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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
CUMMINGS WAS PREMATURE.
A Prospect for Duel or Attempt at
Horse piping.

HOrsewhipping.
WASHINGTON, May g. - Congressman
Cummings thought he detected a masher
at work Sunday, and taught him the dan
gers OF mashing. Mr.. Cummings and his
wife, with party of ladies and gentlemen,
were coming up from Marshall Hall on
board the McAllister. A tall handsome
man sat opposite the group on the deck,
and Mr.. Cummings soon made up his
mind that the stranger was trying to fiirt
with somebody in his party. After stand
ing it as long as he could the New York
representative jumped to his feet, and ex-
claiming, "These ladies, sir, are respecta-
ble,' struck the stranger terrible blow on
the side of the face. Mr.. Cummings struck
the man again, when friends of both s-p-
arated them. The stranger refused to give
his name, but swore that he would have
vengeance.
Must Fight or Be Thrashed.
One of his friends said Mr.. Cummings
would receive challenge and if he refus-
ed to fight duel he would be horsewhip-
ped ON the public streets. The aggrievei
mans companions assert that Mr. Com
mings was altogether too hasty, and that
the man he attacked was gentleman, who
had no idea OF insulting any of the ladies
who were with the representative. They
say he was simply admiring one of the
ladies in a respectful manner. Mr.. Cum
mings, according to his friends, has not
yet received Il challenge, and while they
laugh at the idea of one being sent they
are evidently much troubled over the OUT
come Of the affair.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
NATIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Slight Apparent Increase In the Bonded
Debt-The Surplus.

Slight Apparent Increase In the Bonded
Debt-The Surplus.
WASHINGTON May 8.-The debt state
ment for April was issued by the treasury
department yesterday. 1t shows an in
There was an increase of 800 in the inter
est-bearing debt, decrease of S77s, IT'S in
the non-interest bearing debt, and de-
crease of 81 $50, 723. Is in the surplus cash
in the treasury, The total debt May l. less
s3l, SIS, $50. Ss surplus cash in the treasury
anG 500 0G0, 900 gold reserve-the green
back redemrtion fund-was ss3s, ~, ,922 g.
composed of s25, ,664 500 of 2 per cent. bonds;
$3.50, ,664, $50 of per cent bonds, and 1881, :
S9l4, ,9l2. SIS on which there is no interest.
The Wealth in the Treasury.
Gf the treasury surplus on May l na-
tional repositories held 1875, ,373 46,
against ST, 500, 749 40 on the 1st of April
Gold assets i'll the treasury aggregate
S2I3 ,623, ,455.45, decrease from April l of
81, ,Sl3s9. The silver in store amount
ed to Si39 013, ,9S7. IL, nearly S., 0O0, 600 more
than month ago. The certificates issued
against these assets and in circulation
are: gold, s153, ,773, ,699; silver s327, ,2s9, 1896;
silver treasury notes of 1890, SSl, ,507. no.
The table of government receipts and ex-
pendltures IN April shows receipts from
all sources to have been $27, ,3SS, ,354. .O4
against s26,045, ,s3l. 81 in April, 1891.
Increase of Expenditures.
The expenditures were 81, ,O9s, O76. 81,
against S25, ,SSl, 194 .06 in the corresponding
month last year. The expenditures in de-
tail We're: Pensions, SIP, ,705, ,O35 IL; re-
demption national bank notes, 81, OBS, SS5;
interest, 81, 765, So; ordinary, $l5,5SS
925. 0S The receipts for the current fiscal
year to May l, amounted to $685. 52s, ,s91 50,
as against s341, Gil $50. .04 in the same time
in the fiscal year of 1S909f
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
tnau ne stoo0 oy Une iceUrr reau Dy
Payson, and he would not retract a word.
Brief Record of Congress.

Brief Record of Congress.
WASHINGTON. May 3.-In the senate yes
terday Vest in handing up a Petition
protesting against opening the Worlds
:alr on Sunday, and threatening
10 taboo all congressman who fail
ed to support the closing of the
exposition on Sunday, said that as q sem
ator be should vote on the question with.
out paying the slightest attention to these
threats. After business of routine ma
ture the senate went into secret session on
the Russian and French extradition
treaties. At 4:10 the doors were reopened
and the senate adjourned.
The house passed several important bill
under suspension of the rules, including
the bill to place binding twine on the free
list, bill to authorize a register as
vessels Of the United States to such for
elgn built steamships of 5000 tons and
over sailing in an established line
from port within the United States, of
which not less than 80 per cent. of the for
eign capital was owned by citizens Of
the United States; and granting pension
of s. per month to the survivors of the
Blackhawk, Creek, Cherokee and Seminole
wars. The consular and diplomatic bill
was debated for an hour and the house
adjourned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
PRODUCE AND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Chicago.


CHICAGO Maya
Following were the quotations on the board
of tra-e today: Wheat May, opened
SlH", closed S,l6c; June opened Sls<c, closed
s04sc; July, opened sIs4c, closed sO1sc. Corn
May, opened 4 ac, closed 49zsc; June, opened
8s,4c, closed ss,se; July, opened aud closed
&lac oats-May, opened 2sssc, closed
2s1sc; Jun=, opened 2s1sc, closed 2sc; July,
opened 2S1sc, closed 2Sc. Pork-May, opened
$685., closed S9.4C; July, opened S9.55, closed
$500; September, opened S97O closed S975.
Lard-May, opened S6.l5, closed S6l2H
Live Stock Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs Market
active and prices were steady; sales ranged
at sS.7O04.4Opigs. S41004.6O light, S40O14a0
rough packing, Si2OG4.55 mixed, 81 42564.6O
heavy packing shipping lots
n Cattle-Markct Gull and prices steady;
quotations ranged at S45O1501 choice
to extra shipping stesrs, S4.OnG146O good
to choice do; S3.159i2l fair to good, S325G390
common to medium do, S30O0375 butchers
steers, S2.5013.25 stockers, S270@40O Texas
steers, S325aD4.O0 fey ders, SL40@35O cows
Sl75Q35c bulls and 500 045O veal calves.
Sheep-Market fairly active and prices
steady; quotations ranged at S5.009625 west
erns, S4s016.40 natives, AMI S5.7506 so lambs
Shorn lots 5OG75 per 100 lbs below quotations
given above.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator &c per
ID; fine creameries, 2002lc; dairies, fancy
fresh, 1Sc; packing stock, fresh. 109llc. Eggs
Fresh, 1876 per doz- Live poultry-Chickens
l2c rer h.; roos eers. &c; ducks la0l3c; turkeys.
choice hens, BE; young toms l2c; geese, SaOi
@6OO per doz Potatoes-Hebrons, 2S 63Oc per
bu-; Burbsnks SG3Sc; Rose, s71s0c for seed:
Peerless. 2502Sc; common to poor mixed lots
aGG25c- Apples-Common. $:.OO0225 per brl;
good, s.5oG275; fancy, ss.0Gs-25.
New York.
NEW York, Maya
Wheat-No. 2 red winter cash. sac; May,
9olfc; June, 9o1fc; July. s0Nc. Corn-No 3
mixed cash, Sic; May, 4sIsc; June. &5zc: July.
&c. Oats-No. mixed cash. &c; May, sszzc;
August 5sszc Rye-Dull s0I<0S3lxc for the
whole range. Bariey-NominaL Pork-Quiet;
mess, sln5lGll.oo for new. Lard-Quiet;
June, $644; July, $3.50 SIX
Live Stock: Cattle-Trading active fCr all
grades at an advance of loc; poorest to best
native steers q. 4.l09Lsj per 100 lbs; bulls nd
dry cows. $s0oa355. Sheep and lambs
Steep slow but steady; lambs, active and Nc
per fb higher; unshorn sheep, $as5G7Oo per
100 lbs; clipped do, $475d575: unshorn lambs,
ee-5o07I5; clipped do. $&750a75- Hogs
Noninally firm; live hosA $lso05so per 100
IL.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
TWO BAD RAILWAY weeks.
Three Men Killed on the SIonon-A Chi
cago and Erie Crash.

Three Men Killed on the :NIonon-A Chi
cago and Erie Crash.
CHICAGO, May 3.-The sleeper on the
Chicago and Erie railway went through
small bridge near Crown Point, Ind, yes
terday, turning over several times and
landing bottom side up. There were but
five persons in the car, and all were hurt
as follows: G. W. Granger. travelling
agent for the Blue and Canada fast freight
lines, Detroit, arm dislocated; E. S. Bar
bour, Detroit, confusion of forehead and
left leg hurt: T. R. Bowes, scalp wound;
Henry Brown. scalp wound and left leg
hurt; colored porter injured internally, not
serious.
Victims of a Freight Wreck.
At Otis, Ind, a freshet carried away a
trestle yesterday morning just as freight
train ON the Monon was crossing. Tho
engine and twelve cars went into the break
and three trainmen were killed. Their
names are given herewith: Engineer j.
c. Murray, Fireman James Brown and
Brakeman Elmer H. Brown.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
There Is Pepper in the Air.

WARRINGTON, May S.-Thomas J. Geary
and General Cutting, congressman from
California, are reported to have had q
rather serious personal encounter at
Chamberlin's the other night, and it
Is said that dud between the two men
was prevented only through the friendly
offices Of Colonel Henry WRtterson. Tho
quarrel between Geary and Cutting Is said
to have grown out OF the refusal OF the
former to introduce the latter to q party of
friends with whom he was enjoying mid
night meal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
Victims of a Freight Wreck.
Political Comfort for Harrison.

WASHINGTON, May Sit is claimed that
according to the tab of delegates to the
Minneapolis convention kept at admins
tration headquarters in Washington, 225
delegates have already been placed on the
Harrison roster
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
Mrs. Harrison Much Better.

WASHINGTON. May 3.-Mrs. Harris on
has sufiici emily recovered from her recent
attack Of lumbago to enable her to sit up
again Mrs. Harrison is rsgaining
strength and last evening said that she ex-
poets to be able to leave the city at an
earlv date.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
Found the Fuse Fixing.

SEVILLE, May 3.-Sunday morning a
priest upon entering the confessional in a
church here found metal tube wi b ;
burning fuse attached. He extingui-hrd
the fuse and took the tube to the po.ice
who found that it was filled with cyna
mite. The man who placed the bonn !:
believed to be foreign huckster.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
Agreed on Chinese ExclusIon.

WASHINGTON, May S-The conferrees
have reached an agreement on the Chi
nese exclusion bill The basis OF the
it contains clauses providing for the
registration of resident Chinese and for
suspension Of bail in habess corpus ap-
plications
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25

pressed air, the thunder Of escaping
steam, and the grinding Of the great
drivers as they spun backward on
veneers of sand startled the passen-
gers, and hundred heads popped out
of the windows. The little one stood
been the rails unmoved, its eyes
fastened upon the kite that fiuttered
and fell among the tangle Of telegraph
wire.
Fireman Enright, sitting on his
side of the cab, saw the danger.
Without hesitation he sprang through
the window that opens at the side OF
the boiler and ian along the narrow
footboard. jumped down on the brass
covering of the cylinder-head, swung
down under the monster front of the
boiler, swiftly sped across the pilot.
and slid down until his feet rested
upon narrow ledge at the bottom.
Then with his left hand grasping the
drawhead he stopped well forward.
They were on the child, and its
frightened eyes met the determined
face of the fireman With a vigorous
lift and push the baby boy was
thrown into the soft sand outside the
rails. The wheels STOPPED dozen
feet beyond.
Engineer Charles Shuneman reach
ed his oily land across in front Of the
tubes and pipes and registers at the
end of the boiler, and he trembled
violently as he held the grimy hand
of his fireman.
"He's all right" said he And
turned away to attend to his levers.
Trainmaster f. L. Corwin. Con-
ductor NJ. E. Burke, Supplyman L.
D. Knapp and Brakeman w. J. Huber
all ran forward. Trainmaster Cor
win picked the child up. expecting to
find it cut and bleeding, for no one
except the engineer had seen the res
cue. Then the engineer dropped
down from his cab and told the story.
A great crowd quickly collected. No
one knew where the rescued infant
belonged. The boys across the way
stopped pulling at their kite-strings
and Joined the crowd. One little
fellow elbowed his way through, and,
when he saw the bingham dress and
heard the lusty wells, broke forth in
clamor that drowned the efforts OF
his brother, for it was Jimmie" Fen
der, little Willie's brother.
Then a woman, her hands all -four,
came hurrying into the alley. Her
face was whittier than her hands. Into
her arms they placed her baby I'M
harmed, and as she hushed it's cries
she listened to the story of its rescue.
A violent shaking of the body and
tears streaming down from her eyes
was all the acknowledgment she
could ake.-Chicago Daily News
Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25

Catania and Aci Reale-and sixty three
towns and villages. It is estimated
that as many as 100000 people live on
the sides of the mountain. The noun
tain may be assembled, preferably be-
tween June and December. party
which assembled in August found it so
cold near the top that extra coats were
necessary. The abyss of the crater was
found in 1877 to be about thousand
feet deep and some two or three miles
around
Mount Vesuvius.
The volcano Of Vesuvfus is more cele
brated than Mount Etna, although it is
only 1900 feet in height, against the
nearly eleven thousand feet of Etna.
Probably Vesuvius has been nearly or
quite twice it's present height.
The first eruption of Vesuvius of
which there is any record occurred Aug.
"a in the year 79, during the reign of
Titus. It is memorable not only as the
eruption which destroyed Pompeii and
Herculaneum and caused the death of
Pliny, the naturalist, but also as having
had his nephew, the younger Pliny, for
it's historian. He gives a most graphic
description of this magnificent though
terrible scene.
The cloud which had scattered so
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25
The Star-Spangied Banner.

English antiquaries now positively
assert that the star-spangled banner
was not evolved from the depths OF
the inner consciousness of commit
tee of patriots in the parlor of Mrs.
Ross, in this beautiful Quaker City;
and they point to sundry tombstones,
monuments, and family records still
extant in England as conclusive evil
dence that the starry and striped flag
of Britannia's runaway daughter was
simply an outgrowth from the coat
of-arms of the Washington family
Philadelphia Record.
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vius, which has continued to be the al
most exclusive channel of eruption to
the present day.
In 1881 one of the greatest of modern
eruptions took place. The cone poured
out column of vapor so loaded with
ashes as to have the appearance Of
black smoke,' and which assumed the
usual form Of pine tree. The column
of vapor was carried over nearly 100
miles of country. At the same moment
the summit Of the cone poured out seven
streams of lava, one of which destroyed
two-thirds Of Terra del Greco; second
Resina, which had been built ON the site
of Herculaneum; another the village Of
Granatello and q part of Portici. No
less than $4,000 persons are said to
have persisted in this catastrophe.
Other eruptions occurred in 1888 and
1860, when the crater was SO cleared out
that three distinct holes could be seen in
action at the bottom of the hollow.
From 1704 to 1908 there were frequent
eruptions, the worst being in 1907, when
ashes. stones and lava were cast forth
in great quantities, Naples being Aug.
4 covered with dense shower of ashes.
From 1712 to 1877 there We're constant
eruptions, being at times thrown to a
height of 1000 feet above the orifice
from which they issued. The years
1851, 1854, 1853 and 1850 were also very
turbulent.
The mountain was comparatively
quiet until 1884, when two streams of
lava were thrown out, one over the mar
gin of the crater, the other from the
base of the old cone accompanied by a
sea of flame. One stream lost itself in
the Atrio del Cavallo, the other flowed
down in vast current of great rapidity,
nearly half a mile broad and from
eighteen to thirty feet deep. It did not
stop for eight days, and in it's course it
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25

deep murkiness over the day had now
settled into solid and impenetra BILE
mass. 1t resembled less even the thick
est gloom of night in the open air than
the close and blind darkness of some
narrow room. But in proportion as the
blackness gathered did the lightnings
around Vesuvius increase in their vivid
and scorching glare. Nor was their
horrible beauty confined to the usual
lines of fire; no rainbow ever rivaled
their varied and prodigal dyes. Now
brightly blue as the most azure depth
of southern sky, now of livid and
snakelike green, darling restlessly to
and fro as the folds of an enormous SER
pent, now of lurid and intolerable
crimson, gushing forth through the col
umns of smoke far and wide and light
ing up the whole country for miles, then
suddenly dying into sickly paleness,
like the ghost of their own life.
I'm the pauses of the showers you
heard the rumbl ng of the earth beneath
and the grooming waves of the tortured
sea, or, lower still, and audible but to
the watch of the intensest fear, the
grinding and kissing murmur of the es-
Gaping gases through the chasms of the
distant mountain Sometimes the cloud
appeared to break from it's solid mass
and by the lightning to assume quaint
and vast mimieries of human or of mon
ster shapes stridng across the gloom,
crowding one upon the other and van
ishing swiftly into the turbulent abyss
of shade.
Suddenly the place became lighted
with an intense and lurid glow. Bright
and gigantic through the darkness
which closed around it like the walls of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25

destroyed the village of Caposecco,
leaving only four houses out Of 500. In
1859 there were also eruptions OF
great violence. The crater was changed
by the last outbursts, assuming the form
of funnel 800 feet deep, accessible to
the bottom.
After a few years of quietness the
mountain again resumed business at the
old stand. The night of Feb. 9, 1854,
there was a terrific explosion and pour
ing out of lava, one stream reaching
and utterly destroying Bosco Reale, the
wood formed of stately oaks and ash
trees. The large trees, as soon as en-
veloped in the seething lava stream
poured out jets Of Kissing steam from
every knot and branch and then ex-
ploded with loud report, shooting up
wards of fifty feet or more. 1t formed
a wonderful spectacle to see those large
trees, burning brilliantly, shooting
through the air in every direction. This
eruption changed the appearance of the
mountain entirely. The walls of the
old crater were broken down and the
central cone reduced in height and form.
After this Vesuvius became c3mpara-
lively peaceful, though it sputtered and
shook the earth occasionally.
During the first three months of 1868
there were numerous outbursts from the
top OF the great cone which caused it to
reach greater elevation than at any
former period, the height April 8 being
4,253 feet above the level Of the sea.
At the beginning of 1871 the noun
tain again exhibited signs of activity,
which continued throughout the year
and eliminated in the eruption of 1872.
April "a five streams of lava issued from
the great cone. During the night of the
25th a fresh stream of lava issued about
half way down the side Of the crater.
A number of people had collected to
view this, when torrent of lava sud-
denly burst out close to the crater Of
1855, and enveloped and killed a number
of the sightseers. The 26th and 29th
there was tremendous outburst of
ashes, which fell over the surrounding
country as far as Naples, obscuring the
daylight and entirely destroying the
vegetation.
Prof. Palmieri of Naples has laid it
down as a rule that when, after a
considerable period of repose, the GEN.
trail crater presents series OF small
and frequent eruptions. a grand out
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Mt. Etna and Its Flames.

81 Mount Etna Is again in eruption, and
lor the eighty fourth time is attracting
NE attention of the world. The earliest
Recorded eruption of Etna is one men
ioned by Diodorus Siculus, which
caused the Sicani to desert its vicinity
Ind move further to the south. No date
Is given, but it is said to have taken
placc in the seventh century B. c. The
most terrible eruption of the mountain
which has ever been recorded was in
February, 1859. An earthquake, felt
Tor long distance, destroyed Catania
And buried $4,000 people. The cathe-
xlral of the city at the time was crowded
with people celebrating the feast of st.
"a gatha. The cathedral was ruined and
the worshipers buried, together with
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neight of sixty feet and finally rushed
over the walls and destroyed part OF
Pc city. Altogether some fifteen towns
Fere destroyed by this eruption and
(aFa thrown out covering an area Of at
past forty square miles. The latest
Eruption prior to the present one was in
*ee6. This lasted about three weeks
nd was preceded by earthquakes. Gin
fers fell as far distant as Messina,
fnout eighty miles from Mount Etna.
/ Mount Etna is one of the most noted
ma marvellous volcanoes In the world.
\ Is located on the eastern coast of
lcIly, is 10,s6S feet or more than two
piles high, and its basefhas circum-
Erence of about ninety miles. Some OF
pc lava from its eiuptions forms head
enos several hundred feet high along
pc lonian Sea. The area of the noun
AN is about four hundred and eighty
Puare miles, and includes two cities
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hell the mountain shone-a pile of fire.
Its summit seemed riven in two, or rath-
err. above its surface there seemed to rise
two monster shapes, each confronting
each as demons contending for world.
These were of one blood -red hue of fire,
which lighted up the whole atmosphere
far and wide, but below the base Of the
mountain was still dark and shrouded,
save in three places, down which flowed
serpentine and irregular rivers of the
molten lava .DarkIy red through the
profound glooA of their banks they
flowed slowly on Steward the city.
Through the still air was heard the rat
fling of the fragments of rock crashing
one upon another as they were borne
down the fiery cataracts, darkening for
one instant the spot where they fell and
suffused the next in the Furnished hues
Of the food along which they f1oated.
The effect of this eruption was to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-25
Siberian MIX.

The methods of Siberian milkmen
are unique. The people buy their
milk frozen. and for convenience it is
allowed to freeze about stick, which
comes as a handle to carry it by.
The milkman leaves one chunk, or
perhaps two, as the case may be. at
the houses of his customers. The
children, instead of crying for a
drink Of milk, cry for bite OF milk.
The people there in the winter time
do not day, "Be careful not to spill
the milk" but BE careful not to
break the milk" Broken milk is
better than spilled milk, though, be-
cause there is an opportunity to save
the pieces.