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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

OMAHA, Feb. 1.-THE Democracy Of tie
state last night gave banquet in honor of
Governor Boyd's restoration TO office
About POO guests We're present, the gov.
ernOr occupying the seat of honor Speak
ing began at 10 p. m, and lasted until the
wee sma' hours" The governor. who
spoke to Citizenship" was loud.
ly Cheered when he rose,
the speech was review of his case and a
condemnation of the supreme court. and
Thayer- Governor Boies, of Iowa, was in
PRODUCED as the rising statesman of the
west, and a future president He spoke
to The Iowa Democracy and Its Future =
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
ABBREVIATED TELeeRAMs.

Enumerators are taking the census OF
New York city.
London papers are predicting the early
dissolution of parliament
Henry Wardle, Liberal member of the
English house of commons, is dead
A fishing boat foundered off the Irish
coast and five Of the crew We're drowned
William A. Smith, Boston diamond
dealer, has failed with liabilities of $50, 600.
Thomas S. Black, sheriff of Franklin
county, Mo, is 5000 short in his ae-
counts
President Carnot has signed the bill ap
propriating $3.50 900 francs for the French
exhibit at the Worlds fair.
A mosquito bite on the foot was the in
direct cause of the death at Baltimore OF
Henry Daley, aged years
Rev. Mr.. Davis,a Baptist preacher of De-
tro;t, has created a sensation ty coming
out for the taxation of church property
Henry Black, of Red FL If, Ark, shot
and killed his stepdaughter because 81 e
interfered when he was whipping his wife.
a German chemist has invented method
whereby petroleum and similar liquid by
drocarbons can be rendered non-eXplosive.
The holding of a national conference of
independent voters from all over the north
is proposed by the Massachusetts Reform
club
James Hicks desperate at the San An
tonic poor farm, tore the bandages from
his recently amputated leg and died from
loss of blood.
John I. Martin one of the Glendale train
robbers, has pleaded guilty at st. Louis
Hedspeth, the leader, has arrived there in
irons and been jailed.
Up to latest reports about 100 con
gressmen have accepted Chicago's invita-
ton 10 visit the Worlds fair site Feb -
About twenty-five more acceptances are
expected.
Jack Calvard, merchant living fiji, Ell
miles from Tahlequah, l. L, was shot and
killed by Sand Rowe, Cherokee desper-
ado. They had been drinking together
and quarreled.
Chief of Police NcCaughry, of Chicago,
has issued his fiat that no more sparring
exhibitions shall be held in that city after
tonight, when 'Parson" Davies will give
an exhibition.
Pope Leo has granted an indulgence per-
hitting all the faithful in regions afflicted
with Ia grippe to eat meat on fast days, and
there is an idea abroad that all of these
fasts will never be reinstated.
There will be required in the construc-
tion of the Worlds fair buildings 39,OO0,-
OO0 feet OF iron and steel, of which SAB
691 feet has already been placed. OF lum-
Der there Will be used 3, 565, 900 feet, and
ii, Ia, 33S feet has already been placed.
Catharine Baker, pensioner at Metrop-
oils, Ills, received a dispatch informing
her that her son, whom she had not seen
for thirty years, was en- route TO visit her.
The joy was too much for the old lady, and
she expired As the whistle of the train
upon which her son was journeying
sounded for Metropolis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

Found a Cap>ized Yacht.

NAPLES, Fla, Feb. 1.-THE schooner
New Venice, of Key West, lowed to Naples
dock the yacht Rose Scarborough, of
Brunswick, Ga, which the schooner came
across, capsized. five miles out from Matco
Inlet Saturday morning. The yacht was
schooner-rigged. and evidently was being
used by hunting and fishing party when
Overtaken by the gale Friday night. Five
or six shotguus and lot of small baggage
were found ON board. But nothing has
been heard Of any of those on the yacht,
either at, Matco or between that point and
here, and it is thought that all on board
v-ere lost n. -
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
National Editorial Association.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE annual meeting
of the National Editorial association, of
which W. 5. Cappeller, of Mansfield. O., is
president, will take place at San Francisco
in May, and a trip to that city has been ar
ranged which W II be full of interest. All
eastern and southern delegates will leave
Chicago and St Louis May 9, and meet at
Colorado SPRING. May II, where they will
take part in the dedication of the Childs-
Drexel Home for Printers. En- route to
Frisco visits will be made to Santa Fe,
Los Angeles, and Riverside. Returning
home Seattle vii be visited, and the time
is arranged so that the Republican editors
will be able TO attend the Republican ma
tional convention June Z as they come
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

Alleged Rottenness at Denver.

DENVER, Feb. l1.-George Raymond and
James Hadley, the ess-city officials who
are accused of being the principals in the
city hall ring which robbed the city of
Denver of thousands of dollars, were ar
raigned for trial before Judge Allen yes
terday on the first of the many charges
against them. This charge is forgery
They are accused of raising city war
rant from -, SOD to 1903, 600 and retaining
the surplus. Ex-City Treasurer Bliss and
o. l.. Smith. VINO are indicted for similar
offenses, will be tried later 1t is eX-
pected that this trial will show a degree
Of rottenuess in the city government that
will create sensation. Not only are city
officials accused but hitherto respectable
business men "a well.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
FROM WEALTH TO oEsTlTUTioN
The SHABBY Tricks Played by Cupid on a
New York Girl.

New York Girl.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17-An elderly, shah
billy dressed but handsome woman knocked
timidly at the door of 352 East Thru
street Monday evening and asked Mrs.
Margaret Costello for some supper and a
nights lodging. Mrs. Costello recog
niZed her visitor as a Miss Rosina Dubois,
whom she had known years ago and gave
her welcome. An hour later her visitor
died of heart disease. Forty years ago
Rosina Dubois, daughter of a wealthy
Water street ship builder, was the belle
of her set. She was unusually beautiful
and her father gave her an education at
home and abroad which fitted her for any
station in life. She was romantic, and
after decliI ing the hands of more wealthy
suitors married handsome Charles Whit
field Homer, chief gunner in Uncle
Sans navy.
Two Other UnIucky Marriages.
He died in 1865 and she married a second
husband, who was also far below her in
the social scale and her father, John
Dubois, disowned her. Five years ago she
married a peddler named Morris, with
whom she lived on GOerch street until a
for nonpaynIent of rent. They separated
and Monday she was glad to ask refuge of
her former waShwoman who had known
her a. bright young heiresS. Unless her
brother, WHO is shipbuilder at Pert
AmbOy, comes forward, the unfortunate
woman will be buried in potterS field.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

form Irogra Smes ana UNIFORM meJnous
of instructions applied simultaneously to
large numbers of children must be unwise
and in furious.
Too Much Uniformity Now.
Uniformity, MIR Eliot said, WAS the
curse of American schools That any
school or college has a uniform product
should be regarded "a demonstration Of
inferioIity- II is further alleged that the
changes proposed are chiefly for the al
vantage of the well-to-do children, whose
education was TO be carried beyond the
gramm Ar school to the high school and
possibly TO the college above the high
school. They were indeed for the interest
OF this class OF children, but they were
much more Tor the interest of the children
who Were not going to the high school and
for whom, therefore, the grammar school
was - provide all the systematic educa-
ton theT would ever receive.
Are school Children Overworked?
4 fifth objection to the introduction OF
new subjects was that children were al
ready oy erworked in schools. If the school
room We're invariably healthier in every
respect than the average home, Mr.. Eliot
said, we should hear less about Overwor6
at school. There Is. however, another
precaution against overwork which was
quite as important as either of those al
ready nentioned-it was making the
school work interesting to the children.
In conclls ion Mr.. Eliot said that in re-
viewing the progress OF the last four years
he saw many evidences that great and
beneticenI change in public school pro-
grammes was rapidly advancing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Farmer Harsh Held for Trial.

CHICAGO, Feb. I.-William !. Harsh,
the Bureau county farmer, was held in
bonds yes:erday-to appear for trial in ten
days. He says that his reason for leaving
his wife was that he could not stand her
churchly devotion. He seems not to have
desired his children brought up as Chris
tians, and failing to prevent this concluded
to cut loose. He i reported to have ex-
pressed satisfaction at hearing that the
church his wife attended had been DESTROYED
nv fire.
Pension Payments for February.
WASHINGTON. Feb Judgments on ac-
count of pensions 50 far this month have
amounted to SS.0ll,Ca0.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
POLITICAL NOTES.
City Elections in Pennsylvania
and New York.
SENATOR PUGH DECLARES FOR HILL

His Ticket Is the New York Leader and
Gov. Gray, OF Indiana - Gov. Boyd
Banquetted by Nebraska Democrats at
Omaha-Still No Prospect for Peace in
Louisiana-Boies Endorsed by the Mo-
doc Club-Minnesota To BE Solid for
Cleveland.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE Repub-
licans and Democrats each elected three
members of select council yesterday. OF
nine members of common council elected
five are Republican and four Democrats.
The Republicans will have one majority
in select and two majority in common
council. The Democrats have majority
OF one in the present select council and the
Republicans have control of common
council
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
WIN Probably send Cleveland Men.

ST. PAUL Feb. 1.-THE Democratic
state central committee met here yester-
day and named St. Paul as the place and
March 81 as the date for the convention to
name delegates to Chicago. All the com
mitteeInen present except two announced
themselves in favor of Cleveland. and the
state will doubtless send solid Cleveland
delegation, with Boies as second choice.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
A Programme Suggested.
SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.
The Speaker Gives Reasons for the
Changes Proposed.

The Speaker Gives Reasons for the
Changes Proposed.
Mr. Eliot then proceeded to reply to OBJ
jections urged against the programme.
Many teachers thought arithmetic de-
veloped reasoning power. The fact was,
however, mathematical reasoning was
peculiar form of logic that had very little
application to common life and no appli-
cation at all in those great fields of human
activity where perfect demonstration is
not to be obtained. The second objection
to the substitution of algebra and geome-
try for part of the arithmetic course was
that there are children in the grammar
schools who We're incapable of pursuing
these new subjects. Assuming that this
allegation is true of some children, we
should not know till we had tried of what
proportion of children it was true. We
habitually und the reasoning
powers of children, he said.
The ''Aristocratic - Objection.
Another objection to the changes pro-
posed, Mr. Eliot said, often took this form:
They were said to be aristocratic in ten
dency. The democratic theory it was
said, implied equality among the children,
uniformity of programme, uniformity of
tests for promotion, and no divisions in the
same schoolroom according to capacity of
merit He need not say to this audience
that these conceptions of true democracy
in schools were fallacious and ruinous.
Everybody knew that children were in
finitely diverse; that children in the same
family even were apt to be very different
in disposition, temperament, and mental
power. 1t followed. of course. that ~.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

A signal seruics
to weak womankind is the finding
of lost health-the building-up of
"a run down" system. Nothing
does it SO surely as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t cures all
the arrangements, irregularities and
weaknesses peculiar to the sex. It's
the most perfect of strength-givers,
imparting tone and vigor to the
whole system. For overworked, de-
bilitated teachers, milliners, seam
stresses, shop : girls nursing
mothers, and feeble women gen.
orally, it is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appe-
tizing cordial and restorative tonic.
"Favorite Prescription" gives
satisfaction IN every case, or money
paid for it is promptly refunded.
That's the way it's sold; that's the
way its makers prove their faith
in it. Contains no alcohol to ;ne-
briate no syrup or sugar to de-
range digestion a legitimate naedi-
cine, not Jecerage. Purely vege-
table and perfectly harmless in any
condition of the system. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association,
Propr's, Cos Main St., Buffalo, NY
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Corbett Knocks Out Two Men.

NEW YORK, Feb. lin Madison Square
garden last night Jim Corbett, of San
Francisco, knocked ont Bob Caffrey, Of
Philadelphia, and Bill Spillings, of Roch-
ester, and bested Joe Lannon, of Boston,
without leaving the ring. The opin OF
was generally expressed that another
round tthe fourth would have settled
Iauunu also
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Republicans Carry Pittsburg.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 1.-THE election of
councilmen and ward officers yesterday
passed off quietly. There were few very
sharp contests between the Citizens 9"
ticket and the regular Republican and
Democratic tickets, but the result largely
favors the candidates on the Republican
ticket. Both branches of the city council
remain LARGELY Republiean.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Resulted in Surprises.

YORK, Pa, Feb. l7.-Election in the
city here yesterday resulted in some sur
prises in several wards. In the Fourth
Ward, which is strongly Democratic, Com
mon Councilman James f. Gavin WAS de.
feated by Charles Alexander, Republican,
Isl to lS4 Select council Will be one
Democrat majority, and common council
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Hills Success in New York,

ALBANY, Feb. 1.-THE record now
stands: Hill, 141 delegates; Cleveland, g.
There were six conventions yesterday.
Those in Washington, Ulster, Saratoga,
Oswego, Niagara and Schoharie all
elected delegations in favor of the senator
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-THE Foster
Farmers Alliance state central commit, e
met last night and discussed the PROPOSE
ton made by the McEnery faction to with
draw both tickets and select new ticket
bywhite primaries \ conference commit
tee was appointed to meet a McEnery con-
ference committee, but it is believed that
nothing will be accomplished.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Must vacate Dirty Tenements.

BosToN, Feb. 1.-THE Boston BOARD of
health will serve notice to nearl. POO fam
lilies to move from dirty and unhealthy
tenements in various parts of the city
This move has been contemplated for
weeks. The health inspectors have long
been trying unsuccessfuily to induce the
owners of these houses to put them in
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

KEoKUK, Ia, Feb 15.-At an enthus.-
astic meeting of the Modoc Democratic
club here last. night resolutions were
passed indorsing Governor Boies for the
presidency and heartily urging upon Iowa
delegates in the national convention the
presentation of his name This is the
original Modoc club an offshoot of which
few days ago passed resolutions indors-
ing David B. Hill, of New York
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

WIKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb 1.-THE city
election held here yesterday resulted in
the election of F. VI. Nichols, Republican,
as mayor There were four candidates in
the field. two Of whom Were Democrats.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Elected a Democrat Mayor.

CARLISLE, Pa, Feb. Il E. J. Arney.
Democrat, was yesterday elected mayor Of
this city by 800 majority. The entire Dem
ocratic city ticket was elected. The coun-
ell will be a tie-six Republicans and six
DemnCratS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
SHOT A RUNAWAY HORSE.
Good Ma Isman Saves n Young Won
ans Life.

GUTHRIE. ,. T., Feb l7-Three young
ladies of this place, Misses Lydia Hayes,
Cora Mcpherson and Lulu Saunders, met
with a serious accident while horseback
riding Monday. Their horses, becoming
frightened, dashed away at breakneck
speed and the equestriennes were soon un-
seated. Miss Mcpherson was badly cut
about the head and Miss Saunders had her
nose broken. Miss Hayes suffered even
more severely than her companions. In
falling her foot caught in the stirrup and
she was dragged some distance.
One Eye Torn from Its socket.
- An unknown man, evidently a crack
marksman, who happened to he in the
neighbOrhood, saved, the young lady's life
by bringing the maddened animal down
with a well Ctipecjed shot FROM ride Miss
Hayes, whose life was saved by this fortu-
nate occurrence, was terribly cut and
bruised, and had an eye torn from its
socket by the horses hoOfS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Tie Grin NoIep,-er Fn,5enic

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE return of the reg
istrar general of vital statistics made pub
lie last night, furnishes reason for the be-
lief that the influenza has ceased TO be cpl
demic in England.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Probably s:eyer Last Jumn.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. T.-Steve
Brodie, the hridg, jumper, will arrive here
in few days % jump from the great
cantilever bridge of the Southern Pacif C
railroad over the pecos river. This bridge
is next to the higf est bridge in the world,
the distance from high water mark being
32S feet. and the total height $50 feet.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17
Clean Sweep for Republicans.

SYRACUSE, y. Y, Feb. 1.-THE charter
elections yesterday resulted in clean
sweep for the Republicans. Amos was
elected mayor by over 600 plurality.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-17

FORM Programmes ana UNIFORM metnous
of instructions applied simultaneously to
large numbers of children must be unwise
and in iuriouS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-07
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

b. Goodrich and Leroy Karne, clerks of said cleo
ton.
Provided. however, that the appointment made
In and by said ordinance No. 973 of the CLERKS Of
election hereinahove specified Is and shall be sub-
ject to be controlled by the appoint ment of the
same or other clerks tor said several precincts
respectively by the inspectors and Judges Of cleo
ton herein appointed for each such precinct as
they may determine aud appoint before the time
of opening the polls at said election, provided
by law. GEORGE w. HALL,
Mayor of the City of Seattle.
II. W. MILLER, City Clerk.
Date of first publication February B, 1892.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-07
xoTIcE OF Special ELECTION.

tenn of the Lake Union Water Company as an addl-
RON 70 the water-worls of said city erect anxil
ary pumping station 10 aid in supplying water to the
Queen Anne district OF said city and purchase
paw for and lay quantity Of pipe for distributing
mains in sundry portions Of said city, heretofore
ordered in contemplDr Of such purchase and re
Gently arrived the haroor OF Seattle on board the
nThomas DANA" and the estimated cost of each OF
said additions to said water-works is as follows:
Holly $500 90
snctjon-inlet pipe and we'll ........... $500 90
new nH ,U5Iy Station 10 main reservoir $4,000 90
Comp etlon OF purchase of watsr-works
colnpaTsy. ........ 1888 SO
fu triep a.a'-oH lo' een 1Ae ~ 1855 90
Invoiced price of pipe board
Thomas Dana" for distributing
Cost of LAYING pipe ,.,..,.., S13i0 81
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-23
A LONG FASTER.
A Pennsylvania Woman Goes 053 Days
without food.


without food.
WHITEHALL, Pa, Jan. 20.-It Is now
653 days since Mrs. Adam Wuchter, q
native OF this hamlet, has swallowed q
morsel of food or drop of liquid or re-
ceived nourishment of any nature in
the regular manner. death seems to
have forgotten me-" she whispered to
her husband in q moment of conscious
ness few days ago. and indeed 1t
seems rs though death had forgotten
to snuff the faint spark OF life that for
nearly two years has but barely flick
cred in her emaciated frame. The
history of the case, so far as it can be
ascertained and verified, is as follows:
Mrs. Wuchter has not been in good
health for ten years. About that time
she suffered from cold, which left her
with bad cough. Gradually her voice
began to fail until the vocal cords re-
fused to perform their function and she
could make only the breathing and as
pirate sounds. Her words became al
most unintelligible to q stranger. The
wasting process continued, and n little
more than two years ago DIR. Charles
Seiger, of Siegfried's Bridge, made n
thorough examination and diagnosis.
He came to the conclusion that his
patient was suffering from cancer OF
the pharynx
Shortly after this swallowing became
difficult for Mrs. Wuchter, and, accord
ing to DR.. Seiger's records, on Good
Friday. April 4, 1890, she was unable
not only to masticate and swallow
food. but also to drink water. 1t was
never voluntary act upon Mrs Wuch-
ter's part. When food or drink was
offered to her she essayed to partake
of it, but was unable to do so. Her
efforts to obtain nourishment brought
on commissions of an epileptic nature.
These were repeated at frequent inter-
walls, sometimes as many as forty occur
ring in one day. A par alytic stroke
followed in August, 1890, which az
fected her left side. Then she lost the
entire sight of her right eye and
could only distinguish between day and
night with the other eye. Both these
resulted from the commissions For
awhile she obtained nourishment en-
tirely by absorption. She was bathed
frequently and her hand was kept i'm.
mersed in water. More recently still
the commissions have become less fire.
quent, and she is able to retain for q
brief moment q mouthful of soup. beef
extract or water. and this, it is said, is
absorbed by the glands of the throat.
DIR. Seiger explains that the cancer
GUS growth is not progressive, but re-
mains US it did year ago. He saws
the woman's esophagus is closed even
against an instrument The doctor,
being unable to find any parallel of the
case in the medical records, thinks that
it should be made the object of study
by medical men.