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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
GREAT FIRE IN ASIA MINOR.
Fifteen Hundred Buildings Burned
Panic Among the EnilabItants,

CoNsTANTINoPLE, May ia dispatch has
been received from Bel Bazaar, in Asia Minor,
to the effect that terrible conhagratiou is
raging at that place The fire broke out
early in the morning, and spread with
great rapidity, owing to high wind
which was blowing at the time
and the lack of facilities for extin
gushing the fire. So quickly did it spread
that panic took place among the popula-
ton and hundreds of families were separated
ana broken up Several thousand people
took refuge in the mosques, believing in their
superstition that these could not be destroyed,
but soon found out that nothing could impede
the progress Of the dreaded element.
Only the most meager details have rs
yet been obtained. 1t is said that $50
dwellings, 544 warehouses and shops, eleven
mosques, fifteen schools, and l4sj other build
ings were burned. There is no way at pres
ant of ascertaining the amount of the losses.
A large number of people are missing, and
many are supposed to have perished.
[Bei- Bazaar or Beg Bazaar is a town Of Asia
Minor on an ati1uent of the Sakareayah, fifty
Two miles west Of Angora, The population
is said to be IA $50.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20

New YORK MAY 20 Affairs in financial
circles ara going on much the same as pre-
vious to the turbulent events of last week,
There Is no rush or excitement, and the
streets in the vicinity of the exchange are
entirely free from the tnmultuous
crowds that gathered in them
since Wednesday last. Tue attendance of
brokers shows no falling off, and the morn
ing found them early at their various Offices
hurriediy preparing for the opening of the
market. The board-room at taa opening OF
business was in marked contrast with the
c;osing days last week-ail quiet ana orderly,
no rushing of brokers from one stock crowd
to another; and the entire absence OF any ex-
citement whatever.
There are no indications now Of further big
failures, though small ones are possible. The
feeling IS still uneasy ana nervous
NEW YoRK, May 20.-The failure Of ". B.
Scott 81 Co, BANKERS, has just been an
| nounced. The Erie Savings bank has closed
| its doors Among the depositors are large
number OF railway meu 1t is reported that
an eng ineer of the Lake Shore loses 81, 900 of
his say lngs The cause Of the suspension is
| not made public. 1t is rGmored that fresi-
dent Adam Brabender has left the country.
LONDON, May 20.-The market for Amer
| lean railway securities at noon was qGiei and
| somewhat irregular Compared with Sttur-
| days closing prices, st. Paul shows q decline
! of b; Reading, "a; Erie, q, Erie SECONDS,
| Il; New York Central advanced 4; Illinois
Central, 4; Lake Shore was off ~ from
Saturdays closing
New YORK, May la-The sympathy ex.
tended to Donnell, Lawson & Simpson ha:
| induced them TO submit proposition to then
| creditors which will result in thoir reaumine
business in few days. 1t is confidautly ex
pected that the necessary clamency will be
extended to them.
New YORK, May 90. Fisk &; Hatch say
that negotiations are progressing for the sci
tlenlent of all debts between the firm and tht
Newark Savings institution There is every
promise that none Of the FIRMS Chesapeakf
& Ohio securities will be put upon the mar
ket.
PETERSBURG, Va. May 20,--The Planter
& Mechanics Bank has closed It's doors
heavy run is being made on the Petersbur.
Savings Bank, but it is thought that the banl
will be able to withstand it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20

NEW YORK. May 2O-"Il's good story,
and the reporters ought to have 1t, said
member of the Brooklyn board of assessors
the other day. "A member of the Ward firm
Of blind pool financiers, In December last,
met young man who resides In the Four
teenth ward, and who we will call Jim.
Hello. Jirnp said he, why don't you put
your money with us and make somethingf
Put my money with youe exclaimed jim.
why, how far do you suppose it would goa
I've only got $500 Well, put that in,' said
the inancier, and it will make money
for you. 1t viii all come back Jim did So
In March he met this gentleman again and
asked him how the investment was going on.
oh, don't remember just how you stand,
said he, but it's all right. Come over on the
first Of the month, when we strike our balance
sheet, and you can see just how you come
out The young man called about the 9Th
of that month, and was told that there was
n. 500 to his credit. fWhatr he exclaimed,
sS7, 5000 never had SO much money in my
life, and I'll leave it with you to make more
A few weeks later, in April, he returned to
the office and said that his wife seemed
to think that she ought to have little houss
of her own, and she had q bargain in the pur
chase of just such domicile from man who
was in need of ready money. The contract
had been signed by him and he would draw
out $1,000 from the firm, leaving the $5Ol
with them for such future profitable invest
ment as they might see fit to make. Jim got
his check for 81 ,00U, walked out, paid for hi
house, and obtained his deed therefor. Nov
he says he has lost $500 by the failure OF tn
firm. It's good story, amt its and IT.
true" said the assessor, as he walked away
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
Mother Swans Worm Syrup

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20

LEIPsIc, May 2O-The trial of Captain
Heutsch and Nj. Kraszewsky for treason has
been concluded The accused were found
guilty. Captain Heutsch was sentenced to
nine years Imprisonment in the house Of cor
rection, and NJ Kraszewsky, on account of
his extreme age, as years,l was ordered to be
lnterned in fortress fer a term of three
years and six months. The trial was
secret, and very little testimony except
that favorable to the government was allowed
to reach the public. The friends of NJ
Kraszeweky denounce the determined effort
Of Prince Bismarck during the trial to con
vict the Polish author in unmeasrred terms,
and say his actions was inspired by desire
for revenge for the intense bitterness shown
in many of the authors works toward
Germany; especially towards Prussia,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
Fatal Effect ofa Rooster,s Essae.

CLEVELAND, May 20-Henry Schneider,
So years of age, living at 204 Hamilton street
is the victim of a peculiar case of poisoning,
which may result fatally. Recently,
while working among his chickens, a game
rooster flew at him an! strucI; hin
with his bill on tie left hanl in
flicting wound which was noa con
sidered serious, although very painful. 4
day of two later the hand ana arm began t.
swell, and unmistakahle sign Of blood
poisoning began to show themselves On
Thursday he was seriously Ill, and physi
clan was called in, who pronounced the in
jury dangerous. Mr.. Schneider grew rapid,
worse and Friday he Was somewhat battat
but Saturday night he grew worse again
and it is extremely doubtful whether be vii
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20

DISCUSSING CAUSES.
Wise Men of Gotham Explaining the
Reeent Business Difficulties.
One fsan Lays ii on the DemOPaits
cation of SiIver--ff elections On
the Grana-Ward and Marine
Bank Failures.

CHICAGO, May 20.-The Heralds New
York correspondent, after commenting upon
the shrinkage of values in stocks precedent
to the late panic, says:
Whence came the shrinkage! asked a
wise and rich old broker, who has kept his
eyes open and has lived in the world ever
since he was born, and he said with an air
of positiveness:
"Gold is now expressing itself. 1t is nat
urally OF domineering disposition, and it is
now showing its power"
asked an explanation, and he went on:
THE decentralization of silver is the largest
of several causes that have produced this
shrinkaga of values. Twelve OF fifteen years
ago there was good deal more money in the
~ rid than there is now, and, as the money
lt,t, been destroyed, so the property that it
rel i esented has been destroyed too. When
| say morey, | mean gold and silver,
which aiah are money. Individual
notes, bank notes. and government notes
.le not money, of course; they are
hly promises to pay money. Twenty
aars ago there was something like SlO 0O0,-
& L, 600 of money in the world, Of which
n.arly half was silver and helped regulate
bAr tdIut. Ib DduioiiS VI Europe, put up W
it by tie Rothschilds and Barings, whose
property was i'll gold, which would become
more valuable if somebody else's money
could be destroyed, began war upon silver.
| They demonetized it, declared it bogus, and
| drove it out of circulation. At
least $1,000, 100000 of it has been
degraded, melted up, and sold at a
reduced price for use in the arts. OF course
gold has risen in real value as it came more
| and more to monopolize the money market
The man who had $40 in gold saw it grow
! into Sl2 in purchasing value before his eyes
The men who had real estate, railroads, anc
other permanent property saw it shrink
command less and less of the money which
was becoming more and more scarce
Silver, the handsomest and most useful an(
| least variable of the coins, has been dis
credited, and the property of which it wa
the shield ard bulwark has been discredites
too The denomination of silver is colos
sal crime of European conspirators, of whom
this silver producing nation is the stupi'
dupe"
He thus ran on very earnestly. | dom
know whether he was right or not but Civ
you his words And he added: Don't prin
my name 1t would injure me hass in Ne1
York city where the gold anglorsaua is nov
at its height T"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
Young Ward,s OperatIons.


NEW YORK, May 20-"Gath," speaking of
the Marine bank and Grant Ward failure,
says he had talk with a well-posted Wall
street man on tho subject, and asked him:
'You were banker for some time in the
vicicinity of Wall street; can you apply any
general principles to this failure~
YES" said my friend. 1.-THE passion to get
a great deal of money has become SO general
that the speculators have found their way
into these banks, or into a great many of
them, where the officers were receiving re-
spectacle salaries, but not sums enough to
make them miliionaires. These young specu-
lators, like Ward, have shown the bank presi-
dents and directors how to make great deal
of money. Now, Elkins adopted the true
course; when any thing pays you too much
money it is either dangerous or dishonest.
Six per cent. is all that money is entitled to
earn under honest conditions. If it earns
more there is something unnatural, uncer-
tain and threatening under the pie.
There is no limit" said my friend, ito
this ruin than can be wrought by a
young man who has never had q business
reverse, whose confidence is like his youth,
unscarred, who learns from older men on the
| street the lessons of discretion and silence,
and, like Napoleon, goes on amid a perfect
sea of obligations until he submerges him
self and all who follow him. He thinks that
no place is too deep if he still has foothold,
and finally there is step where he goes
under 1t is in the highest degree reprehen-
| sihle," said my friend, 'for a man occupying
! a ii iuciary trust to have any interest in
a speculative house. Here we find
the city chamberlain of New York
/ broker on the street. Most of the
| officers of the city government seem TO hav {
q hand in some Of these brokers' houses. The
| presidents Of the banks allow themselves t.
have Il special interest OF d secret interest IL
| brokers' establishment. Speculation is the
curse of this country. 1t is only one Of tht
forms OF the nearly universal gambling. The
women have as much to do with this condi
ton of things as the men, since they expec
their husbands to keep them up in the high
/ est style of life"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
The Relief of Gordon.

CAIRO, May 2o-It is stated on excellent
authority that the expedition for Gen.
Gordon's relief will leave for Khartounl
about June g. The rise in the Nile has for
past years been telegraphed from Khartoum
about June IT, As this information will
not, of course, be forthcoming next month
the authorities will calculate upon the event
and employ the nine days preceding in push
ing forward to the head of the present nav
igable portion OF the stream. By this ar
rangenent the advance will be continuous
and the objective point of the expedition be
reached at the earliest possible moment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20

Words are at times feeble medium of
expressing gratitude, and Rev. J. E. Reed
found them so. He writes from Los
Anglos, California: Words can't tell
how glad am that | found Athlophoros.
| took one bottle according to directions,
very near, but before I had used it all,
the pain was all gone from my face, and
no pain has returned since. 1t did make
a ringing in my head sure enough. The
discoverer of this remedy for neuralgia
will long be remembered by one know
Of, with whow | am closely connected. y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
MYSTERIOUS Disappearauees,

CINCINNATI, May 20.-hfiss Arabella
Hazard. niece of Col J. H Mixer, of
Prices Hill, Cincinnati, has been mysteri-
ously missing since Friday afternoon last,
when she visited dental office She is 50
years old. and much emaciated from pro-
tracted illeess. Her friends are unable to
account for her disappearance, unless by
sudden insanity or murder.
MILWAUKEE, May 20-Theodore Seidel, a
travelling salesman for II. Dahlmad, for ten
or fifteen years, has been mysteriously miss
ing for six months. 1t is believeds he wa:
murdered out west somewhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20

The Ne,vs nftl,e f.ny.

but he thinks they related only to the man
ner of disposing Of the wheat.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
The dependence of man upon wi

The dependence of man upon wheat
bread for his best nourishment makes it
important that the break be light, pala-
table easy of digestion. Dr. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is the best means
we have for securing those ends. A ma
ton of houseReepers have been using it
for years and found it always the same,
pure and healthful
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-20
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

EuNsMFrHs.
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HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
sauerman. John 2Ia seventeenth street.
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Stewart u Montgomery, 4S01 seeon! avenue.
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The knck Island DAILY ARGUS; published every
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| every Friday. fine job department III eohnec-
| ton with the establishment
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-17
A Costly Residence.

A Massachusetts, paper says: The plans for
Mrs. Mark Hopkins proposed dwelling at
Great Darlington show the building to be
little short OF a palace, costing not less than
81, ZOO, 900 and probably very much more.
1t will be built OF the bluestone taken from
her own quarry, and its dimensions are ITO
feet by about 140. The rear part will have
its foundation on q level with the meadow.
That part will be five or six stories high,
and the front will be two or three stories.
There will be two towers near the main en-
trance over so feet high. 1t will contain
a labyrinth of rooms, a court, gables and
pinnacles, all on the most magnificent scale.
While the building is going on a very high
fence will inclose 1t, 80 that the process OF
building cannot be seen. 1t is to be nm
isbed in three years, and it is said by those
who have seen the plans that there will be
no residence in America to compare with
ID in magnificence.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-17
: Reception by the Long Wharf Club,
: Saturday. Dec. 6. 1884.
Good-by, Amos, darling

A s%umptuous supper was served. The
event, the preparation for which was kept
a profound secret, was a grand success,
and to-day the point of the joke came out,
Nine years ago Mr.. Armstrong. who is an
ardent Democrat, was besieged by q State
street merchant for a hogshead of sugar
from q new cargo which had just come
in, and which had not yet passed Gus.
tom House inspection. The customer was
importunate, and finally Mr.. Armstrong
told him that the transaction might be
arranged If the revenue authorities of the
port would give their consent. It was
purely a matter of accommodation between
the buyer and the importer. The subor-
dinates of the Collectors Department
allowed the sale, but the Republican Col
lector, Amos s. Beers, when he heard of
the transaction, caused a warrant to be
issued, and had Mr.. Armstrong arrested
This so maddened the latter that he swore
an oath that if ever there came a Demo-
cratic Administration to turn Mr.. Beers
out of his Office, he would give his friends
a grand supper, fire a national salute, and
paint the town red. He said to-day that
be had a long and weary wait, but that he
felt fully repaid now.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-17
PAINTING NEW HAVEN HAIR.
BOR RED.
How ~ Leading Democratic Mer-
chant Kept His Oath Made Nine
Years Ago.

How ~ Leading Democratic Mer.
chant Kept His Oath MADE Mime
Years Ago.
last evenings tempest, just as provincial
New Haven was on the point OF retiring,
the sharp crash Of a heavy INT doomed
up from the harbor, reverberated over the
city between the storied faces OF East and
West Rocks, and rolled away to the north
like a clap Of August thunder. 1t was fol-
lowed by another and another in quick
succession. People rushed in alarm into
the streets, oblivious of the sheets of rain
and the inky blackness Of the night. Crash
after crash continued. Telephones we're
brought into use to no purpose, and police
men ran wildly to and fro to find
out whence the alarm came. Still the
air-shattering reports continued. The
excitement became unbearable as the
mystery of the shooting resisted
explanation. The sounds continued
to come from the harbor, and in a few
moments hundreds of men were hurrying
away to Long Wharf through the rain and
mud. 1t was reported that q Sound
steamer was in the bay in distress. 1t re-
quired but few moments for the advance
guard to reach the shore end OF Long
Wharf. Then they saw at the further end
of the structure, a mile away, the black
wall Of storm clouds painted a lurid red
by columns of Greek fire, which shot up
in many streams and illuminated the
whole harbor. At half-miDute intervals
a flash of flame and a stunning report in
dictated another discharge OF the cannon.
In the background lay the steamer Elm
City of the New York line. On board Of
her were 10 prominent Democratic bust
ness men of this city, under drip
ping umbrellas who waited until a
| national salute had been fired from the
old town copper cannon which had been
stolen for the occasion, and then they went
into the steamers grand saloon to partake
of a dinner which was rendered by Rich
mond V. Armstrong Of the firm of sugar
importers. No one was admitted except
those bearing the following significant
card:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-17

July 20 10 Auguat 10, refinery shut down;
Augusta 6, SD, 000-S438. 600. The body of
ore found on the 800 level In July, 1888,
has been yielding satisfactory results, and
during the half-year a further body OF ore
has been discovered on the same level. A
few'tons OF ore have been extracted from
the Williamsburg mine, but nothing of
importance has been developed there as
yet. Mr.. Probert is dealing successfully
with the speiss, a large quantity of which
has been treated by his process. The ap-
piication Of the Albion Company to have
the damages claimed by them assessed
Preferred to in last report) came before
the court at Eureka in July. aud the jury
assersed the amount at S13. $50, the claim
being S608, 900. The Albion Company,
is however, reported to be taking steps
to obtain a new trial. The price of lead
has continued extremely low. and the
stock in hand has still further increased;
the market at last, however, shows signs
of recovering from the long depression,
the price having recently risen from 81
to 81 cents a pound, and the directors
have reason to expect that a further i'm
provement will take place in the Spring.
Notwithstanding the low price OF lead, the
suspension Of the works for several weeks,
and the unusually heavy expenses Of the
half-year, the net profit for the six months
will probably be about ELS, 900; and the
directors have decided to declare a divi-
dend of IS. a share, the warrants for
which will be posted in the course of a
few days. The yearly accounts and bal
ance sheet will be made up to the end of
February next, as usual, and presented to
the shareholders as soon after that as pos
aihIa