The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-23
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Rapid Rise in Wheat.
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Great Rain ia ohio.
Marylaid Democracy:
A Good Platform
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Business Failures.
shh i g g9FE$Er# (isC
A Rejected Lover and his
Sweetheart Fatally Shot.
A Romantic Sa1oon-keeper
attempts to Kill Himself
at his Wife's Grave.
Killed by the Cars.
Fearful Explosion at Iowa
City.
Other News Items.
Killed by the Cars.

CHICAGO, July 22.-The rapid rise in
wheat of the last few days has resulted in
much excitement among commission deal
ers, and few failures OF minor import
ance have been reported to-day The firm
of Baldwin Il Stone, which does an ex
tensive commission business here and in
Milwaukee, bscame embarrassed and sus
pended payment. They state that their
suspension will be but temporary and that
it is due entirely to the failure of country
dealers on the board to meet their iabili
ties.
PRINCETON, ILL.,, July 22.-In some
parts of this county the oats and wheat
crops are badly damaged by the recent
vested at all. Corn was badly fattened,
bat most oft will straighten up again,
| CINCINNATI July 22-Reports received
here to- night from the entire length of the
Ohio valley, show that one of the heaviest
rains of the season has fallen in the past
twenty-four hours, doing great damage to
the growing crops, and threatening an ov
erhow in river bottoms. len thousand
acres of corn inundated in the Wabash bot
tom, and that stream is still rising rapidly.
The Ohio river here is rising at the rate OF
three inches an hour.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 22.-The Demo
cratic convention continued in session till
4 80 this morning and adjourned without
reaching vote on any nomination.
Thomas g. Keating, of Queen Anne
county was installed permanent chairman
of the Democratic state convention. Mr..
Freary, of the Hamilton party, charged
that bribes had been offered to two dele
a gates to vote for Carroll. The latter re-
3 torted that Baltimore delegate bad been
: offered bribs to vote for Hamilton.
Stephenson Archer announced that if the
Hamilton men would agree to adopt the
rules of the last house of delegates of Mary
land, so far as applicable to the convention.
the Carroll men would agree to an adjourn
e ment until 1920 A, NJ This was agreed
!, to and the convention adjourned.
The convention was called to order at
!, 1880, when resolution was adopted re-
# ferring all resolutions to the committee on
= resolutions. Alter brief discussion about
= the order of nominations. John Lee Car.
, roll, of Howard, was nominated for COVER.
nor. Also VIM. T. Hamilton, of Washing
ton. Governor Groome wrote declining q
nomination. The ballot resulted: Carroll
l. 60: Hamilton SO. The ballot was ther
>. made unanimous for Carroll.
The following is the platform in sub
stance: Devotion to the principles OF Re
. publican government as eDunclated by
d Jefferson: preservation of the general gov
N ernment in it's whole constitutional yigo
ei as the sheet anchor of our peace at HON,
p and safety abroad supremacy Of the civi
Ii over the military authority; economy il
IL public expense, that labor may De hghte
~ burdened; honest payment OF our debt
e and the sacred preservation OF the publ
g, faith: freedom of the press; freedom o
person under the habeas corpus, and trla
by a Jury iupartially selected; protestin
re against the burdens of high protectiv
~ tariff; insisting on provision tor onl
~ enough revenue for general uses; protes
ing against the multiplication OF fedora
er Offices, high salaries and abuse OF patron
m age: agriculture, manufacture sand con
,r merce should he the equal care OF the goN
A ernmeut, no favOrltism in these, n
sb obstruction to them; conflicts of labor an
is capital should be harmonized by legislatio
bt when possible; protesting against an il
by crease of the circulation OF currency, an
lat demanding that congress take measure
to- which will result in the resumption
or specie payment at the earliest possib
yu- moment; opposition to granting suhsidlt
en- to monopdlieS.
les G. J. VI, Geuyune. of Baltimore, W.
nat nominated for attorney general. III
IN, nominees addressed the convention.
od A platform was adopted, the fnanci
sed plank of which firm ly opposes any infatlC
lts Of the currency, and fayors the rcsum
ECU ton of specie payment at the earliest M
, zen ment possible. The convention, at 2:3
adjourned SINE die.
. MEMPHIS, July 22-The Democrat
convention at Corinth, Miss, nominate
Lamar as candidate for congress.
Boston, July 22-The Herald stat
that the clothing house Of Geo. II. La
= & Co, has suspended.
DEXTER, N. H., July 22.-Josh,
- Gitchell, formerly of the firm of Josh
Gitchell & Son, has failed for $4,000.
s. INDfANApoLfs, Ind, July 22,-E. NJ
ort ting &. Co., stave manufacturers, failed
day. They are large operators, and ha
. also branch at Saline, near Terre Hau
- A recent fire and the dullness OF ira
w caused the failure. Their assets a
90 s15OO0O, and their liabilities $200,0(
"A William P. Gallup, Henry II. Wolley, a
& William NJ, Bell have besA appoint
trustees to settle the business. The del
are principally among the hanks. I
m First National at Greenburg,is in for So
W 600; the Central Bank, of this city. abe
& $4,000; the Meridian Street National,
8 this city, $4,000 and the First Natio
e of Huntington, $4,000.
@ JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July De.
johnson, deputy collector Of Internal r
|, ! enue, and member of the Florida legi'
ture, was shot dead last night at a 9
house about ten miles from Fernando
le Kss to The assassins are unknown.
lsre- Iowa CITY, July 22-At o o'clock
q ascf, !. morning one of the cooking tanks in q
s sus. s. & Sons paper mill exploded, eaus
!, the explosion of five others, and utt.
J = destroying the stock room, eng1