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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-16

Effectually yet gently, when costive
or bilious. or when the blood is i'm
pure or sluggish. to permanently cure
habitual constipation, to awaken the
kidneys and liver to a healthy activi-
ty, without irritating or weakening
them, to dispel headaches, colds or
fevers use Syrup of Figs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-16

Rock ISLAND ARSENAL. H., ArPust 70. 1893
ealed proposals, n triplicate, VIII ne received
until 70 O'Clock, room. September Is, 1893, and
then opened, for furr ishif at This arsenal the
forage and straw -1quired by the Qusrtermaster' 6
department dur rg he fiscal year tndlrg June CO.
1894. The United States reserves he right TO re-
ject any or all proposals. All Information fur
nshed upon application here. Envelopes con-
tanning proposals should be marked, ''Proposals
for Forage and Straw" and addressed to
JOHN T. THOMPSON,
Lieut.. Ord. Dept. A. Il. q. NJ.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-16
For Over Fifti Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie. and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26
The Story Of Hawaii.

A narrative Of peculiar interest nt this time
has been published by order Of the Board OF
Education Of the Hawaiian Kingdom. 1t is en-
titled 4 Brief History Of he Hawaiian People.
by W. d.. ALExANDEr. and is issued by the
American Book COMPANY. This narrative is
no mere compilation. The author lives in
Honolulu. and has studied at first hand tho
ideas and traditions OF the Hawaiian race. IIe
Is conversant with their language. and. in tho
preparation OF this book. has made a study of
the original authorities, turning to account the
carly archives OF the Government and the
principal existing collections Of Hawaiian
manuscripts. AS regards the printed materials
OF which he has awaited himself. Mr.. Alexnn-
der rknOwledges particular Obligations to
the accounts OF Hawaiian antiquities given by
David Malo. the historian. 10y tho elder Kama
kau Of Kaawaloa. by $. NJ. Knmakau. the his
torian. and by lInlsole. the author of
"Iaieiknwai." He also bsnrs witness to tho
painstaking accuracy Of Fornnnder's Poly
neslan Race" and recognizes the reception Of
valuble assistance from Mr.. J. S. Emerson rs-
spectlng the religious belief and tho arts and
amusements OF the ancient 1iawaiians.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26

1t ia customary to underrnte the value OF the
views pronounced BY Henry Thomas Buckle.
yet it IL n fact that every history published
since his day has Legun with q chapter on
physical geography. The book before us Is no
exception to the rule. Before CHANGING at tho
position. climate. and physical features OF tho
inSular countries which form tho subject Of
this narrative. we should mention TINT the
term Hawaiian Islands. derived from the ma
tive designation Of tho largest member Of the
group. is the Official name used By the Ha-
wniian people and IL generally taking the place
Of tho English name. Sandwich Islands, be.
slowed By Capt. Cook in honor Of his patron.
the Earl Of Sandwich. The islands lie lust south
of tho Tropic OF Cancer, between 49, 81 and
% - north latitude and between 1912 5 and
100 80 Of longitude west Of Greenwich. They
occupy 4 central position in the North Pacific.
about $500 miles west of tho nearest point
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26
tablish a commi..,on with supreme suthorlsy

tablish a commis.ion with supreme suthor,sy .
In all matters wnsre i0re,gn"rs ., he ZANE
year tile British Hear Admiral. Thomas. ar-
rived and announced In. the .ifame OF me-
sovereign that he did not, accent 81
the provisional ccssion ~ the Hawaiian ISL
nnds. hut that her Majesty desired King Kane.
hnme,n Ill. to be treated ms an indenendens
sovereign. In November of the snme yearthS
Gpvcrprlents OF France and England united
IN n ioi,t declaration whereby tho two powers
r%ccirroc dly bound, themselves never to takS
possession. either directly or under tho title. OF
u protrrtorate. or under any other form. 81 ans.
rait OF the Sandwich Islands. The United
states declined to enter into any such eng nRe-
mcnt. ayerrinS that Mr.. webster's abatement
to the Hawaiian cnvoys and the appointment
ton Of the indeIendeucc of tho hawaiian Gov.
ernment on thr part OF tho United. states.
With the subsequent history ofthc Hawaiian
Islar is american readers have been made
familiar since the recent establishment Of
provisional Government and the demand. for
annexation 10 the United States. Tint this
demand is the outcome OF tho profound re-.
ligipus. social. and political debt due by the
natives to American missionaries Ia evident
from the earlier chnpters OF Hawaiian history.
which have here been outlined on the authority
OF a text hook published by order OF the
Hawaiian Board OF Education. NJ. w. II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26

The French War and the Ieevoiuttcr.

Tho latest addition TO the American History
seriss Is a volume entitled The French War
and Me RepOiUiion, by WILLIAM MIIIIGAN
y SLOANE tScribncr'sL The title Of the book Will
Of itself commend the narrative to historical
students who have long recognized the inter-
relation. not to say organic unity. OF the two
periods described. II was. OF course. In tho
French war that the American colonies
learn cd to act together. and awoke to q com
p%rehension OF thoir strength. BY the eNtinc-
ton. moreover. OF ths French power in the
New World the American colonies were re.
lieved from the necessity OF seeking the pro-
faction o. Great Britain. Henceforth. they
would have nothing to do and might Rave
much to gain by rupturing tho bond which
had united then. with tho mother country.
rrof. Sloane points out that Choiseul In France
and tho philosopher Kant In Prussia foresaw
that tho colonies. once free from fear OF
France. would demand an Independent
development. Ie does not mention. however.
that there were not lacking men In England
who drow the sams lesson from events. and
that an ANONYMOUS pamphlet. sometimes at
tributed TO Burke. and which was published
while the negotiations for the peace Of 1903
were pending. advised tho restitution TO
France OF Canada instead OF Guadalupe. This
pamphlet was answered by BENJAMIN Frank
lin, who mistakenly contended TINT the re-
straint supplied by tho neighborhood Of an
enemy was not needed to maintain the loyalty
OF the colonists to the parent State.
It is doubtless. at the SANE time. possible TO
overrRte the effect OF tho conquest OF
Canada on American independence. That 10
evidently Prof. Sloane's opinion. although
he comedies that there Is q sense In
which the history OF the United States
began on the day Of Wolfe's victory over Mont
calm on the plains OF Abraham. Ho Ia willing
that the dase should stand as an aid to men,
DRY and the imagination. He would even
throw into tho scale as rrovocatives OF
revolution the dem ands OF an unwise British
Cabinet for aid In tho payment OF tbs
debt incurred in the war: the Development OF
party theory and snirit among all Englishmen.
the c~olonlsts included. and the meddling. NOR
cantile temp per OF tho time. lie insists. how
ever. that all these considerations nro out
weighed by tho fact that the germ Of distinc-
ton between England In Europe and England
and America Ind been planted in the former
country long before. as early as tho 1ieforma-
ton Of the sixteenth century. Its growth hal
been continuous. first at home and then
abroad. and Wolfe's victory did but clear the
forest that hemmed in tho tree OF liberty. and
give IL light and air. The battle Of Quebec.
memorable as It was. did but mark u stage OF
evolution and quicken vital forces which would
in any event have ultimately asserted itself.
English institutions are not OF ono kind. and
those to which America was welded were
such rs had been unfolded by the colon;sts
and by their Puritan friends at homo.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
D.n,v on tho sherman Law.

Chnuncey Dcpew expresses his views on the
financial situation as follows:
''It is largely matter OF sentiment. II the
people believe there Is enough money in the
country to do business there Is enough, but II
on the other hand they get an impression
that there is not sufficient money they VIII
withdraw from the banks, lose their interest
which the banker gains, and the next DAY
when they discover that the bank Is safe and
that the business world has not collapsed. they
carry their savings back to the bank again. !
keAe over. AqdAs VII fEif5sfty rh9S4 rah9S4
In the East there is a unanimous feeling and
desire for n special session OF Congress, and
that just as quickly As possible. National re-
lief is needed to re-establish feeling OF Sc
curity. As to the sherman bill there is de-
mand for its repeal, though the desire for
this repeal Is a matter Of sentiment and not
based on any apparent necesslty-at least
that is the way look at It,
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
THE DENVER FIRE BOARD.
The Governor Removes &. II. stone and
Geo. II. Phelps.


Governor Waite has removed c. b. Stone
and Geo H. Phelps from the Denver Fire
and Police Board and appointed Jackson OrI
aud A. j. Rogers in their places.
The reasons as cited by Governor Waite are
as follows;
Upon the facts proved find that upon
April Is one Coryell levied blackmail upon
certain gamblers OF the city of Denver upon
the pretense that he was authorized so TO do
by the cit; authorities The next day thi.
action OF Corycll was brought TO the notice of
the Fire and Police Board. At that time no
grand jury was in session, although one had
been called and was expected to be In session
IN week or ten days. Mr., Martin of the
board proposed the immediate arrest of Cory
ell, but Messrs. Stone and Phelps were Of the
opinion that the matter had better 20 before
the grand jury, and the board decided.
Coryell was afterward indicted by the grand
jury, and, 1t Is understood, for the ofIense
named. Although the crime, rs confessed by
Coryell and published In the papers, involved
the integrity Of the chief of police, no invcs-
tigation Of any kind of his connection If any
with said ofIensc except some private inquir-
les by Messrs. stone and Phelps was ever had.
Ccryell, both before and after his indictment.
was allowed by the chief to visit his Office and
have interviews with him.
''Chief Ncatch could see no improprety In
such action. Commissioner Martin called
the attention Of Commissioner Phelps to this
matter and expressed the opinion that this
conduct was very imprudcnt under the cir
cumstances. Mr.. Phelps agreed with Mr..
Martin, but never mentioned the matter to
Chief Neatch He says he did question the
chief, but MIR veatch says that neither Mr..
Stone nor Mr.. Phelps ever said anything
about his interviews with Coryell.
at is not necessary 10 find, nor do 1 find,
that Messrs Stone aud Phelps were corruptly
interested in the otYense of Coryel., but do
find on the part Of Messrs. Stone and Phelps,
and Of each of them, such failure to recog-
nize the gravity Of the situation-the necessity
of some prompt and effective action to exon
crate the police authorities Of the city from
any connection, real or apparent, with the
Coryell matter, and such incompetency in
allowing Coryeli the freedom Of the police
office for consultation and under circum-
stances which might plausibly he considered
confidential that such conduct amounts to
neglect of duty, and merits, therefore, re-
moval from Office
Messrs. Stone and Phelps declare the cause
for removal is not sufficient and they will
contest the matter In the courts.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
Mountain. of Coal on Fire.

Three mountains of coal still blaze and SIM
mer at the storage yard of the Philadelphia ~
Rending Coal Company at Bun io where the
fire occurred on the Goth, and the aspcct at
the scene is one Of desolation. Fifteen acres
of ground are covered with the charred and
blackened ruins Of trestles, cars, outhouses
offices and scale platforms. 1t is impossible
to do anything to save the coal that has not
yet caught fire except by carrying II away.
An extra switch line capable Of holding forty
cars has been run from the main yard to the
burning coal mountain, and large forces of
men are working day and night filling cars
and sending them out on the main tracks, but
not more than 10000 tons can possibly be
saved.
The fire has worked its way under the piles,
and every little while an avalanche OF good
coal will rush down from the top, showing a
bed OF Redeemed coal beneath. Forty thou
sand tons. representing t20O, 900, will be con
sumed. Besides the immense loss on coal aud
sheds there is also the loss Of sixty freight
cars. Twenty Of these were owned by the
Reading, and the other forty by other lines,
and these latter the company will have to
pay for. The total loss Is now figured at
Ss0O, 900. II some method Of extinguishing
the fire In the coal 10 not found, 1t will proba-
bly, burn and shoulder for months,
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
THE FORD BUILDING DISASTER.
The Coroner's Jury Condemns Ainsworth.
Dnnt. Covert and sas.c.

The Coroner'- Jury Condemns Ainsworth.
Dnnt. Covert and sss.c.
The coroner's inquiry into the causes of the
recent fatal disaster Mt Washington reached
an end on the 18Th.
After being out two hours the Jury returned
a verdict setting forth that Frederick b. Lof-
tus came to his death by the fall Of Ford's
thcater building on June o, 1893 They reciie
the fact that George W. Dant was the con-
tractor under the government for the work in
progress which caused the disaster and all the
circumstances connected with the accident,
and lind that Frederick c. Ainsworth, in
charge of the building, William G, Covert,
superintendent: Francis Sassc, the engineer,
and George W. Dant, the contractor. are re-
sponsible for the killing OF Lotus. The
jurors further lind that the failure of the gov
crnment of the United States to provide for
skilled superintendence of the work OF repair
and alteration Of lts buildings In charge of
the war department: is most unbuslnessli like
and rcprehenslble, and are of the opinion
thailIf such superintendent had been provided
in the case OF the work on the Ford theatcr
building the awful tragedy might have been
ayertcd. Contractor Dant IS very i'll at his
residence.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
K,ilcd hY a nlxhMnym,n.

An attempt was made to rob the mail stage
from lone To Jackson, California, Thursday
evening by a lone hlghw,yman. On the out
side were the driver Clinton RadcllN. Wells
Fargo Guard Michael Toyey. and one passcn-
ger. The robber was concealed at the side of
the road. Without the least warning dis
charge of weapon was heard, and Tovey In
stantly fell forward dead Six horses were
attached to the stage, and the crack Of the
rifle frightened them into gallop.
The robbcr fired again and this time the
ball glazed Radcliis back, producing n
slight flesh wound The horses continued to
woundlng two OF the animals. The stage was
carried along by the uninjured animals for
two or three hundred yards. The robber
made no effort TO follow the stage. Toycy
had been messenger for the Wells-Fargo
company for twenty years and had been
wounded three times before by road agents
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
Dropped from the Rolls.

The names Of sixty-seven clerks have been
dropped from the rolls Of the general land
Office. In making this reduction, which wa.
made obligatory BY the legislative appropria.
tion bill, Secretary Smith has been guided by
desire to raise the standard OF the service
and to that end politics has not been permit
ted 10 enter into the question ol who should
be dismissed and who retained. Is is known
that clerks with no political support have
been retained, while others having the friend
ship and influence Of prominent Democratic
senator's and members of the House, and
others high in Official life, have been dis
missed. The strict rule of efficiency, shaded
now aud then by desire not to inflict toe
great hardship, has been the controlling
force in making al removals.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24

THE President has taken steps to
prevent any further disasters in the
public buildings at the capital BY
his direction the supervising architect
and the superintendent of public build
ings are to examine thoroughly every
building in Washington occupied for
public purposes, as to its safety, venti-
lation and lighting. The President,
ii is said, is indignant at the criminal
carclessness which marked the CON
trol of the old Ford building He had
never heard that 1T was unsafe, nor
had the fact that an excavation was be
ing made ever been reported to him.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
Young Dc Lcsaepa Relcased.

Considerable excitement has been caused
in Paris by the decision of the court of ccssa.
tion on the appeal OF Charles De Lcsscps and
the other defendants convicted of fraud in
connection with the Panama Canal Company
The court handed down It's decision quashing
the sentences on the ground that the statut.
of limitations covered the oHenses charged
and that the indictment on which the prison
er. were tried was Irregular. In consequence
OF this decision NJ. EiiIel was at once liberat.
ed from prison. VI. Charles De Lesseps, who
is in the st. Louis hospital suffering from an
acute attack of dyspepsia, was informed that
he was at liberty, but was too III TO leave the
hospital Thus ends one of the greatest
criminal cases France has ever known, in
which the names of men prominent in politi-
cal and social life were badly smirchcd, and
which caused one man, Baron De Rcinach, to
commit suicide and two or three others Ia
flee the country
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24

TuE recent celebration at St Paul
of the completion of the Great North
crn railroad was an event of more than
ordinary Importance. 1t was tcsti
mony to the perseverance and wonder
full financial ability of the Hon. Jas
j. Hill, and to the esteem in which
he is held by his fellow townsmeu.
The Great Northern is probably the
largest railway enterprise ever success
fully consummatcd without govern.
ment aid Its value in assisting in
the development of the rich country
through which it passes is inestimable.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24

A STRONG effort, led by such men as
ex Speaker Reed, Bourkc Cochran and
others. is to be made this year to Sc
cure an important reform in the House
OF Representatives These gentlemen
want the desks removed. Their plan
is to set apart a sufficient space for
benches to hold the members and to
partition off writing rooms around the
outer part of the room. This change
would work a real and valuable reform
1t would secure attention to business
1t would bring the members together
in a compact body. 1t would stop the
ceascless clapping of hands for pages
which renders attention even on the
part of those who wish to attend we'll
nigh hopeless.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
The city Tests It.

New York, June l0.-Thc Recorder will de
tail tomorrow the cure of several consump-
tive patients at Wards Island under the di-
rection of the city authorities As only char-
~ patients In the last stage Of consumption
are admitted there, the hocordsr claims the
cure, for which 1t awarded DR.. W. X. Amck
OF Cincinnati 81 900, has accomplished some
thing almost miraculous 1t says also that the
Cincinnati doctor has agreed to keep the hos
pltal supplied with medicine sufficient for all
Its consumptiye cases at his own expense; as
only third stage cases are taken there no more
severe test could be invited. While II is now
generally admitted that the Amick discovery
Is certain specific in the earlier stages OF
consumption, Amlck has never heretofore
claimed that 1t would cure more than 20 per
cent. of third stage consumptlvcs. In this
test just made by the city three out of four
were either cured or asto1ishingly benefited
Ii is easy enough for any sufferers from the
disease to test the new discovery through
their family physician, for Amick sends
medicines for the purpose free OF cost, and in
vites impartial test of 1t by the medical pro-
u. eyeryyyhpre
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
A PLUckY FIREMAN.
He Bluns or Party of Missouri Train
Robbers.

Robbers.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob a train was
made near St Joseph, Missouri, on Friday
night.
The train had stopped at arailroad crossing
and was again getting under headway when
the fireman stepped down on the deck OF the
locomotive to wet down the coal in the tender.
For this purpose he attached the sprinkling
hose to the boiler of the engine and the steam
ing hot water was sizzling over the dry coal
In the tender when the signal bell on the en-
gnc sounded to stop the train. The signal
was accompanied by hoarse shout and 'he
fireman looked UP to see In the darkness the
form Of man clambering over the top oil the
tender toward the cab. In his hand the man
grasped revolver In the dim light from
the gauge lamp the fireman descerned I'M,
much and then without a moments hesitation
he turned the hose full upon the craving
figure on top Of the coal pile and the boiling
hot water struck the fellow fair and square
The action OF the fireman precipltated the
conflict. The rohbcr squirmed with pain,
raised his pistol and fired. The bullet sped
harmlessly through the cab. The fireman
dropped the hose and made for his seat-oox
in the cab, where he had loaded six shooter
This he secured as another bullet from the
bandits revolver hattened itself out against
the iron door of the tircboS, and he answered
It by two shots In quick succession at the dis
appearing figure crawling back toward the
mail ear.
At the first shot the engineer also went Tor
his siS-shucter. -Four men were seen TO Jump
from the head end OF the hrst car and run
westward toward the river. Both the engi-
necr and firemen took several shots at the NY
Ing figures but without effect, and the train
was again put under way. At the first station,
l-land Park, six miles this side OF the at
tempted hold-up, message was sent to Coun'
ell Bluffs. and when the train reached Ham
burg dispatch was sent to the officials Al
St Joseph. The whole occurrence occupied
/ but a few minutes The train was running al
a speed Of twenty miles AN hour when the sig
nal was given to stop. not having attained full
1 speed after passing the crossing. Conductor
| Hemingway and the passengers were unaware
/ Of what was going on until the fight was oycl
and the train was again under hcadway
| That the men were desperately intent upor
/ robbery there is no doubt, the express cal
! contained not less than 10000. There is M
1 clue TO them yet, but a vigorous search is be
| ing made for the robbers.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24

A RECENT visit to the great fair at
Chicago proved to the writer that not
one half of its glorics had been told.
Words are inadequate to describe the
beauty of the buildings and the wealth
of the exhibits. Every corner of the
globe seems to have been ransackcd
for things curious and beautiful. Ii
rronasfc rttrnte L, lpc,nr Il 'tinsGcia,
success, that the present generation
will have another opportunity of sec
ing its equal.
The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24

CuAuNcEY DEPEw has been heard
from again and in a way that does him
credit. Despite the fact that he is
closely identified with the monied men
Of New York, he declines to join the
gold bug howl for the repeal of the
Sherman law. He says: 81 believe
that the financial stringcncy and scare
is about over. Among the monied
men in the East there is unanimous
feeling and desire for a special session
of Congress, and that just as quickly
as possible. National relief is needed
to re establish feeling of security.
As to the Sherman bill there is de-
mand for its repeal, though the desire
for this repeal is a matter of sentiment
and not based on any apparent necls-
sity--at least that is the way l look At
il"