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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

CINCINNATI, o., Sept "a sorrowful
story came out in the police court yesterday.
A scantily clad woman with classical face
occupied the prisoners bench. In her arms
she held 4-months' old baby, and two other
children, aged 10 and l2, sat by her. The
woman was Mrs Annie Sweeney She is re-
lated to some of the best families of Cincin-
natl. Several years ago Mrs Sweeney de-
veloped a passion for roaming about. She
would leave home. taking her children, and
be absent for days, She would visit distant
cities, then return hsre and hubble with her
children in some garrett Efforts to pIacs
her in public asylum we're uuavailing. In
private houses she fretted so she was re-
leased. Yesterday the police, who found
Mrs. Sweeney on the street. with the con
sent of her friends, sent her to the work
house for three months on a charge of loiter
ing, and friends will place the children on,
of the woman's way
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

At the opening of st. Joseph's fair
Monday night, the 24th of September, in
the ArmorY hall. Mr.. VIM. McEniry, city
attorney and candidate for states attor-
ney, will speak on the political issues OF
the day. He will be answered by the
Hon. P. O'Mara, who is also candidate
for states attorney, as soon as he gets
back from Springfield. His night will
be announced in due time. On Tuesday
night Col. Danforth will elucidate the
great question which now engrosses the
whole nation. In turn competent speak
ers will be on hand for the succeeding
nights during which the fair will last.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

At Trinity church. services tomorrow
at and 1915 a m, and 7:30 m. At
the chapel at $50 and 7:30 p m.
The pastor and congregation of the U i.
P. church will unite with the Broadway
Presbyterian church in the evening.
At the Central Presbyterian church
the Rev. A. B. Meldrum, pastor The
Rev. James H. Brookes, d. d. Of St.
Louis, will preach at 1915 m. Sunday
school at $50 = m. W. II Hatch. super
intendent. Young peoples meeting al
$50 p m.
At the Twentieth street Evangelical
Lutheran church, the service at 10 n
will be conducted by the Rev. F. Kroe>
ger. OF West Virginia. At 7:30 p m. the
Rev. A. c. Mennicke will officiate. Text
II Peter, ii:20 81 Thema: Won den
Fall ans der Guade'
At the Broadway Presbyterian church.
Mr.. L. d. Wishdrd, college secretary Of
the Y. NJ G. A. will speak at 10:45 a m
and Rev. J. Fl. Brookes, ID. D., of st
Louis, at 7:30 pm. The Galesburg glee
club will also be present at the morning
service. Young peoples meeting at Gar
p m. Sabbath school at $40 m.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
TAKEN AS THEY COME.
PROMIScUOUS FACTS FROM THE
EVENTS OF A DAY.

Disastrous Floods Destroying Much Prop
erty-Cmrious Scheme to Harass Rail-
way-"Calamity'' Weller's Adventure
An Extraordinary Case of Matrimony-A
wayward Cincinnati Woman.
PATERSON, N j., Sept. 22.-The heavy
rains of the past week have caused enormous
damage along the Passaic river A break
occurred in Morris canal, near Mountain
View, early Thursday morning The i'm
mense volume of water dashed across the
country, sweeping everything before it, and
finally reached the river. The already tur-
buent stream rose rapidly. flooding both
banks for miles Great quantities of hay,
cats, grain and all kinds of produce have
been borne down the river. Portions of
barns, outhouses, wagon bodies, lumber,
with now and then dead COW or horse, are
carried down TO the whirlpool below the
falls.
The break in the canal swept away great
stretch of the Greenwood Lake branch of the
Erie railroad, and passengers are transferred
at Mountain View by means of temporary
bridge The damage caused by the break
and along the river is not known, but will
reach many thousands Of dollars.
Farmers coming in from the upper end of
the county say that whole farms are under
water, the dwelling houses alone remaining;
stock and crops have been swept away. In
this city great damage has been done along
River and West streets. Houses are sub
merged for blocks, and egress from and in.
gress to upper stories had only by SLOT
| boats.
Little Coney Island, pleasure resort in
| the middle of the river below the falls, is in
undated 1t contains theatre, a pavilion
booths, etc. While local society was hold
| ing its annual exercises there Thursday, the
water gradually submerged the island and
imprisoned the merry makers. A bridge
had TO be built across before a person could
| be gotten Off
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

AT the annual meeting of the Mississ
sippi Valley Logging company. held in
Clinton. the following directors were
elected; F. Weyerhauser F. e. A.
Denkmann, Rock Island; c. r. Aims
worth, Moline; W. ]. Young, A. and L.
Lamb, Clinton; D. Joyce, Lyons; Peter
Musser. Mnscatine; W H Laird, VIII
liam Hayes, E. S. Youmans, Winona; E.
S. Hospes. saltwater; Thomas Irvine,
Beef Slough,
The Shell Lake and Baronet lumber
companies then held their annual meet
ings in the Clinton National bank par.
lors.
The first named elected the following
officers:
President-A Lamb, Clinton.
Vice President-D r Moon, Eat
Claire.
Secretary and Treasurer Joyce
Lyons.
Directors A and L Lamb. Clinton
F Weyerhquser and G A Denkmann
Rock Island; d r Moon, Eau Claire; |
Joyce, Lyons.
The Baronet company elected the fol
lowing officers:
| President Lamb, Clinton.
Vice President-W K Bourne, 81
Paul.
Secretary and Treasured Joyce
Lyons.
Directors-A L Lamb, Clinton;
Weyerhauser, F G A Denkmann, Roc
Island; D R Moon, Eau Claire; W
Bourne, st Paul; D joyce, Lyons.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

CHICAGO, Sept 2-The local club and
the Washingtons divided the honors in the
two games played yesterday, except that the
second game was shut out in six innings
for the visitors with 10 runs scored by An
sons men. Tener pitched the losing game
and krock the winning one. New York and
Detroit were stopped by darkness after a
hard fought game of eight innings with an
even score. League scores yesterday were:
At Chicago-tfirst gamel Chicago ., Wash
ington S; second game) Chicago 10. Wash
ington 0-six innings-darkneSs; at Pittsburg
-Pittsburg . Boston ten innings; at In.
napolis-Indianapol ., Philadelphia s.
at Detroit-Detroit 3, New York S-eighl
innings-darkness
American association: At Cincinnati
Cincinnati ?, Brooklyn 6; at Louisville
Louisville 4, Athletics Z; st. Louis Cleveland
and Kansas City Baltimore games postponed
rain.
Western association: At Milwaukee-Mil
waukee ., St Paul 5; Kansas City-Des Moine
game postponed On account of rain.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
A FRAUDULENT CIRCULAR


Which Gave Some Employees of the '0''
Road Little Fright.
DIS MONIES, Ia, Sept. X During the
week there has been considerable uneasiness
among local passenger and freight conduc-
tors and brakemen of the Chicago. Burling
ton & Quincy railroad, occasiOned by the
circulation of schFiule of rate, of pay of
trainmen which showed great reduction in
the wages of conductors and brakemen, but
did not modest the wages Of other employees
of the road The foundation for the rumor
must have originated with the boycotters Of
the C, b. & Q road, as the schedule pro
posing a reduction of wages is fraud and
without any authority from the company
In the fraudulent schedule the proposed re
duction is confined to the Iowa lines.
The fraudulent schedule announces re-
duction of s. to SIS per month, according tt
the wages received Those most affected by
the circular are the employees on the Abba a.
Des Moines branch, principally the freight
men, and the same on the Crest0n branch.
General Manager Stone said that the com.
pany bad no intention OF reducing the wages
Of their employees and when shown copy
of the schedule pronounced it fraud.
number of conductors and brakemen had re-
ceived the notices, which were sent out from
Charlton, Abba, and other towns
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
CONDENSED NEWS.

The weekly review of R. G. Dun & Co.
shows that business is improving.
Mrs. William F. Murphy took chloroform
and died on her late husbands grave in Kan
sas City Friday
The Chinese exclusion bill recently passed
both houses Of congress is now in the hands
Of the president.
Professor Jameson, who was organizing
an expedition to go in search Of Stanley in
central Africa, has died of the fever.
The New Mexico Exposition and Driving
Park association will open at Albuquerque
Monday Purses valued at $4,000 are
offered at the race course
LOUIS Hill, a negro, has just been arrested
at Memphis for poisoning his wife by boiling
a snakes head in her coffee in Union county,
Mississippi, five years ago.
The amount Of bullion IN the Imperial
Bank of Russia is 2ll. Az, 495 rubles, in addi-
ton to the 100000 rubles guaranteed
against the new credit note.
The sovereign grand lodge of the indie
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows in annual
session at Los Angeles, Cal, voted to hold
its next years session at Columbus, o.
William circuit, the train -robber who at
tempted 10 wreck train on the Rock Island
road near Iowa City year ago, has been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for ten years.
Charles Hewitt, a nephew of Mayor Hew-
lit Of New York, has married Miss Helen
Scarborough, daughter of Bishop Scarbor-
ough Of the Episcopal diocese of New Jer-
sey.
A woman has been elected superintendent
of schools at st Johnsbury, VT Her name
is Miss Belle r Small, and she is graduate
of the New Hampshire Normal school, of
Amherst
Business failures during the seven day:
ended Friday number United States, 200
Canada, 2s; total, 22S, as compared witt
2l7 last week, and ls3 for the corresponding
week Of last year
The range of 200O0 yards, attained by ele
waiting one of the newest breech- leaders TO 4
degrees, has | d 10 the calculation that the
Hilton gun fired at that elevation woulC
carry twenty miles
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

WASHINGTON CITY. Sept .2-The following are
the weather indications for thirty-six hours from
sp. m. yesterday: For lndana-Iilht showers;
slightly cooker in southern portion, stationary
temperature in northern portion: easerly inds
For lower Michigan-Fair weather; slight
changes in temperature; eaSteriy winds For
upper Michigan slightly warmer weather;
southtrly wiud,.-For Wisconsin Fair, slightly
warmer weather; northeasterly winds, shifting %
southerly. For lowa-Rain in southeast portion,
fair in northwest portion; slightly warmer: east
erly 10 southerly winds For llhnois-Threaten
ing weather. ram aud thunder stor.i :. clearing
Saturday afternoon or evening; slightly warmer;
variable winds. shifting to southeasteriy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
Gloom in the South.
Great Excitement in the New
Fever Districts.
REPORTS FROM STRICKEN CITIES.

DIR. Cochran's Experience at Decatur-A
Fierce Controversy Over the Fever 0ues-
tion-The Doctor Triumphs and So Does
Yellow Jack-Depopuiatingt the Afflicted
Places-Tearing Up Railways and Estab-
fishing Sh tgun Quarantine Jackson
viiIe's List of Cases and Deaths
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept % A special
to The Dispatch from State Health Officer
Cochran, at Decatur, Ala, dated yesterday,
says: "The situation here is very gloomy.
Up to last night | had seen four undoubted
cases Of yellow fever, and as many tbat be-
lieved to be yellow fever This morning
three new cases are reported, positively, and
three or four more us suspicious. The ex-
citement for the last three days has been im-
mense People have been leaving in crowds;
think half of the population has got away,
splie If the fact that no trains have been
? ."-'' j. NJ the town, and in spite of
ut u,nnI! ,neut quarantine 1t is plain now
that there is some source of infection
independent of Spencer and it is proba-
BILE that Spencer did not get his case from
the Jacksonville visitor My situation here
has been extremely painful. Myself and DR..
Gross stood alone against all the other local
doctors. and against a tiercely excited popu-
ation. | have been denounced in
the most opprubrious terms; | have
been made out an ignoramus
and fraud | have bean denounced for
saying that yellow fever was here, and have
been denounced on the other hand for not
saying that certain cases were yellow fever
nd I do
| | did, and damned if didn't In the mean
| time tried to temper excitement, to keer
the roads open and get the mails off. All the
| time have kept the health officials of Ala
hama and of other states quietly informed OF
| the facts, so due precaution might be taken
| The doctors now admit that we have yellow
| fever here and steps toward systematic man.
| sgement will be taken to-day. So many PEG
pie had been exposed before got here, and
medical and popular opinion was SO against
me, that | could do almost nothing in thu
way of prevention"
In consequence of reliable information
that there is a case of sickness supposed 10 b.
| yellow fever in Greenville, Ala, on the Mo
bile & Montgomery railroad, the Mont
| gomery hoard of health recommended las
| night quarantine against Greenville, which
was ordered.
Mayor Reese telegraphed TO Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton and Senator Morgan as fol
lows: Recent developments show yellow
fever to be epidemic at Decatur, Ala, an
other proof of the inefficiency of the quaran
tine system existing in the different cite
south. ask that the government quaran
tine service be put in force at Decatur with
out delay to protect this city and section"
1t is rumored here that 1900 people lef
Meriden, Miss, yesterday on account o
reported yellow fever there, though privat
dispatches say it is a false alarm An extr
police force has been put on here and tn
board of health has declared temporar
quarantine against all trains except for ex
changing mails and putting off freights no,
in transit.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 22-The bill to
suspend the operations of the pre- -emption,
timber culture and desert land laws, as passed
by the house yesterday. provides that during
the tendency of the measures now before
congress in relation to the forfeiture of GER
tain lands heretofore granted by congress to
railroad corporations, no act done or per-
formed by any such corporation shall in any
wise enlarge the right OF claim Of such cor
poration to any lands covered by any such
grant, nor diminish any right now existing
in the United States to declare the forfeiture
thereof This provision shall not be con
strued to in any wise affect or diminish oil
waive any right now existing in behalf o.
the United States to declare the forfeitur,
of any of the lands embraced in any such
grant.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

New YORK, Sept. 22.-James Z. Bedell,
who swindled clients of the law firm of Ship
man, Barlow, L.rocque & Choate out of
S464 800, was remanded for examination in
the Tombs yesterday afternoon. Philip
Goss and Joseph Emerson the proprietors of
the policy shop, $50 Broadway, where Bedell
says ne lost Sl2O, 900, were also arraigned
and remanded in the custody of the police
Bedell's methods were of such a nature as to
bind his firm to full responsibility to the in-
veStors IN every instance. All the firm can
hope to recover is what can be raised by the
sale of his Westminster farm
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
A NEW CABINET OFFICER.


The Senate Passes the House Bill for an
Agricultural Department.
WASHINGTON CITY. Sept. 22-Stewart in
troduced a bill in the senate yesterday pro-
viding that bills which have passed both
houses shall be Immediately transmitted to
the president; also resolution requesting the
house to require its officers to SO transmit
bills To the latter Edmunds objected The
clause in the house bill providing for an ex-
ecutive department of agriculture which
transfers the weather bureau to the new de-
partment was rejected, and the bill passed.
The conference report on the sundry civil bill
was agreed to, and a motion adopted to drop
the library clause entirely from the bill in
ease of further disagreement. The senate
then adjourned until Monday.
In the house kilgore, by objecting, pre-
vented the passage Of the senate bill appro-
priating 5000 to aid the yellow fever
sufferers The senate bill forfeiting the Mar
quette 4 Ontonagon land grant was amend
ed, hunting the forfeiture TO lands along the
unconstructed part Of the road, and extend
ing it to lands granted to the line from On
tonagon to the Wisconsin state line, and then
passed Hopkins of New York objected 10
unanimous consent to consider the bill pro-
viding for the suppression OF trusts. The bill
to suspend the presumption, timber culture
and desert land laws was amended by strik-
out the suspension part and leaving the pro
visions that railroad claimants shall not Sc
cure any better claim to lands, nor the right
of the United States TO forfeit be in any
way diminished during the tendency of the
forfeiture legislation. The bill was passed
Several private bills were then passed, and
recess taken to p. m, at which time the
Mrs. Sheridan pension bill cana up, but
Cheadle of Indiana objected It was then
proposed to make the bill special order for
Dec. g. but KIlgore of Texas objected. Thir
ty-two private pension bills were passed, and
the house, at 1880, adjourned till Monday
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

New YORK, Sept, 22-Justice Scion Smith,
before whom the man captured Thursday for
two daring bank robberies was arraigned
yesterday morning, recognized him as a till
Taper calling himself Brown, who escaped
from the special sessions court two months
ago, after receiving flve-months' sentence
The prisoner confessed his identity, and said
that his real name Charles OConnor He
is notorious character, and has served three
terms in the penitentiary for sneak robber-
les. O'Connor pleaded not guilty to both
charges Of robbery. He was fully identified
by the bank officials
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
Obituary.

Mrs, Celia N. Sargent, widow of Mr..
John ). Sargent, died in Peoria yester-
day, at the residence of her son.in.law,
Dir. 1. N. Kirkpatrick, after a long and
lingering illness. Mrs. Sargent, daugh-
ter OF Simeon and Mary Wheelock, was
born at Winchester. N. H., Nov. 5, 1915.
one was one OF five children, only one of
whom. Mrs. DIR. P. Gregg, survives her.
Mrs. Sargent was married May, 1886, and
came with her husband to Rock Island
os', ls49; until the last few years which
rio spent with her daughters in Peo-
,a.ros e Was in Rock Island. She
r;ot NJ 'n WI 1. N. Kirkpat>
llcA' mrs, W, A, Spencer. Celia. Ed
mund B., and Mrs. julius Kess,ar A' Du
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22
RRIEFLETS.

Thomas David has returned from the
west
G. B. Marshall, of Cordova, was in the
city yesterday.
One. or suit of rooms for rent Enquire
at 1926 Second avenue.
Standard pianos for sale cheap by G.
R. Housed, 2404 Vine street
Marie Prescott and A. D. Mclean, at
Harper's theatre Monday night in "Vir-
gInius.
The St. Pauls play in Davenport to-
day. tomorrow and Tuesday and good
games are promised.
Important business transactions will
probably detaln the return of MIR. E W.
Hurst until the middle of next week.
If Marshall Brennan don't get after the
unmuzzled dogs soon, he will be liable to
| censure from the mayor for unsubordina-
| ton.
Messrs. L c Banding. W. G. Whites
head and NJ. ]. McEniry have been adj
mitted to the bar by the supreme court of
the state,
Officer Meenan arrested jeff Harrison
this morning, whom the police have been
looking for for chicken stealing, etc. for
months
Mr. Geo Downing was presented with
a handsome chair by friends last evening,
in view of his intended removal to Lin
coin, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs Lorenzo Parmenter were
in the city yesterday on their way to theil
home in Edsington, after their annual
visit to their children in Iowa.
Mr. Geo. Waters has resigned his posi-
ton at the Rock Island pillow works tc
accept a similar, but more desirable ont
with the St Paul pillow works.
In the county court yesterday. Mrs
Christine Anderson WAS. upon second in
QUESTION as to her mental CONDITION, al
Judged insane and ordered sent to Jack
sonvile.
There will be an interesting Western
association championship game on tn
Davenport grounds tomorrow Afternoon
between the St Paul and Davenport
clubs.
The Davenport base ball club has re
leased Snyder and Dorsn and has signet
Treqdway to play in the field and Deegal
will be put on third base. Treadway is
heavy hitter and strengthens the club.
Lizzie Nessler, aged fourteen, died a
the home Of her parents on Third avenu
near Third street Thursday night o
typhoid fever. The funeral occurs fror
Trinity mission chapel tomorrow after
noon.
A very largely attended and enthusias
tic democratic meeting was held at Rap
ids City Thursday evening NJ. j Nc
, Entry, of this city, and Eugene Lewis, c
Moline, were the speakers.
, The Davenport Dsmoerat- Go.ete says
You see the Union won't agree with tn
, ARGus-won't have It that Rock Islam
city stores are the best places at whic
Rock Island city people can trade.
, maintains that they ought to trade
Davenport"
Rev. Prof. T, n Hasselquist, of Al
gustana college, who was on the train o
the G. & n. W road, which met with Ii
accident near Winona, Wednesday aftel
! noon, was not severely injured as reporte
10 the press dispatches afterward. H
face and one arm were only slight
scratched,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-22

COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept GA suit for &c.
600 damage to character was entered in the
circuit court here yesterday by Noah Will
son, prominent farmer living near here
against John Ford, also a wealthy farmer
and neighbor of Wilson. A tenement house
belonging to Ford was destroyed by fire a
few nights ago, and he openly charged VIII
sou with having committed the arson. The
two neighbors have been enemies for some