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Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
THEY ARE COMING, UNCLE SAMUEL
Volunteers Gather at the State Rendezvous
by Thousands.

by Thousands.
Chicago. April 21.-Over 1900 fighting
men marched out of Chicago last night
bound for the war. Since the early days
of '61 no such scenes had been wit
messed in this city as transpired in the
regimental armories. the streets through
which the columns marched. and
around the trains carrying them to the
camping ground at Springfield. The
regiments which went to the front were
the First, Second and Seventh infantry
and First cavalry. Each was recruited
to full strength. and carried besides a
number of recruits to take the places of
sucn men as may be compelled to drop
out from any cause.
Galesburg, Ills, April 27.-Knox COL
lege students organized a volunteer
company for war yesterday. About 100
enlisted and officers were elected and
services formally rendered to General
Clendennan, of Moline.
Detroit, April 27.-One hundred and
fifty-five officers and members Of the
First and Third divisions of the Michi-
gan naval militia left at $50 this morn
enlistment for war service on board the
auxiliary cruiser Yosemite. Yesterday
was a great day in this city. There was
tremendous enthusiasm as the troops
from all over the state arrived and
proceeded to the camp at Island Park
The schools were closed and business
suspended. Governor Pingree has an
nounced his intention of personally TAX
ing command while the troops are in
camp awaiting the call of the war de-
partment.
Des Moines, Ia, April 27.-Special
trains yesterday and last night brought
practically the entire National Guard,
with many recruits, to Des Moines. 1t Is
estimated that 2.I00 of the required 3, 700
men Of Iowa's quota are now on the
ground. The National Guard falls
about 1900 short of the quota, and the
governor has issued supplemental call
for ex-guardsmen and graduates of
military schools, the object being to fill
the quota with trained men.
Highland Falls, n. Y, April 27-west
Point at o'clock yesterday graduated
the class of 1898. The stern REQUIRE
ments of the service permitted nothing
the diplomas was made by Colonel O..
H. Ernst, superintendent Of the acade-
my, and the address to the class by
Colonel Peter S. Niche, professor of
natural and experimental philosophy.
This is the first time since 1861 that any
class has been graduated before the
end Of the academic year. There was
none of the many pleasant features
which usually attend graduation of the
class. The graduates number twenty
five, among them being c. S. Smith
and NJ. c. Kerth. of Illirois.
Washington, April 21.-At the close Of
office hours yesterday Adjutant General
Corbin had received dispatches from the
governors Of nearly every state and
territory in response to Secretary Al
gers call for information as to the
troops. The tenor of these replies shows
there is no mistaking the patriotism of
the people Of this country in the present
emergency.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
MAY LOSE THEIR PRIZE MONEY.
Proclamation as to Seizures on the Ocean
Looks Like a Boomerang.

Washington, April 27.-Conditions in
Washington are rapidly settling down
to those of actual war; Notices came
to the state department from the four
quarters of the globe yesterday show
ing that the nations as a rule are pre-
pared to assume an attitude of strict
neutrality as between the United States
and Spain in the present struggle. In
most cases they We're in answer to the
identical note sent out Monday by the
state department to all United States
embassies and legations, instructing
them to inform the governments to
which they were accredited that war
has existed since April q. Great Britain
always has taken an advance stand in
the principles of neutrality, so that it
was with great interest that the news
was received here of the terms Of the
neutrality proclamation issued at Lon
don. On the whole the officials are dis
posed to take the view that the strict
adherence by Great Britain to these
rules viii be rather more advantageous
to the United states than to Spain.
The president issued a proclamation
NoAiHS tAc Ody ld9iiiS uONn rules as 10
the seizure of prizes. The proclamation
begins by declaring that this govern
ment will not resort to privateerine
and will adhere to the declaration of
Paris otherwise, in which Spain also
| agrees with US. The clause in the
proclamation of most interest just now
is the following:
-. Spanish merchant vessels in any
ports or places within the United States
snail be allowed until May q. 1895, in
elusive, for loading their cargoes and
departing from such ports or places:
and such Spanish merchant vessels. IL
| met at sea by any United States ship.
shall be permitted to continue their
voyage; provided, that nothing
herein contained shall apply to Spanish
vessels having on board any officers i'm
the military or naval service of the
enemy. or any coal Except such as
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27

less man. His roads werc either in the
hands OF receivers or Of rival fnancicrs.
and he was humilinted and broken spir-
tied.
Out Of tho wreck he clung TO hotel.
The courts some time ago ordered the
hotel sold. Mrs. Mnckey prayed to be al.
lowed the one room that had been hers
Tho court took possession Of everything
else, and 1t was arranged that she should
be allowed to occupy thnt until she died
Her death caino few weeks ago. Years
ago she had built beautiful chapel mt n
cost of S5o,000 for Grace Presbyterian
church. When she died, her husband did
net have enough money to bury her prop
eriy. The church took charge and saw to
her interment in the family lot as became
her. Two or three days later her sister
found in tho dress she had died In roll
of money. IL contained s25O She had
saved it that sho might have decent
burial. The church was repaid with this
money.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
MACkEY'S HARD LUCK.
Former Railway King Goes to Work n
n Factory Hand.

Eoftncr 1s8itWoy h1nB Toes 60 work n
Factory Hand.
A few years ago tho Mackey system of
railroads in the west was only second in
Importance to the Vanderbilt and Gould
lines. ID. J. Mackey, president and prin.
eipal owner, was many times million
airc. He is now one of the workmen In q
factory at Anderson, Ind, and is thankful
for the job, for he needs 1t. Mackey's
| troublo began when he tried to control
competitive interests. His failure to heed
the demands of The New York stockhold-
ers and his falling out with II. II. Porter.
president of the Chicago and Eastern Ill
| noiS, which Mackcy threatened TO parallel,
brought his downfall. A general fight Of
| bears was begun on Mackey stocks on the
New York Exchange. A few days later n
hurried meeting of directors of the Z. and
L. II. In New York ordered an application
to the courts for a receiver. The receiver
was put in charge. Mackey rushed TO
New York. called stockholders meeting
| and showed them receiver was not needed
| and would ruin them. All the time Mac
key stocks were dropping steadily, and he
was gradually losing everything In his
| rush to protect his holdings. The court
was called upon to dismiss the receiver
and did so. Mackey stocks went up with
| a bound.
Tho people Of his town-in fact, the
financiers of the west-called this great
coup. When he returned home from New
York, Mackey was met at the depot by a
procession Of several hundred of the most
prominent men of the city and a brass
band. They literally carried him ON their
| shoulders TO his hotel. From tho balcony
he made a speech, and the great mon OF
the town all talked. Mackey was the
wonder, tho idol. of the hour. 1t was gos-
siped mt the time that John ID. Rockefeller
and others OF his clique were with Mackcy
In the deal. Two weeks later, when the
bear crowd hammered Mackey's stocks
down to the sixties, it was said Rocke-
fcller had squeezed Mackey out. The next
time he got home from New York Mao.
key was broken hearted, almost dollar.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27

GAkCAAs
day. His Cuban guides and an open
sail boat were used. The guides have
not returned. Lieutenant Rowan is on
his way to the camp of General Garcia.
He will represent the war department
in arranging for the cooperation of in
surgents in the invasion of eastern
Cuba by the forces of the United States.
The time and place of invasion will be
controlled by events and the character
Of Lieutenant Rowans dispatches.
Liable to Punishment as a Spy.
Lieutenant Rowan was detailed from
the bureau of information for this dam
gerous service-dangerous because in
his civilian dress he is liable to be
treated as a spy. He speaks Spanish
and knows Cuba, having written a book
on the subject. Moreover, he is an ex-
pert map maker. Lieutenant Rowan
left Washington under instant orders on
April 8. He was directed to wait here,
prepared to go to Porto Rico or to
Cuba. AS he went to eastern Cuba it IS
inferred that blow will be struck there
before one is struck at Porto Rico.
Garcia Is to Cover the Landing.
With him he took an official Spanish
section map of eastern Cuba, with
examinations made by the war depart
ment photographers. The expectation
is that General Calixto Garcia will dis
pose his forces to cover a landing Of
United States troops, as pre-arranged.
courier with Lieutenant Rowan's
first dispatches to the war department
will probably leave General Garcia's
camp next week.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
PLAN IS DEVELOPING.
United States Officer Lands in
Cuba on a Mission to
the Rebels.
HEw1L v1s1TTHE CAMP OF GARCIA
And Arrange for a Lan,.ing of United
States Troops in the
East.

Steamer Paris Sighted Last Monday Night
All Risht-Uncle Sam Gets Notice FROM
All Ports That Foreign Nations win BE
Strictly Neutral = President Issues q
Proclamation That May vitiate the Re.
cent Captures of Spanish Merchantmen-
Reports of Firing at Havana Not Con.
frmed.
Queenstown, April 27.-The steamer
Majestic passed the Paris at o'clock
Monday morning in latitude 4S, longi-
tude, 90.
Key West, Fla, April 27.-The tor
pedo boat Porter has arrived from of
the Cuban coast, and reports that the
position of the blockade continues un-
changed. There was no firing on either
side yesterday. The United States
cruiser Cincinnati captured Lieutenant
Fernandez, Of the Spanish army, who
was returning to his family on a small
sloop. Lieutenant Fernandez is detained
On the flagship.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 27-[Copy-
right, 1898, by the Associated Press. l.
First Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, OF
| the Ninteenth infantry, under orders
from the war department, was landed
hn the Cuban coast somewhere west Of
IA ptiapo ba 1,Ix, bafnra NJ
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
Consul sprinrer,s Ide. Of the job.

New York. April FIT will take
more than $1,000 men to subjugate the
Spanish in Cuba" said Jas. H. Springer,
United States consul at Caibaren, Cuba.
who arrived in this city yesterday on
the tramp steamer Ravensdale. The
Spanish on the island will be able TO
raise between 100000 and 300. 600 men.
In my opinion the insurgents cannot
muster more than 5000 or 10000 men at
the nest"
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
Adninistrator's Noticr.
Estate OF Sophia Gicscnhagcn. deceased

Estate OF Sophia Giescnhagcn deceased
The undersigned having been appointed ad
mnisiraior of the estate Of Sophia Giescnha
gen late Of the county of Rock Island state
of Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice that
be VIII appear before the county court or
Rock Island county. at the county court room
In the city OF Rock Island. At the June term
ON the first Monday IN June ncst. at whlcf
time all persons having claims against SAID
estate are notified and requested TO attend
Tor the pufpO~c OF having the same adjusted
All persons Indebted 90 said estate are re-.
quc>ted to make immediate payment to III,
undc crsigncd.
Dated this l2ih day of April A. ID iEN
HENRY GfEsESHAgES. Administrator
WILLIAM l. LuDoLPn. Attorney.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
BEARDED A HARVARD PROFESSOR
Student Takes Issue with Professor Nor.
tons Remarks on the War.

Cambridge, Mass. April 27.-Professor
Charles Eliot Norton, of the Harvard
college faculty. in an address to the
students yesterday deprecated the atti-
tude Of the American people, which he
said had brought about a war as a
means OF settling a difficulty with a
weak and inferior nation. and said there
was 10 call for students to enlist and no
true patriotism in their doing so. Con-
tinuing the professor said that the
patriot call for students was for them
to do their part in advancing civiliza-
tion by devoting themselves to their
work during these troubled times until
the real call for them should arise.
G. l.. Richards, a student OF the
scientific school, who has lived in Cuba.
took exceptions to a statement by Pro-
fessor Norton that the newspapers had
overdrawn the situation in Cuba and
on being given permission to speak de-
iivered a heated appeal for the punish
ment Of Spain by the United States. A
book has been circulated among the
students to obtain signatures to a re-
quest that President Eliot address the
students as TO the advisability of their
enlisting.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
Routine of Congress Briefcd.

Washington, April q. - The senate
yesterday passed large number OF bills
of comparatively snail Importance
and to which there was no objection
and agreed to the conference report OF
the army reorganization bill. Among
the bills passed were seventy-four pri-
vate pension bills.
The house spent the day. aside from
agreeing To the conference report on
the Hull army reorganization bill in de.
bate on he contested election case OF
Wise vs.. Young. seating Wise CRepD
the contestant. by a party vote. The
senate amendments to the naval appro-
prsation bin were n-r-concurred In. II
was agreed to debate the war revenue
bill (Which was introducei) today. to-
morrow and Friday. with night SIS
siOns, the vote 10 be taken Friday.
Tho Paris theaters give away an aver
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27

Tho Paris theaters give away On aver.
age Of $500 free tickets daily.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27


may be necessary for their voyage), or
any other article prohibited or CONTRA
band OF war, or any dispatch Of or to
the Spanish government"
The next clause, No. 8, says: ANY
Spanish merchant vessel which prior
to April 81. 1898. shall have sailed from
any foreign port bound for any port
or place in the United States shall be
permitted to enter such port or place,
and to discharge her cargo, and after
ward forthwith to depart without
molestation; and any such vessel. if
met at sea by any United States ship.
shall be permitted to continue her voy-
age to any port not blockaded" The
sequel to this proclamation. it is be-
lieved, will be the release of some of the
ships already captured. though it wiilbe
for the prize courts to determine in
each case whether the conditions under
which the ship was captured are such
to warrant release.
The impression prevails that the
Buena Ventura, the first on the list OF
prizes. will be declared no prize. The
case Of the Panama. whose seizure was
reported yesterday, is more complicated
owing to the fact that while otherwise
exempt the ship was reported to have
contained supplies for the Spanish army
in Cuba which are contraband. How
ever, it may be said that while the
settlement of these questions will be left
to the courts the administration be-
lieves the greatest liberality should b
shown in the application of the laws
where a vessel is NOT coOtrah ha nd or q
tempting to run the blockade. That is
shown in the liberal terms of the proc
lamation Itself by which the prize courts
must be guided. Spain several days age
issued a decree giving United State.
vessels thirty days in which to get out
of Spanish harbors.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27

Passenger trains leave CRI 4 p Moline
avenuel depot i've (5) minutes esrlier thsu time
given. Trsius msr,ed daily, all other trains
daily except s9nday.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
Rock Island
Savings Bank.
LEGAL.


Executors Notice.
Estate of Elizabeth A. Bowman. decreased
The undersigned having been appointed exc.
cutor OF the last VIII aud testament of Eliza.
beth A. Bowman late of the county of Rocl,
Island. state of Illinois. deceased. hereby glyes
notice that he viii appear before the county
court of Rock Island county. ai the county
court room. IN the city OF Rock Island at the.
July term on the first Monday In July next.
ai which time all persons having claims ayainsi
said estate are notified and requested 90 al
tend. for the purpose of having the same ad.
juSted.
All persons Indebted TO said estate are re.
queSied to- make immediate payment TO the
undersigned
Dated this s5th day Of April. 4. D. 1859
=. G. BOWMAN Executor
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27

arrival. departure. .Daiy, except Sunday.
All others daily. Telephone l093
Sunday evening Pullman sleeper Will be a,
the depot after u :U, which will leave for Chi
cago at q. m. Monday.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-04-27
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

NHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL.
~ way-Tickets can bs purchased or baggage
checked at X q p Twentieth street depot, o,
! q depot, corner Fifth avenue ard Thirty
drst street, Frank II Plummer, Agent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-26
OF NEWS.

The great packing-house of Ramirez
& Zepeda. in Mexico City, Mex, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 81, 500, 600.
A call has been issued for a meeting
of all those interested in horse breed
ing to be held at the Palmer house,
Chicago, March 80, to form a national
organization.
John s. Fear. city auditor Of Bur
lington, Ia, disappeared, leaving q
statement that he is So, 900 short In his
accounts. It was believed he lost the
money through speculation.
Mayor John NJ. Good. of Springfield,
o., who was recently ousted from Office
on the charge of violating the Garfield
corrupt practice law, was unanimously
renominated by the democrats.
Ex-senator Blanche K. Bruce, regis
ter Of the treasury, died In Washing
ton on the 18th. He succeeded Gen.
Rosecrans as register Of the treasury,
and his death occurred the same day
of Rosecrans' funeral
At Mascoutah, ILL.,, Rev. ]. C. WILL
liams, a negro Baptist preacher,
brought proceedings to compel the
county clerk to issue him q license to
marry Lavina Davis, q white girl aged
10.
A colony of IS families left Kewanee,
ILL.,, the other day for the Big Horn
basin, In Wyoming, where they will
make their homes They will found a
new town there, to be named after the
Citv they left
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-26
TO CALF sRHIA THROUGH
SUNSHINE.

The Great Burlington Route Offers
more diverse routes in connection with
Pacific Coast travel than does any Other
railroad. Its several main lines IL
Kansas City. Deu YER, Billings and 81.
Paul permit an unlimited number nt
variable routes for coast travel No
Journey to the Pacific Coast is complete
without the Burlington Route as ii part
+ it. No better railroad than the Bur
iIngton can be found IN any journey to
he Pacific Coast.
Drawing room and compartment
sleepers, chair cars (seats treel, and
lining cars. Only line with dining cal
service, St LOUIS TO Denver. gS per
cent sunshine throughout the wear via
scenic Colorado and Salt Lake CITY.
The Billings Route is in connection
with Northern Pacific Railroad for
Puget Sound travel. HandsOmest trains
III the world between Chicago and ST.
Paul.
Ask your Ticket Agent for the Bur
lingtOn Route on Coast tickets.
HOWARD ELLIOTT, L. w. WAKELEY,
General Manager. Con Pass. ARt.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-26

you are kindIing a star or digging n
dungeon.
a Christian mother a good many
years ago sat teaching lessons of re-
ligion to her child, and he drank in
those lessons. She never knew that
Lamphier would come forth and es-
tablish the Fulton street prayer meet
ing, and by one meeting revolutionizs
the ~devOtiOns of the whole earth and
thrill the eternities with his Christian
influence. LamPhier said it was his
mother that brought him to Jesus
Christ. She never had IN idea hat
she was leading forth such destinies.
L learn one more lesson from this
Oriental scene, and that Is, that every
wilderness has n well in it. Hagar
n Ishmael gave up to die. Hagar's
heart sank within her as she heard her
child crying, Water! Waterl Water!"
Abr she says, my darling, there is
no water. This is q desert" And
then Gods angel said from the cloud:
What aileth thee, Hagar?" And she
looked up and saw him pointing to a
we'll of water, where she filled the bot
tie for the lad. Blessed be God, that
there is in every wilderness a we'll, if
you only know how to find it-foun-
tains for all these thirsty souls. On
hat last day, on that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried: IF any
man thirst, let him come to me and
drink" All these and other fountains
you End are mere miraRes of the desert
Yes, there is a well for every desert
Of bereavement. Looking over my au.
dience I notice signs OF mourning and
woe. Have you found consolation? O.,
man bereft, o, woman berett, have you
found consolation? Hearse after
hearse. We step from one grave hillock
to another grave hillock. We follow
corpses, ourselves soon to be like them.
The world Is in mourning for its dead.
Every heart has become the sepulcher
of some buried joy. But sing ye to
God; every wilderness has a we'll in 1t;
and 1 come to that we'll today, and !
begin to draw water for you from that
we'll.
The old astrologers used to cheat
the people with the idea that they
could tell from the position of the
stars what would occur in the future,
and II a cluster Of stars stood in one
relation, why that would be a proph-
coy of evil; If a cluster of stars stood
In another relation, that would be a
prophecy of good. What superstitioni
But here is a new ~astrology in which
I put all my faith. But looking up to
the star of Jacob, the morning star of
the Reedeemer, 1 can make this
prophecy in regard to those who put
their trust In God: "All things work
together for good to those who love
God" Do you love him?
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