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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
DANGEROUS SURGERY.
Pyramid Pie Curs Cusss Piles Qaickiy
Ro1nloGoly, without Danger.

People 70 along for years suffering
with piles. They try this and that
and the other thing; from carrying q
buckeye to getting treatment from Q
physicisn. They obtain temporary
relief. maybe. but they are never
quite cured. A little strain in lift
ing. excessive fatigue. little con-
stipation or . litsle diarrhoea and
the piles come back.
They don't seem TO amount to
much, but they Danish sleep and ap-
petite. No position 10 comfortable
There 10 intense local pain and that
dreadful feeling Of weight in the
perineum.
Maybe in the early stages some Of
the many salves On, sale will al ,rd
temporary relief. II the case 10 Of
long standing there 10 only one
speedy and sure remedy. It 10 Pyr-
amid Pile cure. Even in light cases
it 10 the safest thing to use. Other
applications may cure and may not.
Pyramid Cure II always certain.
always reliable, always brings COM
fort 1t once. Is. prompt use saves
months Of severe suffering In ex-
treme cases is will save surgic Al
operations and their attendant dan
gers and discomforts. II IL better
than . knife. Will care easier,
quicker and safer. Thoussnds have
1sed t. Thousands have boon cured
BY il. Ths cost Il tEiAing eonparsd
with what IL does. Tie prizes h 81
cents. Most anybody would gladly
pay 10 dollars TO b rid Of piles.
Druggists all f44ftmi& deilesQ urs
II yours hasn't e he yin esr Il 70,
you from the Pyvsmid Drug con
paay,oe Albiea. hieh. (sals mans
s1ootuyoeD.) -<Ezrf ff-3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
Catholic Order Of Foresters.

Columbus, o., Feb. 13.-The Catholic
order Of Foresters elected officers, dur
ing an all-night session, as follows:
High chief ranger, Thomas II. Cannon
Chicago; vice high chief ranger, Anne
Talbot, Quebec; high chief treasurer
Thomas ]. Callen, Milwaukee,: high
chief secretary. Theodore B. Thiele, Chi
cago; high trustees, Gabriel Fanchore
Chicago; H. ]. Grogan, Milwaukee: N
F. Relewiez. Chicago; John p. Hard
ing. Chicago; James w. Henneberry
Eagle Grove, Ia, and William NJ. All
rem. Iowa,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
Outwitting . JutiEo.

A strange story is related Of . jury.
man who outwitted o judge, and that
without lying. He ran into court in .
desperate hurry and quite out Of breath.
and exclaimed:
"Oh. judge, II you can, pray excuse
mel I don't know which will die first,
my wife or my daughter.
Dear me. that's sad," said the in.
nocent judge Certainly. you are ex-
cused."
Tho next day the juryman was met
BY friend, who. in . sympathetic
voice. asked:
''How is your wife?''
''She's all right, thank you
''And your daughter?''
"She's all right too Why do you
askY'
why. yesterday you said you did not
know which would die first"
''Nor do L That il the problem
which time alone can solve New
York Tribune. 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
DoINcs OF THE WHEELMEN's LEAGUE
Also These Things the Organization De.
cilncd to Do.

Albany. N. T., Feb. 13.-What the
League Of American Wheelmen in an
nual convention yesterday declined to
do was Of equal importance II not great
er than those things It did. 1t declined
to allow professionals. no matter of
what standing. to either full or asso-
ciate membership in the league. 1t re-
fused to allow the assembly at its meet
ings to select the city for the annual
meets. 1t declined by a heavy vote to
allow local option for Sunday racing.
II declined to cut OF the club Initiation
fee Of 81 or allow consuls to pass on
racing board suspensions. 1t declined
to offer q salary for the racing COM
mittee.
The things It did were to divide the
league into consulates of twenty-five
clubs each. allowing amateurs to ex-
change their prizes for anything but
cash; increased the bond Of the secre-
tary to $4,000 and the treasurer to $16.-
900: placed road racing under the
espionage Of the racing board. The
greatest interest was in the question
Of sanctioning Sunday racing, but II
was defeated by a vote Of u ayes t.
ISL nOes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13

The editor Of o popular weekly was
placed in . great dilemma the other
day, says The Westminster Gazette.
Having with much care selected six
complete stories for publication, he
placed them for safety ON the floor, I'M
derneath the waste paper basket. On
leaving late at night he forgot to change
their position, and when the charwom-
nm came tho next morning she swept
them mp with other litter and put them
in the dust bin. The same morning the
dustman came around, and the paper,
including the editors priceless stories,
was placed in large sacks and sent of to
the Salvation Army depot ,t.
The editors despair ct discovering
the fate Of his manuscripts may be i'm
agined, but he Is . man Of much deci-
sion, and, having learned the process Of
collection, he chartered hanson, and,
taking two assistants with him, set of
for the Salvation Army quarters. It
was, OF course, impossible for the au-
thorities there to tell him which bag
contained the litter. The huge sacks, 40
in number, which had been collected
during the morning were without any
mark Of identity. and 1t was at once ap-
parent that Il the manuscripts were to
be recovered IL would be necessary to
searrh the entire litter.
Undismayed at the prospect. the edi'
tue and his assistants took of their coati
and went 10 work. After many hours Of
weary search five out Of the nix wer(
ultimately recovered. The last and, 40
oording to the editor, the most price
less, evaded all search; but. Triumphant
ct the result Of the days labors. the ed
itor and his assistants returned to tn
once and the manuscripts were forth
with handed to the waiting printers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13

below the Mckinley rates The new
rates compared with the McKinlsy rates
follow: Mechanically ground wood
pulp. new rate, liz OF q cent a pound:
Mckinley rate. $3.50 a ton. Chemical
wood pulp, unbleached. new rate. I-6
cent per pound: Mckinley rate. s. per
ton. Chemical wood pulp. bleached.
new rate, Y cent per pound: Mckinley
rate, 81 per ton. On printing paper
suitable only for books and newspapers
the Wilson rate, which II Is per cent.
ad valorem on both classes. unsized and
sized, or glued, is retained In the Nc
Kinley law the unsized was Is Ger
cent and the sized 20 per cent. The
pulp paper manufacturers recommended
to the committee that the ad valorem
rate on pulp be changed to equivalent
specific rates, and that the duty on pa
per be left unchanged.
In the metal schedule the conference
decided to continue the present rates on
nickel and zinc, which are: Nickel.
nickel oxide, alloy in which nickel Is the
article of chief value, cents per pound;
zinc in blocks or pigs, I cent per pound; :
in sheets, not polished nor further ad-
vanced than rolled. IL cents per pound:
zinc. old and fit only to be re-manu-
featured, u cent per pound. The Nc
Kinley rates on type metal We're re-
stored. They are one and half cents a
pound for the lead contained In the
metal and Is per cent. ad valoren on
new type. The present (Wilson) rates
are q cent and Is ad valorem. For the
basket clause. which covers all metal
articles not specially provided for. the
Mckinley rate, IS per cent. ad valcrem.
was substituted for the present rate.
35 ger cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

Obituary: At Benton, Ills, Rev. Hosea
Vie, Sc. At Danville. KY. Mrs. Aman-
da Thomas, az. At Waukesha, Wis.
Mrs. A. 8. Ludlow, 80. At Sedalia, NO.,
Mrs. Isabella Arnott, of Champaign.
Ills, 70. At Bloomington. Ills, DR.. John
w. Fisher, So. At Eoscobel, Wis, Post
master v. G. Kratochwill. IS.
At a meeting of prominent Baptists
in New York city at the residence Of j.
D. Rockefeller, the latter promised to
contribute $250,c00 toward paying of
the total Indebtedness of S4S6,000 resting
upon the Baptist Foreign and Home
Missionary societies.
Happy Jack" Wilson, for whose sup
posed murder ]. F. jackson was ar
rested two weeks ago at Norman, o. T..
was found at Tecumseh, /. T., by the
father of the accused murderer, alive
and well.
Mrs. Stanford has decided her San
Francisco mansion, valued at 81 COO. 600
to Stanford university.
Benjamin Rrazelle, a st. Louis scien-
fist and inventor. claims to have dis
covered the key to electricity and the
transmutation of clay into gold, silver
and iron.
The legislative committee on consti-
tutional amendments of the Massachu.
sets legislature voted to report ar
amendment to the constitution striking
out the word male" SO as to give tG
women the full right of suffrage.
The Commercial club, of Chicago, gave
a farewell banquet to Lyman ]. Gage
at the Auditorium. Over 100 person!
were present, Including many noted
men.
The Missouri senate has passed az
antitrust bill, which nullifies all con.
tracts for sales with trusts and provide.
that persons purchasing under contrac
from trusts need not carry out the con
tracts thus made.
Mcintyre Bros. & Wilson, dry goods
| Of Oskaloosa. Ia. have assigned. Lila
bilities are S3s.500: assets. about $40..
900.
British investors are reported to b,
willing to put sio.cco.ooO into business a
St. Louis.
Peoria Qlls.) magnificent new library
building, costing s65.G00, a gift from thu
Mercantile Library association, ha:
been formally dedicated and thrown
open to public use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, Feb. II.
The board of trade observed Lincoln's birth
day today and quotations W re given out
Chicago Produce.
Produce: Butter-Ext ca merry, g Nc per
III; ext dairy. 17c per b; fresh packing
doz. Poultry-Turseys, s0i2c per h.; chick.
ems Chens), t@7c; ROSTERS &c; ducks,
sGllc; geese. 6Osc. Potatoes-Bur5anks, 2,
625c per bu.; Hei'rons. :202}c. Sweet pota-
toes-Illinois. -9ocGsl.25 per Dbl Honey
White clover, 12c per h.; extracted, 50zc.
Apples-Common TO fancy. Sl.O002.50 Per Dbl.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Feb Il
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock yards
today ranged as follows: Hogs-Estimatei re-
ceipts for the dav. 5000; sales ranged at $3.50
asses pigs. Ss5 a355; light, 20 rough
packing, $3.D035o mixed, aud $3.e5 a 3.l5
heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day, 1000:
quotations ranged at S5O0G5 80 choice to extra
shipping steers. A.550500 good to choice do.
1i.O1i.5o fair to good. Sl7504 Is common to
medium do, S250G39o butchers steers, Sa25
GS.0 stockers, S3.7o1Ls5 feeders, $1.9O03. 20
cows s.. 4014.l Is heifers, $2.25G3.75 bulls oxen
and sta@s, $.900i:) Texas steers, and q 750
go veal calves
Sheep and Lambs-Estimatsd receipts for
day, 1000; sa es ranged at S2.75@a9O western
| Ss250S 80 Texans, Ss25Ga.00 natives, and $aS(
| 05s0 lambs.
East BuAalo Live Stock.
EAST BUFriho, Feb L.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission
| Merchants, East Buffalo, n. Y, quote as follows
Cattle-Light supply; market steady. Hog
Receipts, 30 cars; market steady and bull
| sold; Workers, S3.7jf3s0; pigs S3sO03eO: 9th
ers as last quoted. Sheep and Lambs-Re
| ceipts, Is cars; market opened strong, CLOSING
| fun easy. F
| yr>-a->A
Cogn-l70foc.
Oa4D-i60l0e.
| Pofatoee-00e.
B1ftse-1s6 - eAsies. lie; fsssA ezsanssy
&c.
| IRp-1fesA, l3e.
C6Ickene-6c.
Turheys-oc.
Duok1e7c.
Coal-0oft, l0c.
Caf:le-DStehGs pay for corn ed stsss sxeG
Es: e'vs I'd hsafss. sxssass; ea''s'.
'aoss-sxosks.
| Sheep-C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
Iud;ana Girl rraccd fo Cl.xeland.

CleaveianG, Feb. 1S.-Miss Mary Nc
Culonl, the handsome young girl who
mysteriously disappeared from her home
at Brookvilie. Ind, on Feb. 1. and for
whom the police and detectives of Gin
natl and other cities in Ohio. Indiana
and Kentucky have been searching ever
since, has been traced to this city
through Identification by railroad en-
ployes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
Is An Ex-QUEEN BY DUREss.


Lliuok0lonrs Case Reviewed by Her lscp.
resentative. j. A. Palmer.
Washington, Feb. 13.-Julius a. Pal
mer. the representative of ex-Queeni
I-iliucEalani Of Hawaii. in a card to The
Evening Star declares that the act of
abdicaticn of the ex-cueen was pro-
cured under duress and is void fer this
reason and because of legal inforrnaii-
ties. He says that the queen of Hawaii
has never given a legal abdicat;on and
is still the lawful ruler. even il she
forbears to enforce her legitimate
rights" Palmer's card was called forth
by the publication in The Star recent
ly of the queens abdication. He refers
to that document as "a brief
drawn by Hon. A. S. Hart
well, chief counsel for the corporation
| Of sugar planters and lawyers now pos
ing as the Hawaiian republic'-.iaving
no legal force whatever, yoii when
written and which could not be sus-
| tanned in any court of equity in any
| civilized land"
He further says that the queen was
| forcibly confined in the Iolani palace,
and being told that those she loved
her personal friends-were awaiting
| execution, signed the act Of abcicntion
as the only means to save them. The
ring Of adventures knew their VICTIM
says Palmer. Had they proposed her
immediate death they could not have
terrified her. but to save those she loved
| she executed the document"
He further says that not only was the
queens signature obtained under duress,
but that it was Worthless from another
| reason--it was not her legal signature
Her prosecutors over-reached them
selves, he says, and out of excess OF
caution required her to sign as
"Liliuokalani Donlinis," which was not
her legal signature. Legally there IS
not and never was such a person. The
document should have been signed
"Liluiokalani Regina
! Palmer. who refuses to admit that he
speaks for Liliuokalani by direction
closes his card by this statement, per-
haps significant of future intentions:
mo question is ever settled until it is
settled right, and that the whole Ha-
waiian matter should be properly re.
viewed is the opinion of q great many
| Of the people of the United States"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
HANDSOME TRIBUTE TO MURPHY.
Soldiers Satisfied with the Administrators
Of the Pension Bureou.

0OA0AoAD 0oshouS0 WIN tn0 A0n10ADGG0G1Oo
az the Pension Buresu.
Washington. Feb. ia pleasant In.
cident out Of the usual routine took place
in the pension bureau yesterday when
q delegation from G. A. r. posts, s.
and Al. Of Allegheny City and Pitts
burg, formally presented resolutions of
thanks to Commissioner Of Pensions
Murphy for his humane administration
Of the bureau. The presentation speech
was made by Representative William
A. Stone Of Pennsylvania, who paid .
warm tribute to Commissioner Murphy,
and declared that for the first time in
the history OF the bureau all soldiers
are satisfied with its administration.
Commissioner Murphy in responding
expressed his appreciation Of the in
dorsement OF men opposed to him po.
hticaily and belonging to a soldiers or
ganization. He quoted the instructions
given him by President Cleveland,
which he said never had been published,
as follows:
MI. Murphy. I think you know my
idea of the pension bureau and the PEN
sion system. They are these: In claims
coming up for the action Of the bureau
where you find the case of . worthy
soldier who served his country faith
fully in her hour Of danger, you will
be lenient with him and give him the
benefit Of q reasonable doubt. In SET
Ting the claims Of the widows and the
orphans you will act in the same man.
ner. but waste no sympathy on the un-
worthy"
Mr.. Murphy said that whether his
| term OF ONCE as commissioner be three
weeks or three months. or three years
that would always be his policy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
IRON ORE POOL TO STAND.


the Forest City.
Cleveland. Feb 13.- There IL nothing
to indicate. and there il certainly no
belief among Cleveland iron ore pro-
ducers who are in q position to know,
The real reason why there IL every prob
ability that the iron ore association will
stand Is found in the fact that while
Carnegie and Rockefeller may combine
to fight the other trusts, such q COM
bination II impossible In this case. The
ore men explain this readily in this
way: Carnegie. II II true, II not In the
trust. but his agreement made some
time ago to mine ore only In such
quantities n to supply consumption In
his own plants practically takes him
out OF the open market.
Rockefeller. on the other hand, has
ore to sell to all corners, and must neces-
sarily regard the situation from an en-
tirely different standpoint from the
Pittsburg manufacturer. Rockefellar
might believe that II would be ad.
vantageous for him to offer iron from
his Mesaba range mines at q cut price,
but he has another interest that must
be considered, and that Is his railroad
which traverses the ore country. The
oil king will not for q moment grow
oblivious TO the fact that there 10 a big
profit In transporting ore to Duluth at q
freight carrying rate Of 80 cents.
And he realizes just - well a. any
one else that there 10 nothing to be
gained By cutting prices and shutting
up Ill the mines along the line Of hi,
road simply IN order that he might a
q trihe larger business At his own mines
Moreover. the fact that while Rockefel.
er 10 not exactly In the trust he d
watchful Of his interests in the matter
10 proven by the fact that he has beer
represented At all the recent meeting
held by the trust for the purpose Of NJ.
Ing q price fur 1851.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
Reception to Gen. Alger.

Detroit, Feb. 13.-Gencral Russell A..
Alger. the new appointee to the office OF
secretary Of war. was honored in a har-
py manner last night by a reception
rendered the general at the Fellow
craft clubs handsome new club house.
Invitations to the reception had been
issued to about all the leading gentle-
men Of Detroit, and the club house was
thronged throughout the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13
EARIFr ON FUIF And PAPKR.


~ he CeDDlftoA.
Warrington. Feb. 1.-THE Republican
members Of the ways and means COM
mittee made important progress ON the
tariR bill yesterday. They decided up
on the rates for pulp and printing pa
per. and fixed several important items
In the meeal schedule. The duties On
pulp were changed from nd vAloeea
- in the Wilson hr, which makes them
~ per cent p speciac duties someuhal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13

he bsse oasvO - - Vorio sUs
eueos eEnaeeo. oogoes aloses, ssJt
Ihoon. 1evsr eoBos, eseosg. ekapped
hands, ehllb1alno. eogns - III ekiu
Ule1oas. - pss.eiv.ey sussl
~ g - ~ ssasl.sA hgsae'
6otesd - give psg1sss soolsouUeiSa. q
0ouey reean1o1 es1eo = osn0s ~
- Hwssss - Hssss . ulsosvss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-13

Washington. Feb. 1.-The senate In
executive session yesterday confirmed the
nomination Of Hon. Martin A. Knapp.
Of New Yofk. to be interstate commerce
commissioner. No oppos1tion was mani-
tested.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-30
ELIZA BETHE CITY.

Elizabeth City. N. c.. October 20
(Spec!al)-T'hc "Merrymakers" present
ed The doctor at the Opera House last
night to a we'll filled house. The weather
was better than 1T has been this week
and the attendance larger In ccnse-
qucnce. The comedy was amusing and
lEa the parts we'll taken
The rrenlilsm list Of the late Alhfmarlc
Park fair VIII be mace public next
week.
Dir. H. IT. Ay1lctt returned this morn
Ing from a business trip North.
The laltist rarsoraGc is being Ccllarr-
cd. Repaired and improved for the rccep-
ICON CT the new minister, who Is expected
| sfrcrtl'.
MIR. Theo. White, sheN fish commits
S!cner, is III the city today on official
| business
The sale of subscription seats for the
k'onherE grand concert, which takes
| place ON November Q, will c!ose to- NOR
row might. Until qhen the prices of seats
Will be fifty cents, after the sale closes
seventy five. The whole house has been
| reserved, and two hundred seats already
! H0b.
The treasurer Of the colorcd Statr
normtaa schoOl board. Mr.. c. f.. Kramer
has received from the <tiper!ntendcnf q
public instruction five hundred dollar;
as the share of THE State educational
| fund for that school
! City Attorney ]. NJ. Arcck'ns. of t,hi:
PLACE, won three cases at the series; o
ths Supreme Court or the State, JUS
! closed
The Opera House has ,lttractions bilIef
| for November Il and December. %
1t Is generally hoped that at the meet
| ing of the board of town commissioner.
| on Monday night a. cenrsus of the towr
will be ordered to ascertain If the r,opu
lation Is large eCrough bo secure a fire,
postal delivery.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-30
il CAROL INA

found In his recent caucuses al
Wrlshtsyifle with the Senator all the
Information he wants. and that this
star chamber tribunal Is worthy OF the
Car Of oil the Russias. The Caucasian,
Senator Buffers paper, first said 1t
wanted full and fair Investigation.
but now says the policy of the Governor
is law and should stand. Wilson's hard
est hit at Butler Is in these words:
There Will be no peace In the Populist
party In North Carolina unless Boss
Butler Is allowed TO nominate the can
didates. write the platform. and have
none who dare oppose him." He adds:
Butler could not. however, get HIS
views endorsed even by all of the packed
crowd he gathered here last week"
Stafford wants to be renominated for
Congress In the Seventh district and
has renewed his vows to Butler. who
had his man Friday L. C. Caldwell.
named for railway commissioner by
Governor Russell In order to give Shu
ford plain sailing. But Shuford Is n
marked man among the Republicans.
and Senator Pritchard voiced their SEN
ttmcnts when he cursed and denounced
him in hotel here last winter Shu-
ford can't get Republican votes any
more.
The Eastern and United States clubs
next month at Newton. Birds are in re-
liafKapie abundance. Never were
there so many.
MRS. Stonewall jackson, who Is In a
shhltarium. Is not improving. 1t was
hoped she would he able to leave In n
few weeks for her home at Charlotte.
The superintendent of the penitcn
tiary says he will sow next month 800
acres in wheat and about 900 in oats.
IT Is certain That the wheat acreage in
tic State will be the largest in a grea,
many years.
Captain Jones. of the Maxton military
company, which was on duty at Rock
insham this week, Is a Baptist preach
en- Tie Is n very capable officer and
does his duty fearlcssly.
IL Is proposed to build handsome
memorial hall at Trinity college in
honor of the Rev. DR. Braxton Craven.
It's fret president.
~ Republican makes the assertion
mat GoVernor Russell has already cost
the state more than any Democratic
Governor since 1876.
me Governor orders special term
or Forsyth Superior Court for civil
cases, beginning December 18th, Judge
Starbuck to preside
1t Is stated that three we'll known
Seaboard Air Line conductors are drop
pea upon information given by Il dctec-
i've OF the company, the conductors be-
ing Chevasse, Nirnelson and Wilson.
The growth Of grass and clover since
the rains began Is really phenomenal
Meadows which were brown and dead
are now green and luXurIant. The re-
markable lateness OF frost Is attracting
much attention. In'ten days more every
particle of the cotton can be pickcd.
For ten days no farm work has been
possible. by Monday ploughing Will be-
GIN for fall seeding. Much small grain
Is already up and making good progress.