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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
PRESIDENT WAS SHOOTING DUCKS
Birds Plenty and Lots Of Game Bagged b
tho Hunting Party.


WAsHINGTON Jan. 3O.-The lighthouse
tender Maple bearing the president and
party, comprising DIR. o Reilly, his physi-
clan, and Captain Lamberton, naval in.
spector Of lighthouses, anchored about
two and half miles south of Quantico,
Va. The party were the guests of Colonel
Webster Waller, whose duck feeding
grounds and numerous blinds are reputed
to be among the best along the Potomac
river. The members of the party were
astir early. Shortly after their arrival
their decoys were set and they began the
onslaught.
The sport continued for almost two
hours, when low tide neccssitated pest
ponement until in the afternoon, when
the sport was resumed. During the morn
ing hours the party is reported to have
killed fifty ducks. The weather was de-
lightful and the water very calm. The
president went ashore during the forenoon
and spent some time in conversation with
his host, Colonel Waller. The latter later
accompanied the president aboard the Ma
pie and joined with the others in shoot
Ing the game.
President Cleveland returned to the city
last night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
SENATE AND HOUSE IN BRIEF.
Debs Arrest Resolutions Sent to Committe
No Quorum in the House.

Debs Arrest Resolutions Sent to Committee
No Quorum In the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3o.-Thc senate re-
ferrcd the resolution for an investigation
of the arrest of l.. V. Debs in the A. II. U.
strike to the judiciary committee The
foreign relations committee reported a
resolution on Cuba to the effect that the
president be requested to ask the Spanish
government to recognize the belligerency
OF the rebels. Tillnan of South Carolina
made an extended speech in denuncia
tion of the president and administration
generally for their financial policy. Call
talked for the free coinage bill. Jones
again announced that he would ask for a
vote on that bill today.
The session of the house was brief. The
opposition to bill reported from the in
valid pensions committee to amend the
act of 1890 so that in the consideration of
widows claims unexplained absence for
seven years should be considered sufficient
proof Of death led to the making Of the
point OF no quorum early in the session
and the house was forced to adjourn. An
attempt to donate condemned cannon to
couple Of Grand Army posts brought
out 50 many requests of that kind that
the whole matter was referred to the naval
COmmittec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
A Miracle in Vermont,
THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF A
WELL-KNOWN CHELSEA MAN.
Stricken with an Incurable Disease and
yet Cured.

Stricken with an Incurable Disease and
yet Cured.
(Frons the Argus and Patriot, Montpelier, ".
Eight years ago Geo. Hutchinson moved
from Bradford to Chelsea, VT, and bought
the sawmill at the latter place. He was
known as one the strongest men in thai
section. On De 20, '92 while at work ir
the mill. he was struck in the back bv a
dying board, which seriously injured him
and incapacitated him for work of anv kind
As result of this, Locomotor Ataxia set in.
this Is form of paralysis which depriyes
the patient of all use of his lower limbs. J
The ATyns 4 Patriot interviewed Mr. Hutch.
inson to-day, and his story is here given in
his own words.
MY back ached continually and my legs
began to grow numb and to be less and less
isa5le. BY the 10Th of April l could do
absolutely nothing and was scarcely able to
itand Ny physicians advised me to go to
he Mary Fletcher Hospital at burlington.
% be treated, and took their advice. When
left home my friends babe me good-b;e.
ever expecting % see me alive again.
The physicians at the hospital told ME that
ny case was a serious one and | was COM
pletely discouraged. l remained at the
hospital seven week and took the medicines
which tn. doctors gave me. felt better at
the hospital and thought that was recover.
i,g, and went home to continue their treat.
nent, which | did for two months. and also
had an electric battery under their advice
The Improvement, however, did not continue
and l began to give up hope. August LIST.
1898, could not get out Of nv chair without
assistance, and If got down upon the floor. I
couid not get up alone. About this time /
:halced to read an account of the wonder
tul curative powers of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People in cases similar to INV
own. | did not have any faith in the Pills
out thought trial could do no harm. so /
bought some without telling anyone what /
was going to do. After had been taking
them soms time found that, for the first time
IN months was able to walk down to the
post Office, and my neghbors began to dis
clss the marked improvement in nv health.
As ! continued the medicine | continued to
improve, and soon recommended work in
the mill, at first very lightly. and increasing
as was able and as I gained in health and
spirits. and now for the past three months I
have been working ten hours per day almost
as steadily as | ever did. / feel we'll. eat
well and sleep well as ever did and have
no pain anywhere"
The reporter talked with several other gen.
tiemen IN regard to the case of Mr.. Hutchin-
son, who stated that any statement he might
make would be entitled to entire credence.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale BY all druggists,
or nav be had by mail from Dr. Williams
Medicine Company. Schenectady, h. Y, for
soc per box, or SIX boxes for $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
The Treasury Has Hopes,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3o.-Owing to tho
favorable conditions now existing in the
foreign exchange market the treasury de-
partment is hoping that quite large ship
ments Of gold will be made from abroad
to be used in making payments for the
bonds to be issued under the call now
pending and il this should prove to be
the case 1t is understood that it will be
the policy Of the department to offer
every facility in its power to those who
propose to use the imported gold in pay
ment Of the several installments,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

as one OF the most remarkable in the his
tory OF the upper branch of congress. 1t
nbounded in statements OF sensational
character arraigning Cleveland, Carlisle
and other men in high places.
AT times the senator's voice sank to q
whisper, as, for instance, when he gave
warning Of the approach of popular rev.
olution and communism. and the march
Ing on Washington Of host with rifles in
their hands. Again his voice resounded
through the chamber and the outer corri-
dors as he called senators and members
towards" for not resorting to impeach.
ment.
The only other incident worth mentio n.
Ing was the objection Of Hill to o vote on
the bond bill today. When asked by
Jones to name a dag for vote Hill re-
piisd: "The 9th Of February This is the
day after the one the bids on bonds will
be opened. Jones declined to consider this
delay, and said he would make the test
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS

Obituary: At Marion, o., Judge G. N.
Crawford, IS: James 5. Reed, a. At ATTAIN
Ia, Ga, Colonel A. L. Harris. At Keupsha,
Wis, Herman Veeder, of Philadelphia. At
Philadelphia, George Cochran Lamb Di-
nan, TIE artist, &c. At Reading. Pa,
Isaac w. Levan, Is. At Charleston; Ills. !,
John NJ. Doty. S6. At Milwaukee, Peter
kettenhoffen, of Appleton, 80.
General Alfred Baker Smith dropped
dead while conducting a prayer meeting
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Heart disease
was the cause
Barton Peek. of Peoria, Ills, was robbed
near Lamar, Mo-, by highwaymen who
left him gagged and bound to tree, where
he remained for three days and nights be-
fore he was rescued.
A report from Muskogee says that ex-
Congressman Springer has grown tired Of
his duties of judge of the Indian Territory
court and that he is an applicant for the DO.
sition of general solicitor for the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad.
James NJ. Harris, Of Chicago, was hyp-
Noticed at Milwaukee by Professor j. A.
Gregorovitch for a seven-day sleep.
William Trout, q boss barber at NAYS.
Vile, KY, has been fasting for fifty-one
days, except that he drinks only butter.
milk and refuses all other food. He has
no appetite for anything else.
Judge Arthur, at Colville, Wash, SEN
fenced Adolph Niese and his wife to twenty
years in the penitentiary for beating their
1O-year-old son to death. Shortly after
the prisoners were taken from the court
room and placed in their cells both cut
their throats with O razor. Niese is dead
and his wife is in critical condition.
1t believed ut Hermosillo, Mex, that a
party of five gold prospectors which left
there several weeks ago has been killed
and eaten by the Seris Indians.
Victor Donald, a janitor in the Security
building, Chicago plunged headforemoss
down the elevator shaft from the ninth
floor, but caught the wire screen at the
sixth story, and with the nails and flesh
stripped from his fingers clung to his hold
until fellow employees rescued him.
The New York Herald's correspondent
in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that q
physician of that city declares that he has
found a cure which is almost certain in
its effects in yellow fever.
Jabez Luther and Theodore Lynch
while chopping in the woods near VAN
dalia, Ills, got into an alteration over
an ak. Luther seized his AK and threw
it at Lynch, striking him on the head,
cutting fearful cash and probably fatal.
ly injuring him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Belva A. Lockwood Disbarred.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3U.-Belva a. Lock.
wood, once a presidential candidate on the
Woman's Rights ticket and now prac-
ticing attorney in this city, has been dis.
barred from practicing as an attorney or
agent before the pension bureau. This
action grew out Of IA charge made against
Mrs. Lockwood by the pension department.
accusing her Of having improperly accept.
cd fec OF S25 in pension claim. She
submitted lengthy statements to the sec-
rotary Of the interior in support of her po-
sition. This was unavailing however
and action was promptly taken disbarring
her from practice. Mrs. Lockwood proba-
bly, will make strong contest for REIN
sfafamsDt q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
ROUGH ON TRANsvAAL PRISONERS.
Angry Beers Mob Them in the Streets of
Pretoria.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3o.-A dispatch to The
World from Capetown, South Africa,
says: The Worlds correspondent at Pre-.
toria writes that the Reform Union"
prisoners were set upon in the streets of
the Transvall capital while ON their way
to the prison there. They We're roughly
treated and obliged to run to the Jail tu
escape being torn to pieces. One of the
American prisoners-apparently john
Hays Hammond-was flung down, tram
Piled upon and bruised amid the yclls of
the armed Beers. The aggressors werc
not arrested.
The prisoners were allowed nothing
more in Jail than ordinary criminals are.
The heat of the burning sun to men accus.
TONED to luxury and the risk of typhoid
fever from lack of sanitation are awful.
They had to cat their food off the ground
at first.
A dispatch to The World from London
says: The Pretoria Jail in which John
Hays Hammond and four other leading
men OF johannesburg are confined is de.
scrlbed as II wretched structure of red
orlck, with standing galiows always in
plain view from the cell widows
Mr.. Werner, the head of a great dia-
mond house, tells me there is no danger
OF the death penalty being inflicted upon
any of the accused, but that under the
Transvaal laws almost any other penalty
is possible. Under 4 special law applyinE z
to proclaimed mining lands" which a2.
plies to Johannesburg aud therefore to
the accused, all their property may be con.
fiscated in addition to any physical pun
ishment.
Friends Of the accused Americans warm.
ly approve the suggestion that United
States warship be sent to Cape Town or
Delagoa bay, and that her captain be in
structed to go to Pretoria and represent
the American government there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Possible Clash of Departments,
TILLMAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
rays His Respects to the President In ,
speech Euis Of lsittcrpc.~

SpceCh = uis OF bitterness
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3o.-Probably there
never was bittcrcr speech delivered in
congress than that delivered by Tillm,n
of South Carolina in the senate. The
president Of the United States was tho
principal object Of his wrath, but he
tackled anybody who had opposed the sill.
yer and economic ideas the new senator
holds dear. He said Mt the outset that he
would use plain Anglo-Saxon. the Ian
guagc of the common people, for he was
one of them. He referred to the state
mcnt Of Sherman that the silver question
had been thrcshcd out-"Ycs, 1t has been
thrcshcd out by the spectators but not
by the farmers"
During Tillman's bitter criticisms Of
the president he put down his notes and
put senator's and galleries in roars Of
laughter by telling how, As governor Of
South Carolina, he had come here to inau.
gurate the president, had stood four hours
out in the snow and slcet until he was
nearly frozen to death, to do honor to this
president. And" concluded the senator,
Il ask God TO forgive me for doing it,"
Al one point, after bitterly arraigning
tho president. the senator addressed him.
ell To the Republican side Of the senate
and exclaimed: why have you not i'm.
peaehcd himi You have the majority to
do &C."
Mawicy interrupted with the query:
why did not the last congress do THAI"
ne - not impcachcd," continued the
senator. because he carried out your Re-
publican policy. The last congress was
no better than this"
Such . torrent Of invsctivs has seldom
bscn heard In the senate. Veteran mem
eseAoe N body ehssaetssised Tie spsscA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
NEW CLAIM MADE.
Uncle Sam Said to Have Done
Some Land Grabbing.
THREE MILLION ACRES AT STAKE.

Startling Statement Regarding That Alas
kan "Line Fence"-Records Discovered
in England Alleged to Show Some Em-
Unearthed at Cincinnati-Boers Mob "Re-
form Union" Prisoners.
MONTREAL, Jan. 3O.-A special to The
Star from London says: Lord Salisbury
and Rt. Hon. Mr.. Chamberlain have been
considering the result of the inquiries into
the records here made on behalf of Brit
tsh Columbia, which show that the United
States has no right, under the Anglo Rus
sian treaty of 1925, to 100000 acres Of
land opposite Prince of Wales island, on
the Pacific coast, which is Of high strate-
gic and commercial value, and which the
United States has usurped since buying
Alaska. The records of the dispatches Of
Bagot to Lord Canning show that the
Clarence straits and not Portland inlet ia
the correct boundary. 1t is suggested that
the Canadian members of the Alaskan
boundary commission have been misled
into assuming the correctness of tho
United StatesSassumption"
Another Map of Venezuela.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 3o.-Mr. G. Rossiter,
OF this city, an old personal friend of
Justice Brewer, chairman of the Venezue-
Ian commission, has recently discovered
among the family archives an old map
that may throw light on the Venezuela
boundary question. 1t had been handed
down from father to son In the family, but
is still well preserved. 1t is map show.
ing the coast of New Andalusia, or
province of Guyana" according to the di-
vision of the Spaniards. The map was en-.
graved and published by William Faden,
geographer to the king of England, and is
dated Oct. s. 1883. The lines of the map
tend to contradict the British assumption
as to the boundary. The map will be for
warded to the commission.
Monroe Doctrine Does Not Apply.
LONDON, Jan. "a dispatch from Ber-
lin to The Times says; "a semi-official
statement has been published warning
President Crespo, of Venezuela, that ho
cannot count upon the help of the United
States to enable him to shirk his obliga-
tions, supposing Germany takes meas.
urcs to enforce the payment of the rail
way claim. The Monroe doctrine may,
perhaps, be applied to territorial dis
putes, the statement says, but it cannot
be invoked to protect dcfaulting debtors
against the claims of the European
states"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Liberty Bell Leaves Atlanta.

ATLANTA, Jan. 3O.-The historic Lib
the Pennsylvania building during .hc
Cotton States and International exposi-
tion, and which was one Of the chief
sights Of the fair, started on his home.
ward journey today under escort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
His Razor.


Husband (shaving)-Confound the
razor!
Whe-What's the matter now?
Hou re dreadfully cross tempered.
Tho razor is so dull"
"Dulli Why. ripped up an old skirt
with it only yesterday, and i. cut beau
tifully. Chicago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Senator Ouay's Daughter Married.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-Miss Mary A..
quay, the eldest daughter of Senator and
Mrs Matthew Stanley Quay, was married
at her fathers home in this city last
night to Louis r. Davidson, Of Beaver,
ia 1t was a simple home wedding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-The house cleo
tions committee No. has decided the
contested case Of Davis VS.. Culberson
from the Fourth Texas district unani-
mously in favor of Culberson. The con-
testant made no appearance before the
committed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
The Fast0r sC0reu one.

It|as in q Carbon church that tha
choir did not put in an appearance at
the opening hour. The pastor arose,
glanced at the empty choir seats and
said: Il see the singers are absent this
morning. Let all arise and sing, Praise
God, from whom all blessings fioy.
Lewiston Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
DAZED
BY the Senate Committees Re.
solution on Cuba.
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

laid Out in the Proposition Made to Ask
Spain to Grant Her Rebels Belligerent
Rights--Our Own Position In the Sixties
--Tillman Makes . Bitter Attack ON the
President and Wants Him ImpeaChed-
Presidents Duck k-Hunting Trip.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 With long re.
port on the subject, which was an nrgu.
mont in favor Of recognition, Morgan in
the senate presented the result Of the for.
eign relations committees consideration
pf the Cuban question in resolution
30 the effect THAT the president Is here
by requested to interpose his friendly
offices with the Spanish government for
the recognition Of the belligercncy of the
Cubans." There was n minority, how.
ever, that was not satisfied with such a
spiritlcss policy, and this minority report,
submitted by Don Cameron, resolves that
bclligcrency should be at ance accorded, and
that Independence should follow as soon
hspossiblc. This report recites the "strik-
Ing contrast between the action Of Spain
In recognizing the Confederate states dur
Ing tho American civil war and the fail
nrc to recognize the Cnban insurgents as
bclligcrcnts."
How the Diplomats View It
The Southern Co,f.d.r,cv Tho rono,.
.,vs had h.o,, r.,os.,,t..., ,.. -
Britain, France and Spain before battle
had been fought. Belligercncy is a ques.
ton of fact and should be recognized
whenever 1t in fact exists. Warfare i'm
plies bclligcrency. But quite different
from the foregoing I'm tho vievv NJ nor.
sons vcrscd in ,li,Iom,cv Thos, .,.n,,..
,,,,, e.. lei. ,.,
.,.... "V''"o' ''o i'"Jof"y NOT
'' 20 '"e ooiiihi'.ee' anu say tha'
.nc ao'ion proposed py the former Is aoso-
luteiy without precedent. Never before
has nation been requested to accord bel.
ligcrcnt rights to rebels against its gov.
crnmcnt and never have such rights been
accorded. A r,coynition of bcIIi,cr.nc,,
nmoun,s 10 no,hin, n,,o,. ,,,a,s,,,-,ay
a., .,..,,s. e ,.,
~ /" p'o."''.'''ion Vi hcu'r"iity' SO that
, ,.'o so''' oo'iih'''ee proposition Is real
" cpu'Vnicn. 10 request upon spain tn
Prhi. 'he ohitcd states 10 issue aproc-
ciaination declaring ourselves neutral as
respects tho present conflict in Cuba.
Our Own Little rnpIra-nntness.
Hit was the intention Of the senate
committee To secure humane treatment Of
tho Cubnns; to ensure them against capi-
tai punishment under tho charge Of trea-
SON this' u IL said, might have been in
u'ea,eu py request that spain recognize
.nc ihunicipai peinscrcncy OF the insur-
gents which would IN no sense be equiv
aient 70 an adinission OF International
pcihgerchcy. because enc United states
government IN our late war treated cap
tive concentrates rs prisoners OF war.
made exchanges Of prisoners and rccog-
nizcd lags OF truce, the nations Of Europe
held that we had recognized their bcllig-
crcncy ana Immediately by the issue Of
neutrality proclamatiOns proceeded prac-
tically to recognize the bclligcrcncy Of tho
south themselves.
Seward Fut Us on Record.
S....ul ....su.u.r .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

LITTLE Rock, Jan. So.-In IAee county
7. p. Williams, a white man, attempted
to force some Information from Tom Ed
wards, an old and harmless nego Ed
wards professed ignorance. Williams drew
a pistol and killed the old negro in the
presence Of his family, as he prayed for
mercy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Stanford Case with the Court,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3o.-The argument
in the Stanford case involving the liza
bility Of the Stanford estate for the Cen
trail Pacific bonds has been concluded in
the United States supreme court and the
case taken under advisement. There is
no probability Of a decision in the case
before the beginning Of the March term
Of court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

, III am cured since taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla," is what many thous-
ands are saying. It gives renewed
vitality and vigor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

Marshall pass, On the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad, is the highest point
yet attained BY railroad in the United
States Elevation, 10. s55 feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

In 1880 there We're ia, $50 hands en-.
pioyed III the cotton mills in the United
States. In 1890 the number had risen 10
221, ,5S5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Americans Anxious to Fight.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Tenders of serv-
ice in the event of war are coming to the
navy department from all parts of the
earth, not to speak of all corners of the
United states. They come from Canada,
and an offer has been received from al
American in far.away johannesburg.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-03
LIVER CL0GG!NG.
When yonr Stomach Clogs your Liver Bee
to SOnr Objection.

III W soHt w ttVgA Va v Z
to Sonr Objection.
Not ono person In a thousand knows
that tho cause OF billOusncsS Is the clog
Ring OF the liver BY the polBOng OF Indi-
lpesllon. Mr. That the only proper cure
for II Is n tonic to Md the stomach.
hut modern medicine declares the
truth OF H., And the Shakers hnve
proved II BY the wonderful success OF
their Shaker Digestive Cordial.
ono or the most Important uses Ut thu
liver IL 10 arrest md destroy all pnlsona
which try to find their way Into the
blood. When It's clogged It can't do
this,
undlEcsted food tcrments and putre-
ildS In tho stomach, uud tho pOlSOns OF
putrctactlun clog and pnralyzr the liver.
after which they find their way Into the
blood.
Here Is the true explanation OF NIL the
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