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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
Uidowhood Among the Hindoos.

Take the case of the widow from infancy,
shoru of all that women value anywhere in
the world, dressed in coarse clothing, de
prived of her ornaments, compelled to fast
till health breaks down, made to subsist on
the coarsest of food, kept out of what amuse-
ments come in the way Of the rest Of the
household, forced into being the unpaid
drudge of the family, held TO be the legitimate
butt of the i'll nature of all, considered fit only
to amuse the children, openly called and
taught to think herself creature of i'll omen
this being the cause of all the rest of her
sorrows-superstition has indeed nowhere else
shown more clearly its power to pervert the
reason of man.
How much the women dread widowhood is
exhibited to the full in the fact that to call Il
women a widow is TO offer her dire insult,
and from her earliest childhood q girl is
taught to pray that SIC may die while yet
the red spot of coverture remains on her fore
head. In any case the fear of widowhood
overshadows the Hindoo lady's life, even
though she hate her lord.-Capt R. C. Tenn
pie in Journal of the Society of Arts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

in regard 10 fool tlg evidence is 50 uni
formly one wag tina. e. lSs VINO advise a sim
pie diet, and these who cry out against meat,
must either hold their ,-aorle5 to be a56ve
facts or give them up There is certainly
nothing simple about lie Diet of New
England farmer l. consists Of salt and fresh
PORK ami beef and all sorts Of common fish
and vegetables, almost always uoorly cooked,
and pies and cakes Of the mos, indigestible
sorts. The food is .plaiu, truly. and gives
the digestive organs an abundance of work
to do, but it l. lot such food as a theorisJ
would recommend TO one who desired to live
near up to tIe century marx. Tea and coffee
have certainly pToye4 that they do not tend
TO shorten lie, even !. they do not prove that
they help 70 proloag it, The generally &C
cepted theory ~ relation 70 stimulanrs, that
IN excess they are Lo5 life sustaining, receives
strong support. Tobacco appears to prove
itself harmless, at least on the temperament
Of these people. Whether it DO a help to live
long requires other evidence.
While the farmers Of New England and
their wives al-- d. . J II 7Qle, they are not
much given TO bathing. This neglect may
not have prolonged their existence Or made
them more healthy, but IL is to be presumed
That 1t has not cut oil many years or caused
much disease, Neither are the members Of
these households well informed i'll relation to
sanitary matters They know little of the
unseen dampness to which the human system
is SO constantly exposed, and, knowing little,
care little. May not this be an influence in
favor of prolonged existence, paradoxical
as the superstition may seem2-Clemeut NJ.
Hammond III Popular Science Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
CLAIMING WEST VIRGINIA.
Senator kenna and Chairman Quay Both
Sure of 1t.

WASHINGTON CITY. Nov Ex-senator
Faulkner, of West Virginia says:
West Virginia is Democratic Ny latest infor-
nation is to the effect that We have elected the
governor by nice majority probably 30 We
also have the legislature by a majority of two
The congressional contests have, / think re-
suited in giving us two of the districts but there
is still room for little doubt on that score. Our
electoral vote is for Cleveland by pl urality of
not much less than 1000. Our friends the
enemy, had q magnificent organization; its like
has never been seen in West Virginia. In my
own county the Republican committee brought
back more than 300 voters, 1l9 of them negroes,
who had gone away from the state TO live, but
who had not, up to election day, forfeited their
right Of suffrage at their old homes. Some Of
these had strayed as far away as Kansas and Ne
braska, but they all returned in time to do their
utmost for their party the eventful 9Th of
November The sinews Of political warfare
were not absent. There was a good deal Of
sinew, and il eXerted itself nightly Had it been
put into active operation few days earlier, and
had the Republicans had time to reach the back
counties we would have been beaten cut Of our
boots
Secretary of State Henry S Walker,
Of West Virginia, telegraphed to a friend
here last night "Guff7S claim that he has
carried the state is based on falsfied returns
published in The lntelligencer Fleming is
elected governor. The legislature is Demo-
cratic on joint ballot BY one majority; Soc
ond congressional district Democratic; First,
Third, and Fourth close, and awaiting final
coont"
Senator Quay said last night to several
members of the Philadelphia committee that
is here seeking quarters for the Inaugural
ton that he now felt sure that the Repuh-
lican majority in the house would be from
seven to ten; that he bel eyed that the first
district of West Virginia would have Re
publican representative and that Golf Ire
publicaul was elected governor of that state
by ma jority of 20
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

From the Chicago Times
Complete returns from twenty manu-
featuring { ties and towns in Connecticut
show tots vote for Cleveland of 26, 761
and for Harrison of 26 756; majority for
Cleveland, Four years ago the same
towns gave Cleveland, % 900; Blaine,
90 667; majority for Blaine. 577 Thus
respectable majority for Blaine was turned
into a small major : for Cleveland. That
shows how the "fr trade spook affected
the minus of voters in Connecticut cities
and towns where manufacturing interests
predominant The operatives do not
seem to have been badly scared.
Such results as these seem to have pro-
duced an effect upon the minds of some of
the high tariff organists. The Boston
Commercial Bulletin has been among the
most extreme advocates of tariff for pro-
lection only and has been fierce in its
denuncialions of the Mills bill That
paper is now urging free carpet woods
and other amendments to the senate tariff
bill looking in the same direction; that is,
in the direction of the bill it has so fero-
ciously assailed Where now is its
motherly sympathy fer the sheep far
mersl
So, too, Wads's Fiber and Fabric, which
has all along been emptyng vials and de-
canters and demD ohns of wrath upon the
devoted heads of the free trade democ-
racy,' now discourses in this wise: Not
only free wool, bit free raw material
would be boon to the manufacturers of
the United States, making an additional
protection. We also believe that this
doctrine is more prevalent than most re-
publicans are willing to admit openly "
II then proceeds tn berate 'the most con.
sentative republicans. who "lost their
heads and in q great measure their reas
onipg faculties in regard to this subject
during the late contest for the presidency.
We can only infer from these post
election deliverances from bightar
organs one of two things: Either they
were insncere in their bitter opposition
to tariff reform a short time ago or elst
the results in the manufacturing states
have convinced them that neither fool
nor voting cattle are to be driven to tht
polls and compelled to deposit such bal
lots as the factory lords see fit to place
in their hands. The latter seems tn
more probable. II seems likely that the,
have concluded that concessions must b.
made or the vote on which they have
counted will slip away from them. Blu
they are careful not TO concede anything
in the interests of consumers. They al
consistent in consulting only the interest
of the factory lords
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

LONDON, Nov. 21.-The most intense
excitement was occasioned this morning
by the report of another Whitechapel
murder. An enormous crowd rushed to
the vicinity where the crime was said to
have been committed. According to the
woman's story, the man seized her sud-
denly and struck her once in the throat
with knife. Her cries alarmed the m an
and he fed, the would~be murderer being
followed three hundred yards by neigh
bors, when he disappeared. The woman
claims to be able to recognize the man.
and gave description to the police upon
which the latter are hopeful of capturing
the fiend
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
BLEW IN" TEN THOUSAND.
a Western Judge CANDLES Away $1,000
Belonging o His Wife.

A Western Judge CANDLES Away $4,000
Belonging o His Wife.
SPOKANE FALLS, ". T, Nov. 2L-Judge
Lewis is prominently known as an able
jurist throughout the mining camps of
northern Idaho. He was on the bench at
Lewiston during Arthur's administration.
He was likewise known for his ability as a
poker player and all-around genius at the
gaming table Last fall he came down from
the several faro banks winning in the ag-
gregate, it was announced at the time,
slI,00J last Saturday he dropped
about that amount in joint in
this city known as the "Mszappa,"
and his wife began suits against the
proprietors in the United States district
court for.recovery of the amount The case was
heard yesterday and it developed that the
money used by Lewis belonged to his wife,
she having realized it on the sale of some
property According to the testimony,
Lewis came 10 the gambling place with &c.
600 in packages of 81 COO each The game
started about noon Saturday and continued
till late Sunday morning. Lewis claimed
81 so more than the house thought he was
entitled TO, but they paid him $3.50 as a
compromise and supposed everything was
settled The gamblers were held to the grand
jury for keeping a gambling house. The
grand Jury will make an effort to rid the
town of this undesirable element
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
THE OKLAHOMA CONVENTION.
Resolutions Adopted Calling for the oper
ing of the Territory to Settlers.

Resolutions Adopted Calling for the Open
ing of the Territory to Settlers.
WICHITA, Kas., Nov. 2l.-The interstate
Oklahoma convention held in this city
v, sterday was the largest demonstration
ever held in the west for the purpose of
opening the Oklahoma territory. Among
those present were Congressman Springer,
of Illinois; Weaver, of Iowa, and Mansur of
Missouri, and Governors Adams, Of Col
orado, and Martin, of Kansas. There were
5000 delegates present when the meeting
was called to order in Crawford's Opera
house The first business was the unanimous
adoption of preamble and resolutions. The
preamble recites that the rights of the Indians
would not be impaired by the opening of
Oklahoma to settlement; that unless it is so
opened lawfully, possession will be sought
by Illegal means and that the peaceable
settlement of the territory would put an end
to the lawlessness and crime which now pre-
vail in the absence of any civil government.
The resolutions call upon congress to pass
the pending bill to organize the territory of
Oklahoma, and upon the president of the
United States to enforce the laws now exist
ing, or to be enacted, looking to the estab-
lishment of the new territory.
Congressman Springer delivered an ad-
dress, paying particular attention to his bill
now in congress Congressman Weaver and
Mansur spoke at night, and all pledged
themselves to work for the passage of the
Springer bill during the early days of the ap.
preaching session
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

this country, only one pound in ten of that
consumed being imported. The industry,
however, is solely in Italian hands and under
Italian control One popularity of this
staple article is that it is almost proof against
climatic changes and influences. In one Of
the caches constructed by Sir John Frank
Inns party a box was found intact and IN
tainted forty years after, and at the time Of
the Greedy rescue the first food served the
survivors was macaroni soup. DR.. Living
ston always endeavored to keep a supply
while engaged ip>his African explorations,
and but a few weeks since the statement was
published that Henry NJ. SANKEY'S supplies
had been reduced to quantity OF vermicelli.
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

PARIS, Nov. Edmond Gundinet, the
French urnniaiic author. is dead
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
NEGRO MiscREANT's CRIME.
He Assaults a Little Girl and Then Il
peatedIy Attempts to Drown Her.

He Assaults Little Girl and Then Re-
peatedIy Attempts to Drown Her.
WEST CHESTER, Pa, Nov 2l.-James Mills
the colored assailant and woul1- be muir
derer of BERTHE Howard, the ll-year- old
adopted daughter of farmer Isaac Beck, re-
siding near Paoll, was brought to West
Chester yesterday afternoon and lodged in
the Chester county prison. He was captured
in bed at O'Clock Monday night at Gran
berry, n. J.
On Thursday evening, Sept 2S, BERTHE
Howard was returning from school when she
was met by the colored brute Mills He
dragged her into field close by and assault
ed her He then dragged her to a neighbor-
ing pond and threw her in. She dragged
herself to the bank and was again thrown
back by Mills This was repeated
the third time The girl lay still in the
water. and the aSsaiiant, thinking she was
dead, left He went to his house. changed
his clothes, and left the vicinity. BERTHE
managed to drag herself from the water
and to a neighboring house, where she was
taken in and cared for. For several days it
was thought she would die, but finally COM
menced to recover.
When Mills was led into the prison his legs
be supported He will be given a bearing
soon, when the girl he assaulted will identify
him. Trouble is feared, as Farmer Beck
has, it Is said, openly declared his intention
of shooting Mills
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
FOlLED AT LAST.
The Sensational Whitechapel MUIR
derer is Seen.

He Fails in One of His DiabOlicaI
Deeds and Eiees-His Intended Vie
tim Furnishes Description of Him
That May Lead TO His Apprehension.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
CONDENSED NEWS.

Railroads in South Carolina made an in
crease in earnings during the year of IS per
cent
George Hickman, the fifth victim Of the
boiler explosion near Butte, NJ. T., died
Tuesday.
james Houseman, of Hudson, N. Y. COM
mitted suicide Monday night He had been
drinking for some time.
Two of the gang of counterfeiters operat-
ing near Warren, Pa, have been arrested.
A large amount of spurious money was con-
fiscated
The saw mills at Wausau, Wis, have shut
down owing to the freezing of the Wisconsin
river The output for the season was i40, .
O0O, 600 feet.
John W. Keely, of Keely motor fame,
was released from Jail at Philadelphia Tues
day, where he had been confined for con-
tempt of court
1t is rumored in Lincoln, Neb, that the
Burlington has let large contracts for an ex-
tension Of its road from Alliance, Neb.,
west into Wyoming and north into Dakota.
Princeton, Ids, was bound over on the
ChdI &c Vi JUL i7i y lueSIdy. ne was tduknt
in store the preceding night.
Taylor Smith, sporting man of Spring
field, Mo, was killed at that place Tuesday
by Margaret Miller They had quarreled
about laundry bill, when she struck him
with an AK.
Representatives Of the diary and stock
raising interests, at n meeting in Chicago
Tuesday, resolved TO hold an exhibition Of
their products in the Exposition building
next year. in connection with the national
annual fat stock show.
Charles O'Hagan, Borden Wolcott. and
Walt.r Hallugsley were convicted Tuesday
at Freehold. n. j, Of malicious mischief in
trying to drive James J. Mcintyre, an aged
coiorel man, out of town. They had broken
down Is doors and fired bullets through the
windows
The complete official returns of the recent
| election in Pennsylvania show total popu
| lar vote Of G'I,224, being an increase OF
nearly %, O01 over tic totSl vote Of fouI
| years ago Harrison and Morton's plurality
over Cleveland aud Thurman is 1851; their
| msjorily over al comp ,titors l. "a $50. The
| third party Prohibition vote WIS -, 74s, be-
| ing an increase Of 800 in four years.
The store of Isaac Field e. Co, wholesale
liquor and cigar dealers Nashville, Tenn,
was closed Tuesday under attachments.
| Liabilities SIS 900; assets, $1,000 Mueller,
Heydenrich & Edei, importers Of trimmings
OF New York, have assigned; liabilities
estima ed at $4,000 John Samuels & Son,
furniture dealers, Chicago, failed Tuesday
! liabilities estimated at 5000. and assets
$3j, 600; also the Fairbanks & Palmer Pub
fishing company, Chicago, confessed judg
ment in the sum of over So. 00J
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
CONFERENCE ARRANGED.
Reliable Authority" That Gen. Harrisr
Is to Talk Things Over.

Reliable Authority That Gen. Harrison
Is to Talk Things Over.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 81 1t Is stated upon
reliable authority that Gen. Harrison has
given up the idea of holding conference
with the party leaders in New York, the
publicity of his plans having determined
him to call the statesmen here. Those ex-
pected are Allison, Alger, Morton, Depew,
Miller, Edmunds, Sherman, Mckinley, and
possibly Blaine. The confe ence will be
held at the residence of the general, and Ed
munds will be his guest during the few days
which he will spend in the city.
The suggestion of Joseph G. Cannon for
speaker in the event of the Republicans con-
trolling the house has met with a good
deal of favor from Harrison's friends
here, and it is claimed that his
selection would be very gratifying
to the president-elect, as he would more
nearly represent the administrations views
on the southern question than one who was
born and reared north; and that, whatever
Cannons Republicanism may be, he still re-
tains desire to see the south prosper, and
his election as speaker would be regarded as
an indication that Harrison did not intend to
pursue an extreme course in dealing with
hat cactio,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

BAY CITY, Mich, Nov. GA trainman,
who was the companion of August Scholtz
when the latter was killed Monday on
small logging road near Harrison, says En-
gineer Schotz let the water get low and then
put cold water in the boiler. Suddenly
portion of the boiler blew off. enveloping the
engineer in steam. Scholtz jumped and fell
back, and a train ran over his legs. When
picked up he said: sect an ak and kill me. :"
He died two hours after in awful agony,
keeping his senses to the last. His remains
were brought here yesterday morning for
interment as his narents reside here
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
CATTLE GROWERS CONVENTIONS.


A Demand for Inspection of Meats and
Better Transportion.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.-At the afternoon ses-
sion of the National Cattle Growers associa-
ton convention, which was held in this city
yesterday, DR. Salmon, superintendent of
the bureau Of animal industry, reported
that out of ga, 255 head of cattle inspected
by him during the past year 2 $50 head found
to be infected with pleur pneumonia, to-
gether with 4,77S head which had been ex-
posed to the disease, were killed.
Among the batch Of resolutions adopted
was one asking congress to provide for the
national inspection of all meats sold for
human food, and making it unlawful to
transport from one state to another, or to
foreign countries any been, pork, mutton or
veal which has not been inspected alive at
the Strengthening place by the United States
inspector and found healthy.
Also a resolution favoring the shipment of
live stock by such railway companies only
as so equip their cars with such brakes and
couplers as will prevent the sudden jerking
and bruising of stock in transit. thereby
causing great suffering, especially to cattle
by bruising and manning, and causing great
loss to owners in handling bruised meat
The convention then adjourned sine die.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21

The little towns we pass look like houses
made of building blocks, with elfn castles on
the submits of miniature mountains They are
very picturesque-almo too much so-and
add much to the unreality and beauty of the
landscape. They seem so quiet in appearance.
that it is hard to believe that the time worn
walls contain the group of beggars, the tink-
ling bells Of the donkeys, and the noise of the
brightly dressed throng.
There can be no country in the world
which offers such panorama of natural in
terest as Spain. 1t is as shifting in color as
a kaleidoscope. Here are focks of goats
coming down the mountain paths TO water at
the clear valley streams. The steep roads
are covered with burros and gavly dressed
drivers, and along the roads stand the crosses
raised to show that some one was slain there
by the wayside. The mortality must have
been great, judging by the number one sees
everywhere.-W. Parker Bodfsh in Demo
rests Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
MAKING 1T PRETTY THOROUGH.
The Surgeon Generals PIaus to Stamp Out
tie YeIIow Foyer Minrobe.

Inc surgeon Generais Itans TO stamp out
the yellow Fever Miorobe.
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov 2l-SHrgs0n
General Hamilton has written Surgeon Por-
ter at Jacksonville. Fla, enclosing an ordi-
nance to be passed by the city council. The
ordinance provides that
1t shall he unlawful for any person to refuse to
give up to conceal, or to remove any article
which shall be declared to be infected by yellow
fever by the board Of health of the city physi-
clans, or by any officer of the United States
government cooperating with said board of
health that within ten days from the date of this
ordinance every householder having articles
which are believed to be or declared to be in.
fected shall report the same. and in case any
article Is directed to be destroyed it shall be ap-
praised and payment guaranteed by the United
States.
Further. it declares bedding etc, pronounced
infected by the health authorities, to be
nuisances; prohibits any person carrying them
through the streets without permit, and pro-
vides penalties for failure TO comply with the
orders of the authorities to disiofect or destroy
them The government is to pay for articles
| condemned under regulations TO be issued by the
| surgeon general
In his lettor the surgeon general says:
| All articles OF clothing and bedding that can be
| dsinfected by being plunged into a disinfectiug
solution and afterward plunged into boiling water
| could be so treated. For this purpose laundry
| house should be Immediately constructed; or If,
in your Judgment, it better be done the iaun-
| dry already in operation will be rented