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The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

as piano factory in the rear OF 5ll and 5l3
west Forty second street, was gutted by fire
early Tuesday morning. The building was
situated in q tenement house district, and
there was great excitement among the
tenants. The loss is estimated at
$50, 900, insurance, $4,000. At 2:45
practically out, number of firemen were
on the second and third floors washing
down tS,e walls. The third floor was bur-
dened with number of heavy pianos, and
suddenly the charred beams supporting it
gave way with snap. The men on that
floor went through to the second, and with
the broken tinbers, fell upon their COM
rades. Cries and groans rose up from the
interior of the building, and tho firemen,
who were in the street, made rush. INTO
the courtyard in froat Of the factory. Am
balances soon ratified through the streets
and drew up in front of the piano factory,
where 100 men were at woIk Gringlng OUT
the men, It was believed that some of the
men were dead, and the excitement was in
tense. Man after man was brought out
alive, until nine bruised and wounded fell
lows had been placed in the ambuiances
and driven away TO Roosevelt hospital
Their names are Lieut.. Samuel Reed and
Firemen Henry T. Mcbride, John S. Price,
and Michael Campbell, of engine 81; Fire
man George w. Greer, of engine No. 26;
Capt John Colby and Lieut.. Oliver ORouk,
Of hook and ladder No. 4, and Firemen
Thomas Duffy and Richard German.
iforman and Greer, it is believed are fatally
Injured The wounds of the other mon are
considered very serious.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

MAcoMB Eag5e; Col. B. F. Marsh,
former congressman from this district,
having despaired Of ever again being
elected to office in this region, has been
besieging Gov. Oglesby all winter to ap,
point him q member of the railroad and
warehouse commission. Much to the sur
price of everybody, Oglesby has done so.
This ought to be sufficient to convince
the people that Oglesby belongs to the
Marsh ring and is under its influence
The appointment of Col Marsh is a
downright insult to thousands of honest
republicans in this district who don'i
want the colonel in any kind of office.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

No news is generally considered good
news, and perhaps this explains the dearth
of information regarding the operations
of the French in Madagascar, directed to-
wards the subjugation of the Hovas, the
principal tribe of the island; but whether
the prolonged silence favors the natives
or the invaders we are left to conjecture.
When, however, one recalls the celebrity
with which news of French victories in
Tonquin was received and dilfused, it is
certain that if the Gauls had made any
progress towards the interior of NADIA
gascar or had defeated the Hovas theil
success would have been quickly made
known. AS a matter of fact, the Hovas
are strongly entrenched in the noun
tains, and so surrounded by stupendous
fortresses, fashioned by nature, that theiI
position is well nigh impregnable.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

OUT of 6SS bills introduced in the New
Jersey legislature only 225 passed both
houses. Among the new statutes the act
prohibiting the sale or loan of toy pis-
tolls" will be heartily commended by all
citizens. Our readers are doubtless awar e
of the ravages of this destructive weapon
Annually as the Fourth of July draws
near reports come of the serious wound
ing of boys using these pistols from all
over the country. The contents of the
Illuminating paper caps exploded by these
weapons are scattered in all directions,
often inficting wounds on the hands and
faces of the shooters that end in lockjaw
and death. Nevertheless, when the small
boy learns that the legislators who dis
courage the use of the toy pistol encour-
age indiscriminate warfare on the Eng
lish sparrow, he will marvel at the stupid
ity of the solons,
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of cutting teeth? If SO,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and phY
sicians in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price 25 cents per bottle.
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The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

IT is creditable neither to Wales nor
Scotland that Mormon emisSaries should
find them such favorable recruiting
grounds. The Scandinavian nations are
also great delinquents in this respect.
Meanwhile Mormonism at home is lifting
up its voice in protest and alarm. Per-
haps 1t begins to realize that at last Uncle
Sam means business. The Mormon ulcer
must be brought within the region OF
practical politics, and if there is no cure
for it but the knife, the knife will be sure.
ly applied by an unshrinking hand
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
CORPSE In A TRUNK.
MYSTERIOUS AND HORRIBLE AFFAIR
IN ST. LOUIS.
The Dead Body of a Nfan Found in TrunIl
in the Southern Hotei-Terrorfzing
a Missouri Court-Nar-
ried Too Much.

ST. LOUIS, April l5-On March 81 there
arrived at the Southern hotel in this city, a
man who registered as Walter Maxwell,
NJ D., London, England. He was joined few
days later by man registering as Arthur
Preller Rochester, N. Y, who brought with
him five heavy trunks, which he ordered tc
his room. The two were rarely seen to-
gether Both paid their bills about five day:
ago and disappeared, leaving their baggage.
Tuesday morning a perceptibie odor from the
trunks induced investigation. One of them
was openei, and within. lying on his back
was the body of man apparently 35 years
of age, dressed in shirt and drawers only.
Underneath the body was scrap of paper
on which was scrawled:
$50 end all traitors to the great cause"
All evidence points to foul murder, and
police investigation leads to the belief that
the remains are probably those of Maxwell,
one of the twain
Papers found in trunks left by Maxwell
and Preller show that they had some con
nection or dealings with Clarence Mclntire
druggist, 146l Washington street, Boston,
Mass
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
COUCH GETS HIS ANSWER.

Secretary lamar Listens to the Boss
Boomer and Then Says "No.''
WASHINGTON CRY, April 15-Capt
Couch, accompanied by ex Congressman
Clarke, of Kansas, called at the interior de-
partment, Monday, AMI had an interview
with Secretary Lamar. Capt Couch pre-
sented the case of the oklahoma boomers"
at length He detailed how the lands had
been leased by the Indians to foreign cor
porations, read tie law in regard to the In
disns' rights on the subject, and contended
that if the Indians by treaty or otherwise
ever possessed any title to the lands they
had forfeited it.
Secretary Lamar listened attentively to
the end, and then said he was satisfied that
the land i'll question was a part of Indian
territory set aside by congress for the
use of the Indians; that this right could only
be taken away by the same power that con-
ferred it, and that i'll the absence of legisla-
ton on the subject, with the original laws
still in existence, it was his duty to enforce
them. This he intended to do, and must
therefore deny the request OF Capt. Couch
and his followers to enter the lands with his
appreciation.
The secretary ad led that he proposed als(
to uuSt the cattjemeu
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
Ere in Chicago.

CHICAGO, April ia boys carelessness
started a fire Tuesday morning on Wabash
avenue that for a time endangered the lives
of 100 human beings, and did damage to
the extent of $3.50 600 and more. The con-
flagration originated on the third floor ct
the Leander Reed building, 70 to IS Wabash
avenue Half OF that floor, S3 and IS. was
occupied by Smith & Pattison, dealers
in photographers supplies and picture
frames, and they employ seven
men and three boys. One of the lat
ter, while in dark corner Of the premises.
dropped bottle Of alcohol. He lit match
to look for the bottle which was broken by
the fall, and for the damage. he had done,
and the alcohol vapor burst into flame. In
very few minutes the flames had spread
to an alarming extent and big fire was I'M
der way. All the employees OF the firm oc-
cupying the building were safely gotten out
and the fremen getting promptly to work
managed to save the building In badly
damaged condition.
The total loss is roughly estimated al
500 OOU Mclean IL Ritterer, stoves,
ranges, etc, lose about SOS, 900; insured for
5000 Dean, Foster & Dawley,.. glass
manufacturers, on the second floor, are
damaged about $40, 900; insured for s12, 0O0.
Smith a. Paterson, on the third floor, esti
mate their loss at 5000; insurance un
known. There is also few thousand dol
lars loss by damage to adjoining buildings.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
MOBBED AT MALLOW.
Nationalists Kick Up Row to Entertain
Wales.


DUBLIN, April l5-M0nday evening the
prince Of Wales and the royal party, On the
way TO visit the earl and countess Of lis
towel, near Fermoy, in County Cork were
greeted by Loyalists at several stations on
the road On the train arriving at
Mallow the platform was thronged
with Nationalits, whose leaders were
some of the Irish members OF parliament
Harrington, of Westmeath, Dady, of Cork,
a colleague of Parnell, O'Brien, of Mallow,
and John O'Connsr, recently elected. They
had bands Of music insisting Oh playing
"God Save Ireland, the bystanders singing
in unison. This completely drowned
God Save the Queen" played on
the royal train by its own band at
arriving. This coming so soon after the
morning threat of the lord mayor of Dublin,
when hissed as the royal party started, to
telegraph to Maliow, naturally caused in
dignation among the few MaIlowites of loyal
tendencies who were at the station. The
police undertook to clear the platform.
OBrien said it was a public place. An alter
cation ensued. Hamilton, with others, was
hustled off the platform. One Nationalist
spectators resisting was badly hurt on the
head by policeman's truncheon. A number
| of others were injured Under the circum-
stances the train moved swiftly along amid
kissing and hootings, principally directed at
a detachment of Yorkshire light infantry
| accompanying the royal train. When the
train had steamed far beyond the station
| the four members of parliament marshaled
their forces, several Thousand strong, and
proceeded to the house of Mr.. Ryan, one of
| O'Brien's constituents, where they harangued
the people from the windows Tue excite
ment was intense and the language of the
orators not at all measured.
| III the evening the Nationalists held q
meeting at which O'Connor urged open re-
bellion and declared tho men of Mallow
had already risen, and he had seen them
reeking with blood from bayonet wounds
| and that O'Bren had fallen first
The Nationalists of Cork began operations
early by going around in crowds smashing
windows and doors of houses decorated in
honor of the princes visit
The papers Tuesday contained comments
on the disturbance at Mallow, engineered by
the Nationalists Monday evening, and nearly
| all unite in condemnlng the action OF the
Nationalist leaders. Some are exceedingly
caustic in their remarks. and especially
single out and lash Messrs. OBrien, Harring
ton and Deasy for the part they took
The Daily Express independent CoEserva
the weight of the debris from him, had beel
removed
This makes five victims who are aIread
dead, with Fulton moro than likely to die
The scene at the burner was one of the vi,l
est confusion. Wives, mothers, fathers ant
| children were crying and driven nearl
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

WASHINGTON CITY, April l5.-The cor res.
pondent of The Chicago Journal telegraphs
his paper as follows: "All reports purport-
ing to originate here, to the effect that the
administration will, by pledging official ap-
pointments or in any other way, interpose
its influence for the election of a United
States senator in Illinois, are without truth.
There is authority for saying that the
president refuses enphatically to make any
promise or to ratify any trading schemes
for the benefit of the statesmen at Spring.
Eoll
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

Col. James L.. Fleming 4 prominent grocery
merchant, q member OF the firm of Fleming ~
Lotion, Augusta. Ga, makes the following state
ment ol the treatment Of q valuable horse with
SWift's Specific:
In the fall Of 1888 had a vauabe colt taken
with a severe case o pinkcyc. whicI resulted in
the most feariul c9HC of blood poisoning / have
ever seen. After eight or ten months doctoring
with every remedy that ! could hear OF, de
sTlrcd o. a cure. At this time The horse WAS nr-
ablc TO move, bee iusc Of swollen hu!bs. His
right hind legwas ?s large rs mans body, and
had ON il over fol running ores. He had also
4 number OF large sores ON his body and other
limbs. He was Il most pitahlc looking object
ard was advised To end his sutlcring7 with the
shot gun. lie was a valuable animal and did
not want TO lose him. Al, TaCkipg my brain in
search 20" another remedy more ciltCacfouS.
thought O. Swift's Specific. knew it was inyalu-
able 10 The human family as blood purifier, and
why should il not be for The animal as well; |
did not hesitate. but sent last July to Atlanta for
a supply.
began the treatment with OF, Of :, s $. and
4 OF. Of water thr times day. TINS | cuntin
ned for week. Then increased The dose TO e
on. Of each. nd continued for a week Then /
increased 10 oz. aud run ii for week, when
went back to 6 oz. again. The result was al the
end of the first week the horse had II fair appc-
tite. which he had not had since his sickness. Al
the end of the second week even greater improve
mcnt was apparent. for many of the sores were
healing nicely, and the horse manifested desire
to move about At the end Of the third week he
began 10 show gan in flesh. and had full appetite.
The cling had about disappeared | used in
all about Il bottles Of Swiits Specific and when
quit ITS use the horse had only four small sores
left on him, and they healed up immediately.
In August last Ill symptoms Of the disease
passed away. and up to date 10 signs of the re
iun of the trouble have made their appearance,
and the horse has done mules work ON my
farm.
regard il as one Of tFc most remarkable cures
have ever known. Thus this great medicine
has proven boon 10 the animal as well as to The
human race.
Augusta, Jan. 9. 1885. JAS. l.. FILMING.
Send for book On Blood ami Skin diseases. Il is
mailed free. FuE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawers. Atlanta, Ca.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
A Remedy for Lung Diseases.

DR.. Robt. Newton, late President of
the Electric College, of the City of New
York, and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio,
used DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam very exten-
sively in his practice, as many of his pa
tients, now living, and restored to health
by the use Of this invaluable medicine
can amply testify. He always said that
so good remedy ought not to be consid
cred merely as patent medicine, but
that it ought to be prescribed freely by
every physician as sovereign remedy il
all cases of Lung diseases. 1t cures Con
sumption, and all pectoral complaints.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

SOUTH BEND, Ind, April ID Melville r.
Ferguson Chicago printer, has been ar
rested here for bigamy and is in jail in de-
fault of $1,000 bail Last New Years Day
he married Miss Sawyer, the daughter OF
farmer south of this city, and took her to
Chicago to live. In few weeks he was ar
rested for embezzling the funds of the So
cret society of which he was the secretary
This was followed by the discovery that he
had two other wives living, one of whom is
now in Chicago Heart broken, the bride
returned to her fathers house Ferguson
made several unsuccessful attempts to get
his wife back by coaxing letters and by per.
sonal effort His last plan was to publish q
card in ths Chicago papers asking for heirs
to $4,000 with a request that South Bend
and Mishawaka papers please copy. He
hoped the family would see it, and, believ,
ing him to be the heir, would return his
Erida
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
NEVER GIVE UP.

If you are suffering with low and de.
pressed pirits, loss of appetite, general
debility, disordercd blood, weak con.
stitution, headache, Or any disease of a
bilious ature, by all means procure q
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired
with new life; strength and activity will
return; pain and misery will cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bltters. Sold at fifty cents &
bottle by Hartz g. Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
The Pope Going to Move.

Rome, April 15-The periodical rumor of
the popes intention to leave is again current
The marked favor shown the Ultramontane
Cardinal Orglia by the holy father is in
terpreted rather hastily as proof that this
time the report is worthy of credence. This
much is true: Leo XIII has counseled Car
dinal Orglia to present prospal to the cam
erlingo to arrange the meeting of the next
conclave outside of Italy, should the Ital-
ians attempt the slightest inference with its
labors. Orglia's nomination is very dis
agreeable to the quirinal.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
YOUNG MENI--READ THIS

The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall,
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Write them at once for illustrated pam.
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The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
LEGISLATIVE UNPLEASANTNESS.
Illinois Statesmen Discussing the Speak
er's ay-Rolls.

Illinois Statesmen Discussing the Speak
er's Pay-Rolls.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, April 15-There was
considerable life in the debate in the house
Tuesday on the report of the committee
co investigate Speaker Haines' enor-
NOUS pay-rolls of house employees
The report was extremely long,
and analysed the house pay-rolls exhaus-
lively, comparing them in detail with the
pay-rolIs Of the Thirty-third general assem-
bly,. 1t showed that in eighty days Haines'
employees have been pail within $1,000 of
the amount paid the whole session two years
ago of lG7 days 1t states that
Haines has largely exceeded his
authority in the appointment of EN-.
ployes, especially in regard to
janitocs. He was authorized to employ
forty-four, and had appointed eighty five.
For the temporary" organization Haines
had seyenty-tive boys as pages. The com.
mittee recommends the discharge of
ninety-one employees and that Haines' order,
arbitrarily discharging all the employees,
be revoked, and all the employees, except
those recommended for permanent dis
charge, be re-employed.
Haines took the floor and scathingly re.
viewed the circumstances of the appoint
ment, charging the excess of employees tx
the soIicitude of members for places fol
their friends. He held up Dill, the chair
main of the Investigating committee, in par
ticular, and said Dill had asked for eight ap
pointments.
Dill replied at length, abusing Haine
roundly and calling him "a political her.
maphrodite AMI political harlot" He said
| if Haines said he asked for anything illegal,
| he IIaines) is "a liar and a scoundrel.
| In his further review of the matter
Dill referred to the action of the
speaker as being downright rob
berry of the taxpayers, for which the Demo
cratic party would be rebuked at the polls a
the next election by $4,000 majority, if al
| lowed to continue"
| The subject was pending when the hous
| adjournel, after the joint session had me
and taken an unfruitful ballot for Unite,
| States senator.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

New YORK, April Is Mutual Union telc-
graph stock jumped up suddenly between
Saturday and Monday afternoon from Sl7
to SS5 per share, and severely caught few
brokers who had sold it short on small
margins, for delivery Monday for account
of one II. C. White, who sent his orders by
mail from Newark. When the facts were
laid before the exchange, President Simmons
directed dealings in the stock to be sus-
pended until an investigation can be made
as it is suspected that White is both the
seller and buyer of the stock, and that he
laid a trap to catch the brokers'
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

Among spring preparations, do not
neglect that which is most important of
all-your own body. During the winter
the blood absorbs many impurities,
which, if not expelled, are liable to break
out in scrofula or other disease. The
best spring medicine is Hoods Sarsapar-
lila. 1t expels every impurity from the
blood, and gives strength to every func-
ton of the body, Sold by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
THE first guns between the Russian

THE first guns between the Russians
and the Afghans have been fred There
has been a fight in which the Afghan loss
is 500 and that of the Russians so. Out
of this little struggle may arise one of the
greatest struggles that Europe has
known; and, indeed the situation is such
that England must necessarily interfere at
once or lose the friendship of the AT
ghans, without which the pending and
larger collision which is inevitable would
be inaugurated to her disadvantage.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

C. N. CRITTENTON, N. Y, General Agent.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

CHICAGO, April 15.-Tho case against
Joseph {. Mackin, William J. Gallagher,
Henry Biehl, Arthur Gleason, Samuel
Shields and Peter HansbroGgh was called
in the criminal court Tue>day. Tie parties
named were charged with conspiracy to
commit an election fraud. Counsel fol
Mackin and Gallagher asked a change OF
venue. which was promptly granted Il
Judge Moran who fixed the date of trial on
May -.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15
France and China.

LONDON, April IA dispatch from
Shanghai says that the negotiations Which
have been in progress between NJ Pate
notre, the French ambassador to China, and
the Chinese officials, with view to the ar
rangement of a definite treaty cf peace be-
tween their respective countries, have been
suspended, a hitch having artisan from GER
tain demands made by the Chinese govern
ment which NJ. Paternotre refuses to con-
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-04-15

The best Cooks say that DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is the incest, best
raising for pastry. American housekeep>
ers say that ii lightens and sweetens the
biscuit more efficiently; the Chemists say
it is strong and free from Alum, Ammo>
MIA or any Objectionable drug, the Phys
icians say it is nutricious and hcalthful.