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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-06

LETTER COMES AT LAST.
Supposed Murdered Cordovan Heard From
In Wisconsin.


In Wisconsin.
The promised communication from
Christian Martens. supposed to have
been murdered at Cordoya by the
Italian enjoying the companionship
of his wife. has been received. and
the authorities are assured by Daniel
Zimmerman. who was Instrumental
in having the investigation made.
that the reported victim is inhaling
the zephyrs of Wisconsin. The let
ter was received by MIR. Zimmerman
yesterday. After a close COMPARE
son with writing OF Martens in pos
session of Zimmerman, the latter
declares himself convinced of the
mans existence. Such was the in
formation impaired to the sheriff
vpStarIay
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vice-President Breckenridge.

Mr.. Breckinridge had in a remarka-
BILE degree the characteristics of his
blood. He was born of one of the old
est and most celebrated families Of
Kentucky, and he and his admirers
were wont to boast that in him had
been bred the blood of those families
to a higher perfection than in any 9TH
er of her sons then in public life. He
was genuine Kentucky thoroughbred,
and exhibited in marked degree the
points of his lineage. He was distin-
guished more for personal impressive
ness of speech and manner, of figure
and address, than for intellectual pow
er, and would be classed, not with the
constructors of institutions, but rather
with those who fashion and polish what
others design and rough-hew.
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ABOUT GOOD CLOTHES.
They Are an Index of Ourselves by
Which Others Judge Us.

The business woman cannot afford
to disregard the conventionalities of
dress She who is wisest and most far
seeing follows in the wake of present
day fashions, avoiding exaggeration or
absurdities so far and so long as pos
sible, yet even adopting them when she
finds herself forced to do SO or remain
conspicuous among women. Men have
small patience with the woman who
departs from conventional dress stand
ards, nor have they much admiration
for that other woman who holds all
matters of dress in contempt and re-
CARDS her clothes as a question of COW
ering only. The woman whose dress
is neat, stylish, becoming and suitable
to the time and place is the woman
with whom they like best to deal. They
do not want diamond earrings to flash
in their eyes when debating to their
stenographer, but they resent it as al
most an affront to themselves if her
dress is antiquated in pattern, ill-ft-
ting and unbecoming. True, they have
not deep objections to dress reform so
long as it is cleverly concealed. They.
do not object to an uncorseted figure
when the carriage is such that the
lack of corsets cannot be detected; but
they are very apt to make remarks
about the poor woman who
throws away her stays and does
not learn to use her backbone.
Good clothes may not be an es-
sential to success but they are
more or less of an idex of ourselves
and it is only the women who are sure
Of their position in every way who
can afford to let the index be mislead-
ing. Business women who are depend
ing upon their own exertions for a
comfortable livelihood dare not do so.
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WHITE MAN PUT OUT.
COunseled Moderation and Was
Thrown Through a Window.
If Gov. Altgeld Doesn't Act a
Rescue Party Will Go.
Italian Consul Asks Police to
Prevent Negroes Leaving.

CHICAGO, Aug. Give hundred ex
cited negroes in mass meeting today
passed resolutions demanding that Gov
ernor Altgeld protect the colored people
at Spring Valley, ILL.,, and asserting their
determination to leave for that place to-
night in the event of the refusal of the
governor to take action.
The call for the meeting was issued
last night, and fully 500 colored men met
at a State street hall in response to the
call. The men were excited and the
speeches were violent and determined.
The resolutions adopted asked the gov
ernor to take immediate action to protect
the colored miners of Spring Valley from
mob violence and all those present
pledged themselves by vote to go to the
scene of trouble this evening if no word
was received from the governor before
that time.
The colored people decided to stay in
session all day and a committee of four
men was sent to Spring Valley to report
on the situation there. The committee
was expected to reach the mines at $3.50
this afternoon and it was decided if they
reported by telegraph that their brethren
| were not being properly protected by the
state authorities, an organized company
of rescuers would leave Chicago at 4:30
and go directly to the aid of the colored
miners.
The meeting was a scene of wild ex-
citement, half dozen speeches being
| made at the same time,
A white lawyer named Waters at
tempted to advise moderation and was
promptly thrown through a window by
his enraged hearers.
The violence of the sentiments express
ed alarmed, the authorities and the Ital-
ian consul here hurried to the City hall
and asked that the police prevent the men
from leaving the city. Mayor Swift and
Chief of Police Badenoch held a con
ference with the consul and it was de-
cided that if the colored men attempted
to board train for Spring Valley, they
would be stopped by detail of police
men.
PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 6-The negroes of
| Peoria are very much excited over the
occurrences at Spring Valley, and the
prospects are that body of them will go
there tonight to offer their services to
the sheriff. Twenty five men have al
ready signified their intention to leave
on the evening train, and they are now
hunting other recruits.
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FLAGLERS ARE SORRY
That Miss FIagIer Shot the Boy Pilferina
Pears.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Additional in
terest in the case of Miss Flagler, who,
it will be remembered, shot and killed
small colored boy last week who was
pilfering pears, was caused today by the
arrival in Washington of her father and
mother. and the immediate visit of
General Flagler to the family
of the dead boy. He called
at the treasury department at once
and asked for the messenger, Richard
Green, and then, failing to find him.
went to the family house to express his
great sorrow and that of his daughter,
over the occurrence.
In one of the afternoon papers
member of the coroner's jury
which acquitted Miss Flagler declares
that his full intention, and that of
his associates on the jury, was to leave
the case for investigation by the next
grand jury. He says the coroner's jury had
no idea of permanently acquittlng Miss
FIagler, but simply believed that it was
not necessary to put her in jail awaiting
an investigate by the grand jury. The
statement in the verdict that they be-
lieved the shot to have been carelessly
and indiifferently fred was he said, in
tended to call the case to the grand jury
in order that it may decide to what ex-
tent Miss FIagler's carelessness or indif-
ference was criminal
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GEN. ARTZ ON PRAYER.
He Will Deny It's Efficacy at tho Ere
Thinkers Convention.

Thinkers Convention.
OTTAWA, Kan, Aug. 6-The fifth ar
nual convention of the Kansas Free
Thought association took possession of
Forest park today and will hold forth
uutil the 11th.
Tonight the opening address of well
come will be delivered by the president
at $50; then there will be lecture, "The
Object of Free Thought Organizations
and the Effect of Unity" by D. w. Hull
Among the most interesting events of
the session will be debate Friday after
noon between General II. H. Artz of
POpulist fame and Rev James a. Lath-
rop of Topeka on the proposition,
"The Efficacy of Prayer and It's Effects
on Humanity" Mr.. Lathrop affirming and
General Artz taking the negative. The
prospect of this debate has already
caused considerable comment and will be
watched with interest
General Artz is also on the programme
for lecture Wednesday on the subject,
Free Thought of 1895 as Compared
With History"
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PUT WAGES UP.
Window Glass Workers Call for Ad-
vance All Along the Line.

Window Glass Workers Call for an Ad-
vance All Along the Line.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 6-The
Window Glass Workers wage committees
of the eastern, western and northern dis
tricts, which have been in session here
since Thursday fixing the wage scale for
the next blast have adjourned, after call
ing for Is per cent advance along the en-
tire list
The eastern committee were given per-
mission to fix their own wages scale.
They will meet in few days and make
the scale about 10 per cent higher than
the general scale. The northern dis
trict scale will be ~ per cent higher
The western wage committee will meet
the manufacturers in Pittsburg today.
They are confident that an advance in
wages will be granted.
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PLATES OF APPLES.

A Basement Room in the State House
Looks Like horticultural Hall.
At the Office of the secretary of the
state horticultural society in the basement
of the state house there is a display of
forty five plates of fine fruits most of
which was grown in Shawnee county.
The samples of fruit were sent to the
headquarters of the society to be named
and the different varieties are labeled as
they are received
On the 29th of August the Shawnee
county horticultural society will picnic
on the state house grounds, and it is ex-
pected that very much larger collec-
ton of fruit will be on exhibition by that
time.
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NEEDS MANY REPAIRS.
The Asphalt, Bad as 1t Has Become
Better Than Brick

Inc Asphalt, Bad as 1t Has Becom0s
Better Than Brick.
City Engineer Barnes and Councilmen
Elliott and Skinner made an inspection
of the asphalt pavement on Kansas ave-
nue. this morning. They found that the
pavement is crumbling in many places
where it would not be noticed by the
casual observer. In some places only a
few inches from where a new patch has
been made the pavement is much the
worse for wear
1t is evident to the council and every
one else that something more than put
ting a patch here and there must be
done and done soon to save the pave
ment. The force is still busy repairing
tn 9 worst places in the pavement, and
bad as the asphalt has become, it is far
and away ahead Of brick, wood or stone
for driving over. The brick pavement
in front of the county Jail is full of hol-
lows and rapidly going to pieces, al
though it has been down but few
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BURLINGTON EXTENDING.
That Road is Going to Push Further Into
the Northwest.


the Northwest.
SPOKANE. Wash, Aug. "a special
from Star buck, Wash, says: The Bur
lington railway is coming west, and there
are reasons for the believing that it is
coming in hurry
A new route running nearly midway
between the Northern and Union Pacific
through wild and unsettled country is
now being explored and surveyed with
all possible haste by the engineers of the
company, who are working many miles
south of the routes usually considered
available for the Burlington road.
The engineers are we'll supplied with
surveying apparatus, and evidently are
anxious to get to work as quickly as pos
sible, owing to the shortness of the sea-
son on the Rocky mountain slope. From
one of them it was learned that they pro-
pose to locate line up the valley. work
ing east toward the Wyoming line, and
probably crossing it in the northern part
of Fremont county, opposite the Ma
tional park, unless better route through
the Rockies can be secured by crossing
into southern Montana.
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GLADSTONE CHEERED.
Crowds Assemble to Hear Him Speak on
the Armenian Question.

Crowds Assemble TO Hear Him Speak
the Armenian Question.
CHESTER. Eng, Aug. 6.-The town hall
was packed with people today. the audi
ence including numbers of Armenians
in anticipation of hearing the speech
of Mr.. Gladstone upon the Armen-
ian question. Among those present
were the bishop of Ripon and
Messrs. D. R Clifford and Robert T.
Paine of the American Peace society.
The audience rose with vocifercus cheer
ing when Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, the
duke of Westminster, the bishop of
Chester and the mayor of Chester enter
ed the hall.
The distinguished visitors were con-
Quoted to seats on the platform and the
cheering did not subside until the duke
of Westminster, the chairman, rose to
speak.
The duke, after a few opening re-
marks, read a letter from the marquis of
Salisbury, the new premier, notifying
the duke that the sum of 1000 pounds
which had been subscribed for
forwarded to the British am
Curry, who had been given full discre-
ton as to the manner in which the
money was to be distributed.
After the usual preliminaries of such
a meeting had been concluded, MIR. Glad
stone arose amid an outburst of eI-
thusiasm and addressed the audience. He
said the Armenian question was not a
party matter or a religious affair. Con-
tinuing he said that the present situation
in Armenia resulted from intolerably bad
government-perhaps the worst on the
face of the earth. Applause.
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A SENTINEL ENGINE.

The Santa Fe Has a Little Fight on It's
Hands in Texas.
Houston, Texas, Aug. 6.-The San
Antonio & Aransas Pass is building a
track into new compress. The Inter
national s. Great Northern permitted the
road to cross it's track, but when it was
sought to cross the Santa Fe's tracks,
trouble began.
The Santa Fe placed an engine on the
track, and the engine is there under
guard night and day. It moves to per-
nit trains to pass. but Immediately re-
turns to its post The Arkansas Pass
keeps its forces on hand ready to secure
an entrance across the Santa Fe tracks
the moment they are left unguarded.
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IS MRS. GARDNER ALIVE?

The Missing c. e. Delegate Supposed to
Be in Connecticut.
BOSTON, Aug. 6-Mrs. Annie n. Gard
ner, the missing Nebraska Christian En-
deavor delegate, is believed to be teach
ing school in a Connecticut town.
A woman answering her description
has been traced from the place where
Mrs. Gardner got woman to write to
her husband under an anonymous name
that she was dead, has been traced to
Cambridge. where she went by the name
of Miss Mansfield She left the day Mrs.
Gardner disappeared, having her trunk
sent to the New England depot, where it
was checked for the Connecticut town.
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CARLISLE is RIGHT.
Au Order of His Regarding a Claim Il
Sustained.

Au Order of His Regarding a Claim is
Sustained.
WASHINGTON. Aug 6.-Justice Cole. of
the district supreme court today refused
to issue a mandamus asked for by W. A.
Whaley and Harry Taylor of New York
city against Secretary Carlisle and Treas
Urer Morgan. The government owed
Messrs. Whaley and Taylor $4,000 for
certain contract work done at Willets
Point, n. Y.
checks be paid on a certain date in the
presence of certain alleged creditors of
Messrs. Whaley and Taylor. The latter
objected to this course and attempted to
compel the treasury department to make
the payment in another form. This the
court refused to do today.
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Necretary CarIlsle at lackInac.

MAcKINAC ISLAND, Mich, Aug. o.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle &C.
companied by Mrs. Carlisle and grand
daughter on the United States steamer
Amarath, sare visiting at the island. The
Amarath came from Chicago yesterday.
The party spent the day here visiting
National park and old Fort Mackinsc
The Amarath sails for Duluth today.
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johnson county PoDulIsts.

OLATHE, Kans, Aug, 6-The largest
Peoples party county convention which
ever assembled in Johnson county, met
last Saturday, August 8. under the great
canvas tent in Oiathe. Daniel c.
Zercher, ex-assistant secretary of state,
was elected chairman. The ticket is as
follows: Robert Baker, county treasurer;
George Senter, county clerk: A. w.
Crawford, register of deeds; George
Mower, sheriff; DR. Hudson, coroner;
John III. Gifiu, surveyor, and Henry
Rhodes. county commissioner
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DEATH PASSED NEAR.

A Woman Lies Close to the Car Wheels
But Was Saved.
Mrs. W. G. Gilbert of Rossville, who is
past so years of age, had narrow es-
cape from death Saturday evening. as
she alig ghted from the Union Pacific train
returning from Topeka
She fell from the depot platform be-
tween the edge of the platform and the
cars, and lay on the cinders while the
train pulled away from the station be-
fore she could be helped from her peril
Gus position.
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Resnhart HetzIer Insane.

Henry Vesper appeared at the probate
court today and asked for an investiga-
ton of the sanity of Reinhart Hetzler, a
German, thirty nine years of age Hetzler
once fell in his fathers barn in Germany
and lit on his head That aud love af
fair have unbalanced his mind, and he is
now afraid of women and barns. He
will be tried tomorrow.
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DENVER BANK CLOSES.
The Rocky Mountain Savings Bank Makes
an Assignment.

AaEU AsOO1Ag
an Assignment.
DENVER, Col, August 6.-The Rocky
Mountain Savings bank closed its doors
today, an assignment being made to Earl
III. Cranston for the benefit of creditors.
No statement of assets and liabilities has
yet been made. Last week demand
was made upon the bank for $4,000
county funds on deposit in it and it was
unable to make payment
This bank was closed during the panic
of 1898 but was subsequently reopened,
certificates being issued to depositors-
The president is Frank Woodbury., son OF
R. W. Woodbury., president of the Union
National bank which suspended last
week and the two institutions were inti-
mately associated in business.
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TO REVIVE BASE BALL.
Ex-NTanager Mote Trying to Arrange On
Game q Week.

Game q Week.
Ex.Manager Mote of the Topeka base
ball team has not given up the idea of
having base ball games in Topeka this
summer, though he has found it impossi-
BILE to sustain a club here. He is making
arrangements to have the other teams
which have been more successful, to
come to Topeka to play an occasional
game.
He says that he thinks that Topeka
people would turn out to attend at least
one good game a week, on Saturdays,
and he will try to arrange the games for
that day.
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been leased for term of five years to B.
L. Eaton of the Manhattan. Mr.. Eaton
also purchased the furniture and fixtures
belonging to the Carey. He will con-
duct both houses for the present. at least
and he took charge of the Carey last
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Coal Ourput fn Indian TerrIterE.

7. W. Bryan, United States mine inspec-
tor for the Indian territory, for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1896, has been re-
ceived at the interior department. The
Indian territory mines employ g, $50 men.
The output for the year ending Jane 80,
1895, was 1.223.440 tons. The total num-
Der of accidents was 46, six of which
Eara fatal
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Dectded Not 60 Cut Rates.

NEW YORK, Aug Representatives
of the lines in the Southern Railway and
Steamship association met OF the Hotel
Waldorf to-day to consider the proposal to
cut rates on lines running between New
York, Baltimore and Savannah. The
mee4ing>w was a secret one, and after it
was over it was announced that the as
sociation had decided not to cut rates.
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saloons CouEdn't save II.

LEAvENwoRTH, Aug 6-The old dry
goods house of Bruins Bros. has gone 10
the wall, the First National bank and
Hannmangsr & c., of Kansas City, Mo-,
taking chattel mortgages and possession.
Since the recent death of Herman Bruins,
Henry Bruins has been operating the
l-RH0EA
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NEW YORK. Aug. GA special to the
Herald from Havana says: It is reported
here that Senior Menocal, engaged in the
service of the rebels as military engineer
has been killed.
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The state executive council awarded
the contract for finishing ready for occu-
pancy twenty seven rooms in the state
house to Fellows & Want who were the
lowest bidders. Their bid was $2l, Gas.
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Germao Battles CeIebrated.

BERLIN, Aug. 6.-The anniversary of
the battles of Spichten and Worth were
generally csle brated throughout Germa-
ny today with parades of the garrisons
of all large cities. The imperial prin
cess who was staying at Wilhelmshohe
Witnessed the parade of the castle gar
rison from tha halconE 0f th0 nAatlA-
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GOLD TO SHIP AND COIN

The St. Louis Will Take Out 500 900
s5,OOO,OOO to Be Coined.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Nesslage &
Fuller will ship 100000 in gold by the
St. Louis tomorrow
The United States assay Office will
send $5,0C0,0 900 in gold bars today to the
Philadelphia mint and an equal amount
tomorrow to the same mint, both for
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Governor Morrill, has directed that all
contributions intended for Mrs. John L.
Waller and family be left either at the
executive Office or at the Central N alton
al bank with Mr. P. l. Bonebrake. AS
soon as the contributions can be collect
ed they will be forwarded to the secre-
tary of state at Washington who will see
that they reach Mrs. Waller.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Consul Deoder-
lein at Leipsic, Germany. has made re-
port to the state department upon the
manufacture and use of electric plows in
that country. He shows that the plows
are operated by electricity cheaper than
nv stAam
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Ex-Aee;v OF War EndicOtt Sick.

SALEM, Mass, Aug. 6.-Ex-Secretary
of " ar Endicott is reported being in fee
bic health at his home in Danvers. He
is said to De suffering from serious men
tai trouble.
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S. CAROLINA LAW UPHELD.

The Present Registration: Laws Declared
Valid by Judge Golf.
RICHMOND, Aug. 6.-Judge Gof today,
in the South Carolina registration case,
dismissed the complainant's bill for an
Injunction. This decision uphOlds the
present registration laws.
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earand Clrcu1t Racen Poatnnned.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. Ga cloudburst
this afternoon deluged Driving Park
track aad made it advisable to postpone
today's grand circuit races
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GLOVERSVILLE SHAKEN.
An Earthquake Lasting a Minute Occurs
in New York. q

GLovERsvILLE, N. Y, Aug. 6.-Last
night an earthquake shock, lasting near
ly a minute, was felt in this locality and
the alarm caused by the seismic shock
was heightened by a heavy thunder
storm which Immediately followed it.
Several persons were seriously injured
in the storm and considerable damage
WAS done to property.
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Defender won Again.

BREroN's POINT. Aug. 6.-The De-
fender passed the lightship at 2:l0. Inc
Vi0ilant crossed the line seven minutes
ten seconds later than Defender.
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Doctor-The bicycle gives people the
best exercise in the world
Patient-But I can't afford to ride q
bicycle.
Doctor-Oh, you don't need to ride
one.