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Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
ALL TALK OF INDEPENDENCE
Al Havana. Including Lee and Brooke,
Who Make Significant Statements

Who Make SisnificSGt Statements.
Havana. Feb. 27.-The banquet at the
Tacon theatre Saturday evening proved
a brilliantly successful affair. Governor
General Brooke and Major General Lee.
spoke. Cuhans generally regard the oc-
currences at the function as the most
promising auguries of Cuban in
dependence since the peace protocol was
signed. The theatre was crowded to
overflowing with spectators and more
than 2C0 covers were laid for the ban
queters. The boxes were filled with peo-
pie representing HaVana's best society.
The tendency of all the speeches was
toward independence for Cuba. with
euloSy Of Gomez and assertions that he
must never leave the island. The spec
tators called vociferously for a speech
from Major General Lee.
Both he and General Brooke repeated
former statements Of ,the military ad
ministration. chiefly along the line OF
assurance that the United States in
tended to establish a stable government
in the island and then to deliver it to
the Cubans themselves. These assur-
ances We're Vociferously applauded. Yes
terday afternoon the Prado and park
were crowded with merry-makers. it be-
ing the last carnival Sunday. People
wearing masks and throwing flour were
every NNntTt- General NOII-SZ- III Il AOuI-
horse drag. with Miss Herrara seated
on his right. drove up and down the
Prato thrice and around the park. fol-
lowed 10y crowds on foot and horseback.
and was greeted with vivas and loud
cheers.
The presence of General Gomez in Ha-
rana and his participation in the Carni-
val demonstrations has increased the
feeling and open talk in favor of inde-
.en6ence and of a brief continuance of
the military occupation a mass meet
ing of 5000 persons in Central park yes
terday was addressed by several local
Hotables. All the speechs favored in
dependence. but We're moderate in tone
and in no way unfriendly to the United
States
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
fuses TO fmpart its contents.

fuses TO impart its contents
FL 1mparcial which asserts that il is
IN a position 10 know the truth Of the
situation at Manila. says: There is con-
slant fighting between the Americans
and the Tagalos. The courage and
stubbornness of the latter have caused
great anxiety to the Americans. who do
not conceal their belief that the war will
be long and desperate one. There is
the greatest alarm among foreigners in
Manila and the commanders of the for
eign warships have decided toland forces
10 protect their subjects
The government officials here discred-
it the above dispatch. Spanish sources
OF information respecting affairs in the
Philippine islands, they say, are not to
be relied upon. as the press and people
Of Spain do not hesitate to circulate
statements inimical TO the interests of
this country. Secretary Alger was shown
the dispatch and without entering into
discussion of it simply said he had heard
no news of that sort. General Otis has
repeatedly stated in his dispatches to
the authorities here that he has the sit
uation well in hand and there is no rea-
son TO believe he would have trouble in
kcHping order at Manila
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
DEATH OF COL. CONGER.
weIl-Known Man succumbs to a Stroke of
Paralysis.

Des Moines. Ia. Feb. 27.-Colonel A.
L. Conger died at IL O'Clock Saturday
night from stroke, of paralysis. He
came here about a year ago from Ak
ron. O., and established a college of
-esteOpathy. He was fer eight years a
member OF the Republican national COM
mittee from Ohio, and served several
terms as a member of congress. He was
20 years old.
Akron. o.. Feb. 27.-Colonel a. L. Con-
ger had been many years one Of the
leading Republican politicians of Ohio
I1e served throughout the civil war and
was mustered out as captain. He was
on the staffs of most of the governors of
Ohio since the war. He was colonel of
the Eighth Ohio National Guard. the
regiment known as The Presidents
Own" Colonel Conger before his recent
failure haG the finest residence here.
and lived in a princely manner for
years. He was president and director
of several important business concerns,
and had been chairman Of both the ex-
ecutive central Republican state COM
mittees and the Ohio member of the Re
publican national committee.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
ROYALTY THREATENS FRANCE.
Paris Residences of Royalists Searched
Bold Statement of Buffet.

Paris. Feb. 27.-In consequence of the
placardinG throughout the city of
speeches of the Due d'Orleans, the Or
leanest pretender, recently delivered at
San Reno. and the seizure of scarf pins
and medals bearing the pretender's
portrait, the prefect of police was or
GereG by the government to make strict
investigation into the recent proceed
ings of the Monarchist party. Saturday
evening the prefeCt communicated the
result of his inquiries to NJ. Dupuy. pre-
mier and minister of the interior, with
the result that the minister decided up
on vigorous action. Seventeen war
rants were handed to police commits
saries authorizing a search of the resi-
dences Of suspects. No inciSent occurred
in the course of the domiciliary visits.
This morning NJ. Buffet, who repre-
sents the Due d'Orleans, vigorously pro-
tested against the violation of his dom
icile and declared that the Royalist
party would always conspire, even if
threatened with imprisonment. Many
documents were seized at Buffets resi-
derce. Quantities of propa gandist pam
phlets and portraits of the Due dor
leans. a list Of members of the Royalist
committee and Yoluminous correspond
ence were seized at the headuarters Of
the Royalist committee in the Fauborg
St Honore and at the residence of
Comte Sabran de Ponteves. The COM
missary who visited NJ. de Monicourt
surprised him just as he had returned
from Brussels with letters from the Due
dOrIeans addressed to Royalist person.
ages and instructions from the pre-
tender TO his supporters. All these were
seized.
In consequence of an announcement
that demonstrations were intended to
be made at the Nendome column, thirty
agents Of the police were posted in the
vicinity yesterday. About p. m. peo-
pie began to arrive with bouquets Of
vioIets. Five who threw flowers within
the railing surrounding the column were
promptly placed under arrest, though
released soon after on giving their
names and addresses to the police.
The advocates of Dreyfus revision on
the ore hard are trying to eXaggerate
the importance of NJ. DerouIede's action
in calling upon General Roget to march
On the Elysee. while the eanti-revisiOnists
are doing all in their power to minimize
IL. Deroulede himself wants 70 be tried
by the senate and therefore is making
the most of his exploit. He knows that
a summary disposal Of the case before
n magistrate would give him no chance
TO pose as a hero.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
ALLIANCE AGAINST US
Suggested by Significant Re-
marks by the German
Prince RadziWiil.
OUR PRETENsIoNs ARE DANGEROUS,

Thinks the Prince. to the Whole of Europe
| london Times Comments the Re
mark-Czar Nicholas said To BE Too Ill
to Rule-Prince Michael in Charge
Campaign Against Plots of Royalists in
the French Republic.
Paris. Feb $50 extraordinary are
| the utterances attributed to Prince
| AntonIn Radziwin in the alleged inter-
View with him in The Liberte. especial
ly in their imputed tone of hostility to-
ward American commerce. that serious
doubts are expressed as to whether the
interview is authentic. Prince Radziwin,
who was Emperor Williams repre-
sentative at the Faure funeral. after
declaring that the kaiser processes the
greatest admiration for the grand
memories of Frances national history
and her present army" and lis actuated
by the most friendly sentiments is
represented as saying: We have so
many common points of interest that a
loyal agreement seems as desirable fer
France as for Germany"
His Reference 10 the United States.
With regard TO the reported Anglo
German agreement Prince Radz;win re-
marked: An entente between such
serious commercial rivals as Great Brit
ain and Germany is almost impossible"
At this stage of the interview appears
the reference TO America: But there is
another country against which con-
tinental powers should indeed coop
crate for the organization of their
economic defense. I mean the United
States, whose pretensiOns and wealth
are becoming a danger fer US ALL
'NIischief-Make should Be Warned"
London. Feb. 27.-The Times. in an
editorial discussion this morning of the
Philippines and of cognate matters.
prefers to consider the RaGziwin inter
view in the Paris Libsrte as serious. 1t
says: IF such expressions We're used
by not very wise official it would be
very regrettable. No doubt the Ger
man cruiser went to Manila to help Ger
man subjects there if necessary: and
we are reminded that the risk is a seri-
Gus one by the death of two non-com-
batants. one a British subject, who had
imprudently exposed themselves. We
are we'll assured. however. that there is
no real reason for the separation of
American and German interests; but
nations are governed as much by senti-
ment as by logic. and considering the
difficulty and magnitude of Americas
task in the Philippines it is only fair
to ask that mischief makers should be
warned off in time
Gar Nicholas in Bad Health.
London. Feb. %. - The Copenhagen
correspondent Of The Daily Mail says:
We'll informed persons here assure me
that the health of Emperor Nicholas is
far from good, and that mis- condition
eXcites the graVest solicitude. A long
threatened ailment assumed a critical
form soon after the issuance of the
manifesto in behalf of the limitation of
armaments. and the car is now pros
trateC. The malady is of such a char
acter as to forbid all intellectual ex-
ertion. His participation in the gov
ernment is merely formal, confined 10
signing documents of whose contents
he is ignorant. The Grand Duke Mi
chael possesses the executive power,
and all government decisions are arrived
q without the cars cooperation or
knowledge"
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
Executors Notice,

Estate of Emma johnson, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutor OF the estate of the last will and
testament of Emna Johnson. late of the
county OF Rock Island. state of Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that he VIII
appear before the county court of Rock
Island county. at the county court room. in
the city of Rock Island. at the April
term the first Monday in A pril next
at which time all persons having claims against
said estate notified and requested to at
tend, for the purpose OF having the same ad-
justed. All persons indebted TO said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
to the Undersigned.
OSCAR NELSON,
lxeCufCr.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
Executor's Notice.
Es:ate Of Eve McKinstry, deceased

Es.ate OF Eve McIIinstry, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutor Of the last Il and testament of Eve
McKinSt-y late of the county of Rock Island,
state of Illinois deceased hereby gives notice
that re will app-ar before the county court of
Rock Island county. at the county court room.
in the city of Rock Island. at the April
term. the nrSt Monday in April next.
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and r quest I'd
to attend for the purpose of having the same
adjusted. AL persons indebted TO said estate
are requested TO make immediate payment 20
the understand
Dated this SIN day OF February. A. d. 1899
JOHN ". WEIGH Executor.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.
tate of Henry Harrison deceased

The undersigned. having been appoint ed
administrators with viii annexed OF the es-
tate of Henry Harrison. late of the cOun-
ty of Rock Island. state OF Illinois, deceased.
hereby gives notice that she will ap-
pear before the county court of Rock Island
county. at the county court room. in the city
of Rock Island, IT the April term. the
first Monday in April next. at which time
all persons having claims against said estate
are notified and requested to attend for the
purpose Of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted TO said estate are re-
queSted to make Immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated tn 3lSt day of January, A. d 1899
MARY A. HARRISON, Administrators with viii
annexed.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
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Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
Won a observation-disclosures.

San Francisco. Feb. 27.-The twenty
four-hour bicycle race was Won by
Stevens. of Buffalo. after an exciting
finish by about five wheel lengths from
TurviIle The score OF the three leaders
at the end was as follows: Stevens. 45g
miles. laps: Turville. 459 miles, laps;
Lawson 455 miles. laps.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
Tax Redemption Notice.

State of Illinois,
Rock Island county.
Tax purchasers notice to every person 10
actual possession cr occupancy Of the follow
in&, described lot aIsJ The person in whO-e
name the same taxed or specially as-
sesscd- also the owners OF. OF parties interested
therein. and to whom 10 may concerns:
NOllcG i hereby given, aS required by Inc
statutes of the SAID state of Illinois al sUc
case made ana provided. that on the 10Th day
OF June, \ T. 1897 at public sale py tle
county treasurer OF said county of Rock Isl
and uf lands and lots against which judgment
Wa. reICered for delinquent taxes and costs
for "a : year 1895. authorized by the laws OF
this tate. 1. Edward II. Bowman purchased
the south half OF lot ten G0) in block Two ~
in j W Spencers Second addition 10 Rock
Islau1, situate in said county and state. and
paid IN rcfOr the amount OF said JndEment on
sid above described real estate; that the
above described lot was taxed in the name Of
HouOra Leonard for the years A D. lss9. lsFo,
1897. and the lime of re 1emptiOn Of said lot
from said purchase At said sale VIII expire in
% years from the date of said sale which
VIII be on the 18th day June A ID. 1899 and
said redemption may be made on or before
said last mentioned date, at the Office of the
county clerk of said cOuuty of Rock Island an !
state OF Illinois
Dated his sd day OF February. a. D. 1899.
EDWARD II. BpwMES-
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
MApRID.s SENSATION BY CABLE.
Reports That Foreign Warships Are Inter
IerinS-Dlscredited at Washington.

Washington. Feb. 27-The following
cable is received from MADRID: An Of
fetal dispatch from Manila says: The
situation here is very serious. The for
eign warships are dissmbarking troops.
General Rios viii leave Manila ard 20
TO Zamboanga. island of Mindauao.' The
government has received a long dispatch
from General RiGs at Llnila- but re-
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
Western Base Ball Association.

Rockford, Ills. Feb. 27.-President J.
Stanley Browne has called a meeting of
the Western Base Ball association to be
held at Peoria. March I. at II a. m.
TO arrange a schedule and complete
MANS for the season
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
Death of Major General Reynolds.

washington. Feb. Z7.-Major General
Joseph Reynolds, L. s. A. retired, is
dead Of paralysis, aged a years.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGp, ROCE ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
~ way-Tickets can be purchased or baggage
checked at X / q Twentieth street depot, or
- X d depot, corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
d st street, Frank Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27

ManI.a, FtD- -.--AuIllIIdI ItWty
when asked by the correspondent Of the
Associated Press to give his reasons for
requesting Washington TO send the bat
tleship Oregon 10 Manila firmly declined
here last night and along the lire. except
for some desultory firing by the rebels
near CaIoocan and San Pedro Macati.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27

Passenger trains leave c Il u moline
svenue) depot i've (5) minutes earlier than time
given. Trains marked daily, all other trains
daily except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27

And Loudly Protest Afainst the "Mueho
Malo anO"-sharpshOOters Con-
tinue to Give Trouble-Occupation of
Cebu-Natives Get Notice TO Surrender
or Move and They Move-Madrid Has a
Scare Telegram That Foreign Warships
Are Disem barking Troops at Manila
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
TRAINS.

'Arrval. +Departure. +Daily, except Sunday.
phone 1913
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27

Telephone HE ONCE hours to 6 p II
Rock Island Argus., 1899-02-27
DENTISTS.
j. T. TAYLOR,

Onice hours 2 to l. J. IN. 10 to 40 o m
sls Eighteenth street Opposite Union once.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-01-20
RATTLESNAKES A Boys PETS.
Pennsylvania Youth Handles the
Reptiles with EmpUnity-A
Singular Power.

Billy Crandall. who lives near Sus.
quehanna, Pa, is natural snake
charmer. In little shed he tames and
trains his pets. The shed is devoid OF
furniture, but over on ONE side is a
snake box with a glass cover, inside OF
which are three monster rattleSnakes
Crandall sits behind this box. plays
with a twine or fumbles with the but
tons on his coat, or by some other act
shows that he is nervous under the
gaze of the spectators, Every few min
utes the young man upon the box puts
his hands in and lifts out huge rat
tier.
The tongue of the snake flashes back
ward and forward like Lightning. but
he makes NO effort to bite the boy as
he coils like a necktie about the boys
neck. He lies perfectly still in the
place where he is put or tucks his head
under the boys chin or down his shirt
collar, The other snakes are then
taken out. one in each hand, and
played with as though they were kit
tens.
They are then piled together on the
floor. and by slappng them on the
heads they are made to sound their rat,
ties. If they start to crawl away Gran
dali strikes them on the nose and
makes them quiet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-01-20
WASTE OF THE RICH.
Novel Plan to Use 1t in Feeding and
Clothing the Poor of New
York City.

Randolph Guggenheimer, president
of the municipal assembly, is thinking
out plan to use the waste of the rich
TO feed and clothe the poor. He intends
to have the following resolution intro
duced in the New York city councils:
Resolved. Ehat the president of the
council be authorized to confer with
the heads of the administ rative depart
ments of the city government for the
purpose of devising for the municipal
authorities an orga nized system of col
lection from voluntary contributors
and distributing among our worthy
poor donat of food, provisions and
clothing"
Commenting on the matter he said:
although l have not yet moved in
the matter, l have not lost the great
interest which feel in the proposal OF
Mrs. Samuel G. Miller and Mrs. John w
Mcdonald to relieve the destilution of
the poor by collecting the scraps and
remnants which are usually left over
from the tables of the rich. In this
way the large quantities of meat and
bread, in fact. of ca ia blesl of every de.
scription. generally thrown into the
garbage cans, will be saved for the
practical purpose of philanthropic
work.
ut is peculiar fact that there is no
country in the world SO wasteful in
almost every direction as America
And this structure applies especially to
the city of New York believe can
say without exaggeration that there is
more food wasted within the limits of
the city of New York in one year tha
would be required to feed all the desti
tute members of our population.
This is also true in the matter of
clothing. AS large proportion of
clothing as of food is wasted every year
by the well-to-do classes in our CITY"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-01-20
BEET SUGAR MANUFACTURE.
season Was an UnfavOrable One Cen
orally in New York State-Ex-
periments Are a Success

At the close Of the sugar beet sea-
son, the second year of experiments ts, in
New York state. the Country Gentle
man. an agricultural journal, has COM
pleted gathering some statistics. Ii
says: Official reports from the ex-
perimental plants of the New York de-
partment of agriculture show the sea-
son to have been an unfavora bile one
generally. and that an unknown beetle
destroyed many of the plants. SO that
reseeding in many cases was abs olutely
necessary, Good yields. however, are
reported, and the experiments may be
SAID to be success so far as proving
the adaptahility of the New York soil
for sugar beet growing. the real object
of the experiments.
THE new factory at BinghaAton,
now closing it's first season, paws five
dollars per ton for each tom cf beets
delivered to it. 1t also furnished the
seed to growers at about cost. About
l.l00 farmers are under contract to fur
ndsh beets' this year, and $4,000 tons
have been delivered. It is thought be.
tween $4,000 and 1900 tons will be
converted into sugar before the close
of the season, making the output of the
factory 1,500 to 1.700 tons If sugar
The factory runs day and night, en-
ploys 100 men in two shifts of so. and is
now producing IS tons of sugar daily
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-01-20
WORKED THE WRONG WAY.
They Were Sick Enough, But Not I'm
til the Fighting Was
All Over.

! was talking a short time ago with
one of Pickett's men, when he told me
of an amusing incident which happened
while he lay in the trenches before that
eventful charge at Gettysburg. He said
he had Just received from home a very
welcome and very strong plug of to-
bacco, and it occurred to him as he lay
there looking out across that fearful
field over which they expected TO be
called upon to go very soon, that if he
could only "eat" enough tobacco to get
really sick, there would be no disgrace
in not going in the charge. So he began
al once chewing as fast as possible, and
swallowing the saliva. He said: 81
was so intent on getting genuinely sick.
that did not notice young lieuten-
ant who had come up and was intently
watching me. Finally he asked me
what l was doing. l was so startled
that l blurted out the real facts, and of
course expected to be censured, as he
was known to be brave and strict off
GER. He hesitated for a moment, and
then looking across the field he held out
his hand and said: Sam, give ame a
piece of that tobacco
How did you come out?" l asked
later on. oh" he answered, 'the or
der came to charge very soon after that,
and we forgot all about the tobacco till
we got into camp that night, when we
needed the rest, and then | was the
sickest man in the army, except the
lieutenant, both of us having escaped
all but the effects of the tobacco
Truth
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-01-20
Curious Test for a Husband.

Both in the northern and western
islands of Scotland the natives have
some peculiar customs unfamiliar TO
the dwellers on the mainland. One OF
these, known as the marriage test" is
practiced in the island of ST. Kilda,
where the population barely exceeds a
hundred. The desire among these is
landers to increase their number does
not appear to be exceptionally strong,
and every man, before he is deemed
suitable for husband, has to perform
an evolution with no little bodily risk.
The ST. Kildans are, of course, adept
rock climbers, and the aspirant for
matrimony is therefore subjected to
the test of balancing himself on one leg
on a narrow ledge overhauging preci-
pice, bending his body at the same time
in order to hold the foot of his other
Leg in his hands. If found lacking in
courage the maiden withdraws her be-
trothal, and should the man fall over
the ledge it is presumed that, in that
case, he will be disqualified.-London
Sketch