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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
ABBREVIATED telegram

James Jcrod, a laborer 81 years old, shot
and killed himself in his home at Chica-
go. He had been Respondent.
The trial of Arthur Mayhem, a negro,
for the murder of Stephen Howell in
Hampstead, L. L. on March z last was
concluded before Justice Martin J. Keogh
in Long Island. The jury returned a YER
dict of murder in the first degree after be-
ing out two hours.
The Servant Girls union of West Su.
perior Wis has struck for an increase Of
wages from $l2 to SIS per month.
Union iron workers. about 6)O of whom
are at work in the shipyards, bridge and
elevated road construction In Chicago,
have agreed to go on strike Friday unless
their pay is raised to IS cents an hour
The youngest applicant for divorce ever
kRown in Minnesota made her appear.
ance in the district court at Duluth. She
Is Mrs. Dclevore, II years old.
Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice
have started from Nice for Cherbourg on
their way to England
The ITO striking trammers at the Quincy
mine, Houghton, Mich, whose walking.
out caused suspension of production,
have rcconsidcred their decision to remain
out until demands were granted and TO
turned to work.
Isaac d. Mayberry, convicted a: the
February, 1896. term of the Macoupin
Iiis county circuit court of perjury and
sentenced to the pcnitentiary for one year,
has been pardoncd by Governor Atgeld.
The Spaniards have captured the Amer
lean schooner Competitor loaded with
arms and ammunition for the Cuban
rebels.
Governor Rich, of Michigan. has on.
nounced his withdrawal as candidate
for dclegate.at-large to the st. Louis con-
ven.ion, Notwithstanding the fact that
his election was assured practically.
Two gangs of tranps had free-for-all
fight in box car on n Pennsylvania fast
freight near Busyrus, o., and several of
the gang were thrown from the train
sustaining serious injuries.
Mrs. Lydia NJ. Peak has begun suit for
divorce from William III. Peak, tho organ
izer Of the Peak family Of Swiss bell ring
ers. The charge is non-support.
Obituary: At Fairbury, Ills. Mrs. Mary
Gibbs, Is; at Muncie. Ind, Milton Tkom.
as; at Constantine Mich, Samuel King;
at Rockford, Ills, Mrs. A. j. Storey, 63.
Major p. p. johnson has been elected
president of the Breeders, Owners and
Trainers association, at its meeting in
Lexington, Ky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
NIERCIFUL KRUGER
Decides That He Will Not Hang
Those UitIanders.
THEIR FATE YET IN THE FUTURE

Orange Free State Buying Munitions Of
war-Boers Claim to Have Proof Of Com
Plicity In Jameson's Raid Of the South
African Company-England Very Warm
Over the Sentence Of the Prisoners-Col.
lapse Of Hammond
PRETORIA, April 3a-President Kruger
has announced that he will set aside the
four members ef the Uitlander reform
committee, but has not decided what
punishment he will impose.
LONDON, April ga cable from Cape
Town says: "The volksraad of the Orange
Free State has adopted tho report of the
armament commission for an increase Of
the artillery and also for the purchase Of
1000 900 rounds of ammunition
Mr.. 7. p. O'Connor, in The Sun, SAYS:
There is little doubt that In a quiet way
the Germans are doing their best to egg
the Boers on U.s. I believe there is no
doubt that within few weeks six or seven
hundred Germans, we'll trained and
armed, have been landed in the TransvaaI,
perhaps to provoke such a collision be-
tween us and German sentiment as may
drag us into q great war" The feeling
here with one exception, The Chronicle,
Is that the relations between this country
and the Beers Is more strained than ever
Beers Have Some Important kilograms.
a short instalment Of long message
from Pretoria has been received here
which appears to confirm a dispatch from
4. L.. nN
yesterday, which is to the effect that tele-
grams were put in evidence during the
trials OF the reformers which, from a
cipher discovered in DIR. Jamsson's bag.
gage after the fight at Doornkoop and the
surrender Of. the raiders, prove the COM
plicity OF the Chartered South Africa
company with the johannesburg reform
leaders. The Pretoria dispatch to
The Temps further adds that docu.
nants in possession of the Transvaal gov
ernment compromise notable personagcs
and officers in charge of the English army.
Indignant mt tho Boer Attitude.
The sensation caused by the sentencing
to death Of the leaders Of the Johannes
burg reform committee ut Pretoria in
creases in spite of tho fact that 1t is an
nouncel that tho sentences have been
commuted, and little or nothing else Is
talked about here. People generally are
indignant at the attitude Of the Trans
vaal as outlined in President Kruger S
raply to the invitation to the secretary Of
state for the colonies and urge that strong
measures be taken. The editorials Of the
afternoon papers clearly state that Great
Britain docs not intend to allow Presi-
dent Kruger TO do as he will with the
lives of British subjects.
Collapsed Afte. He Was Sentenced.
The Daily Telegraph's Pretoria dispatch
says: There Is brcathless astonishment
here over the severe sentences that Judge
Gregorowski has PRONOUNCED. After his
sentence Mr.. Hammond collapsed and
taken directly to the Jail in charge Of his
doctor and the chief jailor. The principal
prisoners were driven to the prison with
strong police escort. The remainder
walked the distance of half mile sur.
rounded by strong detachment of artil-
lery. The prisoners arc very bitter and
consider that they were ill-adviscd in
pleading guilty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
Iowa Grand Armv Euc,mpmeu,,

CEDAR RAfIDs. April 3o.-Departmen'
Commander Thompson, in his annual re-
port TO the q. A II. encampmcnt, most
bitterly denounced the administration
pension policy; upheld the Olney view oi
the Venezuelan matter: advocated action
IN Armenia; expressed sympathy with
Cuba, and spoke Of the death losses in the
department. which are beginning to show
largely with passing years
The encampment elected General Jo
siah Given department commander. Next
meeting Will be held Mt Marshalltown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30

this morning. This was dono In accord
ancc with the plan mapped out by the So
called machine" Never before In the
history of tho state has .thc attcndanco Mt
n state convention been rs largo as Is this
ones. Fully 1900 people gathered to-
rcthcr In the great Dome building at the
state fair grounds to watch the procecd-
ings Of the convention.
No Attempt To Rush Things.
When Chairman Jameson, OF the state
central committcc. called the asscmblage
Co ordnr there was scarcely standing room
fn my part OF the house. Both the dele
gates and the spectators seemed to feel
thu the business OF the convention was n
serious business and that nothing should
be done without due dclibcration. There
was no attempt made at any stage Of tho
proceedings to rush any measure through.
NJ. IL Madden. Of Chicago. was named as
temporary chairman, the usual commit
tees wcrc appointed and reported and the
convention was ready for business.
In tho permanent organization u. Il.
Bcrry. state senator. was made presiding
officer.
Real struggle To Como or Todsy.
According to the programme now pro-
pared, the convention upon assembling z
this morning will begin by nominating n
secretary of state, then an auditor, n
treasurer and attorney general. Then.
according to tho agreement bctwccu tho
machine" leaders and the Mckinley men
tho resolution instructing the national
uclcgatcs-at-largc to support n candidate
nj The national convention at st. Louis
will b. acted upon. From the present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
Georgia Repubiican Split.

ATLANTA, April 3o.-The Republican
state convention adopted n platform reaf-
frming the principles Of the Republican
party, and adjourned sine die. The inan.
cial plank declared strongly for sound
money" or the delegates to st. Louis
three are pledged to Mckinley, and one Is
understood to favor Reed. There was quite
row over these delegates. Vhc negroes
wanted n colored man elected dclegate-at.
large. bet the convention selected all
whites.
Tho result Of this action was the regu-
lation southern Republican split. A new
convention was called to order and con.
testing delegation, one member OF which
Is Wright. was elected TO go to st Louis
TO bother the credentials committee of
that convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
ABOUTUNANIMOUS
Tanners Vote in the Illinois Re.
publican Convention.
NEAR ELEVEN HUNDRED FOB HIN,

Hopkins and RsbbIas Gcttiux the Remain.
der Between Them--Northeott Norni.
mated for Lieutenant Governor and the
Fight IN Delegates Postponed Until To-
dsy-Michigan Democrats Give the siives
Men . surprise by Declaring for "soand
Meney--Other state CsnvensIona
SrRISGFIELD. April 30.-James A.
Rose, OF Pope county. was nomi-
mated for secretary Of state on the
third ballot. receiving 7G9 votes to
566 for Pearson, the other candidates
having withdrawn after the second
ballot.
j. X. Mccullough. Of Champaign
county. was nominated for auditor OF
public accounts on the second ballot.
Henry l.. Hertz, Of Chicago. was
named for treasurer on the first bal.
lot.
The convention has yet to nomi.
nate candidate for attorney general
and three university trustees, when
will come the fight for delegates-at.
large to the national convention and
instructions for same.
Tanner aad Norsthcost Yesterday.
sPmsGriELD. Ills. April 3.-lt has not
bcon decided whether the dcicga.ss-at.
large 10 represent Illinois mt the national
convention will bc instructed. The state
convention met Mt high noon yesterday,
nominated John X. Tannor for governor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30

SPRINGFIELD. Ills, April 3o-Whitecaps
visited Rev. j. \. Gibson at his house a,
Stirrup Grove. nine miles west of Girard
Monday night. but retired after several
shots were exchanged. Gibson's wife
sought work in Chicago some time ago
where he found her. He then sued fol
divorce in Piatt county, naming Banker
Kuntz. Of Cerro Gortio, as correspondent
Gibson left the Dunkard church and il
now preaching for the Christian church. p
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
How the TayIcrs Escaped.

KANSAS CITY, April 3o.-In Jail here,
before being taken to Carrollson. Bin
Taylor told for the first time the story os
how he and George escaped from the
bloodhounds and 2SO men who hunted
them during the exciting days following
the Neeks murder. He said the hounds
caught rabbits all about them as they hid
ir the bushes, and they remained in the
vicinity of Carrollton surrounded by men
and dogs for ten days, finally escaping in
a box car
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
TANNERS TREMENDOUS MAJORITY
lie Gets i.os3 Of the voees-rhs Money
FLANK ~ IL VIII h.

The following Is the money plank Of the
PLATFORM to bc presented at tho convcn.
tion when the candidates have all been
nominated: The Republicans Of illinois
sro uny iclding and emphatic in their de-
mand tos honest money. We arc opposed
ana ever have been to any and every
scheme that will give this country o cur.
r'ney in any way dcprociatcd or dcbascd.
OF In any RESPECT inferior to the money Of
the most advanced and intelligent nations
OF the earth. We favor the use Of silver
rs currency. but to the extent only, and
under such restrictions. that parity with
gold can b maintained
The new state central committee Is con-
stituted as follows: T. NJ. Jameson,
Charles DeHecn. L J. Mascrstsdt J. z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
Vernon, Republican. fer Mckinley.

MosTrELIrR, April 3o-Thc Republi-
can state convention resolved in favor of
Mckinley for president and as to cur
rcncy favored the gold standard and OPP
posed free silver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30
Charged With killing Her r.,s.,.,,.,.

NASiIA, T., April 3o.-Annie Row.
land, aged . years, is under arrest for
killing her father-in-law in the country
northeast Of here, and will b, taken to
Fort smith for trial They had a trifiinp
disagreement and the woman sho, the old
man with . revolver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-30

A course of Hoods Sarsaparilla
this spring may be the means of
keeping you we'll and hearty all sum-
mer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
Substitutes For Hay.

1t is not nm unusual occurrence that the
weather in the spring is so dry that the
hay crop is short OR an almost total fail
ure. 1t is strange that some way cannot
be devised for irrigating at least suffi-
cient amount of tillnble land to insure tho
farmer q good hay Drop. There Is no ration
that will take tho place of this, and tho
facilities for making sure of it are any
thing but satisfactory. Every farmer
should set apart certain portion of his
low land for hay. In wet weather no is
likely to have good crop anyway, and
in dry times we'll cared for fold of low
land will do much to bridge over tho time
between late autumn and early spring,
when there Is nothing whatever out of
doors for stock to eat. Tho practice Of
sowing millet, sorghum, cowpeas or
crimson clover late in tho season, when
tho indications arc that fall pasture will
be poor, and that tho hay crop Is altogoth-
er unsatisfactory, is becoming general
Cornstalks may be cut rs soon as tho ears
arc ripe. The earlier they arc cut the more
nutritious they arc and the moro valuable
for flooding. AS n rulo, farmers give too
littlo attention to cornstalks, which, when
properly cured, are among the most useful
OF food products for stock, especially so in
tho absence of an abundance of good hay
Rye makes good crop, but should never
be fed to COWS that are giving milk, as it
1mparts an unpleasant flavor to the milk
and is by many persons considered I'M
wholesome. York Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
Tho causes of Yagnbondnee.

The principal causes or sources of vaga-
bondage, AS 1 understand them, may be
briefly rocapitulatcd:
First.-The love of liquor.
Second. Wandcrlust, tho love of wan
dering.
Third.-The county Jail, owing to the
promiscuous herding of boys and homeless
wanderers with criminals
.Fourth.-The tough and rough element
in villages and towns.
Fifth.-The comparatively innocent but
misguided pupils of the reform school.
Though not, properly speaking, cause
of vagabondage, tho noncnforcemcnt of
law is its nursing mother and misguided
and lmisapplied charity it's base OF opera
lions The tramp evil is not SO much q
disease as symptom of public i'll health.
AS such, and all the moro because 1t Is
such, it deserves to BIO more thoroughly
Investigated, more reasonably apprehend-
ed, and moro boldly treated.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
Things Children Should Be Tauebt.

The raising of children has become q
scientific question. Froebel, in his kin
dergarten methods. showed how utterly
we were at fault in some Of our most gem
orally accepted theories of education.
While the proper schooling Of children is
important in molding them intellectually
the training they receive in the home is
ever moro Important in molding their
characters. The New York World gives
the following points that children should
be taught
That teasing is a positive crime.
That they must eat bread before cake.
That bedtime is not movable hour.
That they must speak respectfully to
the servants
That bawling over bruises is unworthy
sturdy beings.
That they should not appeal from the
decision of one parent to tho other.
That punishment follows in the wake
of prevarication and of hiding moro swift
ly than 1t follows active mischief.
That it is in bad taste for them to toll
all that they learn of the neighbors do
mestio arrangements through playing
with the noighbors' children.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
The Mind and Action.

once asked a class Of 10 girls to think
intently what it would feel like to lift tho
right hand and touch the loft shoulder
Aftor fow minutes had elapsed nine Of
them confessed having felt desire to do
1t. I then dropped the subject and spoke
of something else. In few moments six
actually did it. Most persons when con-
,centrating attention upon the thought Of
whit given movement would feel like,
find themselves becoming possessed Of a
desire to do 1t, and this desire marks the
tendency of tho thought to produce the
movement. But as We not only feel but
also SEQ our movements, we find that the
thought of what movement looks like
has also motor value and tends to produce
1t. This is also true of touches and ideas
of touch-indeed all or nearly all mental
states produce some motor changes in the
body, but tho motor effects of sensations
and ideas Of sound, taste and smell are rel
atively slight. Professor w. r. Newbold
In Popular Science Monthly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT Of THo t .
A Couple of Illustrative Incidents In a
Preachers Exnariancs

Couple of Illustrative Incidents In a
Preachers Experience.
The appended anecdotes concerning the
late President Robinson are given to the
public as too characteristic and too good
to BIO lost. They are from the recollections
of the Rev. DR.. A. j. Sage:
"Once In the classroom DR.. Robinson
was expatiating on the Importance of care
full logical arrangement of thought in dis
course, when he drew the following Illus
tration from his own experience: fOnoe,
when was preaching, peculiar incident
occurred. had gone through my intro
duotion and first division, when my mem
DRY failed mo- Icould not recall my second
division, but instead of 1t came I'D the
first point of the application. After vainly
trying to recall the missing head, stated
to the congregation that for special rea-
son would pass at onoe to the application.
did SO, and when had discussed the
first point, the missing part of my dis
course camo back to me and I went
through it all without further difficulty.
On reaching home set myself down to
Inquire the meaning of this incident, whom
discovered that that which had planned
as the first point of my application should
have been really the second division of tho
sermon. The mind in the activity of
speaking had been more loyal to its own
principles than had permitted 1t to be In
the toll of PREPARATION
"Tho doctor was speaking to the class
on the Importance of keeping the mind
free from preoccupying and disturbing
thoughts when about to speak extempore
He said i was on my way to preach one
Sunday morning, absorbed in my dis
course, whom gentleman mot mo who
said, "Have you heard that - is going
to marry Miss -p" mentioning two por-
sons In whom was interested, whose
marriage would be particularly insult
able. Tho suggestion took possession of
my mind, and in spite of my best efforts
could not get rid Of it. All through my
sermon my thoughts were full of the
haunting idea of that unfortunate misal-
lianoo. My discourse was u failure. You
may Imagine that my feeling toward tho
source of this ill timed information was
not exceedingly amiablc. I could hayo
helped him over tall fence. ''-Now
York Examinera
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
FOOLED THE DETECTIVE.
The Sharp Plan OF Forger to Make Good
His Escape.

His Escape.
Detective Leonard Morris of Chicago.
when asked If he had ever allowed q Grim
inal to escape, said: CT did once, and 1t
was in Washington too. I was on the
track of forger and had traced him
from st. Paul to Chicago, thence to Gin
oinnati, then to Wheeling then to Wash.
ington. His name was Martin, but he
was going under that of Lawrence. I
caught glimpse of him,at Wheeling and
learned that no had como here. traced
him to the Ebbitt House, but there was no
one registered by that name AS stood at
one counter, however, my man came in.
instead OF avoiding me hewalked right up
and said, tAre you not Detective MorrisS'
IL took me of my guard, and answered,
Yes, SIR
well, my name Is Adams. want
your services to get me rid of q most trou-
blesome double. There is man whose
real name Is Martin, but who goes by
that of Lawrence, whom know to be a
swindler, and he Is wanted in Chicago.
Now, he has worked his nefarious schemes
throughout this whole section, and I find
1t hard to sell goods because am taken
for this fellow. ran soross him at the
Mcclure House, Wheeling, yesterday, and
In order to catch up with him got him
to deliver message for me to q friend in
Pittsburg, where he was going. Then 7
wired the friend, and he will answer when
Lawrence gets There. I want you to 90 to
Pittsburg and arrest him, and will give
you this circular to show that he Is want.
3D. Ho handed me copy of the circular
already had, and in about ten minutes
tho telegram came from Pittsburg: Law.
renee Is here. Stopping at Monongahela
House. Then was convinced that Adams
was an unfortunate victim of resemblance,
and went to Pittsburg. When got there,
1 found had been duped and the real
oulprit had actually succeeded in sending
me far enough away to enablo him to
escape He has never been caught.'-
Washington Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
THE DAYS EYE. I
o nargueritesi

o margueritesi
Virginia. margueritesi
How your hillside home. from the sky to tn,
river,
Shone in the summer heats,
With each of your silver selves a.quiver,
Beautiful margueritesl
hundred thousand hearts of gold
To greet the opening day.
A hundred thousand Mt night to fold
In silver leaves away.
o margueritesi
Delicate margueritesl
Opal hued petals, fringed and fine,
Umber hearts with the scent ofSpine,
You tangle across the autumn's path,
You nod at her from the limestone ledge:
A part Of her beautiful aftermath
You leave to the brown brooks edge,
Or. lost in the heart Of the cedar woods,
You scatter intangible sweets
To WOO her steps to your solftudas,
Beautiful margueritesi
Fanny X. johnson in Youths Companion.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
The Dining Room.

Tho Furniture Trade Review tells of q
novel and effective dining room treatment.
The walls are hung with unbleaohed,
coarse cotton toweling, with dull red
stripes down tho cdges-tho kind that is
used to make roller towels for the Kitchen.
Tho material hns been put on vertically,
and tho joints have been covered with mar
row oak molding that runs up from the
Dashboard to member with tho picture rail.
The frieze is of cotton duck, upon which
FREQ floral design is painted in sketchy
fashion. The portiores and curtains are Of
rod cloth, and the polished oak floor is COW
cred with rich oriental rug.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-31
SALEM NEWS

Miss Laura Hickman has left for
Buena Vista, to attend school st the
Young Ladies' College.
The contest for the Dsmorest medal,
under the auspices of the w. O t. o.,
was held last night ss the Baptist
Church.
Kent Loving is confined TO his room
with sickness. ~
Miss Stsnard Griffen, OF Bedford City.
daughter of Major Griffsn, is Visiting In
the town.
O. B. Strouse is home again from his
wonderful revival At Ashland, KY, and
reports mora than 400 conyerts-the
largest number ever converted at any
of his meetings. kEi3
City Engineer Maj. Chandler is in,
Charleston, w. Va, on business.
The city fathers did right in deciding
not TO lower tho grade OF the street in
front OF the Duval House.
Evangelist j. w. Dean follows the
meeting Of. Evangelist Ssrouse at Ash.
land, KY, with q series Of his exc client
Bible readings.
Rev. Mr.. Jones. pastor of Trinity
Church, Roanoke, will lecture tonight
ss the Methodist Ohurch on his travels
in Europe. A silver collection will be
taken ss the door for the benefit of the
Epworth League.
G. n. Webber. who has been very sick
for some time, is reported better.
j. w. Dukes, student of the College,
who for several days has been critically
i'll with measles and pneumonia, was
said to be slightly better yesterday
evening. His life aeems hanging On
thread.
Messrs o. l.. Stearnes, James Wylie
and R. b. Padgett have bought patent
right combination look for the State of
PennsYlvsnia, and Messrs. Robert
Logan. j. Il. Baer and B. T. Semones
the right for the same in the State of
Virginia.
VIM, Harveycutter is the happy father
OF q little girl that arrived at his home
yesterday.