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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
ss,swer Paris u,,s.s,r,,.

LONDON, Feb. 16.-The steamer
Paris was sighted this morning of
Reaches Point Mt anchor with signal.
Her rudder is disabled. She sailed
from Southampton for New York
Feb. 10. and was 800 miles out when
the accident occurred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
Omccr. nj the Associated Prc.s.

CHICAGO, Feb. IL AT n meeting Of the
board of directors Of the Associated Press
Victor +. Lawson was elected president;
Horace White, Of the New York Evening
Post. first vice president; Melville +.
Stone. secretary and general manager:
Charles :. Diehl, assistant SECRETARY and
assistant general manager, George
Schneider. treasurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

faithful friends from Gravcseud. Mr..
Shepard and the counse! for the prosecu-
tion sat around their tables. Clerk Byrne
agreed upon verdict.
we have, was the answer.
"What is it.''
Guilty.
The prisoner sat quiet. bu. his friends
were very much affected. The verdict
may mean an imprisonment in s1nte pris-
ON for two years or ten, ut the discretion
of the court. The case grew ont Of some
election crookeGness at Grayesend last
fall, the charge against Mckaie being
conspiracy To falsify election returals
Assaulted by Hired ToughS
Several prominent citizens of 3ndepen-
dent political tendencies who volunteered
to see that no fraud was attemntc6 in Nc
kane's domain at the fall electionwere as
saulted by his hirri gang of toughs
thrown into Jail, and then driven out of
town. Mckane refused to obey IN in Juno
tion issued by the supreme court cf Kings
county, tearing up the document with the
insOlent> remark: "lnjunctiols gion't 60
here. VIC are not afraid of courtsS On the
morning of election day he called to his
aid an army of Coney islald thugs
and drove all the respectable inhabitants
of the town. as well as the eiectigb officers,
away. A reign of terror ensue and re-
suited in the overthrow OF Nick e's party
in Kings county, in which Broo11yn is sit
uated. Mckane is deacon anlkhe most
liberal supporter of a churslkH4 Sunday
schoo! at Gravesend. He "a fepuled to be
worth sl,0cO.ooo. made i,y owning and
leasing dives a; Coney island.
MckNue Taken tn I'M
Mckane WAS taken to the RAYMOND
Street Jail to wait the sentencj which is
to be pronounced upon him -ari, Monday
morning at 3 O'Clock. Onluehe che kency to
which the jury SO earnestly u3nmended
him stands between tie ex-cxaf I Graves
end and term of incarceration a prison.
In view of this the prisoner msk receive
something less than the full liuI& of the
law. An appeal to the general Term and
to the court of appeals stand in de way of
the execution of the sentence whatever it
may I've. But the lawyers who I've heard
the trial feel confident that the appeals
mean merely delay and not revelSnl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
Liberty t:nliehtcnius the World.

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 16.-From Ogle-
thorpe comes story of such horrible
murder that Governor Northen has
doubled the usual reward for the criminal.
Bob Collins respectable negro, wds
dragged from his home by seven white
men, stripped, beaten with u buggy trace,
scraped and cut with n blunt knife and
lef; naked nearly seven hours in freezing
atmosphere. He died jus: after being
md
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
r...c i-s.Iy Fatally Isjur..l.

La CrussE, wis., Feb. l6.-An electric
car collited with sled containing three
yuung people. All were more or less in
iurvIi Niss Angie Rogers sustained .
sootus;oo On her head that caused COM
pIese paralysis, and win probably result
In M dsash. She n about ~ years Of
-. accumplished. and we'll coanected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

DAxvfllx, MS, Feb. lC.-Daniel Close
a PAiIadelphia ard william Kunze Of
T.srr Hsuse wrrc held in bonds Of o.. 900
esch hy United Ststes Commissioner Will
lrr for stealing . mail pouch containing
.1,mc les;ers lost st Danvillc Junction.
IIoeh men wcrc sent to Jail. kunze made
\ cuu6r.aion and says that he is the one
Mo should hear all the blame They
clsim to be nsecisanics cut Of employ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

SPEINGFIELD, Feb. 16.-The committee
on contraction and committee OH grounds
of the state fair of the state board of
agricultur have decided to expend ssj,-
90 on the fair grounds here this year, y. :
OO Of which is to be used constructing an
exhibition building A grand stand will
bc built and the mile race track turned
around to the north part Of the grounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
VERY latest
NO ACTION YET.
lhe Confirmation of Peck
ham still Withheld.
Believed the Matter will 90
Over until Monday.
ne Steamer Paris Signaled
in Distress.
Train Wrecking Fiends in
California.
General Batch of News by
Telegraph.

WAsIiiNGrON. ID. c.. Feb. 16.-At
y O'Clock this afternoon no action
had been taken vet by the senate on
the question Of Pcekham's confirma-
ton. 1t is now generally thought
the entire proceedings on this point
will go over until Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
Arr. Of iss squar. Mile. in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. l6.-ln order to settle the
conflicting figures supposed to represent
the total area Of the city Comptroller Ack-
crman recently asked Superintendent
Reiscnegger, Of the map department. for
the correct figures. The superintendent.
reports that up to date the city has lS6. IA
square miles, or l1y, l.y acres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
ri.e.rsl.a Win ..R=.," Ia,cr.sur..

PARIS, Feb. 16.-A dispatch from st. Eti.
euue says that the walls Of that city were
placarSied with . number Of anarchist
n,auifestos and It il added that number
Of the wealthy residents of st. Etienne re-
ceived By mail copies Of the manifesto
pasted upon the walls in prominent thor
Uughfarxs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

CLEVELAND, Feb. l6.-Ex Governor Fos-
t;r's assignee has made public q state
ment. Il shows that the liabilities Of
Foster & Co. are S7V0s10; assets, So, ,Sas Co.
Real value of ASSETS. ts3.3l0S5. Charles
Fosters liabilities are placed ut ei9s, ~. l3;
net assets. tl15. 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
Cossly Fsrc na Detroit,

DETROIT. Feb. 16.-Thc wholesale
drug house Of farrand. Williams n
Co. was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. with los. Of 100000. which is
partly insured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

PARIS. Feb. 16.-The ROthscild's
bank Of this city is gusrtled by an ex-
ira force of police. There is great
fear of an anarchistic demonstration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-The arguments
in the Cough!in case began this
morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16
THE COURTS INSTEAD OF STRIKES.

COasmeuts Of n Labor Leader sn Judge
Cal siwcli's Remarks to Tharstan.
DENVER, Feb. 16.-J. " Corbin, secrc.
tary Of the Union Pacific Employees asso.
citation and editor Of The Employees Maga-
zinc, referring to the refusal of Judge
Caldwell to issue an order putting in force
the schedule Endorsed by Judge Dundy
when asked to do 40 by Attorney Thurs
ton. said: The action Of Judge Cald-
well Is no surprise. rs the judge has ex-
pressed himself in this line before. The
action Of the Union Pacific employees in
going into court to protect their rights is
IN line with the demand Of public opinion
and right reason. and is the opening of the
proper place for the settlement Of difficult
ties between corporations engaged in in.
te-state commerce and their employees.
:" II employees can be brought into court
as defendants and as organized bodies
they can come in rs plaintiffs. The cor
porations In their efforts to crush organi-
zations of employees have established the
precedent and il Is one that works :both
ways. Workingmen engaged in inter
state business who now elect to 60 on
strike in preference to contesting their
rights in the forms established by the
people deserve TO he defeated in any such
attempt.
EmPlOycs Feel Good Over the Matter.
OMAHA. Feb. l6.-The employees Of the
Union Pacific are jubilant over what they
term the victory gained in st. Louis by
Judge Caldwell ordering General Solici-
tor ThurstOn to revoke the new wage
schedule order. They have been confident
all along that Judge Caldwell would not
sustain the order of Judge Dundy. =Ths
Caldwell order is declared to be the great.
est victory in recent years for organize.
labor and has demonstrated that a legal
department will be necessary adjunct of
all labor organizations in the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-16

faithful friends from Gravcseud. Mr..
Shepard and the counsel for the prosecu
tion sat around their tables. Clerk Byrne
asked the foreman of the jury if hey had
agreed upon !; verdict.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
ACID FOR MAKING SUGAR.
a Curious Process Which Has Met With
Some Success In France.

a Curious Process Which Has Met With
Some Success In France.
A very novel method of making sug-
ar has been patented in France by M.
Pellegrini Sugar is chemically com
pound of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
in such proportions that if carbonio
acid, water and certain kinds of illumf-
mating gas could be persuaded to unite
in the proper quantities the composition
of sugar would be exactly initiated
Hitherto no one has been able to make
sugar by mixing water with two kinds
Of gas, but M. Pellegrini claims to have
succeeded. The apparatus he uses con.
sists of large block of pumice stone,
cleansed by soaking first in sulphuric
acid and then in water, which is set ia
an iron box plated with nickel inside,
The length of the box is three times
that of the pumice stone block, which
is tightly fitted in the middle, and pipes
are arranged to convey the ingredients
to the empty ends of the box, as requir.
ed. Two of them enter from the sides
and serve to bring carbonic acid and
hydrocarbon gas, while another pipe
from above branches so as to reach both
empty portions of the box and conveys
steam. All the pipes are fitted with
valve and pressure gauges.
Another pipe at the bottom of the
boz serves as an outlet. At first this
pipe is closed, as is also the steam pipe
from above, and carbonic acid is forced
into one end of the box, while ethylene
gas is forced into the other under equal
pressure and in equal volumes. A few
minutes later the steam valve above is
opened and the steam forced in under
the same pressure. As the gases unite
the pressure falls, so that the supply OF
each must be kept constant. AT the end
of half an hour the supply of gas is shut
of, the outlet pipe is opened, and one of
the chambers is found to be filed with
strip containing % per cent of sugar.
The strip is drawn off for refining,
and as soon as the apparatus is cool it
is ready for fresh charge. The ethy-
lene gas can be obtained by roasting
rosin or grease, but NJ. Pellegrini's pat
ent covers other hydrocarbons, such as
petroleum products The explanation is
that the three gases are condensed in
the pores of the pumice stone and there
unite Architect.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dltion of the mucous lining of the
ssustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to
It's normal condition, hearing willsbe
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an inhamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars
for anv case of deafness tcaused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by HALLS
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free,
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
SSSold by druggists. 75c.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
rurcnuune xsce Horses.

1t may well be boast of the Ameri-
can turf that the practice of getting
att race horse has never been very
common here, and it is now several
years since the last well authenticated
case of poisoning occurred at Saratoga
This recalls the fact that the English
turf has been notorious for such sensa-
lions. Early in the century four crack
racers were poisoned at Newmarket,
and two men were arrested. The prin-
cipal in the matter escaped on atechni-
cality, but was rearrested on another
charge of horse poisoning and was
eventually hanged.
The St. Leger fayorite of 1881, a
horse named Marcus, was poisoned Oh
the day before the race. He was just
able to run, but finished last and died
soon afterward The perpetrator was
never discovered.
Even more sensational was the Tho.
cusing" of Lanercost, the first winner
of the Cambridgeshire, who was in 1912
considered a certain winner of the AS
cot cup. He was poisoned, but, like
Marcus, was able to run and finished
last. He did not die, however, but was
setired to the ,tud. New York Herald
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
sntiou1rr of smoking.

In the mortar of the tower of Kirk.
stall abbey, which fell in the year 1879,
Whitaker mentions that several little
smoking pipes" were found, showing
that the smoking of some herb or other
was in use in England 400 years before
tobacco was introduced. DR.. Petrie
mentions that pipes of bronze for smok-
ing are often found in ancient Irish tu-
null. In the monument of Donough
O'Brien, king of Thomond, who was
killed A. D. 1927 and inferred in the
abbey of Corcumrae, County Glare, he
is represented with short pipe, or du.
deem, in his mouth.
it may be observed that in some very
ancient coal workings, which were
found unGer Lambton castle s0me 30
years ago, some of these very old smok.
ing pipes we've found, and generation
or two ago not far from Lambton very
poor old folks might often be seen smok-
ing the common white Powered yarrow,
a herb frequently found in country
churchyards. Newcastle Chronicle
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
c, eoPA3RA,s NEEDLE.
SETTING the GbeIisk Aboard Ship Pretty
Piece of Engineering.

Setting the 0belisk aboard snip RreFfS
Piece of Engineering.
One of the pleasautest recollectiors
have to look back Oh, " said ADAM
Johnson, sis the fact that l was one of
the party that helped to run up the
American colors over Cleopatra needle
when it was being taken down to be
carried to New York. OuT vessel was
out in the Mediterranean with rowing
commission, and we were at Alexandris
at the time the obelisk was being NOV
ed. The big stone had been presented b!
the Egyptian government to this coun-
try, but the people were wild about hay
ing it moved. We had to place guard
around the men who were working on
the shaft, and even then there was al
most riot.
But that was one of the prettiess
pieces of engineering work l have ever
seen. The engineers who were moving
our shaft had couple of big wooden
cases built that fitted around the needle
like the pieces of wood around the lead
In a pencil There were couple of pro-
Iectiles on each side of the castings just
on the center Of gravity in the shaft,
like the trunnions on a cannon. Under
these they put lifting jacks and just
picked that immense stone off its
pedestal, swung it around horizontal
and then lowered it as gently as could
be on a -.ong sliding way, with cannon
balls under it for rollers. They had a
square hole cut in the stern of the
steamship and slid it into the hull
through that and replaced the sheathlng
outside.
Under the shaft in the inside of the
pedestal there were a lot of bronze toads
and ornaments and the Lord knows what
not that the Masons claimed were placed
there by some of their progenitors cons
ago I don't know anything about that,
thouyh, and you can leave it or cake IL.
ss yod choose.
1.-The British were not half so slick
with the obelisk they carried over to
England. They cased it up in a big
sheet iron arrangement like boiler, riv'
eted it in and foated the whole thing
off through trench dug in the SAND
down to the water. Then they rugged
jury sails on it and towed it over tc
England, but they lost three or foul
men off it before they got it in port ane
had all sorts of a time generally.
"a couple of years afterward I saw
the British obelisk set up on the cas-
bank of the Thames, and when l came
home the first thing l went TO see wa
ours in Central park. "-Washingtol
PUst
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
Positive and Negative.

The Race Question is uneettled.
But 1t is settled that Hoods Sarsapa
riila leads all remedies.
Disease marches through all lande.
But good health blesses all who take
Holds Sarsaparilla.
Dyspepsia is great foe of the hu-
MN race. But Hoods Sarsaparilla
puts it to fight.
Scrofula is one of the most terrible
OF diseases. But Hoods Sarsaparilla
expels it from the system.
The people of this day, like Job, suf-
fer from boils. But Hood Sarsa-
parila is a sovereign remedy for them.
Caterrah is one of the most dlsa-
grseable disorders But Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is sure TO relieve apd cure it.
Rheumatism racks the system like
thumb-screw. But it retreats before
the power of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Loss of appetite leads to melan-
cholia, But Hoods SaIsaparilla makes
the plainest repaSt tickle the palate.
Life is short and time is feeling,
but Hood Sarsaparilla will bless hui
manity as the ages roll On.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
MAKE YOUR OWN SNOW.
Its Curious Formation In the Full Rays Of
July Sun.

Its Curious Formation In the Full Rays Of
July sun.
Two solid bodies, one yellow, sulphur.
the other black, carbon, unite under GER
tain circumstances to form a colorless
liquid called sulphide of carbon, which
must be handled with much precaution
on account of its great explosive prop
erty. The soluble property of sulphide
of carbon renders it valuable to take
spots off of garments. If its odor is
more disagreeable than that of benzine
or turpentine, it has at least the advan.
tage of being dispelled quickly in col.se-
quence of the prompt evaporation of the
liquid There is nothing equal to it to
take of spots of paint on clothes. II
does not do it, however, without Great
Ing great fear in persons who use it for
the first time, for they see on the very
place where, TO their great pleasure, the
paint had disappeared large white
spot, the nature of which is hard for
them to define, and the more they brush
the more unsightly and the larger that
white spot grows. Is then the garment
lost? No, for fortunately after few
moments the spot melts away never &c
show again 1t was snow and nothing
more The sulphide of carbon in evapo-
rating takes heat from the cloth and
surrounding air, and the result of that
is sudden lowering Of temperature suf-
6cient to freeze the vapor of the atmos-
phere.
Without operating on your clothes
you may make the experiment in the
following way: Fill a small vial with
sulphide of carbon, taking great care tc
do it far from all flame or heated stove.
Then close the bottle with a cork stopper
through whichyo have previously bored
q small hole In this hole place piece
of plotting paper made up into small
roll The paper must reach to the bot
tom of the bottle and about an inch
above the cork Within 10 minutes you
will see the outside of this paper cover
ed with snow, the quantity of which
gradually increases. The liquid has risen
through the pores of the paper as the oil
Of lamp through the wick. When it
gets to the open air, it evaporates, and
the water contained in the surrounding
atmosphere, being brought to temper
ature below SO degrees, has been frozen
If you divide the paper outside of the
bottle into several pieces, you obtain
flowers and most charming effects. You
may make the experiment in summer
and in the full rays of the sun The re-
suit will be obtained then more prompt
", evaporation being more abundant -
St Louis Post Dispatch.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
TUCKED IN sASoks.
But the suItan's Affection Made the Upera
ton Mild One.

But the Sultan's Affection Made the Opera
ton Mild One.
Odd stories are coming from Constan
tinonle ip connection with the recent
earthquakes. One has been told of Gjus.
sui Block, physician to the sultan. The
earthquake damaged the part of the
palace in which he lives, aud suddenly
two favorite wives of the sultan were
precipitated through the ceiling into
the doctors room All three fled from
the building before it collapsed and
found the sultan himself in the court
yard.
The stern practice of Islam left the
sultan no choice but to tie up his two
wives in sacks and plunge them into the
Bosporus, they having been gazed upon
by profane giaour. Fortunately the
sultan cherished affection for both Of
them, and having consulted the grand
multi he saw his way to have them pun
ished symbolieally. They were put into
sacks which were properly sewed up
and duly taken to sequestered spots on
che banks of the Bosporus, and III the
presence of a number of praying imams
gently dipped into the soft, blue waters,
after which the women were deemed to
be purified. They were then removed to
a new home and restored to their con-
'ugal rights. Truth
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-11-16
NATURES CRUELTY.
The Ichneumon Fly Makes Its Natural
Enemy Serve Its Purpose.

The Ichneumon Fly Makes Its Natural
Enemy Serve Its Purpose.
The ichneumon fly of Ceylon is the
natural enemy of thespider This insect
is green in color, and in form resembles
O wasp with a marvelously thin waist
It makes its nest of we'll worked clay
and then goes on hunting expedition
Its victims are invariably spiders of va
rious kinds, but all are subject to the
same mode of treatment, A scientific
sting injects some poison, which effec-
tually paralyzes the luckless spider,
who is then carried off to the nest and
there fastened with a dab of moist clay,
Another and another victim is brought
to this chamber of horrors. Then the
PRESIDENT mother ichneumon fly proceeds
to deposit her eggs, one in the body Of
each spider, which can just move its
legs in vague, aimless manner, but
can offer no resistance.
This done. the fly returns to her work
as mason. She prepares more clay and
builds up the entrance to this CHASTITY
cell. Then she commences a new cell
which she furnishes Ill like manner, and
then closes; then she adds yet another
cell, and so proceeds until her store OF
eggs are all provided for, and her task
in life being accomplished she dies,
leaving her evil brood to hatch at lei
sure. In due time these horrid little
maggots come to life and find them.
selves Graded in a larder of fresh meat.
Each poor spider is still alive, and his
juices afford nutriment for the ichneu.
mon grub till it is ready to pass in the
chrysalis stage, thence to emerge as 6
winged fly fully prepared to carry Out
The traditions of It's ancestors with re
gard to spiders Ashton Reporter.
MRS. w. J. FAHEY of LIE Roy N. Y
says. "Have tried fifty cough Cures
Parks Cough Syrup is the only one
that helped me. know it Is the 9eEr
ugh kemedy" Sold by Smoot Drug
! COMPANY