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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
THE CHICAGO TIMES.
The COnservator'S RoHd-An Appeal
Probable.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3l.-The Storey matter was
taken up again in the probate court Saturday
afternoon to complete the bonds of Austin
l. Patterson as conservator At 80 o'clock
Judge Knickerbocker took his seat
bond was presented by Mr. Goudy. In ad-
dition TO the names Of Andrew McNally,
John r. Walsh and John J. McGrath, the
sureties presented Friday, it bore the sigma
lures of John B. Smith, John b. Lyon,
NJ W keTHgin, Charles Dennahey, and
+. Medlingcr The bond as amended
is for S3,030,pe and it was APP
proved by The court After the
business of the bond had been disposed OF,
the court, on mo ion Of Messrs Assay, Mrs.
Storey's attorneys, ordered that she have the
custody of Wilbur +. Storey and that he re-
main..in her custody in Cook county. On mo-
ton of Mr. Cloudy it was ordered that Mr..
Patterson, the conservator, have access to
Mr.. Storey at all reasonable hours.
The court directed also that Mr.. Patterson
pay all the household expenses presented by
Mrs. Storey, and in case he should deem
them unreasonable to report the matter to
the court. Judge Trumbull asked the court
10 appoint some person 10 investigate the
affairs of The Times AMI the management
thereof up to the present time He
said he deemed it but justice to Mrs.
Storey, and Mr. Patterson also, in view Of
the charges which have been made. Judge
knickerbocker said he would appoint some
person to make such an investigation, pro
vided the attorneys could agree upon a suit
able man. Mr. Patterson sail the property
of Mr.. Storey was worth ahot ",5H 600 Il
is probable that an appeal be taken
from the decision of Judge ,erbocker.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
Woman Sunraststs Thanking the
Irish.

New YORK, Aug. 31-Mrs Clemence s.
Losier, NJ. D., chairman of the Woman Suf-
frage party, and Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox,
chairman of the state executive committee,
called on Messrs. Sexton and Redmond on
board tie Alaska, as they were about to
sail for Ireland and requested them to
convey to the Irish party in the house of
commons the warmest thanks of American
woman sulfragists for that party's support
of suffrage, and assurances of American
suffragists' sympathy with the cause of
Ireland. Mr.. Sexton returned thanks for the
call, promised 10 convey the messages, and
stated that it is quite true that the Irish
party favors woman suffrage. Mrs, Parnell
confirmed this stating that she and her son
warmly sympathiZei with the suffrage
movement. She will attend the Woman'a
Suffrage state convention at Buffalo in Octo-
her ii practicable
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

English ranch owner of Wyoming, tried
to divert the entire cattle traffic of Wy
oming, Montana and Dakota into Canadi>
an channels with the avowed purpose OF
benefting Canadian commerce at the ex
pense of America. Mr. Frewen is a type
of the whole class.
1t is high time under the circumstances
that these foreign monopoiists and their
American allies were obliged to disgorge.
The system of plumber introduced during
Mr.. Schurz's free and easy administration
of the interior department has been per>
mitted to go too long unchecked. If it is
permitted to proceed the monopolists
will have squatted over all the unoccu-
pied lands of the country, to the exclusion
of intending settlers, and it will be as
difficult to dispossess them as the railroad
corporators of the lands which they lille
gally retain. Let the plank of the repub>
lican national platform on this question
be given full effect. Let the public lands
be reserved for actual settlers. The alien
monopolist must go-Chieago Tribune.
But will the Secretary of the Interior
and Attorney General Brewster heed the
admonition of the I'ribanes The people
will wonder why 1t is that these lands
have been allowed to be stolen in such a
manner as the report shows. They will
wonder what the officers of the govern
ment have been doing to not better guard
the property or these United States.
This land grab business has-developed ins
to one of the most tremendous steals of
the present century, yet the republican
party looks on unmoved, and simply say
that it is in favor of retaining the
public lands just before election they
make the startling discovery that hun
dreds of millions of acres of our most
fertile prairies have been taken
from us, and the party who al
lowed the thievery to go on I'M
checked, announces its intention to get
back these lands. win they do it? The
answer comes back that we cannot trust
the republican party, from the simple
reasons that its acts 10 not look as though
it wished 10 recover the lands and
that some of the most prominent men in
the party are identified with the great
steals
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
The Nile Campaign.

CAIRO, Aug. 31.-Gen Wood, Col. Duncan
and Maj. Sand, with two companies Of Egyp-
tian troops, have arrived at Wady Halfa.
The Staffordshire and Berkshire regiments
ere being pushed after the Sussex regiment,
which has arrived at Wady Halfa, as rapidly
as possible The boats are passing the Sem
neah cataract, and are greatly helping the
transportation of troops.
MONTREAL, Aug. 31.-The enthusiasm of
the Caughnawaga Indians for the Khar-
toum expedition is weakening. They want a
guaranty against death in the service and
refuse to engage longer than six months.
LONDON, Aug 31.-The government has
ordered 100000 pounds more of Chicago
compressed beef for the Soudan expedition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Tragic Results of Straying from
Duty's Path.
An ElopcmeEt and IDS ConSeauences
-EeFriblc Grief of n CaSt.OH
Wiic-FOund Dead In
the Woods.

TORONTO, Ohio, Aug 31-An unimportant
event which occurred Thursday night in
Hancock county, this state, has revealed a
romantic tragedy Shannon is quiet little
village in Pennsylvania Three years ago
among its inhabitants were two families,
both much respected. One family
consisted of the husband, wife, and
two children; the other of husband,
wife, and three children, the young
est being a baby months old The two
families were on terms of intimacy. One
man kept a small shoe store, and the other
was q lawyer. One morning the town wax
ened to find that the lawyer and the shoe
makers wife had eloped, taking the
latter's youngest child The lawyers wife
was completely Frustrated by the blow,
and for time her life was despaired Of
She finally recovered and secured employ
ment by which to support herself and chill
dren. The strain was too much, and she
again sank When she recovered she was en-
tirely destitute, and her health was gone
Having no friends, she and her children were
removed to the Allegheny infirmary at Pitts
burg, where she yet remains During these
years the shoemaker has sought every
where for his wife in order to recover his
baby. In his search he had spent nearly all
his money and Travelled thousands of miles.
He had about given up the search when fate
threw the couple in his way
About Aug ! a letter addressed to the de-
serted wife was received at Shannon. 1t
was forwarded 10 her at the Allegheny poor
house The letter was from her husband
and begged his wife to forgive him and
asked her to again live with him.
He appointed an out of the way place in
Pennsylvania for their meeting which was
| fixed for Aug. 10 An attendant at the in
Urinary who was cognizant of the woman's
history came into possession Of the letter or
its contents and at once informed the shoe
maker Tho letter was postmarked at
| Anderson, W. Va, and was signed fic-
| titiously Klein at once started for the
| town. All this place he invoked the aid of
the Mayor, to whom he told his story.
| TIE two then crossed the river and
found their man in the employ of a
| brick company. Without discovering him
| self the shoemaker saw the man and idenfi-
| fed him. He went to the house in which his
| former wife resided. His appearance at the
| door caused the woman to faint She quickly
recovered and sprang into his arms, cling
ing oonvulsively to him He in vain endeav-
cred to loosen her hold. She seemed frantic
with joy, evidently thinking he had come to
take her away. When at last she was
made TO understand that he had cast
her off and had only come fol
the child her grief was terrible. She
f5Ived and pleaded, but without avail Fin
1 oil ha Eai1al no chill = l..
womans screams and chngings, carried il
on She appeared dazed for some time, but
at last picked up her 3-months-old baby and
walked hurriedly to the factory where hel
uafamour was employed. On hearinR he,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

For two months in the year Beecher
can't preach. In August and September
he takes his vacation and endures the
onset of Hay Fever. And it is, SO he says,
something terrible and tremendous. A
man with Hay Fever isn't accountable for
his actions He is merely wild beast
frantic with shutting sneezing and head
ache. HIS eyes are red so is he nose.
Every nerve in his skull thrills with dis
tress and his head is fountain of tears.
He lives only to fly from seaside to noun
tain-top in search of relief. And yet,
whether we call this form of Catarrh
Hay Fever, Rose Fever, Hay Cold OF
Rose Cold, Ely's Cream Balm will cure It,
This remedy is simple, pleasant and easy
of application Placed in the nostrils it
penetrates and soothes the affected parts
at once, restores the impaired senses and
healthy secretions in cases of the longest
standing. You cannot run away from
Hay Fever, but you can drive it FROM yor
BY using Ely's Cream Balm.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

WHY 1t is there be few can tell, but it
is deploTable fact that many of the little
but none the less annoying troubles that
occasionally lnfest church can be traced
directly to the choir. The prayer end of
the church may be attractive, potent, and
able to run along as slick as if it were
creased, but the praise end is continually
getting Snagged. Down in Columbia, S.
c., lives an honest printer m an named
W. B. Mcdaniel, whose wife, beautiful
woman of engaging manners, is moreover
gifted with an excellent soprano voice
Some time ago she secured an engagement
in the choir of one of the leading church
IS in Columbia and the trouble common
ced a. once. The organist was the first
to become visibly affected under the fas-
cinating influences of the fair singer, but
in less than a month, tenor, baritone and
basso joined in paying her an ardent
homage The plot thickened The notes
of praise that assembled from that parlicu-
lar shrine become at times hoarser OF
shril!er, according to the intensity of the
pangs of jealousy which afflicted the tens
or and basso in turn. Then the organist
appeared with black eye, the result of
private music practice with a soprano,
which the baritone interrupted then the
tenor wore piece of court-plaster across
the bridge of his nose, having run against
the fist of the basso while trying to fast
the top loop on the ladys wrap with his
teeth. The basso apologized to the so
prano by stating that he thought the tenor
had been suddenly seized with hydropho,
bla, and was trying to bite her neck off
A good old deacon overheard the apol-
ogy, and an investigation was the result
Each member of the choir testified against
the other, and the only way out of thu
dilemma was to ask the fascinating so
prano to sing at home or some other choir
This she refused to do I'M less some spec
ltic reason was given therefore, which wa
denied The lady went home to her hus
band in tears, and the printer man brac
ed up and sued the good deacon, VIII,
precipitated the fuss, the church and tn
pastor placing the damages at $40
This made the scandal public, and til,
choir disbanded. Now the church ha
to depend for its spiritual refreshing OF
prayer alone and at the same time pre-
pare to defend itselfin $40, 900 laws uit
and all on account of the choir.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
STOLEN PUBLIC LANDS.

The report issued from the General
Land Office at Washington few days
ago concerning the fraudulent methods
adopted by the cattle companies of the
Northwest in possessing themselves of the
public lands of that section calls for
prompt and energetic action on the part
of the Secretary of the Interior and AttOr-
ney General Brewster.
From this report it appears that in
Colorado alone it has been proved on in
vestigation that the big cattle raising cor
poratiOns have fraudulently inClosed 2 800,
600 acres of the best land in the North
west and it is the opinion of the agents
who are now prosecuting the inquiry that
1t will be established that about 5000, 900
acres have been stolen in that State. One
company, composed entirely of foreigners
who have no intention of becoming
American citizens, has gobbled 336 square
miles of Colorado lands without any war.
rant. In New Mexico 100000 acres
have been stolen from the public domain
in Kansas 600, 900 acres have been stolen;
in Wyoming 100000 acres; in Nebraska
800 900. The statement is officially made
that in Dakota IS per cent of the entries
on public lands have been fraudulent, and
in New Mexico the frauds amount to 80
per cent of the entries. The lands thus
seized without warrant or justification Of
any kind are the most fertile in the North
western Territories. The entries. we are
told, are made along the streams
The methods pursued in obtaining a
nnlnTN To
porations. They employ number of
men, Ostensibly to herd cattle, but really
TO make entries on the land. After the
entry is made and the employee has secur-
ed his patent the corporation buys the
pretended interest in the tract for mere
trife, and then claims ownership, Those
grasping mOnOpOlists, not content with
Selling the unoccupied lands, compel set
tiers in their neighborhood to sell them,
threatening loss Of employment and ruin
GUS competition if they refuse to do so
They adopt the law of the plunderer not
only towards the United States, but also
towards the individual citizens
One popularity about those corpora
lions which will not escape notice IS that
large percentage of the members are
foreign capitalists. Many of the compa-
MES are composed entirely of foreigners,
who spend the entire profits arising from
the use of American lands in Great Brit
ain. These men have not the least sym
patty with America; they not only will
not do anything to advance American
interests, but do all they can to injure
them. 1t was only the other day that one
of the leading men among the monopo-
lists. Mr.. Morton Frewen, the wealthy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
THE HYoRoPHoBlA EPIDEMIC.
Five More Cases on That Alabama
Plantation.

FUFAULA, Ala, Aug. 31-Five additional
cases Of hydrophobia were developed Friday
ON the plantation Of Punch Doughtie, where
thirty two negroes were already suffering
from the disease from eating the flesh of
hogs which had died from the effect Of a
mad dog bite, Mr. Doughtie, on whose place,
five miles from this city, the sick people are
was ii, town Friday, surrounded by crowds
Of excited people listening to his
graphic account OF the incidents of the ter
horrible epidemic. He was Obliged to kill
the mule on which he was riding when it was
attacked and Litten by another one Several
of the mules liz the herd which escaped have
been recovered, and are kept in confinement
for the observation oi veterinarians. All
the hogs attacked were Berkshires. The
symptoms of the disease were frothing at the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
PENDLETON INTERVIEWED.
His Views on One or Two Points I'm
Brief.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. Ex-senator Pen.
dleton has partially recovered from severe
attack of hay fever In an interview on the
political situation he says: ~ am now going
to work for the Democratic ticket | have
made several engagements to speak already.
| viii spare no time or labor to secure its
success l think Butler is playing his own
personal game, and has no objection by do
ing so to assist Blaine.
THE st. John movement is more organized
and formidable than it ever was before, and
fast assuming shape which will command
more respect. do not think, however the
prohibition movement will ever be
successful l am in favor of Ii
cense system. The Democracy has not
money or other resources for protracted
campaign, but it will be pretty vigorous
when it commences"
In regard to ButterwoTth 5 notion in resign
ing the patent commissi0nershipt to go into an
uncertain fight, senator said: He is an &C.
tive and pushing politician, one who enjoys
better ii whirligig of congressional contests
than to be shut up in patent box, even at the
same salary
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
She wanted Revenge.

ODESSA, Aug. 81 The details of the at
tempted ehoOting a few days since Of Col.
Kantansky, chief of the gendarmes in this
city. hitherto suppressed, are now made
public. The motive leading the young
woman, Maria Kalinsmaja, to attempt
the desperate deed was desire for re
venge Kantansky had sentenced hel
brother, n member of the Revolutionary So
ciety, to penal servitude for life The Cir
entered Kantansky's private room, and
twenty minutes later drew revolver and
fired point-blank at the officer The bullet
gazed his ear. and, before she could fire
again, Kantansky seized the weapon ans
pla ted the young woman under arrest.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

story he turned pale and hurriedly quilted
the Office, returning with her to the
house. What passed between them is un
known, but he left alone on an evening train
carrying small bundle. That night the
woman and her babe disappeared. The
matter created some excitement, but died
out in a day or two. Several days later the
dead bodies of a woman and baby were found
in the woods near Fairview, W. Va. Not
being identified, they were buried A rumol
of the circumstance reaching Anderson. il
was concluded it must be the missing ones
The body was exhumed and identified. 1t i:
supposed that the woman attempted to wall
to Shannon, and either gave out and diet
from exposure or committed suicide
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

New YORK, Aug. 5l.-A reception to
Thomas Sexton and W. f.. Redmond, the
mrIabers of parliament who visited this
country to attend the convention of the Irish
National league. held at Boston last week.
was given at Chiekering hail Friday evening
by the municipal council Of the league let
teTs OF regret were read from Governor Alb
bett, Of New Jersey; Governor Cleveland,
Alex Sullivan and r F. Flower. Mr., Sexton
alluded to his visit to Boston, and said that
everything that had taken place there had
given him great satisfaction. Addresses
were also made by Mr.. Redmond and Mrs
iaFnail
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

DEs MONIES. Iowa. Aug &I-s'tate Vet
crinariae Stalker writes 10 the president of
tie state fair that h. has maze a thorough
investigation Of the cattle bought of A.
G. Epler, at Virginia. by Gen. w.
l.. Smith. Of haywood, and sent
to his stock farm III Powesheik
county, and none give the slightest sign of
uro-pneumonia OF the Epler cattle one
heiier was killed by lightning in May. and
the Jersey hull Action died Aug. -, hut not
from pneumonia. The professor does not
believe there is a case OF pleuro pneumonia
amunr cattle in Iowa
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
s'Kin the Ethiopian Chance Sis
SkIny3

SHEPHERDsVrLLE, Aug 3l.-W onlars Ger
tainly never viii cease AMI this locality is
ready to furnish the worl,; ut large ana the
medical fraternity in particular with the
latest, and probably one OF the greatest of
modern times. One OF our town physicians,
DIR. {. J. Cook, was called to attend a case of
labor for negro woman abont a mile from
here, and much to the surprise Of both physi-
elan and patient, twin, were born. The boy
was as black as could be desired by the
mother, bat the girl is perfectly white, and
her features, hair and limbs are strictly
Anglo-SaXon The mother and children are
doing Splendidly.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
China for War.

LONDON, Aug. 31-The Pail Mall Gazette
says: There isnot the slightest foundation
to the report that China wishes 4,
come to an agreement with Fra 4
The Chinese consider the Foo Chow
affair as an act of treachery on the Jar o
Admiral Courbet, who took the advantage
accorded to war-ships to enter Chinese ports
The 6albarity of continuing the fire hour
after the Chinese vessels had ceased is tbs
cause of intense excitement against the Eu
r0paauS y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
Admiral Courbet,s Report.

PARIS, Aug. 31.-Admiral Courbet Off
cially reports that the operations of the
French feet in the Min river have been en-
tirely successful; that all the forts, earth
works and camps in the vicinity of the river
from its mouth to the arsenal, have been de
stroyed, and that the French lost only ter
men killed and forty one wounded during the
several engagements He also telegraph,
that he would arrive Saturday at Matsnn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

East TtwAs Mich, Aug. 81 A north
vet gale is Blowing causing the forest fires
between here anu Au Sable - run rapidly
nae valuable cedar and pine is now burn
IN The rain oi Friday night did but little
81 Ahioc the fires. Many acres of timber
- l,..Af lnI..lnN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 51.-Another out
break against the Jews has occurred at nu
brovitza, near Kovno, in western Russia
An anti-Semitec mob pillaged twelve shops
and twenty houses. Many Jews wer,
wounded during the riot, and one woman
was killed. The police and clergy were pow
crltSs to duell the disturbance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01
Orders TO Attack the French

SHANGHAI, Aug. S1,-All the French resi-
dents have left Canton. The Chinese mill
tary commanders everywhere have received
imperial orders to attack all French war
ships and merchant vessels which attempt to
enter tie leading treaty ports. Those in port
are ordered to depart Immediately.
kilograms for the Chinese government lines
ENGLISH
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

mouth, blind staggers, and fits. The planta-
ton has been beseiged by throng of ex-
cited people all day DR. johnson, the at
tending physician has not changed his
opinion that the majority of the cases among
the negroes will prove fatal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-01

For epresentative-J. IL. PADDELFORD.
For States Attorncy-ELHOREW W. HURST.
For Circut Cerk-GEO. W. HENRY.
For Coroncr-JOHN ALBRIGHT.