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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
STATE CONVENTION.

HEADQUARTERS STATE DEMOCRATIC CEN }
TRIAL COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS,
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 9Th, 1890.
The Democratic State Central Committee met
at the Palmer house in this city the 9th day of
March, 1890. and authorized the issuance Of the
following call;
The democrats OF Illinois viii meet In state
convention at Springfield on Wednesday, June 4,
1890 for the purpose of nominating candidates for
the following state officers TO be voted for on Tues
day, November Ain, 1890, towit;
One Treasurer,
One SUPERINTENDENT of Public instruction. and
Three Trustees OF the University OF Illinois
Al the meeting OF the state central committee
the following resolution was passed and an ex-
preston OF views, as In said resolution asked, Is
invited Tho chairman and secretary OF each
county convention are requested to report the ac-
ton of their respective conventions TO the secre
tary OF the state central committee as soon as 1t
may be had. The resolution is as follows:
"Ipasmuch the propriety of nominating q
candidate for the United States senate by the
state convention has been extensively agitated
Throughout the state. IL is suggested to county
conventions, 20 consider the expediency of such
course and Instruct their delegates accordingly y
Z ach county shall be entitled to one delegate
for eech four hundred votes cast for Cleveland
and Thurman at the last presidential election,
aud delegate for each fractional part thereof
of two hundred votes or more,
GEORGE NJ. HAYNES Secretary.
Under this call the Eleventh congress sionAl
district Is entitled to delegates as follows: Rock
Island Q; Mercer 5; Henderson 2: Warren 5; Nc.
DJnough 8; Schuyler 5; Hancock 10.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Illinois Republican Politics.

CHICAGO, May THE Republican state
central committee completed its business
yesterday by fixing June "a as the date and
Springfield as the place for the state con
vention- A telegram was received from
Senator Cnilom saying that the party
must organize for victory; a letter from
Senator Farwell saying that the fall CON
test will be largely in Chicago and that it
is a Republican city If Republicans are
united, and letter from Uncle Dickr
Oglesby, in which he told the comm ittee
that there was nothing the matter with
Illinois. Resolutions eulogistic of the late
Editor Shuman Were adopted by sing
vote. The ratio of representation il the
convention is to be one delegate for every
400 votes or majority fraction cast for
President Harrison
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Damn weather for Base Ball.

CHICAGO, May Rain interfered with
the base ball playing yesterday. The
scores recorded were: League: A. Chi
cago-Cincinnati 5, Chicago d; all other
games postponed-rain Attendance at
Chicago: League, $40; Brotherhood, 800.
Brotherhood: At Chicago-Chicag 90 Il,
Pittsburg 8: all other games postponed
rain
American: At Syracuse-SyracIIse 8,
Rochester >; at Columbus-Columbu 0.
st. Louis =; games at Toledo and Brook
Ign postpoEed-rain.
Western: At Des Moines-Milwauke Q,
Des Moines 5; at Minneapolis-St Paul /,
Minneapolis :; games at Sioux Cit, and
Omaha postponed-wet grounds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
LABOR'S DEMANDS.
Kaiser Wilhelm is Listening tc
the Tumult.
WHAT HE SAID TO THE REICHsTAG

The Chicago Carpenters VIII Go to Worl
Terms of the Agreement-A Giganti,
Miners Strike Threatened I'm Illinois
Thirty Thousand Golfers Involved
Views OF Chicago Coal pealer-Glean
ings from the Labor Field.
BERLIN, May THE German reichstaa
was opened by Emperor William in person
yesterday. In his speech the emperor de
clared himself in favor of peace, express
ing the conviction that he would succeed
in securing the confidence of the powers in
the pacific policy of Germany. He de
voted great portion of his speech to tho
labor question. Abiding to the recent
troubles, he said: THE momentous and
significant strike movements which dur.
ing the year have agitated all Europe as
well as the empire, suggest a rigid exam
nation into the question al to whether,
under the laws of existing state organiza
lions, adequate account is taken of the
justifiable aspirations and reasonable de
mands of the working people
The Questions That Are Pressing.
THE phases of the great industrial ques
ton which claim the foremost attention
of the reichstag are those of the Sunday
rest and the hours and conditions of female
and child labor The legal provisions
which have been devised with view tc
the protection of the working people
against those dangers which threatens their
lives, health and moral are susceptible tc
amendment So, too, are the laws relative
to the issuance of regulations for the gov
eminent or labor matter.
Education and Arbitration.
The rules concerning the compilation
and distribution of school books for the
use of the children of workingmen also re-
quire supplementary action in order that
parental authority may be judiciously
used in curbing the increasing spirit of in
subordination among youthful workmen.
The government will introduce bill
having in view the accomplishment OF
these objects 1t Will also submit a meas
ure designed to better regulate the organi.
cation of industrial courts of arbitration,
so that they may be appealed to for the
settlement of disputes between masters
and men
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
BRITISH AID AND COMFORT
For the Advocates of Silver in the United
states Congress.


For the Advocates of Silver in the United
States Congress.
LONDON, May 7.-Mr Henry H. Gibbs,
formerly governor of the Bank of England
and now president of the Bi-metallic
league, has sent the following cablegram
to Senator Jones, of Nevada, in the name
of the Bi-metallic league: THE friends of
silver deeply regret the death of Senator
Beck, whose services in the cause of none
tary reform are most warmly appreciated
on this side of the Atlantic The Bi-met-
allist party of the United Kingdom, now
including over 100 members of the house of
commons, attach the greatest value to the
debate about to commence in your illus
trious chamber. We fully recognize not
only that the support afforded to silver by
your legislation during the past twelve
years has helped to protect the industrial
world from an acute monetary crisis, but
also that the debates in congress have
served more than all else to educate our
people to recognition of the important is
sues involved.
some Other Benefits Expected.
1--WE believe also that the increased coin
age of silver contemplated by congress will
restore, wholly or considerably, your COIN
age rates, and will thus make international
settlement of this complex question COM
paratively easy. We anticipate further,
and with much confidence, that the adj
vance in the price III silver, which must
follow your action will stimulate both the
export and the other trades of your
country, aid, while tending to the pros
perity of your agricultural classes, will
also assist the manufacturing industries
of the United Kingdom and the whole
body of our wage earnersp
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
THE TERRIBLE HYoRoPHoslA.
A Young Girl of 1e. Bitten Seven Yea
Ago. in Dreadful Agony.

Young Girl of 1e. Bitten Seven Yearc
Ago. in Dreadful Agony.
CLEVELAND, o., May IA special to
The Press from Alliance, o., says: Seven
years ago dog bit Laura Grim, the ~
year-old daughter of wealthy farmer liv
ing at Harrisburg, Stark county, eight
miles west of here. The wound healed and
nothing more was thought of it until
week ago, when she was attacked by un
doubted symptoms of hydrophobia. She
is now raving maniac, having terrible
paroxysms at the sight of water. She
foams at the mouth, snaps viciously at
every one who comes near, and has to be
chained to the floor.
Talk of Smothering the Sufferer.
Physicians can do nothing and the
girls mother is almost insane from grief
and fear. There is serious talk of smother
ing the victim, as her case is hopeless and
it would put her out of agony. The neigh
borhood is greatly excited, for the cog had
bitten several other children.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07

NEW YORK, May AT the spring meet
ing of the New York and Brooklyn Associa-
ton of Congregational churches yesterday
DIR. Lyman Abbott said: Il am a thor
ough believer in the eight-hour movement
Under the present system a man becomes
a bit Of machinery. Eight hours is as long
as any man should be a drudge Any
system which makes n man work twelve
hours a day is dishonest, because it is
grinding IA mans body for his labor That
labor is "A commodity and should be hired
for what you can get it for
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
ABBREV!ATEo TELEeRAMs.

Queen Victoria received Henry NJ Stan
ley at Windsor Tuesday.
The strike of tailors at London now in
cludes 5000 men, and the number is grow
ing
The crop reports in the hands of the
Kansas agricultural department are very
favorable
The town of Latham, few miles west
of Monticello, Ills, was almost destroyed
by fire Tuesday
Signs point almost certainly to the cleo
ton of John G. Carlisle as the successor
of the late Senator Beck
Broker James Burt, OF New York, was
awarded Sl2, 5000 tuesday, in SIS, 900 libel
suit against The Boston Advertiser.
Severe frosts occurred at several points
in Illinois Monday night The fruit crop
in Galesburg and vicinity has suffered a
set back
o. NJ. Thune is under arrest at Portland,
Ore, for embezzling $4,000 from manufac-
turers who employed him as agent at
Minor, n. d.
John 7. Hickey, 10 year-old boy, died
at the Wells Memorial hospital, New
York, Tuesday from the effects of cigar
cite smoking.
carried by the Democrats. The new Aus
tralian ballot law was in force, and was
generally approved.
The bill for the abolition of the death
penalty in New York is dead itself, the
senate Judiciary committee having post
poned it indefinitely.
Mrs Jefferson Davis has announced to
her personal friends south the coming
marriage of her daughter Winnie To Al
fred Wilkinson, OF Syracuse, n Y.
Gen. Alger, cOmmander-in-chief of the
G. A. r., accompanied by Mrs. Alger, Mrs.
John A. Logan, and Others, arrived ut
Chicago Tuesday from his trip west.
Two boys of Is, named Craddick and
Pickett, shot into an Ohio and Missis-
sippi train. near Pana, Ills, Tuesday No
body was hurt. Pickett was arrested
Mrs. Ellen Jewell, an Englishwoman
who lost her husband at Albuquerque, y.
NJ, recently, became insane from grief at
Kansas City while on her way to England,
Tuesday.
Ex-President Hayes presided at the
meeting of trustees of the Slater educa-
t'onal fund at New York, Tuesday.
Marked advances in the introduction of
industrial training in the south were re-
ported.
James Marine, New York resident, was
interrupted at prayer by Frank Quinn,
who was spelling for fight. He got what
he wanted for Marine used brass cruel
fix over Quinn's head and cut his scalp
open for three inches
Arguments were made Tuesday in the
case of Commander McCalla, of the United
States ship Enterprise, before the court
martial at New York The case is now
in the hands Of the court, but their
verdict will not be known until the score
tary of the navy has passed upon il.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Meeting of Y. Nj. &, A. Men.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May THE TWEEN
tieth annual conference OF the general sec
retaries of the Y. NJ. c. A. of the United
States and Canada opened in the hall of
the house of representatives at 40 O'Clock
last evening. Four hundred delegates are
present. The general chairman and
secretary Of the executive commi tee.
Mr.. George T. Howser, of CINCINNATI, pre-
sided. After the formal organization, Mr..
j. T. Bovine, of the School of Chris ian
Workers at Springfield, Mass, read n pa
per discussing the question of Are We
Called to Life of Work.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
DEEDS OF BLOOD.
Two Dual Tragedies of the
Same Character.
CHILD MURDER AND THEN SUICIDE

A Father Kills Himself and Daughter and
Mother Commits a Like Crime-The
Second Wife of a Bigamist Tricks the
Tailor and Releases Him Only to See
Him Re-Captured-ChivaIr South
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Notes.
FoxBoRo, Mass, May IA man named
Cromack murdered his13-year- old daughter
yesterday, and then killed himself. He
was victim of morphine, and probably
insane. After the other members of the
family had gone to work in the Bemis Hat
factory yesterday morning Cromack went
to the school where the daughter was a
pupil and got her excused. They went
home together, and when the other mem
bers of the family returned home last
evening they found the father and daugh-
ter dead side by side on a bed. The girl
had been shot in the head, and Cromack
had both shot himself and cut his throat
with a razor
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
The MARKETS.

CHlCAGo, May
Following are the quotations on the board
~ trade to-day; Wheat No May opened
DC. closed E'c June, opened ati.c. closed
3isc. July. opened 800. closed E,i.c. Corn
No. Ma E, Opened Aas-, closed ;4Ssc:
June, opened S4tac, close S4lic: July. opened
35i &C.. close :5tsr. Oats NJ. = May, opened
25ssc closed .5la June opened :4ssc. closed
s5isc; July. opened 2'a4c, closed s5's Pork
May, opened Sl3l7lS, closed sl3 10: June
opened sl3.S5, closed Sl3.2 July, opened SiS5O,
closed 80. Lard June opened S64S, closed
S642ls
Live stork-Cnion stock yards prices were
quoted follows: ogS-Market opened
active and strong " III prices about steady:
light grades, S43lI 2,iS rough packing. SAL a.
AIS; mixed lots $40 40. heavy packing ami
shii ping lots. s4.3J l+.",i3.
Cattle-Market quiet, about steady; beeve=,
SS.6045.:u. cows and mixed, 81. Ois3 81; stock
ers and feeders, S2.75 a4l5; corn-fed Texans.
s2.00d2.s. Sheep-Neak: lOGs5c lower;
muttons. S5Oot640 lambs, S6.25a7.2h
Produce: Butter-Finest creamery, l6ll.c
per Id; finest dairy, l2le . lie; packing stock.
sac. Eggs Strictly fresh,llc per doz. Poul-
try-Chickens. s14G9c per ID; spring chickens,
S2.0OG2.j0 per doZ: turkeys, 9Gl4c per ID:
ducks, 1la c.sy5ese 81 90 16.p per doz. Pota-
toes on track Common and mixed .s5031c per
bu; Peerless, 81 t4ac per bu: Beauty Of Hebron.
I3I45c per bu: Buraanks, $3.50 per bu. II l.
nois sweet potatoes, good to choice S3.5aS3 IS
per BIB Apples-Fair to cho ce, Si0IeI.5O per
Dbl
New York.
New YORK, May 6.
Wheat-No. red winter, 81 nl4 cash;
do June, 9ec; do July, g7ssc; do August. Csc
Corn-No. mixed cash. 44i4c: GO May.
4ejec; do June, 421s-: do July. 42a4c Oats
Strong and quiet; No. mixed ash. Szlkc:
do May, &i@c: do June. al2sc. Rye-Quiet
out steady; western, So 5sc. Parley-Un-
changed Pork-Moderate demand, firm:
mess, Sl2.25Gi2,5 for old Iard-Duu and
lower; July. 500; August, $500
Live Stock: Cattle-No trading in beeves:
dressed beef firm; native sides. 6}S0Ts4c z y.
Sheep and Lambs-Narket nearly nominal;
feeling weak; clipped sheep, S5.55 = 100 rs
Hogs Nominally steady; live hogs, s4.5o9L70
p 100 bs.
ROCK ISLAND.
Hay-Upland prairie, 81 So
-Timotny-S6 OC0lS6 So
Hay-Wild, 20 09Gsa o..
Corn-24cG25c
Oats-20c.021c
Cosl-Soft! 10
Cord WOODS 5 GS4t0.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
They BLEW OUT The GAS.
Death Gathers In Three and Probab]


Death Gathers In Three and Probably
Four-Two Married Couples.
CHICAGO, May IA man and woman
supposed, by papers found on their per-
sons, to be Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Edwards,
ernoon lying ON the bed in room at the
LIE Grand hotel, 80 Wells street, overcome
by gas, which was pouring into the room
from an open jet. Efforts were made to
revive them, but in the case of the man it
proved useless. The woman, after two
hours of hard work, showed some signs of
life and possibly may recover, although it
Is not likely It is thought that when
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
War Between LABOR Uni,ns

LYNN, Mass, May THE Haverhill
quarrel has reached here, and war is de-
clared in the heart of the Knights of La
Dor Shoe district against the International
Boot and Shoe Workers union, which has
gained foothold in b. G. Patterns shoe
factory. Monday walking delegates of the
h. of l.. ordered out all the knights en-
ployed in that factory, because of the
firms refusal to discharge an information
al mar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
CARPENTERS STRIKE ENDED.
The New Bosses Association at Chicago
Settles with the Men.


Settles with the Men.
CHICAGO, May Both the Boss Carpen-
ters' and Builders association and the Car
penters' council have ratified the action of
the arbitration committees, and the men
Will be ordered back to work The basis
of the settlement is as follows. The eight
hour day is conceded; s. cents an hour
will be the minimum rate of wages till
Aug, l, after that date 371S cents; each en-
ployer can retain the apprentices he now
has and add one new one each year; the
union is definitely recognized; overtime
will be regarded as time and one half
Sunday work at double time; contractors
are prohibited from taking sub contracts
from the old association; joint arbitra-
ton committee will settle the rate of wages
and adjust al. difficulties at the beginning
OF every season.
The Molders ON the BLACK Road"
There are strikes and rumors of strikes
in various partf of the city. but the only
one of Importance is that OF the molders in
the BLACK Road" district. There are l, zoe
OF them, and the employers will concede
nothing. Everything is quiet, however:
indeed it could note we'll be otherwis as nc
attempt has been made To fill the strikers
places
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Quite a Considerable oversipht,

PITTBURG, May THE agent of the
Denny estate, owners of the National
league base ball grounds (Recreation par y,
yesterday Issued warrant and levied On
all of the goods within the park enclosu re
to satisfy nine months rent, amounting
to s., 600. Thirty days are allowed the be Sc
ball people to pay the bill. Mr.. Nimick
says that the matter has been overlook ed
and will be settled at once.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Threatened with n Boyoott.

PHILADELPHIA, May Letters were
sent yesterday to the master builders, who
are holding out against the demands Of
their men for an increase in wages, noti-
flying them that if they did not by 10
O'Clock today concede the demands of the
strikers a certain plan which had been
formulated would be put into operation.
This plan is simply boycott in all that
the word implies, on the stubborn bosses.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
GREAT STRIKE OF MINERS.
Thirty Thousand In Illinois Almost Sur,
To Quit Work

Thirty thousand In Illinois Almost Sure
to Quit Work.
CHICAGO, May There now seems 70
be no prospect of n settlement of the coal
miners difficulties, and it is very probable
that 10000 coal miners in Illinois will soon
go on Il strike for an increase of ~ cents a
ton for digging 4. l.. Sweet, one of the
most extensive coal operators in the
state, said in an interview yesterday
that it was impossible for the OPP
orators 10 grant the advance and
that the indications were for a protracted
strike. Their wages said Mr. Sweet, al.
ready almost eat up the profit. and the
idea that we can stand raise of ~ cents
is nonsensical." Twelve thousand miners in
northern Illinois are now out. Should a
general strike take place it will necessi-
tate the use of eastern coal here, and con
sequently raise the price temporarily.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07

WASHINGTON CRY, May 1.-The senate
did no business yesterday, it being the day
of Senator Beck's funeral Nothing was
done in the house except the introduction
of a few bills-one amendment of the inter
state commerce law intended to meet the
supreme court decision on Original pack
ages" of tanglefoot, and bill to establish
q life saving station ut Saugatuck, Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Law-Abidlns south Carolinians.

COLUMBIA, :. C., May 7-Governor
Richardson has been notified that John 7.
Graham, the attorney for the lynched ne
gro l.eaphart, has fed from Lexington from
mob that threatened his life, and that
there were about fifty men in the town,
some of whom were surrounding the house
of Graham, where his wife and children
were. The temper of the mob indicated
that if they attacked the house they would
have respect for neither sex nor age. and
the governor was requested to send protec-
ton for those people. The governor inn
mediately telegraphed the sheriff TO guard
Graham's house, and protect the inmates
with posse, and that the sheriff would be
held responsible for the safety of Mrs Ora
ham and her children
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
VIII Sell Original Packages,

ATLANTIC, Ia, May Is. J. Applegate
yesterday received carload of liquor, in
Guiding beer, wine, whisky, etc, under the
original package" decision. The liquor
will be stored at Apologize Bros cold
storage warehouse S j. Apologize Is fix
ing up one'of his store rooms on Chestnut
street for an office aid "sample-roou.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
smuggled American Tobacco.

at Southampton made a raid upon ware
house filed with recently imported goods
yesterday with the result of discovering q
large quantity of American tobacco,
which had been struggled in under mani.
tests calling for goods bearing much
lower duty. The tobacco was seized and
the consignees will be prosecuted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
The Death Record.

EVANSTON. ILL.,. May 7-Joseph r.
Cummings. president of the Northwestern
University, died suddenly this morning of
fatty degeneration of the heart. Under
Doctor Cummings the University had the
greatest progress
DEs MONIES. May Cocker F. Clark
son, of the Des Moines Register. and
father Of Assistant Postmaster General
j. 8. Carkson, died last night.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
4 Iettar from DR.. Peters.

BERLIN, May THE Emin relief com
mittee has received a letter from DR..
Peters in which he says that he assembled
the Tana river and camped from Nov 16
to Nov. 26 in the Manomi mountains He
made an attempt to bridge the Tana river,
but failed and traversed the right banl, to
Kikuju, through Likspia and thence to
Lake Baringo. DR.. Peters and his party
had frequent engagements with the ma
tlves and defeated them. They reached
Mjemps on Lake Baringo, on Jan. and
started for Victoria Nyanza ON Jan. ID
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
An Edict Against Book yIal,ne.

ELIZABETH, n. j., May Judge Van
Sickle, at the opening of the May term of
the Union court, directed the grand jury
To bring indictments against all book
makers doing business at the race tracks
of the New Jersey Jockey club and the
Linden association. Horse racing" he
said, lis not against the law Of New Jer-
sey, but book making is"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Summoned to a Deatb-Bea.

WASHINGTON CITY. May First AS
sistant Postmaster General Clarkson, &C
companied by Mrs. Clarkson, lsft Wash
fngton at 7:4O O'Clock last evening for Des
Moines, Ia, in response to IA telegram
stating that Mr.. Clarkson's father was
dangerously i'll. The elder Mr.. Clarkson
is more than 80 years old. He has been
failing for several months
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
Postponed Action on the Pension Bill.

WASHINGTON CITY, May THE senate
committee on pensions held a meeting
yesterday morning to consider the substi-
tute adopted by the house for the senate
dependent pension bill. No conclusion
was reached, and the committee postponed
action until Tuesday of next week. The
committee will likely report a disagree
ment and ask a conference with the house.