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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

DEADwooD, : d, April 19.-Alexander
Street, an employe OF the Homestead Mn
ing company, and a member of the firm of
Street * Bro, manufacturing jewelers. Of
Speariish, was arrested i'll the act of Sc
cretinG bullion III his tool chest in the
Homestead mill, which resulted in the re-
covcry of about $3.50 worth of bullion
in his chest and $40 on his person Street
was considered Il man of irreprOachable
character, else he could not have held the
position that heidi. There is no telling
how much bullion he has stoleu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
A Little Killing in Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE. April ia special to The
Times from Inez, ny, says: y gentleman
just arrived here from the upper end of
Pike county brings the news that the no.
torioUs Frank Phillips, who figured so
prominently in the Hatfield and Mccoy
teud, and William Bevins, detective,
were both killed near the kentucky ard
Virginia state line at the head of the Sandy
river 10y the Rlckett boys, who recently
killed old man Farrell in Logan county.W
Va. Phillips and Bevins were in pursuit
of the Ricketts,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

CHICAGO, April l9.-Tcn cases Of small
pox have been found III the county hes
rital here and the institution has been
quarantined. The city pcethouse is full.
The health authorities nave Dgc IL s-ri-
Ously alarmed at the situation and have
inaugurated & house-tu-housc search for
new cases il the crowded portion OF the
.ity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

LANCASTER Pa, April j9,-Alart Buzz
zard and Joe BrCwnsweiger have been con-
victed of robbing and shooting Isaiah
Sheafer, farmer nearly 80 years old, re-
siding near Grutfsdale. The sensational
features of the trial were the confession of
Mart, i'll which he said his brother Abe
the notorious eX-outlaw, now an evangel-
list, had committed the deed, and the tes-
timony of Abe directly connecting the ac-
cused with the crime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
CaiwalIadcr Embgzz.cncnt Case.

Madison, Wis, April BIN the Cad
wallader embc2zlemeIt case in the federal
court James II. Palmer. president OF the
United States National bank of New ork,
testified as to CadwaliaAer's loan from the
New York bank on stoc!, Of the Superior
bank. Witness said C&dwallader repre-
sented it Us loan to the bank. the con-
tention Of the prosecution beng that Cad
walladcr represented il l. superior As u
personal loan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
Seven Per Cent
Loans.

The following is a partial list of
completed gilt-edged first mortgage
loans on hand, which we now offer
for sale subject to previous selections
for their face and accrued interest.
These loans have been carefully se-
locted by us, and are tirst-class in
every respect. They are all seven
per cent net to the investor. We
have other loans to offer if these are
not in amounts to suit the investor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
COMING NEARER.
kelly's Grand Army Moves
a Notch Nearer.
Advances Toward This Lo-
cality and Stops.
Will Attempt to Capture a
Train.
Prospect Of a Settlement of
the Northwestern Strike.

OMAHA. April 19.-Keily's army
marched 10 Western. five miles fur
thcr east. this morning. They will
attempt to capture n train. and fail
ing To do so. will return To Omaha
and try to secure transportation 10
Kansas CITY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

NEW YORK, April I9.-Samuel l.. Glenn
ems Mark Twain) aud Frederick j. Hall,
doing business under the name of Charles
j. " ebster * Co., booksellers and PUBLISH
ers, have made an assignment for the ben
eft of their creditors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
Had Been Conspicuous ut Washington.

PORTLAND, Or, April l9.-Mrs. George
H. Williams, wife Of eX-United States At
torney General Williams. died III this
city. She had been in feeble health for
several weeks and her death was not Uu-
expected. Mrs. Williams was conspicu-
Gus figure in Washington society while
her husband was United States senator
from this state and attorney general in
Grants cabinet. In recent years she be-
came "a convert to the faith cur. belief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
Burial oi Senator Namrr.

AsHEvILLE, y. g, April l9-Senat or
Zeb Nance's remHin; were followed ~ the
grave by concour>c OF 1000 people The
body lay III state from ; o'clock until 1880
In the First Presbyterian church. Friday
will be observed IL memorial day through
out the state
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
Ordered Back TcmuOrarily.

ST. PAUL. April 19.-The Great
Northern employees who struck Mt
Minneapolis at o'clock this morn
ing were ordered to return to work
by President Debs. pending the re-
suit of the mass meeting to he held
at Minneapolis tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

LOUISVILLE, April 19.-Airs. JEFF Guiiett,
the wife of prominent farmer of Magoilin
county, Ky, has been arrested and placed
in Jail mt Salyersville, charged with having
strangled to death her ll-year-old stepson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

GUTHRIE, o. L, April IA cyclone
passed over the country, thirty miles east
Of here, doing great dama-e. In Lincoln
county TOUR houses are rypJrtel demcl-
ished and several people injured ana over
the line in pottowatoui!e county, q
dozen houses were wrecked ;tad two people
Killed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

MENoMIYEE, Wis, April l9.-Herman
Krieger shot his wife dead on the street
and then put Il bullet through his own
head Cause. jealousy.
OsKALoosA, Ia, April 19.--George Croft
fatally shot his wife and then killed hiin-
self at the side OF the court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
1t KILLED the Bears, Though.

SALT LAKE CiTY, April l9.-Thc Tribune
has received letter from Wyoming say
ing that four dead bears have been found
in Blowns valley. Near 10y was found
papers and part of IL mans clothing, but
no body From papers found the name of
the man is supposed to be Farquaharson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
Negotiating for Peace.

MINNEAPoLIs. April 19.-President
Debs this afternoon called upon Pres
ident Hill, of the Great Northern.
and asked him to treat with the
committee from the union. Ii Hill
consents the strike will probably be
Sett led
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

ST. PAUL, April l9.-At Aberdeen. = D.,
the Republicans carried the municipal
election, their candidate for mayor, : II.
Jumper. receiving 23I majority. Women
voters for school inspectors We're abun
laut in u few wards
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19
Governor TiiIman's Law Don't Go.

COLUMBIA. =. c.. April l9.-Thc
supreme court today declared the
dispcnsary law unconstitutional. two
Judges concurring and one dissent
iur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

AMIGO. Wis, April l9.-Thieves en-
tered the clothing store OF 5. Neumau s.
Son and carried OFT a large quantity Cf
clothing. No trace of the goods or trace
or ciew to the robbers can be found.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

STRONG CITY, Mas, April l9.-G. j Har-
den, who made u tour of the world, died
mt his home in this city. He measured
exactly feet, inches in height. HIS
deaf IA was the result Of consumption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-19

Hoods Sarsaparilla is absolutely
unequaled rs blood purifier and
strengthening medicine. 1t is the
ideal spring medicine. Try it
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-24

also been found that, once moisture has
been so supplied, the soil greatly ex-
ceeds in fertility that or nearly every re-
gion where plentiful rains make irriga-
ton unnecessary. This Ii because the
elements that 60 to make soil produo-
tive are soluble III water and have been
largely washed ont In humid regions by
the rains, which have thus reduced its
value for cultivation, making Ii neces-
sary to replace the elements so taken
away by manuring.
In arid parts of Utah, for instance, IL
has been found by soil analyses that the
crop producing ingredients are in excess
of those found in the soils of any of the
well watered states. The only such soils
at all approaching that of Utah in rich
ness r in the Mississippi valley,
where, owing to the very level surface
of the country, the water does not so
rapidly drain, and therefore takes with
it q smaller proportion Of the valuable
elements. What is true i'm Utah is also
true In parts Of California and Nevada,
Colorado, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska
and elsewhere. In those regions, too,
the soil is deeper than in the humid re-
gions, saw ii the Mississippi valley, for
it has not been washed away bodily by
running water.
The history of irrigation reaches back
almost as far into the dim and distant
past IS does that of man himself. Old
Egypt's greatness was based upon canals
and bitches. The farmers of the great
empires of ancient Asia, located, many
of them, in tracts that were practically
rainless, watered their fields so success
fully that enormous populations were
supported ON comparatively narrow
areas. II seems probable that without
the potent aid Of irrigation the old time
civilization could never have existed at
all. When they declined, so did the art
and science of irrigation, for the new
civilizations sprang mp in Europe and
America, in parts of the world where
artificial watering was not needed.
When American civilization had subju-
gated the eastern portion of this great
continent and had pushed its way to the
desiccated alkali plains of the middle
west, it was seen that further progress
could be accomplished only by o revival
in the occident of those practices that
had been SO beneficial in the orient
thousands Of years ago. For the first
time in history the Anglo-Saxon and
Teutonic races were face to face with
aridity unhampered by the previous
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-24
WATER
IRRIGATION is CHANGING A LARGE
PORTION or THE COUNTRY.

How Best TO Utilize the Hitherto WASTE
Surplus OF the Streams. the Melsin
SHOWS. the spring Rains and Artc-
sian supply a Most Interesting Problem.
The long continued and serious
droughts Of the present year, In even
greater degree than the national irriga-
ton convention recently held at,Denver,
have revived public interest in the prob
lem of turning TO agricultural account
the vast quantities of available water
that are now unutilized as well as that
which, with more or less itfulness, is
precipitated upon the cultivated land it.
self in the form of rain. This water is
stored by Dame Nature beneath the sur
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$500 #HHNN%AtreaIe eassaNa4aaf
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
4 Little Llngulnk.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. #MH
Not until January viii little Fannie
Erdofy reach the mature age of i years,
and yet she il perhaps the most accom-
plished young lady of herage lii New
York. Fannie illustrates in her charm
ing little personality the irresistible law
of heredity. She speaks fuently four
languages, and when il is explained that
her mother writes and speaks six LAM
guages and that her father has d glib
acquaintance with 10, besides numerous
allied dialects, the extraordinary infant
Is accounted for.
Arthur Erdofy, who is registry clerk
and interpreter at Ellis island, was born
80 years ago in Budapest. His wife is
also o native of the same ancient oity
On the Danube. He has the characters
tic Magyar features 3 we'll as that spe-
cial linguistic aptitude which distin-
cuisines his race. He speaks English
with great purity and has the further
polyglot accomplishments of speaking
Hungarian, German, French, Italian,
Spanish. Greek (Romanicl Turkish,
Finnish and that most tnrgid and diff
cult of all tongues, Basque. Mrs. Erdofy
speaks huently English, Hungarian,
German, French and Slovenian, and SO
little Fannie has lived all her life in q
pathological atmosphere, where the air
wa thick with propositions, adverbs
and conjunctions. Instead of doll babies
she played with irregular verbs, and the
ablative absolute and the subjunctive
mood have been familiar objects to her
from her earlier infancy. New York
Press.
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Wonderful Singing Baby.

Little Marion DUNCAN, the beautiful
daughter Of MI. and Mrs. j. K. DUNCAN
Of Pottsville, Pa, surpasses any record
yet as q singing baby. She is but 1T
months old, and her repertory Is quite
o lengthy one, consisting of Little
Birdie In q Tree, my Nellie's Blue
Eyes, " 1.-THE Minuet, " Sunshine Will
Come Again and many more Though
unable to pronounce many words, she
sings the tunes perfectly and keeps per-
feet time.-Philadelphia Press.
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EIKTy-0NE FOOT FLOW FROM "A SOUTH DA-
KOTA ARTESIAE WELL.
toned, other hands have carried on the
experiments il not known to the writer.
IL would seem that this years unprofit-
able experiences OF farmers generally
would be likely to turn the attention Of
some q TO nj plan resembling liz
not Identical with this mans.
The irrigation work already done in
California, Utah, Arizona and adjacent
mountain states and on the plains is
stupendous I'm It's extent, and its. results
have been extraordinary, even exceed
ing In many instances the most san
guine expectations Of its projectors, Tor
not only has Il been found practicable
TO produce the equivalent Of rain just
whenever, wherever and as long contin-
ned ii the farruer may desire. bus te has
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-24

PRESIDENT ELWOOD MEADE. r
presence of older, more inert races. The
manner In which the emergency Ia be-
ing met is one of the most interesting
Developments in all human progress.
The work has been prosecuted in
many ways. In some places great reser-
voirs have been created by the construc-
ton of costly dams for the retention Of
the water OF streams flowing from the
melting SHOWS and the rains of the
mountains. From these reservoirs canals
and bitches have been led to the farm
ing lands Of the valleys and plains be-
low. In other places the waters of the
rivers have been diverted to the same
end. In still others the wonderful nm
derground stores of water have been
pierced by artesian wells.
Sometimes gushing out nc enormous
pressure and flowing thousands OF gal
Ions q minute, sometimes pumped, their
yield has been furnished to the thirsty
surface soil. All these methods have
been followed by results that are not less
than astounding. Land that before irri-
cation would support only the stunted
sagebrush is now utilized for the culti-
walton Of fruits and grains and yegeta-
bles, the yield and quality of which ex-
coed anything 9 known elsewhere.
The price of land, with the water, even
in the far west, remote from the great
markets OF the east, Ia higher than any
other farm land in the country at all re-
moved from the big cities. and those
portions Of the republics territory that
were thought TO be least desirable are
now seen to be among the best.
Something like II, 900, 600 or 10, 600,
600 acres are already under ditch, =
about 8, 900, 600 of which are cultivat-
ed, In Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas, Montana Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, &c
say nothing Of artesian irrigation in the
United States. Tt Il only fair to state,
however, that the development of this
form Of artificial crop watering is yet in
It's infancy. In the old world irrigation
is carried on on q far greater scale than
here, though perhaps not 50 scientifoal.
E4Ys I1AbJ 1kAtA4OuS va 0CAO6 JAW
In China alone and 30, 900, 600 in India,
the total area outside the United States
being 126, 800, 900 acres. Add s, 600, OOo
for this country, and the enormous total
of 184, 800, 900 acres ID reached. This il
equivalent to 80, $50 square miles, On
. strip Of territory two-thirds as wide al
Pennsylvania reaching from the ATTAIN.
tic coast to a point considerably west OF
Omaha.
1t is held by President Elwood Meade
Of the recent convention and many 9th
ers that the United States government
should make large appropriations for the
cause Of irrigation. Upon this poind
there are many who hold opposing
views, bnt There seems to be noquestior
OF the great benefit some well considered
general plan wonld be- TO the arid and
gemiarid regions. NJ. /. DEXTER.
TT#%N2&4 IMWT WIT~TE8
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THE swEETwATER (CAI.) IRRIGATION DAM.
face Of the soil, it is furnished in ex-
cess by the SHOWS Of winter and the
rains of spring, and it is allowed to run
away through the river channels with
ont rendering a little of its possible
service to the agriculturist.
In the solution of the problems of ir-
rigation those who have settled in the
arid and subhumid regions of the west
have a vital and abiding interest. Their
prosperity possesses an exact and per-
manent ratio to the degree of success
which has attended their Efforts In this
direction. Farmers in these localities
who have utilized the underground wa
ters and the surplus of the streams are
quite as prosperous as the most favored
OF their brethren who are blessed with
abundant rains-more 80, I'm fact, for
the waters applied to the soil by irriga-
ton are under perfect control, and their
controllers are not only free from the
danger of too little moisture, hut they
need have no fear CT too much.
For them there are no dry seasons to
parch the crops, no wet ones TO drown
them out. Given health and attention
to his acres, the agriculturist who has
at his command the requisite inches of
water is virtually sure of definite yield.
The only uncertainty that besets him
has to do with the price of his products.
But it is not alone in the far and dry
west that irrigation should be studied
and practiced. If the farmers of the east
and those portions of fthe middle west
in which artificial watering has not
heretofore been considered necessary
could but adopt q plan of conserving the
surplus Of the spring rains, to be used
during such comparatively rainless sea-
sons as the country has just passed
through, and would supplement this
system with intelligently conceived,
well executed underdrainage, 30 that
the superintendent moisture of unduly
wet seasons might be carried off, much
of the uncertainty Of modern farming
in the United States would disappear.
This was abundantly demonstrated o
few years ago by a well known agricul-
turist of western New York. His land
was disposed along the gentle slope of q
rounded hillside. At its brow he built
reservoirs, with earthen walls, which re-
tanned the water left by the melting
SHOWS of the winter and the copious
rains Of the spring. From these reser-
voirs he led pipes OF tile, sunken q lit
tie below the surface. At convenient in
tervals there were arrangements for
turning the water fed through the tiles
directly into the soil.
At such points as were not naturally
well surface drained he put in under
ground drains TO carry of any surplus
that might accumulate from unexpsct-
eddy heavy rains. The results of this
method of irrigation in a region where
irrigation had never before been consid.
cred desirable were remarkable. His
crops the first year or two after his
plans were put in operation were far In
advance Of those Of his neighbors, and
much interest was manifested in the re.
ports which were furnished In 1887.
Whether since his death, which 90
CURED before the end Of the year men.
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SAVE BILLS

by paying attention to properly regulating
the bowels thereby preventing q thousand
and u arrangements Of the system which
follow neglect of this ~precaution. Once
used for this purpose, DIR. Pierceis Pleasant
Pellets are always in favor. They're puraly
vegetable and far better, as q liver pill, than
blue pills or calomel. Their secondary effect
Is to keep the bowels open and regular-not
TO constipate.
Miss MARY ANGuIsE. OF Glsn EostOn. Mr.
shall Co, wv. va, writes: 1.-TWO years ago I
was pale and emaciNted. food fermanfed in
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-24

my stomach. IA ply
stefan my
case sCatarrh of tho
Stomach but he could
not help me. I lived
a month without solid
food and when i tried
to eat / would vomit.
AT this time 4 began
taking Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, and In
two weeks / was decid-
eddy better. / am now
In good health, and
e v felt better in my
life. I have q better
color, eat o and
e~ating-having gained
| began taking them.
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Every dollar deposited in a city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, anG
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation of many q
fortune has been lain by
the purchase Of a city lot. II you
have a family, then by all means
you want q home. If you wish to
] We in the city, buy a lot, or more
than one if you feel able, and COM
mence at once TO improve it by
planting trees on it if nothing
more, and building on il as soon
Is practicable. You can make q
loan for the purpose of building IL
You own your lot. II you are q
farmer and expect to retire soon
and secure q farm, or come to the
wn for the purpose Of educating
your children thon you certainly