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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan S!.-The Sun says
that Secretary Bayard was shown the dis
patch recently published, stating that the
"envoy" of President Cleveland to the pope,
bearing the copy of the constitution, had
failed to present himself at the vatican and
had been boycotted by the American legation
at Rome. The secretary said the dispatch
was all rubbish "The president sent no envoy
to the pope He could not do So The only
government in Italy with which this country
has political relations is the government of
King Humbert. The president sent his gift
as private individual. did not even know
he had sent it until | saw the fact stated in
the newspaper The American le-
cation consists of one person, Mr.. Charles
Daugherty, who is now in this country on
leave, and consequently could not possibly
have boycotted anybody"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
OUT OF THE COUNTY JAIL.
EDITOR o'5RlEN THREADS THE EARTH
. FREE MAN AGAIN.

An Enthusiastic Throng Receives Him
with Open Arms-A Speech at TuIIamore
in Which He Talks of Blunt and Bal
foHr-Other Irish News-Christina and
IsabeIIa--Francs and Italy.
LONDON Jan. 2l.-Editor O'Brien's term
Of Imprisonment came to an end Friday and
he was released. The people gave him an
enthusiastic but orderly reception. His APP
pearance indicates that his health is much
impaired. His physicians insist that he shall
spend a season of recuperation in the south
Of France, but he has not yet decided to heed
their advice. The people of Tullamore pre-
sented him with an address, which embodes
the declaration that they cared nothing for
the coercion law, but regarded Balfour's ex-
ecution of 1t as extremely brutal and in all
respects a disgrace to the government
O'Brien addressed the throng and said 1t
was with the greatest difficulty that he could
find words to express adequately his graft
tude for the kindness Of his countrymen,
especially Moorehead and Eyan, without
whose assistance in his lonely duel with his
jailers there might have been a different
event to celebrate from the one his hearers
rejoiced over. Referring to Blunts charges
against Balfour O'Btien said he had heard
was any likelihood that Blunt would be
one of Balfours victims 1t was owing
to Blunt's statement, in fact, that he had told
Moorhead and Egan that he believed that he
had been brought to Tullamore prison to be
murdered, for he knew that Blunt would al
low his right hand TO wither in fire before he
would tell lie. Apart from Blunts revela-
tons, O'Brien and his fellow prisoners had
right to infer the worst from Balfour's
secrecy in immuring them in what they
supposed would turn out to be Tullamore
catacombs. 1t was fair, however, to say
that the prison officials performed their
odious duties with the least possible harsh
ness
O'Brien arrived in Dublin Friday evening.
Immense crowds of people, including many
priests and members of parliament met him
at the railway station where they had
waited some time for his arrival He was
greeted with deafening cheers as he aighted
from the train and appeared in sight of the
multitude, and when he entered the lord
mayors carriage the enthusiasm of the peo-
pie was at white heat. He was driven to the
Imperial hotel, escorted by an immense pro-
cession with bands Of music and torches,
while the houses along the line of march,
as well in other parts of the city,
were illuminated, aud bontires burned every
where Arriving at the hotel O'Brien APP
peared on the balcony and addressed the peo-
pile. He rejoiced, he said, that in spite of
Balfour the Irish people were stronger than
ever and though the English were slow in
Joining them they would be slow in deserving
them after they had joined The Irish would
not resort to outrage, but would follow Par
nell and Gladstone, trusting in the Democ-
racy of Gl,at Britain to make Ireland a ma
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
NEGROES 10 SEEK N4wrl Ms


Big sehrme to send the southern Prob
lem 10 South Americs,
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. pa ogomeHt
hat bids fair to affect many stat 's and per-
laps many thousands of colorei people of
his country has been Inaugnrat5I in this
ity, anu may result III an exodus" OF
negroes from the United States t.
South America. Tho headquarters OF the
new movement are in Topeka Kan, aud the
object sought is the amelIoraton of the con-
dtlon of the coiored population Of the south.
ern states Several well-known aud wealthy
men are arranging the plan to establish col.
onies in Guiana, Brazil AMI the Argentine
Republic. The principal QUILTING points
will probably be Honduras and Costa
RIGA. Immigration dep,ts will he estab.
lished in the Argentine cOnfed-
GRAFTON. 1t is learned that important con
cessions will be made by the Brazilian and
Argentine governments in the wly OF lands
and immunity from taxation an | aid in
transportation, which will place this new
haven within the reach of all. Their rights
and privileges as citizens are guaranteed.
and their color will not debar them from So
cial and political preferment 1t is believed
next fall all will be ready to set the food in
motion, and only tho lazy and worthless class
of negroes will Ue weedal out Early in the
summer a committee will go to South Amer
lea to complete the arIup gements, secure the
lands aud concessions, and prepare for the
work
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

AMONG the curious inventions fol-
which patent has been granite !, is one
to Josiah Daily, OF Madison, Indiana. by
which anybody who likes maple sugar
and maple syrup may readily supply him
self at small cost The Scientific inner
lean says II the patentee's statement is
correct, 1t IS no longer nee ssary to GO
through the tedious and exhaustug La
bors Of tree tapping and syrup boiling in
order to obtain maple sugar If it should
be found that the patent process will also
convert into maple syrup a solution of
the newly discovered chemical sweet
known as tRccharine, which is said to
be three hundred times sweeter than cane
sugar. or the more recent artificial sugar
OF Drs. Fischer and Tafel, then the very
acme of transformation will have been
reached, and the interpositon of congress
will be necessary to save the genuine ma
Pile sugar industry from gong TO destruc.
ton. This would only be in keeping
with the action Of congress last year 10 its
efforts TO suppress the oleomargar.ne
butter industry because the popular taste
pEeterredr 10 the rancid and dirty stuff
called genuine butter which is found in
all the markets. But let us return to our
subject. The patent maple sugar Is
made by simply mixing an extract of
hickory with any ordinary syrup. such as
cane sugar syrup or sorghum. The pat
entee says: "the extract is to be obtained
in any convenient manner, such as maxi
ing decoction Of the hickory bark or
wood, or percolating liquid through the
same, or drawing off the sap from the
tree. The bark or wood of the hickory
tree may be ground to facilitate the ex-
traction of its principle. and the extract
may be made more or less strong by ins
creasing or diminishing the quantity of
bark or wood, or by boiling the extract
for longer or shorter time. In prepar.
ing syrups ordinary add about three ia
bespoonfuls of the decoction to gallon
OF heated or boiling syrup. OF course
the stronger the extract the less the guam
tity required for 1avoring given amount
of syrup. The syrup may be manufac,
tured from any kind of saccharne matter
or mixture of saccharine matters, or the
syrups ordinarily found in the market
may be used. The effect of the extract
or decoction is to give to the syrup the
flavor of the maple, producing syrup
which cannot be distinguished from genu-
inc maple syrup, 1t is evident that the
favored syrup may be boiled down and a
sugar resembling maple sugar in taste
may be produced"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Jan. 81 One OF the
Italian aborers on the Pennsylvania railroad
was struck by train and killed near Glen
Loeb station Thursday night. The past few
weeks have been remarkably fatal to the
Italians working along the railroad from
Malvern to Glen Loeb. In Frazer station
alone seven have lost their lives
within the past two months, and
In that space of time fully
twenty Italians have been killed within a
stretch of track covering not more than two
miles None of these men can speak the
English language. aud consequently do not
heed the cry of warning called by men who
see their danger. The death of an Italian
has got to be such a common thing in the
neighborhood that it no longer excites in
tarp4t
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
DO WE KEEP OUR TREATIES?


OTTAWA, Ont Jan. FL The discussion in
regard to the point of alleged discrimina-
ton against United States vessels passing
through the Welland canal started by Rep
resentative Dingley, of Maine, has brought
out the fact that some of the engagements
made by the United States government in
connection with the Washington treaty
have never been carried out, or at least its
efforts, if they were exerted, have been
fruitless Not only did the British authori.
ties agree to urge on Canada the placing Of
American vessels in regard to our canals on
the same footing as Canadian vessels, but
the United States authorities likewise bound
themselves to use their influence with the
various state authorities to secure for Can
adian vessels the same privileges in Ameri-
can canals While the British authorities
carried out their engagements, the Americans
do not appear to have done so.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
POSTAL TELEGRAPH DISCUSSED.


Norvin Green and Gardner Hubbard En-
tighten n Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 81 The senate
postotilce committee on Friday began to hear
arguments on the question of government
telegraph but at the close of the session the
committee adjourned indefinitely, and no
time was fixed Tor the subject to come up
again DR.. Norvin Green was the first to
take up the argument, and 1t goes without
saying that he opposed any interference Of
the government in the business. He began
by suggesting that congress had no right uu-
der the constitution to engage in telegraphy,
and referred to a decision of the supreme
court which declared that the telegraph BUSH
ness was commerce. Then he said the United
States had the best telegraph system on
earth and in this connection read letter
from the Associated Press agent in London
asserting that "the Geographic communica-
ton between France and England is dis
gracefully bad. 1t ia an actual fact that
London merchants send their messages to
Havre by way OF New York, and that they
reach Havre quicker than IL they were sent
from London to Havre direct"
With reference to the English system he
produced figures to show that not withstanding
the lower wages of telegraph operators there
was a deficit every year, and also that the
long distance rates were cheaper in this
country than in any other part of the world.
In twenty years the cost of messages had
been reduced by the Western Union from an
average rate of S1.05 to S0k cents. Nor
was there any monopoly about it; any one
could go into the business who thought he
could make it pay. The governments had
never been held liable for errors; the West
ern Union paid from 800, 600 to 5000, 900 per
year on this item OF expense. At the same
time the history of government telegraphy
showed that more errors were made than
when the business was conducted by private
parties.
As to the value OF the plant, the amount
stated by the press as fair valuation Of the
Western Union would not buy the wires at
the factory. A good deal was said about a
few men owning the Western Union. The
fact was that the directorate OF thirty men
owned but three elghths Of the stock, 1000 |
people were stockholders, and 20, UUO were
interested in the property.
DR.. Green then referred to the knights OF |
Labor petition of half million names in IA |
vor of postal telegraph, and said it was a |
piece of spite work, because Powderly had |
quarrelled with Jay Gould on another sub |
ject Hs added that not QUE in loo of the |
signers ever sent a message by telegraph.
Gardner @. Hubbard followed Dr. Green |
on the opposite side. He said it was trus as
DIR. Green had stated that the Western
Unions bO0o 90 miles OF wire could not be
duplicated for eco, 90 900, and that the COM
pany Posssssed other properties, such as right
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan 2l--Postmaster-
General Dickinson has promulgated rules
and regulations in conformity with the new
law just passed by congress and signed by the
president Friday, respecting permissible
writing and printing on second, third and
fourth class matter. Under the regulations
the restrictions as to writing upon third and
fourth class matter are substantially the
same as under the old law, but in general all
restrictions as to printing on these two
classes of matter are removed, except as
to reservation of space necessary for address
ing the matter and placing postage stamps
on it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
A PREDICTION FOR DsPEw.


NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-Chauncey M. De
pew, president of the New York Yale Alum
nj association, presided at the annual dinner
of the ass ociation at Delmonico's Friday
night. President Timothy Dwight, of Yale,
was on his right. The football with which
Yale defeated Princeton last fall hung by a
blue ribbon directly over Mr.. Depew's head.
Mr.. Depew spoke first in his usual humorous
vein. In the course of his remarks he said
that there were two great institutions in this
countryside United States government aud
Yale college Ole was struggling With a
surplus and the other hero cay advancing
under deficit and managing to be the best
college in the country Isaac H. H. Bromley
spoke during the evening and said that
Mr.. Depew would in a year from
now be president-elect of the United States.
[ Applause.1 am make you minister to the
Sandwich islands," responded the chairman,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
STRUCK AGAINST UNCLE SAM.
A Strike in the Bureau of Engraving
which Was Ended in 80 Minutes


WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 2L-One of the
shortest and most successful strikes on record
occurred few days ago at the bureau OF en-
craving and printing here. An order was
issued directing that the girls who act as as
sistants to the men in charge of the presses
he changed from press to press. The execution
of the order however, was strongly objected
to, as the pressmen are paid in proportion to
the amount of work performed, and accord
ingly when the assistants become accus-
toned to the work of each man it involves
material reduction in the amount of work
accomplished to have them changed. Upon
receiving the order committee at once
waited on the assstant'chiefs OF the bureau and
informed him that the pressmen had stopped
work, and unless the order was rescnded
would at once leave the building. Another
committee was also delegated to wait on
Chief Graves. Before the committee had
time to see him. however, Mr., Graves sent
word that the obnoxious order had been re-
vokod and that it would not be necessary for
the committee to communicate with him di-
rectly. The ls7 pressmen at once returned
to work, and tho strike, which lasted about
thirty minutes, terminated
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
Saving a Word for Pnre Food.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan, 2l.-The Nation
al Pure Food convention Friday adopted res
olutions declaring in favor of judicious legis-
lation for the suppression Of authorizations of
food, drink and drugs. The convention APP
proved with slight amendments the bill in
troduced by Sherman in the senate and Crisp
in the house to provide for a treasury bureau
of deliberations and to prohibit adultera-
ton of food and drugs in the territories.
The convention refused to indorse separately
oeomargariue or lard legislation,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

DUBLIN, Jan. 81 The arrival of Father
McFadden, of Gweedore, at Londonderry
Friday afternoon in charge Of the police was
the occasion of serious riot. Immediately
upon the appearance of the priest at the rail-
way station the crowd awaiting his arrival
became violently excited and attacked the
constables having him in custody with stones
The police were reinforced aud charged upon
the crowd, but were desperately resisted.
Several persons, among them a number of
policemen, were injured, and it is reported
that detective was taken to the hospital
suffering conclusion OF the brain.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

EVANSVILLE, Jan. 2i.-The vein of silver
ore now being worked in Dubois county has
been uncovered at St Meinrads, Spencer
county, thirty miles distant from Evansville.
The Dubois mines are smelling twenty tons
of ore day, yielding S63 to the ton. Coal is
found in abundance almost side by side. A
local railroad company has arranged to
build a branch from this city to the mining
district in the spring.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. II Among the
cases to come before tile board Of pardons
which will convene in special session next
week. will be that of Milton Weston. Mr..
Jemison, a Chicago lawyer, and his daughter
have written letters in the interest of the
prisoner, denying the charges made by the
formers wife. The propretors of nearly all
the Pttsburg papers have asked for ia.
vorabe consideration Of the case by the
hoard
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

LANCASTER, Pa. Jan. 2l.--The jury in
the case of Adam S. Fry, Samuel P. Henry,
Charles E. Tillman, Isaac Kaufman, and E.
T. Kaufman, charged with conspiracy to
defraud in making false returns and adding
ballots not cast at the primary election of
the Republican party in the Indiantown dis
trict on May 81, 1887, has found a verdict OF
guilty as indicted on all the counts. This
is the first verdict of the kind in tn, history
of the county. Reasons will be filed for =
IL
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
JOHN w. POTTER.

A EoN,sPEAKENG telephone is exhibit
ed IN Pntsburg, A sensitive plate presses
against the lGrynx and glands Of the neck,
and as the jaws are moved in converse,
ton the motion sends the words along
the wire as distinctly as the telephone
now in use
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
JanesvlIIe, Wis, Shaken Up and Two Men
Terribly NIangIed.

EVANSVILLE, Wis, Jan II The city was
shaken to its foundations Friday morning by
an explosion of heavy boiler In the -four
mill OF Kastner Sc Gogan The explosion
was terrific, and all that is left of the greater
part of the mill is a deep pit banked up by
smoking wreckage. Pieces of the boiler were
blown go feet and through solid walls.
Underneath the debris were found the bod
les of Byron Kennedy and James Bracken,
terribly mangled. Death had resulted in
simultaneously. Bracken was unmarried, but
Kennedy leaves a wife and child.
The damage done by the explosion Is fully
$4a, 600 The cause is believed to have been
low water. The testimony at the coroner's
inquest was to the effect that the boiler had
been considered dangerous three months ago
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Jan. 2o-The testi'
mony in the Cora Lee case Friday was prin.
cipally given by Graham's son Charley, and
was repetition of his former evidence as to
improper conduct of his father, Cora Lee
and Mrs. Moloy such as kissing, sitting on
Graham's lap, and being in bed together
when Sarah Graham, the murdered woman,
was out of sight The cross-exhmination
did not Weakan the testimony
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 81. The Nation al
Board of Trade convention Friday passed
resolutions urging congress to revise the ma
tional banking laws in consonance with the
recommendations of Comptroller Trenholm;
advocating the refunding of per cent gov
eminent bonds at a low rate of interest,
redeemable in annual installments from 1871
to 1921, with view to the use of the new
loan as security for national bank circula-
tom also urging the repeal of the law pro-
viding Tor the compulsory purchase of
silver bullion. The resolutions pro-
posed by the New York, Philadel-
phia, Boston and New Haven boards
favoring bounties and subsidies to American
shipping, were adopted, but a free chip"
amendment was defeated by vote of % to
TO- Resolutions were also adopted favoring
extradition treaties covering embezzlement,
and recommending amendment to the
constitution so us to allow the president to
veto separate items in appropriation bills
The convention, after several days OF inter
esting and very industrious work adjourned
sine die in the evening The next conven-
ton will open in Chicago on the second
Wednesday of next November
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan 2l.-Genersl Master
Workman Powderly is still very weak His
stomach will not retain solid food, and he is
nourished wholly by liquis, principally beef
tea He hoped to be able to go to Phila-
delphia this week, but his physician steadily
refused to countenance such a step, and in
formed Mrs. Powderly that he would not he
responsible for the result
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21
Uncle Sam makes a Heavy Claim.

MADRID, Jan. 2l.--The Dia asserts that
the United States government has made
claims for heavy compensation for the al
legged i'll -treatmsnt of Nadal an American
citizen Imprisoned some time ago by the au-
thorities of Porto Rico.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

ACCORDING to the Electrical ReUte,o med
icine may be introduced into the human
system by electricity. The electrodes Of
a battery are saturated with the medicine
and applied locally to the skin, Expert
ments show that there is an actual ABB
s)rption of the medicine into the system.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

ST. PAUL, Jan. 2l.-An effort is to be
made to have the national Democratic con-
vention held in San Francisco. Millionaire
P, H. Kelly is heart, hand, and pocketbook
in the work. He said Friday: my choice
is Frisco, since it is proposed to issue round
trip tickets to delegates from remote points
at $40 each. This would afford the delegates
an opportunity to cross the continent and see
what a magnificent country lies west of
Chicago" L..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 2l.-Mr. James
J. Brooks, who has held the office OF chief OF
the secret service division Of the treasury de-
partment for SO many years, rendered his
resignation when the present administration
came into power, and it was accepted Friday,
to take effect Feb. l. John S. Bell, formerly
chief Of police of Newark, n. J., will sue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. :l.-A wrestling
match took place at the casino Friday night
between Sorakichi tue Jap, aud Lemnel
McGregory, the st. Joe kid. The Jap was
to throw McGregory three times in thirty
minutes Greco Roman style, or forfeit $50
He won the first fall in five minutes and the
second in seven minutes, but failed to down
his adversary in the third bout and the kid
walked of with the money.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-21

CHICAGO, Jan 2!.-The natural gas con.
tinues to burn freely at the Leland hotel,
Cookies brewery, and other places where it
has been discovered here recently and wells
are being located daily in various parts OF
the city in the expectation that high press
ure natural gas in great quantity will be
struck shortly.