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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
wolco:t Call. on Ambassador Bay.rd.

London. Jan. 12-Senator Edward O..
Wolcott. Of Colorado. who is visiting
Europe in the interest of bimetaIlisrn.
called at the United States embassy
yesterday and had an hours interview
with Ambassador Bayard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
GOV. ALLEGED FEELS THE sxrn.
Had Prepared Hts Speech Iudigua
tion Among Democratic.

ma Prepared hts Speech-Much Indtg0n-
tion Among Democratic.
The snub OF Governor Aitgeid was
the talk Of the city after the Joint con-
vention adjourned. Governor Aitgeld
had prepared his speech. II had been
given q place on the printed pro-
grammes, and much interest had CEN
tered in its anticipated delivery. The
Stub was made more painful TO the ex-
governor and his friends from the fact
that Mrs. Altgeid occupied a seat be-
side him on the stage. and shared In
the confusion resulting from the affair.
The majority OF the members Of the
joint assembly and the large audience
did not appreciate the significance of
the course Of Curtis until the motion
to adjourn was carried and put an un-
expected end to the ceremonies. with
out the retiring governor having had
an opportunity to deliver the address.
which he carried with him to the stage.
Much indignation was expressed at
the snub. and the Democratic members
are bitter in their denunciation Of what
they term an Outrageous insult" while
some Republican leaders declare that
the whole AFFAIR was nothing more nor
less than an oversight on the part o!
the speaker in failing to call upon Alt
geld for his speech. Ex-Governor Alt
geld left the state house Immediately
upon the conclusion Of the inaugural
ceremony. and returned to Chicago
without permitting himself to be inter.
viewed upon the affair. His friends are
very indignant. and assert that the sup.
posed insult will not injure the ex-gov.
ernor in the least. but will have a con.
trary effect.
Chicago, Jan. 1o.-Ex Governor Altgeid
with his wife. arrived. arrived from
Springfield last night. Discussing the
treatment he received at the capita
during the Inauguration ceremonies thu
ex-governor said: IT " not O persona
question. II Is a question Of decency
and observing some forms considered
important in a Republican government
The custom has grown up Of having tn,
retiring executive both participate
in the Inauguration and make a brie
address; and IL he were to refuse to d,
this he would lie charged with faiiinf
to rise to the occasion. So. on the othe
hand. II the incoming party refuses Z,
permit him to speak, IL simply show,
its inability to grasp or to meet tn,
higher requirements Of republican gov
eminent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
married daushser. "a, beside n. Ma

married daughter. at beside Ma leacA
Around the edge OF the platform crowd
ed senator's. representatives. and others
who could not md seats and wished TO
see and hear. Immediately In the center
Of the house. and directly under .
white-winged dove which fiutered In .
yellow tissue paper wreath. was Geo.
B. Swift. mayor OF Chicago. With him
was Colonel Maxwell and General Fits-
Simons.
The crowd which packed the aisle
stood up directly in front Of the chief
executive Of Chicago and the little
mayor and his friends had only inter-
mittent glimpses OF what went on. The
Joint assembly adjourned ut ::1o o'clock
and thus prevented Governor Alleged
delivering any address. Speaker Curtis
refused to recognize Senator Mahoney's
motion to invite him To speak. You
will take the responsibility Of this. g
shouted the senator. shaking his flst.
The hall was then quietly and quickly
cleared.
The ball last night was the most bril-.
liant affair OF the kind ever held In the
state. Until the wee sma' hours" iii.
nois
Had gathered then
Her beauty and her chivalry. and brigh,
The lamps shone DER fair women and
brave men,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT MOVE.
Situation ~ to the Question OF Foreclosure
by the Government.

by the Government.
Washington. Jan. 12.-What action the
government will take since the Pacific
railroad funding bill has been defeated
in congress cannot be stated. The at
torney general is out Of town and no
one in his department is willing to
speak with authority on the subject,
1t Is believed that it is the intention
to take some step looking to the settle
ment in the courts IL necessary of this
long pending and vcxed question 1t
is the opinion Of many that before the
government could initiate foreclosure
proceedings it would be compelled to
secure the interests of the first lien
holders. This. however. is not the opin.
ion OF Assistant Attorney General Rus
sell, who holds to the opinion that con-
gress can legally declare a forfeiture
of the land grants and property of the
roads on the ground of conditions
broken.
The supposed objection to this plan.
Russell assumes. would be that the gov
eminent has made the second mortgage
bonds a prior lien to the governments
original mortgage. and possibly because
1t might seem like an inequitable con-
struction of the law as against the
present prior lien holders. Neither of
these objections Russell thinks should
stand. The act of July 1. 1862, section
6. referring to the grants to the Union
Pacific companies. says that the grants
are made upon the condition that the
companies shall pay the bonds a,
maturity. This Russell maintains Is a
condition subsequent, and has been
hroken He therefore secs nothipr r.
prevent the government from exercis.
ing its right OF forfeiture for what is
known in the law as condition broken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
STArB or ONO. CRY or TOLEDO.
LUCAS County

Frank ]. Cheney makes oaaA that he 10 the
senior partner Of the frn Of F. J Cheney Co.
doing business in the city Of I leco. coanty and
state Aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the
sun Of ONE HI SpR Sd DOLLARS for esss
and every Gaze u eatsrsh thai oannoi b cured b.
the nee a Hall's Csaarfh Cure
FRANK J CHENEY.
sworn to before No y su described In my pree-
ence this 9Th y Of d cemoer, A. D. 1886.
isEAI- a. ". 0LgAsoN
t"l N0sssy Public.
Halle Ca.anh Cure l. taken intsRaall, md ga,
directly on the blood and Mucous surfaces a tAs
syats1. Send fUr tessiDeaials, free
FL. cHEzsI 1 Co. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold b. druggists, sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
ARBITRATION TREATY SIGNED.
Anglo.Amerlcan Convention Only. Needs
the Senate's Agreement Now.

Washington. Jan. 12.-Secretary Oh
ncy, in behalf Of the United States. and
Sir Julian Pauncefote, on the part of
Great Britain. yesterday Affixed their
signatures to a new treaty by which.
for a term of five years. the two Eng
iish.speaking nations agree to abide m
.,aee ana without resort to arm2 al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12

possible questions Of controversy being
referred to a court of arbitration with
the single exception that neither nation
surrendcrs its honor or dignity to the
judgment of arbitration. Later in the
day President Cleveland sent the
treaty, and a message earnestly ap-
proving, it to the senate.
The treaty consits Of twelve articles.
and in print would fill about one news
paper column. One of the last points
to be decided was that King Oscar II of
Sweden and Norway is to act as the
final arbitrator in case the others fail
to agree on the final member Of the
court. The acceptance Of the king and
the final agreement on that detail was
not cabled to Washington until late
Sunday night. and even then one small
detail remained to receive the approval
Of the British foreign office. At 11:20
yesterday morning a cablegram from
Lord Salibury removed the last ques-
ton and left the way clear for the for
NAL execution of the instrument.
The language used in embracing sub
jects before the court has been chosen
with the greatest care, the purpose be-
ing to make the terms 50 comprehensive
tHdl QucotlOl Cdil iSc III tuc OE =
binary dealings between the two gov
ernments which will cause a resort to
war. The article which makes an ex-
ception in the case of an insult to the
national honor, also, was so carefully
framed that ordinary questions which
to some extent involve a nations honor
could not be brought within it. In
short, the terms of the twelve articles
are believed by Secretary Olney and Sir
Julian to cover every usual contingency
by which q difference could arise be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain.
The treaty was delivered to the senate
at o'clock yesterday. Afterwards, in
executive session, it was referred to the
committee on foreign relations. and
without being read was ordered to be
printed. The presidents message trans
hitting the document was read. Nor
gan suggested that the treaty should
De made public, but Sherman. as chair
man of the committee on foreign re-
lations. replied that it should be ex-
amined by the committee to which 1t
had been referred before being pub
lished. This suggestion was accepted
with the understanding that the COM
mittee should have the privilege of max
ing the treaty known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
TIME A DEAD LOSS
That Was Spent by the House on
the Funding Bill.
BEATEN, LIKE IT'S PREDECESSORS,

PowerS Pacific Railway Bill Makes the
Fourth OF Its Kind That Has Found .
Grave In the House-Majority Against It
Decisive and It's Opponents Happy-Mo-
ton to Recommit Pending - Anglo
American Arbitration Treaty Signed.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Pacific
Railways funding bill went down in the
house yesterday under an adverse ma
yority Of 66. The friends Of the measure
who had predicted its passage up to the
last moment were surprised by the de-
cisive character Of their defeat. They
had been led to hope from the votes on
the substitutes that the bill had more
than an even chance of passage. The
Bell substitute. which provided that IL
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
would clear off the first mortgage ard
advance the governments lien the gov
eminent would extend the Indebtedness
at per cent, was defeated-11O to 1853.
The Harrison substitute, which pro-
vided for commission to negotiate a
settlement OF the debt was rejected by
the house by a vote OF SIS to ia. Many
OF the members were as much opposed
to these substitutes as to the Powers
bill. The California and middle west
members voted almost solidly against
them. When the vote came on the
main proposition. the whole opposition
swung into line and crushed it by an
adverse vote Of 102 to 1853.
Fourth Funding Bill That Has Died.
The vote was not taken directly on
the passage Of the bill, but on the pre-
viYy,fy, to
bill a third time. Bills. the subject Of
hard contests. are usually brought to a
final test before the last parliamentary
stage is reached. The Reilly Pacific
funding bill two years ago was defeated
in the same manner on the same mo-
ton. This is the fourth funding bill
killed in the house in ten years. An
analysis Of the vote yesterday shows
that Sc Republicans and 16 Democrats
voted for the bill, and 80 Republicans, SIS
Democrats, Populists and independ-
ents voted against it. Powers. the chair
man OF the Pacific railroad committee,
entered motion to recommit the bill
after he had recovered from the shock
of his defeat, saying that the members
Of the house were all in favor of a set
Element. but evidently opposed to the
principle OF the measure his committee
had brought in.
Powers Wants One More Chance.
He thought his committee should
have an opportunity to formulate an
other bill. in the hope that it would
prove acceptable. A point of order was
made against Powers motion. but at
the suggestion of the speaker the point
was not ruled upon yesterday. but will
be when the house convenes today
Powers said last night that he did not
know what would be done, but ex.
pressed the opinion that another effort
should be made to pass an acceptable
bill. The opponents of the bill, on the
other hand, are rejoicing. and say the
vote of yesterday settles the fate Of thu
schemes to fund the debt at this SEES
sion. After the bill was disposed of tn,
army appropriation bill and severa
other bills were passed. The army bill
carried $23. 126. 3i4, $l55,55S less than tina
for the current year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-12
NEW GOVERNMENT
Takes Hold Of the Affairs Of the
Prairie State.
P0INTs FROM TANNERs ADDRESS

Gov. Altgeld to Bid Them FAREWELL
Names of Some Of the Notables Who
Were Present At the Ceremony.
Springfield. Jan. 12.-There was just
one incident of the Inauguration OF
Gov. Tanner that was out Of the common.
and that was the refusal Of the joint con-
vention of senate and house to hear ex-
Governor Altgeld for a brief farewell
address. The cath avs administered to
John r. Tanner. that made him govern
or of Illinois, at just 12:4S p. m. In q
room packed to suffocation with men
and women. on a platform likewise
packed with crowding members Of both
sexes, in a voice audible to no one but
the governor and Chief Justice Magru-
der. the formal oath was repeated and
the choice Of the people assented. The
inaugural ceremonies. though simple in
form. were solemn and impressive. A
silence prevailed that was broken only
by the distant deep. reverberating inton-
atoms of the guns of Battery d. Illinois
National guard. that were firing the
governors salute.
Names Of the Omeera Sworn.
As .ns s.a'e oi,Icers-eiec' passeo ihto
e.
49,. $3.50 ~ .men Peueeesso' anu '"eI
"NsS' anu 'he parry Passeu " .ns oar
~. - oe,oe Hnien ."e
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e ~ ',,,,,
o. ns.
y 49,,
,o,,., ,r...,,ra 90 &C., uo,-r
uertz. o,.orno,, 1orar.I Edw.rd n
Air pahina ,har, T., ~ sor,a ro,o-
t;or &C., ,ha;r ,,ra,ao,ssors GA ,ha;-
wives Nv the eide ~ tho sneater M
the house Edward r. Curtis "a, lien.
tenant Governor Gin and a, the CLERKS
desk in front Of them sat chief Justice
M,or,,,or ,-ho odm;n;.,ared the oath
of of,ice IN each oficer-eIect
r.r.,..,.. a.. a,...,s
Af,er al, the ofticers-e,ect had been
Sworn tho entire standing marty with
tho excention 81 C.overnor TANNER took
ao,ts tbat bad been reserved There
was troubye immediatelv after the an
nouncement Inv the chair that John r
Tanner was now povernor of the state
In order to anticipate any effort to pre-
vent Gov. Altgeld speaking Senator
Joe Mahoney rose and offered a reso-
luton 10 'he erect Una. HoNerhor AIT
had finished. The president OF the SEN
ate. to whom the motion was addressed,
referred MahOnSy to Sneaker Curtis
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-03
HYsTETicAL CHILD.
Running over Icy walks without u stitch
of Clothing On.

Special Dispatch TO the STANDARD.
Helena. Jan. Am S-year-od glrl
running down broadway AS naked as
the day when she was born caused a
sensation tonight. The girl was
screaming AT the top OF her voice \.
". Wtcbcr who started IN pursuit. At
The court house caught the child in
front Of the Cniled Sta'es assay office
and. putting his overcoat about her,
took her into Alderman Flahcrty's :
home which is close at hand. The girl
was hystericai hut managed 10 say that
her mother. a Mrs. Thomas. had been
whipping her and she escaped. Sh..
ran about FIVE blocks over Icy walks
and was making for Main street as fast
as she could gu. The girls mother s"-
cured the assistance of the sheriff and
went after the child. Mr.. wieber had
sent for the city marshal and county
attorney and all three officers met At
Alderman Flaherty's home. The child
was too IN to be moved. DR. Brooks
said. 80 she will stay where she is until
tomorrow
The Corner Grocery. owned by Will
lam Cottingham, was closed on an at
tachm"nt 10y the Union Mercantile
company to-day. The assets are said
To- b, sufficient 10 pay all liabilities.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-03

the last few days of anything more
serious than at first disclosed. OF
oouse. the examiner was instructed 10
investigate with a view of detecting
anybody who had been guilty OF vio-
lating the laws. | have not asked the
district attorney at Chicago to proceed
In the matter of the National Bank Of
Illinois. but the examiner may have
done So"
The comptroller of the currency was
evidently much exercised over the
matter. He had been unsparing In his
criticism of Mr.. Hammond and the lat :
ter was subjected to much criticism ON
the occasion OF the recent visit Of the
banks representatives to the comp
trollers office. Mr.. Eckels declined To
say whether any criminal proceedings
were 10 have been begun against Mr..
Hammond. But he intimated very
strongly that the late vice president &
actions Were a matter of special inves-
tigation. He added that 1t was the
custom of receivers acting under his
instructions TO realize all they could
from the assets of the institution before
looking into the alleged violations OF
the law.
Considerable surprise was expressed
by men prominent in financial and
business circles that criminal proceed
ings had not been instituted against
MIR. Hammond. 1t has been no secret
for several days past that Comptroller
Eckels had instructed Receiver lexicon
to bring criminal proceedings against
any of the officials of the defunct bank
OF Illinois and that special investi-
cation of Vice President Hammond's S
affairs was under way. Whatever may
have been Receiver McKeon's intention
he never took any action against Mr..
Hammond and this fact has been
sharply criticised.
Mr.. McKeon refused to-day 10 state
his intentions in regard to the matter.
He said: Mr.. Hammond was at the
bank Thursday. ! had a talk with him
about the affairs Of the bank. He was
accustomed to come here every morn
ing between and $3.50 O'Clock To con-
fer with me. l never told him that
should recommend the commencement
of criminal proceedings. ] would not
care 10 say whether or not i had in
tended to take such step
Gen. John c. Black, United States
district attorney, was very non-cOm-
initial. Il have no information about
the connection of Hammond with the
affairs of the National Bank ~ Illinois
beyond what | have read in the news
papers. | noticed that Comptroller
Eckels had written to Examiner Me
Keon TO proceed with criminal prose
cutions IL he discovered any criminal
conduct attached to the officials of tho
bank. Mr.. Mckeon has not advised
with me. He is the representative oi
the treasury department and In pos
session of the bank. From what
know of Mr.. Mckeon he Will not he
slow in following the Instructions of
the comptroller the moment he has any
proof OF criminality. ! have been and
am in readiness to proceed in any
prosecutions that may fall within my
duties"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-03
BETTING ON DUBOIS
5iLVER'S FORCES ARE HARE
AT WORK IN BOISE,
Populisis aud Democrats bIny Organize
Both Houses of the Lcgisla-
turc-1he Chances.
plsratch 70 the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Boise Jan. There has been great
activity among the members of The
legislature to-day. The legislature will
convene next Monday and herculann
efforts are being made 10 definitely set
tie the question OF Legislative positions,
but late this evening nothing had been
settled. Democrats and populists went
into caucus separately and conference
committee were appointed. the latter
still being in session at $3.50 o'clock to-
night. II is learned on excellent auth>
urity that the democrats have given
the populists sine qua non that the
democrats must have the speakership.
II is likely that the populists win make
this concession and if such arrange,
inent be- made the p0pulists VIII secure
the, cream of the remaining places. II
seems more than likely that the demo-
Gratis and populists will unite IN the ~
ganiZdtion of the two braLches. and
this has somewhat Disconnected the
Dubois forces. The latter still claim,
however. that they will hav. % votes
on the first ballot and are confident
that the contest will result In favor of
Dubois. It is evident that the national
committee, through Secretary Walsh.
is eXerting quite an influence IN favor
of Dubois. several democrats who
have opposed intervention Of the ma
tional organization are now great
deal morc mild In their criticisms. and
IL IL said one or two have been com.
pletely won over to the Dubois side by
reason Of the statement presented by
Secretary Walsh. All this has the
effect Of causing the Dubois barometer
10 rise.
IL was stated on the street to- night
that there was $4,000 10 wager that
Dubois would be elected.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-03
MINES AND METALS
PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR 1896
More Than Onc.Tourth of the Gold Out
put of tho Norid-Big In.
crease In Copper.

New York, Jan. THE Engineering
and Mining Journal to-day contains
statistics Of the mineral productions
of the United States during 1896, The
production Of mines and metals In the
United States for the year 1886 is given
with total value of t653.Sl | ass. show
ing Il decrease. as compared with 1895.
OF S2i,6Nl, ,2i6, or about Sla per cent. This
decrease was largely in values rather
than In quantities. In none NJ the chief
articles was ther" any marked de-
crease. while I'm several there were con-
siderable Increases Tile total pruduc-
tlon of metals IN 1896 was valued at
s2ig.3ll.iSl, an increase If 81 69i.ill over
the previous year. while the value -
non-mctnlic substance wns silOg99. 49,.
"A decrease Of S263S3.3,1 from 1895. \
large part of this was du" Ia the lower
values of coal, stone ana Il few other
important substances
The Increase in copper has been cx-
traordiuary. the total gain amounting
to 6i.0dl, l5o pounds, which was made
in spite of large decrease Ia the do
mestir demands. hut was more than
absorbed By the extraordinary exports
for the year. which ur, the largest on
record The gold production uf the
United states In 1896 reached the total
of t55,Oo0Goo. gain over 1895 ~ not
less than $40 l6aS0 This extraordinary
advance. which far surpassed the gain
reported from any other country in tn.
world puts the United States In the
lead of the producing countries. our
outpUi of gold vas not less than 2G per
cent. of the total reported for the en-
tire world,
The production Of lead from domcs-
tire ores In lN9f amounted To lI5.Il7
short tons showing an increase of
POSES tons over the preceding year. In
addition % this there were - 900 tons
produced from Imported ores. or re-
fined bullion. The quicksilver output
for 1896 was 33,0l2 TASKS or i6i- pounds
each. showing a decrease of 966 tlasks
from the previous year
The production uf silver from dOmes-
tic ores reached a total ~ 1856, l15 fine
ounces. showing de,r-us, from that
Of lSa5 amounting To- sGj.o52 ounces only
The silver production has thus been
maintained better than has been antici-
pated Moreover, there We're produced
or refined from foreign ores and bullion
by our smelters nut less than 10000. 600
fine ounces uf silver. making the total
quantity refined ur put into final mar
ketahle form I'm this country S5.465. q
fine ounces. This large production was
almost entirely absorbed by the mar
kets and the average price of silver
bullion for the year shows an actual
advance having been g. cents. al
though towards the close Of the year
il fell about per cent. below that
point. OF the silver obtained from for
cign ores IL is estimated that 5000 900
ounces came from Mexican ores and
bullion and s,OQ0.o0O ounces from ma
tsrials brought into this country from
Canada. chiefly from British Columbia.