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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-04

The 2:27 trot was we'll contested. St Albans
a strong favorite in the pools, won clevcrly The
third and fourth money was divided between
Thornburg and Cameron. Aladdin, Glen Miller
j. IL Mccormick, Belle S. and Isaac were with
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
THE PETTICOAT KNIGHT.

NV lOlh LNNiihsa pSNs WV ~''
Fresh and astonishing evidences of Mr..
Blaines uncommon anxiety to secure
the presidency is furnished in the morning
papers. 1t is shown by facsimileS of the
manuscript that serious OF editorial art
icles against Logan, COnkliug, Cameron
and Grant, which were published in the
Tribune in May, 1880. just previous to the
assembling of the National Republican
Convention, were written by Gail Ilamil>
ton and forwarded for publication by Mr..
Blaine himself. Indeed, Mr.. Blaine's in
struclions 10 the editor, This is timely
appeal and should be printed at once, y
are as peremptOry as if he were himself
the director OF the paper, The articles
are full of bitter references to Logan and
Cameron but are rather careful of Mr..
Conkling. In one of them, called the
Real Issue, and approved by Blaine in
the order gwen above, occurs this pas
sage:
The district engendered by the doub-
lings and turnings of Cameron has deycl-
oped into disgust under the bludgeon of
Logan. Logan's candid brutality has
cleared the air. The INSCRIPTIONS fraud,
the unparalleled violence, which have been
employed to bring Grant in, have reused
the people to a resolve that he shall stay
| out.
In close proximity to this occurs the
| following, with its elegant allusion to
Senatar Hoar and other Massachusetts
republicans:
The political burglars of Illinois, who
stick at nothing, and the political her
maphrodites Of Massachusetts who stitch
( to nothing, will make desperate lungeS
and feeble lurChcs at Grant, but the hon
est and tranquil manhood of this country
deiics the first and despises the second.
Republicans hate the methods and the
| purposes OF the democratic party, but they
never hate them so intensely as when
/ thew see them introduced in the republican
party. If they must have the cheatin.
and bulldozing of democracy they vii
have it pure and simple, in the form ant
guise of democracy, not skulking unde
the banners of Republicanism and guard
ing itself behind the shields of the Stal
warts
! it is intimated that there are man,
other articles of similar purp0rt in thu
series, all of them being more or less sew
ere upon Blaines associate candidate Lo
gan The significant points about thi
revelation are that it presents Blaine once
more in his true character as an intrigue
and trickster. The author Of these art
icles is the same member Of his family who
at critical stage in the civil service re
form movement, poured out through
many weary columns of the Tribune rid
icule and contempt upon the reform ant
all its advocates. Behind the petticoat:
of a woman this Plumed Knight stood il
ambush, leveling his lance, which his ad
mirers speak of so proudly. not only a
civil service reform, but at the republican
leaders who stood in the way of his pol
itical ambition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

BERLIN, Oct 30-Elections for members
Of the reichstag were held all over the
empire Tuesday. The returns received up
to date show large increase in the Socialist
votes. The storm of Tuesday has delayed
the returns and reports from many towns
have not yet been received During the day
everything passed off quietly but at night a
number of brawls occurred. Inter Den
Linden was the scene of several fights
and the Cafe Bauer had to be closed on ac-
count of the crowd, who seemed determined
on fighting. The police arrested at least n
dozen persons. In Berlin the increase in the
Socialist vote since 1888, as shown by the re-
turns of this election is 10000. Cologne-the
contest between Leyendecker National Lib
eraD and Roeckerath (Centre) resulted in the
latter receiving a majority of 1000. On
account of the inclemency of
the weather there was heavy fall
ing off i'll the vote. TIE anti-Jewish
party are exultant over the severe
check sustained by the Liberals. Prince
Bismarck and Count Witham personally re
corded their votes. The factories were all
closed at an earlier hour than usual, to allow
full opportunity for the workmen to cast
their vote. In many cases supplemental
elections will be necessary, as no candidate
received a majority.
LATER-The returns receited up TO late
hour Wednesday evening from the reichstag
elections, indicate that at least twenty five
Socialists will DO returned
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

Mr.. iiCSwEENEY is doing splendid work
for the anti>Blalne party. He tells the sto-
ry of his incarceration in an English dun
geon, and his vain appeal to Blaine, with
clearness and force, and the thousands of
Irishvoters who hear him go away with the
conviction that if the rights of American
citizens abroad are invaded, the boastful
inventor of spirited foreign policy is
not the man to vindicate them. Mr..
MCSweeney says that for eighteen months
Blaine was his official jaier, and it is be.
lIeved that he knows a good deal more
about it than the noisy demagogues who
are toiling to put the prince of demago-
CUES into the presidential chair
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

The New York Independent leaders
claim 10 have the names of $1,000 anti
Blaine republicans on their rolls. These
names have been secured largely by cor
respondence. Through the press dissat>
isfed REPUBLICANS have been invited to
communicate with the committee. As
soon as one name is secured in 4 town or
neighborhood the gentleman is invited to
send in the names of other republicans he
may know of that are wavering as to
Blaine. These are communicated with,
and in turn requested to furnish the com.
mittee with names. By these means IS,
900 republican voters more Or less in
clined to bolt the ticket have been pro-
vided with documents, ard 1900 have
sent the committee their names on the
little slips provided for the purpose,
thereby pledging themselves not to vote
for blaine
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

But short time ago, when jim Blaine
built his magnificent residence in Wash
inglon, the contractor, in his bill of eX~
tras. figured the wages of his mechanics
at 80 cents an hour and his iaborers at 90
cents. Blaine, in his letter Directing to
payment of the bin said, Two dollars a
day is good enough for any mechanic,
aud no laborer ought to he paid more
than one dollar a day. Al the time he
wrote this he was not angling for work &C.
ingmen's votes, and his utteranccs may be
fairly presumed to be his real sentiment.
Now, however he pirates about the digni
tv of American labor and says, Wages
are uniustlv reduced when an industrious
man is not able by his earnings to
live in comfort, educate his children. and
lay by a sufficient amount for the ncces-
sites of age" Mr.. Blaine would find it
rather difficult to sport much dignity on
a dollar a day, after providing for his
family. without laying up anything for
the necessities of age This janus faced
hypocrite IS just as honest in his profess
sions of friendship, and solicitude for the
laboring class as he was when he stole
the Mulllgan letters. For the laboring
men of America, he cares no more than
the dust under his feet, except just at
this particular time when he realizes that
the ballot of one of this class. counts just
as much as that of his friend and hacker,
Jay Gould.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

ALTHOUGH Blaine's friends claim that
he is a much ADLER man than Cleveland,
no evidence has been produced during the
campaign that would sustain the asser>
ton. While Blaine has been raising much
hue and cry about the tariff, he has com
pletely ignored the high important ques-
ton of the reduction of the taxes.
Though it Is made the issue in his own
party platform, he refuses to it give his
approval or disapproyal. The main cause
of his silence is easily discernable-the
monopolists want the high taxes to cons
tinue, and if he should argue in favor of a
reduction he would lose his best friends.
On the contrary, Mr.. Cleveland is explicit
in saying that taxes must be reduced,
and that no more money should be taken
from the people than is required by the
necessities of the government.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

no democratic papers have ever convinced
me of anything, and the estimate hold
of Mr.. Blaine in the position in which |
stand today attribute to the republican
press. | had read those papers in the
past, and what they said appeared to me
to be convincing. The editors seen ed to
consider him unfit to be president of these
United States, and, as | had confidence in
the integrity of my friends, the editors of
the local republican press, these things re-
duced my estimate of Mr. Blaine to what
it now is. The personality of a man, or
his character, gives immense weight to
what he says or does. Take General
Hawley's paper for instance, and what he
has said of Blaine in the past. | consider
am mugwump constructed by General
Hawley.n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
Two Zion Killed.

BALTIMORE Oct 80 A horrible catas-
trophe which caused the death of two men
occurred at O'Clock Tuesday morning at
Locust Point. Locomotive l2S Of the Balti-
more ~ Ohio, was standing on a side track
opposite Woodall's dry-dock In the cab
were Engineer Joshua Dixon md Fire
man Daniel Burke Without moment.
warning the boilcrexploded with terrific force.
Dixon was instantly killed and his body
blown into the water $50 feet away. Burke
was blown up on a bank some distance off
and when he was reached he gave a few
gasEs and died. Dixon'S body was horribly
mutilated, and as it flew through the ali
struck the telegraph wires to which his over
ais and sllSpendcrs adhered. Both men leave
families. The cause Of the explosion viii he
investigated
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,

Prohibition City is the name of new
town in Dakota.
Yale's champion clog dancer of last yeal
has become q divinity student.
The business men of Louisville have
decided to have another exposition next
year.
The fire in the Calumet and Hecla mine
has been extinguished, and work has been re
sumed.
The school law is to be enforced in such
manner in Gridley, Cal, as to make boys
attend school or leave the town.
Parnell and his followers in the house of
commons have resolved to vote against the
government ON the franchise bill
Hogs are dying by the hundred in
Sangamou and Goose Creel, townships,
Champaign county. Illinois, of cholera
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church,
met at Cleveland, Ono, 100 delegates being
present, with Mrs. rutherford b. Hayes in
the chair
The magnificent First Spiritual TEN
pie" which the Spirituaiists OF Boston are
building in that city, is slowly nearing com
pleiion. 1t viii have cost about $685. DOG
when completed
George AlcNertcy is under arrest at Jer-
sey City for causing his wiie's death by sal
urating her clothing with KEROSENE and then
APPLYING a match, the woman's body being
shockinSlg hurnei
A Pittsburg, Pa, lady who lost her
voice almost entirely year ago, Icing sud
denly startled the other day, uttered TN OK
ctamatlon Of fright, and was delighted to
lind her voice restored
Gilbelt W. IIaZeltinc, of Jamestown, N.
Y, who in July killed Mamie Thorpe in a
Baltimore house of ill repute was found
guilty of manslaughter, the penalty being
fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.
Because of games of chance conducted
by the lessee of the race track at Richmond,
Va, contrary to contract the meeting, which
begun Tuesday, has been declared off, but
will be continued at Greenvilie Nov T.
Some time since c. ID. Heath. of Osh.
knsh, Wis, tore up check for 5000 and
threw the pieces in tie street On the 18th
the check, with the pieces all pasted together,
was presented at tie First National bank for
payment and IGNORED.
AT crossing in Pittsbur-, Pa, train
struck twu-nor-e wagon oar Of the men on
the vehicle being fatally huIt. One of the
horses was thrown forty feet, a::king citi-
zen who was standing on Luc station plat
form, killing him instantly.
In Cleveland one night last week John
I. Raymond advertised Il grand parade of
"the new party and in the evening hired
100 small boys to march through the streets
with torches aud transparencies, on which
was inscribed Vote for John T. RAYMOND
for congress" The streets were crowded
that night TO see the parade, and the theatre
was packed ali week
A reward of 81, 100 is offered for the
arrest of Burt Yates. who recently killed
John Breen at Lake Mills, Iowa. Yates is
described as five feet eight or nine inches in
height, scar on or over one of his eyes, and
slight powder marks on his face, light. fuzzy
mustache, round, plump face, little wall-eyed,
wore when last seen a long, loose brown
buster that looked like an overcoat, grayisll
clothes, low crown black SLOUGH hat, is a
painter by trade, plays billiards, and is very
fond of roller skating,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
FITZ JOHN PORTER.
He Receives the Appointment Of Po-
lice CarsyssE.sFouer of Nexy Work,

ice commissioner Oh New oFk.
NEW YORK. Oct. @a-Mayor Edison an
nounced at O'Clock Tuesday afternoon that
he had appointed ftz John Porter police
commissioner, to .erve out the term of the
late Sidney ? Nichols, which expires Dee
81, 1889. At about the same hour March
!, $50, aiayor Wickham surprised the
city hall politicians by appoint
ing Mr. Porter commissioner Of public
works, to fill out the uneXpirod term of
George II. Van Mort, who had resigned Mr.
Porter ard the common council failed to
agree upon the wages which should be paid
laborers employed by the department of
public works. and when, in the following
January, Ma yor Wickhnm reappointed Mr.
Porter the council refused to confirm him.
The name wa therefore Withdrawn and that
Of Allan Campbell substituted. Aside from
this brief term of ten months Mir Porter
has never held any Office under the city
government He appears in the city direc-
tory as u resident of Morristown n Mr..
Porter appeared before Mayor Elson at @;l5
in the afternoon, took the oath of Office and
immediately entered upon the discharge Of
his duties as police commissioner at o salary
of 81. 600 n year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
AN ANSWER WANTED.

Can any ore bring us case of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that the Electric Bitters
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can not, as thousands of cases already per-
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commencing Electric Bitters, will prove.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Oct 30.-Maj.
WATSON, the United States army paymaster,
who was sentenced to serve eighteen months
in the Kansas state penitentiary, was re-
leased from the prison Wednesday morning,
and will go direct to Des Moines, Iowa,
where his parents reside. He has never been
closely confined, and, being a good civil
engineer, planned and almost superintendent
a fine system of water-works for the prison
until its completion. He was out great
portion of the time on surveying expeditions,
locating ground for the coal mine that is
being opefied for the state at the prison.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
Track on the Oregon Pacific is being
laid at the rate of two miles day.

Mere outward application of so called
remedies for rheumatism and neuralgia
must necessarily fail of their purpose, be
cause the origin of the trouble is untouchN
ed These twin diseases are essentially
diseases of the blood, and must be dealt
with accordingly. This is just what Ath<
lophoros aims to do, end The success that
has been met with can best be measured
by the hundreds of unsought testimonials
that the manufacturers are daily receiving.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

TTTusVILLE, Pa, Oct 30. -Apropos of the
huge oil wells recently struck in the Butler
district, The Herald says it has been making
extensive inquiries abroad as to the condition
of the Russian. oil fields, and the extent to
which they will probably compete with
American fields. The result shows that there
exists al Balioo on the Caspian sea, fields
more prolific than any in America. One
well produced nearly 1000 barrels in the first
half h our. Another did 1000 barrels per
day. Another produced 5000, 900 gallons
of crude oil, which was sold for 10 cents a
ton for fuel, there being no demand for it
fer illumination, Consul General Perry esti-
mates the capacity of these fields AS at least
l,G00,0 0n tons of crude yearly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
POLITICAL BRIEFS.


Gen. Butler does not travel on Sunday.
More than 1,000 candidates for congres.
will be voted for next Tuesday
Democrats at Madison, Wis, nominated
Col w F. Villas for the state assembly.
Gen Charles Fitz Simons, of the Twelfth
ward, Chicago, has been nominated for Con
gress by a Republican convention held in the
Third Illinois district, against William E
Mason
Hon. E. D. Blinn, trustee Of the Illinois
State Institution for the Feeble Minded al
Lincoln, has sent resignation of this Office
to the governor in order to qualify as Re
publican presidential elsctor
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

BLAINEs insincerity is shown by the
ease with which he puts off one para
mount" issue and puts on another, us
though 1t were the fashion of a garment.
In Ohio, where there are large factories
and numerous miilionaires who favor n
high tariff, Blaine's speeches were all on
that question; but now that he is over the
line and he sees the desperate strait he IS
in, the tariff is no longer the sole issue.
1t is case of old fashioned bloody shirt
in Indiana.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
THE pARWiNIAN THEORY.
sorth Carolina Presbyterians Res
solve Against IL.

CHARLESTON, s. c., Oct 30-The Pres
byterian synod of South Carolina, at Green
vile, has been engaged for several days in
the discussion of the Darwniau theory
ol evolntioa. The issue arose from the
fact that Dr. Woodrow, one of the pro-
fessors OF Columbia Theological seminary,
with the avowed purpose Of fortify-
ing young ministers in scientific knowledge,
had set forth the theory of evolution in a
lecture, expressing his own belief in it In a
malfied form, and declaring it not inconsist-
mt with scriptural teachings The discussion
# Dr Woodrow's position was warm and
spirited most Of the leading divines of the
synod participating The settlement Of the
question was reached Tuesday evening, by
tl,c ado2tion Of the following resolution;
Easalved, That in the Judgment of this
ysni tne teachings Of evolution in the The
oicg,gai seminary at Columbia, except in a
tn "l} rypoSitory manner with no intention
# ut,,alcatiug is truth is hereby disnp-
;r4N.el
TIN vate hy which this resolution was
.,tyJat '>t~ Yras 81. nays -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
Gen. LOGAN,

CAREoNDALE, Ills, Oct 3O-Gen. Logan
and Mrs, Logan and party rested at Centralia
Tuesday light, whore there was "A demon
stration and the general made a speech. In
TIE morning the party started through the
country OF Gen. and Mrs. LOgan's birth, and
they were heartily received by their old
friends, Vt this place there was demon
stration in which y body Of 1000 cavalry
took part Gen. Logan made "A speech.
There was a large crowd in town
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

Chronic Catarrh. i have suffered for
years from Chronic Catarrh. Six weeks
ago | was induced to try Ely's Cream
Balm. Relief was instantaneous, and con-
tinued use has resulted in an almost COM
plete cures. NJ. Greene, Book keeper,
Steamboat Co, Catskill, N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
starved to Death on a Fortune.

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. SO.-William J.
Handy, the aged and wealthy miser of Som
erset county, Md, died suddenly Tuesday at
bis home, aged 70 years. Deceased was very
eccentric, and had no living creature for a
companion. He lived all alone in abject
poverty, though worth hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars. A few months ago the
court declared him insane and appointed a
guardian for his estate. The supposition is
that thousands Of dollars are buried on his
premises Several months ago he was
robbed of $1,000 in cash. Deceased's rela-
tives all reside in the west.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

CHICAGO, Oct. SO.-ln the basement of liz
Market street, in the uncertain light of the
early morning, the dead body of Mrs. Catha-
rine Hyland was found Wednesday,
By her side was an empty whisky
bottle. She had boon living with James
Paris, an expressman, and was addicted to
liquor. At 10 o'clock at night she was intox-
icated and started for her bedroom, but evil
IDENTIFY fell to the floor before she reached the
bed, and lay there all night. 1t is thought
she died from chronic alcoholism She was
a widow, AZ years of age. The remains were
taken to the morgue
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
Rim ON A nRuG STORE.

Never was such rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at Hartz & Balm
sens for Trial Bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. All persons affected with
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Severe
Coughs affection of the Throat and
Lungs, can get Trial Bottle OF this
great remedy free, by calling at above
Drug Store Regular size S1.00.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

CAIRO, Ills, Oct 3o-ln Pulaski county,
Wednesday, Willie Catlin, aged 9, discovered
that negro had just killed hog belonging
to the boys father. The negro threatened
to shoot the boy, who went to the house, got
c gun and returned and shot the negro
through the heart
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

IT is interesting to observe that Blaine
gives the lie to organs which keep on say
ing that Ohio settled the presidential
election. He is singing that plaintiyc
tariff song as1usfly, filings the bloody
shirt to the breeze as viciously and whines
for votes as persistently as ever.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
A CARD.

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and indiscretions Of youth, nervous weak
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was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

LEWISTON, Ne, Oct. 3U.-On account of
the shutting down of the mills in this city
there Is considerable distress among the dis
charged operatives The overseers of the
poor report that applications for assistance
have increased rapidly Of late. Forty per-
sons left for Canada Saturday
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
Gen. Emiier,s Programme.

EoSTrN, uci. 20 The following is the pro-
gramaic uf Gen. Bntler for the current week:
lie leaves New YORK Thursday morning for
Sidney llaiHs, N. Y, where he speaks in the
afternoon and thln goes TO Port Jervis, where
lie will speak in the evening. Friday he
speaks at Newburgh and Poughkeepsis and
saturday gees to Connecticut, speaking at
Hartford at noon, Waterbury at 4 and New
Haven at o'clock. He expects to return to
Lowell Sunday morning