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THE 2LKGUS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1D05. 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 GUILTY OF CHARGE STORM DRAIN SUIT TO BE CALLED FIRST ON FOUNDERS' DAY liair Vijjor. Losing your hair? And doing nothing to stop I "It Takes a Live FisK erst it? Don t you know that Ayer's air Vigor promptly checks fall Jury Convicts Dr. A. H. McCand less of Slandering W. B. Mclntyre. Augustana College to Celebrate Monday of Coming Week. ing hair? It certainly does. And Expected Schneii's Case Againct City of Rock Island Will be Taken Up Next Monday. To Swim Up-stream 9 it restores color, also. to'.ViS';: & O & a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 And it takes modern methods to sell the best quality of groceries at the prices this store quotes. In order to tell at these prices stocks must be bought in large quantities, and to keep everything new and fresh, goods must be turned quickly, and that's just what is being done at this busy store, where low prices prevail everywhere, but not at a sacrifice of quality, which is always of the highest. Take time to read these prices: Pure Maple Sugar, per lb English' Walnuts, p-r lb Japan Tea. per lb. . . . . ..lie 7c 25c Mustard in jelly tumblers, 2 for Java and Mocha Coffee, 2!c per lb.. 4 lbs. for Iarge Prunes. 4 lbs. for Dried Peaches, 3 lbs. for 1 lb. pkg. KaisiriH, 3 pkgs. for 1 lb. pkg. Currants, 3 pkgs. for Walter Baker's Chocolate, per lb Table Syrup, gallon cans Holland Herring. per keg I-arge Queen Olives, Ir quart Sour Pickles, per gallon Dill Pickles, per gallon Pickled Onions, per (juart 5c 5c 25c German Cold Water Starch, per pkg 13 bars Etna Soap for 10 bars Diamond C Soap nr. for CUC Gold Dust, large pkg Washing Powder. 2 Pkgs 7 cans Bakt-d Beans for Pax ton Sweet Corn, per dozen 3 lb. can Pumpkin. 2 for 3 lb. can Blackberries, nr 3 for bUC Tabl' peaches, per can Gallon Apples, per can 1.00 25c 25c 25c ..25c 29c 28c 59c (Can Cream, i) cans C.DC for Malta Ceres, p-r pkg Force, per pkg Ginger Snaps, per lb. 15c ...5c 25c 87c 15c 25c 25c 20c 12k 22ic 25c 5c 5c 5c 0 00000000O000000O000O0000000000 SHIELDS' 75he Popular, Pioneer Cesh Grocery. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 s? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Oar Store Should be Your Store. BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE We sell the finest ready to wear clothing in the world, vlx: L. Adler Bros. & Co.'s Rochester make. These clothes cost you no more than other ready made clothing. We cater to the ever increasing demand of individuality. mm ffswteff nrpi I ICC? neVtir sight of the fact that "a satisfied cus- OCLvrAUOEl tomer is the best advertisement. BECAUSE We take back goods and refund the money when ask ed to do so without question or protest. PUP A I ICC e to have people come and look around wheth DCunUuL er they buy or nut. THE LONDON M. C. R.ICE, Prop. DAMAGES AGAINST PLAINTIFF New Joke Worked on Him Amusing Trial at Broadway Church. I . 9.-9 T. T Ti TTTiTrnTTTT 1 M 1,11,1 -i According to the verdict of the jury in the mock trial of the slander suit for $10,000 damages, at Broadway Presby terjan church last evening. Dr. A. H. McCandless, the defendant, is guilty of the charge, but the damages of $10,000 were assessed against the plaintiff. V. B. Mclntyre. H. A. Weld presided over the court as judge. Joseph McCrory served as sheriff, with G. C. Blakeslee as clerk. The court was formally opened with the sheriff's announcement. Some time was occupied with pleas, applications and motions. J. C. Thomson was call ed and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of horse stealing, lie was also made defendant in a suit for debt, supposed to be brought by the Indies' Aid society of the church. After dis posing of preliminary business, the court took up the regular docket, the case being entitled "Mclntyre vs. Mc Candless. trespass." H. E. Van Duser appeared for the plaintifT. and William M. Reck for the defendant. The proceedings were all correct according to the usual court practice, tbe only change being in the oaths, in which the provision was add ed that the truth was to be told "as far as the occasion requires." The attor neys closely questioned the jurors call ed, and several were excused before the 12 were selected. The jury was composed of Phil Mitchell, foreman; Sam Taylor. A. D. Walker. Jasper Sievers. Dan Montgomery, George Schneider. Dr. Will Carl. Elmer Cam eron, Wyman Beardsley. Robert Me Murtrie. R. W. Scott and W. S. Parks. linricr Mail nl Hnnqurt. In the formal declaration of the plaintiff it was set forth that the de fendant had at the Y. M. C. A. banquet about April 1 made slanderous remarks about the jokes of the plaintiff. Mr, Mclntyre. it was stated, is an apostle of sunshine and a jokemaker. Some of the remarks which Dr. McCandless was alleged to have made were: "His jokes are old enough to vote." "They have whiskers," "Mac has evidently been reading the almanacs again his jokes have a patent medicine flavor." "He sits up nights studying L. E. West's joke book." These remarks, it was charged, were made maliciously, and the result was that Mr. Mclntyre had lost a large part of his livelihood in the way of free tickets to the theatres, ban quets and entertainments. It was also charged that he had suffered mentally and physically. The defense was that these remarks were true, that Mr. Mc Intyre's jokes were more characterized by age and respectability than ,by origi nality. It was charged that the jokes were largely taken from the ancient writings of the Egyptians and Aztecs, and that many of them were told by the workmen when erecting the ancient Chinese wall. It was held that the re marks were intended to be for the ben efit of Mr. Mclntyre, and to educate the people of Rock Island to discriminate in jokes. M llorMe Tell of Incident. E. B. McKown was the first witness. He told of having heard Dr. McCand less make the remarks charged in the declaration. He said that the remarks were occasioned by the statement of the program at the banquet that Mr. Mclntyre was to tell an "original story." II. B. Hayden corroborated the testimony of Mr. McKown. In cross examination Mr. Hayden admitted that Mr. Mclntyre's membership on the board had resulted in intimate rela tions between himself and the plain tiff, and admitted that Mr. Mclntyre often repeated his jokes. A. D. Sperry also told of the incident at the ban quet. In cross-examination Mr. Sper ry said he did not know what "malic ious slander" means, and could not ex plain other statements of his testi mony. Then the plaintiff himself was put on the stand. He demonstrated that in spite of remarks to the contrary he is possessed of original vit, and his tes timony kept the audfeice in continual laughter. He said his insurance busi jess had been merely incidental that his business in reality was to make Jokes, and be an "apostle of sunshine." He claimed his business had been ruined by Dr. McCandless' remarks. He said he had suffered physically and was not the same man he had been be fore. His nerve, he said, was partieu arly affected. In cross-examination he admitted that he studied the almanacs. !ut claimed only to learn the signs of he zodiac, not to read the jokes. He aid he had read one almanac in for mer years, but not since Dr. Watts had leclared the medicine it advertised contained 74 per cent alcohol. He said te had studied the dead languages, but jot for the purpose of reading the "okes. He admitted having told the ioke. "It's a long lane with no tin can," k number of times. o MaliV. Says Def eadaat. Here 'the plaintiff's case was closed. The first witness for the defense was "r. McCandless himself. He said his same was "A Hennery f'k McCand ess." anl called his business "a daily 'rind" and "something of a pull. He idmitted having made the remarks harged. but claimed they baJ bn Judge E. C. Graves will convene the May teim of the Rock Island county branch of the circuit court next Mon day morning at 9 o'clock. The grand jury and the first panel of the petit Jury will report and oe impanelled 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It is nested that the first jury trial will that of the suit of Matthias Schnell against the city of Rock Island foi the reooverv of the contract price the Twenty-fourth street storm drain constructed by the plaintiff nine years aeo. This case was to nave oeen heard at the January term, but w Dut over bv agreement. Payment w refuse! for the drain by the city the discovery that an inferior grade cement from that stipulated m specifications had been introduced The public is familiar with the sensa tional disclosures and indictment and trial that followed. J. L. Haa nnl H. A. Weld -are to represent Mi Schnell at the hearing. C. J. Searle and C. h. Walker have been retained bv the city. WILL BEGIN IN AFTERNOON at ex be as as on ot the made without malice. On cross-examl nation he said his ancestors were Scotch, though he claimed his grand mother's name was Flannigan. He was asked if he could appreciate a good joke, and what a joke is. He said a joke is "something with a ioint," and declared that a needle might be a joke. He was asked to give an illustration of a joke, and said that the best joke he ever heard was one printed in Ihl Argus, telling that W. B. Mclntyre was to tell an original story. Mayor-elect George W. McCaskrin was the next witness, and told that he knew of Mr. Mclntyre's having a cata logue of jokes, and that he read all the almanacs. Horace Edwards, a neighbor of Mr. Mclntyre's. said that he was a student of ancient languages, and had found that most of Mr. Mclntyre's jukes came from the writings of the prehistoric races. Many came from the tombs of the Egyptians. The case for the de fense was augmented by alleged affida vits from John D. Rockefeller and Chauncey M. Depew. purporting to show that these two men had suffered from the effects of Mr. Mclntyre's re petition of old jokes. H. H. Cleave- land said that when Mr. Mclntyre was a neighbor of his he had to keep the refrigerator locked to prevent Mr. Mc lntyre from pilfering it. Dr. V. A Bergland said he had examined several of Mr. Mclntyre's jokes, and had found them ossified and mummified. He said they had been brought to him for re pairs. Dr. Joseph De Silva described Mr. Mclntyre's physical condition. He said it whs the result of overworking his digestive organs. Kxnrrt Snjn JokrM Are New. In rebuttal for the plaintiff Ralph Haverstick said he was a student of jokes, and had found that Mr. Mclntyre never made use of old jokes, or any thing but original stories. Dr. W. O. Snivley testified as to the plaintiff's physical condition, and contradicted a large part of the evidence of Dr. De Silva. The attorneys then rested their cases, and after the arguments the case was given to the jury. The ver dict was returned in a very few min utes. HIS KINDNESS REMEMBERED Carl R. Clough Presented Ring by Woman's Relief Corps. Carl R. Clough, who leaves the po.si tion of elevator conductor at the court house May 1. after a service of three years, yesterday was remembered for his many courtesies to the members by the Woman's Relief corns of .John Buford post. G. A. It., a committee of the ladies calling on him in the after noon and presenting him a handsome garnet ring. PERSONAL- POINTS. Phil Wells Is in the city from Spring field. R. E. Reeves has returned from St Louis, where he has been visiting for two weeks. Mrs. H. I.. Myers and Mrs. John Murphy left this morning for a short visit in Kewanee. Mrs. Dan Stapleton and son, Harry have gone for a visit with George D Stapleton at Chickasha, I. T. Mrs. W. C. Totten, operated on in Chicago Wednesday by Dr. J. B. Mur phy, is reiorted doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McHugh are expected to reach New York today or tomorrow on the White Star liner Celtic. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Maloney have re turned from Aurora, where they were called by the death of Mr. Maloney's mother. Maj. and Mrs. H C. Connelly, who have been spending the winter at Pas adena. Cal.. are now visiting their daughter at Missouri Valley, Iowa. JOHN RINCK COMMISSIONER To Levy Assessment for Fifteenth Street Improvement. Judge E. E. Parmenter. in the coun ty court, today confirmed the appoint ment by the Rock It-land board of pub lic improvements of John Rinck as commissioner to make the assessment on abutting property for th pavement with asphalt of Fifteenth street froLa Twelfth to E.ghtfctnth avenues. Thf improvement ij to be maie during the surnmtr. - Concluding With Concert in the Even ing by the Wennerberg . Chorus. Founders' day will be fittingly ob served next Monday, afternoon and ev ening, by the faculty, students and friends of Augustana college and theo logical seminary. The exercises will be held in the chapel, the afternoon program to commence at 2:30 and that of the evening at S o'clock. The even ing program will be furnished by the Wennerberg chorus, which is now on a short concert tour. The exercises for the day are to be as follows: AflrraiMiD at 2:30 O'clock. Music Baud. Hymnal No. 120 Congregation. Bible reading and prayer. Song Chapel choir. Organ solo Prof. Emil Larson. Address Dr. M. Wahlstrom. Song Chapel choir. . J Augustana college song Congrega tion. Should ol! acquaintance ho forgot. Ami mem'ry's land fade? Nay. deck anew the hallowed spot. Where hearts their homage paid! Chorus: Iet carol riiiR- from hall to hall.' Nor lt their ardor fail! Sintf AUKstan;i's praises, all! Shout AiiKustana's hail! Sh stands, a lofty leacon bright. Firm founded on the hill: How far we sail, her glorious light Shall guide the sailors still. Chorus: A mifrhty fortress 'mid the trees. Slie towers bold and true. I'nfoldmf proudly to the breeze Her colors, gold and blue. Chorus: Remarks. Hymnal No. 158: 0, 7 Congregation. Benediction. Kvrulnir nt s ovimk. Organ solo. "Processional Grand March" Whitney Emil I .arson. Song, "Valkommen till varen" Pet sc like Chorus. Soprano solo, (at "Songs My Mother Taught Me" (Dovorak); b) "Flyg. fjaril" Korling Mrs. Edla Lund. Song. "I natten" Witt Chorus. Song, "Lead. Kindly Light" Buck Milo Quartet. Bass solo, "Italian Boatman's Song" Mattlc Einar Juranson. Song. "Olav Trygvason" Reissiger Chorus. Soprano solo, (a) "Mit hjerte og min lyre Ikjerulf); (b) "Sunbeams" Ronald Mrs. Edla Lund. Song, (a) "Taren" (Witt): (b) Mighty Lak a Rose" (Nevin); (c) "On the Sea" Buck Chorus. Organ solo, (a) ' "Communion" (Ba tiste); (b) "Toccata" Boellman Emil Iarson. Song. "The Ixjst Chord" Sullivan Brewer Chorus. OC)C300COOCOOTOOCXXCOCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOCX3000C300C30; THE CONVENIENCE OF A DESK IS SOMETHING ANY WOMAN AP PRECIATES. A PLACE TO DO YOUR WRITING. KEEP YOUR STA TIONERY AND RECEIPTED DILLS. WE HAVE THEM OF THE VERY FINEST SELECTED QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY AND BIRDSEYE MAPLE. A NUMBER IN THE DARK WEATHERED OAK, MISSION STYLE, ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASING. ALSO A HANDSOME LINE OF TOILET TABLES. CHIFFONIERS, PRINCESS DRESSERS, ETC. SEE THE WHITE FROST REFRIG ERATOR, NEWEST THING OUT. Davenport Furniture & Ca Company. r. l-ll Wo-; Thin! Strrrtt- ilavpnnnrf Tx 8 TO RECEIVE YOUNG PEOPLE Large Entertainment at Y. M. C. A. Monday Evening. Monday evening at the Y M f a the social committee is to give a recep tion for the members of the vniiny people's societies of the various churches of Rock Island. It is ex pected that several hundred guests win be present. A musical and liter ary program has been arranged. Re freshments are to be served during the evening. NIBBLES FINGERS IN FIGHT J. V. Crawford Victim of Fury of a Fellow Workman. As the resu t of a quarrel at the Rock Island Sash & Door works yes terday afternoon about 5 o'clock. J. V. Crawford had two fingers severely bitten by A. I. Kust. a fellow work man. The trouble arose over a report which Crawford was said to havt made against Kust. Kust. it Is under stood, assaulted Crawford, and in the altercation Crawford's fingers suffer ed. Kust fled to Davenport, and has not been arrested. tein-Bloclhi Smart Clothes. A THLETIC LOOKS should be played up. If your Htfure is tfood, spread it out. Our double-breasted sacks (Stein-BlocbJ are gymnasi ums of strength. They square away the muscu lar, and bolster up the drooping. Come over and be vigorous. Suits, $16.50 to $28. So miners & La Velle Myers Baker Wedding. The marriage of W. D. Myc-w. ot Sterling, and Miss Elizabeth Raker. of this city, was celebrated Wednesday aftern ton at Sacred Heart church. Rev. J. F. Lockney officiating. K. A. Meyers, a brother of the groom, and Miss Ktta Raker, a niece of the bride, j were the attendants. A wedding sup- j per was served fy the bridal party and a company of the relatives at the home of the groom's brother, H. L. Myers. The couple will reside in Sterl tng. Licensed to Wecf. Charles E. Durr Burlington. la. Miss Ella Heer Burlington. Ia. John E. Nelson Rock Island Miss Selma Fredericka Fogeltrom . . Rock Island Fred V. Beh-iiSen Moline Miss Jofsie Manning Lyons. Ia ATTRACTIVE STYLES AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES. Our trimmers are working night and day, getting out orderK, and m.iking new creations for the salf room. Tht-re are t-.till many la.lU-n who have not purchase! I heir spring hats, and for their benefit we la vi- tnad.- lift many attractive Mjh-M at v.-ry attractive prices. r "Now good digestion wain on appe tite, and health on both." If it doesn't. try Caniock Blood Bitters... .. BRANDENBURG Millinery Strre. CORNER TWENTIETH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. f