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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
CIVILIZlNG AFRICA.
IT IS DONE BY BULLET, FIRE AND
SWORD
A Couple Of African Towns Given a Les.
SON Portugal Comes in Conflict with
the Congo Conference-An An
Gl0 American Alliance,

LONDON, Feb. 5.-Advices from Cameroons
state that on Dec IS two German men-of-
war arrived at the mouth of the river, and
on the 20th the steamers Fan and Dualla
which belong to German firms. towed
launches, containing 300 fully armed men,
up The river, to Hickory. Upon reaching
there the German troops opened fire upon
tie natives, who gathered and re-
turned it. The Germans landed and
set tire To the houses If the village
The chiefs at Fosstown, on the oppn-
site side of the river ttereupon seized Woer,-
mann'S factory and threatened to Kill Sub
Agent Pontanics if any Of the inhabitants Of
Fosstown were killed. Other German
agents, evidently forownrned had left Came
Rooms and joined the invaders. On bearing
of the seizures of Pontanics, the boats
attacked Fosstown, the natives returning
the fire until the Germans landed Many of
the latter were killed. The Germans were
obliged to retire, but, being reinforced,
again charged and drove the natives
from tho town, the chief, Calabar
Jose, being killed in the encounter The
natives beheaded Pontanics, carried his head
through town on a poie and retired to the
bush. The Germans set fire to the town and
retired. Hamiltons English factory was
destroyed by a she'll and the agent injured
Another factory was damaged and the agent
compelled to take refuge upon hulk in the
river, and narrowly escaped with his life
The Germans next day occupied Cameroons
The German traders searched all the
English ships, ostensibly for the two
Fosstown chiefs, who escaped in the
bush. The German vessel Adler COM
pleted the destruction of Hickory. The
Baptist mission station erected at great
cost was destroyed By fire. The missionar-
les complain bitterly because thoy were not
warned. Many women and children were
killed. The number of natives killed is not
known, as all were carried into the bush
The natives now trade only with the Eng
lish. 1t is feared that the Germans, who ac-
cuse the English Of undue influence, will
drive English traders away. The action of
the Germans in making the attack without
declaring war and searching British ships in
really neutral territory, Germany having
annexed only the Fosstown side of the river,
is considered a fragrant violation Of intarna-
tionai law
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
Good for Mrs. Wicke

MOBILE Ala, Feb. Family troubles
between a German named Wicke and his
wife eliminated in the shooting of Wicke by
his wife. The man had been drunk for some
time, and treated his wife brutally, until she
took refuge in her brothers house. He went
where she was, seized her by the hair, and
tried to force her upon a hot stove, Mrs
Wicke managed to get possession Of a re-
volver belonging to her brother, and fired
two shots at her husband, infiicting serious
wound. Public sympathy is manifested for
Mrs. Wicke, who has been arrested, and is
now in the guard-house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05

LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Pail Mall Gazette,
commenting upon the seizure of both banks
Of the Congo river by Portugal, says it must
be admitted that by this stroke the govern
meat at Lisbon forestalled the decision of
the powers, The powers, at the very mo-
ment Portugal is making tho annexation,
are discussing Germany's proposal, which
has the support of England, to grant to the
International African association the south
ern bank of the river which Portugal has
appropriated.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
Connecting Cunningham with the Railway
Explosions.

LONDON, Feb. 5.-Cunningham, the dyna
mite suspect, now confined in Clerkenwell
prison, was Wednesday unexpectedly
brought into the cxamnation-room Of the
jail and confronted with number Of per-
sons some of whom at once identified him MS
the man seen by them acting in q suspicious
manner in the neighborhood of the
those who confronted Cunningham were a
policeman and brakeman connected with the
underground railway. They positively iden-
titled him as having travelled on the train
from one of the windows of which the dyna-
mite package was thrown on January 2d
last between the stations at Cover street
and Kings Gross, which partially wrecked
several of the railway carriages and de
stroyed part of the wall of the tunnel.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
Gen, Grants Health.

New YORK, Feb. 5-Dr. Fordyce Barker
said Tuesday night that Gen, Grant is stead
lily recovering from the tcnsil and tongue
soreness that was produced by his excessive
smoking. The doctor hasn't found it neces-
sary to pay the general a visit since last
week, Gen, Grant spends nearly all his
leisure time preparing his series of war
"reminiscences. He has become very fond of
the literary wori, it involves
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05

W. A. Glockhof. the ticket broker, has
the agency for Rock Island for the sale
of steamship tickets on fourteen different
steamship lines representing the most
prominent companies, which are sold at
cut rates. If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
Seriously Injured by a Hog,

LEXINGTON, Feb AS Miss Annie Lee
Bowman, aged 81, was driving stray hog
out of a lot, near the residence of her father,
Henry Bowman, four miles from here the
hog suddenly turned and rushed at her, and
cut cash five inches long and quite deep in
her thigh with his tusk. The wound is
serious and NAV uroye fatal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINE.
Three Men Killed and a Large Number
Injured.

DENIsoN, Tex, Feb 5.-savanna, a small
village on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, in the very heart of tho Indian
nation, about twenty five miles south OF Nc
Allister and fifty miles north of Atoka, was
the scene OF a terrible gas explosion in coal
mine. There were 100 men working in the
mine at the time of the explosion
Three are reported killed outright, nineteen
are seriously burned, and forty-two are
slightly burned or otherwise injured. The
names Of the killed are John Houston,
William Paxon and Edwards Grlffiths.
Only a partial list is obtainable of those Sc
riously injured, among whom We're Morgan
Hughes, William Courtney, Peter Farrell,
Frink Grimes Robert McChellup, David
Richardson. William Boyle, Henry David
son, Peter Carbon, James Orlander, Charles
Turpon, James Resch, George FarT, Il.
Kerr, John Gibbs, Thornton Miller. Peter
Curran and William Cameron
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
Refused Strong Drink to the Last.

DUNDEE Mich, Fob, Rev. Edmond
Dyer died hore Tuesday night, aged 70 years.
He has been in the Congregational ministry
over 55 years, preaching in a number Of
largo cities He has been a strong temper
ance worker from his youth, and on his
death-bed refused liquor as stimulant, say
ing he was ready and satisfied with his work,
and ready to meet his God
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05

Pea coal $3.50; CRATE and egg, SS.25;
range, nut and No. 4 $s5 per ton.
screened and delivered; all best quality of
Anthracite coal Blacksmith's coal. Com
nellsville coke and charcoal at 1903 Sec
ond avenue. diff E. G. FRAZIER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05

E. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
Policies carefully written at current rates,
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05

The distressing disease, Salt Rheum, is
readily cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, tht
great blood purifier. Sold by all drug,
gists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05

The nutritive properties of Coldens
Liquid Beef Tonic sustain the body w1the
out solid food. Colden's; no other.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
NEW York, Feb. 4.

Wheat-16@ 19c higher, moderately active
No l white, nominal, No. 2 red February
S9A@S95sc; March, 90R R@90$c; April, 923t
@924c; May, 94@94%c. Corn-36G14c bet
ter; quiet; mixed western spot, 4S34@51hc
future, 4SA@49Ac. OatS-Stronger; West
ern S6Gg40c Provisions-Beef, steady; new
extra, slI@lL5o Pork, dull; new mess
$l5.25@i5.5l Lard, opened firm, late,
weaker; steam, $720
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
RiiiNaIIhInn.

MINIATURES. Feb T.
Wheat Firmer; No. 2, re; February,
&c; March, 7794c; April, 7sl4c; May, S3s5c
Corn Steady; No. ,, 3G4c Oats Duh;
No ,, PIC Rye-Fnnter; No. |. 65%c.
Barley irregular; No. :, 53c; extra No 3,
Soc
Detroit.
DETROIT Mich. Feb. 4,
Wheat DEll steady; No. / waifs. s615c
cash; 81 e bid March; SOC bid April; 20 }sc
May; No 2rel, s6c cash and February; So
March; 9ols' May; No rel, 7713c, nom.
nal Corn-No. ,. 43c. Oats iigAt mixed,
S2c; No white, 3$c; No 2 5I1st Did.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
THE MARKs IS.

CHICAG) Feb 4.
NJ L. Crapser & Co, IA theif market cir
cular Of this evening give ihe following quo
tation~ 0n the boara oi trftIe -day: Wheat
February. openad IKE, clossl ,74c;
March, opened ii16", ciu cd 734c; May,
openei S3E5c ciooi o4J5c, Corn-Feb
ruary, opeuet 36 4r, closed Sic; March,
opened J@ssc: c!o--d 5t-te, 9iag, opened
$3.50, cl.. ell f,"zWit"t- Uats-May,
opened : g., clr 81 . ~. P,rn- March
opened Sl2.54 4 closed. ...l5; Muy, opened
AMI clio el Si2,n5 Lar! Mar, h, opened
s6315 closed .G@ M, opened SLl5,
clio Ell 81 i-15
Live s;aoch-'i'he Ual2n 81 'c1 Yards re-
port the following range u price: Hogs
Market opened quiet anI firm at about &c
advance; light grades, SL3404 to;
rough packing $435@463 heavy
packing and shipping lots, $460@465
Cattle-Good grades Zoe higher, S500@G %;
common TO fair slow; &4OO@49J; butchers,
g. 25@425 Sheep-Market slow; common,
S22JW@0J; medium, $300@325; good s.. 30
@425.
Produce: Butter-Fine creamery, 33035c;
good do, .S030e; good 10 fine dairy, Is @25c;
good to fresh roll, 13@l5c; poor to good
packing, S(gl0c Eggs-Fresh laid, 26@37c;
poor to good ice-house or picked, 15G22c.
Potatoes-Good to choice early rose, peach
blow or Burbank, 42@45c Poultry-Dressed
turkeys, ll0l3c; do chickens, 709c; dc
ducks, ll@13c; do geese, G09c. Apples
In good demand; good to choice, S2.00@3. .00
per bbl. Hay-Good to choice Illinois
prairie or timothy, $9@12 and fine west
ern upland prairie, $13oO@l350 per ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-05
NOTICE.

FOR sALE-At my Office, on Eleventh street,
the best quality of coal. Also dry oak cord wood,
stone and sand. Orders received by telephone at
car house. D. G. Dohlman, agent. ml3dSn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17
PERSONAL.

Stephen B. Ekns has accepted an invitation to deliver
the annual address before the Alumni Association OF the
University OF Missouri at Columbia, June A.
John Kelly returned the city yesterday after three
weeks absence at Atlantic City. He has entirely re-
covered his health and looks bale and hearty In the
evening he and Mrs. Kelly diued out with friends
Pierrepont Edwards. the British Consul at New-fork,
has been confined his house by sickness since Mon
day
The Rev. Dr. James NJ. Ludlow has decided not to ac-
cspt the presidency OF Marietta College.
fine marble memorial tablet with medallion por
trait Is placed in the Marquand Chapel Prince
ton, in honor OF the Late Professor Henry, Oh the
Smithsonian Institution.
Poor Gordon could not help taking quantity humor-
view Of things, in the dark days at Khartoum
When he found that Mr.. Gladstone's Government was
perssenty disregarng his appeals for aid and became
convinced that he TO be n martyr to duty, ne
naturally blamed Sir Evelyn Barring for his abandon
inent and said bluDtly in his diary but he added,
with keen recollection Of his last journey across
the desert. "Oh, Evelyn! Evelyn would forgive you
all your nquitles IL could you humping across the
KOroskO Desert upon a cainel9
Colonel Couch since the death Of Payne the leader oil
the Oklahoma boomers" II a native Of this State and
Forty miner" lie is mediuU-sized mild hammered
dresses in conventional garb ard presents no suggestion
nf the wild hOrderman. lie was colonel Oh an lnlnols
regiment in the War III the Rebellion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17
DIVISIONS IN CANAD1

The news from Montreal il more interesting
than satisfactory to those who wish peace in
Canada. The refusal of the French Canadian
regiment of Montreal to serve against Re
though excused by the lack of proper equip
ments. is better explained by the proceedings of
meeting of the Club National on Wednesday
vevening. Many French Canadians were
present, and resolutions censuring the Govern
ment of the Dominion for sending them to fight
their compatriots in the Northwest were passed.
after discussion in which .many heated and
revolutionary speeches were made. Some
speakers urged that, instead of fighting against
the half breeds it was~,the duty of French
Canadians to fight in their behalf, and to COM
pel the Government to give them justice. Dis
patches say that there is strong feeling
throughout the Province of Quebec against the
attempt to suppress the revolt by force, and if
such a feeling finds frequent expression now,
among French Canadians, the Government will
find it more difficult matter than it has ex-
pected to put down the revolt. No actual out
break or resistance to authority in the lower
provinces is needed to add greatly to the en-
barrassments of the Government, if the prevail
inc feeling among inhabitants of French descent
is unfavorable to its efforts.
More than quarter of the entire population
of the Dominion of Canada is of French de-
scent. Though over half of the population
came from the British Islands, or descended
from English, Scotch or Irish ancestors, it may
be of some Importance at this time to note the
fact that the Irish element in Canada is larger
than the English, so that these two elements
embrace nearly half of the entire population.
A measure Of sympathy is natural between the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17
LOOSE TALK.

Some strange statements arc attributed 10 the
Acknowledgement of the United States Army,
General r. C. Drum. in an interview with him
nublished in a recent Washington dispatch to
The World. What General Drum has to say
about the soldiers of the army with which he is
himself connected is of peculiar interest.
Notice the following:
~The English soldier" said General Drum. Is the
finest In the world. mako exception regiment
OF Eugshmen the finest body OF soldiers ever gotten
together"
aYou will not even except volunteer troops OF the
last WARP
mo" said General Drum; we had no regiments OF
the purely American type They were mixed with the
foreign element always"
We venture TO differ from General Drum.
We do not think that English soldiers are better
than ours, and we do not think much of an
officer who belttes his own soldiers. Nor il it
true that we had no regiments in the late war
of the purely American type. We had many
such. especially from the Northeast, the West
and the Northwest. No English regiments are
more purely of the English type" than many
of those were of the American type" =
Finally, besides having said what it was not
becoming in him to say, General Drum has ex-
pressed an opinion on n subject on which he is
not competent judge. He saw a few English
soldiers on holiday parade last autumn but he
never saw a regiment of the volunteers in our
late war whom he di9parages, since he was in
California continuously from the time the
volunteers were mustered in at the beginning
of the war till they were mustered out at the
close of it. If the Adiutant.General has not
been misrepresented he should learn to hold
n %
the army with which he has the honor TO be
connected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17

Irish and the French Canadians, who retain the
Catholic Church in the Province of Quebec, with
its great wealth, its control OF education anu
its right to levy tithes and church dues. MOI
merely because of religious faith, but because
of the condition of Ireland, these elements are
prone to sympathize with resistance to BRUSH
authority. Though the Government OF tne
Dominion has been in many respects eminently
beneficial to the people, it has never realized
quite that unity of feeling which Lord Dufferin,
in speech at the close of his tour two years
ago, so warmly commended.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17
REUdRDING DISLOY5LTY.

Is Mr.. Lawton, of Georgia, so conspicuously
the only man in the country fit for the Russian
mission that the President must impose 1t upon
him. Notwithstanding most embarrassing cir
cumstances The opinion of the Senate that he
il legally disqualified was cOurteously com
municated to the President, at n time when 1t
would have been easy for the Senate to have
ended the matter by n mere rejection. Doubt
less Senators presumed that the President
would not see any reason TO insist upon this
selection they did not know, presumably. that
there was only ono man in the country who
co1ld fill the place to Mr.. Clcveland's satisfac-
ton, and inferred that he would GENEROUSLY re-
fran from urging the appointment. as they had
courteously RETAINED from rejecting 1t. But
now 1t seems that the Attorney General has
been appealed 10, and has prepared an opinion
that Mr.. Lawton is not legally disqualified On
the strength OF this, it IL supposed, the Presi-
dent means to appoint Mr.. Lawton again, as II
no other Democrat qualified for the office could
be found, except one who had scorned to ask
restoration of his civil rights.
The truth is that there s not known any
reason under the sun why this particular unre-
constructed rebel should be chosen for that or
any other official position, except that he Is an
unreconstructed rebel. He is not known rs a
man of especial ability or merit. If he has gifts
as a diplomatist. no one knows anything of
them. But he was chosen, either by President
Cleveland or by Secretary Bayard, apparently
because he was a notable specimen of the genus
impenitent traitor, and as such was considered
particularly deserving of honor. Mr. Jackson.
whose disqualification is believed to be sub
stantially the same, is going tn Mexico regard
less of any question that may be raised as to his
right to hold Office, and why should not Mr..
Lawton go to Russia without the Senate's APP
proval 1t will be a pleasant and profitable trip
for him, at the public expense, and his stub
bornness as an unregenerate rebel will be- duly
honored.
1t is with such appointments as this IN view
that The NeU- York Times and other Mugwump
journals are daily bedanbng Mr.. Cleveland
with fulsome praise. and declaring that I" the
"admiration of the people for his methods and
ahis principles is broadening and deepening
aevery day" The Times may not be aware of it,
but there are very many people in this county
who do not believe in rewarding impenitent
troitors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17
NEED OF INFORMATION.

The sharp decline in the price OF wheat,
within the past few days, was not unexpected
After so remarkable rise as had taken place, a
considerable reaction was natural. But there
has been no change in the real value OF the
property, and no news from Europe or from the
farms to warrant such a change. The rise had
been unreasonable in extent, and the TALL was
simply natural result. The influence OF suct
market is harmful to all interests, because 1t
is not commercial but speculative in character;
because its movements do not depend upon the
real value of any property, but upon the shit
ing phases of speculation. Ia such market,
many are tempted to risk the funds invested IN
their legitimate business, and many to risk the
funds they hold in trust. Bankers are involved
in difficulties because of loans made in speeula-
ton, and business men who have anything to
do with the wheat market find their business
mixed up, in spite of themselves, in the gamb-
ling chances of speculation.
The main cause of difficulty, at present, 10 the
uncertainty as to the injury which the winter
wheat has sustained from frost. The violent
fluctuations have no adequate cause. BIT 1t is
of real importance to know whether the dam
age from frost has been such as to affect the
Weld 80. O0O, 600 or $50. 900, 900 bushels. Not
being able to know this, farmers can only guess
whether they will hold or sell the grain they
have on hand Not being able to know how
great the injury has been, dealers in grain are at
the mercy of every fasehnod that spectators
can concoct. This, again. happens every year
in some form or measure, but the mischief APP
pears to be greater this year than usual, because
the stock on hand is very large and the re-
ported damage greater. More accurate and early
information collected by the Government, ana
published with official guarantee OF It's I'M
partially, would 90 far TO prevent such mis-
chief 1t would be of the utmost benefit to the
farmers and to all legitimate dealers, as well as
to bankers and to all those whose interests are
necessarily connected with market for wheat.
Hitherto Congress has reuuriously refused
money needful for the collection OF information,
and even for the publication of much intorma-
ton collected. 1t may be- that there Will now
appear some change, since another party VIII
name the officials and have the spending OF the
money, and the publication of the more prompt
and reliable information as 10 the progress OF
the crops would be of a greater service to the
country than almost any other employment OF
tho money that Congress can devise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17

Democratic ideas. The President processes an
ardent desire to carry out Civil Service reform.
which is Republican policy. But Mr.. Bayard
trampIes upon that policy in the conduct OF his
denartment. The President aims to prevent
destructive changes of the tariff; Dir. Bayard
adheres to traditional Democratic theories Oh
free trade. The President opposes debase-
ment of the currency and breach OF public
faith through continued coinage of silver. Bot
Mr.. Bayard is the especial representative oil the
Southern States, where the silver fanaticism has
ever been strongest and where financial
policy appears to gain strength from the fact
that it endangers the public credit. The Demo-
cratic elements tend to crystalline around Mr..
Bayard as their most effective representative In
a night against the Republican tendencies which
at present seem to govern Mr. Cleveland and
his New-York clique. The Southern States are
really Democratic, so far as they are free to
have any political opinion at all. But New
York is essentially Republican, and the sharp
politicians who are about Mr.. Cleveland recog-
nize the fact.