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The Labor enquirer., 1883-11-17

me 0Oods An4 8en9omen VINO ls
tor of this church, arrives and begins
his morning address to his congregation.
He tells US Of the prodigal son. OF bis
suffering from want and hunger, in .
arrange land, far from his fathers roof
BE comparesthe hunger to the spirit
.uaihunserof one Who has wandered far
from God, but all the time my heart goes
out in sympathy for the poor, hungry
prodigal, who is only igurative in the
lesson being taught by the good man in
the, pulpit, and I think Of the many
starving actually starving people in a
land different from that in which the
prodigal son was found. He wasi in the
midst of famine and general hunger.
ThoseI thought of live in the midst of
plenty, yet they starve. Theirs is not
the fate OF all. While they have not a
crust to feed withal, yet do they die
within the sound of revelry and the
reach of plenty.
But the good man talks on, and ibis
heart is il; his words, his seul in his face,
SHE pictures the miseries Of want and
the joys of plenty. / listen and watch,
and my heart thanks him for his good
words. But am annoyed for the TWEEN
tieth time by the loud "Amen!" of a
man IN my rear. This must certainly be
a good man, "a Christian, who so emphat-
ically indorses the words Of the minister.
i glance over my shoulder to see who it
is that says "amen" in so loud and posi-
tive tones. Itis he whosis usurer, who
fattens by taxing the, existence of his
fellow man; he who says to the poor
man and his miserable family, when
you have food or shelter I must be. paid
a 1.-THE that I may lay up wealth on
earth" To-day he applauds the words
Of Him who said life's chief mission is
to Law up treasures in Heaven.
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JUDGE DAWSON will not contest the le-
gality of Mr.. Rodgers election, but will
vacate the first week in December.
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Whether my dream was with or with
out warrant, and whether life would be
made the more bearable by it, leave
the reader to say. q
Ny musings took another turn.
Soon the congregation began rapidly
to assemble soon the people began to
arrive in small throngs. l looked into
the faces of those who entered. Many
were strange to me some barely knew;
others were familiar to me. There was
slight rustic at the entrance, and l
turned to see who was come. 1t was old
Money Bags; he who has spent his en-
tire life in feverish grasping after this
worlds goods and a miserly boarding of
his gains. He who was never known to
have kind word for the afflicted or a
crust of bread for the starving. What
can bring him to this. sacred place? l
asked. He must surely know that this
chapel is devoted to the praise and
worship of Him who was poor and
lowly and who said, in substance, the
poor should be chosen and the miserly
rich be turned away. But, perhaps, 1
thought, be has come to-day to ask for
giveness for his cruelty and selfshness,
and will start afresh from this date sue
coring Gods unfortunate children and
doing all the good he can. 1 turn to my
next neighbor and whisper. a question.
His answer is, that old Money-Bags has
been regular worshiper at this altar for
years. ! know now he is only a hypo-
crite. Heattempts to steal for himself
apart of the sanctitv of Gods house,
with the cool calculation which charac-
terizes his robbery ofhis fellow men.
Perhaps he may have twenty-per cent
mortgage on the church property, and
visits it every week to. see if all is safe.
Another familiar parsonage comes in
and takes prominent seat near the al
tar, This man know to be an en-
ployer who underpays and mistreats the
poor creatures who toll in his shops and
mills from early dawn till dark for. a
bare pittsnce, while he rolls in ease and
luxury. While his poor, miserable SUBJ
iects have sunk to the lowest depths OF
poverty, want and misery, he still climbs
higher as one of great influence and
power-social, commercial and political.
Surely he is not one of Gods annointed
people, who come on the Sabbath to sing
His praise and do Him honor. l turn to
my neighbor again. Yes, this man.
whom l have always considered cold,
unfeeling, cruel, Satanic, is regular in his
attendance at divine worship, and he is
zone of the pillars of the church." I
And another comes, and another, and
with every few moments arrivals are
additional surprises for me. A score or
more come in, and bow their heads in
apparent meekness, whom l have
learned to know in the outside world as
moro like the SONS of devils than the
followers of pure, meek and loWiy
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What mnst be the feeli,

Jesus. What must Be the feelings Of
these men ss they 2ase upon the paneled
image Of Charity, bshind the pulpit, and
remember their cold, .grasping selfish
ness of the week just pass-and : world
full of misery and want surrounding
them on all sides? Do they know what
thew say as they repeat with the good
preacher, "Thy will be done ]" ordo they
lack inan understandinGof His wilI?s
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
THE DEAD AT CARLYON.
List Of the ALLIED and Manned at the
CnrlyOn Railway House Hon. Th0s
HOyne, of Chicago. a Victim.

ALBION, n. Y July 30.-The coroner's in.
quest on the bodies of the killed in the acct
dent on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensbure
railroad, near Carlyon station has brought
out the fact that the freight car which caused
the accident was blown l2S feet, with brakes
set by the fierce wind. The wrecked train
was the Steamboat express, running from
Niagara falls to the Thousand Isles All the
coaches were wrecked Twenty one persons
were killed and over thirty seriously wound,
ed The dead are as follows:
Thomas Hoyne, of Chicago; Mrs Jane
Carl, of Lansing Mich. Prof. C. W Stone,
Battle Greek Mich Lutte J Frances Oswe
go, N. Y Willie Lefevre, Bay City. Mich;
Ashley Taylor, Camden, n Y; Thomas
Stalls, Watertown. N. Y; Mrs Lofevre.
Bay City. Mich J. r. Schenck, Cleveland,
Ohio; Thomas Dixon, Cleveland, Ohio; two
ladies' one of them thought to be Mrs Booth
of Bay City, Mich. ;J j. Worthey, Saline
Mich. Henry Mccormick. Benton, Mich. l.
J. Booth. Bay City Mich; Elizabeth ]
Gore, Meriden, Mich. Mrs Louis Boos. Phil.
adephia Louis J Boos, Phladelphia; Mrs
Brooks, Philadelphia; the coIored porter.
name unknown; Archibald Taylor, baggage,
man, Watertown, N. Y.
Those whose injuries were such as to forbid
their removal to any distance. and who are
now lodged with farmers, are: Miss Miserva
Munday, Bay City, terribly bruised, it is
thought that she will recover; Mrs. w. T,
Hall and daughter, Leslie, Mich, injured
about the head and spinal column, both will
recover; Mrs. B. Salisbury, Battle Greek,
Mich, hip dislocated, double fracture of
right side neck and head badly bruised; the
Rev. E. S Gould, Carthage, Mo, severe cash
in the back of the head; Mrs. j. F. Ire
land, Grand Falls, MINI, bruised about
head; Mrs. Moses Sweeter, Parkersburg, Va.
spine bruised and head cut; Mrs T. G. Field,
Parkersburg, Va, eye confused, ankle
sprained and injured about hip; Mrs. A. L.
Bugs, Salina, Mich, cut about head; Mrs.
Anna McMasters, of ireland, wrist fractured
and ear cut off, Miss Alice Jenneson, Phila.
delphia, broken ankle; Mrs Prof C. ".
Stone, Battle Creek, Mich. fracture of arm,
otherwise injured; Alexander Tower, Lans
ing, Mich, injured in head
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
ELEMENTAL HAVOC.
seven Lives Lost, Many Houses Dam
aged. and Much Property Flooded

aged. and Much Property Flooded.
MAUERsvILLE, Miss, July 30 During a
severe storm several skiffs containing ten col
ored men capsized in the Mississippi river,
near this place. and five Of the men were
drowned
NORWICH, Conn, July 50 The lightning
did considerable damage to barns and dwell
ings in this vicinity, A landslide occurred at
DayviIle, covering up the tracks of the Nor
wich and Worcester roads. A midnight train
was thrown from the track, and the head
brakeman, named Avery, killed Six cars
were smashed.
WILKEsBARRR, Pa, July 30-No 10 col
liery Of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
company has been flooded by the re cent rains
to the depth of seventeen feet, and 900 miners
have been thrown out of employment ia con
sequence
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July 30-The sever
est thunderstorm ever experienced in this
section passed over this city. In West STRAIT
ford large barn and several outbuildings
were struck by lightning ami burned Two
horses persisted in the flames Several resi-
dences was struck and a number of persons
slightly injured
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 39.-Seventy RATS,
containing 375 000 feet of lumber, were swept
from their moorings at Herr's island hy u
fre~het in the Allegheny river. Heavy rains
fell all along the river last night, and the rise
came So suddenly that RATS were swept away
before the owners had time to save them la
n few minutes the swift current carried them
down the river AT the Sixth street suspen-
siui bridge raft with an unknown man on
it struck the pier and went to pieces and the
man was drowned The loss will aggI egatc
$2u0,0OO. No damage reported from other
points
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
RAILWAY FINANCERlNG
How the st. raui. Minneapolis a
Manitoba Raised the Wind.

NEW YORK July 80 The Indicator thus
describes late financial transaction of the
st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba railway:
The company recently issued $4,000, O0O
mortgage, and then permitted the stockboid
ers of record on a certain date to subscribe
for these bonds to the amount of so per cent
OF their holdings, and as there is 500, 600 600
of stock, they took, of course. $4,000 900 of
the bonds upon the following terms--nameIy:
The company received 10 cents on
the dollar face value) Of the bonds
In other words, the compauv re-
cieved 81 900 900 for SO, 0O0, 900 in bonds, or.
for every 81, 600 bond the compauy's treasury
was swelled 10y the immense sum of 500 in
cash Now, as the company has 10 pay 500
per year on each 81 900 bond, and as they re-
ceived but 500 in cash for this bond it is
plain that III two years time the company
will have paid Sl20 in interest, or S2u more
than the amount received for the bond. As
there had been issued to June 50. 1883
some Sl0,574, 900 of these bonds, it is
plain, then, that the interest charges have
been increased 1854, 900 per year, and that the
earnings as If understanding how the thing
was to work, have decreased for the first
week in this month of July S74 900 aud dur
ing the second week Of the month the
decrease has been $4,000 as reported
by the company. Here we fluid
the results of running a railroad for Wall
street instead of for tho benefit of the stock
holders.
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FAILED FOR $4,000.
Indefinite Suspension of q Boston
Firm Other Failures FOIIow

n
Firm Other Failures Follow.
BosToN, July 80. The Journal states that
Charles w Copeland Il Co, shoe manu-
facturers, have indefinitely suspended The
liabilities amount 10 $T50, 900, which, the firm
says, it has suiliciens assets to cover. The
firm has several New York connections, and
some Of the liabilities are due in that CITY.
The failure Is is said To be due to the sudden
pressure Of several obligations, and the firm
in justice to its creditors, decided to suspend
operations until an understanding can he ar.
rived at
LATER The JouIpal says that Stedman Il
Co. shoe dealers of New York, have sus-
pended in connection with Copeland & Co, of
which houSe they are n branch 1t is also an
nounced' here that W n Toler 4 Co, shoe
dealers, of Baltimore, have suspended in com
nectien with the Copeland failure, and that
Holfheimef & Son, of Norfolk, Va are in
trouble from the same cause
BRoCT0N, Mass, July 30.-Tbe superin-
tendent Of w. Copeland & Co S boot and
shoe factory, in this city, on Saturday re
ceived word from MIR Copeland who is alb
sent, to suspend business indefinitely, and tn
take account of the stock and pay the hell
all that WAS due them The firm ha,
factories in Brocton, Natick, North
Abingdon ana Midway, and employs alto
gether about GOO hands
The Journal also says: F. Shaw & Bros, the
largest tanners iu the world made an assign
ment to f A Wyrnan Total Iiabii.
ties cannot he given, but the total assets are
given at s.. 0n. They are creditors to Charles
W Copeland X Go. 10 the smount Of $2bO,
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4 Veteren Soldier.

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mouth on the 9th forCape Town, where she
transferred her passengers, who were destined
to Port Elizabeth. Natal, and other coast
ports, to the steamship Melrose, The report
of the shooting of Carey caused intense ex.
element in the west end of London and III
the house Of commons
sLATER.--Later advices about the killing of
james Carey show that he was shot while
landing from the MelroSe at Port Elizabeth
O'DouneIl, his slayer, is in custody The
government had taken specialand expensive
measures to protect Carey.
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The French i'm Tououtu.

LONDON July 30.-The Standards CORES
pendent at Hong Kong says the success of the
recent scrtie of the French in ,Tonquin was
due to the fact that half the garrison was
sscTetly conveyed in juni1s, and took the
enemy in the rear by surprise The
Chinese still persist in maintaining
the prohibition of the expectation of cattle
for the French forces. The French squadron
will shortly make demonstration on the
Chinese coast
The Standard correspondent at Vienna
learns that China proposed to Tricon, the
tbs French minister, that negotiations be
opened for formal treaty, and that Franeh
readily agreed to the proposal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31


CHICAGO, July 30.-The news Of the death
of the Hon. Thomas Hoyne caused staftled
shock among his many friends ia this city
His son Frank left Immediately for Niagara
Falls to bring the body home Thomas
Hoyne was born in New YORK., in 1917, bui
has been an active and prominent citizen Of
Chicago since 1887. He was a thorough law
yer, and an entirely self-educated man He
was chosen mayor in 1876 nd held number
OF federal offices under different administla
lions. He leaves four sons and two daughters
The lroqnois club, of which he was leading
member, met and took appropriate action OF
his death
TOrpidity Ofthc Watering Places.
New York Sun
The prominent feature of watering placf
life Just at present is its torpor At Sara
toga they are said to be waiting for the race
at Newport for the hunt, and everywhere for
the arrival of men and the development OF
an inclination to be merry
The Casino at Newport is still but slimly
attended, and only one small german, a few
scattered dinners and two or three coaching
parties by moonlight have been given The
most beautiful and exhilarating spectacle to
be witnessed is undoubtedly the ocean drive
on fine afternoon, and this is now in full
perfection. 1t is difficult to do justice to the
animation and picturesqueness of the scene
A good deal has been said about the nov
city and eccentricity of Mrs. W K Wander
bits new cu1icle, but by far its most strik-
ing feature is Mrs Vanderbilt herself who
is surprisingly good whip and handles the
ribbons with a grace and dexterity quite I'M
usual in lady driver, 1t is worth n good
deal to see her take the reins in her slight
fingers aud tool eff with an easy air of such
complete command and self possession that a
stranger would be inclined TO ask whether
the business OF her life had not been driving
fast horses At Richfield, last summer shp
drove a pair Of ponies in ii high topped buggy,
which seemed almost to fly before her, and
then, as now, she was the admiration of meu
Of every degree who stopped on the high road
TO see her pass.
bicycling and tricyclng as vehicles for
female locomotion are however, now coming
into favor, and as the royal princesses OF
England are adopts in their use they viii
soon find favor everywhere. Dancing, on
the other hand, which has hitherto been sun
posed TO represent the very poetry of motion
for a graceful wOman's form, is rapidly fall.
ing into disgrace. The men tleteSt it and the
girls. with an amiahle spirit of accommOda
ton, profess TO rank it far below hunting,
driving and tennis The empty ball rooms at
Saratoga, Sharon, Richteld and Long Branch
bear ample testimony to this
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
The Missouri sunday Law.

St. LOUIS, July 80 Two hundred and
thirty-six warrants have been sworn out
against violators of the Sunday law, This j,
the list of offenders in the Central police dis
trict of the city. Tie other districts will be
taken up. The prosecuting attorney decided
to drop the cases against the livery men. as
be includes them in works of necessity.
Test cases will at once be advanced on the
docket against the street companies and
newspapers. The first case under the Sunday
law viii be tried in the court of criminal cor.
rection.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
OVERWHELMED.
Another Terrible Earthquake Near
Naples, Italy.
Casamicciola a Second Time Suffers.
The Destruction Complete.
Latest Estimates of Killed Give 2, OOO
ana 1000 Wounded Victims Em-
PrisOned I'm the Ruins.

NAPLES, July 30 A frightful earthquake
occurred on the Island of Ischia Saturday
night by which it is believed fully 9 900 jeo
pie lost their lives The productive part of
the island was ruined-summer residences,
farms, baths, vineyards etc, being entirely
destroyed The first Shock was felt at $50
p. m. 1t caused intense alarm A second
and far more violent shock followed imme-
diately, leveIing thousands of houses and
burying the helpless inmates within the ruins
The Hotel Piccola Sentinella disappeared from
view In an enormous assure, carrying with
1t many inmates Some, however, escaped
to tho sea. The shock came with ire
sistihle violence and was accompanied nv a
deatening noise At Casamicciola famous
watering place, the Saratoga of Italy, the de,
struction WINS complete. Few of its 1000 in
hahitants escaped death or injury, while all
lost their property When the news reached
this city and Rome. Admiral Acton, minis
ter OF marine, and Signor BERT minister of
trade left at once for the scene Of the calam-
ity. The report is spreading that
Mount Epomeo is about to break into state
Of eruption This would wipe out the entire
islands population, as the mountain occupies
the centre Of the island, which contains only
twenty six square miles
LATER.
NAPLES, July 30-Prof Palmeri, director
n the meteorological observatory at Mount
Eo+uvIus, says that the disaster on the island
Of ischla, was not due to an earthquake,
but to subsistence of the ground The
scenes here occasioned by the accident are
heartrending The hospitals are crowded
f.yirb he I,l
houses are filled with the bodies of the vic
TINS, The bodies of several Neapolitan ladies
have been recovered from the ruins Five
houses remain standing at Casamicciola. The
cries for help can be-heard coming from the
ruins The sappcrs are hard atwork endeav-
oring to rescue the persons still alive. Boats
from the island filed with dead bodies are ar
irving here constantly, Many women and
children were among the sufferers Fifty
wooden huts will be built immediately for
the accommodation of the survivors The
municipal authorities of Naples are sending
relief to the island, and doing all in their
power to alleviate the distress of the people,
Most OF the corpses recovered are So
iIscolored by dirt that even after they
ave been washed the features are unrecog
Unable All members of the police force at
aSamicciola were killed 4 hoat has mr.
-ived at Naples containing the bodies of
'wenty-four infants A few persons were
AIKEN from the ruins alive in the evening
Eight hundred more troops have gone to the
scene of the disaster
London cables Jhst received says. Ii is
now said that the number of persons killed
by the earthquake on the island of Ischia
was 1000 and the humber wounded 900
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
q DETERMINED SUICIDE
Miss Ellen Baker, Daughter of the
En=stsh Explorer. suicides HorrI.

LONDON, July 80 - Miss Ellen Baker,
daughter of Sir Samuel Baker, the explorer,
committed suicide GA Saturday at her fathers
residence at Newton Abbot, Devunshire The
youag lady had joined the order of Sisters OF
Mercy, and 50 overaxed her strength in
ministeriHg tn the poor in London that her
health broke down and her mind gave way
She first attempted TO destroy her life by open
ing the veins of her arm with the blade of a
pair of scissors. Failing in this she struggled
across the floor, dripping with blood. to the
mirror, and there with pen knife cnt her
throat from ear to ear, Impatient at the
slow approach of death she disembo ,veled
herself with japanese sword
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31
CAREY'S END.
The lnformer Carey Killed on Ship
board by an Irish Avenger.

LONDON, July 30.-Intelligenee has just
heen received here that James Carey, the iu-
former in the Phoenix park murder cases,
was shot dead on the steamship Melrose,
while She was between Cape Town and Port
Elizabeth, The deed was committed by fell
low passenger named O'Donnell.
ODonnell took possage here by the steam.
ship Kinfauns Castle. which left Dart
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-31

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BALLOON VOYAGE.
PeruOGs Trip by Professor Hogan
over fake Eric,

DETROIT Mich, July 3O,-Professor Hogan
the jackson hslloonISt started from Hillsdal,
at 8 O'Clock, intending TO land at Adrian, hui
had d long and perlious trip tie passed
over Lake Erie above the clouds most Of the
time. He passed over Toledo, and finally
dropped into the Manmen river near Water
vile, Ohio, about O'CLOCK The balloon re.
bounded, and was demolished against a tree
Hogan got out of the water all right, and ~
turned to Hliirlale