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Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
DEATH OF PRINCESS BISMARCK.
Her Case Regarded ~ Hopeless by th
Doctors for . Month.

Her Case Regarded ~ Hopeless by the
D0ctors for . Month.
NARzIN, Nov. 2s.-Princess Bismarck
has for years been suffering with bronchi-
tis and gastric catarrh. Eighteen months
ago she was found lying in pool of blood
at the foot Of her bed. These fainting at
tacks were repeated from time to time.
The immediate cause of her death was
dropsy complicated with heart disease.
The disease rapidly became worse during
the last few days. The princess was cheer
ful to the end. She tried to deceive her
husband as TO her real condition. She
spent much Of her time out of bed Doc
tors Schweninger and Chrysander re-
gnrded her case as hopeless n month ago,
but concealed the truth from Prince Bis
marck.
When recently the wife of the prince S
valet fell seriously ill, Prince Bismarck
said to him: Dear friend, 1 sincerely
sympathize with you in your grief for
alas, am in the same terrible position as
yourself Every one is departing from us -
DIR. Schweninger has been here since Fri
day. but he was unable TO do anything he
yond attending to the comfort Of the dying
princess. The prince is quite overcome by
u. IN. yesterday. Shortly before o'clock
DIR. Schweninger gently broke the news to
Prince Bismarck, who rose Immediately
and remained silent for some time at the
death bed.
At the death scene there were present
DIR. Scweninger, Chrysander, Countess
Rantzau, and Prince Bismarck's niece.
Early In the morning the princes head
forester and his neighbors called to offer
their condolences. The prince asked their
indulgence, saying that he was unequal to
seeing visitors. He only received Pastor
Schumann, from Wessow. Prince Bis
marck personally communicated the news
OF the death Of the princess to the en-
pcror and empress, who immediately sent
long telegram of coincidence. Among
the others who have already sent messages
of sympathy and regret are the king of
Wurtemburg, Chancellor Won Hohenlohe,
and the ministers and secretaries of state
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
How Conductor Brown Was Killed.

FORT SMITH, Aark, Nov. 2s.-There is
much mystery yet about the killing of
Pullman Conductor Brown, but one thing
can be stated rs fact and that is that
w. J. Mckee, superintendent Of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific, and Trainmaster Walsh, of
the same road, are out on 5000 bail each,
aud Jacob Barker, cOlored porter, and
Jerry Mans, cook on Mckee's private car,
are in jail-all for the killing. The shoot.
ing took place on n night when robbers
werc expected to attack the train, and the
best information indicates that there was
some shooting and that Brown was killed
by stray shot
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
Honey From Lump sugar.

To make it take a quantity Of lump
sugar, remembering that your vessel "a
preserving Kettle is Ecs:) mast be large,
as the strip boils up at one stage Of the
process and is apt TO run over and catch
fire. Pour on the sugar little water,
enough to melt to sirup when hot.
Boil and skim till clear, when drop in
for two quarts ;.s much powdered alum
as you can pile Oh a dime. The alum is
to prevent the sugar from granulating.
BE ready to lift the kettle off the fire
quickly, Is the alum causes the sirup to
froth up very high. Boil until it be-
comes of the consistency and the color
OF strained honey, when add n teaspoon
ful OF Jamaica ginger, stir thoroughly
and set to cool.-St. Louis Post Dis
patch
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
AseaEWAreD TelEcRAms.

The New YORK court of appeals has de.
cidcd that John Y. McKane, the Graves
end, L. l., boss" must stay in the peni.
tentinry where he was sent for election
cruokcdness.
OMalley, ex-Illinois state senator. and
rcputed leader of the Market stree,
gang at Chicago, which gang is charged
with divers brutal assaults on voters at
the polls Nov. q last and the murder of al
least two men, is free, although he is
known to have shot two men within TWEEN
ty-four hours beginning on the day of cleo
Caon. The case was dismissed because
somehow the man shot did not appear tc
prosecute.
News Is received from Cape Breton tha,
the Falcon, which brought nome thu
feary party, has been wrecked on her m,
turn to St Johns, Nd, and all on board
lost.
Indiana coal miners will leave the
knights of Labor on account of the action
Oh the general convention at New Orleans
IN refusing admission to their delegates.
A syndicate has been formed In New
York to complete the necessary improve
ments to the machinery of the arrow
shaped steamer Howard Cassard, and pre-
pare her for another trial. The inventor
says this vessel will revolutionize ocean
travel.
The overdue steamship Indiana from
Liverpool has reported at the Philadelphia
breakwater all right.
The q, 600 bridge crossing the Nississin-
eva river ut Sutton's Ford, near Marion.
Ind, burned
Wages will be cut 81 per cent. Dec. by
the Canton Massillon Electric Railway
company.
Alexander Bashaw, a Springfield nls.
barkeeper, tried to kill his wife with .
knife and she shot him dead.
An explosion took place at the works OF
the st, Louis Fireworks company, Fire
works Station, not far from Mascoutah.
Ills, which was felt in all parts of the
county. Five shanties were demolished.
The shocks were at first supposed to be
from an earthquake.
Stockholders of the Catawissa Railway
company, Pennsylvania line, are the
first to feel how the income tax works.
The directors, as required by law. have
deducted 2 per cent from the net income
of the road and the deduction reaches nu
merous stockholders whose incomes arc
not near 81 900 per year.
The trial of Charles ]. and Frank r.
Meadowcroft, ex-bankers, has begun al
Chicago. The charge is receiving money
on deposit after they knew the bank was
insolvent
British female labor organizations
have adopted plan of federation, and cx.
pect hereafter to work in unison.
Chicago and Northwestern directors de,
clared semi-annual dividend of 2ls per
cent. on the common stock and a quarter
ly dividend Of IA per cent. on the pre-
ferred
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
A Long, Long Sigh.

Pcpe talks sbost waiting sish from Indies t.
the Pole. A long. l)ng sigh that would be
Talk about signing. why, IL all the sigbs Of the
women Of the world, for Just enc day. could Re
ga'hered in one sigh. it wo9ld be long en- ugh 10
reach fro u here 10 the fartheet fixed star Blu,
thousands Of women suife and sigh because the
victims OF disease. Others would suffer a. sorelv
end sish as often il they had not been wise
enough to use DR.. Pierce. Favorite Prescription
This is wonderful rccuperaior Of wasted
strength and of sovereign efficacy all those dc
rangement- and maladies peculiar 10 their sex.
by which the Vitality is sappcd and the seeds of
death are sown.
Dr. X. V. Pieice-Dcar Sir: Ihavc taken the
"Favorite Prescription and can recommend IL
to anybody that suffer. with any femalc disease.
have tiled severa docor pr scripiions but
none did me the good that yours did. You're re-.
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Posimistress, Sherrer Hill, Dallas county. Ala.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
: rRANs-mIss,ss,eP, CONGRESS.

lain struggle To He On the Question q
Free silver ~ the Old Ratio.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2s.-The developments
81 the second days session of the Trans
Mississippi congress have not been with.
nut interest for the advocates of the free
coinage OF silver who have been anxious
10 secure definite expression from the con-
gress In favor Of the white metal. Not
alone have the minor features, such a.
warm applause when free coinage was
mentioned, been encouraging. but the or
ganization Of the committee on resolu-
tons with Congressman w. J. Bryan, Of
Nebraska, as chairman, and +. A. Mar
shal, of Texas, as secretary, has been
highly delighting.
Nevertheless there is rs vet no certainty
that the matter will go beyond this. In
the convention there is a strong element
In favor Of international free coinage only
and another opposed to any expression
whatever upon the subject by the con-
gress. Whether the bimetallists will be
strong enough to overcome both these ele-
ments cannot be told. Yet there is GER
tainty that the main struggle will be upon
this portion Of the resolution commiftee's 9
report and the battle will not be Of brief
uuEotlou
The congress has been organized with
George y. Cannon as president, q vice
president from each state represented and
NJ. Il. Buttcrfield as secretary. A rule
was adopted giving each state thirty votes
II that many delegates were present. and
all states not less than ten votes, and then
q flood Of resolutions was introduced, COW
ering every subject before the country,
Bryan coming forward with n radical frpe
silver resolution. Then speechmaking be-
gan, Representative-Elect Shafforth, of
Colorado, leading off with plea for I'M
limited coinage of silver. claiming that
both gold and silver should be free.
Then Ex-Governor Prince, of New Mexico,
took up the subject OF the day: Re
monetization Of Silver" and made a
speech reiterating all the allegations SO
frequently made that the characterization
OF silver was brought about by fraud, ard
had been the cause of the low prices pre-
vailing, proposition that he argued at
length. He was heartily applauded all
through.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
THOSE STRIPED STOCKINGS.
a Lewiston Man Tells Good Story Of the
Indian Territory.

Anusdu 1eFfltOfys
The returned Lewistonian fell TO talk
ing over a revolver that he carried in
the arrest of desperate in New Mexico
and then he diverged and told this story:
"Once when we We're going down in
the Indian Territory as we rode out of
the village we passed the house where
New Brunswick girl had just come to
live in the little prairie village. There
had been considerable joking about the
new arrival, and as we passed she came
out to hang up her washing on the line
/ rode little red pony-one that had
swapped shotgun for-and when saw
the New Brunswick girl hang up pair
Of the longest, biggest striped stockings
l had ever seen rode right mp into the
yard and under the clothesline and
seized those stockings and pulled 'em
off the line and rode away
''A1l that trip down across the hot
plains and over the rustling buffalo
grass the boys plagued me about those
stockings. Ihad put them into my trunk
and kept them. don't know what l
took them for or why kept them.
We'll we got down into the territory
and among the Indians. They are great
gamblers, you know, and we bet with
them everything we had. We raced and
won from them all the money and
blankets they possessed.
The blankets were United States
army blankets, but we can use them by
cutting out the u. S. At last we came
down to foot runners, and the Indians
brought out their man. He was tall,
broad chested and long limbed He
could go like the wind, and our best
runner was nothing compared with
him. Why, he was the best physical
man / ever saw. He looked at our man,
and his thick lip curled in derision.
He no good-get q mani
The savage was stripped to his skin.
/ looked at our man.
Jake, l said, you wait minute.
Then went and got those stockings.
When brought them out they created
the biggest kind of a sensation, and the
curiosity to touch them was something
comical
They just wanted to put their hands
on them to see what they were.
Il did not let them satisfy their Gu
riosity, but carried them through the
crowd as if they were only relics.
Jake, put those ON and run with
them. said.
Why, / can't run with those on,
he said.
"'Yes. you can. Don't you see that
they are mystified?'
HE put them on, and though he was
a large man they came clear to his hips.
We pinned them up, and he started
with the big Indian. 1t was plain by
the faces of the greasers that they had
lost all faith in their man as against the
striped stockings. The Indian ran a lit
tie distance and then fell behind, with
his eyes fixed in terror ON those flying
stockings. He was beaten. And do YOU
know I sold those stockings to the In.
dian for five ponies and rifie?'-Lew-
iston Journal
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
Freight Law PerpetuaIIy Enjoined.

OMAHA, Nov. 2s.-The decree of Judge
Dundy, Of the United States district
court, making perpetual the injunction
against the Nebraska maximum freight
rate law was rendered in conformity to
the opinion handed down two weeks ago
by Justice Brewer, of the United States
supreme court. The decree declares that
the law sis repugnant to the constitu-
tiOn Of the United States, forasmuch as
by the provisions of said act the said de-
fendant railroad company may not exact
for the transportation of freight from one
point to another within the state charges
which yield to the company reasonable
compensation for such services"
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
BLUEFIELDS AGAIN.
Threatens To 6e q Troublesome
Neck o. Woods.
DR1TIsH LION SHOWS ELS CLAWS.

'Asa sess the A@ericss Esgis - FIiise His
1sssh-Our 1nseresss In the Nicaragua
Canal Messeed ~ Alleged Actie. ss
Jsha Baii--rise Cruiser Columbia Or
esresl 10 the scsne and Engiand To Ne
Invited To ESplsln.
l WASHINGTON, Nov. ss.-The following
to1opatch has created interest herr almost
amounting To n sensation:
PANAMA, Nov. 2s.--Adviccs from Mana
qua indicate grave situation In the Mos
quito reservation. The British minister,
Scaling. has notified Nicaragua that
0roat Britain refuses to recognize the
Nic0raguan government ut Bluefields
After nm exchange Of views Minister Cos
ling tclcgraphcd to Port Limon for Brit.
lsh wnrship to come Mt once to Bluefields. {"
The dispatch concludes with the state.
mont that It IL thought that the Nicarag-
nan canal scheme has much to do with
Englands action. 1t Is difficult to confirm
here officially the fresh trouble ut Blue
fields indicated by the dispatch. DR. Guz-
man, the Nicaraguan minister. was dip
lomatically silent when the subject was
/ mentioned, and the state department Of
0cials assumed an air of reserve.
Columbia Ordered TO Biuefields.
That they are informed upon the sub
sect, however. cannot be doubted and the
strongest confirmation of the accuracy Of
the report Is found in the fact that the
United states steamship Columbia which
has been lying Mt Kingston, Jamaica. has
gone directly to Blucficlds and will doubt
less reach that place rs soon at least as the
British warship from Port Limon Costa
kica IL the facts are rs represented then
the situation is undoubtedly one Of great
gravity. The mention of the Nicaragua
canal rs being the real cause of the
British action goes TO confirm the
suspicious that has long been cherished
here that Grcit Britain really cares moth
ing for the Mosquito people themselves.
but Is disposed to insist upon its prutecto-
rate over the reservation in order to base
n claim Of jurisdiction over that part Of
the old reservation which they have cx-
tended as far south rs the eastern mouth
of the Nicaragua canal.
Where n Touche. Uncle Sam,
Should this claim be maintained IL
would of course operate to prevent the
United states from controlling the pro-
jccted Nicaragua canal II indeed 1t should
not cause the abandonment of the project
1t In undoubtedly matter Of great an-
noyancc To our state department that this
troublesome Blueficlds subject should he
rcopncd by Great Britains summary
action when IL was supposed that the dif.
hcultics there had been nd justcd in n man.
ncr entirely satisfactory to all parties con.
ccrncd
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
HOW TT WAS DONE.
The Organization of that Big
Bond Syndicate
TOLD BY TIE ORIGINATOR THEREOF

sets Out 70 Find Bond Buyers Who WIN
Not Defeat the Govsrnment's Purpose
and Finds Them Thereby Knocking
Out Some Little Schemes 10 Mako Uncle
sam "Fsy the Freight" as 1t Were.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S-John A. Stewart,
the president Of the United States Trust
company, explaining the origin and the
financial operations of the syndicate
which has just secured the entire issue Of
900 government bonds, said
1T was a matter that caused q good
deal of worry and a good deal of anxiety.
The first point, after had made up my
mind to help the government, was to look
about and find out where the gold was.
You see, the point was to get people to 70
in who had gold and would not draw on
the government for it, Well, 1 got before
me the list of the banks that have large
quantities Of gold.
Would Use Their Gold.
Then had to select out of that list
those who would use their hold II they
went in, who wanted to invest the gold,
who would take the amounts of the bonds
that Were assigned to them, and lastly,
and most important of all, in a way, who
would have confidence enough in those
who were at the head of the syndicate to
trust to their discretion in bidding After
had made q list of the names of those I
wanted began with those who would be
towers of strength, if l succeeded in get
ting them-sich men as Pierpoint Nor
gan. went TO see them first and talked
it over. and got them to say how much
money they would take. Then l went to
the Others and got them in One of the
great difficulties was TO keep out those I
did not want. When the news of what
VIC were about got out, there was a rush
of people whom it was hard for me to re-
tuse. Another difficulty was with those
who were asked in and wanted more than
the number Of bonds We assigned them
Most Important of All.
The last point and the most important
OF all was the matter Of deciding what to
bid. There was where experience and a
study of the bond market and a possess
sion Of the channels of information came
in most strongly. If we bid too little, we
would lose all or part of the bonds five
bid too much the profit of the syndicate
would he gone 1t was necessary to know
just what the bonds were worth in order
to guard against failure in the latter con.
sideration. And in the former consider
alton 1t was necessary to know just about
what Others would bid. Now l have no
means of knowing absolutely, but, setting
here and going about, the information
came, and was able to tell with a good
deal of accuracy what would be bid.
Now it is a fortunate thing all around
that the bonds are held by our party.
WIDEN they come into the market there
will he no cutting of prices. And the fact
the syndicate holds all means at least a
quarter per cent more profit. There will
be u good profit in these bonds
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
Married SrlsOolteachers.

Married women can still be appointed
to positions in the Milwaukee public
schools. At the meeting of the execu.
tive committee of the school board Aug.
the movement was defeated which at.
tempted 10 discourage matrimcny ON
the part of the teachers of the Milwau.
kee public schools. in that it proposed
the retirement from the. force of teach.
trs of all married women who had hus-
bands upon whom they could depend
for support and the unemployment in
the future of married women as teach.
ers
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
HE CALLED ON THE EDITOR.
The Result Is That Two Physicians Are
Attending Him.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 2S-The Star
charged that ex-Congresslnan Hewett,
chairman of the city Democratic commit
tee, had been a Republican Earle Per
kins, prominent insurance agent, and
stcpson of Hewett, called on Editor Len
Button of The Star, knocked him
through a glass window, pitched him
over table and was otherwise cdcmolishing
him, when Button rallied and a savage
tight followed. Perkins came out with 1.
broken nose closed eye, and many ugly
bruises, while Button was bitten on the
cheek and through the thumb, and other
wise disf1gured. Perkins has two physi-
clans attending him. The fight resulted
from the heated municipal campaign
which is beng waged between Robert
Warner, Democrat, and J. n. Van Hoose,
Independent
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
jumped from Brooklvn Rr;.,..

NEW YORK, Nov. % 2S.-Harry Menier, a
young Englishman, is allegrd to have
jumped from the highest point on the
Brooklyn bridge into the river without in.
jury by the aid Of a parachute just before
daylight. The affair was under the aus
pices Of sporting paper. The bridge po-
lice say they know nothing about the in
cident and question the truth of the story
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
Expect Gold To he Returned,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Treasury Off
cials expect that most Of the gold with
drawn from the sub-treasury at New
York during the last two weeks by firms
and banks. aggregate q, 50O, ,OO', now that
the entire issue of bonds have been award
ed to the Stewart syndicate, will be re-
turned to the treasury. These firms and
banks withdrew the gold in anticipation
that they would he successful bidders for
part of the new bonds
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28

Contributor have here an article
on What Poets Have Said of the
Moon"
Editor-That would interest no one,
but if You can give me an authentic ao-
count of what the moon has said about
the poets during the past few thousands
Of years l would willingly pay you
double rates for it.-Pick Me Up
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28

LONDON, Nov. 28.-A meeting Of the
Anglo Armenian association was held
here under the presidency of Mr.. Francis
Seymour Stevenson, NJ. p, for the Rye
division Of Suffolk and chairman of the
Anglo-Armenian association. Among
those present were Professor J. A. Beet,
ID. d., and many distinguished English.
men who are In sympathy with the cause
of the Armenians, besides G. Hagopian
and other natives Of Armenia
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
M arr,ed One Day and Died N.,t.

kEoTA, Ia, Nov. 2S.-George Runge
and Miss Addie Thompson left their
respective homes near this city, went to
Washington, Ia, and We're married. They
returned next day apd the bridegroom
became suddenly ill and died. 1t is
thought that he committed suicide.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
viii Present Claims .or bounty.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2S.-At a meeting
at the chamber Of commerce the CONNER
cial bodies, bankers, brokers and mer.
chants decided to present the claims for
the bounty ON the crop Of sugar Of 1894
andlS35.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
Stabbed His Brother to Death.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Rosario Marccg-
limo quarrcled with his brother Genarro, in
q saloon in Mulberry street. Rosario
stabbed Genarro In the left breast, kill
ing him almost instantly. Rosario es.
capped.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28

COsHOCToN, Nov. 2S.-The Diamond
Basket company, which gave employment
to from 300 to 500 people, burned. 1t was
the work Of inccndiaries. -Four other at
tempts to fire buildings were made dur
ing the night. No clew.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28

ELDoEA, Ia. Nov. as.-The suicide of
Ernest Weisncr has become double trag-
edy. He was found dead In the cellar
with his throat cut His aged sister, who
lived with him, took dose Of rat poison
and died In few hours.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
b. DUEL ON THE TAPIS,
French Minister of Finance Sends a Chal
ienge to u Deputy.

icnge TO . Deputy.
PARIS, Nov. 2S.-During the debate in
the deputies on the Madagascaran credit
NJ. Bouanett violently assaulted NJ Poin-
carre, minister of finance The only reply
that M. Poincarre deigned to make was:
Interruptions of this kind are replied to
elsewhere" This of course meant that a
challenge to fight a duel would be sent to
NJ. Bcuanett. After the session NJ Poin-
carre sent his seconds to NJ. Bouanett to
arrange for meeting on the field of
honor