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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
CURIOUS TARIFF-DEvELOPMEN,
Government Must Pay Itself Duty on Stone
or Stop q Big Work.


or Stop Big Work.
Washington, Aug. .13.-Unless the treas
ury department can be brought to modi-
fy its construction Of the tariff law in
respect to the duty on stone imported
for government use. one Of he largest
engineering works now in progress IN
this country, the construction of the Buff
falo breakwater, will be brought to an
absolute standstill The war depart
ment made a contract with Hughes
Brothers & Bangs for the construction
OF this work, and under the contract the
government was to take the stone from
the Canadian Quarries across the lake
and lay 1t down at the breakwater.
The treasury department had been first
consulted and held that this could be
done without incurring any duty Now,
however, just as the work is starting
the collector at Buffalo has notified the
war department officials that he must
assess duty on the stone and refuse to
admit it until the duty is paid.
The difficulty is that the engineers
have no money to pay this duty. and so
the work must stop unless the treasury
officials relent. The stoppage would in
volve serious loss to the government,
for the contractors who have their la
borers and plant on the ground ready
to carry out their contract might secure
heavy damages for demurrage. General
Wilson. chief of engineers, has referred
the subject again to the treasury with
several propositions to meet the case.
1t Is estimated that the duties that
the government must pay itself on the
stone would amount to between a quar-
ter and a half of a million of dollars,
according to the construction given to
the tariff act by the treasury depart
mept.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
Everything We thero
THEuONDON
Big Store Blue From
ABBREVIATED TEuEGRAMS.

The wheat yield of Washington is 3S..
000. 900 bushels and may be more
The battleship Indiana has been sue
cessfuliy placed in drydock at Halifax,
n. s.
w. J. Bryan has returned to Spencer,
Ida. from his seventeen days trip
through Yellowstone park.
Ethan AHen Hitchcock. Of ST Louis,
has accepted the Russian mission He
was IN no sense a candidate.
c. c. Harris fell from a thirty-foot
soafeld while painting at Butler. Ind.
and received injuries which proved fatal
The H-year-old son Of Richard Bell,
living south of St. Charles. IA, was bit
ten three times by q rattlemake and died
in great agony.
Willie Freeze and Rudy Kloeppel, 8
years Of age. tapped the thl at Sponsa-
ble's restaurant in Monroe, Wis. 1t il
alleged, and were arrested.
The deadly cigarette claimed another
victim at Chicago when James Morgan
attempted to handle gasoline with a
lighted cigarette in his mouth. He was
badly burned.
The American Express office in Non
roe. Wis. was entered and sealed pack
ages were torn open and q valuable dia-
mond ring that was in one Of the pack
ages was taken.
The engagement Of Grace Anson.
daughter OF the well-known Chicago
base bail player. Adrian C. Anson, to
Walter H. Clough. formerly Of Leaven-
worth, Kan, is announced.
Chales Stevens was arrested at Nef1is-
Vile. Wis. by the sheriff from Emmetts-
burg, Ia. charged with forging ordera
The sEerin had extradition papers from
the governors Of Iowa and Wisconsin.
Assistant State Dairy and Food Com
missioner w. W. Chadwick. Of. wiscon-
sin. was in Janeville. Wis. this week.
and will SOON begin prosecutions against
seventeen persons who have violated the
milk and vinegar laws.
Mrs. Jshn Falgate, who lives near
Orangsville. Green county, Wis. met
with a terrible accident. While untying
her horse she got tangled and fell and
the horse stepped on her head several
times. tearing out her left eye. breaking
her nose and cheek bone and cutting
her face In q severe manner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
NO LAW AGAINST UNION LABELx


Washington, Aug. IA delegation
representing the cigarmakers' unions
called ON Secretary Gage yesterday to
inquire II the provision in the new tariff
law prohibiting the insertion Of pictures.
numbers, etc. in cigar and cigarette
packages applied to the tags" put or
all union-made goods. Certain MANU-
facturers had raised the point that un-
der the law they could no longer put the
tags on their productions. Fearful that
Z this proved to be the case II would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
An Ola Man HAnRs6.

Baltomore, Aug. 13.-Peter Mono.
han. "a years old. was hanged here
today for wife murder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

From 1875 to the present time over
10000 acres annually have been re-
claimed from marsh and sea hy the peo.
pie Of Denmark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
ANARCHISTS IN ITALY
Sensational Arrests Made al
Milan Today Unearth
Desperate Plots.
II INTERNATIONAL IN NATURE

First Blood in the lGlnsry y Piks n Shed
Near Pisssbers-A Maa - Yssrs Of Age
Hsngsd in fsitinere-Opsaisg Evsass
Of the Nssasaal lIsnsous
News.
Milan. Aug. 13.-Three anarchists
were arrested this morning and the
police seized explosives and docu-
ments, including letters from Caes-
ario Santo, the assassin Of President
Carnot. and Pietro Acciarite, who At
tempted TO assassinate King Hum
bert. Other arrests are expected to
follow. The police claim to have
conclusive evidence Of the existence
Of an international anarchistic plot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
TOMORROW THE Dgl.
Five Thousand Bottles of Dr. Ballentnes Famous Rheuma
tism Cure Prescription No. 80, to be Given
Without Charge by the Druggists of Daven-
port, Rock Island and Moline

N'wspspsr Distb.en Controlled BY he Advtissr But
Honest Test Conducted BY Reputable Druggists. WAo
VIII Report Results Daily,
Balsntne Remedies Do 0ck
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
m. Z. c. White, Aged 1e.

Mexico. Mo-. Aug. 13.-Erne.t Cross
White ran off with the 12-year-old
daughter of Themas Piclxerson and went
to Halliday, where they were married.
The father Of the girl started in pursuit.
and secured the young bride and will try
to hold her until Of age. Mrs. Cross
White is probably the youngest bride in
the etafe. II not in the United SfstAa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
National hank for Illinofs,

Washington. Aug. 13.-Authority has
been granted for the Millikon National
bank. Of Decatur. Ills. Capital stock.
s9O0 O0O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

The following are . few Of his rem
edies. and Ill are sold By your drug
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
Plsnt Cnlture by A,aascnrs.

Amateur florists should study the habits of the plants in their collections in order to give the special care needed by each variety, ' writes Eben B. Rexford in The Ladies Home Journal Mot only does this advico apply pertinently to wa. tering, but to tho position in the window
 Your plant window may bea southern ons which will admit n great deal of sunshine This will exactly suit geraniums, hello. tropes, roses and plants of that class, but oegonias, primroses and many other plants adapted to house culture are not particu- iarly fond of strong sunshine-in fact, are often injured by full exposure to it. It is possible to find out exactly what course to pursue and to effect a compromise between these two classes Of plants without q change of windows. Find out what plants like partial shade and give them positions In the rear of tho sun loving plants. In this way the plants which require sunshine will not be robbed of it, and those which do not require sunshine will not be harmed by having ap excess of it."
 very popular, and tho farmers came from many miles around in both states to get their horses shod at his place. Many of them would come home drunk, and their wives began to protest They always had te have some excuse for hay ing visited the state line shop, and so the blacksmith, after supplying them with few dipperfuls of hard oiders would take the shoes off their beasts and put on new ones whether they needed it CT not. For this service he would charge D good round price, while in many instances it was noticed he mado no charge for tho cider.
 "BHt, as is tho way of all flesh, this blacksmith died one day. and then his business secrets camo out. He left an estate of oYer $50, 900, and in the cellar of the cider press a great number of smpty whisky barrels were found. For years Ee had been putting whisky into his cider and had been setting new shoes on nearly every horse which came along, willy nilly "-Washington star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
 gsxuME. huS Neeess;.rv.

The Eskimas dread the winter assA take early precautions to provide againss famine. As the season approaches the great herds of reindeer migrate south ward, and the walrus or the seal are all that remain for food
 When an in wind is blowing, the wal r1s is easily found on the outer edge of E1e ice packs When it is blowing of the shore, however, the ice packs sail put to sea with the walruses on them. The natives then class their numbers iE a list from the strongest to the weakest The food that is in store is divided up. the weakest having the smallest quan- sity, the strongest the largest Thus the mightiest hunters have strength to pro- vide for the others.
 IL is cruel system, but, neyerthelesa. a necessary one. If ,.ll were weak, all would die; if some are strong. they wsH zsye many o& tha weak
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
WHY SHE WAS GRACIOUS.
A Loyer Who Easily Fell Into al Ingon-
 ions Trap.

WILT 0flE WHO CnStSlOOOs
  A Loyer Who Easily Fell Into RI, Ingon-
 ioas Trap.
 She was particularly gracious thatnight, md he was correspondingly happy He felt that ho had made an impression at pst.
 Sho let him hold her hand a minute when she welcomed him, and he thoughs in fact, ho was quite sure-that she re. sponded to tho gentle squeeze he gavo it, and heretofore she had been so distant, SC cold, although always courteous. Surely It WAS enough to make him feel happy Then sho laughed at his witticisms. and there was something i'll her manner that invited him to draw his chair closer to hers. Of course ho accepted tho invitation and almost before he know it he found himself whispering all sorts of silly things to her, while she listened with downeast eyes,
 It was blissful, and yet thero was a greater pleasure in store for him. She blushod and hesitated little as sho asked if he had a photograph of himself
 Of course he had, md she should have ono that very night. He would go for ono at once. She protested that that was not necessary, but he insisted. She should have anything that sho wanted and have It at once
 She thanked him so coyly md sweetly when ho brought it that the boy was near ly insane with joy, and when ho left she let him hold her hand again for minute.
 Thon, as ho walked away with light ttep and light heart, she handed tho photograph to her maid and said with de- sision:
 "Mary, hang that in tho servants hall, where every one can see 1t, and remember that am never homo when he calls. must stop this thing somehow, and nam. ma changes servants so often he gets in every week or two now. ''--Harlem Life.
 <ruit Foods.
 Each year folks grow toaprreciate more fully the Value of fruit and eat it not as luxury, but ns q staple article of food. Fruits arc nourishing, refreshing, appetiz- ing and purifying, and consequently have effect upon the health and the complexion. Yet there arc differences. Grapes and ap- ples are highly nutritious. Grapes usually agree with the most delicate persons, for they are so easily digested Nothing is sasier to digest than baked apple taken sither with or without cream. Oranges, lemons and Times are of great value as means of improving the complexion, and they are especially good if taken befnrs breakfast. Ripe peaches are easy of digs tion, and are fattening. Nothing is better to enrich tho blood than strawberries, which contain larger percentage of iron than any other fruit. Fruit with firm flesh, like apples, cherries or plums, should be thoroughly masticated; otherwise they are difficult @ digest. Tho skin of raw fruit should neyer be eaten. and before cat ing grapes e any small fruit care should be taken to remove all impurities by wash isng. Never swallow grape stones. Stale 1 fruit and unripe fruit should never Do eat en. and very acid fruit should not be taken with far.naceous foods unless the person las |, vigorous digestion. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
Nothing

affords you so much qualification as to be able to look at home that is all your own. It gives you a feeling of independent ce. Perhaps you cannot possess as much as somebody else, but we can furnish you with nice little square of land that you can build a eomfor- table sized house on. We are anxious to see every man his own landlord. M WK. BURKE,
 Real Estate Agent, TOT West ed Ave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23

u no ll.st..5s.35.ls.ls
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
Have You
 Never Received
DREAMS OF THE DAYS GONE nv.

 Dreans como homo to my heart again With the memory of the past Come with your pleasure and your pain And your hopes too bright to last. Como from your hidden graves that lie En the beautiful realms of tho days gono bTl Come from your glorious graves that lie Ea the realms of the days gone byi will welcome ye all again,
 As once in the halls of Eld, Welcome the pleasure and the pain
 For the beauty your brief lives held. Dreams como out of your secret graves In the woodland wilds and the dim rx&
 caves;
 Dreams come out of your myriad graves h the wilds and the dim sea cayesi Be throng the halls of my heart once nose With faces sad with pain. Oh, faded ghosts of tho dreams of yors, The joy comes not again. 17o back to your mournful graves that k.e In tho shadowy realms of the days gone sg. sio back to your Yoiceless graves that lie In the realms of the days gono byi s-sfpna A. Browne in New York Lsdgsa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
4 MARKET CAV.

Twas ] market slay in Dublin town,
 And tue boys ard girls veie going down With their wares to sell fine ducks and geesA Aamhs and mutton without their fleece. Onions, cabbages, beets, what not,
 Culled from many a garden spot
 And there on top of her market cart,
 Sat Maggie Moran the pride of my heart. Says to her, 1t is time, guess,
 That you were buying your wedding drcse, For my heart you arc using rather rough And have kept on q string quite loaa
 enoughH
 she laughed, and, shaking her frowsy head, ,sI'm not quite ready te marry,'a she said, "And if you're in haste the better plan .ss 10 turn yenr back on Maggie Mornn.' .sMaggie Moran is the girl I'll wed,
 And nobody else in this werld T | said And jumped in her c1rt as she turned about And held her fast so she wouldnt fall out, For she drove us homo at a rattling pace, With roguish smile on her blushing face. And tho nimblc pony soon set us down Far and away from Dublin town.
 Said Maggie's mother, My girl, what iuek Did you have in selling your garden truekfh And Maggie said, with hearty laugh, ssA cold my geese and brought homo calfi" Oh, the very next morn we both went down To the parish priogt in Dublin town.
 And no inNce us one Wtth uUlke. .Gekey, And it's out of tho market we are todnEs
 Josephine Pollard in New York Ledger
 ''Hexe ase few letters wish you would mail for me. dear, said Mrs Tenspot to her husband, who was pre- pairing fo go out
 AS Mr. Tenspot took them he glanced at the stainrg and asked:
 My dears why did you put 15 cent stamps on these letters? Two cent stamps would have carried them.
 "I know it., replied Mrs. Tenspot, "but how would red stamp look on of that lovely violet shadea This new stationery is of an exquisite color, and could not think of spelling its effect with stamps which did not harmoni2e These purple l5 cent stampa are the nearest match the postoff1ns keeps '-~Harper's Bazaar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23

There is danger in the electric arc lights that shine so brilliantly above show windows in so many places A poor man who was peddling tin horns to celebrate tho election lifted one of the horns and iii doing so touched 1t to the iron ring of an arc light above his head Hefell back dead and never know what killed him. A few days ago man with an umbrella stopped in the oven- ing to look into brilliantly illuminated window. The umbrella had steel rod. The man carried it under his arm, the ferrule above bis head. The steel point touched the iron encircling tho globe of tho arc light and this man, too. fell back dead, struck with lightning.
 Ripped Tn the Bud.
 Mudge- Which is proper to say-- Lend me BIO, or Lean inc $10?''
 Wiclxwire--It won't do you any good to say either. Indianapolis Journal.
 Tie serpears Sight.
 There is q tradition in many parts os Errepe that when | serpent's sight grows fliri wiih ace l.o eata fenne' and silHs ts'e:s:ns his vision
The herald., 1897-08-26
BOTH DEAD
A Jealous Fool Commits Murder and
Suicide

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 25.-A special
to the Spoke Review from Palouse,
Wash, says: A terrible tragedy was en-
acted on Main street last night, when
Frank Maupin, jr., shot down. Miss Flora
James as she was returning from church
and then turned the gun on himself. In
both cases death was almost instantane-
Gus. Young Maupin was son of Frank
Maupin, one of the pioneers of this sec
ton.
Miss James came here from Cheney
last fail with her widowed mother and
has since been employed at the ST. Elmo
hotel. She was prepoSsessing girl of
16 or II years. For months Maupin has
been attentive to Miss James, and was
insanely Jealous of her. Last night Miss
Hattie Bush, a friend of Miss James.
called at the hotel and asked her to go
to church with her. She consented. and
the two went down Main street to a tent
where services were being held.
They left the tent in company with
Earl Peffer, who walked up the-street
between them. When about two blocks
away Maupin, who was walking benin d
them, called to Miss James and talked
with her a moment AS she turned to
go he drew a revolver and sent bullet
crashing into the base of her brain, Just
back Of the left ear. Almost quick as a
flash the gun was placed just over his
own left eye and second later the bullet
did its work.
The herald., 1897-08-26
A Bad Woman

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 25.-J. p Jones,
colored man of Los Angeles, today
swore to a formal complaint charging a
woman named Dell Gomez with the
murder of his brother, E. c. Jones, in
this city on August 18th. The woman
is now locked up in the city prison. She
was about to leave here for Oregon. 1t
was alleged that the woman and Jones
had been living together, and she claimed
he was killed while they were struggling
for the possession of pistol with which
she says he threatened to shoot her The
police say that the Gomez woman has
been the cause of the death OF three
men-Frank Hosster in Stockton, T.. G.
Jones in Sacramento and another per-
son. whose name is not known, at Cot
tage Grove, Ore. 1t is claimed she was
driven out of an Oregon town for living
with a Chinaman. She is white woman
about IS years of age.
The herald., 1897-08-26
NOT YET LYNCHED
Chiefly Because the Men Are Not Yet
Caught

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 25.-The
reported wholesale lynching in Cleve-
land county proves to have been prema-
ture, though it is liable to occur at any
time. 1t seems that the ring-leaders in
Saturdays riot at Kendall's mill have
not yet been captured. The only def
mite information received from the scene
of trouble this evening is contained in a
special dispatch to the Gazette, as fol-
lows:
Rison, Ark, Aug. 25.-B, o. Smith,
Frank Matthews, Frank Wright and
George Callahan, the main actors in the
murder of r. T. Johnson near Kendall
on Saturday last, are still at large. There
is no mistake about the murderous par
ticipation in this bloody affair Of the
negro Wiley, lynched on Sunday night.
There are six negroes in Jail here at
the present time charged with being con-
nected with the murder of Mr.. Johnson.
Two Of the number are thought to be
innocent, but the other four are believed
to be guilty. Great excitement prevails
and 1t is difficult to state what the out
come will be. The sheriff is securing
the country for the ring-leaders, and it
is thought they cannot escape.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Duty and Treaty

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Assistant
Secretary Spaulding has decided tEat
cargoes imported into the United States
in Norwegian vessels from any country
are not subject under our treaty with
Sweden and Norway to discriminating
duty of 10 per cent. While specific cases
have not yet been brought before the
department of Swedish, German, Aus
trian, Belgian, Brazilian, Danish, Ital-
ian, Hawaiian, Dutch, Russian or Turk
sh vessels, the terms Of our treaties
with the nations are said to be such as
to exempt them. from discriminating
duty. Whether TIE new tariff act should
be construed as imposing the discrimi-
mating duty in certain cases on British,
French, Portuguese and Japanese ves-
sells and vessels of some other nationali-
ties has not been determined by the
attorney general, who now has the mat
ter under consideration.
The herald., 1897-08-26
A BROKEN NECK
To Be Cured by Hanging the Patient.
A Rare Operatiou

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25-A very
delicate and extremely rare surgical op-
Grafton has been performed successfully
at the French hospital in this city upon
c. Hoffman, young German farmer
By it not only his life has been saved,
but he is'on the way to speedy recovery
In the latter part of July he sustained
a compound fracture of the third GER
vical vertebra, an injury nearly always
fatal, which prevented the moving of his
head in any direction. On August 11th
he was brought to the hospital, where
the arch of the third vertebra and por-
ton of the second vertebra were re-
moved.
The patient rests on an inclined plane.
The weight of his body acts as a counter
extension to the weight applied to ali
extension apparatus which is attached to
the head, and the patient is virtually
suspended by the neck until he shall be
restored to health.
The herald., 1897-08-26
A Double Killing

COLUSA, August 25.-Florine Parier,
the 14-year-old daughter of Richard Par
ier, an extensive fruit grower and propri-
etor of the Colusa Hotel, was shot yes
terday by Pedro Vinally, Mexican
about so years old. After shooting the
girl Vinally turned the pistol upon him.
self and fired two shots into his body,
about half an inch apart and just above
the left nipple. The girl is in precarious
condition and may not recover. Vinally
is at the county Jail. He also may die.
1t is thought that Vinally's act was the
result of a desire for revenge for fan
cied injury to his son Joe, a lad Of 10
years Of age
The herald., 1897-08-26
RIO GRANDE WATER
Will Yet Be Used for Irrigation
Purposes

DENVER. Col. Aug. 25.-A special to
the News from Santa Fe, N. M, says:
In the supreme court today the case of
the United States of America, appellant,
VS.. the Rio Grande Dam and Irriga ton
company and others, appellees, appeal
ed from the Third judicial district, was
finished and the judgment of the lower
court was affirmed.
This case is of great importance to
the people Of the territory, since it has
direct bearing upon the irrigation in
terests of New Mexico. Under instruc-
tions from Attorney General McKenna,
District Attorney Childers sued out an
injunction against the Rio Grande Dam
and Irrigation company, enjoining tina.
corporati ton from constructing a reser,
voir at Elephant Butte, in the Rio
Grande river.
In the Third judicial district the in
junction was dissolved. The case was
appealed to the supreme court of the ter
titory, which has now sustained the
former judgment.