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II believe that in the old days, when /
was small boy at Hilton Head and Beau
fort, we had quite as exciting sport as you
do today, il not more so," said an old Caro-
linian. Before the war, my family had a
large plantation that abutted on Port Royal
Sound 1t was in the centre of great
game country. The man who had soft
shell crabs, terrapin, venison, and canvas
back ducks all on the same day, and some
times four or five times week, did not
attract especial attention as he walked
along the road.
There was one variety of sport there that
l believe to be unique, and that was the
capture of the devilfish. don't mean the
octopus or squid, which is also called the
devilfish, but the so-called vampire of the
sea. The devilfish of Port Royal was
shaped like big butterfly with pointed
wings; from each side projected long
nap triangular in shape and ending in a
point. These took the place of pectoral fms,
and moved up and down with winglike,
undulatory movement that sent the FISH
ahead with great speed The head bore two
extraordinary organs three feet in length.
very pliable and strong. These were feel
ers or claspers, with which the fish used TO
seize Its food or prey. The eyes were back
OF these, and the mouth was an enormous
transverse slit, big enough to hold man.
The color was black or blue; black on the
upper side and white on the lower; and the
tail was long lashlike organ as big as that
OF an OK. Give such creature width of
from fifteen to twenty feet and length
OF sixteen or seventeen, and you have an
animal we'll calculated to demoralize a
sportsman.
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Hearing the conversation, an old negro
spoke up and said that it was the work of
the vampire fish. The gentlemen wsre il
creduious, but the old darkey was po :itive
and said that on. certain plantation on
the sound he had seen the vampire do it.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

Dr. David Rosenthal, who died at
Chicago of paralysis had been sub
jected to an attack of coughing that
lasted fourteen days.
Five hundred and fifty passengers
and $4,000, 900 in gold dust arrived at
Vancouver Tuesday night by the steam
er Garonne from ST. Michaels.
According to the statement of her
physician, Mrs. Mary Steger died at
Chicago from the bite of kissing bug
Mrs. Steger was bitten on the lip.
At the coroner's inquest over the
body of Mrs. Ida Mott, found dead at
Chicago, it was found the immediate
cause of her death was starvation
A. w. Blades, his wife and eight chill
dren, while en- route to Minnesota in
an emigrant wagon, were drowned in
northwestern Iowa near the Minnesota
line.
George NJ. Valentine, the New Jersey
bank embeZzler, has been sentenced at
MiddleseX to six years in the penitenti-
ary on plea of guilty. He stole $780,
OGO
James, the 5-year-old son of Chair
man and Mrs. E. E. Haight, of Low
vile, was instantly killed at Portage,
Wis, by load of hay passing over his
head.
Angus NJ. Cannon, president of the
Salt Lake Stake of Zion, charged with
poiygamy, entered a formal plea of
guilty at Salt Lake City. Sentence was
deferred.
Bicycle manufacturers have succeed
ed in forming a combine. The trust
is capitalized at SAC, 600, 900 and COM
prises forty-five concerns, controlling
fifty-six plants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
NOT COMING FAST ENOUGH.
Enlistments in the Army Not Rapid
Enough to Suit the War Department.

Enlistments in the Army Not Rapid
Enough to Suit the War Department.
Washington, July 20.-The war de-
partment is Offering extra induce
ments to expedite the recruitment of
the ten volunteer regiments. Nearly
all the commissions having been is
sued many of the disappointed appli-
cants have been advised to enter the
ranks, as in that way it may be pos
sible for them to secure commissions.
General Corbin says that the policy of
the administration will be to fill all
vacancies which may occur among
commissioned officers from the ranks.
number of applicants for commits
sions have enlisted as privates in the
different regiments, and have been
appointed non-commissioned officers
wherever possible. and consequently
are next in line of promotion to COM
missioned rank in the event of a va
cancy.
Another method of securing recruits
is to offer commissions to men other
wise qualified who will undertake to
furnish in each case not less than forty
men who can pass muster as soldiers
and will enlist for service in the Phil
ippines. There have been several cases
of this kind during the past week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
DEMOCRATS CONFER,
Bryan Working in the Interest of
Harmony for Tonight's Big
Meeting.
SESSION OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Nebraska Leader Makes a Proposition to
of the fractional Feature of the Chicago
Demonstration-Bi-Me League Re
affirms the 16 10 1 Doctrine-AIger's
Resignation Accepted by President Nc
KinIey.
Chicago, July 20.-The democratic
national committee met this after
noon. Thirty-two states were repre-
sented, Acting Chairman Stone, of
Missouri, presiding. BRYAN was pres
ent as the proxy for ID. j. Campau, of
Michigan, and j. Nj. Woods. of South
Dakota Altgeld held a proxy, but
surrendered il, and was not present.
After voting to remove Press Agent
Devlin from charge of the national
literary bureau. the committee adj
journed until $3.50 without transacting
any other important business. The
responsibility for the meeting tonight
was definitely settled before the COM
mittee met. 1t will be under the aus
inally planned it, and notwithstand-
ing the opposition of the Harrisonites,
Bryan will speak.
NJ a hiccbihS IOihy VI IHC oiAfCi
democrats from New England, the
Bimetallic league was formed. Ar
rangements were made for a silver
meeting in New England at some fu-
ture date. to be addressed by Bryan,
Altgeld and other silver leaders.
Bryan's Proposition.
Chicago, July t20.-Bryan today,
recognizing that, whether ne attended
or absented him self, from the meet
ing planned by the silver men for to-
night, would lose the support of the
large faction of the Illinois democracy,
made a proposition to the Altgeld peo-
pie who have it in charge. to turn it
over to the national committee and
thus take the factional feature from
it. The Altgeld men agreed to refer
it to the national committee. There
is a strong under current of feeling
among the national mmitteemen
against accepting the proposition.
they claiming it would look like en-
dorsement of the silver proposition.
Silver mem bers of the committee of
course are willing to accept the charge
of the meeting. and say they will have
enough strength at the meeting to
carry it. The national bimetallic
committee met this forenoon. After
transacting routine business it
ad djourned to meet with the Ohio
Valley bimetallic league this after
noon, and frame resolutions for pre-
sentation to the national committee
declaring for Bryan and 16 to 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
unIy SURVIVOR OF rnIrueen.

Chicago, July 20.-Mrs. w. r. Bends,
of Bay City, Mich, has been brought
into st. Michaels from the headwaters
of the Koyukuk river, the only sur
viver of a party of thirteen Her hus-
band and eleven others perished in an
attempt to reach Koyukuk from Kotze-
bue sound. Mrs. Bends may not live.
Among those who perished were H. v.
Bends. an aged ship captain from the
great lakes; Frank Calder of Bay City
Mich; James Hutton, of Bay City
Mich; Duncan McCull, of Chicago, and
]. Reinhardt. of Milwaukee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20

tary Alger would resign from the capI-
net, but the date generally set for it
was toward the close of the year after
he had submitted his annual report,
in which he intended to sum up what
had been accomplished during his
BRIEF but eyentful direction of the war
department
AIger's Candidacy for a Toca
Its tender then had been regarded
as almost a foregone conclusion in
view of Alger's announcement about
a month ago that he had concluded to
enter into competition for the vacancy
in the United States senate to be
caused by the expiration of the term
of Senator Mcmillan, a strong sup
porter of the administration, and that
he had enlisted in his active support
Governor Pingree, to whom had been
attributed free criticisms of the policy
that was supposed to be cherished by
the president toward the FiIipinos.
The impression was conveyed that the
result of the Michigan visit of the sec
retary had been to change the reIa-
tIons between the president and him
self to such a degree as to make a
restoration of their former status i'm
possible, and to render the connection
of the two as part of the same official
family undesirable.
Conference Settled the Business.
At one time since then there was
ground for the belief that a rupture
might be avoided, but this belief
ceased to be held when the news
spread that Vice President Hobart and
Secretary Alger were in conference at
Normanhurst. 1t was largely at least
as a result of this conference that
Secretary Alger decided to leave the
cabinet at this time. 1t is significant
Washington was followed by prompt
action. He arrived in Washington
Tuesday night too late to make any
official calls. Almost before the exc
cutive departments were opened for
business yesterday morning he called
at the White House and visiting the
president in his Office announced that
he had concluded to resign his Office.
Plans for the Future Defined.
He is much wearied by the weight of
responsibility he has borne for nearly
two years and a half. He has aged
many years in the opinion of his per-
sonal friends and is in need of rest.
He proposes to depart for the north
west and spend some time in the lum-
Der camps belonging to him. and then
to pay visits to his children. These
will occupy his time until well along
into next fall.
Mentioned to Succeed AIger.
There is absolutely nothing to say
that is in the least reliable as to Cen
eral AlgerS successor. OF course, there
are men mentioned as his SUCCESSOR
each say General Horace Porter, Gov
such as General Horace Porter, Gov
ernor Roosevelt, General Harrison
Gray Otis. Assistant Secretary MeikIe-
john, and Attorney General Griggs.
AIcer Gets out Monday.
Washington Julr 2o.-Alger will
turn the war department over to As
sistant Secretary Meiklejohn Mon
day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
from HRS. Sumter
to Mrs. pmAham.
LETTER TO MRS. r1xxHAx no. z6.s.4J

ILETTER TO MRS. PINKHAx NO. 76.2+lJ
"One year ago last June three doc
tors gave me up to die, and as 1 had at
different times used your Vegetable
Compound with good results, / had too
much faith in IL to die until had tried
it again. was apparently an invalid,
was confined to my bed for ten weeks
Il believe my trouble was liberation of
wombl.
After taking four bottles of the
Compound and using some of the Liver
Pills and Sanative Wash, at the end of
two months 1 had greatly improved
and weighed 155 pounds, when never
before weighed over 13s. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best medicine ever used. and recon-
mend it to all my friends "-MRs- ANNA
EVA GUSrER, HIeGISsvILLE, Mo.
/ Mrs Rarnhart Enjoys Life Once More.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I had been
sick ever since my marriage, seven
years ago; have given birth to four
children, and had two miscarriages- L
had falling of womb, leucorrhoea, pains
in back and legs; dyspepsia and
nervous trembling of the stomach.
Now have none of these troubles and
can enjoy my life Your medicine has
worked wonders for me- -n-ARs- b
BARsHARr. NEW CASTLE, PA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
JOYS OF ALASKAN LIFE
Some of the Clean.Ups the Gold
Seekers Have Made in
AtIin District.
AND HOW some OF THEM swELlED.

Sixteen Dollars Scooped from Under a
Boulder Is sic, 900 After Taking a Walk
Around the Camp-BiII of Fare with n
Party of Indians-Steamers Are Dirt
Cheap-Ffve Men Go in and but One
Comes Out Alive.
Seattle, Wash, July 2O.-The steam
er Dirigo arrived yesterday from Skag-
way, Alaska, with news of a rich strike
on Big Salmon river. A great many
prospectorS from Dawson and vinicity
were rushing into the district. The
Dirigo had a number of passengers
from Dawson who brought out small
amount of gold dust. The purser of
the steamer estimates the amount at a
quarter of a million. The following
news clean-ups in the Atlin district
was brought down by passengers from
Atlin. ]. Wilson and partner, dug up
a vein several hundred feet long and
all they got to show for their work
was s5O.75. A Swede named Strong who
held an adjoining claim stumbled on a
nugget valued at $40 and this was
about the sum total of his cleanup.
.'French Joe" Didn't DO Badly.
French" Joe made a clean up of
Pine creek. Harry Lund, on No. 1. be-
low on Pine creek, washed out SS
day to the man for awhile. These
cleaR-ups were magnified by reports
sent out into thousands of dollars. An
other small find by a man named
Beagle was made on Birch creek. He
washed out SIG from under boulder.
BY the time the news got around
a little the amount had swelled to $116
and by the time it reached Willow
creek it was $4,000.
Tells a story of Woe.
]. Wilson, of New York, who ar
rived here yesterday from Alaska on
the Dirigo, recounts a tale of exposure
and hardShips on the Edmonton trail.
He was thirteen months going from
Edmonton to Dawson. One year ago
the past winter he made camp on
Sturgeon Lake, about 100 miles below
Lower Slave lage, in the British posses
sions He lived with the Indians, sleep
ing as they slept, and eating what they
had to offer and whatever came to
hand. dead horse found on the trail
was often-times considered a delicacy.
Fish oil and any other style of re-
fuse which the indians possessed made
good dinner.
Steamboat Drug on the MARKET.
The following advices concerning
the exodus of miners down the Yukon
river were brought here by Jack Carr,
of this city. In the vicinity of Tanana
and Koyukuk men were scampering to
get away. Fifty-two steamers were
quartered up the Tanana last winter.
This spring vessels sold as low as 800
each about the Tanana and koyukuk
rivers. Carr reports one outfit that
cost $4,000 selling for 81 800 at Ram
part City This was the steamer Sault
Ste Marie, belonging to a Michigan
party With it went a saw mill and a
complete electric light plant. Carr re-
ports a sale of a naptha launch that
cost So. 500 in New York for $3.50. With
this launch went one years provisions
for seven men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
IT IS DULY ACCEPTED.
President So Notifies AIger to His
Resignation.

Washington, July 20.-Alger re-
ceived from the president letter ac-
cepting his resignation, to take effect
Aug. l. The secretary did not make
the terms public. but read it to a
few intimate friends.
Alger's letter of resignation and the
presidents reply have been given out.
Both are short and very formal. The
resigna ton is accepted to take effect
Aug. /. The belief is gaining ground
that Elihu Root, of New York, will be
rendered the vacant secretaryship.
Nothing Made Known Officially.
Formal acceptance of the resigna-
tion had not been made by the presi-
dent up to n late hour last night. but
will be in a letter to be written within
the next day or two. No official state
ment as to the cause of the resigna-
tion was procurable either from the
president or from Secretary Alger
neither of whom would talk on the
subject. The belief had prevailed in
Washington for some time that Secre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
No Fraud where Much Was Alleged.

Albany, N. Y, July 2O.-The report
of Austen G. Fox and Wallace Mac
Farlane, the two Democratic lawyers
assigned by Governor Roosevelt to in
vestigate the alleged frauds under the
S9.000,0 900 canal improvements acquies-
ced in by the Republican colleague,
finds that neither former State En-
gineer-Adams nor former Superin-
tendent of Public Works Aldridge can
be held criminally responsible for the
failure to complete the work, and that
while there were some evasions of the
act under which the work was done by
the engineers department, such eva
sions were covered by the law creating
the department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
HUNTED MYTHICAL DIAMONDS.
Only One Returned of a Party of Five
Three Known to BE Dead.


Three Known to BE Dead.
Out of a party of five which left New
York five years ago in search of
mythical diamond mine on the western
coast of Alaska, but one returned. He
is H c. Hoffman, a machinist formerly
in the employ of the Baldwin Loco
motive works. Three of the party
Walter Dodds, of Paterson; n. J.;
James Labelle, of Canada, and a man
named French-died of disease. The
fate of the fourth member, Henry
Martin. of New York, is unknown.
According to Hoffman's remarkable
story the party left San Francisco in
June, 1894, in a small trading schooner
bound for a district lying between the
Kukaboo and Ikpikpung rivers, known
as the Black Hole, where the richest
diamond mine in the world was said
to exist
They had two years provisions. La
belle died at Kaakark of disease re-
sembling small pox. Dodds and French
were stricken with the same disease.
Rather than suffer as Labelle did
French shot himself through the heart
and Dodds, with an ample supply of
provisions. was left behind with the
understanding that he was to over
take Martin and Hoffman-should he
recover. Nothing was heard of him
again. Martin and Hoffman pushed on
to Kevoltkog, village near the Black
Hole country
The village was inhabited by Rus
sian refugees from the prisons of ST.
beria They robbed Martin and Hoff-
mann of everything of value, and kept
them prisoners. Hoffman was separ-
ated from Martin and taken to another
village where he was compelled to do
menial work AT the end of a month
he escaped and went to the small town
of Sesian, on the Koyukuk river,
where he was i'll for several months.
He never received any further tidings
of Martin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
CIVIL WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Two Gangs of Men Out en- the Warpath for
Each Others Blood.

London, Ky, July 2o.-The two Grif-
fins and Morris who were killed Mon
day were buried yesterday. The friends
of the dead men are reported as as
sembling and camping out in the woods
ready for an affray, They are all
heavily armed. Their enemies, the
Philpots, are also assembled in the
open air with guards and scouts sent
out in all directions The situation
looks more serious than ever
The funeral of Ed Fisher today will
be attended numerously by the Phil
pots and it may be followed by an over
whelming assault upon their enemies.
the Morris gang. The two forces are
within five miles of each other. There
is no likelihood according to present
appearance for a conflict till after to-
days funeral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
Afraid of Train Robbers.

Fort Worth, Tex, July 20.-Superin-
tendent c. w. Case, of the Pacific Ex-
press company, has issued instructions
to agents not to receive larger sums of
money than 800 for shipment on the
line between Thurber Junction and Ell
Paso. The reason for this order is
that west Texas is infested with train
robbers and the risk is too great for
the amount of the charges. Colonel
Case regards the Black Jack gang as
the worst that has infested the country
since the Dalton and James gangs were
eXterminated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
Scores on the Bali Field,

Chicago, July 20.-Fcllowing are the
scores made by League base ball clubs
yesterday: At Baltimore
5, Baltimore o; at Philadelphia-Loui
vile 8, Philadelphia 5; at New York
Chicago 0, New York 8: at Brooklyn
Pittsburg 1, Brooklyn 4; at Boston-St.
Louis 1, Boston 8: eat Washington
Cleveland A, Washington z; (second
game) Cleveland 2, Washington g.
Western League: At Milwaukee
Detroit 9, Milwaukee a; at Kansas City
Indianapolis IL, Kansas City 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
Died Denti.,.s Cbair.

Manawa, Wis, July 20.-Mrs. War
rem Gibbons died at Scandinavia while
under the influence, of chloroform.
She was having several teeth extract
ed. The attending physician made all
the customary tests and thought it
perfectly safe to administer the drug.
After few teeth were extracted it was
noticed that the woman had become
extremely pale. An effort was at once
made to restore her to consciousness,
without success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
Senator Fairbanks at Washington. :

Washington, July Ex-senator Fair
banks, chairman of the joint high
American-Canadian commission, called
on Secretary Hay yesterday afternoon
and had an extended interview. The
senator still expressed confidence that
some arrangement might be made
which would result in a resumption of
negotiations on the Alaskan boundary
question. He reported to the secretary
the conclusions he had reached as a
result of his observations in Alaska
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20

DAY TO Bernard Is. kennedy, VINO is
employed by the family as coachman.
The girls parents died when she was
about II years old, leaving her for
tune of $4,000, 900 in trust until she
became OF age. Miss Phillips is
graduate of the high school and is
prominent in the best circles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
The PhIiippIne Conditions.

Washington. July 2O.-Otis cab'es
that storms are still prevailing. Over
- inches Of rainfall SO far this month
and the country is flooded. No ma
terial increase in sickness is reported.
but he is unable to get coal for the
returning transports
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY
But situation Favors Strikers in the New
York Car Strike.

New York, July 20.-0fiicials and
labor leaders are both claiming victory
in the Manhattan borough street car
strike. Everything is quiet and most
of the cars were started this morning
on schedule time. In Brooklyn there
is slight reduction in the mum ber of
cars operated.
What is believed to be a bomb,
fixed to be exploded by an electric
current when the car passed, was
found on the Second avenue car track
at Seventy-ninth street this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-20
Shamrock Beats the Britannia

London, July 20.-In the second trial
race between the Shamrock and Bri-
tannia, the former was twelve minutes
ahead when the race was something
more than half sailed, at which time
the Prince of Wales, who was on board
the Britannia, was compelled to call
the race off. as he had to fill an engage
ment on shore