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suLcorT.s pEFALcATIoNs.
a House Gonn nstttee Investigating Oh
Hooks at the Missing Cashier.

a HOUSE COsn nstttee Investigating the
Hooks at the Missing Cashier.
wAsHINGToN. Dec. 5.-Mr. Lccsiom's
examination of Siicott's t..faicatiDn is
confined To an vestigation of the man
ncr i'm which business was transacted i'm
his office i'm its various ramifica-
tions with the treasury. national banks
and representatives. j. w. whelply, AS
sistant United States trtas,irer, testified as
to the mode in which the drafts Of the
ssr9cant-at-srnis Of the house are present
ed and paid AT the department. After
hearing whelpiy's statement the commit
tee made an investigation in the legal
aspect Of the with result most un-
satisfactory To members whose salaries
m arrS.ars. Although the matter il
still open to question 10 appears, u result
of the inquiry thus far, that the RESPONSE
hility for the loss can not he. located. Al
together the situation u distressing tn
those rucuit,crr who az first had no doubt
that they would promptly recover their
missing salaries. Having exhausted tlsc
knowls<lge OF the treassary officers. the
and began am examination OF tho forpnit-
able array of hooks and accounts. Ex-
Congressman Page. of Ohio. boiislsnaii
for Lectiuun. emphatic denied the state
ment. which gained some currency. that
he owed Silcott. He says he owes Silcoti
money whatever. Representative
Adams, chairman of the investigation
committee. says the story that Siicott had
gone To New York To collect money of
Page is doubtless one of Silcott's lies. in.
vented to gain time.
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GREAT TH,Mos IN VIEW.



DENVER. Dec. s.-The I"dirid"oiis'. a
liberal and reforun paper. comes out with
n leader i'm support of '.The New Aboli-
radical and revolutionary demands, name
~. "The immediate and unconditional re-
peal and total abolition of all so-calls-d
titles tn land other than the natural title
of occupancy and the u~e of all statutes
and enactu,cnts and so-callesl laws for the
collection of debts all statutes and enact
mcnts in any way relating to the cirs'ullt-
ing medium Of the country; all statutes
that In any way Interfere with the trade
bs-twecu the individuals of the different
countries; all charter special privileges
and franchises to corporations; all forms
of compulsory taxation and all
other statutes. prcceticuts aud customs
that in any way conflict with the laws of
equal frs.ctiou." IL further demands col
hctivc or state ownership and control of
all highways. telegraphs. telephones,
municipal ownership and control of all
water works. Illuminating and public
heating plants, street railways, cable
lines. etc. The Iniiriduai'st boldly claims
that the new abolition eui,odies in its es-
senco the real aims and desires of the.
trades unions. and tho federation of
trades. the union labor, the united labor
ond Rreenback parties. and the reasonable.
demands of all natioualist~. socialists,
communists aud anarchists. IL is backed
the stnrt ont with AT least 1.up,OD
votes. and that IL will shlk.. the earth
from center Ia circumference. New aps,-
litlon clubs are now oriSA u iziug iu differ-
cut parts of the country. Newark, n. d..
has alreadiy ~ Large club. and it il said
other localities are taking steps tn organ
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The sp.ndthri0 sale stopped.

LExISGToS, KY. Dec. 6.-1'he spend
thrift sale of race-horscs grand
Ra-co to-day. just as the stallion Spend
thrift was knocked down to Tracy x Will
for $1i.0U. &. w. Bath3ate, agent for
Samuel Bahcock. owner of the stud.
called attention tn telegram from that
gentleman, ordering the sale stopped.
This was unexpected that the large
crowd of horseIien present were dumb
founded. This action on the part OF BAH
cock has created big sensation, and
nothing else il talked of i'm horse circles.
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Accused o6 Acting Like n Fool.

BRussELs, Dec. 6.--The excitement
which has prevailed in the chamber of
deputies for the past few days was added
To to-day by Deputy Janson, who accused
the minister of the interior of acting like
IA fool. The latter gentleman called JAM
liar, and stormy scene followed.
All efforts tai restore order were fr,iitless.
and the session abruptly terminated.
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Tn. Copper syndicate.

LONDON, Dec. 6.-The copper syndicate
holds less than 1:D.CuO tons of that metal
taken from the Societe Des Melanx. Ii is
the intention of th. syndicate tn maintain
tl,c price OF copper at $50 to E5S per ton.
Should the price fall below ESQ the syndi-
cate will ces,ss. selling and even buy. IL
is believed the syndicate is competent to
sustain it's project,
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fLoRENcE. Ariz., Dec. 6--Na-Con Cui-
Say and kah Dos La, the two Apache
mursierers. were hangcdi i'm the jail-yard
this morning. Macon Qui-Say and two
of thos.. who committed suicide wetlnes-
day, were convicted of the murder Of VIM.
Diehl near San Pedro river i'm June 1887.
kah Dos La and the other Indian who
committed suicide. murdered VIM. Jones
near DtIdelighvill. in Sept. 1sss.
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AT THE CAPITAL.
What some Prominent Southernera Say
OG JefIersSsm Davis.

What some Prominent southermera Say
Os JefserrOn Davis.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The war depart
ment has not been officially informed of
the death of Jefferson Davis and has
taken action with respect To il.
large oil painting hangs OH the wall of
the chief clerks room. IL is surrounded 10y
portraits OF other ex-secretaries. The fiag
of the other building which has always been
half-nastsd the death OF an ex-secre-
tary. to-day Roats in "a good breeze from
its usual place at the top of the staff.
Secretary Proctor said: ~ see no occa-
sul,serve no good purpose that can see."
Senator Reagan, cx-postmaster general
of the confederacy, WAS seen at the teie-
graph Office this afternoon just as he WAS
sending a telegram of condolence to- the
family of Mr.. Davis. He said the princi-
pal motive which actlIatcd Davis i'm going
into the rebellion was to secure n govern
nlent that should he friendly to the peo-
pie. He was AN intense believer i'm the
lutely their domestic affairs and that the
genera. government should have no power
ar authority to act outside of matters
specially delegated To il.
"wiii his death affect In any way the
sentiment i'm favor of accepting the re-
'.Not at all. Why. Mr.. Davis himself
always urged the fullest acceptance of
the present condition of affairs"
abilities rcmoVed?'
because he did not feel that he had
uotic afytiltbV wtWn reIuireu MN tp tsk
any mans pardon. He had done his duty
as he had conscientiously seen il, and he
had no apologies tn make therefore"
Postmaster General Wannamaker said: /:
"lhe passing away of Jefferson Davis
shuts from view the last great landmark
of the terrible war. IL IL could end all
divisions and strifcs ~ new day of peace
and prosperity would dawn upon the
land"
Ex-Attorncy General Garland believed
that when Davis whole life aud character
| are considered and analyzcd i'm an un-
cloutied atmosphere. 10y corl, dispassion-
ate people, he will hold very high place
| i'm history.
Justice Lamar said: "The whole people
| of Mississippi in grief. My personal
| relations with him were not only kind but
| affectioIiate. As - public man my esti-
| mate of him of the most exalted
honor and statesmanship."
| Senator George said: "Whatever may
| he said OF Mr.. Davis by some of his con
| tempories who differ with him, am sure
| the judgement of posterity will he that hs
was a pure, able and patriotic citizeu."
| Senator walthall said: ''Mr. Davis in
| his last days had stronger hold the
| affections OF his own people than he has
| i'm the time of his greatest power. Their,
meeting of prominent Mississippian,
now in the city WAS held here this after
noon To take action on the death of Js.ifer
son Davis. Among those present wer
Justice Larner and the entire Mississipp
delegation in congress-, including Sena
tors Walthall and George. Lengthy resu
lutions OF sympathy and affection wer
adopted and teleRraphed to Mrs. Davis "a
New Orleans.
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MILLvILLE. y. j., Dec. S.-The bosiy of
Mrs. Annie Borden, "a coiorcd widow, was
found shockingly mutilats,d on the fioor of
her house hers. this morning. The muir
dcrcr ripped open her abdomen with n
knife and committed acts that sound like
descriptions of Jack TN. Ripper's work.
A dissolute glAssblower named John Knox
has been ARRESTED.
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CHICAoo, Dec. 6.-The wife of Frank n.
Collier, the weli-known attorney and
leader i'm Britisli-Auierican circles here.
has applied for "a conservator To take
charge of Golfers estate. He has been
con fined in the sanitarium since August,
and il il now believed he is hopels-sly in-
sane.
This evening a jury found Collier in
sane and ordered his connittal to Kan
knkcs asylum.
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OTTAWA. Dec. 6.-It il reported Tonight
that Mrs. Colin Campbell. the wife of
we'll known member of the civil service,
has .loped with Fred O'Connor, well
known man about town.
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TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 6.-Thc supreme
court has dismissed the motion for re-
hearing OF the Wallace county seat ques-
ton case. IL il believed the dicision Of the
supreme court will have the effect OF
quietiIiR the people.
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Manager rurb.r. Denial.

Boston, Dec. 6.-Thc report that Port
land, Maine, will bc made the outlet for
Canada Pacific business is denied by
Manager Furiser of the Boston 4 Maine
railroad. on whose wharf il WINS reported
tlie great elevators were to he erected.
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They vii, Mott Complain.

BERLIN, DEG. 6.-The papers announce
that the Merchants and Traders associa-
ton has abandoned the idea of sending u
complaint to the. government against the
American couDsul in Berlin. "a unosius
yiyendi having been arranged.
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Lons,os Coal Porter. win ssrshs.

LONDON. Dec. 6.-All the coal porters oR
London will strike "wednesday in con-
junction with the gas workers, who gave
notice to the gas company three days ago
that they would strike in one week IL the
company did not dismiss the blacklegs.
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Conference nj ltn-tnn.

BOSTON. Dec. 6.-To-slay's session of
the general Christian conference under
the auspices of the Evangelical Alliance.
was occupied with addresses by delegates.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Nathaniel NJ. Miles.
ex-presisient of the Traslesmen's National
bank of New York city, indicted bv
the grand jury to-day for letting u hoos0
for Immoral purposes.
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Il NegrO HAnged In ArAb0mA-
GADsEN, Ala. Dec. 6.-Charlie Johnson,
alias Wade Holmes, the negro who killed
Policeman Kinney i'm November. 1SS6, waA
hanged herr. to-day.
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Coal Sainers strike ~ Es.ea.
BERLIN, Dec. 6.-Au the men i'm - 0as-
leries at Essen have resolved To ssrike.
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Miss Davis Frustrated.

PARIS. Dec. 6.-Miss wInnifrctl Davis
is prostr.ited by the news of her fathers
tlnath. She sails for home next week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
Money for N5oneY,n SaAn.

The late Dick Eopple whose wealth was
counted up into tho millions, was an ardent
lover Of money for moneys sake. de didn't
accumulate it with the intention OF buying
pleasure with it, neither did no over, with a
miser's motive for boarding deny himself the
necessities Of life. He always had for him
self the best, and always lived like a gentle
man that he WINS. every inch of him. Still
lie loved TO accumulate for the sale Of ac-
cumulation. When he died ali old tin box al
most as big as a Saratoga trunk was among
his goods and chattels in tho safe deposit
department of the Lafayette bank. 1t
was not filed with bulky plate and other
Hopple hcirlooms, neither were there any
old clothes in it, There were deeds, plenty
of them, n few mortgages, some bonds q
good deal of shining gold and the rest Of the
filling was greenbacks of denominations that
were large. II had been the custom OF the
old gentlemen for years whenever he had
$1,000 i'll change to buy 81, 900 greenback
with it and put it in the tin box. The
law, it will DO remembered, does not allow
grecnbaclks to be taxed. This money so hid
away did not increase in value, did not earn
anything, did not in any possible way bene-
fit the world. But hold! 1t did benefit the
world n little The knowledge that it was
safe in the old tin box made one man happy,
and that man was Dick Hopplc That was
something. Cincinnati Times-Star
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
EDWIN BOOTHS ILLNESS.
A Wild. Difference of Opinion Between
Doctors and the Trayedian.

A Wild. Difference of Opinion Between the
Doctors and the Tragedian.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, April Sin an inter-
view yesterday with DR.. Sumner, who at
tended Edwin Booth when he was taken i'll
Wednesday night, the doctor said Mr.. Booth
was better--a great deal
"Did you consider his condition last night
alarming"
81 did not think it was Immediately dam
gerous. / found that he had sustained q
slight stroke Of paralysis, which prevented
the power of speech. The paralysis affected
his entire left side. He was unable to speak
and, Of course, told him he could not go on
with his part 1t was thought at first that
the attack would pass away in a few min
utes, but felt sure it was impossible for him
to resume his part His condition was indeed
pitiful. As he lay there in his dressing room
looking appealingly at Mr.. Barrett and my
self, unable to speak word, my heart felt
for him keenly. We did all we could to aid
the suffering tragsdian, and as soon a. posi-
bic bad him removed to his hotel"
1Do you think Mr.. Booths strength ~ an
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
Still Loves the Brute.
A Case of Affection That Is In.
comprehensive.
DETEsTED BY FELLOW CRIMINALS,

The Miscreant Bohan Still Retains the De-
His bastard. Drunken CrueIty-she Visits
Him in Prison and Declares He. Inten-
ton to Work for His Pardon-A Talk
with the Suffering Woman.
AUBURN, n. Y, April 5s--A large, mid
dle-aged woman, blind in both eyes and led
by young lady Ut 49, applied at the prison
gate yesterday morning for admission. She
asked for William Bohan, her husband, who
was received from Sing Sing last October and
Is serving twenty-year sentence for gouging
her eyes out. 1t will be remembered that the
dastardly brute, in drunken rage, at two
different times made a murderous attack on
his wife, and each time destroyed the sight of
one eye. At the trial the woman deliberately
perjured herself to save the miscreant from
the just penalty of his devilishness
Because of his terrible crime Bohan has
been ostracised by his fellow-convicts Even
thieves, burglars and murderers show their
detestation of a man who could treat his
wife go For the past two weeks Bohan has
been an inmate Of the hospital, suffering from
in communication with his wife, and when
she beard he was sch she determined to visit
him, arriving at the prison yesterday, &C.
companied 10y her niece. She was permitted
TO visit her brutal husband in the hospital,
and their meeting was very affectionate He
walked up to her, and, placing his haads on
her checks, kissed her several times He then
led her to a chair near his bed and they
SDaOt hOur ga i,,r-
which the convict husband cried like child
The sight of the blind woman coming 10
visit the man who had caused her so much
misery surprised even the prison officials
Then to one of them who expressed his sur
prise to the wife, she said: Il forgive him
and still love him"
The woma!'s niece, a.sister's daughter, re-
ceived the man very coolly and through the
interview she never spoke TO her uncle Mrs.
Bohan said TO correspondent that while she
was unable to account for her feelings, she
still loved the man and would live with him
tomorrow If he were released from prison.
She added that it was hard TO keep him in
prison, as it Gid her no good and was an in
jury TO him. She excused his crime by say
ing that he was intoxicated, else he never
would hav, injured her.
hen SOBER" she said, che always treated
me kindly" She added that when sent to
prison he deeied her all his property, amount
ing to about S7,00t She said: "A wife's a
wife, and can't bslp my feelings l love
my husband still, and would do anything for
him. As soon as l anu able / shall set about
obtaining his pardon, and, if successful, we
shall live together as before" When asked
If the neighbors would not interfere and make
1t unpleasant for the man if he returned to
Far Rockaway, the woman said: NO; they
would not dare lay violent hands on him, for
II they hurt hair of his head | would see
that they were punished"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
County rsuIiaIng.
TIiANaFEDa

3-W L Coyne ct al by Master to c q
Stoddsrd lot 10, block 9, Spencer &
Cases ad., R. l., $3.50 OF.
Il r Albrecht to ] F Beatley. lot 3
block /, Christy s. Growers ad., Moline
$1,000.
J W Ballard ct al by Master to Johr
Vandeveer, lot z, subdivision sw4. 81
II. 8w, Ss21.92.
AS Doxsee to Levi S McCabe, ct a
lots and 2, set, net, 9, II, 1w. &c.
1874
Richard Batterspy to 3 B Seville, ter
tracts in sections a. Q. IA, Is, 10, 90, 20
81 and 80, tp II. 3w., "a, 800.
CIV Lobdell to w B Ferguson, II fl
lot /, block 10, Moline, $4,000
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
actor is ininred hy this attack,

actor is injured by this attack
"That can not say. I think with rest
Of a week o. ten days he will be able to keep
his engagements. Last nights attack, how
ever, is premonition of what is bound to
come. l think that within few years MIR.
Booth viii suffer a final attack, which may
rob Americt. of its greatest actor"
Arthur B. Chase, Mr.. Booths manager, at
tributed the attack to excessive smoking.
He smokes, Mr. Chase said, about twenty
strong impo ted cigars a day, and frequent
uses a pipe. Upon being told that the
smoking wis probably the cause of his ILL
ness Mr.. Booth said: ~ couldn't give up my
cigar" He said for the benefit Of a reporter
that he would keep his engagement in De-
troit next week, and Lawrence Barrett an.
nounces that he will fill out the Booth-Bar-
rett engagements in case of Mr. Booths i'll
ness, substit uting Lawrence Hanley in
Booths parts
When the party left for New York yes1sy.
day Mr.. Booth walked from the carriage to
the train without assistance and carried a
light satchel slung over his shoulder, while a
wooden toothpick of plain, unvarnished type
rested between his lips He did not LOOK like
sick man.
NEW YoRIl, April Edwin Booth arrived
from Rochester at ESQ q. NJ. yesterday and
was met by his physician. DR.. St Clair Smith.
The two tool. a carriage and drove to the
Players club. Mr.. Booth was in good spir
Its but not very robust He took supper a,
the club, and sat up till quite late, chatting
with friends Dr. Smith confirms the state
ment that Mr.. Booth sustained a partial
stroke of paralysis, and thinks the attack
was brought on by excessive smoking. He
has directed the patient to remain indoors
for while, keeping quiet and resting. HI
thinks Mr.. Booth will in this way regain biz
strength and be able to resume bis engage
ments.
To the newspaper men who met him Mr.
Booth said; Yes, thank you, feel very
much improved" To Mr. Eddy he said "No
it was not paralysis. I simply lost my voice
and that has happened two or three times be
fore. Each time, however, was not at 6
theatre, so that it then caused no difficulty.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
Officers DO Their Duty Too Late.

PrrTsBURo, April 5.-During Wednesday
night Edward Dietz, who resided with his
wife and family on Craig street, east end,
killed his 3-year-old daughter by almost sew
ering her head from her body and then cut
his own throat Wednesday evening Dietz
assaulted his wife, who made an information
against her husband at an alderman's office
and did not return to her home Dietz re-
fused to admit the officers sent to arrest him,
and the latter did not force an entrance until
$50 yesterday morning, at which hour they
found the bodies lying In the same room on
the floor. Mrs Dietz states that the only
reason she can assign for her husbands &C
ton was the fact that an older daughter had
gone out to work as domestic against her
fathers wishes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-05
A Postmaster skips to Canada.

ELNIRA, n. Y, April Sit was not gem
orally known until vest srday that Assistant
Postmaster G. A, Ward was missing, together
with $1,000 of government money rihed
from the postofflce safe. Ward left the city
early on Wednesday morning and it is sup
posed he is now in Canada For several
months past business men in this city have
received complaints from out-of-town GUS
toners that they did not receive credit for
money mailed. Forty or fifty cases of this
nature have been reported The amount
stolen in this way cannot be stated. Ward
has heretofore borne good reputation, al
though he has been subject to periodical
"sprees." He leaves behind him wife and
five small children