Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-04
CONDENSED NEWS.

Zachariah Short, aged 81, of Mendoza, was
struch by train at that place Tuesday, and
instantly killed
DR.. Charles C. Safer of Hudson, ILL.,, has
been appointed a member of the beard of ex-
amining surgeons at Bloomington, ILL.,
Wayland Brant, a well-known farmer of
Shelbyville d.. was adjudged insane Tues
day. Religious excitement was the cause.
The comptroller of the currency has author
lied the National Exchange bank of Kansas
City, Mo, u begin business with capital of
$50, 900
At a township meeting Mt Atlanta, Ill, it
was decided to sue ex- County Treasurer
Joseph Ream for s., 800, said to be due to the
township from him.
The .sbears" on the New York exchange
Tuesday kicked away the props under the oil
market, and caused drop of cents bar
rel from the opening price of Sl1 cents
A bill was reported in the senate Tuesday
appropriating 100000 for "a boat railway
around the obstruction to navigation in the
Columbia river at the Dalles and Cello falls.
United States Consul Magee has informed
the department of state that the Norwegian
government has not taken any action against
the importation of American pork, and does
not contemplate such action
Burglars at Marlborough, Mass, entered
the residence of Father McKenna, the parish
priest, and robbed the safe of over 81 900 of
money taken in the Easter collection the day
before, besides gold watch and chain.
Adam Volkovitch was hanged Tuesday at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, for the murder and rob-
berry of Stanslaus Bloski last August. The
supreme court had refused to interfere, and
Governor Beaver had declined either to grant
respite or commute the sentence,
The Illinois Democratic state convention is
called to meet at Springfield May % to nom
mate candidates for presidential electors,
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general,
and three trustees of the Illinois university.
The convention will also choose forty-four
delegates to the Democratic national conven-
ton.
An awful tragedy occurred Monday night
at Friar's point, Mississippi in the burning of
the Jail and the four felons there confined
awaiting their transportation to the peniten-
tiary. One Of the prisoners, who had been
sentenced to ten years imprisonment for ar
son, set fire to the Jail in the hope of escap-
ing, and, as it was found impossible to gain
an entrance from the outside and extin-
guish the flames, the four wretcAes We're
burned alive.
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Chicago a. Alton railroad held in Chi
cago Monday, John Crerar, Lorenzo Black
stone, and John ]. Mitchell, whose terms of
service rs directors had expired, were re-
elected to serve the next three years. Mr..
Albert A. Sprague was elected to serve two
years. to fill the unexpired term of George
Grant, deceased. The board of directors re-
appointed all of the present general officers
of the company.
The labor commissioner of New York in
his annualreport for 1887, estimates the losses
in wages on account of strikes to have been
$2,O13, 229, and that $217, O69 was paid out of
relief funds The loss to the employers he
estimate to have been 81, PA. To offset
these losses he says the wage earners gained
advances which gave them 1914 ,6S2 more
during the year than before where the strik-
ers were successful, and they lost Sl42, 5SS
where they failed.