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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
Monstrous Bears.

Plufsssnv RUSSELL who has returned from
Mount St. Elias, Alaska, tells a remarka-
bic story of Il meeting that he had with
two bears. He was returning to camp over
rather steep slope of glacier, and found
that the quickest and exsiest way to make
the journey was by sliding. Says he:
Using my alpenstock as brake, l de-
scended swiftly and without difficulty for
several hundred feet, my dogs bounding
along beside me- Suddenly upon looking
up was startled to see two huge brown
bears not more than $50 yards away. Had
my slide been continued few seconds
more | should have been in exceedingly IN
pleasant company ! was unarmed and en-
tirely unprepared for conflict with pair
of the most savage animals found in that
country.
They were not at all disturbed by my
presence, and in spite of my shouts, which
L thought would make them travel off, one
of them came leisurely toward me. His
strides over the snow revealed a strength
and activity commanding admiration de-
spite the decidedly uncomfortable feeling
awakened by his proximity and evident
curiosity.
Later in the season | measured the
tracks of an animal of the same species,
made while walking over a soft, level sur
face, and found each impression to meas
ure 8 by II inches and the stride to reach
siXty-four inches So far as | have been
able 10 learn, this is the largest bear track
that has been reported. Realizing my dan
ger, continued my snow slide, but in a
different direction and with accelerated
speed. The upper limit of the dense thicket
clothing the slope of the mountain was
soon reached, and my unwelcome compan-
ions were lost to sight. Pittsburg Dis,
patch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RV.

The Direct Route to and from Chicago, Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rock Island, in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscstine Otturnwa, Oskaloosa, Des
Moines, Wintersct, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul in MIN
NESOTA; WATERFOWL and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA;
Cameron, st. Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson in NEBRASKA;
Atchison LeavenWorth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson,
Wichita, Bellevie, Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell In
KANSAS; Kingfsher, FL Reno and Ninco, in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
in COLORADO. Traverses areas of rich farming
and grazing lands aording the best facilities inter-
communication TO all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest of Chicago and to Pacific and
trGns-oceanic seaports.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11

A young gentleman took TN overcoat to a
would be aristocratic establishment to have
it cleaned and repaired. After some figur-
ing on the part of the clerk he was told it
would amount to $500.
"All right" he said. And would you
be willing to take the overeoat part pay
when it Xed?"-Harper's Bazaar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
About Right.

Once Tommy was silent ut the request of
his elders Tor many weary minutes, and
when he could no longer contain himself
he was told that silence was golden. Yes ~
quoth he, but you know we want change
sometimes. London Truth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
Logic.

Amy-We girls know what we want
Young Dolly twho has asked her several
times to marry him)-Then you must want
me, or you wouldn't mo" me every time
propose.-New York Truth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11

For beauty, for comfort. for improve
ment of the complexion, use only Poz
zonis Powder; there is nothing equal to
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
L1k. MIMI

uRooUsETEDwTH The GEOGRAPHY THIS ocUNTRYwltt OBTAIN
MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM sIUDY OF THIS MAP OF The
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

| NNHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC KALI
~ wAy-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
| FIRST street, Frank II. Plummer agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11
FOR CHEAP HOMES

FOR CHEAT fOiVEEs
On line of this road in Northwestern lEI
Southeastern Minnesota and Central Dat
where drought and crop failures ar HhaH /
Thousands of choice acres OF land vi llsA
Local Excursion rates given fortaL ..- Is
ton as to prices of land and rates OF iar .t1s
Gen1 Ticket and Passenger Agent
All of the Passenger Trains on at ..>s-h
this Railway are heated by steam r y !
engine, and the Main Line Day fs.S,y- la
are lighted with the Electric Light ~
Maps, Time Tables, Through Rates ana ~ :
formation furnished on application u ~
Tickets on sale O-eT this route IL III iH!..lEii
points in the Union. and by IFS AZeu's, 20 :
parts of the United States and Canada ~.
~For announcements ot ENHTstA NJ
and local matters of interest, please req % =
local columns of this paper.
c. J. IVES, :. {. HANNtGAh'
West & Genl SCpt. GenI TIT. Ia 4
CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-11

rOCK ISLAND a. PEORIA RAILWAY-DE
III pot First avenue ana Twentieth s:reet T.
Il. Rockwell, Agent.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

one OF his clients but the Judge was So
pusy that be neglected to sign the bill of
innings at once, and the pressure OF busi-
ness IN his court was SO great that he for
sot the merits or the case, which had to be
reargued. and it was more than A year after
TIE decision was obtained before the decree
was entered.
George II. Cabannis, attorney. said the
only excuse there could be for not creating
some additional departments would be the
expense of the salaries attached. but that
would be COMPENSATED for many times over
Dy the benefit to the public and would be
nothing in comparison to the good that
would be accomplished.
Al present attorneys and their clients had
TO walt month after month before being
aele TO bring their cases to trial, and couse-
quently justice was actually denied by the
courts appointed to administer Justice
Judge j. c: b. Hebbard Of Department 4
said the number of Judges of the Superior
Court IN this city should be increased by the
addition OF at least three in order to accom-
modate the increasing business Of the
courts.
Los Angeles County. which now has s;x
JUDGES, Is applying for an increase of two
or three more, Alameda for two and Sacra-
mento for one
Ii these counties needed additions TO their
judiciary there was a still more imperative
necessity for an addition TO the depart
mehts OF the Superior courts Of this CITY and
county. for the calendars were all cieeged.
here was always trouble when a Judge
died, resigned or whose term of Office ex-
pred before he had cleaned up his docket
In those contingencies the cases had to
be reheard before another Judge and it re-
suited in further cloggIng of their caleu-
OARS.
No doubt existed in his mind as 70 the
immediate necessity for an increase in order
that the public business should not be him
dered.
Another matter that should receive Atten-
ton was the adjustment of the salaries of
the judges. They were lower than in al
most any other State. In New York, for
instance. the judges occupying the same
position received $4,000 a year, and it was
only just that the judges here should re-
celve at least $1,000, especially considering
the work they had to perform.
de could say this without improperly,
because IL would not interfere at all with
his salary, which could neither be raised nor
lowered during his term of Office
The morning call., 1892-12-24
He Failed to Escape.

Between two and three hundred people
watched Detectives Bee aud Harper chase
Gus Heberding down two blocks on Mason
street yesterday forenoon, and when they
overlook him witnessed very vigorous, if
not scientific, catch-as-catch-can wrestling
match between the two detectives and one
OF the sinartest ''cbeck workers" and conf.
dence men that has landed in California in
O long time.
The fleeing man. Heberding. is wanted
In Sacramento on at least one charge
OF grand larceny aud probably a half
dozen more, and for whom the dstectiy yes
have been on the lookout for days. Heber-
ding and fellow crook forged a number of
checks, which they succeeded in passing
upon credulous business men, telling them
that they were the owners Of a large lot OF
horses, which they we,e bringing TO San
francisco. The specific charge on which
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Another OId-Timer Gone.

W, w. Baugh died in this city on Thurs
day after a short illness. wash" Baugh,
as he was known among his friends and the
shipping community, was an old timer. He
came to this city in the early SOS with his
brother, the late Theodore Baugh, of the
old firm of Sweeney s. Baugh, the marine
reporters-and founders and builders of the
first Merchants Exchange, which still stands
on Battery street, conner of Washington,
opposite the POstOffiee.
They also built the first line of telegraph
on the Pacific Coast. 1t rem from the Mer-
chants Exchange out tn Point Lobos in
connection with their marine reporting bust
ness. 1t was they who established the
famous signal station on Telegraph Hill In
early days by means of which tho COM
munlty was notified of the arrival of steam
ers. ships. barKs, brigs and schooners by
arms extended from sgnal-pOle and placed
IN various positions to signify the different
rlRs OF vessels entering the harbor.
or late years Mr.. Baugh has been a ship
clerk and has been principally with his old
time friend and companion j. Il. Chaca
the steyedore. He was of very quiet and
retiring nature and was well known to all
who frequent the Merchants Exchange on
California street for the past twenty years
lie was native of Penn sylvania, about 60
years OF age and single.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Berkeley.

The Philosophical Union met in room / E,
North Hall. last evening TO discuss chap
ters VI TO VIII of "Fiske's Destiny of Man. Z"
Professor lie Conte led the discussion and
was answered by Professor Howison. De-
spite the storm large attendance evil
denced the interest in the work OF the
union.
At the meeting OF Durant Lodge, f.
and A. NJ, Thursday evening J. Il. Henley,
far two years master of the lodge, was pre-
sented with a handsome Masouic badge by
his fellow-officers. An honorary mem ber-
ship badge of the Masonic Veterans Asso-
citation was presented TO William Ellis by
National President Sherman.
William Waste, 81, OF the Oakland
Tribune, who has been very Ill at his home
In Berkeley, is now improving.
The Lorin Congregational Church will
have lis enteTt ainment and tree this even
ing, likewise the NJ. T.. Church on Seventh
street and the Unitarian Church.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
SMALL TALES OF A BIG CITY.

The registry fee of the Postoffice, which has
Oeeh 10 cents Tor long while, has been changed
TO cents. THIS new order Will go inIo effect
January ]. 1898
James II. Beggs, engaged iu the business of
electric lights aud concrete work. has FLED a
petiIion M insolvency. His liabilities are
S19S 40, with no assets.
Complaints for divorce have been filed az fol.
lows; Charies w. Myers W. Lillian NJ. MYERS
Louis y. Kramer vs.. Maria Kramer aud Cath.
crime Williams vs.. Albert c. Williams
The Board OF Health desires 10 acknowledse
me receipt OF contributions Tor patients at the
Pesthouss from the following persons: Ella Nc.
Leod. games; otto. Schneid & Co, wines and
nuts; unknown lady, packages of clothes.
William b. Lakin, executor OF the will OF
James Nj: Thompson. has flied petition In the
SUPERIOR Court asking for an order 10 compel Ira
T. Rankln, a. T. BTayfon and John Howell to
account FOR the manufacture aud sale OF certain
furnaces, IN which Thompson held patent In
terests.
The Pneumatic Brake Company has filed arti.
cles OF Incorporation. The capital STOCK ia
100000, divided Into 10000 shares The
amount actually subscribed Is $4,000. The
directors are: Thomas Golfer OF Oakland and
+. NJ. Speed. William C. HIIdebrandt W. f.
Dennison and Nathan Crocker of this city.
Frank RonicKe. living on the corner of Eight
sen'n ana hampshire streets, had a quarrel with
over the head with billet OF wood. lie cut the
woman's scalp, and when he saw her bleeding
Police station for assistance. He was arrested
aud locked up on the charge OF assault 10 muir
der. His VILE Is not seriously injured.
May Blanche Marriott has been granted a
divorce from Frederick Marriott proprietor of
the News Letter. The cause assigned was
adultery the Correspondent being a notorious
woman named Aggie Lee, living at LOT Ellis
street Mrs. Marriott was awarded 81 80 month
alimouy and the custody Of their only daughter
The defendant was allowed the custody OF their
TWO sons. IL ana 18 respectively The COM
plant was flied on the 7th inst. and the divorce
granted last Tuesday.
The Health and Police Committee OF the
Board Oh supervisors have agreed to report in
favor OF a resolution directing the Health on
Ger TO abaIe line dumping OF garbage at Treat
avenue and Thirteenth street. and to recon-
memo an aniendment 10 the general orders so as
10 allow cattle landed from boats TO he drysn
along East, Commercial. Drumm. Main, Folsom
aud Second streets TO King street. The herds
are not 10 exceed ten mlleh cows at one lime
The petition TO extend the pound limits TO
Ocean View was OrdeIed placed on file.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Perjury Proved Futile.

On May 49, 1892, Abe Jones was sentenced
TO twenty years of hard labor in San Quen-
tin for robbing a stage bound from Redding
to Round Mountain, Shasta County.
AT the time of his trial his brother, Will
liam III. Jones, and friend, William 2.
Love, swore that he (the robberl was at the
formers ranch when the robbery took place.
This was not believed. and warrants for
perjury were issued for the arrest of the
two men. Their case came up fer trial be-
fore Judge Morrow In the United States
District Court yesterday, and both men,
seeing that The case was hopeless. pleaded
guilty and were sentenced to one year at
San Quentin and fine OF 500 each
The morning call., 1892-12-24
OVER IN OAKLAND.
A Despondent Cook Tries
rlOrphine.
Woes of a nan Who Counted Dead
Dogs Twice-News From Berke-
ley and Alameda.

William Van Liebenthal, native Of
Switzerland, hired r room at the Pacific
Hotel. Alameda, yesterday and swallowed
morphine with suicidal intent. He was
taken to the Receiving Hospital in time TO
save his life. He Is a cook residing at 969
Mission street. ana said that he had been
sick and out OF employment He had ad-
dressed number OF half-ilegible letters to
various people and sealed them in black
bordered envelopes.
POundmaster OConnell. pale with wrath,
paced the corridors of The Courthouse yes
terday and declared that his enemies are
trying to down him. They have told the
Grand Jury that he has increased his in
come by doubling w" on the coant of
dead dogs, and he has been vainly trying
ever since 10 get into the Grand Jury room
to deny il.
Aims there police officer there to count
dead dogs" says Mr.. O'ConneIl. Cant
he count? Dye think that police officer
has been lying. hey, hey. L say? l want
YOU TO know, sir, that | wouldn't stOop to
count dead dog twice. and I've served the
people faithfully. Why, sir. I'll DE ex-
onerated, and vou'll see me triumph over
my enemies. white as snow. I'm white
man, j am, seei''
The Republican central committee held q
iAtNNibH last utsul 10 AcNASc ways anu
means OF carrying the municipal election
next spring. 1t was decided not to hold
primaries, but to appoint delegates from
each ward to form nominating convention
similar 10 the plan Of the Nom Partisans.
Rabbi Sessler is getting well of the brain
fever and will hereafter devote himself TO
teaching his private classes in languages
The Bible class, in accordance with the
wishes of the trustees. has declared the
place Of lecturer vacant.
The Eastern creditors of Herman Lesser
are dissatisfied with the statement of liza
bilities, and have been granted a motion to
set aside the order for sale Of the stock
Lesser, who was a boot and shoe dealer
fled petition in insolvency recently, Civ
ing his liabilities as S51, 799 and his assets
S29, 100. The Sheriff, who was appointed
assignee, has been instructed 10 take a new
inventory.
Only one conviction has been reached so
lar for the assault upon Officer McCrimmins
several weeks ago. This is in the case of
James Letford, said to be a member OF the
Fisk gang" lie will be sentenced to-day.
Fourteen cars will start running reg
ularly on the new Telegraph-avenue electric
road on the I'd prox.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Licensed to Wed.

Marriage licenses were issu ed by the
County Clerk to the following couples yes
terday:
Fred Henderson and Refugio QuntanlIla, 80
Albert U. Mills and Mary L. Oliver 34-27
Edgar thompson and Matilda Petersen, 1886
Jeremiah b. Blake and Mary Allen, 24-l9
George w. Couch and Bertha Vondrone 81
Henry Van VIE and Ella Chavey, 24-2S.
Daniele Bell and Teresa Zlmonli, 39-I6.
Timothy Murphy aud Elizabeth Williams, 30
$50.
John FL. Muller and Gretchen A. Hockemeyer
34-1S.
"a - - - ~'"s'S' -
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Fined the PLAYERS.

The two men who broke up the poker
game and the furniture in the room occu-
pied by crowd of players in the General
Keyes Hotel one night last week were on
trial before Judge Joachimsen yesterday on
the charge of petty larceny. NJ. Il. john
sou. one of the players in the game, swore
that the men robbed him of SI4 thai was on
the table when they kicked IL over and
began the row. The men, j. l.. Estes and
Edward Gallagher, were found guilty and
sentenced to pay fine of $50 or serve thirty
days in the County Jail. They paid the fine.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Officer Green's Star.

Captain Short. in charge of that portion OF
the police force which is on duty south OF
Market street, presented one of his officers
on Saturday night with handsome gold
star beautifully enameled and suitably in
scribed.
The star Is numbered $780, and was given
to Patrolman John T. Green, whose tail
and manly figure is familiar to the prone
naders on upper Market street, where he
has been on duty for long time.
Green recently was elected secretary of
the Widows and Orphans Aid Associa-
ton or the Police Department, and his
well-known activity in behalf of that insti-
tuition was the cause of the presentafinn
The morning call., 1892-12-24
New OFFICERS Elected.

The Austrian Benevolent Society Wednes-
day night elected the following officers for
1898: President N. 2. MilIcglav; vice.
president, M. G. Sears; treasurer, E. l..
Lindwall; recording secretary, August Mi
kuiich; financial secretary, j. A. Vragni-
san; sergeant-at-arms. John Velcich; con-
ductor, Anton Lettieh; trustses-Ge0rge f..
Horr. Felix Bsnner. John w. Staneart.
Frank Roux, Andrew Racich, Anton Fran
covich. NJ. Baricevich, August Kiselicb.
George Marcovich; doctor. Joseph Pescia.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Social Notes.

The San Francisco Athletic Club will hold
its eleventh anniversary ball at Odd Fellows
Hall this evening.
The Scandinavian Soclety's annual chill
dren's Christmas-tree festival ana ball will
take place at Saratoga Hall this evening
The CastIlian Mutual Benefit Society will
give grand masquerade ball at the new
Bersaglleri Hail. corner of Stockton and
Union streets, this evening.
Messrs. Frank and Gill will give Christ
mas-tree party tomorrow evening at B'nai
Rrifh Hall
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Here's a rlxSferY.

A dispatch was received from Cincinnati
last night to the effect that Robert Kueh-
merit. who killed a man in a dive In which
he was employed in this city fifteen years
ago, was an ex-senator of Ohio and had
Just been declared heavy defaulter.
Neither the chief OF detectives nor the
police know anything about Kuehnert, aud
bis name does not appear upon the records
OF either OF the State prisons.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

the man WAS arrested was for passing q
check, on which he got 500 in coin.
Detectives Bee and Harper found Heber-
ding on Mason street. near Ellis, and when
accosted he submitted quietly TO arrest and
walked along with the officers. Suddenly
ne made break for liberty aud ran like a
deer down Mason street. The detectives
fnally Overhauled him aud took him TO the
City Prison to await the arrival of the Sac
ramenfn nffears
The morning call., 1892-12-24
REDEMPTION OF BONDS.

DHGNIx, ARIZ.. DECEMBER Z. 1s92-IN AC-
i curdance with section OF act IS of the Twelfth
legislative Assembly OF Arizona Territory, pubea-
tion is hereby made that there is in the sinking
fund created under said act S204,000, and thatT
will pay at my once in Phpuix Ariz., thirty DAYS
from the date OF this notice. Territorial funding
bonds issued on June l, 1888 Nos ~ TO $50. both
inclusive, accrued interest thereon to January
z. 1898. Interest from and after January Z,
1898 WIN. CHRISTY,
DEF got Territorial Treasurer.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Festival IN French.

The Christmas festival given by the
pupils OF the French and English Institute
last night was we'll attended considering
the disturbed state of the atmosphere
select programme OF ten numbers was
rendered BY the pupils and professors of
the Institute. 1t comprised all sorts of
music, and was finished with the MAR
seillaise Hymn"
The Introductory address was read by
MISS Louise Piers0n, and the closing ad-
dress by Charles Philllns
The morning call., 1892-12-24
The Doctors Disagreed.

Mrs. Amanda c. Harris. q handsome
young woman. died in a Towards lodg-
ing-house last night and was taken to the
Morgue. She had been attended since Mon
day by DTs. Priesthood and Russell. neither
OF whom would sign the death certificate as
they could nOtagree upon the cause of death.
one believing that she died of stomach
trouble. while the other held that she had
been afflicted with lung disease The Cor
oner VIII decide the matter by making an
autopsy of the body to-day.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

over Lillian Earle. alias Spencer, who died
at the Receiving Hospital few DAYS ago
after swallowing half an ounce of carboic
acid. The jury learned that she had been
deserted by mau named Earle and had
come to the city with Robert Clancy WIN
left her when he heard that she was mar
ried. They found that her death was caused
oy poison administered by herself while
n napdapt
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Wagon and LIQUOR Gone.

Some unknown thieves with cornwall
propensitles drove off with a liquor-wagon
owned by IL. G. Brown OF 1914 O'Farrell
street, which had been left standing at the
corner Of Buchanan and Turk streets, last
night.
Brown reported the theft to the police at
the new City Hall station, and gave a de-
scriptton of the stolen property, which, he
says, Included nearly $40 worth Of liquor.
The morning call., 1892-12-24
Alameda.

The Gentlemen's Driving Association has
Indefinitely postponed its meet which was
to have been held New Years day.
The Board of Education maintains that
the school bonds were carried at the recent
election. The returns will be eanvassed
next Wednesday evening By the City Trus-
tees
William Lane announces that he has
accepted the offer of Sheriff-elect MeKilli-
can TO becoms deputy, and will dispose of
his business in Alameda. he will be made
chief iaiier
The morning call., 1892-12-24

IL you feel all broke up and out OF sorts agltat,
your liver With Simmons Liver Regulator.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

During the coming year France will spend
81, SOC. 900 for arms and ammunition for the
cavalry alone.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

MANAGER MEYER OF the Wlgwam Theater
changes his entertainment tonight. See adj for
DaIticuiars.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

1t is claimed for the new magnesium fash
light for lighthouses. introduced expert
mentally In Germany, that its ability TO
penetrate almost opaque atmosphere ex-
ceeds that Of any other known light.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

BRRTELISG has the only reliable methods to
II detective sight 427 kearny street.
The morning call., 1892-12-24

With nerves Gnstrung and head that aches
Wise woman bromo- Settler takes lUe a bottle
The morning call., 1892-12-24

Lillian Was Low Spirited.
The Coroner held an inquest last night