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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04

PITTsBURG, Jan. 4.-Andrew Carnegie ar
rived in the city Thursday night He is
differing from severe attack of influenza
md is not able to attend TO business.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
A German with a Level Head.

BERLIN, Jan. Alt a meeting of the rail-
road society yesterday Professor Goering
said that Germany ought to adopt the Amer
lean system of railway cars, which makes
reading and writing possible He denounced
she present German style of travelling as
torture.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
A Tripartite ROYAL Row.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan 4-The car refuses
his consent to the marriage of the czarewitch
to Princess Marguerite of Germany unless
she conforms to the Greek church. The en-
peror forbids his sister to be baptised in the
Greek faith. The cZarewitch insists on the
MARRIAGE
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
Cholera Raging In Persia.

VIENNA, Jan 4.-The government is in re-
ceipt Of consular reports that cholera is
raging frightfully at Mammalian, Persia.
Many deaths have occurred and it is feared
that the disease win spread to Teheran in the
,pring
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
New YORK Convicts sneere.

New YORK, JAN LA grippe has pene-
hated the walls of Auburn prison and be-
tween fifty and sixty convicts are suffering
from the influenza In its different degrees
Half Of the mail carriers Of the city are suf-
Isring from the grip.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
Remarkable winter at Cheboyran

CHEBoYGAN, Mich, Jan. 4-This is prob
ably the most open winter ever known here
There is no snow, the lake is entirely free
from ice and the trees show signs of budding.
Had not the lighthouses been closed boats
could have been plying through the straits
rs in midsummer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
DESERTED HIS YOUNG WIFE.
An Illinois Youth Repents of Runa
way Match.

An Illinois Youth Repents of Runa-
way Match.
TUscoLA, Ills, Jan. As W. Smith, the
son of wealthy Chicagoan, arrived in this
city on Dec. IA with his yousg wife, whom
he married in Decatur, Ills, in September
last. The woman was ill at the time she ar
rived here and has not yet recovered. 1t APP
pears that young Smith fell in love with the
girl, who was waiter in a Decatur hotel
and married her, but the match was not a
satisfactory one to the grooIn's parents and
the couple were left to look out for them
selves
Went Back to His Parents.
Young Smith became shorG of funds, when
he brought his bride here AM left her at the
Hotel Cook and himself ret Irned to the pa
rental roof. The young wife has not heard
from him and says she never expects him to
return and claim her. She is being kindly
cared for by sympathizing people, but she
feels keenly her desertion
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
Another Great strike in London.

LONDON, Jan. A manifesto issued last
pight by the presidents of the Gas Stokers',
Coal Porters', Sailors, and Firemen's unions
promulgates their decision to order an inn
mediate and general strike of all the trades
they control
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
Slaughter of Chines. Rebels.

SHANGHAI, Jan. A sanguinary battle
was recently fought near Tacow, Formosa,
between punitive Chinese force and natives
OF Formosa. The Chinese were ordered to
show no mercy in the punishment they were
sent to infiict, and the fight resulted in the
slaughter of 400 of the natives.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04

The dining room OF the Putnam house
at Palatka, Fla, is profusely decorated
WIN ies~a and grasses from the White
mountains OF New Hampshire. The ho-
tel opens Jan. LIST.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
Mail Robbers Make a Rig Hanl.

VIENNA, Jan. 4.-The postal authorities are
violently agitated over the theft of a letter
containing $4,000, in transit between Pesth
and Vienna
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04

paralyzed and affairs are rapidly going
from bad to worse The Rio chamber of
commerce has protested to the government
against a proposed export duty of 4 per
cent. on coffee
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04

LONDON. Jan. 4--Miss Mary Anderson is
announced to open dramatic season at the
Broadway theatre in New York Oct. -,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
The President for Windows Plan.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan "A special
'ent yesterday to The New York Evening
sun says that the president has adopted Sec
rotary WINDOWS plan of issuing certificates
on silver bullion, and goes even further than
Window in his approval of the project. He
Is impressed with its economic soundness as
principle, believes in its benefcent effect
upon the prosperity Of the country, and re-
CARDS it as a brilliant step toward the deter
mination Of the silver problem. A bill en-
bodying the Window plan will be presented
In both houses In the house its fate is
problematical, but in the senate 1t is be-
lieved IL will pass.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
Trouble for the Brazilian Ju.ta.

LISBON, Jan 4-Advices from Rio Ja-
metro state that the commerce of that city is
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
RECORD OF FAILURES IN 1889.
An Increase Both in Number and in tn,
Liabilities.

An Increase Both in Number and in the
Liabilities.
NEW YORK, Jan dun s. Co. in their
Review give the following record of bust
ness disasters during the past year: The
failures in 1889 numbered l0SS2 in the
United States or l in every 81 firms, and
LII in Canada, or in every ~ firms In
1888 the failures We're 1863 in the United
States and 81 in Canada. The aggregate
of liabilities was Sl4S 1S4, S37 in the United
States, against sl23, SO, 1913 in 1855, and
Sl4, 1lS, 22S in Canada, against Sl4, 0Sl, 16a.
But the average of liabilities for EACH firm
failing was lower in Canada-SS, 279 last
year, against $3.50 in 1855, and the increase
in the United States, if an unfavorable in
dication, was still not enough to denote an
unhealthy state of commercial credits, for
the average in 1889 was but SIS, 672, against
Sll 592 in 1888, Sl7 1872 in 1887, and $50 6S2 in
1854
The Past Weeks Troubles.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the seven days ended
yesterday number for the United States 291
and for Canada 81, or total of 322 failures,
against 2SS last week, and $40 the week pre-
vious to the last. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 3S7, repre-
senting $50 failures in the United States and
y in the Dominion of Canada.
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hECOhD DE kEMMLERS LIFE.
The Shocking Crime for Which He was
Condemned to Die.

Kemmler was man Of low mental and moral
qualities. The surroundings Of his birth and
early life were very bad His father was
butcher in Philadelphia, where William,
the murderer, was born in 1860. The
boy grew up in the shalnbles and in
the market place. His parents sent him
he saw the inside OF church and heard the
service there. These feeble influences consti-
tuted the only contact the boy and man ever
had with things pure or good Kemmler's was
life that grew rankly. On no side did il bear
the impress or polish of any training or efforts
to ennoblement He was sample product of
conditions existing today in all large citiea
He worked in the slaughter house with his
father, then he became a brick-yard worker
and finally he became a huckster on his own
account or his rascally devices to cheat Gus.
toners while huckstering Kemmler since his
ana %ueh sus.o In 1887 I %srsisS
worthless woman named Ida Porter
in Camden, N. Y. Two days later he
found she had been previously married, and he
left her to live with Matilda Ziegler They
moved to Buffalo, NY. Kemmier frequently
found MS mistress purloining money from his
clothing, and he suspected inRdelity on her
part They quarreled; blows were exchanged:
kemmler became Q hopeless drunkard.
On the morning OF March %, 1889, all buffalo
was shocked by the news OF the brutal butchery
Of a woman ut No. 526 South Division street
The woman killed was "Tillie Ziegler," and the
murderer was the Philadelphia butchers son,
Kemmler. The murder was the FIRST that had
been committed in the state Of New York after
the Law to kill murderer by electricity had
become operative.
kemmler was arrested, and in the mainline
the unfortunate woman was removed to hos
Pital. Her face, arms and breast we're covered
with blood, and she was quite inensible. A
casual examination resulted in the discovery
OF twenty -sax distinct gashes ON the face and
head, and fve bad wounds ON the right hand.
arm and shoulder, she having evidently tried
TO defend herself from the sayaee
attack OF her paramour. She fingered in .
cometose condition until the next day. vhen
death ensued before she had once Retained
consciousness. and she was, therefore. uuahle
to make an antc-mortem statement The onlv
eye witness was the four-year-old dausbter Of
the victim, who said: Papa hit msmrna vath
the hatchst when she ives lying On The 400"
DOUBTS A. 70 Hn sAsiTT.
Tho couple in Buffalo had lived uadsr ~
name Of Hort The vistim's father. . PhiIs.
dslphia htckstsr named Tsipnsr, came 3,
Buffalo and identified the body OF ths dasA
woman - hia child. Win him cams Hsnr1
Io0as'nssd .. IVA Pdeal
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SHOOTING STARS.

SHOOTING STARS.
The tailor who makes over insists refers 10
himself - adress rsfosmer.
Afsse rain Ne country roads are quite
humid
Jinkisy: "Hslle, Drbil, what The mischief
od you GET shst pepper and salt spit fort"
Dubi-vith confidence: Because wanted
70 be In season, Of course"
Ons swallow does not make summer,
NOR does one always make hummer,
But one, rspeatsd Oft, will hardly fail 70
MAKE one the bar can always mako salo 70.
The baker Who used electricity in his shop
said his product WAS ohm-made bread
Daughter-at the seaside: Papa, I am going
to marty Algsrnon, Who has waited on us at
the table since we have been here"
Papa-with a glad light in his eye: THANK,
heaven, my child, for that The fortune I
have given him in tips may still remain in the
family. Bless you, bless you, daughter"
wouldn't know what to tell it il they could.
Thunder is current report
The shoemaker's epitaph-At Last
Washington: What did you pay for that suit
you have on, Shortleigh2
Shortleigh: Ask mo in about six months, old
man, and may be I can tell you.
The hot weather seems 10 have struck Sen.
ator Vance . belt on the stomach.
We ought to have picture Of Behring Sea,
with Blaine rampant and Salisbury couchaut,
for tho great seal of the United States
Only woman with great deal Of sand can
b - sweet a. sugar under all circumstance
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


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w Maker. Few Engagements in Families during
the DUH season. good reference Address NJ VS., star
office. IT.
WANTED -BY A RESPECTABLE COLORED
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IL small family; good references. Apply to 1920
1th st. NV. It,
A. ANTED-AT HEADQUARTERS = POSITIONS
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Parties for Prosecuting Such Claims Present Ad-
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WANTED - EMPLOYERS FOR FIRST CLASS
w servants with reference in every case. send to
CITY INTELLIGENCE OFFICE and your order will
be nlled with dispatcn. May building. 9Th and
su2-7ts
WANTED FOB HOUS EKEEPERs,
w Nurses Saleslades, Clerks. Statesmen. House and
Parlor Maids, Drivers, Porters watchmen. Hosters.
Kitchen Hands NC Largest Office best facllitiesl.
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WANTED-LOTS.

WANTED-r0 LEASE FOR THREE YEARS A
w Vacant Lot About 200 Feet square on or near
city rnilroad line for purposes. Address
W. A. POTTS. Tolchsster Beach. Kent Co.. Md. su5 st
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The hot weather seems TO have struck Sem
ator Vance belt ON the stomach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-06

Only woman with great deal Of sand can
b - sweet a. sugar under all circumstances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-06

We ought to have picture Of Behring Sea,
with Blaine rampant and Salisbury couchant,
for the great seal of the United States.
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FOR RENT-FLATS.

ITOR RENT-wEsT IND FLATS, 1920 X ST. n
Nv. near new Signal nee, two Large Room Flxts;
DAHL range, ell mod inn coal vaults: meters
rent moderste- JAMES A BAIEs 4 Co.
sao-@w 1407 st NV
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FOR RENT-OFFICES.

TOR RENT-DEsK ROOM IN FINE FRONT OF.
Fstnw. au..-ots
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opening said to some one in the next room, but
to whom will probably never be known with
certainty, Everything is ready"
THE SCENE AT THE DEATH.
In almost immediate response and a. the
stop watches in the hands of some of the Wit
nesses registered 6:4s11SS, the electric current
was turned ON. There was sudden CONFUSION
Of the frame in the chair. spasm went over
1t from head to foot, confined by the straps
and springs that held it firmly SO
that no limbs or other parts of the
body stirred more than a small fraction
OF an inch from its resting place. The witch
ing THAI the muscles OF the face underwent gave
to 1t Tor moment an expression Of pain. But
no cry escaped from the lips, which were free
TO move at will, no sound came forth to suggest
that consciousness lasted more than an infin-
itesimal fractiOn Of . second-beyond the
calculation Of the human mind The body
remained in this rigid position for
seventeen seconds. The jury and the wit
nessss, who had mp to this moment remained
seated, came hurriedly forward and surrounded
the chair. There was no movement of the
body beyond the first CONFUSION. 1t was not Q
pretty sight-this man in his shirt sleeves,
bound hand, foot, body and even head, with
heavy frame work pressing down on the top
Of his skull, still with the stiffness of
death. Dr. Mcdonald held stop watch in his
hand and as the seconds flew by he noted their
passage. DR.. Spitzka too looked at the stop
watch and 40 the tenth second expired he
cried out: ''Stopr' ''Stopr' cried other voices
about The warden turned to the door
way and called out ''Stopr' to the
man at the lever. A quick movement
Of the arm and the electric current was
switched on. There was relaxation of the
body in the CHAIR slight relaxation-but the
straps held 1t SO firmly that there was not q
quarter of an inch variation in the position of
any part Of the frame.
CON uv,a M ms
The quiet little group around the chair grew
business-like. shes dead" said DIR. Spitzka,
calmly. "Oh, he's dead!" re-schoed DR.. Nc
Donald, with firm confidence. The rest Of the
witnesses nodded their acquiescence. There
was no question in the mind Of any one but
that the stin, upright object before them was
lifeless. This was the program, this the In
evitable effect
The next question was what was TO be
done with the body. DR.. Spitzka topped for
ward and called attention TO the appearance of
the nose, which he said had an undoubted
post-mortem color. No one disputed this. DR.,
spitzka turned around In business-liks way
and, pointing 10 the harness, said: "Oh, undo
that Now the body can be taken
70 the hospital" The warden replied that
he could not let any OF the
vitnesses 30 until he had their certificates.
Ali OF this conversation took but q minute DR..
Batch was bonding over the body looking at
tne exposed skin. Suddenly he cried ont
sharply: DIR. Mcdonald, see that rupture. |"
IN . moment d.. epttsks and d. MeDonald had
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candescent lamps in the next room was lever
eighteen inches long. 1t closed or opened the
circuit in which the lamps we're placed To
the right of this was another lever. like toe
nrst In construction. By its operation the cir
cult connected with the electric chair was closed
while at the same time the electric lamps were
thrown out Of circnit. Ali Of this apparatus had
Deen tested again and again The last touches
which told OF Its security and promised faith
fni performance Of its duty were given less
shan twenty-four hours be fore the time fixed
spon oy she warden to put 10 into practical
operation. There was no question In the minds
OF tne three electrical experts who looked over
o. the connection here and there about the
capacity OF the engine Of the prison to do all
that was required of it
In the cell only few feet away where Kemm.
ier had spent so many months in quiet restfui
Sapavity the condemned man was lying on his
hsae iron cot, snatching few hours rest The
wonderful nerve which had been the subject
Of so much comment and which had been used
% often 70 illustrate the brute character of the
man stood by hmm to the last. He had assured
Mrs. Durston In his conversation with her MANY
months ago that be did not fear his fate
and that he would meet it quietly and bravely.
ne believed the experience would be q pain
less one. He knew nothing Of the science of
winch ne WAS TO be made such q novel expert
nent But he had faith in the word Of those
al" anu ne roheu on Wnat tney hao told
him. he slept through the first night of the
week "hke baby" As one Of his attendants
put It He slept soundly on Monday night
rHE coonEsr MAN THERE WAS KKMxLKR.
AT e:3s the door at the right Of the execution
chair leading toward the execution room opened
sad Warden Dursson's figure appeared in the
doorway. Behind him walked A spruce-look.
ing. broad-shouldered little man. fuII-bearded.
with carefully arranged hair clustering around
his forehead. He was dressed in q suit of ne :
clothing. sack coat and vest of dark gray ma
white shirt whose polished front was At.
posed directly below little bow of lawn Of ,
black and white check pattern. This was WIN.
kemmler, the man who vas about to undergo
The ssntence OF death. Behind him walked DR..
W. Z. Houghton and Chaplain Yates. Ksmm.
He did not lock about ~ seeA WITH siy
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EOR REET-NEAT LITTLE STORE; sUITABLk
Il for any Kind Of small business cheap rent North
east corner 10Th and W NV. aut-:ts
Eok REMITTANCE STORE IN GEORGETOWN
II High ST., next to of st., formerly Be- b,rs
paint store also l2-room house overhead RITE n
HOUSE GUNNEL1- 1885 Est. AUST
HI: y. DAVIS SONS. l20l Pa. ave-, cor. liza at
zul-lm
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!inaisy; "Hslle, Dubil, what ths mischief
a'd you GET That pepper and salt ssit fort"
Dubil-vith confidence: because wanted
70 be In season, Of course"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-15
a sYpAnrTk.

n dared 70 BEG . boon
Whiie the euds good gilts were giving.
I would know the JOY of living,
I would have Il always June. Hs
Ever should the birds be singing
gtrains Of sweetest melody,
And, athrill with ecstacy,
Flower-bells should ring In tune;
Buxzlng insects should be winging
Circllng flight from flower 10 nower,-
Careless Of the passing hour;
Tiny brooklets should be flowing.
uentle breezes always blowing
From the haxy hush Of noon
TIL the day drew near its ending
Till the rising OF the moon.
Wien the day and night was blending,
On couch with blossosns strewn
Would lay me down 10 rest,
Needless Of the coming morrow.
Thinking nausht Of pain or sorrow,
Not care should thrill my breast,
Fen my slumbers should be blest;
For lethean draught I'd borrow
From the poppics blooming round me;
30 no evil should fear,
Zen while dreamland's letters bound me,
Woodland spirits would be near,
Bliss for me would never cease;
II the gods such gifts were giving,
! should know the Joy OF living,
] should know the Joy Of psace.
Nay Lennon " NeW EnOsdsd Au0asfSe.
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@pertul 9lottrea.
Mothers! n

Mothers! Mothers I I Mothers III
Are you disturbed at night and broken Of
your rest by q sick child suffering and crying
with the excruciating pain Of cutting teeth II
10, 60 at once and get a bottle Of MRS. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer immedately-depend
upon II; there Is no mistake about II. There 10
not mother on earth who has ever used II,
who will not tell you at once that IL will regu.
late the bowels, and give rest to the mother, and
relief and health to the child, operating like
magic 1t is perfectly safe TO use in all cases and
pleasant TO the taste, and Is tho prescription of
one of the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses In the United States. Sold everywhere
rs cents q bottle. iune25lydAw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-15

A lethargic, dorriant condition Of the liver
is hardly TO be overcome with drastic CO
thartics and nauseous cholagogues. A gentler.
pleasarfter and far more effective means ex-
lists Of arousing the organ when somnolent
This is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, vouched
for by the medical fraternity, tested by the
public for many years. A resumption by the
hillary organ of its secretive function, with the
activity attendant upon health, . return TO
regularity Of the bowels, and q renewal Of diges.
tion. are the no less happy and certain results
Of using the Bitters systematically. Its laxa-
tive effect ia never painful and drenching, Its
tendency being rather 20 perpetuate regularity
than to produce q copious action. Malaria,
nervousness, debility, kidney troubles and
neuralgia II subdues effectually. l50
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Tho usual treatment OF catarrh IL very un-
satisfactory, as thousands Of Ofdespairing patients
can testify. A trustworthy medical writer says |:
Proper local treatment Is positively necessary
to success, but most OF the remedies In general
use by physicians afford but temporary benefit
A cure cannot be expected from snuffs, pow.
ders, douches and Washes" Ely's Cream Balm
Is q remedy which combines the important
requisites Of quick action, specific curative
power with perfect safety and pleasantness to
the patient.
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Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering and pain
ful sickness to robust health marks an epoch In
the life of the individual. Such q remarkable
event IL treasured in the memory and the
agency whereby the good health has been at
tained Ia gratefully blessed. Hence II is that no
much Is heard In praise OF Electric Bitters. 80
many feel they owe their restoration to health,
70 the use of the Great Alternative and Tonic. II
You are troubled with any disease Of Kidneys
Liver or stomach, Of long or short standing,
you will surely find relief by use Of Electric BIT
ters. Sold at 5Oc and 81 per bottle at H. b. COch-
rams Drug Store, 1877 and l39 North Queen street,
Lancaster, Pa. Il
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-15

Whatever tends u diminish strength should
be removed from the system. For these weak
ening diseases Of babyhood-colic, diarrhpa,
etc, use Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup which always
cures.
For functional disorders of the stomach, liver,
or bowels use Laxador, the safest and surest
remedy that can be employed. Price only Is
cents.