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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
NATIONAL GAME AFFAIRS.
,oms Rumors and Facts Concerning IN Q
Base Rail Ennarfs

Sons Rumors and Facts Concerning IN .
Base Ball Experts.
CnI ago, Aug. lS-2he base ball sched-
ules were played during last week with
nothing sensational except a report start
ed Saturday to the effect that the Ameri-
can association is to be absorbed by the
brotherhood. The Sporting Times had
this exclusive information, but the base
ball men said they knew nothing about
it, though it might be true, as anything
might ia tie present base ball situation
Buck Ewing took the trouble to deny that
he was going to go back on the Brother
hood, and seemed very much hurt that
such report should have been started.
Gone Into Innocuous Desuetude.
One aggregation petered out during the
week-the Inter State league-because
Evansville refused to agree to a new
schedule, by which it was to play six
straight games at Burlington, and the
Des Moines franchise. of the Western
league, has been bought by Lincoln, Neb
parties, and the schedule will be played
out by the new owners The attendance
during the week as between the League
and Brotherhood was in favor of the lat
ter from 1000 to 1,5U0 nearly every day.
and on Saturday the excess was about
5000.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
How the Aggregatious stand.
Scores on the Diamond.


Following are the scores made SATURDAY.
and yesterday: League: At Boston-Bos-
ton IA. New York e; batteries-Getzein aud
Hardie, Rusie and Buckley. At Cincin-
natl-Cincinnati II, Cleveland 0: batteries
-Rhines and Harrington, Young and
thinner. At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3. Phil
adelphia 10; batteries and
CLARK. Gleason and c ements At Chicago
Chicago Is, Pittsburg 5; batteries
Hutchinson and Kittridge, Phillip, and
Decker
brotherhood: At Philadelphia-Phila
delphia L, Brooklyn 4; battefies-Sauders
and Miliiean, weighing aud Murphy At
Buffalo-Buffalo ), Chicago o; batteries
Cunningham and Mack, Bartson and
Boyle. AT New York-New York Is Bos
ton 10; batteries-Keefe. Crane, Hatfield
and Ewing, and Gumbert, DAILY, Kelly
ani SWEET. At Pittsburg-Pittsbu Q,
Cleveland 4; batteries-Staley and Quinn,
Gruber aud Sutcliffe
Western: Saturday At Minneapolis
Milwaukee 0, Minneapolis 4; ut Kansas
City-Sioux City :. Kansas City dark
ness. Sunday AT Denver-Omaha IL
Denver 5; at Kansas C.ty-Sioux City 2
Kansas City 3; at Milwaukee-Mi nneapo-
lis 0. Milwaukee 2.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18

Of the men against Corey, viii ch was that
he had discharged a man without cause,
alleging that he was drunk on duty.
Charged to Mike Costello.
The strike on the Wabash came to an
end Saturday when the pay car came
along. 1t cost the company $4,000 and
this is what a switchman told a reporter:
sI'll tell you how it occurred. You know
Mike Costello. Well, Mike hid date to
go to 0gden's grove to the Irish picnic
Friday night, and had ordered a new suit
of clothes, which he couldn't get on ac-
count of the pay car being be hind time.
He was awful mad, and theI when he
asked his girl to excuse him from the en-
gagement, and she gave him the cold
shake and agreed to go with another fell
low, he was wild, tell you. Well, that's
how the thing started. and Mike worked
the thing up till all the others quit"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
BlOOOShEO AT ALBANY.
Pinkertons Cha, ged with Shooting at In
offensive Citizens.

Pinkertons Cha, ged with Shooting at In
offensive Citizens.
While the above state of affairs existed
at Buffalo more serious condition is re-
ported at Albany. The strikers have been
on guard there to prevent trains from
running and although they are kept out
of the yards by Pinkerton they collect at
crossings and on bridges, and threats
have been made that any persons moving
trains would be stoned. According tothe
Albany report a train was passing the
Van Woert street crossing Saturday, when
a small boy threw stone, striking one of
the guards, who thereupon fired at the
boy, missing him, and hit John McCarty
who was in his own yard at the time
in the leg. The place swarmed with strik-
ers in an instant, and the police had diff
Guilty is rescuing the Pinkerton man from
certain death. He was locked up.
The Railway Managers Complain.
The railway officials declare that the
police are in sympathy with the strikers,
and are doing all they can to EN- barrass
the road. and arresting Pinkerton men on
every conceivable pretext. Henry Doug
lass, another Pinkerton, was arrested for
fourishing n revolver, and although he
said he drew it to force his way to the
yards through a crowd of angry strikers,
he was locked up, as were two Pinkertons
who got a short distance off the company's
property. That the strikers take every
opportunity TO worry the Pinkertons is
without doubt An Albany telegram
says: In this city and at West Albany
the freight trains are stoned and Pinker
ton guards assaulted. Bricks and stones
were thrown from the windows of houses
which line the track in places. There are
4 number of Pinkerton men laid up with
scalp wounds"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18

The report of the Johnstown relief
commission is just issued. and contains
some interesting figures. The cash con-
tributiOns reached total of 81 / Is, S01 :
As. The amount received by the COM
missiOners reached 81, 912 346. 80. of
which 50 .S45, 140S3 was expended or
invested for the sufferers, leaving bal
ance of $67,205 AZ in the hands of the
commission. One hundred and twenty
three widows were paid about $500
each, and provision was made for 965
orphans. who receive $50 annually each
until they are sixteen years of age. Such
a magnificent outpouring of public char
ity has probably never before been wit
messed, if we except the offerings upon
the occasion of the great Chicago re.
The work of the relief commission ap,
pears to have been well done. The
fact that the entire cost of administering
its trust was less than Sc. 600 speaks
volumes in its favor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
THE ANTI.LoTTERY BILL.
An Extract Showing the Drastic Nature
of the Act.

An Extract Showing the Drastic Nature
of the Act.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. Is The anti
lottery bill which passed the house Satur-
day seems to be tolerably comprehen-
sive measure. The pith of the act is given
below:
"No letter, postal card, or circular con-
corning any lottery, so called gift concern,
or other similar enterprise offering prizes
dependent upon lot or chance (or concern
ing schemes devised for the purpose of OBJ.
tanning money or property under false
pretensesl, and no list of the drawings
and no lottery ticket or part there
Of and no check, draft, bill,
money, postal note or money order
for the purchase of any ticket, tickets, or
part thereof, or of any share or any chance
in any such lottery or gift enterprise,
shall be carried in the mail or deliv-
cred at or through any postoffice or
branch thereof, or by any letter carrier;
nor shall any newspaper, circular, PAM
phlet, or publication of any kind contain.
ing any advertisement of any lottery or
gift enterprise of any kind Offering prizes,
dependent upon lot or chance, or contain
ing any list of prizes awarded at the draw
ings of any such lottery or gift enterprise,
| whether said list is of any part or of all of
the drawing, be carried in the mail or de-
livered by any postmaster or letter car
rier.
The Sender Liable to Penalty.
"Any person who shall knowingly de-
posit or cause to be deposited, or who
| shall knowingly send or cause To be sent,
| anything to be conveyed or delivered by
| mail in violation of this section
shall be deemed guilty of misd emeanor
| and on conviction shall be punished by a
| fine of not more than $500 or by inprison-
| ment for not more than one year, or by
both such fiue and imprisonment for each
offense."
Provision is made in the act for the re-
turn of all moneys to the senders instead
of delivery to the person or corporation
addressed. The act, however, laves no
| authority for postmasters TO open letters.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
ABBREVIATED TeLeaH ANS.


Brig Gen. John w. Moore. surgeon gen
eral of the army, has been placed on the
retired list.
During fight at dance at Grand Rap
ids Sunday morning, John Denman
stabbed Chris Richling to death.
The Daily Independent, a mogning pa
per OF Elgin, Ills, suspended publication
Saturday after running two Donths
Part of the Dunnell print works al Paw
tucket, r. l., were burned Saturday
throwing 800 men out of work. Loss,
$3.50, 000 insured.
The prospects are said to be good for
Mayor Peck, of Milwaukee. to be the
Democratic candidate for governor of
Wisconsin this fall
Phelps Perrins, late cashier of the Iron
Exchange bank, of Hurley, Wis, was SEN
fenced Saturday to five years in states
prison for robbing the bank.
The Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
railway Saturday filed mortgages at
Natchez, Miss, in favor of trust compa-
MES of New York in the sum of over $45,-
600, 900
Mrs, Boynton and Mrs. Frank Taylor
and her infant son were instantly killed
by a train on the Rome, Watertown and
"
ing to cross ahead of the train
A Christianized Chinaman was arrested
Saturday at San Francisco for man lfac-
turing telephones and selling them, thus
interfering with the Bell monopoly. He
claims that he was ignorant of the Law.
Palmer, who killed Constable Bopp, at
Lawrenceyille, Ills, last spring, was found
guilty of manslaughter Saturday, and
tSf ha E..
Bopp was trying to arrest Palmer when
he was killed.
1t took 3sl ballots and two meetings for
the Republicans of the Twentieth Ohio
district to nominate V. A Taylor for con-
gress, which was accomplished Saturday
after adopting sort of Australian system
of secret voting.
The negro Republicans of North Caro-
limo will hold convention at Raleigh on
the 10Th instant, to give expression to the
feeling among them that the party does
not sufficiently recognize" them in ON
nations to Office.
Two thousand dollars worth of lila
monds belonging to a resident of Pitts
burg were stolen some time ago. Satur-
day they were received by mail by deGec-
tive at work on the CASE who had arres Ted
one Cora Hamilton, but she was dis
charged, nothing having been found on
her
The fight in the Order of Elks, VIII oh
resulted in the expulsion of the New York
lodge, has further resulted in the organ
ization of new society at New
York Saturday which will admit no one
but members of the theatrical protest. on
"a principle which was supposed to be a
cardinal one with the old order, but which
was set aside owing to the admission Of
mixed lodges until they were strong
enough to control the grand lodge
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
sALIseuRYs REJoINpER.
He Doesn't Read History the Same a
Blaine-Ar Arbitration roposatI

He Doesn't Read History the Same as
Standardization Proposed.
LONDON, Aug ls-Lord Salisbury's last
the Behring sea dispute bears date of Aug
2. After quoting from historical docu-
ments the dispatch concludes: "These
show that England refused to admit any
part of the Russian claim, asserted in
the ukase of 1921, to marine jurisdc-
ton and the exclusive right of fish
ing throughout the whole extent of
that claim, from Behring straits to the
fifty-iirst parallel also tnat the conven-
ton of 1925 was regarded by both sides as
remuneration on the part of Russia of
that claim in its entirety, and that though
Behring straits was known and speci-
fically provided for, Behring sea was not
known by that name, but was regarded as
a part of the Pacific ocean
Doesn't Necessarily Follow.
at is impossible to admit that the right
TO fish and catch seals in the high seas can
be held to be abandoned by nation from
the mere fact that for n certain number of
years 1t has not suited the subjects of that
nation to exercise such right 1t must be
remembered that the existence of British
Columbia rs "A colony and the develop
ment Of the cOlony's shipping interest are
comparatively recent
"If the United States government con-
tinues to differ with Great Britain as to
the legality of the recent captures, her mai
esty's government is ready to refer the
question, with the issues dependent there
on, to impartial arbitration"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18

A COlOREO EDITORS PERIL.
Threatened with dissemination Because
He Published q Sensation.

threatened with Assasstnatton Because
He Published a Sensation.
New YORK, Aug. 1S-The Sun publishes
a special from Birmingham, Ala, which
says: An attempt was made Friday to
assassinate l.. II. Harrison. a negro, who
is editor and publisher of The Citizen, a
weekly paper published in the interest of
his race He was knocked on the head
with piece of iron by negro named
Sutton and badly injured. Three or four
negroes armed to the teeth were search
ing for Harrison Saturday afternoon, and
he applied TO the mayor and chief of
police for protection, which was given
him. Ten days ago a small german was
given by colorei society people
Why Harrison Is in Trouble.
In the next issue of his paper Harrison
stated that certain cOlorcd men took
women of doubtful character to the ball
and danced with them. For publishing
this he WAS threatened with bodily harm.
In last weeks paper he followed up the
article with the names of the
men and women, and denounced
them in severe terms, at the
SEINE time mentioning the threats, and an
nouncing that he was prepared to defend
himself Several colored men, it is said,
have sworn to kill him on sight, and
bloodshed is expected before the matter
ends
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
AN iNQUiSlTlVe SHARK.

He Takes a Cruise In a Bathing Place at
Ba1timore.
BALTIMORE Aug. 1S.-The small boys
who every day take bath in the neigh
borhood of the Broadway ferry at Locust
Point and in fact anywhere in the harbor
will certainly desist for few days when
they learn that a shark made his appear
ance Saturday afternoon abreast of the
Ferry slip and at once began to acquaint
himself with the neighborhood and its
ways. The first persons to see the man.
eater were Capt. James b. Boone and
Lawrence McHugh. They observed the
monster off the Locust Point elevators
and plainly discerned his head, fins and
tail He appeared to be about twelve feet
long and was heading directly for the slip
in which lay the schooner William A.
Marlbury
stampeded the Bathers.
There were number of boys in swim
ming there at the time, and yell from
Mr.. McHugh caused them to scamper out
of the water in short order. Some of the
boys when they got ashore ran naked, and
never stopped until they reached their
homes several so uares away. Policemen
chased them and threatened to get oat
warrants on the charge of indecent ex-
posture. Other bathers hid themselves in
the coal bins that lined the various
wharves, where they remained for hours.
A huge eelskin filled with six bushels of
grain, which hung over the side of one of
| the piers, was gobbled up by the shark,
after which he disappeared in the direc-
ton of Wilson's coal pier.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
Stampeded the Bather..
BURIED HIS WIFE IN SECRET.
Peculiar Conduct of an Elderly New Je
sey Farmer.

Peculiar Conduct of an Elderly New Jer-
sey Farmer.
NEW YORK, Aug 1s-Frederick l. Dun
bar, farmer 81 years old, is under arrest
at Newark, n. j., for secretly burying his
wife. The old man confessed Saturday
that he buried his wife on the farm late
one night, but said that he would die be-
fore he would show anybody where the
grave was. He persisted in saying that
she died a natural death, and it is gen.
orally believed that she did Her condi-
ton of health fully warranted such an as
sumption. His nephew, Mr. Crockett,
said Saturday that the old man was
very close in money matters. The old
man told him that he had carried the
body out dressed in a shroud which Mrs.
Crockett gave him for the purpose months
ago, and had buried her with his own
hands. Search was continued all day
yesterday Tor the body. but it could not
he found
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18

Some years ago we we're very much
subject to severe spells of cholera morbus;
and now when we feel any of the symp.
toms that usually proceed that ai.ment,
such as sickness at the stomach, diar-
rhea, ETC., we become scary. We have
found Chamberlain Remedy the very
thing to straighten one out in such cases,
and always keep it about. 1t is some.
what similar to the usual cholera cures,
but seems to contain ingredients that rem.
der 1t more pleasant to take. and that do
their work more quickly. Sheriff Dever.
eux tells us that he is subject to cholera
morbus. and recently felt spell coming
on. when he obtained bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoes
Remedy and two doses made him all
right. We are not writing this for pay
testimonial. but to let our readers know
what is good thing to keep in the
house.-Troy. (Kan.) Chief.
For sale by Hartz q Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
NEWS NOVELTIES.
Twice Bitten by venomous Cop
perhead Snakes.
A SHARK IN BALTIMORE HARBoR

Bathers Caught in Pretty Predicnment
Something of an Eel-Skin-A Granger
Buries His Wife at Night and Refuses
to Say Where-very Mulhattonian
Story from the Nutmeg State-Thrilling
Experience with an Electric Phenone-
mon.
GALLON, O., Aug. ls-Mrs. Mary Root,
of Malmsbury, the day before the Fourth
OF July was bitten on her forehead by a
copperhead snake while she was putting
pie on the swing shelf in her cellar, the
snake having climbed to the shelf IN some
way and lying there coiled. The poison
Of the snake affected Mrs Root SO SER
,ously that for several days she was not
expected to live. being most of the time
ielirious. The venom finally succumbed
20 treatment, and Mrs. Root gradually re-
covered. being able to get on. of tho house
for the first time last week.
They Seem to Pursue Her.
Friday she went into the yard to hang
up clothes. She had her clothes pins in a
muslin bag. She laid the bag on the
ground until she was ready to use it.
take out some clothes pins her middle
finger was seized by something, and in
stantly shock of excriciating pain
flashed from her finger to her shoulder
She quickly drew her ringer from the bag
and dropped the bag on the ground. The
instant the bag struck the ground a cop
perhead snake ran out of it and hurried
away in the grass.
Frightful Effect of the Second Bite.
Mrs. Roots cries brought aid to her, but
she became blind and delirious before she
rould be taken to the house. She is now
lying IN precarious state, and DIR. Ball
doubts if she will survive this second
injection of copperhead venom into her
system while it WAS still affected by the
first charge. The copperhead and its
mate were found in the high grass and
both were killed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
TIE Philadelphia Teleornpl. an in

pendent republican journal, says:
There never has been tariff bill pre-
sented for the approval of the country
mroe vulnerable than the measure invented
by Mr.. Mckinley and those in sympathy
with him. BY their extreme solIcitude to
take care of certain great interests that
no longer need to be nOurished so jeal-
ously and exclusively and at such tire,
mendous cost to the people, they give
color to the charge so persistentlY made
though heretofore falsely. that a protec
tive tariff engenders and fosters mon
Opoiy. that it works for the advantage oil
the few as against the many.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
The Sender Liable tn Penalty.
HENNEPlN CANAL ALL RIGHT.
The Senate Passes the River and Harbe
Bill with Amendments.

The Senate Passes the River and HarboI
Bill with Amendments.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug 1S-In the sen
ate Saturday the river and harbor bill was
further considered and passed. with sun
dry new amendments The Hennepin ca
nal paragraph was not interfered with
and remains in the bill. A conference
was asked. Quay gave notice that he
would not call up his resolution to change
the rules before Tuesday. The confer
ence report on the ickamauga park bill
was agreed to-
The house approved of the conference
report on the bill to establish a rational
park at Chickamauga; passed the Mckay
bill-S3 to 65-and adopted some unim-
portant resolutions The anti lottery bill
was then taken up under resolution
from the committee on rules, providing
for calling the previous question. at 4:40
p. IN. After debate the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider the votet on the
Mckay bill was entered by Hayes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
Poor Crop Prospects in south p.kot.

HURON, S. d., Aug 1s.-The weekly
weather crop bulletin just issued iron
the United States signal Office here says
the drought of the past week continue su a.
relieved except in a portion of the Black
hills country and few other localities
Injury to late crops has become serious n
most sections and many points report that
corn, fax, millet and potatoes are too
badly injured to be benefited by rainA
Reports show that for South Dakota tn Q
averages will be about as follows: Wheat,
10 bushels; oats, 90 to 80: fax. &
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18

LOUISIANA planters say that the slaugh'
ter of allIgators has allowed muskrats, the
great enemies of the levees. to increase al
an alarming rate. South Florida people
have discovered that the rapid decrease
OF the alligator IN the peninsula has been
accompanied by corresponding increase
of the moccasin. the most venomous OF
American snakes and the alligator's
choicest food. The saurian isn't pretty.
but he is friend of humanity. neverthe'
lacs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
they Hunt the Frisky Torpedo.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 1s.-Assistant
Secre airy Spaulding has instructed the
collector of customs at New York to ad-
NIT at that port, without examination, a
package containing six Holmes White
head torpedo-finders, to be delivered to
the Hotchkiss Ordnance COMPANY. of
Providence r
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18

THE Onion is becoming extremely
modest. In noting the passage of the
river and harbor bill by the senate. 1t
fails to attribute the success of the Hen
nepin canal clause to Congressman Gest.
This was a sad omission on the part OF
our contemporary
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
Paralvzed nv a Fire Rail

WILLTMANTIc, Conn. Aug. 1S-A strange
fire ball, blue and white, fell out of a
b lack cloud at The village of Brooklyn,
Windham county, in terrific thunder
storm, day or two ago. 1t seemed to
come straight down from the sky, and hit
the carriage in which Mr. and Mrs Sper-
ry and their children were driving. All
were hurled out of the vehicle. Mr..
Sperry was badly burned about the legs
and arms and his wife and two children
were paralyzed. 1t is feared they may not
recover the use of their limbs. Neither
carriage nor horse was much injured.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
More silver Than Thew Want.

ST LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 1S-The banks of
Kansas City and few other Missouri
points are overwhelmed with silver coin
and are trying to reduce it by shipping it
to the St. Louis sub treasury and getting
silver notes instead. Forty five thousand
dollars came in Friday morning. The
banks have to pay the express charges
both ways on the money, which amour is
to about Il per 81 ,000
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
A WOODEN NUTMEG. SURE.
Two Remarkable Stories Told in Cor
necticut.

necticut.
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 1SA singular
misfortune befell Mrs Luther Robbins, of
Southingtou, one night recently. She
went to bed in normal health and in the
morning was totally blind. A still more
inexplicable incident happened in the case
Of an Oxford young lady. She went to
bed with aching teeth, and her intention
was that dentist should extricate them
on the following day. She had fright
full night, and in the morning was aston
ished to find that fifteen of her teeth had
been extracted while she slept, aud were
scattered about the pillow and o,her parts
of hpr caurh