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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1890. M i ro ta b on in. Or ve- ort ent Jou aw THE DAILY ARGUS M'at. Fkxmcabt 10. 180 ttmni. To wsaw Wt See a au Awe i Men a o, j Aa Oai-r- .. n r. J. W Ham, of Tosilon. ea WflMkii U l he rriaei'e of wrcr aa anile to the De craitr IlvfUght, artt.ai forth wh b is a 4arrTt TtH settled tme of the re- aa1 a amstf eoaiwaatea- vat penned to km asking whj he waa forart a rrtihlieaa To thks to )krMr Hrr'. if T wnw It w dan i lac ar.K eatltled. "Wki 1 am Maftakaa. I hare re a cnaiaiaBtratioa asking- ah ia xe prime 1 vat a repohlsc Perbape law aoenttoa tairvird m eoare a coeert r irriaan thai heiac left tha pan of all vinaen. I waa ta my dotage. Rrforaacra ta all ace, have eaiareil aa(.erriaa oa their boar aad tntei;urw. or tola Tae food booh te la of oaa that waa to BaWi mad. nienaaa ha tpakn the worda of tnith aad aoberae, la lhwt I waa a rpnh raa. aad if that parte bad reaaaiaed true to u ear!? pnoople. I ah Id ha yet . Bat parti like tadi vxtaaaa, can fa! from trace The re i uaitcaa party waorfaaixd to reMt the farther extension of alaeere The aowth flrad a poo 9omptrr ere alaeery waa wiped oat. To defray the expenses aa the war we were compelled to raise large a ma of ta-vne which becama a treat harden apow the people how to relieve them of watch uecam the great aad burning qnxewion of the day. All panic adav.i tad that taxation wood bare to be reaorted la Talaiiua u of two kiada that upon iixr aad cocump uofl. aad that upon capital Tan gible aad intaarble. Of this kiad waa the tax on back d'poaiu and stock of all kiada. a Deciee of property comprMaf nearly one -half of the wealth of the coun try The tariff wa a tn sot oly on the labor aad r-oum;v.on bat wan m many caaei a bounty paid to capita!, aa well 8a well aware were the republican leaden in IW that the leattoa of taxation wa the only question before the people that they all au!ccl to place tbemadrea oa record that lexatioa tboull ba red need Lumber nat'l then two dollar) a thoaa1 feet, aad amjaj Mr Blaine said that it ought to be uken fJ Now what did the repabiican party do K-member at that Uat tae bad full coatrol of the gorera meat, two thirds of congress acd the exe entire. They took the tax off tea and coffee, bank depoaita and capital in ererr ehepe an1 left it on the poor ana blanket. Yen can tee by thit abort htatorr of the repabiican party that it bat forfeited every pledge and dirfari! tr v ' .r" r A part moat ba hoaett to expert the support of howeat men And what doe the pam prnpoee to do now' Take the tax from wb .-. - becro aad leave It on the farmer talt and lumber tVme of m republican frienis tay o me we know what you allege is true, but if we do not twt'aio the piny the rtbeie wi l .J e, troy the govercrcent nade of OH Abe. if he could return to this earth again, who wow Id he And In receipt of cit.mt and io I be high plant the m i honored of repabltran" The blood Chalmert Moahy. le. M,h n Longatreel and Jeff Datia, if he had been to !iapoed. could have been bhgbi and thining among the republwana. f.x the hvpocrity of the part )eadra ia only equaled by their 'ontempufor the rightt of the people oid Abe would find many of bit old frienit amoog the democrat. Palmer. TrombaM. Amea, Gov Kirkwood and a boat of other The late election bowed that a great change had taken place ainoe lat fall, add that if the pace pie eiammed tbit tariff queation their aoha aecoad thought will lead them to vou right J. W llAnar. Tax H ahingt-.n Evening Vrr. coder the prnt management, it undoubted! the hri pper .vm pnate.1 ,t the rapt - Ul ! editor ia Crotby 8 Jfoyea, a well kaowo joum! t of ripe experience Th- Str it caaentially a Washington pa per. aa of it average aggregate SO.ffrl atoeala'i. n. 2? x2 - r ie are ditrib uted ii the city. THIK1 I.IVKS LOST a4 ft .if, Wi a feaaalai eciarat mm I hr I,, m r r Hll'lri Th, X.rti Ha Memprk Feb In TV- tow boat Port Ead. enronte from Cairo to N?w Orieant. struck the east pier of be hndg being constructed arroet the r.ver here and tuok Matf today. h- carried a crew of forty mn thirty of whom were drowned TMt POSTOPFICE CLERKS. Bv.ai. f I,, ('( Ixl w. lllwli.lvll T4iix.T. x itt. F-r I'l Th coot tun of tb P.tofB' Vrk'a--ution. beW hr ),i Week. ,rtrsy-t) nuKh trwiiKs Tli .ltet. rprmM ever impirtant '"Irio, m Anetra The veention wat for the rwrpoaa o pettUrnintJ c .ngre to clawstf t cierka Utter in rrard to par. the enactmrt of an eight-hour torn, ,o i annual leave of aftwn .Jay P'trnater OnTal Wana makfr and Firt A want riarkvn pkwign their Mipprw-t u. tb OVIecato. and aatd they woaM V rrrrrthing to sylvano. ti. ,r inU-r eats. City Fotmsvoar Bow aad Cmpt. Hber- wnnrt. thai-unt tiri.t-r ar txrmtrn- j of Washington council, wl are heart and son in the movement The con vswtion v1oirneU on Frvlav TV- dle- om "tbr riu -n wr-r- well r l saw 1 the treatmsnt eivvr tbam i.v the iai Jlol Jift What Th- WanM. The Washington C.ty clerks ar not over plsasad with the work aocomptaahad, for they hoped the convention would frame a bill for pr-sontation to congrsws calculated to effect the purrxes-s sought Instead they that might h introduced nanus for the reform, desired by the cierka. Tb men hare bold that -en ' bill might their atawding. for if coxatram go to work and claaaif below the present standard they would have to submit batata of th peculiar wording of the re o 1 at ion, r.f lodorwrrwnt Aa IrUti Leagae Atspeal. LttCOLM, 5eb . Feb. 10 President Kitr gerald. of the Irish National Ijrxu- Saturda ansaad a long addrcM appealing earnestly to the Irishmen of the United Htates for contri butions of money to aid their dsstrsaaad bretbrwn in Ireland in thsnr final effort for independence. Mr. FWaaattlil arges that no hand be given the attacks on the ad mini t ra tion of the league by The Chicago Herald, Chicago Times aad other papers, and aays that stent the ia flu an re of The London Timet baa beam ilaxsinrnl the anwaiiea of Ireland ba of aeratioos to liave A Preach Pi PAUM.Feb 10 -Tbefi gwertie of Navarre, on the sea bwraad ysaterday It wan otxtuaad by ta. wasrqes of i ehrrne Tin laa ia ewW.UOU. miwiii wwe fat! ta ikmi ttetr Raw da Satoa, PIENDBHOUTRAQR Work of a Wisconsin Spawn of Satan. OraUMAI ASSAULT OH A WOKAI t Eaeaaei aw4 a Uxkl Iarl s Orraalaaa A Mss eT Slawty- Ptve t aHi a CeM-aisa4a DssMt f r,r Tic-ttas or a rrtase DlseWsesesI hi Esaa-skM of i.r AmsmIs ef a Veeag Weaaaav BiU- VTia. Feb. Hi Aa r. ana of A 4am (Minster, t to aha tiwaabay ef Fi iba i. Fri day afternoon. T odr was at boose ex cept the r,r daacbtar. aged aboat a rear. wa roys-eVd to hare a good steal of boarVd asray aad np hi mnsd to He arat hamte.1 kUaissp to kafl ham sHsare the xstwey waa rrat A aad thaw tbreateeMd her Bet aetther baa pteed xag war ke tbreata rroght him 'He desired mf t mm n. A Drvll la Hiets Pa. Towaaj Wrkaatn waa neaate UaasWf snth rage at the failure of hit srbeww Begralshai a bottle of arid aad daehed the cowteats ht the girT face and forred aoene of down her threat TV-n be bomad and foot, enmtnaU iwihwl her. and ran- tbe prrn Be found very little fUviaw ssMtatVl himwHf that no mre apod cool i be vred. the miai i ant sUeajuI kat antonecsju, victno tr the rtver. but th- was eo tl: that to rarrr out bit dtsaga of WniW "odrine how to beat out her hfe he taoaicht be beard fnotefoa, aad took to his a the Hunt for the Mitereaat. TV unfortunate girl wa not daariiini I on til ereanag. when her parent rerjrned hnaae. fthe was benumred snth on)d aad al most hfearaa. It was 1 o dock Saturday xeorxong tior he reca.ne-i and had rr-ngth to tei leaehtog for the enmtnai Bun KJump't condition is enticaL It w feared that, even th. -orb -h renyvert from her pars-steal in jur,, the abac will wreck her reason Young Poh tarter it not believed to be in his right muad. About a year ago he attempted aw hfe by shooting himself in the capitol budding at Kadnon. but the wound did not prove fatal. A Lsaehlax a, a Matter of Teerse. Aftor he had full recovered he stole several hundred dollars from hit father and Bed. Nothing had been heard or teen of him stace until be suddenly made hs appearance ia the Ktump IsXaMaawt But the tnaaatry theory will not aave him from popular vigeanoe if he is run to covr. Prepara aVsaa for a lynching be are in proven aad if the brutal sc-onadrel rs captured bit T eat srill very oon afterward adorn a tree near the scene of his savage crime. S ASSASSIN'S CORPSE FOUND Hr Killed a Tssf Drsnr Ttoman aad Thca VeirMed. t1-Ft; '--L Feb. 10 On the m- Tnir g of Jan Si while walking along .we of the principal stmet of thw city, ro oompan with two other young ladle,. Bias Nellie Ryan fotrnerty of Mmwwpoby was enot and inantly kiUed. her murderer slipping up BaXeaaJ an-1 plimi a revolver almost agaut h-r breast, and then making hw -cade ihr i aa alley. Although the whole pobce for were pet on hu track they failed to catch him Htno- t b-n private atv aiptioa, have ben raiMl and a reward of fered (oh raptare emowntmg to over $1. hsw. iwaective, aroared the eute witbowt a gbtate "f thv mucWrvr Heeeral arrasta have he, a ma.1- bat each pnenner proved to he the wrong man Eedce HI Llf la a (tsfsa. It sea beirmning to look a, thosuh one of greatest mroa of thw city to go un- nn by chance. .m railroad laborers at work ten aulas south of pueblo Friday dtarovered the remain, .if a man ly ing hi a dep canyon with two ballet-dtoaat through hi head and a revolver by bja sada Saturday the remains srere identified aa thoa, ul R I. Scott. theyouBK man who wa at IrrM mpf eedto f the marderer. he hav ing at one tinv been iafarnab-l with Baa Ryan It ks a, an i rally bebeved that Hcott waa the murderer, and rommitw tumde tr n remore- mnety-five nd a murderer Aa BUM Man . Trriol I rim- H, Kill H.. in anrl lanctrr-la-La aivvKAPoua, Minn . F.-h. W A epecial to The Tr1rK from Winnepee say A t rriM- doit. morW occurred near M 10ml Htatloa. IV) miles from r r-. Saturday V : i. -ir- r m-gr. . ain.; t--. the inter rupti. train ervK John Morton and hi, a ife were both shot by M.ton father The muntvo- wa 95 year, old aad only recently ut to live with hi eon and laugh Win-law The ton was Sel yean old. Th" s..n was aia-nt from nene. and the old man and daubUT-in-law had wme dispute ehich -til1 in tb -nian lin truck with a pieoe of wojd. W'hn the husband came H4n- o- wife told him bat ha-i -urred He i-i -l hi father a In be did it 1 baaaaaami the Alaaii.a. The ..1.1 man refused "Do y.ai ee that nil f putntiag to one hanging up -Take it and shoot me, or 1 will ehoot you." The am aasa a- attention, aad went int., room The oil man took down went out, and aiming tlwoagh the wmdow. shot faia arat thrnugh the bean Two wit neaae , , m.,r lr ran for aaitanca. and during their alwenoe the red man reloaded the nfle and shot his .laughter -in law aa aa we too(,ms over her dead bnsbant. She lived but an boor The old man mM he did the shooting intentionally The murdered couple were highly reaps ted, and great in lignation pres.iila. QUADRUPLE MURDER DISCOVERED A Man. 1 we r an het ta Deetfc. Wi' hit. Kan.. Feb. 10. Four bodies wr found Frt-tay thirty mile southeast of Puree!) by two eowboya, Jsme H rner and Thoma, Hempa Near by wa a mover's wag n and harneaa. the horse having been taken away. Tae xa-pse, were tboee of a man apparently SO year old, pierced by four ballet -holes: a woman, apparently about the nue ajfe with two bo I let-hole, . a yooug woman. apfarentiy 30 yes- old. shot tAroejgb the head, and a hoy of 15s shot in the fore head. The find was repotted to I urr-eti Sat urday. vVn a lepoty marshal started to tnv.igate The cowboy report that the killing prrtably occwrrwl ten days agu. Aa Infateatea Woaaaa', Tate. Rot tana, N H- Feb. 10. -Mr Grace E Hnntmgtoa aged 23. committed suicide yesterday morning by taiinz atiKiannm. Toe y.ung w.anaa had for th past tan, an inmate of a bouse of Hi- had become infatuated with aa oat-of-town young men of respectable fasai ry. Friday night awe wa ordered out of the house an i made an appomtment with her over for .Saturday night Bis refusal to meet her i- believed to have been the caeaa if bar suicide. Ksaeilir, Bel where Wee the Law Brr rx, Ind. , Fet lu Eh Ladd. a noto rious character of More laud village. Dela ware county was run down and killed by of Btowntwviile Friday. Ladd en- l drug store of William Rnaell. who put lam out. after which he started for bis at Morel nd. saying he would kill of tl white-hearted devil in that town. When he returned with a shot gun on hi savmldar and two revolver he found ix ritiawn lying in wait for him. The men tank after Ladd. who fired are shot at a ha ran down Main street. Oaw took to aoha Davis- foot. Two of the Ladd nearly one mile from town. be fell dead in the road with arvan bullet in tu body. Ladd had been a terror y for many nurkly POLITICAL IN TOLER. XNCE. Beewvia Seat tm the aatital lis ateeeail,' Apstoiatra PtMleiasier. WAiaiioTOJi Ctrr. Feb. W Poat; U Duckwxjcth, ly appotated - at Sharon. Georgia, sib ug hfemaa to lettrt w lira ht wuajd .rwaaire containing hit reatgaataan. It ap- peara from Duckworth tXa -aneata that txaxat of the ntiaeaa down tbet e are oppoetd to hw aoldiac the oaVe. Dan kworth is aa f bat mm per n: ettentaxn to not reran tary on hi part. Want te Give l p th right. lean stand o it against the yesterday a I ter was re st the dapn tvu:, ten ter- hw resignation on the gt ond that ha by violence aa three taw roe kat datv Pistrntatar C Luteal sTawmskrr at oo- t legi at bed u-j to hold by djatvetioa of th, f-reatdent a '.'aited State marahal bad hem ordered to ne town, aad that two poatof Ve inspector eoald ehv.be .nlered there 'o invctigate the cnee Th atateaaeets terrot erated. It is said that Duckworth ta never as aaaad has data as postmaster and that the Deaaocrat ami his that he never saould do to. On owe occasion a cofBn t earing the m erriptvon -RaviicaU must die ' was piaosi apon the porch of Due wosrth'i hoove. The statanaeet of Dork worth are corrcboratl by letters received from prom neat cit i anus at the lii artaaaal It is state, i that the io- reputted will be reartuil if the nircana- tfy uch a-tion. T ra coorte ra upon bv Br. Wantmaker after conanftaticn with the pressdrat an i F r: 1 --master itseral :'Art-n A STORY FROM CAPT- 0 SHEA. statement Thai Will Br R .irh on Far- aell If Proven. Lotoov. Feb. 10 Cap. OShea ba. tvnerged from behind the wal of silence re garting the gTowads for his wot for divorce again', his wife, ani ha pertutte.1 some of hi intimate friend to bear has story from hi own lip. Bis month ac . he sarv the conduct of hit wife and her parunonr became so flagrant that be was eomtdled to inter fere and exact from Mr O f bee a promiae that the wonM not see ParneU again. Rely ing upon the sincerity of tins promise, be gave himself no farther unee-ineas. until be made The die-over that the ptocniae had n--t kept On Dec J) a few months sub- to toe f.-regotng undet standing snth Mr. OBhra, her son paid her in unexpected vent at ber apartments in Loe ion A atartliax DiMwsery. Being aware of the promise she had made to his father, young o Shea as astont-hed to and in hu mother's apartosearts wearing apparel and other articles be! mging to Par Hell, which the lady hai evidently had not had time to conceal. V. sing O'Bhea began pitchm the effect of the Ins l Wader out of the window in a most unoere nonions man ner, and wa stopped by hts m -ther. between whom ani her son there eassstd a painful scene of crimination and dens nee Tbe am promptly informed ht father of ha di- v ery. and the latter, then th. roughly ron. vinced of th- bopelesaasa of hts wifVa in fatuation, began tbe legal pro. eedinga srhico re soon to be tried in the court. THE HERO O ABERDEEN He Bsjaa He at a Dmtcral Mm. k aaaea, n.l It a Only NiStrrur, Tenn . 1'eb A pecial an ye-rerday currer i-n t f The Anv-r had quite lengthy interv with ' Fanz" the alleged victim of the Ai ssTahaxa, not, who Bpir'. St extent, r. Ingall's recent sprerh m the ts now a reselat of Leung He av that after be bad I ly in Senate uate -Fanz' ton. this star. the Proctor efftVy l-ose a brieklayeT na aeked him if he had said that allow an ernVy -f Proct'e to that town . that be replied M-fnaid Wrack ham owe wl ri M. Donald be wonM not ho tetrned in "No." and that h a whip, that b- 1 i n- t r)-.n' it. and rn fter left t..wn. ha-i twen wtch other citiren that be i a DvaoT-at. an 1 for year, that th-mav r ear aeked him to stay at Aberdea rtuded to leave. t'lt he.)- MORE FUN IN THE -tOUSE Likelihood of a Tlsne of It S the New Kale, Thl, UTee . TABi5f,T.. t iTT. Feb lo A disL-uewoo af tbe new code of rule will occupy mot if not the whose, of the time of tbe bouse .luring tti week. Pampbb tt containing the oW and new rule, arran 1 in parallel colamn. have been furnished the members, so that there will be Bo difftVu tr in seeing at once wlvst change, have bee i made Tbe discuauon wii! be begnn no later than to morrow, and it M thought tha an effurt will be m.le to limit the liw uv.ui thereon, so as to take up the report on the Atkinson-Pendleton contested elerti.a cam wfore the etel of the week. In the event t bis a done a repetition of the scene enact- d in the hue during the endeavor of the republican to call up tbe Hmitb-Jeckaoa esse, srill in a I-- ' W- i- le-lieve.1. upy tbe time. It is a qivteio whether a vot on the rules wiil l ha-i lurinit the The President on Appo WaHISOTosi Cm. Feb Ham-jn is reported as aayir oaigreesman a few daya ago sen who goes quietly to tit, po M ballot ks Just a much enti tle rlasa whom you the onttgi Bate aa workers.' I' poo th. ataaeata. 10 President g to a western that "the ciU 1 and deposit led to o ffice as axaxaxex deaig- usagii hi m ii f would result r-marking that such a theor in there being no Repubiu fo-esxient -aei that the gr voters were actuated by the r-1:cai principle of the pa, any b-ipe 4 reward in tbe w Thanked by eerlar an party, tbe at ma law of r beliefs in the ty and not by ' of office r Tracy. In response acy, CWef of ceman Cattail, to the White aik with him acted with the ic death of ha atary feelingly able assictanot her OMiii in en at tbe risk of VTashtjiotow Crrr. Feb K to a request from Secretary ' Fir Department Parn, Pol and Fireman Wright went House Saturday and had a about tbe circumstances com burning of bis home and t wife and daughter The ecr thanked them for their in rail to him aad their courage and tenng the burning building Mvea. Sea J. Raedair, Ctwidlttoa. Wajtnivorox Crrr. Feb. 0 Tbe condi tion of Representative & t. Randall was announced last night as much better than at any time during tbe past weak. Mia Ran dall stated that the Impro ement noticed Saturday waa quite niaiket , and that the alarming reports recently pu' disbed respect ing her father' condition w re greatly ex aggerated. A Dssrsrosi Klral tr Cotton. Wasxi)tox Crrr, Feb. 10 Botanist Porte, of the department of Ticultura, is of opinion that a process has km discuss ed by which the re met plant can be made into cloth at soch moderate cost tl at it will soon kaSBSXM h lai.,--r. r.'. a. t- cttcn. Mr Taosaas Mahbett, a Providence manufacturer, has sacceeded in doing this. Will Kaa a Teas of Colta." WAaxtntGTox Crrr. Feb li Mr. Hewitt, president of the Washington 3aas Ball dub. announced in a public letter yesterday that tbe Washington will certaii Jy remain in the National league, and bavt a strong team of "colts'" to compee for s rt yea's pen nant Restart aa the atailea. WasjrwoTos Crrr, Feb 10 Both partis on the rales committee gs ve t aa pram their report oa the new rules Sett rday Tha re ports are in the lia of arguaamt marls by Car bale and Bawd, aad print si in these dis- Bcla so he reports, collect mot hi home and he ba been prevented from aaag bean c-apeBd by threat to tig letters of DESIRE THE EARTH Would-Be Settlers on the Sioux Reservation AJJXI0U8LY AWATTTHG THE WORD. A Repetitloa ef the stash for ewses ot a Tear Age la Prospect Town 91te Cev eters Sleeping with Both Eye, Opea A raraai Cor Lawyers la View thaaa berLaia Crowded with Beetles, Boom er Bound for the Promised Land. CBjLXrtnrjurw. R D.t Feb. Itt It is ex pected the president's proclamation throw ing 9.no.Q of the fSoux reservation opea to settlement wtu be rssoed to-day and there la much stir and mpprtwed excitement along the border. Preparations for a grand rash are ia anigisas. but so far as known nobody has dared to nross the boundary of tbe bind of promiie Premature settlement has been so thoroughly discouraged by tbe eawrgetic seXtoa of Indian Agent Andersna that no further atteuipt are likely to be made by the crowd to go upon the land- until permis wou a given by tbe president 1 i folly reellled thit Mai Anders. n H a man of force and untattenng bravery, aad when be says that grabbing will not be tolerate.! he will make every effort to maintain hat poatton Gstheriwx oa the Line. Word has been received that larze num tatr of settlers have gathered at various points along the Mtssonri between this city aad the mouth of White river, and there t no doubt that the reservation will be covered for many nraea westward during the first few day of the rush. The weather could sot be finer for opening the reservation, rhe ground ts absolutely without snow, and the sun shine, warm and dear. If wwued at on.-e ettlers will have time to construct borne in season to begin farm work by March 1, the period when plough ing aad seeding invariably begin in this nse- - ' aaxaxakal laan ssaalhaa bar of suff -nnx. as the reason a too far advanced, and prospective settler have in all rases amply provided f'-r what cold weather may yet be experien -ed. Location of the Choice Land. While several hundred thousand acre, of the C Creek revrvatiou will be thrown upon tbe market, the great rush will be for tbe land, west of tbe nver. as the Sioux bill gives tbe original settler on the Crow Creek lands in a pnontr of ninety days to get back upon tbe Lands New settlers would therefore take considerable chance in settling upon these land, as after some time the orig inal settlers murbt appear, and it would then be too late for the new home maker to get choice claims near tbe river. Then they would have to go many miles westwari The FHrht for Town The struggle for tbe town ate on tbe west sad of the river cntinue, the variuu in terest exerting every effort to secure an ad vantage A town ite .-rganixatKn w. per fected here Saturday night, more than j.'JuO crttxeo. each pledging support and residence for tbe purpose of tax in g advantage of tbe town sate law. being present. Where there are so many wideawake person after tbe land the outcome can only be a protracted legal fight, an-1 none of the parties srill reel in? any at the benefit of the present grand rush for the reservation, which is wore to bring into existence many tosvn of respect able proportsom. That BSJWsatl auare Mile. Tbe mile square granted to tbe Milwaukee road can be used only and exduwvely for railrvod pnrriea, the Sioux bill expressly forbidding tae a of any of this tract for town site purp.ee, ai that thw valuable grant can not be used in tbe building of a city. Taking the situation as a wh-.de, it looks as th-Hsgh the town site boomers, by tbe.r r-r - are hkvly to overreach and defeat their own obvt, The Town In a Ferment. The n-ttlers are looking forward to the posnbiliri with ken expectancy, and the town w m a great hubbub last night Teams could be beard rushing in every direc tion, while tbe adewaik were crowded with excited and expectant people. Tbe st-e is still secure in the nver. so that a cnaaing can speedily ani safely te made GEN SHERMAN S BIRTHDAY. The aa BasaTs Pasaas hi, roth tear -core of oaaratiilatioa. Ntw Yuan. Feb IU -Ueu W. T. Sber man bad a large number of callers Hatur lav an.1 we warmly .lurratulated SU his at tainment ks th- age ..f Tl years Many tele gram and letter aprwnate t- the occa aann srere also receive.! are! he wa deluge.) with flowera Tbe general gave a private dinner party at hi bouse in the evening b a few of his mot intimate tneod. lanBBUB Senator Sherman. Uens Schofield. Hf.ward and S locum. Tom E wing May.ir Grant and C'bapin. C M. llepew, Augnstin Dalv. J J Knox and J H t-l wte The voter n commaieier was ic good spirit, and chatted most eatertajningly on all ortof ubects, giving many inter eating reminiscences of tbe stirring event through w hich he ba passe! The Western Base Ball ..... i vtlon. Omaha. Neb , Fet. o Tbe -A.-he.iule com mittee of the Western association was in station here Saturday evening, and will pr bnjhfs hold daily aaniiifat for three or four day The cities represented are Den ver. Minneapoli, lies Mmaes, St Paul, timaba Milwausee, and Kansas City. The aw Elation snll try to get intc tbenatioual aireement, aad it a expected that there will he trouble in fixing the scried ule as every club want, Sunday and holiday game, played on boave grounds, IATxa The schedule was satisfactonl c-mpleteii yesterday An Inrldent at Bio de Janeiro. Rio . i f. .1 a ml i no. Feb. 10 A mob mad a demonstration Friday before tbe residence of Gen. Da Fneca. president of the provi svmal government, in favor of a dictator ship Tney urged Fonseca to asume tbe pueittou f dictator for a periol of five years. Gen. Da Fonseca did not put in an ppaarance, but caused tbe m4) to be dis persed by the police. Among tbe moh were many oidrs. The president in anbeeruent interview said he was opposed to a dictator ship an i that the demonsfra; n was da tasteful to him. The lewa Ie.i I . . Dc! Moivaa, Iowa. Feb 10 The only thing done in the bouse dead-'.. :k Saturday was a swap of proposition, the Democrats offering toe Republicans nearly everything except speaker, including three committees, aad tbe Republicans turning ; he proposition ewd-foreod and offering it to the lnocrat, only that they cut out two cornmi; tees, offer ing tbe Detnocrats first choice of one, and then to choos alternately. This was not acted upon. Tha c .wed the fourth weak of the dead-lock. Crooked MatwreJicatios. SmxsGFiELD. I lav, Feb. 10 In tbe United State district court her Saturday Jama P. Thornton, of Alton, pleaded guil'y to tbe charge of uttering and selling false certifi cate of nature lixation Sentence has not yet been pronounced. Thornton was a dep uty clerk under Kdmund Nooaaan. clerk of the city court of Alton in who leaded guilty to tbe same charge Friday. Dick Bawee Ceafssses. BnunxGHAJf, Abv. Feb. 10. Dick Hawe ba confrtawd that be paid John Wy lie gX to get hi wife and children out of tbe way. He says that his wife bad agreed to leave, and that as tbe time approached for his mar riage to Mini Story he grew desperate. Wybe was brought hare from Atlanta Sat urday night Coetljr Work for the Hallway. Roaxarnc, Ore.. Feb. Hi. It k estimated by tbe Southern Pacific officials here that it will take !5u0 man oaa month to mnair th. railroad track damaged by the flood between ber and Ashland, a distance of 140 miles, nto miles of track was completely carried ALL MET ONE FATE. A Family of Six Hurried Into Eternity. MOTHER. FATHER ART) CHTLDRER Betrayed by tbe Treacherous Ice aad Es galfea The Mother's Frantic Rash te Ber Doom ri Roy, Drowned at Sew Orleaa, While Boat BJdlag Twe Fatal Kail way W reek Three Xtea Loe Their Live Boiled Alive. Krxoerrojr. N. Y. . Feb. 10. Tbe four ktkl hna I to k KMax bxm ftaatog m the lake at Binne water, about six miles from here, yesterday afternoon, when the ice, which was but a few inches in Uuckness. gave w-ay, and the little ones werj precipi tated into the water Their shoots were heard by the members of the family who lived near by. an-1 the father and mother ruhed to the rescue. By the time the had reached tbe Lake the four childrt-n had disap peared beneath the ice. Mother and Father Follow the t hildren. Tbe mother. fmnte with tbe tbouxht of ber drowning children, rushed npoe the ice, w hich gave way htisualh her we.eht, aad he sank beneath the surface- Mr Mater then attempted to reach his wife, and he, too, was drowned. The entire family a wiped out of existence. Last night hundreds of people w-re gathered about tbe lake search ing for the bodies. Nxw Oulxa3. Feb 10 Seven boys were drowned in tbe river at Carroltou yesterday by the sinking of two yawb in which they were taking a ride. The strong current car ried tbe hunts aganaat some barges at tbe Octavia street wharf an I upset them. There srere eight boys in the boats. Wilton Robin, aged 7. escaped. Tbe drosmed are: Frank Lan-lrv. r 1 17. li- rj- Sairp-on. l;Alvy milk l' Louis Fukia. 1: W.!!ie Wintons, If; Martin Irrier. 1. and Eidie Keept, 13, Fatal reck on the orfolk and Wetern. RoASoint. Va, Feb. 10 Tbe v.enger train leaving tha place going bo Bristol, Tenn . on tbe Norfolk and Western railroad, was wrecked about 11 o'clock yesterday mornin; at HudUestons Mill thirty-two mile east of Bristol Tbe accident was caused by the rails spreading Five coaches were deraiioL George Kerr, express mes senger, was killei mtan'ly. B. W Bock, mail agent, was fatally injured. Cooductor J. W. Barnes was cut on the heal an i seri ousiy injured. Lbgaa inanfi I was hurt internally and is supposed to be fatally injured. Levis William and HartmarL two !& 1 1 1 srer slightly hurt. An Imbecile calded to Heath. CoLcaars, O.. Feb. 10 A horrible acci dent occurred hast Friday at the borne for the imbeciles, near here, by which one .-f tbe inmate, was scalded In d-ath. hut the facts were suppressed by tbe management until yesterday Jennie Whitehead, a 17-yeaiold tnmat- fr-rn Hamilton. wasent with an other paaV-nt to take a bath. She did not knew how to (ret tbe water at the proper temperature, and Jennie wag BO terriblv scalded that .--Kivu!sion set in. an i in a few Bowl s the unfortunate girl was dead. Serious Wreck on the Mortiiern CentraL HiRRisiBt'Rii.Pa. Feb. i" An open switch caused a seriow wreck on tbe Northern Cen tral railway at Marsh's Run. near this city, yesterdav m-mine. toe Pacific colliding with a freight tram, demolishing hoth engines. Arthur Emerton. of Baltim re. fireman of the expre-s. was killed. Isaac Stermer. en cineev of the passenger train, and Engineer Yagte. of the freight, were aeriously injured, an i express messenger McC'ahen and Pow nali badly hurt THOUGHT SHE WAS A WIFE. Carina, t ate of Alleged Freed on the Pension Bureau. Clxcis.NATT, Feb. Hi Assistant L'nited rtate Attorney Harry Probasco has oe bs trerdeu. U . to Investigate a case of fraudu lent pnvn that rests up. .q a very curious circumstan.-e. Some time ago pension was granted U Nict Smith hevause she was the widow of a soldier later it .-ame to the ears of the district attorney that she was not tbe widow of tbe wddier. but had been vorce.1 from him f. many y-wr lef . mj his death Mr tmith i-nie.1 alwolutely that she had I n dir.r-ei fr3i b-r huwnl Then the rxrls irrrv wwrchel. and the decree of divorce was f -und ani she was confronted with IL Nnj- Novel F.splanatlnn. Then he made a cunon statement . w hich resulted in the present investigation She said that ber husband wa, a worthless) ieilow, and was waetine her prorty iu dissipation She consulted itb law yeo. an I they in some way enable. I her to administer the prvierty a a inle w hi van She tb..ugfat it might tw possible that tbey had obtain- 1 a div,rce f..r her witbmt ber knowleLre She remem bered af t.tifying in ourt to tb- .-hara-ter of ber hu-lwnd and to hi treatment af her. But of any talk of aaetata ie ha-i no recol lectioii A proof of this be tat. that she lived on w ith the man. h -m h.; supposed t. be her husbaiel. k pin him i straight as nsible an.1 treatiug bun iu aaarw way as ber hustsand. The .imtiou a can Unci Sam rcMver More Mining -trlke, Iw llllaol. StrxaTor. Ills, Feb. HI. Tbe Chicago, Wilnungt.Hn and Vermilion Coat company attempted t ir.tr.-lii.e -!--- r i. -.1 mining machine, into their iniu. here Saturday, and the men all ?r... k. . itoatog bat the price . (T-re. (or running the machine was a rBaUWaaaa in wage, Srmo sixti. UK, Feb. li'--The drner- in tb.- .Mai mine here are on a strike for higher pay, and 1 ..' men are idle. A STIFF SORT OF SYN0ICATE. It Is Busing I p the Miarch Fartorie aud M ill Control Price. IE M. ,n.. la . Feb. 10 F M. Uilbert. propriet.r . t tie- Gilbert Starth works, of this city, and W G Work, secretary of the Sleeper Starch works, have returned from Buffalo, N V . bringing tbe information that while there they sold their factories to a mammoth syndicate, which includes the proprietors of tbe largest starch works in the United Slav It is unJersood that lack of tbe American capitalists is a British syndi cate. Mr. Work i authority for tbe state ment that the syndicate now owns or con trols every starch factory of any importance in the United States with one single excep tion. Tbe design is to limit tbe production and control prices. Some of the factories will be closed. Important to In. Hani, n. IXDiASAPOLTS. Feb. 10 The supreme court Saturday handed down decision on what is known as tbe Barrett improvement law, holding it constitutional Under its operations cities that have already created an indebtedness equal to or greater than tbe constitutional limit may order street and other improvements, making the property benefited bear the expense. Tbe city issue it bonds for tbe cost of the Improvement, payable in ten years, and the cost to each benefited property owner is divided into ten annual payments. Thirteen sailor Missing. LoM v Feb. 10. The Greek steamer Spyridion Vaglyno. from Constantinople, has been wrecked near Falmouth. Of those who were on board eight personatbave been saved. The captain ef tbe vessel waa drosmed, and thirteen others are missing. A Zerrihle Affair a DaUaa, Tex. Dallas. Tex., Feb. 10 Several negroes secured reserved seats at a leading theatre here Friday night, and tbe affair caused much feeling. Prominent white citizen left tbe theatre in a body, and there m now talk of boycotting tb manager of the house. Paatshed for Carry lag a ChaUeaure. Larraic, Feb. W. CousaUer Siegel has been sentenced to two days' imprisonment in the fortress for carrying a challenge from Hoffman, president of th state court, to Attorney Werthaner. although the duel waa not fought. Latest Styles and the moat FURNITURE BOHLIUGEE'S Wag Save you Monej, Tim and Li'-er. CnkT llorsaasiraa Snot uo Ii.vc Oaa ; a&t 1- ly cii tile the. For Sale Ey TBLBPHOtl tO USA n For the Best, and Solid FOOT WEAR. CARSE ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS Mrs. Langtrr U rej.ilii re.-.reriDc ber hee.ih. and will som reMiine ber dramatic cart-er The British minisJer to IVntawpal ha l-n chal enge.1 t, firht a due! w.th Baawar Cerro. a radical AnbjpbobesL Bixteeo men. three ..f them white. w-re whipped br order of court at V-w Castle. Dei , Satunlav. for pet.t larcenr. It is l?liere.l that the M-.!li- Mrutrfi are atill in 'Xtstence in Pennsylvania, ani a re cent mur ler is laid at their auor Tuesu-.t of R-t fr Ball a-ai!i- The New York Evening V'-t mill ar.i-l ty the doctor, aad fought to tbe lat i-. urtof re sort. Vic oris. B C . com plains lliat (."binanien and opium arv beine amug;:el from this country into Bnti-h Columtna to a aiarm ing extent. The saving so far ii 4 utt-dspur-chased hy the treaurv l-f re maturity a a,Vl.aa .N HT. and ou " 4--. .V 4i "4 bL ft-.i m . -,i 4arie Hau t. for te ye- a memt-r of tbe emurratei board and pr ident cf tbe O-nnao society of Nea dieJ in that city Hitnrday. aged ri y-ars. The French Canadian are p-in resrdn ti.as counter to the rent ail.ire-. loyalty adopted l-y tb-? Im;nin pirluunnt. and leciarine in lavor u'unut- md-iicn lence A stria- i.iin-t a re-l.j . hi ..( 11 p-r cent, iu wage ba Btald z5 girl esnpiaye, of May-H-. Sira-i-e .-(... w Hav-n. i .-uc Tbe girfc -si thev wi;l f-. d wn the mt if :bey hereto wrti -ut eating. At Kan-., City. atiii U aftem -m. El F.n list li.4 an.1 til .-i .' . ( mrT Fm l ia kta p.litican an-1 -Mie ..f th-t known irtiiii iilh in the w -.t l arr aari vate .let t i wh-. had f.- n bir-l by Find lay" en- t sdad- w him and i - rt to ber hi aXken axexaa t. ahi. fc i- ubv tv hot An eipiKui 'u i. i..l-ii-iu;-r-..(u tbenwl ks d. rt nvui of ibe St Pant. Mlaa . Oas Light coruinv. Haturdar. killed Daniel Dernori and bajantal Martin Carran. Chris Conhy. Mi-lia-l MajBaa, an.1 J Simons. The expUt-i- u revk the huibiings for four block. ar.-uu.l. and was beard a mile off. A strtug ftVbt i U-iiu ms le at tTa-hint-tor. City against the UiternatHaal pvnght bill. Saturday C N B-.ee and re.rge H. AriK.ux. repreaentiui; the Herman publish ers of New York, srgued bashaw the bouse judiciary .-omusittee aain-t the I til They claimed that the Ul! would ruin the tok put irhirur industry of ihe weet A Lurglar entered tbe h-ue of Ransom Fk.y.L a r.--te.i and wealthy farmer liv ing tarn mil north af V4p.rt N Y. Fri-lay e aXaXafc cluUi Floyd into Bxaaaxe i. uiie. killed hfct Wtfa ax I t : - . . ing friitbteoe.!. went off a ithout olta:nini.-tl..- in- i o.mmitte the deed for Tbe ouple were ai?ed r.l and ' yeir respec tively t attle Men In tontereoce. Cbicaoo, Feb IU. The executiw ciuaiit tee of the National Live St.K-L eicbang-- m-t here Saturiay and a I .,1.-1 i res- hit ion de man ling the rejval ( th - -liArgarine lax. Other resolutions off-red and referrel fa vored redu.-ed tariff on hi U . a uat ion al in spection law, better lnspecfion of lumi v jawed cattle, and the eetablihir. -ut of a t-at-tle quarantine line south jf Kana. A Talaable Book nllectioe. Nbw York, Feb. ia Tb- last of the fa mous Barlow collection of books and manu scripts were disposed of Saturlav The sales of the day aggregated f -!4. Ve.. and for the six day, f .-,.-. r The books were very rare and some of them brought ..ver ai uflO each. Portuguese Hatred ol t.nglanri. LlHBOft. Feb. 10 The Commercial associa tion here has expel lei the En--lib niemliers because they furnish ei a statement to news papers in London complaining . f the treat ment to which they were subj-cted. The Remedy Bad a the Disease. St Pktkrsbcro, Feb. 10 Dr. Rapcbinski has discovered a cure for diphtheria by tbe inoculation of erysipelas. POWDER Absolutely Pure. rTliis powilar DTer Tri. A marreiof parrtr strength aad waoleoaas. Nor rcoaosalca' than the ordinary klnda. aad cannot tr sold la nauuarkwi w.tn the mnltltode of low test, short wt;rt aJum or prphosph: powders Soldo!, aatsxaa, Botax. Basis Pownxa Co.. 10S XSall 9-, J. B jrt45 I NEW GOODS I attractiTe prices combined make AND- RRBR TVT KEKC a BP F I a a r r I RRER PrT EE REP X -sn"5 c 0 uggg A A A A A A H ":?st- c e A R E P A R R P C A OP tJ A A I bp mm ESTABLISHMENT REMEMBER THAT CORDES OJLHST'T BE BEATEIT, 1622 AVENUE, B. BIRKENFELD, 2011 Fourth Confectionery, Cigars and Toys, Doll Baggi( BoJg- Express Wagon. Base Bx!l and Bats. Ilnhlnii B Da, ntt Also fan line of SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Wrifag Paper. Tablet. It . Lead a-: - - -BUY ALADDIN! STOVES AND RANGES IMPERIAL ALAHDIN RANGE for Soft Coal ALADDIN VENTILATOR f,-r Hard Coal The latMt design of tbe long serie, mi ALADDIN Sloyee Thi i b4U'.fui ic its orDBinentatiou norel in man of iu features-is bound ta be a good seller B I bare of course a supply of the celebrated BOITWD OAK Ti,i bas ber don t be dece.rfd- buj tbe Round Oak-made by P D Beck.ith I am -fce . . -agent fat itota foaaw as well as other desirable goods. Hardware ec JOHN T. NOFTSKER, Cor. Thud avnue and Twentieth St , Rof k Ielar. 1 SELLING OUT! Our eatabliahment is getting too small for our rapidly griming business and we have decide?,! to give up our Blanket Department to gain room, and will cnmnience on Wednesday. Nov 20th to sell out our entire stock of BLANKETS and LAPROBES at and below cost. This is not a ebam sale but a bona tide sale, as we will not carry any more Blank ets in the future. For partirulars see ROBT KRAUSE, The Pioneer Clothier, Batter and Gent's Furnisher, 115 and 117 West Second St., DAVENPORT, I A. A J. SMITH & SON, DEALERS IN FURNITURE, CARPETS, WOOD MANTELS, TILES and GRATES. A. J. SMITH 6c SON, 125 aad in West Third Street, Opp. Masonic Tapl, DAVENPORT. trade a great success at the Tl I I I.. T 5? t kaatoxa T k""? T ?ke T efeSi T a.e;S5 t OF sam r? I Ba ' m r f u ' J ssss it' ' at No. 1623 Second Avenue. CO Arenue, Dealer it- THIE local page. I i