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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS

Representative Grosvenor says that Mo.
Kinley has 495 votes in tho national Re-
publican convention now; that more are
coming and that his nomina alton is about
certain on tho first ballot. Clarkson SAYS
Mckinley has but 29S.
Rev. DR.. Nathan e. Wood, of Boston,
has withdrawn from the Salvation Army
Auxiliary League, because no has Just
found out that it Is q military organiza.
tion as to discipline
The body Of Fannie Kohout, % years
old, who had been missing at Chicago
since Friday. was found in the pond at
Douglas park.
Obituary: At Philadelphia, Commander
Felix McCurley. U. S. N At Toronto,
Ont. =. Anglin. "a. At Rockford, Ills,
Mrs w. A. Fay.
Henrietta Peters, eK years old, fell
from the fourth fiat of building at Chi
cago and died two hours later.
Baron de Hirschs will leaves S5, OOO. GOO
for charities to Moravia.
The four leading theatres of Denver
gave performances for tho benefit of the
Cripple Creek suffercrs. About 81. 900 was
netted.
The 100O0 employees of the Adams Ex.
press company threaten to strike because
compelled to sign an agreement releasing
the express company from all liability in
case they are injured while on duty.
Lecount e. Price, Chicago Great West
ern freight conductor, was killed outright
by his train at Sycamore. Ills
The expenses OF the thirteen charitable
institutions OF Illinois are shown by tito
records Of the Aate board of charities to
aggregate $3ss Sl2 for the three months
ended March 81
Charles Broadway Rouss, q wealthy
Now York merchant, who Is rapidly sue
cumbing TO total blindness, has O stand
ing offer Of 81 i,ooo.0O opon to any person
who can cure him.
One OF the most extraordinary races on
record Is scheduled for the 9TH of next
month. On that date six athletic cyclists
headed by "Dute" Cabanne, Of ST. Louis,
all riding on n ''sextuplet," will endeavor
to beat the Empire State express, which 10
the fastest railway train in the world
Mrs. Julia Anheuser, OK St. Louis, Il
said to be engaged to a Pullman car con-
ductor named Blank. She is the widow
of Adolph Auheuser, whose father found
ed the Anheuser- Busch brewery and laid
the foundation Of Adolph Busch's fortune
BY marrying one of his daughters to tho
latter.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
GOOD FOR A WEEK OF TALK.
Senate Takes Up the PETER Bond Resol
tion and Hill Opens the Fight

Senate Takes Up the PETER Bond Resolu-
tion and Hill Opens the Fight.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The scnato first
decided-33 to 3l-to take up the Dupont
case, but Mitchell protested and it was
agreed to take it up after the river and
harbor bill was completed. Then, the
Peffcr bond resolution being the un-
finished business. PETER refused to give
way and the senate agreed with him-39
to 2S-and Hill took tho floor and spoke
for two hours against the resolution, his
speech being unfinished at adjournment.
In the house Doutelle began q speech in
which he hauled the senate over the Goals
for talking war so much and then refus-
ing to build four battleships, but was
called to order and the point sustained by
the speaker under the rule forbidding at
lacks on the senate on the floor of the
house. He then moved to non.concur in
the senate amendmrnts to the naval bill.
Sayers entered q motion to concur. Pick
Ter moved q resolution setting aside
Wednesday. May and IL, for private
pension bills, but q quorum failed and the
house adjourned.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
Acute Dyspepsia.
SYMPATHETIC HEART DISEASE
OFTEN ATTENDS 1T.

The Modern Treatment Consists In RE-
moving the Cause.
From the Republican. Cedar Rapids, Iosca.)
Mrs. v. Curley who has resided in Clar.
ence, Iowa, for the past twenty-five years,
tells an interesting story of what she consid-
ers rescra from premature death. Her mar
rative is as follows:
For ten years prior to 1894, was q con.
staas suaerer from acute stomach trouble.
had all the manifold symptoms of acute
dyspepsia, and at times other troubles were
present in complication-i did not knew
what 1t was 10 enjoy a meal. No matter
how careful | might be rs to the quality,
quantity AMI preparation of my food, dis
tress always followed eating. ! was desron-
dent and blae. Almost t. the poist Of IN
sanity ct times, and would have been glad
to die. Often aud often | conld not sleep.
Sympathetic heart trouble se. in and time
and again WIS obliged 10 call doctor in
the night to relieve sudden. attacks of suffo-
cation which would come on without mo.
mcnt'S warning.
My troubles increased as time wore on and
spent large sums in doctor bills, bc;ng COM
PEELED to have medical attendants almost
constantly. During 1892 and 1888, i, was
impossible for me to retain food, and water
brashss plagued me. I was reduced to a
skeleton. A consultation of physicians was
una,le to determine just what did all me.
The doctors gave us as their opiaon that
the probable trouble was liberation of the
coats of the stomach and held out no hope
of recovery. One doctor said, "AI can do
to relieve yoar suffering is by the use Of
opium"
About this time a friend Of mice, Mrs.
Symla;a Smith. of Giidicn. Iowa, told
me ab,u. the ease of Mrs. Iburston, a: OK.
ford .i;ilc;;an, Iowa. This lady said she
had bsen afflicted much the same rs I had
She had consulted local pliysirians without
| relief, and had gone to Davenport FOR ,-aat.
meat Giving up all hope Of recovery, she
was persuaded by friend to take Dr. VII.
liams' Pink Pills. Tie result was almass
magic:.l.
was led to try them from her experience,
and before many months felt better than
hal i,- dozen years. l am now almost
free froa trouble, and if through come error
of diet feel badly, this splendid remedy
sets IN. right again. 1 have re.ained nv
strength and am once mere in my usual
aesh. sleep well and can eat without DIS.
tress. have no doubt that I owe my re-
covery to Dr.. Williams Pink Pills. | only
wish that l had heard of them years ago
thereby saving myself ten years Of suffering
and much money"
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 may be had by mail from DR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
6Oc. per box, or ak boxes for $3.50.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
FOUL MURDER AT WASHINGTON,
Ravine Near the National Geological Park
the Scene Of Crime.

Ravine Near the National Geological Park
the Scene of Crime.
WASHINGTON. May 5-Elsie Kreglo, a
white girl 16 years cid, was murdered
yesterday in a ravine near the Nation al
Geological Park. The body was found in
u small crock about 100 yards from tho
girls homo. Cries for help were heard by
the Kreglo family, and a sister and a
coiored boy rushed to the scene whence
the cries proceeded. They found Elsie
standing in n creek of shallow water be-
tween two hills. The latter, however,
overcome by loss of blood and exhaustion.
fell back dead into the water before help
arrived
The girls throat had been gashed six
times with q knife. No arrests have been
made. The circumstances of the murder
are such as to make It one OF peculiar
ntrocity. The young victims clothes
were partly torn from her and strewn
about for quite distance, showing that
she Ind made o desperate resistance
against the attempt of her assaiiants.
who, the officers believe, sought to Grim.
inally assault her. The pathway leading
to the bottom Of the ravine was bespat.
tered with blood and the water in which
she was standing was red with 1t when
she was found.
The affair has caused much excitement.
A lady riding in the vicinity about the
time OF the murder saw q negro running
across the road at that time and this, be.
sides the finding of pistol near by, is the
only clew. The Krcglo family are in.
dustrious working people and the victim
was one Of five sisters.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
SPANISH OFFICER sH OF TO DEATH

50 Cruel That Even tho SPaniards Could
Not Shoulder His Crimes.
KEY WEST, FLA, May "a passenger
recently arrived from Cuba reports that
Cand!do Mestro, lieutenant colonel of the
local guerrilla of Cruces, Cienfucgos, has
been shot by order of Captain Alba, Of the
81 anish forces. This passenger alleges
that he was in Cruces and saw the dead
body. He also reports that there werc
some appalling stories in circulation as to
the cruelty Of Mestro. He is alleged to
have killed over $50 peaceful peasants
and to have mutilated them before they
were killed, in one case. it is said, cutting
the cars of to exhibit them, putting them
in glass Of gin and then slipping the gin.
This. 1t is said, came to the knowledge
OF the government through his killing o
cousin of the wife of General Suarez VAL
dsz. The people Of Cruces are reported to
have been tcrrori:ed at the presence OF
Mestre and Alba. Alb, is said to be the
saline man who insulted tho German flag
in the Caroline Islands affair.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
Scores ON tho Ball Field.

CHICAGO, May 6-Leaeue clubs made
the following records at base ball: Al
Cincinnati-Boston 2. Cincinnati 8; at
Chicago-Brooklyn l. Chicago 2; at Pitts.
burg-Baltimore s. Pittsburg 4; at st.
L,uis-Philadelphia 4. ST. Louis 8; at
Observation-Disclosures 6. Cleveland l3; !;
at Louisville-New York i2, Louisville z.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05

ed 2Oycars. Many
doctors treated
me, but none were
able to give relief.
A boxeach of Wild
Olive and Myrtle
Tonic have cured
me. FOur weeks
ago / could not do
my own work
now / have no
symptoms at ali"
MRS. THERESA
THOMAS. Paint
ersyille. o. This
lady il prominent
in her county. All
know her and re-
joice in her recov-
- IT,
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05

Awful Decd Of Wife Who Had Troubl
with Her Husband.


STURGEON BAY. Wis, May IA sensa-
tion was created In this city last evening
by tho announcement that Mrs. F. K.
Sailer, the wife Of n business man, had
drowned her two children and then COM
mitted suicide by the same method. The
woman had gone down the bay shore o
distance OF three miles from here and had
evidently walked out into the bay with
her children and held them under the
water until life was extinct, after which
sho lay down and deliberately suffered
herself to drown.
A fisherman coming from his nets dis
covered the bodies floating in the water
and immediately reported the matter TO
the city authorities, who went to the
scene. They found the children, aged 4
and two years, upon the shore. while tho
mothers body was out about sixty feet.
Family troubles is the supposed cause Of
the suicide.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
Holn.es to suffer Death Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA, Mag Oh. H. Holmes,
the convicted murderer, has now less than
three days to 1.-Two. Sheriff Clement says
the execution will occur about 10 o'clock
On Thursday morning. Tho sheriff as.
scrts that there will be no sensational
scenes on the gallows. Strict watch Is
kept on Holmes for fear he may try to
commit suicide
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
Children Cry fop
Pitcher'o Castoria.
A WOman'S Happiness.
Twenty years q hopeless invalid.
Becomes in month, well
and strong.

The number of1adics who are wholly in
pare. invalids, is marvellous. Complaint Is
peculiar to the undermine the health
quickly. They are too seldom cured. Yet n
cure is not difficult with the proper remedies.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
Nex National Rank.

WASHINGTON. May 5.-Tho comptroller
OF the currency has authorized the Com
mcrcial National bank Of Steubenville,
o. 70 begin business; capital el2A A0m
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
morton Opens the Lightning Show.

NEW YORK, Mny 5-The National Elec.
trical exposition under the auspices of the
National Electric Light association
opened at the Grand Central palace last
night 1t was opened by the pressing Of
golden key by the chief executive of the
statc-Governor Morton. Al immense
crowd attended the opening.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
FISHY TESTIMONY.
Offered by the Defense in the
Pearl Bryan Case.
LOOKS AS THOUGH MADE TO ORDER.

Witness Svears He Drove the Cab In
Which the Girls BODY Was Taken to
Kentucky, Having Been Hired By . Doc
tor and . Womnn-Prosecution Seems
Prepared to Discredit the Ssory-Hor.
ribie Girl Murder Near Washington.
NEWPORT, KY, May "a surprise
sprung in the Scott Jackson trial yester-
day was that Of William r. Trusty, who
testified that on Jan. 81 no drove an old
man whom he supposed was a doctor out
to tho Fort Thomas region where the be-
headed girl was found. This witness
only knew one person in this connection,
and that was woman with whom he had
been acquainted six years. whose name
was Georgia Baker, alias Emma Evans.
He knew nothing Of the old doctor" or
the young cab driver; he did not even
know the number of the house from
which the corpse was taken; he only
knew the house was on the south side Of
George street near Elm street. All other
testimony was Insignificant compared
with this.
= fhe Horse Was Gray One.
He said the horse driven was gray, and
that upon his return to Urbann, Ills, his
home, he told his father about the matter.
OF course this evidence Is to prove that
Pearl Bryan was murdered in Ohio in
stead of Kentucky and thus throw the
case out court, jackson perfectly free and
no law under which he could be tried
again except mob law. The witness, Will
lam Il. Trusty, was kept on the stand
much of the afternoon under q furious
cross-examination. He said his father
was third cousin Of John Seward, OF
Svard, AS he sometimes spells his name.
He identified photograph Of John Sew.
ard as the same person as an engraving
on the outside of u pamphlet in the hands
OF the prosecution which pamphlet was
entitled "rhe Confession Of John Svard
of His Completely in a Murder in Casey
County. Ky" It also developed in the
testimony Of this witness that John Sew.
ard served one term in the kentucky peni.
tentiary.
Bccn Diokering with the other Side.
Furthermore, it trcnspired that John
Seward had visited Urbana, Ills, I'm Feb.
ruary and had talked with witness. Will
lam X. Trusty, and his father, William
Trusty, about this murder Further.
more, letters were shown from William
Trusty. Sr.. to Mr.. A. S. Bryan and to
Bryan's attorney, Mr.. Hays, in February,
Offering for a sure consideration to thwart
the defense in Its purpose to procure evi.
dencc to prove that Pearl Bryan died in
Cincinnati and was taken to kentucky
and bchcaded. 1t was also shown that
John Seward had coached witness,
George Dayton, who made q complete
funk on tho stand ycsteaday. They
produced written directions prepared by
Seward and given to Dayton to testify TO-.
Failed to Deliver the Goods.
He failed to deliver the goods when tho
time came. Tho prosecution anticipated
this testimony Of witnesses produced by
Seward and has counteracting witnesses
here. Today and tomorrow will DO field
days Dispositions from tho dental col
lcge consumed the rest of the afternoon.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-05
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ste the most PowHRYCL. sAYs. PRoHrT and Re
thILE, OF thir kind In the market. The original
ena only genuine WoMAN's SALVATION. Ask
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20 us and We viii send It direct upon receipt Of
R1co, u, scaled. by mail prepaid. A. J. Reiss
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
Merchandising a Bath Tub.

A bath tub from which the enamel
has worn may be easily and success
fully renovated by the aid Of bath en-
amel. Before using the paint scrape off
as much of the old enamel as is possi-
BILE, rubbing the inside of the bath with
sandpaper until smooth. Then apply
a thin coating of the fresh paint, leave
it for twelve hours, and go over the
bath again-eyen a third time, if you
like, always waiting until the previous
coating is dry. Wien finished let the
bath remain for day before pouring
in water. Then turn on the cold tap
before letting in the hot water. 1t is a
good plan to let the bath remain filled
with cold water for a day before using
it. In the painting care must be taken
that no hairs escape from the brush
and stick to the enamel.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
Farm Notes.

Never buy seed because it is cheap.
Buy good seed and pay the price for it..
All weeds that are in blossom should
be cut at once and burned when dry.
Top out the stacks we'll especially If
you are not going to thresh them.
Get the mower, reaper, plows, har-
rows and cultivatorS under cover at
once.
A dry. we'll ventilated house for tools
and implements should be on every
farm.
1t is said that not enough popcorn is
produced in this country to supply the
home demand That is a pointer
After the ground for fall wheat seed
inc is plowed is a good time to haul out
and apply manure.
Low grade tobaccos were found I'd
contain about twice as much nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, potash, magnesia and
sulphuric acid as the high grades.
The farmer who does not have a
work shop, with carpenters bench.
saw horses, saddler's seat, forge and
anvil. and planes, chisels, bits, augers,
needles, avis, thread, etc. is great
loser.
Wet weather creates a demand for
slough grass, sometimes known as
Slipping Will, for the purpose of fin
fishing the stacks of grain and hay. 1t
takes but little of it to shed off the
rain. A slough that can be moved is
a blessing. 1t makes good hay if cut
twice, in June and September.
Prof. Blount of Colorado station says
4 bushel of clean, sound wheat of aver
age size contains $4,000 kernels, and
that half this number, or half a bushelt
is ample seed for an acre under iIril
CATION which insures perfect germina-
ton. He finds larger yields of finer
wheat from this quantity of seed than
from any thicker seeding.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
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ABOUT FERTILIZERS.
suggestions on the Value and Use of
Fertilizers

suggestions on the value and Use OF
Fertilizers.
Bulletin No. 3S of Massachusetts sta
ton contains a general discussion of
fertilizers and gives several tables of
analysis. Laws requiring the station
TO collect samples from retail dealers
scattered over the state and to analyze
these and publish the results have
brought about great care on the part
OF the manufacturers, and notable inn
proyement in both the composition and
mechanical condition of fertilizers AS
soils differ, even in the different fields
OF the same farm, no general rule can
be given for fertilizing, except to apply
those elements in which the soil is de-
ficient, and this can be ascertained
only by trial. To one small plat in the
field apply potash, to another phoS-
phOric acid, and to another nitrogen.
Plant and cultivate all alike and on
same days. Have all the platS the
same size, and leave two or three of
them unfertilized for comparison. Next
year apply those elements that pro-
duced the best results as compared
with the unfertiliZed plats, and in rel
ative quantities proportional to the re-
suits. If the nitrogen platS gave twice
the yield of the unfertiliZed pIats, aid
the potash gave half as much Increase
as the nitrogen and the phoSphoric acid
gave no increase, then let next years
fertilizer contain twice rs much Eitro-
gen as potash, and no phosphate 1T all.
1t is a most commendable practice 20
add commercial fertilizers to barnyard
manure, as the manure contains bulky
material that will hold moisture and
keep the fertilizers from being wasted
by evaporation and by teaching.
In buying fertilizers of the same kind
always select those which arc d2ely
pulVerized and drieSt. Remember that
YOU buy by weight, and when you buy
wet or moist fertilizer you are paying
q big price per pound for many Iounds
of water. Two samples of fertilizer of
equal purity may differ so to 100 per
cent in value on account of moisture.
Five samples of cotton seed hull ashes
analysed were found to contain to 16
pounds of water to each 100 pounds.
The potash varied from to % pounds
per 100 pounds, and phosphoric acid
from to % pounds per 100. OF eight
samples of cotton seed meal analysed
some contained and others 10 pounds
of water in each 100 pounds, and the
nitrogen varied from pounds in one
sample to in another per 100. A
LIQUID fertilizer for house plants, sold
at % cents per bottle, was found to
contain but or 3 cents worth of fer
tilizing matter.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
drawing CanlihoMer.

In order to have this choice vegeta-
BILE in November, says American Gar
dening, seed should be soWn at once;
it will take three months from the
time seed is soWn to get crop in con-
dition ready for the table. For private
use it is best to plant in patches, by
sowing little seed, say, once month;
steady supply can thus be kept up
during the winter months. Sow lit
tie seed according to accommodation
in a fiat; Keep shaded until germina-
ton takes place.; then bring to the
light. 1t is not advisable to plant i'll
the vegetable house until the end OF
September; the weather, as a rule, is
too hot before that time. The plants
should be grown on in pots plunged
outside; they can be transplanted into
the bench from four to five-inch pots
without getting check, but be kept
growing right along. For good results
a liberal dressing of thoroughly-rotted
manure should be mixed with the soil.
Caulidower cannot be grown with
much success without good, rich soil.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-15
RIister BeetIes.

m. Y. Singerland in the Rural New
Yorker gives the following description
of these beetles, which SO often attack
potato vines. He says:
"These beetles were recognized as
serious potato pests throughout the
country for many years before the ad
vent of the Colorado beetle in the East;
but their outbreaks are, usually, local
and irregular. The transformations
which these beetles undergo are re-
markable, both as to the changes in
form and in the great number of
changes. One mother may lay from
400 to 500 eggs; these she deposits in
masses of about 40 in holes which size
makes in the ground, and then care
fully covers with earth. In about ten
DAYS long-legged, active grubS hatch
from these eggs, and go running about
on the ground searching for food. They
are very fastidious in their diet, for
nothing but grasshopper eggs will sat
iSfy them. Should more than one grub
get into the same pod or mass OF grass
hopper eggs a deadly conflict sooner OF
later enSues, until ole alone remains
as an example of the survival OF the
ftest' The grubs led on the eggs Tor
several weeks, meanWnle pdSSluS
through several quite different stages,
finally reaching Il pupa-like stage in
which the winter is usually passed. In
the spring another grub stage comes
from the pupa-like object; this grub
feeds but little, and soon enters the
true pupa stage, from which the
beetles emerge in about week. This
complicated and interesting series CT
changes is only Il fair sample OF The
wonderful stories these, to many, ln-
significant creatures insects-haye
to tell to those who care to spend time
with them.
Thus these blister beetles are de-
cidedly beneficial as grubs destroying
grasshoppers' eggs, and are often very
Injurious to our crops as beetles; ana
it is a noteworthy fact that the beetles
are always numerous the next season
after grasshopper year. rms de-
pendence upon the grasshopper eggs
for a living during their early stages
explains their great variation in num-
hers from year to year. The beetles
are ravenous feeders, and are thus ca
pabIe of doing much damage in short
time: thus we must be on the lookout
for them and be ready to fight them at
once