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- FBIDAT. MAIiOli 4- IT"' ( i Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Ponder ABSOUJTELY PURE IOWA REPUBLICANS Delegates Selected to the Min neapolis Convention. ed 01 iisoii a i-ai.iut-c wiiic.i iu-t a.mua lit . islaurtlsto Aic.ru-tin vtiitramniislnii. HupuUi Caus ii all pirn of the .-Onto ar iir.:vii to iirnor local KinrK a:ni to unite for victory on tbe na tional (jlallorm. MICHIGAN'S ELECTORAL LAW. A CONTEST ON NATIONAL ISSUES Tbe I'olit y Decided I pun ami Prolilbllion Ruled Out of the Fight The Temporary Chairman Taken a Whack at Tammany SuWaaice of the I'latfonn Senator Hill Speak at a fiihvrnian Banquet at 8anuali Spiritual Gift from a Geor gia Hotelkerper Political Notes. Des Moines, March 18. After ten dnys ipeculaUou, expectancy and doubt as to whether the Iowa Republican state con vention, would.-be harmonious the ques tion has been solved iu favor of harmony, and the Prohibitionist and anti-Prohibitionist Republicans nestle together cosily as kittens. The fight that was to )ave been made, upon Mr. Cummins, who had been selected as temporary cbairiuau, did. not materialize. His opponents in Polk county" who kept him out of the con vention as a delegate, contented them elves with that particular job for the rea son, probably, that they felt the conven tion would not take up their cause. Gave' Cummin ao Ovation. Mr. Cummins' reception when intro duced by Chairman Mack was of the most cordial nat ure. It was a welcome that Amounted to almost an ovation. In his Address he dwelt at great length on reciprocity and tariff and he rigorously defended the principle of protection, but the notable feature of his speech was an attack on Tammany hall and David Ben nett Hill. While he was indulging la his fusillade the hall repeatedly rang with applause. Here's what he said: A Vh ark at Tammany. Just at this time the liar sinister has swept so clearly anil unmistakably across the no mocracy that he who values honewty In public affairs, who doimimls at least tbeappraraureoi purity lu polities, whatever may be bis views uj-onpulIiciui-tioii.niu.'-t repudiate an'l condemn the influnnees now dominant in the I omK rai in party. Foi tl.e first time iu the history of th United States a ;tre;it party, hleh number anions its followers substantially one-half the voters iu Ki.tOMJUu (f people, lies bound at the foot of a local organization. Anorjjaniza tion whii h will compel the Hem M-raiir conven tion to accept itsoaudidates foi tlie.hitrhest ottl. ces known to th.- i;overiiments ol the world. An organization that corrupts whatever It em ploy aud pollutes whatever it touches. l'owerful in I'oli ties. An organization tiiat in turn plunders ballot boxes, steals otlli-es, lirilns and intimidates voters, manipulates returns, r.nd subverts to Its own immoral purposes its entire men.bir hh!p. An orv'iitii.'.nlion that is not worr 1 teated by Kejmbliruiis than it is hatifl by the lietter eiemeiit of the Di-iii'K-ra y. And yet. bt-au.-e this s(H-iety aiTttuiites to itself the power to Uelennine the result i.f an r-l.-c tioii in New York, Ieni',er:tts everywhere will yieid to its pretensions and adopt its enudidale. It may not lie h.ivid I'.i iineit Hill, who Mdav Mauds as lb" acknowledged oiiilsMlimeut of all that is bad. vicimis, anil d. inoraliiin; to poli tics; but, whoever it may !. be will bow tha knee to i:utl un 1 stilHirdlnuie bimsi.lt' to the CTaml saehein in' itiiipiity. The Tammany so ciety was organized a hundred years or in ire ago for the jnirpose ()f tarnishing aid to bury its indigent uu-inlit-rn. Wants to Unry It Alive. The time bus come w hen the w bole society it indigent; indteent in morals, iu lionesU. in de cenry, in everything that is tcood and pure. Let us now come to its assistance and bury the living, not the dead, so deep beneulU our in dignation that the stench of its decaying hiw er will never reach tha nostrils of a virtuous people. We appeal to all lovers of right and haters of wrong to rid the country of the octo pus whose slimy tentacles having encompass ed the metropolis, having wound its dirty arms about the Capitol of the Empire State, having thrust a noisome finger into the penato chamber of the United States, is now creeping with its quivering fllthiness toward the presi dential mansion. A Tribute to the Administration. Referring to President Harrison the speaker said: The wise, the steady, the patriotic hand ol President Harrison has contributed nothing but honor to Lis country. The (renins of an other who serves his country whenever and wherever he can serve them best has added a luster of glory that crii icism can neither tar nish nor obscure; but sinking individuals into a common embodiment of the party, and we look upon an administration that has so guard ed and defended the honor of our flag that to be beneath the stars and stripes Is to be ns se cure abroad as at home; that has faithfully ex ecuted our laws, that has redeemed every pledge of its party and performed every prom ise to the people. THE CONVENTION'S DAY'S WORK. Delegate at Large Selected and Platform ' Adopted. The permanent organization was effect ed with ex-Kcpreseutative I. S. Struble as chairman. He made a brief address in which he eulogized President Harrison, and was loudly cheered by . the delegates, two-thirds ot whom are for a reuomina tion. The c onvention elected as delegates nt-larm J. 8. Clarkson, chairman of the national com mittee; er-Uoveror John 11. (ieur; chairman of the state central committee, E. E. Mack, aud D. C. Chase, member of the legislature from Harrison count y. The three latter are kunvn to favor the rcnoininntion of Harrison. The liberal eiemout wus recognized by the selec tion of Temporary Chairman Cummins as al ternate delegate-at-large to the national con vention. The other alternates are George A Taylor (colored), of Oskulonsa: liruee I). Sea man, of Davenport, and William Eaton, of Hamburg. . l'latform lOullrely National. A resolution endorsing Prohibition was pre sented to the committee on resolutions and voted down. The platform as presented and adopted deals entirely with national issues. It is brief and gen-rul in its scope. It declares that the Republicans of Iowa enter upon the campaign with full confidence that the party in its natioual convention ill make a declara tion of principles and nominate a ticket in full harmony with the Kepublicau past, aud that it will be true to the purpose and conviction of the party. Iu order to ellminato state issues from the approaching campaign it declares that there is no tost of fealty to the national Republican party other than adherence to its platfort. The administration of I 'resident Harrison Is cordially endorsed; "ho has kept very pledge made by the party, and surrouud- The Democratic Programme as Stated by Gov. Winans. Gi:m RAi-ius, Mich., March IS. Gov ernor Winaris yesterday outlined whal coursa the Democrats would pursue upon the iner law by which presidential elect ors at e elected by districts instead of on a general ticket. He Las no doubt of the validity of the law, but th s Republicans will curry it to the state supreLiecourt. If it declares aeainst the law the caie will be appealed to the Cited Stateo supren e court for a final decision, and this ue- sUinn will hardly be reached before election. "Caich Km Both Com In" and Coin.' In tie meantime continued Governor Wi nans we will proceed on the assumption that the law is valid. We will elect delegates by districts as the law provides. The state can fussing board will lie a Democratic body and will recognize the new law as the only law Ui proceed under. I'nlcwt the Republicans fall into lin- and nominate and elect by districts instead of upon a general ticket they will unc1 the state will be solid for the Democrat -c ticket. The canvassing board will issue cortinV-t tes of election to those electors chosen accord! : ig to the provisions of the new la w. If the Republicans persist in demanding that the electors chosen under the old law be rccor aized the question will tro before the Demo cratic house of representatives to decide whic& set of el ictors to accept. GAVE HILL SOME WHISKY. A Georgia Hotel Keeper Who Seems Pretty Hard to Please. Savannah, Ga., March IS. Senatoi Hill anivedat Atlanta yesterday mora ing early and held an informal reception at his hotel, leaving that city an hou later. At Jackson be shook hands wit. a large c umber of citizens and at Maco, there was a great throng which greeted the distinguished visitor heartily. ? made a brief speech, saying that he w proud of the Democracy of Georgia. What's the Matter with that Itonlf.tee? AH the way from Macon toSivannah.whf re aver the tmin made a brief stop, some of th' people boarded it to shake the senator's hand. At l:30o'cloc the i arty took dinner at Wad ley. The proprietor of the railway hotel pre sented a miniature bottle of whisky to th senator, with the remark that he bud been rending some of bis snec-bcii and hi wanted him to "'put a li::lj more Democracy into then." The senator lauehincly accepted the souvenir, and alii a beautiful -wnciuet of flowers which one of Wadley's fair daughters ha 1 sent to hint. (SenntorHid doe- not drink.) The w hole town tut ned out and n.sked for a si-e h, but there was no time. Arrival and Speech at Savannah. Tbe trail arrived here at 4:4." p. in. At rir.TC the Kill ch:b serenaded the governor, and he made a br ef speech. In the evening he at tended tin Ililiemian society hu.nn.uet and made an extended address. H- ki pt the ta' le in a roar bj w;t!y remarks which be called Hibernian leasons why he had been invited to the banquet. He said that nn KniJish writer had explained why lird lirouham had been elevated to the woolsack as follows: ' Lord Brougham was a man of splendid incapacity, vast aud va: ious misinformation, aud immense moral reoui-enients." Now. I can mnkenu af fidavit that the Hibernian society ir savan nah would have asked that man to a ilmt.cT and treated him with magnificent hospitality. Lanulitcr a id applause. Moreover, lie could smoke; und 1 can't. He could get drunk, and except with cold water or coJT.ir, I am just a wretchedly incapable of that ice as ii it were, a virtue. I.ool.iitg to Next November. ('ontinuinfr be said: True Democrat y law survived; the people's rule has survived. Next November will wipe away its latest mterraie tion. Chert. Our more perfect union, in destructible in itself and no less indestructible in its constituent parts, has survived. Ai-plause.-j Our constitution has survived al most seamless, quite unimpaired in fabric and supreme in mthority. Our individual free dom has survived, to which the wholu stib ntance, form and authority or all this l'ranev. wnrk are tue-cly miiiisiraut. U'roloiiged j. plause. The Senator' Movements. Seuator Hill decided to go to Augusta today. He has about decided not to make a sicech at Norfolk, as he has dispatches saying that tbe weather is bio'. 1 le may stop there for an hour to shake band 4 itb his friends before taking tbe boat for aahington. Tho senator receiv ed an invitation from the Hill club of Nash ville which be us obliged to decline. THE GOSSIP AT YOKOHAMA. Mr. Hetberiiigtou a Very Fascinating Americalne. SAX Fkaxi'ISco, March 18. The pas sengers arriving on the Oceanic are still gossiping about Lieutenant nethering ton. One of the naval officers said: "The general opi nit n is for Mrs. netheringtou and Gower R ibinson. The lady, it seems, was fascinatii.g, and not a brainless flirt, as some others seem to think. She got her self into hot water upon her arrival out there by wealing a cii.let jacket on the I Bund iu the afternoon. This jacket had ' brass navy Inn tons and a clievroniof eiu- I' broidercd gold uu each sleeve. Awakened Tender Memories. "It is a guru. cut such as is much worn , by girls who li -e near Annapolis and was ' calculated to a .vaken tender memories in the breasts of iiaval officers. It did and at the same tin e it aroused the ire of .Mrs. J Admiral lMkirtp, who runs society iu the ; Grand hotel au 1 lives abourd the flagship when she pleases. It was eventually an nounced that, c idet jackets were too con spicuous for yonug married women. Only Hade Her Gayer. "This served t.imply to urge Mrs. Ileth eringtou to gayer robes. At all events, she has the entire sympathy of the Charleston's of iters, and many of them wish they weisi in Yokohama now. It was with the Charleston's jtinion officers that she and (lower Robinson had all their little dinm rs and parties." i't Off Both of His r.egs. Wokckstkk, Mass., March 18. Au ex tractor iu Whitney & Mold's Indigo works iuMillbu-y exploded Wednesday. Willard Rice, an expressman, had both legs cut off above the knee', and is not ex pected to recover. Joseph Perry had his rightSeg broken and was otherwise in-lured. WOE FOR CiTY DAIS Chicago's Aldermen Charged with Gold Boodlery. TWENTT-PIVE OF THEM IITVOLYED, And the Sta e's Prison at Jo.iet Declared Certain To lie the future Address ol Several Evidence ICuough to om ict Alleged To He Keady Prominent C it izen Implicated as Itribers Startling T.evelations Prtimised of Ollicial Cupid ity and Rascality. Chicago, March 17. Tf what this morn in,';'s newspapers state is suscept ol proof State's Attorney Longeuecker and the Citizen's associat inn have begun nil investigation which will he completed only when a large nunilx-r of the city aldermen are landed behind the bars of the Juliet penitentiary. Yesterday the grand jury, at the instance of the state's attorney and on the strength of the evidence .submitted to him, decided to at once liegin an inves tigation of the nllSk'cd lx 'idling im-l hods of the council. Subixi-na-s viil be issued today for certain ulderniaii, among them Aldermen Ktmi, Dahlman, Donnt.n, Roth, Cremer, Ciillerton and O'l'.rien, and they wiil appear before the official inquis itors. Indictments and arrests will fol low in quick succession. Say the F.vidrnc-e Is Convincing. Briefly told this is whit is published: There is plento of evidence to convict some ot the most prominent aldermen, and it has been furnish by their colleagues. The pro ceedings of tho council for the last year or two have been engaging the close attention of sev eral well known citizens. They have been gathering evidence against the aldermen aud have now turned it over to the slate's at tor ney. This with the evidence of some mem bers of the council, who hope to appease offend ed justice and retain their liberty, makes a strong and convincing indictment against the "sandbaggers" of the council. Will Be Promptly Indicted. The evidence is ample to secure conviolii n Some of those who have been regarded as tbe bravest boodlers are now falling over each other in their hurry to reach the state's attor ney's office. There was consternation among them yesterday when they learned that their official acta were to become a sobject of investigation by the grand jury. Several were paralyzed with fright when they found that they were being (.hadowed by de tectives. There Is therefore no possibility of their escaping justice by flight to Canada. In a few hours indictments will be returned by the grand Jury, and those aldermen who have boldly and almost publicly sold franchises to corporations will be in the clutches of the law. WHAT WILL BE SWORN TO. That It Gots Money to Secure several franchise. Witnesses will be before the grand jury to. day who will testify regarding tho sums of money paid for various franchises granted in tbe last yesr, the amount each alderman re-c-'-ived for his vote, and when, where and by whom the money was paid. Thu envelopes which contained the cash will be exhibited, and it will be show n that they wore banded tn the tuHidicrs in certain saloons and meeting places. It will also appear in evidence that the toilet room ofthecounc.il cbamla r w as a favor ite plare for the passing of money from the boss lioodlers to the greedy conncilmen. It is known that aldermen have "suuea'eii." Public criticism has le. n loo strong tor thi c weak ones, and they determined to save their own l berty by turning Mute's evidence rath, r than takenny more chances. Last night it was impossible lo Bud ccrta n aldermen at their homes, and it was whispered that they hud already Cikcn flight. The franchises Purchased. Il ili be sbowti that the llacon compressed air, the Northern Pacific and Kconumic gas ordiuaiii es wel.t through by virtue of the pur chase in hard cash of the votes of city fathos. Who these were, the price of their votes :tud tbe jieople who paid for them will he g:ve.u and those bo paid tbe money and made th pnichnso will lie held amenable to the law 34 fully as those ho sold their votes. , .... le Holds a full Hand. "I have till the t vidi nee 1 requiis-i," said Stare's Attorney lmgencoker "to cony ict sev eral aldeinien and 1 w ill place it before tha grand Jury. lean assure you it ill not only be ample to convict the boodlers, but it wi.l cause a sensation iu this community." It is said that twenty-five aldermen are implicated and that the lirilicrs are among Chicago's must prominent citizens. Convention of l.abo Com in issio ners. Chicacii, March is. Th national ex ecutive hoard of the American Association of State Labi r Commissioners met at the Palmer house Wednesday. Commissioner Undine, of Colorado, presided. Commis sioners Peck, of New York; Peelle, of In diana; Button, of Kansas, and Wright, of Washington, were present. After the transaction of routine business the com mittee selected May 4 to 28 inclusive as the date of the ninth annual convention, which will be held at, Denver, Col. Re ports from commissioners of various states assured a large attendance at Denver. Carpet Mill Consolidation. PniL.UiEl.rill , Ph., March IS. Nego tiations are pending for the consolidation of two of the largest carjiet manufactories of the city. The capitalization will be over $1,000,000, the a 11 11 ual output run to nearly $3,000,000 in value, and 1,000 Lands given employment. Ivins, Dietz aud Ma gee, and Hogg aud Metzger, the firms whose amalgamation is iu prospect, with 11 single exception are the Philadelphia lenders in the manufacture of body Brus sels carpets and large producers of Wil tons and ingrains. karf Kxplains Some Mine Disasters. SliKNWNMOAH. Pa., March IS. Mine In spector Stein has applied to the county court for the arrest of elcveu miners charged with violating the law providing that no more than ton miners shall ride on a shaft, or slope cage at one time. The miners refused to get off the cage and re fused to say who got on last. The penalty is a fine of tXH) or three months' imprison ment or both. This is the first case of the kind ever instituted in the region. Winter Wheat In Kansas. Kansas Citt, March IS. Reports from thirty-one counties in Kansas along the line of the Union Pacific road show tho condition of winter wheat to be except inn ally gootl and the probable acrea:fr un usually large. The probable crop area ot is H'1,.V!4 acres in excess of !;at of the year previous. In only one county is the condition of wheat reported poor. The Census of New York. ALBANY, March IS. With a very few ex cept ious the returns from all the counties in the state have been received from the census enumerators, and although several have la-en sent baxk for completion and correction, a reliable computation has been made. The census of the state as compiled shows: Total population Ifcitt, 0,479,740; 1M. S,tK7,85a. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Max Strako-ch, the famous impress ario, died at New York of paralysis. Deacon will be tried for killing his wife's paramour Abeille, at Cannes, on May 16. The Xew York assembly has passed the senate World's fair bill, appropriating $300,000. The liabilities of Guenzberg, the Rus sian banker, are estimated at between 15, KJ.OOO and yo,Ono,(KHI roubles. An immense throng of people attended the funeral of the late grand duke of Hesse at Darmstadt, Germany. Tennes.see Democratic conventions will meet as follows, all at Nashville: To select delegates to Chicago, May 2C; state tick., Aug. 9. Cleveland is "all tore up"' over the re port t hat live immigrants suffering with typhus fever are on their way to that city. Tiie officials are on the qui vivo. Secretary Poster has arrived nt home from Kiis'Und in improved health. One of his first callers at New York was O'Dono van liustfa, who failed to see the secretary. Franz Schnvider, convicted of murder ing servant girls, was executed in Vienna. Two poachers were hanged in Kngland for killing a gamekeeper who caught them poaching. St. Patrick's Day was duly celebrated all over the Cnitml States. The Irish flag flew from the Neyv York city hall and the Chicago city officials had a holiday by the grace of the city council. A. R. Iea, a member of the Wisconsin legislature, is openly charged by E. JS. Gordon, of Chicago, with complicity in the murder of H. C. Mead, a banker of Waupaca, Wis., who was murdered dur ing the night of Oct. ti, 18S-2. Lea has sued Gordon for slander. Will Only Build fight Mile. Boston, March IS. Reports of an im portant extension of the Chicago, Burling ton and Quincy lines at the Black hills have only this basis: That t he company has let a centract for tbe building of eight miles of road into the Rubie basin at the Black hills. This is all the extension the company contemplates at present at this place. It is, however, laying the rails upon some fifty miles of completed grading to carry its northwestern extension west of Gillette to the foot of the mountains. Had Reason to Disappear. Toledo, March IS. Albert E. Pope, the most prominent insurance agent in the city, has disappeared. Special examiners of the companies which be represented are examining his books. They have already found a shortage of over (10,000, and it is believed the total will reach twice that. Pope was last seen here Saturday evening. He took several hundred dollars with him. For two months past he has drunk heavily. His wife is momentarily expected to die. Latest Sljle of Tress Room. IlAKKisiiVno, March IS. The attorney general has instituted proceedings against the Philadelphia Inquirer company for an alleged violation of the insurance laws by offering foOo to each person killed witn an Inquirer containing an insurance coupon, or the coupon itself on his or her person within twenty-four hours of date of issue of the paper. Conspired Against a Woman. Boston", March is. Detective Samuel 1). Reed, of Haverhill, was held in $o00 bail yesterday for alleged conspiracy with Charles H. Fiske to prove the latter's wife guilty of adultery so he might secure a di vorce. Fiske has disappeared, but it is thought that he has gone to Maine, where au elTort will lie made to locate Uim. Slabbed His daughter in the Hip. Babylon, L. I., March IS. Michael Mc Gloyne, 7'2 years old, stabbed his daughter Margaret, in the hip Wednesday, danger. ously wounding her. It appears that Thomas GriffiCi, a neighbor, was paying attention to the girl, who is 19 years old, and McGloyne objected to this. The girl was heads! roll u and insisted upon having the attentions of licr lover. Other mem bers of the family took part in the quarrel about the matter, which ended with the stabbing with a carving knife, McGloyne was arrested. A Minnesota Town I'-urning. Minneapolis, March IS. Clear Lake, Wis., is burning. One of the largest hotels, a hall and a dry goods store are in flames. The fire is past controL It's sometimes said patent medicines are for the igno rant. The doctors foster this idea. "The people," we're told, "are mostly ignorant when it comes to medical science." Suppose they are ! What a sick man needs is not knowl edge, but a cure, and the medi cine that aires is the medicine for the sick. Dr. Pierces Golden Med ical Discovery cures the "do believes" and the "don't be lieves." There's no hesitance about it, no "if" nor "possi bly." It says "I can cure you, only do as I direct." Perhaps it fails occasionally. The makers hear of it when it does, because they never keep the money when the medicine fails to do good. Suppose the doctors went cn that principle. (We beg the doctors' pardon. It wouldn't dol) Choking, sneezing and every other form of catarrh in the head, is radically cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Fifty cents. By druggists. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Woodyatf s Music House No. 1804 Second Avenue. WOODYATT &. WOODYATT. fa ' O 5 1-3 u CO r GO O CO 3 rw 0 0 1 -s H 1 .- S c r I 95 This firm have the exclusive sale for iliis coumv i f following celebrated -Piexrjos etrjd Oro-ars, WiiUUK, oTU Y VlfiSAN J , UECKEI. BROS., WHEEL0C1 ESTEY, AND CAMP & CO. 'S PIANOS And the ESTEY, WESTERN COTTAGE and FAR RAND & VOTEY ORGANS. f"A fall 11ns also of small Musical saerchsndiie. We hve ix our employ Srft-cu. r.unTue OUR NEW . . spring 81 IS ARRIVING DAILY. In a few days We will have a Grand Spring Opening WATCH for it. CARSE & CO., 1622 Second Ave. (f IIANHOOD RESTORED !: W fAi fj 'i Irfuuior Hritm kw-r, nrlte. V.V..mi:: - ' v 1T . ;.rit; j -- J,? j ""r' NTViMi!-nC!. I,aMtudf. aiMftin ur J -- ' ; V1"." i"t?T -ri mJ Ortnn m either si cuM ly ovr w.tmi.m. ; ' ..'-.,-'..: BfcFORX Ml) For - 0 tbaceo, opium or sitTuuhtntt raw.' tin and InMnity. Iut n tnv':ii.r '. aiety mtu'; f Ir Ri. With vi: y r. it 11 in 1 : t iur rt. iin ci' j'"1.' ' ...... sale in Rock island by H&rtz & Bahnsen. 3i Ave. ar.ci s-- IU. R. Q. ITueson. M -J- PARSER- HUDSON & PARKER, CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS, Estimate All kinds of Carpentering promptly atter.ilu t iQrsisned when desired. , 7 . , , Shop cor First ave ard f eventepnth st. R01 k i:'"" THE BEE HIVIT DAVENPORT, Is showing the largest and most complete line of Cloaks and Millinery ever shown in the tri-cities. Ladies needing anything in thpir linp :hmilH nnt fil fn s . w . . . . v s . w uui mil ivy f jl I call and insnprf thpir o-nnrl; nnd prices. 1 r-a, V S IV'i " " 1 Latest Novelties: III w i Willow Crown Sailor Hat. BEE HIVE, 114 West Second Street, Davenport-