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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
Warnuno.

Sin eepifer Wm. s. @roef9G aus
SnbianapoIis bat bort unb in
90 nncie, @nberfon unb ouberen
@tdbten Snbiauu's QuftrGge auf bu5 Sage
blutt urb bus Wo9enblatt Der vSGinois
S.aats3eitung" Iotuie bas nNbeno6lait" entz
gegen genommen unb barber q%uittirt. @ir
tDarnen no9mals Dor biefem Meni9en.
Der nt3t unier &geut It unb uu4
iibsr bic ~empfangemn Quftrdge unb 9eISer
feline &e9enf9aft abgeIegt Fat.
Die SlIinois Staats3ei:unggp o.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
An nnfere 9efer.

mir berIffentGi3en in Der beutigen Rums
ner unb 3tuur in Der sriten SpaGte Der
Ssite cine 2tfte unierer g rG m / e n unb M
pftblen bteielbe Der befonberen Nufmertidms
teit unferer 2eTer.
0ieie Bite 1T ii6eraus rei9baItig uno 10
torgfam ausgepdbIt, baB fe eepiB iebem
Wunf9e unb @ef6made Rednung trdgt,
UNI mir bOffen baber aud, baB bic @bonz
uenten bon unferem IiberaIen Nnerbieten ben
olIsgtebigiten Gebrau9 MAIDEN psrben.
Sos 8O9enbIatt Der uSuinois
Staats5eitung" nit ieiner 2unbprirtb :
f9dft1i3en 8ei1oee, feinsr fOrsz
fdltig snIammenge tentsn 90 Oaenfdu II
nber uue tpidtigen @prfdGe bss Suz unb
&uslanoss, unb feinen griinbli9sn uno unz
purtetif9en efpre9ungen aGer poGi=
f'l4sn uno f~oetalen @reigniFe, biIbet cine 10
rst9baltige QusIe Der Snformation, Der Be
isbrung unb unterbaGtung, buB es fi9 in
oaer Staaten Der Union sublrei4e 2eisr unb
tparme Sreunbe ertpprben bat.
Der niebrtse Q6onnsments5etrda unS bic
bel Borausbe5abIung eeliefsrten Ies
it''s= ober RECONSIDERATION greiie foIten ni9t
osrfeblen, benz 8latte cine groBe an5abi
neuer 2eier auaufi6ren.
Die RebattiOn Der Su. Stability,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
Die &c.

Die utf9zomeritani{6e g e.
tGertn gillian San :
ber (2iqp &emper) feiert in Oeuti6s
lamb nod INNER 5riumpbe i'm Gon5ertIauI
unb on fu~nfiinnigen Soften. 9iir3lia purbe
iie aud na9 QrolIen ein9elapen, UNI in Dem
Oortigen @9lofe BEL einem @on3ert am Sc
burtstag Der Siirtin 81 8albed unb pprz
mont in Qnpeienbeit Der uls SAT- bort be-
finDIi6en SOnigiu BON 8Irttem6erg gu pirz
fen. Der Siirft Srisori4 gu NaIoed unD
9Drmont Derlieb Der &iiniterin als Qner'
t~ennung fir lire sroBen 8unfteitungen bic
golbene MaebaiGe fir 8unit unb DiHen'
f9aft = bas erite MaI, baB bieie ben Snz
baber pirtli9 ebrenOe Mebaile elmer Srau
oegeben tpuroe.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
6efunoheit 1T oas h6ffe Gut!

rltb wie lei9t lit es, 1i6 6ielelbe gu erbaG=
ten ober bic sel9wd9te @eiunbbett mieber
berSufeuen. 0te Ndtur lelbit 9tebt ulls III
ben b~efanMteu ct. 8ernar6 SrduterpiQen
Elm wirtiomes Mittel III bic 9anb. Wit GU
tenn @ewiiIeu fam man es Sebem empfeblen,
unb 10 gu ben Miuiouen pou 8erebrern, bic
es f9on beiibt, neIe biusufi9eu. IS beilt
ale Ma9eu=, 2eber= nnb gderenletoen uno
Die oaraus folsen6en 6rautbeiteu. IS rpirb
ouBerbem NIT ii9erem Grfols a~ngewanot bel
WaIaria, ~&beumatismus, ScrotelH llno als
len aus uureinem glut entlebenben Eronfs
beiten.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

9ienitug, ben 81, SUM-, it Der sill
uOiszSa9" Der 3runsmififippisQus=
fteIung in Smabu. 9ouOerneur Sanner
unb Stab. Der Npouoz@ eiangberein unb
biele anbere 80rpsri9aften BON Chicago, ioz
ME DieGe @ei9Gftsleute BADEN lire 8tt6eiliz
sung 8ugeiugt. 8ielei6t perbsn audi 8iirgers
meiiter 6arrifon unb M6georonete beg Staot=
ratbs benz 5eite beipObnen. 9OfFentli9 be-
tbeiligen ii9 AUDI berbOrragenbe beutf9e Sc
19dftsleute unb einige beuti9e 8ereine an
Dem 4usfluge.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
GtabIirt felt 1881.
Henry Sehoellkopfs
Wholesale 4 Retail Grocer.
232 nnO 234 OF 2ianOoEpD- Stra.ss

E0S nnO S04 On 2lhWOOIpV 9*%"R"S
amii9en Sranflius uno MtarfetsStr.
Gbica9o, Sas..
erbielt ioebeu bic erfte SeHoIt1Ig bot:
Gcne1 0ieSi1brise WtatieSs&dritgcnI
Ieiniten boH. ytiIdIner:$3d rtngen =,
yteteI run. uuo ntnertf. Sarotnee,
&onlbmrger ttarinirtcm Nal, WousS1rtft9en
ySeurns run. Staoiar, tortpcg. 2tid1 ootee'
McG1ten S0ISI0roele1, S1rocucnbutteTS
gteuen 2tppetit=SiIo, &ieIep Gprottetp
Srans. @aroiUeS, buu- GtpGnld.
9te ter bremnidltu. GerOeI6ttuGrft,
ne Gltem ~ eitpbGl. Sd)imfeM, Gallant
yrifder ggranff. gSr%attpnrit in StiGllen,
9ledlten StraBburge CT @anSIebersV1peten'
Tcititeri imp. SIiocnoI, Wtobnol,
GIGetoprfer Eeuf, 9SetneIN9,
Yse dltcnt Cant eittbaIer Sdlluct5ett1fe,
&rdMtcrfdlc, &trtburger=, tho &s1n0fdIeS
TSralS. Hoauefort= GantenbcrtzS1Ie,
Xrpmtage De Srie, GontterfGie,
TrenS. Gebien, Sbampigmois, &apexn,.
Hibcder WieienlPar0eIt, Seltotper Ytnbenp
dmittb cbmem, Siu9nrfcn, IrcIeroeH,
Pie dbteni Ssinlteeriaft StnbFcrcti9,
9emtld1em 3tue1idlcnmu SScioeIbeereH,
Q1edDten 0eutfd DIET 1no trans. .Stpetlden,
SterFm 8riintefr, 9roBeu &ilIe1I Gtrie,
Vrild,e 1h WiobnIGntem 1ilttrteI, 2Sadlboloers
beeteIt,
Sttdbip et5 et9ra5e, SAFER tlno Uetnefs6rnSeS
N%eiSmebI, Grbfenz ino &artpfTeImebL
Wfetder Mno 5iuer'S &~afec=Grtract,
NeinIfem SoOa=, Deuffd= ttno Mto=SaaTee,
Med)tem GFarrer Sueipp's WtalstaIce,
F~eiNfteRi d,t1eI. tsno run. Shee,
&Gedltem ulgarlId1en DtoietIsY aptttd,
NrtId,em @eriiiie., SIimen= niIO 0raSianten,
SeMtid3en GDiunrGo cen, 8Oat rabcrH,
S~pIsidjubeM MMo &cISpGntoTeIn,
Ales al ben b~tlltgften Yreiien.
Henry SchOelAkOpE
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
aoad1e.alid1e autnots staats-8ett1nu. gattt.uodb Is. CUNT 1898.

f9Gftspelt, in peI9er Setter biele perI0nli9e
Sreunbe beiiBt, groBes 8ebauern berpor. unb
Die Na9ri8t, buB Elm totaler &rd9 nod
gliidli4 abgetpenoet tperben Iole, tpurOe ni9t
nur in ben brett 6erii6rten &reilen mil Sc
%nugt6uung aufgenommen. 2eiter felbit 9iebt
fi3 ooIfommen rubig unb ertldrt. DAB feline
8erluite ni9t cine berartige 9Obe errei4t
bitten, baB ie ibm me6r uIs pOrii6er9ebenoe
99pieri9teittn bereiteten.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
wern Gas KIeiue zahut,

70 perldumt ni9t, has olte NIB wobI erprobte
SiIfsmtttel iir bos i3abnen Der &itber,
penSen. Gr berubigt 6as Stub, erwei6t Sos
j3abnfeii6, b~cIettiet aue @6merser. furirt
8inbtolif unb lit bos bette Mfittel seeen
9iarrboe. Siufunbawunsie @ents bic SIai9e.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

Settlers 2teenten perfauften am nlontae etma
a9t mtlionen 8uihel uno cine 6eit lang
herrfdte parif an DER 80rfe. = Fteit9e
Sanfen erfIdren fi9 bereit, Dem fihnen
iun9en SpefuIanten bei3niehen. - or
felt in 2Ibreoe, gu elmer Gei6dftsiiber=
traeun9 ee5wun9en gu fem, = Die De-
fdi6te DER ero6artteen, Don Setter III
Scene eeiebten MISREPRESENTATION.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
Deinabe 9elDn6t.
Gowaro Kunb oer Deriiber elmer
brutalen morotbat.
Oscar 9wanberg iein Spfer.

dur Dem ener9iiben Ginf9reiten DER poli3eis
beamten bat es Kurb gu peroanfen, oa6
er nod inter oen &~ebenoen weiIt. -
Swanbere hattie, neil fem Sobn 5reo.
meeen zines an9ebIi9eu Oiebitahls pom
Kun5 eeobrfeiet woroen. Geuuethnune
perlaneen woaen, ais kunb aus uddfter
1ldhe cine S9rotfinte auf i'm abfeuerte
uno i'm auf DER STEELE tootete. - 6eeen
ole aufeereete ulenee perbarrifaoirt fi9
DER Ghdter in ieinem Saoen.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

8ie in gbicago 10 tbut in @rOB :
9 Or bas reue OF ormz@ etb
iiber PrimdrpabIen ben poIitiz
I den Maf9tnen t~.inerlei Gintrag.
Nuf benotratiI9sr Seite triumpbirte bel
Oieien pr%imdrpablen SummaaD, auf -epuz
blitunif9er bic plattzM ai@ine. Nu9 in
Netp 0ort fteI alio bic erite pro6s nit BEN
neuen pObImeinenben @eiebe fAleht aug.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

unfere Gorrefponbenten unb Ngsn.en
6eFu9en bic foIsenben @taaten:
5err PAUL SriebeI bic Stuat.n Sopa
MinneTOtd, fotpte Norbz unb @iib~O atota
6err Sreb S4erf ben Gtaat DisconTin.
9err Qoolf Berner ben 5taat SGinois.
9err 9enrp S3aal ben Stat Snbiana
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

treffli6er Staatsanpalt unb Elm duBerlt be-
fGbigter &i9ter." Inter iiberuus 5ublrei4er
8etbeiGigung faub Die 8~eiieBungSfe!er an
Sonndbenb ftatt.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

Rad ~bsIonbersr usbsreinfunft bat bic
@srman Qmerican PubIifbins So. in Sos
angeles, Calf, unfere 8srtrstuns Fir ges
nannte @tabt un6 Sibzg aIifornien i6ers
Eommen un6 iinb 6s-sn gtrtretsr bersbtiat,
Gb0nnementsssIber au foIettiren.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
..gaIp aterII 1anS ..8airifmII.

Oeeime @taIabiere, Sebramf bsn Der
GOnr. Geipp 8reUs. Co.. Fno biers
nit betettS entpfODIet,. SSSm VIafGem
mnS 06Hern 81 5aben+ SelepbOne
SO. $50. Settling Deptut. 60. $50.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
@lGnsenOe 2anfbabn BEG gtrfOrbeneu.

Die Sehriahre oes Derewi9ten. - Seine pol'|
tif6e Garriere uro eIdu5enoe SaufbaRn
ais S~taatsanpaIt. - Seine mannbafte
fiibrune oes anar6iftenpro3efes. = Die
erfoIsrei6e DerfoIeur9 oes mahlfaiten@
fdpinolers madin. Die Grthilun9
oes moroeebeimnifes i'm mulfOwsfts5al.
6rinneTs 6amiIienperbdItnife.- 3nnt9e
GheiInahme ieiner Gole9en.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

nWentge iol4er unpraftii9en MenI4en
tptegen gauge Regimen:er bon nimmeriatten
8eutepolitttern unb oeren QnhGn3ern auF.
Oas finO bic d9ten 4nerifanar, bic Die oanSe
Welt a3ten muB; bas iti9t a5 Don ~unIerer
erbdrmli9en. Derd3tGi9en 1ombat@4rittz
frQtie."
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

11eber ben btngebenben Yatrioz
ttsmus be5 9rof. 6atfteGo fagt
bic Soma Sri6iine~ f90n unb rt9tig:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01

If you are suffering with any skin or
blood disease, rheumatism, Catar7h,
Ulcers. Old Sores, General Debility, etc,
send stamp to the Blood Balm CO., At
lanta. Go. for book of wonderful cures,
free. This book will point the way to
speedy recovery.
Botanic Blood Balm, Oh. Il. 80 is
manufactured after Il long tested pre-
scription of an eminent physician, and is
the best building-up and blood purifying
medicine in the world. Beware OF sub
stitutes. Price 81 for large bottles.
For sale by Druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton, $. D.: ''Was tax
en- with a bad cold which settled on
my lungs; cough set in and finally ter.
minated in Consumption. -Four Doc
tors gave me up, saying | could live
but a short time. I gave myself up to
my Savior, determined if l could not
stay with my friends on earth, / would
meet my absent ones above. My hus
band was advised to get DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds. | gave it trial
took in all eight bottles. 1t has cured
me, and thank God am saved and now
Il well and healthy woman" Tria
bottles free at any drug store. Regu
lar size soc. and $f.00 guaranteed OIL
price refunded.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01
Bill Arp on Tennessee
Philosopher Finds Thrifty Neghbors Across the LineH
Sees Some Fine Mules.

, to stay at Pollard for twenty-four hours.
Then he almost cried as he asked: My
friends, were any of you ever in Pol
lard? hone not and that you
never will be- Rather than live in
Pollard | would live in-I would live
in vain.
| thought of that the other night. Ii
was $3.50 o'clock when | was aroused by
the porter's cry of Decherd-all out for
Decherd. Soon | was on the platform
and waited for somebody to say "Ho-
tel. sir. The train sped away and !
looked in vain for somebody who want
ed to see me. The telegraph operator
was clicking his machine in Il room and
his light shone dinly through hole in
the wall. | saw Il colored man near the
door and asked for 4 hotel. One right
round de corner said be. Walk down
de platform and you see de light" II
was dark and had been raining. ! saw
the light dimly burning and waded
through some black Tennessee mud to
get to it. Anybody could have knocked
me in the head or have robbed me
without resistance. When | got TO the
piazza | missed counting the number
of steps and fell upon the floor. | had
rather fall up any time than to fall
down. especially in the night. | tried
the door and found it locked. Well, !
tried for ten minutes to arouse some
body, but | tried in vain, and sadly re-
turned to the little depot with my shoes
more wetter and more muddier. The
colored gentleman was still there. Said
]: MY friend, | couldn't wake up any
body there Il was Altered you could
MT" said he: Uncle Bill is gittin'
powerful old Chats me, thought H.
and he amt very liable in dc night
time That's me, too. thought l, So
| took a back seat in the cold, chcerless
waiting room and remained there and
ruminated until sunrise, when a train
came up and took me to Winchester.
which is only three miles away. and is
the county seat. 1t is pretty town and
quite an educational center. Break
fast was ready and was inviting. and
in little while | felt like another man.
and said to myself "All's wen that
ends we'll" But. oh, those two long.
dreary hours at Decherd. and it looks
like pleasant little hamlet, but it
sadly needs some Accommodations for
wayfaring and aged travellers. There
We're some dying embers in the stove.
but there We're no chairs, and | couldn't
warm my feet from the seats that were
fastened to the wall. My legs were not
long enough. But. as General Lee said
at Gettysburg, It's all my fault'-all
my fault for taking n train that put
me there in the night
But Tennessee is a great state. Her
people know how to farm, and with good
roads and scarcity of cotton are forg-
ing ahead and ready for war.
BILL ARP.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01

Solicitors wanted for "War in Cuba,
by Senior Qucsada representative Cuban
Republic at Washington. The official
book. Tells everything about Spain
Cuba, the Maine and war. The first
gun that's fred will sell million copies
Get ready for action. Don't wait. De-
mand enormous. Bonanza for agents
Big book; big profits. Only $3.50.
Credit given; freight paid; outfits free.
Write quick. The National Book Con-
Germ, 354 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01
SHE Is PROUD or ALGY.
Gen. Grants Daughter Thanks God
That She Has So Patriotic Son.
tSpecial to The World.)

tSpeclaI TO Inc NulIu'l
Chicago. April 27.-"While it is not
easy for mother to send her son to
the front with no other talisman than
God keep YOU to protect him from
Spanish bullets, | cannot help feeling
proud, and am glad from the bottom of
my heart that my son loves his country
we'll enough to fight for il" said Mrs.
Nellie Grant SartoriS.
"Algcrnon said nothing TO me of his
plans until after he had written to Gen.
Lee. asking for Il place on his staff, '
added Mrs. Sartoris 1T was not until
Gen. Lee had replied. saying that if he
received commission Algy should ride
by his side, that my son told me of his
plans.
1--WE have always regarded him as Il
student rather than warrior, although
his greatest heroes are his grandfather
and Napoleon, and he knows by heart
every detail of all the battles in which
Cen Grant fought
HE is Il true American" concluded
Mrs Sartoris.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01

A little boy asked for a bottle of "get
I'D in the morning as fast as you cam
The druggist recognized a household
came for "DeWitt's Little Early
Risers," and gave him a bottle of those
famous little pills for constipation, sick
headache, liver and stomach troubles.
Heartt & Heart.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01
A JAR IN THE MUSIC.

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
"What gives young Mr.. Simpsons
voice that peculiar tremolo?"
THE war scare, | guess
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01

It's easier for us TO see the faults of
others than it is for others TO see our
virtues.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01
ONE IN A THOUSAND.

One summer, several years ago, WINE
railroading in Mississippi ! became bad
ly affected with malarial blood poison,
that impaired my health for more than
two years. Several offensive ulcers APP
peared on my legs, and nothing seemed
to give permanent relief until took of
Botanic Blood Balm (B. +. b., which
cured me entirely. NJ. ID. LANE,
Deyeraux, Ga.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
Gissgous Family Homes.

Among the many new things started
ty the Glasgow corporation is "fam.
lily home" IL is intended mainly for
widowors and widows who GO out to
work There are 100 bedrooms. each Of
which contains q good bed for the IA.
ther or mother and n broad cot for the
younger children. For these rooms the
parents pay 5s Cd. week, and that
sum includes the lighting. heating and
cleaning q them. Clean linen is sup
piled once week. In the home, also,
there are dining. recreation and nursery
rooms. The children arc looked after
and cared for while the parents are at
work for an infnitesimal sum. The
cooking. washing and bathing arrange.
ments are excellent, and Is the thing Is
done ON large scale and economically
arranged the establishment is expected
TO ray for itself Glasgow bencvolerce
Is nothing II not practical. and this new
home seems most admirable irstitu.
tion.-St James Gazette
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
THE MAN WITH THEAX.
How an Insane Miner Terrorized
a Nevada Town.
DRAINED EVERYBODY HE NET.

A Night Of Anxiety Which Shattered From.
tier Nervos-Houscs Bsrricaded While
Armed Men Hunt the Destroycr-Safety
Restored In Western Style.
In community thrown together as that
In Austin, New, was in its early history
many episodes tragical or the reverse, were
bound to occur. One of the most noted in
the annals of the young town was the one
that was long known and spoken of as the
tragedy Of "the man with the AK" In the
fall OF 1858, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, party Of five men from q point some
where in California arrived in Austin and
pitched their camp in Cedar ravine, close
to the town. They put up their tent noar
their wagon and did their cooking ut their
campfire in the open air. This gypsy way
of living was rather the rule than the ex-
ception at this time, as few had had sui.
hcient time to erect moro substantial and
comfortable quarters, and Mt night the
ravines and hillsides were aglow with the
campfires of the emigrant One man of
this party of five had been silent, morose
and irritable for several days, as had been
observed by his companions. They thought
him, as they expressed 1t, "a little nutty, {"
but dreamed of no danger at his hands.
After dark one night the different mem.
bers of the party, except the moody one,
were engaged about the camp in preparing
for the night. Ho sat by the campfire ST.
lent and gazing into 1t. One of the party
was bending over it preparing the evcning
meal when, without warning, the silent
one spranG to his feet and with frenzied
yell seized an az and sank it into tho brain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28

HANNIBAL Is UNDER WATER.
People Caught Asleep with Barely Time to
save Their Lives.

ST. Louis. March ga special to The
Republic from Hannibal, Mo-, says that
part OF the city lying along Bear creek
is under water. making travel impos-
sible except In skifYs or vehicles. The
most damage was done In Bear creek
valley. where a large number Of cot
tages are located. Both the city and
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas rail.
road dykes gave way. flooding a section
two miles long and arousing the Sleep
Ing inmates, who barely had time TO
escape. There were many narrow es-
capes and had 1t not been for the
prompt assistance rendered by those
who owned boats many would have
persisted. Many poor families are made
homeless with their household goods
destroyed. Fortunately there were no
fatalities. The railroads suffered
severely.
The track OF the Hannibal and ST.
Louis Railroad company is washed out
II many places. Their engines, except
one. are in the round house and can.
not be moved owing TO the condition OF
the track. Two bridges on this road
between Hannibal and lakewood are
washed out. The track ballast Of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad is
washed out for fifteen blocks. The east
end @. the costly iron bridge between
the outer depot and round house fell
In the afternoon. The loss will be heavy.
The rains in the Okaw river bottoms in
st. Clair county have swollen that river
SO that II Is in most places from three
10 four miles wide and more than 255
persons have been forced to leave their
homes. Damage to the farms will be
considerable.
The Air Line trains are unable to run
over their tracks because Of a washout
at Golden Gate. about 100 miles from
81. Louis. The washout Is extensive
and 1t will be several days before II
can be repaired. From vandalia, Mount
Vernon. Bingham. Charleston, Green
VILE. Pittsield and Nashville. Ills, come
reports OF rising streams and Of wash
ou:s on the railroads because Of the
heavy rains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
PINGREEs BILL A FAILURE.
Constitutional Lawyer Says Il VIII Not ID
What 1t Il Here For,

Whoe IL Ii Here For.
Lansing. Mich. March 2S.-It is the
talk here that Governor Pingree's bill
for the taxation of the property Of rail-
road, telegraph. express and telephone
companies at its market value is as
good as dead, and that the governor
will have to submit O revised pro-
gramme. The Michigan Central is the
company that it is most desired to
reach. but Fred A. Baker. chairman Of
the Democratic state committee, who
came here on Pingree's invitation, ad-
vised the legislators in an argument
made Saturday that unless that COM
pany's special charter were first re-
pealed the passage Of the Pingree bill
would not affect the company a par
ticle. but would simply make matters
worse for its weaker competitors. He
furthermore said the bill was unconsti-
tutional In certain particulars, and as
he is the leading constitutional lawyer
in Michigan, his argument has had the
effect to dispose Of the bill in its present
form.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
Coal Mines Filling with Water.

Brazil. Ind. March 2S.-The overflow.
Ing of a creek in the south part Of the
county did immense damage. Two
mines belonging to Harrison &Andrews.
large coal operators. were completely
filled with water. within six inches of
the roof. throwing 800 men out Of en-
ployment. A mine in the north part of
the county belonging to the Ehrlich
Coal company Is also filled with water
and will probably be abandoned,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
Seems Over at CiucInn.ti.

Cincinnati. March 2s.-Unless more
rain should come copiously and quick
ly the present freshet OF the Ohio river
will very soon pour itself into the Mis-.
sissippi river. From Portsmouth up It
is falling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
College Debate Declared on.

Madison. Wis. March 2s.-The Uni
versity Of Wisconsin team has declared
OF the intercollegiate debate which
was to have taken place with Iowa uni
versity. because OF the continued dila.
tory tactics of the "Hawkeyes.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
He Was Practically Cut In Half.

Cedar Rapids, Ia. March 2S.-Joseph
Dedic. while saving wood. attempted
to mount the frame Of the circular saw
and fell upon the rapidly revolving saw,
which practically severed his body at
the waist line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-28
Working Hard to Save Portsmouth,

Portsmouth, O., March 2S.-The Ohio
river is rising one-fourth Of an inch
per hour. A big force Of men has been
working Strengthening the temporary
levees to keep the water out of the
center Of the city, thus preventing
heavy damage. Fire engines are pump
ing out the sewers in an effort to keep
the water from reaching the threatened
district through that source. The
weather is warm, cloudy and threaten
ing rain.