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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
A Row. Idea of His Native Town.

] once knew quite number OF queer
things about my country town and other
country towns in general I always i'm
agined as a boy that some day my town
would got to growing like other towns and
become big city with factories and long
streets / thought if / were worth few
millions that I would take the money and
build an immense lot of houses, and then
people would move in of course I
planned that I would lay a street car line
from the depot to my house, or lay it along
some street so that could ride to and fro.
and, of course, the street car line would
give the town a metropolitan air. Now
this Is the queer fact / wanted to get at l
outgrew my desire to make my native town
a city. It soon became apparent to me that
the little town must always remain little.
because there was no great river, lake or
sea near by and it only had one railroad
But in my town there Were men who had
attained some financial standing, who had
never been able to outgrow this idea, and
so Menominie, Wis. has a street car line
that runs for about mile from factory
to a home, the residence of a man who,
though successful, is still boy in thought
He had the old idea that a street car line
would make Menominie metropolitan, and
he never outgrew the thought. SO the car
line is Herewith one little dinky street
car and donkey-but no one ever rides on
it or cares to ride on il The owner must
be ashamed Of 1t now, bit it would be more
notifying to him to tecr.it up and aban-
don it because of the old acquaintance
who saw him put it down. Since left
home I have seen any number of towDs
lust like Menominie, with just such men
Interview in ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05

Gov. FLOWER has signed good
bill in New York. 1t provides that
every person who shall hereafter
enter into combination whereby
competition in that state in the sup
ply or the price of anyarticle or COM
modify of common use for the sup
port of life and health may be re-
strained or prevented for the Pur-
pose of advancing prices shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding
$1,000, or by imprisonment not longer
than one year, or by both such fine
add term of imprisonment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
NOTHING TO REGRET.

Should some great angel say to me tomorrow.
Thou must retread thy pathway from the
start,
But God will grant, in pity for thy sorrow.
Some one dear wish, the nearest to thy
heart"
This were my wish: From my life's dim begin
ming
Let be what has been! Wisdom planned tho
whole
My want, my woe. my errors and my SHINING,
All, all were needed lessons for my soul"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
HOTELS.
Metropolita an Hotel,
Broadway. Cor. Prince ST.. New York City.
HOTELS.

BtOHUW1T, II. I
Reftted and renovated under new management,
on the European plan.
Room rates 81 day and upward.
Restaurant equal to the best in the city at mod
crate rate.
street cars from all R. R. stations and steam
boat and ferry landings pass the door
HILDRETH 4 ALLEN. p-~p's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
Secretary Morton

People who picture the present
secretary of agriculture as a bucollc
gentleman in a pair of overalls have
an entirely false conception of him.
He is not that kind of n farmer in
the sense that the word is generally
used. He has never ..broke out the
middlesr with balky mule and a
pillow whose clevis was set notch toe
high All of his life he has had
money. He went to Nebraska many
wears ago with $50, 900 in his pocket.
He is a graduate of the Ann Arbor
university and Ann Arbor law school.
His villa in finish and architectural
design is the most notable residence
in the state. He has fads. Book
binding is one of them. He judges
woodcuts and will tell you at a
glance whether an impression is
hand made of machine work. In his
leisure moments he will cap quota
tions from Horace with any one who
is not fresh from school. He has a
yerv nice and discriminating literary
taste as well as thorough knowl-
edge of literary form. He knows
yilanelle when he sees it docs Secre-
tary of Agriculture Morton), and will
explain with earnest interest In his
subject the superior merit of the bal
lade as contrasted with the triolet.
He is great tree-tending man and
believes that he who makes two
blades of grass to grow where one
grew before has conferred lasting
benefit upon humanity. He has
passed many years in a country
where the higher forms of vegetable
life are cultivated, not indigenous,
and he has come to look upon flow
ers as sentient things. He is an in
imitable story teller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
LEGAL
A DMINIsTRAToR'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE.

OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue Of an order and decree of the county
court, of Rock Island county, state of Illinois.
made on the petition Of the undersigned, James
n, Johnston. administrator of the estate Of
Thomss B. O'Donnell, deceased, for leave to cell
real estate of said deceased, at the May term, A.
D., 1888, Of said court. to-wit, on the Sd day Of
shall on the Sd day Of June, A. D., 1898,
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
aud o'clock in the afternoon of said day, sell at
public eale. at the north door Of the court house.
in the city Of Rock leland, in said county, the
real estate described as follows. to-wit:
That certain tract or parcel Of land situated in
the northwest quarter ca of section number
twenty eight (2s), township number nineteen
U9), north range three (3), east of the Fourth "a
principal meridian described as follows, begin
ming 23Os feet east Of the corner Of sections 20.
81, % and %, in the township sforeeaid; thence
south 1913 feet, thence north S6A degrees, east
1853 feet thence north 29A degrees. west 216 feet,
to the section lsne; thence west on the section
line 5915 feet to tho place of beginning.
Situated in the township of Canoe Creek.
county Of Rock Island, state of Illinois. on the
following terms, to-wit: Cash on delivery OF
deed.
Dated this 4th day of May, A. D.. 1893
JR JOHNSTON.
Administrator of the Eetate of Thomas B. O'Don-
nell, Deceased.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05

SAN DOMINGO now sees great DAN
ger to her autonomy in the purchase
by Americans of a concession made by
that country to some dutch capital
lists. They should calm themselves.
There is no reason why the Ameri-
cans, when they want q slice or all OF
San Domingo, should not go and take
it as any other nation would do under
1.-THE good old plan that he may take
who has the power and he may keep
Who can"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
Rheum a1i.m Cure in a Dsy.

..Mvstic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits-75 cents.
Sold by
OTTO GRoTJAN, Druggist,
Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05

THE Deacons over in Paris are
quarreling like fishwomen about their
children. The only hope for an end
to this pickering is in the coming Of
that blessed day when the youngsters
shall arrive at years of discretion and
cut the acquaintance of both parents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05

THESE are the days when the coun
try has reason to congratulate itself
upon having a few war-ships that
carry the moral influence of the
latest shooting-machines and modern
armOr.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-05
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1898.

The Smith family and the Joneses
are omnipresent. Even the queen OF
Hawaii could not be dethroned with
out the assistance of p. c. Jones and
w. o. Smith.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
WHERE HAS IT GONE.
Gold Worth s.s4I 900. 900 which Cannot
be Accounted For.

be Accounted For.
The tendency to hide away gold is re-
markable. Except what is seen by the
public in the form of jewelry, in gliding
and ornaments on signs and buildings,
in plating on various objects of art or use,
all the gold is out of sight. 1t has wholly
disappeared.
What becomes of all the balance of the
gold is question which is ofterer asked
than answered. A vast amount of gold
has been taken out of the earth within
the century now nearly at its close, and
it will be interesting to attempt to trace
it.
The United States did not count much
as producer of gold until after the dis
covery of the mines in California. Since
then and up to the beginning of the year
1892 we find the total production of gold
in the union to be 81 200, 900, 200.
These figures are taken from the report
of the superintendent of the mint for 1891,
and are authoritative. Now, where is the
gold? The mint report for 1891 shows
that the total amount of gold, in coin and
bars, in the United States on the last day
of December, 1891, was s5Ss,654,211.
This is what was known to remain in
the country in the vaults OF the mint and
Treasury and the possession of banks.
Besides this amount $50 900 900 was
known to have been exported to foreign
countries and s2,50O,O0O to have been
worked up by goldsmiths for plate and
jewelry and by gold heaters for dentists
foil and guilders' leaf.
Therefore, out of 81 900, 900 700 of gold
produced in the United States up to the
end OF 1891 it was held that only about
$3.50, 900, 900 remained in the country in
the form of coin and bullion, while the
enormous sum of 81 ,2l1 900 900 had en-
tirely disappeared.
Where can it be? Without doubt a
great deal OF it was sent to Europe. We
have the government official returns.
They show exports from 1913 to the end
of 1891 in excess of imports of SAC, OOO,-
900.
This amount deducted from the remain
der of 81 ,2l1 ,OO0,00 would leave a bal
once OF $741, 100000.
Here, then, is the enormous amount of
S74l 900, 900 in gold which cannot be ac-
counted for. How much of it is hidaway
in odd corners. in old stockings OF frugal
housewives, in the boards OF misers?
The people must have large amount
OF gold so secreted. Handouts of gold
pieces, treasured in broken tea pots and
other such receptacles, and even iron
pots full, are sometimes dug up where
they were buried and forgotten.
1t would not be surprising if more than
hundred million of dollars were SO hid
den away by the people.
Then there is large amount in plate
and ornaments, watches, jewelry and in
other forms in which gold is consumed.
But how much is sunk in the sea, in riv-
ers, in the lakes, by the wreck and burn
ing OF vessels? Nobody can answer
The most of this is lost forever.
There are SAL 100000 of American
gold taken out since the discovery of Cal
ifornia to be accounted for. Where is it 4?
New Orleans Picayune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
Hard Times.

Beginning with the failure Of the Bar
ings, now almost three years ago, times
have been steadily growing worse ard
worse in this country, until now the cry
OF "hard times" means something beside
the wall Of the pessimist or the pauper.
Business is dull, collections are difficult,
money is scarce, and there is a general
tightening up along the whole line, in the
financial, commercial, manufacturing and
laboring world. Men are idle, business
men are hampered, if not crippled, and
capital is timid.
What is the cause OF it? The bimetal-
lists lay it all to our silver legislation, and
the mono-metalists do the same; but
both reason from the same premises and
draw different conclusions. Both cannot
be right. The fact probably is both are
partially wrong, and that the real reason
is simply this: We are young nation,
and have been borrowing nation. The
tightening of the money market in Europe
anent the Barring trouble caused millions
of dollars worth OF our railroad and other
bonds which were held abroad, to be re-
turned, thus causing heavy drain Of
money across the seas.
Again, we had number OF years Of
great prosperity. Every industry, every
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
LET US DO 1T

An extra session of congress meets on
the 9TH of next month. The democratic
party has entire control OF the legislative
branches Of the government. 1t is pledged
to the repeal OF the silver law, which is
the main purpose for which the extra
session is called. But the party is also
pledged tc do something else. The last
democratic national platform says:
"We denounce the republican pro-
lection as a fraud; robbery of the great
majority of the American people for the
benefit of the few. We declare it to be a
fundamental principle of the democratic
party that the federal government has
no constitutional power to impose and
collect tariff duties, except for the pur-
pose of revenue only, and we demand
that the collection OF such taxes shall be
limited to the necessities OF the govern
ment when honestly and economically
administered.
This was the declaration that brought
us into power. Now let US live up to it.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
yisscher at the Fair.

The following dialogue occurred min
ute ago in the main hall OF the Washing
ton building between gentleman from
Colorado and lady from Wisconsin:
Coorado-''Well, think Washington
has the grandest exhibit, from the
foundation OF the building up, Of
anything on the grounds
Wisconsin, think California will
compete with Washington.
Colorado-California exhibit is al
most exclusively fruit, while Washington
has an exhibit nearly as good as that
and has besides better showing OF
agriculture, mineral, forestry, fish, game
and hundreds of other resources.
I Wisconsin-Yes, you are right about
that. give in to all but the fruit, and
what is more, / have some money to
invest and am going to Washington
this fall to place it there.
Much more Of this talk followed, and
was joined in by numerous party pres
ent and is only given as another illustra-
ton of the kind of talk that is all the
time going on about the table at which |
am writing in the Washington building.
Will VISSCHER
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06

branch OF trade had been prosperous.
This brought on oyer-production, initiation
and extravaganza. And these causes are
now bearing their legitimate fruits, just
as the hilarity of the drunkard is follow
ed by general collapse of the system.
But the signs are better. The bottom,
let us hope, has been reached, and in
few months at most times will brighten
up, money will come out of its hiding
places, the crippled institutions will be
put out OF the way, season of general
prosperity will follow and all will be well.
OF course, history repeats itself, and
this coming time OF prosperity will, in
turn, be followed by another collapse.
But, as Haggard (sic.) says, that is
another story, and let us hope that it will
not be told until told by another genera
tiOn FIX
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
A New Insanity Dodge.

The defense of insanity in murder cases
has on occasions been carried to ridicul-
Gus lengths and the inevitable result has
been to lessen its force with the average
jury. Expert evidence seems obtainable
on the part of any murderer who finds
his only hope of escaping the highest
penalty of the laws lies in convincing
twelve of his peers that he was in a state
of responsibility when he committed
the crime. All sorts OF symptoms, COM
mon enough in human experiences, are
presented by the ready expert as indica-
tive of insanity. The jealousy, anger or
cupidity that may have caused the COM
mission of the crime are tortured into
evidence tending to show that the person
who committed it was temporarily de-
prived OF that reason which knows right
from wrong and is the measure of respon-
sibility in the eyes of the law.
But this reliance upon the defense of
insanity has found enlarged scope for the
exercise OF its ingenuity. In the famous
Buchanan case of New York, one of the
jurors was taken sick at the supper table
in the Astor House on the night when
the verdict was made up. He had listened
to all the evidence given in the case, and
had entered fully into the deliberations
OF the jury. He reached the same con-
clusion as the rest of them and Joined in
the verdict None of his fellow Jurors
had any suspicion as to the soundness of
his mind. There was nothing in his
words or his actions which did not sug-
gest careful, conscientious, thinking
man. Now the testimony Of experts and
the arguments of counsel are being used
in an effort to secure new trial for Bu-
chanan on the claim that the Juror in
question was insane just long enough and
just at the right time to invalidate the
verdict. He reasoned on the case Just as
the rest of the jurors did and as the re-
suit OF his reasoning arrived at precisely
the same conclusion, but he was insane,
say the experts, however competent and
rational the other eleven men may have
been. This will strike the observing
public as going rather far in the use of
insanity as means of SAYING criminals.
Free Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06

SIGNAL Service Officer Alciatore, OF
Olympia, has invented weather chart
by which you can tell exactly what the
weather has been ON any particular day
during the last fifteen years. Every old
settler in the state will soon be petition
ing for Mr.. Alciatore's removal. Think
how the old inhabitant will feel when he
begins with, "Call this heavy snowfall
Why you should have been here on the
oath of December, '7S, when the snow
fell SO deep, ETC., etc." and have the
fiendish statistician pin him down on AL
ciatore's chart, with not flake of snow
fall on that day. Why, it is horrible 10
think Of! The old settlers occupation
will be gone.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06

AN exchange says: A Kansas editor
and rich widow were engaged to be
married, when the neighbors began to
talk about it, charging that he was mar
rying her riches. The young editor was
vexed at this, OF course, and in order to
show up its untruthiulness persuaded his
affianced to turn all her worldly pelf over
to her grown daughter that he could
prove to the world the sincerity OF his
affections. The trusting widow did SO,
and the first night after, the editor and
the girl eloped, and in the morning the
widow pied the forms OF the Office and
would have pied the editor could she
have found him.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
The President Calls an Extra Session.
President Cleveland has issued the fol-
lowing call to Congress:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.

lowing call to Congress:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 80, 1884,
Whereas, Distrust and apprehension
concerning the financial situation which
has pervaded all business circles has
already caused great loss and damage to
our people and threaten to cripple our
merchants, stop the wheels of manufac-
ture, bring distress and privation to our
farmers and withhold from our working
men wages OF labor; and, whereas, the
present perilous condition is largely the
result of the financial policy which the
executive branch of the government finds
embodied in the unwise laws which must
be executed until repealed by congress
now, therefore, 1, Grover Cleveland,
president OF the United States, in per-
Torrance of constitutional duty, do by
this proclamation, declare that an extra
ordinary occasion requires the converting
of both houses of congress of the United
States at the capitol in the city of Wash
ington, on the 9TH day of August next, at
II O'Clock noon, to the end that the peo-
pie may be relieved through legislation
from present and impending danger and
distress.
All those entitled to act as members OF
the fifty-third congress are required to
take notice Of this proclamation and at
tend at the time and place above stated.
Given under my hand and seal of the
United States at the city of Washington
on the Both day of June, A. d. 1898, and
of the independence of the United States
the 117th. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The determination to call an extra
session the first week in August, instead
OF the first week in September, it is I'M
derstood, was only definitely arrived at
at a meeting of the cabinet, after giving
full weight to the numerous kilograms
received from all parts Of the country
urging this course, and the consideration
which caused the president to change his
mind was foreshadowed in a remark
made by one of his cabinet officers few
days ago. If the president received
reasonable assurances that there was a
likelihood OF prompt repeal of the So
called Sherman purchase law, he might
be disposed to call congress together
earlier than he announced. 1t is inferred,
from the fact that the president has done
SO, that he considers he obtained the
assurances desired
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
SUPERIOR COURT PROCEEDINGS.
NEW CASES FILED.

NEW CASES FILED.
Aberdeen Electric Co. VS.. David JAS
mann and John q. Dumpert. Debt.
]. w. Stewart VS.. South Bay Cedar
Co. Debt.
State OF Washington VS.. ]. B. Biles.
Columbia National Bank Of Tacoma VS..
Aberdeen Cedar Mani. Co. Debt.
Hunt & Mottet VS.. Same. Debt.
II. l.. Cook & Co. VS.. Same. Debt
First National Bank of Aberdeen VS..
Same. Debt.
G. III. Com. Co. VS.. Same. Debt.
G. w. and III. E. Shelley VS.. Same.
Debt.
Jane Smith VS.. Robert Smith. Divorce.
State of Washington vs.. F. A. White.
Bank of Montesano VS.. Abel Goss.
Debt.
Same vs.. First National Bank Gas
garnishee of Abel Goss). Garnishment
tor debt.
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. VS.. Jos.
Graham. Replevin.
Same VS.. S. p. Sears. Foreclosure OF
mortgage.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-07-06
THE WINNER OF THE PULLMAN.
Nelson Proved Wonder In the Great
Western Road Race.

Nelson Proved Wonder In the Great
Western Road Race.
The great surprise of the recent Pullman
road race at Chicago was the victory of
Marinus Nelson of the Columbia wheel
men In one respect Nelson's victory was
an accident. He would have been the sec
ond man in had not ]. T. Gunther of the
Lincoln club mistaken the exact finishing
place and stopped, allowing Nelson to win
by few feet, but despite this fact Nelson
proved that he possessed remarkable grit,
endurance and speed by making the second
best time over the course. He covered the
TX miles from Chicago to Pullman in 55
minutes A seconds, while the mark of NJ
Nessel, another member of the Columbia
wheelmen, who won the time prize, was So
minutes II seconds. The victories of Mel
son and Nessel seem to indicate that the
initials M. N. are mascot for contestants
In the Pullman. Nelson had handicap
of six minutes, and Nessel was favored with
81 minutes start.