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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23
RUN DOWN IN A FOG.
AN OCEAN DISASTER SIMILAR TO THE
GEiSER HORROR,

Except That the Loss OF Life Is Much
smaller-Thirteen Persons Known to be
Drowned Canning Factory Wrecked by
a Cyclone. with Nine Dead Victims
Death Accompanies the Ohio Valley
FIood-Enormous Destruction.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 23-The steamer
City of Chester. which started for Eureka
from this city yesterday morning at 10
O'Clock, was run into and sunk just inside
the entrance to this harbor by the steamer
Oceanic, from Hong Kong and Yokohama.
As near as can be learned hirty four lives
were possibly lost. A thick fog prevailed on
the bay at the time of the collision, and Capt.
Wallace, OF the Chester, kept his whistle
blowing constantly. When off Port Point
he heard another whistle, and signalled for
the unknown vessel TO go TO port, but this
was evidently misunderstood, for in mo-
ment the Oceanic doomed up out of the fog
and her bow crashed into the Chester's side
amidships, cutting her nearly in two Some
of the CheSter's passengers climbed on the
Oceanic's bow before the vessels parted but
many were obliged to jump into the water,
| The boats of the Oceanic were at once low
cred, and picked up as many as possible, and
some tugs also came to the rescue Tn,
| Chester sank within five minutes, and many
went down with her and were drowned
| A terrible panic reignei on board durln.
this brief period The greatest loss of life i
believed to have occurred among the steer
age passengers, Of whom there were twenty
three ON board Only two OF these were &C
counted for late yesterday afternoon. Tn,
| others are regarded as lost. There were sew
enty cahin passengers of whom ten are lost
| Three OF the crew are also lost
| the names of the cabin passengers los
are: q W. Anderson, Oakland; Mrs $. f
Prater, San Diego: Mrs C. H Haney, Eu
reka, J A. Hampton and wife, Virginia
New; c. T. Davis and his niece; J Greer
Napa, Cal; Mrs, Mech; Mrs Porter
None Of the survivors was landed unti
after p m, and at a late hour the exac
number of casualties was still uncertain
Capt. Metcalfe, OF the Oceanic, says he sa
the Chester on the starhoard side and CAV
two blasts which We're responded to- but tn
Chester ported instead of starboarding, an
the collision occurred The Chester WAS &c
ing at high speed and the Oceanic slowly
The Chester was valued at $4,000
LATER-From the best information lat
last night it is believed that only the thrice
persons identified above were lost.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. .. Ia the Pit s.
burg public bull lag cas-, IN warh Richard
Nevins forged the name of Contractor Duno-
van to ch ecks lsSuei by the government dis
bursting agent, the first comptroller has de
ciled that If the bank paid the checks on any
other hut a true lndoI Sec,ent, the bank mu t
make the same good to the government. He
also decides that the disbursIng agent can
issue duplicate checks to Donovan; that the
bank should honor them If the first checks
were improperly paid. aud iook To those who
received the money on the first checks for
Indemnity
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

WASHINGTON CITY. Aug. - The Repub-
tican senators submitted proposition yester
day to the Democratic senator's, through
Beck, that, at the end of this week, both
houses take recess for two weeks tn enable
senator's and members to visit their homes
to tak- a rest, and at the same time give the
subcommittee of the senate committee on
finance an oppo; tunity to complete its tariff
bill After consultation Beck reported that
the proposition had been rejected
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

READING, Pa, Aug 23-Fourteen feet
above ordinary highwat mark was re-
corded yesterday, which is the highest point
since 1860. The Schuylkill river, the Union
canal, and the schuylkil cadal, all .ying
alongside of each other, are all one body of
water, and in this city the sheet-mill of the
Reading IronworkS, the three paper mills OF
t he Bushing Paper company, the Consumers
Gas company, which supplies the city with
gas, and other manufacturing establish
ments, all empl lying probably sUb hands,
were obliged to shut down because of the
inroads of the water
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

CHICAGO, Aug. % Hon. Allen q Thur
man will be here tomorrow night The
special train which is to bring him TO Chi
cago will arrive Mt the Grand Trunk station
at 6:25 O'Clock Tomorrow evening. The
County Democracy and Andrew Jackson
League marching clubs, together with the
reception committee, will meet him at the
station and escort him to the Palmer house.
Here two parlors have been reserved for his
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Aug. 2S-The Re
publican state convention met In this city
yesterday and nominated the following can
didates feS state officers: Governor Gen.
Nathan Goh, of Harrison county, now rep
resenting the First district in congress; Will
lam ? Hubbard. of Ohio county, for at
torney general; George H. Bowers, of Berk
ley county. for auditor; Hiram I. Lewis, OF
CLAY county for treasurer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

WATERFOWL, d. T., Aug 23-The largest
congressional convention ever assembled in
the United States met at Armory hall yester-
dav Gea. Harrison Allen called the CON
vention 10 order West of Beadle county,
was chosen temporary chairman Recess
was then taken TIL : p m. At 40 the con
vention reasSembled, and the chairman an
nouuced the various committees. Delegates
by this time discovered that the chair
man was totally incompetent and proceeds
to guy him numerically A deadlock then
ensued, which blocked business for the ses
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23
DEATH IN THE CYCLONE.
A Canning Establishment Blown to Pieces
and Nine Persons Killed.

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and Nine Persons Killed.
STILL PoND. Md, Aug. ~ The cyclone
Tuesday wrought great destruction in this
neighborhooi. The large frame building &C.
cupied as a canning establishment by Black
& Herbs, Of Baltimore, was struck
about 4.3h O'Clock and demolished.
About 100 men, women and children were at
work, and in their efforts to escape from
the wreck nine We're killed outright, three
were dangerously hurt, and number slight.
" injured by the falling timhers.
The killed were all Bohemians and Ger.
mans, and their names are: Charles Schweits
enberg, Charles Beauchamp and wife, l.auri
| Alpheus. AuguSte Goete, wife and two boys,
and Rosie Gould The seriously hurt are:
Gustave Franz, Frank and Maggie SITTER.
| ing.
| The storm demolished many houses AND
barns, and swept clean all the orchards in tbs
vicinity The dwelling of William Will
was crushed like egg shell, and Wills wa,
fatally injured. The storm came from tn.
southwest, and swept across the state dag
onally in track about two miles in width
On the west side of Chesapeake hay Their,
was considerable damage Frame houses AM
barns were crushed and growing crops wer
| swept away
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

CHICAGO, Aug. 2I-The st. Paul road has
given a five days notice of reduction of
about 50 cents per ton in coal rates from
Chicago and Milwaukee to Minnesota and
Dakota points The rate to Fargo will be
g per ton; Aberdeen, 49,; Glendale,
g. 25; Appleton, 81 80 The reduction was
made in order to meet the low rates in effect
via Duluth
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23
government The platform concludes with
a strong approval of Governor Rusks course
while governor.
HARRISON AT MIDDLE BASS.


A Rough Trip on the Lake-Not Talking
Politics just At Present.
Put INLAY, Lake Erie, O., Aug 3.-The
steam yacht Sigma, of Toledo, owned by
g. c. Reynolds. arrived here at , p. m yes
terday, with Gen. Harrison and party on
board Owing to high winds and a heavy
sea the yacht did not stop at Middle Bass,
but came direct TO Putin Bay, and came to
anchor. The afternoon was passed quietly
by the general on board the yacht About
4 o'clock the wind abated, and the yacht
went to Middle Bass and landed the distin,
gushed party. The general stood the trip
bravelv, though somewhat fatigued after his
| trip to Toledo. Gen. Harrison positively de
clined to talk politics, and has settled down
in the Berdan cottage, where he will remain
| for two weeks the guest of the Middle Bas
| club
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 23-At the
navy yard Tuesday three men were moving
case of vitriol, when it fell and the burn
Ing fluid was scattered over them. Joshua
j Cooksey was badly burned about the legs
None of the injuries were fatal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

CHICAGO, Aug. % he weather was cool
yesterday, and there was some fast time
made at the trotting meeting at Washington
park course Three races were finished, two
trots and pace In the 227 class trot Jack
was the winner in three straight heats, his
best time being 2:204 The pacing race was
the one that showed speed. five heats being
required to settle it. The race was won by
Harry F. in the last three heats, two of them
being made in 2:l7, and the last in 2;l7A
The best time was made by Raven Boy, who
paced the first heat in 2:lG94, and the second
In 2:l5sl. In the 5-year-old trot Sallie Glass
cock won, best time, 2:26
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Aug 22.-Chairman
Huston, of the Republican state committee,
says there will be no joint debate between
Gems Hovey and Matson, candidates for
| governor. Governor Porter will open the
campaign by speech in this city soon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Aug. 2s.-The
steamer City of Milwaukee, during heavy
storm on the lake Tuesday night, lost her
third porter, Harry Metcalf, of Minneapolis,
who was washed overheard.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

PEsTH, Aug. A violent hurricane
swept over Balatony lake yesterday. A boat
containing number of reapers with their
harvesting was capsized and fifteen of its &C.
cnnants drnMnnd
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

ALLEGAN, Mich, Aug 2&-The tenth An
nu Al reuu on Of the Southwestern Soldl'r-
and Sailors association is in progress here
| Nearly 30 tents are ON the field. Among
the people present are Governor Luce, Wash
fngton Gard er, and Col Carr. Of Illinois
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

BERLIN, Aug. 2S-rhe Cologne Gazette
publishes letters from correspondents at
Cairo ridiculing the stories in circulation
about the white pasta" which, the letters
allege, were cuncocted 10y mendacious Mecca
pilgrims
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

BUFFALO, n v, Aug . Charles Brown
was arrested here yesterday by a detective
from Youngstown, o, charged with stealing
horses in Ieetonia and CoiumtIana Village,
o, and disPosing of them in Youngstown
Brown had been in this city for a month
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

acknowledgement. H e
WIS surrounded by the
distinguished guests
who had accompanied
him, and numerous
Silver GravS, among
whom were Orlando
f Barnes, of lansing,
and ex-Gov. Begole
y There " s a lively
breeze stirring through
the grove. AMI To pro
tert his head Judge
Thurman was provided
with a skull cap. Elk
Mayor B'SaiIl of Port
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

BosToN, Aug. 23.-John l. Sullivan had
his thumb and foreiinger injured by bullet
Tuesday, while holding coin to he shot at,
and will lie unable to fight for some time
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

place was marked by
tuthing of greater pub
lie interest than salnta-
tons from The shore, the
vice presidential candl-
date responding with II
wave ut his hat. Con
gresham Whiting point
ed out hlSSalt works, his
Try goods store, and his
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23

Senator Chace, of Rhode Island, has
never had his picture taken. although
photographers have often tried to entrap
him into sitting.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23
MENERY AND NIcoLL DENOUNCED
Chandler Makes II speech on the Recent
Louisiana Election.

Louisiana Election.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug %. Senator
Chandler was very severe in his denuncia-
ton of Governors Nicolls and McEnery, of
Louisiana, while speaking yesterday on his
resolutions referring to the recent election in
that state. He spoke Of the suspicious char
acter of the face of the returns, which
showed 1876 746 votes cast, with majority
for Nicoll Of "a, 753; while the presidential
vote of Louisiana in 1884 was only t2,540,
with majority of only is, 1913 for Cleveland.
He denounced the pretended vote as the re-
suit of a deliberate conspiracy of wrong and
crime on the part OF the then governor, Nc
Emery, and of the pr esent governor, Nicoil-
two stupendous criminals against free suf-
frage, two instigators of intimidatiOns and
murder of voters, two leaders of thous inds
of reckless, aw-breaking election officers,
and of desperate, bloody, and brutal tortur-
| ers and murderers of black voters in their
own state He denounced it as a subversion
| Of the senate of the United States, which
was to be invaded as one of its results.
Chandler read many statements as to the
intimidation of Republican voters, and cited
| from The New Orleans Times Democrat a
| full descriptive account of the recent killing
of ten negroes in Freetown, Iberia parish.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23
Democratic Doctrine.
Allen G. Thurman's Keynote at
Port Huron.
HIS TARIFF VIEWS FULLY STATED.

Discussion of the Question OF VIII" rays
the Duty on lmports-The Effect ON
Labor from the Old Romans" stand
and Wisconsin Republicans Hold Stare
Conventions and Get Ready f"r III" Fray
Missouri Democrats Select a Candidate
for Gov-rnor Gen. Harrisou Arrives at
Middle Bass Political Notes.
Four hURoN. Mich, Aug. y The run oil
tb, ,Tn,,,,,,,r marty from Oakland ta this
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-23
New York.


Wheat-fr Irregular; No red state asc. No
do, va 6l!sc: No red winter August gag,
do September, &'sc- tnru Quiet No > mixed
cash aSGj4c, do September '@itec Oats Quiet
No ! white state ia, No : mixed August,
So Rye pu and nominal Barley Dull
and nominal Pork Steady. l-year-old mess
Sl42l. Lard-Quiet, August. SOS asked. Oc
tober, s. 81 asked
Live stock. Cattle Good natives, in fair de
mand common do. and all Texas and half breeds
dull: native steers s3GOlg6 per 100 lbs; car loads
ST. 05GG y; Texas and Colorado steers. S363 Vi
bulls, 81 i56a2 =, Sheep and lamhs- Market
shade fi"mer; sheep, SS45 per 100 lbs; lambs
ssG6 81, few selected s. 256t750 Hogs Liv,
hogs tirmer and higher fair TO good, So cog
SGg5
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-25
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
San Francisco, August Ia, per 8. s.
Australia.

The Royal Observatory of the Cape of
Good Hope has discovered Encke g comet
on its return.
England has requested the postpone
ment of the sale at Port Townsend of the
seized Canadian schOoners.
Queen Natalie will appear personally
before the synod to present her side OF
the difficulty with King Milan OF Servia.
The Bulgarian question will soon be
discussed by the great and directly inter
ested Powers in a congress to be held at
Berlin.
The Canadian steam cruiser Dream
captured an American fishing vessel near
Campobello recently. The boat was
toWed to st. Andrews as prize.
The Royalsts of France warn voters
not to vote for Boulanger. He is, they
say, Bonapartist, and therefore has no
sympathy with the Royalist principles.
The steel steamship Corona, built for
the Oregon Improvement Company OF
California, was launched at Philadelphia
lately. She will accommodate 200 first
class passengers.
The elimination of the trouble between
the railroad laborers at Findlay, Ohio,
has been reached and 200 Italian labor
ers have been sent to New York to be
returned to Italy.
81 Lucas of Fort Madison, Iowa. re-
Gently informed the Treasury Depart
ment that Chinese immigrants can pro-
cure entrance into the United States at
Boston upon the payment of $40. The
matter was referred to the Collector at
Boston for investigation and for a state
ment.
The returns of the Chinese population
in British Columbia show reduction
of 25 per cent during the last year, 1000
Cinnamon having been smuggled thence
into the Unietd States. 1t was also
shown that the number of opium facto-
ries there has more than doubled within
| one year.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-16
Some Thing, We Don't Know.

We may come down from our pedestal
for little-there are still two or three
+hings that we don't know We do not
know. for instance. how many Of our kind
there are on this globe 1t Is, after all,
but very small portion of the world that
we know anything about. and the beaten
path is but as trail on mountain. The
interior Of Newfoundland Is terra In.
cognita. Manitoba is a comparatively un.
trodden waste. there are Islands in the
Pacific Of which we know nothing more
than that they exist; China and Thibet
are largely closed volumes. and about
many other portions of this world there Is
as much guess work as there was in the
days of Marco Polo We cannot tell why
of two exactly similar bulbs put into pre-
cisely similar soil one should bloom out
as tulip and the other come out as an
onion We do not know how the flowers
receive their color or perfume. nor why it
is that while we can catch the shadow In
the camera we cannot also imprison the
color
There are many things. too. for which
we have not been able to frame laws. We
cannot agree as to the cause of earth.
quakes. the origin of volcanic fires, or the
birth throes of the whirlwind We do
not even know our own origin, snd the
thinking world is divided between evolu
ton and creation We do not know even
tbe normal color of man, whether we are
bleached from the dark original. or
whether the dark races are sun burnt
editions of the early whites Was the
food local or UNIVERSAL Did Atlantis
existf Were there giants in those daysr
These are a few of the many questions
that might be asked and remain unan
swered.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-16
Mountain Roads of ceyIon.

The mountain scenery of Ceylon Is very
beautiful stfhe peaks are broken and
jagged. the slopes and gorges green and
wooded The valleys are very tortuous.
forcing the roads to mount the heights by
many windings and curves. through tun,
uels and over frightful precipices The
entire island is covered with a network of
roads laid out with great skill and built
with care The entire length of the island
Is 267 miles. by 140 in it's greatest breadth
Yet there are something like two thou
sand miles of well engineered roads. about
fifteen hundred feet of them being met
aled or graded These roads permeate
every part of the island, and have brought
each and every part within easy access of
every other part
There are two main railroads finished.
Cne of l2S miles takes you from Colombo,
~nere the coolest nights rarely carry the
thermometer below 72 degs.. up to Nu-
~srs Eliya. where. from December TO the
middle of March, there is frost during
clear nights This is beautiful ride,
through scenery rarely surpassed on any
railroad Now up steep grades, over
looking valleys terraced for rice and lying
q thousand or more feet almost under YOU;
then under frowning peaks lifting their
rocky crags one. two and three thousand
feet almost vertically over your head;
now along the steep sides of mountain,
bending in and out of the gorges. and
darting through tunnels, with tea or cof-
fee plantations making the steep slopes
far below you or opposite on the other side
of the valley shine in brilliant, glossy
green = Carter Harrison in Chicago
Times
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-16
Yeilo wstone National Park, Pacific Coast
and Alaska.

The Yellowstone park is unquestiOnably
attracting more attention at the present
time as q tourist resort than any other
place on the face of the earth. This spot is
reached by rail only by the Northern Pacific
railroad, the famous dining car line to the
Pacific coast, the only one of the tras-con-
tinental lines running dining cars of any
description whatever. A book ticket will
be sold at the eastern terminals of the North
ern Pacific for S1l0. including rail and
stage transportation, meals on dining cars,
Pullman, and five days Accommodations south
of Livingston in the park.
The Alaska tour is also one that is at
tracing wide attention. The rates and
facilities offered for making this trip are
better via. the Northern Pacific Railroad
than by any other line. The attractions
offered en- route via the Northern Pacific,
such as ride through the Lake Park re-
gion of Minnesota, by the great wheat
fields of Dakota, along the Yellowstone
river and Clark's Fork of the Columbia,
through the famous Spokane Falls region,
over the Cascade range. by the palisades Of
the Columbia, Puget Sound, ETC., together
with the superior accommodations offered,
make trip via. this route especially en-
jOyable. BY writing 10 Chas. S. Fee, Cen
eral Passenger Agent, N. p. X. R., ST.
Paul, Mimi, you will receive a copy of
Wonderland" and other books descriptive
of the Yellowstone Park, Alaska and the
country in general traversed by the Din
ing-car and Yellowstone Park route"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-16
The Man and hi. shoes.

In the spring time. when roses bloom
and malaria abounds. it is easy to read
mems characters in their walk. Nothing
tells a mans capacity for business quicker
than his gait and general carriage. Some
men walk with firm. elastic step. pick
ing the foot up clearly and setting it
down firmly, as though saying they were
doing exactly right Such men are posi-
tive in their decisions, not always quick
to make up their minds. but pretty surs
to be right. whatever conclusion they may
reach
You must not confound this class with
the nervous walker, whose gait Is too
jerky to be elastic. and whose every action
indicates man who is uncertain of his
own life. Careless men wear their shoes
on one side through want of attention in
purchasing, as they are prone to take the
first shoe which the salesman offers as an
easy covering. regardless of the fact that
q few days wear will loosen the leather
and make an easy fitting shoe, a never
failing corn producer The old fashioned
box toed shoes or boots are still patron
lied by southern people of firmly rooted
ideas, so there is no trouble in reading
character with that class. An expert viii
judge woman's style by the heel, and
he will not be very far astray when he
comes to reading character.-Globe-Dem
Ocrat