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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
Great eu,tion sale.

We Will sell at our stables on Iowa
street. Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday,
March 29th, at 1 O'Clock p. m, sharp,
80 head of horses of all kinds, ponies,
drivers and work horses; also bug
gies, carts, spring wagons, lumber
wagons. and road wagons of every
description, and all kinds of harness
single, double, light and heavy.
Persons wanting to sell horses or
buggies OF any kind can have them
put up in our auction and sold at
reasonable rates. Everything that is
put up will be sold to the highest
bidder.
This viii be our first weekly sale of
the year. LoRToN Bros,
Davenport, Iowa.
A. SCHULSINGER, Auctioneer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
Soul ern Excursions.

The Burlington, Cedar Rapids Il
Northern railway will sell round trip
excursion tickets from its principal
points to territory covered by the
illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississ-
ippi Valley railways. in the states of
Mississippi, Tennessee and Louis
lana. excepting Memphis and New
Orleans, at rate of one fare for the
round trip; tickets to be sold March
13, April, April 10, and May s, 1898.
These tickets viii be good for stop
over at all points in the states of
Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana,
excepting at Memphis, Tenn, and
will be good for return passage
80 DAYS from date of sale. For
rates Of fair, time of trains and other
information. call on or address any
ticket agent of this company or the
undersigned.
j. +. HANNEGAN,
Gen. Tkt. and Pass. Agt.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
Pansive and Expensive

Many a woman shruks from consulting ply
stefan about functional arrangements and weak
ness, ard prefers suffer in silence. She Is sad
aud pensive, an her neglect Of her ailments viii
prove expensive. /, may cost her her life. one
of the most skilful physicians OF the day, who
hashad vast experience IN curing diseases Pc
GUITAR 10 women, has prepared remedy which is
of inestims bic aid to them. We refer 10 DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescril tion, the only remedy
for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailments,
sold by druggists. uncer pCsi i've guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it viii give salts
faction in every case money refunded
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
Both Kind of Ica.

In addition to an abundant supply
of pure channel ice, the Rock Island
Ice company has arranged to supply
the trade with artificial ice where
such is wanted This ice is manu-
featured in Davenport from artesian
water and after Apri ! the Rock
Island Ice company will be prepared
to furnish it as the exclusive agency
in Rock Island. There will be very
little difference in price, the artificial
article trifle higher. Telephone
1909.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
IN ANNUAL. SESSION.
Meeting of the Rock Island County Bible
Society.

Meeting OF the ROCK Island county bioie
Society.
At the annual meeting on Sunday
evening at the Central Presbyterian
church. of the Rock Island County
Bible Society, President Mixter pre-
sided, he having filed the same po-
sition at the meeting on May 81, 1874,
when the society was organized.
The chair appointed a nominating
committee composed of DR.. j. w.
Stewart, j, w. Welch, j. II. Cleland,
S. 5. Kemble and j. ID. Warnock.
After the reading of the minutes
Treasurer George Kingsbury made
his annual report which was followed
by prayer, by Rev. T. w. Grafton.
The annual address was delivered by
DR.. Bartholomew of Augustana col
scholarly effort.
New Officers Chosen.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was then read according to
which the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year.
President-J ID. Warnock
Vice Presidential. A. Patterson.
Secretary--George NJ. Loosely.
Treasurer and Depositary-George
H. kingsbury.
Board of Managers-RockI Island -
ii. ID. Folsom. Central Presbyterian
@. l.. Benway, Baptist; George X. NJ.
Colburn. Christians: +. b. Mckown.
United fresbyterian; J. L. Noftsker.
First Methodist; Henry Kinner,
Ninth street Methodist; Henry
Brock nan. German Methodist: Aug.
c. Peterson, Swedish Lutheran;
George Groom. Grace Lutheran; G.
Q. Jensen. Swedish Baptist: c. G..
McIntire. Broadway Presbyterian; c.
W. FosS. Augustana college.
Z Moline-W. j. Entrikin, Congrega-
tional; p. {. Simmon. Methodist; Mr..
Cook, First Baptist; W. H. Carpen-
ter, Tabernacle Baptist; John Swan
son. Swedish Baptist.
Milan. II. Gilmore.
Edgington-Rev. T. r. Johnston.
Port Byron-Rev. A. Harper.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
BRIEF MENTION

Try a dish of ice Groom or ice at
Krell & Mathis.
Telephone 1921 for wall paper and
carpet cleaning by Troupe.
Every cup of coffee. chocolate or
tea made to order and in moments
time and served with cream-no
milk at Krell and Maths.
For sale-Good heavy team and
new wagon. cheap; owner wishes to
remove. A bargain if taken quick.
Call at National Clay Co.
Avoid the rush of spring house
cleaning by having Troupe clean
your wall paper at once VIII be
here for three weeks only.
Capt. j. NJ. Lee of the regular
army was in Rock Island Yesterday
making an official visit to Rock Isl
and Arsenal and to Maj. Mackenzie
of the engineer corps.
Robert kuschmann is making an
energetic canvass for alderman in
the Fifth ward. He is gaining ground
daily and is already regarded as the
coming alderman from the ward.
Cream puffs. chocolate eclairs.
pattie shells, cream pie and French
or plain rolls with Il good cup OF cof
fee. tea or chocolate makes fine
lunch and Keel & Math have the
above.
James W. Cavanaugh had the mid
die finger of his left hand severely
lacerated while working in loco
motive in the Rock Island round
house Sunday afternoon. DR.. Plum
mer hope to save the injured joint,
but the accident will neceSsitate Mr..
Cavanaugh's laying up while.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
The Modern Way

Commends itself to the well-formed,
to do pleasantly and effectually what
was formerly done in the crudest
manner and disagreeably as well. To
cleanse the system and break up
colds. headaches and fevers without
unpleasant after effects, use the de-
lightful liquid laxative remedy, Syr-
up of Figs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28
pemocrats deliberate.

There was an enthusiastic gather
inc of democrats at Turner hall on
Saturday evening, and thorough
canvass of the situation was made.
Encouraging reports from the differ
ent wards were received both as to
the aldermanie and city TOWNSHIP p
tickets. A unitedeffort is to be made.
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THE COMPETING LINE.

The directors Of the North American
Steamship Company have invited capital
lists, real estate owners and merchants of
this city to subscribe to the capital stock of
this company. With such exclusive priyi-
leges as this company has secured there will
not be much difficulty in finding all the
financial ala required, The stock should be
a good investment in itself. to say nothing
OF the nesumable advantages that viii
arise from competition. The merchants,
capitalists and real estate owners Of this
city could afford to take the stock necessary
20 furnish the North American Company
with the funds it needs if it was certain
that there would be 10 dividends on the
stock. The directors only stale a self
evident proposition when they say that the
successful operation Of this company. to-
gether with sailing vessels round Cape
Horn, Will make San Francisco a distrib-
uting point instead Of an isolated terminus
Of a long haul by rail. People who have
bewailed tie loss Of trade cons squent upon
the high cost Of getting goods to this port
now have assurances Of relief il they will
hold out helping hand. There is not
capitalist, real estate owner. business man
or wage worker In this city who is not in-
terested in the establishment and successful
operation of this American line. 1t Will
center In This city vast trade that has been
scattered among ports with far less natural
advantages to secure the trade. We look
70 see San Francisco again the point on the
Pacific Coast which can most cheaply sup
ply merchants from interior cities and
towns up and down the coast
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A FAMOUS CORRESPONDENT.

As it is necessary the Partisan journals
should always be in a ferment and rage
about something, they have been in I'M
usual luck of late. The Panama canal
scandal has kept them in peppeTy stew,
though not so hot as some Of them deserve
to have had it, Then. opportunely, the lit
tie crisis in Egypt turned up. perhaps as
foil of relief to the Panama revelations
Affiliated doubtless with both these out
Groupings of current history is the cry to
expel NJ. de BlOwitz, Times correspondent.
from Paris. As usual, n. de Blowilz has
been Outspoken in describing what ne has
seen and heard and commenting thereupon.
He takes as many liberties with his CORE
spondenee as does Mr.. Smalley. but far
more than most Journalists lie gets hold of
the news from the innermost circles, for
access to which he has exceptional adj
vantsges.
1t used to be said that next 10 the post of
British En- Oassador the position most COW
eted by an Englishman in Paris was that
of Times cores pendent. The salary is said
TO be from $40. coo to $4,000 year. with a
staff of assistants, an Office. direct tele-
graph wire to London and full discretion as
to expenses for any purpose. During the
number Of years he has been correspondent
De Blowitz has performed many remark
able feats. Wherever he goes he seems to
secure access to all the distinguished states
men, and even to the monarchs themselves.
This scquain tanceship with persons whose
informations or opinions are of value en-
ables him 10 track down any reports which
arise very rapidly and accurately, though
his own deductions may often be at fault
and provoke criticism. He is a man Of
integrity ana fearless.
Only recently he described now he sue
ceeded in supplying his journal with the
full text Of the Berlin treaty the very day
after the conference adjourned. Bismarck,
who had been very angry at little bits of
news leaking out during the proceedings,
was furious, but could do nothing. De
BlOwiiz had procured copy Of the treaty
somehow. and in the train en- route to
Brussels he sewed the copy up in the lining
Of his secretary's waistcoat. At Brussels
here was some difficulty in getting a wire,
but that was overcome.
The morning call., 1893-01-22
POLITICAL INFLUENCE.

Dr.. AInsworth. who has been placed in
charge of the record and pension division
of the War Department, says that as a rule
the more worthless public employe the
greater the amount of the influence he pos
sesses. The good man is usually without
influence, but the drunkard, the loafer, the
trifler have SO much influence that the chief
Of his bureau cannot get them out. Doubt
less what DR.. Ainsworth says is true. 1t
will be found, however. that men do not
have influence because they are worthless.
but that they get into the public service in
spite of the fact that they are worthless.
The trouble lies with the appointing power.
An Influential family has black sheep. and
they provide for him at the public expense.
OF cou. Sc the influence that gets the black
sheep a place at the public crib keeps him
fhRrp
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round among few. So with great poet.
His manuscripts are relics to be treasured.
1t will be interesting to watch what Long
fellows manuscripts will bring in his own
country. Some of them should be acquired
for the Smithsonian Institution.
1t is the general belief that Mr.. Gladstone,
when he says good-by to politics, will de-
cline peerage. He has, in general spoken
well of the House of Lords as an institu-
ton, but at times has apostrophized it in
minatOry language when 1t has abused Its
privileges and developed a tendency to be
arbitrary and irresponsible. Scores of
peers have been created on Mr. Gladstone's
advice, but he has probably silent contempt
for coroneted h0nors in his own case. But
it is a curious anomaly that the Premier is
peer at this moment through the accident
of office. Mr.. Gladstone holds the very
nominal Office of Lord Prvy Seal, and so is
classed among the peers. This does not,
however, carry with it the almost penal OBJ
legation Of sitting in the dull, gilded cham
Der where there is so little to do, and only
few OF their lordships attend to do IL.
The office-seeker cannot feel gratiied
with the plain manner in which Dr. Aims
worth of the Pension Office described the
characteristics Of those who are most sue
cessful in clinging to appointments. A
good man goes TO the wall or, when told to
resign, has too high a sense of honor to re-
main moment longer than he can help.
The doctor declares emphatically than ''the
more worthless a public employe is the
greater the amount of influence he pos
sesses." The drunkard, the lOafer and the
insubordinat ate trifler have so much influence
that they cannot be got rid of. This in
dctment was framed particularly TO de-
scribe the state of things existing in the
Pension Bureau. There may be eXaggera-
ton in this scathing avowal, but, unfortu-
nately, there are presidents to support it in
various official departments, whether Fed
eral, State or municipal
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

John D. Rockefeller. the oil magnate. is
an expert skater.
One Of George Vanderbilt's fads is the
purchasing of etchings by embrandt.
Queen Victoria has learned to operate a
typewriter, but she has not yet applied for
a position.
Daniel Gaffery. the new Senator from
Louisiana, is known as the Roaring Lion
of ST. Mara'
Mrs. M. z. Kimball succeeds her deceased
husband IN the presidency OF the Pennsboro
and Harrisyille Railroad.
Canon Carr is the wealthiest clergyman In
England having recently inherited the vast
estates of Sir William Evans.
Mrs. Cecilia Wentworth Of the American
colony in Paris received gold medal for IA
painting at old Tours in France
Monsignor Moceuni, one Of the new Car
dinalS, Is an invrterate smoker and has a
collection Of pipes that is said to DE of re-
markable variety and completeness.
The nawab of Ramdur not long ago paid
Major Freyer. surgeon in the British army,
the princely fee of $4,000 for having
brought him through three months Illness
from malignant rheumatic fever.
The palace of the Empress of Austria, at
Corfu, is said to have cost s., 100000, and
vet she spends little of her time in il, SEEM
ing 10 have more pleasure III cruising around
on her magnificent steam yacht. the Mira
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Russian Mendicants.
New York sun.

st. Petersburg is troubled with large
number OF mendieants VINO grow bolder
every day. Every person of respectable
standing IS importuned by begging letters
and oftentimes by the personal intrusion of
beggars, who impertinenty insist upon com
Diance with their demands. Even soldiers
are approached with the dsmand that they
share their Tati0ns with the Door The
chief OF the St. Petersburg police has there
fore issued an order that house janitors and
policemen on duty shall arrest every beggar
pointed out 10 hem by private citizens. In
order 10 prevent the crOwding OF mendi-
cants at the entrances of theaters and other
places of entertainment lines are drawn at
q distance of two blocks around them,
within which no crowding of people and no
Oungers are allowed TO remain. Vehicles
bringing passengers to such public resorts
must withdraw beyond the line and not
approach the gateway until they are called.
The prlce force WAS considerably increased
to give effect II these new regulations.
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It was cnntended at the tim

THESE
rates were as low as the company could
afford. The fact was, however, that the
Pacific Mail preferred rather to get money
for not carrying freight than for carrying it.
The Southern Pacific Company thought it
worth while TO pay the Pacific Mail SIS, 900
a month not to compel them to stand COM
petition. The combination for a time worked
We'll for both companies. The seeds for its
ultimate defeat lay, however, in the fact
that the high rates charged were running
the commerce Of the State. Central Amer-
can and other Pacific ports could supply
themselves with goods from the East at
lower rates than the same line OF goods
cost from San Francisco.
The Central American States could send
their coffee to market cheaper through
any other route than San Francisco.
TIE natural consequence was that trade
between the Central American States
and San Francisco was fast approach
Ing the zero point. Competition and the
threat Of competition have broken this
combination to pieces. The Pacific Mail
has made an 67R per cent cut in IFS
rates, and there is no assurance that the
bottom notch has been reached. II used to
charge SIS per ton for general merchandise:
now IL can AFFORD TO carry the same kind of
freight for "a per ton. Flour goes from $40
70 81, with a promise Of So in February.
All this is the result of a little competition.
First the clipper ship, then the Span
ish-American line and lastly the North
American Navigation Company, which
has just opened the way across the Isthmus
of Panama. The object Of these sweeping
reductions Is doubtless 10 freeze competing
lines out. The Pacific Mail Company is
able to do business few months at some
loss, and doubtless hopes that the competing
lines will soon give up the ghost. San
Francisco merchants, however, who have
once felt the grip of this transportation
combine on their threats, want 10 more Of
it. They have stood in past years with
their hands tied and seen their trade slip
ping away from them by the force of ire
sistible laws. Trade follows the cheapest
route. Purchasers congregate at the
cheapest market. The Southern Pacific
and Pacific Mail blocked up the avenue to
San Francisco by their exOrbitant charges.
But their day is about over.
The morning call., 1893-01-22
WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.

free-trade contemporary expresses some
doubt if the Cleveland administration will
effect any radical reform in the tariff. Two
difficulties are found in the way: first
the vast labor of framing tariff bill on
tarif-for-revenu principles; and second,
the necessity Of keeping the revenue ND to
its present standard. These two objections
are kind Of admission Of fear that a
change from a protective to purely rev.
enue tariff will injuriously affect the indus
tries of the country. The work of framing
tarif-for-Tevenue bill is much simpler
than in framing protectiye-tariff BILL In
revenue tariff duties are imposed ON arti-
ces we Of necessity import The rate of
duty necessary to produce a given amount
of revenue can be accurately estimated
when applied to articles we do not produce
at all or in comparatively small quantities.
For example. we know exactly how much
tea, how much coffee and how much sugar
we consume. We know that all of the two
frst-named articles we consume Is imported
and that one year with another nine-tenths
Of our sugar comes from abroad. A close
estimate can be made of the extent of the
reduction in consumption in consequence OF
the tax, and on this basis it is simple
example in arithmetic to determine what
rates Of duty will provide the required
amount of revenue. Under our present
tariff about 81 per cent Of our imports come
IN free. A tariff for revenue will impose
duties on this entire list Of imports. The re-
mainder Of the revenue to be derived through
the Custom-house will come from duties
on classes Of goods which we both import
and produce. Among these are iron and
It's manufactures, wooden and cotton goods.
A lowering of the rates of duty will be
likely to so increase importations that the
amount OF revenue to be derived from them
Will be increased rather than diminished.
1t viii not be at all Afficut to frame tariff
for-reyenue bill Sc rs to produce as much
The morning call., 1893-01-22
THE DEFEATED DEMOCRATIC
ELECT0R.

It is known that one Republican eeetor
was elected in this State in November, the
highest Republican having a few more
votes than the lowest Democrat. But it
is not so generally known how the success
full Republican came to be the highest nor
how the defeated Democrat came TO be the
lowest 1t happened in this way: The Re-
publican electors-at-large were placed at
the head of the list Of electors. The Demo-
Gratis, however. printed the names OF cleo
tors In alphabetical order. which placed
Thompson, the defeated electOr-at-large, at
the foot of the Democratic list. Mr.. Thomas
Bard, whose name led the Republican list.
is a popular man in Southern California,
and his friends made an especial effort to
run him ahead of his ticket. The Demo-
cratic voter who was persuaded to vote for
Bard would stamp the first eight names on
the Democratic ticket and then stamp the
name of Bard on the Republican ticket.
This left Mr.. Thompson without the full
vote of his party through the accident OF
The morning call., 1893-01-22

his name. The last three were Rosenthal.
Silman and Thompson. but the latter was
the last of all. The fate which befell him
would have happened to any other man
whose surname commenced with L or a
letter lower down in the alphabet. Mr..
Thompson is the editor and proprietor OF
the Humboldt Standard a popular man IN
his own county, and would undoubtedly
have run even with his ticket if the names
of Democratic candidates had no! been
listed alphabetically.
The morning call., 1893-01-22

revenue from this source as we now have,
but great difficulties lie in the way of franz
ing tariff or-revenue bill which will not
open our market TO flood of foreign manu-
featured goods. 1t is this apprehension
doubtless which causes so much speculation
among Democrats as to Mr.. Cleyeland's
tariff policy
The morning call., 1893-01-22
s1-RscTIPrIoN RATES :

DAILY CALL (ncluding sundays, So per YEARLY
nru postpaid: IS cents per week or 50 cents per
calender month. through carriers. DAILY CALL.
fvecop.es. three mouths, So %. SUNDAY CALI
sixteen psees). ST 80 per year. postpaid SUNuAi
CAIlaud WEEKLY call 81 SO per year POSTPAID
" EEKLY CALL Is p8ses}. 81 per year. postpaid
THF GAIL cannot return rejected manuscripts
scr viii the editor enter into correspondence re-
tleCtfre Them
The morning call., 1893-01-22

SOS Montgomery street. near Clay, open until IL
o'clock p NJ. BRANCH OFFICES: no Market
street, near Kearny, open until II o'clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street, open until 8 30 O'Clock; sos
Iarzin street open until 80 o'clock % - Mission
street, open until o'clock =. ~; and 1l6 Ninth
street, open until g 80 P.
The morning call., 1893-01-22
SUNDAY
Edition.
NOTICBG

An o. or patrons lelo fail 10 find THE
MORNING CALL for sale Ju tratl-5oys
-, CONFER a 1aror 5g notifying This Office q
uG0ct. naming the date ana train.
The morning call., 1893-01-22

THE FASTIRN OFFICE OF THE CALI,
q Potter building, New York City. Is provided with
fl,;of California papers. Visitors welcome Adj
NuLtIL rates and sample copies furnished
+ X MISCH. Manager.
The morning call., 1893-01-22

HITCH1NG- PosTs. - The Federation of I'm.
provement Clubs has called upOn the Supern-
ieudeni of Streets TO enforce the ordinance re-
qulring the placinG OF hitching-rostS for the bet
ter protection Of life and property.
The morning call., 1893-01-22
WEATHER PREDICTIONS

IFFARTME&T OF AGRICULTURE J
WEATH ER BUREAU.
SAN Francisco January y. 1881
OficiaI Forecast for TWenty-four Hours
Ending Midnight, sunday.
san Francisco and vicinity - Fair weather;
warmer by sunday afternoon; variable winds.
+. T. ENKrNs Local Forecast OlieiaL
The morning call., 1893-01-22
THE DAILY MORNING CALL

FOR SALE AZ
rev York . .BRENTANO BROS. Union Square
Ih.csro ...,. News Stand Palmer House
NeN tjEIeaus GALLOT s. JOUBERr,
1851 COmmOniS
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WHAT COMPETITION CAN DO.

When Tie Southern Pacific Company fixed
the rates on the Pacific Mail the following
rates were charged to Central American
ports:
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1T is said that the great search light on Mt
Washington has failed yet to find a house IN New
England in which Hoods sarsaparlIa is unknown
so popular is this great medicine