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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Two New DIocesss Autborized-A Seaso
of M issIouarv Talk

Two New Diocssss Authorixed-A Season
of Missionary Talk.
NEW YORK, CT S-The first business
brought before the Episcopal general con-
vention yesterday was the admission OF the
diocese of Oregon The petition for admis-
sion stated that Bishop Morris had been
chosen by the new diocese. The admissio on
was carried almost unan imously, and the
selection OF Bist op Morris was approved of
The diocese Of Missouri asked for the ersc-
ton of a new diocese within its limits, set
ting off six par shes and sixty counties in
the western part of the state for the new do
cese. This was also agreed to.
Constde rtos sas.-,oa--
At II 30 the two houses again convened
with the board Of missions, and Bishop Hare,
of South Dakota, gave an encouraging re-
port Of the work there. He said the great
need was "full- blooded" Christian ministers
and adequate funds
Bishop Harris reported Of the work among
the colored people, and urged the Importance
of the field. a resolution was passed asking
the approprist ton Of $40, 900 for the work
Bishop Walker, Of North Dakota, said the
blizzard and the stream Of foreign popula
tion had their effect on church prospects in
this field, but the church was growing slowly
he proposed 10 have a car constructed-a
species of movable chapel-in which he coul Id
prosecute the work
Row. Mr.. Locke, Of the Chinese mission,
said that il China is to be converted it mus
be by Chinese Christian ministers, Will,
Rev. Paulus Mort, colorsd delegate from
Liberia, urged closer union between thi
country and Liberia Bishop Talbot, o
Wyoming, also spoke, after which the boars
adjourned, md resolutions were adopted re
garding tbs death Of Bishop Vail, and q
committee appointed to attend the funera
at Bayn Miwr tomorrow The convention
then adjourned for the day
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08

THE royal family of England is not
walking we'll at present. The queens
knee-ioint is still swollen, and she cans
not walk without stick. The prince of
Wales still suffers from varicose vein
and limps perceptibly. An affection Of
the instep causes the princess of Wales
to limp a trihe. Prince Albert Victor.
who may rule over England some day,
recently met with an accident while stalk
ing deer in Scotland. In lesping from
one boulder to another he fell and
sprained his ankle. His still goes sbou,
with his leg bandaged and walks lame.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
Tho Great Masonic CopcIsve.

WASHING ION CITY, Oct Sup to a late
hour last night there was no cessation in the
influx Of sir knights and their friends Each
arriving train brought hundreds of plumed
knights. There is considerable speculation
here about the next place of meeting of the
grand encampment Cincinnati and Dem
yer are mentioned, and one or the other is
likely to secure the honor. Cincinnati and
Hanselman Communicates from the Queen
City are both well represented at the gath
ering here, and feel confident that Cincin-
natl will be selected as the place of meeting
in 1902 Th.y will GO before the epcamp-
ment with satisfactory assurance that ali ts,.
money needed to entertain the w trisnnial
will be forthcoming-in fact more than $780,
900 of the $50, 600 is already pledged by bust
ness men of that city
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
A coLoRso MANS LEAGUE.
New Negro Organization In Illinois to So
cure Civil and Political Rights

New Negro Organization In Illinois to Sc
cure Civil and Political Rights
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct s.-About 100
colored citz ms Of this state met in the sem
ate chamber yesterday with the obi ct of
forming a state league of colored msn for
the protection of their political interests
The call for the convention, which was read
declares that a time had arrived when lead
ing and active colored Republicans should
deliberate and confer upon the present con-
dition Of the race and the principles aud
measures important to their welfare, pro-
gress and general Improvement
All Tarred with the Same Brush.
John {. Jones, Of Chicago. who is the
leader OF the movement, called the confer
ence to order, and in an impassionsd al
dress recounte1 the wrongs heRpsd upon the
cnlored people north as well as south. He
declared that in the matter OF discrimina-
ton against a man for his color the orth
was very little behind ,he south, aud re-
ferred to the occurrences at Lawrence this
state, where colored men were beaten and
shot and nothing had been done To- bring the
perpetrators 10 justice There was not
charitable institution In the state under
state or county control, he said, in which
the same treatment is accorded to colored in
mates that is bestowed on tse whites. He
declared that Fred Douglass, Bruce, and
Pinchback had bsen looking to their own in .
terests and not that of their race.
Oresniz~d n League
The result OF the nesting was the organi-
zation OF the "Colored Mans State League OF
Illinois, to further the objects set forth in
this address, and E. ii. Morris. Of Chicago
was elected president, and E II Wright, Of
this city, secretary A committee was au-
thorizsd to investigate Jones charges OF dis
crmInntlon against negroes in charitable in
stitutions
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
The New Director of the Mint.

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct s-Edward o.
Leech was yesterday appointed by the pres-
dent director Of the mint He is District
man, although his parents were from New
York state, where his relatives now reside
Mr.. Leech has been an employe of the mint
bureau ever since 1873, the last position-ths
result of q series Of promotions-having been
computer Of bullion, his salary for that po-
sition having been increased by congress on
account OF his efficiency. He is considered the
best posted man in the United States on the
coinage Of this and foreign countries, and
the appointment is regarded in the true line
Of civil service rvform and one of the best
made by Gen. Harrison
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
2USK NOT THE MAN.
Granger Objections to the Sec
rotary of Agriculture.
NOT ONE OF THE HORNY HANDED

Secretary Trimbie, Of the National Grange,
Relates q Grievance Against the Ad-
ministratiou - A Conscience Fund"
Man Anonymously Accuses the Late
Secretary Manning Director OF tho
Mint Acknowledgements Land De-
cision-The ConcIave of Mssons.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct S-The twenty
third annual session OF the National Grange,
which will be held at Sacramento, Cal, on
Nov. Is, promises to be the most important
meeting the Patrons OF Husbandry have held
for many years Mr.. John Trimble, the sec
rotary Of the Grange, who lives in this city,
thinks the Changers were snubbed when
President Harrison appointed Governor
Rusk secretary of agriculture. In an inter
view published in The Post on the attitude
OF the administration toward the Grange,
Mr.. Trimble says: ave do not hesitate to
say that the administration has ignored the
rights OF the farmer and has done the farm
ing community gross injustice in placing a
politician who never was a farm
or at the head of the department
of agriculture. The department was
made a cabinet Office principally through
Inc efforts Of the Grange, and when the new
administration came in we felt we had
right to suggest the name of the proper per-
son to Ill it. Col j. II. Brigham, our mas
ter; Ex-Governor Robey of Maine, and Hon.
J. J. Woo Imam, of Michigan, were suggested
by the order and their appointment urged,
that of Col Brigham especially. He was
gallant soldier, practical farmer, and Re-
publican whose loyalty 10 the tarty had
never been questioned. The others pos
s-ssed meritorIous qual. fcations, which made
their Candidacy equally prominent, and YET
l very much doubt If Harr ison ever consid-
cred the application made in their behalf.
He deliberately ignored the entire order
snubbed it, in fact.
The Patrons In Politics.
Formerly continued Mr.. Trimble, at
was a rule of the order that the members
should not participate in politics at all
here is where We made a great mistake.
Had we boldly entered politics as an organi-
cation, or thrown our votes for those who
favored the Granging interests we could have
secured representatives in the state legisla-
lures and in congress who would have been
Of material help to us in securing favorable
legislation. But we have seen the error of
our ways, and have repentsd, and now il is
an implied prerequisite that a member
shall put aside his political faith when the
interests of the Grange demand it. We do
not seek to run separate candidates, but be-
tween the two great parties our members
are obliged to vote for the candidate who
favors the Granging interests, whether he
belongs to the same political party or not. +"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
BADLY DEFEATED.
Prohibition in Connecticut Gets
Serious Setback.
THE DRYs BEATEN THREE TO ONE

The Nutmeg State Prefers to Take 1t
the Secret Ballot system - Coiored
Mans League Organized in Illinois
The Single Tax Idea Advocated Before
n Chicago Audlence-Points from the
Argument
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. S-Tbe election
in this city passed off very quietly yesterday.
The citizens were called upon to vote on the
prohibtory amendment alone, and but one
third of the registered vote was cast-about
$500 The "wets" polled over two votes to
every one for the "irys," so that New Haven
gave 3, 800 maj ,rity 10 Offset the Prohibition
majorities in some OF the country towns.
The voters had no opportunity to test the
workings OF tue secret balls law here or in
Bridgeport, as there were no offices to be
filed In either city
Careless Voters Deceived.
Some OF the voters in New Haven were
greatly deceived Those who read the news
papers seldom or carelessly supposed that
the question submitted was local option, and
they picked up the "yesr ballots and dropped
them into the box, thinking they had voted
"license, when they really cast a ballot for
prohibition. The Prohibitionists caught n Ut
few votes this way, but the agents OF the
Liquor Dealers and Brewers associa ton
soon learned OF the deception, aud ss soon
put an end To il.
How tile Secret Ballot Worked.
The cret ballot worked admirably in the
Naugatuck valley. The working people
from the factories seemsd to have no difii :
Guilty in understanding the law Sc ME ig-
norant heelers were seen posting tickets
near the booths in Birmingham but de-
sisted when cautioned. The fine for this
off,nse is l,OOl The entire Democratic
ticket was elected in Birmingham by a small
majority. The vote in AnsonIa was close,
but was cast against Prohibition. The new
ballot caused no trouble there, and the
workingmen are satisfied with it, Sey-
nour, Shelton, and Naugatuck also report
that the new law worked well Southing-
ION last voted 225 against license and Mon
lay went against Prohibition by l75 major
tty. AT this writing but two towns in New
Haven county are known TO have voted for
Prohibition They are Milford and Hunt
ngton, and the majorities are less than 100
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08

THERE are forty-eight geological gar,
deus in the world. six OF them being in
the United States, located as follows.
Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati.
Chicago. st. Louis and San Francisco.
These institutions are supported by the
cities or by local enterprise. instead of
the national government. but in Europe
there is an entirely different state of sf-
fairs, nearly every nation supporting its
own garden or park, and some Of them
support several.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
ROCK BLAND
800 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. Halls Cstsrrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Cstarrh being q
constitutional disease. requires a consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Cstarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucus surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strengt tn. 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. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
ABBREVIATED KILOGRAMS

The king of = am arrived in Paris Monday.
+ nj won q oder, a diam IN dealer OF
New York. has skipped out with $40, 900
worth of other peoples diamonds.
Max Solomon, of New York, % years oil !,
is serving out a x.months' sentence in the
city prison, because ne begged money all day
IN order to cut swell in high sociSty during
the night.
AT Carlton, Ore, Monday, two little sons
of j. W, Shelton were playing with an old
pistol, supposed to BE- unloaded, when the
weapon was dis rharged and one of the chill
dren killed.
Reporters took a census Sun lay of the
number of persons who attends CHURCH in
New York city, AMI the result was 81, 277
women and 81, 2i9 men, The weather was
unpleasant.
Three men-Ei McAffrey, William Paul
ami Charles FIR zsr-were killed and another
fatally injured by the explosion of steam
threshing machine at St. Thomas, Dakota,
Monday morning.
The father OF W. II Hunt, resident Of
TallaDoosa, Ga, being dementei, wandered
INFO the WOO Is AMI the only thing found of
him was boot containing one of his feet
he had been devoured by wild hogs
Because, as be tys the white people 81
Mississippi are puttIng ovstac IS IN his way
by refusing to rent halls for him to speak in,
etc, g IN. Chalmers has withdrawn from the
RAGS for governor on The Republican tIc'S-t
Mr.. D1olittle, member of the G. ). R,
a northern man AMI r. publican. the pro-
prietor OF hotel al Augusta, Ga, Satur-
day refused to permit colored juryman TO
eat dinner at his table with the other juror s,
who were ali whIte.
A teri .fic gale prevailed Mon iay through
out the British Isles, blow with tremen
| dous force III tie Irish channel NJ INV ship
wrecks were reported, telegraph w.res were
Frustrated. trees were uprnna.si. AMI the
Holy head break water demolished
1t was currently report a IN Chica 20 Non.
day that Mike Mcdonald IA received q
| letter from his .fe. post marke Paris. AMI
that she said she just took a sudden notion tc
| go 10 the exposition, and went SIZE saw,
| nothing about the priest The report C ,ulj
| not be confirmed
President Harrison has parioned Mormon
| Bishop ". II, Manghan and Charles X
Hall, who were sent to the penitentiary q:
| charges of unlawful cohabitatiou aud adul
| terry. The supreme court decided that a Nor
| mon could not be convicted Of both crime
| with the same plural wife
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
FAMED BY THE ENGINE.
Curious Occurrence at = Pittsburg Fire
A $500, 600 Blaze.

A $500. 900 Blaze.
PITTsBURG, Oct. S-The three-story brick
building, 400 feet long and 100 feet deep,
comprising the machine shops, car shops,
blacksmith shops and general Office Of Oliver
Brothers Tenth Street mill, south side, was
totally burned last night. The fire started
alongside the engine, and catching some old
waste and stuff spread rapidly. The blaze
caught the belt rope controlling the govern
or of the engine and burned it away. With
its controlling power thus gone, the engine
started to run at a terrific speed and three
large air fans used to drive air through the
works revolved at a rapid rat and the dense
smoke and flames were driven all through
the building, compelling the firemen to get
out Their attention was then turned to
saving the pudding mill and other buildings
in the vicinity. The firemen had several
narrow escapes from falling walls, but none
was seriously injured. The firm will re-
build the works at once. The loss is $500. =
900, fully covered by insurance, most Of
which is placed in eastern and foreign COM
NAMES
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
Another Important Land Grant Decisi,


WASHINGTON CITY, Oct s-Secretary
Noble, in the case Of Childs VS.. the South
ern Pacific Railroad company, has rendered
a very important decision in which he re-
verses the former rulings Of the interior de-
partment in oil such cases Childs filed an
application for homestead entry within the
limits OF the San Jacinto grant in New Mex
100 This grant was itself within another
grant The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany claimed the land as within its granted
limits, and the secretary of the interior
holds that it was, and also decides that the
San Jacinto and other Mexican grants are
mere floats" not sufficiently identified to
withdraw the the land from the railroad
grant This decision Of Secretary Noble
follows the doctrine laid down by the su-
preme court in the Mclaughlin and Doolan
vs. Carr cases
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
A SINGLE TAX ADVOCATE.
Judge Mcguire, of San Francisco, Speaks
tor Georges Idea

Judge Mcguire, of san Francisco, Speaks
tor Georges Idea
CHICAGO, Oct S-Judge James G. Ma
guire. of San Francisco, who has BEEN prom
inent ia California politics, is in the city, the
guest Of the Single Tax club He lectured
last night at the Madison Street theatre upon
the single tax theory, and was greeted by a
large audience In the course OF his speech
he said that land values should bear the
burdens of government for several rsa-
sons They are in all cases the result of
the presence and virtues, of the gen.
eral Industry and enterprise, of the
whole population of any community OF state
They do not result from any thing that is
done by landowners, as such, and the rental
value Of land upon which market values, as
We understand them, are entirely based,
seem TO be this natural provision designed
by the Creator to meet the necessity for
public revenue. Those values, being Gre
ated by the public, belong to the public by
the same natural right which gives owner
ship in a thing or value produced by human
labor TO the man who's, labor produced II.
The Land for the Human Race.
The land was not produced by any human
agency, although its rental value is so pro-
duced. The land, with all of its resources
and powers, was created and freely given to
the whol-, ulra hearI,, without limitation or
distincslf- bushel mea3clusive source Of life
susteb -en on Parental value OF land
were Georgia. 'ublic purposes, re.
ga1 improvements, the
TO land speculation
= IN"'~' y taken away. Idle lands
Oe either brought into productive use
or abandoned to the government to be taken
and used by actual occupants, who would
be willing to pay the taxes for the privilege
Of using them.
MIR. Mcguire continued in this strain for
more than an hour and was frequently ap-
plauded.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
DAILY ARGUS
JOHN w. POTTER.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1889.

THE Louisville Courier Journal remarks
that Mr. Harrison's removal Of about A.
600 postmasters in six months entities
him to the privilege Of writing the civil
service reform plank of the platform to be
adopted by the next republican national
convention.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
One Good Turn Deserves Another.

NEW YORK, Oct. Mayor Grants mail
yesterday was fIei with communications in
reference 10 the proposed big Intsrna tional
exposition The mayor Of Chicago wrote
III congress should select New York as the
site for the exposition think | can give you
the assurance that Chicago will do It's utmost
10 make u successful and worthy Of the ma
ton. We will look 20 New York conf lently
Tor is generous all AMI cooperation II the
exposIlInn Is given " Chiclgo7
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08

STAMFORD, Conn, Oct. Sit is known
that the ID ,mocrats have elected their entire
ticket A Prohibition ticket for town Off
GERS only received about thirty votes. About
$500 votes were polled-two-thirds OF the
total registration. The prohibitory amend =
ment was defeated by 10 majority Promi-
nent niembers of both parties are loud in
praise of the system Of secret ballotlng The
new law makes it practically imposs BILE to
buy votes and 1t is an open secret that an
extensive traffic of that kind was formerly
dome
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
Oakley Hall Enter, . Lab,, su,t

NEW YORK, Oct s-Ex-Mayor A Oakley
Hall has sued James Bryce, author of "Ths
American Commonwealth" for libel, plac-
ing bis damages at $4,000. The libsllous
matter, it is charged, is contained in an arti-
Gle in that book written by Professor Frank
Goodenough, Of the school Of political sci
ence IN Columbia college, entitled "Ths
Tweed Regime" in the course of which Mr..
Hall is referred to as having been member
OF the Tweed ring. The suit has been
brought in London, and it is expected will
""'"s to trial about the middle of the month.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
His Hundredth Was His Last.

EVANSVILLE Ind, Oct s.-A Mt YER
non Qnd.) special to The Courier says: Pro-
fessor George I. Rice, aeronaut, of Lex
ington, Mich, employed by Wallace & Co IS
circus, while giving public exhibition yes
terday afternoon met with an accident which
Resulted in his death He made a balloon
ascension about o'clock yesterday after
noon, descending in his parachute, which
slighted with him in the Ohio river Just be-
low the city. He became entangled in the
ropes of his parachute, and before he could
sxtricate himself, or aid couli reach him, he
was drowned. He said just before going up
that it was his lOOdth ascension.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
Collision on the nlinoi. Central.

DUBUQUE, Ia, oct s-The east bound
passenger train on ths Illinois Central col
lided with rock train yesterday morning
at the junction, half mile below the Ms
nois Central station. The engineers and fire.
men saved themselves BY jumping. Both
engines were demolished A postal clerk
wa severely injured in the back
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
Sort OF Surprised Him.


KAssoN, MINI, Oct s-James johnson,
an employe in McDonough & Co.'S stone
quarries, Watervile, was amusing himself
yesterday by playing with a coil OF rope
which was attached u some machinery in
the mill where they saw stones. He became
tangled in some manner, and was whirled
around violently, tearing his shoes Off, break
ing his legs, and tearing one arm so badly as
to necessitate amputs ton. He survived the
operation only short time, dy ing in great
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-08
ACCUSING A DEAD MAN.
A Contributor to the Conscience Fund"
Makes q Charge Against Manning

Contributor to the Conscience Fund"
Makes a Charge Against Manning.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct s-Secretary
Window yesterday received conscience
contribution of $S45, in bills, inclosed in IN
envelope postmarked St Joseph, Mo, The
sender had folded the notes and then clipped
pieces from them This mutilation was done,
1t is presumed, to prevent the money from
being OF use Or value to anybody but the
government The note accompany ing the
contribution, which is not signed, concludes
as follows: About February, 1887, Secre-
tary Manning received 5000 conscience
money by New York draft Written on
the back of the draft that it was to be put
into the United States treasury, but as that
never appeared in print, it is believed by the
writer that Manning appropriated it to his
own use"
The records OF the department show that
on March q, 1887, the sum of s., 800 was re-
ceIved in an anonymous letter postmarked
St Joseph, Mo, and deposited in the treas
ury to the credit of conscience