The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-29
The news IN sRlEe.

Representative Louis St Martin, Of New
Orleans, is the only creole in congress. He
is little srizzled man of I'll.
Emperor William has sent the pope a
costly gold cross as a testimonial OF his serv-
ices in arbitrating the Carolines dispute.
Thirty persons engaged in boycotting a
certain clothing firm were arrested at New
York Tuesday morning on charges of con-
spiracy and coercion.
A firm at Vienna dida thriving business
at Berlin for some time by selling waistcoats
into which likeness of Bismarck had been
woven in very artistic manner.
John Fleetwood voluntarily returned
from Kansas to NATION, His, and surren-
dered to the authorities He is charged with
completely in the murder OF his parents
The senate committee on public lands
Tuesday unanimously voted to report ad-
versely upon the nomination of L. s
Dement, to be surveyor general of Utah.
A frame hotel at Butte, M. T., was
burned Monday night, little boy perishing
in the flames robber who set the fire
robl ed the mother of the little victim of
500
At Toledo, Tuesday, many survivors of
the steamer Sultana horror held reunion.
Near Memphis, on the morning OF the 9th
o. April, lSti5, the boilers of the YES oil ex-
| ploded, and :, l4l persons persisted.
The Sangamon county illinois miners
at a meeting Tuesday night resolved to
demand 10 cents per ton, and eight hours
per day. They will not strike, however,
| unless the operators refuse arbitration
John Dubois, OF Dubois Pa, has sold his
estate, valuel at nearly sl5,000, 900, to his
nephew, John f. Dubois, for 81. Mr.
Dubois is fatally ill and resigns all his
business to his nephew, WHO is a young man
| of %
Mr.. Chamberlain intends to move that
| the land purchase bill shall lie ready TO be
| presented to parliament in its final shape six
months hence This motion, if adopted,
will amount to the virtual rejection OF the
measure.
| Charles A. Dana Is to years old, but looks
fully ten years younger. He goes to The
! Sun office at II in the morning and leaves
at 4 in the afternoon All his editorials are
dictated to stenographer. When debating
/ he allows no one to interrupt him.
Gen Butler, famous trotting horse, died
| l ucSIhy III view he toHhS5ttl Tue
race with Cooley in Chicago Sept -
1866, when George Mckeever, tie driver OF
Cooley, was killed by some person who had
speculated largely in pools on Buffers win
ming the race.
The children of Mrs. Ephraim Lawson OF
| Erie, Pa, started a fire in the dwelling
| Tuesday during the absence of their mother,
who had locked them in while shopping.
| Her baby Ierished in the flames, and ta G
other children were seriously bu ned Three
firemen, i'll rescuing the little ones, were
also painfully burned
| The gross earning of the Northern Pacific
company for the Month OF March were
| $S5s, ll6; the operating expenses S44a, 055
and the net earning Si0l,0il. The fixed
charges for the month, including the sink
ing funds, etc., We're $50, :i5I, leaving de
felt of 1921 The construction account
for the month was ISL ,5s9
The Illinois highway commissioners state
tile, and drain, and state road associations
| assembled in convention MT Springfield Ills,
| Tuesday, f. NJ like. o! Mclain, bein.
chosen president Governor Oglesby ad
dressed the gathering, remarking that the
state needed good roads as much rs she now
requires peace Narious interesting paper.
we're read and discussed.