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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-16
DEATH OF JOHN W. uANcsroN.
Need Ce'srea Ex-Reprssentsalve In Cor
gress Passes thesveil.

Hseed CosereA Ex-Reprpsenss2lve In Con.
gress Passes thesveiI.
wash'nstos. Nov. ls.-Ex-Rspreserta.
I've John N. Langsson. Of Virginia. one
OF the prominent eclored men OF the
country. died here at s:so. las, night. He
was IS years Of Sge. having been born
. slave IN is29. He was emancipa,ed AZ
the age os and ~as edscated al Ober.
IN. where he graduated from the theo-
logicA department in 1854. He after
wards studied law and pract,ced hepro-
fession until 1869. during which time he
hela several township Offices in Ohio.
being the first colored man elected TO Of
flee In the United States By popular
vote.
In 1853 he was given the professorsh,p
OF law at Howard university. remaining
with that institution for seven years.
Prom 1877 70 1856 ha was United States
minister and consul general 10 Hayti.
Upon his return 10 this country ne he.
came president Of TIRE Virginia Normal
ard Collegiate Institute at Petersburg.
where he remained for three years. when
he was elected to the Flfty-fir.; congress
ana was given his seat on a contest.
since 1s9a NJ. Lanegton has been prom
'nent In poii,ics.< but did not hold office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-16

Munich, Nov. rs Prot. ". II von
Riehl. puh,icist AMI historian. is
dead, aged Tb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-16

Dubuque. Ia. Nov. is.-The frs, STOW
81 the season fell last night. II vas gen.
eral tfrUurhout rcrtherr Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-16

Pure blood is aosoiuteiy necessary
for perfect health. Hoods Sarss.
psriils is the cns true blood puri.
FER. and great health giver.
The record-union., 1897-07-31
A SNAKE UNDER HIS SHIRT.
An Unpleasant Feature of Sleeping
Out of Doors in Colorado.

'It was in the San Juan country, in
Colorado. in 1876, that I had an eXpe-
rence that few men would be likely to
forget in lifetime" said J. E. Lantry
last night in the Off~3e of an uptown
hotel, much frequented by Western
men. "a party Of five of us had gone
in there to prospect ahead of the rush
that we knew would come next year.
II was one night toward the end of Sep
tember that we were in camp in the
open air. every man laying rolled up in
his blankets, for the nights were get
ting cold and frosty. Next to me was
a man named Adams, from Illinois orig
inally, I believe About the middle Of
the night he woke me by calling my
name.
What's the matter, Bill?' I asked
"He answered me in a most peculiar
tone-it was as if he We're trying to
speak without breathing or moving a
muscle OF his body.
For Gods sake help me, Lantry.
he said. There's a snake crawling up
under my shirt.
II came up on my elbow and looked
at Adams. The moon was shining
brightly, so that I could see everything
almost as we'll as if it had been day
light He had taken his boots off be-
fore turning in, and his stockinged feet
stuck out below the bottom of his blan-
kets. Alongside one of them, passing
inside his trousers leg, was the last
twelve inches of a rattlesnake--a big
one-curling to and fro, like the end OF
a whip, as it went up out of sight.
" For Gods sake, hurry! said Ad
ans. His heads on my chest now. and
he's coming higher all the time. Cut
my clothes off me, and don't waste
time
Keep still, Adams. and don't wake
the camp | cautioned him. IF there
gets to be a racket round it'll start the
snake up. He won't get hostile if he's
let alone. Now he's quiet, and let me
work
TT was an easy matter to pull the
blankets off Adams. That left him ly-
ing in shirt and trousers. with the snake
next his skin Then I set to work to cut
away his clothes. OF course, before I
began I located the snake. but that was
an easy thing to do, for under the
clothes the reptile felt as big as bar
rel. My hunting knife was as keen as
razor I began at the trousers leg.
ripping it up at the side. Then I cut
the shirt open on the side. working
from the bottom up. Adams was stand
ing the racket well, all things con-
sidered. He lay there, not moving a
muscle. scarcely venturing to breathe,
with that heavy, cold reptile on his
chest and it's head at his throat. But
in that still tone that he had used be-
fcTe-s something as if a dead man were
tallzing-he would say, now and again:
Hurry up! For Gods sake hurry up
up round the neck. where the band
was tight, it was tickiish business to cut
she shirt loose without cutting Bill
and then again I realized that | was
working with my hand mighty near a
rattlesnake's head. But / got the shirt
cut clear up from top to bottom. Then
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I went round to the other side of Ad-

/ went round to the other side of Ad-
ans.
Now. Bill I said. and pulled shirt
and trousers leg over to me, leaving
Adams body bare, with the snake in
full view. The reptile was a big, dark
coiored mountain snake, fully five feet
long. AS it lay in something of an S
shape its tail was at Adams knee.
while it's head rested in the hollow Of
his throat.
AT sight of me the snake drew back
its head and went half into coil on Ad-
ans stomach. Then, seeing that l did
not move, or offer TO attack it, the
snake turned and craw1ed off from Ad-
ans and made for the shelter of plant
a half dozen steps away.
All right, Bill; he's gone I said.
1T was like touching a spring. | be-
lieve that when Adams came UP from
the ground he went four feet straight
into the air; and the yell he fetched,
made the boys think, as they woke,
that the UteS We're upon us. The sight
of half-naked man. jumping and yell
ing, without there seeming any cause
for it, was rather startling as it was.
But Adams Quieted down in minute
or two, about the time I had matters
explained. Two of us went out and
killed the snake-his rafting gave him
away-and the rest helped Adams get
his clothes patched together to do till
morning York Sun.
The record-union., 1897-07-31
Birds Puzzled by Kites.

Many amusing experiences have been
the lot of the scientists who have been
manipulating kites for scientific pur-
poses. Large birds are always inter-
ested in the strange devices floating
in the air and cannot quite make out
what they are. Prompted by sharp Gu
riosity, they hover around the floating
kites and subject themselves to the
danger of becoming entangled in the
silken string and being dragged down
to earth.
No Bird however, has ever alighted
on a kite or attacked one. While one
scientist was flying a train Of five kites
a couple of years ago. a large. silver
tipped eagle came suddenly out of the
higher air and swooped round and
round the first kite, looking against the
sunset sky like a huge silver ball. AS
the train of kites was pulled in the
eagle followed visiting one kite and
then another. seeming uncertain just
what to do. In a few minutes, when
he seemed to have decided that they
were not good to eat, and that he knew
nothing about them anyway, he in
dignant1y flew off and was lost to view.
Another experience was had with a
stork that came from the New Jersey
side of the Hudson and flew straight
for the queer object in the air. He ap-
parently had made up his mind to go
straight through it, but changed and
dived underneath. He went around
and above it, and through a glass it
could be seen that he cooked his eye
at the intruder in a most comical man
ner. He started away a few hundred
feet, changed his mind and came swoop-
ing back. He finally reluctantly went
away. mystified over this queer addi-
ton to the inhabitants of the air.
While kites were high in the air one
March flocks of geese flying in the B.
wedge flew over. They invariably
stopped, broke up and hovered over the
queer object, and at last slowly reform
ed and flew away. While the largest
birds all come from nights above the
kites, the small birds Of the air will
alight on the string holding the kite
and sway to and fro.-Chieago News.
The record-union., 1897-07-31

At Yokohama on the Fourth of July
when American war ships decorated
themselves, fired salutes and sent aloft
Old Glory. the English and French
ships in harbor followed the example.
were dressed in honor of the day. fired
salutes and raised the American flag
But the Japanese warships paid no at
tention to the matter. They failed to
recognize the day in any manner; their
officers made no visits and no compli-
ments were extended. This is construed
to be a direct insult to the United
States, and has been duly reported by
the naval commanders. But what of
1t? The japanese, of course, knew what
good breeding demanded, what naval
etiquette required, what friendliness
prompted, but they chose to manifest
neither. We cannot take notice of this
non-action on their part, and, therefore.
must be content to let matters rest
Where they are. But the incident
should not stir Us. If Japan is so
minded, let her go her way. She is
making precisely the path we would
have her hew for herself. Still, if the
failure to salute our flag on indie
pendence Day was intentional on the
The record-union., 1897-07-31
THE BRAZILIAN SLAUGHTER

The news of the slaughter of Gov
eminent troops in Brazil by hordes of
fanatics is astonishing We have
had our attention in this country so
much taken up with Klondyke, Cuba,
Hawaii. Japan and the tariff, that the
public has received very little informa-
tion of late regarding activities in Bra
zi.
The fanatics or insurgents appear to
have so massed, that recently they fell
upcn Government troops and put some
5000 of them to death in a battle near
Canudos-which the Government troops
must have evacuated, as some weeks
ago they took it by storm. AS to the
issues on which the troubles in Brazil
hinge We are not advised in detail.
There is reason to believe, however,
purpose and lacks vigor and spirit in
movement against the rebels the mon
archists or imperialists of Portugal
have been secretly fomenting the re-
bellion.
The district in which Brazil has this
trouble with insurgents is one most dis
tant on the south from the densely set
tied and more highly civilized portions
of the republic. The people in that
province or State of Rio Grande do Sui
are Royalists mainly, and no change
has been made in their sentiments by
the success of the Republican Govern
ment Their resistance to the author
ity of the new Government has been
persistent and frequently successful
Their leader is a religious fanatic who
has done his utmost to give the insur-
rection a religious color, we'll knowing
that men are led to greater suffering
and more desperate battling under a
religious than any other banner.
1t now seems that insufficient forces
were sent out, and the rebels by su-
perior numbers overpowered the troops
and a butchery followed in which, as
stated, 1900 BraziIians were killed. II
the news is verify this is one of the
heaviest losses in battle recorded in the
history of modern times, very few hav-
ing much exceeded it.
But Brazil must succeed against these
mountain people eventually. who are
led to conflict under what they believe
to be the call Of God. The entire State
of Rio Grande do Sui has but 81, 00t
square miles and less than 100000 pop
ulation against over 100000 square
miles of the entire republic outside OF
that State. and some 13,000 900 people
100000 of whom are civilized in high
degree, the others being Indians, half
breeds. mestizos, and classes upon
which the nation does not depend for
soldiers in time Of war. That so small
q State and such a handful of fanatics
can prevail against Brazil is therefore
absurd.
The record-union., 1897-07-31

part of the japanese commanders it
would be satisfying to know it. We
can scarcely think, however, that the
sharp, shrewd Japs would be SO silly
as to engage in such fool business. I'm
til, however, there is made suitable ex-
planation there is nothing for it but
to interpret the non-action as purpose
full Failure to salute in an army or
navy must be construed as Intentional.
Any other construction would be very
embarrassing and dangerous.
The record-union., 1897-07-31


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An Federal official in San Francisco
is under arrest and examination for en-
bezzlement irregularities committed
against the Government, it is now re-
ported is insane and it is added that it
has long been suspected that he was off
the upper story. Strange, is it not. that
these insane people get along so well,
and have such commanding influence,
and all that, until they are charged with
crime. when it suddenly develops that
their friends knew all the while that
they We're wheely If pure justice is
done in most such cases, the criminals
and the men who knew them to be off
should be jugged together. The man
who has any reason to believe that a
city official is crooked, is dishonest be-
cause of mental incapacity to distin-
guish between right and wrong, and does
not make his knowledge, nay his suspi-
cion, known to the proper officers, is
guilty himself. True, people do not wish
to NEEDLE. But it is said that the
friends of Welburn knew him to be men,
tally unsound while he was neglecting
his duty and pilfering from the Govern
ment. What, then, was their duty to
him and to the Government? Plainly
to inform the latter and prevent the
former from plunging deeper in. How
suggestion is the blossom of the same
old dodge, to be played in the same old
way, and to have the same old result.
The record-union., 1897-07-31
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair Saturday;
continued warm weather; northerly winds
in the valleys; westerly winds on the coast.
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as second-cIass matter.
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A horse trainer of Breckenridge, KY,
who has been married three times, is
the father Of thirty nine children, of
whom twenty-seven are alive. His
Oldest son and his present wife are of
the same age. II years.
The record-union., 1897-07-31

Agriculture has been about the sole
industry of Paraguay since the estab-
lishment of the Jesuit missions in 1907.
All the field work is done by women.
The record-union., 1897-07-31
THE WEEKLY UNION.
TWELVE PAGES

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Is the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
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The Weekly Union, per year. ST Oo
The record-union., 1897-07-31

According to DR.. W. J. Beal. the ma
tive grasses Of North America number
about 1.275 species, included in about
40 genera; while in Europe there are
only forty-seven genera and $40 spe-
cipG
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SPECIAL AGENCIES.

RECORD-UNION TELEPHONE.
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The advices from Australia detailing
the trial, conviction and execution of
murderer Butler, disclose that within
forty days after the delivery of the
prisoner to the authorities he was on
the gallows, having been passed
through all the forms of trial provided
by the colonial laws in three days
time. This celebrity is in marked con-
trast with our long drawn trials, in
Vulnerable provisions for delays, con-
tinuances, motions for new trials, ap-
peals, rehearings, suggestion of FEEDER
al questions, etc In fact 1t is rare
that a murderer in any State of the
American Union reaches the gallows
within a year after the commission Of
the crime The public is prone to
charge the delay under our system to
the courts and the lawyers. We pre-
fer to lay the fault just where it be-
longs, upon the statutes made by the
representatives OF the people in Leg
isIature assembled. 1t is possible, nay
it will be constitutionally easy to pro-
vide for celerity in criminal trials, with
out invasion of a solitary constitutional
guarantee.
The record-union., 1897-07-31

The news is that the season of win
ter is rapidly closing in on the Yukon,
and that all attempts to pass the noun
tains by the land route after another
fortnight, will be extra ha zardous. But
we doubt very much if this news will
serve to deter ALL There will still be
some to brave dangers and risk perils
to reach the promised land of gold
placers. The prudent will now wait
until the opening of the next season.
If only half of all that is reported is
true. fhere will be time enough to start
for the KIondyke next June.
The record-union., 1897-07-31

1t is exceedingly interesting to take
up the Sunday New York papers and
hear of the business events of 'the
half holiday is almost al
ways referred to after that manner in
New York, because in the latter half
of the day business ceases, and work
ers and employers alike rest, or give
themselves over TO recreation. Is there
any reason why that practice should
not prevail in California? The rush
for the dollar, the demands of business,
the necessities of commercial life are
just as pressing in New York as here,
yet the busy Gothamite finds time to
give over half day once a week to
rest and recreation, in addition to the
the Sunday holiday. And New Yorkers
make just as much money, sell just as
many goods. transact just as many
deals and business affairs, as If they
worked Saturday until sun down.
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JAPAN'S STANDARD.

Oakland Tribune: The speech Of the
Japanese Premier, in which he explains
the reasons why Japan ought to adopt
the gold standard has just been published
in the reports of the State DepaT tment.
It shows that the same reasons which
led the voters of the United States to re-
ject free coinage last year operated to
lead the statesmen of the Yankee ma
ton Of the Orient to discard the falling
silver standard and adopt gold as their
standard of currency. This action is a
source of the keenest distress to the sill
yer mine owners of the United States
and their allies, since they have con-
stantly pointed to Japan as the most
prosperous silver standard country Of
the world, and all their efforts to ex-
plain this action are now rendered un-
successful by the stubborn fact that
such action has been taken. and that,
teo. after the most careful and lengthy
consideration.
A MONETARY COMMISSION.
San jose Mercury: II would have been
better, doubtless, had Congress follow
ed out President McKinley's sugges-
tions. A monetary commission, COM
posed of men of all parties, selected
with a special view to their qualifica-
tions and fitness, could at Last have
The record-union., 1897-07-31

1t is authoritatiVely stated that the
insurgents in Cuba recently invaded
the suburbs of Havana, swept into the
very borders of the city, engaged the
Spanish soldiery, destroyed property,
and then retired before superior num-
bers. The mere fact that such a raid
is possible and has been accomplished
sweeps away the reports of General
Weyler that in all save two States of
the island the insurrection is crushed
out. and the country. pacified. Does
General Weyler mean that Havana is
one of these States? Certainly not
He has all along strenuously denied
that any rebel forces in considerable
number are in that State, or in the
central west provinces. The truth is
probably, as latest advices state, that
the rebels have for weeks been within
main sight of the City of Havana; have
massed their forces on points where
they could be seen easily. That they
now have Havana fairly we'll penned
in on the land side, and need only
artillery to warrant assault that might
result in the city falling into their
hands despite the fact that the Span
ish troops in the city so greatly out
number any invading force that can
be massed by the insurgents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05
Croker will divide the spoils between


Croker will divide the spoils between
them.
If this comes to pass. then Greater
New York will get a very bad govern
ment, but exactly the kind of govern
ment that it deserves. A lesson which
the Americanrpeople are exceedingly
slow to learn is that a government
does not rise higher than it's source.
The people, in the long run, get just
such presidents, governors, mayors
congresses, legislatures and city coun-
ellis as they ought to have. If they
are Indifferent enough to stay away
from primaries and polling places; if
they are careless Tenough to let the
bosses take charge gof their most I'M
portant business; if they are wicked
enough to vote for incompetent men
happen to be the regular party nomi-
nee, then they deserve to have their
government abused, their interests
neglected and their property confiscat-
ed. Whether the greatest city Of the
country has yet far developed po-
litically as to be willing and able to
take charge of it's own affairs and
have them administered for the public
benefit, instead of for the most corrupt
private combination that American
politics has produced, remains to be
seen