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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
ABBREVIATED TeLEGRAMs

Cuban day at the Atlanta exposition has
been postponed becauscof President Cleve-
lands objection to public expressions of
sympathy for the insurgents at this
n-ae.
Thirty five schcoltcachers of Boone, Ia.
are putting in a weeks vacation in exam.
lining the Chicago public schools. The
visit takes the place Of the regular institute
week.
A destructive fire has been raging in the
oil regions south of Toledo, O., since Sat
uryiay, but is now thought to bc under
control. One estimate places the loss at
s150,OOp
Great excitement exists at Blackwell. O.
7. The Farmers and Merchants bank has
closed its doors. Liabilities are placed at
Sa0, 600 and assets at Sl5, ,0Oo. Only $50 was
found in the vault when it was opened by
the officers.
Fifty letter carriers of the Chicago Of
fee are today explaining why they stopped
and loitered on duty, Is charged by the
sleuths who shadowed Them recently
About fifteen miles south of Red Bud,
Ills, on the farm of Mr. Wallace there is
a remarkable cellar He dug out a grotto
in hill where the rscks are thin and
brittle for storage place for milk. After
digging back few feet he was surprised
to find layers of ice between the layers Of
rock.
resisting arrest in Michigan us one of the
murderers of Detective Powers, who was
looking for the Fenpvillc train robbers,
was not guilty of that drime, but was impli-
Gated in the train robbery in the character
of the double" of one OF the active thugs.
His part was to establish an alibi
Obituary: At London, DIR. Robert Brown
"Camptcrianus'D 53: at Metropolis, Ills,
ex-Judge Robert w. Mccartney; at Bur-
lington, Ia, Charles Whit Smith; at Ne
braska City, Ncb., Frederick Beysclhag.
A bomb containing nitro-glycerine was
found in the state house park at Madison,
Wis.
At Pecatonica, Ills4 the schoolteacher
requested certain children not to eat
onions just before they went to school.
The result is reported to be that more
children than ever not only ate onions,
but brought them to school with them
and generally dcflcd the teacher, who is
now severely censured by the parents for
Furnishing the refractory children.
A knife blade, two inches i'm length, was
removed at st. Louis by Superintend-
ent Sutter, of the city hospital, from the
shoulder of Mike Ryan, one of the pa
tients at that institution. The blade had
been in Ryan's body f6r more than thirty
years.
The Birmingham, Ala, trades council
has decided to mark rhc liberation from
Jail of Eugene V. Debs Nov. - by a man.
moth parade and celebration.
The African Mission Association of
North American, attended by 10 delegates,
closed three days convention at Leaven-
worth, kas., and adopted resolutions ask
ing congress to enact law fining state
for the benefit of the victims family. $10,
900 for every person lynched"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
THE CASE OF REV. HOEFFER.
uis Friends believe Him the Victim Of a
NefariOus Plot.

Nefarious Plot.
CINCINNATI, Oct. %. - The Enquirer
special from Grccnvillc, O., says: The
congregation and the neighbors of Rev. c.
w. Hocffcr, cx-Rcpublican candidate for
the Legislature, believe him to be the vic.
TIM of u ncfarious plot. Five men are
guarding his house and preventing all
ingrcss except OF most intimate friends.
-Four men are with him In the house, writ.
ing letters to members of his congregation
and ~ other friends, explaining the situa
ton. One man has offered 800 reward
for an identification of the boy that
brought the powders Mt midnight to Rev
Hocffcr, but he has not been found. The
envelope containing the powders and di-
rcctions how to use them cannot be found.
Hocffcr is recovering and expects to mako
apolitical speech at Ansonia on Wcdnes.
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

evening Press, local newspaper which
was started during the present city cam
pMgn In the interests of Mayor Pingree
.ne mayor may be a candidate foY
.ne nomination for president of the United
states In 1900. The paper booms Pingree
ioa governor In 1886 and president in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

OMAHA. Oct. 9-Through the CONNER
cial club Omaha has put in bid for the
Republican national convention, and the
work Of arranging for the details arc now
in prpgrcss. A number of railroad comma
mics, hotels, and prominent business men
have been sscn up to the present time, and
the committee reports that it finds much
enthusiasm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Editors Arr;x. At AtI..t..

ATLANTA, Oct. 29.-Thc Missouri Press
association, 200 strong; the Arkansas
Press association. 100 strong. and the ILL.,
nois Press association, with l5O members,
are visitors at the exposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

DAVENPORT. Ia. Oct - - General
Drake. Senator Allison and Congressman
Bob Cousins addressed an audience nj
the Turn r Grand Opera House last even.
ing. speaking In the order named Joe H.
Lane. a prominent young attorney of Dav.
cnport, was chairman of the meeting
which was the biggest in the local Re
publican history for several years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Love Match Among Royalty,

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29.-It is officially an.
nounced that Princess Maud of Wales,
youngest daughter Of the prince and
princess of Wales, is betrothed to Prince
Charles of Denmark. They are first
cousins, the prince being the son of the
princess of Wales brother An interest
ing feature is that it is purely love
match
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

Every Girl Id Her Teens"
Needs at times safe and gentle
tonic to counterbalance the extra
drains on the ply sical and nervous
system. Zoa-Phora (Woman's Friend)
will give health aud freshness for
weakness and pallor. Sold by T. H.
Thomas and Marshall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

NEGAUNEE, Oct. ga heavy snow
storm set in here and continued until
fully ten inches of snow fell Sleighs
were in use for the first time this season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

Pingree . Can didase for Freaideut.
DETROIT. Oct. 29.-According to The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
LOOKS LIKE A FIGHT.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons to Meet ut Hot
Springs Thursday.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29,-There appears
to be no further doubt OF the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons tight coming off at Hot
Springs Thursday of this week. The
latest advices from the Springs are
to that effect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Hill sem Speaking In Ohio.

CLEvELASD, Oct. Ex-senator Hill, ci
View York, made two more speeches in
Ohio yesterday. In the afternoon he
spoke with Congressman Tom L. John.
son, Mt Elyria, and last night he addressed
AN audience Of 5000 or 1000 people at
Srcngerfcst hall in this city. The senator
confined himself to national issues, point
Ing out the difference between the Demo.
cratic and Republican parties. He was
givea an enthusiastic reception.
TOLEDO. Oct. 29.-Govcrnor Campbell,
Senator Bricc and Hon. w. ID. Hill nd.
dressed large and enthusiastic audience
ut Bowling Green yesterday. The Camp.
bell party was taken from Napoleon 20
Bowling Green in n special train and
wcrc joined soon after their arrival by
senator Brice. They were rendered q re-.
ccption at the hotel and left afterwards
Tor Tiliiu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
POLITICAL NOTES.
Some Remarks on State Politics
in illinois.
TANNERS SHOW IN THE SOUTH,

Several other Republican Leaders Must h
Eeckoned with, Says an Obssrver-Pro-
grcss Of the Campaigns in Iowa and Ohio
A Conrt Decision In New York That
May Have Momentous Consequences
The Case Of Rev. Hoener.
SPRrSGFIELD, Ills, Oct. 2o-Sen ator
Pleasant 7. Chapman, Of Vienna, John.
son county, Forty fifth district, and a can.
didatc for the Republican nomination for
lieutenant governor, Is in the city pros.
pccting. He thinks John r. Tanner will
have n hard time to control the southern
Illinois delegations in his race for the gov.
rrnorship. ''Fifer, Uncle Dick Oslesby,
Horace Clark and General Jim Martin, Of
Salem, all stand high with u.s." said he,
"and 1t would be hard to say which has
the pole" Floyd K. Whittcmore, as.
sistant state treasurer, is talked Of as Q
candidate for state treasurer, and does not
deny the impeachment. Tanner and
Wulf are friendly to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Cuiiom Speaks ut Des Nrolnes,

DIS MONIES, Oct. Ex-senator Cullom.
of Illinois, spoke TO an audience of 5000
people here last night. After referring to
Iowa state issues and complimcnting Sen.
s,or Allison, he launched out on discus.
sion Of national issues, which he consid.
cred vital this year. He spoke pointedly
nTainst coinage at II to I, and favored bi.
mctnllism ns formulated in the national
platform OF 1872 On foreign relations he
spoke with much warmth Of dcnunciation
of the present foreign policy. He also
said that farmers were now beginning to
realize that to have good markets VIC must
have well paid factory population.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The steamer Aurania from Liverpool,
which was spoken by the steamer Mani
to5a on Friday, about 800 miles east of
of Sandy Hook, with disabled engine,
was sighted off Sandy Hook at $40 A.
NJ, Tuesday.
The trial of Tom o Brien, the American
bunco steerer at Paris, for the murder Of
his partner, Beed Waddell, in Paris, in
March, has been postponed. The police
authorities have been requested by the
American state department to hold
O Brien for extradition in the event of
his b9ing acquitted Of the charge of
murder, he being fugitive from justice.
The publishers of the Italian newspaper,
Christofero Colombo, New York, notified
the Law firm of Friend 81 House, Tusday,
that they would defray the expenses of q
appeal in behalf of Maria Barberi, the
italian woman sentenced to death for the
murder of her recreant lover. The pub
fishers state that they have received a
large sum of money through voluntary
subscriptions for the purpose of saving the
unfortunate woman from the death chair
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I at AID be Happy!

Nobody can do this who has dyspepsia.
Even light meal, eaten with relish, inficts
more or less torture upon the wretched victim
OF indigestion. But why allow ones self to be
thus victimized when succor in the shape OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can be sum-
moned: II you are going to any locality-a
remote country farm house, or new settle
ment, for instance, where it is not readily
procurable. provide yourself in advance with
an adequate supply. An unaccustomed diet
is very apt to produce dvspeptic qualms, so is
bracklsh water aboard ship,and he eating of
acid fruits. Forestall further encroachment
of the complaint with this superb and genial
corrective and preventive. Heartburn, sour
eructstious, b'liousness. constipation, mala-
ma, rheumatism and kid nev troube promptly
bodily aim. nts and restorative of vigor.
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HORSES AND HORSEMEN.

Azote holds the trotting record for geld
ings. His mark is 2:0714.
Sulphide, the 2-year-old Colorado won
der, is said to be 1919 hands high.
The PAGER Mascot recently secured the
Canadian track record by covering mile
in 2:07.
Turf, Field and Farm believes that not
only the 2:O3A of Alix, but the 2:O1 4 of
Robert j, will be beaten this season.
klamath is showing a rare turn of speed
and is looked upon as one Of the very
promising trotters. Klamath recently trot-
ted third heat in 2:09A.
Joe Patchen is already pacing in the
neighborhood OF 1904, and is looked upon
as a formidable competitor of Robert j
for the honor of being king of PAGERS.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

a patent has been granted tQOrrin 0
Dinsmore and l.. G. Lord of Lewiston,
for a tire holder.
The news of the death of Mrs. Charlotte
B. Thomas, pioneer Baptist missionary
in India, has just been received at her
former home in Saco
On Main street, Bar Harbor, Tuesday,
team collided with carriage contain
ing Gov. Morton's two daughters and
another young lady, throwing them out
and smashing the carriage. No one was
hurt.
Royce Coffron, who was arrested Mon
d ~ night, for shooting Mrs. Lydia Hadley
at Otter Creek, July 20, appeared before
for a hearing. The decision was deferred
until Wednesday.
Wallace Foster of Norway, who had
been drinking heavily for about week,
was found, Saturday, in an unconscious
condition in the vicinity of the bridge be
tween the bog and the lake. A physician
was summoned at once but Foster died
soon after the doctor arrived. He had nc
family. He had been married but his wife
died several years ago.
Rain caused postponement of Tues.
dap's races on the Ola Orchard kite track
after two heats had been trotted. In The
? 13 trot. six starters, Protein won The
h ats; Fred Wilkes, second; J. NJ. D.,
third; Charlie G., fourth. Tiffio, 2.17
In thu 2. 35 trot. five starters, Candidate
was first; Bird Simmons. second; Spend
thrift, third; Gloria and Norland Wilkes
distanced Time g 201%
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A STUDY OF THUNDEi7 STU RMS.


Professor KlcsSovsky of the University
of Odessa, having made a special study of
thunderstorms, has published "a chart show
ing the distribution of such storms over
the known surface of the globe. 1t was
already known that thunderstorms are
rare in high ATTITUDES and unknown above
IS degrees north. The electrical activity
of the earth near the poles seems to find
vent in auroral displays. In Europe the
frequency of thunderstorms increases as
the observer moves southwark, and there
is a somewhat irregular line of greatest
frequency encircling the globe near the
equator. The number lessons as one moves
southwark from the equator, but not so
rapidly rs in moving northward from that
line, and the region of strong auroral &C
tivity is much narrower in the southern
hemisphere than in the northern. Tho
frequency of tempests decreases rapidly in
going north or south from the equator in
the interior of the continents. There is q
line of demarcation between the region OF
frequc Mt and the region of rare tempests,
extending from the southwest to the
northeast. In the desert of Africa and
over Persia and the great area of central
Asia thunderstorms are infrequcnt, the
total number in "a given locality not OK
cceding five or six annually. There is .
zone with d mean of five to ten tempestS
annually enveloping the northern part of
European Russia, the southern part of tho
Scandinavian peninsula and Great Britain,
while at the extreme northwest Of tho
Scandinavian peninsula and in Siberia the
mean descends to one, and even none.
In hn A,,,nricor, ao,tinnnt bn n11a1,
OF tcnpests increases regularly in up-
preaching the equator, though here as in
Europe and Asia, there are marked irrogli-
laritiCs in certain regions. Africa, save a.
points on the coast, is peculiarly free from
tempests. The maximum is reached in the
Blight of Benin. At Lima, Peru, light
ming is never seen. Here, however earth
Quakes are of almost daily occurrence, and
there seems to be a law that in countries
subject to earthquakes thunderstorms, arc
rare, or perhaps more accurately, where
thunderstorms are unknown earthquakes
are frequent. At Leon and Guanajuato,
Mexico, however, there are from 40 to
$50 thunderstorms in the year.
Professor Klossovsky finds that the fire.
Quency of thundcrstorms in given region
depends somewhat upon the conductivity
of the soil. Where the soil is a good con
ductor the electrical activity is easily dis
tributcd without violence. Limestone
regions are subject TO thunderstorms be.
CAUSE the soil is not a good conductor OF
electricity. He notes also that in the old
world, in latitude G2 degrees to "a degrees
north, thundcrstorms are more frequenA
than in the same ATTITUDES Of the new world.
At the same time the region of auroral &C
tivity is broader in the new world than in
the old.
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A Wonderful Woman.

Not all the women of the last generation
were mindless dolls There was, for in
stance, Miss Phoebe Brown of Matlock,
England, as noted by William Hutton IN
1901. Her common dress was a mans hat,
coat, with a spencer above it, and mems
shoes She could lift hundredweight
with either hand and carry II stone. Hen
voice was more than masculine; it was
deep toned, and, the wind in her face, she
could send it mile. Yet she had nc
beard She could sew, knit, cook spin,
but hated them all. She accepted any kind
of manual labor, but her fayorite avoca-
ton was breaking in horses at a guinea a
week She was an excellent judge of a
cow and shot accurately with gun. Hel
chief food was milk, and she was fond OF
Milton, Pope and Shakespeare. This ad-
mirable female also performed neatly Oh
the flute, violin, harpsichord and bass
viol She could cover easily 40 miles n
day, and when gentleman at the New
Bath treated her rude3S she said that ''she
had good mind to have knocked him
down. New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-31
Base Ball Notes.

The New Bedford management is ne
gotiating with an infielder named Sippi
who has been playing with the Torontos,
IA Portland Argus: Dilworth's slow drop
was q different style than the home team
has been facing recently, and it puzzled
them.
Fall River Herald: The watch Reilly
was presented with in Maine was his own
Fred Mason was holding it and the boys
conceived the idea Of playing practical
joke on Dave. eaT
Portland Press: The Remedies play
with snap and vim that is refreshing
That Doherty. the third baseman
of the Remedies, Is dandy. He Is one
of the most promising of the youngsters
Some correspondence has passed between
the officers of the Toronto Eastern League
base ball team and those of the Schenec-
tady, N. Y, team, looking to the trans
fer of the Toronto team to that city, but
nothing has been decided as yet,
A Boston player who is thorough
Judge of ball players picks this as the best
possible team to get together: thinner
and Peitz. catchers; Breitenstein, Hawley
and Nichols. pitchers; Doyle. l. Lowe, 3;
Duffy, m, and Mccarthy, Exchange.
Portland Express: The Kennebecs are
as gentlemanly lot of players as we could
wish to see, Buckley and Bean
gave some fine exhibitions of Fly catching,
Yesterday. 1t looked for a while
in Mondays game that we were to be
whitewashed for the first time in the series
New Bedford Mercury: Patsy Rollins
says he has not taken off his diamond
ring because it hurts his arm. The real
reason Ia that when he chases a foul ball
and puts his hands in the air the scintil-
lating rays Of the orb dazzles him,
Patsy,s, gas bill has also diminished since
he got the ,senl.
Bangor Commercial: Butler, who both
pitches and catches with far above the
average success for the Remedies, is a
BROOKLYN N. Y, man Of good family and
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are cutters. When Portland or iLewiston
plays here the coaching of Doe and welhi
is very loud and strikes terror to the
hearts of the opposing pitchers, but when
Fall River is the club, they are as ii'eiy
as basket of clans"
The Lewiston Sun treats the protested
game in that city as 1.-The funniest 1ning
In base ball in New England TIL season.
Now for the evidence in this matter Inc
Kennebecs have the following testimony
LIST. Mike Lehane's statement that
johnson reached third on Williams error
I'd. The statement of Williams that it
was his impression that johnson reached
third ON the misplay.
Sd. The score cards now in the posses
sion of the Kennebec management, of
two Boston ladies who were present az the
game. showing six runs for the kennebecs
in.the eighth inning.
4th. The statement OF one of the stock
holders of the Lewiston team, who scored
the game. that the Remedies secured six
runs in the eighth inning
5th The same statement by other
Lewiston people who saw the game.
9th. Manager Burnham's score card
showing six runs in the eighth inning
7th The score card of an Augusta
young lady, showing the same
Sth The positive statement OF John
son that he reached third on Williams
over throw and scored on Doherty's ground
hit to righs field.
9th. The statement of Manager Burn
ham aud the members Of the Kennebec
club that johnson reached the bench and
was congratulated upon his run by MEM
bers of the team, before Bakers fly retired
the side.
10th The fact that two of the Lewis
ton scorers gave the Kennebecs six runs
in the eighth inning, and subsequently
erased one of them.
If there is anything funny in the
securing of game in this manner, we
fail to see it, and we think that the direc-
tors of the league will have some difficulty
in discovering it.
The attempt to evade the issue by de-
claring that the Lewistons have DO official
scorer will scarcely appeal to fair-minded
people. We trust our Lewiston friends
will do the honorable thing in the mat
ter and frankly accord this game to the
Hennebec team, that fairly and honestly
Epn IL
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Utilization of Peat Rops.

The peat boys of Great Britain and Ire
land are estimated at 1000, 900 acres, hay
ing an average depth of ~ feet and being
capable of yielding 3, 500 tons of dried peat
per acre. In Ireland there are 2, $50, 900
acres, or nearly one-seventh of the entire
area of the island More than half of the
Irish peat is of the best quality and rcck-
oned at one-sixth the value of coal. The to-
tai supply in Ireland is thought To he
equivalent to 40, 900 tons of coal.
This is a vast store of energy, which, like
the power of Niagara, might be converted.
into electricity and applied to many in
dustries, especially those of manufacturing
various possible products from the peat Il
self in factories near the bogs.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-31
Disposing of Kitchen Refuse.

The labor of keeping city streets in q
clean, presentable and sanitary condition
is greatly reduced by the sensible, prao.
teal housekeeper who takes the trouble tc
consume the garbage and scraps that ac
cumulate. The very best way to do this
is to put upon the coal fire, after the meal
is finished, whatever refuse may have been
gathered This is at once the easiest, least
expensive and clcanliest way Of getting
rid of it. An old colander or metal vessel
full of holes may be placed in the kitchen
sink, and into it all scraps and useless left
overs are to be thrown. When well
drained, they are ready for consumption,
and will help in keeping the fire until the
next meal. A patented device for accom-.
plishing this end is perforated cage,
designed to be slipped into a cross section
If pipe attached to the ordinary stovepipe.
New York Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-31
Boston Signs.

There is no end to the literature of
amusing signs, even in Boston, where cru
dition undoubtedly extends to the COM
mercal classes. There is a homemade
bakery on n certain street which contin-
ually cxctes the Listeners interest as to
what a factory made bakery may be. But
this establishment is no funnier than the
painless dental parlor'' on another street,
which makes us feel glad that the par
lor" suffers no pain, no matter what the
dentists patients may have to endure.
But perhaps the climax is capped by the
sign Of the Cambridge cobbler, who an
nounces, Tap your boots while you wait
for 80 cents.
Some poor chaps could have large num-
bcrs Of boots tapped while they wait for
the half dollars that never come.-Boston
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