Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-19
ABBREVIATED TElGGRAMS.

Robert r. Hit, Republican, was Wednes-
day renominated for congress in the Sixth
Illinois district.
An English syndicate has offered Louis
lana &. sd, 900 per annum for the state lot
terry privileges
The miners in the Tamarack mine at
he'd Jacket, Mich, have struck for eight
hours and more pay.
The grand division of the Order of Rail-
way Photographers is in session at New
York. The proceedings are secret
Four men are reported to have been
killed and three injured in co lision be
tween freight trains near Melross, n. C.
The town of Osceola, Pa, was flooded by
n cloud burst Tuesday. Two women were
drowned and many buildings removed
from their foundations.
An engine on the Canadian Pacific rail-
road ran into n creek thirty miles east of
Toronto Tuesday, and the five men on
board of it were all drowned.
Justice Harlan, of the United States su
preme court, was entertained Wednesday
by the bar of Madison, Wis, at picnic
on the shore of neighboring lake
Among those graduated at the com.
mencement exercises of Lake Forrest dis
university Wednesday was Miss Rose Far
well, daughter of Senator Farwell
Three hundred men are idle in the steel
mills OF Carnegie, Phipps 81 Co, Beaver
rails, Pa, on account of a str Ike of the
roli-mill bundlers for increased wages.
The United States National bank of
Holdrege, Neb., has been authorized to
begin business; capital, 5000; also the
First National bank of Rush, Tex; capi-
tai, $50, 900.
AT New York Wednesday Harris
Smiler, convicted murderer, vas SEN
fenced To death by electricity at Sing Sin q
prison, the execution to take place during
the week beginning Aug. 4.
The Illinois Grain Dealers Protective
and insurance association, at its meeting
Wednesday at Springfield, resolved in ia
vor of election of railway and W arehouse
commissioners by the people.
A movement is on foot to have congress
purchase the battlefield at Yorktown,
where CORVALLIS surrendered in the Revo-
lutionary war, including Moores house.
where the capitalization was signed.
Jay Gould was drawn as a petit juror
at New York, but did not put in an
appearance at court When his name was
called, and he failed to respond, Judge
Fitzgerald fined him 800 for not present
ing himself for duty
Detectives in the southern part of Har-
din county, Ohio, have arrested five prom
inent citizens for threatening tie White
Cap act against Fred Turner, wealthy
farmer, because he would not evict fam
lily from one of his farms.
Robert l.. Wallace and Ignatius Louitz,
who stole $4,000 from the proprietor of
Wallace's Monthly, fled to Cuba, md were
brought back to New York by detectives,
pleaded guilty to grand larceny Wednes-
day, and were remanded for sente nee.
A Presbyterian divine in press nting a
report on Sunday observance in the Cana
dian Presbyterian general assembly
Wednesday took occasion to declare the
visit of the Duke of Connaught TO Mag
ara Falls on a recent Sunday "a lad pro-
fanation of the Lords day"
The people of Davenport, Ia, are indig-
nant because cremation society, in pre-
pairing TO build erematory, ulearthed
and removed lot of the bones of the first
settlers Of that city They have appealed
to the courts, and obtained an injunction
against the crematory company.