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-aJv THE ARGUS. rablltM Dally Weakly t 1i Saeond A ve nae, Rork LlawU 1U. J. W. POTTEB. - PUBLISHM. Twirw.-Dally. 0c pi month; Weekly, 98.00 Mr annum. ... . ' All wroamnlcettmu of critical or anrnmrit tve auacler, political or r! talon. BM have real nuav attached for publication No each srtl--ItcM. wlH be printed over letltloaa urnatar Anooymon comnmnleettominot noticed. Corrmpnndence eollclted Iron erery lowaihlp Is Rock eland eoanty. MONDaT, December 15. 1800. . palaver lal'heaea. ' "oW that the Illinois legislature will shortly convene snd tba election of a United States senator will be one of the Important qnesliona to be acted upon, it la proper to call the attention of the dem ocratic membere to the fact that Gen. John M. Palmer ia the one person whom they are pledged to support he most be thttlr candidate first, last and all the time. No aide issues or personal preference! will be tolerated for a moment In the con test The question of who should wear the senatorial toga in the event of demo cratic legislature was definitely settled In the state convention which con vened at Springfield on June 4ih last, when, as with one voice, the entire democracy of the alate conferred the honor upon Gen. Palmer. Eia bril liant and aggressive campaign evoked not only the plaudits of the Illinois democracy but thos of the entire union. The battle was fought and won with Palmer' name emblazoned on the demoncracy'a banner, and as the legislature will be democratic on joint ballot there should be no hesi tancy nor delay in choosing a successor to Cbarlea B. Far well. Gen. Palmer ahould and undnuptedly will have a clear majority on the first formal ballot. Speaking of the organization of the house without envolving the senatorial question, the St. Louis Republic sensibly says: The contest for the speakership in the Illinois noose ot representative ia not. and cannot le made, part ot the sena torial question. Gen. Palmer ia the can didale of the democratic party for the aenate. De must and will poll it full , strength on joint ballot. The contest for the speakership must not be allowed to become complicated in any way with Gen. Palmer's candidacy. Some of the injudi cious opponents of Mr. Crafts are very inaiacreetiy urging nia assumed hostility to Gen. Palmer against him. In the in terest alike of harmony and truth, it is only nece.sary to remember that Mr. Crafia was the most able and persistent advocate of the Potter resolution at the March meeting of the democratic state central committer, which brought nut the sentiment of the parly io countv and dis trict platforms, and gave the Palmer movement an Irresistible Impetus. .The Illinois demotrats ran afford to forego rois- representailon. They can win without it. Harry McDarrah lea. Harry McDarrah is'dead. Be breathed his last calmly and peacefully at the borne be has long oceupiodon Fifteenth between First and Second avenues at 10:30 yester day morning, a lung affection with which be has been a sufferer since the middle of September being the cause of his demise, The deceased was sixty-six years old, having been born In County Down Ire land. Ia his early life be was aaailor on a merchant vessel and in that capacity traversed the aeas of the world. He came to this country with the late Jacob Kiley and worked for him In Cleveland for a nuirber of yeara and in 1854 came to Rock Island to work In Mr. Riley's gas works. In 1861 Harry went to work for the ferry company as fire man and never was a man more faithful and Industrious than be For twenty-seven years he was thus employed and be became known up and dowu the river. Being poesessed naturally of a robust constitution and having an unusual amount of endurance. noone who knew Harry ever thought of his being ill. But he exposed himself recklessly to all kinds of weather and this Dually broke him down, and three years ago he gave np the position be bad held so long. It was Harry who first staked out the path on the ice between the two citrs each year, being the first to cross ma pick out the stfe wsy which bun dreds of others afterward followed. But old Harry ia do more. He was big heart ed and It is not believed he bad an enemy in tne world. Many will be the regrets that the bosa of the ferry deck In summer and the pathfinder in winter ia no more, He leaves with bis wife seven children Mrs. Mary Orthick, of Brookfleld, Mo., Edward McDarrah. of Des Moines. Mr Maggie Condiff, of Rock Island, Lizzie, in Dee Moines, and Henry, John and Rosa in this city. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from St. Joseph church. The reandrv. The following special to the Chicago Tribune trom Washington is interesting ' it is not exactly consolatarv. The board appointed nnder the provis ions oi me last lortincation act to inquire into the facilities for producing steel f org mgs on the Pacific mast at Rnrb t.i.h 111-, at the Indianapolis arsenal, ot on the gulf coast, has submitted its report. It reports the advisability of erecting gun factories at one or more other places. Strong arguments are presented in favor of a foundry on the Paclfln nrtaax. It ia not deemed advisable to establish foun- unes at any of the other points visiud, and as this is also the view nf tha aatoro. tary of war and the ordnance officials mere are not iiaeiy to be any mora foun dries than the one at Watervliet and the One DTODOeed for th ParK1r mut tnr some time to come. The report does not uuicaie any particular point for the lo cation of the Pacific coast foundry. Jaa-e Eiertloae. Germania Lodge No. 6, A. O. U. W., has elected officers as follows: WM-JBZmmer. O F ALeithner. G Henry Loose. Rec J L Haas. Fin Robert Koehler. Rec Fred Ludolph. I G Henry Eiflert O O Henry Empke. Physician Dr C Bernhardt. Trustee Wm Rinck. llalMay Euaniaa Bat. The Rock Island & Peoria railway will ell exenrsion tickets at one and one-third fare for the round trip on account of Christmas and New Tear's holidays. Tickets on sale Dec, 24th. S5tb and 31st, and Jan. 1. 1801. Good for return until and including Jan. ftth. Depot foot of Twentieth street. F.H. Rockwell. Ticket Agent. There will be no pony show or goods ' CT O'btlo'r . Birkenfeld's. Neither does be intend to give f no tick- Pplj ,oy B do,la', orth O' twenty-five dolUr'a worth of goods, but in. m"M Puhl'cn general to exam, ine his stock of goods, and they can find that they can buy a dollar's worth of goods fi per oent less than any other place in 0,000 1 to loan on real estaU security, in sums of t200 and n.,.i . i il current rates of Interest, without com- SORGHUM SUGAE. New Process of Manufacture Which Looks Successful. THE PROBLEM SOLVED BY ALCOHOL. Beentt ol Experiment Made by the Granger Department French Method of Raining- Bable Introduced at the Cap italA Youngster that Got Into Hot - Water a Noon as It Waa Born, bat Flourlahee Exceedingly Tito President to Give Congreas Some Financial Ad vleo Official Note. Washington Citt. Deo. 15. The an nual report of the chief of the chemical di vision, department of agriculture, con tains an account, written by Dr. Wiley, of a process recently perfected as the result of experiment in the chemical laboratory of the department which most be of great Interest to sorghum growers, and to the people generally. Dr. Wiley's report recites some of the various difficulties which have been found hitherto in au economic manu facture of sugar from sorghum, and indi cater that the solution of the question was to be found in "some process which would separate as nearly as possible the gummy amorphous bodies from the juice without precipitating the sugar." Alcohol Does Its Work. The known property of alcohol to pro duce precipitation in the juice was made use of in further study of this problem, and experiments were undertaken and con tinued which have finally secured the most satisfactory results. "The difficulties," says the report, "which have been encoun tered in manufacturino; sugar from sor ghum Juices have been solely due to the presence of those gums. Their removal, therefore, if it can be accomplished on a manufacturing basis, would .at once place sorghum in a high rank as a sugar pro ducing plant. There seems to be no diffi culty about the matter, aud, besides, the al cohol used can be nearly all recovered by distillation. Getting Value Out or Waste. Another encouraging feature is that the gummy sulwtanee separated by the pro cess is liscir fermentable, yielding almost hall its weight iu alcohol. It appears that from the gum itself, then, a sufficient amount of alcohol may possibly be de rived to supply the whole waste which would take place in the process of manu facture, and any additional quantity of al cohol needed could be obtained from the molasses after the extraction of all the crystallizalile sugar. Iu other words, a proper stock of alcohol once provided the wastage therein in the process of manu facture could be, in great measure, it not entirely, supplied by the refuse matter which would otherwise be waste. An Important Advantage. Again, by the adoption of this process, Dr. Wiley says, the period of manufacture, the shortness of which has always been one of the troubles in the making of sorghum sugar can be considerably lengthened. The usual period for the manufacture of sugar, now practically confined to the months of September and October, could be devoted exclusively to the extraction of the juice and the making of the syrup, which cau be easily preserved aud worked into sugar subsequently, either through the winter .months or in the spring, when the factory could again be set in operation. The larger storage facilities required by this means will be far more than offset by the fact that the whole of the apparatus for manufacture could be built on a smaller scale. . Increase of Yield of Sagar. Last, but by no means least, the increase of yield of sugar from the juice is nearly 100 per cent, in order to utilize this meth od it will be necessary to take the tax off the alcohol used in this process. Having been discovered by the department the process ia unpatentable, and goes to the people free of royalty or anything of that description. Dr. Wiley urges that the de partment be permitted to carry on the work on a small scale, and thinks that the grant of S20,0UU which he asks would be a profitable investment. BROUGHT UP BY SCIENCE. A French Method of Taking Car of Little Strangers. Washington Citt, Dec. 13. Mrs. Lien tenant Richardson Clover, who was so ill at the time of the death of her mother, the wife of Senator Miller, of California, has improved sufficiently to be np and about her room. Her infant daughter, just four weeks old, proves beyond a doubt the suc cess of the new method of bringing up babies in what is generally, but mistak ingly, understood to be an incubator. The invention is known in France as a "con vert," and is nothing more in fact, than an open bed or box about three feet long, built with double walls, through which hot water passes, the design being to pre serve the normal temperature of the body, in proportion to the vitality of the child. . Keeps the Darling Nice and Warm. - With, this view a thermometer, set just over the heating apparatus, is kept at an average of 80 degrees. Several inches below the surface, upon a light wire framework, rests a tiny mattress for the accommoda tion of the. little sleeper, who, when snug ly tucked in.robed in dainty linen and pro tected by a glass top that can be moved at pleasure, needs no other covering to keep it warm, and looks for all the world like a delicate blossom in its conservatory bed. How the Little Clover Thrives. When the little one was born it weighed just five and one-half pounds, and has steadily gained a half-pound each week since. Mrs. Clover is very jealous of her baby being reported to be delicate and de nies such assertions most emphatically. To judge by the lung power it displays when hungry or restless one would never doubt its possession of a Btrong constitu tion. Within the last few days it has shown a strong aversion to its comfortable little nest, and kicks violently to be taken np and held in the lap. Another Presidential Message. WASHINGTON Crrr, Dec. 15. A meet ing of the cabinet Saturday afternoon con sidered the financial condition of the coun try, and as a result the president, it is un derstood, will send a message to congress early this week suggesting as a measure of relief the enactment ot legislation for the ixsue of additional currency baaed on Increased purchases of silver. Senator Brine's Reallouce. Washington Citt, Dec 1. Among the names sent to the census office of resi dents of New York city is that of Senator Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio. The senator ob jects vigorously to this and has telegraphed Representative Yoder to have the matter looked into. Brice says that he told the New York census enumerator personally that his residence was at Lima, O. Super intendent Porter says that enumerators have authority to decide for themselves as to a man's residence, and the probability is that Brice is credited both to New York city and Lima. He promised to investi gate the matter. That Alleged Silver PooL Washington Citt, Dec to. A com mittee of the house began Saturday to in quirg into the alleged silver pool that cer tain congressman, names unknown, are said to have been parties to. Dockery, who started the inquiry, said he had no person al knowledge of the matter, but took hia cue from newspaper and other statements, and the assertion of Conger in the honse last June that he bad been invited to join such a pool. The Washington City corre spondents of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat were called as witnesses, but they re fused to testify and the committee ad journed. ' The Senate and Houae. Washington Citt, Dec. 15. In the sen ate Saturday a resolution calling on the secretary of agriculture .for a statement of progress in irrigation inveatiimtinn was agreed to. Jones addressed the senate in opposition to the federal election bilL Ev erts advocated ita passage. . an tne nouse the bill providing that one person may act as engineer and pilot on steam launches of ten tons and under was passed. The senate cattle inspection bill was discuss ed and refarred to the agricul tural committee. .-. . Wai-ere Silver Coinage Plan. .- ' Washington Crrr, .Dec 15. Ex Con gressman A. J. Warner, president ot the national silver executive committee, ham a proposition to submit to the finance eonv duced from American mlnes.and to charge on all foreign silver imported to this coun try a seigniorage equal to the difference between the market value of silver bullion and the rate of coinage. This would prac tically put a duty on foreign silver. -,. The Carpets Were Too Slick. Washington Citt, Dec- is. One of the new senators from the west bad a novel ex perinnce at Senator Sawyer's honse last week on the occasion of the meeting of the Republican caucus In the parlors ot the Wisconsin senator's beautiful home. He slipped and fell sprawling on the floor in the principal hall, where the oriental silk finished rugs are laid an Inch thick. "I'd rather walk on ice or rattlesnakes," said the discomfited senator, "than on such a slippery carpet as that. ; Miller's Report on the World's Fair. Washington Citt, Dec. 15. Attorney General Miller has returned to the presi dent the papers in the case ot the Chicago World's fair. He found that all the legal requirements of the case had been com plied with. The president will next in quire as to the sufficiency of the finan cial guarantee. - The Surplus Bodueed 7, OOO.OOO. Washington Crrr, Dec 15. The heavy purchases of bonds during-last week, together with the purchases of silver, have had the effect of reducing the surplus is the treasury which Saturday was a little more than (12.0110,000. At the beginning of the week it was 19,'000,000. Ttegroes Against the Eleetioa Bill. Washington Citt, Dec 15. At a meet ing of the executive committee of the col ored reform tariff bureau here Saturday nigt resolutions denouncing the "foroe"' bill as prejudicial to the happiness and peace of the colored men of the south were adopted. The Banna Investigation. Washington Citt, Dec 15. The Raum investigation was taken up again Satur day, and Commissioner Ranm's son was the witness, lie emphatically denied every allegation made by Copper in matters that be had knowledge of. BORED FOR OIL AND GOT GAS. A Discovery at Plttubnrg That Is n Great Thing for the Factories. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. ia As one of the attractions the management of the Pitta burg Exposition society contracted with the Pittsburg Oil Well Supply company to drill an oil well on the exposition grounds during the recent exhibition. Drilling was commenced early in Septem ber, and progressed with varying regular ity until Saturday the drill penetrated the third twtud at a depth of 1.U85 feet, and proceedings were brought to a sudden stop by a terrific flow of natural gas. Enough for Fifty Pnddllug Furnaces. Tlie gas was controlled by night and a guage taken. The flow showed a quantity of gas sufficient to unnlviiftv Duddlin? furnaces of the largest size. The gas is pronouncea oi tue unest quantity. Upon further development it is believed that the pressure will be much greater. The well will be drilled deeperat once. Several manufacturers within the city limits are arraugins to drill for gaa upon their property. This is the flivt time gas has been struck in paying quantities in the city, the gas beiug piped here from out side the city limits. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Mury Brown died in Providence, R. L, Saturday, aged 104 years. Trd Salisbury has reduced the rents of his tenant at H.itfield 15 per cent. Gen. Ben Lefevre, ex-representative in congress, is spoken of as a candidate for governor of Ohio. Secretary Windom went to New York Saturday and conferred with the bankers regarding the "stringency." Chester Hitchcock, who was one of the founders of St. Paul, Minn., died at New Haven, Conn., Saturday, aged 80. Bell, Miller & Co., retail dry goods deal ers of Cincinnati, failed Saturday. Lia bilities, Huo.OOO; assets, tSjO.OOU Strin gency. Mrs. Catherine Quaid, 68 years of age, died SunUKy in a pew whiie attending services in the church of St. Thomas Aquinas, in Brooklyn, N. Y. - The nat sweat Manufacturing companv, of N ew York, has just won a suit lor royalties on patents controlled by the firm, which will make it 13,000,000 richer. The Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota Ele vator company, operating a line of ware houses on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railway, has assigned. Lia bilities, 81.10,000; assets unknown. The breweries of Chicago have decided to go out of the saloon business and will no longer advance money to start saloons. This because the brewers find it too much to have to pay the license fees, as they fre quently do. The Kniuhtsf Labor have issued a call for the second annual convention of the district and local assemblies of New York to take place at Pythian hall, Albany, on Jan. 13. The object of the convention is to act on certain reform questions. Gen. John Newton, of New York, who ia "consulting engineer" of the Chicago drainage scheme, and who waa ordered by the trustees to take the place of En gineer Cooley, recently discharged, em phatically refuses, as it would be a breach of professional etiquette. United States Treasurer Huston pro poses to charge to the bullion account f5, UJO.OUO in standard silver dollars, and $20, 000,000 half-dollars and dimes now lying in the treasury aud issue treasury notes therefor, as a means of relieving the strin gency. Congressional action would be re quired. The daughter of Rev. James G. Arm strong, of Atlanta, Ga., who was in turns a Presbyterian and then an Episcopalian preacher, and who has filled pulpits in St. Louis; Ripley, O.; Wheeling W. Ya.; Richmond, Ya., and later in Atlanta, has gone on the stage, her first venture being in "The -Clemenceau Case" Society is shocked. Emil Wulff, bookkeeper of the wholesale millinery firm of P. A. Cross & Co., Mil waukee, was seen by one of the firm Fil day night drinking champagne. As his salary did not warrant such rich living, au examination was made, andit was found that Wulff drank champagne at his em ployers' expense. The shortage is several thousands. Wolff disappeared, but was found Sunday morning in an outhouse with a bullet in his brain. - A Cnrio of the Irish Situation. London, Dec 15. A singular feature of Lord Wolseley's tour in Ireland, as com mander in-chief of the British troops, is that he is beset with petitions from the residents of Irish towns in which troops are situated not to withdraw the men, it beiug the policy of the military authori ties to remove the soldiers from the small garrisons and concentrate them in the larger centers. This ia deprecated by the people who are to be deprived of the trade which the presence of the military gives them. - -Combining Against a Combine! Springfield, O., Dec 15. The Fanners' Alliance has appointed a committee to get the mammoth - East street shops here So manufacture furm machinery and to op pose the American Harvester company, a combination of harvesting machinery manufacturer. They propose forming a stock company, no one to furnish over $1, 000, and to furnish machinery at cost to all Alliance members. Governor-Elect Wluns Dangerously 111. Detroit,- Dec J 5. Democratic leaders here are greatly alarmed over the report from Hamburg that Edwin B. Winana, the first Democratic governor elected in Michigan since 1S53, is dteetuusly ill with pneumonia. It Bum in tba Family. . New Toisk, Dec. 15. Adolph Sterling, aged 28, formerly a student at West Point. shot himself Saturday morning at his nome on f uiton street. Jamaica. Lv L The doctors say there is a possible chance of his recovery. His father shot and killed nimsuu iu the same nous some time ago. Mnnlrr Over Game of Die. : . Baltimore, Dec 15. James Johnson, a colored barber, was stabbed to death Sat nrrl.iv br .Tnli n TCnViAvt-. W'n. !.(...,... tn . saloon. The two men were throwing dies) . " unuw hh uw rt.uis ot a luaa over the game. The Weather Wo May Expect. WAsniKoroic Citt, Dec. 14. The following are tiie weaUior iuiUcatinns tor thirty mi boars fmmln m .. i i i . , THE ROCK ISLAND SDN OF Hf SMOTHER A Chicagoan Whose Cussednesa Comes Honestly. . DIPEAYITT "BRED Hf THE UGTSX," Dtvelops Itself la a Perfectly fatara! Ityto A Wedding , That Didn't Tak Place, and the Why aad Wherefore lievenge of the Voang Tough Because Ills Mother Refused to Pat Up the Cash lor Hii Marriage. --. Chicago, Dec. 15. A scene of ruin and deflation more squalid than picturesque, bit complete in all its details, was pro se ited yesterday to the view of all curious ca Jers at the home ot Mrs. Ellen Morria se', on the second floor of a tumble-down duelling iu the rear of 131 Market street. 7ung Patrick Sbeehan had performed th work of devastating cyclone because hi t mother, forsooth, wouldn't give him th i money necessary to a proper celebra ti n of hia marriage with Mary Gallagher, a Western avenue belle, which was to have come off with eclat a barrel ot bear and slashings ot whisky yesterday. Tl.e ceremony has been postponed. . Fri ds y young Sheehan, who is a carpenter by tride, made a more emphatic appeal than tif ual for assistance. But it was no go. H s mother told him she would supply m iney for hia wake, bat not for bis wed di3g. A Blark Eyo and Then Bula. Patrick contented himself on that occa sion with giving his mother a black eye, aid Saturday morning Justice Kersten lit tened to her appeal for protection, and issued a warrant for her son's arrest for disorderly conduct. The warrant was served at 7 o'clock that evening, and two hours later Patrick was bailed out by a fr end and left bis cell boiling with wrath. Vi hisky administered at intervals stirred u i bis anger way past the boiling mark, aid at 11 o'clock he went back borne and pt oceeded to clean out the place. Nothing escaped except the carpets. Every chair in the place was smashed and thrown out of the windows, the windows going, too. a the irate young man took no precau Urns to raise tbem. Mrs. Momssey es caped early in the struggle, fortunately di dging a loaded coal bod which Patrick tl rew at her. She began yelling "Police!" The Cops Make a Flank Movement. In the meantime Patrick smashed a lounge into kindling-wood, tore down his mother's bed and was engaged in clearing crockery off the pantry shelves when be hoard faeary footsteps on the stairs. He w itit to the head of the narrow stairway w tn a heavy iron poker In bis hand and remarked to Officer Barnes: "If you come up here I'll brain your The officer was valiant but prudent and retired for re-enforcements in the per sons ot umcers Casey . and Slattery, and the three officers began the siige. By a dexterous flank move ment Slattery and Barnes pushed Casey in front, aud he had most of the fun. R isbiug np the stairway with drawn re vt lver he doilged a flat iron and clubbed Slieeban on the head just as he wsa at. lashed on the nose with the poker. Ca se y bad to rap Sheehan on the head two or ttree times before his fellow-officers could pi aion the arms of the young desperado. An Vnaavory Record. Eight years ago Mrs. Morrissey figured at police station as defendant in a charge of burglary, aud bears an unsavory record at long the police. At that time the police w ire puzzled by a long series of burglar ies aud it was months before Mrs. Morrissey 's connection with tbem was discovered. She hsd posed in public av a washerwoman, and traveled about w.th a big clothes basket nicely covered. H :t plan sometimes was to knock at a di or, and if her rap was answered, ask for washing; if not answered, let herself in w th a false key and fill her basket with the most valuable articles in sight, though si e always filled it, if she had to fall back oi. coal hods. A IHseovery of Swag. Sometimes she would haunt the rear of oi the house when she thought the family w ntld be out. put her bare-footed little di ughter through the window, and have hi r ransack the house. What fi rat directed stspiclon to her was the fact that an eller daughter was wearing three or four watches at a time, and jewelry in proportion, on festive occasions. nor .nouse on xienry street was searched by Detectives Baer, Rohan, and S' ifft, who worked np the case, and $4,000 worth of goods recovered and re- tt rned to the owners. In the collection were some 1,500 towels and two dosen bird-cages. Everything was fish that came to Mrs. Morrissey's net then, but after serving three years in the penitentiary she re urea rrom me profession. THE FEDERATION ADJOURNS. Concluding Traductions , of tho Annual Convention. Detroit, Mich., Dec 15 In the Ameri ca n Federation of Labor Saturday it was d'-cided to ask for the appointment of women factory inspectors. All mat ters in which the Knishta of Ul were concerned were referred to the execn ti ve council. The committee on the eight- U'rtir movement recommended than the p an of campaign of 1HB0 be continued and tliat the miners be considered as the next ti ade to move. Action oa Boycotts. At the afternoon wninn nf tHj, ti n the report of the committee on boy cotts and labels was received. The boy- cttt against tleischman & Co., yeast n, anufacturers, was affirmed. That against ctrtain Pittabnrir theatrMi waa Hiaa niimwil of . The boycott on the St. Louis breweries wss continued. After a short open meet it g, in which the new officers made brief b eecnes, tne convention adjourned sine de. IS GOV.-ELECT BOYD AN ALIEN f A Qaeatica That Is Agitating the Cltlxens of Nebraska Just Mow Omaha, Keb., Dec 15. It has developed that there is a grave question concerning ti e eligibility of James E. Boyd, Demo- ci atic governor-elect of Nebraska. Boyd was born in Ireland in 183. In 1848 bis parents settled at Zanesville, Ohio. In It 49 his father, Joseph Boyd, declared bis intention of becoming a citizen ot the r nited States, but did not take out hia fi 1 ml nanAN rtnll ak n lumt 1-1.- treantime James E. Boyd celebrated his a-Tival at mnjorlty in Zanesville, and then ct me wet. He has never declared bis in tention of becoming a citizen and is, it is cl limed, a subject of Queen Victoria. . What One Lawyer Believes. One lawyer-consulted claims that the ai t of the elder Boyd in 1890 will relate buck to bis former act in 1849, and thus g: ve bis son the rights of citizenship. Un le this be correct, the late election is null and void, and anew one must ha KeM James E. Boyd has held the office of mayor of Omaha several times, and the present dl closure calls into question many im- s vuui uuicjai acts. COOL DIAMOND ROBBERY. T o Very Slick Thieves About ft.OOO Ahead Mo v,r. Binghamtov, X Y., Dec 15. Two'slick arpers worked r rear's Jewelry store on ednesday night and sot awav with a ty of diamouds. The men entered the 're at noon and asked to look at clocks, ny were well dressed and of fine appta ice. The taller of the two picked out a ick, and said he would bring his wife id let ber look at it before ha mad a rchasa. Tha rned at 6 o'clock, after the proprietor u gone to supper, and when the store is in charge of a boy. Tha War It Wa tln. One. of the "men made a small purchase the diamond counter, again looked at icks and while he occupied the attention w" cior. at tne rear enu ox tne store fata mpanion slipped to the front part iched over the case, and took a tray con ining a number of rings. He bid tbe oty nnder his coat and coolly waited for companion, who paid for a clock and d it laid away. The two then went out. le stolen property is worth 5 uuu, and nam assSAeja Aw KT A Market for Acs art ana Home. Los DON, Dec 15. A c"o of American, eaes were ao 1 at -ar i j te mnir ' - I ARGUS, MONDAY, DEATH'S FESTIVAL. The Flames Substitute Mourn ing for Revelry. ' SEVEN GIRLS FEARFULLY EUMED. Tragedy Winds Cp a College Party, aad Tarns Joy to Agony aad Borrow Sim ilar Disaster at a Church Tableau Tha Tall Cap Does More Dreadful Work Prompt Succor, but a Life Despaired ot Crushed Under a Pile of Brick Oth er Victim or Flra. Akron, O., Dec 15. There wa a sound of revelry in Buchtel college Friday night, and tbe scene in Cery ball at 7:80 o'clock was a brtlliaut one. The girls were giving a party to some ot their friend in another dormitory. A mammoth pan of popcorn bad been placed in the center ot the floor and around it eight girls, with bands joined, were dancing, when sudden ly a loud and agonizing shriek rang through tbe corridors, freezing the mar row of those who beard it. . A Dosea Writhing Forms. The cry waa repeated and those who hurried toward tbe room whence the de spairing wail issued saw a eight which blanched their faces and almost stopped the circulation ot blood in their veins. The apartment had suddenly been trans formed into a vision of Dante's "Inferno," In the midst of which nearly a dozen writhiog forms could be seen wreathed in forked tongues of flame, which leaped to the ceiliug iu fined ish wrath. Continued for a HolocauaU The girls were all dressed in inflamma ble dresses of white cotton and paper. Tbe tall paper cap of one had caught fire and she was soon enveloped in flames. First one girl, then another, then another caught tire nntil seven were in flames, writhing and shrieking with agony. The girls, the flames spurring them to despera tion, rushed in a perfect frenzy down the at airway. A pauic was at once created, and shrieking girls rushed from their rooms to add their voices to the wild cries for hlp. Two Pay a Fatal Penalty. Mis I.ula Steigmyer, of Attica, O., was the worst burned and cannot live; Miss May Stevens, of Clifton Springs, X. Y., cannot survive. In addition tbe follow ing are seriously if not fatally burned: Miss Mary Baker, ot Fort Plain. X. Y.. neck, face, and chest charred to a cinder. Ann-Iia Warwick, of hUinu I-ake, la., se verely burned; Diaua liaynes, of Abilene, Kan.; Myrtie Baker, of Peru, J.; Eva Dean, of Storm Lake, Ia.; Addie Buchtel, of Columbia, Kan., niece of John S. Buchtel, of this city, founder of the col lege; Estelln Mason, Magadore, O.; Dora Merrill, of Williamsport, Pa. Every Case a ftorlma Una. All the girls presented a frightfnl sight. Miss Stevens and Miss Steigmyer being burned, literally to a crip. Nothing could be done for tbe girls nntil tbe fire in their clothes had burned itself out. They are all in a critical condition. Buchtel college is a co-educational institution under Uni versalis! patronage in Akron's suburb. The dormitories of tbe college were turned into hospitals and a corps of physicians called. THE FLICKER OF A CANDLE. It Changes a Scene of Festivity to One of Horror. Baltimore, Dec 15. A young girl was fatally burned, several persons injured in trying to-eave her, and a panic caused, by the flickering of a candle at a tableau in the Second English Lutheran church of this city Friday night. A tableau repre senting "Fairyland" was tbe last event on the programme. Ten young girls partici pated in it. Miss Dora Scbultc taking the part ot the fairy queen. She was a sweet faced, intelligent girl of 16 yuan and ber slender, sylph-like form arrayed in a be spangled gauze costume elicited the ad miration of the audience. Tho High Fancy Cap Again. On ber head sbo wore a high fancy cap made jf cotton batting. Each girl held a lighted candle in the scene. Miss Schultg bad a taper on the end of her fairy wand. Just as she raised the light above ber head, a door on the side ot tbe stage was opened by some careless person, and a rushing draught of air waa followed by a blate that enveloped Miss Schultz'a bead, a scream of agony from the blazing girl, and shouts of horror from the audience. Three young men sprang forward with their overcoats in their hands, and, enveloping the girl in the coats, rolled her on the floor nntil the flames were extinguished. She was so badly burned, however, that ber recovery ia despaired of. COST FIVE HUMAN LIVES Kalalng a SaTety Gate Too Quickly Karnes of the Victims. Bristol, Pa., Dec 15. A shocking acci dent occurred at the Mill street railroad crossing Saturday by which four persona were killed, one fatally wounded, and one seriously hurt. The accident was caused by the safety gates at tbe crossing being raised just before tba New York west bound express was due. John McTlvane, a teamster, started across with a wagon, containing himself and four other per sons. Four Killed Instantly. Tbe express train struck the wagon. In stantly killing Xeal McUvaina. Joseph Huseey, and Hugh Dever. John McUvaina had his shoulder and leg. broken, ribs crushed, and was otherwise internally in jured. He is not expected to live. Joseph Johnson, who waa crossing tbe track on foot, was also struok by tba engine and instantly killed. John McGea, who waa also In the wagon, was badly in jured. Two Flremea and a Woman Hart. Providence, R. I., Dec 15 The four story brick building known aa the Dor ranee building, was destroyed by fire Sat urday. The blaze spread so rapidly that the 100 persons iu the building had diffi culty in escaping, aome of tbem being forced to the lire escapes, in coming down one of tlieae a woman's clothing caught and she fell, but a lireman caught her. She was slightly hurt. Shortly after this the roof fell and two llreuinn were caught and severely injured, but they are both doing well. The lost or . jout S0u, 000; partly insured. Killed by a Falling FV.. KlCKVILLK, Mo., Dec. I.V-S.tturday moruiug the furniture and har-lware store of P.M. Smith was burned. During the ore a wall fell ou an adjoining building, burying -several persuii4. Volujy Tweed was killed, aud Airs. Hose Uuuker prob ably fatally injured. William Hool had his leg crushed to a jelly. Fred Sweet was severely, A. M. Price seriously, and H. M. Sheeps slightly, hurt. Tbe money loss is about toOvjuo-. insured. Seven Children Cremated. Greenville, Miss., Deo. 15. Four chil dren of Ell Thornton, colored, were burned In their cabla near Refuge Log Satnrday, during Ue absence of Mrs. Thornton. " Saoixaw. Mich., Dec. 15. Three chil dren, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Holna gel, residing two miles east ot this city, were burned to death Saturday in their home, which took fire during the abseno ot Mrs. UolnageL - 'pel from a Third-Story Window. ST. Louis, Dec. 15. Fire ia tbe building at the northeast corner of Eighth and Monon streets at an early hour yesterday, cause I Lizzie aud Kate Koch, aud Uein rlch Schultz to jump from a third story window to the ground. The girls were not badly hurt, but Sciiulta was so severe ly injured that lie died. . LOOKS A LITTLE LIKEWA3. Troops Ordnrcd to Disarm a Band of Kastleaa Indiana. Kapid Cnr, a D., Dec 15. A battery of Hotchkiss guns was sent yesterday from Fort Meade to this point to reinforce Gen. Carr's command at the mouth of Rapid creek. A number of straggling parties of Indians have been seen going north. They are under command of Short Bull and Kicking ear, and say they will not surrender, fcuort Hull is out uf tbe worst Inctat M til a - uloa. It waa v-o y t., -a in oo i DECEMBER 15, 1S30. Carr baa orders to intercept snd disarm these Iodlar.s at all hazards, and it is ex pected that a collision will oor.tr in tbe vi cinity of the mouth of Spring creek or Rapid creek. Dr. McGillicnddy, surgeon general of the South Dakota militia, has been ordered to join Col. Day's command at tbe front. Several old Indian fighters have volunteered as guides) and scouts. A ' company of Sioux and Crow scout a from the north are on the way to join Otm Carr. That Alleged Battle with Indiana. CH1CAOO, Dec 15. Regarding tbe report that a battle between tbe troops and the Indians bad been fought on the reserva tion four miles north of Pine Rid?, Gen. Miles said Saturday: "I think the tele gram can be given no credence, for ww have heard of no trouble in which tba troops have been engaged. Gen. Brooke telegraphed yesterday that a runua- that the Indians bad been fighting among themselves had reached tlie agency. JXo do tails were given, and there was nothing ot an alarming nature about tbe informa tion " Broke l p the Peace Pipe. Pi xx Ridge Aoesct, Dec H Tbe Indi ans sent out by Gen. Brooke to bring tbe) host iles in were roughly treated and tbeir peace pipe shot into pieo-s. The Seventh and Ninth cavalry are preparing to start for tbe Bad Lands to bring the hostile in. The Sixth and Eighth cavalry from tbe Black II ills are advancing cm the west. Gen. Mile Of for the Fr tt. Chicago, Dec 15. Gen. Miles; accom panied by Capt. Maua and tbe general's private secretary, left here for Ht. Paul yesterday. Just before leaving tbe gen eral said be should remain at St, Paul a couple of days and go t betice to t lie north western Indian country. TIME TO CLOSE THE ACCOUNT. Opposition to Paying Farther Praaloa to Nell Owyaao'a Deorcadanta. Lotoox, Dec 15. Charles Ilradlaugu and other Radicals who bave no respect for royal lineage, and even some Conserva tives, like Louis Jennings, formerly a Xew York editor and now a member of parlia ment, are going about demanding that the pensions be wit hdrawn from t he noblemen whre only merit is descent from Xoll Owyune, the beautiful mistress of Charles IL The chief bone of contention istbepen ion aid to the duke f St. Alltausas mas ter of the hawks. Tbe duke is desrended from one of Xell Gwynne's royal infanta, tbe particular one that Sell held out of a window as Cbarlea II. passed and told tbe king that if be did nt make hint a duke, she would drop him that K the infant, uot the king. Nell's Itt-an and a (.ranted. He was made a duke, and endowed with a pension of i2,iu yearns royal falconer: and that pension the nation has been pay ing for over SO years. Charleii 11." eg claims Jennings," never inisc nisl in bis wildeit dreauis that the Hnu-4i l In l"ssJ would still Is; paying a pension of 2,000 a year to the descendant of Xell Uwynne." It seems that there are no hawks, no falcons and no pigeons to take care of, but yet tbe ntyment goes on and tbe government proposes to ct no mute the pension for twenty-seven years purchase. This, while survivors of t he light brigade are dependent on public charity fur support. First Tin Plata Made In this Country. Chicago, Dec 15. For aome months Edwin and O. W. Norton, manufacturers of tin cans, with an uitice at Xos. ' to J River street, hare been qutt-tly setting np at May wood a plant for the maniilsHnre of tin plate. Sntunlny everything was complete, tbe engine were started, and tbe first tin plate ever made in America for coriiiii rrial purjsises was rolled out. it come out In-igiit and shin ing. as goisl a quality of piute as was ev.-r mane iu Wales. 11c IM the Itolifclng Him If. Kashas C ITT. Mo.. Dec. 13. A sperialto The Star from lliawatua Jtohert Sweeney, of Reserve, an All.uiwc man who sold grain for tbe farmer io keep lo cal grain men from robbing tln-m. is short in bis accounts over fl.i'U Smienf tbe farmers wanted him to give I stud for 5.0"0 at tbe start, but when be could not do so they let tbe matter drop. Davit Makes a Prodi ion. KlLlESNT, Dec li Michael Davilt, In an interview says; "Our majority in the oorth Kilkenny election will rtaiuly be 1.500, and posaibly a,u. Tbe miners are with us almost to a man. I would not bave taken part io this flirbt if Mr. Par cell had not touched lu'Ml Ireland, vhich is aa much mine aa bit. lie Made a V ay for Victor). Loxbos, Dec 15. Maj. Bofcle, one of tba heroes of tlie Indian mutiny of !?, died Saturday at Sherborne, When the tkmaa gate waa blown in on July &i, ltugle, then a young lcintenaut, stormed tba passage with a handful of men, and opened the way for llaveluck'a forces. It was a miracle that be escaped with a se vere wound. He received l he Victoria, Crona fur bis gallant oooduct. Hia Two Mark." Bride a EALTIMOUE, Dec. li (,,). I.Me,Ml W. Rhodes, of the M-liuoocr J.ibu W. Hielo , died here yesterdny. Tr.i a.s-i. nr. be mine liere and was matrUd Ui .t i rjla "yuiinitlou. A severe rul l fU-vrloMsi into mvumnuia and caused hia i. i H N1 0T1 CI TO CONTRA CTORH. Reeled Btnaoaals wlU he rer!re at tne Otty Clerk oSH , Kara Inland. III., until Muaoay. aoasry m, jrai a a r. a. tor mo-tractieg Usr unprovemrat order I bv aa t-n'maace nf oast city, wsica waa aaofMea Slay IS, laau, aa4 title "aa ordliare (or tbe Map vrawut of roana arena ma ToestleUI atn t to Tarratv talr street nd Tweaty-ttaud atrvot from roartfe avenaelo Fifth arcane, and Fifta avoao I -mm Twenty-Uurd (treei to no t aaoot foarhaadr I lost east or Thirty -eight street, laeare aorta aboat one hsadred and sixty feet tnmaxh th e denrrsde croaaing of lb C LI A P. aud lite :. B. A ti. railroad, aad from Ibar aeM Pitta ar Hollo avonae to the oval of th ran im too of ortr-lxu et at aad aa d Fifth or ahs'la av an." and for foralaoiag th atateral and doli f the era rksrei in linf tola plan and aecSratB wereror. J a aato improvaaM-nt order d ay ordinaa aonstst of euroing with cartaMnae. as cavatias. grading uapr ug aad perm milk nav- Ins brick of good aoality toeniy-uevra Mocks of sireeui iu sua una of said ordinance art osu Tbeaald laiptoveaieni erast a enaotraelad aad the aaa'ensl therefor f aralsaed mart b ta accord ance with la plan and pecitraimos lor asld bn pm aient oa Sle la ta said cry Clerk's nAoe, at bleb aid onto, said plan and aueriaratioa are ones to lbs laiprcUoa uf .all per oa talereeuKt taenia. Coatracto arctofarabk mpl of brlek wMk whkbwotk latobadoae. Bnck ud ia ta work meat eotTMpond wltb aaiple In quality sad atria, AU bid matt b aeon enuaalrd witb a carttSsd Check lath cam of Ire haedrrd dollars, payable to th order of tba tr aorer of said cttv, wblch bU bar ome fnrefd ted to raid city la cae lb bidder shall fall to enter into contract, itb ap proved a tre.totecata ta work for the prwe menUoni'd la bo bid. and a admg t ta m... aad apeciflcaUoa. In tbe event ual tba contract wnua e BwBToeo io B'm. til nk old mil bfuraib4 on application at uie inj i.iern orac. aii DKiorr aud eta par aoo may attend at la ouraing of aaid bid. Ta right lo re I any aad all bid or proposals re - wi.vwn aerauvspvasaiy n eel Rossav Koibxbb. City Cletk. Reek Islsnd. 11U. Iswoatb 11. IsMQ. A prominent physicUa and old army surgeon ia ess ten Iowa was railed awav from home for a few days. During bis ajDeenoe one or tne cull area contracted a severe coW, and Lis wife bought a bolUe of Chamberlain's Couph I leu ad tnr it Tbey were so much pleased with the remeoy mat tncy afterwards used sev eral bottles at various times. lie said from eiperieoce witb 1 be regarded it as tbe moat reliable rmnaration in nan foe Colds, and that It came tha nearest of bw tog a specmc or any medicine h bad ever aeea. For sale by Harts ck Baha; sen. druggista. Hsu Uutae fctgau Tbe man who tells you conflden Ually just what will cure your cold ia prescribing Kemp a tialsant this rear. In tba preparatioa of this remarkable medi cine for coughs and colds no expense Is pared to combine only tbe best and purest In gradients. Hold a bottle of Kemp's Balaam to tba light and look through it; notice bright clear look; tnea compare with other Rmediea. Price 00c and fl. 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