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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, tVEDNXSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1911. 2 DAVENPORT Ucnsed to Wed. Fred August Gamber, Davenport. Carrie L. Plag mann. Davenport; Detlef H. Staack, Rock Rapids. Frederfka II. Schlegel, Schleawig. Germany; John Wilson, Chicago, Myrtle Lord, Muscatine. No More Fever Caaee, No other cues have been reported to the board of health la the typhoid fever epidem ic which struck Davenport a week ago. The cause of the spread of the disease Las been located by the board of health subsequent to an analysis of the water and the condemnation of the well. It la thought, will prevent fur ther spread of the malady. None of the cases are serious. Suit Follows Injuries Snit for the sum of $2,0')0 against the Scott Coun ty Mercantile company and Ben Ed ridge has been started in the district court by William Woehrle. The plain tiff claims the Bum of $1,000 each from the two defendants for the col- lisit n which he figured In about three months ago at the corner of Third and 'Perry streets. He claims that the injuries received by him owing to the alleged negligence of the defendant Ben Eldridge entitles him to this amount. Two Aliens Fined. Two of the nine foreigners, who were brought in from 205 East Second street Saturday for creating a disturbance in the hall, were fined $5 and court costs yester day morning when tried before Mag istrate Roddewlg. They were Pete Caretens and Andrew Kaludis. the first being charged with being an in mate and latter with being the keep er. The others were dismissed. Two Robberies Reported. Two bur glaries, one committed In broad day light and the other at night, were re ported to the police yesterday. F. G. l'rurha who rooms at the Iowa hotel en Brady street below Second report ed the loss of about $200 worth of val uables which wefe taken from his CHAPTER 3CXVI. TI7K floors offered but a brief re- ,.,.. ,. .. , I distance after the two guards , i.. . ,., . . . i had been beaten down and torn , , . , . . , and snarled over, and then the I ITn doors offered but a brief re- had been beaten down and torn and snarled over, and then the dust bliirLpnmt fiioh innip tmrfintr In a i luvir urua 1.11111a urwu, me luinr- uatiou of wild mark- gypsy boud. the in. aniatiou of all the evil tilings, that j aIV ,td t Welcome to our home: she cried. ! sua. turustinj; bor ieit arm beneain that of lias, sLe wheeled with bini into the library, while their followers : I toured after them like a foul flood j throughout the bouse. . j "lleip yourselves, my grod friends." j sb shouted "The house U yours and all that it contains, even to its unwel- 1 toiiihig busts. If you f.ud them." j In th library Hlaeg Junijd upon ; th' vrry t:ibU which Ilwd had so lU-!y ,i!i'.:i'i and rlap-d his band for sl!eue. 'Oriler there." he tbouied aud t;itiipi'l icinily with his nail studded heel upon the puiifl-.td mahogany of ' th-' table top. ; "Who orders order?" roared a half i drunken tinner who had already se- i c iri d a do- :mtt-r I rum ic- cning roouj aud now crowded it. to the U'jcr. Ilia f face wii biackeneU with powder fcUioke. lie raised the decanter to Uls : lip and took a long ui! of tbe liquor. "Who orders order? Orders are for ' slaves! 1 defy orders!" A lean little man with eyes as sharp ! as steel neediest sudJenly whipped a knife from his tlt aud stubbed the tinner in the throat. He fell without a croan. Those around tim ouly laugh-j WW Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown DE STwMT T Z&TA "n D urvas.NiL. STfcVEOOR&ttY Kou.o SET M'SIEVEU HsfiO- 1 "TrCXtl I room sometime between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. The lost stuff Includes a dia mond scarf pin, two field glasses, and Japanese silk goods. No clues were left by the marauder. The home of C Schuldt at 321H Harrison street was entered Monday night and $26 taken from a small change bank. No one was at home at the time and the thief went through the entire place In hia search for valuables. Abused His Wife For having abus ed his wlf because she refused to turn over some money to him which she had hidden, Charles Clm was sent to jail for 30 days. The charge brought against him was assault and battery, his wife appearing at his hear ing. They live at 1010 Western ave nue. Buy Another Park Site. The splen did public park system of Davenport will shortly be augmented by the ad dition of a beautiful river front park In East Davenport. Papers are now In possession of the park commissioners whereby for a consideration of $40,00, J. E. Undsay is to transfer to them a tract of 11 acres of land, being the site of the old Lindsay & Phelps mill and lumber yards In East Davenport. The city already owning five acres ad joining. Obituary Record. Mrs. Bridget Tim othy passed away at her home, 1074 West Fourth street. Monday night at 10 o'clock, following a lingering ill ness. She was born In Ireland, Feb. 2. 1850. and was 61 years of age at the time of her death. Her husband died a number of years ago. Mrs. Timothy was an old time and highly respected resident of Davenport. Surviving are three sons. John, of Edmonton, Alber ta, Canada, Thouas and William E. of Davenport, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Ruttle of Chicago and Miss Katberine at home, and two sisters. Mrs. Kate Dolan of Turnerfall, Mass., and Mrs. J. : E. Callahan of Boston. Six grand children also survive. The funeral will ; be held Thursday morning from the late home. 107H West Fourth street, ! with services at 9 o'clock at St. An-1 thony's church. Interment will be in ; St. Marguerites cemetery. i CC3PYRtGHTn900, 4V t BCBB3 MERRILL CO. e-1. but order was obtained. , " ' , liberty and equality!" commanded , ' .. . . ; . . , . Blagg. "Hold yocrselves in restraint r. , .. 1 , Remember that w rime here to get . ....... . . a dki ion sua a hair or aoiiars for tne Hverr one of you must help ui to rarr-r It from lnr. and nmmtvr tDat we Mve , 8Worn to kln the first mpn wbo triM to make awaT ariT of it or to appropriate a dollar to his own U6e9. After we have e8tabUhed I equality and fraternity then every mau may do as be likes, but tonight we , must act for the commonweal. Come j forward as your names are called." I They came to him as be called until j he bad named a score. "That is all for now." be directed. I "The rest of you wait here ia your de I tuchments of tens until you are called from below." , Lillian bad stood at tbe side of tbe fireplace, ber hand upou the knob of the little door which led into ber , gmndfiihers retiring room. Now Blagg Jumped down from tbe table to ffllTME her lde. and together they threw open, changed again, and she whispered. "It the floor. Lillian broke out iuftantly i the best thing for you." Taking the tUo a shrill langh. . jewels In her hand, she cried. "A gift "Why. look who's here!" the cried.; from aristocracy to equality and fra "If it isn't my dear old friend. Mrs. teruityf and she tossed them in the Rensselaer." air. Mrs. RensteeUer stepped back from! A hundred bands reached for tbem ber vain attempts to bolt the door. ) M tDey cume down, and a clamor of nn ner gray n.nr ana tier neat gow a and her cnliu dignity she overawed Lillian for a uTomeut. and then anger came as a natural reaction. j "Why. how delightful!" said Lillian, with mock suavity. "Mrs, Rensselaer. you must come out and l-'t nie Intro- i duce.you to seme of my friends. La t" dies, she called. "I am going t turn Mrs. Rensselaer over to the reception committee. The women, hideous travesties of their sex In all their grim frowslness and excitement, grinned and pressed forward. "This Is Mrs. Rensselaer,' continued Lillian, dragging forth her many years companion. "She Is the last lady of one of our very, very oldest families. None of her ancestry has worked since America was a nation. "WHT, ZiOOK WHO'S HXRZl" BBS CBIXD. Her nephew Is General Rensselaer, who Is commander in chief of the ar my of Emperor Kelvin. Phillip I.I I know you will enjoy her society." A mere slip of a girl, thin and form less, but whose face already bore the unmistakable traces of living death, langhed a shrill laugh and with a soil ed cap that Lad once been a boy's slapped Mrs. Rensselaer across the face. Flushing crimson with the Indignity, Mrs. Rensselaer turned to Lillian, but she had neither time to protest nor need of it. for Lillian, obeying anoth er of the sudden tigerish impulses to which In the past week she had whol ly given herself, changed her attitude completely and with biasing eyes rushed between Mrs. Rensselaer and her tormentors. "That will do!" she cried. "Mrs. Rensselaer was my friend for a great many years and treated me more pa tiently than I deserved. She Is my guest now and must be respected as such. Mrs. Rensselaer, sit here," and she seated her one time social tutor j and sponsor behind the library table; in the chair that Breed bad lately va-i rated. "Whitnev! GaSOar! Williams! Harvey! Perth! Green! Stand around i this table and rrotect her from any ! further Insults in my name! As for you" and she turned to the young woman who bad slapped Mrs. Rensse laer; her eyes narrowed and grew cold a9 the confronted the girl "take ber out and throw ber in the lake," she rttrectea. i Two men, laughing cruelly, seized bold of ber and began dragging her to-. ward the door. j 'But I can't swim!' shrieked tbe girl, i "That's why I am having you thrown' In the lake." said Lillian coolly. "The j rest of you will take note by this that I Mrs. Rensselaer Is to be protected." j She started back toward tbe door of ; the smaller room. The girl, struggling j against the two who had her in charge, suddenly burst into a stream of ' vituperative profanity so vicious that j even UK lan. inured as Bhe was by tbe j past week's experience to language of, the sort, shuddered. j "I must have your rings and your! brooch. 1 think. Mrs. Rensselaer," said she. and. swiftly going behind tbe table. ' she disengaged the diamond cluster! from Mrs. Rensselaer's throat and stripped the rings from the unresisting fingers. Even as she did this her mood excited voices told bow popular that action bed been. "Come on." she said; "we have work to do." And. followed by Blagg and J his score of picked men. she hurried through the little rear room. j They found tbe closet door open and ; its rear wall pushed back, revealing ow. au.Tr)E guard! CASE OP MOLINE Submits Underground Plans. -C. H. Rottger, the Illinois superintendent of the Central Union Telephone company, was In the city yesterday and called on the commissioners, with whom he left two plans for proposed under ground telephone conduits the com pany would put in In case it comes to a satisfactory agreement on a fran chise. The city officials will study the plans and possibly at a later date, if found satisfactory, the commissioners will be ready to listen to franchise talk. Day Nursery In Operation. Moline has a day nursery in operation. -Two rooms of the rest room building on Sixteenth street have been set aside for the nursery till more spacious quarters can be provided. A matron is in charge and she has three small boys, their ages ranging from 4 to 8. under her care. Two of the children are from one family, and their mother it unable to leave her bed, owing to illness. There is no one to care for the children and the day nursery at this time is a boon to her. Depot Nearly Finished. Mason work on the new Burlington depot is com pleted. Workmen yesterday started roofing the entire structure. With the exception of the steel canopy which is to cover platforms on three sides of the' depot, the building should be com pleted within two weeks. Shoe Stand Robbed. Burglars Mon day night entered the shoe shining par lor on Fourth avenue near Fifteenth 6treet and tapped the cash register for $5 in change. A box of shoe laces also was taken. The door was locked by the intruder. Angelo Harris con ducts the place. Will Allow Switch. Yesterday af ternoon the Mollne city commission ers were In conference with the offi cials of the Rock Island Railway com pany with regard to the cross-over switch the company wishes to lay be tween Fifth and First streets and into and across Forty-sixth street and Forty fifth streets In Rock island. Accord ing to Commissioner Jahns It is prob able that the right will be granted so I far aa the Moline commissioners are concerned. the narrow secret staircase. Single file they hurriedly descended this. Lil- uan at the head, and turned into the -ide cemented vestibule where an electric light was already burning. TIlMiin Hrnnnwl Hnirn Iwfnro lh enm binatlon knob and turned it carefully' backward and forward several times, j "I feared so," she said to IJlagg. who I knelt beside her. "The combination hae been changed." ; Blagg took the knob in bis long, sen- j sltive fingers and. not looking at it, j bent his ear close to it, while Lillian ' juid her bare arm loosely across his 1 1 shoulders. He turned tbe knob slowly j and gently, he stopped and turned it j backward, slowly and gently, and then i smiled as he gave the ting of the door ; a clutch and pulled. The door came open. "ifs a good thing that I practiced those locg. long hours every night on that sample knob in ny room upstairs." he said as he went on to the next one. Slowly, but with remarkable skill, he worked his way through the four iron doors until, with Lillian by bis side, he had thrown the last oneooon and there In the raii.t, v.-itu a gret pile of gold and bills scattered thickly about him. with bis robe and crown still on and his scepter in bis band, stood Henry Breed "Cash!" he cried "Cash! Tbe greatest force in all the world! Tbe er. and tbe second man to fall before great social dynamo! Tbe golden lever 1 his savage onslaught was Ben White, of Archimedes! Cash!, Salute your j Blagg. with a mighty oath, sprang master, Cash, loyal subjects, and your i for Kelvin, who bad entered Just be master's master, tbe king of Cash:" j bind Sam. but one of Rensselaer's "Grandfather," said Lillian, hurry- j lieutenants was quick enough to inter ing to him. "come with me. We want j cept him. Bloc? gradually bent bis to put this money away and lock it - assailant backward and in tbe act up so no one can get it. See, you ! managed to draw the lien tea ant's pin have left all the doors open!" j tol from its bolster. In place of turn The babble of voices from the upper ing it ujion bis own antagonist he lev part of the bouse caused him to eled it over the man's shoulder Etralghten up, and his dim old eyes ; straight at Kelvin. grew wide. , "flush! Tbey are coming!" be said, "They shan't have it."' he suddenly screamed, "it U mine! Mine! Every dollar of It!" rushed toward the door to close ' e i r juu; i wuv r rvrtubVr'u I s t yjay )msir o 'pals I ISN'T STEVE. (Of t. OUK!OUK !.., r. TZt Ll" "''J 3.sL . f2- t5wiL lwH l&ii&ak r Vi;r 1 i '"'h - t XA5 3Teve7pNOTT- Vt-a AM AW. It, but he stumbled and fell upon the floor and lay quite stilL As soon as Henry Bread waa carried out there was room for the full score of men In the big vault, and Blagg call ed them all in by name, each one as he came forward loosing two long brown sacks from about bis middle. "Gather up the money from the floor first" Blagg directed, "then take the drawers systematically, beginning at the bottom and working up." Eagerly the men began filling their sacks, with many exclamations of ani mal gratification as the silken feel of the paper and the metallic touch of the metal glided through their fingers. In the house above the gentlemen and ladles of equality and fraternity had bunted out the stores of food and liquor. These dispatched, they swarm- ed over the house like rats, seeking what they might pilfer or destroy. They searched with almost whining eagerness In every nook and cranny large enough to conceal human life. They did not find Zeipnan, but they did find Jens, and he faced them and fought and died standing, as he had preferred. Had he remained concealed for but a few brief moments he might still have lived, for there came suddenly upon the big gray bouse a new and a terrible Bound, borne by swift, shad owy engines that swept upward along the wide curving driveway almost noiseless, except for a rush and a whir. Out .of the purring silence they burst upon the rabble outside with a sharp rattling hailstorm of lead en death. Kelvin and his squad of flying Gat lings bad arrived, and close behind him trotted the detachment that bad been bivouacked nearest the gates. He mowed down men as If tbey had been weeds. Stalwart men In khaki car ried a Gatling and planted it In the very doorway, pouring its deadly blight back into the balL They set it up next at the library door and swept that room as bare and clear of living humanity as if a flood bad washed it out. while the men In khaki swarmed through the house, pursuing the follow ers of Blagg into bloody corners and exterminating tbem as If tbey bad been vermin. A detachment, with Rensselaer and Kelvin in the lead, stepped over the ghastly, huddled heaps in the library, hurried back through the little room and poured down the narrow secret stairway. As they had swept through the library Rensselaer had caught a brief glimpse of a gray haired woman in a black silk gown, with her bead upon her folded arms, "ONX-T MISTAMIf," H SAID. sitting at the table, but the picture was confused with others of Us riddled and useless kind, and be hurried on ahead. Kelvin had promised himself to be in the lead as they went down the stairway, but as he turned into the! closet entrance a huge black form j thrust itself in before him. and Sam j led the way. unarmed except for the ' formidable weapons with which nature had provided him. I The greedy garnerers of Breed's ! golden harvest were taken by com plete surprise. They turned from tbelr tasks as the men in khaki streamed in upon tbem, but tbelr weapons bad been laid aside, and they bad only bags of money with which to fight, and these were too beary. Sam was shouting aloud. An Irre sistible demon, he clutched first one 'thin throat in bis mighty bands and cracked it and threw the Ump. resist- less body aside and sprang for anoth It was Ram who, shouting In a fe ver of savage Joy. saw that motion and sprang to wrest tbe pistol from Btagg. receiving in bis own breast tbe three bullets that tbe firearm yet con 'Alned. Then, his work done, he fell By You'll like this cigar from the scratch of the match The fussiest smoker living will vow that for real quality, delicious flavor and aroma you can't beat the Flor De Valentine cigar. A perfect combination of Vuelta filler and choice Sumatra wrapper has produced a dis tinctive flavor that you will im mediately like. 1 Sold by all Dealer 1 UC IN THREE SIZES NEWMAN & ULLMAN DutrOotor. Peoria, IUlnoU heavily to tbe floor, and upon his fac was fixed forever that same sardonic grin that displayed all his snarllnr yellow teeth. Kelvin, spent with his own efforta, stood erect to breathe for a moment, and In that moment a needle sharp dagger was thrust Into his side. Ha tottered and fell, and above him knelt Lillian Breed, while before hie eyes she held the dagger. "See!" the cried. "This was your' emblem of triumph! This was tbe sign In which yon were to coaquerl This was tbe instrument that twice threat ened you and twice failed, but the third time It wins. Phillip, yon made but one mistake. Had you put me at your side as your empress In this sign." and she held the dagger point upward, "we would have conquered tbe world, but you repudiated me, and In this sign you die!" A soldier struck the dagger from ber hand and bound her arms behind ber, as those of Blagg had alrmdy been bound. Rensselaer, unscathed, looked down upon I'blllip, with tears moisten ing his eyes. "Take him out carefully, boys," be said, "but get him Into tbe air quick ly I" As tbey passed through the library Rensselaer's eye happened to rest again upon that motionless, gray hair ed woman at the library table, struck down by his own Gatling. and as be recognized her be turned faint and al most dropped his burden. "Here," be told one of bis men, "help I I carry him. I cannot." He almost stumbled Into tbe outer air, and the men followed him with Kelvin, and, covering him to the! breast with a 6beet hastily snatched from Breed's couch, laid the first and last emperor of America flat upon the porch at the edge of the steps, where tbe cooling breeze might blow upon bis brow. He lay pale and rigid under the yellow porch light, and this yellow light was in a moment more augment ed by a saffron glare that flared out as the roof, from a fire in the attic, start ed by the recent vandals, broke into a blaze. "Charger came a sudden sharp voice from the shrubbery. Startled, in tbe glare of tbe burn ing roof Rensselaer saw a host of men with fixed bayonets suddenly spring out of the dark shrubbery at the north west side of tbe building and come tearing down upon them. "Left face! Present arms!" came the sharp command of Rensselaer. The word "Fire" was Just trembling upon his lips wben be recognized tbe advancing leader, rushing with drawn saber and pistol at the side of tbe first line in tbe column. -nalt! For Oods sake, halt!" he cried, waving the white sheet that he had snatched from across Kelvin. "A truce! For God's sake, Rollins, halt your men! This madness is all ever! Kelvin la dead!" - Within but a few feet of what moat otherwise have been a desperate at rug-1 gle the advancing column was checked, i and Rollins beard briefly from the sick ened Rensselaer what bad happened. He strode up the steps and stood be fore Kelvin with bared bead. "Only mistaken." be said In bene diction and forgiveness. Then be turn ed to bis own followers and those of Renelaer. "As president of tbe Unit ed States, vice Kelvin, I hare become I your chief commanding officer." he told I ?.t,-. ?"T,n if d"d- b.ot ,be repobi iic Sim uvea, ruagg sua nis consort will die this morning, and with tbem tbe rebellion Is broken. Borne re strictive legislation to be carefully and wisely considered must be made to keep down such appalling accumula XTuntiall ' tions of wealth as may threaten our liberty and our republic. But. gentle men, through It all tbe constitution of the United States still is sacred and supreme, and there." his voice took on a sudden ring of exultation "and there waves Its everlasting emblem!" One grizzled old veteran of Sumner Rollins' ranks bad brought with blm a tattered old American flag that had gone through the war of the north and south and bad unfurled its war stain ed stars and stripes to their gaze. There waa a cheer, but only a feeble one. Tbe men. almost with one ac cord, took off their hate, and moisture stood in their eyes. A strange figure appeared among tbem. Old Henry Breed still clad in bis mockery of royal raiment, stag gered to the door. In his fall and through all that succeeded It his band bad convulsively gripped his money, and be still held It, green and orange. In his fingers. "Cash!" bis shrill old voice quavered as be flaunted it In the air. "Cash! The greatest force in all the world! The power that can totter thrones and dis rupt governments. Cash I The life blood of commerce! Tbe golden lever of Archimedes! Cash!" He stopped to laugh shrilly and al lowed a soldier to seat him In a chair, where be drooled off Into a Jibbering mumbling. As he left the doorway hi place was taken by Dr. Zelpban. Both hands were tilled with shawl strapped packages of his precious manuscript, lie looked down at Breed a moment In contemplative pity. "Di will die the way he is now." said be. "Ills once remarkable brain Is mere mush. He waa a wonderful study, a most wonderful study, and, the nearest approach to an absoluto monarch of any resident of this globe. In tbe meantime, gentlemen. America has had her orgasm, and ber nerves trill be quieter now. I Wd yon good day. I am going to Switzerland." And He strode duwu iu unve and arouut the trees at the bend. Running around the corner came El sie White, who had been bidden to stay back in safety, but who could not, and Rollins drew her to bis side. The wind, blowing awuy some flewy clouds, revealed In the ent the first rosy glow of comlug day. aud tbe same grim old veteran who bad brought with him the war stained bat tleflag broke in trembling accents Into a song that cleared the still silv ering air of the fevered "Marseillaise," that was caught up by a mighty chorus of newly freed men. that was at once the reijuieecat of Kelvin, a benediction and the promise of a new birth for the republic be bad almost throttled: Oh. car. can you hr tha dawn's esrlr l!ht What so proudly hailed at the twi light's last trleamlnf 7 TUB BSD. rT . 7 . , Home Visitors Lxcur sion via Big Four Route Tuesday, September 12. Good returning- on any train within 30 days. Indianapolis $6.00 j Cincinnati 8.00 Columbus 8.50 ' Louisville Toledo , Dayton 8.00 8. SO 8.00 and Return. j Cheap rates to Intermediate points. 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