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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-18
MONDAY, APRIL IS, 1899.
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION Or ILLINOIS,

Headquarters Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Illinois, Sherman House, Chic go,
February 20, 1892. A Convention Of the Dem
ocracy Of the State Of Illinois, is hereby called 10
meet IN The Hall of the House of Repres entaives,
In Springfield, Illinois, on Wednesday April 9th,
1892, at O'Clock p. for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates to be voted for on TUESDAY,
November Sth, 1892, for the offices of Governor;
Lieutenant Governor; Secretary OF State; Auditor
OF Public Accounts; , reasurer; Attorney Gener-
al; Three Trustees of the University OF Illinois
Tv Congressman a, Large; also for the purpose
Of selecting one Presidential Elcctor from each
Congressional District, and four Presidential
Electors from the state al large. Two deles ates
from each Congressional pistIict and eight dele
gates from the state AT ID zee TO the Democratic
National Convention, TO lie held in Chicago, June
81, 1892. One State Committeeman from zach
Congressional District, and SEVEN state Com
mitteemen from the state at large, and such other
business may properly come before the con-
ventioD. Ihe basis Of representation for each
county shall be: One delegate for each four
hundred votes cast for Cleveland and Thurman al
the last PlesideI tal Electiop, and one delegate
for each fractional part thereof, of two hun0red
votes or more. Under this call the representation
Of Rock Island county will be, on 1914 votes,
delegates.
BY order OF the Democratic State Central Com
nittee Of Illinois. DElos P. PHELPS, Chairman.
THEo. NELSON, Secretary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-18

The following resolution was adopted by the
Democratic State Genital Committee, February
%, 1892.
be IL resolved That it is this sense Of this Com
mittee, that the AustI allan Ballot Law applies 10
the election OF officers al the annual town n eet-
ing TO all elections except as specially excepted
in said law, and this committee recommend that
all elections TO be held for town officers this
spring, be held under the provisions and according
TO the letter OF said law.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-18
NYEWRITES OFST.J JOE
THE PONY EXPRESS AND HOW IT
WAS FIRST STARTED.

The Home of Some Famous Men, Among
Whom Was Jesse James-A Few Re-
marks About Kate Kane, the Noted
Chicago Female Lawyer.
lCopyrilht, 1892, by Edgar W. Nye.l
In MISSOURI,
In THE SPRINGTIME. {
st. Joe was a trading post, established
in 1S43, at the confluence of the Black
snake creek with the great parent of
waters. 1t was established by Joseph
Robideaux, Frenchman, and he is the
man referred to incidentally on tomb
stone up on The shores of Lake Superior.
The stone reads as follows:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
FOREIGN

THE king and queen of Italy have ar
ranged 10 visit the court at Berlin in
June.
THE composer Verdi told hia admirers
on Sunday that he had finished his latest
work, "Fastaff
Ten villages in Hungary have been
burned. The spread of the flames was
assisted by dry and windy weather.
ANARCHISTS in Cardiz threw two bombs
into church procession, injuring
a number cf people. The villains es-
capped.
MARSHAL Joveller Sober. president Of
the supreme council of war and marine, of
Spain, died Saturday.
Ir is rumored that the second daughter
of the duke of Edinburgh Is betrothed to
the grand duke Of Here,
The death is announced of Henri de
Kock, the French playwright and novelist,
He was born in Paris in 1921, and was a
son of the great novelist, Paul de kock.
A MOVEMENT Is on foot to release Mrs.
MOLtagu, OF Dublin, who was sentenced
to a years Imprisonment for causing the
death of her 3year.old daughter
ROME dispatch says: Owing to diff
ferenccs on financial measures the entire
ministry has resigned. The king has sum.
moned Prince Minister Rudini to form a
new cabinet
In is rumored that King Charles of
Roumania is about h abdicate in favor
of Prince Ferdinand, the heir to the throne.
The report is believed to emnate from
Russian sources.
A PRIEST was beheaded in a Spanish
church. The murderer killed and injured
several others with sword and revolver he
fore be was captured.
SENIOR ANTANo CLETo. son of he
leader Of the Venezuelan revolution, is in
san Antonio without cent in his pocket
He will remain in this country until the
war in which his father is engaged Is
ended.
IN accord Will the notice given by the
Federation of Master Cotton Spinners of
England, the majority of the Cotton mills
In the federation were stopped Saturday,
throwing many thousands OF people out Of
employment.
AN Euglishmen named Hamilton. In
Wiltshire, killed his sweetheart's uncle
because he believed the man had pre- u-
diced the girl against him; when the
police arrested him he shot one of them
dead,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
BOLD YOUNG PIRATE.
He Wickedly Deceives Fond and TIT
ing Girl

ing Girl
He had the air of man of the world.
His dress was becoming and not too
SNOWY. He seemed to be an individual
who had dined we'll, who would tell good
stories at the club
Stretched out in the BARRIERS chair in
the hairdressers room on School street,
instead of settling down with that indif.
ferent, selfsatisfed air that usually comes
over a man IN that situation, he seemed
troubled. He looked about from chair to
chrir, yet he was not happy. The barber
shaved him and was SO impressed that be
even forgot to talk him to death Then
the man sat bolt upright in the chair and
took an envelope from his pocket. 1t was
scented; the barber could tell that. II
was written in a lady's hand, too.
The strange man opened it, took out
note. read it over and over again, then
from its folds withdrew a lock of hair. 1t
was golden, and the victims who were
waiting FOR their turn In the chair saw
him kiss the sunny lock and put it back in
the envelope
Hair cut?" asked the barber. as he
rubbed the tufts of hair which surrounded
q httA't q kfoA EAA NlAb = u an 70 Lllhl htAAs
No, no. not for the world, he replied,
81 cannot spare any.
Man in next chair has hair like yours,
only little more Of it, v suggested the
barber.
BY Jove, he has. " said the troubled
man, and he darte1 out OF his seat aud al
most jumped to the occupant of the next
chair.
Going to have hair cut?" asked the
strange man.
No, was the rather curt reply.
Well will you have a hair cut at my
expenseY' SAID the man without heslta.
ton. Il must send my best girl lock OF
hair, and ! can't spare mine Come, how
much is it worth?' and the eyes Of TIE
cOiored boy who brushes coats bulged out
bepond his forehead.
Sell it for a small bot.lel" replied The
man with good growth on mis- head
and the stranger answered. IN 60
you, W
The barber began his work and lock
of the man S hair was handed over 10 the
stranger, who put it in a little silver l0cset
that bore a monogram. Thsn, when the
work was finished, the two walked out to-
gether.
Tie stranger was smiling contentedIg,
the club man grinned, the barber laughed
ard the customers gazed on in astonish'
ment
" Wasn't Charley a dear, good fellow,
TO keep his promise and send me lock q
his hair?' said the pretty girl that might
as she took the daIntiest sort Of a locEaI
from a little box. Aud all was still but
for the beating of her faithful heart
Boston Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

SAMUEL JACKSON, the most famous
manufacturer Of fireworks in the country,
Is dead
THE French Budget committee has APP
proved the proposed credits for Chicago
fair purposes.
THE republican national leagues con.
vention will probably be held in Buffalo
the last week in June.
The Duluth & Winnipeg road secured
terminal facilities in Allouez bay, where
the Mesaba & Northern will build ore
docks.
OUR recent blizzard is now raging in
England, and is continuing its course
northeast toward the Baltic sea.
CHIEF ENGINEER n. B. CLARK, Of
Washington, inventor of the defective
armor now used on the warships Of all
nations, died Monday morning.
TRUMAN A. MERRIAM, who was a
member of the forty-eighth congress. and
for mI ny years a reporter on the staff Of
the Now York Sun, died Saturday.
BARON FAyA has received orders to re-
turn to his post at the Italian legation in
Washington,
SAMUEL f. HERsEY, who was suspended
on the 9Th inst from practice before the
pension office, pending the investigation
OF that office on account of misuse Of con-
gressional call slips, has been disbarred
entirely from practice before the interior
department and all Of its bureaus.
The National Civil Service Reform
League will hold It's annual meeting in
New York April % and 20. George
William Curtis is among the speakers who
will address it.
THE twenty fourth New York republi.
can congressional district convention met
at Albany. Henry g. Munger and Ho-
bart krum, Harrison men, were named as
delegates to tho convention at Minneap.
oils.
SALES of butter on the Elgin board of
trade Monday aggregated 800 pounds,
at % cents a pound The price at the
corresponding tune last year was 25 cents
\ Howard f. APPLETON, a wealthy
young New Yorker who went to Brazil for
"a pleasure trip, has died of yellow fever
and been buried at sea off the Brazilian
coast
EMPEROR WILLIAM has signihed his
approval of Princess Frederick Charles
assuming the patronage of the German
female department of the worlds fair.
UTICA, ILL.,, has just discovered that its
village election was held on the wrong
Tuesday, and rs now too late 10 hold it on
the proper date, a special election will
have to be called.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A TERRIBLY destructive fire occurred at
Edinburg, Ind.
A SHELTER at Butte, Mont, one of the
largest IN the country, is burned, the loss
being s250,00O
The Cumberland Spoke companys fac
tory at Burnside, KY, burned Sunday
night.
A RIFLE in the hands of William Doub,
OF Bloomington, Ind, was accidentally
DISCHARGED, and the ball passed through
the brain Of John Chambers, his friend.
The Forclte powder works, on Lake
Hoplaconga, N T., exploded Monday af-
ternoon. Several are reported killed
EL1HU CARTS stock barn, near Charles
ton. Ind, was struck by lightning Monday
morning and consumed, together with a
stock of thoroughbred horses valued at
$4,000.
SCOTT HUBBARD, an extensive cattle
owner and prominent mason, was killed
IN railway accident at Price, Utah, Sat
uTday.
The Moosio powder mill near Scron-
ton. Pa, blew up Wednesday morning
Eight employees were killed, and several
OJutIa lnJuIeu.
A LARGE amount of cotton and numer-
Gus dwellings IN New Orleans were burn
ed, the losses being over 100000.
A TEACHER and eight boys connected
with the Boston Farm school at Thomp-
sons island were capsized and drowned
A TORNADO swept through Petersburg.
Va, Saturday morning, demolishing a
number of dwellings, and killing Mrs
Milton r. Rose and servant girl in her
employ.
CAPT, ARD the retired commodore of
the Allan line of steamships, after having
crossed the Atlantic in safety more than
five hundred times, was drowned while
crossing swelling stream near Cowans-
vile, Que
FIRE in the plant of the Winters Art
Ltthogragh company, at Springfield, OHIO,
Monday night, destroyed valuable plates
from which worlds fair thographs were
being printed.
EDWARD BARLAN, an employee in the
Ashley Wire Works at Joliet, H., was ac-
cidentally struck in the head by pin polt
and instantly killed.
WHILE the lifesaving crew at Bandor,
Oregon, We're practieing Wednesday
evening their boat capsiz ed and Cap
Nelson and three Of the crew of eight
We're drowned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
sELF-CoLLkC1ED BRIDES
They seldom MAKE Mistakes, But the
Grooms DO,

They seldom MAKE Mistakes, But the
Grooms DO.
1t is p surprising fact that the bride IS
almost always the one to bear the trials
and embarrassments of the wedding cere-
moEy with the most fortitude and sang
froit despite the fact that she invariably
is tine focus for every eye. A shy, modest
looking little creature, robed in white, will
stand perfectly erect, looking the minis
ter calmly aud squareiy In the eye, with
out for an instant losing her self.pose
while the biz blunt, six-footer of a bride
groomsby der side is pale and nervous and
trembling.
The bride very seldom makes any mis-,
take, either at the ceremony or at the still
more trying reception afterwards, while
the man is almost always sure 10 put both
feet in IL and then founder about In des-
PAIR until his better half comes to his res
cue and gives him the first chance to APP.
preCiate the advantages of having some
one 10 take care OF him.
During the ceremony the chances for
the groom to make miSts.es 9re not many
The most common one TX him is 90 get
names mixed up. A ~ recent wedding
the groom calmly ar louEcad: Annie, /
take thee, Harold, 20 ba M lawful wife.
The bridal party, who were the only ones
vino head it, we're conyulsec, and even the
stalwart young minister could not repress
a twinkle in ms eye.
another much ratified young man, where
when asked If be took the young woman
10 be- his welded wife, stared nOupul,sed
at the minister for fully ten seconds, then
asked blaukly; Be pardon, were YOU
spea king to me?' still another, when
handed the ring. instead of passing it
along. began ueruonslv trying to put 1t
on ms own finger, ami was only aroused
oy sharp little pinch,
But most OF the small conretemps in.
cidsnt to q wedding can be successfully
hidden from the knowledge Of the guests
and it is not until the bridegroom Is let
loose 40 the wedding reception that the
bride really BE- gins d get ddgets fer fear
he ''will 30 something dreadful, . fear
which is often realized.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
CRIME

FIRE bugs are operating at San Antonio,
Tex, causing much excitement and terror.
A MAN Of ssyeuty-three was sentenced
to the penetentiary at Bismark Tor peui-
tertiary frauds.
Ar Nienna. Ga, Bill West, a colorej
desperado. on Monday killed John
Roberts. A mob IN pursuit Of West shot
him to death.
ArCasper. Wyo., jeff Dlabar sdot and
killed negro named Lewis Adams, IN "a
quarrel; he is under arrest.
HARRY HAGGARr, one OF the soldiers
stationed at kmQhsher Ok. was shot
and Instantly killed 10y q gambler named
Davis.
THouAs RArHMENr, Of Pierre s. D.,
disappointed IN love took strychnine and
died in agony T. II Clinton, Of Glencoe
Mimi committed suicide by shooting
LOUIS HAsRIogT was hanged at Free
hold. n TOR tie murder Of Mrs Leon
ard, Nov ~. 1891
A. GRANT of Birmingham, Ala, acting
as sherG, has abseonded to South
America. being 4 defaulter for $4,000
sQuandered Ia speculation.
RICHARD " WATSON, New York
stock broker. committed suicide II Phlia-
delphia Friday,
w. c. ERsKtNE. Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
was knocked down Icy tootpads Saturday
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

morning and robbed of 81 900 and all his
valuables
THEODORE WEIs, st. Louis cigar
MAKER, IS years Of age committed suicide
by placing the muzzle of revolver in his
mouth and disehar9ing it, blowing off the
upper portion of his head.
WILLIAM f. WOODRUFF, ex-state
treasurer of Arkansas, charged with en-
bezzling state funds, has been acquitted
by a jury.
A. NJ. HEAToN, teacher in the primary
department of the public schools at Fair
view, ILL.,, committed suicide Saturday
morning by shooting himself through the
right temple.
JULIA A. SKIES was on Thursday con-
victed of the murder Of John Danforth at
Wesl6eld, in February, 1892, and sen
fenced for two years to the Woman's Re
formatory at indianapolis.
Twelve prlvates among the troops at
Coal Creek, Tenn, conspired to hang two
of their officers. One of the mutineers
weakened and gave the plot away, and the
other eleven are now in chains awaiting a
court martial.
AT Fort Madison, Iowa, John Ewing
and wife have been arrested for beating,
burning and starving an adopted child
taken from the foundlinRs' home at
Springfield, Ill. The child came there
from Pontoosic, III.
EX-SENATOR EUGENE +. 0'CoNNoR, Of
Brooklyn, brother of James Owen 0'Con.
nor, the actor, has been sued by his sister,
who charges that he has conspired to de-
fraud mis- brothers and sisters of their
share of their fathers estate, which is
valued at 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

ton and free Trade. Although the o.
tempt to expunge the matter proved ,' az
successful it will probably be fruitf1l !,
good results, as the republicans threa.oll
to publish books in favor of profact ;su
in the Record and it will become a I c;,a'l
lating library, Mr.. Boutelle (MeI "a
vocated strongly an amendment prov;5
ing for two additional t..ttle shins ~
ten torpedo boats, but no action ra NJ.
taken on the amendment.
SENATE.-The following bills VA,
passed Shy the senate: Appropriaf;re
$500 900 for an additional wing Ia ~
national museum in washington ann
priating SIS 900 for the removal If ~.
peace monument at the foot of the Canitoi
Hill and the erection of a statue of Cbris,
topher Columbus IN its place; a bin az
tending the free delivery NOW confined ;,
towns of 5000 inhabitants or 5000 AN.
nual postal recipts); amending an act J.
establish the circuit court of appeals and
to regulate in certain cases the jurisdis.
ton of courts of the United States. Tbo
senate then adjourned to Monday.
SATURDAY, April 16.
House. - The following bills vora
passed For the establishment of q mill.
tary post at Little Rock, Ark; to author.
ize the Marinette & Western railroad
company to construct a railroad tbrongb
the Menominee Indian reservation in VIZ.
coasin. In the committee of the whole
several addresses were made on the naval
appropriation bill, but no definite action
was taken.
MONDAY, April l8.
SENATE. The attention of the senate
was called to an alleged discrimination
made by the United States & Brazilian
steamship company against Che merchants
and produce dealers of the south and west
by refusal to land at the port of Newport
News coffee shipped from Brazil. A bin
and resolutions bearing on the subject
were referred to the committee on com.
merce. The vote whereby the senate
passed the bill to amend the act of 1890 10
establish the ciicuit court OF appeals, and
to define and regulate the jurisdiction Of
the courts of the United States, was taken
up and after some amendments was again
passed. The bill to facilitate the disposi.
ton of cases in the court of claims was
taken up and passed The president sent
a message 10 the senate on the Berinq Sea-
modus vivendi, which was referred TO the
committee ON foreign relations.
HoUsE.--Mr. McRae, of Arkansas call.
ed up the bill to adjust swamp land grants
and fix a limitation for the fling of claims
hereunder. After considerable discussion
the bill was lost by vote of 1l3 TO 76.
The naval appropriation bill was then
taken up in committee of the whole, and
ELECTED lengthy debate. Several amend
ments were offered, but they were all lost.
The committee then arose, and the bill
was passed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

Clara III never saw such a friendly
choir They stopped right N the Middle
Of the anthem this morning % speak e
me.
Aunt Huldah. II didn't notice it, my
child.
Clara Bat they did wore my new
cloak to church for the first time, and as
soon as came In the choir sang,
Hardly knew you. Hardly knew you,
two Or three times.-New York Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23
BRAVE MEN IN BATTLE,
Sometimes CowardIy when They Come to
Think IL Over.

Think 1t over.
The soldier is always more or les
brave, ' remarked tue veteran to p Detroil
Free Press reporter, and even when bel
not at all inclined to heroism be VII"
when the tug OF war comes, rise superior
to himself and do great deeds OF valgE.
lt funny to hear a man you know wa
will 90 right up TO cannon 8 mouth Wns-
1t Is loaded to the muzzle and a llal
standing at the vent ready to pull tl5
string express his feeling when the splrA
isn't moving Tim. Once when we w5is
down there before Petersburg, when rs
mot was caring up the ground ~ ioI.!
places at once, | was lying in a safe ~
neG with a man who had only few holls
before come through a perfect rain q NV I55
carrying the flag % a point where be c2l.-
shake it in tne enemy's face. we g7.
talking about war in general and TINS -'l'
of fighting. and | said to HIM:
IF you had your choice. would ~
have var this way or out IN the oPs-'
face to face?'"
There's only one way I'd have var o
said sharply
how's that? asked. -.
HHave 1t over. and that - qlicss'
be replied, and ten minutes afterWAro I.
was doing a deed that won hin ~
shoulder straps.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

THE last report Of the civil service
commissioners shows that ia the exami-
nations for government positions women
are more successful than men, In the ev-
animation for copyists' positions only one
woman out of six failed, while only half
the men were successful, In the more
difficult examinations onethird of the
men failed and only one-fourth Of the
women, while, in the very difficult exami-
nation for genealogical clerk, the four men
who were examined all failed, while three
out Of ,ne four women were successful,
Taken all in all, the women did more than
twi MS well as the men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

The republican conference of the 18th
Pennsylvania district elected delegates to
Minneapolis. Instructions for Harrison
we're laid on the table.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

A GERMAN physician, DR.. Krug, makes
a nutritious cake for cattle out Of wood
fibre by chemically Transforming the cellu-
lose OF the wood into grape sugar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

FoR the year ending April LIST, 1892, the
health commissioner of Milwaukee reports
422 deaths from diphtheria and l28 from
scarlet fever, or $50 deaths from those two
contagious diseases
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

The official inspector in lunacy examin-
ed Deeming as to his mental condition
and reports him perfectly sane.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

IT is fact, worthy of note that the
United States postage has never been
eoun forfeited.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

SAGINAW, Mich, noted as a salt pro-
ducing city, is constructing in miniature
a complete salt plant for exhibition at the
worlds fair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

SENIOR DoN ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO
says 5000 tons of meteoric stone fell from
the moon in bis part Of MEXICO. recently.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

The adoption of smokeless powder ha IS
rendered necessary modification of the
uniform and accoutrements of an army in
order that the men may not be so readily
distinguished at a distance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-23

"a TICKET to Jerusalem if you please,
sir" This is the request that will soon be
made by tourists at Joppa The railway
mas been completed to the foot of the
Judean hills, and already trains run that
far. The sound Of the locomotive will
seem strangely out Of place in the Holy
Land, but the onward march of civiliza-
ton cannot be stopped.
The postal telegraph sys,em of Great
Britain aud Ireland is now the most COM
plete and gigantic organization for the
transportation OF messages in the world.
II has absorbed, developed and utilized all
that the highest inventive genius fnd
the most profound scientific ability could
produce. The present central postotilee in
St. Martins lie Grand was established in
1878, and now constitutes the largest
telegraph station in the world The staff
numbers 3453; the annual amount cx-
pended in salaries and wages is $685., $780,
tue total number of kilograms passing
through the Office per annum, 80, 537, 779