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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-01
Elegant Fancy Furniture
or all descriptions, for the Holiday Trade.
You all know how pleased the old folks
are at receiving An Easy Chair
On XMAS Morning.

The prices on these goods are in accord
with the reputation of the huuSe-the
lowest possible living price for first class
goods A big stock 10 select from
A large stock of sewing Machines AT
lass than others ask.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-01
5Harrird.

Married on the 25th nit. by Arthur Lockwood Fsd
Mr. lanes W. Tgrr Of Mlnllus ~ Mi-- Cora !. states
Of Miller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

The contentious of the Democratic
party In 1888 are so just that third parties
are continually urged into the vortex of
practical reform. They meet, but their
true path lies in the Jeffersonian high
way. Thomas jefferson was the best of
all reformers, and the St Louis conyen-
ton, forced by the president, confessed
its sins when 1t recanted from class gov
eminent and prepared for a return to the
charter of liberties which jefferson affixed
to the independence of America.
Whenever a third party meets, be it
IN the smallest or the largest hall, be it
town or state. trade or national, there
arises in its midst suggestion that its
aims are Jeffersonian, and that the Demo
cratic party has again become Jeffer-
sonian. The agitator, whose interest
lies In fomenting separate action, hears
TINS cry In sorrow, and has but to lament
the use of Democratic funds"
1t Is the same trouble for agitato-s,
whether they strive to make Labor I'm
Ion party Union Labor party, United
LABOR party, Or an American party. In
each assemblage are honest hearts who
see nope Tor better government in voting
tnis year for Cleveland The heaters on
the tomtom OF separate action have In all
cases 10 charge that Democratic campaign
money has done its insidious work It
mas not occurred to the disappointed
editors and orators to inquire WHY there
Is no high tariff money at hand.
Inc Dest fund Is the treasure of truth.
Inc money that buys an honest third
party man quickest is the coin Of ,,n,-i oht
am which passes current in public and
secret places, as the Blaine party will see
next NoVember.-Chicago Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
Growing More Fatal.
Daily Deaths of Yellow Fever
Reach Double Figures.
TEN FATAL GASES AT JACKSONVILLE

One Victim Only Sick Few Hours-For-
tv Six New Cases Reported in Twenty
Four Hours Con ributions Begin to
Come in-Some Liberal Subscriptions
Indignation at Surgeon General Hsmil-
ton-What He Says-A Dreadful Dis
covery-Sudden Death in Indiana.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. THE num-
Der OF new cases reported for the twenty
four hours ended at 6 o'clock last evening
was fortysix; DEATHS ten, as follows: Miss
Pauline Wolf, Miss Charlotte Mouanberger,
P. A Lorrimer, Edward Lucas, Charles A.
Peterson ian infant, F. Sanders IA German
tailor, Miss CASTILLO, Richard Mulroy, Miss
Nellie Herrick AMI Arthur King. Mr.. Null
roy was taken sick yesterday morning and
died IN few hours. Total cases to date,
434; deaths, 81 The announcement that
some patients died Wednesday night for lack
of skillful nurses caused great depression.
The board of health was authorized to send
to New Orleans for more nurses. Yesterday
was a gloomy day for the people here. Rev
Mr. Sharp, of the NJ f. church, his wife and
child are recovering.
Liberal responses have been received to the
appeal for aid, among the contributors being
II. NJ. Flagler, 81, 900: Savannah Benevolent
association, 1000; Equitable Life associa-
ton OF New York, 100
DR.. Frank Il. Caldwell of Sanford, has
come here, and will have charge of st. Luke's
hospital. 1t is hoped that other acclimated
physicians will come, as medical aid is sorely
needed.
Hospital facilities are being enlarged The
Indignation against Surgeon General Hamil-
ton, who is held responsible for people being
Gagged up here to die, is growing more bitter.
/ DepOpulaliug a city is all very well in the
! DRY, but it doesn't work as well as expected
/ in practice. The special committee in charge
of this work has completed one days work,
and reports total of some 5000 names
men, women and children. Of these the
great majority so far prefer home while
many say they will go if it is absolutely nee
essary. 1t is somewhat amusing to look
over the reports and note the choice of the
people under the head OF remarks. There are
three choices offered Nashville Atlanta or
Camp Perry. Here are some of the answers
given: "Won't 60" Prefer to stay here
Camp life don't agree with me- Am not
a refugee" "Will go if absolutely necessary,
"When can return "Will remain" "Wl
go on a vestibule train" "WilI go to Cincin
natl" Eyes if you'll send me to New York,
and so on.
Probably of the 500 three-quartars Of
them would prefer to remain, judging by
their answers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

ranged, however, to give him a ride in
Central park, but the weather was So cold
that this part of it was abandoned. The
Fifth avenue hotel has been crowded all
day with prominent politicians and
leading merchants anxious to meet
Judge Thurman. The police arrange-
ments however were perfect and no one
could get near him. At the foot of the
main stairway in the hotel were two big
policemen and squad of eight more
were scattered around the lower floor of
the hotel and outside TO preserve order.
Judge Thurman has been busy all the
afternoon preparing his speech. At
about half past he was however, taken
with severe attack of indigestion,
which malady he Is subject to. The at
tack was followed by severe vomiting,
and it was at one time thought that he
would not be able to appear at the meet
ing tonight. He however said he was
all right and though he did not feel
strong enough to make an extensive
speech, yet he would go and say some
thing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
CONDENSED NEWS.

The production of the 100000 acres of
cotton in Texas is SEQ, 800 bales
The village of Jennings, La, has lost near
ly all of its business places by fire.
A "A, 900 foot peak in the Rocky mountains
Colorado section, has been named Mt. Sheri.
dan,
Lester Wallack, the veteran American
actor died Thursday at Stamford, Conn He
was s. years Old
Professor Dodge, of the department Of ag-
riculture, estimates the spring wheat crop
at 179, OO0, 600 bushels
Killing frosts fell Wednesday night in Yer
mont, New Hampshire, portions of Rhode
Island, and New York. Crops were greatly
damaged.
The Western Theological seminary was
opened at Holland, Mich, THURSDAY. The
institution is supported by the Reformed
Church of America.
The houses formerly occupied by evicted
tenants on the Clanricarde estates in Ireland
have been torn down by the landlords order
Some of the houses were owned by the ten
ants
Judge Ney, at Waterloo. Ia, has decided
that under the state prohibitory law, a per-
son can not legally manufacture cider for
his own family use, and declares it the duty
of the grand jury to indict any person doing
so.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

1=neT Financial Chronicle publishes an es-
say on the merits and dement's of trusts.
with the result of concluding that their
faults are merely incidental and pardon
able, while their merits in many respects
are incontestable and important
These conclusions are wholly untens-
BILE. Their faults are always of over
whelming potency for evil, and their mer-
its are nil. The essence Of them all is
deadly hostility to the great balancing
principle of all the economies of trade and
industry - competition Competition in
its natural, unhampered condition is ire
sistible in regulating both production and
prices When there is merely plenty
competition does not endauger reasonable
profits. When there is plethora compe-
tition imposes the penalty of loss and re-
duces the supply as it should Free,
: equal. honest, beneficial trade conditions
cannot exist without healthy competition.
1t is this which the trusts are all created
to destroy.
The Financial Chronicle goes to the in.
sane extreme OF mentioning the Standard
Oil company as an example Of the salutary
work they may accomplish in preventing
extreme fluctuations. The public would
perhaps prefer HucrlA'lpliS TO the neceS-
sity of buying an important commodity
from IL monopoly which EFFORTS profits of
800 per cent. and collects in few years
100000 0O0 largely from the industries
of the poor. Trust agents and tributaries
sell their oils at l. to IS cents when
the crude oil costs them about
cent, and the by products of dis
tillation help materially to pay the
cost. An article which gushes infinitely
more freely from many thousand acres of
the earth's surface than the work of arte-
sian wells, if it had been left to free COM
petition would probably be making today
good profits if retailed at to cents a
gallon. This is a striking Illustration Of
the genius of the trust to ball and par
alyze the natural evolution of economic
results. Here is an agency which ought
to be powerful and cheap generator OF
power in an immense variety of indus
tries for the benefit of the people, har.
messed to the chariot Of single monop.
oily and denied its general legitimate uses
by charges which made $3.50 900 900 IN
twenty five years for one little concern
among 60000,000 people - Louisville
Courier-Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
MERRIAM DEFEATS M'GlLL.
The Ticket Put Up by Minnesota Repub-
licans--Points from the Platform.

The Ticket Put Up by Minnesota Repub-
licans-Points from the Platform.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. THE Repub-
lican state convention got to work again yes
terday, and the first business attended to was
the reading of the platform 1t ratifies the
nominations of the Chicago convention, and
favors protection of American Industries. On
the tariff it adheres to the repeated declara-
ton of state and national platforms in favor
of the modification, readjustment and reduc-
ton of the tariff, and reiterates the views of
the Republican presidents, Garfield and Ar
thur, upon the same subject, as well as the
recommendations of the commission appoint
ed under the last Republican administra-
ton. 1t declares that all measures of tariff
adjustment should be framed and conceived
in a cautious and conservative spirit so as
not to disturb or impair interests which
have grown up under existing revenue
laws, and as far as possible to relieve
the people from unnecessary taxation upon
articles which do not enter into competition
with American industry That in every such
measure of revision regard should be had to
snch adjustment of the revenue among the
varirus articles subject to taxation, as, while
providing adequately for the support of the
government, will afford sufficient protec-
ton to those industries which can be profita-
bly, pursued in this country, and which re-
quire protection against foreign competition,
and as far as practicable place on the free
list articles of prime necessity which enter
into the ordinary consumption of the people
1t declares its belief that these measures
can best be conducted under the auspices of
| Rapuhliaap administration in
as in the past
The high license system is approved as the
best means of dealing with the liquor ques-
| ton, and the regulation of railways by
statute is endorsed good word is given
| for Irish home rule. and Gladstone is eulo-
gizsd. The platform is long, and on all the
issues takes strong Republican ground. 1t
| was adopted unanimously.
Coming to the nomination of a state
ticket Chief Justice James Gilfilan as As
sociate Justice L. W. Collins were renomi-
mated by reclamation for the supreme court
and then McGill, Scheffer and Merriam
were nominated for gov nor, the speeches
occupying some time Two ballots were
taken, McGill and Merriam leading in both.
the latter having l6l and the former las in the
last ballot. recess to 3 p. IN was then
voted
Upon reassembling balloting proceeded
until the sixth, when Merriam received 81
votes and the nomination. The ticket wa,
speedily completed and is as follows: Gov
ernor, William R Merriam; lieutenant gov
ernor, A E. Rice; secretary OF state Han,
Msttson treasurer, Joseph Bobeleter; attor
ney general, Moses E. Clapp; chief justice
James GiIfillan; associate justice, L. W. Col
Inns. All the nominations except that o
governor were made by acclamotion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

Prof R. P. Porter maintains that the
average duty of AZ per cent retained in
Mills bill is secured by the high ad vol
orem on sugar, rice, tobacco and liquors,
and that in the great body of the sched>
ules it is "free trade" measure.
There is nothing like the official figures
TO fiatten falsehood like this. The fol-
lowing table, prepared in the treasury
bureau of statistics, shows the average ad
yalorem rate of all the present duties in
all the schedule revised Che Injuries OF
foreign tobacco, liquors and silk not being
disturbed) together with the rate pros
posed in the Mills bill and the amount OF
decrease;
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

3RAEDFATHER's GHOST.

GRAFDFATHERs GHOST.
Oh spookl
Of William Henry Har.ri-sonl
Look down and watch this contest that we now
are entering on.
Some eight-and-forty years ago you left this
naughty earth,
Exhausted by the horde of Wings who clamored
for berth.
The yeomen that have hurrahed for you have
passed away since then;
A crowd of quite another sort support your
grandson Ben.
hut of logs,
Coon skins and dogs
These were your emblens plain.
Your spookship sees
That none of these ;
Will do for this campaign.
spook!
OF William Henry Harrison!
Look well at him who bears your name, and see
what he has done,
You went against the Indians, and fought them
brave and well;
But what greet deeds your grandson did we'd
like to hear you tell.
They sent him to the senate once in memory Of
you,
And there he helped the Chinaman, and boosted
Of 1t. too
In fact, you see,
The G. o. p.
Was short of able men;
When Jimmy Blaine
Declined again,
They had to put up Ben.
0spook
or William Henry Harri-soni
Look down about November next, and see which
side has won
The party that has put up Ben and calls fol
whisky free,
Or Cleveland and the Roman, with the old De
| mocracy.
| There's ''fellow down in Wall street" who vii
give the needed cash,
But your grandson has platform that is bount
| to go to smash.
The people cast
| Their votes at last;
If you will look down then,
| II seems to me
| That you will see
| They don't want little Ben.
| San Francisco Examiner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
DELINQUENT TAX LIST

O ndand
Rock Island and state OF aos
ssait real property @
blythe esof sad e
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Z. 1888.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
COUNTY.

THEY have heard over in England, OF
the passage of the Mills bill, and are al.
ready raising the price of articles placed
on the free list by that measure. II mat
bill does become law, we may expect
wool to soon advance in that country, as
tin has already done Thus the Ameri>
can manufacturer would then have to pay
as much if not more for his wool than he
did before, wooden clothing, as a conse-
quence, would be higher than ever, the
American producer would be impover>
ished, while nobody benefited except the
wool growers of the Argentine Republic,
Australia and other foreign countries.
Rockford Gazette.
Well, if the price of foreign wool is to
be advanced to an extent equivalent TO
the tariff tax removed, then what becomes
of the cry that American wool growers
2 will be ruined by the passage OF the Mills
bmR viii they not then have as good an
opportunity to sell their wool in compe'
tition with the foreign product as they DC
uow2
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. The concur
rent resolution introduced in the house by
Oates providing for an adjournment on
Sept ~ was talked over yesterday morning
with some interest by members While
Democrats were not lacking who were favor.
ably disposed toward the resolution, and
many others privately hoped that an ad.
journmen mt might be reached this month,
Mills seemed to express the opinion of the
majority when he said that he was opposed
to sending an adjournment resolution over to
the senate before that body had shown its in
tentions toward the tariff.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

1t was rather cruel on the part of The
New York Star on the very day of the
great Jimboree to republish certain edi-
torials contributed few years ago by the
now eminent Blainiac, Mr.. Patrick Ford.
Among other pleasant and sprightly things
Mr.. Ford said; Mr.. Blaine is reported as
having presidential aspirations. AS Mr.,
Blaine is thorough demagogue he thinks.
perhaps. that he may succeed in winning
some IrishAmerican votes by figuring as
one of the orators at St Patrick night
banquet. He forgets that his presence at
such meeting, after what he has done,
is an insult to every intelligent irishman
present" OF course Mr.. Ford has changed
his mind for reasons best known to Mr..
Ford But afteral wasn't Mr. Ford about
nine-tenths right when he sized up Mr..
Blaine at the time of his presidential
aspirations Kansas City Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
OUT OF DOOR ADJUSTMENTS.
The Base Ball ScOres-Trotting and Run
ming Races-Ricycie Time.

The Base Ball Scores-Trotting and Run
ming Raees-BicycIe Time.
CHICAGO, Sept Chicago took another
tumble before the Detroit sluggers yesterday,
notwithstanding that Krock pitched. League
scores were: At Chicago-Chicago 2, Detroit
S; at indianapolis Indianapolis s, Pittsburg
Eight innings.
Western association: At Kansas City
Kansas City Is, Davenport 4; at Des Moines
-Des Moines II, Milwaukee 5-seven
innings; at Omaha-Omaha Z, Ma
Rooms l0-seven innings. The Maroons
were anxious TO catch the train for
Des Moines, and Capt Hengle said he would
rather make the Omahas present OF the
game than miss the train. Umpire Quest
called the game and awarded it to the Oma-
has by a score of 3 too
American association: At Baltimore
Baltimore 3, St Louis =; at Philadelphia
Athletics 4, Kansas City 3; at Cleveland
Cleveland 8 Cincinnati 2
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
THE OLD ROMAN TODAY.
Receiving His Friends and His Condition
Not at all Alarming

hcCciNiHE his Il Eichus nhu Ahis SohuitiOh
Not at all Alarming.
NEW YORK, Sept. THE Old Roman
is not an early riser under ordinary cir
cumstances, and he usually does not get
up before ii o'clock, but today he got
up before 10. A short time after rising
his son. Allen w., and his grandson,
Allen G., called upon him. They then
had breakfast. Judge Thurman today
received very few callers, and only those
who were among his own personal
friends or prominent members of the
democratic national committee. Among
those who called were the Hon. s. L. NJ.
Barlow, Gen. Fullerton, of st. Louis,
Augustus Belmont, W. W. Armstrong,
editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and
Mr. N. Hill Fowler. The newspaper men
buzzed around his apartments like bees,
but he refused to see any of them on the
ground-that he desired to become per
fectly rested for tonight's speech. When
asked today how he felt, be replied
"You can see for yourself; am not only
looking well, but feel so, too. My
hoarseness Is all gone and / am able for
tonight's emergency. STILL. however
have to be careful, and have determined
to remain in doors all day" They ar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

COLUMBUS, o, Sept Pioneer Day at
the Ohio centennial proved TO be most inter
esting, and was highly enjoyed by the old
folks Nothing could he more entertaining
to old and young than the appearance on the
stage of the old fogy singing class of
Logan county. Their rendition Of old time
songs, the peculiar time, beat by each mem
Der of the class, won the applause of all
Especially was this the case when the class
sang Fifty Years Ago" which told of the
girls taking music lessons on the spinning
wheel and the men wearing breeches Of tow.
A number of speeches were made and a
poem was read
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
HE. MARKET
Chicago.

NhlGAfu. sept o
Board Of ale qunia ions to-day were as fol
lows: Wheat SEPTEMBER. oiened and closed
92asc; October opened and closed llc: Decem-
Der opened and closed 93lsc. Corn-Septem
Der, opened $3.50, closed 4las-a4c; October
opened and closed, +ilsc; November opened
495sc- closed 4}c. pats-Septenber, opened and
closed 24lSc; october opened ,4lsc closed
24l4 NC; November opened ard closed 24lsc
Pork-October, opened Sl41. closed Sl430:
year, opened $3.50, closed SIZES; January.
opened Sl3.72lS, closed SlS.77ls. Lard-October.
opened s975 closed sassy.
Live Stock-The Union stock yards reports the
following range of prices: Hogs-Market opened
active and prices steady for best grades; light
grades dull: light grades, s57SG6SO: rough
packing, s5.s5G6,0h; mixed lots, sG054645;
heavy packing aud shipping lots, Sc 1o966S
Cattie-Steady; good TO choice beeves, $500
6,25; poor to medium, S350G5oO; cows. 81 .50l
3.1O stockers and feeders, S20013 %; Texas and
Indian steers, 81 55ig3.75. Sheep-Stesdy; na
tives. sS.OOG435; westerns. s3ljg $50; Tex
ans, S260DSG1; lambs, 81 a5G550
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery 2lf
&c per ID; fancy dairy, 1ais q lac packing stock
l0Gllc. Eggs-Stricty fresh l5bl5tsc per doZ
Potatoes-s1 35Gl-5D per Dbl Poultry Spring
chickens TO- per 10 old hens. 9lsc: roosters 5St
5lsc; turkeys Zoe Apples, Sl756Gs.75 per Dbl
Berries Blaes berries, '5clLS y per 16qt. case
blueberrIes, .5cG 81 10 per l2-qt case.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
A TOTAL ECLIPSE.

Visible throughout the United States
during August, September and October,
1888.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

NEW YORK, Sept. lit has just leaked
out that James Redpath, of Aboltionist
fame, and now editor of The North Amer
lean Review, was married on Saturday last
to Mrs Chorpenning, the widow of Maj
Chorpenning The lady is well known in
Washington society. Mrs. Chorpenning at
tended her present husband during recent
severe illness, and it is said that her careful
nursing alone brought him through.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. THE fastest
time of the trotting meeting at Charter Oak
park was made yesterday by j. b. Richard
son-2:l7I3. He won the race. In the 2:2O
pacing race for "a 800, Emma won the only
heat paced, making the mile in 2:l615, and
lowering her record 334 seconds.
DETROIT. Sept Z. The great event at the
Driving park yesterday was the trot between
Prince Wilkes and Patron The former won
the two first heats in 2:lsi9 and 2:l519.
Wilkes however, won the race, his best time
being 2:l61E. There was no other notable