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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
MARYLAND DEMOCRACY.
The State Convention Nominatss Ca
Bsnghman for Comptroller.

The State Convention Nominates Col
Bsnghman for Comptroller.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept There was a
large attendance and much enthusiasm at
the Democratic state convention which met
here yesterday. The organization being
effected the committee on resolutions pre-.
sented report which was unanimously
adopted. The national platform OF 1855 is
reaffirmed, and then a plank on the negro
question put in, which pledges the party to
n careful review Of the registration Of
voters and the elective franchise, so that
by the coming legislature stringent pro-
visions may be adopted to preserve
the purity 81 the ballot box, and declares its
sincere and earnest purpose TO recognize and
enforce oil the civil and political rights OF
the colored people, but insists that the
schools for the white and colored children
shall be kept separate and distinct The
liquor question Is referred to by a declara-
ton In favor OF high license and such re-
s,rictive features'as will subserve the double
purpose OF reducing the tax rate on property
and Of removing largely from our midst the
vice Of intemperance
Col Bsughmsn, the present incumbent,
was renominatsd for comptroller. The dec
laration In the platform in favor Of giving
the negro all his political rights was very
full and emph tic, but in secJndiny the nom
-mee'"" 80 S"a- H~"ehusn, II II Es.dv
said, among other things, that while he was
willing 10 accord the negro all his rights
was willing TO pay for separate schools for
the negro children, no would not be
-ruled by the negro" This sentiment wa.
greeted with great applause
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
THE BANKERS CONVENTION.
Synopsis of the p Proceedings of the Second
DAYS Session.

Synopsis of the Proceedings Of the Second
Days Session.
KANSAS CITY, Bept. 21-The proceedings
of the bankers convention were enlivened
yesterday by two spirited debates. The
first was on a resolution indorsing the OBJ
ject of the Deep Harbor convention to be
held in Topeka Oct. l. White, of Cincin-
natl, objected to It's passage, saying that it
was not national but sectional The OBJ
ject is TO secure deep harbor on the gulf
coast OF Texasl Thomas A. Mulvane, Of
Topeka, objected to- declaring that as many
people We're interested in il as were in the
merchant marine. The resolution was
finally sent to committee. A resolution
calling for one mpre yearly statement of the
condition OF the hanks was adopted.
The silver Greenback Plan.
The next subject that made the proceed
ings lively was tie debate over the proposi-
ton of President W P. st. John, OF the
Mercantile National bank of New York,
that the treasury should coin "a, 900, 900
silver monthly nd retire legal tender notes
proportionately. During the debate Hon.
John Jay Knox contradicted a statement of
q western delegate that he was a gold mono
metallist. Mr.. Knox said he was not be-
lever in gold is the only coin metal but
was in favor of gold as the standard 1t was
finally decided 20 take a vote ON Mr.. St
Johns pI opposition by mail after the execu-
tive council had sent its report to the dele
gates
President Parsons was reelected for the
ensuing year, as was Vice President Morton
McMichael OF z iiladelphia. A new executive
council was chosen, with few changes from
last year The ctnvention adjourned sine die.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Records on the Ball Field,

CHICAGO. Sept 27.-The League clubs
made the following scores yesterday: At
Pittsburg-Pittsburg 9, Philadelphia .; at
Cleveland - Washington Cleveland game
awarded TO Cleveland 9 to o; Washington
not on hand owing to wreck on railway, of
small Importance; at Chioago-New York
), Chicago 4: at lndianapois-Indianap
6, Boston II. American association: At
Observation-Disclosures :, Brooklyn 7-seven
innings, darkness; at St Louis-St Louis
5, Louisville 4; at Kansas City-Kansas City
5. Cincinnati C; at Baltimore-Athlstic l,
Baltimore 9 Rain stopped a second game
at end of fourth inning, score being Balti-
more 6, Athletic o.
Western league: At Minneapolis-Minne-
apolis 6, Denver :; at Milwau-
kee S, Sioux City 5-seven innings, dark
ness; at St Paul-St Paul ., Omaha s.
eleven innings
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
ABBREVIATED TgLEGRAMS.

One more body was recovered out Of the
Quebec landslide Thursday, making forty
four.
Professor B. F. Nichols, of the public
schools of Ann Arbor, Mich was killed by
q runaway horse Thursday.
William Walter Phelps, United States
minister to Germany, presented his Gre
dentiais TO Emperor William Thursday.
George Rsdway, of the District of Coluu-
bia, was appointed chief clerk of the general
land office in Washington City Thursday.
Five persons were killed and twenty
woun led Wednesday by the collapse OF a
building in course of erection at Milan, Italy.
Boulanger's election in Paris district
will do him no good. The votes cast for
him have been declared void by the govern
ment,
1t is estimated that s., 600 persons attend
ed the Illinois state fair as Peoria Thursday.
The receipts for the day put tbs finances of
the far in first-class condition.
Three men were killed and several others
injured by an explosion at Llfi n & Rands
powder mill at Cressona, three miles from
louisville, Pa, Thursday mornn-.
A man upon whose body was found a
han iSerchief marked -. w. Keen commit
ted suicide with pistol under the Long
bridge at Wash .ngton City Thursday.
Don Cosssck, one of the most noted stock
horses in the west, died Thursday at the
state fair grounds at Peoria Fl. was owned
by Mr.. Arthur Cation, of Chica 20, and was
value "A S2j.OJ0
r re Thursday, which at one tima threat
ened the whole Ohio Falls Car works, at
Jeifersonvllie lni.. was conf ied to the saw
mill an some piles of lumber, causing a loss
of SS5, 0Jl, fully insured
Gen. Sherman was reelected pres dent of
the Society OF the Army Of the Tennessee at
Cincinnati Thursday. The reunion came to
close Thursday night with a banquet at
which 500 guests sat down
1t Is asserted at St. LOUIS that evidence il
In possession of the Missouri Pac. fic railway
people that a plot was hatched by the
knights of Labor during the great strike of
1886 to blow up the Eais bridge.
1t is stated that Mary Donnelly, the nurse
made famous by being stabbsi by Mrs.
Hamilton-Rpbert Raw Hamilton's wife
has signed" to appear in New York dime
museum, at a salary of SO per week
Rob ers Wednesday bound and gagg ed
Mrs. NJ Il Galton, station agent or the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie railway at Brighton,
Pa, and then riff Il the safe. Mrs Cation
was almost dead when discovered by en-
ployes Of the road
Near Columbia, S c., Wednesday night
Allen Pettus called Alfred Barnett into the
woods to talk over disputed claim to the
favor of Miss Carrie Black, and shot him
through the heart When Miss Black heard
OF the murder she poisoned herself.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27

Poor President Harrisonl Only six
months In office. and yet made himself so
obnoxious to the people that no one wants
20 accept the Office of commissioner of
pensions at his hands. Before election he
declared too much could not be given to
the soldiers. and yet, when Tanner COM
menced to dish out the surplus with a
liberal hand to the MANNED and crippled
soldiers. Harrison called a halt, and
asked him to resign. What Harrison
wants is someone as commissioner of
pensions who will make fair promises 10
the soldiers. but never keep them. The
surplus is for political wire pullers to
manage
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
AJ,ckev Club. Horse. se,x.a

PHILAD sLPHIA, Sept T-Deputy Sheriff
West descended upon the MerchantvilIe
Jockey cub Wednesday afternoon and
seized eight Of the horses on an attachment
for 5000 for Messrs. Smith a. Pfeffer, who
want their money for lumber furnished for
the grand stand and other buildings Messrs
j. c. Cha mberlain, Morris Krause and Her.
man L L,vy, of New York, members of
the synd cate, are the owners and con-
trollers OF the track. The horses seized were
Monsoon, Duchess, Harrison, May Queen,
Retalper, Kahnhan, bay colt, and sorrel
colt, all osned by the syndicate. Saddles,
blankets and fixtures of various kinds were
alsO altar nod
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
SOME time ago President Harrison a

SOME time ago President Harrison an
nounced that he would not shake hands
with the people when holding receptions.
Now Mrs. Harrison says she will also
quit the business of handwriting. The
reason of this is easily given. Harrison is
30 unpopular with the masses. and his adj
ministration is so plainly in the interest
of trusts, combines and moneyed centers
that scarcely anyone in this broad land
desires to shake hands with him, and, in
order to slide out of the dilemma grace
fully. he declines to shake hands with the
people as they pass by.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
snffocated by Black Damp.

PorTsviLLE, Pa, Sept 27.-wiliam Ir-
vim and bis helper, a Polander, left their
homes on Tuesday evening and went to work
as usual ia Lawrence & Browns colliery at
Mahanoy Plane. They failed to return
Wednesday, and a search was at once insti-
tuted, which resulted in the finding of the
bodies Of both men at the bottom of an ADAM
doned working Both had been suffocated
by blacl damp. 1t is believed that the
Polauder had strayed into the working and
Irwin went to look for him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Talk Of tn. Sale of Horse.

BosToN, Sept 27.-The Herald says the
noted Maine stallion Nelson is said to have
h--en sold 60 New York parties For long
price since Monday. Nelson viii go to Lex
ington, Ky, to beat the stallion record after
the Bay State fair in this city. The Globe
says: Nelson, 2:14l4, has been sold condi-
tionally; with the understanding that he
beats the stallion record his owner will be
given more money than was ever paid for a
trotting stallion before c. H Nelson has
not closed the DEAL the off.r being open to
accept or not as he thinks fit
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Making War on the Trust..

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. &c The anti.
trust law passed by the last legislature
authorizes the secretary of state to bring
suit and revoke the charter of any corpora
tion engaged in a trust. Yesterday that
official sent a blank form of oath and a cir
cular letter Of .interrogatories to every cor
poration in Missouri failure to subscribe
to the oath and a refusal to declare that the
company addressed is not connected with
any trust is held sufficient cause for a re vo-
cation of charter
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
New York.
500 Reward 400.

The readers of the DAILY ARGUS will
be pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able cure in all its stages. and that
is catarrh. HSll's Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q
constitutional disease, requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength. by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer one hun
dred dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad.
dres. F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. Toe.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
FOUND A DYNAMITE BOMB.
indie pendence, Mo-. Excited Over an An
a. chistic Development.

indie pendence, Mo-. Excited Over an An
schistic Developments
INDEPESDENCE, Mo, Sept. 27.-Yesterday
sssss-ntns N a mantle ts..slt, found living
in an angle II ths court house wall, partially
concealed b. rubbish. 1t was made of or III
nary gasp pc, six inches long, each end
closed with plaster of paris, pierced at one
end with in ordinary blasting fuse twenty
inches long. In another part of town the
following n ote was found:
Light in on il tonight Bombs are all ready
one at Tn, Sentinel, one at the court house
and one at the Jail The town is as dead as
-. We " II blow her up and make things
lively.
ISigned.l J. 5, Pres.
A search failed to reveal any bombs at the
two other laces mentioned. Many citizens
are frightened by the discovery, and fear
the public buildings will be destroyed 9th
ers treat the affair as a hoax
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
winners on the Race Traok.

CHICAGO, Sept 27.-Clamor, English Lady,
Queen Of Trumps, Bettina, and Carus won
the events yesterday ON the Churchill downs
course at Louisville.
Charles Reed, Vattel, Clifford, Lisbert,
and Bobby Beach were the lucky horses at
the West side course in this city.
At Gravesend. L. l., Aurania, Now or
Never, Galop, Reporter, Cortland, and Ford
ham were the winners on a muddy track.
No phenomenal nor fast time was made
anywhere
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Killed His Wife with a Winchester.

BRADFORD, Pa, Sept. 21.-At Mount Al
ton, sixteen miles from this place, John
Quinn shot and killed his wife at IL o'clock
yesterday with Winchester rita The
cause of the crime is said to have been I'M
just jealousy. Quinn claims that his wife
had been intimate with man named Bren-
nan. After shooting his wife Quinn started
after Brennan with his Winchester on his
shoulder, but was disarmed by Constable
Washburn, and taken to Smithport and
lodged in Jail
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Stricken at His Desk.

WASHINGTON City, Sept 27.-John H
Falconer, until recently the statistician of
the postoffice department but recently hold
ing a clerical position, was stricken with
paralysis Wednesday afternoon at his desk
in the department He was removed to his
home. when the doctors found that his entire
left side was paralyzsd. Mr. Falconer is over
40 years of age, and the doctors do not hold
nv Of !.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
The wyoming Consultation.

CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Sept 27.-The consti-
tutional convention yesterday selected Chey-
enne as the seat Of government for ten years,
OF until a majority Of the people vote a
change. The coal mine chapter favors the
laborers. Educational provisions are very
liberal the oash Of Office prescribed in the
constitution Is extremely rigid, and coutem-
plates adjustment of Doodle campaigns
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Grass of High Descent.

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept @7.-The agri-
cultural department has received a speci-
men OF timothy grass grown on the Rocky
mountains at a height of lO,5OO feet The
specimen will be planted at one of the ex-
perimentaf stations with other specimens of
grasses the department is now experiment.
ing with, with a view TO obtaining some
grass that can be successfully grown in the
arid region for fodder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
ovERTUREs FROM w. L SCOTT.
He Asks the Spring Valley Miners Com
nIittee for n Conference.

pIittee for Conference.
SPRING VALLEY, Ills, Sept 2z.-W L.
Scott has s,nt for the arbitration committee
of the Goa Miners association here to meet
him in Chicago to-day with view to a re-
sumption of work in the Spring Valley
mines Hs has recsded from his determina-
ton not to treat with any committee or or
ganization and everything now points to a
speedy settlement of the mining difficulties
in this district The miners will resume
work only on prices equivalent to those paid
at Streator. Another car load of provisions
was distr ibuted yesterday
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
For the Defense of London.

LONDON, Sept 27--The duke OF Cam
bridge COMMANDERS. chief of her majssty's
forces, has formally signifed his approval
Of plan to mobilize 10000 volunteers for
the defense OF London. This is not to be
taken ms signifying any alarm at the de-
fenseless condition Of the metropolis, but the
mobilization will furnish employment for n
host Of otherwise Idle subalterns, and at the
same time will remove all ground for the oc-
casional croakcr 10 lament ia The Times the
possibility Of an enemy capturing Lon
don some day before breakfast and while
the army Is vet abed
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
yas.ar's Ex-Presid.nt Dead.

PROVIDENCE, r l., Sept 27.-Samuel l.
Caldwell, d. ID. LII D., ex-presidsnt of Vas
sar college, died suddenly yesterday, after a
brief illness, from septicaemia, aged so
years. He was a native of Newburyport.
Mass, and for more than fifteen years was
pastor of the First Baptist church of this
city, and was for seven years president Of
Vassar college.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27

counts of outrages upon Christians in Crete
have reached here from Athens IL is re-
ported that the victims have been ruthlessy
hogged and tortured, that women and their
families have been submitted to the vilest in
dignities, and that the prisons are full Of
persons arrested on baseless charges The
Christians are fleeing TO the mountains for
safety. A Crack gunbeat has been dis.
patched to Crete To aid in restoring order
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Sullivan Gets over His Drunk.

NEwBURG, N. Y, Sept 2Z.-At the an
nual parade of the Matteawan and Fishkill
fire departments yesterday John L. Sullivan
and his combination gave an exhibition in
ring on the parade grounds Sullivan was
just recovering from his debauch, and the
affair was very tame. Sullivan came from
Boston yesterday morning in charge OF his
brother, who watched him closely all day
He left last night for New York.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
THE MARKETS.


CHICAGO. Sept u.
Quotations on the hosr,l of trade to-day
were fo lows: Wheat-No. . september,
opened slasc. closet sSc October, opened
SIC. closei s,,4o Dscepber. opened sssac.
opened sl5sc, closed SIlac; October, opened
3l5sc, closed 3,lsc; May. opened 3A.c
closed SsAs-Ac. Uats-No. = September,
opened lsI4c, closed lsIsc: October. opened
lai4c, closed l9Isc: May, opened AMI closed
2.ssc. Pork-Uctober. opened $ll.0O, closed
sll.6: November. opened 81 52le, closed $9.0s
January, opened and closed sa.S7ta. Lard
October. opened 50 ", closed S6.l0.
Live stock-The Union Stock Yards reports
the following range Of prices; Hogs-Market
opened fairly active, with best grades sc
higher: common lots easy; light grades. S4G5
14.ss- rough packing. S3.75B3s5; mixed lots,
s3.9tGii5 heavy packing and shipping lots
sS.Stib+25 Cattle-Msrket slow; good to
choice firm, S43bGt60; poor to fair duh 800
GL3s. cows. Sl.sOdt30J; stockers and feeders,
S2.Ulg2ss Texan steers, S2.l0G3l0 sheep
Market steady; native muttons, S3.5oG
4.60: Texas and western sheep, S311G4.lG
lambs. S4.oll57j.
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery. -
G2'c per ID; fine dairy, 1sal9c; packing stock,
sleG1sc. Eggs-Strictiy fresh, l69l8sec per
doz. Poultry-Liye hens 7ls1S per H. roos-
tiers, &c. turkeys, S1l0c; ducks Sc. Potatoes
GSl.OO scper Dbl. Apples-sl Otdti 30 or Dbl
New York.
New YORK. Sept 81
Wheat-No. red winter cash, sbI4<ts5lSc;
do September, sal4c; do October. ,d.4c; do No
vember. s7ssc; do cember. ssiSc. Corn-No :
mixed cash. 4l4c; do October Ale; do Novem-
Der, Hlec; do December. 4l54c. Oats-Dull;
No. mixed cash, 35IsdIs8l4c: do September,
2614c; do October, bic; do November, aolsc.
Rye-Dull Bsrisy-.Nominal. Pork-Dull
mess, $l225Nl2.75 Lsrd-Dull; October,
$685.: Nov sember 1893
Live Stock: Cattle-No trading in beeves:
dressed beef, dull; native sides, 5l<17lSc y D;
Texas and Colorado do. 4dt5l4c. Sheep and
Lambs-slow market at easier prices; poog =
best sheep, SS.5S11.50 2 100 rs; poor to oASi6e
lambs, 35.OoGti.2a. Hogs-A trifie firmer; tAe0
05.20 r leo Ms.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Burned to Death I'm Her Kitchen.

WASHINGTON CRY, Sept 27.-Mrs. Emma
A. Wood, wife OF George NJ. Wood, of the
Geological survey Office, was burned to death
yesterday morning She was alone in the
kitchen making fire at the time, and just
how it happened is not known. as she was
specifies when found and died soon after
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
NEW ANTl-sALooN MOVEMENT.
A League Orga nized for Suppression On
side of Party Lines.

League Organized for Suppression Out
side of Party Lines.
HARRISBURG Pa, Sept. T.-The Union
Prohibitory League of Pennsylvania, hav.
ing for its object the suppression of the sa-
loon outside of party lines, held its first con-
vention here yesterday, with about 100 dele
gates in attendance President Kynett called
the meeting to order. The usual commit
tees were appoi ated and the convention took
a recess until 2 o'clock. The committee ON
permanent organization reported at the
afternoo sessi IN as follows: President A.
j. kynett; secretary, Wellington f Loucks;
treasurer, W. W. Wsllace--all OF Philadel-
phia The report was adopted and the off,
Gers declared elected
Declaration of Principles.
The platform adopted recites the evils
growing out of the liquor traffic, and de-
clares that the constitutional prohibitory
amendment ia led in June last because OF
the unfair pc itical methods of those OPP
posed to it. Z, therefore, concludes that
such a verdict cannot be acce pied as final,
but as the cons titution cannot be amended
for five years 10 come it favors the most
restrictive legislation, and the enforcement
of the present policy of prohibition in the
counties which voted therefor.
viii Pick Its Men for Once.
The league will favor the election of can
didates to public office, without respect tS
party, who will best represent its principles,
and 1t urges the organization of Union Pro
hibitory leagues in every city, county, and
town in the state. Over 81, 900 was raised
before the diournment, and more was con-
tributed at a mass-meeting at night Hon.
Albert Griffin of New York; B. c. Christy,
of Pittsburg, AMI others made addresses al
the maSs-msetinr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Railway. and Presumption Claim ants.

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept "a. In the case
of the Northern Pacific Railroad company
vs. Randolph, Secretary Noble yesterday
decided that by failing to APPEAR to oppose
final proof proceedings on the part of pre-
emption or other claimants, a railroad COM
pany does not forfeit any rights which the
whole case made shows it to possess 1t sim
ply cannot insist on any further opportuni-
ty TO contradict the proofs submitted, as it
has had its day in court" but it, on those
proofs themselves, it still appears on the
face Of the whole record that the company
has the prior or superior right, Judgment
mu st 60 accordingly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
The Pre.ident on sunday Observance.

PARIS, Sept. 27.-In letter to the Sun
day observance congress President Harrison
says: Experience teaches me that workers
with head and hands need such rest as the
Sabbath alone can give Man. whether re.
garded as an animal or as an immortal be
ing should be assured that rest
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
A Texas Postmaster In Jail.

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 1.-E. d.
Strange, the postmaster at Fisher, Tex
Chief Postofiics Inspector Rathbone is in
formed, has been arrested and committed to
jail on two counts of embezzling valuable
letters from his office
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-27
Must DO One Kind of business.

NEW York, Sept. 27.-At a meeting Of
the Retail Harness Makers Protective asso-
ciation held "Wednesday night, committee
was appointed To wait on the wholesale deal
srs and request them to discontinue selling
at retail In the future This means that in
the future members Of the association will
not purchase from ssoh firms.