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TJLLE HOOK ISLAND AllGUS, MONDAY, APltLL 7, lfc90. THE DAILY ARGUS JOHN W. POTTER. Moti dat, April 7, 1890. Thb entente cordiale existing between the Hon. W. F. Crawford and Dr. James Cozad, the Edgington aspirants for Ben atonal honors, is considerably strained, we are sorry to say; and the worst of it is there is likely to be no truce agreed upon. Both are setting their pins for securing the Edgington delegation to the republican county convention, and both are equally confident. If the republican county committee doesn't go down into Edgington and call a halt the circumam bient atmosphere in the whole lower end will assume a lurid hue. IMatribailBK the Marpla. The pension patriots in congrrsi pro 'pone to do their share to reduce the ur plus. The following pension bills have parsed the committee, and will soon be brought up Tor action in the house: The service bill: This proposes to pen sion all who served ninety days, or over, at f 8 per month, as soon as the soldier becomes 63 years of age. This will take 112.000,000, as it is estimated there are 200,000 who have now reached that age, but that 75.000 are now on the pension rolls, leaving 150,000 to be benefited by the bill. The Dependent bill: This will pension all under 63 years, who can either show disability, or inability to earn a living, regardless of cause, at $8 per month. This will take. $20,000,000. This bill will be a premium for idleness and va grancy. The Widow's bill: To pension all widows of soldiers, regardless of the cause of the soldier's death, if they are dependent upon their own manaal labor for support. This bill will take f 8.000. 000. Prisoners of war: This provides for a per diem of $2 while the soldier was in prison, if for 60 days or over. The es timate of these is 130,000. and it will take 7,500,000. Total increase. $47,000,000; present pensions, JOS.OOO.OUO; reculur increase, $4,500,000; grand total, $150,000,000 If these bills all pass it will be a heavy iucrease in one year $51,000,000. The taxpayers outside of congress think halt should be called in the matter of granting pensions to soldiers who are neither disabled by wounds or disease. Pleading for IteAuetton. The Chicago Tribune of last Wednes day contained the following special dis patch: Washington, D. C , April 1. Spec ial.1 A large number of citizens of Judge Gest's district have sent .him i communication, accompanied by a peti tion. which he filed in the house toil.iy in regard to the financial depression of the farming community. They say some thing must be done to aflord them relief. and though they have given the tariff question much thouehl they are unable to decide fully what effect a material reduc tion of duties on imports would have, as the farmers have prospered and bin gunned under a protective tariff. In conclusion, however, they demand that sugar, salt, lumber, binding twine, and the materials entering into its manufac ture be admitted fiee of duty, and that a cut of at least 50 per cent be made on woolen, cotton and linen fabrics. The above fails to state whether Mr. Gest did further than file the petition. but it is not likely that he did. Of course it didn't strike him favorably, but probably bad the effect of reminding Lim of his broken promises to the farmers prior to Lis election to congress. Then he was apparently heartily in favor of a rcduo tion of the tariff, but as soon as he took bis seat in the national house he became subservient to the tariff robbers and mo nopolists. Outside of any beneficial influence, however, that the farmers' petition may have upon Mr. Ge&t. if indeed it has any, it is a hopeful indication that the hus bandrymen of Illinois have become thor oughly aroused on the vital question of tariff reform, and that they are deter mined to sift the matter to the bottom. The request sent to Congressman Gest by some of bis constituents in this district is only an admonition of what the party may expect when the farmers come to a full realization of how they have been victimized and plundered by a protective tariff. ABBREVIATED TEL EGRAMS. - Wisconsin Turner have indorsed the Ben nett aw. Hit Wing-ate, of I'ontiac, Wis., died Fri day at the age of 103. The largest brirk block in Piuckney villa, I1U., was burned Friday. Loss f.'iO.OOu. Fires are raging in the Black forent, Ger many, and have already devastated a tract tWO acres. Fire is raging in Shaft Ko. 5 of the South llKesbnrre coal mine, and it will have to be flooded. 1 be defalcation of Arclior, the Maryland tai irea-iurer, tins grown to $li,00t, and u growing. The total saving: on iitircb&ses of bonds bv the treasury up to Saturday niht vu stiU,- Collector Erhardt, of .New York, has not yet bad continuation of that alleged $l,0uo- ww smuggling irauiL UT. iliiam itbian. and old settler of Vermilion county, Ills., died at Danville, Bararuay, aged ao years. Senator tar well, of Illinois, is reported confined to bis bed at Washington City with . an attack or la grrippa. Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was appointed major general Saturday by the president to succeed Gen. Crook. The appointment meets witb general approval. The W. C. T. U. women of Kingman, Kan., went on a rum raid Saturday, but found no victims except a druggist, whose liquor tney spilled in the street The many failure of farmers in Pennsyl vania is attributed to the decline in the price oi looacco, the cultivation of which has been ery largely prosecuted of late years. At the Coufddorat I) 3Com tion Djy ob servance at New Orleans Sunday a floral presidential chair incribd To Our Chief" was placed at the tomb of Jefferson Davis. Gen. Lewis A. Grant, of Minneapolis, has been nominated as assistant secretary of war- He has a KpUmrUrl army record, and was ree ommeuded by Governor Gear and other Iowa men. It is r e ported at Sun Francisco that Cretd Haymoud, who recently resigned the attor neyship of the Southern Pacillo railway, will try to succeed Stanford ax California's senator at Washington City. A Are visited the village of Theresa, twen ty-live wiles from Watertown, N. Y., Sat- urday, and devastated the business portion of the town, destroying forty-two buildings, and causing a loss of from f 150,000 to -'OO,-UUO, partly insured. Walter E. Raid, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Advertised to answer letters addressed to the spirit laud without breaking' the seals, charging a dollar an answer. Now how melancholy nnder the burden of a convic tion ' the United auto court for ualne the mall for fraudulent purpose. VANISHED ASSETS. The Financial Vacuum of John F. Piummer & Co. A NEW YOtK BUSINESS MYSTEBY. Disappearance of Oae of the Firm and Also or About 1,000,000 The Wicked Partner Probably in Canada, but the Money, Where, Oh Where Has It Gone? Unlike the Baseless Fabric or a Vis ion, It Leaves a Bad Wrack Behind. New York, April 7. The failure of John H. Flummer & Co., which occurred recent ly, is the talk of the town just now, because the more the matter develops the more startling are the developments. It was noted Saturday that the creditors did not expect to got a cent, and now W. S. Darling, a partner, is missing, and the creditors would be very much surprised to see him again. But his disappearance probably pro vides the key to the mystery of this remark able failure. Furthermore, it relieves Mr. Plunimor of some of the imputations which had been made against him. But thi ques tion, "Where has the money gone f has not been answered yet. All that is definitely known is that a big house, doing a profita ble business, with a support surplus of at least I .Ylo,0iX, has suddenly collapsed, and the $500,i00 is on the other si.le of the ledger. A Round Million Vanishes. A round million has disappeared, and the only man who can tell where it has gone has gone, too. This situation was made possible by a very peculiar arrangement in the man agement of the affairs of John F. Piummer & Co. There was an arbitrary division of duties among the partners. John F. Pium iier and his brother attended solely to what l ay be termed the outside end of the busi- ss. Mr. Piummer gave his special atten tion to designing and selecting designs for goods to 1-e made at the mills. To his skill in this direction, it is said, has always been due bis success. Darling Had Charge of the Books. Mr. Darling had charge of the books and of the whole financial department as abso lutely as if he had been the sole member of the firm. There was not even an auditing of his accounts. He gave his partners to understand that they were doing a most profitable business, with earnings at the rate of about $l5i, iOO a year. The volume of business fully warranted this statement, and, for that matter, it has not yet been showed to he untrue The partners did not draw all their profits. It is said that the senior partner drew enough to enable him to live at the rate of about t',00o annually. The crash came when some of the mills de manded security or payment toward the great advances they hail made tli" firm. In tne cuse of one mill the amount was f H),iK)0. Bnt He lias Clone to Join Eno. This brought to fight the real state of af fairs and no one was more amazed than Mr. Piummer himself. "We have not heard a w.-rlfrom Mr. Darling." said Partner W. L. Strong yesterday, '-but 1 have not much doubt th.it he is in Canada. The examina tion of the hooks has not been finished yet, and we have no clew to what has been done with the money. I hope the books will bow, b:!t they may not. There are all sorts of rumors, but none of them has been veri flel." There ara various rumors about the $!,00u,0i.0 which apparently has disappeared f roin the nssets of the firm. First it is said th it Mr. Darling has speculated in stocks. The Mxn Who Ought to Know. A man who ought to knowsavs that Darl ing lost something less than $."ill, Kfc soma time ago in Wall stnvt, but that the big de flciency has not gone there. Another report is that he has lost heavily on real estate held in his wife's inline in the upper part of the city. The finrt uliout this is that three years ago air. Dnriing bought torty-thre lots on One Hundred and nigUty-fit'th street, which stand in his wife's name, and which cost $ai,mi. To-day they are worth fully ?(), UNl. There are also stories told atout Mr. Darling's private life, but noboly substanti as them, as they would hardly, if substanti ated, acconnt lor the disappearance of a fortune. DEVILIi OUTRAGE BY TRAMPS. . I.uiluiiy Conductor Held and Coolly Miot Through the Hody. Liua, )., April 7. Conductor Tucker had desp -rate fight with tramps on his train yesterday, and was fatally shot by one of them. As his freight upon the Fort Wayne road was moving upon a side track half a mile west of this city, yesterday afternoon, six tramps climlied into a box car. Con ductor Tucker saw them, and ordered them to get out. They refused, and when he en tered a car to ej -ct t h.m, fired a pistol at him. The shot missed, liowever, and Tucker grappled with the gung, but was finally him self thrown out of the car. The tramps then jumped out of the door on the north side of the car. Tucker climbed over the train, and as be alighted on the opposite side, one of the gang produced a revolver, which Tucker wrenched out of his hands. Twoothers then caught him, holding each of his arms so that he was powerless to defend himself, when another placed a revolver at the conductor's left side an.l fired, fatally wounding him. Four of the tramps were arrested. NOTHING IN ITS PATHWAY. Twenty Million Gallon of Water Breaks Loose, Flooding the Country. Ithaca, N. Y., April 7. Showors of un precedented violence fell in this locality Friday night, causing the streams to rise to unusual heights and flooding the lower por tion or this city. The dam of the upper reservoir of the Ithaca water-works com ny, holding 3).ti0Q,(l00 of gallons, burst during the night and when the water plunged through the cliff bound chasm below it was a terrific torrent 35 feet deep. Fortunately, no olstacle lay in its pathway, and when it reached the ojien valley below the water spread out over the flat surface of the valley and formed a lake which covers the western suburbs of Ithaca now to a depth of three feet This body of water, joined by the overflow from two other streams, washed out the tracks of the Le high Valley and Delaware and Lackawanna roads, suspending traffic for a time. " NON-COMMITTAL, FOR A FACT. The State Department Doesn't Give Out Any wi to Speak Of. ,.i' Washington City, April 7. The state department is like a clam. It is practically shut up. I he officials who are easy of aC' cess ' are not at liberty to say anything for publication and Secretary Blaine who is, U not to be seen. All efforts to find out any thing about the recent or pending negotia tions about the fisheries question, or the seal fishery question in Behring sea, or the reci procity negotiations with South American republics have been futile. The state de partment oflluials will not even admit tiiat such negotiations are in progress. Tbey have even gone so far as to refuse to affirm that Mr. Charles Tupper was in Washing ton, when he could be seen any day at the Arlington hotel, from which he uiade fre quent visit to the residence of Sjcretary Blaine, half a square distant. A Wealthy hicagoan's Mad Deed. Chicago, April 7. Marcus C. Stearns, a millionaire and a well-known business man, made a desperate attempt at self -destruction Saturday afternoon at his residence on Micbigau avenue, by shooting four bullets into bis head. He is seriously wounded and will probably die. His family can assign no reason for the tragedy, but he has been in poor health for some time and his friends attribute the act to despondency. Mr. Stearns is the father-iu-law of ex-Meyor Carter Harrison. . Dropped Dead in Church. MaNariELD, O., April 7. James H. Em- ruinger, aged about 50 years, dropped dead in SL Luke's church during the services last night.. Mr. Etnminger was secretary of the Richland Fire Insurance company and super intendent of the St. Luke Sunday school. Cause of death, apoplexy. POISONED BY A SERVANT. A Chicago Suburban Resident and His Wife Foully Murdered. Chioaoo, April 7. A horrille case of murder by poison occurred at Enjlewood, a suburb of this city, Friday night, the actual death of the victims taking place Saturday morning. They were Mr. an J M rs. George P. Newland. Mr. Newland was wealthy retired real estate man. The pois n was ad ministered Friday night in the food, and consisted of a large quantity of rough on rats. Investigation showed that one of the servants had borrowed money of .'diss Grace Newland, and purchased the pisou at a drug store near the resideno, ami, after ad ministering it, disappeared. A diabolical feature of the crime is that Miss Newland was also poisoned, as wall as her bi-othcr, but they will recover. The Suspect Arrested. Suspicion, of course, fastened upon the missing servant, a woman nemi Emma Starr and Info on Saturday she wt s arrested at the Park theatre. Sue gave her name as Delia Foster, and said she was a variety actress and that her real name was Mrs. Star William Ray. She said s'?.e had a daughter 9 years old who was living with her husband, a bill poster, at For; Wayne, Ind. ; that the never saw Mr. or Mrs. New land and never heard the name. She was taken to Mr. New land's haase and identified, after which the was locked up. She is known at Fort Wayne and Lafayette, and is the daughter of a Fort Wayne blacksmith, so it is said. It is also reported that he was eccentric to the ver,-e, if not over it, of insanity "AGIN" THE GtRRYMANRER. McCcmas' I'roponil Ion Adopte I by the House Committee. Washington City, April 7. A favorable report has been ordered, by the house com mittee having it in ohr.rge, on the MeComas anti-g rrymander bill, the report having been adopted by a strict party vi te in com mittee. The Democrats will file a minority report The features of the bill are two: One provides that congress shall apportion the members of the house of repre-sMitatives among the several states inimediarely after each decenuial census is complete. I; the leg islature of a state meeting nextaftr such apportionment is ma la sha 1 redis tnct the state, making eeah district compact, etc., and as nearly ai practic able to contain equal numbers of voters, tha limit of difference between the inost and least populous district being fix i at 15, 0u0; and the scheme of d strict s so adopted shall not be altered until the next supc;J ing census is completed. This Will Raise a Row. The other feature provides that until con gress hall reapportion the memb. rs of the bouse among the states under the nsus of IS'.), the members shall be elevted to the Firty-second congress from the tame dis tricts as those from which the me nbers of the Fifty-first congress were, elect.-1. -'any law of any state heretofore or lereafter pass-.nl to tha contrary not wit lis' an ling." If this bill h.-comes a law it will "knock out" the recent Ohio gerrymander or raise an exceedingly hot constitutiona' contro versy. EX-SENATOR GILHAM DED. The Victim of a Burglar's l'islol Crosses the Border. Chicago. A j ril 7. Ex-State Sous tor D. B. Gilbnmdie.1 at his home in Alton. Ills., at 6 o'clock yesterday evening from t'le effects of injuries received several weeks since in an encounter with a burglar. The criminal has never l)eon heard of sulci the light of his assault on Mr. Gilhtm. i.oo.l Work in the Tension Office. Washington City, April. In a letter to Secretary Noble, Pension Commissioner Raum states that since Dec. 'Jllli.st there have been plncad upon the "completed flirt" of the bureau !i,-M pension cases. T lie "com pleted tile" ar. cases that appear to lie com plete. Of the above, 5i,i-Jt have be-n acted upon. Final adjudication of these cses is going on at the rate of over 10, (KM p month, and the commissioner says that as business is now arranged he will be abie by Say ."1 to have every claim examined which w.is in the office Jan. 1 last, have every completed claim allowed, mid calls for evidem s made in those not completed. Varied and Extensive Fraud. New York, April 7. The investigation into the alleged frauds in connect i m with the recent election in Jersey City has re sulted in the issuance of warrants for the arrest of the memliers of the election board for the First assembly district of tl at city. The investigation hns developed a remarka ble variety and extentof fraul. Votes were cast in tue name of many persons long since dead, or who had moved away from the places mentioned in the registry, anJ ballot boxes were stuffed in the mot flagrant man ner. Ks-Senalor Ihurman Sick Abod. New Yokk, April 7. The World's Col umbus, O. special nays: Fl-Senator Thur man is quite seriously ill at his bom here. The unusually damp winter has greatly aggravated his rheumatic troubles, -in i he is in a very feeble condition. He hns buen confined to hut lied for several dajs, and because of his age his family are somewhat anxious asto the outcome. Later. Mr. Thurmau is much Iwtter and no alarm is felt. NEW TRUNK LINE PROJECTED. Fifty-two Miles Shorter than Any Rnnte Between nttuburg; and Chicago. Findlay, O., April 7. The Pittsburg and Wester railroad, which extends to Akron, has purchased the Toledo and Delphos narrow-gauge road, which is flnLslitsl from Carey to Delphos. The track will bi made standard gauge and extenled to C. icago. It is proposed to buiid from Plym.iith to rmdlay, and then purchase the An erican Midland system now in operation bit ween this city and Ottawa, and which is graded as far west as Fort Wayne. Then, by building a short distance, make a great trunk line between Pittsburg and Chicago, fifty-two miles shorter than any route now connecting tnose two cities. 1 his Dew line is known as the "Carnegie road." The American Mid land is now in the bands of a receiver, and is soon to be sold. Expert Billiards at Chicago. Chicago, April 7. The opening cX the 14-inch Balk-line handicap billiard tourna mect at Central Music ball Saturday night was a big success. The first game w is be tween Slosson, and W. H. Catton, of Rock Island, Ills., Slosson giving Catton :i'0 points in 501). Catton won the bank, and during the game did some brilliant playing, but he was no match for "the Student," who punched out l.ii points in the fifteen) b in ning by a marvelous display of expertness. He strung o.nt 77 points in the seventeenth inning, and later made 50, 74 and 43 at an an inning. Canon's tost run was 47. and the score at the end of the game was f 00 for Slosson, with an avenge of '25 and 134 plus the handicap of 2.VJ, with an average of 6 14-ai for Catton. Important to Suburbanites. Washington City, April 7. A rai road ease of importance to suburban residents was decided by the inter-state cuintnUsioa Baturday, the effect of which is that where a railroad company gives proper notice to holders of commutation tickets that it will not refund extra fare charged the t cket holder when he forgets his ticket, ithe co m pany is acting within the law, has a right to charge the extra fare and to refusa re bate when the ticket is presented a ; the office later; also that the company 1 as a right to sell tickets good for a certain lum ber of trips within a limited time, at d to cancel the ticket when the time ex pirea whether all the trips have been take.i by the bolder or not. Fatal Powder Mill Explosion. New York, April 7. A terrific explosion occurred Saturday in the powder mill at Bay C ties term, near Bartow, N. Y. - Two and bouses in the vicinity lor some dist anos were damaged. - SILENT HAMMERS. Six Thousand Chicago Carpen ters on a Strike. THE EIGHT HOUB MOVE IS BOOMING A Mass Ratification Meeting Addressed by Robert Undbiom, the Board of Trade Mun Labor Trusts Advocated and En eournged A New Line of Thought Sug gested on the Labor Question The Way to Regulate Supply. Chicago. April 7. The Carpenters' .Coun cil declared Saturday night at 12 o'clock that the strike was on, or would be Monday morning. About seventy-five delegates were present, representing over 6,000 men. Until 12 o'clock the council was prepared to receive any committee from the Master Carpenters' Association with a view to arbitration, I ut no committee appeared, and a resolution to strike for minimum wages of 40 cents an hour, an eight hour day and recognition by the bosses, was carried. The Strike Action Ratified. More than 3,000 men attended the mass meeting of the union carpenters at the Sec ond Regiment armory yesterday afternoon, and, by a unanimous vote, ratified the action in ordering a strike. Four speakers ad dressed them on tha present situation, the cause and use of the strike, and advised them as to their conduct in it. Before the meeting was called to order about a dozen secretaries were kept busy taking the names and money of the men who wanted to join the union aud go out with the majority. Resolutions were rea I from the Knights of Labor and other trade assemblies pledging support to the carpenters in their fight. Lindlilnm Talks Labor "Trust." Robert Ijiud'dom was the first speader in trodiKvd. "From the teachings that have been furnished in most every kind of busi ness," said Mr. Liudb om, "you have come to adopt the theory of supply and demand in relation to wages as the correct one. Here tofore these matters have been regulated by other than yourselves, but now you have re solved to administer a little supply and de- maud meibcina yourselves. And is there anything wrong about it f Is it not in con formity with the recognized rules of busi ness! the Strikers in Good Company. "The sugar trust, the coal barons and the raii roa.l pools all do what they can toward the regulation ot surply and demtnd, and you are indebted to thee gentlemen for teaching you to regulate the supply of labor. But you should do it for the benefit, of your fellow men, for the sake of education and to secure Is-tfer homes for your wives and children. There is nothing revolutionary in this. Yon have the right to regulate the supply of your own efforts. The I'hilosonhr of the Move. We all know how it is possible for a few men to regulate the price of a certain conv modity, and why should the same thing fail with labor which must lie its own protec tion? If the lalior problem were properly understoxl it would be solved in a genera tion. Knowledge alone is the champion of improvement an i progress. If the carpen ters work eight hours a day instead of ten is not the supply of that particular commodity reduce,! oue-lifth! And should not the price lor that lai or be increased m the same ratio if the demand remaius the same? The Bosses Can Stand It. "The employers could well afford to pay you i cents an hour, for the man who works ciht hours a day is worth in the end more than the man who works ten. The only thing to be considered should be the questi.m whether or not they can grant your demand and still make for themselves a fair return. I think thev can, and the time will come whrn thev ill not be more entitled t. c.i.n: ns!ition ihnt is i He labor. A I'lea A-alust ioletiro. on are mi the right track now. Try to decrease the supply of inb.tr and lalior will become more valuable. But, above all things, do not resort to violence in your struggle for equity except in defense of your manhood. 1 he Ixtttio of emancipated Labor must I won not on tha fi dd of revolution but on the held of evolution. You are the advance guard of ail industrial army. Be ware of fn!so leaders, for America will not tolerate the substitution of violence for rea son. The intelligent world is in sympathy with you and i!l help yon in voiu struggle for equity " GINZBR3ER'S LITTLE DEAL. He Steals a Few Cigar and Rrrak His Victim. IxpiAKAPoLls, April 7. A heavy consign ment of stolen cigars has been discovered here. They w.-re stolen from the Red Rock Cigar company, of Denver, CoL, by August Ginztmi ger. He negotiated with this com pany for 72,0(KI fine cigars, agreeing to pay cash for them. They were delivered to him in Denver and he shipped them 4o San Fran cisco immediately, reshipping them to In diansp.lis A few davs afterward, when the company's agent went around to collect the money, he found that Mr. Ginzberger had skipped and all trace of the cigars had been lost. The firm failed for $24,fh0. beine unable to hold np under the losses occasioned by Ginzlierger's stealings. J. W. Prosser, of lienver is here, and the thief will b3 iulu-ted in the federal court Ierllnn In a Slave Marriage Cane. A AsniNGTOS, IniL, April 7. A case has been decided here which practically declares slave marriage illegal. In tha '50 s Andrew Thomas, a Georgia slave, married another slave according to negro rites. Three chil dren were Iki-u. hater Thomas escaped. Bfiuea m mis counry, rwcame . nrosner- ana married acain. After the war Mrs. Thomas No. 1 hunted him up. For her Thomas built a house on his furm, where she has since lived in harmony with wife No. 2. Recently, desiring that her children should inherit a share of their father's estate, she brought suit to auiet title to the farm. Saturday the suit was de cided against her, the court holding the marriage ille-al. The case will go to the supreme court. The Chicago World's Fair. . . i, m . i . v-mi-Auu, jpru 4. niucn surprise was evinced Saturday when the list of directors of the World's Fair association was pub lished at the absence of the name of Mr. Ueorge K. Davis, whose work in favor of this city at Washington City was very effi cient. It has been discovered, after all, that he was elected, and that one of tha men announced, probably Mr. Colvin, will have to give way for him. The knowledge that Mr. Davis was not "left" elves great satis faction. Probably Carried Over Niagara Falls. Niaoara Falls, N. Y., April 7. William A. Welch, who has for several vears oast held the position of foreman on H. C. How ard's farm, near La Salle, is missing, and there seems but little doubt that he was car ried over the falls. Ko Repeal of Prohibition la Iowa. Des Moines, la., April 7. Tha lower house of the legislature disposed of the question of repeal of the prohibition law for at least two years Saturday by de feating the Democratic local option bill. This result was accomplished by the vote of Jiwart, the Union Labor member, who vowd with the Republicans, giviug thorn 51 vow. VUlaino.: Attempt at Incendiarism. Padccah. Ky.. AprU-7. The Marshall house was discovered to be on tire Friday morning, but the flames n?re promptly ex tinguished witb small loss. An lamination showed that a diabolical attempt ai incen diarism had been made. The fire bad been started simultaneously in five rooms, three in the upper story and two on the first. Be a Strike Abdut This. Indianapolis, April 7. The union car penters of this city hare notified the con tractors that after May I tbey will require 35 cents an hour and eight hours to consti tute a day's work. The contrao or say tbey cannot afford to pay the wages demanded, and a strike may result. . to HE DOTED ON PEACE Bismark's Friend Demolishes a Popular Delusion. THE GREAT TEUTON IN A NEW G ABB A Rival of the Immortal "Buck Fan khawe," lie Teamed for Peace, and Would Have It, If He Had to Fight for It Lord Bandy Has a Little Irish Pol icy of His Own A Badly Treated Frenchman Foreign Notes. . Loxdox, April 7. Herr Woermann, a life-long friend of Prince Bismarck, in an interview, fays that the allusion to Bis marck as the "Man of Blood and Iron" Is altogether unjustified, as the wholejpolitical career of the ex-chancellor shows him to have been a man, of peace. "Prince Bis marck's experiences nt the diet of Frank fort," Herr Woermann continued, "con vinced him that there was not room enough in Germany for both Austria and Prussia. It became his object to turn out Austria and he never concealed his intention to ao. complish it. He was ready to make a bar gain so long as ha was required to concede nothing essential. Just Had to Fight. "When a bargain on those terms was not to be had he accepted a conflict, for which he knew Prussia was ready, and the result justified bis foresight. In the settlement after Sadowa he exerted a self-restraint which was perhaps hi. greatest achievement. The soldiers were against him, for they trusted their strength. Bismarck, looking lar ahead, advocated moderation as the right way to secure the future good will of temporary enemies. In this way he gained over south Germany within a year or two, and Austria a few years later. Same Way In the French War. "The conflict with France was held to be inevitable after the defeat of Austria. The military leaders were able to take it up at any time. Indeed, the general stafL" was ready even in lstfd to enter Vienna, at tha risk of having the French army on their flank. But Bismarck preferred moderation. In lboS, when the Luxemburg dispute arose, the military administration was for accept ing the French challenge. Bismarck was for a compromise, if it could be effected hon orably. He held that a war postponed may be a war prevented. In 1S70 the conditions were different. It Was Fight or Fall Hark. "The challenge was given to Germany in a manner whicb left no alternative. The theory that Bismarck had conjured it up by some deep-laid plot is a liction of his ene mies. In the work that fodowe i of giving a politi.-ai form to German unity the chan cellor kept the most moderate programme. When the terms of peace with France came to be settled, Bismarck was again for mod eration. The annexation of Alsace-Lorraine was forced upon him by the soldiers and by the public opinion created by the historical school. Made It Kisky for Russia. "His chief object since the treaty of Frankfort has been to keep the peace, while consolidating the power and influence of Germany. He has never taken a narrow view of the means to secure this end. In l.7S he made every possible concession to Russia When be afterwards saw that he had gained nothing by this course except an uncertain peace, he made the alliance with Austria and Italy, which still exists " LORD RANDY SUGGtSTS AN IDEA. He rropoies That the Tories Appeal to the British Voters. I.ONDOS, April 7. Lord Randolph Churchill is out n ith a letter in criticism of the government's Irish land purchase scheme. He declares that British credit could not safely lie pledged for such pur chase except when giveu iu response to a spontanfous request of the Irish eople, who should offer their rate revenues as security and bind themselves by every cbligation of national honor to repay the amount loaned. He cl.:ises with a suggestion that the govern ment, in the event of a determined opposi tion to the bill, confuse the. separatists by withdrawing it, and in the meantime pass useful measures and a peal to the country with confidence in a patriotic majority. He argues in favor of discontinuing coercion, and giving Ireland a popular local govern ment such as is enjoyed by the English and Scotch. The Monarch of the Kitchen. London, April 7. There is a singular strike in progress at the popular Savoy hotel on the Thames e.iiUauk n ut. A new manager was re witly appjin;ei who was unlucky enough k offend tnat powerful per sonage, the chef. The monarch of the kitchen struck work, and his 8;xty cooks followed his example. The waibsrs joined the strike, and next the maids and porters. The hotel is completely upset and uuless the manager makes terms with Uio ch f tha bouse will lose the tieucfU of the holiday trade, which is an important item. Not That Sort of Man. Berlix, April 7. Ferdinand Buuke, a clerk, tried to blackmail Bismarck. Bunke wrote threatening letters to Bismarck, in which be said he would make public some of the ex-chancellor's pretended offences unless a payment was made to him of 50 marks. Bunke was promptly arrested and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. This is the man who threw a brick at Bismarck a month ago w hile the latter n as entering the royal castle. GoTrnifuriit Threatened with a Strike. London, April 7. The employes of the government arsenal at Woolwich, number ing about 10,000, have formally protested against the present scale of wages, and threaten to str.ke. They receive much less than similar workmeu in private employ ment. The metropolitan police force are also talking of striking over the question of pensions. Accident at a Famous Lighthouse. London, April 7. A fog signal in the famous Bell Ruck lighthouse, on the Scotch coast, exploded prematurely Saturday, shattering the dome and extinguishing tha light for the first situe since the lighthouse was built in 18! I. Foe aiirnals were ployed to warn ves-els during the remainder or ,tue nigut. Hardly Just to Monsieur Itayol. Paris, April 7. M. Bayol will be succeed ed as French agent at Kotouou, Dahomey, by M. Ballot. The government relieves M. Bayol because that gentleman was com pelled by threats of death to make promises to the Duhomjans which it is impossible for France to fulfill. TURBULENT NEGROES KILLED. They Shoot a Town Marshal and His Dap aty Kills Th-. of Them. Birmingham, Ala., April 7. Atlrondalei six miles from this city, late yesterday aft ernoon. Town Marshal England and Deputy Sheriff Fon ten berry attempted to arrest a crowd of negroes on a charge of larceny. Tha negroes opened fire on tha officers, shooting down Marshal Eugland at the first Are. Deputy Font i berry took refuge be hind a tree and shot three of the neirroes dead. The others took te Ce woods and es caped. The shooting created the wildest ex citement in the town on account of the po litical troubles there, aud half the town was under arms before the exact nature of the affair was learned. The political axdtement, nowever, bad njtning to do with the trag edy. - England is not dead. Deasoaratie Success In Rhode Iitantf. ..TrwpoBr, R. L, April T. At Saturday's supplementary election for the First and Fourth representatives of thb city Democrats were cbieen. William P. Clarke received 73 majority, aud Andrew K. Jainn;$ma jority. A question may be raiaad depends on the politics of the bouse as to tha legality of tha election, which was bald under tha old voting system because of - the delay , in amending tha new law so that it would ap ply to supplemental elections. OBT.K OF THE SPRING SEASON, 1890. EVER OFFERED IN THE TRI-CITIES, A.T POPULAR PEICE8, Is always to be found at Robt. Krause's Clothing Emporium, 115 and 117 West Second Street, DAVENPORT. IA. Have just tSTWhicu are goo.J Fitters RAPID WORK 'N CON3RE3S. A Large Number or HliU I'nt Throngh In Iloth tloimr. Washington- city, April 7 Congress did a big JaVs work Ntturdariu tlie war of pension bids, thj senate pvsmg I l-i private pension bills in ouj hour. Am.mj; the other bills were the following; Frovi.i:iii for ths vitiation of town sit clainu in Uk.an.itu t when the claimant "boomed' li::nvlf into the territory too soon; appropriating V. ouo for a naii-mal niuieiini l i.i lin;, irori i ing for the inspection of meats exported aui fond an 1 drink imported; giviug preference t veterans in the civil w-rviee; for an assixtaat general superintendent and chief clerk ot the railwav mail service at salaries of 3,0tu and f J.iMJ respectively ; giving the widow of Senator BaU r, of Ore gon, who was killed at Ball s Blalf. a pen non of 50 per month, and tile wi.luw of Ueu. Hartranft fluo par month. Bii Is acre intro duced: To ettabhsh a department of ba.ikmg for the people; to include iu the act "to re store pt-nsious in certain cases" all officers and soldiers in the army or their widows aud children; providing for arbitration between railway companies aud their employ,-; lim iting the total amount of land to be h.-ld by any citizen or corporation to Aft) acres Jf arable land or 640 of any other kin 1. The bouse paswd bills amending the arti cles of war in the duet-tarn of more care iu trying the accused iu time of pace; pro viding for the retention of ft per montb of the first years' pay of enlir-tei men, and that they may purchase their discharge; increas ing to elex en the board of managers of sol diers' homes, and appointing thereon John C Black, of Illinois, and George W. 'Steele, of Indiana; giving preference in presiden tial appointments from civil life to the army to West Point graduate, National guards men, or graduates of military institutes; providing for an immigrant Nation on Kills island. New York baibor; for a ;ul""-' building at Aurora, Ills. tTo.OUO. After listening to eulogies ou the late Representa tive Nutting, of New York, the houso ad journed. Wa Villainy at the Itottom? New York, April 7. A lire, thought to be incendiary, occurre J yesterday evening in the room on the flfth floor of the custom housa which U uiel for tha storage of draw back vouchers, ledger t, The origin of the Bra is a mystery. The fl imeswere ol s rved in time to prevent much dainag) to the building, books, or iatxra If diary, Ih fire must have been intenl d to uesirojr i-usioni aocuiueut', as the but ding I fire proof. Friction In Pennsylvania. ' WilkesBaKRK. Pa., April 7. The Union Improvement company (thj Enervate I'oal company) ha issued nine writs of eiectmcnt against tenants occupying their property at r.uoi qio. i ne wrns are based upon a cast Iron lease In which tha tenant in eich caee azreea tn nuit. thu urniiiui wt. . I ti V- . V quested to do so ly ths company without further notice. Absolutely Pure. PTata wstiht alum a pr aaaarprphospaatapowdars. SoUoni, RoTAfc him Powdsb Co., ioa Wafi test, short mean, at, H. powdw aaver varVs. Anamlof nnriT? trancta and waoaoawMS. Mora ccoaomica taaaO-ordinary kiwi., aadeaaoot bToid l oomiMWUoa win a Baititada of i RAUSE'S GREAT OPENING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT Tailor Made Clothing received of Stubley & Co., a shipment of their and Wearere. 1622 SIECOUSTID .AVIEISrTJIE. B. BIRKENFELD, -2011 Fourth Confectionery, Cigars and Toys, IV.I1 Rubies, Roys' Express Wagons. R&se Bills and Cats, Rubb-r Bills, etc Also a full line of SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Writing Paper. Tablets. Ink. Slate, Led and Slate Pencils, Etc. IBTT1T ALADDIN! STOVES IMPERIAL ALADDIN RANGE for Soft Coal ALADDIN VENTILATOR for Uard Coal. The ltet design of the long series of ALADDIN Stoves. This is beautifurin its ornarner.tntion. novel in many of it, features-i3 bound to be a pol se'Kr Bs bu,Tot"rne "ve d ,carn 118 good poiDUfor afl" Vit jou win I have of course a supply of the celebrated ROUND OAKS. ThN baa been so popular that it is bf ing copied as far as they dare oy unnipub.us nait"s but don't be deceived-buy the Round Oak -made by P. D Beckwfth T .m thJ vi B 6"" o umtr Cor. Third avenue Iiealer in New and Second Hand Goods OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. Tbe hlghee nrice Mid for p.xxln of an kind. Will Irsde, s.ll or boy anything. No. 1612 Secocd Avenue. J". IMI. CHRISTY, Steam Cracker Bakery, AHUFACTUSEH OF CRACKERS ABD BISCUITS. Ask your Grocer for them. They are best tar Specialties; The CbrlMy "0TSTKR" and the Chrity "WAFER." ROCK ISLAND. ILL. A. J. SMITH & SON. -SPRING C ARPETS, -CIIINESE- MATTINGS, Arid Japanese Mattings. compare largr st stock of Carpetinfs, Mattinf s and FURNITURE WEST OF CHICAGO. A. J. SMITH & SON, 125 and 127 Wett Third Street, Opp. Muonio Temple, DAVENPORT. OF- Avenue. Dealer in- THE AND RaNOF.x uesiraoje goods. Hardware, etc. JOHN T. NOFTSKER, and Twentieth St, Rock Island STOCK-