Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-28
A Singer Dead.
PARIS. June 28.-Carlotta Patti, a
well known singer and sister of Adelina
Patti, died in this city today.
A Singer Dead.
ABBREVIATED TELeGRAMS.

There are four cases of small pox in one
family near Jefferson, Ia
Gen. Cameron's funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at l o'clock
One hundred square miles of forest are
burning in Cascade county, Montana.
Senator Cullom has left Springfield, Ills,
for Washington City to look after appoint
ments
Lightning struck the Cologne cathedral
Wednesday, hurting a gigantic stone from
the famous flower tower.
Thursday morning Secretary Blaine and
William Walter Phelps, minister to Ger
many, breakfasted with the president
About 2, 400 newsboys and bootblacks took
part in the annual picnic of the Waits Mis-
sion at jackson Park, Chicago Thursday
At a meeting of the presidents of the Trunk
lines, held in New York Thursday, the resig-
nation of Commissioner Fink was accepted.
Governor Fifer has appointed Robert F.
Evans, of Bloomington, to succeed Thomas
Siade as member of the Illinois state board
of education.
The Iowa Democratic state central COM
mittee met at Des Moines Thursday and de
cid I'd to hold the state convention at Sioux
City Sept. IL.
Professor Snow, of the Kansas State uni
versity, says that an insect epidemic is play
ing havoc with that interesting little GUS,
the chinch bug
1t has been decided to hold services to-mor-
row at the various Johnstown cemeteries in
respect 70 the memory of the unidentified
victims of the disaster.
The department of agriculture at Wash
ington City has issued report on the Eng
fish sparrow. 1t is given bad reputation
generally and particularly.
Gen. Sherman's eldest son. Thomas Ewin Q
Sherman, who has been a Jesuit for some
time, is to be ordained priest in the Roma n
Catholic church next week.
Tunis Labee was hanged at Paterson, n.
j., Thursday morning for the murder of his
wife, whom he ill-treated until size left him.
and then stabbed her to death
An English syndicate has purchased the
plant of the Denver, Colo, Brewing COM
pany for s65O,OO0 The first payment of
$3.50, 600 has already been made
Secretary Tracy has appointed Rear Ad-
mirai Green president of board to consider
the question of drill and tactics for the navy
under the changed conditions of modern
ships
An attempt was made at Hindsboro, Ill.
few nights ago to set fire to Odd Fellows
hall while Mormon elders were holding a
meeting in the hall Several rrests have
been made.
A Kansas City jury the other day in an as
sault case brought in verdict that I'VE,
the jury, find the plaintiff guilty and assess
his punishment at fine of $40" The plain
tiff was the state of Missouri
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Washington National bank
of Seattle, W. T., to begin business with a
capital of 100000 Edward o. Graves, late
chief of the bureau of engraving and print.
ing, will be president of the new bank.
Commissioner Roosevelt, of the civil
service board, has received letter from
Brookline, Mass, telling him that his course
in the matter of enforcing the law has the
endorsement of the 900 Republicans of that
town, every one of whom is a civil service
reformer
1t is reported at Cincinnati that the Ken
| lucky Southern Oil and Gas company of
Louisville and the Southern Oil and Pipe
Line company of Cincinnati, with com
bined capital of $4,000, 900, have consoli
| dated to develop the Kentucky oil fields, and
| also to fight the Standard Oil company
| 1t has been discovered at St Paul that {
| gang of real estate swindlers have been sell
| ing land on false deeds, and that they hav,
| probably defrauded the buyers out of $780,
900. A man named Stensgaard; F. L
| Draper, local lawyer: Leonard Particle
| NJ. A. Cummings, Sidney Carver, am
| George Kingsley have been arrested as par
of the gang