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THE -BOCK ISLAND AKGUS, THURSDAY, APBIL 17, 1S90. TIIE DAILY ARGUS JOHN W. POTTER. Thursday, April 17, 1890. Supervisor Montgomery is said to be the latest republican aspirant for senato rial honors in Igington township. The question will soon arise "are there any prominent republicans in Edgington who are not candidates for the state senate?" The United Stales senate has ratified the Montana election fraud by seating the two bogus senators, and every re publican member who voted to seat them is smirched with the obliquy that dishonesty courts. The democrats or the county board have no reason to complain of their treat ment by Chairman Smith. lie honored them with the chairmanships o't the two moat important committees finance and poor and gave them a fair representa tion all the way through. It was sup posed that Supervisor Kerr, being Mr. Smith's opponent for the chairmanship, would be given the first place on the finance committee, but Supervisor Wil son's long and efficient services on that committee outweighed the customary courtesy, and Mr. Kerr has to satisfy him self with a interior chairmanship. 4'ozad on the hiklrmlHh I. tne. Dr. James Cozid. of Edgington town ship, was in the city today looking after Ins chances as candidate for state sena tor. The doctor says he thinks some of removing to Moline. Moline Dispatch. Thus are coming to pass things which the Arous predicted a few days ago. Cozad will find, though, that Bro. Bill has been before him in Moline, as throughout the upper end of the county, but this does not alter the fact that the "doc" is in earnest and that he is carrying out to the best of his knowledge and ability his por tion of the plan of the triumvirate of the lower end tn lay Crawford out. Craw ford must be downed no matter what the cost, is the war cry down there. Cozad is openly boasting that he has got the entire lower end delegation away from Crawford, and that if he can hold his own outside he will get the nomination. Cozad's visit yesterday was followed today by the arrival of an other member of the lower end anti- Crawford tr'umvirate in the person of Dr. W. T. Boughton, who has been ma nipulating the wires all day, not so much in the inteiesfs of Cozni, as in antagons ism of Crawford. It is plain to be teen that Rock Island nd Moline are combined so far as the republican party is roncerned to do up all the country districts, and outward evidences are beginning to appear of the inner restlessness which has been going on for some time. This morning's Union trots out L. S. McCabe as available tim ber. There is no doubt but that Mr. Mc Cabe is willing to be sacrificed, but the question is, whether the party is willing to sacrifice him. Mr. Oliver Olsen's friends have been looking forward with hopeful eyes for some time to the sena torial convention, and will make a des perate effort to place the name of Olsen on the banner which will be carried by the republican hosts in the coming sena torial campaign. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. The Cherry Vali National b ink of Kan sas, capital &5J,tJU, litis beea autborizei to begin businwtet. The Prohibitionist of Decatur, Mich., have decried to put a full tickat ill the fluid tor the fall election. The president has sent to the senate the nomination of Ktfphon A. Marine, to be pen sion agent at Dmt Moines, la. Joei W. Smull, a well-known Chicago real estate tloaler, diod at hU home in Austin, Ills., Wednesday. He was 69 years old. The enute has confirmed the nomination of H. A. Harpwr to lie United States attor ney for the went -rn district of Wisconsin. Ca-sliier John IC Oweus, of Oibbs & Co., San Francisco, hardware, has gone some where, and bis accounts are short $1U,0W. At Bergamo, Italy, Wednesday, the roof of a Weaving mill, in wbich 800 girls were at work, fell in, and seventeen of them were killed. Capt. W. L. Couch, the pioneer "boomer," who was Wuuniied in a quarrel at Oklahoma City about a week ago, is dying of blood poi soning. I'rairie fir -s ore re.port-;d to be raging in the vicinity of Chippewa Fulls, and at other points in Wisconsin. Furuicrs are lighting the flames. John Van Nortwick, presiduttt of tie Van Nortwlck Paper company, died on Satur day afternoon at his homo in Ujtavia, Ills., aged 81 yeurs. The dwelling house of Kmil Stays, in Monawa, Wis., burned Sunday night. The owner perished in the Humes. Ho leaves a wife and three children. The soldiers1 monument bill, passed by the Iowa legislature, may fail, because two nun whose votes were recorded in its favor say they voted in the negative. Walter iHsluhanty, who amused himself some weeks ago at believille, Ills., by grab bing ladies on the street and kissing them, has been scut to the insane asylum. The cloak maker' strike ntSiegel & Bros.', the Cbicugo elonkmnkers, was short-lived, and was settle 1 Wednesday morning, the !iOO strikers gaining a complete victory. Charles Shaw, Mrs. Cora Belle Chaska's nephew, whom sha had arrested for stealing ar aiamonus, pleaded guilty at Bioux City, Wednesday, and was seut up for a year. A man named A. L. L. Bonaparte, who says he is a descendant of the "Little Cor poral, is in jiil at Montreal for popping over a policeman with his pistol, just to snow bis skill. The pouceuian will recover. News has reached Minneapolis of the death of Eugene M. Wilton, of that city, at Nas sau, Bahama, is and, April 10, of malarial fever. Mr. Wilson was a member of con gress in 1SC3, and the Democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota in William Patterson, a Chicago lunatic, ran amuck in a street car in that city Wednesday and savagely slushed three pas sengers with a knife, the wounds all being about the bead and neck. One of the vic tims, Henry Patnau, is in a critical condi tion. William II. Haynes, colored, who was re fused dinner fit Fred Stoop's restuurant, at Detroit, and sued for 5,0uu damages under the civil rights act, has lost his suit. Judge Brevoort deciding that Haynes is not a citi- cen of the United States and the restaurant not an inn. Soon Settled this Feud. Richmond, Va., April 17. News was re ceived here yesterday of the fatal wounding by W. Ball, of his compulsory sou-in-law, B. T. Barham, in New Kent county, and the killing of Ball by Bjrharn. The shoot ing affair occured on a county road, four teen shots being exchanged. Last Septem ber Ball compelled Barham to marry his daughter, and this is the ending of the feud which has existed since. The Lake Shore railroad horror dem onstrates the necessity for a brake that will not break. DINED INbTLENDOR South Americans Dish Up a Brilliant Banquet. THE TAEITF BILL MAKES ITS BOW, Attended y Three Reports on Its Mer itsRepublican Senators from Mon tana Admitted and Sworn in The Chi nese Census Hill Laid Away to Rest Two Democrats Who Will Stay in the Hoqm Wlndom Writes to Plumb Capital City Notes. Washinotox City, April 17. The dinner given in honor of President Harrison at the Arlington last night by the Latin-American delegates to the Pan-American congress soUpsed, in point of numbers present, in the high public character of the guests, in bril liancy, and In beauty of surroundings any and every similar entertainment given at the national capital during the past winter. The dinner was a triumph of gastronomio and floral art. The new dining-room of the Arlington, where the dinner was served, was radiant with flowers. The table, an eight- pointed star, unique and novel in form, was arranged to accommodate 130 covers. The center of the table was covered with a great flve-poiuted star that bore an immense wealth of flowers. Numerous beautiful floral designs emblematical of the friendship misting between the nations represented were visible on the walls and elsewhere. The wines included some choice old vintages, among them being Chateaux Margaux of 18(39 and Perrier Jouet special and Solera sherry of 1623. Ilitt ln;ni!id finest. Among the guests were the president, Vice President Morton, Speaker Reed, Sec retaries 1Uh;ii: Windom, Proctor, Noble, and Rusk, Attorney G.meral Miller, Post master General Wanamakr, Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Miller, Brewer, Harlan, Fiild, Lamar, and Gray, tha British, Ger man, French and other ministers. Gen, Schofield, the mayors of Harrisburg, Bojton, New Hven and Baltimore, the governors of Connecticut and Delaware, A. Carnegie, Mr. Studebaker, Senators Dolph, Hiscock, Allison, Sherman and Cockrell, and Repre lentatives Hooker, Breckinridge and Hitt. How They Were Seated. President Harrison occupied ths seat of honor at the extremity of one of the octang ular radiating extensions of the table, with Secretary Blaine seated at the end of the op posite extension; Vice President Morton to the right and Chief Justice Fuller to the left of the president. Speaker R ed and Baron Fava (the Italian minister) near Sec rotary Blaine, and ex-Senator Henderson and Governor Bulkley (of Connecticut), oc cupied the remaining seats at the extrejne ties of the diverging ex ten ions. The President's Health. r After the dinner the vice president of the conference proposed the health of President Harrison, which was drunk standing. Pres ident Harrison acknowledged tba comp i- ment in a few well chosen words, in which he assured the delegates that the feeling of the jieof le of the United States toward the sist -r states was absolutely and unself ishly friendly, and expressed the belief that the association of the represeniatives of the several republics hail settled universal pe-ace, and would resu't in an interchange of trade relations wbich wouid be beneficial to all. The presidents remarks were received with prolonged applause. SOME INFORMATION FOR PLUMB. Secretary Wiiuloui Replies to Late marks of the Senator. lie- Washington Citt, April 17. Secretary v indom, in a letter to Senator Plumb, out lines tne financial policy of th? government in the purchase of bonds, which is to use the surplus in their purchase; not to control the flnan ts of the country, but in the pursu ance of this fixed policy to produce the least possible disturbanco in commerce, and then proceeds to controvert Plumb's statement in tne senate to tne enact tnat money was unnecessarily held in the treasury, by show log that on Jan. 20 the available balance of public funds had been reduced to less than i'-KJ, 000,01X1, and this entire amount, as well as further sums amounting to about $19,- 000,000, were on deposit in national banks. leaving the entire surplus and $18,000,000 in addition in circulation. Further, he shows that on March 6 the available surplus had reached about $:9,000000, the whole of which was on deposit in national banks, and that the amount now on deposit in na tional banks is about $3,000,000 more than theentire available surplus. PRESENTING THE TARIFF BILL. Synopsis of the Arguments of the Major ity and Minority. Washington City, April 17. The long expected tariff bill was reported to the house yesterday by McKinley, together with three reports t'lereon, The first report was that of the majority. The chief changes in the bill from those heretofore noted in these dispatches are the placing of sugar on the free list up to No. 16 Dutch standard and providing for a bounty of 2 cents per pound on the home product, and similar action re garding hides, minus the bounty. The re port claims that the revenue from imports will reach JiiO, 000,000 and on internal tax s $10,000, 000. Sdiiinmrjr of the Argument. In explaining how this will result when wool and other articles have been put at higher duty, the majority says that the in crease of duty will reduce the imports aud develop the home production. It is figured that to bring the production of wool up to the demand will require an increase of American Hocks of over PHI per cent., and it is claimed that tiie bill has been framed with the object of encouraging the produc tion in this country of everything it needs that cau be grown or produced here. The duties on farm products are left substan tially as they were in the first bill presented. The democratic Iteport. Carlisleaiid theother Democrats of the com mittee sign a minority repot i, in which tbey take the ground that the princif-ui fault of the bill is in not admitting raw materials free, and the well known arguments in fa vor of that policy are presented exhaust ively. They claim that such a policy would enable the manufacturer to sell his product cheaper, and at the same time pay better wages. Changes from the Original Bill. Besides the changes from the original bill in the sugar schedule and on hides, an amendment provides that all goods, etc., manufactured wholly or in part in any for eign country by convict labor, shall not be entitled to admission into the United Htates. Diamonds are put back to the present duty of 10 per cent, a reduction from 40 per cent, provided for by the bill as first passed upon. The leather schedule is changed to correspond with the transfer of hides to the free list. The duty on oranges in bulk is increased from tue duty of $1.50 per 1,000 as first proposed to $J per 1,000. Burlaps are made free. Borne changes, though no material ones, are made in the flax schedule. Binding twine is reduced from cents to 1 cents per pound. To meet the desires of the ingrain carpet manufacturers the schedule placing Russian camel's hair on the dutiable list was stricken from the bill Internal Revenue and the Farmers. They object to the changes In internal revenue that while they reduce the taxes a measure in Itself which they are not op posed to they do not reduce the cost and annoyance of collection, which could only be done by a clean sweep, which they would fa vor. As to duties on farm products, they lay that the policy is fallacious; that it will not help the farmer, because, as tbey claim, he has no foreign competition. ' The sugar bounty is opposed, because it is, in their view, a taxing of many industries for the benefit of one, and because of what it will cost, which will, by the end of the fifteen year of its existence, aggregate over $00, 000,000 per year, if the home product reaches the amount necessary to supply the demand. Figuring- on an Increase. Finally the minority declare that ingtefl of decreasing the re v lines actu 1 result will bo ai increase 000. The question of the decrease oi itnpor- j tat ions is not consuerea in una resenta tlon of the casa, the amount collected last year in the schedules in which the duty is Increased beinr compirai with the amount which it is estimated wiil be collected under the new schedules and ths reduction in duty subtracted from the excei Kenna, Republican, simply cinnot agree with the bounties on sugar and silk co coons. WENT IN FOR BUSINESS. The Senate Settles Two Important Ques tions Proceedings in the House. Washington Citt. April 17. The senate yesterSay passed public building bills as fol lows: Galesburg, Ilia, $75,000; Ashland, Wis., $300,000; Grand Haven, Midi., $100,- 300. After Gibson and Kenna had spoken in favor of the relegation of the Montana contest back to that state, the Chin ass cen sus bill was taken up and an am m Jment adopted exempting' from its provisions Chi nese in transit across this country under proper regulations. Stewart, declaring that this amendment made the bill aluelesa, moved to lay the whole bill on the table and it was carried yeas, 51; nays, a Dolph and Mo-gan. The Montana case then came up for hnal action. aud after the rejection of an a rr end ment sending it bick to Montana, the majority report, seating the Republicans, was adopted by a strict parly vote i,to 2a. Powers and Senders were then f worn in, and after a brief secret session tlia senate adjourned. In he Montana case, Barbour, George, Gibson, Kenna, and Walthill, Dem ocrat, voted that Maginnes and CI irk were not entitled to seats in the senate. Iu the house the R-puOiican tariff bill was introduce with three reports: one, the ma jority, claiming a reduction of $70,000,0. W in the revenue; another the minority claiming an actual increase of about $4,000 000, and the third, that of Kenna, Republi 'an, who dissented from the bounties on lugar and suit cocoous. liie house then took no the Imilitary academy appropriation in committee, and it was passed. The elections committee reported in favor of the sitting members in t he cases of Posey vs. Parrett, First Indian i district and Bowen vs. Buchanan, Ninth Virginia. The reports were both adopted, although Cheadle of Indiana, made an exhaustive Bpeech in favor of Posey. Both tl e seated men are Democrats. The house then ad journed. Celebrated Emancipation. Washington City, April 17. The col ored citizens of this city yesterday celebrated the twenty-eighth anniversary of the eman cipation of the slaves in the District of Co lumbia with a parade through the principal streets of the city. Nearly 100 colored mili tary organizations and clubs of Washing ton, Ba timore, and Alexandria were, in line and were reviewed in passing t le White House by President Harrison. There was speechmnkitig at Lincoln park in the after noon and a banquet at Washington hall at night. The Hitch on the Silver Il.lL Washington City, April 17. The mem bers of the Republican sena'e nnJ house caucus sub-committees on the silver ques tion were in conference nearly all yesterday afternoon, but failed to reach an agreement, and the matter stands with only one point in dispute whether certificates issued for silver bullion shtll be redeemable in silver bullion, or silver coin at the option of the government, or whether they sh ill be re deemed in lawful money of the United States alone. Protest of the Sugar Men. Washington City, April 17. A protest has been filed with the ways and means com mittee by the Louisiana sugar men against the propose! bounty on sugir. They say that they desire the present duty on sugar maintained, ami ask that they be given the protection for their industry that tbey are willing to concede to the other industries of the country. MEN OF TRUE GRIT. A Jcdge and Sheriff Who Know How to Stop a Mob. Franklin, Mo., April 17. Mansfield King, who was arrested here a few days ago on the charge of horse stealing in St. Louis county, was taken before Justice Sapping ton yesterday for a hearing. A c-owd col lected with the avowed intention of lynch ing the prisoner. Justice Sappin.;ton held the mob at bay with a revolver in each hand while the prisoner was spirited away by Constable Moro. King was taken to Clay ton and lodged in jail there. Richardtox, N. D., April 17. Ole P. Ziner yesterday shot and killed till brother Albert. Albert is a wealthy bac lelor, and the quarrel which provoked ths shooting was the result of his insulting Ole's wife. The murderer was arrested and pliiced in the town lockup, and straightway the mob spirit broke out, and a crowd went to the jail and demanded the prisoner. The sheri I refused, and announced his intention of del ending his prisoner with his life. The mob then post poned proceedings. DASTARDLY ITALIAN OUTRAGE. A Young Woman Seized and Hound III ootl v Fight for Her Rent ue. New York, April 17. Marry Sullivan, a young woman who lives in Wes- Thirty sixth street, was returning from a visit to friends in Guttenburg, yesterday, when she was seized by a gaug Italian laborers at Weebawken and dragged into a shanty. Her screams brought some dock liiborers to the spot, who burst into thoshnnty but could not find the girL The Italians said she bad left, but after a search she was found bound and gagged, lying in a trough. Attack on the Rescners. The Italians then attacked tbo rescuers with knives and a hard fight enst e J. Two policemen were attracted by the noisa, and joined in the attack upon the Italians. They were obliged to fire several shots b if ore the Italians, who greatly outnumbered the res cuing party, were driveu away. One Ital ian was wounded, but was carried otT by his friends. No arrests were made. RAN OFF WITH HIS UNCLE'S WIFE And Took His Cncle's Money with II I m A (Iraeeless Nephew. Cincinnati, April 17. J. W. Middleton, a thrifty farmer living at Davis, 8 jott coun ty, Ky. , was married about three weeks ago to Josie Price, aged 19. Testerda- Middle ton appeared iu the county clerk1! office in Covington in pursuit of his wifo, who, he claims, had eloped last Saturday from her home with Matthew Middleton, a nephew of the farmer. At the same timo that the couple disappeared $7,000 which Middleton had secreted iu the house, and which he in tended to deposit in bank, was missing. The elopers had secured a license iu Covington and were married by Judge Shine, of the county court The old man sajshe will keep on iu chase of the guilty pa ir, for he cares more to recover his $7,000 than to re gain his wife. Young Everett's Disappearance. Chicago, April 17. The last tn enty-four hours have developed some entirely new features in the disappearance of the young medical student, Vernon T. Everett. Ever ett was seen to leave the neighborhood iu which he boarded, with a sachet, after hav ing purchased luncheon, which Le told a friend was for use on a railway jo irney. He was, he told John Hoben, an acquaintance, going into the country for a few d ys. The murder theory has been dropped for the time being. Evangelicals Will Go to Law. Chicago, April 17. Bishop Eshnr's Evan gelical conference held no meetiu j yester day, and the bishop left for Canad u In the Sheffield avenue meeting resolut ons were adopted declaring the Esher men hi rebellion and that churches will be closed to their ap pointees, also that the law will b invoked to defend the stand taken; also con demning the Northwestern collet p for de posing the representatives of the innference on the board of trustees of that institution. :rs3linjRDEii by inches A New Jersey Mothers Crime Against Her Son. rHEK METHOD OF SLOW POISONING. She Gives Him Repeated Doses of Cro- ton Oil in His Food The Accused Prominent in Society and a Leadlnf Chnrch Member The Motive for the Crime Previous Bad Record of the Unnatural Mother. Mount Holly, N. J., April 17. The grand jury of Burlington county found an indict ment yesterday against Mrs. Carrie E. Van- degrif t, one of the most prominent women of Burlington and a leading member of the Broad Street Methodist church. The charge is that she attempted to kill her son, Frank C. Newman, by means of repeated doses of croton oil administered in his food at inter vals since the 1st of April The charge was first made by the family physician. Dr. Walter E. Hall, who was called upon to at tend the patient, who is 23 years old, and found him nearly in a state of collapse. The oil, as it is now explained, had kept up a constant irritation of the intestines. This irritation resisted the treatment of the phy sician. Did a Little Hetectlve Work. As the patient continued to grow worse hourly, Dr. Hall called to his aid Dr. Grant and Dr. Pugh, both of whom said the pa tient was suffering from the effecis of cro ton oil. This coincided precisely with the diagnosis made by Dr. Hall. A watch .was then set upon the drug store, and it was found that the only purchaser of oil was Mrs. Vandegrift or ber servant, Berence Kane. On one occasion, when the druggist had intentionally given something else in the place of croton oil, there was a marked improvement in Newman1 condition, and traces of the iunocent drug which had been substituted were fouud in the food which had been preared for him. A Lame Exnlanation. The physicians then taxed Mrs. Vande grift with having given the oil to hereon. This she denied. On being pressed she ad mitted that she had made one purchase of croton oil which she had used on a trouble some corn. This explanation was not. sat isfactory to the physicians, and when addi tional evidence.as it is declared, was secured, the matUT was laid before Prosecutor of the Pleas Budd, who at once caused sub pwnses to le issued, summoning witnesses to appear before the grand jury. The result was an indictment for attempted murder. Newman is resting easier now. He is in charge of n nursj who has instructions not to leave his bedsid, and to give him no food of any kind that has been prepared by his mother. IHsrovery of the Motive. For a time no one was able to assign a motive for the deed, but one was discovered Tuesday among the records of mortagages in the recorder's office at Mount Holly. There was found a mortgage given by Mrs. Vande grift to the United Security Life Insurance and Trust company of Pennsylvania for $2s,0n0 on all her real e.tate in Burlington. It was what is known as an insurance mort gage. The policy was issued in the name of Frank C. Newman, and it is in the form of a twenty year endowment. In the event of Newman's death the mortgage would be canceled and the property turned over to Mrs. Vandegrift free of all incumbrance. Iter Had Previous Reputation. It is allegl that prior to ber marriage to Joseph Vandegrift, in 1877, the woman served several terms of imprisonment in Moyamensing prison, Philadelphia, on charges of larceny. Mrs. Vandegrift, in fact, did not deny this statement when she was asked about it during a certain trial in which she was a witness in 1SS4. Philip Ru dolph, a member of the South Ward Metho dist church, in Philadelphia, testified that Mrs. Vandegrift, who then was callei C-trrie Newman, had su.d him to recover $10,000 damages for defamation of character, be cause he had said her reputation was bad. When the case was called for trial she was in prison on a charge of stealing a watch. So the suit was dismissed. WHERE WAS THE CHIVALRY? A Story from the South That Needs a Lynching to Make It Go. Athexs, On., April 17. An incident oc curred in thu postofflce here wbich has ex cited considerable indignation. A modest young white lady, who moves iu the best society in the city, called at the delivery window for uiaiL While standing in front of the window a burly negro walked up be hind her, and, placing his arms around the young lady, leaned against the window, locking her in his embrace. He asked sev eral times if there was any mail for him, and made several useless inquiries as an ex cuse to hoM the young lady imprisoned in his embrace. When released she fled from the postoflice in tears, aud the negro moved off chuckling to himself. IHrf Mattle Run Away? Chicago, April 17. It is now nineteen days sines Mattie Bacon disappeared from her boarding place, 1239 Michigan avenue, and ended her life, it was thought, in the lake, and as her body has not been found, notwithstanding the most thorough search, a new theory to account for her disappear ance has been broached. Her brotherfhas ar rived at the conclusion that Mattie has run away and joined some theatrical party un der an assumed name. The Threatened Strike at Pittsburg. FrrrsBL-RO, Pa., April 17. The officials of the various railroads were iu conference nearly all of yesterday. A meeting of the grievance committee was also in almost continuous session, formulating plans and preparing for the conference with their em ployers. At a late hour last night no action had been taken by the grievance committee, and it is rejiorted that the railway officials determined to refuse to recognize the Feder ation and treat only with individuals. Oregon Republicans. Portland, Ore., April 17. The Repub lican state convention met here yesterday and renominated B. Herman tor congress. D. P. Thompson, of Portland, was nomi nated for governor. The platform, favors the Australian ballot system; indorses the McKJmey tariff bill; declares in favor of free and unlimited silver coinage, and ap proves Speaker Reed's course. An Ovation to Gen. Hayes. Philadelphia, April 17. The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Loyal Legion closed last night with a reception at the Academy of Fiue Arts, which affair took the shape of an oration to ex-President Hayes. Gen. Miles, (ien. Oreee. and others assisted Mr. Hayes in receiving a large num ber oi uistinguisheJ guests. Cut in Rates at Chicago. Chicago, April 17. The Missouri Pacific railroad has announced a cut in the passen ger rate from Kansas City to Pueblo from $7.o0 to$G. The Rock Island and other trans-Missouri lines announced their inten tion of meeting the cut as soon as they could do so legally. Failure in the Knlt-Uoods Trade. Amsterdam, N. Y., April 17. S. & O. Busholtz, of Schenectady, knit-goods manu facturers, have made an assignment to Sey mour circn, oi this city. Tbe nrm is an old one and wjll-known! to the trade. The lia bilities are estimated at $80,000. A Fair Deputy Assessor. Crawfordsvillk, Ind., April 17. Miss Jessie Jilkey enjoys the distinction of .being the first female assessor In the count.v.' Hhn hag just been sworn in as deputy assessor for mis township, hue was graduated from the Crawfordsville high school only last June. Krupp Does a Wholesale Business. London, April 17. The Krupps baveeon- craaea arrangements lor the purchase .of the entire village of . Alsendorf, which they pur pose con vert ip Inta vast workshop. SLAVS NOT WANTED Powderly T ilks of Undesirable Immigration. THE I5VASI0N OF SLAVONIANS. Habits and Characteristics of a People Whose Presence I a Pest How They Drive Away the Other Workmen, and Their Mode of Living; and Wages Prison Labor Contractors in Trouble The Columbus Convention. New York, April 17. Grand Master Workman Terrence V. Powderly, of the Knights of Labor, with more gray in his elaborate mustache and less vivacity in his mien than he had in the palmy days of the organization, appeared before the sub-committee of the congress committee on immi gration yesterday at Castle Garden, and told what he knew about several things relating more or less to immigration. He said, with some hesitation and more reservation, that the order of which he was the head had about 213,000 members, according to the last report, in the United States. The Slavonian Irruption. He said that any immigrant, even imme diately after landing, could become a mem ber of the knights, if a member in good standing vouched for him. T he immigra tion of laborers to this country, particular ly to the coal and coke region of Pennsyl vania, had increased much in recent yeaiu The German, Seotc'i, Welsh, Irish and Eng lish miners wers being driveu from Penn sylvania by the Slavonians, and not, as gen erally supposed, by the Hunjarians The Hungarian was an entirely indifferent creatuia He had not long ago seen forty Welshmen, who were citiz-.-ns of the United States, leaving Kvranton to go back to Wales. The Slavonian immigrants drove away the Welsh, w ho found that they were unable to make a decent living in America. Slaves to Displace Freemen. Just after the departure of the Welshmen mr- , i . , . . . . . i jur. rowueny nau seen iorty-two Slavonic immigrants at the Hoboken ferry bound for Scranton. There were virtually forty-two slaves to take the plice of forty-two free men driven out of the coal regions. The Slavonians were not known, as the Amerl ican miners were known, by their bosses as Jack. Tom, Bill and Harry. They were only known by the numbers by which they were labeled. They did not live like Amer ican miners, but roosted like chickens. In a room 40x2n feet 100 Slavs si -pt in buuks ex tending from the floor to the celling. The atmosphere was filthy and the morality of the men of a very low order. A Menare to Civilization. fcIn 1S82," Mr. Powderly said, "when these imported laborers came to Maryland to take the places of American miners, the Amer leans said: 'These people can never take our places.' But they did. They belonged to a different order of men. They lived on little, and made their shoes by cutting them from the trees of the forest I cannot tell how these laborers get in. I do not know whether or not they are landed at Castle Garden. They msy drop from the skies. I know that they are crowding in and menacing our civ. ilization." The Way They Live and Their Wages. The Italians were, as a rule, un progressive. The Poles made good citiz ns. The worst Class of immigrants came or were brought to the mining region. The men who sup planted the Welsh, English, Scotch, Irish, and American miners were very economi cal in everything. One woman did the cook ing for a house containing thirty or forty men, and the result was that the morality of mai woman was not very nign. "We are sending missionaries to Africa," said Mr. Powderly, "and importing heathens by tha tnoiisantis. ' "Whatare the wagesof these men" "From 60cen!sto$l. I have yet to meet the man who receives more than $1." "How much did the old miners receiver From $l..W to $ilu.n Want MoreRadirat Measures. Mr. Powderly believed in more radii al measures to keep the uudcsiriible immi grant out He thought that an immigrant who came here to got a piaca secured for htm by a friend was more desirable than one who came here not knowing what he was go ing to do. -I beiieve," said Mr. Powderly, "that the authorities not only made no at tempt, but opposed the enforcement of the law. The labor agents are no good. Their superiors have no sympathy whatever with the man who works, except just before elec lioa" THE COAL MINERS' SCALE. A lta-,1 Agreed Ipon Rut the Mining I'rire Still Insettled. Columbus, O., April 17. At the miners' convention yesterday the special scale com mittee reported that a basis for a scale for 1890 had lieeu agreed upon. Mr. Rea said the committee agrtel unanimously to rec ommend that the scale basis of the ast three yerfrs be adopted as the scale basis for the coining year for Ohio and Pennsylvania. The scale basis was adopted unanimously. The question of the price for mining, which the miner j desire to be placed at 20 cents above the scale basis, was referred to the special committee which agreed on the scale basis, and the original scale committee was invited to meet with this committee. These matters are under discussion, with no defi nite conclusions as yet Convict Labor Contractor Arrested. Trkjctos, N. J., April 17. The Federated Labor Union and represents ires of the La bor party of New Jersey have caused the ar rest of Henry L. Butler, superv.sor of the state's prison at Trenton; John Tobin, a brush contractor iu the prison, and the let ter's manager, John Co.ik. Warrants were also issued for the arrest of Samuel Smith, of the Keystone Shoe company; John B. Ir dell, a shoe contractor, and a Mr. Linn, of Linn & Pet tit. These men are all contrac tors for prison labor at Treuton state prison. It is expected that similar proceedings will next be instituted against the principal keeper, John H. Patterson. The charge against all t lies m m U a violation of the ex isting law in this state which regulates con vict labor.' A Irfing Fight iu 1'roNpert. Indianapolis, April 17. The carpenters' strike is on in earnest and the conditions are fair for a long and bitter fight The organ ized bricklayers of the city are ready to quit work any time if it is found that such a move Is necessary to strengthen the car penters1 cause. Unless the Uwses show a disposition to meet the men. it is probable that the bricklayers will go out in a few days. No Change at Chicago. Chicago, April 17. The strike of the Carpenters here is still "on," and with poor prospects of going "off." A movement is on foot among the citizeus to appoint a com mittee to talk with the bosses and try to induce them to meet the men and arbitrate the matter. Ueat Their SUIer lo Death. Silver C'rkek, Neb., April 17. Mr. Charlton aud his daughter, living near here, were assaulted and brutally beaten Tuesday night by three men, supposed to be Charl ton's sons. The daughter uisd yesterday. The boys have disappeared. The old man is in a critical conditiou, and has made a statement charging bis sons with tb crime. Nice Thing for Mr. Curler. Brooklt.v, N. Y., April 17. -At a fare well reception last uight to It3V. Theo L. Cuyler, the retiring pastor of the Lafay ette Avenue Presbyterian church, a purse of $30,000 was given to Mr. Cuyler by the parishioners, representing $1,000 for each year of his service with the church. Gladstone's Hope. London, April 17. Gladstone, writing la regard to the establishment of an interna J!0?1 copyright law with America, says: When the barbarism of protet 'ion cease to oppress that country w I may nop they will present a plaiLr,whiHwlU tak frm worthy of sof-rV f- . i T.K OF THE SPRING SEASON, 1890. EVER OFFERED IN THE TRI-CITIES, A.T POPULAR PRICES, Is always to be found at , Robt. Krause's Clothing Emporium, 5 and 117 West Second Street, DAVENPORT. IA. Have jast l5p"Which are good Fitters The lily or New rk It fe. Chicago, Aprii IT The propeller City of New York, v. iiich was reported to have foundered off Mauitowoc, on Lake Michi gan, with all on I oar J, is saf John Frin diville, the vessel ia-.ur.ince agent, has re ceived a dispitch fn.iu Capt. Gallagher. The boat has j ae.l Mackinaw, aud was on her way to Buffalo unhijure.1. (oil kin Is In Ilrnianil. New York, April 17. Lawrence Godkin, editor of The Evening Post, was again ar rested yesterday, this time on complaint of Bernard Martin, deputy commissioner of public works, who claiuis that the paper's references to his career, in its history of Tammany leaders, were libelous. Mr. God kin was released on $o00 bail. to appear April 23 for a hearing. THE MARKETS. Chicaoo. April le. Quotations on the board of trade to-dav were as follows: '.Vhent- No. t May, opened Kc closed 8SY:; June, opene 1 87c. cleed W-4c; July, opened Mo, closed tt'Agc, Corn No. t May, opened SJc, closed !Cnc; June, opened 8.v4e, closed &.'c: July, opened ?3'-4c, closed :bc. OaU-Xo. i May, oieued ttc closed 2R4c; June, V(iened SJVc, cl.xl 2Hc; July, opined 23I4C, rl..scd Sc. Pork May", opened tl3.iX). closed (13.41 June, opened (13.1U, closed (13.5 July, opeoed (1325, closed (U.W. Lard May, openeJ t6.40, closed (tt.521. Live stock The stock yards report the fol lowing range of prices: Hues Market oiieued moderat ly active, packers buying slowly and prices 10c lower; liKblIi;rdes,t.UVj.4J5: rouh packing, (4.1U&4.15: mixed lots, (4 Wa4 ; heavy packing- aud shipping lots, (4-'43 4.4U. Cattle-Steady: beeves, J3.2Vi-5.uJ: cows and mixed, (1.50&3 i; stmkert aud feeders, $-'.40 10 3.70; corn-fed Texans, $3.UUfei.Ha. fheep Weak; native muttuus, 14 5oj6.Uu; lambs. (:.ntj.7.t. lrodui-r: Butt -r Fancy Ehrin. Si7Ve per lh; tine i reaiueries. 171(1 ; darl.s, fluest, fresh. 14tl7c; fresh packing stock. Evs Strictly fresh, 11c per doz. Dressed poultry Chickens. vl2.1Uc per lb; turkeys, 1ou.1V; young hens, 1315lc; ducks, 12 tl4j. Apples -Fair to choice, (3. U44.SU per bbl. New York. New Voiie, April 10. Wheat No. 2 red winter, 4H40 cash; do May, V2tc: do June, Hc; do July, Vic; do August. i4c. Corn-No. 9! mixed 41 4 c cah; do April. 40lc; do May. do June, 40c. OaU-lull; No. t mixed, iW', 81M&C cash; do May, aic: do June, c. Rye -Dull. Barley-Nominal. Pork-Dull; mess (t3.;5&14.W for new. Lard Quiet: June, la 72: July, tt.8U. Live Stock: Cattle-Market dull auJ 10c KM P lower: steers, ( l.su(i,4.t f loo fcs; bulls and dry rows, (I.a3a3.75. Sheep and Lttmo -Market steady; sheep, fc.Srim,7.0u $J 1) s; Uml, (C,WJi7.5i. Hugs - Nominal steady; live bogs, (4.4u4.K) V UU s. bock Island, Hay Upland prairie, IT SO. Ry Tfmotnjr $6 0n&$6 M. Hay Wild, f3 00(ftV4 Oi. Corn 94ci5c. (lata locale Goal Moft.li Cord Wood$S 5 &4. 0. Absolutely Pure. Tkia powder never varlaa. A marvel of parity, trenjttn and wholesomneM. More economics thaa & ordinary kinds, and cannot STaoW -viyvww wive mmm wuiuvtiUf HOW (Ml Kkrt waifht alom er prphoaphau powdari . i&U JZ 44aItoTAL Baum FOWDMS Co.,10 O PotfDER GREAT OPENING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT Tailor Made Clothing received of Stubley & Co., a shipment of their ' and Wearere. 1622 SIECOZLSTIZ) .A. 1ST "CHS. B. BLRKENFELD, 2011 Fourth Avenue. Dealer in Confectionery, Cigars and Toys, Doll Bugsies. Boys' Expres Wagons. Base Balls and Bats. Rubber Bill-, etc Also a full line of SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Writing rspcr. Tablets. Ink. Slates. Lead and Slate Pencils, Etc. H3TT"5rT STOVES ALADDIN! IMPERIAL ALADDIN RANGE for Soft Coal ALADDIN VENTILATOR for Hard Coal. The latest design of the long ferirs of ALADDIN Stores This Is beantifnl in its ornamentation, novel in many of its features-is b" !tJSt S iuj0":re lh,a 8iove aud ,esrn iu good for ft s?!" S A I have of course a supply of the celebrated ROUND OAKS Thia ha. rl so popular that n .. being copied as far as they dare oT unrnpulons nart". ut JOHN T. NOFTSKER, Cor. Third avenue and Twentieth St, Rock Island. -0". "W. crcosnEs- liesler In New and Second Hand Goods OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. The falghes wire iaid for p.Midn of an kind. Will trade, . II or buy anything. No. 1614 Secocd Avenue. or. HVT. CHRISTY, Steam Cracker . Bakery, MAMUf ACTUKEB OF CRaCKESI ASD BISCUITS. Afck your Grocer for them. They are best. t-Spec!altl; The Christy "OYSTER" and the Christy "WAFER." ROCK ISLAND. ILL. A. j. SMITH & SON, -SPRINO CARPETS, Ml ATTINGS, And Japanese Mattings. compare largest stock of Carpetin8. Mattinft and FURNITURE WEST OP CHICAGO. A. J. SMITH & SON, 125 tad 127 West Third Street, Opp. Masonic Temple, DAVENPORT. OF- THIE AND RAXOES. STOCK CHINESE-