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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
it meant that neither OF US needed as
STORY OF UNsPEAxAsLE HORROR.
Another Account Of the Disaster That
Sent 3l5 Souls to Eternity.


Sent 3l5 Souls to Eternity.
IovrsroTr Feb 1.-The story of the
.;rI;no ~ ,h,. I,., ,s bro,r,h, on, hr
iePof's a. one vi iiien"~io ioifof'
tne 'essei was stcicheh as IL oy an unseen
hand' and within twenty minutes only
lew broken spars, fragments OF the bull
warks and but boat LOAD of haif-frozen
Passengers remained upcn the surface of
The waters TO show whore the noble
shin its l,5 saloon and steerace passen-
gers and its crew of I4e men had sailed
proudly and happily. The sea was run
ming high Mt the time and the night was
bitterly cold and so dark that nothing
could be distinguished a few yards dis
tant from the vessels side. The greater
numbcr Of passengers and crew perished
like rats in a trap.
The stories told by Chief Engineer Cues
sell, and one or two surviving passengers,
who were first on deck after the collision,
do not differ in imnort,u. particulars.
The Elbe had left Bremerhayen mt X
o'clock on Tuesday morning. bound on a
soutbeasterlv course throu1b tn. North
Sea for Sou,bamn,op ENGLAND At
about 40 she had reached n n,int thirty
miIcs e,stw,rl ct the Poin, of Holland
whom the forward lookou. SIGHTED the
upht of a steamer over the mort how. The
oncouiny vessel was already too near 70
avoid collision. and every effort was made
to change the course of the Elbe sufficient.
ly Tn minimize the force of the imnact Inv
tat;pg II n, tho how
Rnt ~, rossoi ,.,rld h.rd,,, -osrond to
tho rcvcrsa no,,on of its r,,cb;ncrv hofora
Tho sb,do,-,, fo-,,, ,rh;ch ,r,s ho,r;n,
down mon r. s,rnct !, cnttin, throngb
hoard and nen.rro,ipo ,,most to tho foot
M the ,nizlepr,st Eor nm instont tho
doome,, vessel bune, nnor tho death -deaI.
inc Now Tn.-, ,ha ,nLnou,n ,-ssse,
HACKED of le,yina The a,ninr wonnd
o,on Tbo to-ron,s ,,oursd mt, tho bold
of The EIho .,>;,h rh., r. 80 . aat,-ac. Of.
foctr,,Iy shnt,;nn off ~, .soara ~ a1,
those n,sscr, ,,c,s y-ho 80 ~, tho e~,oscd
side Of the vessel and sct,ling first in tbe
e.orn Tbo 6r,s ,,-or, ;,,,nod;otolv
opancbo5 .nd tho cr-o,. sh;,,,;n,, MOSS
Of xvo,d ap,; iron lev baI,,aSs
Tho sboct of ;n..-.,e ". not .vro,t
The proyy of the collidiny vessel had emf
rs way tbropch tho iron.sbeatboa si5a Of
the EIbe nc ~ If afforded no r.S;st,nce
Scarcely any of the passenrers realized
that an accident of moment had occurred
until the alarm gong was sounded Tbep
some of those u-bo n nd h.an ,,,usod b,
the slight shock of the collision came on
deck- The scene w,os one Of widest con.
fusion which was ,uom.nte,, ,noment,.
rily as the terrified messengers and crew
realized the horrible doom tbn. threat
ened them. The damaged side of the yes.
sci was splintered and torn. and all of
tho lifc-hoa,s there had been so badly
crippled that they wore useless Still tho
awe-strick.n wretches bunr about the
spot gazing in blank amaz,ment at the
wound. which meant their own d cath.
The increased weight careened the sink.
inc vessel and l,id tho o,n on..n NOR,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
Another Train Robbery.

PHGNIx, A. T., Feb. 1.-The Southern
Pacific west-bound train No. 20 was held
up six miles this side of Wilcox by a
party of masked men. They separated
the express car from the train, hauled it
five miles west, and putting six shots of
dynamite on the through safe blew it
wide open 1t contained $4,000 in Mexi-
can silver. which was removed. The
trail of the robbers is marked by pro.
fuse scattering in the Sulphur Springs
valley of the Mexican dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
President Norton in Court.

BROOKLYN, Feb. l.-Prcsident Norton
Of the Atlantic Avenue Railway company
appeared before Judge Walsh in the
Adams street police court to answer to
the charges made against him of breaking
the law in making his men work more
than ten hours day. His attorney asked
for an adjournment until Saturday,
which was granted.
NJ. l.. Town, counsel for the strikers,
presented affidavits of two employees to
the effect that cars on the Atlantic ave-
nuc Railroad company, which do not
carry mail, bore signs ~. 5. Mail, in
violation of the postal laws. United
States District Attorney Bennet decided
to entertain the complaints.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01

DIR. R.y. PIERCE, Buff
falo. n. ": Dear Sir
! wish to write you Of
my brother. Harry c.
Troup. who has been
sick for ten years with
asthma He has been
treated by ten different
physicians. who have
said he could not be
cured. He had to sit
up At night. he got 80
short Of breath: he suf-
fered with fearful head
aches and had q bad
cough. Alter taking
Doctor Pierce'e Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets. he did
. and can glecp m ni1hf %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
Fatal Explosion at Denver.

DENVER, Feb The boiler at the
Denver cl. eric powcrhousc, corner OF
West Colfax and South Third avenues, in
West Denver. b.cw up completely wreck
ing the building AMI machinery, and
causing these fatalities: Coney Better,
found in ruins; William Cafferty, elcc-
tric;ar, buriel in debris: Hugh Ellis, en'
gincer, bur.ci in debris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
wilhelm on Canrobert.

PARIS, Feb. EMPEROR William Of
Germany has sent a telegram to the son.
in-law OF the late Marshal Canrobert say
Ing: MY ambassador has advised me of
the death of Marshal Canrobert. With
all our hearts l and the corps of my
guards regret with you the loss Of the
heroic defender of Saint Privat, who filled
us with admiration"
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PIERCE ..;.:: ss::' CURE
OR HONEY RETURNED.

For over quarter Of century, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has been effecting
cures Of Bronchial, Throat and Lung affec-
tions The makers have such confidence in
the " Discovery" for curing Asthma, Bron-
chitis, and incipient Consumption, that they
can afford to guarantee it
Mrs. ISAAC LOTHIAN, OF 7huriosr, Deld,nosp
o.. Pa, writes as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01

coughing around. You can stop it
if you want to by using Parks Cough
Syrup. If it doesn't cure you. you
can get your money back. Sold by
Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01

Dyspepsia seldom causes death,
but permits it's victims to live on in
misery. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
Twenty Bushes. Buildlng. burned.

CosTICooK- Que, Feb. Twenty
business buildings in this place were
burned Loss, s.5,OOl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01

FiSroid. ovarian and other tumors cured With
out resort to surgery. Send ID cent. in stamps
for book. Address. Words Dispensary Ned cal
Association, Buffalo. y. 7.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-01
Judge f. IL. Hoar Dead.

CONCORD, n. H., Feb Judge E. Rock
wood Hoar died last evening at 7:2J
O. Cock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-02
SORGHUM VARIETIES.

The variety that is best for one climate,
soil. or even soil-tiller. is not, by any
means. necessarily best for another,
writes G. H. Turner, of Mississippi. The
early amber is the best cane for all those
who are so unfortunate as to live too far
north to be able to raise a better and
more productive cane. We have but little
use for it here in the south.
The early orange is by all odds the best
cane that can be raised-where it can be
raised at all. 1t is the cane par excel
lence for the south and central states;
but would fail to mature in the extreme
north where the etrly amber would be
positive success.
The red top, though not quite so good
in quality as the orange, is nevertheless
good and would be found prominently
adapted to the windy plains of the west
and southwest, standing up like it does
like tree against any ordinary hard
wind, where the other varieties would be
Frustrated, tangled and ruined by them.
The goose neck is of excellent quality
and VIII turn out by far the greatest
Quantity of any variety with which we
are acquainted; but if the wind should
happen TO blow much, it is blown down
in such an ineXtricable mass that II can
not be untangled except by cutting 1t
single stock at time and stripping the
fodder off 1t after it is cut.
From planting time in spring until the
cane is matured sufficiently to work up
into syrup, the amber takes ninety-six
days; and goose neck 126 days In rails
ing either of above there should be fully
that number of days intervene between
the frosts of spring and fall Other va
rieties, as Texas honey comp, golden rod,
golden drop, black top, gray top, etc, We
have ourselves tested. as well as having
repeatedly seen them tested by others.
The survival of the fttest is all suffi-
cient evidence as to their comparative
value. The first four mentioned are here,
have been here for the past twenty or
more years. They are here TO stay, While
all the last named have been freely test
ed, have been weighed in the balance
and found wanting" Did time and space
permit we could give a few quite interest
ing experiences along this line.
The early orange is undoubtedly the
general favorite throughout the central
states and the entire SOUTH it is deserv-
eddy so, for the reason that ii has been
proven TO be the best throughout wider
stretch of country than has any other
single variety. There is nothing lacking
about it. either in quantity or quality; the
only important question with those who
have as yet not tried it. being: Will it
prove a success to me, or do I live too
far north for it? The experience of ones
nelghbors who have given it a trial, may
be considered as the safest guide in this
and all similar cases.
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houses have no windows, but are
lighted by immense roofs of glass;
When the houses are closed for the
summer, the paintings are covered
with white cheesecloth, and the statu-
airy is carefully draped in the same
SOFT clinging stuff. The outer roof is
fastened over the glass, and the room
is practically nght-proof and duss-
proof.
Ten servants are required to keep
Mrs. Arson Phelps-Stokes' big house
on Madison avenue, in running order
while she is away. The house is left
the same all the year round.
Mrs. Stokes says the luxury of feel
ing that she can drop down with all
her family in New York, Newport,
Lenox or her London house. and find
servants and horses and everything,
in fact, in such perfect order that she
can take up her life just where she
left it off, is worth the expense and
the slight wear on the furniture.
The dark green shades are about the
only change made in her house, and
each room is thorough cleaned and
busted twice a week.
William c. Whitney's magnificent
home on Fifth avenue and Fifty-sev-
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was half way over the crest, but in a
moment more he was in safety. As he
tore down the slope a small body of
bluecOats gallOped forward to meet
him. At their head was Colonel Dan"
AIaCook, his face anxious and pallid.
MY God, Garfield" he cried, 4
thought you We're killed, certain. How
you escaped is a miracle" 1t was not
many months before this brave man
himself was stretched upon such an
ether battlefield at Knoxville
Captain Cav had his horse shot I'M
der him at the first fire, and was con-
siderably bruised by the fall But
somehow he managed to dodge the
bullets and to crowd over the crest 10
the side Of McCOOk and Garfield Nc
Cook gave him another horse and the
two set out again for the headquarters
of Thomas.
Thomas in SiGht-Thomas Reached.
Garfield's horse had been struck, but
the danger had given him the spirit of
a lion and he plunged forward at a
brea knock pace, through plowed fields
and tangled forests, and over broken
and rocky hills, for another four miles,
until they climbed a wooded crest and
were within view of Thomas. In a
slight depression of the ground with a
small group of officers about him, he
stood in the open field, while over him
was sweeping a storm of shotted fire
that fell in thick drops on the high
foOthill that Garfield was crossing.
Shot and shell and canister piOWed up
the ground all about Garfield, but as
he caught sight of Thomas he halted
in the midst of the storm, and with
uplifted arm, shouted: There he isl
God bless the old herol He has saved
the army" For a moment only he
halted, then he plunged down the hill
through the fiery storm and in a few
moments more was by the side of
Thomas.
AS the two men embraced each
other, the noble horse that had so
bravely borne Garfield through that
hurricane, struck by another bullet,
staggered a step or two and fell dead
at the feet of Thomas.
In hurried, broken sentences Gar
field tells Thomas that he is outfianked
and that the whole Confederate army
of 10000 is closing down upon his right
wing to crush into fragments his
weary force of $4,000. He must with
draw his right wing, and form line
again upon the crested horseshoe
which is before them at the base of
the mountain Quick the order is
given and quick the movement is made,
yet not a moment too soon, for yonder
from behind a clump of woods energies
the head of Longstreet's bristhng col
umns. He has turned back from the
pursuit of McCook and is now coming
to annihilate Thomas. and Thomas
men are too few, for his line falls short
by 500 feet of the spur of the noun
tain. Longstreet perceives this gap,
heads his columns for 1T, and in ten
minutes more will have struck Thomas
on flank and rear fatally.
Gordon Grirrger Arrives Just in
Time TO Save the Day.
Now nothing Short Of miracle can
save Thomas, and Sthe days of mira
cles are passed" say tbe theologians.
Still, there must be an Invisible power
that controls events in fhe heavens
and ON earth, for, just az p'@is critical
moment, a heavy colunr2l oven on the
hill down which GarfielfA. eaIjust rid
den, and in another mfd|s scersa horse
men, covered with fOawAi0 pi 1.-THE side
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Ell Of the fashionable houses in New
York have put on their summer liver
les. A stroll up Fifth or Madison
avenues discloses barred and boarded
doors and windows shaded in dismal
dark green.
Long before the 1st Of June, every
scrap of lace, satin and embroidered
null comes down, and the stiff, ugly
green shades have the place of honor
until October, when the dainty tinted
and snowy white draperies make the
exteriors of the plain brownstone
houses lovely to look upon.
When Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Gould or
Mrs. Carnegie announce to their stew
ards that they have determined upon
a certain date to set sail for Europe,
the steward informs the twenty or
more servants under him, and as soon
as the mistress quits her big house
for the steamer, ali of the men and
maids fall to work with right good
will.
Instead Of carpets. these houses
have exquisite rugs laid over the pol
!shed ivory inlaid wood and marble
floors. Silky, beautiful Persian prayer
rugs, almost as exquisite in colOring
as a painting, are used for the most
part. Instead of lying loosely upon
the floors, the rugs are woven IN
evenly into a neutral tinted filling,
making a large square rug which al
most covers the whole floor. There is
all of the artistic appearance of sep
arate rugs, without the inconvenience
of having them slip and slide every
time they are walked upon. These
rugs are sent, first OF all, to the clean
ers, where every spot, stain or parti-
Gle OF dust is carefully removed, and
If there is a single loose thread, 1t is
caught and rnended by Persian
workman, who IS especially employed
for the business.
The walls and ceilings are the next
consideration. The exquisite painting
on the canvas-ccvered ceiling and the
side walls with their covering of gold
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RECEPTION ROOM IN IT'S SUMMER DRESS.

hecked silk, satin brocade and Gobehn
and Beau Vais tapestry, must be kept
from speck and stain. To the heavy
eo1d picture rod are fastened hooks,
which hold the long linen curtains
which cover the walls completely, fall
inc down to the floor. The ceiling is
nrotected by a canopy arrangement OF
white linen, extending from the pic
tire rod to the centre Of the room,
where it is caught around the ehande-
iier which is in turn swathed in the
'-1 The mirrors and open tiled fireplaces
are hidden from sight by the snowy
s5raperies. Over the polished floors is
stretched a carpet of heavy white can
vas. The white draped walls, stair
case and floors of these houses look
like sno1' palaces
All OF the silver and bric-a-brac is
CENT TO Tiffary's TO be thoroughly
cleaned and put in perfect order before
ST is packed away in the iron-bound
cedar chests, which are afterwards
stored away in various safe deposit
Tadlts.
Protecting the Art Galleries.
che art galleries in most Of these
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enth street, has never been formally
opened since Mrs. Whitney's death,
two years ago. The most precious
treasures in this house are the tapes
tries. The halls and library are hung
with wonderful Gobelins worth their
weight in gold. These are taken care
of by one of the swell upholstering
firms, and are insured against all dan
ger of fire, moths and water.
But the walls of the dining room are
a more serious matter, for the tapes
tries are fastened to the old oak PAN
els like wall paper; they had to be
carefully covered with heavy cloth,
fastened so closely that not a speck Of
dust can sift through. The rings and
hangings go with the tapestries, and
the furniture is fitted into the linen
covers made for them.
All of the silver, bric-a-brac and
pretty bits of femininity which Mrs.
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OPTICIANS.
S. . Per Month.

Of Garfield and Thomas He IS q
slightly formed man, little slAh-
sided. with dark hair, projecting brG&Cs
and deep, black caVernOuS eyes, from
which now a black flame is flashing.
1t is Gordon Granger. He has heard
the firing four miles away and without
orders has come to the rescue of
Thomas. He points with his sword to
the men on the hill and cries: Where
will you place us?" Thomas stretches
his hand toward the 800 foot gap,
against which LOngstreet is coming,
and simply says: There"
CThe owner of this land told me per-
sonally in 1880 that from this single
hill he had dug and sold 400 pounds OF
lead in bullets)
The Hot Contest With LOnGstreet.
Back up the buIet-swept hill Gran
ger gallOps. and instantly his 3.7O9
men. led on by the heroic SteedmarlA
are rushing down to the defenseless
gap like bristling avalanche. They
are not a moment TOO soon, for Long
streets heavy columns are at the
breach. and now comes the collision
Garfield told me that 1t was like the
coming together of two immense rail-
way trains in full career-the forward
columns shivering TO atoms. and going
down in a. common destruction. Steed-
mans horse is shot on the full gallOp
and the rider is hurled fifty feet for
ward by the momentum, and turning a
complete sOmersauIt he aGghtS on his
feet and urges his men as if nothing
had happened. For forty minutes the
onset lasted, and then CHASTITY
breastwork Of 5000 dead ant pfffng.
bluecoats and gray, fills the 94arOw
gap. But the army of the CumbsNiand
is saved from destruction Now. beaten
and baff1ed, LOngstreet withdrawS his
seething columns and not another blow
is struck by the magnificent army that
Bragg has gathered; for that night
Thomas holds RCssville Gap, and
meanwhile ROsecrans has rallied the
fugftives at Chattanooga and in TWEEN
ty-four hours built a Gordon around 1t
behind which he can defy the entire
armies of the Confederacy.
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HOW ro sTARr a FLocK.

Many farmers would hardly care to
commence by purchasing a flock of reg
istered ewes from fancy focks, because
the cost would be toe great, unless they
proposed to establish a breeding farm on
which to raise choice rams for the trade,
j. e., for the improvement of stock, which
no doubt could be pursued with profit
And so, unless he preferred TO secure
few choice ewes served to rams, which
would be profitable, his next best plan
would be to breed upward from a flock
of grade ewes. Having decided upon this
course he will make q careful selection
among the fiocks in his neighborhood
and purchase a flock of native sheep,
which can be had at from g to So per
head. drive them to his farm, and, when
the breeding season is at hand serve
them to a pure bred ram of whatever
breed suits his fancy, whether Cotswold,
Shropshire, Southdown, Oxford or any
OF the other English breeds The rams
can be had at from SIS to $50 each. Thus
the farmer could commence d flock which
will involve but a comparatively small
OutlaV.
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Captain Gaw's orderly was shot from
his horse, and they found before them
a. dense mass of the enemy. Cav then
reported that the only way to reach
Thomas was by a circuit of eight
miles. They set off in that direction,
and soon coming to a point where the
road forked-one fork leading to Chat
tanooga, the other to the position of
Thomas-they halted to breathe their
horses; and then Rosecrans directed
Garfield to ride on to Chattanooga. to
form there, send forward ammunition,
and to make the necessary prepara-
lions for the holding of the place in
case Thomas should be obliged to re-
tire before Longstreet; intending
himself to proceed at once to Thomas.
The Journey Passed Over TO Garfield
General GarfeId,''-T here quote
the statement of Major Frank IS.
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of these great houses. Below stairs it
is considered a great honor to be
summer caretaker, as the work is
nominal and the enjoyments many.
There is an absence of the formal re-
strictions which hold the servants in
check the rest of the year, and it is
not a rare occurrence to see several
quiet growler parties in full operation
during the hot summer time on sainted
Fifth avenue. OF course these func-
lions are conducted with more de-
corum than similar ones in the Fourth
ward, but this fact would not lessen
the offense if the mistress OF the
house knew of them