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Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08
The Case Against Mrs. Baird.

KANSAS CI-y. April s-The Kausas
City board of health has decided to dis
miss the case against Mrs. A. J. Baird,
the Christian Science doctor arrested q
week ago Tne objec: Of the local board
Of health in dismisslng the proceedings is
to give the state board an opportunity to
zeal with Mrs. Baird under the state
law
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08

PRINCETON, ILL.,. April S.-John Nc
Cabe, a well-known 'ybung business man
of Sheffield, while returning from q hunt.
ing trip, stopped to talk with young
lady on the street corner. He had said.
Il have decided TO quit hunting" when
the gun was accidentally discharged,
tearing of the entire fore part of his faco
and killing him instantly.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08
Another Crime by Train Robbers,

HESNEssEY. o. L., April S-The train
robbers who were surrounded by n posse
made their escape during the night and
going to Il preachers house robbed him
OF vLluablc5 and two horses and made
their escape. The preacher pursued and
was later found on the prairie riddled
with bullets
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08
why Swanson Killed His Child.

CLINTON, Ia, April s s-August Swan.
sen, who. March 81, decapitated his q
year-old son, was discovered coolly lean.
ing up against the city hall building. The
officers easily arrested him. He said he
did not want them to take the child from
him, so killed it. Afterward he padded
across the Mississippi and went to Dc.
kalb lie Will be examined as to his san.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08

DUTCH FLAT, Cal, April Sat mid.
night seven Chinese entered the store of
fee Sang & Co. and after tying and gag.
ging three employees, opened the safe and
captured q, ,70l
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08

ST. LOUIS, April S.-Freeland Deshon,
a weli-kLown farmer, fired a bullet into
his brain and killed himself instan tly
Financial and domestic troubles caused
rho act
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08
BRENNAN STEPS OUT.

Chicseo's Chief Of Police Tenders His Res.
fgnati0n.
CHICAGO, April S-General Superin.
tendent of Police Michael Brennan has
resigned. Mayor Hopkins accepted the
resignation and Assistant Superintendent
Joseph kipley was named to assume con.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08
Sustain
Home Industry
On Tap everywhere.
Only Union labor employed.

The Rock Island Brewing Company. success
ors to George Wagner's Atlantic Brewery, |.
Huber's City Brewery and Raible & Stengers
Rock Island Brewery, as well as Julius Junge's
Bottling Works, has one of the most complete
Brewing establishments including Bottling de-
partment in the country. The product is the
very best. Beer is bottled at the brewery and
delivered to any part Of the tri-cities, and may
he ordered direct from the head offices on Mo-
line avenue by Telephone.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, April g.
A telegram from Punt Rosa says the
sloop Robinson Crusoe. with the Zeieler
party had arrived there. All ON board
Wero safa
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08


GRAIN. EfC.
Wheet-s5c
Corn-new. 43i1i5
Oats-24132c.
nsy-TImothv, e1O0s11; uplsnd. {9A2lO;
Wild. SS0s10; slough $50&7; baled. 80.
FRCIT AND VEGETABLES.
Potatoes 50o55c.
Onions-30c per be.
Bu te.-Fair to choice, Ice; fresh cream
so.
Egys-Frcsh, 10c-
POultry-Chickens, &c; turkeys, Sc.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Butchers ray for corn fed steerl
4G6.: cows and hcifers. 5aG; calves
3Ad5c.
Hogs 615kc
Sheep-scQ5c
Spring lamb $40 S. Q heat.
Coal Soft. he.
Wood-S3.5O per cord.
WOOL.
Wool-l3c per pound.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-04-08
Ii Hung Chang Practically Well.

SHIMoNosEKI, Japan, April 8. - The
wound in the face Of Ii Hung Chang, the
Chinese peace envoy, who was shot March
"a by patriot fanatic, has now complete
II hcalaA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-20

the Minnesota. A darker night don't
lhnk ever came out Of tic heavens.
You could almost feel Il, and II was only
by the light OF the burning Congress
that / was able to get my bearings.
This made a far light, and / s,cefed by
H. The Minnesota was a fine vessel.
She was a lrigatc, bearing cighty.iOur
guns, and She looked very grand IN
comparison with the little Monitor rs
We sailed by her. We moved 10 %
shor, distance IN front OF her and then
waited ior day
uT Wotu WITH TuE NEERiMAc.
The sun rose that morning on waters
like a mlllpUnd. IL was beautiful sun.
day, and you could see for miles on
eacu side OF YOU. As the day broke the
Yorktown and the Jsmcstown,t two of the
confederate ships, came out aud started
Tor the Minnesota. We at once rot
under way and sent shot at them.
They LETT ut once. They didn't want to
have anything to do with the cheese.
box on a raft, as they called It. In the
meantime the Merfmac had reused up
and came on toward the Minnesota.
The Monitor rested a little M front OF
officers were 90 the turfct. Captain
Nurden stood by nay side and gave
The orders The NerumaC first fired at
the Minnesota, and then Capt Wufdcn
gave tue order ilg the Monitor to 20 for
tue Mefumac aud to begin hiring. The
Myruuag Was mile oil Whcn we
started tor her The Shots were at once
concentrated on the Two irunClads. We
d. d.
every seven minutes. We Kept moving
about the Mvrrmac and getting iu good
shots No almost every tire, The vessels
were often not more tdlu th,Tly feet
apart, aud the engagement; was terrible.
Tie turfct OF the Monitor was made OF
heavy plates OF ZION, So that iis walls
were about eight inches thick, The
shots ~ tHu Mg5fImac pounded great
dent in It, bus they did not 10 through.
oar guns tore the IRON i.Sm the Mgrr-
mac, and had We understood rs con.
structiOn we might have sunk her. We
should have aimed Tor her at the water
line Hcr iron plates did not extend
much below this. have always
thought that We did send one shot
into her, and / think We would have
surely sunk her had We continued to
hfc iu this way
CAPTAIN woKpuN's MARROW ESCAPE.
"Wnen was Captain Wordcn wound.
edY'
1T was some hours after the begin.
mng OF the engagement little after
noon, replied Lieutenant Howard. lie
was standing at my right, aud was bend.
ing over and looking Out Of the slit.
We were just going by the MerrImlc,
and were not more than ten yards from
her when shell struck the 10y Just
below the sight hole, aud then exploded.
IL broke tins cight-inch log ui IRON ~
Two. Il threw one end oi IL upward
and the log held there In the air by the
dove.tail with which It was fastened to
the box. The splintcrs OF the shell flew
through the sit. With them came
powder aud flame. These got into
Captain Worden's eyes and uinicd
HIM. They cut his face, 50 that II was
covered with blood, and his clothes aud
mine was covered with dust and
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the engagement with me last night he
kept himself In the background. ! had
to ask many questions before | got the
story OF his lie. His first voyage was
taken ut the age Of sixteen. when he
sailed from Dublin for the Meditcrfa'
mean. believe he ran away from home
to 20 to sea, and he had visited nearly
every part Of the world and had coasted
up aud down the Atlantic shores OF the
United States for many years before the
war began. lie had been several times
captain OF a vessel, and as a natufalized
American citizen, he put himself at the
service oil Uncle sam as soon a. the war
opened. lie was appointed acting mas
ter OF the brig Amanda. whose duty II
was to coast up and down the eastern
shores OF the Atlantic and capture the
ships who tried to run our blockade,
and he left this ship 10 act a. pilot for
the Monitor. Speaking Of his modesty,
he evidently thinks tina, he did no more
than any other man would have done
under similar circumstances, and when
! asked him whether lie was not afraid
when he was penned up in that little
iron box with the shot and shell raining
down upon II he replied:
~ had no time TO think OF being afraid.
II was all could do to keep the boat
moving according to the directions Of
Captain Worden, who stood In the pilot
house by my side"
now HOWARD WAS APPOINTED.
Tie main facts OF the engagement be.
tween the Monitor aud the Mertimac arc
well known, but there are many details
which have never been gwen to the
public. Il is safe 10 say that had il not
been for Samuel Howard there would
have been no action that day. The Mcr.
rlmac would have returned and the
Minnesota and millions OF dollars worth
OF Uncle Sans property would have
been destroyed. When the Monitor
came into Fortress Monroe she found
herself unable TO 20 INTO action for the
want Of a pilot. She had been brought
from the north by Baltimore man VINO
sympathlzed with the south. and when
Fortress Monroe was reached this man
refused to take the little iron monster
out against the Mcrrimac. The pilots
on the boats at Hampton Roads were
also southern sympathizers, and either
from this or from cowardice they refused
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powder. Captain Worden exclaimed
that he was shot. lie could not see,
but the light that came in made him
think that the pilot house was ruined
and he gave orders to move of. He
then iclt his way down through the
moor into tile lower part Of his vessel
where nus cabin was and gave the
command over to Lieutenant Greene.
h~t shot came near destroying the
pilot house. Had We been a second
later M turning. Captain Worden and
myself would surely have been killed.
As II was we were saved only by that
dove. tailed log standing In the air. Had
u fallen Il would have crushed us both.
Had the boat been less slow IN moving
the shot would have struck the pilot
house square, and we were so close that
nothing could have saved us. As 1t was
Il hit the iron logs at an angle of
seventy five degrees, and only broke
them. Captain NUrdtn was a terrible
sight as he moved oil down into his
cabin. The blood was rushing from
every part Of his face. His eyes were
closed, and his SKIN was blackeued
with the powder. His wounds, how
ever, seemed to have his least thought.
lie did not faint and he kept his mind
upon the battle. lie gave over the
direction Of the vessel 70 Lieutenant
Greene, and we had to report to him
every few minutes as to how the fight
was gong on
now HOWARD SAVED TuE MINNESOTA
Did the officers Of the Merrimac
know that they had shot Worden at this
time" asked,
~ think not" replied Lieutenant
Howard, tor they moved of so shortly
aiturwird, My FIRST orders from LIEUT.
cnaut Greene were to move oil aud
make for Fortress Monroe. | did not
Know at this time that he had been
made chief m command. / thought
TINS order great mistake, for knew
that II We lcit the Mcrrimac would come
back and destroy the Minnesota. In.
stead Of obgying Lieutenant Greene 1
went down To see Captain WoTden. |
said to him, Captain. they want me to
move oil to Fortress Monroe. II we
do this the Mcrrmac will surely
destroy the Minnesota. don't want
to do IT,
"'You must see Lieutenant Greene
replied Captain Wofden. lie is now in
command, and you must get your orders
from him.
81 then went to Lieutenant Greene
and begged him not to leave the Minnie
sofa, ! showed him the danger OF the
Mcffimac coming back, aud after a
while persuaded him TO allow me to take
the Monitor 10 the Minnesota. This we
did and anchored there. IN the mean.
time the MerumaC was slowly moving
of toward Norfolk, and her share IN the
battle vas Oyet. During the engage.
ment her men. understand, were
anxious to yet close enough to us to
board us, hoping that they could des.
troy the machinery in the turret with
slydges ana wedges. ! think such
thing would have been impossible.
Shortly after the Merrimac moved OIL,
/ asked Lieutenant Greene II he would
not like TO take shot at the Yorktown
aud the jamestown. the two confederate
mcu.ol-wdr, which were anchored oil
Sewal's Point, half mile away. lie
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OF Hampton Roads. near Sewslps
Point, IT'S officers intending to come
back and destroy the Minnesota The
next day
rIE MONITOR APPEARS.
When the day broke, howeyer,there WAS
a new hgure on the scene. ut looked. %
says Mr. Howard. like a massive iron
turtle with gigantic black cheese bon
on its back, and Il swan TO and fro in
'front.' OF the Minnesota. and between IL
and the MerumaC. As the day gfcW
brighter, through their glasses the con.
iedctatc officers could get better iIe,
OF TINS new marine monster. II was ap.
parently raft plated with iron, with "a
great round tower rising from It's center.
As the officers looked they saw this
tower move slowly about. and two
mighty clcvcn.inch guns were pointed
IN the direction Of the Merumac. They
had read about this vessel which wa,
being made. They knew It was lncs.
sons Monitor aud they thought II the
suangtst looking vessel winch Up to
that time had iloatcd upon the sea. Il
looked very small beside the mighty
Mernmar, and It's two guns did not ap.
pear invuluerable in comparison with
their ten. It's speed, says Lieutenant
Howard, 'was not more than five knots
an hour or Just about the sam. as the
McrrimaC, but Us small size enabled it
10 move about more quickly aud it Wa
more manageable 90 every way. lthld
left New York two days before. and
when It was still twenty miles from Fort.
rcsS Monroe rs officers had heard the
booming Of the guns Of the engagement
Of the McrnmIc with the Cumberland
aud Congress. When went ON board
Of her the Congress was still blazing,
and Captain Wofden had Just heard OF
the terrible destruction which the Nerri.
mac had accomplished that day. lie
was shown how the Mcfrimac had
drawn OFT, aud was told that il would
surely come back in the morning To
destroy the Minnesota, the Roanoke
aud the ST. Lawrence, and he was
anxious 10 80 At once to their Ge.
iensc' ,"
STIRRING ny ruE nLAltSG CONGRESS-.
"Well, as soon as il was decided that
] was TO act as pilot ] went down into
the pilot house and We at once got
under way. The pilot house was little
ith'A N"N I"Hh AhleN fNbNkll ANl lOAt llltfl
TO stand upright within H. IL was stu.
dted in the fore part Of the vessel some
distance IN front OF the revolving turret,
IN which the guns were placed. II was
half above and half below the iron
deck, and it was, IN fact, square iron
box, made Of iron logs about nine inches
thick, which were boIted and dove.
tailed az the corners. There were little
silts between The upper BET Of logs aud
tie one below, through which we could
peep out. The steering wheel was Sc.
cured TO one OF tue logs, and ! had a
wire connection with the engines, which
were under the deck, SO that by the
ringing oI bells could give the proper
signals to the engineer, The tutrct,
behind a., 80 revolyed that the guns were
every now and then pointed directly at
the pilot house, and during the acton
the officers had to be very careful that
they did not hat the house. II was Sat.
urday night that we sailed past Fortress
Monroe and CAME to anchor "a front OF
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been rolled nj the Tredcgar iron foundry
IN Richmond. When II started out some
Of the officers thought that twas merely
ior a trial trip but II so, 1t was the most
terrible tIial that any vessel ever had.
TIM RAINING OF TuE CUMBERLAND.
Only a few miles from Norfolk is Fort.
ress Monroe, with Hampton Roads lying
between. About seven miles above
Fortress Monroe, OF the mouth Of the
James river, is Newport News. This
line oi several miles constitutes the
northern part Of the roads, ana. scat.
tered along IL, was line Of northern
mgn.ui.war. Nearest Fortress Monroe
we're the three itigitcs, the ST. Law.
renee, the Roanoke and the Minnesota,
Just oil Newport News were anchored
two more iigatcs, the Congress. cone
tanning hity guns. and tho Cumberland.
having thirty. These boats evidently
did not expect an engagement The
washing Of the sailors was hanging on
the rigging, aud there were few signs of
action about the ships until the Iiufri.
mac was seen stelming toward them.
The guns were, however, quickly put ia
order, and, a. the queer monster Of
iron moved up, the Cumberland opened
with her heavy guns, duG the Congress
came to her and. The shore batteries
Joined m, but tie balls fell from the IRON
sides OF the MerFimaC without lsue-
trating them, aud she sill came ON. She
did not tire until she was within easy
range, when She gave q bfUalsidg No the
Congress. She dad not stop here. ngt
pointing her IRON prov Jt the Cumhpf.
land, she put on full steam aud Made Tor
h. The ship was struck at right luw, .e.
and the hole made was so lars, ,hat
a horse and cart could have been driven
through It without touching rs sides.
II was so skilliully done that the Etilor,
on the Ncrrimac aitGfwafd said that they
hardly fell the shock. With this great
hole IN her side the Cumberland. fate
was seated, and Lieutenant Howard saw
her sink beneath the waves. Her men,
he says, kept up their firing uni, the
boat went down.
TIM CONGRESS uuESEu.
The Merrimac, after striking the Cum
berland, backed out and began new
attack upon the Congress, The men Al
Fortress Monroe could see the smoke
OF both vessels rs they fancd shot and
'NHH.N hN.FN "AN hhkhNNNH NlNNNNN kilt
Congress ran aground, aud her officers.
seeing that they could DO nothing more,
ran up the Nhl,s lilg. In her grounded
condition the McrIulac could not pls-
sibly take her, aud. alter taking OF
few prisoners, Wey shcllcd her with hot
shot She was soon a mas, of flames,
and she was still burning when the MJui.
tor arrived. luthe meantime the United
States iuEltus the Ryau1su, the 81
Lawrence and the Minnesota Hal sailed
from Forltg5l Monroe ~ the rescue.
The necessity ui good pilot can be
seen Boy what followed. The ship, had
hA Ily started before they run aground,
and the Merrimac, having flushed up
the Cumberland aud the Congress, was
now ready to steam toward them. IL
was, however late Saturday afternoon.
The tide had changed, and the pilots Of
the Merfimac said tnat she must draw
of until morning, or she would also be
aground. Their advice was taken, aud
the ship dIsS oil to the southern side
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Howard came within one-tcnth OF one
pef cent Of passing the technical exami'
nation given by the martinels OF the
Department OF the Navy In 1870, and by
them he was refused a second cxami'
nation. Committees OF Congress have
reported in favor of the bill, and, II
passed, It will be only justice to one OF
the brayest men the United States has
ever known. Among the most heroic
acts Of the late civil war was that Of this
man Howard when he volunteered to act
as the pilo, Of the Monitor in It's terrible
fight with the Merrimac at Hampton
Roads. lie carried the vessel through.
out that engagement, and his story Of
iha, awful fight Is now here given for
The first time TO the public.
TnR PiLor OF THE MONITOR.
But first let me tell you something
about Lieut.. Howard. lie is an old
man now, and his years number seventy.
five. Still his eye is bright. his step is
hrm and he is mentally as sound as he
was when, now more than generation
ago, he took the Monitor into action.
lie is as straight as an arrow, and his
bearing is military. He has a broad
forehead, brigh, blue eyes and a long
blonde beard, In which there are many
sray strands. lie lives in a modest
hille house almost under the shadow oil
the national Capitol. lie Is the person..
feation ofmodesty, and in his talk about
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SURPLUS, 100000.

Some people always a lItuo most people
sometimes something spd some people never save
anything. Tho road TO comfort Hes moro In what we
saVo than what mako. Zion's Savings Bank was
opened two purposes As an nvostme.. for those
established and also place In which the peo-
plo Of Utah could safely deposit theIr money and
reasonable interest theroon It is the Largest
and Oldest Savings Bank In Utah, and tho confidence
roposed tho fact that since tho bank
instituted, I+,2s2 savings accounts nave boon
opened. Deposits received In any sum from 81 up.
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MONG the bills
which will be pre-.
scented 10 Con-
gress at the com.
ing session will be
one for the in
crease OF the rank
Of Lieut. Samuel
Howard. Lieut..
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THIN MONITOR AND THE NERRINAC.
Samuel Howard. the Pilot of the Monitor, Des-
c,ibes the Terrible Fight of the Ironclads.

Ma, NJ ulnhei tie Ayrirrac Hhsg RiDuef NE Cabe,hfnd-H
grar,cp Monitor Ho NirH forage BY The Lh Of The
gay CoacressI So " tile Eagacogep7hc Scenes in The riot
tV,,-LSy Captain H0des Has BfglcdH NatroO ISepe-How
Js,d sved the ArnrsoE G,qbtie De-
tias Of one Of G,caH rights or HDY No~ Gre" 10,
F,a Time 10 tie Ih6hc.
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s.,,s, corrapons,ne, oths SswA
tcspynrhisd isos.b' Frank O. cArronterl
WAsHiEGToE, July ~.
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Of Hampton Roads. near Sewalps
Point its officers intending to come
back and destroy the Minnesota the
next day.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-01-26
KNIGHTS OF JOI.

This organization composed of
youths Of Thibodaux celebrated it's
First Anniversary on the night Of
January 22d, 1895, by partaking Of an
excellent tanqnette prepared by John
TOmmassi, at his restaurant, that was
handsomely and appropriately decor
ated for the event.
The supper was arranged IN that
attractive and tempting style for
which Ar. Tomassi. is famous, and its
contents were discussed and handled
by the participants in a manner that
proved that they were proticieuts in
disposing of them.
A few bottles ofchamnagne brought
to the front the e%loquence and wit Of
the members, of which they we're re-
lieved by speeches and toasts numer
Gus. eloquent ard happy.
This society is composed Of Messrs.
Laurence keefe, President : Eugene
Fleetwood, Secretary Rodolph CONT
ment, Treasurer; Louis Celastin,
kleber Guillot. Ernest Ihlbodaux,
Camille Naquin. Arthur Blum, Isidore
Blum. Paul Aucoin. 1IoneIt Plrnn.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-01-26

to be brisk, beyond the shipment Of
rice that was going on. The erection
Of rice mills in that section has MT
proven to be very profitable. and.
none Of them We're in operation whilst
that cereal was being hanirtl right by
them for transportation to New Or
leans.
AT New Iberia | had the pleasure Of
assisting the Grand Master If the In
dependent Order Of odd Fellows Of
Louisiana il insti'nting I. II. Decker
son. Lodge No. G6.
This Lodge enters into its career
With aver 20 Of TIA, lending, i%ntlnen.
tial, aud live men OF New Iberia, with
many others ready to enter its doors.
It has a fine field for growth in
numbers and usefulness. and Judging
from the material Of which il is com
posed il will >a"n ~ tih iea ,ia- Lnl.e
"f that Order il Southern Louisiana.
AT Crowley the same officers insti-
tinted Pioneer Lodge No. 81. ]. @. @. F.
under lely farnlahi- auspices. its
charter members being citizens Of use
fulness and prominence III that pro-
gressive town. Whilst there t:al
the pleasure Of meeting bro Scott.
editor Of the Crowley Signal. uhieh il
rapidly taking a positions at tiie head
Of the press III that section Of cnnn-
try. also called upon Mes~rs p. J.
Chiasson, and P. s. Pugh, rising
young lawyers whom I found busy at
work. Both are reported to be enjoy
ing a good practice, the former being
Mayor Of the town. Judge Hiram Fl.
Carver formerly Of Assumption has an
Office in Crowley also. &C.