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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
The IIlinois IeeisIatnre

st. Louis Republic The Illinois legis-
lature during its session did little more
than to give a superfiuous demonstration
OF republican incapacity for government
and subserviency to corporations. 1t
passed the bills demanded by Chicago
capitalists 1t defeated the bills de,
manded by the people of the state The
last act of the senate Was to bring in a
verdict acquitting itself of getting the
money raised, il was charged, TO kill the
Merritt bill against trusts. This does
not change the fact that the bill was
killed. and that the republican party in
the legislature killed it. Nothing what
ever was done to relieve the farmers
either of the burden of unequal taxation
or of the exactions of monopoly.
The appropriations, if not as indecent
as they have been. are as indecent as the
republicans could make them in the face
OF democratic opposition. No more re-
gard was shown for the public welfare in
proposing them than was shown in the
deliberate whitewashing of ex Governor
Oglesby for his illegal expenditure Of
public money.
After the exposure by the Republic of
the scheme to use the Australian ballot
system TO give the complete control of
state elections to three republican Office
holders, the republicans had no more use
for ballot reform. As they were not al>
lowed to abuse it, they repudiat ed it and
devoted themselves TO passing Chicago
jobs, of which there were even more and
worse than usual.
If anything whatever was done to re-
lieve the state from the evils of which
there has been just and loud complaint;
If any reform urged in any direction has
been allowed to succeed. 1t escaped no
tice. 1t has not escaped notice, however,
that by joint resolution the republicans
of both houses demanded that congress
pass service pension bill, which would
take at least $500 100000 year out of
the pockets of the people and finally fix
on the country the pretorianism which is
now the curse of the republican party in
illinois.
Chicago Globe: 1t cannot be said tina
the general assembly of Illinois has com
pleted its labors, for it has left undone
many things which it ought to have
done; but it has adjourned and the people
of the state have no little cause for graf
AhobS III bhhts IL las
been one of the least respectable bodies
that ever assembled to make laws for the
state. The senate voted itself a coat of
whitewash to be applied over specific
charge that it had been bribed to defeat
the trust bill, but senators who obsti
nately and Systematically opposed all
legislation designed to defend the people
against rapacious combinations will have
some difficulty in settling accounts with
their constituents. 1t would be unjusti
fiably complimenting the honesty of
these senators at the expense of their in
telligence to believe that they sinned in
ignorance or that they betrayed the in
terests Of the people without compensa>
ton from some quarter. They have de-
par ted, and it is to be hoped the state
may never look upon their like again.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Meyerhauser Ranauetted.

Mr.. Fred Weyerhauser. of this city,
the lumber king of the northwest, was
rendered banquet at tine Stanley house,
Chippewa Falls. last evening in honor of
his departure for Europe. About seventy
five guests were present, including prom
inent lumbermen of that and other cities.
An address was delivered by Mayor Ken
nedy, to which MIR. Weyerhauser feelingly
responded. Mr.. Weyerhauser leaves
soon for his old home in Prussia,
which he left nearly forty years ago. He
will visit the prominent places in Europe
before he returns, and will be accom-
panied by his wife and M. G. Norton. of
Winona.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
SHAMEFUL OEPRAvITY,
Keepers of BrotheIs Looking for Victim
Among the Desfifufe-

Keepers of BrOtheIs Looking for Victims
Among the Destitute.
PTTTsBURG, June Cat the Second Pres
byterian church relief rooms, Tuesday night
the ladies attending to the wants of the suf-
ferers were startled by the presence among
them of certain women of the town. who
eagerly rendered their assistance in relieving
the wants of the half-famished and tattered
strangers. Their assistance was promptly
declined, and a suspicion of their motives be-
ing aroused an Investigation was instituted,
resulting in the astounding discovery that
at several stations between Johnstown and
this city PROGRESSES had stepped aboard and
at once sought the acquaintance of many of
the younger lady passengers whose attract
iveness of face and form for the time being
was a misfortune. The ''ladies'" % ex-
PLANTATION of their solicitous interest in the
unfortunate was that they would be at once
provided with comfortable homes in their
families" Hereafter the Pennsylvania
railroad officials will carry Johnstown suf-
ferers on special trains only, which will
make no stops, thus frustrating the evil de-
ugns of these human vultures.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
How's This!

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls catarrh cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned. have known F /.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by their
firm:
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDINe. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
druggists, Toledo, o.
E. II. VAN HGsEN, Cashier, Toledo Ma
tional bank, Toledo, o.
Halls catarrh cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06

or at least traced, part of them being found
in Johnstown and one tender in Stony creek.
The other seven locomotives are gone, not a
trace of them has been found up to this
time. 1t is supposed that some of them are
in the sixty acres of debris at Johnstown
above the bridge. All the locomotives that
remain anywhere in sight Of the round house,
except those attached to the trains, are
thrown about in every direction, smashed,
broken, and useless but for old iron.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06

LosT.--'I don't know where; l can't
tell when; don't see how-something of
great value to me, and for the return of
which I shall be truly thankful, VIZ: a
good Appetite"
FOUND. Health and strength. pure
blood, an appetite like that of wolf,
regular digestion, all by taking that pop-
ular and peculiar medicine. Hoods Sar-
saparilla. ! want everybody to try it
this season." It is sold by all druggists.
One hundred doses one dollar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
CLIMAX OF THE HORROR.

Soul-Harrowing Scenes at the Great Bridge
Holocaust.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 6-An eyewitness
of the horrible scenes in and about the stone
bridge of the railroad during Friday night
and Saturday states that nothing in art or
literature can half delineats the horrors Of
that night after the ruins had taken fire
Dore's wonderful imagination would be at
fault were he to attempt to depict anything
SO fearful in its accumulation of horrors as
this showed.
Agonized Means and Shrieks.
At all times duriug the night the means
and shrieks of souls in the fearful torrent
of flame could be heard above the roar of
the flames and the booming torrent which
Numbered by. All through Friday night
the horrid din kept up until some of the on
lockers fled from the spot, unable to bear it
longer.
A Woman's Awful Death.
Another party as late as Saturday morn
ing heard the shrek of woman's voice amid
the ruins, and looking in the direction, was
horror-stricken to see a woman's white arm
and shoulder amid pile of ruins on which
the flames were rapidly encroaching. For
several moments the arm swept the air, the
hand clutching convulsively at space, then a
broad sheet of flame swept down toward ii,
and the most fearful scream of mortal agony
that ever thrilled the air arose Then all
was SILENT and the wave of fire swept on,
cracking if in glee at what it had done.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06

Pennsylvania sufferers. Among them were
the following: Citizens of Providence, r. l.,
5000; Chicago jewelers. association, 81 500;
Citizens of Knoxville, Tenn, 81, 500; Mutual
Life Insurance company, of New York, sl0,-
600; San Francisco Relief association, $lO,-
600; Governor Foraker, of Ohio, $4,000;
citizens of Baltimore, $1,000; Adams Express
company, 5000; citizens Of Chester, Pa,
$1,000; West Presbyterian church, New
York, sl,700; state of Connecticut on ac-
count, $4,000. The other contributions
ranged from SIS to $1,000 and the total re-
ceived amounted to $l25. 9ft6 80
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
GOTHAM CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

An Investigation Shows That 1t Was a
Somewhat Barren IdeaIity.
WASHINGTON CITY, June G-The civil
service commission having concluded in part
their investigation into the recent manage
ment of the New York custom house, so far
as the behavior of the local examining board,
and the question of the proper observance
of the civil service law as regards entrance
examinations are concerned, repNt that
Charles F. Terhune and Saul Hollander
should be dismissed; that the facts wo uld
also justify the removal of Charles F. Davis
and that Terhune should also be prosecuted
under section 5 of the civil service law
Commissioner Thompson agrees with every
thing In the report, except the reference to
Davis
The Abuses Discovered.
During the investigation it was shown that
some of the examinations We're farcical; that
candidates were given questions in advance
by crookelness in the examining board !;
that members of the board themselves had
openly sneered at and ridiculed the law they
were sworn to enforce, and permitted their
headquarters to be made gathering place
for politicians; that the practice of keeping
the list of eligibles and their ordinations &C.
cret is a bad one, giving rise to the suspicion
that those without political influence do not
receive justice. One man passed at 95 per
cent-the highest on the list-yet was neves
informed that he had passed at all, notwith-
standing his frequent applications at the
Office for the information.
What Is Recommended.
The commissioners recommend that il
should be insisted that examining boards
shall be composed of men not politicians
that the list of eligibles at each examination
be made public, as well rs their per cent of
grade, and that all evasion of the law mis-
conduct on the part Of those entrusted with
its enforcement or bad faith in its admins
tration be visited with prompt and severe
condemnation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
The Latest in the Syndicate Line.

NEW YORK, June 6.-The Sun says that
Mr.. A Swan Brown, merchant well known
in the dry goods trade, has gone to London
to attempt to arrange syndicate for the
purchase of the leading retail dry-goods
stores of New York and other leading Amer
lean cities. The plan is similar to that on
which the breweries are being consolidated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Postmasters Anpointed.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 6-Among the
postmasters appointed by the president yes
terday were the following: Illinois-Frank
Bunker, Geneva. Iowa-William A. Hun
ter, Belle Plain; H. H. Reed, Brooklyn; A.
7. Underwood, Montezuma- Michigan
Seymour Foster, Lansing; F. E. White,
East Tawas
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Solid sympathy from Paris.

PARIS, June 1.-THE Paris municipality
yesterday voted e2O0 for the relief of the
Jamestown sufferers Minister Reid pre-
sided over a meeting of Americans, at which
speeches were made by A. s. Hewitt, Gen.
Lawton and Meredith Read A large sum
was subscribed and Buffalo Bill offered the
proceeds of a special show.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO, June 8.

CHICAGO, June 8.
Quotations on the board of trade to-day were
as follows: Wheat-No. 2 June, opened 76c.
closed d1lac; July, opened 751sc. closed .6lac:
August. opened s4c, closed 945sc Corn
No. June, opened and closed 3S5sc: July.
opened 3ilsc. closed 34l4c: August, opened
34ssc, closed 3it4e. Oats-No . June opened
and closed 2lssc; July, opened aeL4c closed
Z-ssc; August, opened and closed a2elac. Pork
June, opened Sll.Ss1s, closed S1l.77Ih; July,
opened Sll.75, closed Sll.s1Is; August opened
Sll.9o, closed Sll.Gia.. Lard-June opened
S6.6-19, closed S667I5
Live stock-The Union stock yards report
the following prices: Hogs-Market opened
moderately active, with prices steady; LATER
now weak and prices 5al0c lower; lisbt
grades, S4.3Ja4.55; rough PACKING, A.256si.3G
mixed lots, $42d4.45; heavy packing and
shipping lots, $4.aG440. Cattle-Market
strong and 59l0c higher; beeves, s. 70aa co.
cows, SLsOd34o: stockers and feeders s. 40
Q3.6O: Texas steers, S2.60a36j Sheep-Steady;
natives and westerns, S4.O0d40s Texans,
SS.s004.4G lambs, S4.256150O
Produces Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery 10
oil per Id; daries in line, I0al2c; roll butter.
&c. Eggs-Strictly fresh, l2c per dog. Poul-
try-Live chickens, sIs6glsc per Id; roosters
&c; turkeys, 7@Sc; ducks S6o9c Potatoes
Choice Burbanks. 4ic per bu: Beauty Of He
bron, 35dDi0c; mixed lots. :0gd30 sweet potatoes.
$l7562Oo per Dbl. Apples-Choic. greetings.
$S.60G3.s5 per bbi poor lots, 75c9sl.00. Straw
berries 81 go "a per 24-qt- case.
New York.
NEW YORK, June s.
Wheat-Firrner; No. red state, sssxc. No.
2 red winter June S14c; do July, slNc; do
August, s214c. Corn-Quet; No. mixed
cash. 4;c; do June, 4l18c; do July, ASSc; do
August, 42Isc. Oats-Dull: No. and white
state nominal No. mixed June, 273zc: do
July, S5sc, Rye--Dull. Barley Nominal.
Pork-Dull; new mess Sl3250Dl40o. Lard
Quiet: July, $7V7; August sos.
Live stock: Cattle Market weaker; cattle
l0015c y 100 ns lower: natiye steers, $4,000
AIS . 100 fbs, Texas steers. S3ssl<; buhs and
dry cows. $2.10lD3.35: a few choice bulls, S3.65@
3.75. Sheep and Lambs Weaker for both sheep
and lambs; sheep ta550560 = 100 Ds year
ltngs. SS.600s0G spring lambs. 4s.0o0s6l
HoRs-Nominal value, 9A060Al0.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Sympathy for the Flood Sufferers.

DUBLIN, June 6.-At a meeting of the
municipal council Wednesday morning ex-
Lord Mayor Timothy D. Sullivan proposed
resolution of sympathy and coincidence with
the sufferers by the floods at Jamestown and
other places in America The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Pittsburp's Generosity.

PITTsBURG, Pa, June 1.-Two hundred
thousand dollars in money and 5000 in
provisions and clothing has been given by
this city in aid of the sufferers by the food
at Johnstown
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
The Brewers eve ITEM Thousami.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, June 6-The
opening session of the twenty-ninth annual
meeting of the United States Brewers asso-
citation commenced in the Park theatre at
1880 o'clock a. m yesterday. After the
reading of the presidents address P. H.
Ruetter, of Boston, asked permission to pre-
sent a question little out of the routine,
and moved that 1900 be appropriated for
the benefit of the sufferers of the Johnstown
disaster. The motion was carried.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Fa,,u,a 90, Om.h. p.n,

OMAHA, Neb, June 6-The Bank Of
Omaha closed its doors yesterday. The liza
bilities are between SEQ, 600 and $40, 900, with
nominal assets. The failure is attributed to
bad loans and mismanagement.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06

HELENA, M. T., June 6-The sheriffs
posse which started in pursuit of the Silver
City depot robbers overlook them after a
hard ride. They refused to surrender, firing
on the sherifi's men. The fire was returned
and both robbers killed. They are unknown
and look like foreigners
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06

The Katrina Is a Crack 70 Footer.
NEW YORK, June G. The Katrina beat
the Shamrock again yesterday over the out
side course in a race for 70-foot yachts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
The President Appoints a Democrat.

WASHINGTON CITY, June John Wig
neaux, who was appointed United States
marshal for western Louisiana YESTERDAY, is a
Democrat, and was recommended to the pres
ident by louisiana Republicans for protect
ing negroes from violence at the November
election.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
New Hampshire's New Governor.

Concord, N. H., june 6-In the joint ses-
sion of the Legislature yesterday David G.
Gooden Rep) was elected governor Of the
State, receiving 1853 votes to lis for Charles
b Amsden DEM
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Horror-stric ken Passengers.

QUEENSTOWN, June 6-The passengers on
the City of New York, which arrived here
yesterday, were horror-stricken on receiving
news of the Johnstown disaster Some who
were from Pennsylvania declared they would
return on the next steamer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06

the different niorgues for the past few days,
and was just going through the undertaking
roc ms when she saw the remains of her boy
bel ag brought in. She ran up and demanded
the remains, and seemed to have lost her
mind. She caused quite scene by her
act ions, but GAINED down after awhile and
sta ed that she had lost her husband and six
chi dren in the flood, and that this was the
first one of the family that had been recov-
eret She said she had not slept wink since
Saturday, and had visited the different
mo CUES at least 100 times, and was almost
crazy from the sights che had witnessed.
Getting the Iron Works in Shape.
Nearly 900 men were at work yesterday
clearing away the wreckage and debris of
ruined buildings in the yard of the great
works of the Cambria Iron company. Yes
tertlay additional evidence of the go-ahead
spirit of the company was furnished when L.
3. Smith, of the Gautier mill-which was
emit rely swept away-wrote this notice:
"All Gautier employees are requested to re-
port on the 9th at a. m. for work" This
order has twofold object. One is to have
the men report in order to ascertain what
mel OF the company's force are still alive,
and the other is to restore confidence. 1t is
possible, too, that the men may be paid Off
The monthly pay roll Of the Gautier mill was
$23, 600. In this mill about l 300 men were
employed.
Total Number of Bodies Found.
Two hundred and forty-six more bodies
were found yesterday, of which the major
ity nave been identified This swells the list
3113 bodies
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
THE GREATEST IS CHARITY.

No Diminution i'm the Flow of Money to the
sympathy from Abroad.
HARRIsBURo. Pa, June O. = Governor
Beaver has received number Of contribu-
lions by check and draft for the relief Of the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
One Mans Terrible Bereavement

CLEVELAND, o., June IA Press special
from Youngstown, O., says: A. c. White of
this city, returned yesterday from Johns
town. He lost his wife and 4-year-old child,
his mother, three sisters, mother-in-law and
sister-in-law. All were found in their house
drowned, except the child, which is still miss
ing White is almost crazed with grief His
wife and little boy were in Johnstown on a
visit These are the only youngstown people
known to be lost
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
Flood Losses Noted.

Huntingdon, Pa, reports loss of property
of $500, 900, and other towns in the county
suffered correspondingly. Mapletown lost
an immense tannery valued at 5000, 900 and
other property to the amount of 800, 900.
The Powell furnace at Saxton, Pa, sus-
tanned a loss of $500, 900, and at that place
both the railroad bridges were swept away.
All along the Susquehanna and Juniata
rivers the losses are incalcuable The once
beautiful valleys are filed with desolation
and ruin.
But three lives were lost at Lock Haven.
State Senator McAteer telegraphs General
Agent Latta. of the Pennsylvania railroad,
from Barre, Pa, as follows: "The destruc.
ton of property in Alexandria is beyond
my power of description at this time Nc
lives lost
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
A Woman.s Awful Death.
A SPECIMEN DEATH-ROlL.
Names of Some of the Lost, Recovered and
Uncovered.

Names of Some of the Lost, Recovered and
Uncovered.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 6-The follow
ing are additions to the list of dead: Henry
Ludwig and wife, bodies not found; Mrs
Morrell Swank AMI 6-year-old son, bodies not
found; Mrs. George Hager, body not found;
Miss Laura Hamilton, body not found; ia
cob Wild, wife and daughter, bodies found ;
Mrs, Jane Bridges, body not found; Mrs.
Aaron Davis and three children, Woodvale,
bodies not found; John G. Alexander and
wife, Woodvale, bodies not found; Mrs
Martha Alexander, body not found; Noah
Evans, wife and four children, bodies not
found; Mrs. Reese, body found; Mrs.
Mary Fitzharris, body found; remains of
man and girl found near those of Mrs Fitz-
harris; Samuel Long, died in the hospital
from injuries; Hamilton Clark, body found ;
Mrs. Lizzie Gallagher. body found
The following bodies were found and are
now lying in the Presbyterian church: Jo-
seph Williams, Mrs. John T. Harris and
three children, DIR. Marburg, Carl Wiener,
wife and child, Jessie Bending, John B.
Clark, Hamilton Clark, George and Lille
Mcdowell, aged and S years, George d.
Knee, Mary E. Neary, Moses Fisher, two I'M
known women, Mary O'Connell, Mrs Rosen-
steel, Claus Brush and Philip Constable
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
The Havoc at wiIIiamsport.

WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, June 6-Hopkins &
Co, of Lock Haven, lose 10, O0O, 900 feet, and
Wainwright & Bryant $4,000, 900 feet of
lumber. Six men were found drowned in a
cabin at Little Trout run Tuesday. They
were bark-peelers. Provisions have arrived
and are being distributed At Ransoms
island, below the city, 100000 feet of
logs and 1900, 900 feet of lumber are piled
up woman's body was found on the
island yesterday with some letters signed
"W. IL Jackson
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
The Task HHerculean
Ten Thousand Men and a
Months Hard Work
REQUIRED TO CLEAR THE WRECK.
At the Ruined City Of Johnstown Alone
Contractor Flynn's Estimate of
the Labor Involved.

Volunteers Doing Noble Work, but Their
Enthusiasm Cannot BE Expected to Last
Estimates of the Dead Continue to
Stand Between IL, 900 and 15,OOO-Fur-
ther Incidents of the Disaster-Some Ac-
count of Two Miles of Havoc-The Ever
Frightful Bridge Horror-About That
Wrecked Train-Mrs. Lew Wallace
Among the saved-Burying the Dead
Human vultures Abroad.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 6-William FLYNN
arrived in the wrecked city yesterday morn
ing and at once took charge of the army of
laborers at will take 10000 men thirty
days to clear the ground so that the streets
are passable and the work of rebuilding can
be commenced" said he, "and am at loss
to know how the work is to be done This
enthusiasm will soon die out and the volun-
teers will want to return home 1t would
take all summer for my men alone to do
what work is necessary. Steps must be taken
at once to furnish gangs of workmen and 1
shall send to-day a communication to the
Pittsburg chamber of commerce asking the
different manufacturers of the Ohio valley
10 take turns for a month or so in furnishing
reliefs of workmen. l shall ask that each
establishment stop work for a week at a time
and send all hands in the charge of fore
man and timekeeper. We will board and
care for them here. These gangs should
come for a week at time, as no organiza-
ton can be effected if workmen arrive and