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Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12
Failure That wa. 1Jne,uec,.a.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Dec. 12.-R. W.. Will.
Jams, the largest general merchant at
Hartley, O'Bricn county, Ia, failed for an
amount which is us yet uncertain, but
will reach $4,000. He filed a chattel
mortgage and bill Of sale for ~, 900. Lo-
cal banks arc holders Of some of his pa
per but are fully secured. Creditors arc
coming in large numbers. The failure
was unexpected, Williams being reputed
sound and wealthy.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12

1r's all settled that Tom Reed is to
be speaker Of the new house. IfTom
gives US another of those business
congresses. the democratic landslide
in 1896 will ill up the sea.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12

SoNE of our representatives will
deliver a Washington farewell ad-
dress. so to speak, during the pres
cnt session of congress. But then,
they viii not be alone in this.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12
For over Fsfty 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 diarrGa
Twen y-five cents u bottle.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12
Valuable Package Lost.
ASK why Col made the gem 50 snail,
And why so hinge the granite:
BeCause he meant mani ind should nlace

Ie IIcf-iII iIHfh HIu sHOtiU pIhce
The highest valne on it,
This was Burns' neat compliment to n rather
petite lady fr:erd, but it applies with literal ex-
actness 10 The concentrated, yet agreeable. min
ute, susar-coaied globules. known the world over
as DR.. Pierca's Pleasant Pellets, which are easy
TO take, quick aod mild in their action, aud leave
no constipaiing effects. They act especially on
the liver, stomach, bowels an. blood freeing
the system from impurities ald restoring healthy
action of the organs
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12

Two HUNDRED THOUSAND portraits
OF the princess Of Wales were sold in
En- gland last year.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills, bill
iousncss. jaundicc, indigestion. sich
hcada chc-25c.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12

Now is the appointed time to ad-
vertise.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-12-12
TIE ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12 1894.
JUNGLE SAM AND THE TURK.
ine PRESIDENT Replies to the Hoar Resolu
tioa for Information.

ine PRESIDENT Replies tn the Hoar Resolu-
tioa for Information.
WASHINGTON, Dec I2-In compliance
Win the Hoar resolution, the president
has sent to the senate letter from Secre.
tary Gresham relative to the Armenian
outrages. In it the secretary saws: 1.-The
department has received no information
In regard to alleged crueities committed
upon Arrnenians in Turkey other than
the statements that have been made by
the Turkish government, the current re-
ports IN the press. and two tclcgraphic re.
ports from the legation of the United
States at Constantinoplc. Those state.
nents and reports contain nothing as to
any cruelties committcI upon persons
who are described in the resolution AS citi
Sens who have declared their intention TO
become natur.lized
Regarding the proposition that the
United States send man to investigate
the matter the secretary rciteratcs what
was printed in these dispatches Saturday
that Turkey asked such an appointment
Which was refused for political reasons
but on the appeal of England Milo .Jeyyett
was authorized TO make an indcDendcnt
Investigation
Valuable Package Lost.
NEW YORK. Dec. IA package contain.
ing 1890 is reported to have been lost in
the New York postoifice 1t has been
traced to either the registry or money or.
der department. As Postmaster swift
said: 'An investigation is now in progress
and report will be made very shortly"
He declined TO give any particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-30
THE PROCESSION.
A. CredftabIe Parade Witnessed by
Large Crowd of People.

A CreditabIe Parade Witnessed by a
Large Crowd of People.
This afternoon the annual parade of
the G. A. R., the city fire department and
secret societies took place
At o'clock the procession formed on
Quincy street from where it march out
onto Kansas avenue, south to Tenth
street and countermarched to the corner
of Sixth and Quincy, where it disbanded,
and as many people as could crowded
into Hamilton hall to hear the other ex-
ercises.
The parade was led by Chief of Police
III. G. Lindsey, dressed in soldier uni
form, commanding a platoon of good
looking 'scoppers." The police commits
sioners, Messrs Krauss, YOunt and Whit
ing. followed the patrolmen marching on
foot with Sanitary Sergeant Hudson, and
followed by the patrol wagon, which was
Caily decorated with flags and flowers,
and carried dozen or more little girls.
Chief Marshal Geo W Weed and staff
followed the police department. Then
came Marshall's military band discOurs
ing its best music.
Councilmen Holman, Stevens, Burgess
and Fellows rode in a carriage and rep
resented the city administration.
An important feature of the parade
was the fire department under the com
mand of Chief Wilmarth. All the hose
wagons and hook and ladder trucks were
decorated with flowers and flags and the
horses danced TO the music of the musi-
clans.
]. :. Collins and staff headed the di-
vision of secret societies and he was fol-
lowed by the uniformed divisions of Odd
Fellows and Knights of Pythias- Then
came the orators in carriages followed by
Battery "B."
The battery was dressed in its best.
The boys went into camp in the state
house yard last night and today at inter
walls fired salutes from the big 12-pOund
cannon. They were mounted in the
parade and their gatling gun and 12-
FOUNDER were drawn by horses, while
the officers were also mounted
The old soldiers formed the big part
of the procession and marched, Topeka
Post first followed by Fort Pillow Post
and Lincoln Post bringing up the rear,
all commanded by Willis Edison
An interesting break in the long col
umn of Lincoln post was the miniature
cannon drawn by a team of small ponies
and carrying two little girls on the am
munition box.
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WHAT WILL 1T GET?

Artz's CommIssary Wagon VIII Drive
Down Kansas Avenue Tomorrow.
"General'' captain" Artz said at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon that his army of
commonwealers will march out of Topeka
tomorrow morning. Their present plan
is to march down Kansas avenue, about
o'clock. The wealers will march on
foot and their first destination is Law
renee
They will have wagon for the COM
missary department and General Artz
says as his army marches down Kansas
avenue in the morning, the merchants of
Topeka will be given opportunity to
donate enough provisions to last them
until they get to Leavenworth. The
commissary wagon will be decorated with
banners Inscribed, 1--WE are going to
Washington"
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THIRTY YEARS GONE
Since the Civil War Came to
an End,
But Decoration Day Still Held in
High Regard.
ALL OVER THE UNION
The Day is Remembered by the
People.
Confederate Graves Not Forgot
ten in Some Places.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 3O.-Honors
to the memory of their beloved dead are
being paid throughout the country today
by the. veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic, and the surviving relatives
the sixties. The day and the observance
is one distinctively American. Decora-
ton Day has been one of the fixed
saints Days" of the calendar of the
new world, and its observance bids fair
to be perpetuated for all time.
Foreign lands have had their wars
and their battles. Their armies
have gone through victories and defeat,
but in no other portion of the globe does
that have died upon the field of conflict
at the mouth of the cannon, at the point
of the bayonet, on the heights and in
the trenches find a responsive recOgni-
ton in the hearts of the survivors.
There is no decoration day for the
heroes of the Crimea, no honoring of the
earth under which rests all that is NOR
tai of the brave men who fell on both
sides of Alsace- Lorraine in the early
seventies. Even in patriotic old England
the names of the gallant six hundred
that composed the light brigade are we'll
nigh forgotten, save for the archives of
the war Office, while the few survivors of
that historic charge are ending their
lives in poverty and poor houses, either
at home on this side of the Atlantic
America alone of all the nations of the
earth honors year by year her soldier
dead, and strews their last resting places
with fragrant flowers, while requiems
and patriotic hymns ascend to the skies,
and the hearts of the rising generation
are thrilled with OratiOns breathing love
and devotion to the mother country.
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POLICE COURT NOTES.

The Decoration Day police court docket
today was a small and uninteresting one
Forney Welch, colored tough, and Mrs.
ID. d. Kitchen, who is no better, were
brought in by Officers Carruthers and
Summers last night and booked as dis
orderly. They put up $40 each as secur
ity anu never came back
j. Bean who had a fight with Jim
Arterbridge was fined $40.
Jim Reed got drunk and was entirely
too gay on Fourth street and left 80 be-
hind.
Elias Jordan, colored boy 13 years
old, pleaded not guilty to hitting Mrs.
Carrie johnson over the head with q
base ball bat. 1t was proven he did,
however, and he was fined $6. This
case has been pending a week.
VIM. Myer, German SO years old, who
is suspected of burglarizing the house
of Mrs Richardson was turned over to
the state authorities.
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BIG SANTA FE DEAL.
a Bonanza With Millions In 1t
for the Road.
A Great Steamship Line to
Asia
To Connect the Siberian Trans
continental Railway
WITH THE SANTA FE.
All the Petroleum of the Old
World
To Be Transported on the Santa
Fe Lines.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 3O-In connec-
ton with the current stories outlining the
plans of Russian and American capital
lists to establish lines of steamers to be
operated on the Pacific in connection
with the great Russian railway soon to be
completed in Vladivostok, it is now as
serted here that the principal American
port for the steamship company will be
at San Diego.
1t has heretofore been claimed that
capitalists there largely Interested in the
Santa Fe, are closely identified with the
Russians in the scheme. Gen. Thomas
Sedgwick, San Diego's harbor engineer,
gave further information of the scheme
today. He states that since August last
he has been furnishing the interested
parties with technical and complete in
formation concerning San Diego harbor.
He had been required, however, to keep
the matter secret
Now, that he is free to talk, he gave
the substance of letter recently re-
ceived by him from a friend who is an
engineer connected with the land de-
Partment of the Santa Fe. His friend
Informed him that representatives of the
Standard oil and the Russian oil COM
pany have just held conference in Chi
cago with Ivan Gavelsky representing
the Amoor Navigation company of Nladi-
vostok, for the purpose of organizing a
steamship line between the Russian port
and San Diego.
1t is a well known fact that the Stand
ard oil company not great while ago
formed combination with the Russian
company for the purpose Of controlling
the worlds supply Of petroleum. 1t is
claimed here that it is the plan
of these two great companies to
have the western part of the United
States supplied from the Russian wells,
an undertaking that would in reality be
more economical than the present meth
cd of transporting oil across the conti-
nent from Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Amoor Navigation company is
owned by the principal owners of the
Siberian Transcontinental railroad, which
at present handles the greater portion of
the oil output of the country.
The determination of the oil combina-
ton to establish line to America, has
evidently caused the Santa Fe stockhold-
ers to take advantage of the situation of
affairs and endeavOur to secure the tre-
mendous traffic which would naturally
follow the establishment of such line
of steamships.
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gramme was carried out this afternoon:
Introductory address by COmrade T.
III. Haskell.
Voluntary by Marshall's band
Song, America led by COmrade Fox.
Invocation by Rev. A. s. Embree.
Song-Modocs.
Music-Bailey's orchestra.
Oration-Comrade ]. B. Johnson.
Song-Wyatt Sisters.
Music-Dispatch band.
Song-Modocs.
Benediction-Rev. A. s. Embree.
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CORBETT IN PARIS.
He Makes His First Appearance Before .
French Audience.

PARIS, May 3O.-The coming of "Jim"
Corbett to Paris was heralded with big
posters bearing his familiar portrait and
the words, champion Du MOnd."
The champion came across the chan
mel from Dover and arrived at the Grand
hotel Saturday night. A crowd of Paris
ian sports met him at the sta
ton and escorted him to his hotel.
The channel trip upset Corbett's diges-
ton. and when he reache7 Paris he was
pretty nervous. He spoke we'll of his
reception in England,- although the i'm
preston among Parisians is that the play
of "Gentleman Jack" has been under a
frost in London.
81 did not see a hair of Charley Mitch
ellis while in London" said Corbett.
Jim's theatrical performance. while it
was received with plenty of cheer
ing, and the f1ghter-actor was
recalled several times, was rather dis
appointing, his nervousness prevented
his doing himself justice. and he cut
short the bag punching part of the sh ow
Just as it was getting interesting.
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Morning Baseball Games.

AT WASHINGTON.
Washington z; Louisville 3.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Chicago 12; Philadelphia A.
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City 3; Detroit /.
AT BROOKLYN.
Brooklyn 6; st. Louis 2.
AT NEW YORK.
New York 2; Cleveland 1.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
indianapolis s; Milwaukee z.
Eight innings were played.
AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Minneapolis 16; Grand Rapids ~.
AT BOSTON.
Boston 13; Cincinnati 10.
AT QUINCY.
Quincy IA; Des Moines >.
AT ROCK ISLAND.
Rock Island IS; Omaha l.
AT BUFFALO.
Erie 8; Buffalo 2
AT SPRINGFIELD. MASS.
Providence 6; Springfield D.
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AT TOPEKA NEXT TIME.
The Comme rciaI Travellers Will Visit
Topeka in 1895.


About thirty Topeka commercial trav-
elers attended the annual grand lodge of
their union at Wichita this week, and re-
turned flushed with victory, having
secured for Topeka the next annual
meeting, which will be held May 2 and 8,
1895 Wichita and Hutchinson both made
great efforts for the convention and the
Topeka delegates received the prize only
by a strong and persistent fight Now
that Topeka has the convention the
question suggests itself, what shall be
done with it?
Something of the magnitude of this
organization can be realized from the
fact that 500 commercial travellers sat
down to the banquet tables and 5000
people danced at the ball. At Wichita
it was held in the new auditorium which
was built largely through the ef-
forts of the commercial men,
but Topeka has nothing big enough to
accommodate them. The local drum
mers will see that their guests are amply
entertained and taken care of however,
and they will be able to figuBe this prob
lem out before next May.
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AT THE CEMETERY.
Graves of Old Soldiers Covered with q
Wealth of Flowers.


Wealth of Flowers.
The Topeka cemetery presented a
beautiful appearance this morning with
all the loads of flowers that the friends
OF the dead brought to place on the
graves as a remembrance.
There were many sad sights there as
the relatives and friends arranged the
floral tributes
The rain of last night frightened up
the grass and flowers considerably but
made 1t difficult to move about with
bedraRgling ones clothes
But the people did not mind that; they
were intent in decorating the graves
At 1O-SO, committees arrived at the
cemetery headed by detachment from
Battery B.
They marched to the square that is
owned by the Grand Army posts of the
city, where the regular decoration ritual
was read Comrade w. H Ward con-
Quoted the service, ana Chaplain @. E
Dunn offered prayer.
1here Is monument in the center of
the square on which is the following
inscriptions "EonOr the noble dead.
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through whose sacrifices the nation
lives"
Comrade J. M. Miller stepped forward
and said:
Il scatter these flowers on this monu-
ment in your name in honor of those who
died for our country. These flowers
will wither but the love they represent
will always endure"
After this a salute of three rounds
was fired by Battery B, and after
the closing prayer by Chaplain Dunn,
the old soldiers decorated the graves
Of their dead comrades. There were
several express wagon loads of flowers
for this purpose and the graves were
made to look very pretty, indeed.
At noon today the decorating commit
tee and all those who took part in the
exercises were served lunch at Lincoln
Post hall.
AT HAMILTON HALL.
Memorial Services This Afternoon in
Honor of the Soldier DOad.
At Hamilton hall the following pro-
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At EmpOrfa.

EMPoRIA, May Decoration day
was observed in an impressive manner
today. A large procession proceeded to
MaplewoOd cemetery. On entering the
gates it marched to the G. A. r. lot,
where the w. r. G. placed floral offerings
in the urn to the "Memory of the I'm
known Dead" Flowers were strewn on
the graves of all old soldiers by the
school children. The regular Memorial
day exercises will be held thig evening
at the Whitley opera house.
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Chorus; oration, Hon. J. NJ. Simpson,
Mcpherson. The children of the public
schools at this point in the programme
marched to seats on the raised platform
and sang patriotic selections under the
leadership of Mrs. CASTOR Boyd. G. A.
R. ritual service, inters persed with music
by the musical organizations present;
firing salute, G. A. r. gun squad; decor
alton of monument. After this pro-
gramme was carried out large process
ion moved to the cemetery and decorated
the graves.
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New YORK, May 30.-FrOm six o'clock
this morning. and throughout the day
the Columbi Liberty bell, which had
been placed in position last night in
Madison Square was continuously tOlled
in recognition of memorial day. The
tolling was done in details of veterans
of the wars of 1912, 1S4S and 1861.
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within the territory and under the juris-
diction of the commonwealth against
aiding or abetting unlawful proceedings
and commanding all persons engaged in
the riotous demonstrations to forth
with disperse and return peaceably to
their respective places of abode. warn
ing them that persistence in violation
will compel resort to such military force
as may be necessary to enforce obedi-
enca to law
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Death OF MRS. smtddfck

Mrs. R. C. Smiddick of Silver Lake,
who was fatally injured in a runaway
Sunday afternoon near Vinewood, died
yesterday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock She
was at the home of her brother-in-law
two miles north of Vinewood. The faner-
al will take place from the Elevation
church, south of the city. tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. The interment viii
he in the Elevation cemetery.
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DID NOT GO FISHING.
Cleveland Attends the Decoration Day
Cerem onies at Arlington.

Cleveland Attends the Decoration Day
Ceremonies at Arlington.
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-The chief event
Decoration day about Washington was
the celebration at Arlington. where
countless thousands of the nations dead
and in the shadow of the monument
to the unknown Dead" To this
great cemetery the grand army repaired
in force. They formed near their hall
on Pennsylvania avenue at 10:30 under
threatening sky they started on their
march for Arlington headed by a con-
siderable body of the district militia
The old veterans stepped out bravely to
the notes of bugles on the march that is
getting to be more arduOus as the years
roll by.
The exercises at Arlington began at
1890 o'clock and consisted of an Grafton
by Representative Martin of Indiana, the
delivery of a poem by Col. John A Joyce
and an address by Representative Bryan
of Nebraska. Appropriate music was
furnished by the Marine band and the
Grand Army Musical union. President
Cleveland witnessed the cele bration and
listened to the exercises from prOmi-
nent place in the large stand.
The floral display in the cemeteries
was particularly striking, for in addition
to the contributions of individuals and
societies, by order of President
Cleveland, the whole of the floral wealth
of the White House grounds were called
by the gardeners and used for the decor
ations of soldiers graves.
Col. Wilson, the superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds had so done
his part III selecting the choicest bios
SONS in the parks for the Identification
of the soldiers monuments, with which
the city abOunds.
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On Cronfn's Grave.

CHICAGO, May 50.-A large number of
representative Irish-Americans went to
Calvary cemetery this morning and
placed elaborate decorations on the
grave of DIR. p. Ii. Cronin.- 1t was five
years last Friday since the enemies of
the martyred Irish Patriot were laid to
rest in the presence of the greatest
throng ever gathered at a funeral in
Chicago, and on every succeeding Decor
alton day his friends have offered their
simple tribute to his memory.
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MORTON ON A VISIT.
Secretary of Agriculture Visits the stock
Farms of Kentucky.
WAsHINGTON, MAY 3O.-Sec1

WASHINGTON, May 3O-Secretary of
Agriculture Morton, Argentine Minister
DR.. ZebalIos, and William E Cur
tis, of the Chicago Record, leave
Washington tomorrow over the Ches-
apeake s. Northern Ohio. Among the
stock farms of Kentucky under the
escort of Representative Berry of that
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Harrison at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, o., May 30.-Ex-President
Harrison was the orator at the Decoration
Day exercises in this city, and was
listened to by an immense throng. This
afternoon he was initiated into the Union
Veteran Legion. Ex-Governor Hamilton
of Illinois was also one of the speakers
of the daY.
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victims of Cold storage Fire.

CHICAGO, May 3O.-The various lodges
of the knights of Pythias united today
in the decoration of the graves in Oak
woods cemetery of the victims of the cold
storage fire at the fair last July. The
funeral ritual of the order was also per-
formed
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PATTISON PROCLAIMS.

The Pennsylvania Governor Warns StrI-
kers Against Violence
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 30.-Governor
Pattison has issued procla-
nation in which he admonishes
all good citizens and all persons
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here. The decoration of the soldiers
and sailors graves occupied the fore
noon, and the afternoon exercises were
held in South park
The decoration of the graves was con-
Quoted by the Woman's Relief corps. as
sisted by the sons and daughters of vet
Grams. The Methodist choir sang at the
graves and the invocation was given by
Rev. Cheering, chaplain of the post a
salute was fired over the graves by de-
tachment of the Usher Guards. Miss
Lena Urech recited poem
The afternoon exercises consisted of
an address by ]. H Lamb of Yates Cen
ter. orator of the day, and speech by j.
P. Wallace of North Lawrence, solo by
S. ]. Churchill and music by Gould's
chorus of young ladies.
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NEWTON, May Memorial day ex-
ercises took place in East Park this after
noon. The programme was as follows:
Music. Newton Musical Union; prayer,
Rev. Mr.. Beatty; music, Newton Male