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THE ARGUS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1902. i t r esra 4 J. Slaughter Sale of f i t The Schmale Stock to be closed out in Thirty da.ys. Come xt once to get choice goods, ols nothing will be reserved. -I- 4 J C- KEMEJIBKK i 1705 Second Avenue Startling Reciuotlons Beginning Monday, anil while they last i- divide :i 1 1 ladies', misses' children's ready-to-wenr hats into three lots. and price them at a fignre that will elear them out in short order. We art- not waiting for the enl of the season hut are doing it now to give our customers the benefit. Come early ami take your pick at 25c, 38, 48c, We are not saying what they are worth, but the hats will speak for themselves. Brandenburg Millinery Store, Corner Twentieth Street and Fourth Avenuei m m m m mm m m m m m .m .m m m mm m m I I P i 1 1 '1' '4' '1' V T fppTTT 'S' T T TTTTT I AT THE RIGHT PRICE. ' W. A. ROBB & CO., i 119 Eighteenth. Street. 5 IF YOU ARE THINKING OF VISITING Call "for raia R tbis winter send vour name and 1 M1P' for book of interest to Tourists giving full particulars of the ti ip Th rough trains daily via the El Paso Short One Also through standard and Tourist sleeping cars via Denver and the Scenic Route. . . . , Best Dining Ca.r Service Make reservations and get full particulars at 1831 Second Avenue. Telephone 1423, or depot Fifth Avenue and Thirty-first, or foot of Twentieth Street. Telephones: 10U3 or 1128. 1 FMiLSs EdSceip Brewed in a plant as clean as the cleanest home kitchen always open to (J your inspection 58,971 Do N'T Be Fooledi Take thb genuine, original nOCKY MOUNTAIN TEA MaJe only by Madiaon Medl ins Co.. Madison, Wis. It ket-p you wcil. Our trad i re.?.: it cut 011 eacu nacicaira. I'rJcc, .is centa. Naver sol4 SSJd in bulk.. Accent no aubsti awawsuTUiMi tute. Ask your 4rugglt. Boots and Shoes, t ARLOW, Prop.j; THE TI.ACE Rock Island 1 r T 'tr 'tr "A" TrTrT Chilly For fans, but our fixtures ', ' " are the warmest that ever was. All kinds. Gas. Electric, Com- : bination& Portables : ssa address to the asrent of the visitors last year. Psra55T" TOBACCO SPIT Pl3 I and SMOKE ' r . YourUfeawayl You can be cored of any form of tobacco ttning easily, be made well, atrottg, tnasrnrtic. fall of w me ana vj(?or Dy taking MO -TO -BAG, that makes weak men strong. Many Raia teu pounds In ten darn. Over SOO.OOO cured. All druggist. Cure guaranteed. Book let and adrice FREE. Addresa STKR1JN3 fLOMODY CO, Uca. or Nw YorkT 57 Wl'Hfl"H'ft Rather 1 i A ELECTS New Staff of Officers is Chosen for Usual Term of Three Years. TWO OrilOEES ABE promoted Capt. Hemenway and Lieut. Bear Voluntarily Itetire From the Service. Company A last evening held an election of officers, an event that oc curs but once in three years under the rules of the Illinois Nntional Cuard. The expiration of the terms of Capt. L. K. Hemenway and First Lieut. Alfretl l!ear having been reach ctl, those officers gave notice that they would retire from the service, ami accordingly new .otliccrs were chosen in their places. The election resulted as follows: Captain William T. Hanson. First Lieutenant KJwaril II. Duii' a tin. ' Second Lieutenant F.crnhard Koch There has been for several weeks past a lively canvass among the n:em bers of the company' by friends of several candidates for the three of tices to be filled, but when it came to a vote, which is done bv secret ballot and without nominations being made there was a practical unanimity ii the choice. On the vote for captain out of :t:t ballots all were for .Mr. Hanson, with the exception of two for Mr. Hear and one for (!. V. McCask- rin. Mnj. W. T. Channon presided over the election. CbKOKM to I to Made. As is usual upon the. advent of a new administration there will lie number of changes instituted in the management of the affairs of the company. 1 he new olticers are de termined to strengthen the roster anil 111 prove conditions about the bar racks, and a more strict retriiue in the matter of drills will Ik' instituted 11 the new officers served through the war of 1S0S, Mr. Dtmaviu as ser geant, Mr. Kanson as corornl and Mr. Koch as artincer. Mr. Kunsoii has held the office of second lieutenant since the last election. Capt. Hemenway and Lieut. Hear, who retire, have both been with the company over ten years, a term that enables them to go on the retired list so that in case the state militia i: called into actual service they will be entitled to reenlist with the same rank as that from which thev retire STREATOR MAN BUYS THE SCHMALE SHOE STOCK The shoe stock of (ieorge F Schmale was poM at auction vester day to J. C. Harlow, of Streator, who bid it in against a number of other competitors for :.4S7. The sale was in charge of (Jeorge Price, Sr.. as trus tee in the proceedings in bankruptcy. 11. L. Harris .'icting as auctioneer. Artvertlfte Letter 1.1st No. 44 List of letters uncalled for at the Hock Island postoffice for week end ing Xov. 8, 1002: .lulius Itertleson, Mrs. Daisy Hrachtel, A. F. Hoake, (J. S Canann. A. 1!. Dingle. Yarry Davis, .1 A. Knnia. llarrv (lallowav, ,1. I?. Hough, .loe King, .lennie Lea. Louis 15 Limmie, Mrs. Monty McPherson. Her bert Mempher, Mamie Melvin, Harry McCarty, Peter Neilson, Miss Anna Nil lis. Miss Grace O'Xeal, Henry Itixen. Herman Schrnder. Miss K. Stockwcll. M. Stang, A. K. Swanson. Miss Allie Seranton, The --ondat Hook store. Miss .Julia Walters. Mrs. Hertha Wet zel. Leeky Walker, Mrs. Lizzie Wright, Lincoln Welst r. Cook, Williams & Co, Foreign: F. (). Sandstrom. When calling for advertised letters please give the number of the list. THOMAS H. THOMAS, V. M. Stepped Ag-alnat a Hot Stove. A child of Mrs. (ieorge T. Henson, when getting his usual Sunday niht bath, stepped back against a hot stove which burned him severely. The child was in great agony and his mother could tlo nothing to pacify him. Hemembcring that she had a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Halm in the house, she thought she would try it. In less than half an hour after applying it the child was quiet and asleep, and in less than two weeks was well. Mrs. Benson is a well known resident of Kellar, Va. Pain Halm is an antiseptic liniment and especially valuable for. burns, cuts, bruises and sprains. For sale by all druggists. A Thanksgiving Dinner Heavy eating is usually the first cause for indigestion. Hepeated at tacks inflame the mucous membranes lining the stomach, exposes 1he nerves of the stomach, producing a swelling after eating, heartburn, headache, sour risings and finally catarrh of the stomach. Kodal re lieves the inflammation, protects the nerves and cures the catarrh. Kodal cures indigestion, dyspepsia, all stom ach troubles by cleansing and sweet ening the glands oi the stomach. Harper House Pharmacy, A. J. Riess' drug store, corner Seventh Ave nue and Twenty-seventh street. When you awake in the morning feeling like the end of a missient life, your mouth full of fir and your soul full of regrets, take Roekj- Mountain Tea. Great medicine. T. H. Thomas' pharmacy. COMPANY MERGER OF MUSCATINE BUTTON FACTORIES PLANNED Muscatine Xews-Tribune: Humor has been rife during the past week or two that all the button factories of the city are to be merged into one combine, and that eastern capitalists had interested themselves in the new venture, and had submitted a projm sition to the local manufacturers for their consideration. A Xews-Tribune representative called upon one of the principal manufacturers of the arti cle which has made Muscatine fa mous to ascertain the accuracy of the rumor. The gentleman state;l that the rumor was entirely true, and that he had the written proposition in his desk at this time. Asked as to the plans of the combine, he stated that the proposition called for a merging of all the button factories of the city, stock eiial to the value of tue hhiipmcs in lie tHKen ny tlie own ers of the plants going into the mer ger. The gentleman stated that he had talked with those who had come here for the purpose of furtherin" the enterprise, atid had offered his factory to the trust for a cash con sideration, refusing to take stock in the merger. This he understood had been the action of several other man ufac-turcrs. BASEBALL CONFERENCE ON AT SPRINGFIELD TODAY President M. II. Sexton left this morning to attend a conference among baseball enthusiasts of Spring field, which city is anxious for a fran chise in the Three-I league. The pros pect of the capilal city getting the franchise of Davenport does not ap lcar nearly as brilliant as it did, for the latter has given Mr. Sexton satis faetorv assurances that the neees sary cash will be forthcoming when it is needed for the opening of am Iher season. However, it is possible that some other city in the circuit may drop out at the annual meeting. and it was deemed advisable to inves tigate the conditions at SpringfieLl. NEWS OF THE RIVER. Danger Height, Change, Station. lAn 8 a. n. -i haun Feet rttt ru St. Paul 14 s.5 o o Red Winn 14 2.s d o Reeds Landing It 1 h i-.o L Crosse 13 3 3 0 0 Prairie du Chien 18 ... .... Dubuque 15 3 5 til Le Claire 10 IV 0 0 Davenport 15 S3 t' 1 Des Moines Rapids 2 4 0 0 Keokuk 15 4 2- 0.0 St. Louis 30 12 4 .8 Kansas City Si 7.6 o.o The steamer Sidney has left St Louis and is due here tomorrow on her way north to Dubuque to lay up for the season. The Sidney has been running between St. Louis and Dar lington and is the last of the Diamond lo packets to pull out.. The season has been a very successful one for the company, a fact which Hock Island patrons of the line will be pleased to learn, in view of .the changed attitude towartl this city that the company has shown during the season. The Huth southbound was the only boat to pass through the draw of the Hock Island bridge. The stage of water was 2.30 at 6 a m. and 2.33 at noon. The tempera ture at noon was .".". I . V. V. Ilevlved at Milan. Hlack Hawk regiment Xo. 34, I". V. I'., has been revived, after having been allowed to lapse. At a meeting held it the town hall Saturday evening the members met, elected and installed the following officers: Colonel Charles S. Wilhite. Lieutenant Colonel Jacob H. Ding man. Major W. 11. Lovell. (Quartermaster Past Col. C. H. Har ris. Chaplain Daniel D. Daxon. Sergeant Oscar Present t. Adjutant L. Preseott. Officer of the Day .John Hcverling. Mrs. C. II. Haris has gone to Springfield as delegate to the state meeting of the W . v . H. I . Asleep Amid Flames. Ureaking into a blazing home, some firemen lately dragged the sleeping inmates from death. Fancied securi ty, and death near. It's that way when you neglect coughs and colds. Don't do it. Dr. Kings .New Discov ery for Consumption gives perfect protection against all throat, chest and lung troubles. Keep it near, and avoid suffering, death, and doctors' bills. A tcaspoonf ul stops a late cough, persistent use the most stub born. Harmless and nice tasting; it's guaranteed to satisfy by Hartz & Ul lemeyer. Price, 50 cents and $1. Trial bottles free. Warnlnl. Warainc Beware of substitutes offered by unscrupulous dealers in place of Fo ley's Honey and Tar,-Foley's Kidney Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest dealers for a little extra profit will try to palm off worthless prepara tions in place of these valuable medi cines that have stood the test of years, and thus jeopardize the lives of their victims. J;or sale Dy an druggists. ' Anxious Moments Some of the most anxious hours of mnthor'i life are those when the little nn nf the household have the croup. There is no other medicine so effective in this terrible malady as Foley's Honey and Tar. Jt is a house hriii favnrito for throat and lunsr troubles, and as it contains no opia- A . A ates or other poisons n can De saieiy given. All druggists. All the news all the time The Argus. ' VIEWOFTHEMIRISTRY As to Matters That Are Troub ling the Brain and Soul of the British Editor. BALFOUR TOUCHES MANY SUBJECTS Hefers to "Fantastic Bargains" of the Press Ilelattve to German Kelations. London, Nov. 11 The annual ban quet given by the lord mayor of Lon don was attended last evening by about 1,000 persons. Among those present were members of the cabinet and of the house of commons, foreign ambassadors and city dignitaries. Tremier Hal four, replying to the toast "His Majesty's Ministers," referred to the "splendid services tendered by the colonies during the South African war," which showed, he said, that they were not mere sleeping partners In the imperial firm. An unanswered question, however, was whether the war would be followed by a not less successful p:'sice. The premier said he looked to th future of South Africa in a hopeful but not a too sanguine spirit, as evvi y source of wealth there was practically dried up. "Fantastic Uaraln" of the Press. He said lie believed much good would come of Coloniel Secretary Chamber lain's visit to South Africa, which would be only the first of a lon;r suc cession t)f Mich visits. He said the time was not ripe for closer constitu tional relation.' between the colonics and the mother country. Half our de clared that he knew nothing about the "fantastic" bargains invented by the press tiiKin tl'e occasion of the visit of "a great and friendly sovereign to his nearest realatives." Kmioror William according to the premier, had no po litical motives in coming to see King Edward. Not Worrying About Somalllaiid. Dealing wih the situation in Soma liland. Hnlfom- said that waterless wastes and fanatics were always diffi cult problems to deal with, but that the- Somaliland j nest Ion was not of great Imitortanee in the national de velopment except as It brought into "liiijh relief the friendly feelings ot Italy toward Great Hritain." Congratulate Ltnsdawn. The premier congratulated Lord Lansdowne ilion the commercial treaty with China and the Japanese alliance, lie said he believed that every great power in Huropc was not only desirous of peace, but firmly resolved that peace should be maintained. lie deprecated international prejudices of any kind, especially the nnti-Knglish feeling on the continent over the Hocr war, as endangering the concert of Europe, "which In the past had been a great Instrument of peace, and which Is destined to play an even greater part In the progress of the civilization of Christendom than it has during the years recently elapsed." NEWS IN OUTLINE. Miss Abbie H. Child, home secre tary of the 'Woman's Hoard of Mis sions (Congregational), Is dead at Hos. ton. The Spanish cabinet has resigned owing to much public criticism of its acts. Thirty large buildings in the center of East Lond. Cape Colony, have been destroyed by fire. The Xew Jersey supreme -ourt has decided unconstitutional a law that provided that state boards must be mixed politically. , The a vera ire yield per acre of corn In the United States this year was 20.8. compared with an average of lti.7 bushels In KMU. President Hoosevclt Is to attend a McKinley memorial banquet atCauton, O., on Jan. '21 next. Mayor Low yesterday laid the cor ner stone of the new New York public library, Astor, Lenox ana ailden roun datious. Government control of nil wireless telegraph stations along the coasts is recommended by Hear Admiral I rad- ford. chief of the bureau of equip ment. The president has started on a trip including Xew York and Memphis, which will occupy him two weeks. William Hichards. a Crimean war Teteran. aged 82. of Wellsville, Utah, committed suicide by hanging. The Hammond Packing company will rebuild its plant at Cheyenne, Wyo., and spend $."i0,000 in Improve ments. Fred and Carl Laft, two farmers. were killed on a grade crossing at Mil' waukee by a Northwestern train. Ice Cream. Place your order with us and get the purest and richest ice cream in the tri-cities. 'Phone West 1241. Tri- City Milk & Butter company, Hock Island. StartUnr Dot True "If everyone knew what a grand medicine Dr. King's New Life Pills is," writes D. II.., Turner, Dempsey town, Pa., "you'd sell all you have in a day. Two weeks use has made a new man of me." Infallible for con stipation, stomach and liver 1 roubles. 25 cents, at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store. Makes women leel graceful and wil lowy. Keeps one from becoming eavy and clumsy, 'lhats'what locKy Mountain Tea does. 33 cents. T. H. Thomas' pharmacy. JNSIJRANCE. J. M. BUFORD General Insurance Agent. The old Fire and Time-tried Com panies represented Rates as low as any reliable company can afford. Your patronage is so licited. Charles E. Hodgson, Fire Insurance Agency. Established 18?4. American Ins. Co Newark, N. J. Continental Xew York Agricultural Xew Y'ork Traders' Ins. Co Chicago, 111. Union Ins. Co Philadelphia, Pa. Kockford Ins. Co Hockford, 111. Security Ins. Co. ...New Haven, Conn. Ins. Co. State of Illinois'. Hockford, III. Office, room 7j Huford block. Hates as low as consistent with security. Cherry Diamond Havana Cigars, Matchless in Quality and make. ' McCoy & Co., N. Y. Makers. S. M. Arndt & Co., Distributors. 1706 Second Avenue. BEKUSrON'8 BLOCK. Winter Tourists' Rates TO CUBA, FLORIDA, AND ALL INLAND Gulf Coa.st Points VIA Big Four Route Commencing Oct. 13. 1002. and con tinuing until April 30, 100:1, tickets will be on sale from all points on the "HIU FOUi: HOUTE." good for return passage until Mav 31, l'.io:;. TAKE ADVANTAGE OK THE LOW HATES AND LONG HETUHX LIMIT. For full information and particu lars as to rates, tickets, limits, etc., call n agents "Hig Four Houte," or address the undersigned. WA It HEX .T. LYXCH, Cen'l Pass. & Ticket Agt W. P. DEPPE, Asst. O. P. & T. Agt Cincinnati, Ohio ALLEX M. NYE, T. P. A., Peoria, 111 0 Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of iooa. Xt gives msiani renei anu never fails to cure. It allows you to ea au the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By Its use many thousands of dyspeptics nave Deen curetl after evervtniDi? else iaiiea. i unequalled for the stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on it. First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary. Cures all stomach troubles Pre Dared only by E. O. mcWrrr & On.. Chicago be !. bottle contains 2 tt tlmeatbedOc mint. For sale by Harper House pharma cy and A. J. Hciss, corner Seventh av enue and Twenty-seventh street. Gamine stamped C C C Never sold In balk. seware of tue ae&ier who tries to sell "somethina? last as eood." ti PARKER'S l HAIR BALSAM tHmoi hixurtart rrowttk. I Brr Tail to Retor Gray .' Hir to it Youthful Color. 1 Puma Daortnifr and hair Hiiinaf t rd t '"t Dn.yta, Professional Cards. ATTORNEYS. M'CASKIUN & M'CASKRIN, Attorneys at Law. Bock Island and Milan. Rock Is land office in Bengston Block. Milan office on Main street. H. C. Connelly. B. D. Connelly. CONNELLY & CONNELLY Attorneys at Law. Money loaned. Office 1719Vi Second avenue. JACKSON, HURST & STAFFORD, Attorneys at Law. Office in Rock Island National Bank Building. W. L. Ludolph. Robert K. Reynolds. L.UDOLPH & REYNOLDS, Attorneys at Law. Money to loan. General legal bust, aess. Notary public. 1705 Second avenue, Buford block. E. D. Sweeney. C. L. Walker. SWEENEY & WALKER, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office in Bengston block. C. J. Searle. C. B. MarshalL SEARLE & MARSHALL, Lawyers. Money to loan on good real estate security. Mitchell & Lynde block. Rock Island, IllinoM. M'EXIRY & M'ENIRY, Attorneys at Law. Loan money on good security, make collections. References, Mitch ell fc Lynde, bankers. Office, Mitchell fc Lynde building. JAMES F. MURPHY, Attorney at Law. Office room, 12, Mitchell & Lynde Lynde building. WILLIAM M. WALKER, Lawyer. Money to loan. General legal busi ness. Notary public. Real estate, instirance. 1714 Second avenue. PHYSICIAXS. DR. CORA EMERY REED, Homoeopathic Physician. Special attention to diseases of women and children, also diseases of ?j-e, ear, nose and throat. Office hours 9:30 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. 12! Sixteenth street. Rock Island. N. M. MOORE, M. D. Star Block. nours 10:00 to 11:00 a. m., 2:00 to t:00 and after 7:00 p. m. DOCTOR OSTROM, Occulist and Aurist. Entire attention given to eye, car, nose and throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., 1. to 5 p. m-i Sunday, 9 to 11. Phone 50."i4. Xew Illinois theatre, corner Sixteenth street and Second avenue. IJKNTISTS. J. T. TAYLOR. Dentist. Office hours 8:30 to 12 to., 1:30 to 5:00 p. m- 219 Eighteenth street. Opposite, Union office. Telephone 383 green. ARCHITECTS. LEONARD DKACK, Architect and Superintendent. Skinner bloek, second floor. Oflice hours, 10 to 12 a. m., 4 to 5:S0 p. m. XOKISTS. HENRY GAETJE, Prop. .Chippiannock Nursery. Cut Fowers and Designs of all kinds. City store, 1807 Second avenue. Telephone 610. Coloha Sand Stone Quarries SAWED BUILDING STONE, ASHLAR , AND TRIMMINGS A SPECIALTY. For cheapness, durability and beauty excelled by none. This stone does not wash or color --he . wall with alkili, etc. Plana sent us for estimates will receive careful attention and be returned promptly at our expense. Quarries 12 miles from Rock Island on the C, B. & Q. R. R. Trains Noa. 5 and 10 will stop and let visitors off and on. BHIlXiE STONE, CORN CRTS BLOCKS AND FOUNDATION STONE, ANY SiZE DESIRED.. Sample of stone and photos of buildings can be seen at Room No. 12, Mitchell & Lynde's building'. Address: ARTHUR BURRALL, Manager. Bosk Island or Colona, UL