Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-03
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
Our Special from the Metrop-
oils Of the East.
KEEPING LINCoLN's MEMORY GREEN

Proposal to Purchase His Birthplace in
Kentucky and Convert 1t Into a National
Park-PossibiIity That Harris May Not
BE EIectrocised--An Alleged Dream of
His Unfortunate wife-That Fast Chi
cage Train-Old World LONELINESS for
the Chicago show.
New YORK, April Especial New York
Telegraphic Letter The Recorder contains
an illustrated article giving pictures of the
cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was
born, and the little house in which his
parents We're married. 1t asks for sug-
gestions as to the best means of perpetual
ing the memory of the martyred president.
Attention is called to the fact that other
great Americans have been adequately re-
membered. while Lincoln has been prEfcti-,
cally ignored The Recorder does not sug-
gest any definite plan, but throws out the
hint that it would be the proper thing to
buy the old Lincoln homestead in Ken
lucky and convert it into a public park
which M chr be used as a great drill
ground for national encampments and, in
fact. for all sorts of large gatherings of a
general AID non-sectional nature.
Action Probable Very Soon.
The plan seems to have met with much
favor here and IL is is not improbable that
action will soon he taken in the matter A
committee of prominent citizens represent
ing every state and territory of the Union
will doubtless oe arranged for These
gentlemen will decide upon the exact form
which the memorial shall take and will
appoint subcommittee from the different
states who shall be charged with the work
of soliciting subscriptions to the fund 1t
i H.li. Z hut ha ira1
be raised in few months.
Specially for Carlyle Harris.
1t now appears exceedingly doubtful that
Carlyle Harris, the convicted wife poisoner,
will be electrocsed. The bill introduced
in the state sen ate is aimed directly at his
case Senator CoGgshall, in fact, in his
speech actually said that Recorder Smyth
had been prejudiced against Harris on the
trial. This bill, if it should pass, will per-
init a condemned man, after having been
refused trial asked for on the ground of
newly discovered evidence, to appeal from
this decision of the trial judge to number
of the judges of the court of appeals.
An Alleged Dream by the Victim.
The superstitious will find something
new to talk about in Harris case in the
statement of friend of Helen Potts Har-
ris that one night not long before the muir
der she was sleeping near Helen when
Helen moaned and awakened and told her
about an awful dream she had just eXpe-
rienced, in which her lover was about TO
die for poisoning her. and she knew in her
heart the charge was not true. She tried
TO raise herself to tell the people, but was
not able She saw him standing condemned
to die and could not save him.
jews Celebrate Easter.
Yesterday in this city there Were two
purely Jewish congregations which cele-
brated with flowers and song the resurrec-
ton of Jesus Christine denominations
known as Christian" Israelites and He
brew Christians" Collections in all
churches were liberal The baskets were
filled to the brim, the largest collection
reported being S53, 00U at St. Andrews, J.
B. Simpson giving s25, 900 of it for liquidat-
ing church debts.