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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

PRESENT appearances indicate that the
Blair bill will pass the senate again with
out much trouble, Il has travelled that
far on the road to the statute book several
times, but no farther Il Is to be hoped
that II will meet with no better success
this time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
The Rains Cease in California.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec 2s-There was
no rain yesterday and the Los Angeles river
is falling rapidly. BY tonight it is expected
that the Southern Pacific road between East
Los Angeles and FL Paso, Tex, will be ready
for business. Superintendent Wade, of the
Santa Fe road says the men are fast putting
his line into shape and that by tomorrow
the main line will he in operation
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

NEW YORK Dec 2s.-Drawings were filed
at the building bureau Friday for five
story residence for Coils p Huntington, the
railroad magnate The building will be
granite pile of irregular shape, with Large
windows surmounted with heavily carved
stone The house will have a frontage of l02
feet, a depth OF l02 feet, viii he eighty feet
in height, and will probably cost S20O,O0O
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

BOSTON, Dec. y The influenza IS on the
increase here 1t is safe To say that over
one-tenth Of the population is affected by it
The symptoms are more like those of dengue
fever than like those Of common influenza
Affections of the lungs are more numerous
than usual but physicians do not consider
tho situation ALARMING
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

WILLIAM II. GEsT. the republican con-
gresham from this district. is very uu-
popular man In Macomb. and u a candi-
date again. he couldn't get fifty votes In
this city. A number OF influential Ma
corb republicans assert that the con-
gresham Is owned body. soul and
breeches, by one or two Mscombites,
who make no secret in saying they can
control the Rock Island luminary to their
own liking. --Macomb Eagle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2s.-Several cases OF in
fluenza have been reported in Baltimore dur
ing the past few days, but there is no Ger
tainty IA 10 their being real, genuine grippe.
About thirty postofiice employees are laid up
with the trouble. None are, however, seri-
ously i'll. The symptoms are heavy cold,
coughs, pains in the back and limbs, and
general lassitude
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 2s.-La grippe has
taken a good grip in Albany, and some peo-
pie are beginning to get alarmed The at
tacks, however, are very light I'm one dry
goods store fully twenty employees are home
sick with the disease The disease begins
with severe nausea, followed by sneezing,
like hay fever. Physicians interviewed last
night said the only danger to be feared was
that the natural weakening Of the lungs un-
der the attack may lead to pneumonia.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

II is probable that two new states will
be admitted by this congress. The senate
committee on territories has agreed to re-
port favorably the bills providing for the
admission of Idaho and Wyoming. The
democrats will endeayor to have New
Mexico included, as Il should be.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
THE DAILY ARGUS
SATURDAY. DrcFmuEn 2s. 1889.

CONeREssMAN GEsT didn't come home
20 spend the holidays. Is the entente
cordiaic between Bro. Gest and his con-
stituenls strained, or are the railway com.
panies less free with their favors this
year. we wonder7
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

THE house committees were announc, d
by Speaker Reed Saturday. and our con-
gresham does not get q chaIrmanship
He Is put on committees as follows:
Mines and mining war claims and labor
IL ~ now In order for the republican
press 10 dwell upon the great import
ance' Of the committees he has been
made member OF. -Aledo Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
Very Mild Type at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 2s-President Gait,
of the board Of health, states that there is no
epidemic Of influenza here at present DIR.
Clinton Kelly and other leading practition-
srs state that alleged cases of Russian influ-
snxa have yielded readily TO treatment, and
IL the disease exists at all as an epidemic it is
Of n very mild tyDe
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
NOTICE.

Public notice If hereby given that at n meeting
OF the city council of the city OF Rock Island 10 b.
held on Monday evening, January 9Th. 1880. and
Street Railway Company will petition the ssid
city council to grant il the right of way 10 con.
etrnct and operate its line OF electric street rail
viz.
On Thirtieth street between Thirteenth avenue
and Fourteenth avenue; and Thirteenth ayenne
between Thrtieth street and Twenty -ffth street :
on Thirty-frst street between Tbirteenth sns
Fourteenth avenues, and on Twenty-ffth street
between Thirteenth avenue and Seventh avenue
sno on Seventh avenue from Twenty-ffto street
west TO Eighteenth street
Rock Island, H., December 2yth A. d. 1890
MOLINE CENTRAL STREET RAILWAY CoMPASr.
BY w. II. MooRE, President.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
How the Germans Look at IL.


ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ, Dec. ga lady
arrived here yesterday giving her name as
Mrs. Josie Moore, of indianapolis, and said
she was looking for her runaway husband,
John j. Moore, a machinist. Her story is
that four yers ago she married Moore, being
at that time worth $50, 900 in her own right
After squandering n large part of her
property, two months ago me forged her
name to n check for 5000, obtained the
money and diSappehred
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

PARIS, Dec 2S-The health department
reports that on Christmas Day 3ls deaths oc-
Cured in the city from all causes The av-
erage mortality for the corresponding day
for several years past is 2OO. Ons-third of the
population Of Paris is afflicted with influenza
The editor of The Moniteur Universal and
three soldiers died from the disease at Yer
Sailles Yesterday
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
what the Health Boards Saw.
BREAKING OUT EVERYWHERE.

Precedence to Senators-First Case In
Kansas l. senator Ingalls,.
ATcHrsoN, Kan, Dec. 2s.-The first man
known in this state 20 he seized with the
Russian influenza is Senator John j. Ingalls,
He was taken with cold and aches and
pains Thursday night, and yesterday was
stiff and sore, and Sneezing all day. He had
an engagement To deliver an address before
the State Teachers association at Topeka
yesterday afternoon, but his condition, al
though not serious, was such as not 20 per-
init him To leave home with safety
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

LONDON, Dec. - AT Eastbourue Monday
night Mr. Taylor, a.widow with two daugh-
tors drink herself into frenzy and cut the
thr"ts oi the two girls while they were
sleeping After committing the terrible
crime the woman ran into the street bran
di-hiug the razor rocking with the blood OF
her children, and was caught and disarmed
with great diligently
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

During the London dock laborers' strike,
many merchants obtained insurance on their
goods against damage by riot. One sought
and obtained insurance ut the rate Of five
shlllings par Gi0O on n van load Of goods In
transitu from tho dock to a city warehouse.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

NEw YORK, Dec 2S.-Fire last night in the
Everett building at Ann and Nassau streets
caused s25, 600 damage. distributed among
a number of office tenants. Several firemen
were burned by back draught" flames, and
were taken to hospital They Will re-
cover
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
rwo-Thirds Of omaha's Citizens sneezIn.

OMAHA, Dec 2s.-La grippe or Russian in
fuenza is prevailing here in epidemic form.
It is estimated that fully two-thirds of the
people are suffering from it at the present
time. IL is in mild form, only about half
those attacked being confined 70 their beds
If medical treatment is promptly given There
have been no deaths. Physicians look upon
it as a developed stage of epizootic and sue
cessfully treat it from that diagnosis
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

New YORK, Dec 2S-The Brazilian con
sui general, Salvatore Mendonca, telegraph:
c. r. Flint & Co, from Washington CITY
that he has received cables from Brazil pre-.
pairing him for bad news. He continues.
however, to have confidence in the strength
Of the r-pVarDrnanr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. "a prominent
homeopathic physician told representative
Of the United Press yesterday that there
were probably not less than 1000 well de
fined cases of la grippe in this city. He said
II attacked all classes alike, and in some
tamilis-, four members out of six were laid
up with IT, The disease, however, was Of "A
mild type and yielded readily To medical
treatment in from three DAYS u a week
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

JOHANNESBURG, Ky, Dec 2S-A crowd
Of drunken touShs made a raid on HillSboro.
ten miles east of here, Thursday night and
put the marshal and his five deputies in the
calaboose and threw away the keys. The
hoodlums took no pains TO conceal their
identity. and there will be trouble if an Mt.
tempt is made to arrest them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

Boston, Dec. 2s.-Owing to the illness Of
two members of Mr. Sotherns company
from influenza, the performance at the Hol-
las Street theatre was abandoned last night,
money being refunded to ticket-holders
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
Doesn't ATTACH the S.cro.s.

NORFOLK, Va, Dec 2s-Norfolk has Rus
sian influenza in n mild form, and it is esti-
mated that there are as many as 2DO cases OF
It in the city. Most Of those who have con-
tracted the disease move in the best circles.
The negroes seem TO be entirely free from the
epidemic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 2s.-Benjamin
III. Jones, paymaster's clerk of the marine
corps. is missing. His accounts are being
examined. A shortage of $500 has al
ready been discovered
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
THE EUROPEAN PRESS.
'Perfidious Albion" Raked Eore-and-Aft
bN the Editors.

by the Editors.
LONDON, Dec. 2S-The Continental press,
including the semi-official organs, give evil
dence of being more perturbed over the
Anglo-Portuguese dispute than any of the
journals of the disputing countries, though
in their expressions there is no intimation
that it may be deemed advisable for any of
the powers 10 interfere in the matter The
Russian press are naturally inclined to take
the part of Portugal in discussing the merits
Of the quarrel, and are unanimous in the
declaration that England has no right To ex-
pect the sympathy OF her continental neigh
bors in her present difficulty, since her own
African policy has always been and is still
selfish, aggressive and laundering. In the
present instance Portugal has merely done
what England has been doing for years, and
in getting a dose of h r own medicine she
shows the perversity Of the child in refus-
ing to take it,
How the Germans Look at IL.
The German press are, as a rule, no more
disposed TO side with England than are their
Russian contemporaries. The Cologne Ga
zett takes substantially the same ground
as that taken by the St Petersburg papers
in imputing to England policy of selfs h
green III Africa WHICH raises neI indignant
wrath at the alleged encroachments of Por-
tugal to the height of absurdity
A Dangerous Torpedo Boat.
Naval circles are very much disturbed at
the reports of the successful trial of Lieut.
Perals torpedo boat in the bay of Cadiz, the
marvellous working Of the vessel having es-
pecially grave significance in view of the
presence of a number of England's best war
ships in Portuguese waters. Submerged to
the depth of forty feet the boat easily made
six knots an hour, and answered the require
ments of her guiding apparatus as readily as
though she were floating on the surface.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 2s-The treas
ury's Forthcoming circular of Jan. /, 1890,
marks an important change in the values Of
foreign silver coins, which are higher than
for the preceding year, whereas since 1873
the values of foreign silver coins have each
year been estimated lower than the proceed
ir,o
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
AH-AH-TISCH-OO-EE (!
Russian Influenza Gets Its Grip
on America.
sNEEzING THE ORDER OF sHE DAY.

McGInty Forgotten In she Universal Con-
vuIsion.-The Epissmie Goes Into Bust
ness in All PAS of the Country-sen-
ator IngalI. Has the First Case in Kan
sas-ChEago ON the Edge of a General
sn..-e-Increase of Pneumonia in New
york and Brooklyn.
NEW York, Dec. 2s-The number of per-
IONS in New York and b ooklyn suffering
rom influenza is very large, and constantly
Increasing In most cases the patient is sub
bcted TO severe muscular pains, catarrh,
great debility, etc, with numerous concom-
tant discomforts varying in different cases,
zone cases running into affections of the
bowels and Others TO those Of the lungs.
While no instances OF death due directly TO
Influenza have been reported in this city, the
aumber of deaths from pneumonia has in
creased so remarkably as TO Indicate some
connection between the epidemic of so called
Influenza and pneumonia
Increase Of the Death Rate.
For the past nine weeks the number of
ieaths from pneumonia has been respectively
is follows: Fiftyseven IL, ~, IS, ~, d. 81, 81,
A. The last figures are for the week ending
Dec 81. The figures for the week ending to-
lay will probably bee over leo There is hardly
business house or an office downtown whose
force Of clerks has not qeen shortened more
Or less by "la grippe Quite "A number of
policemen and firemen are laid up. The same
,tate of affairs exists in Brooklyn and Jersey
City.
what the Health Boards Say.
The health boards of all three cities claim
hat there is no danger from the epidemic.
When reminded that the disease is taking on
a more serious form in Europe. they point to
the lightneSs of the attacks here, and say
that the malady could grow much worse
without becoming dangerous 20 life AS to
the existence OF three cases of typhuS fever
IN the city, the officials claim that there is
'ome doubt about the diagnosis in these
,ases and assert that at any rate the meas
1res taken TO Isolate the patients would pre-
vent any spread Of this deadly disease.
| DeIirious with LA Grippe
Charles O'Brien, one of the trio of acrohats
playing in the Star theatre spectacle rs LES
Freres Carun," caught the grip early this
week, and was delirious at his home last
night His doctor sent to Manager Durham
certificate stating that O'Brien would prob
ably not live through the night
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
Boast Of the zenith CITY. :"

DULUTH, MINI, Dec 2S.-There is no case
of influenza known in Duluth. The atmos-
phere of Lake Superior is too pure to admit
of its existenca
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

CLEVELAND. o. Dec * Otto Lcuth. the
l6-year-oid boy ON trial for tie murder of
Maggie Tn mI,son, -.iri ui S<Sas ve,tar lay
found guilty of murder IN the First degr, :
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28
lglN Charge Against the Irish


LuNnoS, Dec - Capt O'Shea, ex-
member NJ the commons, has filed petit
ton Tor divorce from his wife on the
ground Of adultery naming Charles
stewart P,rnell a. correspondent, O'shea
says be- does not claim damages.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

Emin Pasha Has Relapse.
ZANZIBAR, Dec sS-Emin Pashs has bad
relapse There is secondary hemorrhags
from the ear, and great anxiety j. felt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

LISBON. Dec. % Two thousand have the
influenza, including the queen and Senior
Gomez, the foreign minister
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-28

= 4'oNDoN, Dec A--The Pelican club win
i Sss ssa .sasssuest .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-16
The Mashsr and the Basket.

\ lady who lives In the suburbs
was down IN the city buying mar
keting. She had a Large basket
full and was going to the cornor OF
Ninth street and st. Ilelen's ave-
nue. for the purpose Of taking the
motor line for her home. She has
a petite and rather youthful figure,
but is about 30 years OF age aud
has been a widow tor a decade. A
dapper young man, who was also a
"masher," saw her and, approach
ing, asked if he might not help her
home with her basket. Now this
widow hates dspper young men,
and especially mashers therefore
she told the young man he might
see her hone and carry her basket
He thought he had made an i'm
mense hit aud he also thought In
the dim light that the widow was
a beautiful young lady.
The widow transferred her bask-
ct to the dapper young mans arm
and relinqulshiug her idea OF rid
ing home in the horse cars In order
that she might have large busheI
basketfUl OF fun, she started WIFI
her escort tor q walk of about tif'
teen life.size, full length squares
The basket got trightfully heavy
IN about five blocks in ten it was
a huge white elephant, and by the
time the two reached the lady's
residence il was one OF the pyra
mlds of Egypt, and the dapper
young man was badly blown and
altogether broken up. The widow
rang the bell at her doer and a
grown young lady came asking;
"Why, ma, what did you ring
the bell fori The door was not
locked"
The dapper young man almost
tainted. and when the widow said
"WOn't you come in, slri My
husband would be very glad to see
YOU" he was paralyzed. But be
recovered quickly aud went away
from there, and that widow has
been having convulsive fits o
laughter ever since, in which she il
ably seconded 10y her daughter aud
the remainder OF the family. The
masher has been taking iron and
quinlue ever since to build up hi
strength.-TdcOmG Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-16

assaulting with even intent to mur.
der or violence that it is injuring
the honor anu character of our
people at home and abroad, mis-.
leading the people at home and
abroad, misleading the public
mind ~ to the intelligence and
piety and honor of our people are
respectable aud in their right
minds and faithful TO law and
order, clyll aud ecclesiastical.
Notwithstanding the action Of
the preachers, the negroes are
thoroughly welded to thelr idols.
Bad as the ascertainel facts are,
the descriptions of the midnight
orgies Of these deludo1 people are
horrible in the extreme. PJssess.
ell of the belief that the world Is 10
come to an end August IL, they
have refused to till the soil. Their
provisions are about exhausted ;
they have nothing in cultivation,
and few weeks will bring starva
tion. Crazy and starving, their
nast eXcesses show that no horror
is impooible, and that they must
be saved from themselves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-16
ALL At REGULAR RATES.

"You can't imagine the amount
of extra work we do for our regu.
lar guests remarked Clerk Wiley
at the Grand Pacific last night, as
he finished charging hungry man
with an extra meal. ave receive
kilograms from customers journey
ing trOW east to west aud ylcs YER
sa to buy them all sorts of things
and do all sorts of queer errands.
ANY like communication received
from a guest Of the hOnse always
receives our best attention. We
came near disappointing a man
last night, though. Just look at
this telegram
"'Have young, cunning Skye
terrier at the hotel tonight will
pass through the city
"The signature was unknown tC
me, and put the message to one
side. After a while | picked It III
and thought It joke from some
Yelling man.
"Then | decided Id have th(
dog, but tell no one about tin cast
it turned out a game. | sent a boy
:, to a dog fancier aud he brough
back some kind of a purp. lie haC
lust entered the hotel as an ex
governor from Montana arrived
and asked if | got his dog.
at seemed he had promised hi
little girl to bring home such a pc
bur the errand had slipped his
mind till withiU few hundred
miles of this city. SO he telegraph
ed US. The operator had caugh
the name wrong, aud that's wha
bothered me.
"Our luck in getting the dol
saved the politician quite "a few
Montana dollars, because seyera
bottles of champaign were wageret
on the chances OF having his terrie
at the hotel when he came.
80 you never thought hote
f clerks had to supply dogs 70
guests? Why, | expect some on
to wire us to get a divorce for hin
and have it down to the train wbe
he passes through tcGg
Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-16
He Knew.

A teacher was telling her LITTLE
boys about temptation, AMI show
ing how 1t sometimes came in the
most attractive attire. She used
as an Illustration the paw of cat
"Now," said she, "you have all
seen the paw OF cat. 1t is as soft
as velvet isn't itT
"Yesem, from the class.
"And you have seen the paw o
a dogp
"Yesem.p
@Well although the cats paw
seems like velvet, there is, never
theless, concealed in 1t something
that hurts. What is it !"
No answer.
"The dog bites," said the teacher
"when he Is IN anger; ibut wha
does the cat do y
"Scrstches," replied the boy.
Correct" said the teacher
noddlng her head approvingIy.-
"Now, what has the cat got thai
the dog hasn't"
"Whiskers," said a boy on the
back seat and the litter that rar
around the class brought the lesson
| to an end YOUNG Catholic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-16
AN UNGRATEFUL YOUNG DOCTOR

An old fellow sat on a rail fence.
His hat lay Oh the ground; his long
hair was tangled, and his face
wore a revengeful expression. A
traveller, noticing the old fellows
hardness Of countensnce, stopped,
and thus addressed him:
"You seem to be worried"
AM
whats the matterp
"Got a duty to perform"
at must he an unpleasant one"
"No. the duty is pleasant enough.
but the waiting - rirrso ne.
"Why lo yDh wat "
"S'.e th At house up youd''l -
Yes"
"Wel. there's a fellow IN there
that | am going to larrup as soon
az he comes ont.'
she has done you an injury, |
suppose" ?"
ale has"
"What did he do ~
"Well, I'll cell you. He came
into this neighborhoOd about six
months ago aud began to practice
medicine. haye been practicing
physician in this community for
thirty years yet treated the up.
start kindly. How did he repay
me With the basest lngratitude,
sir. I'll tell you how 1t was. About
two weeks ago old Peter Nolas ~'s
taken awfully sick. He was as
sick a man as | ever saw in my
life. Why, he had the swamp te.
yer, rheumatism, pleurlsy and
number of other diseases. | was
called in. AS soon as l looked at
him | saw that he had ho show,
aud | told him it would not be
honest for me to give him medicine
and take his money when l knew
that / could do him no good"
THAT was surely commendable,'
said the traveller.
"Ot course but mark the differ.
ence. That yOang snipe was call.
ed in. What did he dot Act with
corresponding honestly No, sir,
he pitched in and gave old Pete a
lot OF medicine
"And killed him, eh,V
"Well, no; the scoundrel has
about cured him"
"Yes; but that proves him to be
a good physician
ga good physician y the old fel-
low exclaimed. "Why, blast him,
be knew that | had said old Pete
couldn't live. He knew that my
professional reputation was at
stake. Why didn't he let the old
fool dlei Why did he want to cure
hin and ruin me- 1t was an un.
professional act, sir, and just as
soon as he comes out of that house
Pm going to whale him. 1 am not
going to be insulted in my old age,
and, above all, | am not going to
allow a young po2injAy to ruin the
profession. Wait till he comes out
and you will hear something drop