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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06

volunteer. He directed General Irish
to inform the officers that this must
step, and that If necessary he would is
sue a general order against it. The
governor said it required more courage
for member of the National Guard to
ask for his discharge than to volunteer.
Petitions for the retention of certain
regiments and protests against the di-
vision of certain regiments are being
received. The petitions about balance
the protests. Neither viii be regarded
The good of the service and military
regulations alone will govern. The five
regiments of the National Guard must
be condensed into four regiments of
volunteers, and the forty companies
now existing increased to forty eight.
Dcs Moines. Ia, May 6.-Four wagon
loads Of shoes We're given to the men at
Camp Mckinley and LOCO blankets were
parceled out to those who were lacking.
The men were in bad need of The shoes.
most of them having worn out their
shoes in the drills which have been kept
up daily until yesterday. when rain in
terfered. About 1000 men in the number
who will go TO the front viii have to be
uniformed. and a requisition has been
sent to Washington, although no reply
has been received
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
The One Place to Buy Dry Goods.

The following tremendous reduc-
tions are hereby announced:
Soc organdies for 19c a yard: very
choice patterns.
Also three lines at Zoe, 12!c and 15c
a yard.
20 pieces 81 silk velvet for 37Jc a
yard.
10 pieces silk faced velvets for 15c
a yard.
$6.4 and $7.4S ladies' silk suits for
$4.33 each.
$3.50 and s. ladies' mackintoshes
for s29S each.
Ladies' vests that should sell at Sc
for DC.
Ladies Richlieu ribbed fast black
hose for Zoe a pair.
Also good fast black hose at &c a
pair. Boston Store.
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Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
GEN. WALLACE Is DIsiPPoITEp.
Indiana Veteran Cannot Get into the War
Against spain.


Detroit, May 6.-COlonel 2. A. Huff
man, of this city, served with General
Lew Wallace in the Mexican war and
the war of the rebellion. He has enlist
cd here for the war with Spain. and
learning that General Wallace was like
ly to have command OF a regiment
wrote him asking the privilege Of sery-
ing for the third time under him. He
received the following letter from Wal
lace:
My Dear Old Friend: Thank Won
very much for your tender of service.
and l am delighted that you are now
ready to serve the country as formerly.
There is no prospect Of receiving an ap-
pointment as general of Volunteers. I
am very much afraid, like yourself. I
am entirely Of the past. I offered the
other day to enlist and carry a Gun in
the ranks, but was confronted with the
statement that, being over 20 years of
age. thcre was no chance for me.
Il tried it Il second time and went so
far as to offer 500 FOR a place as a pri-
vate, and endeavored to prevail on the
officers to throw their scruples aside
and accept me. They declined. In ad-
dition TO the argument Of age against
me it is my misfortune now to have
been a major general. You see the
point in difficulty. Do not, however. let
me discourage you. Go ahead and do
the best. you can, and believe me, as
always, most truly your friend,
Il EW WALLACE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
IN THE CAMP OF BADGERS.
One Day of Decent Weather in Week
Examining the Recruits

Camp Harvey, Milwaukee, May c.
The work of Transforming the three
regiments of the Wisconsin National
Guard into volunteers of the United
States still goes on, and at the present
rate this process will take a week more
The Wisconsin soldiers have now been
in camp one week and during those
seven days there has been but oneofd de-
cent weather. Considering the discour-
agement of the elements andinadequate
equipment in some cases. it may be
said that the morale of the Wisconsin
army is first-class. The boys were Civ
en- considerable leeway at first, but
gradually the restrictions became more
severe and the officers now have a pret-
ty tight grip on the men.
Major II. Z. Bradley saws that in the
physical examination the percentage of
rejected men is 10. The most reflections
are among recruits, who were not ex-
amined before they came into the Ma
tional Guard. The rate of examination
is battalion a day Therefore it will
take nine days, and one day for a gen
eral clearing up. The Third regiment
will be finished Saturday night and the
Second Will be taken up Sunday. The
physicians find their work tiresome. but
are in hurry to get through with 1t.
The work is systemized and each sur
geon takes a sepaSate branch.
Il viii scuttle my ship this after
Eoon," said Colonel Doyon. He issued
rations for four meals and closed I'D
shop. Breakfast tomorrow morning will
be the first meal served by Uncle Sam.
Governor Scofield says that a new Wis
consin National Guard of the same
strength as the old one will be mus
tered in as soon as the present guard
goes into the United States service. He
has done nothing upon the work as yet,
but he says he is thinking IL over. The
national government has been COM
municated with on the subject Of shoes.
Nothing has been heard from Washing
ton on that question as yet. Governor
Sc1field has determined to take up the
subject Of shoes himself. not hearing
from Washington, and has authorized
the purchase of footgear for those who
most need It. He said II that was not
done the hospital would be filed I'D.
Detroit. May 6-Governor Pingree is
Indignant at the abuse heaped upon
the few men in caulp who decline ia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
Attempted Blockade Runner Taken in by Capt Simpsons
Ships at Havana.
WHICH MAY LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS.
Liner La Fayette Evidently Sailing Under False CoorsAn
tcpated Attack on Porto Rico
\AIASHINGTON, Nav 6.-The seiz.

MIASHINGTON, May 6.-The seiz-
w ure of the French liner La Fay-
ette has caused a sensation in diplo-
matte and official circles. Secretary
Day declares the vessel lawful prize
As blockade runner. The French
ambassador said France will prompt
Iy lodge protest against the seizure
Serious international complications
may follow.
Key West, May 6.-On board the
Associated Press dispatch boat Kate
Spencer.-The big French liner La
fayette, from Corruna, Spain, April
~, with full complement of pas
sengers and a general cargo was cap
tured by the Annapolis last evening
IN attempting to run the Havana
blockade, after an exciting chase
The Wilmington, Newport and Nor
rill participated in the capture. At
ter examination of the papers the
frenchman was sent to Key West un-
der guard of the Wilmington. A
very large number of male passengers
leads to the suspicion that she carried
Spanish recruits. Though delicate
international question is involved the
fact that she left Spanish port after
a declaration of war seems to warrant
holding her.
1t is said there is serious interna-
tional aspect to the capture of the LII
Fayette. as she mounts guns and is q
French naval reserve vessel.
The officers Of the La Fayette say
her detention will become an interna-
tional episode.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06

ports are awaiting troops. There is
great uncertainty as to the time of
sailing.
Great Britain Keeps Out.
London. May 6.-Certain powers
have again made overtures to Great
Aritain to intervene in the pending
war. Great Britain again refused.
Shots Heard at Sea.
Charleston, S. c.. May 6.-Firipg
off sea was heard here this morning.
but no vessels have been sighted.
Spanish Troops From Manila.
Port Said, May 6.-The Spanish
steamer. Leo Mi, with troops from
Manila, passed. bound for Barcelona.
Two More Prizes.
Key West, MAY 6.-Two more
prizes, Spanish fishing schooners,
have been brought in.
Gone to Meet the Oregon.
Buenos AyreS, May 6.-The Tenn
crario has sailed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
CHRISTINA AND HER ADVISERS,
Queen Regent Signs the War Resource Bill
-Warships on the Docks.

-Warships on the Docks.
Madrid, May 6.-At q cabinet meeting
yesterday over which the queen regent
presided, Sagasta explained the war
situation and announced the safe ar
rival at Porto Rico of the Spanish
Transatlantic company steamer Al
fonso XIII, having on board, it is said
reinforcements of troops and a very
valuable cargo, including ammunition
and supplies. The premier ais o an
nounced the opening Of the Cuban par
lament, and the queen regent signed
the war resource bill. The cabinet aft
erward held another meeting and de-
liberated upon the financial situation
and the measures taken and contem-
plated to preserve public order in the
localities where disturbances have oc-
cured
The debate on the governments pol
icy was resumed in the congress yes
terday, the sitting being mainly oc-
cupied with the continuation of Senior
Romero Robledo's speech. He severely
criticised the government for it's lack
of foresight. and after putting various
questions to members of the cabinet as
to the government plans, he announced
that ne would ask the cortes to vote an
income tax
London May 6.-There are absolutely
no new facts connected with the Hisnano-
American situation from any source.
The absence of news from Commodore
Dewey causes great deal of specula-
ton. the balance of opinion inclining
to the view that while in no danger he
has not been able to get effectual pos
session of Manila. The latest dispatches
from Madrid say that the measures the
cortes has adopted have had the effect
OF reducing the agitation in the pru-
vinces, but looking to the severe GER.
sorship such optimist reports may vse
be doubted.
London. May GA dispatch to The
Daily Chronicle from Cadiz, dated
Tuesday, says: The battleship Pelayo
and the cruiser Alfonso XIII have left
their anchorage in the bay and gone to
| the dock yard. The cruisers Patricia
and Rapido are preparing with all
speed, and all are expected to sail to-
gether CadiZ is overwhelmed by the
| news of the Philippine disaster. the lost
crews numbering many Cadiz citizens"
Paris. May 6.-Ex-Queen Isabella re-
fuses to receive political visitors. She
| has gone into mourning for the Spanish
| sailors killed at Manila
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
TO ATTACK PORTO RICO NEXT.
Anticipated Place of Bombardment by
Americas Fleet.

Americas tleet.
Washington. May 6.--It is expected
in administration circles that Porto
Rico will be taken by the United
States tomorrow. a cabinet officer
said To-Day that important news might
be expected from Porto Rico Sunday.
Cheering News u True.
Madrid, May 6.-Hong Kong adj
vices say Americans are repsrted to
have landed at Cavite after fresh
bombardment.
London. May GA Shanghai spe-
cial says Dewey, after crushing the
Spanish fleet and disposing of Cavite.
bombarded Manila. which was soon
on fire. Great loss of life is reported.
London, May Ga news agency in
this city publishes dispatch from
Washington SAYING that Secretary
Long admits that he received an un-
official telegram from the far east to
the effect that Dewey bombarded Ma
Mia. doing enormous damage to the
place, and intlicting immense loss of
life on the defenders.
1t is officially denied that the Ma
Mia cable is working.
Our War Ships.
New York. May "a Kingston
special says four American warships
were sighted off Porto de Banes.
Cuba. They are supposed to be part
of the Sampson fleet
Washington, MAY 6.-The Tribune's 5
Washington special says Sampson has
been instructed to send warship
immediately to the relief of Ameri-
cans residing at Navassa island.
The Sending Of the Troops.
Chattanooga, May 6.--All regi-
ments have been ordered to ship their
surplus baggage to home posts imme-
diately. having only field equipment,
and he ready to move at moments $
notice. The 25th started by special
trains for Tampa this afternoon.
Tampa, Fla. Nav 6.-Seven trans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
JUDGE HANDS HAND OUT.
Henry County's Candidate Withdraws From
the Congressional Race.

Judge John 2. Hand. of Cambridge.
has withdrawn from the race for the
congressional nomination.
His explanation for this move is
that his candidacy was causing too
much friction in the republican ranks
of Henry county. 1t is believed this
practically insures the Henry dele
gates for Prince.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
Baseball Notes.

Umpire Jimmy Ward left for Du-
buque this morning.
Rock Island and Cedar Rapids are
meeting in the latter city today.
All Western association games were
postponed yesterday on account of
the bad weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
To Consumptiyes.

As an honest remedy, Foley's Honey
and Tar does not hold out false hopes
in advanced stages. but truthfully
claims to give comfort and relief in
the very worst cases. and in the early
stages to effect cure. Sold by I. H.
Thomas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
River Riplets.

The Quiekstep came down with 32
strings of logs.
The Inverness and Bedar were
down and the Lily, Bedar and Pilot
passed up.
The City of Winona and Verne
Swain We're in port.
The water is stationary at 400; the
temperature ut noon 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
Home Seekers Excursion,

May 5 and Il the c.. r. |. &P. will
sell round trip home seekers excur-
sion tickets for one fare plus 81. For
full information call at Rock Island
route ticket office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
Des Moines Excursion,

Sunday. May s, the c.. r. |. 4 P.
will sell ROUND trip tickets from Dav-
enport to Des Moines for $3.50. Spe-
cial train leaves at 6 a. m. returning
same night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06
Spain's Reserve Squadron.

Madrid, May 6.-Admiral Camara,
who took command Of the Spanish re-
serve squadron at Cadiz today. hoisted
his flag on board the battleship Pelayo.
His appointment has caused much sat-
isfaction among the naval men Of
Spain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06

Men and medicines are judged by
what they do. The great cures by
Hoods Sarsaparillr give it a good
name everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06

Chicago. May 6.-Yesterday's League
scores at base bail We're: At Boston,
New York G. Boston I: at Pittsburg-
Chicago 4. Pittsburg 4-siX innings,
rain; at Cincinnati and New York
Rain.
Western League: At st. Paul-Omaha
4, st. Paul Is; at neapolis-kansas
City 5, Minneapolis 4; at indianapolis
Rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-06

John Torthiugton, 55 years old. oiler
oS the machinery i'm the Rookery (Chi-
cago) building engine room, was caught
10y the machinery. carried over pulley
by heavy belt and then thrown to the
concrete floor, crushed and mangled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

realized before, and the result mas pech 'ne
aceeptanc. OF the principle when uley ioue"'
for. not only among themselves OUT a''o ~ ~,
nation which fought against them Iha' iue"'
ism which saw things in religion anu po''',.
that were not with the same viv'dhess as il
H., axisted and In the end caused them to be-
was not an imported trait 1t was born OF INC
struggle with man and nature In this country
7, 4. tho drawback OF an ideal that 1t must
be described in the language or common-sehse'
Otherwise people will laugh at the idealst the
moro startling the ideal is the more prosaic
must its advocate become He must snow no"
easy IL will be to attain what he aims at lie
must consider every doubt and answer every ID
lection: he must argue and he must aVoio All TO-
uance Frcnoou was right when he turned to
satire In the midst Of the Revolutionary time
Mon will listen. whether friends or enemies to
scorn and Indignation in poetry at such time
while they will freeze the more ambitious poet
by their Indifference. Thus Professor Iyier
points out that the pleasanter themes Of verse
were lightly touched in the early days OF the
Revolutionary period. and toward the end men
turned to genial thoughts, but in the midst OF
the grim strife there was endless argument
malicious or patriotic song. bitter satire, ana
little else This was true on both sides OF he
struggle II the patriots had Trumbull and
Freneau and Hopkinson. the royallsts had Oden
and Stansbury. In prose one angry pamphleteer
was answered by another. and the same would
have been true of the pulpit II patriotic intoler-
ance had not silenced prematurely such royaHst
preachers as Boucher and Seabury.
Professor Tyler does not praise this fanatlcal
intolerance on the part OF the patriots lie
thinks it time now to abandon the hatreds OF
the past and to consider nationally and scien-
tifcally the writings and the writer's on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
AMERICAN LITERATURE.
LATER CHAPTERS IN PROFESSOR TY-
LER'S HISTORY.

A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LiTEIsATc re ;r Dnr-
ing the Colonial Time. by Moses Colt Tyler
Professor of American History in Cornell Uni
yersly; Vol l@7-isS Octave Pp' XVI, nI;
Sons.
THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION; l763-l7&. BY Moses Colt Tyler,
Professor OF American History in CornoH oIi-
versity Vol !. 1753-l776. Octave PIP xxx 81
Vol ii, l77C-l7Si PIP. 527. c. p. Putnam's SONS
With the revised edition of Professor Tyler's
history OF Colonial literature come two volumes
which carry the investigation on thr' ugh the
Revolutionary period. The interest in the theme
grows as Il widcls TO the dawn Of American Ma
tional life. This manifest evolution Is the main
thing in the narrative. 1t is something apart
their works, for these. as a rule. do not awaken
modern enthusiasm Not to go back to Wiggles-
worth and Cotton Mather. what should we say
to those dramas of the Revolutionary time
which Mr.. Tyler has genially analysed. and to
much of the verse and prose which he has re-
viewed if had not to pay reverence to the
past? About the only thing would be to point
a tn quoque at more recent times. But that Will
not answer 1t Is not the work Of these ancient
literary artificers that makes them perennay
attractive. 1t is their workshop. their environ
ment which renders them indispensable to mod
ern letters. In this regard they have a special
excellence. There literatures in which the
bare the social and political background which
must OF necessity lie behind them. But Ameri-
can literature does not belong to such class. 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

royalist side Of the Revolutionary controversy.
The Tories numbered at least one-thrd Of the
population Of the colonies. They were. on the
whole, people OF consideration previous to the
quarrel with England Above all. they had
much good argument their side. 1t could not
be known then to a certainty what would come
OF the political ideals Of freedom and equality
and universal suffrage and OF sway over q
whole continent, which were cherished by the
patriots. The royalists looked more to the past
than TO the future. They agreed with their
countrymen generally In the belief that English
authority had been used unjustly. But they
imagined that grievances could be removed by
peaceful methods. and they were determined not
to give up the monarchy. Their only freak In
the way Of ideasm was to view George III
through an abnormal medium which made a
kngy and poetic figure out OF a person who was
prosaic and vicious and lacking in all claim to
reverence. Otherwise they were practical accord
ing to the political theories OF their century
They could laugh at the high aspirations OF
their rebellious contemporaries on the good
ground that these republican and democratic
ideals had never been realized in the past The
experience OF mankind was on their side the
prescience Of coming things was on the side OF
the mpetuous Otis and the indefatigable Samuel
Adams. The surprise OF the world at large at
the fact that Hutchinson and his rich and re-
spectacle allies were wrong and that the rather
thriftloss Adams was right in forecasting the
future Of North America has hardly ceased at
the present day. Almost century after the
quarrel was over. the keenest intclects on the
other side Of the Atlantic were stlr looking
eagerly for the breakup Of the great Republic
To understand the Tories one must get into the
position which they occupied. In that position
their opinions do not seem eccentric or I'M
justihable. To the famous maxim drawn from
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carries It's background In front, like that famous
bull that took the choicest work OF the painter
away on its horns Colonial and Revolutionary
authors were at no pains to cover their main
purpose by siding up to 1t on indirect lines. In
their sincerity. in their unconscious but thor
ough harmony with their environment. lies their
value.
SO far this environment was a matter OF
formal education and speculative thought 1t
was fairly uniform Throughout the colonies.
Trumbull at Yale and Freneau at Princeton
the two poets of the Revolution, probably had
much the same kind OF training. The scholar
ship Of that day contemplated wide range
OF classical study, and it not affected
enough to ignore this study in later life. Its
philosophy with more or less modification, was
that Of Jonathan Edwards. just as its religion
under various DISCUSSES. was his This philoso-
ply and this religion were far from narrow.
The passed from idcalism as marked as
that of Berkeley to the kecnest observation Of
nature. while the other rigid as it was I'm
doctrine still highly emotional. English
Purtanism and Scottish Presbyterianism were
joined in the thought OF the New World and
their influence was so universal that they
moulded Quakcrism and Independency and
Ep.scopalianism to their likeness. Those tur-
bulont spirits that broke away from religion and
criticised it revealed by their arguments the
particular aspect Of Christianity which provoked
them. and so far as IDEAS went this aspect was
always the same. So the main political ideas Of
the men OF Revolutionary times had been
worked over until they were practically uni
form. ldealism was stronger in these political
notions than had been the rule in other parts
Of the world. These men fought to the death
against wrong which was in fact only u
contingency. They demanded the embodiment
In practice Of all IDEAL which lad never been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

The best thing about the Stiffness which is
affecting current literature to such an extent
is that when you have given it all the rope it
asks for it is sooner or later bound to hang
Itself. Mr. Arthur Symons, for example, has
been disporting himself OF late in better company
than usual, THE Yellow Book" and THE
Savoy" have faded more or less into the back
ground, and THE Saturday Review" has opened
its serious pages to his delverances. The OPP
portunity was not to be lost. Mr.. Symons pro-
ceeded to DO himself Justice. raising his wonted
preciosity and absurdity to their highest power
Writing Of NJ. Huysmans's novel "En Route"
he says: 1T is perhaps the first novel which
does not set out with the aim OF amusing its
readers II offers you no more entertainment
than Paradise Lost or the Confessions Of St
Augustine. and it is possible to consider it on the
same level" Is it? Well you may defend this
kind Of thing on the basis of art" or "<rensth"
or anything you Ike. but if remains IN Illus
tration Of uncommohly vile taste and uncorn-
mon stupidity. We may cite another passage
M. IIuysmans began 10y acquiring 50 aston
iShing mastery of description that he could
describe the inside Of cow hanging in a
butchers shop rs beautifully as if 1t were a
caskci of jewels" Happy IIuysmans! The curl
Gus thing is that when Mr.. Sym0nS makes an
observation of this sort he really thinks it arts
tie ana eloquent He and the numerous writer's
who follow the same standard never dream that
they are making themselves ridiculous. that
every time they draw what they are pleased to
consider one of their strong strokes they are
sappinc their apparent vogue. Some day they
will awake. stunned, and wonder. perhaps, how
they ever could have been such inflated young
priga