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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
PEACE BY SATURDAY.
That Is the Way It Appears to a
Correspondent at the ltal.
ian Capital.
DONs MOT..s QUICKLY SOMETIMES.

Make Unusually Good Time in Consider.
ing the Proposals of President McKin-
ley-Oniy twenty-five Hours Taken to
Agree to the Terms In Principle and
Prepare . Reply, Which Is Alleged to
Have Been sent to Washington.
London, Aug. 3.-The Rome CORE
spondent of The Daily Chronicle says:
Spain, it is asserted here. has ac-
| cepted the American terms, with unim-
portant reservations and the peace pre-
hminaries will be signed before satur-
day
The Madrid correspondent OF The
Times, telegraphing yesterday. SAYS:
THE runors that President Mckinley
insisted on gstting a definite reply not
later than tomorrow seem to be con-
firmed by the unusual rapidity of Of
fetal procedure here. Generally. when
the Spanish government has to take an
important decision, q hong Fer.es OF cab
met councils is devoted to what is
called in seni-oflicial phrase, logy. OK
changing Impressions "a eUphon SIN
for taking atlarge. bringing recalcitrant
members into line and postpoIing de-
cision until the morrow. 1t was eX-
pected, therefore, in the most impor-
tant questior-war or peace-that thesa
preliminary operations would require
many days
Got "a Move on Them Once.
In reality. IL not entirely dispensed
with they were got through in e single
sitting. and the whole procedure OF ex-
amning the American demands decid-
ing on a course of action ard preparing
formal reply was accomplished-if wa
may trust tho Madrid press-in less
than twenty-five houps. NJ. Cambop's =
ncte was received Sunday evening and
communicated Immediately to the queen
regent by, Duke Almodovar de Rio, tn.
foreign minister. who subsequently paid
Senior SaSasta a midnight visit AT s
o'clock Monday morning the premier
teicgraphed his colleagues to assemble
in council at 10. When the council rose
at midday the main questions had been
decided in principle.
Wanted Some More Information.
But full reply could not be- pre-
pared because ons or tive points In the
American note required explanation,
and a supplementary note had been re-
eeived from VI. Cambon containing a
Dew condition. Tho existenea of this
pew condition was admitted by Herpsr
SaSasta tc press rapresen sastve, bat
the premier declined 10 say whether
1t aggravated or softened, the condl-
tons previously communicated. AT :
O'Clock Duke Almc cdovar de Rio hard an
audience with the queen regent. and at
o'clock the cabinet had a second
sitting. Before rising the ministers
had. it is said, completed their formal
reply and some authorities affirm THAI
1t was eelegraphed to Washington dur
ing the night, but this statement re-
Quires continuation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
ALL SIGNS POINT TO PEACE.
Indications That Mckinkcy's Proposals
Were Taken I'm n ConctItatorv S,iri.

Were Taken In Conciliatory Spirit.
"As to the precise nature Of the de-
mands and tho contents OF the note In
reply ministers refuse to give informa-
ton. So the current rumors on the sub
ject cannot be regarded as more than
surmises; but Indications are not want
ing that President MeKinley's proposals
have been considered in a conciliatory
spirit. with view of arriving If posi-
bic at an immediate pacific solution. All
recent oracular declarations by official
personases point in this direction. The
latest of these declarations is the expla-
nation given for maintaining such un-
usual reticence-namely, the danger Of
compromising the success Of the pego-
tiations and the desire to give proof Of
z sincere wish to arrive at a perfect un-
Outstanding.
Here and at Washington the original
assumption was that NJ. Cambon was To-
act merely as transmitting agency
but now he Is frequently spoken OF as
IL he were ssrt OF mediator between
the two powers. using his good offices
in favor of Spain. Whether simply from
a popular misapprehension Of the pro-
cedure actually adopted and natural
desire 10 obtain some extrane0us diplo-
matte support, or whether il indicates
real change of procedure, so far as NJ.
Carbon is concerned the event. OF the
next few days will probably show. At
the present moment disinterested dip
l0matic SUPPORT cannot fail TO be well
coined. The harvest prospects are so
good throughout the peninsula that the
government has decided TO cancel the
decree prohibiting the export Of grain
and to impose merely a moderate export
duty"
The Madrid correspondent of The
standard telegraphinC yesterday says:
The governments reply 10 the Ameri-
can terms was forwarded yesterday
evening through NJ Cambon, and there
Is strong prospect that peace will be
concluded. II is not to be supposed that
the United States government viii OBJ
lect to representations being made. on
the Philippine question anG upon some
pecuniaTy Gains which were mooted by
the United States in the West Indies.
On al the remaining issues Spain shows
disposition 10 assent to the Auerican n
demands No cabinet council was he'd
today. nor are the ministers likely 10
meet again until fresh intelligence is
received from Washington. This is no;
expected at the earliest before Wednes-
day"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
QUAKER clTY's BIG STORM.
Heavy Damage Done by Water and EIec-
tricity.

Philadelphia. Aug. 3.-The excess
sive heat of the past three weeks cul-
mpated today in one of the most ter
rife electrical storms that ever visited
the city. There was a rainfall of over
five inches in two hours. Many build
ings were struck by lightning and
cellars and first floors all over the city
were flooded. The damage is very
heavy. A big fire is said to be raging
at the Point Breeze oil works.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
\hIAsHTNGTON, Aug. S.-The

MAsHlNGTON, Aug. S.-The
w French ambassador has Just
made IAN appointment to meet the
president at the White House at 3:45.
The nature OF the communication is
not known. Whether it relates to
peace or to the case of the French
seized vessel Olinde Rodriguez is not
known. Up to 8 this afternoon the
positive statement was authorized
that the Spanish reply to the Ameri-
can peace demands had not been re-
ceived by the French embassy. The
statement Of Spain expecting a re-
sponse from the United States is,
therefore. premature.
Washington, Aug. 3.-Up to 1890
the French embassy had not received
the Spanish response to the American
peace terms although a communica-
tion not definite in character had
cOms to hand.
Washington, Aug. 3.-The presi-
dent this morning said he had received
no official notification of Spains agree
ment to our peace terms, but that he
was expecting the Spanish reply any
moment.
Spain Entirely Agreeable.
Paris, Aug. 3.--A dispatch from
Madrid says il definite reply from
the United States to the proposals OF
peace arrives today the Spanish cabinet
will meet this evening and officially
accept the terms. The cabinet believes
the agreement will bs accepted by the
country without opposition and the
government will not summon the
&C . sbefora autumn.
Hne Good Word for Aguinaido.
w himgton, Aug. S.-The state
department is advised by United States
Consul Wildmsn, at Hong Kong, that
all the prisoners taken by Aguinaldo
the insurgent chief, including the
monks, are "trentcd with perfect hu.
manity," and that all reports to the
contrary are absolutely false.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
FIFTH ILLINOIS Is HAPPY.
Gets Orders to Start for Newport News to
Join Grants Brigade,

Gets Orders to Start for Newport News to
Join Grants Brigace.
Chickamauga Park, Ge., Auq. s.-The
Fifth Illinois infantry, which was here
tofore twice ordered to the front and as
many times ordered back into camp,
partment yesterday afternoon to pre-
eeed to Newport News, there to report
to Brige iier General Fred Grant for
enNarkatiCn with his brigade to Porto
Rico. Colonel Culver. commanding this
regiment, naturally felt greatly re-
licyed, as did all Of the officers and
mon, and there WAS general rejoicing
in tbs regiment. This command left
Camp Thomas before dGybreak this
mcTsr'ng, niaIching to the Ringcold sta
ton on the Western and Atant C rail
way. This is the only regiment that re-
cetved moving ordei yesterday. Cen
eral Breckenridge thinks the meving
crters henCeforth will be on the basis
OF representing all state proportionstely
ct the front.
But the recent INSTRUMENTATION in the
Fifth Illinois is not to go unnoticed ex-
cept by promotion, ss II were. Colonel
Culver has amounted that every noa-
commissioned officer who took part in
the demo rstrstjon last week after the
regiment was recalled vii be re .ucei to
ranks vki.s wOih q to be eOyanlanee. 4
at sGea stAS Irw a~sn a,,ps,sssea In .heir
plasRs e~AeaN ttHFor saws his regi-
ireRf lSas had COED resAtation for
years ard he intends 10 sustain Il. He
adted: i have ordered "a of these
non-comnl!ssiened officers redsoed. that
is. those who were absent without leave.
] judge there were about a dozen of
them. The other men who are guilty
Of being absent without leave viii be
fined by the field court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
How It Happened

Look here, young man," said the
druggist
The clerk did not have to be told tha,
he had made a mistake. He knew i,
long before. Indeed ho had figured i,
outfor himself and was able to tell Just
how it happened.
"You have charged snly 75 cents for
this prescription" asserted the drug.
gist, "and the regular price is 81"
Il admit it" said the clerk. "The
fact is was rat;led. You $50, 1 made
"a hasty calculation az 10 the cost Of the
ipmsdiests, and the result VIZ q eeats
Instead of RS Is sauulu have seeH.
That Is how ii hanpened. "-Cbicago
Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
The Brides Perplexity.

-What-frowning or your we'd
ding day.
Fay-rm in a qrandary. If | go to
the altar smiling people will say i'n
simply crazy TO get Charlie and if
look solemn they II say | already Re.
gret the step What shall do:-Phila-
delphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
CAVALRY COMING BACK HOME.
Rough Riders and Others Of Skaters Mer
ordered North at Once.

Washington. Aug. S.-All the cav
airy, mounted and dismounted, with
Skaters army, including Reosevelt's 5
rough riders, has been ordered TO pro-
ceed to Montauk Point, Long Island,
for encampment. Gen. Shafter has
been ordered to use all the transport
facilities at his command and to send
the troops north as rapidly as possi-
BILE.
Gov. shaw to Inspect His Troops.
Des Moines. Aug. 3.-Gov. Shaw
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Deauty In Blood Deem.

Clean blood means n clean skin. No
benuty without IL. Cascarcts, Candy CathaI.
tic clean your blood and Leep it clean, b,
stirring up the tpzy, liver AID driving all i'm
Pufitles from the body. Begin to-day 10
banish pnnples, boils, blot1l,es, blaekheads.
and that SICILY bilious complexion ly taking
Cascarets--beauty for ten cents. An drug
gists, satsiaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, 1lc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
The Enlarged Reciprocity.

Paris, Aug. 3.-The Temps says
the United States has notified the
French government it desires to en-
large the reciprocity treaty. France
has accepted the suggestion and ne
gotiations will be opened.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Rain Helps The Corn Cro,

Springfield, His. AuE. S.-A ver,
heavy rain 'eil yesterday af,ernooy and
last night. 1t has done great good. an
the corn crop. which bid fair To be q.
failure. now promises well The rain
vas quite general IA this section.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
For Ovar Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. ID
soothes the child, softens the gums.
allays all pain, cures wind collie. and
is the best remedy for aiarrhoea. rs
cents a bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
MANY SICK AT SANTIAGO.
Shaftcr Now Caring for 6,OOO. Including
Spaniards-Sunday'sR Report.

Washington. Aug. S.-General Shat
ter's health reports yesterday state
that ne is now caring for over 5000
sick people. including Spanish soldiers,
many of whom were found 10 be very
III. The task is a formidable one and
the attempt TO care for all
hands probably explains in a measure
the lack Of adequate preparation of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Weaver Hn, Thres Nom,nat,,,.

Oskaloosa. Ia. Aug. 2-General ]. Is.
Weaver was nominated for congress in
r parate conventions yesterday 10y the
Democrats. Populiss ard Free Silver
Republicans OF the sixth Congressional
district Of Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03

Truth wears well. People have
learned that DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are reliable little pills for regu-
lating the bowels, curing constipation
and sick headache. They don't gripe
L. ii. Thomas. A j. Riess and NJ F.
Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Theron Cunins Dead.

Dixon. H., Aug. 3.-Theron Cum
ins. president of the Grand Detour
Plow company, aged 72, is dead. He
had lived here 56 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03

The best medicine you can take is
that which builds solid foundation
for health in pure, rich blood-Hood s
Sasaparilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
CANNOT GOVERN THEMSELVES
Senator Jones Opinion OF spanish-Am
can Communities-Ca-eo of cut.

can Communities-Ca-e of Cuba
ST. Louis. Aug. 3.-Senator James X
Jones. Of Arkansas. chairman OF the
national Democratics committee. who
was in the city comforting with promi-
nent members of his party. had this to
say concernins our foreign. policy be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
TIFTH FINALLY GETS AWAY.
Detained Illinois Regiment Gets on For
Porto Rico at Last.

Chattanooga, Aug. 3.-The 9th Illi-
nois infantry. after numerous disap-
pointments. finally got away toward
the scene of action ut 1880 this morn
ing. The regiment broke camp and
marched niue miles to Ringgold, Ga. ,
where trains were taken for Newport
News. Col. Culver will report to
Gen. Fred Grant, and the regiment
will go with Grants detachment TO
PORTO Rico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Irrevocably.

The man who borrows trouble gener
ally gives his happiness as security. -
Richmond Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Ninth Goes Toe.

Springfield. ILL.,, Aug. S.-The war
department has ordered the 9th in
fantry now at the fair grounds to
Jacksonville, Fla, to Join Fitzhugh
Lees corps. The news was received
with great enthusiasm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
The French Minister Goes to the White House Late This
Afternoon.
1T MAY MEAN SPAIN'S PEACE ANSWER,
Skaters Cavalry to be Hurried Back to Long IsIand-.-Fh
Illinois Under Way at Last

leaves Denison this evening for Chi
cago, there to be joined by Mrs. Shaw,
Adjt. Gen. Byers, and Gen. b. G..
Pratt for a trip south. The party
will first visit Iowa troops at Chicka-
mauga, jacksonville, and perhaps
Tampa, and return by way of Wash
ington.
Carlist Uprising.
London, Aug. 3.-As Barcelona
special says a formidat q, rising OF
Carlists has taken place near Lorida.
Catalonia. a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-02
COMFY ONE GOLD PARITY

The leading administration organ of
St Louis is pleased to observe that
every state convention held by the Re
publicans this year has endorsed the
financial policies of President McKin-
ley.
1t holds, too, that wherever there is
any silver talk the place of the gold
Democrats is IN the Republican party"
Which is a perfectly tenable position,
the logic of whose reverse should aD-
peal to every honest advocate of silver
trying to keep step in the Republican
parade.
This mouthpiece of the president says
further: There is only one honest
money party in the country, the Re-
publican party, and everybody who
wants the gold standard maintained
ought to vote the Republican ticket"
No one can find fault with that. The
Tribune acknowledged the correctness
of the proposition when it bowed to
the will of the state convention and
struck UP the tune which Arthur Brown
has never ceased to hum.
Every voter in the state of Utah who
supports the candidacy of any Repub-
lican, either directly or indirectly, is
giving aid and comfort to the goldbug
party. The Tribune knows that this
is true. All of the Republican polite
ians of the state know it. Mckinley
knows it. Hanna knows it. And the
people Of the west ought 10 know it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-02
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.

At Provo Monday night the state
campaign on behalf of the Democratic
party viii be opened by Hon. B. H.
Roberts, candidate for representative
TO congress. That he will discuss the
issues of the campaign ably and elo-
quently goes without saying. 1t can
be truthfully said of him that he is the
most eloquent speaker in the state; not
only is he this, but he never speaks
upon a subject without first having
fully mastered it. To those who hear
him Monday night and all should go
to hear him who possibly can, for they
viii enjoy a rich treat, he will present
the political situation as it exists, not
only in the state, but throughout the
Union, as no one else can present it.
Mr.. Roberts will open the campaign as
BELTS the great issues before the peo-
PIE, and he will define so clearly the
attitude of the Democratic party to-
wards the issues of the day that he
who runs may read. Provo should, and
doubtless will, turn out en- masse to
hear him.
On Tuesday night the Democratic
campaign in Salt Lake county will be
opened. 1t will be opened with a grand
rally at the Theatre, at which the lead
ing Democrats of the county will speak.
The Democrats in this city should see
to it that the meeting Tuesday night
is in every way a success; nothing
should prevent every Democrat who is
interested in the welfare of the county
and his party from attending. The
Republicans will make a desperate eff
fort to carry this county this fall, and
it is the duty of Democrats to see to it
that their efforts fail. The county COM
mittee, which is doing splendid work,
work that cannot fail to result in sue
cess, should be given every encourage
ment.
The cause of good government and
the best interests of the state demand
the success of the Democratic party at
the polls in November.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-02


The Manila correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, speaking of the
battle of Malate, pays this tribute to
the Utah artillery boys:
Towards the end of the engagement
the Tenth Pennsylvania ran short of
ammunition, and lay in the trenches
half an hour with fixed bayonets, ex-
pecting from minute to minute that the
Spaniards would come over the earth
works. Probably the best work was
done by the Utah battery They went
into action for the first time, and, amid
bursting shells and humming bullets,
they worked their guns with the cool
ness of veterans. In spite OF the fact
that the Spaniards directed their ar
tillery fire at these four guns, only one
man was slightly wounded. The
whole artillery fire of the Spaniards
was directed against the Utah battery.
This time they had the range, and their
firing was extremely accurate. One
shell exploded on top of the gun COM
manded by Lieutenant Critchlow, and
carried away the sights of the gun, but
did no other damage. The Utah
battery, pounding away at the Spanish
earthworks, showed what volunteer
gunners can do. The men waiting in
the trenches for orders were covered
with mud. Before them were hedges
and rice swamps covered with tangled
fallen trees, and beyond that the
enemy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-02
NO LEAP IN THE DARK.

The question of the retention of the
! most serious one for the American peo-
pie. Many who object to their reten-
ton urge that this government could
not govern them as they should be;
that to do so requires a specially
trained staff of public servants, such
as England has in India. Without
such a staff and with such material as
we have there is no question but that
we could govern the Philippines, and
fairly well, when judged by the high
est standard, and at least to the gen.
eral satisfaction of a majority, the
great majority, of the American peo-
pie. The real, the alI-important ques-
ton is, should the United States I'M
dertake to govern them? To hold and
govern them would necessitate the
keeping of an army in them at least
double the size it has been deemed
necessary to keep in the United States,
for the people Of this country may be
sure that if this country takes over the
Philippines the insurgents will be ris-
ing in rebellion continually. And I'M
doubtedly they would receive much
sympathy, if not aid, from various
powers ambitious of holdings in the
orient.
This is reviewing the question from
a practical standpoint, the cost stand
point, so to speak. 1t is urged in be-
half of retaining the Philippines that
we have a moral duty to perform to-
wards the Filippinos. Under what
moral obligation is this country to the
inhabitants of the Philippines now that
it has not always been under? Is not
the talk about moral obligation to
the Filippinos sop thrown to our ma
tional conscience to quieten it? To say
that any government or country has q
mission to perform by carrying out
certain theories of government in the
world, outside of its own domains, is
to adopt the idea of the crusaders.
Americans are convinced that their
form of government is the best in the
world, and for them it undoubtedly is,
but should they consent to have their
government possess colonies whose
people are not fitted for the American
form of government, but who must
be governed in accordance with ideas
absolutely un-American? Can the
American people consent to impose
upon some eight millions of people
military or military government?
To do so would be to repudlate the
principles of the Declaration OF indie
pendence and the Gettysburg speech.
Compared with them the Philippines
and ali of SPANS possessions are as
mess of pottage.
1t behooves the American people to
calmly and dispassionately consider the
situation in all its aspects that they
may assume no responsibilities without
knowing justwhat they are. Above all
things they should avoid making a leap
in the dark.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-02
REPUBLICANS AND SILVER.

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser, than which there is no more ar
dent supporter of McKinley's financial
policy published in New York, notes the
attitude of Republican organizations in
western states where the prefix silver
was unanimously used two years ago,
and says:
FREE SILVER WILL NO LONGER
BE A DISTURBING ISSUE ANY
WHERE IN THE REPUBLICAN
gan, the Chicago Times-Herald, says
of the question of bimetallism:
THERE IS NO OTHER ISSUE BE-
FORE THE PEOPLE TODAY AS
VITAL AS THIS"
Since there is no issue before the
American people so important as that
of free coinage, and since there is no
longer any dissension over free sill
yer." it behooves our Republican
friends to leave no stone unturned to
secure the election of Alma Eldredge to
congress.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat is an
other Mckinley organ which, like the
Utah Republican state platform, endor-
ses ''all of Mckinley's policies, takes
a similar view of the matter. 1t says
that ''the stronger the Republican ma
jority is in the congress which is to be
elected a few weeks hence, the feebler
will be the silver talk" etc.
We hope that. the Republicans of
Utah realize this and that their party
organ is aware Of the fact stated by
the Hannaized hack of the party at st.
Louis.
In order to enfeeble the cause of sill
yer, the Republican majority in con-
gress should be as strong as possible.
Therefore the Tribune favors the cleo
ton of Alma Eldredge, who is not only
a Republican, but McKinleyite, and
supporter of the st. Louis platform.