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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
TERRA FIRMA SHAKEN.
Saturday Nights Earthquake Dis
tinctly Felt Here.
Houses in Rock Island and Moline
shaken-hore Especially in the
Latter city,

Saturday nights earthquake. which was
more or less perceptibly felt in the six
states surrounding Us. was noticed in
Rock Island and Moline, but perhaps no,
80 much so as in other localities. In a
number of houses in Rock Island the
tremor was distinctly noted. This was
particularly so in the houses along the
bluffs, and especially along the Rock
river heights-at Black Hawks tower and
further east.
Charles Deere's residence on Moline
bluffs, was so AIKEN that ornaments fell
from the msntel
The telegraph brings complete details
of the effect of the disturbances else>
where, which was probably of an equinoc-
tial nature.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
MARKET SQUARE.
Edwards 4 Walsh Complete the Paw
inS-A Neat Job-S.me Def cts

Edwards 4 Walsh Complete the Paw
'ns-A Neat Job-S,me Def cts
Rem ded.
The additional consignment of paving
brick for Edwards & Welsh due at 80
Saturday afternoon, did not arrive until
o. Accordingly paving operations on
Market square were not resumed until
this morning.
The firm completed the work shortly
before noon today. and Inspector Lloyd
has since been engaged with a force of
the firms men raising the Second avenue
pavement bordering the square to the
proper grade This will be completed in
short time. The firm of Edwards s.
Walsh deserve grea, praise for the man
ner in which the square mas been paved
Not only has it been done thoroughly
and well, but expo ditiously. 1t is the
broadest expanse of paving ever attem pit
ed In the three cities, and 1t required
therefore, great deal of care and
skill and a great many trick 1t is also the
first job in the taree cities of double
course vitriied brick, and the firm may
always point 10 it with pride, for it has
the appearance of not only u neat piece
of work, but of substantial kind.
The firm this afternoo remedied the de-
feet between the car tracks in the curves
at Twenty-third street and Fifth ave-
nue., taking out the brick on the right
hand curve and relsying them in herring
| bone style to conform TO the olher two =.
The firm has in this way evinced pride
in its work such as is expected of local
firm having the city's interests at heart
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
THE INQUEST.

Coroner HAYES empaneled jury, con-
sisting of Charles E Hodgson, foreman;
Captain George Long, Otto Grotjan. L.
V. Eckhart, F. A. Warren and E. P.
Pinneo, and q number of witnesses were
examined this morning.
The first witness was Richard Meincke.
brother-in-law OF the suicide. who testi-
fed to Mrs. hagen's running into his
house on Saturday evening, saying that
her husband was going to kill her, and
that shortly after Hagen arrived with q
revolver in his hand, and wanted his wife
to come home with him, but she re-
fused, and that Hagen then threatened to
kill witness. He further stated
that last night Hagen sgain came to his
house and then described how it occur,
red as above stated. The next witness
was Fred Pehl. who was at the Meincke
house when the suicide took place, and
corroborsted the testimony of the pveced-
ing witness. after which Msx Boorgin,
who was also present at the time. gave
testimony in coIro boration of the other
two.
The next witness was Mrs. Annie Ha-
gen. wife of the suicide, who testified as
to their domestic troubles, but could
assign no reason for her husbands rash
act. The jury then retired and shortly
returned a verdict, finding that John
Hagen came to his death by pistol shot,
inflicted bY his own hand, on Sept. 81,
1891.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
DREAM OF HAPPINESS

May be followed by morning of La Grippe.
Easily, and why: Because the displacement of
covering in bed, q neglected draught from partly
closed window, an open trsnsom come ted with
a windy entry in a hotel, may conveyto your nos
trils and lungs the death-dealing bast. Terrible
and swift are the inroa Is made by this new des-
troyer. The medicated all oaolic principle in
Hostetter's Stomach Btters will check the dire
complaint. Aparsistence in this preventive Of its
further development will absolutely checkmare
the dangerous N lady. Unmedicated slcoholic
stimulants of little or value. The just me-
dunn il the Btters. No less ec cious is il in cases
OF malaria, bi.liolsness. constipation rheumatism,
dyspepsia and kidney trouble The weak are
usually those uDon who disease fsstens first.
Invgorate with the Bite-s.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
Doesn't Cost ANYTHING.

Totling-Why do people borrow trou-
BILE so much?
Dimling-Because it isn't necessary to
put up any collateral. New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28

A Garland stove used one winter
stored at David Don's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
|1OOI Books,
Nv and Second

.es lak.
.-1..,-. sa-chc'~. Straps.
y.;,.. Pencil Boxes, Ru ers. and
everything necessary for school.
IL. g--ars' elementary geography for
30. cents.
-p.r.e geography for Guyot's inter
%. 81 .=g,s.
L.yl.l a,..hmetic for Felter's primary
IT.
ca .sy- money by setting your school
a..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
Jelly Glasses.

I have a large number of old
fashioned whisky glasses, hold
ing on an average one-third as
much as a plain half pint tum-
bier. The demand for common
jelly glasses is so for in excess
of the visible supply that l
have concluded to offer these
tumblers, assorted, at % cents
a dozen. while they last. They
are of the very best glass,
highly polished, useful in many
ways after they are emptied.
g. M. LOOSELY.
CHINA, GLASS AND LAMPS,
1909 Second Avenue,
Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
Uood Enough for Her.

The following has been received from
Miss Miranda Watkins, the Cowtown
poetess. She says she desires it to be
considered in the nachure of semi
apollergy:'
have not bin through lurnin's round,
Fur sech wuz not to be;
A-spellin things the way they sounds
Is good enuff for me.
-WashinCton Star
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
WHO COMES HERE?
Speculation AS TO Who Will be Ap.
pointed Comm andant at Rock ISL
and Arsenal to succeed Col. whit.
fem0rr

Ut nOCh 1Sk
ana Arsenal to succeed Col whit.
temore.
A Washington special telegram to to-
days Chicago Tribune conveys the fol-
lowing interesting intelligence:
The assignment of an officer to COM
mand the Rock Island arsenal is again
receiving the attention Of the chief of
ordnance Of the army, now that Col.
Whittemore. the late commandment. is on
his return from his vacation in Europe.
Col. Whittemore will not be returned
to duty at Rock Island. This much has
been decided, but who will succeed him is
still question. On account of its i'm
portsnce and contemplated Improvements
Gen. Fl8gler is anxious to place an active
and able officer III command of the arse
nal. 1t is. strictly speaking, a
coionel's command, being one of
three most important ordnance
commands, the Wstervleit gun foundry
and the Springfield srmory being the
other two. There are THEE colonies and
according to the customs of the service
they should each have one of these COM
mands, but Gen. Flagler is not a great
stickler for rank. and is therefore as likely
to take major as colonel for Rock ISL
and. Maj. Clifton Comfy of the Worlds
fair commission is prominently mentioned
in this connection If it is found that he
can fill both billets his assignment to
Rock Island may be looked for. Col.
Alfred Mordecal. member of the ord
nance and justification board. is also
spoken of. As far as the matter stands
at present the choice seems to rest be
tween those two officers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28

1.-THE Old, Old Story was well re-
ceived. Belongs to the same class as
The Charity Bali and Men and Women
and is theatrically effective. New York
Post
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
L~r ENJOYS

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d t:s to the taste, and acts
't D.. Inp,;2nptly on the Kidneys,
IT, Bowels, cleanses the sys-
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' isrsrs and cures habitual
I ~ syrup of Figs is the
n.ir of its kind ever pro
i' ai,1!irg to the taste and &C.
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and truly beneficial in Its
.,.~,-ed only from the most
FL agreeable substances its
,.s.Ient qualities commend 1t
| nd have made it the most
known. -o
Ellbsttles by all leading drug
/ Any reliable druggis:tt, who
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TrO8glA FIG syrup co.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28

Special values in new Millinery will
be shown on Monday, all high class
novelties now being opened.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
A HUSBANDS DESPAIR.
John Hagen Ends His Own Exis.
tence.
Crszed By IL. potts of His w,te'. In
fidelity He Becomes Desptr-
ATE and Dies by His Own
Hand.

John Hagen teamster, residing at
22l2 Second avenue, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the right breast at
the residence of his brother-in>law.
Richard Meincke. 21!2 Fifth avenue. at
about $50 O'Clock last evening For
some time past Hagen AID his wife have
not been living happily together. and on
Saturday night Mrs. Hagen left home
and went to the residence of her brother
on Fifth avenue. Hagen followed her.
and met his brother in-law, Richard
Meincke, in the front yard. There the
two had some words-Mencke's story be>
ing that Hagen had
THREATENED TO SHOOT HIM,
which circumstance. Meincke reported to
the police yesterday morning. LAST
night at about the time stated. Hagen
sgain made his appearance at the Meiucke
house while the latter WAS sitting with
some friends in he front yard. Meincke
heard the gate open, and started around
the house, and was met by Hagen who
had white b handkerchief thrown over
his right hand under which it is sup
posed he had the revolver concealed
Hagen advanced directly toward Meincke
until within about two feet of the latter
when he said, This is Annals husband;
and without moments warning he fired
ha fat oil yrp Trh y; g.
Meincke at once went in search of a
physician, and reighbors who heard the
report of the pistol gathered about the
PROSTATE form OF the man and applied
restora,ives. but it was too late.
DEATH WAS Al MOST INSTANTANEOUS.
Coroner Halves was Immediately motif
fed, and the body was taken 10 knox's
undertaking rooms. Hagen. the suicide.
was about "a years of age and was usual
ly Of Cheerful disposition. Domestic
troubles over VIII oh he brooded are said
to be the cause OF the mans rash act. He
Is said to have been psssionateiy fond of
his young wife, and as the latter in her
actions had given him cause for jealousy
which has been common talk in the
neighborhood in which they lived, to,
gether with the fact of her leaving home
and refusing to return. so preyed upon
his mind that in 6 ct of dependency he
took his own life The stories which are
current in the neighbCrhood implicate a
day policeman, formerly on that beat,
whose actions about Hsgen's household,
is thought, reached the ears of the hus-
band
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30
School Lands.

The question of failure. in many in
stances. to locate land certificates issued on
Confederate scrip i'll alternate sections, as
contemplated by the law under recent
dictum of Chief Justice Stayton. was lately
referred to Land Commissioner Me
GaugheY.
Frequently the land located
for the public schools and
that for the individuals We're wide apart.
A proposition to cure the defect was made
to the commissioner, providing for divis-
ION of the 1850 acre school location aud
also of the private location in each division,
go acres going to the individual and go TO
the public school fund. The commissioner
does not approve of the plan and rules
against the proposed division.
The Encouragement has delivered an
opinion adversely 10 the practice in vogue
among sheriffs of taxing up mileage against
defendants for services in miedemeanor
cases. The law allows no such item of
cost He has also ruled that sheriffs are
entitled to Il salary of 500 for ex-officio du-
ties, and 81 per day for services rendered
by themselves or deputies il attending
court. They are allowed nothing in such
cases for hire of extra bailitfs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30

Equally absurd and unwarranted is the
suggestion or inSinuatiOn of the last three
or four days that Land Commissioner Nc
Gaughey IS p.uming himself for d race
against Hogg in 1892 for governor. and that
he is falling i'll with the Sub-treasury idea
as platform on which TO make the race.
OF course he pays no attention to the cack-
ling going on and cares nothing about ii.
knowing, perhaps, that the object is to
create doubts and diStruSt in the minds of
his friends and breed diSSeISion among the
adherents OF the administration.
II there is one thing more than another
of which the commissioner is really proud.
il is the speeches which he made during the
last campaign against the sub-treasury
nonsense. He talks about them even now
with an JUNCTION and satisfaction that plainly
indicates his sentiments on that subject.
The idea of making race for any Office in
Texas on the sub-treasury platform is as
preposterouS as an effort to cross the At
!antic in a tub. And that is about the way
it strikes the commissioner.
THERE Is GOOD DEAL or SPECULATION
here as to where the committee and the ad-
jutant-general will locate the state camp
for the militia. a number OF places have
offered sites, and some have accompanied
them with bonuses. Austin has offered
number of sites and additional inducements
besides. Waco, Brennan, Georgetown,
Palestine. Calvert and several other places
have put in bids and supplemental bids.
The location will be decided in a few days.
4 good many think that Waco will get it,
because OF its liberal offer, desirable
grounds supplied with artesian water, and
its central geographical position.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30

that Mr.. Nhatley is holding his office in Vi
olation of the constitution. They say that
there is nothing whatever in the buster
that is being made about it, and regard it as
harmless exhibition of the anti-Hogg
mania that must find vent somehow. lest
digesting the venom of his spleen split
somebody and produce still moro disastrous
consequences.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG
in the appointment OF Whatley. the senate.
which confirmed him, IS particeps criIninis
with the governor. and equally guilty. But
who blalnes the senate for it? No one. The
blame for tiff there were any-is all
dumped at the governors door.
But is Senator Whdtley the first mem
Der OF the legislature appointed TO office,
while still member? Not at all. There
are several precedentS for such appoint
ment To go back only four years ago Gov.
Ross took Douglas out of the senate at the
beginning Of the Twentieth legislature
and made him assistant superintendent
of the penitentiary At the same session
Dick Harrison. who was a member. was
made an assistant to the encouragement.
Not an objection was raised. or word of
complaint heard about either case. It was
a. rlght-aS 4 matter of course-when done
by Governor Ross, but d
SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
when Governor HoGg followed the prece-
Gent. Inc constitution eNpounuerS nave
one gospel for Hogg and another for Ross.
And though both follow precisely the same
rule of procedure in the matter of appoint
mentS, one acts according to the orthodox
political faith. while the other becomes Il
pestilent hereto. about whom the fageots
of political hate are set blazing ana roaring.
Such has been the spirit of the opposition
ever since the Inauguration. Almost every
act OF the governor has been criticised,
and his official utterances ridiculed and
their intent and purport distorted misin-
terpreted and misreprasented. The most
trivial matters have been taken up and the
changes wrung upon them, and mole hills
have been maspiiied into mountains. 1t
seems that in the estimation of his enemies
the rights of man consisted in life, liberty
and the pursuit of Ho%g."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30
A Lovely Time Ahead for Ma.
cune and the Sub-Treasury.
THE VENOM OF ANTI-HOGGlTES
Reckless War Being Made on Every Act Of the
Administration by its Enemies.
Action Taken in Regard to Notaries Public.
Talk of McGaushey Being Candidate
for Governor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Hear Fall.


Special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, May 29-The attorney
general having ruled in j seccad opinion
that the secretary OF state should be guided
by the senate Journal and not the certified
list furnished by the secretary of the senate
in ascerfaiuinr who were appointed and
confirmed notaries public, the secretary of
state has issued the following circular to
county clerks throughout the state:
Under the ruling of the encouragement
this department IS required TO issue com
missions to notalies public in accordance
with the list of names sent 20 the senate by
the governor and the confirmation of such
of said names as is shown by the senate
journal. You will therefore at once for
ward to this Office the fees of those about
whom there is no controversy, with dates
of their qualification, and also a com
plete list of those VINO claim that
their initials are wrong, or whose names
are spelled wrong. or whose names are
not on the list furnished you by this Office,
whereupon, as soon rs a copy of the senate
journal can be secured, investigation of all
the cause of complaint in each ard every
case viii he instituted. and for those whose
names were properly sent to the senate BY
the governor and so confirmed by the senate
as shown by the Journal, commissions viii be
forwarded TO you for the collection of the
fee and entry of dates of qualification to be
thereafter returned to this Office. Very
respectfully, Gro. W. SMITH,
(Signed.} Secretary of State.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30

She collected the bieached bones and buried
them as best she could. aud owing 10 the
spot being an unfrequentcd one, the news
of the discovery did not reach here until
yesterday. The little girl, at the time she
found and buried the remains also gathered
the tattered clothing, such aS had not
been blown of by the winds. and
burned it. thus destroying almost the only
hope of ever identifying the victim. The
bones Were all bedched. the flesh having
no doubt been eaten by the wolves. The
skull had a bullet hole between the eyes
and was crushed in Oh one side. One shoe
was found with the bones OF u FOOT in II. and
I piece Of the silk back % = vest These,
with a map of the Mexican Contra. railroad.
were al that could De found which would
i'll any way aid in identification. The au-
tnoritieS are, OF course. Al Sed. bul viii
make as thorough an investigation - posSi-
bic County Attorney Hefuer states that
the man would probably have weighed l3O
pounds, and Judging from the shoe and i
portion Of the vest found, was well drcsScd.
Cuff buttons ana shirt studs were also
found i'll the ashes where the clothing was
burned
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30
WATERWORKS.
sun Circulation-A False Fire Alarm.
Discovered Negro in Her Room.
Special to the Gazette.

SpeclaI 10 Jnt baZelte-
DALLAS, Ten, May 29-For the past
year aud a half the Dallas waterworks res
ervoirS have been great bone of conten-
ton. and the subject of more press COM
ments than any other one thing in Dallas.
a few weeks ago these reservoirs We're ac-
cepted and paid for. Now the reservoir
subject is again before the people. The
river has so encroached upon the west wall
of one of the reservoirs as to cause the
same to be materially damaged. The EN-
bankment has slid into the river and many
thousands of dollars will have to
be expended in stone protec-
ton wall or the whole work viii
be lost to the city. These reservoirs cost
the city about S2C0,6G0. Something must
be done and done quickly in order 10 pro-
tect the city from loss.
Judge Tucker has overruled the motion
10 dissolve the injunction against the circu-
lation of the May Il issue Of the Kansas
City Sunday Sun. This will force the mat
ter TO regular trial, and II will probably be
up during the June term of court.
A false fire alarm caused by the burning
of an electric wire near T. VI. Jones & Co,
on Elm street. about 4:I5 O'Clock this even
ing, caused a temporary livening up of the
sluggish condition of the Dallas streets.
Mrs. Bailey, residing at 191 Cochran
street, al an early hour this morning, dis
covered a negro under her bed. The lady
raised an alarm, but the moke escaped be-
fore help arrived
Rev" Yates, an alleged missionary from
Africa, 1.-THE friend Of Livingston and StaE
ley" turns out to be a rank impOster and
was shown up by the Times-Herald to-day.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30
AN ALLIANCE MEETING.
The Alliance VIII Meet in Fort Worth
in July.

80
in July.
AUSTIN. Tex. May 29-Sam Dixon
arrived here to-day from Dallas on
business. Sam stated that an
Alliance meeting is about to be called for
Fort Worth early in July; not on the 4th,
however. It is to be the biggest thing of
the kind seen in Texas for many day.
The originatOrs and promoters of it
are among the class of Alliance men not in
violent sympathy with the recent Waco
conference, where they got little but the
cold shoulder. The Fort Worth meeting
however, is going TO be magnanimous
enough to invite all classes Of Alliance men
to come and share in the proceedings.
The object of the meeting is educational
in the line of opposition to all manner Of
radicalism and tomfoolery. There will be
no secrecy, no executive sessions. no mid
night roasting and scarifEing of political
heretics.. Everything is TO De open and
above board. a number of leading
Alliance lights from abroad Will be on
hand TO discuss many subjects of public
interest.
Among them will be Mr. Hall, president
of the Missouri state Alliance, who is said
to know q good deal about some Of the
slick Alliance brethren of Texas and their
political plans and methods.
The date of the meeting will be announced
later
Mr.. Dixon was asked what had become of
the new Alliance paper project talked of
some weeks ago. He replied that ii had
not yet been definitely decided
on. The establishment of pa
per would perhaps depend somewhat on
the tone OF the Mercury. lift should modify
its radical utteranccs trifie and open its
columns to all the brethren who had some
thing to say on either side of the sub
treasury or other questions. the new paper
may fall to the ground. Otherwise, it will
be started to a dead moral certainty.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-30
GIadstonian Candidate Elected.

LONDON, May 29.-The election of a
member Of parliament TO represent North
Buckingham in the place of Capt. Edmond
II. Nerney. recently expelled from the
house of commons, resulted i'll favor of H.
S. Leon, Gladstonian candidate, by q ma
jority of 3Sl
Thousands of North Buckinghamshire
electors assembled this morning TO hear the
result of election announced When the
returning Office gave out the figures the
people cheerad and groaned, according to
their sympathies. Liberal or Conservative
The defeated candidate, Hon. Evelyn Hub
bard, after the victory of his opponent had
been communicated to him, declared the
Gladstonian triumph was due to the re-
peated falsehOOds which had been inten-
tiOnally circulated broadcast among the
electors OF North Buckinghamshire by the
electoral agent of the Liberal party. The
Liberals deny the assertion and claim TO
have defeated Hubbard on the merits OF the
political issue now before the people.