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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-04
Proceedings in the Senate.

Washington, July 4.-Saturday's SEES
sion of the seSate was devoted chiefly
to the Hawaiian debate, Pettigrew oc-
cupying five hours. An effort was made
10 secure an agreement TO adjourn until
Tuesday, but Davis, in charge of thl
annexation resolutions. declined tc
listen to the proposition unless an
agreement to vote next week upon the
resolutions could he entered. This
White, to whom DAVIS addressed him.
self, said he considered imposs bic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-04
Candidate Wayla;d and Robbed.

Brownstown. Ind, July 4.-Daniel H.
George. a candidate for county clerk on
the Democratic ticket. was wayiaid and
robbed of slS5 just as he entered the
gate Of his home at Mooney, ten miles
west of here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-04

Austria is the only empire in the
world which has never had colonies, or
even transmarine possessions, In any
quarter Of the earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-04
WELL SATISFIED WITH RESULTS.
Sampson Thinks the Moral Effect of the
Shooting Was Good.

Half an hour after the bombardment
ceased this morning Rear Admiral
Sampson said to a correspondent. of the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN
WHEELMEN'S REPORT.
Nntional AauembIy 1sys.

"a copy of the resolutions of the
League of American Wheelmen, to-
gether with a separately typewriter
letter, were sent to each one of upwards
# 100 different persons, comprising
manufacturers, dealers, ETC., within
the United States, and each of these let
ters, after setting forth the work and
objects of the league, invited a subscrip-
tion cf any sum which might be afford
ed to aid this general work in which the
league was engaged. The maxi
mum limit of any subscription was
placed at 500, and notice was given
with each letter that no greater sum
would be received from any person,
firm or corporation. But one subscrip-
tion was received. 1t came from Col.
Albert A. Pope, of Boston, whose mu-
ni6cent and open-handed work for
road improvement has placed him con-
spicuously alone among the manufac-
turers of the world, and whose con-
slant and consistent efforts for bet.
ter roads have not only marked his
generous and broad-minded disposition
but have proved him to be coadjutoI
to whom and to whose work wheelmen
of the United States must ever yield
homage"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

The Hawaiian legislature mas uuCpt
ed n joint resolution extending SYN
pathy to the United States in the great
loss of life sustained by the destruc
tion of the cruiser Maine.
The report that Great Britain and the
United States have signed Il treaty for
the settlement of the Alaskan boundary
dispute is untrue.
Official circles in London say that II
the Cuban problem is not solved with
in six weeks war is inevitable between
the United States and Spain.
A general topic of gossip in London
is to the effect that Queen Victoria is
using her personal influence to keep
peace between France and England and
Spain and America.
An earthquake destroyed the town Of
Amboina, capital of Amboina island,
one of the Malucca group, and hundreds
of natives were killed.
A block of warehouses at Toronto,
Ont, was gutted by fire, the total loss
being $135,000.
The court of inquiry in Havana ex-
amined Ensign Powelson and such
divers of the wreclsing company as have
been investigating the wreck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.
procccdinrs of First ReguIr

Proceeding gs of First Regular Session.
BY unanimous vote the senate on the
9th passed the $50, 1000 defense bill with
cut debate. Hawaiian annexation was con-
sidered in executive session. In the house
a bill was introduced appropriating 100000
for the return of the bodies of the Maine
victims to the United States and their
burial at public expense at such places as
the relatives of the deceased might desig-
nate. The committee on rivers and har-
bors voted not to report n river and harbor
appropriation bill at this session.
A bill to revive the grade of lieutenant
general in the army was reported favorably
in the senate on the 10th from the COM
mittee on military affairs. The nomination
of William j. Calhoun, of Illinois, to be in
terstate commerce commissioner, was con-
firmed. Adjourned to the 14th....In the
house the time was spent on the Indian
appropriation bill. The senate amend
ments were nonconcurred in and the bill
sent to conference.
The senate was not in session on the 11th.
lin the house the bill to pay the Bow
man act claims, aggregating s1,200,OO0, for
stores and supplies furnished the union
army during the war was discussed. The
bill for the cession OF all arid lands to the
states in which they are located was re-
. ported favorably, as was also joint reso-
luton amending the constitution provid-
Ing for the election of members of the house
of representatives for terms of four years
Adjourned to the 14th.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

MEMBERS of the New York police de-
partment are to be fitted out with new
uniforms. New buttons form part
the equipment What does this change
mean? Including commissioned Of
ficers there are about 1900 men on the
force. 1t requires rs buttons to fit out
the two uniforms and overcoats. This
means total of 5S5, 900 buttons. For one
suit and overcoat the buttons weigh lS
ounces avoirdupois, so that the total
weight will be s43719 pounds, or 4371I
pounds more than four tons
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
JUST MARRIED.
How chubby" Orders His Supplies
Through the Telephone.


When young man marres and opens up
q home one of his chief anXieties is to appear
master of the situation and as much like
veteran as possible: Blueton, who would be
widely known by his real name, is a new ben
edict and Just settled. Here is a sample se-
lected from his almost continuous conversa-
ton at the telephone:
Send me up a pound of carpet tacks
Number? don't know anything about the
number of tacks in pound. All you've got
to do is to fill my order And, say, send me
half a peck of nails Tenpennys? I'm not
asking the price, am 1? Yes, half peck;
that's what | said. Now l want a saw.
Don't you know your business? This is a
private residence-Mr. Blueton's residence.
It's no lumber mill. / don't want any buzz
saw or gang saw, just regular house saw.
hrow in hammer and a hatchet and a
stepladder. And say, 1 want good strong
stove leg. We broke one in moving None of
your business who made the stove. All you We
got to dois to send up the leg"
After swearing for a few minutes Blueton
was rattling away at the grocery:
"Three pounds of steak. What kind ?
Beefsteak, of course. We're not eating
horsesteak or sheep steak at our house.
Three yards of sausage. Never mind, now,
how other people buy it. | always buy by
the yard. A gallon of coffee, two dozen
frying onions, half bushel of oranges-yes,
goods do you handle? All right, send us a
couple of cases of selected, a quarter of a
section of cheese half a bale of lettuce, two
of those cigar-shaped loaves of bread, a
pail of butter and a sack of sugar. Yes, just
regulation sack, you know. And, hold
on, put in basket of eggs. Good-by."-De-
troit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

A traveller can nowadays journey
around the world in so days.
A new kind of apple, red within as
we'll as without, has turned up in Colo
RADIO.
America contains 229,722 miles of
railway and the rest of the world 204,~
251 miles.
The output of gold in Victoria for the
last year is 772,720 ounces, and as re-
suit there is revial of the mining in
dustry.
George Augustus Tricliler is the
champion cream-puff eater. In con-
test at Wolcott, n. V, he devoured 4s in
06 minutes.
Josiah johnson Hawes, the oldest
working photographer in this country,
and probably in the world, celebrated
his ninetieth birthday in Boston.
The claim is made that May Eloy, of
Junction City, Kan, is the heaviest girl
OF her age in the world. She is only
nine years old and weighs $50 pounds.
The town of Bethlehem, in Pennsyl.
vania, was named in 1741 by party of
Moravians. who assembled in a barn
where the town is located to celebrate
Christmas.
The memory of the late Miss Frances
E. Willard will be perpetuated in New
York's new state capitol in Albany by
the carving of her portrait at the head
of the grand stairway.
The prince of Wales is about to be
elected grand master of the English
free masons for the twenty-fourth
time. This breaks the record of bi'
predecessor, George ".
Hugh and Hector Mclean are IS years
of age, are twins, were born in North
Carolina, have lived in the house in
which they were born all their lives and
have never had quarrel.
Justice Willie, of the supreme court of
Texas, has rendered a decision that n
debt paid to the state of Texas in CON
federate money during the war is void
and does not satisfy the debt.
The London Times. in its annual
statement, says the drink bill of the
United Kingdom is nearly $17, 500, 900 in
excess of that in 1896, averaging about
Slo.12 for each man, woman and child.
The United States general appraiser
has rendered a decision that handker-
chiefs with an embroidered initial let
ter do not come under the head of en-
broidered handkerchiefs liable to n
duty of so per cent. advalorem. but are
liable to duty of only 40 per cent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
LATER.

PREPARATIONS have been made by
Director Walcott, of the geological
survey, for an extensive exploration of
the geological, Typographical and other
features of Alaska.
ACCORDING to an official dispatch re-
ceived at Madrid from Manila, capital
of the Philippine islands, 800 insur-
gents were killed during the siege of
Balinao.
LILLIAN KENNEY, the actress, who
was stricken with apoplexy during a
recent performance at the Utica, n.
Y, opera house, died on the 18th. In
private life Miss Kennedy was Mrs.
Charles Hassenford.
Col. L. NJ. ANDERSON, who has charge
of the troops in southeastern Alaska,
has virtually placed Skaguay under
martial law as means of seconding
the attempts of the better element in
driving all the gamblers and confidence
men out of Skaguay.
The Missouri supreme court in an
opinion delivered on the 18th decided
that the inheritance tax law passed by
the Legislature in 1895 for the benefit
of the State university is unconstitu-
tional.
FOURTEEN mounts for 5-inch guns
were hoisted on board the cruiser Chi
cago at New York on the 18th and
large force of machinists was set to
work fixing them in place.
THE tow boat Rescue met with a Sc
ries of accidents on the way down from
Pittsburg to Cincinnati on the 18th and
lost almost her entire tow. Six boats,
several fats and about $50, 900 bushels
of coal were sunk. Loss $4,000
EX-AssIsTAET STATES ATTORNEY Bot
TOM died at Chicago on the 18th. Mr..
Bottom was chiefly celebrated for his
successful prosecution of Prendergast,
the assassin of Carter Harrison.
TIE Fourth national bank, of Phila-
delphia, has $850,000 in gold engaged
for import. This makes the total of
the present engagements by all inn
porters 821, ,S25, 900.
ABOUT 300 seamen and marines who
will form a part of the crews of the
cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis ar
rived at tho League Island navy yard
n the 18th from Washington, Boston,
New York and Norfolk.
AFTER the passage of numerous bills from
the general calendar, the senate on the ibth
began Oonsid Grafton OF the measure providing
for q national system OF quarantine Little be-
yond the reading OF the bill was accom- piished
The house agreed 10 consider the bill for
the relief OF the survivors and the legal heirs
| Of the victims OF the Name disaster as soon as
the pest once appropriation bili is out OF the
way During the debate ON The post ofiice bill
members took advantage OF the latitude al
lowed in con mittee of the whole % discuss
various Ioitical questions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

PRESIDENT KRUGER will shortly have
the opportunity of unveiling at Pre-
toria monument to himself. AS a
result of the national subscription
raised for the purpose native artist
Van Bouw by name, was commissioned
nearly two years ago to execute the
work, and has been exclusively en-
gagged upon it at Rome ever since.
The monument is designed to glorify
the majesty of the Transvaal republic,
and the statue of Dom Paul, in heroic
size, crowns the structure, in itself some
fifty feet high.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

DR.. w. o. Rodgers, head physician of
Woodmen of the World, died in Omaha,
Neb.
The peoples party of the Second con-
gressional district of Indiana has nomi-
mated Rev. William j. Trout for con-
gress.
Jason p Brown, who was n member
of the Fifty-frst, Fifty-second and Fif-
ty-third congresses, died at his home in
Seymour, Ind, aged SO years.
Gen. w. S. Rosecrans died at his home
near Redondo, Cal, of senile exhaustion.
aged 70 years.
P. II. Bell, ex-governor of Texas, died
at Littleton, n. C.
William r. Spencer, journal clerk OF
the United States senate, died in Wash
ington.
Mrs. Gertrude Ackerman celebrated
her one hundrcdth birthday at her
home in Kirkwood, Ill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
DOMESTIC.

Alexander Smith and young man
named Hoaten were killed in a freight
wreck near Walkerton, Ind.
The Union Pacific railway has SUBJ
scribed $4,000 in aid of the transmits
sissippi exposition at Omaha.
Three children of William Conner
were fatally burned at their home in
ST. Louis during the absence of their
parehts.
The bill passed by congress appropri-
ating $5O,OOO,00O for national defenses
has been signed by the president and is
now law.
Harry Van Arsdale, machinist, killed
Mary Harris in st. Louis and then
killed himself. Jealousy was the cause.
Roy Gehrig shot and fatally wound
cd Will b. Davis at Millersville, Pa, and
then killed himself. The boys were
pupils at business college, and jeal-
ousy over a girl was the cause.
Kid Mccoy, of Indiana, has announced
himself champion heavy weight pugilist
of the world.
The jury at Wilkesbarre, Pa, in the
case of Sheriff Martin and his deputies,
charged with the killing of strikers at
I.attimer on September 10 last, re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
A hotel at Taiya, Alaska, was burned,
and five of the inmates were cremated.
1t is rumored that President McKin-
ley has completed the draft of a special
message to congress in which he recon-
mends the recognition of Cuban inde-
pcndence, and that it is his intention
tc send the message to congress within
two weeks.
Col. NJ. NJ. Parker, of Washington, who
visited Cuba with the senatorial party,
saidinan interview at Key West that the
famine, suffering and awful destitutioE
among the reconcentrados was indie
scribable; that every American in Cuba
was watched as though he were Grim
inal; that the Spaniards hate us and
do not hesitate to say so, and that every
one in Havana knows that the Maine
was Intentionally blown up.
Annie Lite was shot and killed in
Allegheny, Pa, by Philip Smith, her
loverwho Immediately afterward killed
himself Jealousy was the cause.
Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British om-
rassador, has informed the Canadian
ministry officially that by an arrange
ment with the United States the Alas
kan boundary dispute has been settled.
The agricultural department crop re-
port shows wheat in farmers hands,
121 100000 bushels, equivalent to 22.0
per cent. of last years crop; corn, 1885,
100000 bushels, or All per cent. of last
years crop.
John l.. Driscol, teacher of short
hand in Nashville, Tenn, compelled his
wife to lake morphine and then killed
himself with the same drug. Poverty
was the cause.
A dispatch from Washington says
that orders have been issued forsf fbe
immediate manning of hitherto ungF-
risoned forts from Boston down the -
lantic coast and along5the gulf todgd-
weston.
There were 24s4 business failures9 n
the United States in the seven -dlys
ended on7the 18th. against .2.lt.the week
previous and 256 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
Rose Miller and her daughter, Winnie
Abingdon, were fatally shot Mt Empire,
o., by David Mccoy, a rejected suitor
of Mrs Miller.
For the past eight months the increase
ever the exports OF domestic products
for the same period last year has been
G3,s4a.oo0.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
R1OO keMara ZOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho hest.
One advantage about onions, they can't
spoil.-Washington Democrat.
Never trifle with pain. 1t may fool you.
st. Jacobs Oil never fools; it cures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

THE court of errors and appeals in
the case of the North Hudson Railroad
Co. VS., Anderson, reversed the decision
Uf the Hudson circuit court, and de-
rided that dollar greenback with
corner one inch and half by one inch
torn off was not legal tender. Ander-
son had sued the railroad for damages
He had offered the mutilated bill in
payment of his fare, and the conductor
would not accept the same. Anderson
would offer no other money and was
elected from the company's car. He
then sued for damages, and the Hld-
SON circuit court held the bill to be
legal tender.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

DR. S. j. ALLEN, of White River
Junction, VT, has relic of the closing
days of the rebellion, testament in
which a mimic ball is imbedded. 1t was
taken from the left breast pocket of
n rebel soldier who was killed at Sail
or's Creek. Va, April s, 1865, and who
was brought to the hospital of the Sec
ond division of the Sixth corps that
day. The ball was fiattened upon
either side and stopped on the seventh
verse of the eighth chapter of Corin-
fbianS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

AN ingenious machine for making
sandwiches is used by many of the
ocean line steamships. 1t cuts and
buffers 60 slices of bread minute.
One movement of the hand cuts and
buffers the bread, and the machine
can be arranged so that the bread need
not be buttered if the operator does
not want it to be SO. In making 1000
sandwiches three hams and IL pounds
of butter are saved, it is said. on ac-
count of the accuracy with which both
ara anf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
FOREIGN.

1t is said that France, Great Britain,
Germany and Russia have advised Spain
to accept the inevitable and abandon
Cuba.
The Spanish government is said to
have changed its policy toward Cuba
and proposes pushing the campaign
against the insurgents.
Ninsteen steamers, carrying 1000
men. sailed from st. Johns, N. F., for
the ice field in quest of seals.
The court of inquiry ut Havana took
ne new evidence, but spent the usual
time in executive session, discussing
their forthcoming report, studying
structural plans. diagrams, photo
graphs. drawings and reports already
made by divers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

As result of Hubner's latest in
yestigations, the population of the
world is placed at 1,535, 200, 900, or 3D.
600, 900 more than in 1896. OF this in
crease Europe is credited with 5,7oO,-
600; Asia, 6,ooO,oOo; Africa, 1900, OOO
Americas, $4,000 and the United
States 2,SOo,OOO Europe, which in
area is about as large as the United
States, is credited with about one
fourth of the population of the world,
or 37S,6OO, 600. The United States has
72,3O0, 600 or SO per cent of the COM
bined population of North and South
America,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

A COMPARATIVELY small number of
hRndkerchiefs are manufactured in
this country, and those that are made
here are mostly of the cotton and in
ferior silk variety. The finest silk
goods are imported principally from
Japan, which country sends us annual-
~ between 17,0OO, 900 and $4,000 900
Japanese pongees. The bes' cambric
article comes from France and Bel
gium, and linen handkerchiefs come
from the north of Ireland and also
from St Calls, Switzerland. Japanese
silk handkerchiefs are worm lrom SIS
20 $40 per dozen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
ONR RCITOY@

NY &N@VoD - - 49,
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind, ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. M
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

BosToN is getting rid of its profess
sional beggars by turning them over
10 the tender mercies of some special
policemen appointed for this service.
The beggars are given the choice of
disappearing from the streets or going
to Jail. A majority chose the first al
tentative, and are working other cities
which have not adopted the Boston
plan, and the others are in Jail, where
they will be required to stay until they
have served out their full sentences.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

In the royal family of England the
order of precedence among men is
thus: The sovereign, the prince of
Wales, the other sons of the sovereign
in the order of their age, the sover-
eign's grandsons, the brothers or sis
ters of the sovereign, the sovereign IS
uncle, and finally the sons of the
brothers or sisters of the sovereign.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

DESPITE the fact that we have few
ships on the high seas we managed to
maintain our supremacy in Hawaiian
shipping last year Ships carrying the
American flag entered at Hawaiian
ports numbered ESQ, while the ships of
all the other nationalities numbered
On1v l41
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

IT is asserted that the reason why
Spain favors war is that if Cuba is per-
mitted to depart in peace Spain will
be compelled to foot the entire Cuban
debt of 5000, 900, 600, but if Cuba should
be wrested from Spain in a war with
the United States that obligation could
not be held against Spain. In other
words, Spain would make money by
being whipped.