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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

WASHINGTON CITY, March 1O.-The ques-
ton of paying the Episcopal Theological
seminary of Virginia, $4,000 for the oecu-
pancy by the government during the rebel
lion of its building was debated in the
house Friday upon resumption of the omni-
bus war claim bill, coming over from last
week. The Republicans generally opposed,
on the ground that with such precedent it
would be in order to file claims
for the rent of fields occupied
during battle, and the Democrats insisted
that the college was in loyal territory and the
claim should be paid The claim was finally
agreed to-13O to 96, and the bill passed-lO5
to 100 Private bills were then considered
until recess and at 7:3O the house in evening
session considered pension bills. Thirty-four
were passed, including one increasing the
pension of Gen Robert Anderson's widow to
sIOO per month Gen. Anderson was in com
uand of Fl Sumter in ISL The Mrs. Lo-
gan and Mrs Flair pensions were made the
special order for March ..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
A WASTED EXISTENCE.
SMITH, OF WISCONSIN, STARTLED BY
A TRUST WITNESS,

Who Tells Him That Labor Saving Ma
chinery Makes Wages Better--How To
KAI Both Trust and Refineries-Death OF
Manager Potter-Those War Records
Ingalls, Takes the Cnne-The House.
WASHINGTON CITY, March lO.-The in
vestigation Of the sugar trust was resumed
Friday morning by the house committee on
manufactures. The examination Of John Il.
Parsons was continued, and he said he be
lieved that the price of sugar had not been
increased by reason of the trust He was
then asked rs 10 the amount of certificates
owned by the various parties To the trust, but
declined TO say, claiming it 10 be private
matter The reporters were then asked to
withdraw, and Parsons made statement to
the committee, which apparently decided
them not TO press for an answer at pres
ent, for upon the public session being re-
sumed that conclusion was announced.
Parsons having said that labor had been
been better paid since the introduction of la
hor-saving machines Smith of Wisconsin,
the humorous member Of the committee, re-
marked that if that was the case his existence
as "A human being had been mistake,
John w. DOdswurth, managing editor Of
The New York Commercial Bulletin, said
that New York fixed the price of sugar for
this country; that the trust had caused an adj
vance in the price, and that the common idea
is that the trust is the only buyer of raw
sugars and the importers are largely at their
mercy.
+. b. Thurber of New York a large dealer
in sugars, said the trust had advanced the
price of refined sugars ! cent a pound. He
buys most of his sugars in New York. There
has not been enough difference between the
prices of the trust reiinerieS and those not in
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
C0LLEGIANS IN PERIL.
A DOZEN INMATES CAUGHT IN THE
THIRD STORY.

The Dakota Methodist University Build
ing Burned--The students and Instruct
Ors Forced to Jump and Climb for Their
LiVes-One Fatality and Number Badly
Hurt-Newspaper ONCE Blaze.
MITCHELL, D. T., March l0.-At 3 o'clock
Friday morning fire was discovered in the
hallway of the second floor of the three-story
jasper stone building of the Methodist uni
versity in this city. There were about forty
persons in the building, all but twelve of
whom escaped without harm. OF these only
one has died from his injuries, Horton l..
Pitcher, of Worthwhile, who was injured
internally in jumping from the third
floor, and though the injuries OF some Of the
others are serious, they are not believed 10 be
fatal
Five Of the twelve, two male teachers and
three young men, were asleep on the third
floor, and when awakened the stairway was
in flames and the only hope of escape was by
the windows On the second floor were other
members of the faculty and students. The
ladies' in one room and lady teacher in an
other found their doors ablaze and jumped
from the windows. Two young men let an
other lady down by rope and barely escaped
themselves down the burning stairway. The
entire interior of the building was destroyed
in an hour and few of the effects were saved.
The cause of the fire is unknown. Following
is a list Of the victims:
Horton l.. Pitcher, student Of Worthwhile, Sphinx
county, aged about ~ years, jumped from the
third floor and was internally injured and died in
three hours. o. II, Taylor instructor in penman
ship, jumped from the third floor. His skull was
fractured and his arm broken. and he was in
iured internally. T. A Duncan instructor in
mathematics, descended from the attic
by rope hands badly lacerated aud
face bruised feet frozen by eN-
posure, and burned In the descent VIII Smith,
student, of Bridgewater jumped from the third
floor and struck twenty feet from the building;
right ankle sprained, left leg fractured and one
hand sprained. Giles rarkin, student, of England,
jumped from the third floor; disocated ankle.
ARA Jones' student, of rarkston, slid down wa
terpipe: one ankle broken and face and head bad
y bruised. Bell and SillWell, students, badly
burned in coming from the second floor after
rcscung Miss Edgenton by means of "A rope
Miss Hattie Taylor, instruCtresS in elocutiun
of Canton Jumped from the second floor, spine in
iured Anna Stanton, student, of Salem, cut on
forehead and both ankles sprained, Emma Bah
cock student, of Mt. Vernon, sprained ankle ana
internal injuries. Ida Shang, student, of Mitchell
back injured and hurt internally. The building
cost $50 900, and was insured for $500, being
considered fire, proof. The school will be contin
ued.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
congregational Meeting

Directly after the morning service at
the Central Presbyterian church tomor-
row, congregational meeting will be
held, the object being the election Of a
permanent pastor. Mr.. Medium came
to the church for a year on trial, and
while the expiration of the time agreed
upon will not occur until next summer,
the congregation is so fully satisfied with
him, both as II minister aud as a man, that
1t has been deemed desirable to formally
extend to him the call to the pastorate
now. There should be a large attend
ance at this congregational meeting
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
THE RECORDS OF THE WAR.



New York, March 1O.-The Heralds spe-
cal says: The following is the letter of Col.
Lazelle, the compiler of the war records, to
the secretary of war; recommending the de-
struction of certain portions of the records of
his office. 1t is dated Nov. 23 1887:
SIR: Complying with instructions contained in
your letter of yesterday relating 80 the character
and quantity of old records in this office which
can be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, have
the honor to state that the nature of the material
referred to no longer required is the printed mat
ter-first and second proofs of volumes of the
Record already published and many volumes of Il
preliminary print of the Record which have been
used in office work now no longer required; all
copied manuscript of published voumes-i g,
manuscript papers not original, and the accumu-
lated daily waste paper of this office. These
cumulations extend back to the beginning Of the
work of the Office under act of congress, and their
quantity is probably over "A ton weight.
ISigned H. NJ LAzELLE,
Lieutenant Colonel in Charge.
The copied manuscripts mentioned in this
letter include many thousand pages of the
most valuable materials selected for the
printed volumes. Aside from the great mass
of such copies which represent the selections
from the numerous files of the department,
these manuscripts represent all that the gov
eminent has in its possession Of many Of the
most interesting and important papers of
General Haleck, and others of high rank.
Colonel Scott, who formerly had charge of
the records, obtained thousands of copies Of
Confederate papers from the Southsrn His
torcal society and other sources in the south.
Included in these is manuscript copy of the
private letter book of General Lee.
The recommendation is that as soon as the
volumes which contain these papers are
printed, the manuscripts shall. be destroyed.
These, however, are the vouchers for the ac
curacy of these printed volumes. The
present controversy over the question
whether unofficial matter has been inserted
as official In the last volume of war records
could not well be settled if the copy from
which it was printed had been destroyed
As matter of fact, in spite of all the care
taken by Colonel Scott, several awkward
errors crept into the Volumes and the pos
session of the manuscripts from which the
printing had been done was found to be Of
great Importance in the further examination
of the pro ect
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
Grnnd ARMY Men for Ingalls,.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 1O-The voting
at the Grand Army fair for the most popular
presidential candidate has resulted in favor
of Senator ingalls,, who was in competition
with Cleveland, Blaine, Hill, Harrison, Con.
ger and Allison. The fair which closed Fri
day night after two weeks run, was most
successful The proceeds are to I've devoted
to charitable purposes within the organiza-
ton The ladies' connected with the enter
prise are loud in denunciation of Governor
Foraker, of Ohio because of his failure to make
a donation to lie voted for. Several letters,
it is said, were forwarded to the governor,
but lie persistently ignored the requests they
contained
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
LONG LIVE THE KlNGl"


En- Route to His Duty
BERLIN, March lO--The Reichsanzeger an
nounces that the chancellor read in the rechs-
tag Friday a telegram from San Reno from
Emperor Frederick III thanking the reichs-
tag and the ministry for the devotion and
loyalty with which you all served the En-
peror Wilhelm
II rely upon your assistance" the telegram
continues, in the arduous charge upon me- l
leave here tomorrow" The dispatch is
signed simply "Frederick."
The emperor has also forwarded by tele-
graph the following ordinance to the minis
tiers of state concerning the observance Of
public mourning: with regard to the ma
tional mourning heretofore customary we
will not order any provision; but will rather
leave each German to find his own expression
of affection at the death of such monarch
and to determine how long he will abstain
from participating in public entertainments. !"
A dispatch from San Reno says: The en-
peror declares himself quite ready to proceed
to Berlin. DR.. Mackenzie is taking the ut
most precautions for the emperor's comfort
during the journey.
1t is thought probable that one of the first
acts of his majesty upon his assumption of
the throne will be to declare amnesty for past
political offenseS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

At the last meeting of the Rock Island
public library board, there were present,
President Connolly, Secretary Southwell
and Directors Don, Sweeney and john
son. The following bills were allowed
E G Frazer SIS 10; f Loosely,
$22.5O; w Hurst, $22 50; Houghton,
Mitfiin ~ Co., $3.50; r Champion Il Co,
rs cents; Rock Island Gas company,
$1.62; A G McClurg & Co, S47 ,05; ex~
penses, So %; Florence Sincere, 80.
The report of Miss Babcock, librarian,
for February, was read and adopted, us
follows:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
THE HOMELESS AT MT. VERNON.
Clara Barton States Their Condition and
Asks for 100000.

Boston, March 10-A private letter from
Miss Clara Barton, president of the American
Red Cross society. soliciting aid for the suf-
ferers of the cyclone at Mt Vernon Ills
says: About 900 persons are homeless. The
weather is cold and rainy and the mud so
deep that scarcely a wagon can be moved,
and not dollar of insurance is to be paid.
Only $40. 900 have yet been received, and this
and even more will be inadequate to provide
food for the sufferers. If 100000 could be
secured these people could be again domiciled
and would be perfectly satisfied. The bust
ness men do not ask for a cent for personal
relief and are content to lose their 5000, 900 if
the funds could be raised for the needy ones"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

ATTENDANCE,


ATLANTA Ga, March l0,-Some time ago
L. +. LOOMS came to Atlanta and started
the LOOMS National Library association,
whose objects were to aid its members-each
of whom paid 800 for memberships pur-
chase books, furniture, and other articles at
reduced prices. LOOMS sold the states of
Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina to G.
o. Wynn, of Miner, Ga, the consideration
being $40, OGO, of which S 500 was paid, A
few days ago I.oomis disappeared and Wynn
swore out a warrant, charging him with
cheating and swindling. Wynn succeeded in
recovering his money, but agents throughout
Georgia and Alabama are left in bad way
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, March 10-A sensa
ton has been created by the arraiGnment be
fore Judge Rea Of W. |. Meader, well known
grain commission and elevator man, on a
charge Of selling property received for
storage. The trouble grew out Of certain
transactions connected with the failure of W,
T. Meader & Co. last fall Meader sold a
warehouse receipt for 5000 bushels of wheat
which the firm had given to William Powell
cashier of the National Bank of Commerce.
Mr. Meader was given till Monday TO plead
and furnish bail in the sum of $500
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

SPRINGFIELp. No March l0.--Bill Walker,
the chief of the baId-kn gang, has been
found guilty of murder in the first degree in
the fancy county court, and sentenced to be
hanged The crime for which he was found
guilty was the murder over a year ago OF
George Green and William Evens, two prom
inent farmers of fancy county. These men
had in some way given otfense to the bald
knobbers, and Walker led an assault on their
houses Each was dragged from his bed and
murdered before his family. The crime was
one of the most bloodthirsty that ever dis
praced the southwest
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
Renched the oratorical stage.

COLUMBUS, o., March 1O.-Allen o. Myers
not appearing Friday the state rested finally,
and the defense, after calling two witnesses
who gave unimportant testimony, also closed
their evidence After long dispute about
the arguments, it was agreed that the state
and defense alternate in speeches, there being
four speeches from the state and three from
the defense, Myers has been heard from in
Washington. He refuses to come back to
testify
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
GOVERNOR HILLS PORTRAIT.
A Big Fire Started in Print Shop on Its
Account.

ELMIRA, N. V, March 1O.-When the
foreman of The Elmira Gazette (which at
one time was owned by Governor Hill, and
is now considered his organ, though he has no
pecuniary interest in it, was undertaking
cut of the governor to be run i'll the paper
Friday evening, the Office boy was holding IA
lamp to enable the foreman to see what he
was doing. Somehow the boy dropped the
lamp which exploded, setting fire to ii can of
benzine, which stood conveniently near, The
result was contiagraton which nearly ru-
ined the building and contents, and badly
damaged the hardware store next door. The
total loss is about $50, 900
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
FOR SHE is AN ENeLlsHwoMAN.
Delight In London That Victoria's Daugh'
ter Is Empress of Germany.

LONDON, March 1910 say that there is no
sorrow in London in political circles over the
death of Emperor William would be very
wide of the mark, but the sorrow is neutral
lied somewhat by the fact that Queen Vic
toria's daughter--the crown princesS-will
take the high title Of German empress The
interest in the query how long Frederick III
will live is at fever heat, but even that
anxiety gives way TO rejoicing that the Eng
lish princess, who is best beloved of her whole
race, and who made such splendid and reso-
Lutte fight against the whole court ring to keep
her husband alive, has triumphed, She will
be empress of Germany now, at least for u
time, and no German intrigues, not even If
given the whole weight of her sons influence,
can rob her of her rank, her dover and her
share in the crown estates, Naturally Eng
lshmen are delighted with this.
The court has gone into mourning for
thirty days, and the fest ivties consequent on
the silver wedding of the prince of Wales
have been given up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

PADuCAH, Ky, March l0-Otiicers of the
steamer John Gilbert, ont of the Tennessee
river Friday morning, reporta tragedy at
New Era. Tenn, on Wednesday evening
Rufus Kittrell and his son, George quarreled
with rival merchant named Ferris Ernstein
and his son. A desperate fight followed in
which old man Kittrell was killed, and his
son mortally wounded Ferris Erustein was
wounded in the hand. The kittrells were
desperate men, and it is alleged that the
elder had killed seven men since the war
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

Chicago, March lO,-A telegram from
New York says the German societies there
adopted resolutions of sorrow over the death
os the emperor, and declared therein that
"the feeling of reverence and the sympathy
with everything concerning the members of
the Imperial house, are, and remain with us,
lively, heartfelt, and deeply seated
In this city the StnatS Ieitung ho!shal the
stars and stripes and the German 60. IS at
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
It's q CurioussFact

That the body is now more susceptible to
benefit from medicine than at any other
season. Hence the Importance of taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla now, when it will do
you the most good 1t is really wonders
full for purifying and enriching the blood,
creating an appetite, and giving healthy
tone to the whole system. Be sure to
get Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar
to itself
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

The last quarterly meeting of the Y,
NJ. G. A, for this association year Will be
held at the rooms GU Tuesday evening
March 10. A members social will be
held at the same time, for which pleasant
features have been arranged A short
programme will include all business to be
done, All members should attend. The
social will begin at 1870 p. m, the busiS
ness occupying a half hour at some time
during the evening.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

Who of us are without trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when We are SIGH
and in pain. A hacking cough, sevcrk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price so cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

LAST HOURS OF THE KAISER.
He Finds Time To BE Tired" as the End
ApproaChes-His Last Words.


Approaches-His Last Words.
BERLIN March 1O-The last thirty six
hours Of the emperOr's life were of alternate
drowsiness, deirum and consciousness. By
times he would start cxCltedly and speak of
family OF political matters. Once he mis-
took Prince Bismarck for the crown prince,
and taking his hand pleaded with him to be
always kind To to- ear. Afterward he
recognized tho chancellor, and expressed
brokeny his satisfaction with the Austro-
German alliance About o'clock in the
morning he talked so much that the duchess
of Baden expressed fear that he would thus
tire himself The emperor said: Il have
time to be tired" Prince William
stood at the foot of the bed during
the emperor's last moments. The emperors
death agony was not great, and his face wore
a tranquil almost smiling expression. A few
minutes before he died he exclaimed Fritz,
dear Fritz Upon the receipt of the news
of the emperOr's death at San Reno the
crown princess rushed into the garden of the
royal villa weeping bitterly. Composing
herself she returned to the house and in
formed the crown prince, who Immediately
dispatched DR. Krause to Berlin to make ar
engagements for his return to the capital
The emperor left a personal fortune of
800, 10000 marks in cash. II is expected
that his funeral will take place on Thursday,
March Is General gloom prevails at Berlin,
and the sombreness is rendered more pro
found by the fact that it is raining in tor
rents.
The emperors body rests upon his iron
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

COPENHAGEN, March In the rigslag
Friday tho president referred to the death of
the German emperor, He snid although
to the Danish people painful recollcrtions are
associated with the name of the powerful SOW
creign who has just passed away, this will
not prevent us from duly recognizing "A man
of worldwide reputation, and it is to he
hoped that past wound, will b" healed by the
growing peaceful understanding between the
t,,r,, ,,uti,p.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

BROOKLYN, y. Y, March 10 Henry C.
Parker aged 81. a provision broker, and an
unknown man, aged about - years, were
found dead Friday in Parker's room at S5S
State street. Parker had come home with his
companion late Thursday night, both being
intoxicated, and on going to bed the men had
left the gas turned on and unlit They had
been suffocated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

WAsHINGToNCoURTHoU %, March I'D.
W. Ellis, treasurer of Perry township, Payette
county, has disappeared, and is a defaulter to
the amount of 5000 The trustees exam
ined his books and found him short, and he,
under promise to raise the money, came to
town and drew q balance of $500 in bank and
left. His bond is said to be worthless.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, March lot is well
understood here among the friends and in
Inmates of Governo:' Oglesby that he has tie
cided not to interfere with Mackin's sentence
The governor was halt willing to grant a
pardon after the fall election, but as that
would save Mackin only some seven or eight
months of his time it is considered aettled
that the sentence win stand without eXecu-
tive interpostiOn.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

PARIS, March lO.-lhe police Friday
seizcd a quantity of scundaous pacards re
hcctmg upon tic dead emperor, which We're
being sold by Street-hawkers on the boule-
ward The newspapers without exception de
uulncc the sellers of these offensive prints,
and demand their severe punishment HE
pres, comments on the death of the EN-! trur
are all disniGed in tone and unanimous in
nAnr...-inLls OF rngret
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

Boston, March l0-The score at the close
of the fifth day of the 72-hour walking match
was as follows: Cartwright, 1868; Guerrero,
S41; Hegelman, S2T-6: Day, 3l7-5; Taylor,
go; Collins, 2d2; Sullivan, 226-S; Cunning
ham, 294-4; Edwards, 1872; Cotter, 1925.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10

WASHINGTON CITY, March lO.-Allen o.
Myers, who ha, figured 50 cunspicuously us
a defendant in the tally-sheet forgery trials at
Columbus, o., and who is reported in that
city "missing," is here and says he will re
main some time
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-10
Reducing Expenses on the Panhandle

COLUMBUS, o., March l0.--Orders were re-
ceived at the Panhandle railroad shops here
TO reduce the number Of employees IL per
cent. The order went into effect Saturday,
and will throw about i25 men out Of employ
ment, affecting all the departments alike.