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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
The Young Woman May Live.
ABBREVIATED TElEGRAMS.

The Chicago Inter Ocean suggests that
the 5000, coo half dollar souvenir coins
that will make up the 81, 500, 900 appropri
ated by the Durborow bill to the fair, be
sold at 81 apiece and thereby be made to
realize the needed 81, 900 900.
An advance of 2 per cent. has been or
dered and put into effect by the North
western Sash Door and Blind associa-
ton.
The president arrived at Loon lake with
out incident and found Mrs. Harrison
steadily improving.
Among the indictments found by the
United States grand jury at Dublin, Ga,
five were against young women-Mlsses
Matte Hester, Eugene Pope, Maud
Brown, Sallie Cobb, and Jennie Pope-for
operating a blind tiger Two of them
were convicted and fined $50 each. which
they paid.
Two of the principal contractors for work
on the Hennepin canal will have to give
up their contracts or make new ones, be-
cause the eight-hour law was not consid-
cred in making them.
The yearly Blue Grass Palace exposition
at Creston, Ia, will take place Aug. % to
81 this year. and it is said will be great
improvement OH its predecessors.
Crop "sharps" of Kansas say that no kind
of weather will result in more than half a
crop of corn this year.
Joplin, Mo, white lead works burned.
Loss, 100000.
A freight wreck on the B. and o. near
Connellsville, Pa, killed Brakeman j.
Pretty, fatally hurt Fireman c. Beltz and
injured NJ. EllsbaUgh, brakeman; IL.
Johnston, engineer, and +. Miller, fire.
man.
The drought a ong the Rio Grande is
beginning to break and four good showers
81, hu,,
The report that two of the Wells Fargo
robbers had been captured near Visa!ia,
Gala, is untrue. Oue was captured and
two got away after wounding Deputy
Sheriff Witty SO badly that he may die
A Chicago millimaid has eloped with IL
clerk in the water Office
A paving slab broke in half at Chicago
the ends of the stones struck the ground the
upper ends came together and crushed his
skull and nearly decapitated him. The
sti eet was crowded with shoppers and IL
number of women tainted at the awful
sight.
An apparent corpse was placed in the
morgue at Cincinnati, and after being
placed in box full of ice nearly scared the
life out of the attendant by "coming tor
The corpse" was taken to the hospital, but
died sure enough later.
Two Chinese girls and three boys, pro-
teges of IA missionarysociety, have arrived at
Detroit en- route to Ann Arbor, where they
will be educated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
THE VERY LATEST.
Two Heavy Fires.


BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. S.-Chatterton
& Co.'s furniture factory together with
four other buildings was destroyed by
fire this morning, with loss or $500. .
600.
New YORK. Aug. S-Tarrant s. Co +,
importers and jobbers in drugs on
Greenwich street. were burned out this
morning. The loss is $1O0. 600.
Great Strike Ended.
DUQUEsNE, Aug. S.-The strike at this
mill has ended. Five hundred old men
returned to work this morning at a. m.
No trouble will be had.
More Prosec utiOns.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. S.-Secretary
Lovejoy says there will be about 100
more warrants sworn out against strikers
as soon as the evidence needed is secured.
Miners Threaten to Strike.
FAlRMoNT, w. VA, Aug. S.-Three
thousand miners threaten to strike in or
der 10 force a recognition of the labor
organic alton Serious trouble is feared.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
HOW is THE NARRATO
Doesn't Look Like He Could Possibly
Survive This Effort.

Doesn't Look Like He Could Possibly
Survive This Effort.
ROME, Aug. S.-A tragic tale comes from
the village of Mercagliano in north Italy.
Saccone, farmers son, was enamored of
a pretty grape picker named Bionda. The
girl was already betrothed to one Costa
and rejected the advances of Sacconeo,
who thereupon forced a quarrel with
Costa, hoping to put him out of the way
and then win Signora Bionda's hand 1t
was agreed that the rivals should fight a
duel with pistols. The girl, learning of
the rendezvous, planned to aid her lover,
and hiding behind him she fired ut Saccone
when the signal was given.
The Young Woman May Live.
Costa fired at the same instant. Sac
cone fell dead, pierced by Costa's bullet,
but Costa also fell his sweetheart's aim
having been so unskillful that the bullet
from her revolver struck him in the back
of his head instead of reaching its in
tended victim. More remarkable still,
Saccone's bullet, missing Costa, buried
itself in the bosom of the devoted maiden
who had come to her lovers assistance
The doctors pronou nee Costa's wound
mortal but think that the young woman
NAV survive.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
DESPERATE AT BAY
Sensational Death of Key
stone State Murderer
A FUGITIVE FOR ELEVEN WEEKS,

He Is at Last Run to Earth in an Ice
House The First Omcer to Enter
shot Through the Shoulder and the
Next Through the ENTHUSIASTICALLY
cerine Exploded without Effect and the
Fort Finally Fired - Suicide in the
Midst of Flames.
PITTsBURG, Aug. S.-The capture of the
fugitive murderer Martin Reed at Mobiles
town Saturday evening, for sensationalism
rivals anything since j. Wilkes Booth
died in iCnominy for the assassination of
President Lincoln. Twice murderer.
Reed stayed in an ice house until it was
shattered with nitro glyceri1e aud set on
fire, when he placed n pistol to his forehead
and took his own life. perishing miserably
in the ruins. He broke Jail, was traced
for eleven weeks over three counties and
when brought to bay shot Constable Coyle,
of Mcdonald, through the heart and seri-
Ously wounded Deputy Sheriff Orr, OF
Washington, in the shoulder with Win
chester rifle; n desperate character Is no
more and the Gallows is cheated of its
Just prey.
Fair but Frail Woman the Cause.
A woman and Illicit love for her was the
cause of it all. Reed had a speedy trial
for the poisoning of Alexander Chapel,
was convicted and finally sentenced on the
10Th of May, 1882, to be hung. That even
ing he broke Jail and took to the country,
hotly pursued by Sheriff William Cherry
and his deputies. Chief of Police j. A.
Orr, of Washington, and Deputies w. B.
Mcbride and Samuel Williamson followed
him into Beaver county, afterward getting
track of their man at Mechanic sburg,
>-.l.l
urday afternoon the officers discovered
the murderer in an ice house at Mobiles
town. r
Was His Man, Sue Enough.
A crowd of perhaps 500 men, women,
and children had gathered on either hill,
watching tn scene with intense interest.
Twenty or thirty men and boys srmed
with shot guns and Springfield rifles came
also to help IN the capture. Shortly after
2 O'Clock Chief of Police Orr approached
the door of the ice house next to the road
and small creek, and directly after open
ing it saw his man half reclining in the
darkness on "A small scaffold of boards that
constituted the second floor. He wished
to be sure that it was Reed, aud just about
as he recognized him Reed rose apd fired
with n Winchester rifle, the bullet tak.-Ig
effect in the upper part of Orr's left shCul-
der and passing out the back of his neck.
Murder of Constable Coyie.
At o'clock Constable Hugh Coyle of
Mcdonald, rived to assist in the capture.
He was warned not to enter the ice house.
but in n foo..Iardy way jumped out OF his
buggy and, armed with u revolver, ran to
the door previously opened by Orr and
threw it back on the hinges. He had
scarcely done so when a shot rang OFT
quickly followed by another. He stag
gered IA few feet and fell PROSTATE, shot
through the heart The first shot missed
but the second found its mark.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
Had Fifteen Minutes to Spare.

OMAHA, Aug. S.-Fifteen minutes before
6 o'clock Saturday night, which was the
hour set for strike of all Union Pacific
operators unless their demands were
granted, compromise was agreed on.
The pay of operators on the main line was
fixed at a minimum of $50 per month and the
pay of operators on the branch lines at S45.
The cipher that was to have been sent out
to the operators giving the order to strike
was "PIay ball"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
"Filthy Luere" at the Bottom.

DIET ROT, Aug. SIN the circuit court
Saturday Jacob Claus, deaf and almost
blind, wrinkled and bent by 81 years, was
given a divorce from his wife, 90 years
old They had been married fourteen
years. and he has resided in Detroit six
ty-two years. The chief movers in this af-
fair were Claus two daughters by former
wife. They wanted all of the old mans
considerable property to revert to them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
MICHIGAN APPORTIONMENT.
Both Houses Pass the Brown Bill which
Is Considered Fair.

LANSING, Mich, Aug. S.-The 1egisla-
ture closed its labor Saturday by passing
the Brown apportionment bill, measure
that is considered fair by both parties.
The vote in the senate was % to 3, and as
soon as it was passed it was sent to the
house. There it went through by vote
of 6S to 10. A unanimous vote in both
houses gives the bill immediate effect
The governor will sign the bill, and. thus
twenty-eight hours after the Legislature
convened, the matter which was expected
to raise quite a fight was satisfactorily dis
posed Both houses formally adjourned
roday of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
Losing Faith in the Militia.

ST. PAUL, Aug SIN the national con-
vention of machinery moulders in session
here Saturday, resolutions were adopted
denouncing "the system of government
which prete nds to be republic but i'm
poverishes the many for the enrichment Of
the few and concludes with clause TO
the effect that the state national guard
is but weapon for the use of capital
against labor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
To Talk International Finance.

WASHINGTON, Ang. S.-The names of the
five commits sioners who are to represent
the United States at the coming inter
national monetary conference are official
ly announced. They are Senators Allison,
and Jones of Nevada; Representative Nc
Creary, of Kentucky; eX-Comptroller
Henry w. Cannon, of New York and
General Francis A. Walker, of Mas
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08

GUTHRIE, o. T., Aug. Skate Patter-
son, of Creacent City, secured a double
barreled shotgun Friday, walked in her
night-clothes to her lovers house, called
him out, shot at him. Thinking she had
killed him, she placed the muzzle of the
gun in her mo nth and with her bare feet
pulled the trigger, her brains being blown
out. Her lover was unframed. Jealousy
was the cause of the attempted murder
and snjcide
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
Pretty Slick If Not LibeIed.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug. s.-War-
rants were issued by Justice Joseph
Ffsnch Saturday morning for the arre=s OF
te Sntire town board of Superior on a
Scfia sge OF Acknowledgement. The members OF
the board are John Walker, Martin korn-
st.dsI aEl Frank Desmond. Last years tax
lew in the town was SO, 600, which was
collected. and none of it is now visible, and
there Are,no town improvements to show
where it has gone.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
OmciaI Count in Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. S-The official
count has been reported in fifty -two of the
sixty-six counties, and Jones, regular
Democrat is ahead just 10000 The esti-
mate on the remaining counties is very
close, and if no votes are thrown out for
irregularities, Jones will wind up with
about 900 majority. OF the total mum
Der of counties, Jones has carried twenty
nine and kolb thirty
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
Mrs. Green Was Too Hasty.

CHICAGO, Aug S.-By her hasty action
Mrs. Hetty Green has destroyed all pos
siblity of bringing to justice the men who
forged deeds to property valued at 81 900,
600 owned by her. A trap had been set
for the forgers to obtain proof of guilt,
but Mrs. Green became alarmed at the
delay and brought suit to quiet her title
to the property. This put the sharks on
their guard
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
1t Made a Deadly Mess.

CINCINNATI, Aug. S.-A family named
Mcintyre in the village of Buena Vista ate
heartily of boiled cabbage Friday. All
were Immediately taken i'll and four died
in agony. To prove her innocence the
colored cook ate of the cabbage, and WAS
also taken violently sick. An examina-
ton of the cabbage showed that a spread
ing adder had been cooked with it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
Fast Time by Hal Pointer.

BUFFALO, Aug. s.-The event of the day
at Saturdays grand circuit races was
the pace between Hal Pointer and Direct
for s., OOO. Pointer won each heat, the
second in the phenomenal time of 2OSz.
faster than sny heat ever trotted or paced
on q regulation track. The first and third
heats were in 2:lO5@ and 2:11 respectively.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
An nlInoi. Publish er Drowned.

CHARLESTON, Ills, Aug. S.-Edward
Brooks, one of the publishers of The Her
aid in this city, was drowned in the river
near here yesterday while in bathing. he
got beyond his depth, and before hels
could reach him he sank.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08
WHAT Stronger Proof

Is needle d of the merit of Hoods Ssrsapa-
pari!ls than the hundreds of letters con
Iipually coming in telling of marvelo S
curei it has effected after all other
re NEEDLES had failed? Truly. Hoods Ssr-
saparilla possesses peculiar curative
power unknown to other medicines.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08

The largest sale, the most merit the great
est cures Try it. and realize its benefits
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-08

Hoods pills cure Constipation by
restoring the peristsltic action of the
elementary canal. They are the best
femily catarfic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
RIOTS IN THE "CITY OF THE PLAGUE"
CHOLERA CAUSES A DI STURBANCE IN PERSIAN
CITY-PHYsTCIANs ABANDON THEIR
PATIENTS.

ST Petersburg Aug. S.-A dispatch nom Astrabad'
a city of Persia, whose pestilental atmosphere has
gained for II the ominOus name Of City OF the PEighe
saws that the mollahs priests. whose influence Win
the populace Is very powerful have preached that te
outbreak OF cholera Is due to the sale OF acohohc
liquors. Their language excited the poplace IN frenzy
Mobs gathered at the mosques. and determined to
take summary steps TO abolish the liquor traihc.
Raids were forthwith made upon the dram
shops which plundered. The mob destroyed
the goods OF a number Of Armenian traders. who are
Russian subjects Tho Russian Consul. fearing that
the trouble would grow and that he might b. attacked
slegraphed to 81. Petersburg for assistance. The
Government at once gave orders for the dispatch OF
twenty five mounted COssacks, who have arrived az
Astrvbad where they are guarding the Consulate
The city situated small stream that flows into
Asrsbad Bay, which opens into the caspian 5ca, ana
a Russian gunbOat has ascended thls stiNdm anu Is
now anchored on Astrabad.
The Russian Legation at Teheran, the capital Gi
Persia was informed of the work Of emob and NJ.
dc Bu1ow. the Russian Minister, has demanded com
pensaton for The rotous acts Of the populhce
The Shah OF Persia, who is maldhg tour OF the
provinces, has been informed OF the outbreak oi
cholera in Teherah and he will Immediately return TO
that city.
Paris. Aug. s.-Dootor Brolardel has compiled an
elaborate detailed report the socalled cholera
outbreak in Paris end some Of It's suburbs The re
port proves that the outbreak entirely due TO the
drinking Of water obtained from the River seine.
DtI1ots served from other rivers from springs. or
where the drinking water IS boiled entirely escaped
the disease. although In many instances they were
within Il few yards VI affected places. while the
aXinum .. cases occurred ~ districts supplied with
water from the most polluted portion OF the Seine
Not single case vi the disease could be traced 10 ini
ported cholera had the characteristics OF true
Asiatc cholera.
Vienna. Aug. s.-A dispatch TO the Meme Freie
PresseT from Lemberg says that along the railway
between Kursk. Charkoir and Azor great number 9f
ply slcans have abandoned their patients and He'd
account Of the prevnlcnce VI chOcrH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
SHERIDAN UISNT DEAD AND BURIED.

HIS FAMILY THOUGHT HE WAS. THOUGH. AND
SPENT s2Gj ON HIS FUNERAL.
Peter sheridan, supposed 10 be- dead ana b'red
walked into his fathers house Mt Elizabeth " d., yes
tcrtay. lie had been working FOR two months In l'!ih
dclpha. An unknown man was killed at Bloomsbury,
" j., June b. was Identified several days later as
sheridan, and the body, which had been buried at
bloomsbury wns taken 10 Elizabeth and buried again
I'm the Shcrdans' plot The Prudential Insurance
Company had insurance OF 800 on sheridans
life, and paid this money TO his parents. IL cost
the Sheridnns 1906 to remove the now unknown
body 10 Elizabeth and have II buried. They wbl
now have II dug up and buried third time some
where else,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
THE RETOLUTION IN HOND URAS
PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT
cHECKMATED-LEIvA TO REMAIN IN CONTROL.

A PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT
cUEcKMATED-LEIvA TO REMAIN IN CONTROL.
New-Orlears. Aug. s.-The steamship City OF Dallas
arrived Yesterday evening with the latest intelligence
OF the revolution in spanish IIoOduras. 1t appears
that the Government more has the upper mana
and that Leiva and his Cabinet will remain In control.
lie has chartered the steamship spazed, New
Orleans vessel and converted 1t into warehtp load
ing the steamer with troops 1t sailed from Puerto
Cortes to attack CeIba 1t IS reported that pitched
battle was fought at Ceiba between the resident revou-
tionsts and the Government troops In which the latter
were victorious The vessel Is said to have con-
trbuted materially to the result by bombarding tne
revolutlonIsts with light ordnance with whch
I. had been armed The bombardment dislodged the
rebels and they fed In disorder to the forests
The ClOverDment Is reported to have been renforccn
by the addition Of band OF insurgents who deserted
NuIla and marched into. Puerto Cortes. Ihe COM
mander OF this band disclosed the movements OF the
revolutionsts They intended to march secretly into
Cawayagua on August and capture the city, IN the
event OF success they would bombad and destroy all
the public buildings aud Leva's residence, and In
addition empty the Golfers OF the Treasury and burn
all the important papers they could lay hands on.
Spes were in communication with Nulla daily ana tne
plan was we'll laid and would have overthrown the
ticverrment had IL not been for the Information re-
ceived The dispatched TO Leivsi ana others
and large force Is now guarding the capital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
PURSUING THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
ANOTHER OFFICER THOUGHT TO DE KILLED
MoUNrAINEERs THOROUGHLY AROUSED.

ANOTHER OFFICER THOUGHT TO BE KILLED
MoUNrAINEERs THOROUGHLY AROUSED.
Reedley Cal. Aug s.-A messenger has just 10
turned from Sampson Flat Pine Ridge. thlrty-hvs
miles north Of Reedley, where Christian Evans. tho
trail robber has mining claim, the point the robbers
are supposed TO be headed for II is believed that tho
robbers are now In he mountains. Three men. riding
gray sorrel and dark bay horses, were seen at dis
tance in the vicinity OF Sampson Flat. One Is said b
answer the description Of Evans. People throughout
tAe foothills and mountains are thoroughly aroused,
and all are the lookout. Roads and trails are
lined with me armed with rcvolvers, shotguus rihss
and knives large posse OF deputies and officers 10
stationed smith Moore's mills, four miles from
sampson Flat. Others securing the country II
all directions. II is reported here that the robbers
shot and killed another officer, making their fourtA
vcttm. No details be learned A camp has been
discovered Monson, where the robbers prepared
dinner yesterday, while the sheriff and ten men were
within four miles. The mountaineers say II will b
almost Impossible to capture the robbers II they
reach their old haunts at sampson Flat.
A telephone message from 0rOsi, In the foothils,
twelve miles from Reedey, says that the Visaa
train robbers are Niger Creek ten miles from
Or0si, surrounded BY posse OF over nifty armed men
The officers confident OF their capture IL tho
desperadoes get no further In the mountains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
SEVERE STORM IN MINNESOTA.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE BY WIND. LIGHTNING AND
HAIL.

WIDESP READ DAMAGE BY WIND, LlUHINlN" AMI
ST. Paul, Minn.. Aug. 5-Iast nights hall, wlnd
and rain storm was locally but the greatest
damage was done IN other parts of the State. The
storm was widespread, extending from away over In
South Dakota clear this State into Wisconsin
Trees blown down, houses were wrecked, grain
fattened to the ground washed out and altogether
some hundreds OF thousands OF dollars worth OF dam
age done. Full reports have not been RECEIVED, but
the loss seems likely TO reach well up to Sl.OOO,Ooo
In Lincoln, Yellow Medicine and Lyon counties alone
the damage Is estimated at considerably more than
100000.
Marshall reports a tornado at 5 O'Clock this morn
Ing going over the same as the blow OF last
Friday. The IcelandIc Lutheran Church built last
year was picked up, turned bottom upward, and
striking on It's roof thoroughly demolished.
Several barns and small buildings were crushed and
overturned and many trees blown down. In the
northern part of the town the ground wRs covered
with hailstoncs, the size being an inch and haf
In diameter, but many larger. Two Polanders
are reported 10 be killed In Marshall.
In ST. Paul and Minneapolis number Of houses
were struck by lightning. and more or less damaged
BY the hro that followed 1t, while the damage by the
wind and rain was very great. Reports from other
parts OF the Northwest to the same effect. Many
sections report the grain In many fields so badly
lodged and damaged as TO be unfit for cutting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
THE TREASURE SHOULD ARRIFE TO-DAY.
NEARLY $4,000 900 IN GOLD FROM SAN FRAN
CISCO TO SWELL TIE SURPLUS AT
THE SUB.TREASCRY
THE SUB.TREASUR'

Washington. Aug. s.-The treasure train which was
reported this morning arriving at Chicago from san
Francisco Is bound for Newlork. and should arrive
there tomorrow before II bears one OF the
largest shipments OF specie made on one train 10
this country, the value OF the gold bars aggregan8
S2O.OOo.OOO The shipment was directed by secretary
Foster In view OF the fact that the san Francisco Sub
Treasury had plethora Of gold in store. the excess
over all probable requirements reaching &GOOO0,O0D.
while the recent demands for gold for shipment TO
Europe made upon the New-York sub Treasury have
somewhat reduced the supply on hand there.
The Treasury officials averse TO speaking
n the shipments or telling any Of the details of
the movements Of the train. being animated BY
desire 10 avoid furnishing any Information that mglk
stimulate desperadoes to make an effort at train
robbery AS preciuton that human vigilance
couh suggest has been adopted there IS believed TO
be- absolutely danger OF robbery. but II IS the
policy OF the Department people To avoid holding out
temptation to would he wrong doers.
As odi.tonal means OF Increasing the gold balance
at New York tho Assistant Treasurer at that port has
been instructed TO receive deposits OF gold coin for
exchange San Francisco free OF all charges. This
privilege OF free exchange applies only 10 deposits az
the NewIOrI Sub-Treasury. however. and l. granted
for the sole purpose OF transferring gold coin from
Sau EIancisco. where II s not needed. TO New York,
where there Is more demand for IT,