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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

WASHINGTON CITY, May 24-The speaker
laid before the house Saturday a communi-
cation from the first comptroller of the
treasury, stating that there is deficiency
in the appropriation for the fees of United
States Jurors and witnesses for 1885 and
prior years. 1t was referred
On motion of Weilborn of Texas, a
senate bill was passed extending for two
years the time within which tina St Louis
& San Francisco railroad company ma
complete its road through the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indian reservations
Reagan of Texas, from the committee or
commerce, reported back the Cullom inter
state commerce bill with substitute there
for, and it was referred to the committee Of
the whole.
After passing few private measures tine
house went into committee of the whole
Crisp of Georgia in the chair for general
debate on the Dunn free ship bill
Messrs Romeis, OF Ohio, and buchanan
af New Jersey, opposed the bill. Pending
further debate the committee rose
On motion of Randall of Pennsylvania
senate amendments to the urgent def
cheney bill were non-cencurred in Tn
house then, at 3:35 p. m., adjourned
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
The Maxwell Trial.

ST. LOUIS, May 24-The first witness in
the celebrated Maxwell trial Saturday
morning was Jack Ryan, the superintendent
of the morgue. He described the way IN
which PrelIers body was packed into the
zinc trunk necessitating the knocking out
OF the end of the trunk to remove the body.
He testified to finding a pair of drawers
upon the corpse that did not seen to fit it
On examination they were found to
he marked Hugh NJ Brooks. "
The body had cut in the shape of a cross,
and the inscription, so perish all traitors to
the great cause" Witness embalmed the
body with the e.fe t of reducing it in size,
partially restoring its color and preserv-
ing it
James j. SpaAling, clerk for the coroner,
testified to giving Prellers stomach and
lungs, and other organs, to DR.. Lude&ins
for analysis Detective Badger testified to
accompanying Detective Tracy to Auck-
land, and of Maxwell acknowledging the
possession of Prellsrs clothing.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
ADVICE 70 norHrHs.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teethf If SO,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is inealculable.
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 colo. 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 ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
THE MOMENTOUS PROBLEM
MATTHEW ARNOLD ON HOME RULE
FOR IRELAND.

The Country Awakening to tho Irish
Question-Giving Uncle Sam Poke In
the Rfbs--Adj.. Gen. Norau's Assertion
Foreign Notes.
LONDON, May "a -Matthew Arnold
writes to The Times as follows: "Ail next
week while the moment OF the great vote is
nearing shall be on the Atlantic on TIE
way to my American kinsmen, who abb
stained from setting up a southern parlia-
ment themselves, but are so anxious II
seems that we set up an Irish one Suffer
me to say before depart that, to my mind,
the country is slowly but surely awakening
to the Irish question. 1t will not BIO satisfied
unless vote be taken on q clear issue, and
unless a distinct engagement shall be made
that vote shall not be considered to have
been taken on q clear issue II taken on any
question but that of separate national
parliament for Ireland
"Messrs. Chamberlain and MIR. Trevelyan
may be so committed that they prefer that
vote should be taken on some other issue
They deserve every consideration They
had the merit OF opening their eyes when
they saw where Gladstone was going, in
stead OF shutting them tighter, like Banner
man. An indirect issue would possibly suit
the other members, but direct issue alone
will suit the country. A separate parlia-
ment for Ireland is G,ladstones irreducible
minimum
ireland is nation says Mr.. Parnell,
menacingly and MIR, Stansfeld gushingly
A nation should have its national parlia-
ment Ireland has been nation and a
most unhappy one Wales and Scotland
also have been nations Politically none of
them are nation now. Britain could not
have risen to her present greatness if she
had given them separate parliaments You
begin to take your nations politically again,
but you begin also to undo what made the
country great"
Mr.. Arnold then supposes that England
with her great resources might, In untried
ways, continue to be great, even with Ire
land, Scotland and Wales made nations, but
he asks il Englishmen are justified in taking
the risk He denies that the case of Aus
tria and Hungary affords a parallel to that
Great Britain and Ireland because Hungary
was the bigger and Austria has declined
since the union. He refers to the United
States refusing to allow the south to set up
an independent parliament and forcing in
back under the rule OF general congress as at
example for England to follow in the case
of Ireland He contends that the solution
of the question lies, not in according indie.
pendence but in reforming the Irish gov
eminent which should be modelled not
upon the perverse ideas of an intriguer like
Churchill or q coercer like Salisbury, but
upon foundations of justice, tirmness, and
liberality He thinks Goschen could for
mulate satisfactory system of domestic
legislation for Ireland and that Cromwell;
rule was preferable to the system proposed
| by MIR. Gladstone
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 24-Gen. John
4. Logan was given rousing reception
here Friday evening. He came to speak
before the Young Mems Republican Club
The largest hall IN the city was packed with
an enthusiastic audience Senator
Logan spoke about an hour
and half He eulogizsd Rhode
Island past and present As a
citizen of Illinois he was proud to greet peo
pie of Rhode Island. After making some
illusions to the cry of bloody shirt" he
proceeded to pitch into the Democratic
party as the champion of free trade, siav-
cry, and state sovereignty, and to euIosize
the Republican party as the party of free
dom and protection, advocating an indivisi-
bic nation, and the patron of education and
advanced civilization
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
P. L. CABLE.

Death could have taken from a commu
nifty no man who will be more sincerely
missed, nor loss more deeply deplored
than 2. L. Gable. Although the bulk of
his great fortune was made in Rock Isl
and, he owed nothing to this city when he
died. He did not do, as many other men
would, in spending his money in places
other than where it was acquired. He
not only gave to Rock Islands finan>
cial and commercial interests the benefit
of his means, but his munlficent proffers
of immense amounts. aided the city pub
licly and in private way. P. L. Gable
was peculiar man. He was retiring in
disposition, yet when approached he as
genial, pleasant and interesting CONVEX
sationalist. He possessed all the
features and characteristics essential
to making up great, and good, and no
BILE life. A week ago Moline lost its
foremost citizen and benefactor, and
Rock Island mourned with its sister city.
Today grief is brought home to Rock Isl
and and in its sorrow word of sympathy
will come over from Moline, from hearts
that know a loss similar to ours
Mr.. Cable had been in failing health for
years, yet when the final hour came he
passed so quietly and peacefully away,
that those loving and anxious friends and
relatives who watched the spark of life
lose its glow as death approached, could
scarcely realize how near was the end, until
the sunset of time had given way to the
sunrise of eternity.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

England owns 25, 600, 600 fowls 900.
600 eggs were imported in 1885.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

ALBANY, N. Y, May 2.-Samuel Hand
ex-judge Of the court of appeals and one Of
the ablest and best known lawyers in the
state, died Friday morning of cancer Of the
tongue He was born i'll the village Of
Elizabeth, May |, 1884.
PROVIDENCE, May z4-Hon. Abraham
Payne. one of the most eminent lawyers il
this state, died suddenly Saturday Of hear
disease. Mr.. Payne has been identified witt
the different movements that have beer
made to amend the state constitution giving
equal suffrage Mr.. Payne was almost a.
celebrated as writer on constitutional Law
as he was as an advocate and attorney. He
was 60 years of age.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 4-Mr. P. L
Gable, one of the first directors Of the Rocl
Island railroad, president of the Canads
Southern railroad, and director of severa
other railroads, died suddenly of consump
ton at his ranch near this city Friday
night, at $40 o'clock, aged 6S years
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

SOME American fishermen propose to
protect themselves from seizure by the
Canadians, and carry large guns in order
to do so. A great deal of trouble may
arise out of this action, and it will bt
wise for them to think a number of times
before inviting the opposition of bott
the American and Canadian govern
ments. 1t takes long time to regulate
these matters, but patience is good deal
better than lawbreaking or than resisting
even bad law before it Is officially pro
claimed to be law of that nature.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
A SUICIDE COMPELS HIS WIFE TO
WITNESS THE ACT.
lie Locks tho Door and Retains the hey
Until Uncouscious-A Desperate Mans
Terrible Mode of Punisi,ment-'A Night
To BE Remembered.

Terrible Mode of Punishment-A Night
To Be Remembered.
CHICAGO, May ga saioonkeeper
named David Atkinson, becoming despon-
dent from drink and a suspicion that his
wife was unfaithful, committed suicide here
Thursday night In order to punish his
wife he resolved to commit the horrible act
in her presence He went to his wifes
room, and after locking the door and keep
ing the key, he took dos. of morphine
from large quantity which he had pro
cured He then went TO the bed, still keep
ing the door-key in his hand
morphine within reach His wife
who witnessed all this, was horror stricken,
and tried to get the key in order to give an
alarm, but did not sue eed- Atkinson then
took another doe of the deadly drug, and
turning suddenly to his wife, said;
Say, wife, wouldn't you like to get this
key. :"
His spouse replied by grabbing dexter
orsly at the key Quicker than thought
the morphine eater hurled her back across
the bed and savagely told her that if she made
another such attempt he would kill her as
he would u dog.
Don't try me that way again." he con
tinued glarinC at her luridly; Il haven't
any too much love for you, and il you fool
with iue again all hi won't save you
You have got to see me die and you might
as well make up your mind to it Guess |
amt taken enough yet"
Then the man stood up and emptied the
remainder of the morphine into his mouth.
The three tremendous doses of the deadly
drug now began their work The victim
lay down on the bed, stretched himself at
full length, and breathei hard and irresu-
larly Fearing FOR the key, he clasp ID both
hands about it and held it with all his re-
naming strength He gazed fiNedly at the
ceiling
81 am going, Theresa he said, in an un-
steady voice, Il am going. You will lie
sorry when am dead You will tinI the
money in the vault The watches are
there, too So are my rings don't owe
anybody. You can have them all hadn't
ought to leave you nything. | ought tic
kill you. But this will be punishment
enough This will last you forever. You
will never forget this night You will
never forget my dying words my dy.
ing breath / have been--a bad-man al
times--but you will miss-me and-wish me
back--Good- bye Theresa-good-bye The
resa-Fm going" Then his breath fel
short, he whispered unintelligentiy, tried to
speak, and became unconscious. His wife
shaking with fear and horror. called Ii
him, grasped his hands, unloosed them
seized the key, unlocked the door, and
| rushed into the hall screaming In q
moment she had summoned the land
lady and her husband to the scene The un
conscious man bgeathed at intervals, bat be
fore medical aid could be summoned he was
dead
1T all seemed like a pleasant dream tt
him. said his wife afterward, but it was {
| horrible nightmare to me. God knows
| never want to pass through another sucl
scene. / am near 40 years old, but feel 81
l
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
FavoR1rE WITH THE FAIR SEX.

Papilon (extract of fax Skin Cure is
superior to all the much advertised skin
beautifiers with the advantage of being
beneficial, and not like the mineral pre-
parations usually sold which are very
poisonous, Ii will remove all infiamma'
ton, chatting and roughness of the skin
sunburn, freckles and unseemly blotches
and leave the cuticle fair and soft us al
infants. An actual necessity for tn.
complete toilet table. Large bottles only
s100, for sale at drug stores. Sold b!
ii. Ii DeSanto.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

The placing of Herr Most's ugly coun-
tenance in the Rogues' Gallery and the
sending of copies of it to the police OF
other cities are most excellent measures
in behalf of justice and peace. If ii
might be further circulated, so that the
lawless might have ample opportunity to
see it in all its hideousness that might
have good effect too, especially as the
cowardice of the wretch has been suffi-
GENTLY attested to show what an egreg
ious humbug be is.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
eRADsTReETs' STATISTICS.
On Strikes and Lockouts Incidental to tho
Etyht-HOur Plan.

Eighth Plan.
| New YoRK, May 2i--One week ago
Bradstrest's announced that the total number
of reported short hour strikers at most of
tie more prominent industrial centers
within two or three weeks was about 200, 900.
In addition to these there were within that
| ,eriod, at most about 81, 900 strikers whose
| demands were not for shorter hours of labor
ally, indicating the grand total of indus
! trial strikers for all reasons, between April
| ~ and May IL, was about 80, 0ou Ry ref
| erence to memoranda covering the labor
troubles spe flied, it i, found that at no one
| time were there more than $500 employees
| on STRIKE that number being in the field as it
| were, against the employers during the week
ending May Il. The declin. fro,n that date to
| Monday last was lraraed, the aggregate on
| May Il not exceeding o., 900 strikers for all
| causes. The reports OF strikes from the
cities and districts named on May q showed
another heavy decline, owing in part to de-
feats of remaining agitations for eight hours
at Chicago and to the practical failure Of
the bituminous coal strikes The totals
| wired to Bradstreets, are as follows: Total
sumder of employees OH strike, New England
points, s,tC0; New York city, 1905; Brook
lyn; 1907; wo tern nail mills, 1000; Phila-
uelphia, :, !.50; interior Pennsylvania towns,
500; Grand Rapids, IS; Chicago, l6,0U;
pittsburg, 100; Washington, 1900; Troy
lockout 5000; st Louis, 1880; Milwau-
kee, 1850; Cincinnati, only a few; Detroit,
| 2.o00; Wheeling, 1900. Total on strike
May 20, GA
The tota,s presented during several weeks
past naturally suggests an attempt to Oh
tain an approximation as to the loss result
ing. This loss can at best only he approx
mated. In addition to absolute losses OF
wages to striking employees during the con
tinuance of the strikes, there remain, of
course, indirect losses due to delayed or
Cancelled contracts for delivery of merchan-
disc, of products or for the construction of
buildings The building industry has sus
tanned indirectly in this way the severest
blow OF any, due to the unwillingness Of
1 contractors to take contracts for fear of es-
Inmates of cost being disturbed by renewed
labor troubles The losses sustained through
deferred or Cancelled building contracts have
been more thoroughly reported than those
in any other line at the cities where strikes
have been most general
| Details of losses from strikes since May 1
at the industrial centers reported have
been:
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
ACaprAIs,s FORTUNATE DISCOVERY

Capt Coleman, schr Weymouth, ply
ing between Atlantic City and n. Y. had
been troubled with a cough so that he
was unable to sleep, and was induced to
try Dr. Kings New Discovery for cons
sumption. II not only gave him instant
relief, but allayed the extreme soreness
in his breast. His children were similarly
affected and single dose had the same
happy effect DIR. Kings New Discovery
is now the standard remedy in the Cole
man household and on board the
schooner Free trial bottles of this
standard remedy at Hartz Il Bahmsen' S
drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
lowe NJ LIFE.
Il was taken sick a year ago
With bi1ious fever -

With bilious fever
MY doctor pronounced me cured. but
| got sick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides. and got so bad
Could not novel
shrunkl
From 22S lbs. to 100! had been doc
toring for my liver, but it did me no good.
did not expect to live more than three
months. | began touse Hop Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned my pains left me.
my entire system seemed renewed as If by magic,
and after using several bottles. am not only as
sound as a sovereign, but weigh more than did
DndIin June 6. 81. r. FITzpArRICK.
CHAPTER II.
Maiden. Mass, Feb. /, 1880. Gentlemen
suffered with attacks Of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble. for years in
the most terrible and excruciating manner
No medicine or doctor could give me
relief or cure, until used Hop Bitters
The first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as well and
strong as when child.
And have been so TO this day"
My husband was an Invalid i0r twenty
years with serious
Kidney. liver ana urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Boston's best physi>
Clans lacurable!'
Seven BEETLES of your Bitters cured
him and know of the
Lives of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been
saved by your bitters,
And many more are using them with
great benefit. "I'hey almost do miraclesY
Mrs. f. d. Stack.
How TO GET sIcK.-Expose yourself day and
night; eat too much without exercise, work too
hard without rest. doctor all the tune take all the
vile nostrums advertised. and then yon viii wani
to know
How TO GET WE:L.-whch is answered in
three words--Take Hop Bittetsl
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
DON'T FAIL TO TEY.IT.

J. C. Burrows, Kalamazoo, Mich test
ifies; For more than five years, mem
Der Of my family has been afflicted with
Hay Fever. eliminating late in the fall in
a hacking cough. Every remedy proved
futile. Not half bottle of Papillon Tex
tract of flax) Catarrh cure had been used
before the cough entirely disappeared
and general relief followed. 1t is simply
wonderful" Large bottles only 81 90
for sale at Drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
A Faultless Family Medicine.

Il have used Simmons Liver Regulator
in my family for the past eight or ten
years, and found it to surpass anything
recommended for chills, fever and ague.
Has taken the place of cal0mel, quinine,
and all such remedies 1t is all that
could be desired as family medicine. |
give it to my children from one year old
up. Very truly ''E. HI. Urbanks, Craw-
ford Co., Ga"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

The habitual use pills is a sure means
of ultimately undermining health and lay
ing the foundation for some of the most
distressing cases of chronic maladies. Use
DIR. Jones Red Glover Tonic, purely
blood tonic. 1t cures all diseases of the
stomach. liver. blood and kidneys. Can be
taken by the most delicate. 50 cents, of
druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

Mr. BEECHER says he believes in
letting Anarchists, Socialists, Cinnamon
Poles, cattle of all kind, come into The
country without hindrance. 1t is a
great pity that this benevolent gentle
man cannot be made to work for sixty
five cents day few months He nigh
in that case be able to see the protective
side of the labor and moralitv questions
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

Poor EUGENE has fainting spells,
looks old and walks with the aid of o
stick, and the Queen has kindly offered
her the use of one of her castles during
the summer. The husbandless, childless
woman, who was once the enyied woman
the world over, is probably at this mo-
ment the loneliest of her sex.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

THE Buffalo Times says that Miss Fol
som is Weather than Cleveland, and that
the Folsoms have for many years ranked
among the wealthiest and most influeno
tial people of Western New York. They
are certainly more talked about than any
other Western New Workers just at this
time, not counting their talk about them
selves, if that's any criterion to 60 by.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

Time tried and true is Dr. Bigelow' s
cure. which combines the good qualities
of all the hest cough remedies, without
the defects of any of them. 1t cures
promptly and permanently coughs, colds,
Group. whopping cough. influenza, broni-
chitis. hoarseness, incipient consumption,
and all throat and lung diseases, healing
the lungs. Safe and pleasant for child>
rem. Price, 80 cents and 81, of drug
oistS
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
Fires In IA Stock Yards.

BosToN, May 2+.-Two fires beginning re
spectively at p. IN. Friday, and l2::1 a. nd.
Saturday, destroyed seven monitor-roofed,
2250x30 foot barns. and a dozen, 20Ox40 foot,
cattle sheds in the stock yards of the Bos-
ton g. Albany Railroad company al
Brighton. The contiagration was 200 feet
wide and a quarter Of a mile long Loss
about $50 600
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

SOFIA, May "4.-The conspiracy 10 kill
Prince Alexander and Premier Karaveloff
was revealed by a Bulgarian FAMED
Michailoif, who says that the conspirators
were Capt Kabokoff, formerly of the Rus
sian army; Montenegrin priest, some Bull
sarians, and few Montenegrins Capt
Nabakof was the ringleader. All have
been arrested Prince Alexander, who is
making tour of Bulgaria, is meeting with
yations every where
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

If when you call for Hop Bitters (see green chs
ter Of Hops on the white tdble) the druggist hand,
out any stuff called C.. d. Warmers German H0I
Btiers with other Hop name. refuse il ant
shun that druggist you would a viper, and if hi
has taken your money for the stuff indict him fo
the frand and sue him for the damages for tho
swindle and we will reward you literally for tht
conviction
See q. 5. Court injunct on against C, d. War
ner Reading, Michigan and all his statesmen
agents, druggists, and other imitators
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 4.-The additions
candidates admitted as naval academies
were: c. f. Regan, New York; NJ Fl.
Signor, Nebraska; D. E Dismuke, Missis.
sippi; T. C. Treadwell, Massachusetts,; w
+. Saunders, at large; A. Gartley. Iowa
Frank Holland, Michigan; A. l. Horne
New Hampshire: Frederick Shellelerger
Uiiunis
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24

DUBUQUE, Iowa, May "a. The jury in the
case of John Ahern, after being out thirty
six hours, returned a verdict of not guilty at
II O'Clock Thursday night. Ahern killed
George Reuchte with beer glass in a saloon
here October Is, 1855 and has been tried
twice since The defense was that the skull
of the dead man was thin that the blow
which.broke it could not have broken a skull
of ordinary thickness