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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.

IMPORTANT IF TRUE.
According to the Slater Rustler the
Arrow Rock gold mines are becoming
known. Scarcely day passes but
what some miners, many of
whom have made and lost fortunes
in prospecting in California, can be
seen on the farm of S. b. Spates
washing out the dirt to see what
amount of gold it contains. And
the opinion of all, so far as we have
been able to learn, is that the pros
pect compares magniflcently with the
mines of California. They all seem
and that valuable time is being lost
in not working the mines.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
AN AFFECTING SCENE.

AN AFFECTING SCENE.
A very affecting incident occurred
at the Sun day school at the Method
list church, south, in West Plains one
Sunday morning recently. A prize
had been offered to the scholar who
should bring in the greatest number
of new scholars. This prize was
won by little blind boy and many
eyes were filed with tears when his
little brother led him forward to
receive the beautiful prize that he
could not see.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23

girl being an orphan, j. F. Yantsey
was appointed her guardian and gave
consent to the marriage. The par
ties are from Reeds, a small town
east of Carthage. Smiths wife died
few months ago, and the girl, who
had been taken from the poor house
by them, kept house for him. The
girl is small for her age and very
childish and claims to be only 10
years old.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
IDAHO DEMOCRATS.

IDAHO DEMOCRATS.
Idaho democrats nominated E. A.
Stevenson for governor, James M.
Ballentine for congress, John B..
Thatcher for lieutenant governor,
James H. Bush for treasurer, James
Stoddard for auditor, j. r. Hall for
secretary of state, William T. Reeves
for attorney general, j. w. Faris for
superintendent of public instruction,
John c. Elder for supreme Judge.
The platform partially indorses
Cleveland, denounces the conserva
tive senator's, and upholds Chairman
Wilson, of the ways and means COM
mittee. Free coinage of silver at 16
to l is demanded.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
PROFITABLE MELON CROP.

The watermelon crop of southeast
Missouri is now being marketed in
st. Louis. A car load of melons
sells at from $40 to S75, according to
size and condition. A car will hold
from 1900 to 1 800 melons. During
the season st. Louis expects to
handle about 5000, 600 melons. The
southeast Missouri melons are sold
as far north as Canada and as far
west as California.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
A MISSOURI GHOST STORY.

Reuben Atkins of Mcdonald county
claims that it rains stones at his place.
One night last week he says that
over 100 rocks ranging in size from
marble to a walnut fell upon the
floor of his house. He thinks the
house is haunted, as at times spirits
appear and pull the covers off the
members of his family and pile them
up on the floor. Mr.. Atkins is re-
garded as truthful man, and great
excitement prevails in his neighbor-
hood over the strange phenomena.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
FOR PASSING COUNTERFEIT COIN.

Marion Jones and George Maple
were arrested in Saline county and
lodged in Jail at Marshall charged
with passing counterfeit silver dol
lars. They were travelling in a
spring wagon, and had passed the
spurious coins on farmers.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
GENERAL NEWS.

SANTO KILLED.
Santo, the murderer of President
Carnot, of France, has been Off
cially killed.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23

CELEBRATED BY FIVE GENERATIONS.
At Cartersville, Georgia, Samuel G..
Jones, grandfather of Evangelist
Sam p. Jones, celebrated his seth
birthday. Five generations, includ.
ing Sam Jones and grand children,
were present. The family now
numbers eighty-six living and thirty
dead. Grandfather Jones is an act
i've worker in the church, and is
hale and hearty. He has four sons
in the ministry. He is the father of
twelve sons and seven daughters.
One visitor, W. j. Fitzpatrick,
native of Georgia, 107 years old, is
still able to read ordinary print.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23

The house ways and means COM
mittee voted Friday to present fifth
tariff bill making silver lead ore free
of duty. The Wilson bill made these
ores free, but the senate put duty
OF three -fourths OF cent pound on
them.
At the meeting the democrats
voted for the free silver lead bill and
the republicans against it. The
motion to report was carried, and
Mr.. Tarsney Of Missouri made the
report Monday.
During the meeting Mr.. Payne,
republican, of New York, facetiously
asked the chairman II it would be In
order to move that the president be
requested to return the original
tariff bill to congress for frepairs.
The chairman ruled the motion out
Of order. +
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
TIMES IMPROVING.

TIMES IMPROVING.
The Wabash in the first week in
August earned S277,600, an increase
over the corresponding week of 1893
of s12, POO; the Chesapeake and Ohio
earned in the first week in August
S211 1902, an increase this year of
S13,041.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
BY GASOLINE.

BY GASOLINE.
Mrs. A. Kaufman was fatally
burned at st. Joseph by the explo-
sion of gasoline stove. Her hus-
band was also badly burned.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
IN OUR OWN STATE.

WANT THE CAPITOL.
Lancaster and Queen City are
| fighting over the county seat in
Schuyler county.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23


The republican steering committee
resolved to support the motion to
refer the free list tariff bills to the
finance committee and to seek to
amend them in various ways, the
principal amendment to be offered
for the repeal of the tariff bill Just
passed. Enough, they claim, was
developed before the senate bill was
accepted by the house to indicate
that If the bill could have been
brought back to the senate in any
way it would have been defeated and
they assert belief that the same
votes on the democratic side which
would then have been cast against it
would now be cast for it's repeal.
They count on the votes of Messrs.
Hill, Gallery, Blanchard, Allen and
Kyle. If they should fail on the
repeal amendment they will substi-
tute the bounty provision for the
pending bill for free sugar and would
expect to secure the votes of the five
senators mentioned above, except
Hill. They will also offer certain
other amendments in certain contin-
geneies including one for duty on
wool. They admit that if the sugar
bill should pass with an amendment
either for bounty or repeal of the
main bill the house probably would
refuse to accept it apd it most likely
would fail in conference, but they
claim the senate and especially the
republican senators, would not be
responsible for that result.
The treasury estimates for 1895
placed the total revenues under the
present law at $454, ,427, ,748. The
estimates under the house bill made
a total of s442, ,Os5, 1882. The esti-
mates under the senate bill give the
following: Customs, $179, ,251, 142. .1t;
internal revenue, $213, 900, 900; mis-
cellaneous, $40, ,0O0, 900; postal SER
vice, $s4, ,427, ,74s; total, $498,87s,-
890.14. Under the house bill the ad
valorem rates of duty showed
decrease of duty amounting to
$73, 3,716, ,023.65, and under the senate
bill the decrease of duty is shown at
$40, 1872, ,310.s1. In this computation
articles that are free from duty are
excluded. A statement prepared
shows the dutiable value under the
present law as s4oO, ,088, ,65s4S, with
a duty of $19s, ,37S, ,452.97, the ad
valorem rate being 49.5s per cent.
under the house bill the dutiable
value was 1851, ,O41, ,96$.12, duty,
$l24, ,6b7s429,32, ad ~vdorem rate,
1851; under senate bill dutiable
value, $4es, ,447, 1911, duty, $780,
251 142. 16, ad valorem rate, 38.88.
Internal revenue officers expect
very great increase in receipts If the
president allows the tariff bill to
become a law. This will come
largely from Withdrawals Of whiskey
from bond. The customs officials
also expect a large increase in
receipts, as goods now held In the
bonded warehouses at New York,
Boston and other large seaport cities
will be withdrawn as soon as possible
after the bill becomes law to meet
the deman g of the fall trade. Dry
goods and furnishing goods and
notions of all kinds will form a large
item in these Withdrawals. The
reduction of fifty cents per pound in
the duty on cigars is expected to
stimulate trade to some extent In
that direction.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
THE BILLS COMPARED.

THE BILLS COMPARED.
The following is statement Of
average ad yalorem rates Of duty Of
the Mckinley law and the senate bill
on a number Of principal items as
compiled by the Treasury depart-,
ment. Wherever duties are specific
in either bill they were reduced to
I'd valorem rates for the purposes Of
comparison:
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23

ouNh "hiehuhient VI THESE laws as may Dt
found necessary, and OF our executive
| officers, the use OF all the powers OF the
state, when necessary, for the suppression
OF lawlessness and the protection OF the
human lives Of our citizens and all classes
of property within this state.
notwithstanding the platform, AT
torney General Chas A. Culberson,
the nominee for governor, declared
in favor of free coinage at the old
ratio.
SOUTH CAROLINA REFORM DEMOCRATS.
South Carolina reform democrats
in state convention nominated John
Gray isvans Tor governor and DIR.
Zimmerman for lieutenant governor.
Tillman was endorsed FOR the senate.
The nominees of this convention
are to be submitted to the general
primaries, which is to be held on
September %, which in turn, will
be ratified by the state democratic
convention, to be held later.
As the straight -out democrats are
making no opposition to the reform
ers or Tillmanites, as they are called
this year, the nominees of this
convention will be come the demo-
cratic nominees, and as the repub-
licans never put out state ticket,
they will be elected to the posi-
tions to which they are nominated,
in November elections.
w. d. Evans, president of the
state alliance, was one of the dele
gates, and the first thing that the
convention did was to adopt set of
resolutions embodying the Ocala
demands submitted by Mr.. Evans,
as the platform of the convention.
Silver was indorsed at ratio of 16
to /, and, though Governor Tillman
has opposed the sub treasury scheme
throughout the campaign, the con-
vention adopted it as one of the
planks in its platform.
John Gray Evans, in his speech of
acceptance, promised to enforce all
the laws of the state, especially the
dispensary law, which he declared
to be acceptable to 81 per cent. of
the white people of the state. He
predicted union of the south and
west in 1896, and the routing of the
powers of the east.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
TREASURY NOTES MAY BE TAxED.

'''SEhSSh' 4'o''17 DE iEh-NfD'
President Cleveland has signed
the bill authorizing the taxation of
the treasury notes by states and
municipalities on the same terms
that other money is taxed. The bill
goes into effect at once, but does
not necessarily make any change in
the standing of the greenbacks.
1t gives authority for their taxation
merely, and it remains for the states
to take advantage of its terms.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
APPOINTED RECEIVER.

APPOINTED RECEIVER.
Aldace F. Walker was appointed
receiver of the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railway in place of j. w.
Reinhart, resigned. Judge Caldwell
in the United States circuit court
made the appointment on motion of
Wheeler II. Peckham, of New York,
council for the Union Trust Com
pany, trustee for the bondholders.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
THE WEEKS DEAD.

THE WEEKS DEAD.
Charles Robinson, the first gov
ernor of Kansas, died at Lawrence,
aged 76 years.
Thomas Thurston, who twenty
years ago was a noted character,
died in Washington.
Mrs. Virginia Minor, the famous
woman's sutfragist, died in st. Louis,
aged 70 years.
Mrs. d. NJ. Steele, a society
leader of st. Joseph, died suddenly.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23
AN INFANT BRIDE.

AN INFANT BRIDE.
N. g. Smith, aged "a, took out
license Friday evening to marry
Maggie =. Wilson, aged lS. The
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-23

The separate bills were refe4red tc
the finance committee by ks YetA Of
80 to II, the negative yotO beinRs .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28
Jail Preferred To Mothcr-in-iaw.

Thirty husbands were languishins in
the Raymond Street Jail i'll Brooklyn
last week charged with failure to sup
port or provide for their wives. 1t turn
ed out. upon inquiry, that most of these
unfeoling men liked their wives well
enough. but could net stand their moth
ers-in-law, and when they had the op-
portunity Of going home, If they would
agree to face the reception awaiting
them there, they shook their heads reso-
lutely and said, Let us remain here in
peace. New York Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28
Scotch Terms and Customs.

Everybody knows that the word mac
pronounced in Gaelic machk) means
son, so that, for example, Macdonald
literally means the son of Donald. But
it is not generally known that when a
woman is spoken of the highlanders
substitute for mac the feminine mich,
which means daughter; that the voca-
tive of mac is vichk eve spell phonet-
ically), which always replaces mac
when a person Is addressed, and that
the nominative plural is michk (sonsl
or claun (childrenl. Sir Walter Scott
ignorance of Gaelic frequently led him
into error upon these points, both in his
poetry and i'll his novels.
The meaning OF the Gaelic word clan,
as just stated, is children, and the ODE
dience which clansmon owed to their
chief was considered by them rather as
the Gffectionate obedience due by chill
dren to father than as that due by sub
jects to ruler. They believed them
selves to be all blood relations descend
ed from common ancestor, of which
their chief was the living representa-
tive. The clansman who hesitated to
save his chiefs hfo at the expense of
his own was regarded as coward who
fled from his fathers side in the hour
Of peril On the other hand, the chief
was expected at all times to acknowl-
edge the ireanest OF his clan as his To-
lation and to shake hands with him
wherever they might happen to meet.
Subordinate to the chief and generally
related 10 him We're the chieftaius and
tacksmen. London Spectator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28
The Usual french Duel.

The announcement that two French
politicians had determined to settle
their difficulties by duel did not
excite any sanguinary expectation in
the Partisan mind. Certainly for 10
wears nobody has been injured in a
French political duel, as the New York
Times observes. II is far safer con-
test than American college foot ball.
Consequently. Paris was calm when
10 was announced that NJ. Jaures and
NJ. Barthou were to meet upon the
field of honor, and no one was sur
prised when il was learned that they
had met and that neither was hurt. -
When one statesman informs another
that .'he lies and he knows he
lies" in n dueling country, duel
is the inevitable consequence. But
immunity from physical in jury is the
equally inevitable consequence of a
French political duel. 1t does not
excite anybody. No prudently man
aged life insurance company would
increase the premium on the risk. y
because the risk was going to fight
one. Pistols at % PAGES would not
in any case be death dealing instru-
ments in the hands Of amateur shots,
and when IL is considered bad form
and violation of the unwritten code
of the duello TO hit anybody, honor
is satisfied without danger. At the
same time it is great nuisance to
get up early in the morning, Christ
mas morning in particular, as was
the case in the late exchange of COM
pliments in France. and drive
through n fog to some sloppy sub
urban place and blaze away in the
air before breakfast. There ought tC
bc some other cxpedicnt adopted for
satisfying the claims OF honor. suci
rs taking drink or spinning coin
TO decide whether the other man lied
or simply retorting the lie upon him
rs is the custom of our own more
practical legislators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28

TnE report OF the state consul. NJ.
W. A. the convention of which was
in session at Springfield this week,
shows Illinois To- have $4,000 men,
bers in good standing. the largest
membership in the union. During
1894 and up to Nov. 80. lsS death
benefits were paid. amounting 10
1896. 800, and 1889. 800 was paid out
for the same length of time in the 10
states having membership. The per
capita cost for the year was 57l
cents. The increase in membership
during 1884, was 800 in this iur-
i-diction. The beneficiary and gem
cral financial condition of the order
is excellent. No large cities are al
lowed to have camps. which proba-
bly, accounts for the stability of the
order, as the mortality in large cit
les is far greater than in smaller
ptape-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28
Electrical Moonlight.

The handling Of balloons has become
part of the regular training of the Ger
man soldier, and a captive balloon, kept
always il readiness for military work,
is now familiar feature Of a German
camp. a new arrangement of the cleo
tic light is now being tried. From the
captive balloon is suspended an electric
arc lamp Of some 5000 candle power
AS soon as night begins to fall the cur
rent, carried by an insulated wire, is
turned on, and the light is reflected
downward. In this way large open
space is illuminated without lamp
posts, and the evolutions of body OF
troops can take place without impedi-
uent By night Berlin Letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it Happened,

The following remarkable event in /, lady's
life Will interest the reader: For long tirns.
had Z terrible pain n my heart, which hut
tered almost .nceSsantly. ! had no appetite
and could no: sleep. l would be coI,lpeii,.
10 SIT upin bed and belch gas from my stonl-
2ch until thought every minute would be
my last. There was p feeling OF oppression
about my heart. and l was afraid to draw a
in!i breath | couldn't sweep room with
out sitting down and resting: but, thank
God, by the help of New Heart Cure all that
Is past and feel like another woman Be
Tore using the New Heart Cure l had taken
different so-caiied remedies and been treated
by doctors without any benefit until / was
both discouraged and disguised. NV husband
bought me bottle OF DIR. Niles New Heart
Cure, and am happy to say l never regretted
II, as | now have a splendid appetite ana
sleep Well. weighed 125 pounds when / be-
gan taking the remedy, and nov weigh 130ls
Its effect in my case has been truly marvel
gus. 1t far surpasseS any ether medicine
nave ever taken or any benefit l ever re
ceived from physicians. Harry Starr
Pottsville, Pa, October Il. lSa2.
Or. Miles New Heart Cure is sold on posi-
tive guarantee by all druggists. or by the DIR
Miles Medical Co. Elkhart, Ind. ON receipt Of
price. II per bottle. six bottles g. express pre-
paid. This great discovery by an eminent
specialist in heart disease contains DeitLer
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28
LET THE HUNTER DON GAY coLoRs

IL Lessons the Chances Of Somebody TAX
ing u Shot ut Him.
"You would naturally think that the
hunter out for game would wear clothes
of soft. unobtrusive colors harmonizing
with the landscape" said the veteran
sportsman. ''Iet, stalking moose and
deer in tho Maine woods, select ap-
parei pronounced iii hue and often wear
red necktie or hatband. This 1 do to
lessen the danger of being shot through
mistake.
''Of the great army Of hunters that
each fall range the woods of the Pine
Tree State there are few that Will not
sometimes venture shot into moving
bushes on the chances that the invisible
object that rustles them may be a deer.
The fool sportsman, who is largely il
evidence III the shooting season, will do
SO every time. If it I've Il man in the
bushes. any striking colors of his cos
tune are apt To catch the eye of the one
preparing to fire and prevent the shot
being fired.
THE danger of alarming game by
sIch costume: That is not enough to
be taken into account Everything strik-
ing in color is more likely than not to
excite their curiosity and draw them
toward the hunter if he work with prop
er slowness and caution. Besides that
all the antlered game trust almost
wholly to their senses of hearing and
smelling to warn them Of the approach
of danger, and if you can battle those
faculties you need have little fear of
their taking alarm from the sight of
you.
''But, speaking of costume, don't
wear black, else every ninny, and even
some experienced sportsman, seeing you
among the trees, would let drive at you,
believing he was going to bag bear. -
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28

Estate of Al M u. Schoenniny, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed excu :
tors Of the last viii ana tie, lament of Anna NJ.
Sehoenuing lete OF the county OF Rock Island state
OF Illinois, deceased hereby give notice thar they
the city of Rock Island, at the February term, on
the first Mcneav in February, next. at which time
al persons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend, for TIE purpose
OF having the same adjusted
All persons indebted to said estate rcoucs-
ted to mase Immediate payment 10 the UNDER
signed.
Dated this i;h day OF receuber, a. y. 1894.
FRED SCliOEENiSG.
HENRY ALLENANG,
EXecntors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-28

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY

STATE OF ILLINOIS. ,ss
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In The Circuii Court, in Chrncery
January trrn \. D.. 1sa5
Joseph Mcmahon vs. Henry c. Connolly admin i
;straor. d. h. n {. A. of the estate OF Sarah H.
toob. deceased. ct al la caanccTy, BIZ for
Specific Performance.
Affidavit OF Don-residence of William p. Rn--
giles. Daniel Rusc!es, Zenas p. RCgsles, Cordciia
Paige. Lucy 5. RGggles. William q. Iuggles.
Lyoia L. Gott. Samuel u. Rngeles, Richard NJ
Ruggles. Edward 5. Ruggles, Sarah c. Rugsles.
mortimer K Huggles, Gardner RuCsles. Lydia
faige Cordelia Paige, Oren Paige, Frederick
Allen. and the unknown heirs AID divisees
OF Sarah 3. COBB, deceased, having been
hled In the clerks oif1cc OF the circuit cou-t
OF said county, notice is therefore hereby
given 10 the said nonresident defendants that
the complainant filed his bill Of complaint IN
said court on he chance-y side thereof on eth
day OF November, 1894, and that thereup1n a
a summons issued ont OF said court. wherein said
suit Is now pending returnable on the fret Non
day IN the month of January, next, a is by law
Gent defendants above named, william p. Rug
giles, Daniel Rugzles, Zena Ruggles Corcelia
rage. Iucy :. RuggieS, William &. Rugee s Ly-
Ola r. Gott. Samuel D. Ruggles, Richard NJ
Rnggies. Edward ;. Ruggics, Sarah c. Ruggles
Mortimer Il. Ruggles. Gardner Rupgles LYDIA
Paige, Cordcla Paige, Oren Paige Free erje K
Allen. and the unknown heirs aad div,sees
OF Sarah +. Cobb, decreased. and shall person.
ally be and appear before said circuit court
on the first day of the next term thereof, 10 he
holden Mt Rock Island in and for the said
comfy, on the first Monday in January ncxr ana
Plead, answer or demur 10 the said com, lai H.
ants bill of complaint. The ana the matter r.
and THINKS therein charged and ated viii b, tax
en- as confessed. and a decree entered against you
according To the prayer Of said i'll.
Rock Island. Illinois Nov. -, lSal.
GEORGE ". GAMBLE,
Clerk Of said Court.