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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
DRUM ON THE MILITIA,


A Gratifying Increase in Number and
Organization of the Citizen Soldiery.
WASHINGTON CRY, Nov 10-In bis an
nual report Adjt Gen. Drum makes state
ment OF the details made of regular army
officers to inspect state militia encampments
and the reports of these inspecting officers.
Upon this subject he says:
The presence at the several state encampments
of members of over sixty regiments, ten indie
pendent Dsttalons and twenty troops of cavalry
batteries Of artillery, representing from 70 to
% per cent of the total strength of those organ
izations, evidently marked interest and steadily
increasing appreciation of the value of well
regulated militia as the main reliance of free
people for national defense. The regularly or
ganized and uniformed active militia of the
several states, which, in 1885, aggregated 81 739,
reached o. ia in 1886 increased to 100 S37 in the
following year, and July 2, 1888, represented an
available force of 106.S14 men.
careful perusal OF the reports leads me to
make the following remarks and suggestions:
The personnel OF the inspected organizations is
excellent and no better material could be found
anywhere to make good soldiers The officers
are generally intelligent and fairly up in tactical
knowledge, while a general desire is shown TO
learn. Drill and discipline is generally fair, in
some instances excellent; arms and equipments,
uniform pattern-a very serious defect with re-
gard to arms, but which it is confidently expected
| will be remedied in the near future consequent
on the largely increased appropriations by con-
| gress. Much attention should be given to com
pany and battalion skirmish drills obviously i'm
practicable except at camps as, while movements
| in masses will of course, be always required in
active service beyond the range of musketry, the
battles of the future will be fought necessarily in
| open order formation.
| For the greater comfort of the men in drilling
and marching, it would be well if a suitable shoe
| of uniform pattern. were made part of the equip
| ment, to be worn only when on military service
Instruction in military signaling should be made
part of the education of the troops A knowl
| edge of the code and use of the flag is easy OF
| attainment, and the instruction of a small squad
say two non-commissioned officers and four pri
vates-in each company would prove of much
practical advantage In small encampments it Is
suggested that two guards mounting daily
twelve hours EACH you'd afford greater oppor
tunity for instruction in this important duty
With view to the troops in camps receiving thu
largest measure of benefit from the presence
thereat of officers Of the regular army as instrue
| tors beg to recommend that for large encamp
ments future details provide one officer TO act a.
assistant adiutant general to the command, AMI
one to each regiment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
Dreadful Disasters.
An Awful Record of Human
Life Sacrificed.
UNDERGROUND HORROR IN KANSAS
Of $50 Miners All but Two Killed by an
Explosion That Shook the Ground
Like an Earthquake.
Bereaved Women Congregate Around the
Pit and Impiore the Liv-
Ing to Go to the Rescue
OF the Dead.

All Attempts to Descend the Shaft in Vain
Because OF Foul Gas-An Unknown Num-
Der of Victims of a Fire at Rochester. N.
Y.-Fiye Certainly Dead and Many Wound
ed and Missing Unfortunates Become
Panie-StTuck and Forget the Fire-Escapes
"A Score of Miners Drowned in Europe
Other Fatal Accidents.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov 10-A special
from Pittsburg, Kan, says:
"The most dreadful disaster in the history
of Kansas occurred at O'Clock last evening.
when the men were preparing to leave their
work at shaft No. at Frontenac, a suburb
of Pittshurg, terrible explosion occurred
that shook the earth for great distance.
Upon Investigation it was found that 100
men were in the mine at the time, liz feet
below the surface. and undoubtedly all Of
them are dead. Two men who were in the
car coming up, and were near the top, were
the only men who aped
Big fires were built near the mouth of the
pit, and beside these blazing piles the women
placed their children while they themselves
tried by all kinds of entreaties to induce the
miners from the other shafts to
enter the pit and rescue their rela-
tives One rescuing party started down
the shaft at Z O'Clock, but was forced
to turn back owing to the foul air. Another
attempt was made at O'Clock, but the
plucky rescuers were again forced to aban-
don their work. They could hear no sound
from the chambers below, and this leads
old miners to believe that all the men in the
shaft have persisted. Other attempts will be
made to reach the entombed men.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
|ItIsStraggggIing Along.
The Vote in West Virginia and
California.
INCOMPLETE RETURNS FROM BOTH

Indicate That the Republicans Garry the
Former and Are Certain of the Latter
-Indisna About 2 500 for Harrison,
but Only Three Republicans Elected to
Congress-Talking of Inauguration Ar
rangements-Jehu Baker Beaten-Fifer's
Plurality carlisle Confidential Chicago
Editor Makes an Early Nomination for
1s9a-General Political News. -
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l0-When the official
figures of Indiana's election are obtainable
they will give the Republican electoral ticket
not less than $500 plurality. This is con-
ceded by the Democrats, but review of the
official returns may. by the corrections of
errors, add somewhat to this plurality.
Wayne and Randolph give the largest Re-
publican najorities, while Allen, of course,
ranks highest in the Democratic column.
There is but little variation in the figures on
the state ticket from the vote for electors,
aud therefore the entire Republican state
ticket is elected, but the Democrats have
both houses of the general assembly and all
but three congressman. 1t will be some days
before the returns are all in the hands of the
secretary Of state, and until then the ALSO
lutte official vote can not lie given The can
vass of the Marion county vote was com
plet'd yesterday, giving the Cleveland elect
ors SIS plurality
Gen. Harrison is again called upon to
meet delegations, two of them having al
| ready come to see him Besides these he has
| quite a number of visitors, but not so many
as followed his nomination. Congratulatory
kilograms, however, continue to come to
him from all parts of the country, the num-
Der now running well along into the thous'
ands They are signed by those OF national
| prominence and state distinction, and many
are sent by people influential in their own
circles, but whose names seldom get beyond
their home districts. Yesterday committee
of the Cincinnati Commercial club came
here to invite the general to attend their an
nual dinner.
Among the notable kilograms received
yesterday are those from the Selgmans,
Senators E1munds Hoar and Sawyer, the
sons of ex-President Garfield, John A.
Logan, Jr., Andrew Carnegie, George NJ.
| Pullman, David Swing, ex-Secretary or
State Fish and one from Pomona, Cal,
signed COMMITTEE The latter conveyed
congratulations from "the home of Murchi
| son "
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
sAussuRYs AFTER DINNER SPEECH.


He Makes a short Reference to Uncle Sam
European situation.
LONDON, Nov. lO.-Lord Salisbury. speak
ing at the Guild hall last night, on the &C.
casion OF the lord mayors banquet, said be
was prepared to deny that the government
yielded to its opponents on any question OF
policy. 1t had never been more confident Of
the advancement Of its policy, and he hon.
estly believed that that policy could be exc
cuted. England, he said, had perhaps
noticed the popular institutions which ex-
listed westward. The events in America
would add more to the history Of election
eering than to the history Of politics
Laughter If there was any complaint
against the statesmen at Washington it did
not involve the two nations since the action
of the Washington statesmen had not ap-
parently been commended by or received
the approval OF the American people.
The government had done much, he said,
to restore the financial equi brium in Egypt,
but the security of the frontier WAS still I'M
achieved Five great powers maintained
| 1900, go of armed men. That fact did moi
suggest that England ought to diminish her
| confidence in the maintenance OF peace, but
amid such preparations England must not
remain unprepared-
| II Englands commercial community felt
that Englani's power to protect them was
/ insufficient, their terror thereat would cause
greater loss to the country than would any
expenditure to maintain confidence.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

A circulating medium-blood
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

IT is better to perish with a cause than
10 triumph without one.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

CHICAGO, Nov. 10-Aecording to the re-
turns thus far received by the Republican
committee Illinois has declared for Private
Joe" Fifer by a plurality of 1862 votes.
Three counties, Harden, Fayette, and Blu
reau, are yet to be heard from Should
they return tie prop rtionste majorities of
1884, and it is expected that they will do so,
the plurality OF the u4xt governor of niino is
Will exceed "A, 000 These returns are sub
iect to correction as all of them are not off
cial But the committee feels confident
that whatever alteration is made will affect
the above plurality to a very small de-
gree
The Herald comedies plurality of 1900
to Fifer A telegram from Springfield says
Democrats who bet against 1880 are pay.
ing their bets
Forman, Dem, beats Baker, Rep, for con
gress in the Eighteenth district by II votes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10


AS for the past Twelve wears the presi-
dental election hinged upon the state OF
New York. New York went republican,
and Cleveland has been defeated. The
democrat re, OF course greatly cast
down, the more so, perhaps, because they
have been fed upon extTsvagsnt promises
BY the leaders for many months past
which were unwarrsnted by the situation.
That there were good grounds for expect
ing New York to again cast her electoral
vote for Grover Cleveland is true, but it is
equally true that it was by no means the
almost absolute certainty that tie party
at large was led to expect. Whv, four
years ago Cievelsnd's plurality in the
state was only l047 and he was then op>
posed by candidate whose reputation
for integrity was so poor that thousands
of his party refused to support him.
For the first time the question of tariff
reform was made the dominating issue OF
the CANVASS. 1t therefore became neces
sary to incur the hostility of interests thai
have fattened and became powerful I'm
der our outrageous tariff laws. II is mo-
at all strange that these trusts and mo
nopoljes succeeded IN converting th.
thousand plurality for Cleveland INTO
meager one for his opponent 1t is sell
dom, II ever, that movement to right ,
public wrong or change bad govern
ments. policy is successful al the first at.
tempt
II may well be doubted. too, whethe
the possession of patronage has not prov
en- an obstacle to the success of the de
mocracy rather than an advantage. AL
over New York were found men who bat
stood by the party through evil an,
through good report, and who. when tn
first democratic administration in QUAR-
ter of century came INTO power, foun
themselves entirely ignored. Not tina
these men all or the greater part of ther
desired offices for themselves, but the
felt that they were at least entitled to b
occasionally consulted in the Distribute
OF the patronage. Instead they foun
themselves supplanted in the favor # til
administration by men of com srs "
recent party standing. The lack of en-
thusiasm on the part of the wheelhorse
OF democracy doubtless contribute
something to the result.
Looking TO the future, however, the,
is no cause for encouragement. In lii
nois and other western states large gain
have been made. Even in the east
larger democratic vote was cast than eve
before, and, although defeated. the part
Is evidently glowing and throbbing wit
vitality. The democracy has espoused
cause that must and will triumph befol
many years because it is just. The seet
OF tariff reform have been sown and I'll
harvest is sure.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
CONDENSED NEWS.

Under the state law of Michigan no duelist
can cast vote
An official bulletin states that the king Of
Holland has almost recovered.
Natural gas has been struck at Columbus,
Ind. Other wells will be put down at once.
Frank Turner, confined in the Jail at
Springfield, Mass. hanged himself FRIDAY
night.
The latest woman's club is New York Or
ganization 1t is called the Kindly cub, and
its object is the suppression OF -evh spelk-
ing, lying and slandering."
Sanford & Sons carpet-mills at Amster-
dam, N Y, which have been shut down
lately, will resume operations on Monday
Two thousand persons are employed in the
mills
Business failures during the seven days
ended Friday number for the United States
1884, Canada 81. total Z26; as compared with
275 last week, and 2I5 corresponding week OF
last year.
About Il q. m Friday, Cincinnati was
suddenly envelopeG in utter darkness for ten
minutes by the wind su idenly shifting and
packing clouds of smoke into the hollow il
which The cily IS located.
While the proprietors of Cardes Bros.
hardware store at Seymour, Ind, were at
tending Republican Publication on Thurs
day night. burglars entered the place and
stole quantity of the most valuable goods
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
BENJAMIN HARRISON.


CINCINNATI, O., Nov. l0.-Referring to
the published rumor that a large number of
votes cast for Speaker Carlisle would
be thrown cut on account Of some irregu-
larity in the form of the tickets used Mr.
Carlisle SAYS:
1t is absuId. could have my tickets printed
on diamond, triangular, or round pieces of paper,
II so desired. You could go and vote on an
open ballot and could not be thrown out. have
no fear; there is nothing in the rumor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

CHICAGO Nov. 10-Judge Horton rem
dered dicision in the j. L. Reagan Printing
company case yesterday morning, finding
that twelve judgments aggregatiug s64,-
309.s confessed by the Reagan company
Oct. 27 and rs, 1887, to j. ]. West, the Union
Trust company, and Carlton Prouty are
valid and subsisting liens on the assets of the
company and must be satisfied before other
creditors who hold no Judgment notes are
paid their claims Creditors for over $40
O0O will have about $4,000 to Salty their
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. lO-Hon. John
A. King, Of New York, in a talk about Hill
as the next presidential candidate, said: He
has allied himself with the liquor element
The brewers in Chicago and elsewhere out
side of New York contributed to his cleo,
ton. We ask nothing better than that the
Democrats should put up Mr. Hill in 1899.
We would settle the liquor question then
Just as we have settled the tariff question
this time
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
The Indiana Cainphf. N.

m, Indianapolis SeLtinel.
Inc democracy of Indiana are defeated.
ou' tney nave no reason to blush for their
uereat' They have made gallant fight
against large odds, and though their OPP
ponents have won temporary victory,
.neir lines are Y16rc zen srt heir resolu,
uoh unshsfs% They sl. camp on the
SpsxHeid, and be ready for the renewal
q the contest for honest government and
reduced taxation.
The fact that the republican candidate
was Of this state has been tower of
strength to the opposition. We do not
mean that state pride" helped them. We
do not believe that argument WAS OF any
weight. But we do know fhl' hundreds
of republicans from expect SOS Of Il
or other favor from the administration,
have shown a personal interest in the
campaign that WAS never seen here before
This has made a hundred active workers
where there would have been one natural>
ss' 1t has promoted organization and
produced hard work on minute details.
When Mr.. Harrison is iuaugurated, and
has made the clean sweep of democratic
office holders which republicans expect
him to make-when it is found that not
one in fifty who expect office will get it.
there will not be so much enthusiasm as
there is now.
The free use of money by republicans
in this state is the chief secret of the re-
suit. Enough information has been res
ceived already to show that the Dudley
scheme was carried into effect generally
through the state. The trusted men
were on hand with the necessary funds
and the blocks of five" were duly voted.
We think that there is enough evidence
to make the conviction of several of these
scoundrels certain, and we hope to see
them securely behind the bars.
Under the circumstances the party may
congratulate itself that it came through
as well as it did. Is management has
been excellent. Chairman Jewett has
done all that any man could do, and has
left nothing undone that could be asked
or Xnectel He closes the campaign
via fh ri lf1euce of the party in
N.-t -er' 81, capacity for the posi-
% Nir. Sheerin. as resi-.
dent ~ - If the national Gem
miItee, has been valuable assistant in
the WORK. Tire various reports of dis
sensions between him and Mr.. Jewett,
which have been circulated by republic
cans are pure fabrications. They have
been in entire harmony throughout the
campaign, and their work has been effect
i've. No shade of fault can be thrown on
either of them for the result. We give
the management our hearty cOmmends-
ton, and hope to see it guide the party
TO success in the next campaign.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
THEY BOTH CLAIM 1T,
But the Republicans Seem to Have West
Nircinia.

Virginia
WHEELING. ". Va, Nov. 10-At Demo-
cratic headquarters at O'Clock last evening,
the election Of Fleming. Democrat, for gov.
ernor was claimed by $50 They conceded
the legislature to the Republicans by one
majority The senate is Republican by two
votes, and the house is one Democratic At
kinson, Republican, in the First, and Smith,
Republican, in the Third, are elected by less
than loo each. The Second and Fourth dis
tricts are still in doubt, and in each the ma
jority either way will be less than 100 The
Republicans claim the state. all four con-
gressmen, and the legislature by five on
joint ballot.
Forty counties polling 49, 6s votes for
president in 1884, show a net Republican
gain of 4,04i The remaining fourteen
counties polling 16, $50 votes will at the same
ratio of gains give the Republicans gain of
799, making a total net gain in the state of
4, S45, which would give the state to the Re-
publicans by ga ma jority. Indications are
that Atkinson, Flick and Smith, Rapub-
licans, are elected, respectively, in the First,
Second and Fourth congressional districts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l0.-There have
thus far been canvassed 222 PSI votes, in
GLIDING al but nine precincts in this city
l, 123 out of l so outside precincts, the re-
suit being: Harrison. ll2,S76; Cleveland,
1O4, 6l5; Fisk, 1859; Curtis, l,0S2 McKenna
and Vandever, Republicans, are elected in
the Third and Sixth congressional districts;
Morrow, Rep, in the Fourth and Biggs
Dem, in the Second. The First and Fifth
are uncertain, the chances seeming in favor
of Dehaven. Rep, in the First and Clunie
Dem, in the Fifth. Cleveland's plurality il
this city is over 200, but the Republicans
elect the sheriff, tax collector, county clerk
and probably one supervisor and three
school directors.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
WNNiT DO LIZ ANY MORE,
Steve Brodie Breaks the Record at Bridge
Jumping aud Also Three Ribs.


jumping aud Also Three Ribs.
NEW YORK, Nov l0-Steve Brodie
jumped OF the Poughkeepsie bridge yester-
day morning into the Hudson river. He
broke three ribs in hrs fall. Brodie jumped
for a wager OF 500 and medal He ar
rived here at noon. ITS M last jump"
moaned Brodie. an never jump again. 1t
don't pay and | wouldn't have done it this
time if bad taken my wife's advice She's
a good wife and | have made fool Of my
self"
Brode was not badly hurt He was able
to walk out last evening, and will be all
right in a few days The distancs to the
water was 2l2 feet
II told Brodie," said Richard Fox, shat |
would present him with handsome gold
medal If he would be successful in making
the record as the highes;-bridge jumper II
he has done as reported this morning he has
jumped at least 2lz feet, and has broken the
record by at least fifty feet Broiie is a
regular daredevil, and l don't believe he
would hesitate to make any kind of jump.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
Erolution of Elaine on Trusts.

All the Democratic and independent
journals are on broad grin over Mr..
Blaine's turn about and-wheel- about
and-doJist-so" attitudes anent the trusts
issue. The following extract from The
Springfield Republican strikes about the
average spirit of these comments:
! Mr.. BlaiQe's third speech on trusts
establishes ahiId distinctive idea which
he entertaips on that subject First he
considered them largely privute affairs;
next largely state affairs and now they
are peculiarly Democratic affnirs These
successive steps In the evolution Of an
opinion photograph the exigencies of the
campaign"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

lady said to clerk in large grocery store You have
idea how ordinary soap wasted The let it in
the bottoms of the washub dshpans and scrubbingpa
when the poured Off the soap has the consistency mu
and bar be taken from the box If the soap would only
float they would it and take out Of the when they
through with it.
The "IvoRy Soap floats, replied tn clerk Oh will float
and the Ivory Soar made of oils and per cent
pure a matter Of course il will float
A WORD OF WARNING.
There many white soaps each represented just good the Ivory
they ARE NOT but Ike all ountee lack The peculiar and remarkable qualities Of
he genuine Ask for Ivory" Soap ard insist upon getting Il
Copyright by Proctor Gamble
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

TAHLEoUAH, l. T., Nov. 1o,-The annual
session of the national council of the Chero.
kee nation opened here Thursday. In his
message TO the council the Hon H. B May,
the principal chief, stated that, besides the
schools maintained by the Congregation
alist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Cumberland
Presbyterian churches, the nation had l0(
common schools. with a total pupilage OF
4,04y, and average attendance of 2,4S6; a
boys high school with an aggregate of oil
and an average of 1856 pupils; female sem
mary, which was nearly finished, and which
could accommodate us students, and ar
orphan asylum containing As children.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10
The Population Of Rock Island

Is about 10000, and we should say at
least one half are troubled with some af-
lection Of the throat and lungs, as those
complaints are. according to statistics,
more numerous than others. We would
advise all our readers not to neglect the
opportunity to call on their druggist and
get bottle of Kemp's balsam for the
throat and lungs Trial size free. Large
bottles o0c and 81, Sold by all drug.
Qiafg
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-10

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. l0-John W.
ConIow, young real estate dealer of this
city, has for some time been paying court to
Miss Mary Voight, pretty young lady Of
American birth and French extraction. He
was Republican and she Democrat. Last
week they agreed that if Cleveland should be
elected they would part company and not
speak until another presidential election had
been decided. II Harrison proved winner
they were to marry before Christmas The
wedding will take place in two weeks. =