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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
The Alliance Organizing East.

CONCORD, y. H., March 26-The Farm
ers' Alliance held their first meeting III
Phenix hall last night. Many members
OF the legislature were present Speeches
We're made by Hon. Jerry Simpson, of
Kansas; Ralph Beaumont, of Washington
City, secretary of the national Alliance.
Both speakers were well received. Mr..
Beaumont will organize IA league here
later in the Sensnn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26

NEW YORK March GA special to The
Evening Sun from Washington City says
that there is no truth in the rumor that
Senator Edmunds will be appointed to
one of the new circuit court judgships,
and that Secretary Proctor will resign to
become senator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
An Unknown Challenges Tommy Ryan.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, March GA for
felt of $3.50 was placed yesterday in the
hands of the sporting editor of The Trio
une in behalf of an unknown who will
fight Tommy Ryan at Chicago at 143
pounds, give or take two pounds, the men
to weigh in six hours before the contest.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26

KANKAKEE, Ills, March rs DR. Chris
topher w Knott, one of the oldest and
most prominent physicians in eastern ILL
nois, died Tuesday night in this city, aged
6S years He was born at Montrose, Pa,
July 49, 1928, and removed to the west in
1851, and was particularly successful dur
ing the cholera scourge at Bourbonuais in
that year. He was graduated from Rush
medical college in 1S47
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Death of Ex-warden Randall.

ST. PAUL, MINI. March 26.-Warden j.
j. Randall, of the state penitentiary,
whose resignation a couple of months ago
created something of sensation, died in
this city yesterday of heart disease.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26

PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 26.-Ex-Con-
gresham Mckinley delivered an address
at Infantry hall last night before the
Young Mems Republican club. About
LOO persons sat down to the banquet
which preceded the speaking Senator
Alirich made brief speech eulogizing
Mckinley's services.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26

ASHLAND, Pa March 26-Patrick Nc
Intyre was killed by the explosion of key
of powder which he was carrying under
his arm. yesterday, at the Lansford col
liery His side was horribly shattered
and he was picked up unconscious and
died a few hours later.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Invited to Honor Jefferson,s Name.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 26.-The
national association of Democratic clubs
has issued a circular letter addressed to
Democratic clubs throughout the United
States inviting them to appropriately
celebrate the anniversary of the birthday
OF Thomas Jefferson on Thursday, the I'd
day of April
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Nothing But Legal Tender Goes.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 26-The SEN
ate yesterday passed the bill making 1t
obligatory to pay all debts in money au-
thorized by the congress OF the United
States as legal tender, all stipulations to
.e contrary notwithstanding
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
THAT CALIFORNIA SCANDAL.
Money brought to the State Capital, b
Its Disposition IA Mystery.

IIb DfbpUsEbIUH ysLtTy.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 26.-The COM
mittee appointed to investigate the charg-
es of bribery in connection with the find
ing of scraps of paper in the state library
during the recent senatorial contest, have
sent their report to the senate. They re-
ported that the money had come from the
Southern Pacific Railroad company. and
that within thirteen hours after it ar.
rived here, it was in the state library, but
who handled it there or for what purpose
IL was handled the committee did not de-
termine.
Turned Over to the Governor.
The report says that some torn papers
belonging to Assemblyman Dibble were
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Dipbtheri, at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO March 26.-Diphtheria
is becoming SO prevalent here as to cause
alarm. There have been twenty-six cases
and four deaths since last Sunday
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Pianos As Tools of Trad q.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 26-The
treasury department has decided that n
piano, which is used as a means of liveli-
hood, can be imported duty free
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Diamonds in North Lapland.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 26-Large
quantities of diamonds are reported to
have been discovered in North Lapland.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26
Triumpb of the Telephone,

PARIS, March CAN opera that was
performed here Tuesday night was dis
tinctly heard by telephone in London.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-26

Mrs. Alice Miller was killed at Chicago
by grip car Wednesday.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27
& saaSa eAa&.
A Story of Love and War.

by MAJOR ALFRED Il. CALHOUN.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27

with Martins Battery Is. Aist Tenn'see.
fightin' foh the COMMENT" and the old
man emphasized this declaration by an
other bombardment of the fire.
questioned him at length, and be-
came satisfied that he was good Union
man and that his object in seeking me
out Was to guide me through to Knox
Vile by route that would free me from
the swarms of Confederate horsemen
then in that part of the State.
After visit of two hours, Mckee rose
and said:
"I'll be back long afoah sun up, an
I'll be ready TO pilot you plum down to
the Holston, but ez hit amt wise to have
fellers hold carbines to yer head while
you explain, I'd be obleeged if you'd
give me a writin' that III make me free
to come an go, az IL l was one o.
you'uns."
/ gave the old man pass, ordered a
trooper TO see him through our picket
line, and, after he had gone, wrote out
all | had heard about Frank Brent and
had Lieutenant Arnold sign it with me.
To make sure OF getting the informa-
ton through to Camp Dick Robinson
decided to ontrust the letter to Mckee
and TO send him back as soon as | felt
sure of my ground.
GCONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27

at the old mans GOODNESS ana loquaclty
increasing every moment.
"Thar's right smart deenger tween
har an Knoxville"
"That isn't news" 1 said.
III reckon not, but hits a heap sight
wuss'n you'uns think foh. Wy, thar's
Chenowiths men, an Wheeler's men,
an Brent's Partisan Rangers jist
swammin' har bouts"
Feeling that it was my place TO do the
questioning, | checked him and asked:
Ibid you say Brent's Partisan
Rangers are near hereP"
"Ya-as, Kermit, been har nigh onter
goin' two MONTHS" he said, promptly,
adding, after he had sent stream of
saliva into the fire: can a or-ni-ar-ier
lot o hounds amt never seed"
"Is Captain Brent with them?"
mo, he left"
did you ever see him?"
"Bet your life did"
"When did you see him last2"
Before answering this question the
old man shut one eye, cooked the other
contemplatively up at the sky, and be-
gan oJTOhlHP JHc gray JulJ Vi MAR OH MS
chin with both hands. At length he
said: II remember hit was nigh onter
bout the middle o. last month. He was
over near my place when he started off
alone fOh Kaintuck. I've heard his
men say OF how hit was all COZ o wom-
an, for SIGH seq noah fool he. But
wish they'd all clared out bout the same
time"
This certainly confirmed Frank
Brent's story. Concealing the pleasure
the old mans words gave me, l deter
mined to take him in hand seriously.
"What is your name?" asked.
George McKee," he answered,
promptly.
"On which side do you stand?"
"On the side O. the Guv'ment an Aist
Tennessee"
"Been in the army?"
"Ya-as, kinder off an on like: but /
can't go too far away from the ole wom-
an; howsomdever got two boys fight
in foh the Guv'ment. Did have three.
but one got shot down Shiloh way long
with Meester Neelson."
what commands are your sons withP"
cones in the Second Aist Tennes-
see Cavalry, but ulster be Kee-ahtah's
critter regiment foah he got to be gin'ral,
an the other-that's Mike, he's long
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27

The regimental banners, aside from
what they symbolized. were things of
shimmering, sill<en beauty; now they
were shredded and riddled, and blood
stained, but those very rents had be-
come eloquent with memories that
thrilled us as the new flags never did.
Our officers carried no insignia TO dis
tinguish them from the men. The trap
pings OF the horses were rusty and
cracked, our uniforms were faded and
some of them rdely patched; our car
bines had lost the gloss of finish; our
troop guidon was tattered faded rag,
and the scabbards of our sabers were
denied and worn. The cheer, the song
and the wild halloo of exultant youth
were no longer heard in camp or on the
march. On the faces of the youngest
and the oldest man in that troop was
not twenty-seven, there were set lines
that made them stern, lines
that had been burned deep in the fur
mace heat of battle. But though not so
fair to the eye, each one of these men
was worth ten OF the volunteers OF the
early war.
Our march to Cumberland Gap was
over the route taken by Bragg's army
year before, when, after the fierce fight
at Perryville, they fell leisurely back,
laden with the rich spoils OF Central
Kentucky, while the tardy Union
legions made only show of pursuit.
Still, the track of that unhurried retreat
was visible through every dcfile of the
tempest-tossed Cumberland range.
hn Loo Two Al ,c al h;,Is
nests to the mountain lodges, were
abandoned or inhabited only by women
and children. The fences that had in
closed their patches of potatoes and
corn were gone, and the men who had
built them were in the field or sleeping
on it. Along the hard, rutty trail lay
scattered the debris of wars flood;
broken wagons, the skeletons of mules
and horses, and ash spots, marking the
site of old camps; here and there a
grave; and over all the naked crests and
rain-washed valleys the spirit of silence
and desolation.
Now and then we caught sight OF
horseman far off from the line of march,
and the fact that he kept out of reach
convinced us that he was one OF the en-
emy's scouts, from whom we had moth
ing to fear. Now and then a puff OF
smoke could be seen squirting out from
some cliff. far overhead, and the crack
of abushwhacker's rifle would follow. If
no harm was done, we passed on UNI
needing; il a man was shot, we encircled
the mountain, and never returned with
a prisoner. And so for six days we
pushed our way through to Cumberland
Gap.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27
Spreading for Leagues Around.

The marshy, overhowed lands, sunken
lots and half submerged river banks
which give them birth, the seeds of ma
laria impregnate the air, and are inhaled
at every breath by thousands unprovided
with any adequate safeguard against the
baneful influence. Yet such exist --po-
tent alike to remedy or to prevent, pure
in its constituents, and the professionally
recognized substitute for the hateful
drug, quinine. Its name is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, family specific and
safeguard, foremost not only as an anti
dote to malaria, but also as a means of
permanently removing dyspepsia, and
relieving constipation, liver complaint,
rheumatism, kidney and bladder all
ments, and nervousness. Among invig-
Grants il takes the first place, and it is
also superb appetizer. Use it syste
matically.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27
CHAPTER VI.

CbAl ' l.
On the evening of the seventh day we
went into camp not far from Claiborne
creek and we'll below the Gap. Since
noon we had been hearing the hoarse
booming of guns coming from the South.
Longstreet was making his last fierce
assault on Fort Saunders, sixty miles
away, but the conformation Of the val
leys carried the sound without break,
till even to trained ears the fighting
seemed less than an hours hot ride be-
low.
Our proximity to Longstreets corps
and Wharton's ubiquitous rangers did
not increase our vigilance. that had
never been abatcd. The hope of soon
rejoining my regiment cheered my men
who now began to speculate as to the
old friends they should find left TO greet
them, for on the march we learned that
our boys had been badly cut up at Camp
bells station while trying to check
I.ongstreet's advance from before Chat
tanooga.
While I did not permit my love for
Carrie Brent to blind me to the interests
OF the cause in which l was enlisted.
besides this, folt that it was my duty
as q man and a soldier To save her broth
er IL | could. We were now on the
ground where Frank claimed to have
been when John Harding was killed
near Pcrryville, and determined to Sc
cure whatever evidence might be in his
favor.
had just eaten supper and was en-
| ioying a smoke with my only lieutenant,
| Walter Arnold, whom mounted troop
err rode up to the fire, cooked pistol in
his right hand and gaunt old man,
with lcathery checks and butternut
clothes, marching before him.
Game into our lines, sir" said the
trooper, saluting with the hand that
neld the pistol, "and says he wants to
see the officer in command"
This man was fair type OF hundreds
! OF Union refugees had seen in the early
part of the war. He was as straight as
an Indian and there was much OF the
aborigine in his complexion and i'm
passive bearing.
Tho soldier turned and rode away,
and before could frame a question to
put To the prisoner, he advanced boldly
to the fire, and in the peculiar accent OF
the mount tain men in that region he
said:
"Hit's fine ev'nin', Kernil"
at might be WORSE replied.
With inimitable GOODNESS, the old
man took bite from plug of tobacco,
then, sitting down on his launches be-
side me, he asked
"Be you the head one harp
81 am."
"Hear from Kaintuck?"
'Yes."
"A gwine on ter help weuns' an
Meester burnside down Knoxville way?'
''Yes."
"wa'al, he needs all the help he kin
git"
~ suppose SO"
"Ya-as, tndecdy. But say Kernil."
"'what Is it?r l asked, my amazemeni
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27

oner, made my way back to the log
house.
Carrie gave me a quick, searching
look, but she asked no questions; she
knew as we'll as IL | had told her that
no word OF comfort had been received
from Washington.
suggested TO Frank TO lie down, but
he shook his head and said, grimly:
"The time is too short to spend 1t in
sleep. When the end has come one can
rest through eternity"
1t seemed as II the sun had gone down
for the last time, so long was the night.
Just before daylight the chaplain re-
turned, and, thankful for the excuse his
presence gave me, l again sought the
telegraph office. There found General
BOYLE, and he did not need to tell me
that he had not closed his eyes in sleep
during the night.
In answer to my question, the operator
said:
"The direct lines working west from
Washington are down."
''Then," / gasped, "you can not com.
municate with the Capital?"
eyes, Cincinnati has just said that
circuit by way Of Cleveland, Buffalo,
New York and south along the coast,
but as the storm is moving rapidly in
that direction, should not be surprised
TO find all communication shut off be-
fore ten o'clock" said the operator.
While we stood bonding over the in
strument on whose mysterious ticking
so much depended, the gray dawn of a
stormy morning stole in the room, and
tho reveille went ringing through the
camp.
l looked at my watch; it was ten min
utes to six. In four hours Frank Brent
would be standing in the place of exc
cution, from the direction of which /
could hear the hammering Of the men
making the scaffold ready.
was about to walk out with the Cen
eral when the clicking increased in a fe-
verish way, and the operator called out:
"Wait, gentlemen, l think there is
something coming soon"
We turned back and bent over him,
reading the words as they came from his
pencil:
"WAsmNGToN, d. c., Nov. 10, 1868.
- General J. Boyle, Commandant
Camp Dick Robinson, Ky.:-The Pres
ident directs me to say that after an in
terview with Messrs. Speed and Holt he
deems it best for the interest of the
service to"
Then the writing stopped and the
clicking died out while the operator
nervously worked the switchboard key,
but without making sound.
What is up?" asked the General, his
strong face twitching with excitement.
THE lines are down to the North; we
are shut off from Washington, and we
must remain so at least for the day."
said the man.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27
A Never Failing Remedy.

MEGRIMINE, the only permanent cure
for all forms of headache and neuralgia,
relieves the pain in from Is TO 20 min
utes. For sale on positive guarantee at
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mail ON receipt of Rri1e=n0. cents a box.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-27
CHAPTER V.


The General picked up the paper, and
after reading over the few words in
three different ways he exclaimed:
II think have enough to act on!'
"And you will postpone the eXeCu-
tion?" / asked.
"Ycs, feel justified in doing so till l
hear further from Washington"
Without waiting to hear more fair
ly flew down to the military prison. 1t
was of Carrie had been thinking for
Carrie had been hoping and praying.
eagerncss she ran to meet me. She must
have OWNED my message before spoke,
for her white face flushed and the
hunted expression fled her eyes. Cry
ing out: THANK God for the good news"
she threw her arms about my neck, and
our lips met in forgiveness and rcjoic-
ing
At ten o'clock that morning the troop
wagons were ready to draw out, and my
men stood by their horses impatient for
the order to mount. had babe Carrie
and her brother goodbye, and her last
words were still ringing like music in
my ears: what you have done for me
and mine, Harry Watts, can never be
forgotten"
Holding my hand, General Boyle said:
"Find out IL Brent was in Powel!s
Valley at the date he claims, and, if
you can get evidence To corroborate his
statement, send it through by one of
your scouts at once. II this Is not done,
tho postponcment which | have as
sumed may turn out To be a great mis-
fortune to all concerned"
The old soldier knew the secret of
my interest. promised to do all that
lay In my power; then, with mutual
prayers for the success Of our common
cause, l swung into the saddle, the
bugle sounded, and my troop rode out
Of Camp Dick Robinson.
On the crest OF the slope, winding TO
tho southeast, turned and lifted my
hat, and, through the mist and storm, |
saw the flutter of white scarf, like an
angels wing, and | folt that there was
one Union troop followed by the pray
ers OF Confederate woman.
This was my second visit TO Camp
Dick Robinson. When here before we
were preparing under General Thomas
to advance against ZollicoiTer, whose
host, unframed and boastful, was raid
ing the shores of the Cumberland. War
seemed grand thing to me in those
days, when nearly every regiment
marched TO the stirring strains Of its
own brass band, and when every private
had more impediments than Major
General carried now. Thon the trap.
pings of tho horses were regal In their
splondor and tho officers were moving
pictures framed In blue and gold, and
shoulder-straps were SO beautiful and
novel that IL was said some Of the
| younger men wore them when in bed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-13
Marsh Was Paid TO Leave.

New YORK, June 12.-The World prints
this dispatch HS2hiladelphia:
''The details of the conference that &C.
CURED on Saturday night before President
Marsh's flight would cast more light on the
mystery that envelops the affairs of the
Keystone bank than anything yet brought
out. A large sum of money was offered to
Marsh and Lawrence to leave the country.
The sum mentioned to your correspondent
by his informant was 10000 each and an
assurance of one weeks start on the way
to liberty. President March sailed for the
Barbados on the following Wednesday
under an assumed name. Lawrence, the
assistant cashier, declined peremptorily,
and he said Whatever he had done had been
at the direct command of Lucas and Marsh,
and that lie had never prohted to the ex-
tent OF one penny by the falstication of the
books Of the bank. He was already under
large bail, which was furnished by his
father-in-law, and he did not contemplate
leaving his bondsman in the lurch. He
had decided to face the music and give the
committee in his power.
"John Bardsley was present at that very
important interview and emplored Marsh
and Lawrence 10 60 away until he could
arrange matters. Bardsley never ap-
pears TO have contemplated flight, but fully
expected to have the bank reorganized and
to come out of his ENHANCEMENT safely"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-13
Labor Congress at the Worlds Fair.

CHICAGO, June 12.-The president of the
worlds congress auxiliary is rapidly push
ing to the front scheme of proposed
Worlds congress to be held in Chicago
during the Worlds FAIR, and several com
mittiss composed of the most prominent
citizens of this city are actively engaged in
preparing preliminary addresses stating
the scope of the work in their respective
departments, The first of such addresses
was issued today by the general COM
mittee on labor congresses. 1t says ample
accommodations will be provided for all
labor organizations, economic associations
and industrial societies which may desire
TO hold congresses or conventions of
their own. A general labor congress
will be arranged with the cooperation of
the most distinguished students of labor
problems and the most widely known
leaders in the industrial world. Among
other stopics to be considered by it are:
The steps in industrial advance; compare
tive study of the conditions of labor; con-
fiicts OF labor and capital; public economies
as related TO labor; labor legislation; inter-
national labor problems and women's labor.
This last section will be under the especial
charge Of the committee on labor congresses
of the women's branch. The committee
believes these proposed congresses may be-
made most powerful agency for improv-
ing the condition of labor and invites tina
cordial cooperation and assistance of labor
organizations, etc.