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THE ARGUS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1905. Just Arrived. Jek.p8k.nese Fibre Cushions. Air Guaranteed in ev ery way at a price within the reach of everyone, 60 cents. not necess arily for invalids, but serves all the purposes of the rubber cushion at one-fifth the PRICE. Harper House Pharmacy, H. O. ROLFS. Dispensing Chemist. Both 'phones Old west 71, new 6071. cxxooooooooocococooooooooo Don't Blame Anyone But Your Self YOU CAN BUY BACK NUM BERS ANYWHERE. Come to th store that will show you the right styles at the right prices. QUALITY COUNTS. Our line of Spring Hats will soon arrive. Join the hundreds of up-to-the-minute customers. Let us put a Spring Hat on your head that will make you feel and look like a new man. SPRING HATS ABOUT 1ST. Lloyd J3he Hcvtter. HARPER HOUSE BLOCK. CXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX3000O0OO A TASTE FOR THE BEST IS WHAT OUR BAKERY GOODS AND CONFEC TIONERY CULTI VATE. LET US KNOW YOUR PAR TY WANTS. A TELEPHONE CALL WILL DO. if! Ml RUGS We Will Sell For One Week Australian Jute Rugs, 27x 54. Oriental Designs. For SI Bartlett Bros . I818-1820Thlrd Ave oocococoooooocoooocooooooo o o O ALL THE NEWS ALL THE O O TIME. THE AEGIS. O o ;"- --V-,V: - o OOOOOOOO iDOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOO STATE ENDS CASE .ast Witness in the Vermeesch Trial Leaves Stand at Noon. DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY Positn of Victim When Shot is In Dispute Surgeons Testify. With the testimony of Sheriff W. Cy Heider the state at noon today rested in the prosecution of Henry Vermeesch, on trial in the circuit court for the mur der of John O'Connor In the saloon of !m Callewaert. in East Moline, latt fall. Mr. Heider related the details of the arrest of Vermweseh and identified the revolver with which the shooting was done. Mr. Scott, the state's attor ney, said he had a number of rebuttal witnesses that he would call in the event that it was necessary to estab lish the iii!t of the defendant. He said it was a plain case of murder, and he could not see how any evidence that would he brought out by the defense rould less-n the seriousness of ths crime against Vermeesch. O'Cnansr'n Companion fione. Other witnesses of the morning were Dr. F. H. Wessel, who assisted at the operation for the removal of the bul let from O'Connor's body; J. Q. Stultz. the East Moline police magis trate, and Perry C. Dunbar, the East Moline hotelkeeper. Stultz saw two shots fired at O'Connor while the lat ter lay prostrate on the walk iu front of the Callewaert saloon. Vermeesch was the one who did the shooting, he said. The two men who were drinking with O'Connor in the Callewaert sa loon on the day of the tragedy have disappeared. They have not been seen since the shooting. They were strang ers in East Moline, and are understood to have been there looking for employ ment. The defense will introduce wit nesses to establish the good reputction of Vermeesch, and will seek to prove that he would not have fired on, jTCoji nor unless he were compelled to d so in order to protect his own life. Story of ion u .Mnrahul. Th first witness for the state yes terday afternoon was (Jeorge W. Hoov er, marshal of East Moline. Hoover told of seeing O'Connor lying iu front of the Callewaert saloon. He heard the shots fired, and was about block west of the saloon at the time. He c laimed to b c looking in the direc tion of the saloon. He said that O'Connor was lying across a board, just off of the sidewalk. He said he did not see O'Connor make any moves. He told of the condition of the interior of the saloon, in the course of the cross examination, but claimed to have no knowledge of how the chair was broken, nor of how t ho mirror in the rear of the har was broken. Ho was sharply cross examined by Mr. Searle for the defense, and was asked whether he had made any statement to Vermeesch when he arrested him, and what Vermeesch had said to him. He told that Vermeesch had said he "guessed he was in for it." He was asked whether he had not said to Vermeesch that he "did just right. Those hobos were trying to run the town." Hoover denied making such a statement. Some slight dis crepancies were jointed out between the testimony of Hoover at the pre liminary hearing and at the coroner's Inquest with his testimony yesterday afternoon. V Tell f Victim's lajarlra. Dr. A. H. Arp," of Moline, who con ducted the operation on O'Connor at the Moline hospital, was called, and gave expert testimony regarding the injuries, which O'Connor sustained. Dr. Arp told of meeting the injured man at the station with the ambulance and having him removed to the hospi tal. He told of the operation, and of the location and character of the wound. He said that the bullet had pierced the liver, 'the diaphram. and the right lung. Ke said that judging from the course of the bullet the man was failing when he was shot. The path of the bullet was almost in a di rect line upward. Dr. Arp told of the postmortem which was held and pro duced the bullet which was removed from the right lung. The bullet was offered in testimony, as were O'Con nor's clothes, which Dr. Arp had pre served. In the cross-examination Mr. Marshall attempted to show that the course of the bullet was no guide as to the man's position at the time. He asked the witness many questions tend ing to show that a bullet of the kind used was very likely to take an erratic course through the body, and might be reflected by muscles or tendons. The built t has a slight abrasion on one side of the point, and this was point ed out by Mr. Marshall. Dr. Arp said that this could not have been caused since the bullet was removed, and ad mitted that it might have been caused by the deflection of the bullet in its course. Drflm-tlon hy Clothing. Dr. E. Don Taylor, of Moline. was called. He was practicins in East Mo lino Oct. 17, when the shxting oc curred, and was one of the first called to the scene. He told of the operation and the removal of the bullet. In cross-examination Dr. Taylor also was questioned as to the probability of the bullet's having taking an erratic course.' He .stated that the .--.bullet might have been deflected by the c'othing. This was contradictory tc re statement of Dr. Arp. OFFICERS OF THEATRE CO. r-'o Change Made in Governing 3carc of Illinois Property. The stockholders of ' V.o: "ruluob Theatre company held t.eir an-.ria" meeting yesu rday aftermxm. Phil Mitchell. I". W. Uahnsen and T. J. Me dill were reelected members of the board of directors. The directors re elected the olticers: President Phil Mitchell. Vice President K. W. Bahnsen. Secretary and Treasurer T. J. M dili. The theatre is under 10-year lease to Chamberlin. Kindt & Co. Their lease runs tight years more. That Tickling in the Throat. One minute after taking Ono Minutt Cough Cure that tickling in the throat is gone. It acts in the throat not th stomach. Harmless good for . chil dren. Sold by all druggists." Is the Most Impofftaaat In buying food-articles, you must con sider several things: Economy, Results, Easy Handling, Reliability; but the most important is Health. Health means everything. In clothes, furniture, etc., if the buyer gets a poor or imitation article, the only harm is loss of money. In buying food -articles, if imi tations are supplied, there is a loss of money, and probably an injury to health which is beyond price. Remember these facts when buying baking powder. BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE STEAL BOLT CLOTH A Pair of Strangers Operate in J. B. Zimmer's Store. ONE HAS HIMSELF MEASURED While His Companion Puts Goods Under Overcoat and Disap pears Both Arrested. Two strangers called at the tailor ing establishment of J. B. Zimmer, m Second avenue, at S:C0 this morn ing. One asked to be measured for a pair of trousers. While this process was under way the unceremonious de parture of the customer's companion was noted. He appeared fuller In front than when he came in the store. bolt of cloth from one of the coun ters up towards the front of the room was missing. Then it was realized that there had been a game played. The man who came to be measured denied any ac luaintance with the other fellow, and 'eft when the tailor had done with him. stating that he would call foi he trousers on the day when he was told he could expect them to be fin ished. Ilif Arc ( tilled. The police station was notified by telephone, and Officers Sidney Pear son and Henry Thode were detailed on the case. George Edwards. th man who had stolen the cloth, was ar rested by Officer Thode in a saloor loorway on Second avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. H tad the cloth under his overcoat. Hif al, who gave the name of Edward Franklin, was apprehended in Mar et square by Officer Pearson. Edwards insisted that he had nevei seen Franklin before. He said that his home was, in Philadelphia. Hr iad just arrived in the city. He wa' ick and without friends. He needed medicine, he said, and called on i lumber of physicians and asked them 'o help him, and when they all turncc" 'iim down, he did the next best thir.j ind turned thief. Edwards had beer Irnking. and the police do not take ny stock in his medicine story. Ilri-vel to Hiivo Itrrord. F-d wards is believed to have a ree jrd. He claims to know a number of rominent people, in Chicago. He ask- ( for an attorney to conduct nis ie "ense. He did not want anv lawyei v!;r was intimate with ihe police, he aid. showing that he had had exper !encc in the police court before. H" aid he preferred some young attor ney who had not been practicing in th olice court. He said he had a long story to tell, and he believed when lh'? facts were properlv presented he would not have any difficulty in secur- ng his freedom. Edwards was held to the grand jury in $100 bond for larceny and Franklin was sentenced to ?,0 days in the coun ty jail for disorderly conduct. NOTES ON SPORT. Chicagoans Off for Coast. Chicago. Feb. 25. First in the field o Hart for a climate suitable for base ljall practice, the Chicago Nationals, nearly twenty strong, will leave the Dearborn street station at 10 o'clock onight for southern California, and next Wednesday the frolicsome cubs will be leaping around in the sunshine -f Santa Monica trying to limber up 'he w iff joints caused by a long win ter's idleness. Outfielder "navy" Jones has been sold to tho Minneapolis American as sociation team, Manager Watkins hav ing made the best offer for the cub cast -off. Decision to Neary. Milwaukee., Feb. 25. Charles Neary rot the decision over Maurice Thomp son, of Butte, last night after eight rounds of fast fighting before the Bad ger Athletic club. To many of the ?lctator8 it seemed as though the xiut should have been a draw, but rieferee Malachy Hogan saw it differ ently. There were no knock-downs. Attell Has Best of It. Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Abe Attell. of Chicago, made Eddie Hanlon. the San Francisco fighter, look like a novice in a six-round bout at Industrial ball last night. It was a boxer against a slug Ser. and despite the fact that the lat ter was willing and aggressive in five of the six rounds, he was a receiver general. Hanlon fought in open style for the first two minute. of the first round, and Attell reached him with left and right hand blows in such rapid suc- ession that the Californian took to his crouch and began boring in. Attell mmediately changed his tactics and upper-cut with both hands, and Han lon was forced to clinch to save him self. There was no der ision. Morrison Knocks Out Ross. Benton Harbor. Mich., Feb. 25. "Jimmv" Ross of Kansas City, went down In r!ftnf lnt nihf before Joh n- ny" Morrison, of St. Joseph, the feath erweight champion of Michigan, in the fourth round. A ngnt jolt to me jaw did the hiiKtnf.:u In the third round. fighting in close to his opponent, Mor rison sent Ross to the noor lor the count of eight. The gong saved Ross. Tomnnr Rnn Mnrrisoo's manawr slated aiter tlie - bout that ' 6 eulct j match his protege with Benny Yanger or any other 130-pcunder. For Sunday Ball. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 25. By vot ing to table an amendment to the bill prohibiting Sunday baseball games and theatrical performances, the house yesterday killed the bill after several attempts had been made to amend it and a motion postponing its considera tion indefinitely had been voted down. Indianapolis, Feb. 25. The Indiana house of representatives yesterday de feated a bill to allow Sunday baseball games by a vote of 44 to 4S. Marshall Wins Thirteenth Game. Paris. Feb. 25. Frank J. Marshall won the 13th game of his chess match with D. Janowski here yesterday on the 70th move, after nine hours of ex citing play. The score now stands: Marshall, G; Janowski. 4; drawn, S. The Bowling Tournament. Milwaukee, Feb. 25. St. Paul threat ens to win the individual champion ship in the national bowling tourna ment, which ends here this afternoon. ?. M. Anderson, of that city, rolled a total of C51 early yesterday afternoon, and the mark has resisted all efforts n the part of over 100 men to beat it. Vnderson is a man about 40 years of ige, and has been rolling altout five rears, this being his first big tourna ment. He is a member of the Pflsters )f St. Paul. During the day Harry Wil 'iams, of San Francisco, rolled 2G9 In he singles, tying the record for a na ional tournament made two years ago n Indianapolis by Ernest Kettenacher, who won third place in that tourney. Ernest Peterson, of Chicago, last light rolled C2C. and is third. Mathew actz. a Lake View bowler, is fourth, ith C23. being tied with W. Allison, f Washington. E. D. Pfeifer. one of est of the Columbian Knights bowl rs. .rolled 009. Ed 'stretch and Bob lolte, of Chicago, are still high in the wo-men event, and their total of 1.213 s the only one compiled above the 400 tverage mark. AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE bulletin for Week Commencing Sun day, Feb. 26. Sunday Mission class, 4 p. m.; ser wn. Dr. C. O. Blomcren. 7: SO n m Monday Committee on absences, 6 . m.; Wennerberg chorus. 5 p. ni.; pu- .m recital. S p. m. Tuesday College faculty, 4 p. m.; Uadstone Debating club, 4 p. m.; Web iter Debating club, 4 p. m.; Oratorio society, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Conservatory faculty, 4 J. m.: Torgny Debating club, 5 p. in. grayer meeting, 7 p. m.; band rehear- al. 7 p. m. Thursday Business faculty. 4 n m YVcnnerberg chorus, 5 p. m.; basketball ;ame, Augustana vs. Lombard, 8 p. m. r riday Theological faculty, I p. m.; oneoniia society. 4 p. m.; Iduna so iety, 5 p. m.; lecture, "Dreams," Dr. seashore, 8 p. m. Saturday Students' prayer meeting 7 p. m. 0000000000000X0CO0CXXX0C00000000000O00000C0000009 ARE TO PLAY BASKETBALL Interesting Game Scheduled for To night at the Y. M. C. A. This evening at the Y. M. C. A. gym nasium, the Y. M. C. A. team will play !he team of Augustana college. The college team is considered one" of th est teams in this section, and has do feated the teams of nearly all of the ch(H)Is and colleges nearby. The Y. - A. team, while not In the same lass, perhaps, will endeavor to mak 'he college boys earn any scores they are credited with. The Snails of the issociation will ilay the H. S. S. learn following the main game of the even CENTRALS DEFEAT SCOUTS In Bowling Match Last Evenin Central Alleys. In a match last evening at the tal alleys the Scouts lost to the fals. The scores: Centrals. Thoms K12 215 151 Rose 145 214 ofr JC7 His 1C1 Salzmann 17S no U7 Sperry 2'o lfl 9 at Cen Cen 53 1 520 471 rH2 Totals xu 807 2 Scouts. Sass 1ST, I7x 170 Heuckstedt 159 157 n5 I-au 174 111 183 Bettendorf 100 172 20 1 Neal 1 00 1.-9 i3i it, 451 4'JS 533 453 Totals fc.3x 8)0 J.23 2 ICS Following will be found the result of the three games played In Daven port between the Flying Dutchmen and the Rivals: Flying Dutchmen. Stouffer 194 102 105 Martin 199 127 129 Eaterdahl 135 156 101 Huntoon 104 109 1S3 Kaiser 184 19 144 Totals 873 8"3 73S Rivals. R. Petersen 109 149 15f W. Day 151 1S1 151 Berg 145 151 155 P. 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