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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
MAYORALTY CONTESTS ENDED.
The Cases at Chicago and st. Louis Come
to an End at Last.

to an End at Last.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan 2S.-The supreme
court of the state of Missouri rendered a de-
cision which prohibits ths circuit court from
trying the contested city election cases
The case was in the form OF prohibition
issued by Mayor Francis against Judge
Dillon, of the circuit court of this city, to
prevent the latter from hearing the con-
tested election case, in which ex-Mayor
Ewing was seeking to Gust Mr. Francis
from the Office of mayor. The decision puts
Mr. Francis in the Office of mayor for four
years from last April and settles the cases of
seven Republicans who were contesting tho
election OF seven Democrats to city Offices
two Democrats who were contesting the
election Of two Republicans, and six Repnb-
licanS who claimed seats in the upper house
Of the municipal assembly. The decision
also practically decides that there is no
court in Missouri competent TO try st
Louis contested election case, owing to the
lack of provision IN the city's charter for
the trial of such cases
CHICAGO, Jsn. 2I-in Judge Prender
CASTS courtroom Wednesday morning At
torney A. ". Green and Attorney A. C.
Story put thsir heads together for little
while and then Attorney Green, in behalf
of his clients, Mr. Carpenter and others Of
the CITIZENS COMMITTEE of safety, moved to
dismiss the suit eohtesting the election OF
Mayor Harrison at the last election At
torney A c. Story gracefully accepted the
situation, but suggested the matter of costs
The court then, with Attorney Green's con
sent, made the order that the complainants
should pay the costs"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
As TO THE COINAGE OF SILVER.
Three Propositions Presented to til
House Coinage Committee.

Three Propositions Presented to the
House Coinage Committee.
WASHINGTON CIrT, Jan 25-The consid-
Grafton OF the general subject OF silver coin
age, in all Of its bearings, was begun by the
houss committee on coinage, weights, and
measures Wednesday morning The discus
SON was as informal as it was general and
no special feature was considered
Lanham of Texas began the tangible
work by the Introduction OF the following
resolution.
Resolved, That it IS the duty of the com
mittee on coinage, weights, and measures,
at as early day as practicable to report to
the house bill looking to the free coinage
of the standard silver dollar
Scott of Pennsylvania proposed the fol
lowing substitute to Lanhams resolution:
Resolved, As the sense of this committee,
that the best interests of the country can
not be promoted by any bill now before the
committee looking to the free coinage of
silver"
Bynum of Indiana then proposed the fol
lowing:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
committee that the laws regulating and pro-
viding for the issue of gold and silver certif-
Gates should be so amended as to provide for
the retirement of the same and for the issue
of coin certificates in their stead"
AL of these suggestions went over to the
next meeting of the committee 1t was de.
tsTmined that the question should be fur
Their discussed and opinions sought from diff
ferent persons interested in the question un
til Feb. 10, when specific propositions will
he taken I'D
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

GEORGE LESTER the minstrel manager
who has recently employed John L. Sui
Ivan, fined that gentleman 1888 for get p
ting drunk. He says; "He kept pretty
sober until last week. when he was drunk
four times Just imagine Ajax drunk
and trying TO defy the lightning.
wouldn't have said this about him ii he
hadn't begun talking about me" On the
whole, this statement is calculated as
Mr.. Lester intimates 10 do Mr.. Sullivan
an inealculable injury so long as he pur
Sues the Greek ststuary business for II
livelihood We should imagine that an
unreliable Ajax of bibulous turn Of
mind would have considerable difficulty in
securing steady employment, For Mr..
Suilivans sake this scandal can not be
smOthered too quickly.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
NOT so BELLIGERENT.
BUcKEN'E STATESMEN YEARN FOR A
SuRcEASE OF TROUBLE.
swapping Propositions for an End to
the Senatorial Embellishments
Want valIandigham's Journal In
dorsed, Republicans Object.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan oS. The indica.
tons are that notwithstanding the wild talk
from both sides, tho senatorial muddle may
be adjusted on a peaoeable basis The
cooler heads of both sides spent the entire
night Tuesday in an endeavor to come to an
amicable agreement, and the result was ap-
parent when directly after the assembling
of the Democratic caucus, proposition for
a settlement was adopted and sent over to
the Republican camp. This proposition
provides for the appointment of a commit
tee of six, three Republicans
and three Democrats to go to
Cincinnati and take evidence in the
Hamilton. county contests The Repub
ican members of the senate met in the
chamber Wednesday morning, and, after
the reading Of the journal, there was an in
formal conference, which ended in Senators
Ford and Rannells being deputized to pre-
pare reply to the Democratic proposition.
These gentlemen proposed, and the Repub-
lican senators sent communication to the
Democratic caucas, that they have no propo-
sition TO submit looking to a compromise,
but that they are willing to appoint COM
mittee to meet and confer with a committee
of Democrats, which proposition was ac-
copied
The committees on compromise held a
joint meeting at 1880 and Immediately
adjourned for an hour Following are the
members: In behalf of the Republicans,
Senators Ford, Pavy, Dow, Pringle and
Rannells In behalf of the Democrats,
Senators O'Neill, Van Cleaf, Lawrence,
Sullivan and Doid. The prospects for an
amicable termination Of the trouble are now
considered bright
In the joint committee of conference thu
Democrats submitted two propositions, the
first contemplating the appointment of the
special committee for the trial OF the Ham
ilton county cases, and the second providing
for the approval of thu Journal as kept from
day to day by Clerk VsllandighaIn since
the commencement OF the trouble II is I'M
derstood that the Republicans readily agreed
to the first proposition but strenuously resist
the second
Senator Eggles, Republican, who has
taken a leading part in the movement
toward harmony, expresses the conviction
that satisfactory understanding will be
reached
LATEsT-The conference committee hav-
ing been unable to reach an agreement, ii
was decided that Immediately upon the sen
ate reassembling an adjournment should bs
| taken, which decision was carried out wheI
the senate met
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

WASHINGTON Cry, Jan 28-In the case
Reece M. Oberteuffer ct al vs. William H.
Robertson, customs ector, city of New
York, a suit brought to recover certain
duties on goods imported from Hamburg
Germany, which were alleged to have been
oxacted illegally, the supreme court Of the
United States u 1stice Blatchfordl has decided
infavor of the plaintiff, reversing the decision
Of the court below, on the ground that there
is no law authorizing the collection of duties
upon cartons and cases in which goods are
packed and for the packing OF the same. The
plaintiff claimed that the defendant ass asssd
and exacted duty upon plaintiffs goods at a
value ascertainej by including charges for
putting up, preparing and packing them for
shipment, and by including the charges for
the cost Of the cartons in which thsy were
contained
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

and is available for the purpose of erecting
the monument to be completed by the appro-
priation.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
IRELAND S CLAIMS.

The Irish party of the Commons is
strong enough in intellect to warrant the
largest expectation as Il result OF existing
success. II is calm, temperate. argu-
tentative, self poised considerable, an
not more confident than the situation
warrants The lead OF Mr. Parncl is
that of ruan who believes thoroughly in
his cause aud who knows how to manage
il, and the speech Of Mr. Sexton the other
night recalls the best men of the best
days the brightest people in the world
ever saw. There is question as to
whether Ireland is capabls OF governing
herself That is nobody's business except
ing that OF Ireland II she were left to
herself and were TO fight herself to death,
it would be her funeral aud that of no
other nation under the sun. She has the
saue right to manage her affairs rightly
manage BIS, and the national or smaller
missionary who too kindly steps in 10 save
her deserves the fate of the misguided per
son who interferes in the somewhat violent
amusements OF Donnybrook. But there is
more striking suggestion. Does anybody
honestly think that men like Mr. PaInell
aud Mr. Sexton ought to be obliged to
beg for rights which any petit jury would
grant them without leaving its box? Is
not this Irish party Of the commons the
best possible evidence that Ireland ought
to own herself and manage her affairs to
suit her royal self? 1t is leading prin-
ciple of great nations that it is humiliat
ing TO give up territory dishonesty &C
quired The more the dishonesty Of the
requirement and the meanness that nat,
urally follows it, the more the sensitive
ness of the conquering brute. 1t is the
old, though perhaps unwritten principle,
This man did give himself to me because
whipped him, and having whipped him,
be is dog" There must be better states.
mauship than that
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

CHICAGO. Jan. 2s-Rev Sumner Ellis,
for some time pastor o. st Pauls Universal
ist church, and clergy man of wide repute,
died at 4 50, Tuesday morning, at the South
ern hotel He was taken III about three
weeks ago with reInittent fever, which dc
velope3 into All acute case of typhoid pneu
monia Mr. Ellis was born at North Orange.
Mass, in 1873.
JOLIET, HIS, Jan * Rev. Father Pow
ers. who for sixteen years has teen The
pastor Of st Patrick's church in tins cit7,
died Wednesday morning, aged s. years.
Father William Walter Powers was 4 great
temperance worker, ana converted many
drunken men To lives Of soUIiety, and has
thus brought happiEess ana prosperity to
uIaly homes
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
Joaquin Miller Writes to Maud.

New YORK, Jan. es-Joaquin Miller has
sent letter to his daughter, Maud urging
her to leave her husband, J. NJ Mccormack
with whom she Resides on Eight avenue, ant
make her home at 'the cabin" in Washing
ton, pending Mackaye's suit for divotce
The letter begs her to give up her present
life, and goes on to say that every momsnt
of her existence is sin and a crime =
Maud, however, says the letter was msrely
written for effect, and declares she viii
never leave the only man who proved trui
friend to her
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
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REV YORK SEWING 0IRLs.


The annual report which commissioner
OF Labor Statistics Charles F. Peck has
Just submitted to the legislature is an in
teresting and instructive document, as it
throws new light upon many subjects
seldom brought so Complementary to
the attention OF the public. He has given
considerable study TO the condition of
working women Ia New York cjty-he
estimates their number at 200. O00-the
majority OF whom are employed In trades
where the work 10 combining and the re-
Enumeration exceedingly scanty This Is
especially the case with women employed
III lhe various branches OF the clothing
trade. The most rapid seamsiress. by
working from fourteen to sixteen hours
DAY cannot average more than 80 cents,
while their slower competitors fall below
this with such wages they can obvious
y obtain but a bare subsistence. and even
lhe smallest comforts to be thought Of.
In some instances it takes two women an
en'ire DAY working sixteen hours with
hardly an interruption to make cloak
that will sell in retail stores at from $50
TO $40, and their remuneration is 81.
Nost OF them live in the cheap, dirty
tenement houses on the east side, crowd
ed together. sometimes five or six
In room, which is their workshop
during the daytime and great part Of
the night. Leading life of such cohfine-
ment In an unhealthy atmosphere they
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
Rev. DR.. Bristor Found Guilty.

NEW YORK, Jan 2:-By majority of
IL to 5 the grand jury Of Rock!and found an
Indictment against the Rev. DR. Bristor, thu
late pastor of the Spring Valley Methodist
church, for criIninally assaulting Ina Downs
in his house at Spring Valley Miss Downs
testified to her forcible detention in the
house and to tbs assault perpetrated upon
her by DR.. BriStOr. One of the prime NOV
er5 in the prosecution, Justice T. H Gem
nal, died on the sd inst. The majority of
Dr.. Bristor's congregation strongly sympa
thise with him, and will appoint him pastor
OF congregational church which is to be
formed in case he is dismissed from the
NaWark conference
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
He Lied.

New YORK, Jan 2s-In the trial of the
case OF Gen Shaler, who is charged with
bribery in connection with the purchase of
armory sites in this city, VI B. Wilson, who
is the man who charges the bribery was
asked:
q Mr.. Wilson, do you remember attend
ing the sessions of the Gibbs committee.
A Very we'll
O. Was an oath administered. A Mr.
Gibbs swore Inc in one day
=. Did you understand You were taking
an OATH A. | did
Q. Was it true, as sou testified before
the Gibbs committee, that You kept all the
profits on the Bissell property for YOURSELF
A. 1t was.
Q. All your testimony given before the
Gibbs committee, denying an arrangement
on division in that matter with Gen Shals.
was falset A. Yes
Q. Then You lied bsfors thu Gibbs com
mittee: A. l lied
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

Kansas City, with its suburbs, has now
a population of 1877 900.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
Milton Weston in Prison.

PITTsHURG, Jan. p Tuesday afternoon
at 5 O'Clock Milton Weston, preceded by his
brother and daughter, entered the criminal
court room They were accompanied by
Charles H Resd, formerly states attorney
of Cook county, Illinois, but more recently
Of New York city, and Thomas II. Marshall,
Esl., of this city. The latter informed
Judge Bailey that Mr. West n was in the
hands OF the court judge Bailey A-n di-
rected that Weston be taken to tina western
peniten;iary, in Allegheny City, for the
term of i've years. Weston babe farewell
to friends, and in company with deputy
sheriff was driven to the psnitentiary
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
The Permanently Her Cures Letters and mary
| Similar Letters could be did space Permit;

time and qui saying they are worse thau win,
they began. know j, Is discoussging in ihe-ru
chronic direaFes; used to think WINS no hctr,,
bat my husband would encourage me by sayin
he knew / was better SO ! followed direction
closets and took my medicine regularly; uou
can see and enjoy the benefits Of petsrvefanar
some say Il costs SO much; my frat bill was So
an II grew less every time until it yrs only g
cents; We dunt hegrndge the money paid ou,
considering what beuefts We hive received. ri,
person wishing to enquire further into the man
will cali on OF aidrcss me.
Yours respectful
MRS. l. l. PEnDH-OED
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

ST. LOUIS, Jan 2S-The Mississippi river
Is blockaded by solid mass of ice from this
point as far north as the mouth Of
the Illinois river and as far south as st
Genevieve, distance of sixty five miles
The ice is sixteen or seventeen inches in
thickness, and resamblss in many respects
the gorge which blocksded the river in 1875
and which remained intact from Dec 81 to
March q This year the river closed on Jan
49, and the ice is expected to break up abou,
the latter part Of February.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
THE BEST pHYslCIANs 0UrDuNE.

j. A. Crawford says; Il have had the
worst form of Eczema two years and fonnd
no relief from some of our best physlc-
ians who have made this disease speci-
ality. was persuaded to try Papillon
(extraet of fax. The relief | received
was like charm and am well. think
Papillon one Of the blessings of the age, y
Try Papillinn (extract of flax Skin Cure
when all Others fail Large bottles 81 ,0C
at drug store
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

San Francisco, Jan PA petition has
been snt to Secretary Bayard asking for
the removal of MI Greenbaum, consul at
Apia, Samoa The most serious charge is
contained in the affidavit of Chinese mer-
chant named All Su, who swears that Mr.
Greenbaum tried to make arrangements
with him whereby Chinese could be taken
from China to Samoa and furnished with
certificates there which would permit them
to enter the United States. Each Chinaman
was to be charged slVU, and this amount
was to be divided between All Su and Mr..
Graanh baum
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

1T is not conceivable that John Sherman
or his leading lieutenants would sanction
the dastardly attempt to assassinate Mr..
Vallandigham, clerk of the Ohio senate;
yet their desperate partlsanship and their
violent seizure of the legislature undoubt-
edly instigated the crime. Let US hope
that these men are not insane enough to
precipitate u vendetta.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

THE president defined his position very
clearly on the subject of the eight hour
law as applied to the government departs
ments, when he told Chairman ONeill Of
the house committee on labor. that 80
good and sound law should bo enforced
TO the letter and expressed his willingness
TO remedy all abuses As the law is on
the statute books it should not be dead
latter
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
In the pursuit of the good things c

In the pursuit of the good things Of
his world We anticipate too much: We
eat out the heart and sweetness of world.
ly pleasures by delightful forethought o.
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
Bill to Give Each Congressman a Clerl

Bill to Give Each Congressman Clerk
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. %. Congressman
Maybury introduced Tuesday for his col
league, Mr.. Carleton, bill giving each
member of congre not the chairman OF a
committee a clerk at a salary Of 5000 for the
long session of congress, and $500 for the
short session. 1t abolishes all mileage fees
except the actual amount expended for
transportation TO and from the capital On
a vfva-voce vote the bill could easily be
passed in the house, but the fear of going on
record as salary -grabbers will deter many
members from voting for it.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

BEING accused Of sending poisonous
liquor to the negros OF Africa, Herr
Woermann. of Hamburg. who is deputy
as well IS an exporter, makes the naive
defence that he had shipped the deadly
stuff TO French colonies. Such patriot
ism az this should have Rabelais or a
Swift to commemorate its grisly gro,
tesoueness
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 2s.-The house
committee on military affairs Wednesday
instructed Mr. Viele TO report favorably the
Dowdney bill appropriating s50o,0o0 for the
erection and completion of a monument to
the memory of Gen q. s. Grant, to be
placed On ground donated by the city of
New York for that purpose, the work to be
done under the direction of all officer Of
engineers of the United States army and
five commissioners, to be appointed by the
president, who are to serve without pay.
No part Of the appropriation is to be ex-
pended or drawn from the treasury until
S25U, COD has been subscribed and paid into
sind NJ the Grant Monument association
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
5000, 900 People.

100000 people in the U. s., are
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last stages of the disease excepted) which
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
THE ABSORBING TOPIC.
Awaiting the Response of the President
to the Edmunds Resolution.


WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. IS The Ed
munds resolut on calling on the attorney
general :or paps,s bearing upon the official
integrity of the lately suspended district at
torney in Alabama, is the topic OF discus
SION about the corridors at the capital, and
the indications point TO 4 heated contro-
versy over the subject Should the papers
BE- withheld, as the cabinet dis ussion OF
Tuesday indicated thsy would te, there will
probably be another Republican caucus,
for the purpose Of deciding upon
q different metho1 Ct procedure to
disclose what Republicans allege to 10
a fact namely; That SUSPENSIONS have been
made for partisan purposes, Tho indica-
tons at this time do not warrant the belief
that the final result will materially change
the present status of the call as it is gen
orally conceded the president is master of
the situation, and can, under the power
vested in him, act as be deems proper in the
matter, and ii any part of the information
called for is furnished it will be through
courtesy rather than in compliance with
lawful demand The Edmunds' resolution
will fully test the question, and the response
Of the attorney general, which is now in
course Of preparation, Is anXlousIy awaited
by the majority of the upper house
The president and bis cabinet dis USED
for three hours the Edmunds resolution It
was accepted by the president and his cabi-
net as q test designed TO discover the policy
Of the administration ON this subject all.
present it in formal way to the country
The president and majority of the cabinet
exhibited purpose 70 meet the senate
sluarely on the issue and refuse to send TO
the senate either from the department OF
justice o. the executive mansion any infor-
nation relative to the suspension of the
United States district attorney for the
southern district of Alabama OF any other
official A minority Of the cabinet advised
that as matter of courtesy the president
could send such communications as were
not confidential, Ut TO formal de-i.ion was
reapha1
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28

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