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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01

For a number Of years the project Of bringing the
Presbyterians to this part Of the country has been
under discussion and after numerous consultations
and what equally important the laying aside OF a
mileage fund large enough for the Increased expenses
consequent upon such an extended trip, the claims
Of the Pacific Northwest seriously considered last
calvary Church, Of san Francisco. and the First
Church Of this city. The san Francisco claim was
urged In eloquent addresses, but the speech that
captured the Assembly was given by DR.. A. g. Brown.
the pastor of the FIRST Church. who made these six
points ID How Portland came to invite the Assem-
bly,; to the unanmiy and heartlness of Portands In
yitauon; ~ the preparations already made; tD
the facilities for handling the Assembly: 90 the
magnitude of the interests affected. and 90 the reflex
influence which would be exerted upon the Church Mt
large.
When II was decided TO hold the Assembly on the
Pacific Coast, the question of transportation was the
chief difficulty but this has been overcome by Dr
H. Roberts, the stated clerk who has around
trip ticket for a single fare. emitting the holder
to come by one route and return By another a, the
Assembly pays the expenses OF the commissioners
there has been perfect willingness on the part OF
many Eastern brethren to make the sacrifice required
By their Church. Special trains are promised from
New.York over the PENNSYLVANIA and New-lork Cen
trail roads. and at Chicago they will separate. one
coming over the Northern Pacific. another over the
Canadian Pacific. and third over the Santa Fe route
the first stopping Helena. Mont. over Sunday. and
the other two at salt Lake City. As 1t Is impossible
V make the run from Chicago to Portland after Mon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
REVISION AND DIR. BRIGGS.
,prsRyTERIANS TO MEET IN PORTLAND
OREGON, ON MAY 10.

,x,oer,Sr ISSUES TO COME BEFORE THE BODY
SPECIAL TRAINS ACROSS THE CONTINENT
-EXTENsIYE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
SKETCHES OF LEADING MEN.
Portland. Ore. April c0.-The General Assembly Of
an PRESBYTERIAN Church in the United States Of America
M hold Its 10Th annual meeting In the First Church
~ this city. beginning Thursday. May 10 sermon
hv the retiring Moderator. DR.. William Henry Green
~ Princeton Theological seminary. will be delivered at
I, a. m. and In the afternoon new Moderator Will
he chosen, and the work OF the Assembly will begin.
Morning and afternoon sessions will be held for ten
days ne evenings icing reserved for popular meet
ngs the Interests of the several boards OF the church
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
THE WESTERN EXPRESS or THE PENNSYLVANIA

THE WESTERN ENFNT~>o VT IIfrS nv E'N'1S~
RAILROAD
Is tho great night train for Chicago, Cincinnati Cleve
land Indianapolis and st. Louis. 1t leaves ut 20
M daily and Is equipped with dining-car and Pull
man yestibuled sesDers to all the cities mentioned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
The Wrapping Paper Trust.

The representatives of the wrapping
paper combine concluded their secret
conference at the Auditorium yesterday,
and were congratulating themselves
last evening before departing for their
homes on the fact that they had gather
ed in three more factories-two in Ohio
and one in Indiana. There are fifty
eight mills in the United States engaged
in manufacturing coarse wrapping pa
per, and of these twenty-six are in the
trust, which has its headquarters in
Chicago.
This trust was badly wrecked by the
antitrust law when it first came into
force, and has not fully recovered from
the shock. However. it is making rapid
strides. and expects to have all the mills
back into the combine in year or two.
At present it runs under no particular
name and without a president or any high
sounding title of any sort. The product
of its twentysiN mills is marketed
through general agent, and he. with
two others, constitutes the executive
committee. They are j. &. Richardson
and F. &. Trebein. both of Ohio, and ].
B. Halliday, of Chicago. The last
named is the general agent of the con-
Germ, and from his headquarters in Chi
cago supplies the market of the country
with coarse wrapping paper, except in
so far as the independent mills supply it.
There are large number of mills not
now in the trust. and these are. as usual.
cutting prices. The trust price for COM
mon wrapping paper ranges from 81 %
to $1.75 per 100 pounds, while the figures
of the independent makers range from
five to ten cents less. The object of the
meeting was to extend the membership
of the trust and take steps 10 prevent
further hurtful competition. The prog
ress in this direction WAS quite fiatter-
ing. Three of the largest mills outside
of the trust were taken into the fold and
! others are preparing to follow. A slight
cut in prices was ordered, but Mr. Hal
laday says that as soon as the other
mills are induced to join the combine
the rates viii be raised to the figures of
two years ago.-Chicago Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
GOT Back at Private Zoe.

At the annual meeting of Nevins post,
held early in the winter, humber of
grand army men were present from vari-
Gus parts of the state. Prominent among
the gathering were Gov. Flfer and genial
Msjor Jack Burst, of Chicago. The lat
ter, who lost leg while with Sherman
on the march to the sea, had just been
removed from an Office by Calamity Joe
TO make room for trading politician
At the conclusion of the exercises few
of the congenial spirits adjourned 10
Major Roper's Office. Major Burst was
engaged in conversation with Gen.
Thomas, of Chicago, when in walked
the iceberg whom accident had made
governor of Illinois. He walked up to
Burst and proffereG his hand. The lat
ter turned his back on Joe and as calmly
as possible said: Il have no love or use
for you, and refuse to grasp your hand
You have had your day and will have
mine"
These were prophetic words. for the
majors day came yesterday. when he did
more than anyone else TO place Capt.
Harlan, Fifer's bitterest foe, at the head
of the G. A. R of Illinois, Rockford
Star.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
The Presidents II oosier Family

CnlCdgO fOsI.
The Washington correspondent of an
administration organ declares that the
president is bent on appointing Attorney
General Miller to the vacant seat on the
supreme bench, fearing" as it is some
what paradoxically stated, lest he may
not hsye another opportunity to honor
Mr.. Miller"-fearing, that is, that an
other justice of the supreme court may
not die during his term.
There Is q strong element Of oppc-
sitiOn in the senate to the further up
lifting of this man Miller, who hap
pens to be attorney general because he
previously happened to be the presi-
dents law pertner-and for DO other APP
parent reason. Mr.. Harrison is some.
what too enthusiastic in his hoosierism
to please the senate or the people. To
say nothing of host of hoOsier small fry.
lifted by his hand to the questionable
dignity of official insists, there is Miller
and there is Woods the mslodorous, both
already exalted to preposterous heights
1t is much too soon after the Woods cpl
sede TO talk of further honors for Miller
We want a rest from the country lawyer,
from the country railroad lawyer, from
the hoOsier country railroad lawyer and
from the hoosier country railroad lawyer
whom Harrison loves.
There is already one OF these gentry in
the presidents chair, another in the pres
ident's cabinet and another ON the second
highest bench in the land. And that is
an elegant suff1ciency, thank you.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
The Reciprocity" Proclamation.

The proclamation of the president i'm
posing the duties fixed by the reel
procity" section of the Mckinley tariff,
which was foreshadowed by the notice
given on Jan. $ last, has been issued, To
take effect Immediately. 1t applies to
the products of Colombia. Hayti and
Venezuela only. 1t is the belief of the
merchants Interested that it will seri-
ously affect our trade with these coun-
tries. The only products really affected
are coffee and hides, on which duties of
3 and y cents per pound respectively
are imposed.
Our imports of these articles from the
above countries amounted to $l5, 295, SOS
of coffee and 81 $40, 264 of hides in 1891,
or 1919 and per cent. respectively of
the total imports. Venezuela coffee is
unlike that of any other country, and
generally commands Il higher price in
the United States than i'll England 1t
remains to he seen, therefore, whether
the duty will be added to the price or be
paid by the exporter.
No good results are possible from this
use of the reciprocity club" Its only
effect will DO to engender hatred against
us. In fact, it is probable that the pres
ident would never have exercised his
authority to impose these duties had not
the exigencies of politics made it neces-
sary. But why select these Insignificant
! countries? Could not the reason ad-
vanced for not Including the Argentine
and Uruguay in The list, to the effect
that their present poVcr;y and financial
distress precluded any Arrangement with
them, be stretched 70 apply To Venezuela,
Hayti and Colombia also? The very
fact that these countries have not been
included will have the effect of still fur
Their increasing the prejudice against us.
1t viii be hard to find any justification
whatever for this new restriction of
trade-New York Commercial Bulletin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15

positively informed relative to the cost
of making rails in several of the very
largest establishments in the United
States, and there is no shadow of adoubt
in the mind of the writer that in these
establishments the actual cost of stand
ard rails is, and has been for some time,
within few cents of twenty-five dol
lars per ton at the works."
The facts on which Mr. Wright based
this statement were collected by him in
1889 and $780, Since then an important
change has taken place. Not only have
the prices of materials fallen consider
ably, but wages have been reduced from
10 to over IS per cent. in the mills of all
the members of the combination. These
reductions have had the effect of reduc>
ing materially the cost of producing
rails. In fact, well informed persons
are of the opinion that the total cost of
production of steel rails is now below
twenty dollars per ton. On this basis
the combine is making a profit of not
less than ten dollars per ton for every ton
of rails sold at the combination price.
Under ordinary conditions this high
rate of profit would cause new plants to
be put in operation, but such outside
works as now have the machinery needed
are either under agreements with the
combine not to engage in producing
rails, or realize that if they should at
tempt it the combine would at once cut
prices and thus prevent them from COM
peting.
The steel rail combine therefore is
monopoly of the worst character. By
keeping up the price of rails it prevents
the railroads from making needed re-
pairs and extending their lines. This is
clearly shown by the experience of the
past year. And when, in spite of the
combine, an era of railroad building be-
gins, the prices of rails is at once raised
to the importing point, with the result
that the cost of such extension is great
ly increased. The high prices ruling in
1886 and 1887 are a sufficient proof of
this, and the competition of foreign
rails, even at the high prices now ruling
here, is prevented by the duty of $l3. A
per ton. In short, in its absolute con-
troll over production and prices, the steel
rail combine has a mortgage on future
railroad extension, with full power to
foreclose it at any time it sees fit.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
Sleep on Left Side.

Many persons are unable to sleep on
their left side. The cause has long been
a puzzle to physicians. Metropolitan
papers speak with great interest of DR.
Franklin Miles. the eminent Indiana
specialist in nervous and heart diseases,
who has proven that this habit arises
from diseased heart. He has examined
and kept on record thousands of cases.
His New Heart Cure, wonderful remedy,
is sold at Hariz i Bahnsen's. Thousands
testify to lis value as cure for heart
diseases. Mrs. Cbss Benoy. Loveland,
Cello says its effects on Ter were marvel
Gus. Elegant book on heart diseases free.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
The democrats elected their mayor in

The democrats elected their mayor in
Milwaukee this week by sweeping ma
jority, ranging from 1850 to 5000. At
the local elections throughout Wiscor-
sin, as far as heard from. where a square
political fight was made, the democrats in
most cases also made handsome gains.
Reluctantly and tesrfully the republicans
are compelled to admit that in the
pending presidential contest Wisconsin
will have to be regarded as q very doubt
full state, while the democrats are look.
ing upon it on their side as entire surely.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1892.
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION Or ILLINOIS.

Headquarters Democratic State Central Com
mittee OF Illinois, Sherman House, Chic igo
February 22, 1892 A Convention of the Dem
ocracy OF the State OF Illinois, is hereby called to
meet in The Hall of the House OF resentatives,
IN Springfield, Illinois, on Wednesday April 27th,
1892, ats O'Clock p. for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates to be voted for on Tuesday,
November Sth, 1892, for the offices of Governor
Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Auditor
OF fubl1c accounts; reasurer; Attorney Gener-
al; Three Trustees of the University OF Illinois !;
TWO congressman az Large; also for the purpose
OF selecting one Presidential Elector from each
Congressional Dietrict, and four Presidential
Electors from the state At large. Two delegates
from each Congressional pisti1ct and eight dele
gates from the state at Ii :ge 10 the Democratic
National Convention, TO lie held in Chicago, June
II, 1872. One State Committeeman from each
Congressional District, and seven state Com
mitteemen from the state at large, and such other
business as may properly come before the con-
yention. he basis OF representation for each
county shall be: One delegate for each four
hundred votes cast for Cleveland and Thurman at
the last Presidei tia Electio., and one delegate
Tor each fractional part thereof, of two hundred
votes or more. Under this call the representation
OF Rock Island county will be, on S,6i4 votes,
delegates.
By order OF the Democratic State Central Com
nittee OF Illinois. DlLos P. PHELPS, Chairman.
THEO. NELSON, Secretary.
The following resolution was adopted by the
Democratic State Genital Committee, February
%, 1892.
Be il resolved, That 1t is this sense of this Com
mittee, that the Australian Ballot Law applies 10
the election OF officers 81 the annual town n eet-
ing TO all elections exceptas specially excepted
In said law, and this committee recommend that
all elections to be held for town officers this
spring, be held under the provisions and according
to the letter Of said law.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
A SAMPLE MONOPOLY.
HOW THE STEEL RAIL TRUST MAKES
$40 ON EACH TON OF PRODUCT.

Diffculty of Organizing the Trust-t
Advanced Prices Six Dollars Per Ton
When railroad Building Became Active
in ISSG-There's Millions i'm 1t.
The combination which controls the
production and fixes the price of steel
rails is one of the strongest in the coun-
try. Unlike other combines it has not
been formed by the merging Of all the
interests under central authority by
trust agreement. Under the circum-
stances such proceeding would have
reason that steel rails are not the sole
product Of any of the mills concerned.
Then, too, the makers of steel rails are
also very largely interested in the man
ufacture of other products, such as wire
rods, armor and other plates, etc. The
rolling o. rails is but one of several lines
of product In short, each member of
the combine has such large number of
interests more or less closely bound up
in that OF rail production that any at
tempt to consolidate under a single
management all these widespread inter
ests is out of the question.
A steel rail combine accomplishes all
the ends for which trusts have been
formed in other industries-the suppress
sion of competition and the control of
production and prices. The combine, as
at present constituted, is composed of
the following concerns. Opposite each
is given its annual capacity in net tons,
as stated by James NJ. Swank, general
manager of the American Iron and Steel
association:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
CHICAGO, Rock Island ( Pacific RI,

The Direc: Route to and from Chicago Joliet o:aA
Peoria, Ia Sale, Moline, Roek Island IN !-L.'v ~
Davenport, Nuscatins, ouuIW9, 'shA4,'S ~ ~ ~
Mo!nes, winterset, Audubon, Harlan ana , ,,Tr
Bluffs. in IOWA Minneapolis snd = Tau, u
SESOTA: WATERFOWL aud sioux Fans IN lAAT-,
Cameron, ST. Joseph and Kansas 'l' u
omsha Lincoln. Fsrbury anu Nelson II y
Atchison Leavenworth. Horton I'EtAA' - =
KANSAS: Kinsfsher, e. Reno aud Npco, N 4Hlta -.
TrpRITCRy. Denver. Colorado Springs snt !9's"
in COLORADO TrAverses new sress Of !ieh ans
and grazing lands AaordinE the bes; facilities o. -.
communication 10 sill towns and oi;es EAST AZ. ''.
northwest and southwest OF Chicago AID 70 IA''-'
trans.oCeGnic seAportL
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
500 kr ward

Fifty dollars will be paid for the recov-
cry of the body of Leigh johnson. ard
$50 for that of Fingal Hill, drowned in
the Mississippi on Saturday afternoon.
WALTER JOHNSON,
ANTHONY HILL.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

%1HICAGO, ROCK ISLAND d PACIFIC RAIL
~ way-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
drpt street, Frank Ii. Plummer agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-15

Coughing leads to consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
How's This!

We off5t One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case lnf Cistarrh that cannot be cur
ed by Hairs Catarrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & Co Props. Toledo. Q.
We the underSig ed. have known f j.
Cheney for the last ID wears, believe
him perfectly honorable IN all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out ang obligations made hy th"ir firm.
West ,G iruax. Who esale Druggist. To-
ledo O. Walding Kirnan d Marvin.
Wholesale Druggist Toledo Oaio
halls Caarrh Cnra i taken internally
acting directly upnu tbe blood and mucous
surfaces ut thr system Price, 10: per
bottle Sold by all druggists. Testlm"
mails free
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
To Consuln ptiv es.

The undersigned having been restored to
health rs simple lnssns, atter suffering tor
several wears with a severe lung adectip"
aud that drtal disease CONSUMPTION, 's
aHSIous to maze knowu 70 hls fellow suiieF-
er> the means 90 cuTe. lo those who desi'e
it, he will cheeffuly send tree of charge) .
copy of the prescription used, which they
viii find sure cure tor Consumption,
Asth ne, Catarrh, Bronchitis and all thrna
and lung Maladies. He hopes all sufferers
will try bis Remedy, as it is invaluable.
Those desiring the prescription, which viii
cost them nothing, and may prove bless
ing, will please address REV. EDWARD A.
WILSON, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New
York.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
Women Who Die Early.


MANY of nur most beautiful and accom-
piished ladies die befurc thry have reach
ed thc prime ar ii5. or gnos. wa live "a.
middle age only one IN Two hundred i,
sound; ih other huulrrd and ninrtv-niue
are : firrerS Why l. Il Seli-ueglecr
ne shattered health can be restored; the
home made happy. and your life lengthen-
ed if You commence at once.
Rose Buds have been used for 90
vesrs in the private practice of one of the
most eminent physicians of Paris. aad the
following diseases and their distressing
symptoms Weld to them like magic: Ulcer
alton, Congestion and failing ofthe Womb.
Ovarian Tunors. Dropsy of the Womb.
Bearing Pains, Rupture at Childbirth and
Miscarriages. One package of Rose
Buds" will make a new woman of YOU
Neucnrrea or Whites are generally cured
ny one application.) Price per package
cone months treaemen) 90 sent by mail
post paid, securely packed THE LEVER.
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Boston. Mass
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
Money in Cabbage and Celery.
Blood viii tell Good crops crops cannot

"Blood will tell . Good crops cannot
be grown with poor strains of seed.
For sixteen years Tillinshasts Puget
Sound Cabbage Caulifower and Celery
Seeds have been gaining IN popularity,
The most extensive growers all over the
Union now consider them the best IN the
world. a catalogue giving full partc-
ulars regarding them will be sent Tree To
any one interested When writing Tor IL
enclose 20 cents in silver or postage stamps
and we will also send Chow To Grow
Cabbage and Celery book worth its
weight in gold to any grower who has
has never read it. Address
ISAAC TILLINGHAST,
La Plume, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
\ Trustworthy Animal.

Liveryman Ito customer)-There, sir,
is as good a horse as ever pulled
wagon, an you needn't be afraid OF
him: he's perfectly safe an reliable.
Customer (eying the animal dubious
lyl-I don't know about that I'd hate
to trust him with any oats.-Texas
Siftings
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
Perhaps 1t Is Hereditary.

He-Do you think I-aw-shan have
a good beard?
Barber latter close inspection)-I'm
afraid not, sir.
He-Aw, weally. My fawther has
aw very fine beard, you know.
Barber-Maybe you take after your
mamma, sir.-Comic.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11

-You can please nearly any man by
intimating that he used To be a good
pokerplayer.
Just think of i'll There were more
lynehings in the Uuitei States last year
than legal executions.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
4 CInver Child.

Frances Ito her little brother)-Do
be quiet, Johnny; don't you know that
there's n visitor in the mex room?
Johnny-How do you know? You
haven't been in.
Frances-But I hear mamma saying
NV dear to papa-St. Louis Humorist
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
Cnamberiain's Eye and Skin
Ointment,

a certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. 1t is cooling anu soothing.
Hundreds of cases have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed
1t is put up in 25 and 80 cent boxes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
Rather Out of Place.

Mrs. Shoddy-I want to make my
sons wife birthday present.
Jeweler-Would you like to see our
styles of diamond necklaces?
Mrs. Shoddy-Yes, / want to get her
something handsome to wear around
her throat. Give me some of those
diamond tiaras have read about in the
paper.-TeXas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
HE DID NOT.

Lonesome Whisl1crs-Were you in
New York during the recent scarcity Of
water?
Wandering Charlie was
Lonesome Whiskers-And did you not
experience a great Inconvenience?
Wandering Charlie-The thing was
exaggerated, my dear boy. ! expert
enced no inconvenience.-Judg
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-11
Deserved his Fate.

Condemned Horse Thief Ito leader of
Arizona Vigilantes)-You amt gittin'
this knot in the right place. You fellers
don't seem to understand the ropes.
Leader (adjusting the moose again)-
Wen get the hang of it presently.-Chi-
cago Tribune.