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a THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1890. idi Tin H dl 1 i I lom I j ood ( otnt j re I he J ide t 10 -net I X iden a mo do 1 f M eatr tac; low idem acta t1 oodi elgb Oar npro orki ion, rovei ran, Um )! iokil lit Of r n tvli. veal eni.,; at a Ity ft ' ex fwdi ack , icy la kM n tlx a ho una k umtM itber tcreei I DM. i crr me c cert nulla kat it, to Mb bad Might td bit int to lalrt i, get mpn 7 opl lgiitl i ie ! I rdraa ' iat 1 a nun ty cat i writ erlnt dlt tl prl ty wa inam actlot id clt ik ey ci nuld b traad rbe 1 Mot icant,' perl 3 ce, W ate at alt blete lrS "heet THE DAILY ARGUS JOHN W. POTTER. Satuboat. Mat 10. 1890. Farmer Crawford is now so well sat isfied that he will be nominated for state senator, that be is said to have been beard bumming, "Little Annie Rooney," in bis late peregrinations over tbe county. The Fort Byron Globe thinks there publicans' only ebance to elect a sheriff is to nominate Luther Fectsall. Probably a good many republicans endorse the Olobe't view of tbe matter, but we can mention several who don't. For instance, It. A. Donaldson. Wm. Atkinson and Ed. Kittilson. St. Paul democrats made a sweeping victory at tbe municipal election. The Australian ballot system was in opera tion for the first time, and its introduce tion seems to have worked disastrously to tbe republicans. No wonder the g. o. p. pigeon-holed Hon. . W. Hurst's election reform bill for this state. George M. Hatnes, secretary of the democratic state central committee, has called a meeting of that organization at the Palmer bouse, Chicago, Friday, May 16th, in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of that committee. The object of the meeting is to elect a chairman, and indications point to the selection of Hon. Delos P. Phelps, of ' Monmouth. Chairman Viston, of the democratic county committee, has issued a call for the county convention. The committee very sensibly decided to hold two conven tions one for the selection of delegates and the otter to nominate county officers. The first convention will be held May 29, and the primaries Saturday, May 24. It is particularly desirable that well at tended caucuses be held in every town ship and delegates appointed who will not fail to attend the convention. It is also important that good and reliable men be chosen for committeemen in the vari ous townships so that a thorough and ac tive organization can be perfected. We are twenty-five years from tbe war, yet the pension tax is continually iocreas ing, instead of decreasing, as wonld natur ally be supposed to be tbe case on account of tbe gradual demise of those entitled to receive these favors from the government. Tbe prcsrnt appropriation bill for this purpose, already passed by the bouse, calls for the unprecedented sum of 103, 000,000 and this is certain to be enormous ly increased before tbe end of the session la fact tbe bouse has already passed a bill that, it is estimated, will call for an addi tional expenditure of between forty and fifty millions, making tbe pension charge or the coming year $150,000,000. Mean while, times are hard, business is dull, and taxes are maintained at tbe war standard, Is it not about time for the people to call a bait upon this pension profligacy? ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Speaker Reed exprt-saes the opinion that both houses of tongress will be ready to adjourn by July 4. The coal miners of Streator and Dan v I:?, Ills., have agreed with tlie operators a l ! will go to work at once. .-:n.ly Jones, colored, was hanged at Birmingham. Ala., Friday for theaurder Df a police officer two years ago. The Pennsylvania Railway company Is t torted to Lave made a cash contribution of fJ75,000 to the Chicago World's fair tn id. At the (tun mil oratorical competition for tbe Boykton prize at Harvard, the prize was captured by V. E. B. Dubois, a col onel student. The propelltrt"' Allegan was shipped on fl t car Friday from Holland. Mtch j to Lt :e View, a few miles rst of Howard Ui,-, miDie state. . and Ohio at Maysville, Ky., have struck and driven off other hands brought in to take their pluces. During a terrible thunderstorm which raared at Paris, Friday, the Eiffel tower waa struck by lightning six times. No damage was done. A. Texan named George Watson had his tongue and palate removed in treating a cancer, but he still retains power of speech .sufficient to "cuss." Negotiations are in progress between the French government and the king of Daho mey, looking to an exchange of prisoners and a cetwation of hostilities. - The construction of new railroads in the United States since Jan. 1, lt90, amounts to 1,100 miles. There have been 944 new roads incorporated already this year. A letter from the treasury rend in the bouse Friday stated that the total number of Chiuese who managed to get into the United States lust year unlawfully was 200. Twenty-live business bouses and dwell ings in Grove City, Mercer county, Pa., were burned Friday, at a loss of 130,000 to $40,000. Incendiaries are suspected of starting the fire. At Washington Court House, O., an un known yowng woman, after eating a meal in a restaurVint, walked into the street and t shot herself dead. Papers found upon her suggest an unhappy love affair. ,. It is said at Denver that a member of the j : British bouae of lords, accompanied by I two Scotland Yard detectives, is there looking uo the history of Victoria Wood- bull, now the wife of a prominent English man. A slick young man went to Jiath, Me., a few days ago and appointed every physi cian in the city medical examiners of an alleged New York life insurance com pony, charging each doctor a fee of 15. Then he faded away. " A bottle containing a card on which waa written "Steam r Erin, Capt. McGinty, at tbe bottom of the sea" was picked tip on the English coast, and Lloyd's Weekly ptewspajier, of Loudon, prints it in all serf ousnesH as being a genuine message from tbe ill-fated ship. The Latest By Wire. AN ACQUITTAL. Chicago, May 10. Edward Hill, who killed Peter O'Neill, in a Halatead street saloon last December, was today acquit ted on the ground of self-defense. A HEAVY RAIN FALL. Chicago, May 10. A heavy rain fall occurred last night, reaching a depth of two 1 nones. A PRESENT FOB BLAINE. New Yoke, May 10. Tiffany & Co are making a magnincent sliver cup which baa been ordered by the ran American congress for presentation to Secretary Btaine. A FBOMtNENT DEATH. Brooklyn. May 10. The father of William Iioegan, vicar general of Brook- lyn, died this morning of pneumonia. GILBERT AND SULLIVAX FAHT COMPANY. London, May 10. Musical circles are much interested today by the announce ment that Gilbert and Sullivan the famous opera constructors, have definitely parted. LIBERTY'S LIGHT. Some Sections That It Doesn't Seem to Illuminate. A DAY'S BLACK EEOOED OF CRIME. Outrage on a Citizen at Lauren. 8. C. Tragedy by Which a Man and His Wife Lose Their Lives The Insane Homicide and the Worthless Wlielp Get in Their Bloody Work Apparent , Villainy la the Leaphart Case Louisiana Civilisa tion Illustrated. August A, Ga., May 10. Mr. G. F. Rich, a Boston drummer, who has been travel ing south for ten years selling a patent iron for glossing launderied linen, is the victim of a terrible lashing with switches. Mr. Rich went to Laurens, S. C, the first part of the week, with the hope of making some large sales of his machinery. The principal users of Mr. Rich's article are the negro washerwomen. In order to reach them he has introduced a novel style of advertising. In each town be rents some church or public meeting place, where he holds a meeting at night, when the negroes are at liberty to attend, and gives them a short talk on morality and temperance. A Lie, hnt Suppose He Ilil? At Iaurens he engaged the Mount Pisga colored IVesbs'terian church, which is in the center of the town. Monday night the temple was crowded to its full capac ity and the entire audience was composed of negroes, though whites were invited to attend. Mr. Rich made his usual dis course on moral subjects. The next morn ing one of the negroes who attended the meeting told some white citizens of Laur ens that Rich was advising the negroes to refuse to work on Sunday and strike for higher wages. The informant was be lieved, and the whites organized a mob to give Mr. Rich an impressive admoni tion. The "Impressive Admonition" Given. On Tuesday night Mr. Rich was heard again at the church, uninterrupted, by an other large crowd. After the address and while on his way to bis hotel, be was stopped on the streets by the organized crowd. The vigilantes are said not to have been masked, and numbered about twenty. Each man was armed with a switch, and as Mr. Rich was about to pass them they called him to a halt, and without hesita tion commenced dealing blows on the de fenseless man with their switches. Mr, Rich was unmercifully thrashed, so much so that Wednesday he was unable to leave his bed. r KILLED A MAN AND HIS WIFE. Tragical Result of a Quarrel About a Back Fence. Rochester, N., N., May 10. At about 7 o'clock last evening Detective Lynch shot and killed two of his neighbors Sum uel Stoddard and wife. Stoddard was a hard customer. Lynch accused him of backing his (Lynch 's) back fence with an ax. Stoddard, who was drunk, became abusive and called Lynch bard names. The latter took hold of Stoddard, who attempted to bit Lynch with an ax which be had in bis hands, whereupon Lynch drew a revolver and fired. Mrs. Stoddard was standing just behind her husband and the bullet struck her, killing her instantly. A sec ond shot killed Stoddard. Lynch then surrendered himself to the authorities. He claims that he acted in self-defenoe. Let No Guilty Man Bscape. Columbia, S. C, May 10. The develoo ments in the leaphart murder and lynch ing case are very startling. It has been fofrnd that the affidavit and letters that were filed in the governor's office, and npon which Leaphart was respited, are forgeries. J. T. Oraham, who was Leap- hart's lawyer, and W. J. Miller, notary public, were arrested Thursday night, charged with being connected with the forgeries. Action has also been taken against the men who lynched Leaphart, and three of them have been arrested on the charge of murder. Their names are S. C. Caughuran, Richard ooks, and D. Pearce Taylor. The attorney general is personally attending to this matter and will do all in his power to bring the lynch ers to justice. A Lovely State of Affair. Xew Orleans, May 10. The Tirr.cs Democrat's Brook Haven spec-wi "says: The ten men arrested in Lawrence for beating the old negro Jere Bass and mur dering his son, were placed on preliminary trial T""""si J The witnesses relied on to convict wra were so terrorized as to be afraid to testify, and the conviction fell to the ground, though there is hardly any doubt of the guilt of the accused. A pri vate letter states that the best citizens in the vicinity of where the crime was com mitted are afraid to take active steps to bring the guilty parties to justice for fear of assassination or having their property burned. A reign of terror prevails. The Woman Who Shot Rich. Banoor, Me., May 10. A special to The Commercial from Frankfort says that Lyda Mason, who shot Percy Rich there Thursday, left town in a carriage some time during Thursday night, no effort be ing made to detain her. It is thought she drove to Brooks and took the morning train for Boston. Reports from Rich's home state that his condition is serious. The Worthless Miscreant Again. Ocray, Colo., May 10. John M. Win stead, a dissolute fellow, whose wife had supported the family by keeping a restau raut, shot his wife dead yesterday because she had no money to give him for drink. He then committed suicide. The tragedy was witnessed by a 12-year-old son, who is left destitute. Mrs. Winstead formerly lived in Marshalltown, la. Four Moonshiners Captured. ROASOKE, Ya., May 10. A special to The Herald, dated Taswell Court House, says: Deputy Marshal John D. Daily baa captured four desperate moonshiners on Cove creek, in that county. Their names are Underwood, leader of tbe gang; Bob Taylor, George Taylor, and Bib Taylor. They are all in Taswell jail. The Insane Sfardar Item. Mazeppa, Minn., May 10. A triple tragedy occurred here yesterday, the prin cipal of which waa Constantino Schoeffer, a' farmer living at Chaster. The particu lars are meagre, but it is known that he killed his wife and child, after which be ended his own Ufa Temporary insanity is the supposed cause. That Rascal Pep Captured. . Dulxth, Mlqn Maj 10. W. H. Pope, the defaulting batik ' MJJor of Louisville, Ky., was captured near here yesterday by Detective Crawford on board the boat Dixon, bound for Canada. Pope waa teller of the Louisville City National bank. Early in March be absconded with about rlO.000 of the bank's funds. Guilty of a Horrible Crime. New Haven, Conn., May 10. Frank S. Hunt, a railroad employe, was arrested here yesterday on a charge of incest wTth his ly-year-old daughter. Tire evidence submitted Laowed this to be an aggra vated and frequent occurring case, the girl and her mother being silenced through tear. Archer, the Thief, Indicted. Annapolis, Md., May 10. Ex-State Treasurer Stephenson Archer was yester day indicted by tha Anna Arundel grand jury. The indictment covers ten pages. It is for malfeasance and contains four counts. . - TEMPERANCE IN THE ARMY. Remarks on a Proposition to Shut Off tha Liquor Supply. "Washington Cmr, May 10. During tbe consideration of the army appropria tion bill in the senate yesterday Fry said, speakingto the an .endment offered I by Hale of Maine, probi itinj the Bale of state oi Maine naa a very aeep reeling on the question. . The peop le of that state tried to enforce the proh bitory liquor law and did enforce it very will; but if the sale of liquors was authorized at the one mili tary post there, it would have a very baa effect. A recent decision of the supreme court had excited that st te very greatly, and had a tendency to destroy the pro hibitory law, if it did not actually de stroy it. If the United S sates opened tbe loors by that decision to icn violation oi the prohibitory law, and Dhen, in addition to that, authorized liquors to be sold on its premises, the state of Me ine might just as well give up the prohibitory law and let it go. A Fling at Arm; Officers. Replying to suggestion that the canteen system was a remedy for tbe liquor evil in the army and that the or icers couia man regulations that would reduce the trouble to a minimum, Paddock iid that liquors would be sold to the canteens from the commissary department; that the soldiers wonld thus have liquorw much cheaper than ordinary citizens could get them, and that, therefore, larger quantities would be consumed. As to office! 9 making rules and regulations for the ntrol of the can teens, he said that orfiorsof the army were not able to make ru lea for their own sobriety, and that nowhere was intemper ance so conspicuous as a'', the army posts on the frontier. Blair Sd that usually the officers of the army v ere more in need or prohibitory restraint 1 han the soldiers themselves. THE MADSTONE FAILED. Dr?.llYl Iath of an Illinois Man Win Chained lliiuxeir. LEWIST0N-, Ills., May 10. -James Bevard, a well-known cit izen of Smithfleld, near this place, when bitten so ne years ago by a supposed rabid dog, immediately went to Denver, in Hancock county, and ap plied a madstone to the wound. This stone, owned by T. M. Orton, came from Louisiana, where it was in the possession of a negress, who had erred bites from snakes and mad dogs t', it. Bevard Bitten 4gain. Some days ago a huge 'lound went mad near Cuba, Ills., and nn through the county biting cattle and horses. Before its career was ended it had bitten James Bevard and two other perons near Smith field. Bevard and the other two victims went immediately to Denver, in Hancock county, and applied the mad stone. It ad hered tenaciously in each case, and stuck firmly to Bevard's bite on each of several applications. The men returned home satisfied that the danger van past. Took Necenary Fr4kmitioiiH. Bevard, however, on account of his former experience, decided to protect his family and friends agaiiist any possible evil results, and chained himself iiy his hands and feet, so that in case he went mad he could injure no one. H in friends were inclined to ridicule his precautions, but he remained firm. Two days ao Bevard beitan to show evi lences of hydro phobia. His friends and family became alarmed, and in his last sane moments Bevard Iwgtfed that he mi ht be more se curely guarded, so that uo harm might come to his loved ones. His Terrible Snftertii(t. The man's suffrinits Wcame terrible, ne raved constantly about hordes of dotjs that were jumping at him with open jaws, dripping with foam. The sight of water threw the sufferer into hoi rible spasms. Then came intervals f barking and yelping like a dog, and napping at any thing in sight. Death relieved Bevard Thursday evening. The otht r two men are in an agony of fear. . Tbe authorities have passed an order that all dogs in the township must he extern dnated. Terror and excitement prevail in this county over the affair, and no one knows how many dogs and other animals h.tve been bitten? DOES LOOK A L1T L6. THAT WAY. A Small but I OXarranted Piere of Bespot- JUWa'at Stamford Coun. Stamford, Conn., May 10. For five y-fiars the Yale and Towne Manufacturing company has had a contra .-t with the local Ice dealer to furnish ice for drinking water throughout their works, for which they have deducted 10 cents a n onth from-" employes during tbe.sumD' '""d winter, siUuutrf"-s the men whether they want ice or not. Wednesdiy a notice was posted that on account of t be high price of ice they would deduct from each employe 15 cents for April and Mi y and 20 cents after June 1. Must Brink Ice Water Willy-Mlly. The men of one of the departments, num bering about forty, decided that they could do without ice at that prise and notified Mr. Ricker, tbe paymaster, to that elTect. He politely informed tlem that they would have to use the ice and pay for it, whether they wanted to or not. There are about 800 persons on the p y-roll and they think the company has no right to force ice on them when they don't want to use it. ' Base Ball Record. CHICAGO, May 10. The disparity in at tendance at the grounds of the League and Brotherhood base ball ag jregations was exceedingly great yesterday. At New York there were but 4ol witnesses of the League game, while at tie Brotherhood game there were 13,231. The total attend ance at all games played w is respectively 8,7fi7 and 1A,UU. The day's scores were as follows: League: At Xew York -New York 10, Boston 3; at Philadelphi t Brooklyn 1, Philadelphia 0; at Cincinnati Cincinnati 10, Pittsburg 5; Chicago-Cleveland game postponed rain. Brotherhood: At Nev York New York 2, Boston 4; at Philadelphia Phila delphia 5, Brooklyn ?; rain at Chicago and Cleveland. American: At Syracuse Syracuse 4, Rochester 7; at Brooklyn Brooklyn 2, Athletic 4; rain at Toledo iiiid Columbus. The Chicago Sti ikes. Chicago, May 10. Although the car penters have settled with the new bosses the old association holds ut and the late strikers have appointed pickets to watch for non-union carpenters and "persuade" them not to work for the old association, which has advertised fot bands. The fight will probably run alo lg all summer. The malleable iron molde -s are still out and no negotiations are going on. The eating bouse waiters are naking a fight against Kinsley's restaurant. Otherwise everything is quiet here. Three Thousand Mini m Strike. Elm lit A, N. Y., May 10. Three thousand miners are on a strike in tiie semi-bitumi nous coal fields of Tioga county. The 1,000 miners at Antrim w;nt on a strike Thursday night. The miners ask for a restoration of their pay jo that a year ago current in April, amou iting to from 5 to 10 per cent, all round. One Mora Unfortunate. Oswego, N. Y., May 10. Mice J. Brown, 88 years old, unmarried a id a stranger here, died Thursday night 1 a child birth, She had been a school teacher in Kentucky, and left a pathetic letter addressed to "Papa, Earnest and others," and directed tOaUias Liazle Brown, 100 West Embargo Street, Rome, N. Y. Lom of Life at Lonfrn Polnte. Montreal, May 10. The state of affairs at Longue I'ointe has changed little and as the patients are nearly all tempora rily provided for the intet est in the af fairs of the asylum is on tin - decrease. The total number of lost is ni w declared to have been only twenty one, of whom five were nuns. Suit Against a Life Insur ace Company. Habrisburq, Pa., May 10. A writ of qna warranto boa been issu td, returnable May 19, requiring the American Life Lv tftiMUica company te show cause why iu bfl-Iness'a-ould not be olose 4. THRIFTY VICTORIA. Her Little Deal with a fainter - of Portraits. 3HE SEEMS TO BE A TETTLE "NEAK" No Money in Art Work for Her Majesty Bismarck Threatened with a Dose of of HIi Own Medicine y The King of Dahomey's Reception of Cnsuccess ful Soldiers Caprlvi Disgusted with His Job Whitclaw Reld Does Himself Proud Foreign Notes. Losdon, May 10. Another example of the niggardliness of her majesty the queen Is furnished in her deals with the painter, Lockhart, who has just finished a picture, executed to her majesty's order, represent ing the scene in Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the queen's jubilee. The picture contains 387 portraits and repre sents three years' labor. Tbe completion of the work involved several montha' travel on the continent in order to obtain likenesses and also compelled the artist to hire a town bouse in which to obtain sit tings from members of the royal family and other personages whose portraits could not be otherwise procured. Not Appreciative of Talent. The total expense to Mr. Ixckhart has been many thousands of pounds to say nothing of his compulsory rejection of other work while engaged in this commis sion, yet the queen has ordered tbe pay ment to him of the paltry sum of 1,000 pounds in full settlement of all obliga tions. For the sake of appearances, if from no higher motive, it is probable that some interested person will see to it that the painter is not left to mourn the loss of a large sum of money through his efforts to gratify the vanity of a whimsical and penurious old lady. A PLEASANT SORT OF KING. He of Dahomey and His Reception to De tested Soldiers. . IjONDON'.May 10. The latest advices from I Africa represent the King of Dahomey as very tired of his war against the French. He bad expected to overwholm the small French garrison on the coast at one blow, and either capture them or drive them into the sea, and, when his troops returned discomtittcd from the defense of Kotonou he was so enraged that he promptly be hende i the general iu command and fol lowed up the act with a slaughter of sev eral more of his officers next day. Didn't Work Just Right. This severity, however, had a contrary effect to what he expected and many of bis troops deserted, some seeking refuge with in the French lines. The bombardment of Whydah has added to the disgust of the Dahomnns, who had been accustomed to regard their monarch as invincible and almost divine, and the king is said to be in some fear of an outbreak among bis sub jects. KAISER BILLY WROTH AT BISMARCK. He Will Administer to the Ex-Chancellor Sonic RiKtnarck Medicine, Itsnox, May 10. The announcement that Prince Bismarck is about to make public the complete story of his dismissal from the chancellorship, together with the evetts which led up to it, has greatly en raged the emperor. In order to prevent any such outburst on the part of the ex-ex-chancellor the emperor has sent a per sonal letter reminding the prince that he is liable to severe punishment, under an amendment to the penal code of his own making, if he makes public or causes to be published any knowledge regarding state matters ined by him during jj official life. - Whitclaw Lays Himself Out. I)vixv, May 10. A dispatch from Paris to The Telegraph says that the reception given by United Statos Minister Whitelaw Keid. at the American legation, Thursday evening was the most brilliant affair of the kind held by the legation for twenty years. Upwards of 1,000 guests were present, including many notables. It is doubtful, the despatch says. that. a je.vjH .ww bfo.o DvKu- in a Paris saloon. The M'ork Too Dirty for CaprlvL London-, May 10. It is stated in Berlin that Gen. von Caprivi, the new German chancellor, has become so thoroughly dis gusted at the knowledge be has obtained of the devious and questionable methods necessary to strict conformity to the for eign policy of Germany that he will short ly retire from ministerial life. It is as serted that he has already intimated this intention to the emperor. German Classes and Masses. Loxpon, Vay 10. Reliable Berlin cor respondence states that, while the emperor is winning favor with the working classes, the aristocracy are ranging themselves on tbe side of Prince Bismarck, and that some proposition to do special honors to that statesman are prompted by a desire to re flect UH)n the sovereign who virtually de posed him. Stealing the Czar's Homo. St. Petersburg, May 10. A sensation has been caused in military circles by tbe discovery That a large quant ity of bombs have been stolen from tbe magazines at Sebastopol. Evidence is abundant that the abst raction of munitions has been sys tematically carried on and has extended over several months. Nearly all of the employes at the arsenal have been ar rested. A (iladntonlan Elected. London, May 10. The parliamentary election which took place at Bristol, yesterday resulted in the return of Mr. Weston (Gladstoniau) by a vote of 4,775 to 1.900 for Iuskip (Conservative). The issue was not home rule nor land purchase, but sugar bounties. The election went against sugar bounties. A Trencut for O'Brien's Bride. Londox, May 10. A movement is op foot among the women of Ireland, headed by the wife of the lord mayor of Dublin, to present a beautiful and oostly wedding gift to the bride of William O'Brien, M. P., on the occasion of bis marriage to Mile. Raffalovitch in Juno. Ia a gwamp tp to HI Neck. Buffalo, May 10. Henry P. Tbair, aged 60 years, left bis borne last Sunday morning with his mind unbalanced by illness. The police were notified, but were unable to discover him. Thursday a farmer near Hamburg found Mr. Thair in his swamp, his body engulfed In a quag' mire and only t he head remaining above tbe surface. Mr. Thair was pulled out with considerable difficulty and brought to his home. . Tile-Makers Want Fonr Dollars. New York, May 10. The tile-makers struck May 1 for C4 per day Instead of $3.90. A dozeu of the leading employers met yesterday and offered the men $3.75 per day. This waa positively rejected by the men. The employers say they cannot afford to pay more, and will make no further concessions. A Pan-American Present to Blaine. New York, May 10. Tiffany & Co. have been commissioned by the delegates from South and Central America and Mexico to the recent Pan-American conference to make a solid silver "Loving Cup" of artis tic design, for presentation to Secretary Blaine as a mark of the personal esteem of tne donors. Bought a Telegraph Line Cheap. . Nsw York, May 10. Auctioneers yes terday sold tbe righ , title, property and effects of the Comme-cial Telegram com pany, of this city, for the receiver, Will lam Baker. C. E. Marritt was tbe pur chaser. The price paid was P.aou. roguish maidens. Their Influence at the Ann Ar bor College. IT BODES ILL FOR THE FEESHMEK. "None. but the Brave Deserve the Fair" Is the Motto and It Works Like a Charm Latest Case of Hasina; A Freshman Tcastmaater Who Didn't Make Connection with the Banquet, and Host It Happened. Axn Arbor, Mich., May 10. Several soores of University of Michigan fresh man, each with a blushing maiden on bis arm, met for their first annual spread Taursday night and went through the f jrros of a "freshman banquet" without a toast master. If a freshman banquet ever gets through without some outside dis ta 'bance tbe girls in the sophomore class don't speak to then fellow sufferers of tbe male persuasion for at least a year to come. So, to avoid the dread disgrace of b-ing "cut" by their "co-ed" classmates, t le sophomore boys usually try to make flings lively at the freshman banquet, and do it all from the outside. Soma of the Prauks They Play. Sometimes they throw cats through the windows; sometimes they tap a gaspipe and turn out the lights, and at still other limes they catch the freshmen class offi cers and roll them in the "cat bole." Freshmen never do learn anything except through tough experience and they fall victims to any tricks the sophomores can devise. Thursday afternoon while Frank J. Evens, the toastmaster for the fresh man spread, was screwing the studs in his dress shirt a party of five sophomores showed up before his win-iow. Abduction of the Toast master. One of these wily sophomores thrust his fingers in his mouth and gave a shrill whistle. With true freshman curiosity Mr. Evens poked out his head to see what was going on. Then the wily sophomores made pretty faces and beckoned to Mr. Evens to come out. In a moment out be came, and, although he begged to be ex cused because of an important engagement at the freshman banquet, the wily -sophs" pinioned his weak arms to bis side and tossed him into ararriage. Frenhinen on the Trail. Then the cruel sophomores piled in af ter him and, the driver knowing bis busi ness thoroughly the whole load started like mad for the Saline turnpike. It didn't t ike long for the news of this departure to spread among the rest of the freshmen, and so n a desperate party of lieardlesa underclassiuen was on the road in hot pursuit. Trtey went on bicycles, horseback and in wagons, but the wily sophomores had a good fair start. They got as far as Moorville, a cheese factory town, sixteen miles from Ann Arbor, before the advance guard of the pursuing freshmen overtook them. They got even farther than this, in fact, for they tutked Freshman Evens away in bed and had his clothing securely bidden in the recesses of the rickety old hotel. The Prisoner Liberated, But The freshman party soon came np, sur rounded the hot( and the sophomores and demanded the prisoner. By this time the banquet waa in full progress and the toastmaster was sixteen miles away with out a stitch to conceal his infant form His fellow-classmen borrowed enough blankets to keep him warm ou tbe way back, and the tired, jaded-looking party reached Ann Arbor at daylight yesterday morning. Other scouting narlii-.usu from Dexter, Whitmore-Hnd Ypsilanti at uuui vub Miyietraie and the rresnman spreajLas-tTrdly a howling success. THE LANGUAGE QUESTION. ! Claims Made by Indianapolis Teutons as to Geiman In the Schools. Indianapolis, May 10. The meeting to protest against the discontinuance of the teaching of their language in the public schools was attended by 600 or 700 repre sentative German citizens, many of them among tbe heaviest taxpayers in the city." In an address to the public in general and -local . scrv - bvHtrd in paruc"nli adopted by tbe meet ing, they set out many reasons why the proposed policy should not be carried out. They say that the Germans of the city pay 40 jier cent, of the taxes collected, and declare that it is a weak argument to say that Indianapolis canuot afford to provide German instruc tion when the language is spoken by mill ions of people and has lecome so necessary in business. Would Retard Assimilation. In conclusion the address says: "It is natural that the German parents should prefer to speak at home the language in which they are wont to express their best thoughts and holiest feelings. It is equally clear that they should wish their children to understand them in order that they may exercise the proper parental influence. The population of the United Ststes is a heterogeneous one, and the assimilation of the various elements comprising it cannot be accomplished except by a slow and gradual process. The liest and only means to this end are the public schools. There are potent reasons why the German should wish his children to be instructed in bis mother tongue, and if he cannot have this done in the public school he will send them to a private school. Thus the processof assimilation will be disturlied." Trouble at Tann, Ills. Tana, Ills.,, May 10. Friday morniug Sheriff Michaels, assisted by the city mar shal, arrested Joe Galitski and Louis Rice, w io had severely beaten a young man named Watson with clulw for worklug at the Pana mine while the strike was in progress. While the officers were making the arrest another striker, Frank Stanke Vitz, attempted to hit the sheriff with a olub, aud be was also arrested. The three men were taken to Taylorville and put in Jail. The situation is more quiet. Several men were worklug in each mine Friday, and it is exjn-cted all will be in full opera tion by Monday next. Aa E-Prlciit M twine. MONTREAL, May 10. Rev. Louis Martin, aa ex-Roman Catholic priest, but now a Methodist miuister, has disappeared from bis home here and his family are unable te get any trace of his whereabouts. By some it is believed that he has cither lieeu Abducted or that he has been prevailed npon to leave his home and family and return to Rome and there renounce bis new faith and once more promise allegi ance to the holy father. Later. Archbishop Fabra issues a statement that the missing ex-priest, Mar tin, has repented and U now in retirement undergoing penance. John Sage Found Guilty. Marion, Ind., May 10. The case of John Sage, charged with murder in the first de gree for killing bis divorced wife's son was riven to the iurv at 11:30 Fridnv mnrninir Early in the afternoon the jury returned a veraict or gunity as charged, and Sage's punishment was fixed at imprisonment for life. A motion for a new trial was en tered. - Bombarded with Tin-Piste Oratory. Baltimore, May 10. The members of the National Canned Goods association went to Washington yesterday, and dur ing the duy aimed a generous amount of JllfmltATlftA anil ninanl at 1ia means committee in opposition to the pro- pvsea increase oi me amy on un-piate. Ha Claim tha Earth. Pall River, Mass., May 10. Edmund Rowland, of Little Compton, B. L, who has recently become possessed of a large amount of property at Little Harbor has laid claim to the entire beach, which has hitherto been free and is the source of the the village' attractiveness as a summer resort. Ue has fenced the beach in and numeroos lawsuits will doubtleas result. o T mi OF THE SPRING SEASON, 1890. EVER OFFERED IN THE TRI-C1TIES, -A.T POPULAR PRICES, Is always to be found at Robt. Krause's Clothing Emporium, 115 and 117 West Second Street, DAVENPORT, IA. Have jnst tiPVVhich are good Fitters The ConffreiiHlonal Record. Wash ixc. tos City, May 10. The senate yestvnlay took up the pension appropria tion bill, amended it by providing for two additional pension agents and passed it. The military academy bill was then put through with little debate and the army appropriation taken up. Hale moved an amendment prohibiting Jhe sale of intoxi cant xt military posts and Cockrell moved to amend the amendment by striking out beer and wine. Owing to lack of a quorum on the vol no action was taken and the senate then adjourned. The house passed the bill pensioning Mrs. Delia l'amell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, with an amendment cut ting the pension from S100 per month to tM. Mrs Parnell is the daughter of Ad miral Stewart, deceased, of the U. S. navy. A bill raising the pension of the widow of Brig. Gen. Ayres to $75 permonlh was passed, and in committee the tariff debate was resumed and continued till 5 p. m., when a recess was taken to 8 p. m., and tariff debate continued until 11 o'clock when tbe house adjourned. He Tells a Remarkable Story. DECATUR, Ills., May 10. M. G. Patter son, a well-known architect here, who mysteriously disappeared last December, has been found at Salt Lake. He Bays that while on his way to Bloomington to attend to some business be wa sand bagged and robbed of $1,500. When he regained consciousness he was in a Chi cago boarding house. He aain lost bis mind, and w hen next conscious, was in a hospital at H.nli fax, X. S. He communi cated with friends iu Decatur, who took him to Salt Lake for his health. He is slowly recovering. Six New National 1 tan kit. Washington City, May 10. The follow ing named Xatiouu.1 banks have been authorized to commence business: First Xatiousl bank, of Huiley, Wis., capital JfTiO.tXiO; Geruum National bank, of Kipon, Wis., capital KU0; First National batik, of Big Springs, Tex., capital Mt00: Conti nental National bank, of Memphis, Tenn., capital $l,tXHI,000; Austin National bank, Austiu, Tex., capital fl.Vi.Ovio; Provident Natioual bank, of Waco, Tex., capital l30tt,0tKl. Judgment for tbe Standard OIL New York, May' 10. The general term of the supreme court has reversed the judgment of the special term In equity that George Hice was entitled to the rights of a shareholder in the Standard Oil trust because of his having become possessed by purchase of certain trust certificates. (ieurirla Temperance People. ; Atlanta, Ga., May 10. The Georgia Temperance association yesterday adopted resolutions nrgiug the Georgia delegation in congress to urge legislation which will give to the states the right to control the prohibition question for themselves re gardless of inter tste commerce. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies, marvel of -parity tranirta and wfaolesomneaa. Mora eeooomica taaa the ordinary kinds, and eaanot be sold In compeatfoB wlta the mnltitada of low teat, short weight alms or prnhoepaato powdara . Sold oiv Saosaa. Borab Baaiaa FowDsa Co., 10S WsS St K X J YALStlaS iPii P017DER KR&USE'S GREAT OPENING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT Tailor Made Clothing received of Stnbley & Co., a shipment of their n n v nn and Wearers. 1622 SZEOOInTID ."VEIsTTJE. JB. BIRKENFELD, -2011 Fourth Confectionery, Cigars and Toys, SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUrrLIES I a af Ml I ft ft n Tbe mwt delirious in the tri-ritie mad fmm h I fjf Wm II I ' I nJ Osvored with all the popular flavor. In anr qu vl'.v in I U U B C U M J m aiu. Special attention p.id to snpplying picnics, jr:r.r. parties, F. L. -THE FLORIST!, No. 326 Brady Street, Davenport, HIS A CnOICE SELECTION OP BEDDING ROSES. Woods delivered to all parts or tht three cities free of cbsrge. E C. HOPPE, THE TAILOB, No. 1803 Second avenue. JtPJRjJElID APPELQTJIST Has opened his New and Spacious SAMPLE ROOM No. 1620 to 162G Third avenue, where he would be pleased to see his friends. rWAll kind of drinks aetl a Ale and Forter. 8ml tbe well lum .,. onl, pl.ee la the clt, b. e yoe c get iu R.l bt LZ, tw u. M' J. T. DIXOJST, MERCHANT TAILOR. And Dealer in Mens' Fine Woolens. - 1706 Second Avenue. cr. "w. to:et:es Dealer la Sew and Second Hand Goods- O ETHT The htghes orlee nald for goods of aav kind. -x. im:. chbisty, Steam Cracker Bakery, MAiror actum or ci&cxui aid biscuits. Ask jour Grocer for them. They are best. VBpoctaltla; Tha ChrUt, "QYgTH' and tba Chrtety "WATJA." . . . , ROCK ISLAND. ILL. OP - Avenue, Dealer in- socula, etc. BILLS, POPULAR - Rook Island, III. DESCBUTION. Will lr.de, U or bay .nythln.. No. 1614 Serocd Avenue. i J