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Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
bTcKinIey Welcomed in ohio.

East Liverpool. o., Aug. S0.-Six
years ago last night, William McKin-
ley, then governor, opened his cam
paign for a second term from Colonel
John Taylor's porch, and the fact was
recalled when Representative Taylor,
who now represents the old Mckinley
district in congress, spoke from the
same porch last evening, welcoming
the president back to the old Eight
eenth district. Seven thousand people
thronged the grounds and streets about
the TaylOr homestead
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Public Notice.

Public notice Is hereby given. that on the
fourth day Of September next at meet
ing of the city council of the city of
Rock Island illinois TO be held on
that day the council chamber. the
unde rsigned Tr-City Railway company wilt
pre- -ent 80 the said city council, its petition
praying said council 10 grant 20 it, the right to
construct. operate and maintain, for a p-riod
of twenty years, electric street railway
line on FOrty-second (g2j street Ia - ID CITY
wi al necessary appurte the pro-
posed line to commence 81 ana connect with
The main street car line OF said company now
laid on Fifth avenue south of said street,
thence north and down aid Fort ty-second (42)
street To the Mississippi river. thence 10 con-
meet with . bridge and electric strest railway
20 be built by said company IN the govern
r,ent island, for the purpose of running and
operating an electric street car line from said
avenue to The government arsenal. with the
right to lay down, instruct and maintain Ia
said Fosty secOrd f42D street, ali necessary
tracks poles " Tres ana other means and ;tp-
piiances- TO construct, maintain and operate
said electric railway.
TRI-CITY RAILWAY COMPANY.
Rock Island, Illinois, Aug ed, 1893.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Depevv to Talk About Trusts.

Albany, n. Y, Aug. 30.-Following
are some of the delegates appointed by
Governor Roosevelt to represent the
state at the trust conference to be held
in Chicago next month: Senator
Chauncey III. Depew, ex-Secretary of
the Treasury John G. Carlisle; DR.. AL
bert Shaw. editor of Review of Re-
views; ex-Representative Bourke
Cochran, and Henry White-all of New
York city; Jacob G. Schurman, presi-
dent of Cornell university.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Democrat Succeeds Bland.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. 30.-Incom-
plete returns received from the Eighth
Missouri district, in which an election
was held yesterday to fill the unex-
pired term in congress of Richard p.
Bland, deceased, show that Dorsey w.
ShacklefoTd (Dem.) has been elected
over w. ]. Voshon (Rep) by 2,20O
plurality.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Warning to County Fair Managers.

Madison, Wis. Aug. 30.-Secretary
of State Froehlich is calling the atten-
ton of county fair managers of the
state to the fact that if they follow a
practice in vogue among q few of them,
at least, they will not be entitled to the
40 per cent. upon the full amount of
the premium list they offer, which the
state gives such fairs. Some societies
are advertising to pay a certain amount
of premium and then deducting part
of this as entry, and this is the practice
referred to.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Hedges to ST: ram al tne regular price.
Knights of the Globe n. GaIena.

Galena, Ills, Aug 3O.-Ten thousand
visitors crowded the streets attending
the Knights of the Globe celebration.
The day was devoted to the festivities,
business houses and private dwellings
being decorated and business practical
ly suspended. The parade occupied the
greater part of the morning In the
afternoon Hon. r. H Hill, member of
the order, delivered an address. Sports
were INDUCED IN and prizes awarded.
the programme ending with a balloon
ascension
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Paid OFF the Cuban Soldiers.

Havana, Aug. 3O.-Colonel Moale,
with Major Forrest, of the Cuban army,
has arrived in Havana by the transport
Ingalls,, after having paid $75 each to
the soldiers of the First, Second and
Third corps. In all 1852 men have
been paid, and of the $3,000,000 appro-
priated by congress for distribution
S473, 100 remains
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Illinois Club Woman Dead.

Quincy, Ills, Aug. 30.-Mrs. Anna L.
Parker, vice president of the Illinois
Federation of Women's Clubs, and one
of the organizers of the first women's
club in the state, died yesterday. She
also held an Office in the National Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs, and was
well known as a lecturer on literary
themes. She was 62 years of age.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Nerro Iaborer. Murdered.

Rockford. Ills, Aug. 30.-Two weeks
ago 100 negroes were imported here
from Brookhaven, Miss, by w. NJ. Fort
ner & Son, railroad contractors. to
work on improvements on the Illinois
Central track between here and Du-
buque. There has been trouble in the
camp, and two of the negroes were
found west of the city with injuries
that will prove fatal.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Ear Association Speeches.

Buffalo. n. Y, Aug. 3O-At the meet
ing of the American Bar association
yesterday Senator Lindsay, of Ken
lucky, delivered an address upholding
the right of the United States to hold
colonies, regardless of the wishes of
the people of said colonies. Sir Will
lam K. Kennedy, a Justice of the high
court of justice of England, delivered
an address on State Punishment OF
Crime
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Believed to Have Murdered Good.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 30.-Charles
Phalen, known about Madison as
Charles Nolan, was arrested by the po-
lice on suspicion that he is the mur-
derer of Thomas G. Good, whose body,
stabbed through the neck, was found
near the eastern city limits. Phalen
was arrested several weeks ago on a
warrant sworn out by Good, and the
latter greatly feared Phalen, and fire.
quently said that Phalen would harm
him
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30

State OF Illinois.
Rock Island County. -
n the circuit court, September term, 1899
In chancery.
Anna ro~elia Ganahi rs Frank GanahI.
AnidaVt OF the nOIl-TeSidence of the said
Frank Gauah the ABOVE dc fcndaat. having been
fled in the circuit court OF said county. notice
is therefore hereby gwen to the said non
resident defendant that the comp ainaut fled
her hill of complaint in said court, on the
chanccry side thereof, O the lsih day OF
August. \ d iSt'. aud that the cupOn u sum
mons issued out of said coust wherein said
suit is now peuding. returnable the third
Monday in the month % September nexr. Z, is
by law required Now, unless you the said non
resident 4 defendant above named Frank Canatl.
shall personally be and appear before said cir
cult court. on the first DAY of the next term
thereof,,tO tie bOlceu Ut Rock Island in and for
the said county. on the Third Monday in Sep
tember next, and plead, answer demur
10 the said cDuplainant'S bill of complaint I,
the same and the matters ana things therein
charged and stated will be taken Is confessed,
and a decree entered against you according 10
the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois. Aug Il. \. ID. 1893
JOHN 7. STAFFORD, CCmplainanLs Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
wiuL.tTbeir Mines Stand Idle.

Springfield Ills, Aug. 30.-The ope-
rators of coal mines in the Chicago and
Alton sub-district held a conference at
the Leland hotel last evening, and de-
cided that they could not pay the scale
for mining asked by the United Mine
Workers unless they operated their
mines at a loss. and reached the con-
clusion that they would allow their
mines to remain idle.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Burst a Blood Vessel in His Brain.

Quincy, Ills, Aug. Colchester y.
Babcock died suddenly of bursting
bolod vessel in the brain. He was gen.
eral counsel of the Omaha, Kansas City
and Eastern railroad and had a wide
reputation as an orator and politician.
He was a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor on the Gold Democratic ticket.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
ANOTHER FAMILY SLAUGHTER.
Man Kills His Wife and Three Little Tots
and Then Himself.

and Then HimseIf.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. S0.-Details of
a horrible Gilbert Plains tragedy are
just received. Frederick Johnson for
some time past had been low-spirited
and spoke of hanging himself. On
Sunday after dinner Johnson took a
single-barreled breach-loading gun and
proceeded to slaughter his family. APP
parently the wife was the first victim
and was shot below the heart.
Beside her lay her babe with its head
blown completely off. Arthur, 3 years
old, and Clifford, years old, were shot
just below the left ear with the same
weapon, which had to be loaded for
each victim. Both their heads were
blown partly off. The murderer was
found lying near with his throat gashed
in two places and a gunshot wound
just below the left ear.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30

Springfield, Ills, Aug. 30.-Mrs. Lena
Watson, wife of James Watson, and
her 6-year-old son. James Russell Wat
son, both of Nilwood, were instantly
killed there by lightning. Mrs. Watson
and her son were walking across the
street from their home intending to
visit neighbor when killed.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
the kaiser, has taken up the study OF
Chinese.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
DR.. S. II. MILLER,
veterinary Surgeon and Dentist,

AIldiseases of horses and cattle treated ou
approved principles. Surgical operations per
formed in a scientific manner. Dogs treated.
All calls promptly attended 70. Residence,
1926 Fifth avenue. Telephone 4iOi. once
and infirmary, I6I5-i6i7 Fourth avenue
(MAucker's stabiel, opposite No. nre house.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
C. T. FOSTER, Ii. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
twentieth street. once hours: to II a. m
Z to p N. and TO p. n. Night calls from
ofI:ce Phone 1854
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
DIR. CORA EMERY REED.
homeopathic Physician.

Special attention to diseases OF women anc
children also diseases OF eye, ear, nose arc
throat. once houIs-s.3O to - 2. n 10 p
m 321 Sixteenth street, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30

]. r. BUHKHART, NJ.
MRS. HADA n. BURKHART, n. {
DIS. BURKHART & BURkHART,
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Physicians.

once Tremann block. once hours 20 ~
n to 5 and to 2 .. n. 'rhone No. 1902
Rock Island, IL. Might calls answered from
once.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Poisoned by Ice Cream.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 30.-A Marengo
special says: ''At a harvest picnic
near Ladora yesterday, as the result of
eating strawberry-flavored ice cream,
twenty-five persons were seriously
poisoned. The entire force Of physi-
clans here was callCd to that vicinity.
Fatal results are feared in several
cases.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
DIR. H. EMMETT STEEN.
Davenport, Iowa

Davenport, Iowa
Specialist and expert In :he treatment oil
nervous, private and all chronic diseases of
men and women
Hours: 10 toi2 . o4 6 to 6. Sundays 10 70 10.
Harrison and Second streets opposite new
Boston StoreI
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
j. A. BALL, III. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

once 1907 Second avenue. Residence 900
IT Tgenty-fourth street. Telephone lilo. Omce
hours from 10 10 i2 m; 2 TO p. m; and 10
d m Sundays to 10 u M
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30

Local Markets.
Spring lanb-s2 5oG3 So
Sheep@G4Hc.
Cor1-3lTS32.
OatS-5p6=2
nay-Tinothy. s719; Wild, s7.5oos
Straw-s4.50
Potatoes -25c
Butter-Choice to fair, I5c; fresh creamery,
Egzs-i2c-
Chickens-7c per pound
Ducks-1c per pound
Coal-Soft. 1Oc-
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn-fed steers
5ly5lEc; COWS and helfers, 3Hc441zc; calves.
Hogs-s4G4Eo
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30

DR. Nj. A. HOLLINGSWORTH.
Graduate Veterinarian.
once. Harper House Pharmacy. Night calls
phone 43Gl.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
T. II. FIRST, NJ d.

Phone 4 on 1857. once, E26 Twenteth
stIeet once hours: 10 TO IL a m; 70 and
7tosp. m. Sunday, EGO 70 $50 g. M; 100 TO
ID m
Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-30
Notice OF PnbIicat,on-In Chancery.

LUDOLPH & REYNOLDS,
Complainant's Solicitors
August 18th. \. ID. 1873.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28

zero, Fahrenheit. This freezing pro-
cess also contracts the air greatly.
Assuming the temperature In a room to
be - degrees above zero, it will be seen
that drop of liquid air in that room
will have to give of 3S4 degrees of cold
before the air 1t contains becomes of the
same temperature as that surrounding
it. The process of regaining the normal
temperature causes the air to expand,
and thus small quantity of the liquified
air will cool large room.
The use which first occurs to the lay
mind is that of refrigerating, and doubt
less this will be the principal use to
which the discovery of cheap process
of manufacture will be placed. Already
a plant capable of producing 1900
gallons a day has been ordered for Los
Angels, Cal, to be used in refrigerating
fruit for the eastern market.
But the expansive force of the liquid
air also may be utilized. Nordenfeldt,
the great Swedish gun maker. already
has Invented cannon to use liquid air as
the propelllng force. The air now Is
being used to run small engine in the
New York laboratory, and improvements
sure to be made will extend the useful
ness of the new force along these lines.
Acetylene gas manufacturers see in
liquid air the basis of new illuminant,
as German scientists have been COM
pletely successful in producing calcium
carbide with liquid air. \ gas con.
tanning so per cent of oxygen can be
generated with liquid air, which, If used
in a blast furnace as ordinary air is now
used, would produce a temperature
much higher than any now known by
smelters or founders.
Here we have heat, cold, light and
power produced from an element the
most abundant In the universe. And the
beauty of it all is that no trust can
monopolize the air.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28

which is nearly fourth of day shorter
than the true year. OF course this time
difference between the solar and the civil
year must be accounted for, sooner or
later, and, when it Is convenient so to
do, the true and artificial year must be
brought into concordance as nearly as
possible. The common civil year is too
short by .2l22lG of day. In four years
this amounts to 96SS6I of day, and so
both in the Julian and Gregorian caen-
dars the last of this period of four years
Is made leap year, or in other words a
day Is added to ii, making 366 days In
that year. But not quite day was re-
quired to bring the civil and solar year
into concordance. The mean civil year,
thus fixed. is little too long, and in the
course of period of 400 years the civil
calendar thus gains 3113G days. So
another balance is struck between the
true and artificial calendars by the sup.
preston of the intercalary days in the
years 100, 1900 and 1900, which other
wise would be leap years. The suppress
sion of leap year in 1900 leaves gap
between the two calendars since the
adoption Of the Gregorian calendar of
only about one-ninth of day, which is
the balance on account with which to
begin the next accumulation of differ
ences for future adjustment. But the ad-
dtion of the intercalary day every four
years and the suppression of that day In
the last year of every three out of four
centuries.balances the years so far that
the error amounts to only one day in
1926 years. The year 2000 will end the
cycle of four centuries and will be a
leap year. Then opens the next cycle,
and in the years 2l00, 2200 and 2300 the
! intercalary days will be suppressed,
while the year 2400 will be a leap year.
1t should be mentioned that 1900 will be
leap year, after all, in those nations of
eastern Europe and Asia which still use
the Julian calendar,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
The Maybrick Case.
Burlington News ]


The statement of the home secretary
in the house of commons probably ends
all hope for Mrs. Maybrick. 1t was TO
the effect that royal cemency would not
be exercised in her behalf. Florence May
brick. the daughter of wealthy Amer
lean parents and the wife of prosper
Gus cotton merchant at Liverpool, Eng,
was tried in the spring of 1889 in that
city upon an accusation that she had
poisoned her husband. She was sem
fenced to imprisonment for life. The
fact that May bricks death was due to
arsenical poison was shown, but much
of the direct evidence was in the prison
er's favor. 1t was proved that the hus-
band was in the habit of using arsenic as
tonic, but he was muth older than his
wife and she had quarrelled with his
family. They testified strongly against
| her, and later 1t became known that the
whole of her private fortune, bringing in
an income of nearly $4,000 year. pass
ed 10 these same persons after her con-
vctlon, as trustees of her children. The
case on its trial attracted wide attention.
and it was plainly shown that the Judge
carried his bias against the defendant all
through the hearing. Not long after the
trial the fact developed that he was in
sane. Mrs. Maybrick's mother has de-
voted her life since the trial to organizing
and promoting movements for her daugh.
ter's release. Several different home
secret aries have reviewed the case, de-
clining TO recommend pardon upon the
evidence adduced at the trial. Now the
case may be regarded as definitely closed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.

1t is certainly gratifying to the public
TO know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the
needy and suffering. The proprietors of
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, have given
away over ten million trial bottles of
this great medicine; and have the salts
faction of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarsness and all
diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cured by it, Call on W. II.
Sheldon, Druggist, and get a trial bottle
free. Regular size soc. and 81. Every
bottle guaranteed, or price refunded.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28

In answer to correspondent as to
why next year is not leap year the New
York sun explains as follows:
The year 1896 was leap year, and
the next one will be 1901, eight years
later This is on account of the ingen-
ious device for maintaining, as nearly as
can be, concordance between the civil or
Gregorian calendar and the solar or
astronomical calendar. Everybody
knows that the time required for the
earth TO make revolution around the
sun is the true solar year. 1t is easy to
see why men, in their ordinary affairs,
do not give the year its exact solar time
value, but employ the civil calendar they
have devised instead of the solar calen-
dar. The length of the solar year, ex-
pressed precisely, is 365.2422lG days,
or a little less than 3G5t days. 1t is OBJ
vious that in the business affairs of life il
would be very inconvenient TO use time
division called year containing so
many DAYS and a fraction of a day.
For ordinary purposes the year must be
counted as so many days. The ordinary
year is, therefore, counted as 365 days,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
THE MARKETS.
PRICES OF PRODUCE IN mloDLesuRv.

BUTTER AND EGGS.
Dairy butter u to Is and creamery Is to II
cents pound; eggs, lG cents dozen.
HAY AND GRAIN.
Furnished by Thomas & Weeks
hay NO. !, per tOn...................... IS
NJ = per tOn.. .......s.................
- STOCK, per ton.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
otidW, rye''''' 's.ss....................
oul'''.. ..s'....s....
Oats, Vermont, per bu................... -. SO
OTHER COUNTY MARKETS.
BRISTOL, July 24-Saturday, market dav
dairy butter sold at Is to 10 cents pound
separator butter, II TO Is cents pound; eggs
10 cents dozen. dressed poultry, 10 to IA
cents pound.
VERGE>NE July 4-Saturday, market day
was largely attended. Dairy butter sold al
10 10 IL cents pound; creamery, II to Is
cents; eggs, l6 cents a dozen; dressed poul
Try, ~ to 10 cents round; dressed pork and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
AMERICA AS A MARITIME NATION.

An eXpansionist argument is that the
the effect greatly to increase the number
of sea-gong vessels flying the American
flag, and eventually place this country
where it stood in the tifties-among the
leading maritime nations of the world.
This conclusion is based upon the as
sumption that only the incentive of dis
tant interests is wanting in the matter.
Some statistics recently gathered will
indicate the fallacy of this, as well as
illustrate why Americans cannot hope,
without large subsidies from the federal
government, successfully to compete
for the carrying trade Of the ocean. AS
an instance, take the traffic from New
York to Rio Janeiro. A calculation
from actual facts indicates that the cost
of carrying ton of freight over this
course in an American ship is $50, in
an English ship So, in Norwegian ship
S4.l0. The difference In rates Is largely
due to the wages paid the officers and
of ordinary sailors are fixed by the
.5eaman's union and are about double
those paid on English vessels and four
times as great as paid on Norwegian.
The captain of an American ship. who
receives $500 year, would on an
English ship of like tonnage get $1,000,
and on a Norwegian about S35 a month.
1t will therefore be seen why Amer-
can shippers last year sent and received
only SO per cent of goods in American
ships. and why every year since 1859
has shown a steady decrease. In the
latter year $50 per cent of our COM
merce was in American bottoms; ten
years later it was 1915 per cent; in 1879
% per cent, in 1889 l4.3 per cent, in
1896 y per cent and in 1857 II per cent.
So great is the difference in the cost
of operating vessels under American
charters that the Pennsylvania railroad,
which operates the Red Star line of
steamers. does so under the Belgian
flag, though fully 95 per cent of the
stock is owned in America. The line Of
steamers from New York to Brazil was
abandoned for like cause and the bust
ness turned over to an English line.
Substituting is repugnant 10 American
principles, though 50 per cent of sea-
going steamships of other nations re-
ceive this kind of aid from their re-
spective governments. For our gov
eminent to duplicate the subsidies of the
Europeans would not avail, as they
still would have the great advantage of
lower wages. The only means of add
ing to the number of vessels flying our
flag appears 10 be to make subsidy
! figures contain the difference in wages
and a substantial advance on the sums
offered by other countries.
The possession of the Philippines has
nothing to do with the case.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
AIR AN ITEM OF COMMERCE.

Liquefied air as an article of COM
merce was hardly dreamed of, even by
laboratory experimenters, very few
years ago. Few had even succeeded in
producing it, and they paid their
thousands for few drops. y year ago
it was made for the first time in
quantities and at a cost which placed
if within the means of scientific demon
strators. Today it can be produced for
two cents gallon, and the scope of its
practical utility is without limit.
Air becomes liquid when its TEN
perature is reduced to 3l2 degrees below
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
[ Brattleboro Reformer.

For the third time within less than ten
years the government is in diplomatic
trouble with Italy over the lynching of
Italians by mobs within the United
States. The five Italians killed last week
at Tallulah, La, appear to have been
subjects of King Humbert, and conse-
quently have been guaranteed by the
United States government, under the
treaty of 1871, "the most constant pro-
lection and security for their persons
and property" In 1890, after the
massacre at New Orleans and the long
correspondence in which Secretary
Blaine urged in vain that the federal
government was powerless, because the
case would come within the power of the
state of Louisiana and beyond the ma
tional jurisdiction. the Italian minister
demanded and receiving his passports.
The trouble was finally adjusted by the
United States paying money idemnity
AT that time Europe INDUCED in pretty
general kick over Uncle Sans making
treaties with other countries, guarantee
ing protection to aliens within the United
States in return for similar guarantees on
behalf of American citizens abroad and
then claiming to be powerless to carry
out Its promises or contracts.