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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
MORE COMPLAINT OF FRANCE.
London Papers on a Madagascar Blue Bool
Chinese Outrage.

Chinese Outrage.
London, Jan. IA blue book has just
been issued containing the correspon-
dence between Great Britain and
Fra on the subject of trade restric-
tions in Madagascar. The only conces-
sion, apparently, which has resulted
from Lord Salisbury's numerous pro-
tests is the revocation of the decree
confining the coast trade to French YES
sells, which NJ. Delcasse, French foreign
minister, notified to the British gov
ernment in a dispatch dated Dec. %
last.
All the morning papers comment up
on the blue book. asking how it is pos
sible to live in amity with a country
which tramples upon treaty rights and
treats a friendly country in such a man
ner. The Times says: 1T is a good
thing for the worlds peace that we are
able to possess our souls in patience un-
der the pin pricks of the French gov
ernment which. under the cover of
grandiloquent phrases. habitually acts
with cupidity and the shortsighted cum
ming of the peasant
Berlin, Jan. Letters y I'D here
from Kiaou-Chou. the German fortified
settlement in the province Of Shan
Tung, China, give details of an outrage
upon Father Stentz, the German Roman
Catholic missionary, on Nov. 9 last.
Finding himself confronted by crowds
of Chinese who were clamoring for the
destruction of the Christians. he took
refuge in a hut, but he was dragged
out, his clothes were torn from his back,
he was struck with sticks and pricked
with knives and lances and his beard
torn out. The Chinese threatened TO
fay him alive. On the following day
his prosecutors prepared to hang him
by the wrists. Finally a mandarin in
terfered in his behalf. but compelled
him to leave the district with promise
never to return.
Paris, Jan. In the best informed
quarters here it is regarded as proba BILE
that France and Great Britain will
reach an agreement on the Newfound-
land shore question which will be salts
factory TO Great Britain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
Time Enough to BeIIer.

One day Billy, that's my brother, he
and Sammy Doppy was playin by a
mudhole, and Billy he said:
"Now, Sammy, les play we was a
barnyard. You be the pig and lie down
and woller, and I'll be bull and beller
like everything.
So they got down on their hands and
knees, and Sammy he got in the mud
and wollered, while Billy bellered like
distant thunder. Bimeby Sammy he
cum out muddy-you never .see such a
muddy little feller-and he said, "Now
you be the pig, and let me beller. But
Billy said, II amt a very. good pig
fore dinner, and it'll be time 'nuff for
you to heller when yer mother sees yer
close. Scrap Book.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
CIVIL SERVICE BATTLE
Won at Last i'm House Committee
of the Whole by the Anti.
Reform Men.
BY A VERY NARROW MAJOR TT
Friends of the Law Will Demand a Resord
Vote in the House, but 1t Stands the
Appropriation for the Civil Service
Comnission Is Stricken Out-ObJections
Made to the Law-Its Assailants and
Defenders.

Defenders.
Washington, Jan. THE anti-civil
service reformers scored a victory in
the house yesterday. The legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill was taken up for consideration, and
when the appropriation for the civil
service commission was reached Evans
(Rep) of Kentucky made a motion to
strike it out. This motion has been
made annually for a dozen years or
more. but has invariably failed. But
yesterday the opponents of the law laid
great stress on the fact that they could
not get direct vote upon the PROPOSE
tion, and We're therefore compelled to
seek its notification in this manner.
Even these appeals failed to bring out
the full strength of the opposition,
though the motion to strike out car
ried by d narrow majority-61 to 81.
This was in committee of the whole,
where no record is made of the vote.
Moody Rep.) of Massachusetts gave
notice that he would demand a record
vote in the house, where the friends of
the civil service law expect to reverse
the decision.
Leaders of Attack and Defense.
Those who advocated to strike out
We're: Evans of Kentucky, Grosvenor
of Ohio. Hepburn OF Iowa, Linney of
North Carolina. Brown of Ohio and
Marsh CT Illinois-all Republicans. Its
opponents were Moody of Massachusetts
and Hopkins of Illinois, Republicans;
Fleming of Georgia, Democrat; Brosius
of Pennsylvania, Henderson of Iowa
and Dolliver of Iowa-all Republicans.
Swanson Utem.) of Virginia. taking ad-
vantage of the latitude allowed in de-
bate while in committee of the whole,
delivered an hours speech in criticism
Of the policy of expansion. The admin
istration which could hardly be driven
into a war for liberty. had within a few
months become greedy for conquest.
The liberators Of the Cubans were to
become the despoilers Of the Filipinos.
Imputatinn Regarding Clerk Hire.
When the bill was read for amendment
Hartman Of Montana offered an amend
ment to the paragraph allowing each
member and delegate in congress 800
per month for clerk hire which provided
that If any member or delegate should
retain any portion OF this allowance he
should ferfeit his seat in the house.
Mahon made a point of order against
the amendment and it was sustained.
Hartman then modified his amend
ment so as to provide that
any member who sought to retain a
portion of the allowance for clerk hire
should forfeit il. He said he had no de-
sire to make any charges in connection |
with members OF the present house, but |
he had reliable knowledge that in the |
past some members had retained a por- |
ton of this allowance, in some cases |
the major portion, and had put the |
money in their own pockets. mo man |
who would be guilty of such an act" he |
said. lis fit to hold a seat in this house" |
Bingham made point of order against |
the modified amendment and it was |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07

Claim That the Reform Has ThrottIed the
Appointing Power.

A little later the fight against the
civil service law began. Evans moved
to strike out the appropriation for the
civil service commission. He reviewed
briefly the struggle against the extern
sion of the civil service law. 1t had
outgrown its original bounds. and he
was willing to bring the question to a
test by cutting off the appropriation for
the commission. He was not a spoilS-
man. He believed in merit and in the
Improvement Of the public service. but
he was opposed To life tenure and he
was opposed to the present conduct of
the law.
Moody expressed the hope that the
debate would not touch the merits of
the law. but would be confined to the
merits OF the proposition to wipe out
the appropriation for the commission.
If the law itself was vicious it should
be attacked directly and manfully. To
cut off the appropriation would be re-
proach to congress. II was mere boys
play.
Dockery said that if the Republicans
wanted the law repealed they should do
il openly. Linney said that the law
had grown steadily more odious with
the people. and if members of the house
on both sides who spoke against it at
home would stand together the law
could be destroyed root and branch.
Grosvenor said that for twelve years
he had seen this annually recurring mo-
ton made and each year il had been
met with the argument advanced by
Moody. But no one could deny that the
civil service law had overreached it
self 1t had throttled the appointing
power of the government.
Hepburn said that when the law was
originally passed 10000 offices covered
the largest estimate any Of its sup
porIers dreamed could he brought under
its operation. Today - coo clerks were
within the classified service. He was
not opposed. he said. to honest civil
service reform. but to the humbuggery
which masqueraded under that name
Henderson of Iowa opposed the
amendment. If the Republican party
faced about and took up the cry OF
spoilsmen instead of building up and
strengthening civil service reform IL
would seal its own death warrant
Boards the Foreign Relations Committee
Washington. Jan 1.-ImmediateIy aft
er the senate convened yesterday the
resolution offered by Koar calling on
the president for information as to the
instructions Of the commissioners who
negotiated the treaty OF Paris. together
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
AND ON EARTH PEACE.
England's Reply to Russia's Pro.
posals for International
Disarmament.
WILL GLADLY SEND A DELEGATE.

Salisbury Thoroughly Indorses the Move
ment--tio Nation More Interested in
Peace Than Great Britain-London Edi-
| tors Find Fault with Frauce-Chinese
| Outrage on n Missionary-Our Minister
| to China Makes Another Protest.
Pekin. Jan. THE United States
minister here, Edwin II. Conger, acting
| upon Instructions from Washington,
| has vigorously protested against the
| extension of the French or any other
powers exclusive concession at Shang-
| hai, but he urged the extension of the
existing settlement on an international
basis. The British minister here, Sir
Claude n. Macdonald. formally pro-
tested against the mining and railroad
regulations.
SaIisbury's Reply to the Gar.
London, Jan. THE reply of Lord
Salisbury to the proposal of Emperor
Nicholas for q disarmament conference
of the powers. which is just published,
promises the cordial cooperation of the
British government and asks for an in
dication of the heads of the discussion
at the conference. in the course of the
document which was transmitted
through the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Stew
art Scott. British ambassador at st.
Petersburg. Lord Salisbury assures the
czar of the governments cordial sym
pathy. He goes on to say: This SYM
pathy is not confined to the govern
ment. but is equally shared by popular
opinion. which has been strikingly man
ifested by the numerous resolutions
adopted by public meetings and socie-
ties
John Bull Anxious for Peace.
There are, indeed, few nations, If
any. which both on grounds of feeling
and interest are more concerned in the
maintenance of general peace than
Great Britain. The statements which
constitute the grounds of the emperor's
proposal are but too well justified. 1t
is unfortunately true that while a de-
sire for the maintenance of peace is gen.
orally professed, and while in fact Sc
rious and successful efforts on more
than one recent occasion have been
made with that object by the great
powers, there has been a constant ten
dency on the part of almost every ma
tion to increase its armed force and add
to the already vast expenditure on the
appliances of war.
Big Guns Deter the WarIike-
THE perfection of the instruments
thus brought into use, their extreme
costliness and the horrible carnage and
destruction which would ensue from
their employment on large scale, have
acted. no doubt, as a serious determent
from war, hut the burdens imposed by
this process on the populations affected
must. If prolonged, produce a feeling Of
unrest and discomfort. menacing to both
internal and external tranquility Her
majesty's government viii gladly CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
weyIer Gives "A Banquet.

Madrid, Jan. 7.--ien. Weyler gave
Il banquet to II generals and admirals
and a mum ber of high officers. Toasts
to the regeneration of the country
and reform in the army and navy
were drunk. The guests made
speeches in which they expressed the
hope shortly to see Weyler in power.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
Tanner aud the Pharmacy Board.

Springfield, Ills, Jan z. Governor
Tanner yesterday demanded the resig-
nations of w. c. Simpson. of Vienna.
and Fred Leuder. OF Peoria, Republican
members OF the state board OF phar-
macy. and has decided not to send the
appointment of William Bodemann. OF
Chicago. to the senate for confirmation.
This action is the outcome of the failure
OF the board to elect A J. Kuenster. OF
Waterloo. the governors choice. as sec
refary at its recent meeting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
RIDhfsnf NIinera.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. THE Ohio
miners today adopted resolutions in
structing the delegates to the national
convention to use their best efforts to
get an advance of 10 cents per ton.
and make the run of the mine system
universal through the competing
fields.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
Bryan Ignores Croker.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. w. j..
Bryan passed through this city at
noon on his way to Chicago.
where he will speak this evening be-
fore the jackson club. He declined to
comment on Crocker's views as ex-
pressed in favor of national expan-
sion and against free silver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
Iowa Men in Luck.

Washington. Jan. Among the men
NAMED for office by the president yes
terday were James d Neomans of
Iowa. 20 nc an interstate commerce
commiss .one-. and Silas c. Mcfarland,
of Iowa. to lie consul at Nottingham.
England
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
sectarian SCHOOL Question.

Washington, Jan. IA petition has
been laid before congress from Rev.
James II. Ross in behalf of the Home
Missionary societies of the Evangeli-
cal Protestants of the United States,
opposing the reopening of the Indian
contract school question, as urged by
Cardinal Gibbons and the archbishOpS
of the Roman Catholic church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
LEGISLATION for kansa..

Topeka. Kan. Jan. THE senate has
passed the express regulating bill. Gov
ernor Leedy has signed the Cassin bill.
creating a state society of labor and III
dustry. and providing for the election of
the labor commissioner as secretary of
the society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07

Lord Crewe, at an educational meet
ing ~ LiverpooI recently, told an anus
ing story OF the little sou Of a friend Of
his who refused TO say his lesson to his
coverness. He admitted that he knew
it well: but, said he: IF L say my les
son, what's the use: fou Will only
make me learn something else" " That
child will proba oly be heard of again
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
DincIey's Condition Is Critical.

Washington. Jan. THE condition of
Representative Dingley, who has been
i'll with pneumonia for almost week.
has undergone a marked change for the
worse and his physicians hold out little
if any hope for recovery. Although the
lung has improved considerably and the
cough Iessened the effect of the pneu-
monia has so weakened the system as
to decrease the vitality to an alarming
extent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07

operate with the proposed effort to pro-
vide remedy for the evil; and if in any
degree it succeeds they feel that the
sovereign to whose suggestion it is due
will have richly earned the gratitude
of the world at large
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
The western Bali League.

Chicago. Dec. THE Western Base
Ball league officials. in session here
today. ratified the admission of Buff
falo. n. Y. 1t is generally understood
several changes in the circuit are
likely to be made before the meeting
ndinnrnS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
Sick Men Continue to Inn prove.

Washington, Jan. The condition OF
ex-Secretary of State John W. Foste:
and Representative Hull continues to
improve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
DingIey stiII Very Low.

Washington, Jan. 7.-Dingiey is L
little weaker this morning. He sue
ceeded, however. in gaining consider
able rest during the night, and this
morning was able to take some nour-
ishing food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
John n. WALLACE Assigns.

Chicago. Dec. John Il. Wallace.
manager of the Wallace Electric COM
pany, filed petition today of volun-
tary bankruptcy. The liabilities are
placed 1T 1886, 600. The assets are
not stated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
senator MorriII.- snccessor.

ST. Adams, VT, Jan Gov. Smith
appointed Il. +. Fifield. of Montpelier.
successor to the late Justin ). Nor
rilI. rs United States senator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
spaniard Saws HostiIitIes arc Incrcasin,

Madrid. Jan. Cen. Rios. COM
mander of the Spanish troops in the
Philippines. cables hostilities between
tle Americans aud Tagalos are increas-
sr,rr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
sherry Denie. the Charges.

Milwaukee Jan. IA Sentinel special
from Oshkosh, Wis. says that Henry
Sherry of Neenah. denies the charges
of irreguIarity made against him by
those seeking to prevent his discharge
from bankruptcy. Sherry said: THE
statement is totally false
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07

The Chinese divide the day into IL
parts of two hours each. The Italians
reckon "a hours round instead of two
divisions of IL hours each. as we do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07

The best way to avoid sickness is
to keep yourself healthy by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood
purifier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
20 Cnre = cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails TO cure. 25c. The genuine has
L. b. Q. on each tablet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07
Tromotion for wherry.

Washington. Jan. The president
sent TO the senate the nomination Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-07

Washington. Jan 1--ImmediateIya a TT
er the senate convened yesterday the
resolution offered by KOar calling on
the president for information as to the
instructions of the commissioners who
negotiated the treaty OF Paris. together
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24
No Lone-Distance Wooer.

Rudyard Kipling's maternal grand.
father was Rev. George e. Macdonald.
1t is related of him that in the days
when he yas counting the lady whom
he afterward married the father-in-law-
to-be-an aged Methodist, with ex-
tremely strict notions in regard to the
properties-was jnjudicious enough on
one occasion to enter the parlor without
giving any warning of his approach.
The consequence was that he found the
sweethearts occupying a single chair.
Deeply shocked by this spectacle, the
old man solemnly said: ''Mr. Macdon-
aid, when 1 was counting Mrs. Brown
she sat on one side of the room and I
on the other" Macdonald's reply was:
That's what l should have done If
had been counting Mrs. Brown"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24

finally won her hand and heart. After
their marriage the couple went to
Rome.
Prince Bariatinski comes of a family
that is now and has long been very
prominent in Russia. The Bariatin-
skis are now very rich and possess cas-
ties, estates, mines and other proper
ties throughout Russia.
The Princess Bariatinski, who has
hitherto been known by no other name
than La Cavalier, is a rare beauty.
For long time the Parisians have
been raving over the beauty of this
woman. AS a singer she was not much
of success, but Der remarkable beau
ty always attracted large concourse
to the hall where she appeared.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24
DEAFNESS CANNOT DE CURED

BY local applications they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by consti-
tutonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound imperfect hear
ing, and when 1t is entirely closed. Deafness
is the result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out, and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh which is nothing but inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24

Spokane, June l9-The Crystal saloon
at the northwest corner of Main avenue
and Division street was the scene of one
of the most daring holdups ever perpe-
trated in Spokane. Two masked men en-
tered the saloon, which was brilliantly
lighted by big electric arc light, and
while one covered the bartender, Cole Dor
man, with a revolver, the other appro-
priated SOB from the cash register and a
gold watch and chain from the person of
Mr. Dorman, whom he searched.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24
New York, Oct. 11th, 1898.

New York, Oct. 11th, 1898.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co.. Columbus, O.:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is good for
catarIh. have tried it and know it.
1t relieved me immensely on my trip
to Cuba, and always have bottle in
reserve. Since my return | have not
suffered from catarrh, but if / do /
shall use Pe-Iuna again. Meantime
you might send me another bottle.
Yours, Amos J. Cummings, M. @.
Summer catarrh assumes various
forms. 1t produces dyspepsia and
bowel complaint. 1t causes biiousness
and diseases of the liver. 1t deranges
the kidneys and bladder. Summer
catarrh may derange the whole nervous
system, when it is known to the medi-
cal profession as systemic catarrh.
Pe-ru-na is a specific for all these forms
of catarTh. Pe-ru-na never disap-
points. Address DR.. Hartman, Co.
lum bus. Ohio, for free book on sum-
mer catarrh.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24
OREGON

Charles Stegman, who was injured
by runaway team near The Dalles is
dead.
The Pendleton Grand Jury has in
dicted II persons for running slot
machines.
DR.. Lamberson, of Lebanon, will buy
800 tons of cascara bark this year. 1t
will cost him $4,000.
The board of regents of the Univer-
sity of Oregon have approved the plans
for the new science building to be
erected at a cost of about $4,000.
An old man named S. p. Culver was
thrown from a mule near LaGrande,
the other day, and was unconscious for
several hours. No bones were broken.
A mass meeting has been called in
Eugene, to take steps toward erecting
a monument to the memory of volun'
teers who lost their lives in the Philip
pines.
w. B. Corum was received at the
penitentiary from Portland. He is the
United States prisoner who was sen
fenced for six months for having coun
terfeit COINS in his possession.
County Judge Terrell, of Marion
county, has received a letter from
Judge Gray, of Clatsop county, suggest
ing a meeting of all the county judge
and assessors of the state at an earl.
date, for the purpose of making al
agreement on the valuation of prop
erty assessed in the state.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-24
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham-

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown
N, j., writes
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I cannot be-
gin to tell you how / suffered before
taking your remedies. L was so weak
that could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. had womb trouble
and such bearing-down feeling also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, Inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before 1 had
taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half box of your
Liver Pills was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer so much"
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East ST.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf-
feved with womb trouble over fifteen
ye ars. had Inflammation, enlarge
Dent and displacement of the womb.
| had the backache constantly, also
he adache. and was SO dizzy. had
he,rt trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chok-
ing we. / could not walk around and
col Id not lie down, for then my heart
woul1 beat so fast 1 would feel as
though / was smothering. 1 had to
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe.
war SO weak l conld not do any
thing
81 have now taken several bot
ties OF Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vegeta BILE
Compound, and used three pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
am perfectly cured. do not think
could h We lived long if Mrs. Pink
hams medicine had not helped me- n