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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
Tbs North Galveston Brick Plant.

The kiln of red pressed brick that
was opened few days ago at North
Galveston. Tex. revealed n quality
of material which was pronounced by
experts as fully equal in destiny, du-
rability and color to the best St.
Louis pressed brick. The North Gal
weston Brick company is pretty big
concern. The machines, buildings,
yards and general capacity equals
some of the best plants in the coun-
try. More factories being built, a
steady increase in population and an
abundant influx of capital seems to
be the present record of this thrifty
young city. For particulars call on
or address Rooster & Martin, 1915
Second avenue, the local agents, or
address the North Galveston Associ-
alton, box 963. Minneapolis. MINI.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
ON A TEAR.
Nicholas Mertz Causes a Policeman and
Himself Considerable Trouble.


Himself Considerable Trouble.
Nicholas Mertz, the baker, living
on Third avenue, is, ordinarily
speaking, an unoffending citizen, at
tending strictly to his own business.
But when he is under the influe
of alcoholic beverages, which is I'M
fortunately his condition at certain
intervals, he is a terror to all with
whom he comes in contact. One of
these certain intervals came last
night and Mertz was as usual ready
to knock a chip off anybody's should
er or to fight at the drop of the hat.
He was driving up Third avenue
about 9 O'Clock, when at Fifteenth
street the wagon gave a sudden lurch,
Mertz lost his equilibrium and fell
out upon the hard pavement. He
lay motionless as he full, while the
horse ran on to Seventeenth, where
he was caught without further dam
ages.
A citizen however, who saw Mertz
fall ran to him and upon examination
thinking him dead, hurried to police
headquarters. where he communicate
ed his belief that the man had broken
his neck in the fall, and was dead. A
number of policemen went to the
scene and carried Mertz to the station
and placed him on cot, and had
just sent message for physician
when the man revived and forthwith
began to abuse all about him. In
due time he was quoted. and Officer
Carlson drove him to his home on
Third avenue in his own wagon.
An Unlocked for Blow.
The officer was in the act of I'M
hitching Merits horse for him. when
| the latter deliberately dealt the
policeman blow on the right eye
and also clutch ed him by the throat.
Carlson shook him off and then con-
| veying him to the alarm box. called
| the patrol and took him back to the
station. Later in the night he was
| released in order that his batch of
| bread that had been made up for this
| morning might not be neglected, and
this evening he will have a hearing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11

All property holders are hereby
notified to thoroughly clean their
premises, dumping the refuse in the
alley. If done at once such refuse
will be removed by the city wagons.
JAS. BLAIsDELL.
Supt of Streets
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
PleaSeS Us.

1t pleases most everybody TO have people cay II like
you" or Il am pleased with the way you did this
that We ara so aufu ly human
1t "jolles up to hear ever body raving
beautiful new and jackets. and it pleases
more TO hear many nice words said about our fits
We like it, it inspires try aud do better
Tans green and browns prevail season blending
the beautiful shades of with natures glo-
rlOus season, spring.
We do not like to say much about magnificent
stock of jackets and customers doing
the advertising extensively for but wish
menon that there quite lot of new received
on Friday another lot saturday, expect lot
more on Monday, which will cap the climax for style,
beauty and lowness of prlce ali considered.
SpeciaL-Wait few days. load of China and
Japanese matt1ngs will be received early his week.
All our Gust ,mels know that last prices
mattings only half what others asking for
them This lot will be exception.
You will see big crowd great four days
staple domestic sa' e this
MCCABE BROS.
1920, 1922, and 1924 Second ave
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
A BUSY SESSION.
That Held by the City Council
Last Evening.
OFFICIAL RESULT OF THE ELECTION

The Figures Here tofore Published in the
Argus Fully Su stained--A Spiteful
Scheme for Revenge by the McConochie-
ties Happily Observation-Disclosures RECON-
mendations from the Health Depart
ment at which the Blow Armed
The Proceedings.
At the adjourned meeting of the
city council last evening, the first
business of Importance came up with
Aid. Bladel's resolution to abolish
the office of health commissioner.
1t was apparently purely partisan
measure and pretty small one at
that. Aid. Dauber asked for an eX-
PLANTATION of such n move at just this
time when the country is threatened
with a plague, and when unusual
sanitary precautions should be taken
rather than to curtail them. Then
Aid. Bladel displayed his ignorance
by saving that the scheme was to
consolidate the office with that of
city marshal which would do just so
well and save money. Aid. Dauber
moved that if the resolution passed,
it take effect one year from date.
Aid. Hotter moved to lay it on the
table. The vote on Mr.. Hetter's
motion showed tie in which the
mayor voted an emphatic ..no." The
vote stood:
Ayes-Bladel. johnson, Knox, Ken
| nedy, Schroeder, Nelson.-6.
| Nays-kinner, Hetter, Corken.
| Fickenscher. Dauber. Huesing.-6.
Aid. Dau Jer's motion was likewise
defeated. Aid. Evans was in the
| meantime absent from the chamber,
| and Aid. Huesing insisted that he
| should he called in as he was in the
| building and that the motion be taken
up in its original form again. The
| mavor ruled, Aid. Huesing's position
out of order. Mr.. Huesing protested
| and accused the mayor of ''snap
| Judgment" but at this junction Aid.
| Evans entered and a motion that the
| council take another vote on the
proposition to table was promptly
| ruled out of order The vote on Aid.
| Bladel's resolution to abolish the
health commissioner office was then
| called and the resolution defeated.
| Aid. Bladel called for the ayes and
| navs. He wanted to put them on
| record anyway" and he got his wish.
! Here it is:
Ayes-Bladel. johnson. Kennedy,
Schroeder. Nelson-5.
Navs-kinner, Hetter. Corken.
| Fickenscher, Huesing. Dauber, Knox,
| Evans-S.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
Canvassing the Returns.

The time having now arrived for
the counting of the returns. the
chair appointed Aids. Kinner, Mel
son, Kennedy and Evans to canvass
the returns. announcing that he had
appointed n committee in mo WAYS
interested in the returns and as he
was interested he called upon Aid.
Bladel to take the chair. His honor
then took his hat and was seen no
more during the evening. The re-
suit of the canvass viii he seen by
reference to the official record to cor
respond exactly with the figures
given in the ARGUS the day following
the election.
The council thereupon declared T.
j. Medill, Jr., elected mayor; A. ID.
Huesing. city clerk; c. F. Lynde, city
treasurer; j. l.. Haas, city attorney;
w. f. Schroeder, police magistrate;
the following aldermen being declared
elected: First ward, William Roth:
Second ward, Fred Schroeder: Third
ward, Daniel Corken; Fuorth ward
W. c. Maucker; Fifth ward, Robert
Kuschman; Sixth ward, j. +. Cramer
Seventh ward, c. w. Foss.
There was something of varying
sentiment as to whether the hospital
tax had carried, but the opinion of
the city attorney that it required a
majority of all the votes cast at the
election to carry it, clearly showed
that the proposition had been defeat
ed, which in view of the fact that
Rock Island has secured good hos
pital since the need of such an insti-
tuition suggested the levy. should
meet with popular approval.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11

For young persons whose happiness lies
in outdoor life and the study of nature, no
department Of natural science offers a more
inviting and promising field than applied
entomolopl
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
Pretty small Spitewori>.

Thus persisted the last desperate
effort of McConochieiSm, purely
spiteful piece of work, which it was
sought to carry out no matter what
the sacrifice to that which the people
hold of the highest Importance, proper
sanitary regulations, so it gratified
vindictive spirit. The necessity of
the mayors vote on the first motion
to summarily dispose OF Aid. Bladel's
original resolution by LAYING it on the
table and on which the mayor as
sumed negative position showing
his sympathy with the course,
demonstrates again how far he may
actually be depended upon in stick
ing either to Il position or friend.
1t will he remembered that in his
manly letter published in the
Union of Friday last, reviewing the
results of the election, he declared:
After Il consultation with my sue
cessor and if agreeable to him l will
endeavor to conduct the remaining
weeks of my administration to con-
form with his views so as not to en-
barrass him in any way whatever in
carrying out the plans and objects
he NAV have in view. This being
year when most people fear vista
ton of Asiatic cholera l had intended
to take early steps for rigid en-
forcement of all sanitary laws"
Yet last evening he evinced by his
vote disposition not only to cripple
the sanitary department of the city
at time when the city needs it the
most, but he sought to cripple the
incoming administration at the same
time by depriving it of this import
ant official, instead of conducting the
remaining weeks of his administra-
ton $50 as not to embarrass him in
any way" as he voluntarily avowed
his purpose of doing. Let us rejoice,
therefore, that the outgoing mayor,
with his clique of followers, is not all
powerful in carrying out his plans of
revenge.
Rock Island needs health COM
missioner more than ever this year,
and it needs practical physician
at that, more than ever before.
A communication was read from
Health Commissioner Eyster, which
had been sent in at a previous meet
ing, but had been misplaced appar-
emily, relative to precautionary
measures as to prevention against
the possibility of invasion of
cholera during the coming summer
and which is of such Importance that
it is appended in full;
Cholera Precautions.
To the Hon. the Mayor, and City
Council: In view of the fact that
cholera still exists in Europe and that
the Geographic dispatches daily note
the occurrence of cases in cities in
frequent commercial communication
with America, i deem it important
to urge the Immediate prosecution of
work needed to put our own city in
good sanitary condition. l do not
wish to pose in the form of an alarm
list, for / do not think the conditions
now existent necessarily mean the
prevalence of cholera in this country
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11

Sanitary science is now possessed of
more elaborate and efficient means of
combating the spread of this dis
ease than ever before, and there is no
question that the quarantine precau-
tions at all seaports and points of en-
try are most effective and the author
tiles awake and vigilant to prevent
its introduction. Despite all these
precautions, the possibility exists
that this dread disease may gain an
entry and prevail throughout the
country during the coming summer.
With this possibility existent, it is
certainly the part of wisdom to make
the local conditions as little favora-
BILE to its prevalence as possible. 1t
is fact, and fact of the utmost i'm
portance. that on its march of de-
struction. cholera has been known to
absolutely avoid localities that were
sanitarily clean. 1t is an imported
disease. No amount of local filth
Will originate n case of cholera with
out the presence of the imported spe
citic germs. But once the imported
germs are present, the the existence
OF unsanitary conditions favors its
propagation and spread with amaZ-
ing rapidity. Absolute cleanliness,
while its might not prevent an out
break in a community, yet will in the
opinion of all authorities, very much
mitigate its prevalence and severity.
The winter here has been long and
severe; large quantities of household
refuse mixed with ashes have accum-
INFLATED in yards and alleys, which
while frozen have been comparative
ly inocuous. but now with warm sun
of spring are beginning to decom-
pose and breed conditions which
would be very dangerous were a case
of cholera to be introduced into our
midst. | therefore wish to recon-
mend that there be no delay in clean
ing this refuse from the alleys, but
that the work be started at once. |
would also recommend that the coun-
ell authorize the immediate prosecu-
ton of the work of the garbage wag-
ons in the collection and removal of
household waste throughout the city.
An early beginning of both these
works | consider of vital interest to
the city. Very respectfully,
q. l.. EYSTER.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
BOned Tt.rkeU,

II your skill or that OF your butcher
can compass 1t, boned turkey Is a most
delicate dish. Place inside of It a small
boned fowl and fill the interstices with
sausage meat or any preferred dressing.
When you carve cut the slices quite
through. ! should prefer a well-seasoned
bread dressing for filling the body OF the
fowl. and boiled chestnuts with melted
butter for filling the spaces in the body
of the turkey. A celery stuffing Is ex-
cellent and made by mixing a puree of
boiled and mashed celery with the bread
crumbs, and three-quarters of an hour
before the bird Is done his body shall be
festooned with homemade, country, link
sausages. turned every few minutes so
that they shall be as delicious brown
as the turkey itself. A wild turkey is a
great delicacy II you can procure one
that Is not too old.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
IrALY's KING TIRED OF HIS JOB.

King Humbert OF Italy Is thinking OF
throwing up his Job, which pays him
about s., 100000 a year. The people do not
seem to like his way OF running the
Italian Kingdom, and rather than keep
on hurting their feelings by reigning in
style that doesn't meet their approba-
tion he is willing to pack mis- tools and
march up to the cashiers desk next sal
AIRY day and be paid on
lie wants to keep the Job In the fam
ily, though. and will make arrange
ments to have his son tackle the throne
and sceptre business after he quits II.
Old Hum. shows his good sense in doing
this, as 100000 year is lot OF money
for royal family 10 be separated from
suddenly and without any certainty
about where the next half-pound OF
macaroni or pint of garlic was coming
from.
Hard times don't hit crowned heads
as hard as they do heads OF families IN
Mulberry street, which fact King Hum
bert would soon learn II he had tc
climb out and hustle for his living wher
he gets through Ringing, And men are
not throwing up. 10000 a year sits
every day. Not many OF us could affort
to, at the present juncture, any way
But our friend Hum. is doing what ht
thinks is best for himself and his coun
try, and he has a string the size of q
Broadway cable tied to his salary. So
little Italy need not fear that 1t Will hav,
to raise a fund for the King this Winter
should he quit work.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
HE DIDN'T BREAK THE BANK.

Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew has been en-
joying himself Mt Nice. Yesterday he
drove over TO Monaco. and visited the
rooms at Monte Carlo, 1t Is said. for the
first time in his life.
Naturally, a man with Mr.. Depew's
inquiring mind became at once inter
ested in the game OF rouge ct woir.
While he stood looking on, a lady, one
OF his companions. slipped a five-franc
piece on one OF the little spaces at the
end OF the row OF figures. and soon drew
back three five-franc pieces as win
nings. TRY again." said the Railroad
President. and the lady did try three
times. but each time her five-franc
pieces were raked In. "Ah! see." re-
marked Mr.. Depew. the bank gets II
ALL"
Well. is 1t not the Same everywhere?
In New York. as at Monte Carlo-in rail-
roading as at roulette? Is 1t not the rule
that "the bank gets 1t all?"
The experience was enough for the
President. He passed scatheless through
all the rooms. Even the charm OF trente
ct quarante failed to captivate him. and
Mr.. Depew went back to his hotel with.
out making an attempt to emulate the
man who broke the bank at Monte
Cprlr
The evening world., 1893-12-07
Dtnuers and Table TaIH.

The conversation at the dinner table
should be general. unless the company
Is large and the table too long to ad-
nit of 1t. But. In any case, each one
is responsible. first of all, for keeping
up pleasant chat with his or her neigh
boz, and not allowing that one to be
neglected while attention is riveted on
some aggressively brilliant talker at the
other end of the table. No matter
how unentertaining ones partner may
be. one must be thoughtful and enter
tanning, and such kind attention may win
the lifelong gratitude of timid debu-
tante or the equally unsophisticated
country cousin.
Dinner-sable talk should be affable.
The host and hostess must be alert to
turn the conversation from channels that
threaten antagonisms of opinions and
each guest should feel that 1t is more
important just now to make other peo-
ple nappy than to crafty his impulse
to floor" them on the tariff question.
In short, at dinner. as under the most
social conditions, the watchword ever
in mind should be: mot to myself
alone"
The evening world., 1893-12-07
WELL, WHY MOTT

The Senate yesterday adopted Senator
Hoar's resolution asking the President
to send to Congress II, in his opinion. not
inconsistent with the public interests all
the instructions sent TO our representa-
tives in Hawaii since March 4. 1881.
The Republicans all supported the reso-
luton. They meant It for mischief
Senator Hill backed their hands and
spoke in favor OF the resolution. He
meant It for justice and right. He was
entirely correct when he maintained the
position that the American people ex-
pected to receive information on the
subject In the Presidents message. and
that 1t was proper that Congress should
obtain It for them in the manner pro-
posed.
1t Is seldom wise to withhold the facts
in any manner from the public. There
are. of course. occasions when It would
be injudicious to let facts be known
But in such cases the President with.
holds them and gives his reasons. as he
will in this instance. provided he con.
siders such course expedient.
The only mistake Senator Hill made
was in designating the words 'if in his
opinion not inconsistent with the public
interests" as unnecessary. They are
essential in all such cases, and theil
omission would have been unwise.
The evening world., 1893-12-07

return OF property by veiled lady and
an end OF proceedings. Next. a young
man walks into his house and Is in
formed that he has been stabbed. lie is
wearing a pound-and-a-hal dagger. with
the point of 1t thrust completely Though
the side of his face, but does not realize
1t until his brother pulls the weapon out.
The stabbing is laid TO a bcggar who
approached the wounded man few
minutes before he felt sharp blow In
the face. Their there Is the mystery Of
Mr.. George Gould's kindness to a dis
tressed Chicago young woman turned
into a dema ID for n $4,000 check. This
metropolis is sometimes a strange world
all by itself.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
FIotctrs in the Housr.

A tiny garden can be made BY cutting
piece Of sheet wadding to fit the top of
a bowl or wide -mouthed jar, which Is
filled with water just high enough for
the bottom OF the wadding to touch 1t.
Two or three small bits of charcoal will
keep the water pure, and, when all Is ar
ranged, the top OF the wadding Is sprin-
killed. with seeds OF mignonette, sweet pea
or any other easily grown plant The
roots pierce down through the wadding
and are nourshed by the water, while
leaves and blossoms, in reasonable
time. conceal the top. There is but one
flower more beautiful that the morning
glory on the outside of the bay window,
and that is n morningglory trained up
on the inside of the window, and in
full bloom while the Winter storms are
raging and the thermometer is below
zero. They can be grown with very lit
tie trouble.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
AsPHALTIC ALDERMEN.

Aldermanic Combines are by no
means rare. History records the con-
ception, progress and results OF one in
1884. together with the subsequent fate OF
the combiners.
1t Is observable that these combina-
tons are rarely II ever made in the in
terest of the city. They have their
origin in a burglarious desire to break
into good thing" wherever one is dis
covered. or supposed to be discovered,
from which the Aldermen are excluded.
The good thing just now scented by
the Aldermanic nose Is the spending of
more than a million dollars year on
asphalt pavement The well-drilled. so
The evening world., 1893-12-07
WORlDLlkGS.

It Is expected that the Cape Cod cranberry boss
will produce 10000 barrels OF the red berries
this season.
Nor. than Sc.o 900 women In Michigan support
themselves In other lines OF work than that OF
domestic service.
II is estimated by an agricultural stAtisticiAn
that one potato can in ten years be made TO pro-
duce 10, 900 ooc. 900 potatoes.
Carl Rourke. OF Trail County. IN North Dakota.
who died a week ago. weighed $50 pounds and
was reputed to be the largest man In this country
The Germans have discovered that q sa,isfae-
tory kind OF paper can be made from the refuse
hops that have hitherto gone to waste In brew
cries
one OF the African Steamship company's vessels
recently steamed for sixty miles near Senegal
through iocusts that thIekly covered the surface
OF the water.
Whalehone has been selling as low as % q pound
In New Bedford. The decline Ia due In the un-
preeedsntsd catch Of tbs whaling ve,sels In tAe
Arctic Ocean last wiatsF.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
No Wife on % Q Week.

To the Edltors
I would like TO know what Carlos" who earns
only IS a week, wants a wife for. To starve hcr'
Where does he expect to get the money to pay the
minister provide the wedding feast furnish the
home. and pay sit to SIS rent! l think he has a
very low opinion Of North American young ladies'
and that a hard. working German girl, who would
taks IA washing and let him carry the clothes
home. would suit him better than a young lady
well brought up and accustomed to good home
and abundance OF food to eat and clothes to wear.
What has he got to give herr He is not pretty
taccoriing to his own confession), nor rich. and
love alone does not boil the pot He had better
drown his idea OF marrying until he earns from
SIS to $40 a week. for 1t is easier to support one
on IS than two. JULIA HILBERT. wooiawn
The evening world., 1893-12-07
She shot 1T 4 PARIS DOCTOR.
Says She Was Hvpno,ized by a
Pupil Of Charoot.
italian Troubles Grow worse-Gen-
erai Nevs by Cable.
nv Assoclated Pressl

PARIS. Dec. 7.-Dr. Tourette, a we'll
known pupil OF the late DIR. Charcot,
was shot while seated in his consulting
room yesterday evening.
DIR. Tourette was seated at his desk.
reading a book. at about =. NJ, when
the door of his consulting room was
roisclessly opened, and a pretty young
woman, with very bright eyes and a
nervous manner, entered and rapidly ap-
preached the doctor. The latter, upon
hearing the rustic OF the woman's dress
and the sound OF her footsteps turned
his head and appears to have sprung to
his feet and attempted to escape from
the room.
The woman fired three shots at him
with a revolver before he could make
his exit, one bullet taking effect behind
DR.. Tourette's right ear.
The shots attracted the doctors ser
want and other people to the room, and
the woman was seized and disarmed.
w len placed in the hands of the po-
lice the young prisoner at first refused to
give any account of herself but later
on she said her name was Camper, and
excitedly declared that she was justi-