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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
More Mob Law in Tennessee.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Dec. 19.-While Irwin
Roberts. the alleged murderer of LandoD
Crosswhite, was being conducted by officers
through Shady Valley Friday en- route to
the johnson county Jail, his captors were
overpowered by a mob and the prisoner
hanged to the limb Of tree. Roberts
begged piteously for his life, and declared
he was innocent of the crime, but the mol
would not listen to him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The approach Of
the holidays was manifest in the house Sat
urday. Few of the very few members In
attendance paid any attention to the pro-
ceedings. The committee on military af-
fairs succeeded e passing few bills of
little Importance. The day was con-
sumed in the consideration of Florida
claim bill, and the house adjourned with
out action upon it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
Troops for the Mexican Border

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-General Soho
field, in speaking of the Texas border
troubles, said it had been decided to trans
fer the Seventh cavalry now at Fort Riley,
Kas. to the department of Texas as soon as
possible, and to transfer the Third cavalry
now in Texas, to Fort Riley, but that tn.
departure of the last named troops will be
delayed until after the present troubles
are a an end
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
FIRs IN A BIG GROCERY.
1t Licks Up Several Buildings and Annihi-
lates $500, 900.

IatPs hNUUI UUU.
NEW YORK, Dec. l9.-The five-story brick
building at the corner of Flushing avenue
and Ryerson street, Brooklyn, owned and
occupied by William c. A Jurgens, whole
sale grocer, was totally dest royed by fire
yesterday morning, with several of the adj
joining buildings on either side. The loss
will probably foot up to nearly $500, OOO
The Jurgens building was heavily stocked
with flour and holiday goods
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
Steven son Starts for Atlanta.

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-General Adlai E.
Stevenson did not arrive in the city yes
terday as had been expected. He went
from Bloomington direct to St. Louis on
his way to Atlanta, where he will be en-
tertained by the Commercial club.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
The Military Idea in Pc Iities.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 19.-JOhn F. Will
lifts, western organizer of the Industrial
Legion Of the West, formed local company
of the Populist military organisation here,
Saturday. The first state to be organized
is Kansas One section in the constitution
provides that any member who fails to vote
for the Populist nominees running on thu
Omaha platform can be court-martialed
after regular military form.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19

No fowery rhetoric can tell the merit
of Hoods Sarssparills az well IS the
cures accomplished by this excellent
medicine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
me queen at. OSBORN mouse.

LONDON, Dec. 1e.-The queen arrived
Saturday at Osborn house, her residence
on the Isle of Wight, where she will re-
main until February.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
FAIR MANAGERS GROW WARM.
typographical Committee Denounced Re-
gardIess of Elegance of Diction

typographical Committee Denounced Re-
gardless of Elegance of Diction.
CHICAGO, Dec. l9.-There was a dramatic
scene during the investigation Saturday Of
the charges made by the printers against J.
". st. Clair, West Virginia commissioner.
The COnkey committee was not doing
business and when the committee appointed
to investigate the St Clair matter asked
the committee of printers to appear they
declined claiming that the investigation
was an attemft to forestall the inquiry in
progress before the committee appointed by
the local directory TO investigate the Con
key concession. The letter declining was
written by Frank A. Kidd. whose particular
bushes as a representative of the TWO
graphical union was to bring the charge
against st. Clair 1t contained the asser-
ton that the board of control had refused
to entertain the charges brought by the
labor representatives, and had delegated its
authority to n subcommittee of the local
board.
st. Clair WAKES Much wroth.
And then st. Clair could contain himself
no longer, and he said: 1.-THE letter pre-
sents not one statement of fact, which the
man knew, l apprehend, who wrote it. Is
this man Kidd presentS / would like t.
have him know that the board did not del
egate any of its authority, and did not re
fuse to entertain the charges read before it
have heard nothing concerning the repor
that your committee is entertaining, and
90 not wish to hear anything about it unit
IL Is completed. do ask, however, tina
you be not influenced by this letter, which
Is as cowardly as the --d dirty coward
from whom it emanated.n
Col Mckenzie Is Stirred Up Also.
st. Clair then left the room and Colone
mckenzie remarked: This letter does no
contain statement of fact as the, minutes
Of our proceedings will show Let any ma,
come here and make what charges b
pieases. But this letter cannot go Old GU
records with my vote because it is "a
Ne. The committee then went ahead wit,
Uae business, examined witnesses, and DE-,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19

BELLEVILIE, Dec. 19.-The State banI
at Cuba has closed it's doors. Liabilities
S3S, 900; assets Unknown. The loss fall.
heavily on tie farming community.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
FEDERATION OF LABOR CLOSES.
A Vote That Showed the Socialist,
Streng Proceedings.

Vote That Showed the Socialistic
Streng th-Other Proceedings.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l9.-The American
Federation of Labor Saturday finished It's
session in this city. Probably the most
significant incident of the session was the
vote on a resolution demanding that the
government control all means of communi-
cation, Transportation, and production 1t
received 521 votes to CPS against-not at
all contemplate minority in a representa-
tive gathering when the proposition was
practically for state socialism pure. The
convention also voted in favor of clemency
for the impr soned Anarchists, and reso-
luton was adopted demanding government
control Of railways, telegraphs, and tele-
phones.
GOmPers Reelected President.
Gompers had no opposition for the Office
of president and his salary was raised to
Sl,SOO per annum. Evans was reelected
secretary, Mcguire vice president, and John
Is. Lennon treasurer. Resolutions were
passed: Favpring direct elections by the
people; for prohibition of japanese immi-
grafton; conc GINNING the Rock Island rail
way for its tClegraphic policy; favoring + q.
eight-hour system; demanding restriction
of all Immigration. A resolution failed
asking congress to provide for compulsory
arbitration, and Gompers spoke against it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19
DRAIN OF GOLD TO EUROPE.
The Treasury Reserve Will Not BE Per.
mitted To BE Impaired.

The Treasury Reserve Will Not BE Per-
mitted To BE Impaired.
WAsHINGToN Dec 19-Secretary of the
Treasury CHARLES Foster yesterday ex-
pressed himself fr,>ly TO a reporter for the
United Pres respecting the alarm felt in
financial circles over anticipated large
gold exports. He said he looked upon the
situation not simply as a spectator await
his retirement from Office. 81 am secre-
tary of the treasury" he said, " and will
be until relieved on the 4th of March next
My duty will be performed in the interest
of the public welfare as vigorously as if my
term were not soon to end. Every resource
will be awaited of to preserve the parity of
gold and silver, as i am commanded by
law"
VIII Maintain the Reserve.
"How about the reserve in the treasury"
"No one can obtain gold from the treas
ury without paying money for it, and with
the money thus received l can recoup the
gold There is also the right vested
in the secretary of the treasury
to sell bonds if necessary to main
tain the gold reserve The treasury situa-
ton as TO the cash balance is such as to
permit the free use of cash received for gold
to again obtain the gold"
"Will the gold reserve be maintainedf"
at will be" This was stated with the
utmost emphasis al firmly believe that
with the resources at the command of the
department l shall not be seriously en-
barrassed in more han maintaining it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-19

Washington with
of Washington Vols Thackery full Vols
Bar Room CLOTH Joe Boys Ben 1ur Fair God of
Anots works,
the will
Monday from till O'clock will sell Juvenile
Match them elsewhere enem Der for only
We have having tremendous photograph albums We
because Dolls all kinds
handkerce the of
these would make acceptable either lady
o
ndsomen new ksikd ress pat terms
make of
Umbrellas of
Jus
of them price
Wake Alarm Clock forth
al Hundreds of other which
o
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
legend of the FIrlne pn1chman.

One Of the most remarkable legends
of the sea is due 10 am atmospheric PEE
culia.gy iu the vicinity Of the Cape of
Good Hope. The airiu that region has
the extraordinary power ol unequal re-
traction similar TO that known ON the
bauHaless pairies of Kansas, Nebraska
anil the DakaIas On the gent waste
NC waters which surround Good Hope
the phenomenon appears In the shape
of spectral looming, or apparent sus-
pension i'm the air, Of ships which are
So far away that they cannot be seen
on the surface of The water.
These phantom-Uke ships suspended
Ga mid cir have given rise 10 the weird
Legend Of the Flying Dutchman." Ac-
corlinE to the story. which is known
10 be at least 4J) years old, q Dutch
captain. homeward bound from the
Fast Indies, met with loug-continued
haj weather. coupled with the wind
blowing dead ahead" At the time
when he was making an effort to "turn
the cape" he was advised To turn back
and seek shelter until tine gale was
over: but this he refused % DO. swear
ing an the while that he would "tUrE
the cape or beat there until the day
of Judgment For this profanity, ac-
coriiug To the tradition, he was DOOM
ed to beat against the winds forever.
BY the sailors In the south seas his
shi5 y believed to have become rotten
with age. the sails hleached and mill
lowed. and the crew Of the vessel re-
duced TO shaa0wy skeletons They
%
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
warne,I by a nlue Lieht.

I've sa. in cab for twenty-five
wears said a veteran of the throttle
you'll never catch me taking out an
engine chat has once been in q wreck.
Some engines are unlucky and others
amt and l don't take any chances.
You may say what you've a mind to
but ] believe i'm signs and TIT always
swear by them. When I was young
man ! used to run on the Nypano and
I got quite "a reputation as a reckless
runner. The road had been troubled
that spring with washOuts, and engin-
GERS had been cautioned % run care
fallv over dangerous sections. Wen,
never paid much attention 70 these
directions and used 10 smash my train
through on time, no matter how bad
the track was.
Il was going down q grade one night
with heavy train and lot of through
passengers for New York and Was
making good time, when all of sud-
den saw a blue light that seemed to
swing Just ahead of the pilot The
light kept bobbing in front of me for
nearly a mile. bus was ashamed TO
saw ANYTHING to the fireman about it.
FINALLY / got SO nervous that / pulled
up the sraiu amt told the fireman /
thought the side bar was loose.
Il climbed out Of the cab but the
minute that we stopped the blae light
disappeared. / thought I'd take a lit
tie run down the track, however, and
lust few rods ahead I found a big
culvert washed clean out. OF course
we had to lay over until it was fixed,
and cot lots of praise for saving =
wreck. bat it was all owing 10 that
blue light. Rochester Democrat ChrOH-
tCiC.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
THE KITCHEN


Decorate your drawing-room, rear
range the bed-chamber, buy new fur
niture for the dining or sitting-room,
and let the most important portion Of
the whole establishment be fitted M
with q hodge-podge miscellany Of odds
and ends that should have been sent
to the home for decrepit chairs and
utensils long ago.
and which is the most important
room?' you ask. Why, the Kitchen,
Of course. Isn't it there that the
whole system Of the MENACE is regu-
lated? Doesn't good humor depend
upon good dinner and doesn't a good
dinner depend on a good cook, and
good cook on the nature Of her sur
roundings? @. +. d. The kitchen is
the most important room.
Now what should be in this fulcrum
of domestic happiness in order that
the affairs should 90 on with regular
ity and precision, interspersed by de-
hghtful meals gotten up by a cheerful
cook?
There -hould be light, plenty Of It.
To be sure you don't cook with it, but
you need not expect your biscuits 10
be light 4 your kitchen is not. A
woman can't thrive in a dingy, built
up against wall or bali undergrown
six by nine space, and devise delight
ful dishes when she can hardly see
whether it is sugar OF salt, pepper or
nutmeg she is using.
What is the use Of shiny tin If no
sun is ever going TO get at them and
NJ lfr 80. 20 rfH.f4.. Eg
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
An Extraordinary Duel.

One Of the most remarkable duels
fought. perhaps, took place i'm 1893 be-
tween two Frenchmeu. OF course,
the quarrel arose about a la3y-a Ger
tam Mile. Tirevet who, il appears,
was unable to decide on which of the
two She preferred. She finally found
a wav ont of the diniulty by promising
10 marry whichever Of them worsted
the other. They thought over the
matter in calm aud judicial spirit
for month. and at the end decided to
hrht duel in the air. Accordingly
two balloons were made exactly alike,
and upon the appointed day each
soared alott. accompanied by his sec
aad. They were each armed with a
Muu3erbuss, the agreement being that
they we're TO fire, not no each other
aat at the balloons. They arose % the
height 81 half d mile and then the
precoucertad signal WAS given. One
Cred and missed; the other followed
suit with more disastrous effect lie
hit his opponents balloon, which IN
stantN collapsed, with the result that
the occupants of the ear were dashed
is the earth with friEhtfdl rapldits
a4d instantly killed,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
The Pickerel Lacked Grit.

81 remember, when | was b1y 60
ing out one morning before sunrise to
fish for pickerel. mad just hooked
big one when along came O country
man. lie said nothing, but. "ita
mouth wide open, stopped to see The
fun. The contest had lasted more than
half an hour, when suddenly when ]
was just about leland the prize che
piekere., with one last rush for liberty
made good bis escape With q lump
in my throat, | instiuctiyely turned 70
the countryman t4r consolation. WAL
I'll be hanged" he exclaimed. Yes
neld on ter yolr end, Young tc..er plt
he didn't hold on ter his'n.'-loa-lS
LoHU gf9H.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06

and never opened house or was
connected with q house which WAS not
directly under police or municipal pro-
lection. We always had u pay per-
centaZe of our winnings The moment
we stopped our place wonid De closed.
ltyou have oamolingin Hartford there
is either one of two thing, certain.
Either there is some one who stands
close to authority Who receives a con-
sjderation for protection, or there is
some one whose duty il is to enforce
tde laws who receives a consideration
i0T nIt enforcing them"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
IN TIE LANcuoRous soura
The Experience Of st. Lsnis Drummer 4,
south Carolina.


The meanest trick that was ,yer
played on me, said st. Louis drum.
mer who was trying to boom CONVEX.
satiOn in the smoking cubby Of
sleeper, "was by an echo in South
Carolina town. The little town Is an
the side Of a hill and is as sleepy and
undressing a place as one win find
in years journey. | got into the
town on one boiling hot day in August
about l o'clock and proceeded TO rus.
tie around to get through business and
skip out.
The town was so Internally law
looking that did not have much con.
iidence in my ability to get business.
st the pOstOiiiee corner an aged and
decrepit gray mule with Hopping ears
and solemn mien presided over the
session of whittlers and tobacco squirt.
ers who were in session under the bic
sycamore tree. ! accosted one % the
group to find out where Josh Wilkins.
the principal store-keeper. might be
found, aud learned that he was tend.
ing a burying over in Catuip houer'
just as ! was about 70 move away
heard a muiiled cry Of
"'Help. Heipn
"The Whittltrs and squirters paid mo
attention and the gray mule wa, civ.
ING all his time to .iv on the end d
his nose.
Again heard the distant mu1lsd
cry OF Help helpr
ats q darn shame about that poor
nigger' rem ,hcl one Of the whit
Tiers.
"What's the matter with the aig.
ger?' asked at the same time look.
ing suspiciously at til wooden-gratsj
manh0le of the sewer on the corner
"Well. YOU see, it's this way,
stranger. Bill Starks' bullpu crawied
up the sewer from the creek and cot
fast, and when the niger crawled up
after him he got fast, too
"Great heavensj Why aren't YOU
digging for him2 The poor fellow win
die.
"'Of course he may die, stranger
but then it's pretty hot to-day, and be
is only q njgger, anyway
"'My God. this is inhuman. Come,
men, and Wen rescue this poor fellow
Just then another cry of help drove
me almost to frenzy. / gave some
change to the lazy col0red men and
sent them for shoves and picks They
came and after distributing the i'm.
pIements l went to digging like
crazy man. Presently looked around
to see why the others were not helping
me and there was not soul in sight
| was wild with rage and cried down
the manhole to ask how the man was
getting along Not a word came in
answer. ! backed OF a little 70 survey
the work and heard the same mullsd
sound say:
Come Off the perch, you are auold
fool
II looked around and saw the whole
town coming at me. They wrclaash-
ing and shouting. end ] knew was
the cause Of the great joke. They led
me to a bar-room and told me ton us
ter in a big book, labeled Echo Fools
There were over five hundred names
OF people who had been fooled Ii
was one of these Whispering echoes
where sound is thrown back from the
bluff to Que particular spot. il cost
me SlGSl to buy the drinks -De.r44
\agyQ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
W. 80 N AMERlcA.
Descendants Of Tame Animals Roaming
the state Of Washington.


In several parts Of Washington and
British Columbia are herds Of wild an
imals descended from domestic auces-
tors. For instance, in the western
edge OF Washington. next the coast. is
the remnant OF herd Of cattle which
for years has rOamed through the
woods and over the prairies there.
Long ago a military post was main
tanned on Gray's Harbor and adjacent
was large amount Of cleared land.
cultivated by the soldiers as a farm.
The troop owned a good many cattle.
which pastured on a part of the gar
risOn ranch. For some reason or other
the post was suddenly abandoned and
the soldiers found it impossible to
take their cattle with them. So the
animals were left there and, since there
were no settlers in the vicinity TO look
after them, the herd grew wild. In
spite Of the fact that the heavy forest
afforded bat a small amount Of pas
turage, and notwithstanding the dep
relations Of black wolves, which then
infested the woods along the coast, the
cattle increased in nun bers very rap
idly and were a constant annoyance to
early settlers. Fences were broken
down, crops were destroyed, and tame
cattle cOaxed off to the woods. Many
OF the animals were killed by parties
organized to eXterminate them, aud
the remainder of the herd has been
driven into the skirts of the Olympjcs
and into the coast range south and
east of CIR, VS. Harbor But every now
and then the hunter for elk which
abound in these mountains, comes up
on a bunch of wild cattle almost as
fleet as the deer.
In Snohomish county, forty miles
north of Seattle, are a lotof wild hogs,
the number being estimated at SD.
Some years ggo about forty pigs got
away from "a farmer, James DuvaLand
they have since multiplied like rab-
bits. They are rapidly developing all
the traits Of the hogs which have never
been domes.icated, for. according TO
the ST. Lou- spHeh, they are
becoming -uunt, long-haired lony-
tusked amt savage, and they run
swiftly through the underbrush, fore
inc their way wherever they choose to
30. Hunting them, rs hogs are still
hunted fin northern Europe IN the pre-
serves Of the nobility, is getting 30 be
a fav0rjte sport of the young Snohom-
iSh farmers In an area about fifteen
miles square below Trout creek in
British Columbia Is q band of at least
seven hundred wild horses. They are
not only eating off Che stock ranges,
bat are becoming NOR direct source
Of loss tp stock Dtyuprs for they pnfira
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06
A HORRIBLE TRADE N SPAIN.
Artificial CrlppIes Manufactured for Msr-
eenary Purposes.


The Gingerbread Fair,as it is called,
which is held every spring in the
Faubourg st. Antoine and the Place de
la Nation, is notorious for the number
of natural and artificial phenomena ex-
hibted there to the public. This year
their number has been greatly in
creased BY the arrival of about twenty
clus-de-iatte. who are wretchedly
lodged in huts on piece Of waste
ground in the Cours de Vincennes.
These cripples, whose minute. shriveled,
up legs, are curled up on TIN boards
on which they sit form colony which
calls to mind the Cours DIES Miracles Of
former times. Every morning they all
issue forth, propelling themselves with
their hands, to take up their respective
places at the fair, there to await the
pence which may be thrown to them
by the compassionate passers by.
Their aspect is 50 pitiful that it is said
many of them make a real harvest,
which, however, o. Course, goes to the
beggar farmer"
Twenty or thirty years ago the culs-
DEBATE we've almost unknown i'm
France and these deplorable-looking
crjpples are the product Of what may
be called an industry. Almost all the
numerous deformed little creatures
who roll themselves about on boards
come from Spain, and more especially
from T0lOsa or the neighborb0l . sit
uated at about TWENTY-FIVE kiiumeters
to the south of St. Sebastian. They
are the outcome of the abomiuable
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-06


One showing made by the recent re-
port Of the Interstate commerce. rom-
mission Ought,according 60 The Boston
If0rei'er. to attract wider attention
than III appears TO have d0ne,aud cspc-
cially the attention Of those in the CON
troll Of our railroads. The total nIm-
Der Of ptrsgrs killed on railroads in
the United States in the year covered
by this report was 6,33i, while the
number killed on the railroads of the
United Kingdom for the same period
was l16S. The number receiving in
iUries in the United States was 20. J3j.
as against 5,OGJ for the United King
dom. THESE figures are certainly not
to our credit. and indicate that some
thing is wrong somewhere. There is
certainly no such prepondeIance In
the number Of employees or passengers
in this country as Is here indicated.
One passenger was killed out of every
1,727,7Sy carried on American rail
roads, while in Great Britain the ratio
was only one out Of every 7.767.OJO.
When it comes TO employees the show
ing against US is much worse While
only twenty-four persons we're killed
in the United Kingdom while coupling
cars, there were 500 killed I'm this
country and 7,542 were more or less
severely iuiHr, L There is a CRYING
need Of reform, and this we believe
can besecured il the railroad managers
only take hold OF 10 in earnest