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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13

CT .IHiculty comDo5t 'nyseIl tOsIccp. About
two years ago I began taking Dr. Niles
Heart euro. The first bottle rave me no
pofcCp.iblo benefit, but after taking the
thiId I b gan to feel much relief and con-
tinucd for some months. have good rea-
son 20 believe the cure IS permanent.
Dr.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug.
gis,s under a positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book en- Heart
and nerves sent free 90 all applicants.
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Iac.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
The En.El.

Family Liquor Store. 1896 Third
avenue. Open evenings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13

yVANTED-ctlLF FOR GENERAL. House
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Twentieth street References rellired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
FOR RENT

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fifih avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13

I.NpR RrNT-Two NICELY FURNISHED
II ropus with board IN private family. liz
qulrc az 81, Twentieth street
LDG RENT ROOM UpCsE CORNER
II sixth avenue and Tenth street Inquire
81 Nts Schrelucr tiI9 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
WANTED.

WANTED Cfgf. FOR CENTRAL
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-13
rCR SALE.

UUV SktE-CphL ~ ANY QUANTITY
~ ~ 81 bushels ~ over a. p - per ton. de.
hverrd g %. u 20 any part % the city. Leave
Orders AZ Commercial hogsc barber shop. Rocx
Island
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
NEWSY cLEANINcs,

A snow storm swept over Scotland on
September 4.
Natural gas has been struck near War
rehsburg, Mo.
The triennial congress Of the MayHower
Society was held in Plymouth, Mass.
A Government surveyor reports the Skag.
nay trail to the Klondike in terrible condi.
tloR,
The San Francisco Christian Endeavor
Convention Committee ~has q balance OF
$2274,
English navy men gloat over the docking
Mt Halifax, Nova Scotia, ofthe United States
war ship Indiana.
1t was reported that Herr Krupp's offer OF
$125, 900 for DR.. Peters next expedition to
Africa had been withdrawn.
The United States Treasury Department
will begin to restore the Ellis Island immi-
grant station, New York Harbor, at once.
A party Of Chicago men who assembled
the Enchanted Mesa" in New Mexico, say
they found traces OF ancient Inhabitants on
the summit.
The annual report OF the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange says the value Of this
years cotton crop Is esq, 925 600, against
1921 ,O45 900 in 1896.
Natural gas explosions wrecked the town
OF Broad Ripple. near indianapolis, Ind,
killing two people, injurlng several and set
ting the place on fire.
The Board OF Equalization at Albany, N.
Y, adopted the report OF the State Tax
Commissioners, showing increased assess
ments of about $140 900 200.
Advices from Poona, India, are in the
effect that the ravages of the bubonlc plague
are increasing seriously, and the kirkee
Bazaar has been closed entirely.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
PROSPERITY SIGNS.
Wheels Long Time Stopped Again
Turning-RhOdc Island Man fac.

Wheels Long Time Stopped Again
Turning-RhOdc Island Man II fac
lures.
BLACKSTONE, Sept. 1.-THE millionaire
mill owner, Chas. Fletcher, who owns and
operates the Fletcher mills In Olneyville,
has completed a deal whereby he has come
into possession Of No. and No. 2 WOODEN
mills in this place, which have been standing
idle for nearly five years. Mr.. Fletcher
will change the interior of the factories and
put In wOrsted machinery for the manu-
facture OF worsted yarns, and build a
large weave shed for weaving wOrstei
goods. The No. mill is A-set concern
and has over $50 broad Crompton Il Knowles
looms. No. mill has II sets OF cards and
"a Crompton broad looms. The boom con-
tinues at the rubber boot workn ut Millville,
Mass, owned by the Woonsorket Rubber
company and controlled by the United States
Rubber company. The mills Ire making
1000 pairs OF boots day and the boot makers
are forced by large orders to work from 6 a. m.
till s pm. and new help is being added almost
daily. Enough work Is on hand to keep the
plant at work overtime at least 60 days
longer, Boston firm having given an order
for 5000 cases OF boots, or 60, 900 pairs. In
Providence ground has just been broken for
the new Earncliffe mill to be built by Walter
Guild and H. j. Warehouse Of the River
side mills, the former being wool buyer at
that concern. 1t will be thoroughly equipped
and up to date in every detail. The pads
turned out will be first class. Two hundred
hands will be employed. The quarry owned
by J.W .Matthewson Il Son at Johnston, RI,
has started up after two weeks shutdown.
The mills of the LOnsdale company, which
employs 5000 operatives, to whom it has
given n three weeks vacation, one week In
In each OF the three months past. have re-
sumed operations, the last week OF idleness
having expired Saturday. No further cut.
down Is apprehended this fall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
DISASTROUS STORM.
Gulf Coast Again Swept - Three
Towns Wrecked.

TOWNS " rcCkcu.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 16-There was
severe storm Sunday night at Sabine Pass
and Port Arthur which caused great de,
struction to property and the loss OF many
lives. The location was made memorable
during October Of 1896, when storm swept
away the Pass and Johnson's bayou, and
destroyed many lives. At Port Arthur the
round house Of the Kansas City, Pitts
burg 4 Gulf road was blown down.
killed and many others wounded. The store
OF Albert Wolf, at the same place, was de-
stroyed and two members OF VOLTS family
killed. Three other persons, whose names
are not known were killed. The Sabine
hotel was badly damaged, and several per-
sons injured, and the Port Arthur Herald
was destroyed. A relief train was started to
Sabine Pass, but could get no nearer than
nine miles, owing to the debris on the track.
A man from the Pass was met by the RELIEF
party. He reported that in the
wreck OF the Sabine Pass hotel several per-
sons were killed and 20 women were seri-
ously injured. Several men had ribs broken.
OF eight lost. w. G. Wylie and several COM
panions were rescued from an oyster boat by
the lifesaving crew. Messrs. Belts and More,
contractors, are drowned. In the town OF
Winnie oil the houses are down, and 80 per-
sons are missing. small fruit stand WIS
blown down, and two persons were found
dead under the debris. A great many are
injured, and 1t Is expected that the full re-
ports will show a large list OF dead. Infor-
nation Is meagre, because communication
by wire has been cut Off. The storm which
led to the destruction OF the towns blew up
from the gulf Of Mexico, and by midnight
was 30 fierce as to produce tidal wave all
along the coast. The damage to shipping
at Sabine Pass is large. Several vessels were
DESTROYED.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
Some Tested POinta In Diet.

The fact that milk has become ex-
tremely popular with all classes of
physical of late years is emphasized
by recent writer in the North Amer
lean Review. Formerly fever pa
tient was forbidden to take the article,
while in modern practice it is about
the only food allowed, and well-nigh
exclusive diet Of that liquid is said to
be very efficacious in diabetes. At the
German spas, Carlsbad, Wiesbaden,
etc, very little bre al is allowed, the
diet being mostly made up of milk,
eggs, grapes and lean beef; a non
starch diet is the rule, bread, starchy
vegetables and cereals being almost
excluded. Rice is easily digested and
an excellent food, except that it
abounds in earth salts. Fruits are
not only digested in the first stomach,
but they have large part of the
nourishment already in condition to
be absorbed and assimllated as soon as
eaten. The food elements in bread
and cereals have to undergo process
OF digestion in the stomach and then
be passed on to the intestines for
still further chemical change before
being of use to the human system,
showing the advantage of diet of
lean meats and fruits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18

slight movement forward. Perceiving this,
tho sheriff stepped toward them,
and In II determined tone forbade
the advance. Someone struck the
sheriff. and the next moment there was
a command to the deputies to fire. The guns
OF the deputies instantly belched forth ter.
rible volley. The report seemed to shake
the very mountains and roar of dismay
went up from tho people. The strikers were
taken entirely by surprise, and as the men
toppled and fell over each other those who
remained unhurt stampeded. The men
went down before the storm of bull
lets like tenpins, and the groans OF the
dying and of the wounded filled the air
As the men fed, it is said, second and
third vOlley was ordered and discharged.
The excitement that followed was simply
indescribable. The deputies seemed to be
terror-sticken at the deadly execution of
their guns and seeing the living strikers
fleeing like wild men and others dropping
to the earth, they went to the aid of the un-
fortunate whom they had brought down.
Popular feeling is very high against Sheriff
Martin and his deputies, and the intensity
of the situation is such that IL sudden turn
of the head or word spoken above the or
binary tone bring running crowd. The
state troops have been called out and are
watching and ready for any emergency, and
the people of the town are in II state which
may easily become panic. There Is trouble
in the air. This is clear from the words
used by General Goblin. commander of the
third brigade. The striking miners have
made elaborate preparations for demon
stratiOn ut the funeral of ten of their vic
tins. The military authorities are deter
mined that nothing of the kind shall be
permitted and that from this time on
there shall be no marching of any
character whatsoever, whether during
funerals or otherwise. This resolution
is not generally known. and the miners are
going on with their arrah5 ements. Most Of
the dead were Hungarians Poles and Swedes
and did not know the meaning of the "rot
act" nor understand the words that were
read.
To all intents and purposes Hazelton is
under martial law. General Goblin has de-
clared that, In spite of the warrants issued,
no cOnstables nor any civic authority
will be permitted to arrest dep
uties. He says that the sheriff is
an executive officer, whose duty it is to
preserve the peace, and that he Goo
bin) and the troops are really subordinate
to the sheriff ut this time, being engaged in
helping him to perform that duty. Under
these circumstances he will not permit inter-
ference with the sheriffs officials, so long as
the militia is here. In spite of this fine dis
tine ion, the commanders decision on this |
point is accepted rs superseding civil au-
thority by the military power.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
The Sin of Fretting.

There is one sin which, it seems to
ME, is everywhere and by everybody
underestimated, and quite too much
overlooked in the valuation of char
acter. 1t is the sin of fretting. 1t is
common as air, as speech so common
that unless il rises above its usual
monotone we do not easily observe it.
Watch any ordinary coming together
of people and see how many minutes
It will be before somebody frets-that
is, makes more or less complaining
statement of something or other, which
probably every one in the room, or in
The car, or on the street corner, it may
be, knew before, aud probably nobody
can help. Why say anything about it?
1t is cold, it is hot, it is wet, it is dry,
somebody has broken an appointment,
ill cooked a meal; stupidity or bad
faith somewhere has resulted in dis
comfort. There are plenty of things
to fret about. 1t is simply astonishing
how much annoyance may be fou nd in
the course of every days living, evel
of the simplest, if one keeps sharp
eve on that side of things. Even Holy
Writ says we are prone to 'trouble as
sparks fly upward" But even to the
sparks flying upward, in the blacklist
of smoke, there is a blue sky above;
and the less time they waste on the
road the sooner they will reach it.
Fretting is all time wasted on the
road.-Helen Hunt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
HE'S A DARLING.
New Commander of National
Enoampment S. of V.
Elected Without OPPOSITE
mont Born but Boston Citizen.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. l6-The ma
donal encampment. Sons Of Veterans, has
just held its concluding session and elected
by reclamation Maj. Charles X. OAR
ling OF Boston, Mass, commander-in-
chief, and selected Omaha unanimously
as the place of the next encampment.
The full list OF officers elected Is: Command
senior vice commander, George L Cogshall
of Grand Rapids, Mich; junior vice COM
mander, James w. Noel OF Indiana: counsel
In chief, Horace H. Hammer of Reading,
Penn; G. BORN of Columbus, Kan, and j.
y: Haycraft OF Minnesota. Commander-in-
Adjutant general, Fred L. Bolton, Bos-
ton, Mass; inspectOr-general, j. Frank
Durston, Syracuse, N. Y; surgeon-general,
Dan S. Gardner, M. d.. Massiion. o.; chap
lain-in-chief, Rev. Harry L. veazey,
Hartman, Tenn; Observation-Disclosures
Charles Kimball Darling is native OF YER
leSe, lawyer by profession, at the present
time being the editor of the "Early Laws Of
Massachusetts" In course OF publication
from the office Of the secretary OF the COM
monwealth, and instructor in criminal
law ut the Boston university law school.
For two years he was cadet at the
U. s. military academy OF West Point, there
gaining n thorough knowledge OF military
affairs, which has since won him promotion
In the service OF the commonwealth. In
comparatively few years he has risen from
an enlisted man to major In the 9th regiment
infantry, NJ. v. M, and he Is regarded as one
of the best officers in the service. Fred E.
Bolton the new adjutant general is native
OF North Andover, but for some years a
resident OF ROxbury. He has been a leading
member OF the Massachusetts division sinca
1883, when he was instrumental in organic.
ing John F. Andrew camp.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
FAMINE THREATENED.
DrOughts and Heavy Rains DestrO
irish Farmers CrODs,

DUBLIN, ireland, Sept. 16-The gaunt
specter OF famine Is is once more beginning
to stalk through Ireland. The periodical
failure Of tho potato crop is again present
and a repetition Of the scenes Of 1847 and
1879 Is threatened. Men who are today
comparatively young can remember the cir
cumstances which led up to the great
land league agitation in 1879, and know
that the conditions described as now ex-
listing in ireland are almost an exact
reproduction Of the situation in that year.
1t is duplicated even to the extent of a
denial by the representative of the govern
ment that distress is impending. Exactly
the same state OF affairs prevailed in the
autumn OF 1879. when the then lord lieuten-
ant the Duke Of Marlborough, grandfather
of the present holder of that title absolutely
denied that there was any danger OF distress
at time when the people on the west
ern seaboard were actually suffering for the
necessities of life. 1t was only few months
later when his wife, the duchess Of MARI
borough, was at the head OF relief commit
tee engaged In the raising OF funds to pre-
vent famine in Ireland, and attempted
to contest with Mr.. Parnell in the
work Of preventing starvation. The
parallel Is still further completed by
the announcement that, as Is always
the case when the crops fail, the landlords
are insisting on their pound Of flesh. This
will unquestionably mean that a regular
eviction crusade will ensue during the COM
ing winter and spring, and unless some
steps are taken to prevent 1t there will be
repetition OF the scenes OF suffering, eviction
and death which have been the periodical
portion OF the Irish psople,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18

maintaining its attitude, as friendly power,
and, above all, the distress inflicted upon
hundreds OF thousands Of peaceful people
are reasons why the United States takes this
step. The large number OF claims
OF American citizens against Spain,
and President Cleveland's warning, in
his last annual me, sage, that unless
better conditions were soon to come In Cuba
1t would be necessary for the United States
to interfere in behalf OF commerce and
humanity Is recalled In connection with
President McKinley's message. The note
the presidents great desire to con-
tinue the friendly relations between the two
nations, and his hope Is that Spain will &C.
cept the aid OF the United States In bringing
the war to an end. The president expresses
his willingness to cooperate with the Span
ish government In every proper way in re-
storing peace.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
1s--
ANDREWS REFUSES.
Will Remain at Observation-Disclosures
Patched I'm.

Patched I'm.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 1.-THE John
Brisben Walker Magazine university Is dead,
so far rs President L. Benjamin Andrews OF
Brown university Is concerned. He has
communicated the following letter. which
was placed in the hands OF Judge Stiness OF
the supreme court. one of the committee of
three who were instructed to wait upon DR..
Andrews and inform him OF the action OF
the meeting OF the corporation Of Sept l.:
Brown University. Sept. IA, 1897.
To W. V. kellen, J. H. Stiffness and Il. G..
Hazard, committees:
Gentlemen: The resolution OF the cor
poration of Brown university on the
list inst. communicated to me by you,
has been carefully considered.
lake pleasure in assuring you that the action
referred to entirely does away with the
scruples which led to my resignation. At
the date, however, when you laid the COM
munication before me had undertaken to
perform the coming year certain work which,
after learning the Judgment Of the corpora
ton on the subject, l came to regard AS in
compatible with the duties OF the presi-
iency. | therefore felt obliged at first to
adhere to my resignation. But being now
free to give to the university my undivided
services, l have withdrawn my resignation
and have notified the secretary OF the cor
pOration to that effect. I am gentlemen
l.. BENJAMIN ANDREWS.
DR.. Andrews was carried away with the
university plan at flrsi, but his friends had
advised with him, and he had been led to
see that at any time when Mr.. Walker, the
publisher, saw fit to cease to contribute for
the maintenance of the so-called university,
and said "Gentlemen, l have placed this
thing upon its feet, now you must sustain
1t, there then being II loss OF financial sup
port from the founder, the bottom could
drop out OF the project, and DR.. Andrews,
and the other very reputable gentlemen, the
use OF whose names was an allurement
to him in the first instance, would find them
selves, flguratively speaking, fiat on their
backs, and:tie''university' thing ofthe past.
From what one of the prominent members
Of the alumni committee says 1t may be that
the decision of President Andrews to re-
main with Brown university, and to forsake
tho Ooemor, iton university, will not suit
the alumni although his decision will crafty
the present corps OF students. The gentle.
man says that there was but one object in
view. so far rs the alumni we're concerned,
and that was to firmly establish Brown on
the foundation rock OF free speech, and that
object having been acquired, they cared
little for what might come OF the episode.
1t is further asserted that Il canvass of the
alumni showed that after the right OF free
speech had been settled there was a prefer
ence that DR.. Andrews should 20, and that
his determination to remain was not only
to their wishes, but wholly In the
nature OF surprise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
CHILD WIFE'S DESPERATION.
Kills Herself and Baby-Help Re-
fused from Husbands Parents,

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 17-Mrs. Bertha
l.. Johnson, 20 years old, walked into Lake
Quinsigamond with her 1.year old baby In
her arms, and both were drowned She was
married about year and u half ago to Axel
l.. johnson, In order to give her babe legiti-
macy, but the husband never lived with her
He was younger than she and could not
support wife. The girl. then only 20 years
old, remained at the home OF her father. 1t
was presided over by Il stepmother, and
was not altogether a pleasant place for
the young mother. Mrs. Johnson was seen
about the lake early by several per-
sons, but only one man. Richard Ioomey,
saw her enter the water. He saw her near
the waters edge on Regatta point, looking
about as II admiring the landscape. Instead,
she was watching to see II there was any
one near to foil her attempt ut suicide See
ing nobody, she grasped her infant tightly
in her arms and walked Off into the water.
Toomey watched her until she disap.
peared beneath the water before he real
lied what was going on. Then no gave
the alarm. He and companion ran to
the causeway, and quickly boats were
on their way to the point On reaching the
scene Thomas Hoar Owed for the bodies,
and on the first attempt brought up that OF
the woman, the infant sliding from her arms
as she was drawn into the boat. Again he
went under the water and returned with the
lead child. Efforts were made to resusci-
late the bodies, but they had been in the
water nearly half an hour, and the attempts
" IRE useless.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18
BREWERS TRUST FORMING.
Will Control Barley Market as Only
Bidder.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. l6-The men who
were the principal promoters in the big
mating company which was formed In
New York a few days ago are the Mil
waukee maltsters and brewers. Instead OF
being a simple combination OF malt
sters, the brewers are also inter ested In
the combination, and 1t is to be conduct
ed on 80 gigantic scale that 1t will virtual
ly control the brewing business Of the coun-
try. The American Mating company, as
the new combine will be known, will have
capital stock OF $50, OO0,O 900 instead of $15,-
900 ,O00 as was announced from New York.
Half Of this stock will be preferred, and on
this there is q guarantee 1t will pay per
cent. annual dividends. A number Of Chi
cago and st. Louis concerns are interested.
The American Mating company In the
course OF time will centrallze the manufac-
ture Of malt In such places as Chicago, Mil
waukee, st. Louis, Philadelphia and New
York. lone Of the far-reaching effects which
the promoters wish to bring about is the
control Of the barley market. There Is heavy
competition between the maltsters to get the
best barley in the market, and prices are
forced up, but with the new company the
only bidder in the market, 1t is said that 1t
can regulate the price.