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THE ARGUS, MONDAY, JUNE 29.-1891. CITY CHAT. JJ.-rri8 llsasty, of Hampton, was in the Frv.iA K'llv returned home Siturd&y X J. lrkin came home from D?e Jfr nvs o Saturday. . 3e-.?h Schtibe, of Port Byron, was in on 8turday. Wr. tJ. r. Joint, of Be&rdstown, is "i! tiib friends in the city. Eyh class millinery goes at a mere 3s. tt week at McCabe Bros. Rorge lliingsworth, of 8aynna. spent J&uJaj with his folks in this city. But weather underwear a great fea teelbn week at McCabe Bros.' JfeyptiaB cotton Ladies' jersey vests, 3De apiece this week at McCabe Bros'. Children's clothing, prices cut in half, TS kltn the Fourth of July, at the Lon- Cheney Bros'. $1 colored China dress i"l50c a yard this week, at McCabe ' Sight Yard Master Joseph McQuade, tftC.,R & P., is visiting with Meads aav la Mas City. X. X Bietban, of Kansas City, is in ISsck Island looking after his coal inter wfU at Briar Bluff. 7lMnas J. Normoyle arrived home last mtno; from Georgetown, Md., where ."ia Si bi en attending ctliege. lonis Eckhart, Jr., has htd bad luck :ia Vn business enterprise at Clinton, and wjQ probably move back to Rock Isl . Xias ETttle Lehane and Miss Gertie FiMinsr, of Des Moines, are visiting 3hMs May and Kte Larkin, on Elm The special eale of suits at $7.77, f t.Cfi, t.55. worth double the money. wii continue till after the Fourth of July, 1 the London. Ht. and Mrs Peier Blomquist dislre express their thanks to all who rtn- iM tim kiotlprps and sympa'by in aii late affliction. Stationery chep at It. Crampton & !&' clearance sale. The well-known very day stationery pipeteries will go at 3I osnu during this period. "William Schroder, of Suth Rock Ial d has txperieoced a decided change S vth better, and Dr. Plummer reports i condition v ry hopsf ul . Jbn and Timothy Cullins, of Jffer w, Iowa, who hve been visiting with titk brother, Michael Collins, of this Ty, returned to their home on Satur- Great bargains in books at R. Cramp on Co's clearance sale. The great "fefcter's original unabridged dictionary nlv 91 cents. A pocket dictionary in kth, S cents; larger size, 25 cents. Oisen, who recently resigned the position or assistant secretary of the Rock Ikhed T. M. C. A. with a view to enter ing rollege, was yesterday prefented with a Handsome Oxford bible by his co "borer In the Y. M. C. A. There is considerable improvement in fte condition of George Klein, and the attending physician thicks that he is do Jbj? sj well as could be expected. Si. lVu Lidge, Knights of Pythias, of which Mr. Klein is a member, has en ;Tged Peter Pommers to nurse the pa 3 at daring his illness. A meeting of the subrcribers to the Jpeocer cjure concert fund will be held i the office of the Mississippi Valley In srance company in Masonic Temple to wow evening to elect a crmmittee to fcle charge of the enterprise, etc. It is yrobable 'hat the first concert will be g'ma next Thursday tvening. TJw eUfctric cars on the old red line jwonienced running through under the Ifcruoks' crossing viaduct yesterday morns lafand as far Into Moline as the corn Vaster works. A smaller trolley wheel Jas been introduced by Electrician Wil "krd which enables the running of the aars under the bridges until they are Tbhti by the railroad companies. Tic Rock for 1 Construction company jnj.been obliged to suspend operations ivpnjrarily on lower Second avenue, on tf to the scarcity of brick, which is at "iht table to a strike among tba men em jkyed at the kilns at Sears. The com Tfciiahas abundance of material manufac Vmd, but cannot get it loaded until the ai)le with the men is adjusted. y.-ederick Weyerhauser informed an aacra representative yesterday that bis "XmZj had determined to consider Rock 3nsd their home and that they would re here in September for a three weeks' wast, coming back for permanent regis Aste next spring. On July 15 Mrs. Ttytrbauser and the Misses Weyerhauser v22 be members of a party of SO going Alaska on an extended visit. Hsed in Millions of Homes eani,aking WITH ANOTHER'S WIFE. A Former DaveiipoittVa Sensa tional Exploit. Wad H. !hM uidu Kl iim t ruiu Vew York With Mr, w. U . V oo ry vinK a Famt nth nd Not a great many years ago on? of Davenport's most prominent ciiiz -ns was Ward B. Sherman. He was prominent because of his pronounced tempernnce ideas. He was a' prohibitionist of the most unyielding type, and a brother to ex Governor Buren R. S lerman. of Iowa, though no relation to Hoyt Sherman of Des Moines, or Gen. Sherman, or Sen ator Sherman of the famous family of that name. But Ward B. was quite noted in bis own peculiar way. On many occasions he appeared on' the public platform in advoc c? of prohibition and other mod s of moral re form. He delivered quite a number of lectures in Rock Island, and many here knew him very well during his residence in Davenport. But now Mr. Sherman has blossomed fc rth in a new light and the distinction he has attained in the country is of a different aa ture. Fame has given place to notoriety, and he now views moral reform in a dif ferent light. Whether or not he has de veloped another idea of prohibition as t he other Iowa republicansbave, isnot knov.-n. At any rate the following special dis patch from New York to the St. Lo jis Republic shows the new role in which Mr. Sherman is appearing: Good Templars in this city are d.s cussing the details of an elopement of one of their number, which, although it took place three months ago has just come to light. Mrs. William W. Wooley. it appears, has gone off with Colonel Sher man, an insurance agent. Mrs. Woohy bad been tnirried about 13 years, and two children, one a girl of 12, and the other a hoy of 8. are the result of the union. Tne Wooleys came to New York from St. Paul about six years ago. Woolt y was formerly an insurance canvasser the employ of tbe Mutual Life Insurance company, but some months ago he begin tne organization or a company of his ow n on the tontine plan. The company whs formed, policies being issued through tte Mutual Life company and the Franklin Trust company, of Brooklyn, acting tig guarantors for the system. The concern went along swimmingly for a while, ani Wooley srave up his position with tbe Mutual L.fe company in order to spen I more time in pushing his own company which was known as the Mutual Insur ance Investment company. Wooley whs president and a Brooklyn lawyer was legal adviser of the concern, but wbo the other officers were nobody seems to knoa . Wooley and bis wife lived in a flat on East Thirty-third street near Lex ngton avenue. Both were members of tbe Good templar order and every Thursday eyening tbey locked up the home after tbe children had been put to bed and went oft to 'heir lodge. Nearly every other night in the week they visited some other lodge of the order, and they are. therefore, well known to most of tbe Good TempUra in New York City. Among the occasional visitors to the Wooley flt was a man named Sherman He was interested in life insurance mat ters, an 1 this became a pretext for, fre quent calls, ostensibly to see Mr. Wooley on business Friends, who knew tbe Wooleys intimately, say that "Colonel" Sberman was more and more warmly welcomed as the acquaistance grew until bis calls finally became more of a friendly than a business nature. Suddenly the visits of tbe Wooleys to the Good Templar lodges ceased, and peo ple began to wonder. One intimate friend visited tbe Thirty-third street flat to learn tbe reason, and was dumfounded to find a bill "To Rjnt" on the flit win dow. A neighbor told him that tbe Wooleys had gone to Providence, R. I., wiib Colonel Sberman, leaving the chil dren behind, aid that a week later Mr. Wooley came back alone and sold out all tbe furniture in the flat, taking the chil dren away with him. Not until a few days aso did tbe real truth of tbe matter bcome known. Then it was stated that Mrs Wooley had eloped with the affable colonel, leaving her children behind, and that her husband bad gone in search of her at the time when the flat was sudden ly deertd. It was learned today that Wooley had not been seen at his office for eight weeks. Tue Mutual Insurance Investment company, left without a guid ing hand, has suddenly collapsed. For the seventh annual regatta of the Ijwu Sute Amiteur Rowing association to be held at Spirit Like, Iowa July 14 and 15 1891, the Burlington. Cedar Rap id & Northern railway will sell excursion tickets from Davenport to Spirit Like at a rate of $6 for the round trip. Ticket will be on sale July 10, 11, 18.13 and 14. 1891. good to return until July 20. 1891. The Iowa State Amateur Rowing asso ciation is composed of rowing c'.ubs from all the principal cities io the s'ate, and the Seventh annual regatta will be one of the leaHing amateur acquatic events in in the United States. Tbe grand encamp ment of Iowa Knights Templar, and their festal week, will also occur at the Lake at tbe same time. For time of trains and other special informntinn rail on any ticket agent of tbis company, or aaoress me unaersienea. J. E Hakkegan, Gen. ticket and Pass. Aeent. - 40 Years the Standard. BUTLEH.ipSBOOK: The General's Autobiography Now in Press. BRIEF EEVIEW OF ITS OOJfTEHTS. A Work Written Fartly to Correct Wrongs Done to Himself The "Glittering Gen erality" of Equality Something; About the Grim Old Soldier's Boyhood His Wife's Devotion How He Won the Ten-Honr Fight, and His Action In the Charleston Convention. Boston, June 29. The autobiography oi General Benjamin F. Butler is now in press in this city. Its title will be "But ler's Book," and the unique personality of its writer is stamped all over it from preface to the back cover. It is dedicated by the general "To the good and brave soldiers of the Grand Army of the Repub lie." In the preface he says: '.flaving lived through and taken part in a war the great est of the century I have been very frequently called upon by those who are in their relations to me personal friends, and to whom I am endeared by lifelong kindnesses, to give what knowl edge I have of the course of conduct in the action of national politics, and the causes which led -up to so great results. Personal Wrongs Corrected. "I desire to correct much of -wrong done to myself by a prejudiced misrepresenta tion of facts and circumstances as to my own acts in the service of the country, es pecially in connection with the conduct of its armies. Therefore I have thought it but just to myself and posterity that the true facts as " I know them should be brought out." Of "Butler's Book" there will be two translations, one iuto the French and the other intp the German language. The German 3 it ion is dedi cated with sincerest respect to the memory of General the Field Marshal von Moltke by the author. The French translation is dedicated to F. Sadi-Carnot, president of the French republic. "All Men Are Created Equal." The first chapter gives wrention to "blood"' and breeding. "The political system of this couulry," the general says, "is founded upon what Rufus C'hoate once termed a glittering generality, coutained in tbe Declaration or Independence that 'all meu are created equal.' This is a truth as applied to political rights, im munities and burdens, but an utter ab surdity so far as it is made to describe other relations of people." Then he goes on to argue much as a doctor that intermar riage develops weak intellect. He Was Like Other Boys. General Butler has soniethiug very in teresting to say of his early life and educa tion in the country school that heat tended, where he learned to read with very little difficulty. "I remained at home," he s.-ys in his story rf this experi ence, "during the autumn, and then it was that our shi emaker gave me the book of all books for a boy "Robinson Crusoe.' The question was not whether I wanted to read it, but whether 1 could be kept from reading it, so as to do the little matters that I outfit to do, and was able to e' , called in New Hampshire nomenclature chores. My mother, laying aside her labors, which were quite necessary for our support, taught aud explained the book to me with great pains." Vi a Intended for a Minister. He then telis of his religious training. When a boy he knew the four gospels by heart, not except iuji the whole ef the first chapter of Mai t hew. Butler was inte-nded by his parent for a Calvinist Baptist min ister. When in college, under a penalty of a forfeit of ID cents for each offense, he was obliged to attend morning prayer ea-h day and church twice on Sunday. He re belled at this, because he did not believe the theory of C'alviui'-m, and finally he drew tip a petition to the faculty to be ex excused from attendance upon prayers. He came near to being expelled for this act. MARRIAGE OF THE AUTHOR. A Tribute to His Wife His Early Polit ical Life Vote for Jeff Davis. Butler tells how he won his wife, which was in the good old way principally. To her as a wife he pays the most touching and noble tributes.. He says: "My wife, with a devotion quite unparalleled, gave me her support by accompanying me, tt my earnest wish, in every expedition in the war of the rebellion, and made for me a home wherever I was stationed in com mand. Returning home with me, after I retired to civil and political life, Mrs. But ler remained tbe same good adviser, edu cating and guiding her children during their young lives with such skill and suc cess that neil uer of them ever did au act which caused me serious sorrow or gave me the least anxiety on their behalf. She made my home and family as happy as we could be." Hi Fight for Ten nours. After a pathetic reference to the death of his best beloved son, Ben Israel Butler, the general tells of his early political and legal life in IiOwell, and the story of the ten-hour agitation in that city. He had spent his lxyhood with the working peo ple, and his successful crusade against the fourteeu-hour day then in vogue was the outcome of his intimate knowledge of their wants. At one time when ten-hour men were candidates for the legislature this placard was posted on a mill gate in Lowell: Whoever employed by this corporation votes the Ben Butler ten-hour ticket on Monday next will le discharge." Something of an Anarchist. ' Butler immediately called a public meeting, and when he reached the hall he round so m. ny people assembled that he liad to tie rolled over the heads of the audi ence to the platform. He made a power- 1 ul tuldress, the story of the dramatic con dusionto which he tells himself: "And t hen my voice rang out, as it can do on eiccasions: 'You are stronger then they. j-ou have your right arms and your torches, aud by them we will blot out this eccursed outragea. As God lives and I live, by the living Jehovah, if one man is t riven from his employment by these men I ecause of his vote, I will lead you to x take Lowell what it was twenty-fl ve j ears ago a sheep pasture and a fishing I lace; and I will commence by applying the torch to my own house. Let them come on; as we are not the aggressors we s-'ek not this awful contest.' " His Votes for Jen" Davis. In one of the chapters of his book Butler d 'fends his action in voting for Jeff Davis in the famous convention at Charleston in 18tK). He says: "1 voted for him fi'ty-seven times in convention. Near the beginning one of Douglas' friends came across the hall to our delegation, and said: 'Who here is voting for Jeff Davis? A vote for Douglass which will give him a mtjor tcy is worth $25,000.' I sail to him: 'Sir, It takes two of us here to rtrry a vote, as you know. Here is my colleague in vot ing, Mr. Chapin: he is worth a couple of millions or more. Perhaps you can prevail upon him, if you would like to try.' " KfttlmAte of American Lawyers. General Butler gives his opiuiou of the, three greatest American lawyers, and he places at the head the name of Jeremiah Mason. Webster and Clioate he gives next, and he tells this new story.. "Dan iel Webster was once asked whom he con sidered the greatest lawyer of the United Slates. He answered: 'I should, of course, say John Marshall; but if you should take me by the throat and run n e back into a corner and demand, " ' "Xcw, Webster, upon your honor, who is the greatest lawyer?" I should have to say Jeremiah Mason.'" THE FIGHT FOR THE PENNANT. Old Anse's Colts Vncomfortsbly Close to the Giants The Late Score. Chicago,' June 29. If the colts could have won their game with Pittsburg Sat urday they would have tied Xew York for the first place in the League fight, but they couldn't, and so they are still second. It is a close second, however, there being but four points between the clubs, while with reference to Boston, which was but three points behind Chicago on June 20, the situation is greatly changed, tbe colts having a lead now of forty-seven points. As a result the Chicago base ball crank U feeling better. He can almost see the cov eted pennant flying over the Chicago groands. The standing of the clubs is given below: AMERICAN. New York.... 31 21 Sttili St. Louis rl2i ! fcstin '4 I liaitinmre Cincinnati.... mi vV.I :-) iM 4-A e-.-ii .411 :2 (.'hicago -t hostou ; Cleveland . i: il I'hiladelphi a! 27 I'lWimliii-;. . . Athleti.: iAmiKville. .. . i '2T "is lirooklyn -M an .44 Pittsburg Cim-innat 1 HI 4il n . .:, Vashintrton WESTERS. ILL.-. L'0"E.i. 4. Milwaukee.. . Omaha Lincoln Minneapolis.. Kansas e'ity.. iiiincv - 141 ; ttuniwa ii'4 is' 571 iKtawa i:i)'-,l.4! Kocktord.... -VJ2 .S4V :t?i21:.u! :fia...v -2S.f4l HH :V.4 Joliet I 2 .."-'! Muni C lty IVnver Duluth ,fc 311.44 Cedar Rapids!! y7: 411 . te.:iv .Cj 1 Davenport . ...:1s 2H 41,3 . 131 i :W Aurora 11 27' .2s Record on the Diamond. The following scort-s were made by League clubs Saturday: At Philadelphia Philadelphia. 10; Brooklyn, 7. At New York New York, 4: Bston, 8. At Cin cinnati Cincinnati, 4: Cleveland, b. At Chicago Chicago, 3; Pittsburg, 'a Association (Saturday) At Boston Boston, 5; Baltimore. 6. At Washington Washington. 4; Athletic, 5. At Louis ville Louisville, : Cincinnati, 5. At St. Lcuis St. Louis, 12; Columbus, d. (Sunday) At Louisville Cincinnati. 1; Ixiuisville, 7. At St. Ixmis Columbus, 7: St, Ixniis. lrt. At Rocky Point, R. 1 Boston lialtmnre Western: (Saturday) at Denver Du luth. 10; Denver, S. At Kansas "i'y Mir. neapolis, 8; Kansas City, fl. At e;nah. Milwaukee, 14: Omaha. S. Lincoln-Sioux City game postponed wet prounds. (Sun day) at Omaha Milwaukee. 7: Omaha. (. At Denver Duluth, 9; D.-nver, l'. At Lin coln (first gauiei Sioux City. 12: Lmcoin, ; (second game) Sioux City, .".; Lincoln. 4. At Kansas Citv Minneapolis, ti: Kansas City, Illinois-Iowa (S.itnrlay. ) At Duen port Ottawa. 4: Davenport. 2 At Cedar Rapids Cedar Hapids. 13: Joliet. 5. At Quincy Rock ford. 4: x'n'nry, 3.. ounday) At Quincy Rockford, 2: Quincy, 19. Treated Like a Hnr.-. New York, June 29. Buck Kwing, the pet of the gi.iuts, has been troubled with a stiff arm for some time, and the doctors hail failed to relieve him. He concluded to take the advice of a friend and try a veterinary surgeon, receiving the same treatment a horse receives, and which as a rule cures the horse. This treatment is the burning of the member with a couple of hot irons down to the bone. Buck tried it, stood it like a hero, and the effect wa magical. It is believed he will be able to play by July 4. Fire at a Rase Hall Came. Philapklphia, June 29. The base ball game lietween the Mrocklyn and Phila delphia clubs here Saturday was intei rupted while the fourth inning was being played by the grand stand taking fire. A wild scene of confusion followed. Over half of the spectators jumped into the field. A number of men began tearing away the boards, thus depriving the fire of fuel upon which to feed. THE FREAK OF TWO GIRLS. They Climb Brewery Chimney 333 Feet Hi(Ch at Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., June 29. Two young women, Hulda De Calira and Anna Schroder, betwe-en 7 and 8 o'clock Saturday evening climbed to the top cf the new Pabst brewery chimney, the tall est building in the city, and waved their haudkerchiefs to a crowd below, who had watched them perform their dangerous and remarkable feat. Thechimuey is 223 feet high, and the entire ascent wss made on ladders on the outside of the chimney, there being a small lauding every thirty feet, so that the ladders are in an almost perpendicular position. To add to the dangers of the situation a strong wind r blowing at the time, but the young women neither of whom was over 20 years of age never once lost their nerve. The descent was made in the same manner. The Rails Were Strong Magnets. CHATTANtxiGA, June 29. While Dr. W. S. Bogant was driving on the electric rail way track, one of his horses began to rear and plunge. Alighting to find out the reason of this, the doctor discovered that both shoes had been pulled from the horse's hmd feet, and were sticking to the rails. They were highly charged. The nails in them had been straightened out and pulled irom tne noot without injuring the horse. A Great Factory Burned. WILMIVGTOX, Del., June 2!). The South Bide mills of the Diamond State Iron company, covering about four acres of ground.Jwere burned yesterday The loss is estimated at Hou.ooo, partly" covered by insurance on the machinery. The milis gave employment to about 6,000 hands. Horseshoes and railroad spikes were the principal goods manufactured. Mrs. Bones lescrts Prohibition. Yaxkton. S. D., June 29. Mrs, Mar ietta M. Bones, one of the well known worn an's rights advocates of South Da I kota, who has fought hard for prohibit ion, j Saturday denounced the policy as a farce, . and said she would work hert-aaer for , high license. c S NTIRE I i LACE MITTS. We shall offer three numbers as follows: 1 " I Special Values Lot 1. Lot 2 Lot 3 19 cts. pair 25 cts- pair 35 cts pair McINTIRE MAM & ARE NOW Three Times as As any other similar CARPETS CLEMANN & SALZMA Nos. 1525 and 1527 Second Avenue, And Nos. 124, 126 and 128 Sixteenth Street, ROCK ISLAND. Art Goods; We have everything used by Artists. -OUR- Etchings, Engravings and Picture Frames . Have all been REDUCED. Give us your patronuge and you will be treated well. ADAMS WALL PAPER CO., 310, 312 and 314 Twentieth Street. it THE NEW FLAVOR. If .1111 IV J ICTfstV" kv mm m H mmr m m m -mm- B. F. Contractor Office and Shop Corner Seventeenth 8L nd Seventh Avenue, AT. kinds of carpenter work e specialty. faraiebsu oo ST. JAMES HOTEL, Corner Twenty-third street nd Fonrth sTenne, J. T. RYAN, Proprietor. This house kas Jnst bejn rentted tbroogbcot and Is now In A So. 1 conditio!. U la a tr " W Pf day bouae and a desirable family hotel. BROS. Ladies' Pure Silk Gloves. "We will close the remainder of Ladies' pure silk gloves, adver tised at, 25 cts. at 19C. Colors black, tans, slates. LADIES'. SHIRT WAISTS. New assortment just in, made of various fabrics. BROS., Rock Island. Illinois, S l n 1 J. SHOWING Large a Stock of eerab'Uhment in the city. 1 lArt Goods, m 1 ve&tt At Al! Soda Fountains. DeGEAR, j and Builder,? : Rock IsUrk IOCK lbl.n-. Plant tail estimates for til kisds of bu!IdK J application. FOCK IStAXI111- ALZMA )