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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-31
THEDROWNING ACCIDENT.
The Body of the Unfortunate Boy
Engiebert Kramer RecOvered-The
COrOner's Jury.

Englebert Kramer who was drowned at
Kehlke's boat Yards late yesterday after
noon as mentioned in last nights ARGUS,
was the 0 year old son Of John Kramer
and wife, S11 Fourteenth street. The
little fellow bad been N bathing with
some companions, had swan out be-
yOn6 his depth and was unable TO regain
the shore. As soon as ne sank out of
sight the boys who were with MIN became
frig htened and ran away, telling some
wOrkmen whom they met what had hap,
pened. As soon as the alarm was given,
Herman Schale began diving for the
body bur could not find it. 1t was re-
covered about two hours sfterward, by
Simon Meyers and Charles Weinbur-
ger who dragged for it with
hooks. AS soon as the body had been
found Coroner Hawes inranucled q jury
composed of Peter Kahlke, foreman L.
V. Eckhart, John Kshike Lawrence
Kramer, Charles Strupp and Charles
Schroe der' and the inquest was held in
Kahlke Bros, Office the jlrys verdict be.
ing that the boy came 10 his death by
drowning in the Mississippi river.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-31
July Police Business.

The report of arrests made by the DO.
lice during the month Of July is ap,
pended:
Arrests-Druuk, 16; assault and bat
terry, 16; abusive language, 6; burglary,
!; disorderlY conduct, 8; breach of peace,
/; violating bridge ordinance, /; drunk
and disorderly. 8; robbery, 2; park ordi-
nance, /; larceny. A; violating fish law, !
cruelty to animals, /; carrying deadly
weapon, 3; indecent exposure, l.
Animals running at large, 1.
State cases, IL; city cases. So; total.
So.
Number of tramps lodged, 90.
Number of lights ont, 4s.
Jail bill AZ meals.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-31

18th tbe method and results when
Svrnn of Frs is taken; it is pleasant
e5d refreshing 70 the taste, and acts
rau a vet promptly on the Kidneys,
i ivey and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
lam efectually, dispels colds, head.
j cbes and fevers and cures habitual
[o9stination. Syrup Of Figs is the
frlv remedy of its kind ever pro-
6pced. pleasing to the taste and ac-
faptable to the stomach, prompt In
+: action and truly beneficial in its
fascts. prepared only from the most
6saIthv and agreeable substances, its
apv excellent qualities commend it
4 al and have made it the most
b5rular remedy known.
| Syrup Of Figs is for sale in SOC
! md 81 bottles by all leading drug
bists. Any reliable druggist who
Tsy not have it on haGd will pro-
lure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it, Do not accept any
Eu6,titute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
san francisco, Cal.
LOUISVILLE, N VIEW rORK, nv
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-31

ways making the place much more pass
able. That the work done under gov
eminent direction in the past years for
the Improvement of navigation on the
upper Mississippi has been effectual is
evinced at the present low stage OF wat,
er.-Clinton Age.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-31

At meeting of the directors of the
Peoples National bank yesterday after.
noon, August Huesing was relieved of
his duties as cashier. Carl Hellpenstell,
assistant cashier, will act as cashier for
the present MI Huesirg' eye troubles
have been of such a nature for several
months that he has not been able to give
his duties the attention he would have
preferred. and he is now n Chicago re-
ceiviDg treatment for them. Mr.. He'll
penstell is thoroughly competent for the
performance of the duties, and it is not
improbable will eventually be formally
elected.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
Collection of Famous Rides.

The following collections of poetry and
prose on famous rides, although still IN
complete the writer believes to be the
largest yet brought together, says the
ST. Louis Republic:
Sheridan's Ride; Thomas B. Read.
Tam O'Shanter's Ride; Robert Burns.
Black Valley railroad; l. n. TarbOx,
D. D.
John Gilpin's Ride; VIM. Cowper.
Charlotte Churchman'S Ride; A. A.
Preston.
Collin Graves Ride; John Boyle
O'Reilly.
Fri Kings Ride; Wilhelm Won Goethe.
Ichabod Cranes Ride; Washington Ir-
wing.
King of Denmark's Ride; c. Norton.
Kit Carson's Ride; Joaquin Miller.
Lady Godiva's Ride; Alfred Tennyson.
Mary Buffers Ride; B. F. Taylor.
Parson Aliens Ride; Wallace Bruce,
Paul Revere's Ride; H. w. Longfellow,
Ride of AK; Robert Browning.
Skipper Ireson's Ride; j. G. Whittier.
The Radical Ride; A. j. Walker.
Warren's Ride; E. H. Weston.
Young Lochinvar's Ride; Walter Scott.
To the above may be added Gray son
McArthur's Ride, Israel Putnam's Ride,
Wilhelm's Ride with Leonore, John Sui
livan's March, Don Quixote's Parole,
Mazeppa's Circus Feat, News from
FIodden Field, Pythias Homeward Race,
Ride of the Light Brigade, Ride of Com
mendatore, The Ride For Life, Dick
Turpin's Ride, The Ride of Jennie
Mcneil and the Legend of Bregenz.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
WILL SILVER BE AN 1ssUEq

The Democrats have it in their power,
because of the results Of the late cleo
ton. TO make the issue of free coinage a
prominent feature in the coming ma
tional campaign, and party leaders are
debating as to what shall be done In the
premises Grover Cleveland holds the
kew to the situation, and with all the
power at his command he is unquestion-
ably attempting to eliminate the silver
issue from the fast approaching ca n
paign. His reasons are cogent. Being
perfectly aware that his views on the
question do not meet with the approval
Of the majority of his party, he seeks to
make tariff reform the campaign battle
CRY. If Mr. Cleveland cannot secure the
nomination himself he viii attempt to
name the man who is to lead the Demo
cratic hosts, thereby preserving to him.
self at least the appearance of still being
the Democratic chieftain, q position he
now occupies unquestioned. To be able
to dominate the party as heretofore the
issue Of silver must be relegated to the
rear, aud Mr.. Cleveland'S hobby horse,
tariff reform, again RECALLED and brought
forth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

Over in West Philadelphia lives a young
lady who has passed the greater part Of
her life in basket. She is Miss Madeline
Ellinger, and is daughter of DR.. 7. j..
Ellinger. To be sure Miss Ellinger has
only resided on this mundane sphere less
than twelve months. The fact of her hav.
ing lived in a basket is probably not so re-
markable as the basket itself, which is a
combined cradle, swing and carriage, the
invention of the genial doctors fertile
brain.
Miss Madeline is the Doctors first baby.
No commonplace cradle would do for her;
so the doctor set his wits to work, with the
result that Miss Madeline now occupies
the most novel cradle in existence. The
body is ordinary wicker basket, oblong
in shD Upon which can be attached
rockers .. gerting it into an ordinary
cradle. Il. nth the aid of wheels into car
rage. it has rendered its greatest
service a. swing, suspended by spring
from the ceiling.
The spriIg, which is an ordinary spiral
arrangement, with quite strong tension,
is attached by a cord TO the handles of the
basket and suspended from a hook in the
ceiling. Baby is then placed in the basket,
which has previously been made comfort
able by the aid of pillows. The basket is
pulled down and allowed TO fly back.
thereby setting the spring in motion, and
away we CO. 1t requires but one pull and
the novel swing vibrates for hours, much
to the delight and satisfaction Of Miss
Baby.
But what proves DR.. Ellinger 70 be a
man who realizes the blessing OF labor saw
ing machinery, is device which he has
rugged out in his bedroom. Like all other
babies, Miss Madeline is not aVerse to in
dulging in nocturnal concert. On more
than one occasion has her parental relative
walked the floor in the dead watches Of the
night. But now he is relieved OF this,
thanks to the basket.
Should he be aroused from dream, per-
chance of some fat fee, by that shrill voice
which he knows so well, instead Of walk
ing the floor for an hour or two, all he Is
obliged to do is to laziiy reach for a cord
by his bedside, give IL a smart tug and the
machinery is set ia motion Baby goes 70
sleep Immediately, and the doctor returns
20 his dream.-Philsdelphi Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
chfearo'. Highest BundIneH

The highest building IN Chicago at
present land one which u net built On
TIE new Chicago construction systsm) II
the Auditorium Its Hottest pant IL go
feet above the sidewalk The Fair build
irS, now almost completed IN one Sc
tion, measures al feet 70 the coping.
snd il is possible that II VIII be carried
htEheF-to sixteen or eighteen soor1sA-
,. new Masonic temple viii measure,
cr~r all, "a feet This Il constructed
entirely o. the 3ew system. The Ashland
block measures 210 feet 70 the coping;
TN WOrnAn's temple. whose t0pmost
stories are now being finished, towers
2sS feet from the ground; the Manhattan,
1sS feet: the Honadnock. -: the Hen
Rt1g and Speed block. 19Z: the Abstract
building. 100, the Chamher % Connercs
block, 80. ths Home Insurance, i7sI
f1ss TsuDna. JTST-Ss~ Hortbsrn hotzl,
194s 4bs RookeTJ. 1e4; the Owingz block.
ISL; The Rand AeEAlly, las; The Chicago
Opera house. rs. ard the l.. Z Letter
briIHfrv 80 70 rf7r.ler's weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

a correspondent raises the question
whether . retired judge can practice a,
the bar, and goes OF tesay: The point
is an interesting ons, and II repoTt
speaks truly it - not unlikely 70 -
raised By tbs action q Mr.. Jvsttos
HAWKINS, VINO. ca kis retireEnsn; usxt
month, il is said, will resume his cd
role Of advocate There j. % prsCsdsls
for al English judge Appearing Agzin
At the bar after retirement. tut 10 10 Eos
al uncommon thing foT an Indian o.
colonial judge 70 resznss pg1ctacs when
be has left tie beach These officials.
however, are IN an entirely different
position 20 thasr English orrfhrsa, ard
their exzz1pas coznts for very lstGle.
Tbs @bss1cs q "A Engiish precedent
Is rnrch mare 70 the pErposs. and u
xouId p-oozeiy % cozznGs-ed concfr;zare
by the bar coumi:tss II nos by TIA
irdEe< before whom TIE question might
b raised. Anyway. il woald b c-c4d-
sdly Unfair for . judgs who had received
q hx.dso-os pension 70 enter into c0nre-
titlo1 with his Struggling p-ufezSaoazl
h-stkrsa who had yea = career % make.
70 SAY rosn1nz Of tie AwrSazdne-s q
tha GtzAro1 MICA zoz.d - css&Ee1--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
Browns Queer Bee Tree.

joseph Brown, who works in the
lumber woods near Galeton, Pa, came
into town and got William Squires 10 go
with him to Bald Hill 10 help him gather
the stores from bee tree be said be had
discovered on his way in from the wOodG
II heard the bees buzEing in the tree
while was i've rods away from II, /"
Brown said, "or i wouldn't have dis
covered it"
The men took with them three patent
pals TO hold the honey, an Al to cut the
tree down, and lot Of Sulphur 10 burn
in the hollow for the purposs Of moth-
ering the bees. Brown led the way 70
the tree, but they could not hear the
humming. The tree was hit with the
az and the humming struck up immedi-
ately and 30 loud as TO stHrtle the two
men, They found near the bottom Of
the trunk hole where the occupants Of
the tree had made their entrance and the
sulphur fire was started there, and its
sitting fumes went up into the hollow
tree. For time the buzEing inside was
terrific, but gradually grew fainter and
fainter as tbs sulphur had its deadly et-
feet and finally ceased entirely.
Now Wen cut her down and gobble
that stock Of honeyY said Brown.
The tree was chopped down, and when
it fell and displayed Its hollow interior
the two bee hunters were not only sur
prised, but disgusted- Instead Of layers
of rich honey they were greeted by the
sight Of a tangled mass Of rAttlesnaksa.
which had been suffocated by the sui
phur fumes. The snakes had chosen the
hollow tree for their winter home.
There were fifty-eight large rattlers and
eight blscksnskes, q puff adder. and
three copperheads in the collection. The
noise Brown had thought was the buzz
ing Of wild bees was made by the rat
Ting of rattlesnakes in chorus - be was
passing Brown and Squires viii set
al yut two gallons Of oil out Of the rattle,
snakes, which viii net them AZ lesse
s1O1, 30 thsar queer Bee tree win pan out
q good days work after an.-COr. New
York Su-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
NERVOUS EXTRAVAGANCE.
Many People Waste Energy That They
Need on Great Occasions.

OO0~-0@O-~@N
"Do you know what an immense amount
of nervous energy people waste continual
~, which might be stored up!" asked a
physician. "a very nervous person is apt
to have little tricks of manner which she
fancies are help to her and cover her con-
fusion, whereas they are really an injury
and loss. A habit of wriggling in your
chair, of twirling something in your fingers
as you talk, of biting your lips or tapping
on the floor with your foot or a hundred
other things, it would be decided gain to
restrain.
Every few people realize how rare
thing it is to sit perfectly still or to do
things composedly without wasting any
effort. An oculist who was examining a
patients eyes placed chair and told her
to be seated. Then immediately he asked
her to get up again. DO you know that
there isn't one person in hundred who
doesn't do thatp he asked. DO whatr
she said, thoroughly mystifed Move the
chair when sitting down. You moved 10
several inches and wanted you in exactly
that light
Probably you never noticed this, yet OBJ
servation confirms it. Now, why should
anybody, having put her chair where she
thinks she wants it, move it in the act of
sitting DOWN. 1t is from habit of irreso-
luton and nervousness, failure to do Just
what she meant TOTO make her intention
60 straight TO the mark. Probably it is
quite unconscious with most people.
"In learning 70 write or 70 draw you
learn TO steady your hand and draw lines
which shall show 20 deviation or ragged
ness, but be always correct and firm. It
is worth while to try to do everything In
the same way, with no raggedness, no
rambling off.
But, as every nervous person knows, It
seems almost impossible. You feel that IL
you are debarred from letting OF steam
you must go crazy, or jump up or down,
or scream, or do something to horrify or
shock people.
well, but try It. Keep perfectly still.
Don't twiddle your fingers, or shake your
foot, or jerk your shoulder, or giggle, or
clear your throat, or say unmeaning things
because you are afraid to be silent. Keep
IT up minute after minute. You will be
surprised 70 find how long you can do il.
''Then. when you cannot stand it any
longer, make Jour escape and do some Of
the violent things you have in mind You
viii find that you might have hysteria
twice week or break window occasion
ally without using up half the nervous
force that would leak cut in these little
unsuspected ways. Pittsburg Dispatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

reached last week, when after some dis
cussion the senate's amendment increas-
ing the import duty per hundred kilos tie
50 was concurred in by the chamber, and
the bill was sent to the elysee.
President Carnot is known to be favor
able to the measure; and it Is certain
that it will become law this week.
And thus, after fierce struggle ex-
tending over the whole decade of years,
i881-S1, during which the American hog
was vigorously excluded from French
ports, on the ostensible ground that he
contained the germs of trichinosis and
other deadly diseases In him but
in reality only to promote the
interests of Gallo pig-raisers, he will
make his rentree INTO the big republic on
the other side of the Atlantic with flying
colors. His character sor cleanness and
healthiness has been entirely redeemed,
for the French ministers themselves IN
Withdrawing the prohibitory order af-
fecting him, made the graceful admis-
sion that there was no purer or healthier
food product offered In the French
market. His hogship has, to be sure,
not been quite an unknown comestlble
to French gourmets all these years OF
his exclusion, but he went in as contra
band and by the back door, as it were,
of Franco-Belgian frontier posts. This
was not a dignified style of entrance for
a heightened animal of the proudest
on earth; but it was impossi-
BILE for him to do better because he was,
no fault or demerit of his own,
under cloud of unjust suspicion. Now
that his reputation has been triumph
antly cleared, he will take his place
abreast of his brethren of other nation
alities; and he will hold up his head
with the best of them, and make things
warm for them all in the struggle for
popular favor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
Life I'm cestrai New York.

One night about three weeks ago
George Ceon, Frederick Shepp and Fred
erick Colt, farmers residing near North
Manlius, had their harnesses and robes
stolen. OF course they were annoyed
and anxious 10 eaten the thief, and,
somewhat inclined to believe IN the nys-
FERROUS, Shepp and Colt went to SYRIA
cuse fortune teller fer information She
took their money and informed them
that they would find the harnesses on the
premises of some one whose FIRST name
was James, secresed in a barrel. They
thought of the Jameses in their vicinity.
There was peighbor James Rich and
neighbor James Wright, the latter .
well 10 do farmer, and they got q war
rant from a Collamer justice TO search
the house of the first James and one Of
the barns Of toe second JsIass.
The officer WHO had The weTrzzt ed
70, accompanied by Mr.. GOtt and Mr..
Sheep. Bot the harnesses were not f0Cnd,
and now James Rich promises 20 r7aks
it interesting for Colt and Sb<pp. He
claims they dug up his cellar. scattered
his potatoes around a1d did other mis-
chief Of this character, and made n
effort 70 put things in - good shape a.,
they found them. Re wants damage
from the two gsutleDsn. and says he
viii ask the court 70 grant his request
unless Got and shepp walk up and pay.
Madison County Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
A BLOW al TRUSTS.

A very interesting case has lately been
decided by the supreme court of Michi-
gan. A knife manufacturer agreed to
supply cooper with a certain kind of
knives at a specified rate. When the
knives were delivered the bill was 500
greater than the price fixed. The manu-
facturer madethe statement that the price
of such knives had been increased, after
the order had been taken, by the Machine
Knife Makers Protective association.
The cooper very properly declined to pay
more than he had bargained for.
Suit was brought and the case carried
to the state supreme court, which held
that as the price sought to be imposed
was fixed by a combination of manufac-
turers, it was unlawfully fixed, and has
no force as a market price. This decision
was under the Michigan antitrust law,
which declares any combination for the
purpose of controlling prices to be I'M
lawful. The court held that the manu-
facturers, deeming the price to be a rea-
sonable one, does not change its unlaw-
full character, which is due to the man.
ner in which it was fixed. This decision
is very important one, as it endorses
other decisions under the common law
that contracts under combinations are
Illegal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
AN UNJUST LAW.

A few days ago young woman with
out money, without hope, attempted to
end her sufferings with laudanum, in
the Grand Central depot In New York
City. She was taken to Bellevue hos
pital, and through care she has recovered.
The New York Herald, commenting on
the case, says editorally:
She has chosen to conceal her identity
from the public. Nothing is known
derogatory to her character. 1t is a
question whether she was mentally re-
sponsible for her rash act.
Now, what do the authorities propose
to do with this unfortunate young WON.
an who is penniless and friendless in this
great metropolis? Send her home? Pro-
vide her with means to go to her friends?
Help her to get employment? Send her
to an appropriate retreat for the men,
tally afflicted? No. She is to be ar
ranged as a common criminal In po-
lice court. She has offended, say these
apostles of justice, against that section
of the penal code which declares an at
tempt at suicide to be felony punishable
by Imprisonment in a state prison.
This is an absurd law. If it has any
effect it can only be to make would-be
suicide more determined not to fail in
the attempt. As matter of fact it has
proved a dead letter, and rightly so. 1t
ought TO be blotted from our statute
book. Shame on the attempt to use it
for the persecution of an unfortunate
being on the threshold of womanhood
and to brand with infamy young life
which deserves more humane treatment!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
TIE hogs TRIUMPH Is COMPLETE.

From the New Orleans Tiues-DeTnoCrst
Several weeks ago readers OF the
Time Democrat were made aware that
the American hog was in fair way of
being allowed to enter the French Re
public Oh his merits as a clean and
healthy animal.
In the summer the chamber of de-
puties had passed measure admitting
him. by a large majority, at q tariff
figure Of 81 per hundred kilOs, or 220
pounds. IN the early part OF last month,
the senate also took up the subject OF his
hogsbip'S entry into tue country; and,
after q good deal OF antagOnism to the
measure had been exhibited by senators
representing the interests OF country dis
tricts and Of French swine breeders, it
agreed 10 admit him, bat raised the 81
per hundred kilos tariff fixed by the
chamber To San increase OF p per
cent
This change in the tariff made by the
senate rendered il necessary for the bill
10 30 back again to the chamber for re-
consideration and action; and fears
were entertained that the delay thus
caused would prevent the bIll from being
put in force during the present year.
But his hogship has had good luck; for.
business being SLACK II the chaner, the
bill as amended by the senate was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28
he Wanted Wings.

The fMunchausen" of the Chicago
Press SAYS: l heard General Miles tell
Colonel Ingersoll story at the Audito-
rum hotel few days ago which l am
going to repeat even at the risk of its
being an old one. Ipresume the general
has told it in every speech he ever made
where it would fit, but have never seen
it in print, so l shall take the cha ces.
The story is about soldier, who, during
some engagement, became panic-stricken,
and, turning his back upon then enemy,
ran like deer. The general saw HIM
and being disguised at such an exhibition
of cowardice. put spurs TO his horse and
made after him. Here, you, sir, he
called in his sternest martial tones,
"what are you running for?'
The man heard, but did not stop an
instant. He did not even turn his b ad,
but yelled back: 81 am running because
! can't fly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

An exchange has figured out that it
will only require 222 electoral votes next
year for the Democrats to elect their
candidate for president, though that
number would only be tie, the full vote
of the electoral college being 444. The
explanation is found in the circumstance
that the Democrats control the lower
house of congress and in case of tie in
the college the congress would elect.
But Republicans make no calculations
upon any such contingency; they expect
to have a good safe majority in the cleo
toral college, Of say eighteen or twenty
at the least.