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FOR RENT.

Furnished Rooms for rent,--front and back,-up
stairs Parlors nicely furnished, door west of
the Baptist church, 3rd avenue, between 14th and
18th streets Mrs j. A. Stockwell. sep-26-1w
FOR RENT.-A farm of 306 acres, in Rural town
ship, about mile southwest of the county house
and mile east of the Knoxville road Apply to
David Brown, the premises. aug2Stf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-26
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Indications
For the upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, valleys, fair weather, followed by
increasing cloudiness and local rains. east
to south winds in former, and southerly
winds in the latter district. Lower barom-
pfpr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-26
THE OREGON SENATORIAL MUDDLE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ga Salem dis
patch says that the senatorial ballot to-day
resulted thus: Mitchell, Al; Prim, 80; w.
Carey johnson, IS; scattering, SO; six dem
ocrats voting with the Mitchell men. The
second ballot was the same as the first.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-26
FoLLErps FAILURE FOOD FOR FOOLS.

New York, Sept. Richardson,
Boynton s. Co., at 232 Water street, and
the Rubber Com binarion Jewelry Co, SO
Mercer street, are seriously embarrassed
by the failure of Follett, the note broker.
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TEN CENT COLUMN,

Advertisements of three lines in this column costs
but ten cents for one insertion, and twenty y-fve
for one week. For each line over three, five cents
per line will be charged.
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Milwaukee Market.


zfL1NWA a uAEEs 5Sptss ~Us
WHEAT-Steady; 96K cash; September; 937s
October; 90 November No. 3, SO.
CORN-Lower; 62.
OATS-Lower; 30z.
RYE-Steady; 60.
BARLEY-LoweT; ;4
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EXPENSIVE FLAMES.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 26.-The Lock
Works of Frame s. Bro, burned this
morning. Loss $4,000; insurance, $10.-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-26
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Peoria Market.
PEORIA, Sept, &c

PEORIA, Sept, &c.
CoRN-63063AM mixed, 63063l4
OATS-No. white, 3514 a35z
RYE-66a67.
WHISKY IS.
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WILKINSON, KEEwoRTHY q REARDsLEY
LAWYERS.

Have formed co-partnershipsfor the general prac.
uce or the law ONCE in Fries Block No I7sg
Second Avenue, Rock Island, H. - ~
a Idly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
LINCOLN AND LEE.

The Chicago Times regards the sto1,
that Robert E. Lee was once offered tn,
command of the United States armies il
the field by friends of President Lincoln
established by DIR. Jones, secretary of thu
Southern Historical society The offel
came through Francis Preston Blair. The
evidence that it was made is copy of q
letter written by General Lee. dated Feb
rHary %, 1868, and addressed to Reverdy
johnson. Simon Cameron having said
upon the floor of the senate that Lee had
sought to obtain the chief command of the
federal troops at the outbreak of the war,
and, having failed, had gone to Richmond
to join the confederates Reverdy johnson,
whose Union sentiments were unmistaka
Bile, repealed the charge. Lees letter is to
johnson, thanking him and explaining the
real situation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
PARDoNING MASON.

This talk about pardoning Sergeant
Mason is the veriest sentimentality; it ha.
no foundation either In reason or in sense
Mason is a culprit who has been condemn
ed for shooting at a prisoner who was un
der his charge. He had fair trial and
was sentenced to imprisonment for it just
as any man should be for a like offenc C.
1t is true that the man whose life he at
tempted was murderer, whose crime al
the world shudder at, but nevertheless the
law must be no respecter of persons, and
If it would administer justice must look
only at the crime and not at the criminal
The pardoning of Mason would be
an especial misfortune, because the man at
whom he shot was so hated and his death
SO earnestly desired by all; that it would
be vindication of lynch law at time and
in connection with facts that would lead
many careless and minimizing persons to
approve of it. 1t would be dangerous
experiment for the President of the United
States to publicly stamp with his approval
an attempt to unlawfully take the life of
another, in order to panderto a sickly sem
timentality. Law and the proper admin
istration of justice are too sasred to be
lightly tempered with
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31

would starve at and in consequence can
utterly drive white labor out Of the market
when once introduced. The cotton and
wooden mills of New England wants Just
this kind of labor and are willing to sacri
fee all principles of patriotism and human
Tity in order to secure it. The obedience
which so many republicans have shown
during the debate on the Chinese bill
proves their subselviency to that element
1t is curious thing that the republicans
SO strongly denied the authenticity OF the
Morey letters during the campaign time
and yet are now advocating precisely SINH
lar principles They have not attempted
to stick to their platform of 18S0-for the
reason that that platform was adopted for
the purpose of catching votes and not from
principle although they clanor loudly
about desiring protective tariffs in order to
raise wages, yet they are willing to put in
the Chinese when the only effect of their
presence can be to lower them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
Friday. March 81. 1882
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
THESE LETTERS.

. 1t SENS now that Raum really fought
against the nomination of Grant in Chica-
go and favored Sherman, at least so re-
Gently published letter of his proves. This
matter of publishing confidential letters is
getting serious and should be stopped.
Soon we will have letter from the Devil
to r. B. Hayes, or some other intimate
friend, stating that he objects to the new
revirsion and desires his homestead to be
called Hell not Hades.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31

irnpunity; hence, there is no civilized land
in which murders are SO frequent. think
TOO highly of the Presid ent of the United
States to believe that he win yield to q
clamor which will only strengthen the law
less feeling that has already cost this
country SO dear. Personally, have sym
pathy for Mason and his family, but my
sympathies are yet stronger for the fam
lilies of those who have been and OF those
who are hereafter to be murdered with i'm
spunity under our present loose system OF
dealing with murderers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
President White, of Cornell Universit

President White, of Cornell University
replied to request for his name TO pc
tition for the pardon of Sergeant Mason in
these sensible words, which the gushers
would do well to heed; Such petition as
this ] can never sign; and, if for no other
reason because feel sure that, could the
voice of Garfield reach us. he would warn
us against 1t. The crime of which Sergeant
Mason was convicted is one of the most
dangerous known, either from civil OF
military point of view, and it is rendered
infinitely more dangerous by the proposed
gloriication of it. The readiness of indi-
viduals to take life on the slightest pretext
10 one of the most serious symptoms IN
this country. There is no civilized land in
which murders are committed with such
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31

Whether Judge Advocate General Swain
has or has not been influenced by popula
clamor in reviewing the Mason case, it il
probable that he has arrival at a prett,
sensible conclusion He says:
While Sergeant Mason cannot, on thu
evidence, be considered guilty of the spe
cific offense of assault with intent to kill
as charged and found by the court. yet his
conduct in recklessly discharglng his mus
ket at Guiteau's cell and his disorderly
declarations made at the time, tended in a
high degree te endanger the good order of
the troops then present, as well as disturb
the public tranquility, and the court should
| have SO found.
This is what the Inter Ocean has main
| tanned. There was no more chance fer
Mason's bullet to hit the assassin than if
| fired straight up in the air, and If he knew
anything he knew this when he fired the
shot This. as the Judge Advocate states,
is settled by evidence 1t was not an s.as
sault with intent to kill" because Mason
knew he had no opportunity to kill Gui-
teau when he fired He fired for the noise
the exploit would make, fired for the mon
ey and the notoriety he would gain, and it
must be admitted that he reckoned pretty
well. For time the plan did not seem to
work, and then he wrote to Guiteau under
date of Oct. 21: well. I must tell you
that your shot last July has made men
pray that never prayed before. Yet your
good old prayer thatyo offeredup to your
Lord done you good hope. I must tell
you you will get fair trial, yet the SYM
pathy is with the people. Your plea is
that the Lord told you to shoot. You are
Christian, and ought not to say that
You are crazy. this a land of chance etc,
ETC.
The general impression made by the let
ter was that Mason was trying to simulate
insanity, but it was strange document to
be sent to one whom the writer had under
taken to shoot but a few days before
Mason's plan of exciting attention and
gaining sympathy, however, was made
success by the action of the court martial,
and he may thank the severity of his SEN
tence and not himself for what has follow
ed. IF Colonel Swaims recommendations
are carried out, the sentence viii be modi- |
fed to proper punishment for insubor-
dination or unsoldierly conduct, and the |
case viii be disposed of.-Ieter- Ocean,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
THE STRIKE AT LOWELL.

The history of the strike of factory oper-
ativcs in Lowell, Massachusetts, throws q
good deal of light upon the claim of Mas
sachusetts manufacturers that the object
and effect of protective duties is to secure
better wages for American workingmen.
The Lowell operatives are striking. not fol
higher wages, but against reduction OF
have been compelled to lower wages to
enable them them to make the alterations
in machinery and outfit rendered necessary
by the change of fashion in woollen goods
sific mills, 1.-The idea of cutting down wages
at this time by corporation which has in
the past paid annual dividends as high as
20 per cent. on its capital stock of $4,000
dividends of over 90 per cent, is thing
which shows that there is something wrong
in the present management" The Massa-
chusetts official labor report for 1881, just
published, thus exposes one of the tricks
by which the mill owners attempt to BELT
tie their profits with the purpose of grind
ing their employees:
The question resolves itself into this:
II the mill owners in Fall River, or any
other city, try to keep down wages by ar
guing that the dividends on the investment
are very small, when, in fact, their reserves
or undivided profits added to the original
stock cause the seeming depreciation, they
are guilty of sophistry. and are using the
profits Of their business as an argument
against the operatives whose labor has
made possible the accumulation of these
profits. In other words, if to $5000 900
original capital undivided profits amount
ing to 100000 are added, the investment is
100000. If the dividends amount to
five per cent. on 500, 900, it is an unfair ar
gument in favor of low or lower wages to
say that the income on the investment is
but 81 per cent"
These things show pretty clearly that
the manufacturers of that state clamor for
protection, not for the benefit of their
but for their own. If they
were sincere they would divide the protec-
tive duty of % to 45 per cent. levied on
foreign goods equitably with their opera
tives; but instead of this they put it all in
their own pockets; declaring dividends of
Is to 20 per cent, while importing cheap
labor from abroad to take the place of
that which they profess to be anxious TO
protect-St. Louis Republican.
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In order that the public may fully realize the gen.
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and value of the article of which they speak. we
publish herewith the fac-simile signatures of parties
whose sincerity is beyond question. The truth OF
these testimonials is absolute can the facts they
announce he ignored.
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The Chicago Tribune says that Mason
would have achieved Immortality had he
killed Guiteau Perhaps so; but it would
be immortality of a good deal the same
stripe that Guiteau accomplished when he
shot Garfield. Murder in either instance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31

Our great and good Illinois senate has
passed a resolution asking for the pardon
of Mason. Pretty soon they viii ask for
the release of Guiteau. In the meantime
it is the understanding of the citizens that
the legislature was called TO gmake an APP
nortionment
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
THE CHINESE BILL.

When the Chinese bill came upfor de
bate two things were proven. First thai
the republican party makes its platforms
only for political effect; and second thai
that party IS owned by eastern capitalists
In their platform of~1680 plank was In
serted In both party platforms to the effect
that Chinese must go, but when it came to
vote it was only the democrats who sup
ported the measure as a body; about half
of tho republicans antagonized it. Again
the only reason that induced the republi-
cans to vote against it, and are at this
moment trying to pursuade Arthur to veto
it's because there is demand among
eastern manufacturers for cheap labor and
the Chinese offer the best opportunity.
They can live on wages that an American
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-31
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Through sleeping ears are all night trains.
The Night Express leaving Rock Island every Sun
day night at II ;00 D. m connects with the train
irving in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06
DIED.

BOGERT-On FRIDAY August 4. 1852. Colonel Horato
CERT c0unseor-ltiaT Ot SewfOrk City, Of paralysis u
brain, the 18th of his age.
friends attend his funeral from
residence HackonsacA Heights " J., on Monday.
TIN inst. a Z:3O p M.
meet the IN Train from Chlmoersst returning
at OIL
BLEECKER-On Saturday, 9th inst. Sarah f., widow OF
Leonard ami daughter OF the late William Pop
Of Scarsoale. IN the 9lst yesF OF her
Church Bergen POINT v j. Tuesday. Sth
ARRIVAL Of Id train from foot OF Lbersy
InermsBt 5oaIsiae arrival VI a. leaving Grand
Contra. Depot Al -5O D. Ia
DITTMAN suddenly, 1t Long Branch. Edward Dittmsn.
his 57th year
his 1te residence No. 10 est 0Zc ST. Monday
August =. at 1920 a m
Iela.lves and friends invited 10 attend.
y u
The membsrs Of the Temple requested u At
tend without further notice.
HOWARD-Suddeny. Friday August l. at the residence
OF George W. light, George Howard the 69th year Of
his
Funeral on Monday August at 10 O'Clock a. N No IL
West 4JthsE
HODDER-At Richmond HILL Ii. August 3, 1884,
Susanna ugent retct Of George Francis Holder
he residence SUNDAY Afternoon August
d, at , O'Clock.
REMBLEY-On Thursday. Sd inst. Alice Woodruff Trcm-
bley. IN the 18th year Vi hcr
Funeral services residence of her parents
Point y. j.. sundiy. 6th inst. at M.
SteasOost Wblteaalst al I3O, connecting az Port
Richmond
WEsTON-At Green wich. conn. August l. Mar C. Weston
wife OF the aev y. G. Weston u. D. ard daughter OF
late Colonel w \. :. North Of Dganesburs = Z
Funeral Christ Church, Greenwich, COM Monday
T. a. 1890 O'Clock a TIE arrls al OF the lJJ
from Sew-fosk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06
DEATH or CHARLES A. TOGRLER.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 5.-Chares A. Yogeler,
Junior member OF the firm Of I. vogoIer & Co.. pro-
pretors OF St. Jacobs OIL" died about O'Clock this
morning Of typhoid fever. after short Illness lie was
born Ia this city May 3D. 1851, and tho son Of
August yogelrr, the senior partner Of the Of
August vogeler Co., Vogeer, Meyer & Co.. and
vogs,sr Son Co.. dealers in drugs. Al or receiving
good education. he vent To Bremen,
where he conpetsd full classical course. Mr. Vogeier
noted for attention business, and IL IL
feared that overwork bad musa 10 do wish bringing on
the sickness that ended hIs active lne He conducted
business that amounted to $1,000 900 year and gave
employment 70 800 persons. He also interested IN
several other business enterprises lie director in
thu MONTGOMERY stock Car Company and Until
Gently director IN the Union File Works. Of Balmsre.
He wss active member 81 tar Maryland Jockey Cub
and VI tue Mereaants and Manufacturer A-os alton
In the year 1875 nr. Vogeler married Miss Minnie
Wintsr tie nkster Of Jndns Winter o. Louisville. Ho
leaves nv children-twO BOYS and three gi-l-.
AT nessang Of toe Order OF the Orioe tbs evening
action ia regard to me dsaih VI Mr. FOse.e
taken The Merchants and ManH-aetuFers' ASSOCIATION
will hold meeting FOR the purpOse Monday
morning. The funeral viii take place Monday morn
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