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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
THE MRS. BLACKBURN INTERVIEW.
Quite . Difference Between the Lady and
the Congressman.

Quite . Difference Between the Lady and
the Congressman.
He then gave his version of the inter-
view with Mrs. Blackburn He found Miss
Pollard waiting on the landing outside
Mrs. Blackburn's room, and she said that
Mrs. Blackburn wanted witness to con-
firm what she Miss Pollard) had Just told
her. Witness said to Mrs. Blackburn that
she had been extremely kind, and that SO
long as the plaintiff had her as a friend she
needed nothing else. but in her distress he
had offered the protection of his name, and
that with Mrs. Blackburn friendship and
the protection of his name the plaintiff
could well afford to despise what Mrs FL
lette might do, and that he was grateful
to Mrs. Blackburn for what she had done.
Mrs. Blackburn said all she had done
had been done out of spirit of friendship
for an unprotected Kentucky girl. Mrs.
Blackburn said that this had been a great
surprise to her, and she could scarcely Gre
dit 1t, and did not know whether she
she should congratulate him or not. To
this he had responded nothing, simply
acknowledging 1t with bow, and in a,
few minutes he arose. and he and the
plaintiff had left the house together and
he walked with her to her house without n
word. II pu: the key into the door and
said, you must leave Washington before
do or will notify Mrs. Blackburn of the
relations between u.s. She said she would
keep her promise as soon rs she could
He then told the story of the girls at
tempt to shpot him ut the Hoffman House,
New York, and said he shut the door be-
tween them before she could shoot. She
threatened to shoot through the door and
he told her to shoot away and he would
have better reasons to have her put in the
Tombs. Then she begged him not to dc
that and she went to her own room. He
acknowledged his marriage to Mrs. Wing
April 20, and told about the visit of plain
tiff to his rooms in the presence of his
wife after the marriage. He went with
Madeline. That was the day of the first
visit to Major Moore's Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Ayoung woman. Rca.on,ne.

II am told. dear, that Jack Rattlepate
spent most of his vacation in your back
parlor. Aren't you giving kim rather a
dangerous amount of encouragement"
why, no, dearest. he is merely a boy.
To be sure, he is a year older than l. but
shall he out next winter. while Jack
has two years more in college, and it
will be six years after that before he can
earn much of anything. So practically
he is six years younger than l, and that
makes him IL. 1t is absurd to talk of
encouraging boy so young as that. -
Harper's Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Rockford Journalistic Idea.

ROCKFORD, Ills, March 3l.-The owners
of The Morning Star, one Of the daily pa.
pers of this city. adopted a unique idea for
its issue on Saturday before Easter The
entire edition was gotten out, wi tn the ex.
ceptiOn of type-setting and printing,
by women, and the proceeds of the paper
were devoted to the Ladies' Union Aid SO.
ciety. Advertisers took hold of the IN
novation with considerable enthusiasm.
Katharine NJ. Keller was editor-in-chief OF
the edition, and Fanny G. Talcott and
Mary Taggart Briggs, business managers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
ABBREVIATED TeLEcRAMs.

Senators deny a report that the silver
men in the senate have combined to put Q
silver 'rider'' in the tariff bill.
May Yohe. the Chicago burlesque ac-
tress who achieved fame on the stage and
notoriety otherwise. has been married by
an English lord, who probably hopes she
has settled down, for some day she may be
a duchess.
The Samoan islands are indulging in an
insurrectica and carrying it on in the time
honored msnner of the kanaka-with
much atrocity of all sorts.
Isaac Crane, of Railway. n. J., is at
work on a chicken-thicf Discouraged in
which dynamite is the principal ingredient.
While he was experimenting with it the
other day it opened up operations. tearing
off some skin from Mr.. Cranes hand and
striking several bystanders.
Obituary: At St. Augustine. Fla, Will.
lam S. Hall, of Chicago. At Baden, Jacob
Rosenhain; the composer and pianist, aged
20. AT Dublin, Most Rev. Charles Par
sons, ID. D., protestant lord bishop OF
Meath.
The senate military committee has or
dered favorable report on she bill to pay
So, .9l5 to California, s404 coo to Nevada
and S3!, 80 to Oregon for money expended
III the suppression of the rebellion.
Charles B. Wisdom, colorcd, who is in
the st. Louis Jail senten ced to be hanged
on April IL, sent a letter to Governor
Stone inclosing rabbits foot, TO which
was attached bag of hoodoo powder. He
gave the governor specific directions how
to use the foot and said if he failed Il
carry out his instructions the governor
would be hoodooed forever
The chairman of the Democratic con-
gressional committee of Congressman
Snodgrass' district in Tennessee strongly
disapproves of the presidents veto of III,
Bland bill
Paris is suffering from n serious typhoid
epidemic. Curiously enough the diseas,
is worst in those districts supplied newt;
with the purest water.
William Nonnemacher of Amigo, Wis.
has been sent to prison for life tor murder
inc his wife and three children.
The late !. c. Wilmerding, Of San Fran
cisco, left s4O0,O00 to found a school of in
I, dustrial arts in connection with the Uni
versity of California.
Bishop Paret has accepted an invitation
| TO deliver a lecture on April before tn
Church club of New York ON st Peter
/ the Primary and the See of Rome" Tn
! same lecture will be repeated AT Epiphan,
church, Washington, on the afternoon o
| April s.
/ The people Of Darlington, s. C., hav
! risen in arms against any attempt on tn
I part Of Governor Tillman's state dispen
sary inquisitors to search their dwelling
! for liquor.
| The sale of French wines has fallen OF
! so greatly the past year owing to the har
times that winegrowers are seriously EN-
| barrassed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
A MARRIAGE IMPOSSIBLE.
What the Colonel Said He Told Madeline
After Hearing Rhodes.

What the Colonel Said He Told Madeline
After Hearing Rhodes.
Breckinridge then said: II told her in
the spring of 1898 that after what Rhodes
had told me of the relations between them
1t would be impossible that any other re-
lation could ever exist between u.s." Then
there was a lot more denials of statements
made by the plaintiff, explicit and full.
When they met at the Hoffman House at
New York and she wanted to 20 abroad he
said he would pay for the trip. but when
she wanted him to marry her when she
came back he said that could never be-
Finally she said she would never go with
out that promise, but would go back to
Washington and stay there
The first claim he had heard of from
Madeline that. he had engaged himself to
her was in an article in The Washington
Post, inspired by her, and thereafter he
had received letters from her to the same
effect. Wilson wanted chose letters, and
WAS told that all were destroyed. He told
her that her continued presence in Wash
lngtOn meant the ruin of them both. Then
Madeline took another course. She told
defendant that scandal was busy with her
name, and aftsr some talk insisted that he
should go to Mrs. Blackburn and tell that
lady that the relations between the plain
tiff and himself were such that Mrs.
Blackburn must stand by her
Breckenridge refused and denied sending
n message by Madeline To Mrs. Blackburn.
Then she threatened suicide, and that she
would shoot him, and on one occasion did
try to kill him, but he got the pistol from
her and kept it, and it was the same pistol
with which she had later tried to kill him
at New York. referring to his interview
| with Mrs Blackburn regarding the
| scandal against Miss Pollard, he said his
recollection differed from Mrs Blackburn.
| He thought she had opened the interview
Later in March he had met Madeline in
Cincinnati in response to a telegram from
her. She then had told him that she had
been obliged, under Mrs. Blackb burn.
| cross-examination, to represent that SHE
was engaged to him. He told her that ht
would go right back and say to Mrs. Black
burn that it was not true, but under hel
| opportunities promised to keep his mouth
| shut if she would leave the city, Return
| ing to Washington March 81 he had re
ceived call from Miss Pollard before
breakfast.
| He said: Il agreed then that if she
would go away would put myself in the
power of the plaintiff and Mrs. Blackburn
| and pretend there was an engagement.
said, You have put me where there is ne
alternative but to put myself in YOU
power and trust you or to submit to 4
scene in the hotel Office or street, perhap.
have an attempt made on my life on the
street l said that there must be n,
misunderstanding between us; reminded
her that from the first ! had said Their.
could be no marriage, but anything shor
of that which i could do to save those who
| loved me would do"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Prouuupc.a scy.l.,,. Y., sav.a.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada
+. Hurd. of Groton, $. d., we quote:
WAS taken with bad cold, which
settled on my lungs. Cough set in
and finally terminated in consump-
ton. Four doctors gave me up. say
ing could live but a short time. j
gave myself up 10 my Saviour. deter
| mined if | could not stay. with my
friends on earth. | would meet NV
absent ones above. NV husband was
advised TO get DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. Coughs and
Colds. ! gave il trial. took in all.
eight bottles; i; has cured me, and
| thank God | am now a well and
hearty woman. Trial bottles free at
Hartz & Bahnsen's drug store, regu-
lar size, Doc and 81.
GOOD LOOKS.
Good looks are more than skin
deep, depending upon healthy con-
dition of all the vital organs. II the
liver he inactive. YOU have bilious
look. ii YOUR stomach be disordered.
you have a dtspeptic look. and if
your kidneys he affected Won have n
pinehed look. Secure good health
and you will have good looks. Elec-
tric Bitters is the great Alternative
and tonic. acts directly on these
vital organs. Cures pimples.
blotches. boils and gives good COM
plexion. Sold at Hartz g. Bahnscn's
drug store. soc per bottle
| BUCKLEN-s ARNIcA sALvE.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers salt rheum
Fever sores. letter. chapped hands.
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup,
tions, and positively cures piles or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price IS cents per box.
For sale by Hartz a. Ullemeyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
WHERE THE TROUBLE BEGAN.

once ut Washington. Madeline Makes
Things Very Lively for Willie.
II was after she went to Washington
I'm, life hogan In Ike m burden Tn Rrecl;n.
-. N. s...., -,
-. " ON"
reP"ie W e".n "ei own ii'ins
i'onestiy' anu ne was Wiling 10 pay ior IT,
iut she was capricious-one moment Will
ag, ana next insisting that ne shouid
'mrry ner All niong' said the witness, ne
!eclared that marriage between them was
impossible. She would go to him in his
"ommittee room in the Capitol, and they
would quarrel when she would insist that
he have .he support owing her"
Madeline swore that she had advised
Jim about his lectures. The witness swore
le had never submitted manuscript of
ais speeches, lectures or magazine articles
20 her, or advised with her ON the tenor OF
hem. There was never but one human
being who advised with me in any way
concerning my lectures from the time be-
gan to speak and lecture down to eighteen
months ago, and that person WINS not Miss
Pollard" Colonel Breckinridge was re-
ferring to his wife and his manner was
most impressive. He denied the story of
being in back room the night Madeline
broke her engagement with Eossell. He
had never heard Of Rosselrs existence
until he saw the wessie Brown letter.
Much Of the testimony regarding the
visit to the Sarah Goss house, he declared,
son who had fabricated the alleged con-
versation between Sarah Go.s and wit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Can Get Hands at Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 3l.-The broom brigade
which did such vail ant service in keeping
Chicago's streets clean has dwindled from
upwards of $500 last winter to less than
100 last Monday, when the city again took
charge of its street work. But the General
Delay Employment Bureau registry
at 1918 1.-The Rookery' contains the names
of thousands of farm hands, clerks. me
chanics and la borers of every kind who
want work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Gov. Mckinley mt Chicoro.

CHICAGO, March Ex-Governor Mckinley
and his party arrived at the Grand Pacific
yesterday on the return trip from Mime
apolis and st. Paul. The governor said ne
was much pleased with the reception ten
dered him in the northwest, although FORTY
eight hours of speeches. hantlshakiny. and
receptions. and on top Of that thetrip from
Minneapolis to Chicago, had worn him out
physically. The party left for home today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Gave HI, Lie for Hi, MONEY.

HENNEssY, o. T., March 3l.-Edward II.
Townsend, who lived ten miles west of
here, has been murdered by three men.
Mr.. Townsend was preparing to retire
when the men, armed with Winchesters,
appeared and commanded him to tell
where his money was. Townsend was
game and made move for his gun, and
the robbers fired, killing him. The rob-
beers, unable to get the money, rode away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
aeuuoui,e, srtt,inr In Ill;no,,.

VANDALIA, Ills, March "l.-Large num-
bers of Mennonites are coming from the
east and settling in Fayette county They
have bought up nearly all the farms in
Seton township, one of the richest town.
ships in the county. Some seventy fami.
lies have already arrived and others are
coming in almost daily, Three carloads of
farm machinery belonging to these people
were unlOaded at Brownstown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31

AID intended to marry her, for he was very
much. in love with her. During the courss
Of the conversation, which was quite long,
he said that he ought" to mary her-not
only that he wanted to marry her, but
that he fought" to do so-that things had
happened which made it necessary for him
to marry her and that he intended to do,
but that she seemed to have taken dis
like to him. HE. wanted me to tell him
what he should do to bring on that mar
riageo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,
New TN Financial.

NEW YORK. March ~.
Money on call easy. Offered at | per
cent Prime mercantile paper 3f5lS per
cent. Sterling exchange dull, with actual
business il bankers bills at 4ssd 4ssi. for
demand and is6404s, for sixty days; post ed
rates '4S.1s9fss. Commercial bills 4s5lad
iS534.
Silver certificates co.'s bid: no sales: bar silver
o9:s. Mexican dollars 1915
United States bonds. IS regular 1i7s4: do SIS
coupons, HIN; As regular. 1874; do As coupons.
llila; do rs, Nc bid; Pacific 6s of 80. I0sl !
~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Bi.marck 20 Years Old.

BERLIN, March 3l.-Prince Bismarck
will be 70 years old tomorrow and the mails
are burdened with letters of congratulation
from all parts of the empire, while num-
erous presents have also been received by
the venerable statesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31

PoRTLAND, Or, March 3l-Union Pa
cific officials have advices from the Idaho
division that six snow slides occurred be-
tween Burke and Black Bear ON Canon
creek, each from one to two Thousand feet
in length and 100 to 2O0 feet in depth.
Nine lives are supposed to have been lost
in all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Explosion Of n steam wringer.

PROVIDENCE, March 81. = The steam
wringer in the laundry of the Narragansett
House exploded, injuring three girls who
were at work. Pieces of the flying iron
struck the girls in the face and head. One
OF them was seriously injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
The Local Markets.
AEw~.


oRAIN. Bzo.
WheaI--65c
Corn-New. 3S@39c.
Oats-3,c.
iiaw-ymo.ty, Sin: upland ss0nee. Wild.
so2S1; slo I. S5Dss; baled. IS.
STRAW, S6Q$6 so.
022c 40 ~~'' ele""ety' sie
Eggs-Fresh, 1CcD11c
Pouisry-s hickens, dressed, a01Oc; turkeys
9 s,s' lOc; dach', dressed, l0c; geese,
FRUIT AND vKoNFApr
Appiee-$s per BIZ, F D Chicago
P0tatocs--6sc.
Ouions- 75G per bu
Turnips-75c0 per bu
LfvE STOCK
a, C u !. pay for co-. Too steer
4<p5c - S'se
Hogs-4kc04Ac
Shecp-SU03ch
Coal-Soft. 10c; haro sam
wood-Cord. 500; sawed, Is 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31

Crisp Declines the Scnatorsl,ip.
WAsHMGroE, March 3l.-Speaker Crisp
has declined the senatorship from Georgia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
SOMEBODY rs LYING
One Plain Feature Of the Great
Scandal Case.
n IT POLLARD OR BRECK1HR1DeI9

An she Rest Fiat C0ntraditiou-Every
Material Statement Made by Madeline
Pollard Denied Flasly and Explicitly by
shs Dssesdsss Except Their Iumeral
Reissssss-rhs Defendant Consinued.
WASHINGTON. March 3l.-Chapter two
Of the story Of Colonel Breckinridge has
been told. 1t consumed a whole session
Of court, and still the narrative remains
incomplete. From the meeting at the
Lexington house Of designation kept by
Sarah Goss in 1854. down to the late
spring Of 1873. the recital wound its way
along path stormy with pistols, illegiti-
mate children, clandcstine interviews and
secret marriage; more of intrigue than
one would suppose could be contained in
the life Of such mild looking elderly
man rs the one who leaned over the wit
ness box and told it all in matter Of
fact way. occasionally dropping into a
Jest. Before him sat the woman who is
willing to emulate Samson by dragging
down herself with the temple. She per-
sisted in becoming agitated and once sh g
made an outcry, demanding to know why
the defendant could not tell the truth, but
Judge Bradley warned her firmly and
kindly that she must exercise control or
leave the room.
a vn,,. Inv ,e n.,,,.,
~ -., -.
o"y was
oon'ih"o"s uen"'i y, e'ery h'".eria' "iiesa-
tion maue py Maueiine foiiaru, except That
there were illicit relations between the
two. She had joined him on the train the
morning after their ride mt Cincinnati. OF
her own accord. They had agreed TO meet
that evening in Lexington ut Sarah Go,s
place-simply an designation between an
unchaste woman and an uncbaste man
they had met there that evening and the
next simply in that same characterize
promise Of schooling or help of any kind
and no Inducements held on, To her. ne;the,
,vus tbar. ,nv ros;s,onc. b.s;,,,;,,, .,
nrotest.,;on or ber mart
meat An rn.,r Radiation.
From, th.se mee,irys n,,;i th. no~,
Octobrr ne had neither seen nor heard .,
the plaintiff Nothing had beep said n,
that time of seduction ON either side ".
never heard ~ tb.. ..duc,;on mn, II tho s,,;,
,vas brongbt ue Ind maid the e~nensa.
nj the s.ay n, sarah Co.'S, hn,,so nd 60,
Nnde,;n. tr,v.I;nc .xn.rs.s w. ~.
,s.rt 90 ,h., S.rr.. irs,i,,,ta =, I,,;n,,,.,
later n. Ind met her b,,t ,te;r raiot ION,
xxerc nerfectlv nroner mud II sbe rece;v.d
me on. In h.r 80, n, ,;r,h, ., ~ ,,.,r;ol
al. -. ~ -, iss. - wv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31
Chicago Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO March "a
Following were the quotations on the
board of trade today: Wheat March,
opened 5S'sc, closed aalic; May. opened eos4c
closed 6yi4c; July, opened Gs, closed 6sLsc
Corn-March, opened &c. closed 3sssc:
May, opened JlSc; CLOSED 37l.c; July, opened
3sc, closed 3si4c. Oats - Nav. opened
Use closed 3l-sc; June. opened 3o5sc, closed
$3.50; July. opened rise. clos d 2si.c Pork
Giay, opened Sllisls clio ed Sll.s,ys: July.
opened SlLn. closed SIl7iIs. I.ard-May.
opened S6.s2l@. close s.
Produce: ButSer-Fancy separator, slc per
10; fancy dairy. lSal9c; packing stock. Sdac
Eggs Fresh stock. glsdlOc per doz Live poul.
try-Chickens, Si.o9c per III; turkeys, ~
@sc; ducks. sWlUc: geese. S4.atr6C0 per
doz Potatoes Burbanks ~ a sic per bu:
Hebrons. 1913 mixed stock 4sl,JOc s,wec:
potatoes. Illinois. s3.0oG35 80 per Dbl Ap-
pies-Si~hG5O per Dbl Honey - White
clover. lib sections, l30 lSlsc; broken comb.
lea lie: dark comb. good couditi.n lo,5Ilc.
strained California, SfrGc
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-01-18
Challenge to the World.

The Wizard was entertaining a coterie
Of billiard cranks at the Denison yesterday
when some one asked him his opinion of
Ives With a characteristic chuckle, he ex-
claimed: lives will undoubtedly be the
champion some day; how soon do not pre-
tend to say. His Improvement il the last
few years has been wonder among billiard
lists. Ives has not mastered the masse, and,
in fact there are a number of technical
points about the game in which he must
improve his knowledge. His execution is
wonderful for one of his years and expert
ence, but l will not admit he can defeat me.
I hardly think ought to have to say that
much Judging by my records in the famous
4.oOO-pont match at Chicago when, in the
last night, had to make 1900 to his 800 to
win, and did it. After he won that old match
game in Chicago, 1 followed him for two
years all over the country, and then to
Paris to get a game, but he ran from me.
After l broke my arm he thought would
surely not be the player l formerly was, and
we came together. My broken arm does
not injure my play in the least. L simply
have to catch my cue differently In making
masses, but it has not hurt my execution
How about SloSSon!
George isn't in it. He never was in Ii
with me- and now Ives can defeat him with
case. He never was natural billiard
player"
would do with Ives's challenge this week in
Chicago. Let him accept my challenge made
after the Chicago game to play one match at
balk-line and one at cushion caroms. The
trouble with Ives is he can only play one
game l will play any man in the world at
any, sort of billiards known TO the profes-
SiOn."
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-01-18
POULTRY SHOW AWARDS.
Many Entries for the Butter Display
To-Day.

The poultry show continues to attract
many people to Masonic Hall, where over
100 fowls are contesting for honors and
premiums The judges began their awards
yesterday, and up to last night had made
the following:
Light Brahmas:
T. NJ. Shell, Yeddo-Cock, second and
third; hen. first; pullet, first and fourth
breeding pen, third.
Henry Allen. observation-disclosures
first; hen, third; pullet. third; breeding pen,
first
N. F.. Woods-Pecksburg- fourth:
cOckerel, second: hens, second and fourth :
pullet, second; breeding pen. second.
III. ID. Ghere. Thornton-Cock, first; breed
Ing pen, fourth.
Buff Cochin:
G. II. Johnson, Rushville-Cock, first, sec
ond, third and fourth; cockerel, first third
and fourth; hen, first and second; pullet
second and third; breeding pen, first and
third
W. H. McLain & Son, Greensburg-Breed-
ing pen, fourth.
f. A. Stuart, Marshall, Mich-Cockerel.
second; hen, third and fourth; pulet, first
and fourth; breeding pen, second.
There are eighteen entries in the butter
display, which will be passed upon to-day
by Sylvester Johnson. of Irvington. The
proceeds from the sale of this butter, as
already stated will be given To the Flower
Mission. The annual meeting of the Indi-
ana Poultry Association will take place
Tomorrow President b. +. Hill, of this
city will deliver address, the annual
reports will be submitted and officers
elected