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lawn. His great superiority over his opp,
nents at the game in the dark concreted
court with light and long racket aud min.
iature ball proved him 10 be a player Of
great grit, accurate aim, exceptional judg-
ment, and "a keen, sharp eye all Of which
are essential qualifications in good lawn
tennis player
He is 20 years Of age and has been a
racket player for four years only lie is a
man Of large physical proportions, yet Is
1.-THE and moves with precision and ease
IL is his intention to devote most Of his
leisure time TO the practice of lawn tennis
and he hopes to make creditablc showing
in the championship tournament at New.
port When the indoor season comes again
be will defend his racket championship
title
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THE DAMRoscH-BLAINE WEDDING.

1t Was the Fortunate Climax 20 a Ro.
mantle Courtship.
To be youthful, wealthy and be
loved ought to fill the measure of hui
man desire, and, possessing all these
requisites for happiness, the young lady
who, the other day, was Miss Margaret
Blaine and is now Mrs. Walter Dam
roscls would seem to have nothing
to ask from fate save the continuance of
her present fortunate condition. With
the hearty approval of her family and
the good wishes of her friends she has
married the man of her choice after q
courtship during which the course Of
true love always ran smooth,
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are taik,ng about Q new poet that has
sprung mp in their midst. One Of the
conceits Of 1.-THE Neighbors" club is an
anonymous boz, in which bits Of poetry
are dropped by modest authors to be read
At the next meeting. Out Of this box
have come such large number of poems
and songs that were obviously from the
same pen, all breathing the breath Of
genius and singing principally of the sea,
that no little curiosity has been aroused
concerning their authorship The men,
bers mentally scanned the roster of the
club in search Of the man or woman
whose early life had been passed within
sound of oceans roar, never suspecting
that such exquisite songs of the surf
could come from landsman. Now the
secret is out, and the author is none other
than Mrs. Springer, wife Of the member
Of congress from Springfield, Ills.
AT recent meeting Of the Neigh
bors" sketch of Mrs. Springer, "dream-
ing the hours away" under the sea wall
at Fortress Monroe, was presented the
club by young artist, and Rev. w. H.
Milburn, the blind chaplain of the house
of representatives, spoke feelingly Of the
poetess. "It is not strange" said he,
shat one bred upon the prairies Of the
west, as she was, knowing tho ocean
only by hearsay for many years, should
be prepared to yield her heart to its
mighty charm. The boundless plains
of her native land, whose gentle undula-
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and tell of things invisible to most of us
when she came to stand by the multi
tude of great waters, through which she
beholds Jehovah riding upon his horses
and chariots Of salvation"
One night last winter 1.-THE Neigh
bors" honored Mrs. Springer by giving
tableaux Of one of her pathetic poems
poem, Dy the way, that had come out
of the anonymous box" and moved all
listeners to tears:
Twas night In q little village
village down by the sea;
And eie clouds hung low,
Drifting to and fro,
And the wind moaned drearily.
The storm came down; the gun was
fired; q ship was seen on the breakers;
hut and cabin were emptied Of strong
hearts and hands eager to do all in their
power to save the imperiled lives. But
the sea rolled in so madly that even the
life boat could not be launched.
Like o straw In the breath Of the tempest,
Twas thrown back on the strand
The women wept in anguish,
And raised their hands In prayer;
For every heart was stricken
With that sharp cry Of despair.
The cry of child had been heard from
the wreck its plaintive notes had in
spired the men on shore to redoubled
but vain efforts. The life boat still lay
upon the beach.
Harkl Borne over the waters,
Ringing out strong and clear,
Came the voice of q woman singing!
And listening, they could hear
The words in the lull Of the tempest.
ooh, love so undefiledD
They knew twas the voice of the mother
Singing to calm her child.
And as she sang to her darling
Knowing that death was so near
She caught the words she so needed,
Her own heart to strengthen and cheer.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing
eyes
They knew she sang though they could
hear no more.
Then came lull, and clear as clear could he,
Heavens morning breaks, and earth's vain
shadows fec;"
And strong and full, like prisoned bird set
free
'In life, in death, o Lord, abide with mel'
heavier surge of the breakers-they heard
the voice no more.
And though they watched and waited.
Nought but the breakers roar
And the moan of the wind, now dying,
Came TO the listening ear;
And they knew the voice of the singer
They never again should hear.
And when the night had wasted,
And morn came, cold and gray.
On the wet sand, near the nooriug,
A fair, dead woman lay.
To her heart was still enfolded
A tiny fair haired girl,
With face like wayside flower,
And pure as an ocean pearl.
And the sun broke through the shadows
And looked on the dead and smiled;
And they knew as they knet about her
Twas the singer and her child.
Mrs. Springer is one of the most Iowa
bio women of the capital, and one of the
most popular. She is the author of sew
eral successful novels. Her literary in
come is wholly devoted to charity.
Ten or fifteen years hence, no doubt,
Washington will be the literary center
Of America. Already it is becoming the
seat Of learning, with its great universe
ties, libraries and museums. Here, too,
writers are discovering, may society and
character from all parts Of the country
be advantageously studied.
WALTER WELLMAN.
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lican speaker of
tho house Hon.
N. p. Banks re-
ported a resolu-
ton for expelling
Mr.. Brooks, but
it failed of the re-
quired two-thirds
MAORI ty, and
there was but a
mild censure in,
stead. The local,
court imposed a.
fine Of $500 upon
Mr.. Brooks, who
thor rnttnnn 80
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city,and at West
minister college.
Owing to the fact
that the Repub.
lican voteis about
two to one Of the
Dem ooratio in
that district, his
principal difficult
ty was in securing
the first nomina-
ton. and he is not
widely known Bs
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tions resemble
the long swell of
the sea, their ver-
d ure aim o 9 t
matching its hue,
their groves cas-
lily mistaken for
islands that like
to rich and vari-
GUS gems inlay
{ h 9 unadorned
bos ON of the
deep W would
school the eye
and mind of Mrs.
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THE HOME OF MIR. BYNUM.


With the facts Of the recent case the
public is familiar. Hon. w. ID. Bynum
appears to possess happy faculty Of at
tracing the warInest admiration Of his
political friends and exciting the iiercest
hatred of his opponents. Owing to the
rapid growth Of the city since 1880 the
Indianapolis district has the largest vot-
ing force in the state-53, ,54l at the last
eicCuon-and as 1t was long considered
firmly Republican, till reversed by Mr..
Bynum, the local warfare on him has
been phenomenally furious even for In.
diana, where both parties go into cam
paign as II 1t were a pitched battle in
which the defeated were to lose all but
life. His plurality in 1888 was ,773.
He was born June 20, 1916, in Greene
county, Ind, was graduated from the
state university at Bloomington in 1869
and admitted TO practice at the bar the
came year, Locating in Washington.
Daviess county, he rose rapidly both in
law and politics, filling various local
Offices TILL 1882, when he was elected to
the legislature, in which he was made
speaker OF the house, and ruled il through
some extremely stormy scenes. Locating
then at indianapolis, he was elected sue,
eessively TO the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and
flfty-first congresses. He is known in
Indiana as hustler from way back"
ana has more than once put down a
strong opposition in his own party and
then beat the other by an increased ma
1orlty He is tall, black haired and ag-
gressive In appearance, and his opponents
assert that there is "a good deal of the
'lnlun in him'-that he always aims 10
get even with foes and 10 reward his
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wreck, and had to be lifted with block
and tackle during the last five months OF
her life. She gave her life TO the bay filly,
and was buried at San Mateo, her offspring
being brought up by hand and allowed to
run at will over the alfalfa meadows
After time she was harnessed and broken
and her active preparation begun. The
records obtained at Napa and Petaluma
show the results
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A Rapid Little Marc.

Lillian Wilkes, the little mare that
aroused such torrent Of enthusiasm by
trotting away from Sunol In the season Of
1889 and making record Of 2I7s<, has
peculiar history When Flora Langford
was carrying her Mr.. Corbitt, the owner,
frequently priced her at 500, but no one
wanted her, as she was little better than Z
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Del.l club at SIS month. His work while
with this club was of very high order,
and attracted the attention of the Indian
apolis management.
The next year found him pitching for
the Hoosiers of the Western league at tso
per month.
When the Western league weakened
nearly the entire club was sold to the De-
troit league club Casey's fine work for
Detroit made the Philadelphia manage.
ment want him, and they finally succeeded
in securing him at salary OF s4s5 per
month He pitched great ball for Phiia.
delphia in 50 and 81, and held mp his end
with the great and only Ferguson.
During the season of 'es Casey was
troubled with lame arm, and his work
did not come up to expectations. Last sea-
son he did fairly well, but seemed TO ba
troubled with a lack Of conddence,
This season no has started out well enQ |,
:. 80 - ....I. L.
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"A LEFT HANDED TWlRLER.

Daniel NJ. Casey, Phiiadeiphia's N. L
Famous Pitcher.
Daniel NJ Casey, the famous south paw
pitcher of the Philadelphia club, National
league. was born in Binghamton, N. Y, In
1854. He entered the professional arena in
1884, when he signed with tho Wilmington
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NJ. Catacazy is dead, and probably few
know o. care who he was. Yet not many
years 20 he held tho post of ambassador
extraO, inary and minister plenipoten-
tiary ( IN Russia 10 the United States,
and American papers printed columns
about him, or rather about the woman
he presented to Washington society as
his wife. The scandal connected with
his domestic affairs resulted in his retire
ment from the diplomatic service, and he
spent the later yeais Of his life ss ons Of
the odit0rn Ok Vho PNxin FiRnxo.
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A BRAVE MAN AND FAIR WOMAN.

Explorer Stanley and Miss Dorothy Ten
Dant to Wed.
When the announcement was made
the other day that Stanley, the famous
African explorer, was to marry, general
incredulity greeted the report But now
1t Is known not only that he will wed
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LITERARY WASHINGTON.
WILL THE CAPITAL BECOME THE
NATIONAL CENTER OF LETTeRsi

Waiter wellmsn Thinks II VIII and
0ivss Hts Reasons-''rhe Neighbors"
Ciab--L Librarian spofFord-Mrs. Springer
asd Her Poctry--Her Love Of the Soc.
tspevial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, May GAS q literary
center the national capital is rapidly be-
coming noted throughout the world. Il
has no large publishing interest, other
than that maintained by the government,
but large number Of writers live and
work here. There is in Washington Q
little club known as 1.-The Neighbors,"
which Is distinctively literary and musi.
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MIHS UVNVIHf TFNNANT.
soon, but also that he became engaged
before leaving England to hunt for Enin.
The lady Of his choice is Miss Dorothy
Tennant, a handsome girl, well known
in London art circles, The picture Of
her given herewith is from Millais' paint
ing, Yes or NoY' Of which Miss Ten
nant was the original.
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ABOUT THE ECONOMITES
GRAPHIC SKETCH OF A PECULIAR
PEOPLE AND THEIR HOMES.

Harmony the Bssic Principle of the Or
ganisation - Early Experiences = Two
Removals = The Present Contrasted
with the Past.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
ELOPED OR STOLEN.
a Young Illirois Girls Sudden
Disappearance.
HAS SHE SKIPPED WITH A L0vER2

Thrifty scheme of Chilian Woman to
Make Her Husbands Absence Pay-A
Bay City Wife Goes Back to Husband
Number One After Trying Two Other
Partners-The frankie Keener Sensa-
tion at Jacksonville, Ills.
OAKLA,sD, Ills, May 1.-THE people OF
Greenwood, six miles north of this city,
are greatly excited over the disappearance
of Maria Wendle, the daughter of Fred
Wendle, rich and prominent farmer.
The young lady was visiting the family of
/. ID. Brown, neighboring farmer, and
last Friday night parted with her host and
hostess about o'clock. She was not
called until about o'clock the next morn
ing, and not responding one of the family
went to the door of her room, but 1t was
locked. The girl was was not there. Part
of the girls clothing was missing, and an
examination of the ground around the
house disclosed fresh tracks of wheels.
The tracks were followed out to the public
way and there they were lost.
Not Trace of the Missing One.
Her parents and the neighbors were in
formed, and a diligent search WAS made.
No trace of the missing girl could be
found. All the railroad stations for twenty
miles have been visited, but they have
yielded no clue. At Newman it was ascer-
tanned that a man and woman had taken
the midnight train, but upon investigation
it was found that the agent knew both of
these parties, and the woman was not Miss
Wendle. The Wendle girl is Is years old,
pretty brunette, and Lar ge for her a e.
She has not been for over six months keep
ing con my with any one. Her frieI DIS
do not know whether she has eloped OF
been abducted
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
ABBREVIATED TeLEGRAMs.

Fire caused u loss of about So 900 at Ash
ley, Pa. Monday night.
The Illinois state Sunday school conven-
ton was commenced at jacksonville Tues
day
Three German naval officer have been
sentenced to Imprisonment for receiving
bribes
Six carloads OF beer have oeen sold in
Des Moines since saturday under the
'original packages decision.
Amasa j. Parker, ex-judge of the New
York court of appeals, died at Albany
Tuesday. aged 81 years.
The National temperance society held
meeting at New York Tuesday at which
Gen. Clinton b. Fiske presided and made
u speech.
The granite cutters strike N New Eng
land is in fair way of settlement with a
victory for the strikers. Several firms
have agreed to terms.
Slavin, the Australian pugilist, has chal
lenged Corbett, of California, to box in
London for 81, 900 side. The Pelican
club will add 81 900 to the stakes.
The Afro-American league of Michigan
met at Detroit, Tuesday, with $50 dele
gates present, to decide what political ac-
tion shall be taken the coming fall.
In libel suit at st. Paul, Tuesday,
Judge Hicks decided that no matter what
was printed in a newspaper, whether true
or false, it is not libel unless malice is
shown.
Miss Maggie Mortine of New Richmond,
Wis, has been missing for a week, and her
friends fear she has met with foul play or
possibly committed suicide. The police
have been notified.
The boiler of a locomotive ON the Read
ing railroad exploded near Shamokin, Pa,
Tuesday. The engineer and fireman were
killed and the conductor of the train prob
ably fatally injured
The German government has subsidized
the East Africa Steamship company to
the extent of 100000 marks annually, to
run line of steamers between Hamburg
and east African ports.
The New Jersey house of re eDresentatives
has passed a marriage license law, so that
hereafter that state may not be the para
disc of runaway couples. The bill will
probably pass the senate.
The Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit associa-
ton, at a meeting held Tuesd ny at Boston,
elected James II. Bresiih, OF New York,
president, and w. c. Snow, of Chicago,
secretary and treasurer.
1t is said at Washington City that
Roger Spooner, of Wisconsin, will resign
his consulship at Prague an6 that W. A.
Rublee, son of the editor of The Milwau-
kee Sentinel, will take his place.
The supreme court of Nebraska has re-
corded an order ON the Missouri Pacific
railway, compelling that con pany to per-
NIT farmers to build grain elevators of
their own on the railways rig ht-of-way.
At Methodist Episcopal preachers
meeting in Baltimore it was tated that in
the last twenty-five years the Methodists
had built 5000 more churches than the
Presbyterians now own, 7,00O more than
the Congregationalists, and 5000 more
than the Roman Catholics.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
Another NIoliner sick OF Life.

Another Moline man found life so un-
bearabie as to prompt desire to end his
mortal existence last night. Peter Kess-
Ter was the man and the weapon used was
knife. and large cash was cut in the
would be suicides throat. The act. oc>
Cured at his room in the Bridge house in
Moline, and was only prevented
from being attended with fatal results BY
the opportune entrance of his roommate
who seized his arm as be was about to
inflict second cut. Mr.. Kessler was a
man of from 40 to so years of age, is
married, and the father of three children.
He came to Moline some time ago with
the intention of obtaining work in a saw
mill. but had not secured a situation. He
Is brother of Chief of Police Frank
Kessler, of Davenport, who came over
Immediately after receiving word of his
brothers act and had him conveyed to
Mercy hospital. The wound is not OF
such nature as to be necessarily fatal,
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
Base Ball scores and Attendance.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE attendance at
the League and Brotherhood base ball
games yesterday was as follows in the ag-
gregate: League, 3,4l5; brotherhood, 1917.
The Brotherhood played but three games,
the League four. In this city the attend
ance was respectively l53 and 100. Scores:
League: At New York-New York Z,
Boston .; Mt elphia-Brooklyn 3.
Philadelphia Il; at observation-disclosures
o. Pittsburg 4; at Chicago-Chicago 6,
Cleveland 10.
Brotherhood: At New York-New York
O. Boston 5; at philadelphia
5, Brooklyn Z; at Chicago-Chicago 10,
Buffalo 9. Cleveland pittsburg game post
poned-rain.
Western: At Observation-Disclosures 6,
Denver 1; at St Paul-St Paul 10, Kansas
City 2; at Sioux City-Sioux City 0, Min
peapolis 13
No American association games played
rain.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14

SINCE Mr. Ben T. Cables return to
Rock Island the Interrogation as to
whether or not he was candidate fol-
congress has probably been propounded
to him with greater frequency than any
other question. His presence in the city
has greatly stimulated the desire for his
nomination and if he withstands the pres
sure of solicitation to become candidate,
he will display an adamantean and unre'
ciprocsl spirit indeed. In referring to a
few of the congressional districts in Mon
days issue the Chicago Herald said:
In the Eleventh district the nomination
of Ben. T. Gable by the democrats seems
practically assured. He, like Gest, the
present congressman and probable repub-
liean nominee, lives in Rock Island couu~
ty. the strongest republican county in
what is a very close district. Cable un'
doubtedly can beat Gest in this county,
or at any rate stand it off, and doing that
his election is assured.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14

THE Tribune gratefully acknowledges
the receipt of a copy of the Irl- City
Times. printed at Rapids City, H., every
Monday, with excellent plea type, on a
fair quality of 12xlS paper, three columns
to page. with German text head. aud
portrait of the editor, both engraved by
himself The copy before us contains a
marked extract from Rollins Ancient
History, showing how Sesostris, king of
Egypt, in the year B. C. l49. raised high
banks or moles or mounds in all the low
country of Egypt from Memphis to the
sea. We take it to be the object of the
donor 10 convince the Tribune that the
Sesostrian method of improving navigs-
tion should be applied to the Mississippi
river. II anything on earth could con-
vert us 10 that theory this would certain
ly do it.-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
WEDNESDAY. MAY IA. 1890.
BEAuTY BRIEHT.

OF all its constituents the ARGUS has no more
cordial supporters than among the fair sex. Real
izng and appreciating this fact it has always en-
favor and is of interest in feminine circles. But
now we propose to eclipse all formeraforts in this
direction, having arranged for several descriptive
articles containing portraits OF handsome women
In various walks of life. The sketches from the
pens of OF the brightest writer's in the liter
AIRY world, and the subjects are famous for their
beauty and prominence in social circles. Here is
treat surely, for the lady readers of the ARGUS.
Watch for the first installment of our Galaxy OF
Loveliness"
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
SHE SHOOK THE SHAKERS.
A Lonely Maiden Sighs for Married Jo
and AdyPrtises.

Lonely Maiden signs for Married Joys
and Advertises.
FBANKTNN, KY, May H.-Miss Ida Ladd
was until last Saturday member of the
Shaker society She is beautiful girl
of 20 years, blonde, with blue eyes and
hair like FURNISHED gold. She seemed to
be entirely content with her lot until
last week, when she informed the mem-
bers of the Shaker community that she
had made up her mind to leave, and that
she would be married before she left Sun
day night at the hotel at South Union
Miss Ladd was married to NJ A Fair
trace, a civil engineer from Pittsburg, by
Rev. Mr.. Howard, of Auburn
Done ON Short Acquaintance.
The young man had never seen her un-
til the day previous to the marriage.
Some time ago Mis- 1.add grew tired of
her lonely life and sent an advertisement
TO Cincinnati paper giving a description
of herself, and offering to correspond with
gentlemen matrimonially inclined. This
was seen by Mr.. Fairtrace a young busi-
ness man of Pittsburg, and correspon-
dence and the marriage resulted The
happy young man and his bride will make
their home at Pittsburg
Rock Island daily Argus., 1890-05-14
Police Paints

The appeal case of the city of Dayen'
port VS. William Perry was decided in the
district court of Scott county yesterday
afternoon. The defendant is a hack
driver. and was caught by the police in a
bad house. where he had driven a man
upon his own request. Judge Howat
held that Perry could not be punished as
an inmate. and that the only way to
reach his case would be for the city coun-
Gil to pass an ordinance making it unlaw
full for hack drivers to drive applicants to
disreputable houses.