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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Engineer and Fireman Killed.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2O-A collision occurred
last night in the yards of the Wisconsin Gen.
trial road in this city a local passenger train
on that road crushing into the rear Of G
freight train. William Appleton engineer,
and Patrick Wall, fireman, were instantly
killen and Conductor Blake had his ankle
crushed, W. A. Smith and TWO other pas
senzers were slightly injured
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
TROUBLE WITH THE INDIANS.
An Outbreak Reported I'm which Ty
White Men Are Killed.

HELENA, Mont, Feb. Acknowledgements Of
an Indian outbreak at Demersville, Mont, in
the Flathead country, reached here yester
day. j. f Clifford, postmaster at that place
caught an Indian stealing goods from the
rear OF his store. and in the fight that re-
suited from his attempt to recover the goods
an Indian was killed. Many rrmors are rife.
The story given the most credit is that the
Indians laid in wait for Clifford and killed
him between his store and the hotel. 1t is
reported that DR.. Cunningham was also
killed
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Sensational Breaca of Promise Suit.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb. 20-Judge Thomas
L. Griffey, one Of the earliest settlers and
most prominent citizers IN this county, is
made defendant in suit for $4,000 for
breach OF promise brought by Miss Sallie
McConaghey, Of Dakota City, Neb., small
town across the river. Miss McConaghey is
so years old and judge Grifey Is ~, and
quite wealthy. Last November be married
q handsome young school teacher
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD
OF Those Who Were Caught in the Par
Central Hotei ruins

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 2J.--Two more
bodies We're taken cut of the Park Central
hotel ruins yesterday at II d m, They were
those Of Rev. DR.. Lavalette Perrin, OF Tor.
rington, a wiiely-known Congregational min
ister, and his wife. A third body was found
later-that Of William Boyle. 0f this city.
The work was kept up all day hut no bod
les were found after noon, though forty men
were at wolk removing debris The only
bodies known to be in tie ruins are those of
Night Clerk Perry and Mr. Whiting. Twenty
bodies have been recovered and all identified
The ten injured persons at the hospital are
apparently doing well.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
should EmiGrate to Chieauo,

KANSAS CITY, No, Feb 20.-Judse
Slower performed the feat OF hearing and de-
termtning four divorce cases IL six minutes
yesterday morning. Emma Burris, tho first
applicant, told tale of cruelty on the part of
her husband and received divorce The
others released were Mrs. Christian Andar-
son, " P Bradish and Ella Fritsch, all for
doSartion
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
The Times IN Canada.

LONDON, Feb. 20.-The Times, referring to
Mondays debate in the Canadian parliament,
says: There is no occasion for the Canadians
70 begin TO calculate the profit and loss of
their connection with England. The real
cause Of their trouble is certainly not indiffer
ence to Canadian interests on the part of
England; it viii be found In the well-known
exigencies Of a presidential election In the
United States. We do not anticipate what
President Harrisons will do, but we may
fairly hops that the questions of immediate
interest TO Canada viii be reconsidered with
out prejudice to mutual good will
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis, Feb. S0.-Protes,s against
Taylor's railway bill still crowd the desbs'of
the secretaries of both houses of the assembly
every day. A bill was introduced yester.
day III the senate requiring semi-annual re-
ports of condition from all banks in the state
also bill suspending the killing of game
birds for two years. A number of petitions
in favor OF Joiner's local option bill were
uraSanted
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
WHY They Did Not Call II I'm,

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2O.-MiIls and biz
colleagues Of the ways and means committee
decided not TO call up the resolution on the
question Of the constitutionality of the senate
t-4i'if bill in the house yesterday, in order &c
give the postoface appropriation and the Sui
Ivan FELTON, CONTEST q chance to be disposed
Of When these two matters are out of the
way the resolution will be called up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Looking After Low Freight Rates.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Representatives from
Sinety firms OF carriage, wagon and buggy
manufacturers in the east aud west, met
oere yesterday and Organized THE Carriage
Freight association the purpose of which
organization is the advancement of trade in
serests by securing the l,est freight classified
possible for trade prod lets. A A Abbott,
Of Chicago, was elected president of the as
ISOLATION, and c. n. Pope, of st. Louis, sec
rotary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Been Laying for THAT Adyanoe.

BUFFALO. N r., Feb 2o-A p. Wright &
Son yesterday bought in Chicago for Buffalo
millers coo, 900 bushels of No. northern hard
wheat at price 81 cents above Chicago May
quotations. The lot is of the crop Of 1888,
and has been held very quietly in a special
bin at Chicago for just such an advance ~
was reached yesterday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20

WASHINGTON CRY, Feb. 0.-The Indications
for thirty-six hours from p. m. yesterday are
as follows: For Indiana and IIlinois-Fair.
colder weather; variable winds For MIGHT
gan and Wisconsin-Fair weather. except
light snow along the LIKES: colder; westerly
winds For 1owa-FaiT. warmer weather:
variable winds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Only an Ordinary Rail Wreck.

MONTREAL, Feb 20-The collision on the
Grand Trunk railway Monday evening, was
between the local train from Montreal and
the Point Levi express. Two passengers
were slightly injured The engineers and
fremen of both trains jumped and escaped
unhurt. Both engines and tenders were
hadlr sr,,ashad
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Secured q Pardon for a Rsvolutioni.,.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 20.-The sec-
rotary of state has received cablegram
from Consul General Williams, at Havana,
stating that Critic Pouble, q naturalized
Amer.cal dtizen imprisoned ct Havana, has
been psr-oned. Pouble was secretary Of the
Cuban Revolutionary Hundred in New York,
and as such he signed revolutionary docu-
ments and commissions of Cuban Insurgents
He visited Cuba surreptitiously about three
years ago, wns arrested, indicted for dis
loyalty to the Spanish government, and sen
tenced to term OF Imprisonment President
Cleveland became interested in Poubles case,
and through his efforts and those Of the stats
department the pardon was effected
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
A German Kinaiet Hopelessly Mad.

MUNICH, Feb. 2o.-It has been proved be-
yond doubt that King Otto is hopslessly in
sane His malady recently took favorable
turn, encouraging hope of his ultimate re-
coyery, but be has relapssd into bis former
condition, with symptoms of increasing men-
tai deran9ement
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
suing on Account of a smelI.

BUFFALO, \. Y, Feb. 20.-An interesting
suit is on trial in circuit court here. Michael
kayanaugh Sizes the Barber Asphalt Com
pany 10 recover $1,000 damages, claiming
that the asphalt works near his house
created nuisance by the horrible smell, and
was contributory cause Of the death of his
daughter who died last july.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.
Following were the quotations on the
board Of trade to-day: Whest-No. 2 Febru.
airy. opened -, closed 81 .oe1s; May, opened
Sl.UeS4, closed Sl.Ill9 July, opened ei5kc.
closed 1850. Corn-No. February, opened
3ic, closed $3.50: March. opened and closed
3i14c; May, opened ooIec, closed $3.50. Oats
February, opened and closed 25J6c; Nav.
opened s.s4c, closed z.ssc; June, opened, &,s1r.
closed Soaec, Pork-fepruary, opened and
sllo5; May, opened and closed sII.25.
Lard February, opened s6.asS closed S6.55.
The Union stock yards reports the following
prices: Hogs-MarAet opened fairly ac-
tive; heavy grades sc higher; other lots I'M
changed; light grades, Si.5o9i70; rough
heavy packing ami shipping lots, S4.5G9i65
Cattle Market unchanged; becves s30lli 90
bulk, S3.b9,3.sv; COWS, Sl.sSG3.l0; bulk, S2.l0l
2iG stockers and feeders, S2lsG5.So. Sheep
Strong; native muttons, S8.J095ol lambs.
S4.6sl6U0; corn-fed westerns, S4.40l4.75
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery
SG2e per H.: fancy dairy, l3Gl7c; packing
stock, l0Gl0lsc. Eggs-Strictly fresh laid 1879
1l4c; ice-house stock l0c. Dressed
poultry-Chickens, TGllc per pound turkeys
ioGlSc; ducks. loGlSc. geese, s6.5oa10O per
doz. Potatoes-Choice Burbsnks. 26a2Sc per
bu.; Beauty of Hebron, s6g2Sc; Early hose. $50;
sweet potatoes, 2l2Sc per bu. Apples
Choice greetings. Sl.f0Gl.6J per Dbl Gram
berries S5.00Go.0o per bpi.
New York.
NEW YORK. Feb. 49,
interchangeable; No. | red state. SlO7;
No. do. Sc: No. red winter March, seize
do May, sl0O1x do June Sl.G.ls Corn-S STEADY;
No. mixed cash, 45c; do March, 4I3e; do
April $3.50; do May, 1870. Oats-Easier:
do aDlse: No. 2 No. l white state. 3ec; No :
mixed February, 301sc; do March, SOs4c;
Rye-Duii. isariey-Quiet. Pork Dull; new
mess, sl2.50Gl2.75 Lard-Quict February.
$3.50; March. $500.
Live Stock Cattle-Nothing doing; dressed
beef dull; native sides, 5G7c 2 %: choice and
extra, 7A07lsc. To-day's Liverpool cable
quoted American refrigerator beef steady at
&c q u. Sheep and Lambs Easier prices:
market closed weak; ordinary to good sheen.
A.609565 2 100 Ms; ordinary to good lambs.
$8.0097so Hogs-Shade firmer; nominal range.
s5loG550
ROCK ISLAND
nay-Uplsnd prairie, e70s.
HAy-Timotny-new S76SOO
Hay-W1d, St.U00Se ".
Rye-60c.
Corn -2a026.
Pofaloes-2Sd2sc
Turnips-l5c,
Oosi-sosi 40 had % 90
Cord Wood.0ak, So; Hickory, %.
sraw-es0o: baled 90.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
For the Great Lakes.

WASHINGTON Cry, Feb. 20.-Among the
amendments TO the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill reported by the committee and
agreed to by the. senate were the following:
Making an appropriation for LIGHTHOUSES.
haeeons, and signals at Point estsey, Mich
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20

$4,000; Point FeninsuL Mich, s.. 900; sup
ply department for the Ninth lighthouse dis
trict, 1900; steam tender for the great
lakes, $4,000; fish hatcleries on Lake Erie,
SO, 600; SS5 900 for vi iduct at Rock Island,
Ills, tone-half to be rel nbursed by the city
of Rock Islandl
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
No Medals for the Forlorn Hone.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 20-The house
committee on military affairs has directed an
adverse report on the senate bill to present
medals to the survivors IF the "forlorn hope
storning party of Pert Hudson, in 1853,
and a favorable report on the bill to retire
Gen. George Stoneman with the rank of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
The CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Points of General Interest Which Came
Before the Statesmen.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. ga bill to
authorizes the bridging OF the Mississippi
river at New Orleans was introduced, one to
give the widow OF Surgeon General Barnes
500 per month pension was reported favor
ably, and a resolution authorizing the com.
mittee on privileges and elections to make a
general investigation OF the November cleo
ton, and also Of the state election
In louisiana In 1885 lin leu of
al other resolutions on the subject
was reported, IN the senate yesterday Blair
wanted d memorial from Philadelphia read
In favor OF his proposed constitutional
amendment relating to the public schools,
but Sherman objected, and Blair said he
would make 1t part of speech. Vests mo
tion TO reconsider the vote Oh the direct tax
Till, was deieated-4S to s. Harris moved to
go into executive session to consider "hung-
up" nominations; rejected by party vote.
The sundry civil bill was taken up and
amended as follows: To pay the widow of
Chief Justice Waite the balance OF his an
nual salary; appropriAting $40, 900 each for
statues in this city to Gems. Sheridan and
Logan The Till was still IN hand when the
senate adjourned
After agreeing to a number OF motious to
print reports, etc, the house went into com
mittee On tue postoffice appropriation, and the
motion TO strike out the clause relating to
assistant pcstmAsters was defeated, as were
several other amendments, the bill still being
unfinished when recess was taken. An at
tempt to have the conference report on the
direct tax bill agreed TO was de-
teated by hlibustertng by Crisp and other
Democrats and il was withdrawn for the day,
after which recess was taken TO 7:30 p. m
The evening session was 9 farce. The bill ap-
propriating SIo0, 600 for a monument to the
victims OF the revolutionary prison ships
having been beaten by Kilgore on the point
Of no quorum, Campbell OF New York, who
was the champion Of the bill, objected to
everything else on the same ground, and at
10 p. N, with nothing done, the house ad.
tourned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
The Railway Pre- idents Again.

CHICAGO, Feb. Cot the meeting OF the
railway presidents in this city yesterday
committees were na,nel to confer with the
officials of roads which have not yet signed
the @gentlemen's ageee nent," and report to
an adjourned meeting % be held this after
noon. The roads that are holding Off are
the Illinois Central, Chicago, Burlington &
Northern, Wisconsin Central, Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, and the Kansas City, Fort
Scott s. Gulf. These roads are absolutely
necessary to the success Of the combine, it is
l.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20

They do not beat spears into pruning
hooks up at Troy; but the gun foundry
up there has taken contract to build 4
wrought-iron railroad bridge.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Not So Bad as Rsepor,el.

bIRMINGHAN, Ala. Feb ~ Further par
ticulars Of the cyclone In Shelby county Sun
day night show that several persons were
hurt, but no one killed Two residences and
several negro cabins were blown down
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
Burnes succes.ors Arc pemocra,.

ST. JOSEPH, No, Feb. 20 -Unofficial re-
turns from the six counties composing the
Fourth congressional district assure the cleo
ton of r. P. C. Wilson, Of Platte county.
and Charles F. Booker, of Andrew, Demo.
cratic candidates. for the long and short term
Of congress.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20

The building occupied by Rudolph Blank
enburg & Co, importers, at ID Bank street,
and IL to 20 Strawberry street, Philadelphia,
burned Tuesday, causing q loss Of about
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20

Msyhowefs were picked at standish,
Me-, . few days ago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20

Not Much Like the North Judson Affair.
LONDON, Feb. GA glove fight for slO0
a side took place between two well-known
pugilists, Hayes and Pritchard. last night.
Hayes sustained broken nose and frac-
tured jaw and finally succumbed At this
point his friends broke into the ring and a
general fight ensued, in which several per-
sons were seriously beaten.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-08
UPTOWN LIVERY, HACK AND
COUPE STABLE.

HANlNG moved my stock of Livery, Hacks
- anc Coupes from City Hotel Stable to No. 4
Cushman ST., corner of Brackett can furnish
all KINDS OF Livery, Hacks and Coupes at short
notice and reasonable rates. Telephone No. 571
b. EUGENE GOODWIN.
my18 dtf
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-08

ding song for him. Beranger refused fatty
to do it, The cake baker was terribly
disappointed by this refusal, and shed four
or hye simple French tears as he apologized
Tor his presumption in asking Beranger to
write poetry about him. Four weeks later
Duke N. travelled some ninety miles to impor-
tune the poet to write song for his we'd
ding, which was to take place shortly
Deranger demurred: II will write the song
on two conditions: first. that you give the
poor OF Pussy GOO francs, and second, that
you give our cake baker GOO francs mere for
n wedding present. hurt the pnnr fellows
feelings recently by refusing 10 write a song
In honor of his marriage" The Duke
replied that one If Beranger's songs was ten
times dearer TO him than 1000 francs. and
promised to fulfil the poets conditions.
Beranger's last song was sung at the Dukes
wedding, and the cake baker OF Passy got
600 francs the next day.
A writer In the New York Graphic says /:
AT the rooms of the Southern Society. the
other evening, heard Southern brigadier
tell good story of how he came to be a
rebel commander Said he: Il am an Eng
lishman bred and born, and when the war
broke out didn'tcare a straw on which side
fought. though fancied wanted to be in
the midst Of the fighting. Finally 1 got i'll
Win lou OIL Southerners and was elected
captain OF company, but soon sa was
on the wrong side If / wanted to get on. AT
least so thought, and / made up my mind
to desert at the first opportunity. The ops
portunity came at Fredericksburg, when my
company was likely to be useful. A Federal
battery was tearing down the road toward
us when Stonewall jackson rode up to me
and said: "Captain, keep your eye on those
guns. The moment they are unlimbered
charge them with all your might" Here
was the opportunity had been looking for.
l at once determined to charge the battery
and stay inside the Union lines when once
got there The moment came and l led the
charge but trying all the time to let the
"Yanks" see l didn't want to hurt them,
when, to my great surprise, the entire bat
terry took to their heels, and try my level best
] could not catch up with them. l came
back utterly crestfallen. but ''Stonewall'
seized me by the hand and declared that
was major from that moment. | had in
tended to desert and had earned promotion.
/ never tried it again."
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-08
Portland and the Canadian Rail-
roads.

The committee of the Board of Trade ap-
pointed for the purpose appeared before the
Senate committee on Interstate commerce in
Boston Saturday A full report Of their re.
marks will be found elsewhere. The i'm
portance OF the question at issue can readily
be discovered even with hasty reading of
these remarks. All of Portland's western
connections of any considerable moment lie
over Canadian railroads. The Atlantic &
st. Lawrence connects with the Grand
Trunk at Island Pond, and the Maine Gen.
trail connects, or will very soon, with the
Canadian Pacific at Newport vt. Destroy
these connections, or what practically
amounts to the same thing, break up the
bonding system. and Portland is cut off from
the West. The Atlantic & st. Lawrence be-
comes useless, and so does the Portland &
Ogdensburg so far as western connections
are concerned. The continuance. therefore
OF the present system is Of vital Importance
10 portland, not only for its export busi-
ness, but for its local business as
well. Two great foreign steam hip lines now
make Portland their winter port. Break up
the bonding system and this business will be
devoted to Dominion ports, probably to Hail.
fax. Break up the bonding system and the
Increase of freight rates on produce from the
the West will affect the cost of living of any
person in Maine.
Portlands business existence almost de-
pepds upon the continuance of this system
Inc Dominion ports on the Atlantic coast
are jealous of Portland. and as is well known
are using all their political influence to divert
the export business from this city to them
selves. There is little danger of their sue
ceeding, for nature is against them, unless
our government comes to their assistance as
it will very effectively by putting an end to
the bonding privilege. The dream of Sir
John Macdonald, the strongest man in the
Dominion at the present time, is to make
Canada entirely self reliant. He and his
party are the bitter opponents of commercial
union with the United States, and his desire is
TO make Canada entirely independent of the
States. Could he have the selection of the
policy of the United States toward the Do.
minion railroads, he undoubtedly would select
one that would exclude them from our terri
tory, for that would compel them to seek
Halifax and st. John as ports of export
instead of Portland and Boston, and thus
assist him to realize his desires in regard to
Canada. By abrogating the bonding privilege
we snail play into the hands of Sir John
macDonaid and the Dominion party that
iooAs Win dis1ayor on any closer relations
between canada and the United States, be-
sides imposing upon our own neonIe addi-
tional burdens in the way of increased freiobt
rates.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-08
PERSONAL AND pEcuItAe

OF late years General Simon Cameron w.s
little known in Washington, as twelve vears
have passed since he left the Senate. but no
lives in his aphorisms. He had the gift. in a
remarkable degree, of telling sentences that
contained solid nuggets of wisdom that re-
NAMED in the memory, like his famous Joke
the damned literary fellers." He said once
when some one was praising his son, Senator
Don Cameron, who is certainly of eonal
ability with his father, "Yes, but Don had
the disadvantage of being rich mans son
while was lucky enough to be poor bow. ;;
The French and German dailies on the
Continent are telling how the poet Pierre
Jean de Beranger happened to write his last
song. Some time after Beranger had babe
active life and his muse good-by, cake
baker called upon him at his villa in Passy.
The cake baker was about to be married.
and he wished the poet to write little we'd