning to make away with him self and took tho butcher knife to ex pedite the job. From the fact that bo went toward the river it is evident that be thought of trjing the water cure. Hheth-r ne waned in ana found the stream ton cold for a com fortable operation, whether the knife was duller than be wu:d have liked it. or whether the man's nerve sim ply left him at tho critical moment, probably never will bo known Un questionably the mental agony he endured, even in his disordered con dition during the two days and night he wa pressed into that narrow space on the river bank, was something beyond the ordinary person's power of imaginati in. Seot to InNrmuT. When Downs was examined at tLe police station by Dr. C. T. Foster he (aimed his name was W alter Djwns Monell, but told nothing of his past or the reason he wanted to dispose c f himself. This morning arrangements were completed and he was sent out to the county infarmarv at Coal Val ley without the formality of a regular examination. NAVAL RESERVES CO TO MAQUOKETA, IOWA. Members of the Rock Inland and Moline Naval Reserves left early this morning over the B , C. R & N. from Divenport for Maquoketa o give their exhibition before the Iowa state encampment of the U V. U The Rock Island division will trive an ex hibition cutlass drill and the Moline bjys will give a drill with the Galliog gun. Liist evening tne liocic manct Reserves gave a dance to a number of thfirfiiend and then spent tho re mainder of the night at the Armory Those who went f i om here are: Lieut. F. 1j Tubbs. commanding. Kasign E. N. Lnndber; Bugler Frank Mortrrt; Seamen Frank Sain- ner, A. u. Wlair. frank lilnir, hmer Sharp, Mvlo Scully, PImil Schadt, John Sullivan, James Snllivan. O L Smith. Frank Smith. (leorge Woods, John Keefover, Charles Brandenburg, Harry Keys, Charley Johnson, Roy Jens. I.oses a Foot. Joseph Strohmeyer, a laborer at tho Hawthorn yards, jesterday lust his left foot, crushed by an engine running over it. At 1:30 a. in. he was asbisting Ilotler r. liyae in cleaning: the lice cf engine 854 at too ash mi. btrohmeyer was on ine wrong sid of the engine and Big nailed for Ilvde to pull ahoad. The engine started and. in running ahead of the locomolivo to craj to me other aids his lantern went out. Bat notwithstanding this, as the engine came alongside he endeavored to jump on tne pilot in me uara aou . a I. a slipped ltefore the engine coma oe stopped tne wnecH naa run over nis foot near the ankle. L.lonsaU to Wed. Frank O Luodffren Geneva. N t Mlra Kmil o. Mbeagrt-n Kock Island Hiratn Brndley Hock Island MU Alice Aoplcljy Hoc Inland William J III oard ....Milan Min k.iIi n HpcIc Sberra-d :iirla Ymnirrn UaTCDDjrt Mrs Mar Hush ham Uaveop rt Ch.rl's Zlert 00 uin.Uira Mclmoaev Uoliae A Nlcht of Tetter. Awfnl anxiety was felt for the widnvr of the brave General Burnham, of Machlas. Me., when the doctors said she would die from pneumonia before momlntr." ' writes Mrs. 0 II Lincoln, who attended her that fear fnl niiht. "but she betrired for J)r Kincr'a New Discovery, which had more than once saved her life, and cored ber of consumption. After taking, she slept all night. Further use entirely cured her." This mar velous medicine is guaranteed to cure ail tnroai, cnesi ana Jung diseases Clnlv 50 cents and SI. Trial bot ties free at liartz & Ullemeyer' drug store. TIME OF COJNC. Continued from First p about the asK.-if-sin. who sat hi his Cfiit before the bench, were doubled, while the crowd In the room purged about. There was no disposition to cicwd about the prisoner, although the tt)ject of every one eeoniea to ne to get In a position whore lie could nnve full view of his fate. Croijrosz line beou seated In liw chair all afternoon hand clasix'd on the arms or the hnir it ikI his livad bent forward and a ttlo to the left. Tlif room whs not warm, but bo fre- iK-ntlv took his handkerchief from Is pocket and mopped the perspirn- lon from his foreliean una cnecKs. At no time durinjr the nbsence of the wry tliil lie raise his eyes or lift bis wad, or seem to know tliat he w as tho bjiH-t of interest of several hundred men and women. Every time the door was opened all eves were turned in lint direction, the evident thought in very mind Loins that the jury would ake only n few minutes to agree 01. a erdit. It was 4:.1T when the crier rapped or order and the jury Hied into inc ooin. The clerk read their names. ericli juror responding "present as his nine was called. No time was wast ed. The jurors did not nit down. Ad- tfressing them. Justice AVhito said: "; iitlemeu, have you agreed upon verdict';" "We have" rescinded Foreman Wondt. What is your verdict?" 'That the defendant is guilty of murder in the first degree.' There was a moment of pilonce and then h murmur arose from the lips of lie crowd. It ended there. There was no lianrtelapning: no c-nccrs. Justice White's voice could be clearly heard in every part of the room when he thnnketl the jurors or their work and allowed them to go until 11 a. ru. to day. READY TO BUILD THE ELDON-TRENTON CUT-OFF. The fcock Island management, it is said, is making arrangements to com mence work at once on the Eldon cut-off" from Trenton, Mo., to Eldon. Ia , which will give that road a line 10 miles shorter between Kansas City and Chicago. This proposed Bhorten- ne of the main lino will leave Cen- tarvillo sidetracked as far as the Rock iland is concerned. Tho distance roiii Kansas City to c;uicasro via me Rock Island road ia now 620 miles When the cut-off" is completed it will be 4S5 miles, or next to Fanta re. the shortest line between the two cities. The survey of the "cut-off which will cut some of tho worst track on tho Kjck Iiland system, was in ide some time a?o. and the srradin" work will probably bo started wiihin the next two week's. Tho line will be pushed to completion, and the man agement expects to have it in opera tion early next year. THEATRICAL TOPICS Lewis & Austin's minstrels are to appear at Harper's theatre Saturday evening. Heading the long list of entertainers is the great Kaetzger, the acknowledged king of clubs, in an act of seemingly impassible feats; the IiCOD&nli brothers, assisted by tbe fimoui French clown dominlque in their novel musical creation entitled Musical Tjpes From Different Linds." producing 20 minutes of artistic music and fun. I)nitl Mc (tlynn. the cycle phenomenon. In bis wonderful evolutions on the bicycle and unicjele; Miskcl and May. the emperors of comedy; the celebrated iSiantieKtt qtiariot. renuenog sweet ballads, sentimental and comic songs in a manner to pmase evervDouy; o. II Max well, the eccantric comedian, on ceded to be the exalted past mas ter of fun; The Pnilharmonic Com edy Four" in 15 minutes of comicali ties. iNot tne least attractive teai- ure of the Lowis & Austin All-Star minstrels is Signor D. D Bifunuo's concert band and symphony orches tra, including Baxaphone, petite clari net, cornet and trombone soloists. This band renders two concerts, one at 11:45 a m. and another at 7 p. ra. Charles Hasty, the author of Two Merry Tramps," is one of the pnnc- pal comedians ot in at organiz iiion. appearing as Errick, the country boy. Coming Soon. CLARENCtARTltlwffie PAftii.- At Harper's theatre. Wood & Ward's W company presenting "The Two Merry Tramps." Have von a sense of fullness in tho region p'f your stomach after eating? llao vou will be beneGtted by using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Tbev also cure belching and honra tomach. They regulate, tho kwbIj. too. Trice 25 cents Sold by all druggists. When you want a pleasant physic try the new remedy. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver TabletB. They am easy to take and pleasant ia ef int. Price 25 cents. Samples free at all drug stores. Subscribe for Tns Abod J "kill tk - J v. , I, ,i t rv.-Ktir- 81LLKREIG IS BURRED Manager of Terre Hauta Team Expelled From the Thtee I League. DESOUNOED BY TEE D1BE0T0E3 No Action on Protested Gamet-- The Meeting at Decatur. All cities in the circuit were repre sented at yesterday's meeting of the rhreo-I Baseball league at Decatur, rhe directors adpurned to meet in Chicago Nov. 21. President Sexton's address showed the standing of the eight clubs, as previously reported, with Terre Haute as the pennant winner. Total attendance at all games, 221,776; total gate receipts, $55 414. Diven port leading with $3,833, Rockfjrd lowest with $5,382. Resolutions were adopted denounc ing wuitam Kreig, manager oi lerre Hute bscauee of an interview ema nating from him in which he made remarks reflecting upon the honor and integrity cf the oOjccrs of the leogue, aad barring- him from engig Ing in any capacity in tho league hereafter. (aaraotee Returned. The guarantee money of $250 put up by each cluo was taken aown The league closed with $2C0 to the irood. Etch club put up $30 to se cure protection to be given by the new national league of minor clubs to ba formed in New York Ujt. 21 a meeting President Sexton will attend. All propositions to change cities in the prebent circuit and alterations in the constitution will bo considered at the Chicago meeting. Protested games were considered, but as none mado any material change in the standing all were disallowed. LINES FROM LOWER END. M ru. George IV ray Olea mt Son's Florae Other Items. FoBter, Sept. 25 Henry Kcttcl Lamp, of Nocomis, III., is visiting with his brother and Bister. Rev. W. F. Kettclkamp and Mca. Ferdinand Mewes. Miss Mary Shirkey came home Sat urday from Joy, 111 , where eho spent a week with a cousin who is lying in precarious condition. Rev. W. F. Kettelkamp attended conference at Iowa City and has been returned to tbe same charge. Mr. Kettelkamp is much liked throughout the community and by all his people 10 are glad that be he is to remain another year. Miss Louise reldman gave a party for her friends last Saturday nignt. Mrs. Geirgo Wray passed away at the home of ber son, William Milton, Sanday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She had been suiT-ring intensely with heart trouble and was at last stricken with paralysis. Mrs. Wray and hus baud came here from Kansas in the spring and remained here awhile and tben returned again to their home. Owing to the poor condition of ber health, and the climate proving to be not beni tibial, the immediately re turned and had remained at the home of son, where she passed away. She has a son and daughter by her second husband living in the west. Asthma Instantly Relieved. Dr. K. SchUTnoaon Aitoandt tne I'noue With the Buceeas of lit Trentmeut. Residents of thi place were aston ished by notifications in these col umns that the celebrated physician. Dr. Rudolph SchifTmann, would iuak9 public tost of his remedy in this city Sept. 11). he invited, every man. woman ana cmia suuering witn asthma to call at T. II. Thomas' drug store and obtain, absolutely free, a trial box of his medicine. Dr. Schiff mann adopted this novel way of in troducing his treatment, believing thi; a free personal test would be the best and only way to overcame tne prejudice and skepticism of thou sands of asthmatics who had given Ui in despair of going through the whole range oi so called cures He has in this manner proved the eflicacv of bis remedy, and without askiog the public to spend a penny Dr. bchiuuiann hopes that every sut f rer in this town obtained one of his treo samples. He fears, however, that there were some few who did not, btfore they were all given out. In order to give a fair opportunity to ibose who have not vet used tbe rem rdy, and lo as a guarantee of good faith, bo has now requested tnii pa per to announce that be has arranged with the above druggists to refund the money to any person who purchases of them either a ou-ent or fl package of Schiffmann'a Antbma Cure between now ana uct zo, ana nnas that it does not do exactly as is claimed for it; the only condition being that they return not less than three-fourths of tbe package to them. Dr. Schiffmann claims that in every case of troe asthma his remedy will give immediate relief usually within fifteen seconds; always within as many minutes. It has positively permanently cured thousands of esses which were consiaerea incuraoie. Sometimes the sipht of food nause ates you; your tongue ia coated, your breath ia foul, and headaches come and go. All these arc symptoms ot disease. The trouble is In your stom ach. Stum-Ac-Otds art like magic. curine any and all of these disorders" In a few hours. Tablets' CO cents. T. H. THOMAS, Leading Druggist. SPECIAL BARGAIN SALE. Ladies' Shoes Worth $2.00 as Long as They Last Go on This Sale At $1.45. THE 3yE03DER,3ST. ' George F. Schmale, Prop. FOR ' SCHOOL SHOES Wright, has All Grades and Prices, Besides Some Great Bargains in Small Sizes. 7 he Wright 1702 Second Chris. Mueller g Sons Twenty. Fourth sti Are now prepared to furnish the Coal that money will buy, and When in need of anything in the give us a call. David J. Buckley, MANAGER. The Dining Room Is the place where greatest care should be given to the furnishings. We have tome low-priced suits that ought to please you. 3 foot extension table, oak or walnut, well polished $10.00 Handsome sideboard, with beau tiful carvings 13 00 Comfortable chairs, leather or cane scats f jr six 9 00 John Spilger. 1702 and 1704 Third Ave. f I ,AI1Kft. taTkolarlM tonic to the whole female sTStetn.strrncthenina the organs and purify ine thr blood. It will cure the most confirmed case of constipation With your bowels and stomach free from refuse and impurities, and your blood pure and rich, backaches headaches, weak news, blotchy, rmwlrfv sallow romple Jions will vanish.and vou will feel and look st ronK, h-alihy and vigorous. At drucRiUs, jc. and w .or free sample of Till LA.VAKOLA CO., 132 Nassau it., N. Y , or 356 Uearborn bt , Chicago. B eauty is Uppermost. Is tho work of tho Rock Island Steam Laundry. By modern methods and care ful and skilled help their laundry work la the best that Is turned out In this vicin ity. Their services Is prompt and patrons are treated with courtesy. ROCK ISLAND STEAM LAUNDRY. DAUEKSFELD A 8EXTON. 1814 Third ATenno. Telephoae l-M. Shoe Store, Avenue. and Tllrd Ave, Best Grades of Hard and Soft at prices that are all right. lino of coal or lumber, kindly mil Babies WITH Feverish, fretty, rn ptipatpil, colicky, should immediately !o Riven that pure, safe, sweet, gentln ami palatable bahy remedy a XEI CETAT S3SIC LAXATIVE. It la the best and mont rlleetivo laxative fit children. BEPTbecauce it is eafo aud mado entirely of harmless ingredients. BtT be cause it Is non -Irritating and never priic8 ok cauwn pain ir irrita tion. HKST lM-eaiiso it is sure and never fails. BKST liecamse'f'AiWret like it and atk for it." It is a dnnperoiiH thinir to pive little babies vio lent remedies that rack and rend their littlo bodiee. DON'T DOIT frive them Laxaknla. F r constipation .coated tonpue.simple colds and fevers it is invaluable. Coated Tons Laialo