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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
his room.
Fatal shooting i'm the Dark.
LIKELY TO CHEAT THE GALLoWs.
>awtelie Has Stroke of ApopleNy Which
VII Probably BE Eatnl.

CONCORD. y. H., Dec. 26-Isaac Saw.
brother, Hiram Sawtelle, gained him wide
notoriety, and for which crime he was soon
t. suffer the extreme penalty, was stricken
with apopleNy Thursday night in the cell
In the state prison here. The heavy
breathing of the prisoner attracted turn
key 10 Sawtelle's cell about Q o'clock The
warden and the prison physicians were
summoned and the latter remained with
the prisoner all night. Yesterday the
prisoner was unconscious. and his pulsa-
tIons were becoming weaker every min
ute. He will hardly rally from the attack
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
THE HORROR NEAR HASTINGS.
Eleven Dead and Three Seriously Hurt
Corpse Robbers About.

Corpse Robbers About.
TARRYT0wN, y. V, Dec. 26.-Nine people
in all were killed in the collision between
the fast st. Louis express and the Niagara
express on the New York Central railroad,
one mile north of Hastings Thursday
night. Their names are as follows: Thomas
Policy, Boston; Abraham Knight, conduc-
tor; Gertrude Moore. Medina n Y: Miss
Lizzie Ford, Medina. y. y: J. w. White,
car porter; Mrs. Ann Baldwin. New York;
of New York; Miss Mabel Slocum, Lock
port. " Y; Hiss Lillian Baldwin. New
York; VI. r. Ebert. dentist, New York:
Edwin Wilcox, New York The injured
are: Mrs. Homer r. Baldwin, New York,
seriously: Mis- Annie Ford, slightly; ID.
B. Murphy, New York, seriously; Harry
A. jacobson, slightly: j. r. Bagnall,
Poughkeepsie, probably fatally.
Somebody Robs the Dead.
Albert f. Herrick, the brakeman whose
carelessness caused the accident, fled soon
after the collision. and has not yet been
found. He will be arrested if found A
disgusting fact was revealed during tie
examination of the bodies by the under
takers. The pockets of several of the VIC
Tins were found to have been either cut or
torn from their clothing. and all their val
uables. including pOcketboOks. jewelry,
etc. were missing. Inquiry at the hos
rita! among the injured showed that sew
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
BrutaIly Murdered His Wife.

LOWELL. Mass, Dec. 26.-Mrs Alma \,
Mouiton, % years of age. was murdered in
most cowarlly and brutal manner
about midnight Wednesday by her hus-
band Frank r. Moulton, dissipated bar
her, who beat her brains out with a fiat
iron. He was perfectly sober at the
time, but he quarreled with his wife
over some trivial matter and when she
would not give in Il let her have it with
a tiat-iron a. hard a. | could hit.' said
MouIton. lie then went and got beastly
drunk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26

igan and which rivals in brutality the
Whitechapel murders, was brought to
light here yesterday afternoon when the
body of Frederick Zpinden was found in
the German Lutheran cemetery. having
been literally hacked to pieces Zpinden
had left home Wednesday night to cut
some evergreen trees for Christmas. and
the police had been unable to find him
until yesterdays discovery On the back
of the mans head were eleven distinct
wounds while he was stabbed in the
throat, right eye and ear, and the bones il
his face We're broken No arrests
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26

LEBANON, Tenn. Dec. 2G-The jury in
the case of George Dunway found him
guilty of murder. assault with attempt to
kill, and shooting with intent to Kill. The
sentence was two life terms in prison and
two terms of eight and ten years re .pect-
lively. Having III view the American ten
dency to mob law. the judge instructed the
sheriff to shoot the first man who attempt
ed to Law hands IN tl.s priSoner
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 26.-President Iver-
son. of the Milwaukee base ball club, has
returned from Chicago where he has been
10 look up the outlook for Milwaukee for
next season. There need be no worry
said he. but that We will have a club in
the field next year. The circuit has not
yet been decided upon. but will probably
consist of this city. Minneapolis, ST Paul,
Omaha, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Columbus,
Kansas City and some other large place.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26

FRESNO. Cal. Dec. 26-Grattan DaItor,
the fugitive train rObber who escaped
from Nl>alia Jail last September. was over
taken by officers in the mountains Thurs
day and in a desperate fight one of the
officers was killed and two of the robbers
gang were wounded. Dalton. however,
escaped unhUrt. He was convicted in Tu-
lare county last January. Last Septem-
Der. Just before sentence was pronounced.
Grattan escaped.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
A Christmas Fratricidc,

SCEIBNER, Neb.. Dec. 26.-Charley Beh
rendt. while on a Christmas spree. com
pletely disembuweled his brother with a
butcher knife, and escaped The wounded
man died last night. \ large posse of ex-
cited citizens is hunting the mnrderer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
Woman Arrested for Train Robbery.

DENVER. Dec. "a warrant has been
issued for the arrest of Mrs Minnie Hilton,
charging her with being an accomplice in
the robbery of the Denver and Rio Grande
train near Texas Greek some months ago.
The woman j. a daughter of Dick Mccoy
one of the alleged robbers now under arrest
in this city. she is also the mistress of
John Price, another of the train robbers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
A sisters Fatal Neglect.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 26.-Bessie Howard,
the year-oid daughter of w. A. Howard,
was suffoeated yesterday She had been
left asleep in the house alone by an older
sister who left her to visit neighbor. In
her absence the house caught fire n some
manner. The firemen were not aware that
the child was in the house until il was too
late to save her
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26

MACCLENNEY, Fla, Dee. 2G-A free
fight occurred late Thursday night in
tavern about ten miles from here.fn which
pistols and knives were freely used When
the smoke OF the battle cleared away
James Sweat was found shot dead and five
other men seriously wounded
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Yestertlay being
Christmas the exchanges all over the
country were closed, and there is no market
report
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
Mob of Angry Negroes.
Murder Caused by JEALOUSY.

c aICAGo, Dee. 26.-E. w. Emery. a
Pullman palace car conductor, was stabbed
Thursday night by Martin Badger. the
w6ll-known Wabash avenue merchant
tailor, and will probably die The trouble
grew out of Mr.. Badgers jealousy which
had been aroused by Emery's attentions to
his WIFE,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Horrible Crime the EqueI of italian
Christmas Festivities.

horr1Dle crime the Equei OF Italian
Christmas Festivities.
GEORGETOWN, Colo, Dec. ga large
settlement of Italians lives in this neigh
borhood, among them Giuseppe Peretti
and wife. Marco Peretti, Guisseppe's
brother, and Adam Chiarotturi shared
Giuseppe Peretti's cottage. They were
celebrating Christmas last night when
Adam and Marco became involved in
quarrel. A fight was imminent and the
former eXtinguished the light and ran into
his room.
Fatal Shooting i'm the Dark.
In an instant he returned with revol,
Yer and began firing in the dark. Two
shots took fatal effect in Guisseppe's body.
Marco escaped at first, but returned to
protect his brother, when he received
bullet through his heart. Adam then
placed the revolver to his head and blew
his brains out. The murderer and suicide
was but l9 years old
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
CORY DAY ON cHIcAeo's "LEvEE.n
Riots, Shooting ARRAYS, and Numbcrlcss
Fights Take Place.

Fights Take Place.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-lt was a glad. joyous
Christmas on the "Levee- Yesterday. There
was riot, several shooting affrays num-
berless fights. a few running races. and
a parade of bloodthirsty black amazons
Special interest centered in a hot shooting
fusillade in Ben Turner'S saloon on Gus
tom House Place. near Polk street. and the
crowd made rush to the scene
One Hundred shots Fired.
Fully 100 shots were fired. and to the
confusion was added the crashing of
broken glass on the sidewalk and the whis-
tie of bullets over the heads of the mob
The discharges Of firearms were simply
part of the programme for celebrating
Christmas by Mr. Turner's patrons. Off
GERS Heillnan and Buckley pried their wav
into the crowded and reeking saloon. in
tending to arrest Turner and the ringlead-
ers in the merrymaking.
Mob of Angry Negroes.
A desperate hand-to-hand fight ensued.
in which many black heads were broken,
aud before the darkies could be gotten into
the patrol wagon, which had arrived, pris-
oners and officers were covered with blood.
The negroes were finally taken. however,
and driven to the station. followed by fully
500 shouting negroes, who congregated
about the station, making threats of burn
ing it. They were finally dispersed. how
ever, and quiet was once more restored,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-26
RIVALS JACK THE, RIPPER.

The Work of a Murderer at Detroit
Hacked to Pieces.
DETROIT, Dec. 25.-One of the most
atrocious murders ever committed in Mich
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
A LEGEND OF CAMP HORROR.
A Terrible Incident of Bivouao in the
Country of the Sioux Indians.

A Terrible Incident of n Blvouao In the
Country Of the Sioux Indians.
You will wonder, of course, why sol
der's camp should have received such
name, but it is on the military records,
and no man will ever attempt to explain it
to you without grieving over the recoIlec-
tions aroused thereby.
1t was out in the Indian country, on the
Kansas frontier, when the red men were
making such fight against the troops
sent out after the close OF the rebellion.
They had swooped down on the Smoky
Hill stage route and scalped and slaugh.
tered right and left, aud our command
had been hurried forward TO protect such
settlers as might have escaped and to open
the route again. Day after day the red
men lowered on our tanks, and night
after night they crept upon us like SER
penis and sent their silent arrows into
camp to find living targets
One night, when the day had been full Of
excitement, and when it seemed as II the
Sioux had determined to retreat no fur
Their, the Sentiuels were warned to extra
vigilance We knew that peril menaced
us, and we who stood sentry after midnight
peered into the darkness with bsted breath
and were ready TO fire at the first suspicious
sound. At / o'clock l thought heard a
light footstep on the grass, 1t was a dath
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29

night, with now and Chen a gust OF winu
sweeping up with lonesome sound, and /
could not be sure heard Alright.
| waited, with finger on the trigger
ready to fire II heard the footstep again,
but it did not come to me. Scarcely ten
minutes had passed when the sentinel on
my right, who was only thirty feet away
fired into the darkness. The report of his
carbine had not died away when loud
wild scream rang out upon the night, and
every man who heard 1t knew that it was
uttered by woman.
1t Is a good many years back to that
night, but ! remember every incident as
we'll as II only week had passed Now
and then ! have dreamed OF 1t, and that
scream has aroused me and taken all my
nerve. As soon MS we could investigate we
found an amazing thing-a woman lying
dead on the grass with year-old baby in
her armsl The sentinel had shot her dead
in her tracks, but the baby was still asleep,
with one of its mothers arms hugging 1t
to her breast.
We looked and looked, and it was hard
to believe we saw Alright 1t was settlers
wife, as was afterward known, who had
escaped a massacre more than forty miles
away. She had wandered around for five
days, suffering with hunger and thirst, and
had no doubt become crazed with anxiety
and exhaustion.
There was none but old veterans in that
camp, but there were tears in all eyes when
that poor dead body was brought into
camp and when the Weakened baby cried
with fright and hunger and held out it's
little hands to the very trooper who had
fired upon the mother No one could
blame him in the least, but he blamed him
SELF When he realized what he had done
he turned away from us without word
and walked away as men walk in their
sleep.
We had washed the mothers life blood
off the baby's hands, and the colonel him
self was feedingit with the Cruel hastily
prepared, when there came another shot
and another alarm. The trooper had gone
just without the lines of the camp and
fired bullet into his own heart. Remorse
had driven him to it.
Somewhere in the west that boy baby
now grown to manhood, still lives, but the
two graves we dug next morning were
years ago leveled and obliterated from all
sight but that of God. At the last great
day he will awaken the dust of their dead
M. Quad in New York World.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
Worlds Falr Notes.

DR.. Nardyz, Pittsburg physician, is at
work upon an immense papier mache
model of the human heart for exhibition
at the Worlds fair. 1t will be three feet in
diameter.
The Catholics have chosen committee
to supervise the making of national
Catholic educational exhibit at the expo
sition. Many prominent Catholics are
much interested in the enterprise.
There is possibility that the visitor to
the exposition may see the celebrated
Splitter art collection, the most compre-
hensive collection of European art in the
world and valued at above $4,000000.
Two complete palace railroad cars, Of
the Pullman style, are to be hewn out of a
monster redwood tree that stands in the
forests Of Tulare county, Cal. 1t is stu
pendous undertaking, but when it is COM
pleted it will furnish the Worlds fair with
one of its most interesting exhibits
An appropriation of $150,00G has been
made by the exposition directory, for the
expense of the ceremonies attending the
dedication Of the buildings Oct. IL, 1892.
The ceremonies will be extended through
several days, and some $4,000 militia and
United States troops, 1t is expected. will
DurticiData
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
Does This Make You Feel coolq

Owners of wagons Of every description,
and who wish they had sleighs instead
when snow is on the ground, will be inter
ested in the special construction of sleigh
runners just patented. The parts are de-
signed to be readily separated or put to-
gether without the use of tools, and may
be conveniently carried in the vehicle to
which they are to be applied Besides the
usual tires, the runners have each side
shield, extending slightly above the surface
of the runner, and in the runners are set
threaded blocks, in which are removably
secured, by means of thumbscrews, the
lower ends of wrought iron legs, bent in
wardly in their upper portions to pass clear
Of the hubs.
These runners can be removed from
vehicle in few minutes, should the sleigh
ing become poor, or they can be as readily
applied when desired. Should the wagon
be too heavy to pull into position on the
runners, to make the attachment the
thumbscrews securing one Of each pair OF
legs may be removed, allowing the cross
bars to drop down, when the horse may be
employed to pull the vehicle on the run
ners.-New York Journal.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
The Future of Russia.

Russian refugees in Paris are in general
people of kindly and humane temper and
certainly not naturally inclined to violence.
They give theimpression of being represen-
tatives of race worthy of very high civ
ilization, and which is nevertheless gov.
erned like the degenerate races of the east.
There is an evident discrepancy between
the laws and the men. No force can pre-
vent this state of things from falling into
ruin. And certainly this immense empire,
these 120,000,000 of Inhabitants this slow,
sure and indomitable propaganda repre-
sents a mysterious and terrible force-a
force that will surely astonish the world
and have an extraordinary influence upon
the destinies of the European race.
The world has there an incommensura
BILE unknown quantity, an epopee in the
germ, which will be the establishment of
our sons, terrible perhaps, or corsoling and
prolific, as considerable as the prodigious
dissemination of Europe in America, as
far sounding as the French revolution.
But in what form and in what cortege of
bloody or pitiful events will it be devel-
opedr This is the secret of the future, the
enigma of the great Sphinx, which none
shall guess and none shall read-until af
teri. H, Rosny in Harper's.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29

In charge OF the Presbyterian Eye, Ear ana
Throat Charity hospital on the matter
Injury TO the eyes in reading" he said,
comes not from the position of the body,
but from the way in which light falls upon
the book Provided the open page receives
the light and at the same time the eyes
are shielded from the direct harsh rays,
reading can be INDUCED in to any extent
when the body is in the recumbent posture
No one questions this when, during their
summer outing, they stretch themselves on
the turf or in hammock under the shade
of friendly tree. Why should they ques-
tion 1t when they lie on soft couch at
homer
"The straining to sight comes from the
improper illumination Of the printed sur
face; as, when persons read in bed from a
distant gas jet, which throws the light on
the back Of the book, and necessarily into
the eyes Of the reader, while the page PEI
rused is in shadow. Ii the gaslight in
the center of the room or at the bureau Is
good and the reader reverses the pillow to
the foot Of the bed, so as to have the light
fall on the open book, no more harm can
come to the eye from the recumbent pos
ture than from reading at table with the
light overhead.
"The popular saying Of our grandmoth-
ers that reading lying down was injurious
originated ut time when artificial light
was proverbially indifferent, and when the
center table oil lamp was the only light
fit for reading purposes. The tallow dip
substitute, placed on table at the side of
the bed, should have been classified with
moonlight reading, which no sensible per-
son should ever be guilty ."-Baltimore
American
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
LETTER ON The REVOLUTION.
Rear Admiral Brown Reports to tn
Navy Department..

Rear Admiral Brown Reports to the
Navy Department.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The navy
department has received the following
letter concerning the CHILEAN revolution
from Rear Admiral Brown, command
ing the United States navy force on the
Pacific station, ON board the United
States flagship San Francisco:
CoQUMBo, Chill, July IS, 1891.
There are about 5000 we'll equipped and
we'll organized troops, consisting of all
arms of the service, within a radius of
seven miles of Coquimbo.
On the 18th irst, there was fight be
tween the government troops and those
of the insurgents ut Nallanar, in which
not over 800 men on each side were en-
gagged. The result of this engagement
cannot be ascertained with any degree of
accuracy, as the official reports of both
sides are conflicting. 1t is known, how
ever, that the government force returned
to Seneca Immediately after the fight
Vallanar is inland from the port of
Huasco, and about one hundred miles
north of this place.
II il positively known that the insur-
gents at Iquique have recently received
about $1,000 stands of arms some rapid
firing field pieces and a great quantity of
ammunition by their transport Mairopo.
These munitions of war, it is believed,
were received by the transport from Ger
man steamer at either the Falkland
islands, or Mt some anchorage near Cape
Horn. So far as men, arms and ammuni-
tion and ships are concerned, the insur
gents are now prepared for n movement to
the south; but it is my opinion that no
movement is probable until the winter
season is nearer an end, because of the
want of warmer clothing for the troops
However, the report just received here, to
the effect that the two ships about com
pleted In Franco have been delivered to
the government officers, is true, it will
have the effect of fastening action on the
part of the insurgents. | will go 20 Val
pariso In about week or sooner should
my presence there be deemed import
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29

During funeral the other day at Ev
ansburg, near Norristown. some one told
the minister conducting the religious
services that the funeral director was in
waiting outside. The dominic took the in
formation as piece of oficiousness on the
part of the undertaken, and stopping short
in his remarks put it to vote of the
mourners whether he should proceed or no
No one voted, and the minister cut the de
votions off short. The wearer of the gown
sought the undertaken out later on and
gave him most orthodox piece of his
mind.-Scranton (Pa.) Truth.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
Paper Bleaching by Electricity.

Very satisfactory results are now being
obtained by some of the English paper
manufacturers in bleaching paper by elec
tricity, the process rendering the paper
perfectly white without in the least injur
ing its strength. This process in question
depends on the use of solution of mag
nesium chloride, which is decomposed by
the action of a strong electric current into
chlorine and oxygen on the one hand and
into magnesium and hydrogen on the
other Plates Of platinum are used as
electrodes.-NeW York Sun
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
Mhat Each Country Resemhles.

Heylin says; "They which have enter
tanned fancy Of resembling every country
to things more obvious to the sight and
understanding have likened Europe to a
dragon; the head of which they make to
be Spain; the two wings Italy and Den
mark. In like manner they have been
curiously impertinent in resembling
France to a lozenge; Belgium to lion
Britain to an ak; Ireland to an egg; Pelo
ponnesus to plantain leaf; Spain to an OK
hide spread out on the ground and Italy to
a mans leg with divers other like plan
tasms begat by curious and capricious
brains"-St. Louis Republic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29

II IL a widespread belief that to read
while in a lying position is hurtful to the
ewes, and Is therefore a dangerous lux
ury. ASH rule, some truth can be sifted
out Of every popular saying. More or less
Influenced by the superstitons which seem
a part of our very organization. we have of
ten abused this privilege, queting our con
science by kind Of mental protest Elk
perienclng no inconvenience from the en-
ioyment Of reading in bed, we came 10 the
point Of questioning the truthfulness OF
the adage, however hoary with respecta-
bility age has made it.
A reporter got the opinion Of the surreo~
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-29
A Story Ahnnt Mozart.

Here is n story about Mozart which we
do not remember to have heard before. The
great man was paying visit to mon
astery, and during mass was tortured by
the playing of "A ludcrousy inefficient
organist. At dinner the prior asked Mozart
how he liked the organist's performance
''IIe plays in quite Biblical fashion,"
said Mozart.
"What do you mean"
"His left hand does not know what his
right hand doeth."