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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE OOlNGS,
Governor Sends in Some More Apposn
ments Department Stores.

Governor Sends in Some More Appoint
ments Department Stores.
Springfield, Ills. March 24-Governor
Tanner yesterday sent to the senate
the following appointments: Members
Of the state board Of arbitration
Horace X. Calef. Of Monticello; Daniel
]. Keefe. Of Chicago. and Joseph B.
Gill. Of Murphysboro. Trustees Of the
central hospital for insane at Jackson
willie - James A. Glenn, Of Ashland !;
F. L. Sharp. Of Jacksonville: Morris
Emerson, Of Mount Vernon. Members
OF the board Of commissioners Of public
charities-J. c. Corbus, of Mendoza; r.
d. Lawrence, of Springfield; William
J. Calhoun, Of Danville: Ephraim Ban
ming. Of Chicago; Julia c. Lathrop,
of Rocfdord.
Over 200 men from Cook county
were in the senate galleries yesterday.
They were merchants interested in the
bill to prohibit department stores. The
bill was amended to include all cities
Of $4,000 Inhabitants. and sent to third
reading. The judicial apportionment
bill was advanced to third reading, as
was the bill appropriating $31, 900 to
furnish the soldiers memorial hall in
the Chicago library building. Resolu-
tions Of regret at the death of Will
| lam M. Glenn were adopted by q rising
vote in the house. which passed the
bill amending the exemption law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
TREATY A CORPSE.
London Times Criticism on Our
Senators Action.
ARBITRATION Is A TOTAL WRECK

Charges tho Upper House Statesmen with
Wantonness and Irresp0nsible Caprice,
and with Striking . Blow at the Prin-
Commons About American Mail Sub
sides-Cretan Blockade Proclamation.
London. March 24.-The London Times
in a leading editorial this morning gives
expression to anything but a satisfied
feeling as to the senatorial amendments
Of the treaty Of arbitration. 1t says:
THE United States senate has done
what optimists affected to believe i'm
possible, and what cooler observers
thought extremely probable. It has de-
stroyed the arbitration treaty. The first
amendment accepted is alone sufficient
to render q treaty unworkable and ut
terly worthless. The senate has done
more than to wreck an instrument care
fully forged by representatives of the
two nations. 1t has struck q blow at
the principle of arbitration itself and at
the confidence of the world in the Amer
lean people. Its action strikes a note of
levity, wantonness and irresponsible
caprice such as is happily very rarely
struck by any legislative assembly. In
proportion to the blessings to be missed
must be our regret for the lamentable,
the almost ignominious fate of tan honest
and well-meant endeavor''
Thinks British Trade in Peril.
London. March 4.-Sir Charles How
ard Vincent, Conservative member for
the central division of Sheffield, asked
the financial secretary Of tho froo c,rxv
r. w. Hanbury. in the house of COM
mons yesterday If the government was
aware that the London and Southwest
ern railway is trying to divert trade
from the British to the American flag
by advertising in the stations Of that
company that the United States car
ried parcels from Great Britain to the
United States by preferential rates il
under the American flag, and if, having
regard for the depressed condition of
national shipping, her majesty's gov
eminent will afford like advantages to
the Union Jack over the stars and
stripes.
Reassured by . Cabinet Secretary.
Hanbury in reply said the postmaster
general was not aware of the existence
Of any advertisements to the effect
stated. Such statement he added
would be untrue, as neither the Ameri-
can postoff1ce nor any other department
of the American government maintains
the parcel service to and from Great
Britain. He understood, however, that
facilities for customs clearance were
given the public at New York in regard
to particular kinds OF parcels carried
by the subsidized steamers of the Amer.
ican line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE.
Provisions Of the Powers for Closing Or
the Cretan Ports,

Provisions Of the Powers for Closing Up
the Cretan Ports.
London, March 24.-The Chronicles
Canea cable says: The proclamation of
blockade consists of seven articles. The
first provides that no neutral vessel nor
any vessel belonging to one of the six
powers shall be allowed to land stores
except at ports occupied by the powers.
The second provides that no armed per-
son and no person of Greek nationality.
armed or unarmed, shall be allowed to
land without the authority Of the senior
naval officer on the station. The re-
naming articles fix the blockade limits
and state the condition under which ves-
sells are to be searched. BY the terms of
the sixth article Greek ships found
within the blockade limits will be treated
as hostile vessels.
By the seventh any Greek torpedo
beats observed within the limits of the
blockade will be fired upon as soon as
they come within range Of the interna-
tional fleet. The proclamation makes
no allusiCn to exports, but as two Brit
ish ships which have been loading at
Canea have been forbidden to leave the
presumption is that they also are de-
barred by the conditions of the block
ade.
The Chronicle prints lobby rumor to
the effect that Great Britain has de-
clined to be party to the starving of
innocent Cretans in the interior of the
| island. and a report that British ships
intend to run the blockade. contendins
that it is indefensible under interna-
tional law inasmuch as neither Turkey
nor Greece has openly declared war
The Chronicles special correspondent
| at Athens says the Greek government
has learned from its own official sources
that Great Britain refuses to take part
| in a blockade Of Greece, though che has
no objection to such a measure taken
| by the other powers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
sPREcKELs LOSES A MILLION.
His Son Has His Title Confirmed to That
Much Property.

His Son Has His Title Confirmed to That
Much Property.
San Francisco, March 24-Rudolph
Spreckels yesterday won a victory over
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Spreck-
els. confirming his ownership to prop
erty worth $l.0O0.OeJ which had been
conveyed to him By his father. The su-
preme court deEied the apepal of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Spreckels from the
judgment of the lower court, by which
the right to the property was vested in
Rudolph.
The sugar king gave this property,
consisting Of lands and sugar stock in
Hawaii. to Rudolph over three years
ago. Subsequently family trouble es-
tranged father and son, and Claus de-
manded the return Of the property,
which Rudolph refused. Then a suit to
recover 1t was begun on the ground that
the property was community. and that
MIS-. Spreckels had not given her formal
consent to its transfer to Rudolph. The
supreme court overruled this conten-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Has Been Asleep for . Week.

kenosha. Wis. March 24-Little Miss
Edna Balm. the 12-year-old daughter of
John p. Balm. Of the town Of Pleasant
Prairie. about six miles southwest Of
here. has been asleep just one week and
all enorts to arouse her have thus far
proved entirely without results. Last
Monday. March Is. she complained that
she felt slightly indisposed Her con-
dition was not thought 20 be such as to
require scarcely second thought. She
went to bed and very soon fell asleep,
and she has not awakened since.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Uaion With 0resce or Death.

Athens, March pa Canea dis
patch says the insurgent commander
{n.chief at Akrotird this morning re-
ferred the proposal Of the powers to
grant autonomy to Crete 10 the as
sembled leaders Of the insurgent
forces. Tho leaders unanimously
declared only two issues possible,
annexation Of Crete to Greece, or
fight till death in the struggle.
Constantinop!e. March 24.-The
sultan issued . special decree calling
to active service the A battalions Of
reserves Of the Second Army corps.
and summoning to all colors who
have the contingent Of 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Whole Family Incinerated in
Tennessee.
BODIES LEFT nEADLEss.
A Frightful Catastrophe in
Iowa.
Judicial Apportionment Bill
Passes.

Nashville, Tenn. March 24.-Ths
house Of Jacob Ade, . prospsroui
farmer near here. Was burned last
night. Ade and his wife and daugh-
ter, Lizzie. aged 20. and Rosa Aori.
rer, aged 10. were burned to death.
The bodies were found in the ruins.
A son. Henry. sged IS. 10 missing.
aud 1t 10 supposed the family was
murdered, and the house burned to
conceal the crime.
Later the body Of the missing boy
WAS found In the ruins burned 70 Z
crisp. The principal evidence lead.
ing to the belief that murder pre-
csded the fire 10 in the fscs that the
heads Of two Of the bodies are miss.
ing.
Five Chiidrsn Burned.
Laddsdsle, Iowa. March N.-The
dwelling Of Frank Penrod burned
last night. Five children, aged fIom
2 to IL, were burned to death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
The Tariff Debate.

Washington. March 2A.-Ia the
house, Fox. democrat, Of Mississippi,
opened the tariff debate with .
speech on tho general theory Of pro-
lection. Williams, democrat, Of Mis-
sissiPpi. attributed the financial de-
preston to appreciating the value Of
money under the gold standard.
johnson, republican. Of North Da-
kots, member Of the ways and means
committee, eulogized the prospective
benefits which would follow the en-
acsment Of the agricultural schedule
OF the bill. He declared il the south
ern people would pledge loyalty to
protection the repu biican party
would be glad to accord to cotton
the same protection given the sgri-
cultural products Of the north. Nc
MILAN, democrat, OF Tennessee,
made an elaborate argument against
the bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Jodielal BSIl Passes.

Springfield. March 24.-In the sen.
ate the judicial spportionment bill
passed, only two votes being against
II. In the house when the depart
msnt store bill came over from the
senate It was greeted with applause,
and ordered printed and to the frs,
reading. The hard road bill was de.
fested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Four More Law. for wiscops,p.

Madison. March 24.-The bill provid-
ing for the levying Of a state tax, the
prison labor bill. the caucus reform bill
and the measure making better provis-
ion for the Wisconsin National guard
were passed by the senate yesterday.
McGillivray's memorial to congress ask
ing for an amendment to the constitu-
tion Of the United States prohibiting
trusts was adopted. The house passed
an anti-high hat bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

Beaver Dam, O., Aug. ~, 1895.
My daughter, after being treated
by four doctors. and being given uI
for lost. q neighbor recommended
Foley's Kidney Cure. Today she il
able to walk several miles without
fatigue. feel we would have lost
her If 1t was not for your medicine
Respectfully,
MRS. j. M. BAILEY.
Sold by NJ. F. Bahnsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

st. Louis. March 2i-The danger
from Q food Is threatening at points
above here on the Illinois. Missouri
and upper MississiPpi rivers. which
are rising rapidly. The wafer 10 sp.
proaching the danger line in many
places,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Kaiser Twisting the Tail Now.

Berlin, March A.-Emperor William
has just given a further indication Of
his unfriendly sentiment toward Eng
land by conferring his order Of the
crown upon n. Wolmarans. the membe.
OF the executive Of the Transvaal re-
public. who has rendered himself the
most conspicuous by his pronounced
and undisguised hatred Of everything
British
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Is Msss Stand.

Washington, March 2i.-Ths re-
publican members Of the ways and
means committee declined to make
important changes IN the tariff bill.
Books and scientific apparatus moi
made In this country will be admit
ted free. The duty on PineapPle'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

Springfield. Ills, March 24.-The
senate passed the department store
bill with only four negative votes.
There II every Indication that it will
pass the house also, but the impress
sion 10 growing that it IL likely to be
vetoed BY the governor on the ground
that it is unconstitutional.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
Germany Has No Use fer shirk..

Berlin, March "a. - The government
has again given notice, and German
Americans are especially advised. that
Germans who have emigrated and have
been fined or punished otherwise for
contravention of the military service
laws shall not be allowed to live in
Germany, except under peculiar circum-
stances, a record Of which must be kept
in the war Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

Marinette, Wis, March 24.-Dr Farm.
er, pastor of the NJ. E. church attacked
Mayor Sherman from the pulpit, and
his remarks have created unusual com.
ment. He condemned him for not en-.
forcing the liquor law more strictly. The
mayor is a Prohibitionist and an elder
in the Presbyterian church. He is 6
candidate for reelection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

10 Oufe . Cold ln One Day
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
lets. All druggists refund tht
money IL it fails to cure. IS cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

Detroit, March 2l.-A cablegram was
received yesterday by Charles s. Isham,
announcing the death at Florence. Italy,
Of Mrs Marie p. Storey, who was the
first wife Of Wilbur F. Storey, once the
proprietor Of the Chicago Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

Traverse CITY, Mich, March 24.-Two
unknown men were seen to break
through the ice In the bay. on Bowers
harbor yesterdsy.- Both were drowned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

Frankfort. Ky. March 24.-In the
joint ballot for United States senator
Or. Hunter. republican, lacked only
two votes Of election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24
S It First Class Clothing You Want? Or Trash?

II its First Class Clothing you can
do no better than buy Clothing
that bears this label.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-24

will be changed from two cents .
pound to six cents . cubic foot in
barrels or packages. and IS . thous-
and imported in bulk.
The record-union., 1897-03-02
MORMON PROSELYTING,
ChicagOans Excited Over tee Work of
Party of Elders.

CHICAGO, March IA party of
Mormon elders under the leadership of
b. H. Roberts, who have been preach
ing in the suburbs Of this city since
October 1st, expect to take a colony
of young people, many of them girls,
to Salt Lake City about April 1st.
Meetings have been held Sunday
nights of late in Wicker Park, but it
seems the general public has not been
aware of their nature. OF late, how
ever, reports of family trouble, anxiety
about daughters, supposed to be visit
ing friends on Sunday evenings, and
growing unrest in the community have
led to the suspicion that the Mormon
influence was becoming strong enough
to cut a figure. Already, it is said
200 residents of the northwest side
have come over to the Mormons' way
of thinking, and the air in the vicinity
of Wicker Park is thick with growing
excitement over the work of prose-
lyting.
The record-union., 1897-03-02
THE WHEEL CIRCUIT.
Compieted-A Three
Lap Track at East Park.

The Capital City Wheelmen met last
evening. Vice-President F. T. Dwyer
presiding. and received fourteen appli-
cations for membership.
Messrs. ROundy, Upson, Tenbosch
and LayensOn. the committee on the
meet of the 18th instant, reported all
gagementS concluded, the pro-
gramme agreed upon, and that the an
nouncements would early this week be
made to the public.
The Wheelway Committee reported
good progress being made and plans
under way for carrying out the ar
rangements for permanent paths and
the extension of old and construction
Of new paths. especially a circuit path.
It was announced that private cap
itaI has invested the necessary funds
and will at once construct a three-lap
wooden track at Oak Park, with base
ball grounds and athletic plats.
The Capital City Wheelmen agreed to
open the grounds with a meet" for
the benefit Of the enterprise, the club
to have the ground privileges also for
its annual meet on the Fourth of July.
The record-union., 1897-03-02
Heard Before the State Supreme Court
in Bank,
Which Ordered the Discharge of the
Prisoner, on the Grounds That He
Had Not Been Given a Speedy
Hearing, and There Was No Rea-
son Why the Case Should Not
Have Been Tried.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-The
supreme Court has been appealed to in
matters pertaining to the shooting and
lynchings in Round Valley last year,
and to-day ordered the discharge from
custody of John NJ. Vinton, one of the
men arrested for the lynching of Jack
Llttiefield about a year ago.
L1ttlefield and Vinton, who was the
foreman of George White, the king of
Round Valley" got into a dispute in
May of last year, and the former shot
Vinton through the lungs. Two days
afterward Littleheld was arrested for
the shooting and while in the custody
of the officers was taken by unknown
men and lynched. Vinton and others
were arrested for the crime, and were
bound over by a Justice of the Peace
to the Superior Court here for trial.
Vinton was delivered to the Sheriff of
Tehama County on July 1st, and has
repeatedly asked for a hearing of his
case. Several times continuances were
granted to the prosecution, and finally
the defendant demanded that he have
peremptory hearing. This was re-
fused by the court, the reason being
given that on account of the bad condi-
tion Of the roads the witnesses could
not be secured to attend the trial. No
satisfactory decision being given by the
court as to when the hearing could be
had, a petition for a writ Of habeas cor
pus was filed before the Supreme Court
This was heard by the court in bank,
which ordered the discharge of the
prisoner upon the ground that he had
not been given a speedy hearing, and
there was no reason why the case
should not have been tried.
The record-union., 1897-03-02
Absolutely Pure.
TREBLE CLEF CHORAL.
Miss CIinch's Pupils Recital at the
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

The First Presbyterian Church was
we'll filled last night on the occasion
of the recital of the pupils of Miss
Clinch, assisted by Charles A Neale
The accompanist was Miss Louise Mil
lken. The following programme was
rendered.:
Chorus, I'm Old Madrid" (Trotere-
Garcia); vocal solo, IT VIII Be True to
Thee" (SheparD, Mrs. j. F. Beede; in
strumental duet (selected), Miss Sadiee
Sturtevant and Edna Kripp; vocal
solo, Shadow Town" CTreu), Miss Hat
tie Billings; vocal solo, "Bedouin Love
Song" PinsutD, Miss May Wood
bridge; vocal duet, Star of My Life"
Opera lie Clair), Miss Gertrude and
Annie Fraser; instrumental solo,
"Slumber Song" Beaumont) Miss Sa-
dice Sturtevant; chorus, "The Awak-
ening of the Rose" CIV. Maase); vocal
solo, Written in Sand Denza), Mrs
l.. M. Schwoerer; vocal solo, Never
Again" (Cowen), Mrs. A. A Mclean;
flute solo, Caprice Militaire" (Ters-
chaO, Chas. A. Neale: vocal trio, Dis
tant Chimes" Glover, Mrs. w. Hood,
Mrs. A. A. Mclean and Miss Rogers;
vocal solo (a) Your Tender Love Is
Best" (b) "Mignon" HardeloO, Miss
l.. L. Dennis; vocal solo (a) "Lapp
Maiden Song" R de Koven), (b)
Across the Dee (Coombs), Miss Flor
ence Rogers; vocal solo, Happy Days"
(SterelezkD, Mrs. j. F. Elliott-hute
obligatO, Chas. A. Neale; trio (sacred),
Mrs. Schwoerer, Mrs. w. Gibson, Mrs
A A. Mclean; chorus, Cheerful
ness" (GumberD.
The record-union., 1897-03-02
eridian. in Canadian territory

meridian, in Canadian territory
In place of defining the boundary
along the 141st meridian, the treaty
provides that the line shall be run due
north from the summit of Mount ST.
Elias for twenty miles, until it there
strikes the 141st meridian. 1t is con-
tended here that in this territory there
may be untold wealth.
In the past, when boundary questions
have arisen between the United States
and Canada, the Dominion has gener-
ally come out second best, as for in
stance in regard to the boundary in
Maine and in the Northwest angle of
the Lake of the Woods. The only rea-
son put forward for conceding this strip
of territory is that the summit of
Mount ST. Elias as an initial point from
which to run the boundary would be
more readily recognizable than a row
of mounds, pillars or monuments.
Parliament meets in three weeks, and
the grievance will be fully ventilated.
The record-union., 1897-03-02
INGLESIDE RACES.
Not a Single Favorite Was Able to
Win in the Mud and Rain.

SAN FRANCISCO, March lit
rained heavily at Ingleside to-day, and
in consequence not a single favorite
won, second and third choices dividing
the honors. The track was muddy.
Summaries:
one mile, ChNclemagne won, Play
Boy second, Tar and Tartar third.
Time-1:46A.
Seven furlongs, selling, Camelia won,
Road Runner second, Meadow Lark
third. Time-1: 30
Seven furlongs, selling, Gutta Percha
won, Double Quick second, Frank K.
third. Time-1 :3012.
Six furiongs, handicap Midlight won,
Applause second, Greyhurst third.
Time-1: 1GH.
Five furlongs, True Blue won, The
Sinner second, Mercutio third. Time
1:03&l.
One mile, Colonel Wheeler won, Stem
tor second, Imp. Ivy third. Time
1:461a.
The record-union., 1897-03-02

| Marysville Appeal: If the newspapers
that failed to get exclusive privileges
to use COrbett'S and FitZSimmonS'
| nouthings had refrained from men
tioning them at all Carson City would
not be disturbed on March 18th by the
presence Of unusual numbers.
IMMIGRATION FRAUDS.
Gilroy Advocate: Owners and agents
to make sales hereafter will have to
reduce the price of land. Reasonable
returns upon money in land will here
after govern the buyer. Those who
have bought and been deceived will not
suffer other homeSeekers to be robbed.
The statement of the committee of the
Board of Trade that the State has been
held up to scorn and contumely of the
whole world should not only serve as
a rebuke, but as a warning to the
managers of the swindling land
schemes of the State. We trust the Act
contemplated will induce the owners of
large ranches to break them up into
small tracts and put them on the
market at low price. To people the
present improbable holdings and pro-
mote the growth and progress of the
State should be the will of ALL
THE CABINET.
st. Helena Star: The composition of
McKinley's Cabinet gives evidence that
it will by 40 means prove a failure.
For Secretary of State a statesman of
forty years experience has been Sc
lected. a prominent and ShreWd finan-
cier has been chosen Secretary of the
Treasury. For Postmaster-Genera a
practical business man has been
ramed. For Secretary of Agriculture,
successful farmer has been selected.
y capable man will fill the post of Sec
retary of the Navy, a soldier of high
standing has been chosen Secretary of
War, and eminent lawyers will fill the
positions Of Secretary of the Interior
and Attorney General.
SOUND SENSE.
Placer (Rockln) Representatives:
Since we started our crusade against
the shipment of inferior fruit to the
Fast we have received encouragement
from all points. Our fight is only in the
interest of the grower and shipper, and
no thought of personal gain enters into
the controversy, but we shall continue
the agitation until no inferior fruit
goes from this point.
PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS.
Reno Gazette: With Consul General
Lee forced to send in his resignation
because the Administration will not
take steps to protect the dignity of our
Government in Cuba, and the Senate
of the United States considering sundry
and divers resolutions designed to COM
pei President Cleveland and Secretary
Olney to do their duty regarding Span
ish atrocities upon unoffending Ameri
can citizens in the ever faithful isle"
things have indeed come to a pretty
pass regarding our foreign relations. 1t
is safe to say that no other power,
great or small, would submit to a tithe
of the insults and abuses heaped up
on Americans in Cuba the past year.
There was a time when an American
citizen could claim the protection Of
his flag wherever he might be, but
that was before Grover the great.