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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
NEW WORKS. PROPOSITION.
Inc world Fair Measure Gotham vii
Ere-ent IN Enn1r.s.

The World Fair Measure Gotham VIII
Present to Congress.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The Worlds fair
guarantee fund now amounts TO s., l35, sci.
The committee hes agreed upon a measure
which congr, IS will be asked 10 enact. pro-
viding for the exposition. The bill provides
for the creation Of a corporation to be styled
The United States International Commits
sion, )" which shall direct the exhibition, sub
jet 10 the supervision and under the aus
pices OF the United States government The
commission shall consist OF two commission
ers from each state, one from each territory,
one from the District Of Columbia, to be
nominated 10y the governor, etc, and ap-
pointed by he president The exposition
shall he held in New York civ
The commits ion may receive subscriptions
OF capital stock to the amount Of not over
s2O,OOO,OJO, - be divided into shares OF $40
each. Bonds may also be issued, secured by
mortgage ON the property and income OF the
commission The secretary of the treasury
shall, at the cost OF the commission, prepare
proper certificates OF the stock herein pro-
Nidcd for The United States shall not be
liable for tiny obligation incurred by the
commission. No member Of the commission
shall be PERI onally liable for any Of its obi
cations After the close Of the exhibition
the property shall be converted into cash
and after Pc yment Of liabilities the remain
ing assets shall be divided among the stock
holders pro alta IN full discharge Of the cap
ital stock
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
They Needed Stretching.

A well known business man Is very partic-
ular about his dress, and Is seldom seen out,
oven on week day, unless dressed genteelly.
he Is, however, extremely absent minded,
aud funny thing happened 10 him the other
day. His church was giving u sociable, and
he promised his wife, who had gone early 10
assist In the preparations, that he would come
IN the evening. He remembered, however,
that he had also promised her that he would
put down chamber carpet for her ut the
trst opportunity, and it occurred TO him that
no better time could offer. as he was alone at
home and had the time
So he changed his Sl2 wide cut pants and
put on an ancient pair that had hung unused
for long time for he wished to save the
wear and tear the new pair would get by
wearing them while putting down the car
pet. When on they reached 20 a point half
way down between his ankles aud knees; he
then recognized them as ones he used in wash
ing his carriage, which accounted for the
shrinkagc. The carpet job taking longer than
he had expected, he found that he must hurry
little % be- ia time, and he forgot all abou,
the short pants, while he put ON some fine
style IN the shape Of high collar, fancy tie,
low cut vest, etc, an burr ed OFT to the fest
tive scene
Arriving ia tho ante-room, and taking a
glance at the mirror IA be sure that every
thing was all right, he entered the hall and
looked around for his wife lie noticed that
people looked NJ him rather hard, but he
thought Il must be ON account VI his more
than ordinary tony appearance. Finally he
saw his wife coming toward him. She stop
ped, white and still rs Lots wife, for one brief
moment, then grasping him by the arm, she
dragged him out OF the room.
what In thunder are you trying u do
with this coat Do you want 90 stretch IL
into the shape OF a night shirt I" said he
stretch your coat No. sir | should say
that your pants needed IL more'n
Then for the first time this absent minded
man glanced down at his legs and realized the
situation. Now when he plans 70 20 into so
ciety his wife insists upon inspecting the
dressing before starting and not waiting til
he arrives on the scesA--Springfeld Home
| stead.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
The secretary's Measure.

Mr. Window then goes on to give the plan
he proposes as the way out of the difficulty as
follows: Issue treasury notes against de
posits of silver bullion at the market price
of silver when deposited, payable ON demand
In such quantities of silver bullion as will
equal in value, at the date of presentation,
the number of dollars expressed on the face
OF the notes at the market price Of silver, or
in gold, at the option Of the government; or
in silver dollars at the option Of the holder.
Repeal the compulsory feature of the present
coinage act"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
ABBREVIATED TElEGRAMS.

Omaha. Neb., el, cted a Democratic mayor
Wednesday by 30 ma jority.
Fire at Shell Lake, Wis, Wednesday, de
stroyed over half the business portion of the
town, causing a loss of SIS 900.
Skillful forgers have victimized New
York banks within the past week to the ex-
tent of many hundreds of dollars.
Gen Stephen r. Smith one Of the most
prominent military men of Connecticut, died
Wednesday morning at New Haven.
A. c. Veach, of Terre Haute, Ind twice a
member of the legislature, and who had held
several county offices, died of paralysis
Wednesday.
Wis, bank, was held for trial at Ashland
Wis, Wednesday, in $4,000 bail, which he
could not give.
Mrs. ]. O. Rube, woman said TO be well
connected in st. Louis, was arrested at Beebe
Ark, Wednesday, charged with forgery to
the amount of $3.50
Chauncey F. Depew spoke Wednesday
night at the Buffalo Press club banquet, and
Buffalo people were 50 anxious to hear him
that $40 was given for a single seat
The editor Of the independents, an Italian
paper printed in Trieste, has been expelled
from Austria by the Vienna government for
publishing seditious and insulting articles
AT Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday fire occurred
in Shickenburg's furniture establishment
caused by workman striking a match on Il
vatnish barrel The loss amounted 10 about
$500
At Wnkesharre, Pa. Wednesday morning
a freight tram dashed into a number O.
workmen who Were waiting for Il labor train
tn hsa, llT,.a "A Ashl
Two were instantly killed and three fatally
injured
The building inspectors of Minneapolis
will compel the owners of The Tribune
building, which burned last week, resulting
In holocaust, 10 pull down the walls. The
building was shauefulll not to say Grimm.
inally, unsafe
Mrs. Ella {. White, alias Mrs. Ella c.
Worth, was arrested in Chicago "Wednesday
FOR forgery and taken To ElInira, " Y
for trial She Is charged with having raised
S25,US there ou fraudulent notes, aud suen,
the money in speculation.
The Democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor of Ohio Marquis, who was de-
feated at the late election by a small plu
rality, has entered contest for the Office
alleging various frauds which the Repub
hcans declare are all in his eve"
A Baltimore boy named Louis Hamburger
10 years old, has quality in his fingers which
enables him TO pick up articles of considera
| ble weight and various substances without
taking hold of them. They adhere to hi
fingers from some unexplained cause.
Engineers Brown and Daily, FiremeI
Myers AMI Gray, Bsggagemaster Burk
holder, and George Sager, Samuel Flor anC
DIR. Kline, were all except the latter, severely
injured on the Pennsylvania railway a
| Greensburg, Pa, Wednesday by the collision
of freight and passenger trains
A woman supposed 10 be dead was picked
up in the street at St Louis Wednesday, and
taken to the morgue. Two hours later the
keeper of the place was Mortified to observe
the woman rise to sitting posture and LET
loose volume of swear words at her treat
ment. She had only been dead drunk
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
A UNION OF Drawn.
Gigantic Scheme Under Con-
sideration.
FARMERS AND KNIGHTS TO COMBINE

A Conferep ee in Progress That VIII Make
Big Corner in the Labor Market IT
Successful-A Political Union Involved
In the Stheme-Call for a Meeting of
Coal Miners-Labor Notes.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 5.-The Farmers and
Laborers' alliance accomplished very little
yesterday, owing to the non-arrival until
last night of Mr. Powderly, who was ex-
pected TO speak on the subject of consolida-
ton. The meeting yesterday morning was
called to order at $50 o'clock by President
Evan Jones' after which ex-President c. W.
McCune, of the Farmers and I.aborers'
union OF Washington, editor of The National
Economist, delivered his annual address. He
explained the idea of organization and its
prospects; described the manner in which
the consolidation of the different associations
was brought about, and submitted a number
OF suggestions regarding the gathering of
crop reports, etc.
Views OFT. v. PowderIy.
MIR. Powderly said last night: I'VE are
here 10 see just how far apart we stand on
the questions at issue Our cause is a COM
mon one, and in the near future l think
there will be a conjunction of all the inter
ests that labor in its entirety represents. In
view OF the fact that legislative bodies have
made unjust discrimination against the
farmers by special acts of legislation in
favor of corporations. we deem it necessary
10 take steps 10 assist each other We are
both working for the same ends. and this
conference is for the purpose of establishing
confidence in each other We shall agree
that when the farmers put candidate in the
field for either legislative, senatorial, or
presidential position We will support that
candidate, and they will do the same for us.
II we do not agree ON any candidate, then
each organization will assist its own candi-
date. 1t may be possible that at some future
period we shall consolidate, but at present
we viii not try 10 do anything of the kind
Magnitude of the Move.
Representatives from three big unions are
now III the city, and all are seeking an ALI
ance of interests. These include the Farm
ers' and l.aborers' Union Of America, which
includes the farmers and laborers of the
south and southwest Next comes the Farm
ers' Mutual Benefit Association of the North
west, which includes the majority Of the
farmers in the northwestern states and last
the Knights of Labor The officers of the
Farmers Mutual Benefit association
reached the city yesterday, and
headed by President II. p. Moore
and General Secretary John p. Steele
both of Illinois, attended the convention at
the exposition building. This organization
has a membership of over IS, 900, and the Of
ticials say they are ready to cast their for
tunes with one great national union, and
think it viii not only be of vast benefit to
those connected, but that it will WELD an in
fluence in future legislation that will be far
reaching in its effect. While the Farmers
and Laborers' union offer no objection to the
Mutual Benefit association, there is some OPP
position to an amalgamation with the
Knights of Labor
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05

" present representations should be
verified by events the approaching session
OF congress should be very busy and i'm.
portant one. After the conflict over the
adoption Of the rules. which seems newt,
able. shall have passed. other questions
Of deep and general interest will press
upon the attention OF the house. Fore
most among them should be the great
question Of tariff reform. The subject OF
trusts should come up for consideration
with view to some efficient legislation
for the abatement OF the evils which have
resulted from these combinations. II Is
said the inters tate commerce law will be
carefully amended 10 the light OF the ex-
perieuce 81 he operation. which has been
fully reported In addition, a national
bankrupt law. national education law,
national election law and many others
are promised. but enough Of them have
been referred 10 to show that the hfty.
first congress Is likely To- know some
stormy scenes, that all will not be smooth
sailing aud that a keen eye a firm will.
and strong hand are necessary to WELD
the house gavcl, and guide the dellbera>
lions Of the coming congress
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
MRS mlkAoo
The Japanese Empires, Eyid.ntI, a Clever.
htud Little Nouun

The Japanese Empress Eyid.nti, Clever,
hind Little Woman.
Her imrr"Iu, majesty IL NOT quite on the
crest ut tine wave that o., hearing her hum
bier sisters onward M Japan She was not
sduratsI abroad or according To- foreign
IDEALS, aud size knows only "A fs,v word, II
Engllsn liar culture D. highly AL perfectly
JapaucsH. Tue culture uf "a Jhpuue-. Indy Ia
very like o. minute aud wonderful growth VI
towers Within the cJmpn,. of finger ring
She can play a tender strain pu her fnvortts
musical instrument. Sua can PAINT with
grace and elegance She can read tue Chine-s
written character. aud she Is o. Perfect ret,o,i.
tory ~ suclu. and ceremonial tradition Sn.
snu write fuuj wonderful. japanese poetry
which 90 tIs.s sJ many y~ur- 90 .rsrn ono
ot bet ndle1.iu-wultiu. g. sfyl-i tua chief
po-'e-- To" duties u, ;Ly cLl.; port-ss are
"ot strictly dgGuei. Uut ~ ~ uudrr-tpod that
she b. a s5rt ut lightning conductor Tor intro
duetng Inspired ideas g. u-i iut-ria, mis-
Tres and SIDE gr Iuys toe privilege uf correct
WR the proofs ui her majesty political etfu.
siuus
Whatever may be- thought uf tug real Der
sOuai quality 90 the empires sympathy with
western CIVILIZATION there Is u0 doubt Ut her
desire o. beip iis progress ia Japan especially
tLo-@ NOV eW-uts uicl AHect the softer -.
she encourages tus education OF the "curling
"uiiieh Who are beginning 10 wrinlis their
suai torrhelis over higher mntJN,u.a les aud
gAi' -a-l.-i7.s. H. ~, ..,t-u- with exern-
piary uulpmprrheudiug patience o. Essays
upon Tue genius " Browning IN academies
WIKI imported ms;ructressts She takes an
interest ln tue new arts aud the new music
winch tue west :, so kindly trying u teach
Japan. She B, dey1ut believer In her Shiuto
faith, bur she looks with u pleased tolerance
On Tue Efforts 90 Christian missionaries. Sue
often g1es Go tue hospitals aud watches with
kern attention even the surgical operations.
while many stories ARE told " her kindness 10
the sufferers there
Ten years ago, under the customs then pre-
valing tue empress stared impassively into
Tue space Immediately surrounding the pros
ttate figure of the person enjoying the honor
" Presentation o. her like japanese doh
ON exhibition Tor It's ability to wink Now
sh" smiles and bows and 20 certain privi-
legged people suo gives her hand Two cham.
b-rlains and the court physician still sit at
tue door uf the state dining room, to taste
the dishes and TO expire tirst ia polite indi-
cation Co their imperial ana je-ties that the
cook has put sirychnine Ia them: but tue
official bauquets now begin with soup and
snd with sweets, In total subversion Of the
oid Japanese system, which began with
sweets and ended with soup Their imperial
hlghn-sse, occasionally 10 out 10 dine with
some oi tueir subjects, Of sufficiently exalted
RANK, but even on these occasions the cham
beriains aud the court physician accompany
their inaJrsties 60 act "a tasters OF the dishes
PfepIed n the entertainers kitchen. Lon
don Queen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
JUSTICE D. J. BREWER.
The President Fills the Vacancy on the
supreme Court Bench.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec THE president
yesterday ended the long agony over the
supreme court vacancy 10y sending to the
tsnate the nan of Judge Brewer, of Kan
pls, for appointment a associate justice in
place of Stanley Matthews. deceased Judge
Brewer is about 50 years old and was born
IN Asia Minor, at Smyrna, being the son Of
Rev. Josiah Brewer, who was a missionary
in Asia Minor at the time of David's birth
The Appointee'- Public Services.
Judge Brewer was educated at Yale and
fitted himself for the legal profession. He is
a nephew OF Justice :. J. Field. He moved
to Kansas many years ago, and served two
terms OF six ysars ON the bench OF the SUI
preme court of that state, and had entered
upon a third term when President Arthur
appointed him judge of the Eighth judicial
circuit, to succ sed George W. McCrary. The
appointment is generally well received. JUS
tice Miller, over whose circuit Justice Brewer
has presided, speaks of him in the warmest
terms, ranking him among the ablest judges
on the bench
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
How's This!

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case Of cstarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls catarrh cure.
+. J. CHENEY & Co, Props.
Toledo. Ohio.
We, the undersigned. have known II I.
J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
20 carry out any obligation made by their
firm:
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale druggists.
Toledo, ..
WALDrN9. KNNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
druggists, Toledo, o.
E. II. VAN HGsEN. Cashier, Toledo Ma
tionrl bank. Toledo, o.
Halls catarrh cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces OF the system. Price 75 cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
Nike Couldn't sign Hack

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5-The first man
Mike Kelly asked TO sign Brotherhood con.
tract after completing his long journey
from Boston was the crack pitcher. John
Clarkson, but Kelly was doomed to disap-
pointment. Clarkson wants more money
than the Brotherhood offers him, and besides
has not much faith in the financial success OF
the scheme Late Tuesday night Billy Nash,
Boston's Il ird baseman, signed one of Kel-
ly's contrcts. Cancel, Richardson, Rad
bourne and Daley promised to sign. Fred
Carroll told Kelly that he could take his
Carols contract back, with all complete,
and Mike was happy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
ACCIDENT AT A CROSSING.
Four Persons Seriously Injured by a Rail-
way Collision.

way Collision.
PARIS, Ill, Dec, 5.-An accident occurred
at O'Clock last night at the Midland cross
ing on the Indianapolis & st. Louis railroad,
seriously injuring four persons and slightly
injuring six hers The Nation accommo-
dation, west-bound, known as No. passen-
ger, was few minutes late, and while cross
ing the Terre Haute and Peoria railroad the
rear coach WIS run into by a freight engine
going southeast ON the Terre Haute and
Peoria railroad. The coach was thrown en-.
tirely from the track.
The Wounded Passengers.
The following il II list OF the injured: J. T
Fleirsheim, Chicago badly cut ON the head
and sustained internal injuries; A J Bishop,
Delaware, o, severely cnt on the head and
side injured; A J. Clark, st Louis, right
shoulder disocated; Elijah Hail. Kansas,
Ills, back injured; Z. y. Collins, Buffalo, y.
Y, head cut and internal injuries: Mrs.
Went Grover, this city, tack injured and
ribs and collir-bone broken; W. H Lewis.
Rochester, n Y, slight injuries about the
head
Four other persons received slight in juries,
Sut were able TO continue their journey
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
Jorn POTTER.
TuuRspAY. DrcEMuER 8 1889.
CHICAGO Herald. A summary OF the


CHICAGO Herald. A summary OF the
strikes for the year ending Nov. l, 1889.
has been Issued by the New York Reform
club. 1t shows curious state Of things
for The system which claims to give labor
high wages and steady work. or the
226 important strikes since the election OF
Tradeboomer Harrison, 100 were In pro,
tected Industries and were caused In al
most every case by q reduction Of wages
They included sill workers protected
by tariff Of 50 per cent; coal miners
protected" BY tariff Of rs cents ton
steel rail workers protected" to the ex,
tent Of sl7 ton, copper miners. carpet
weayers. wire drawers. cigarmakers,
thread splnners and nearly every Other
class Of labor 10 highly protected indus
tries. None ~ the campaign promises
put forth to cleo, Ben Harrison have been
kept, and the promises that his victory
would bring prosperity. high wages and
everything else that everybody want,
have failed 10 msterializs like the rest
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05

PARIS, Dec. Cardinal Rampoli has
written letter which is to lie added to the
preface TO new anti-Semitic book to be
published in the city by Henry Desportes.
The letter is TO the effect that the pope ap-
proves the work and sends the author his
benediction. The object Of the book is to
prove that the Jews still use the blood of
murdered Christian children in the perform
ance of their rites, and the pope's indorse-
ment is In the nature of direct accusation
against them Of indulging in this horrible
nractica
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
Proceedings of tn. Pan-Americ.,.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 5-The PAN
American congress yesterday finished
consideration of the rules for govern
ing their proceedings. The rules as
adopted exclude representatives of the
press and are intended to make the proceed
ings secret. After adopting the rules, the
congress proceeded TO consider the report of
the committee on committees, but had made
little or no progress up TO 5 p. m, when it
ad iourned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05

MINNEAloLIs, Mimi, Dec. THE funer-
ais Of Oh orator James f. Igoe and Agent
Walter +. Miles, Of the Associated Press,
and Comm ercial Editor William Millman,
the last Of the victims of Saturday nights
fire, tool place yesterday, and were
largely attended. Igoe and Miles were buried
in the East Side Roman Catholic cemetery,
and Millm ans remains were taken to Broad
head, Wa, for interment beside his wife,
who was buried few weeks ago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. Sin his report
To congress sent in yesterday Secretary
Window has this to say of civil service re-
form: 1t il my belief that the personnel
and efficiency of the service have been in no
way lowered by the present method of ap-
pointments 10 clerical positions in the de
partment. The beneficial influences of the
civil service law in its practical workings are
clearly apparent. Having been at the head
of the department both before and after its
adoption, am able to judge By comparison
Of the two systems, and have no hesitation in
pronouncing the present condition of affairs
as preferable in all respects
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
The Son of His Father

NEW York, Dec. ga hero whom Wall
street has not had much chance to celebrate
made STOCK market hearts glad yesterday by
reappearilg. Edwin Gould, known of old
as bad boy Eddie, is the attraction, and the
story goes that he went ON the street recently
and quietly antagonized scheme his father
and broth George were working, coming
out Of the deal with s125, 900 Of Jays money
In his poe 1et.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
Shot Each Othsr to Death

BUTLER, No, Dec 5-Deputy United
States Marshal J. p. Willis and Pierce Nor
gan, a moonshiner, shot and killed each
other Tuesday night Willis approached
Morgan TO serve a warrant on him, when the
latter drew his revolver and fired The bull.
let missed its mark, and the next instant the
two men fired their revolvers simultaneous
ly, both bullets taking effect Willis was
shot through the heart, and died instantly
Morgan WAS shot through the stomach and
died yesterday morning
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-05
Desperate Fight with Axes

Bolton, Mo, Dec. 5-William jackson, a
chopper at a tie camp, make sighting re
mark about the ability of John Ryder, the
camp cook, to prepare food, and quarrel
ensued which resulted in Ry der grabbing an
and attacking Jackson. The latter de
Tended himself also with an ak, and before
the men could I've separated jackson received
Il freightful cash in the breast which cut
through the ribs and exposed his lungs. He
died later Ryder WAS cut in several places,
IL. sf,ra q, die