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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
EXPRESS AGENT cLEvE7LY ROBBED
\ Thief. Gets Away with Package Worth
@8.cCo.

DWIGHT. H. Jan "Wednesday aft
ernoon- IL Agent Brlbaker was asserting
Eis express matter Just received from the
Chicago train two well-,lressed strangers
entered the United states Express com
Pany'> u!Iice- Ope II them stopped in from,
OF the desk. while the other walked up 70
the stove. which stood AZ the end Of the
desk The first man asked the agent If
there was A package for man whom lie
claimed was sick At the hotel Brubaker
began a search, and while his back was
turned the man at the stove reached
around the screen az the end and grabbed
a package containing 5000. The agent
did not discover the theft until several
minutes later when he gave the alarm
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

Talks cheap, but when it's
backed up by pledge of the
lard ash of a financially re-
sponsible finn. or company, of
worldwide reputation for fair
and honorable dealing, ii
means business :
Now, there are scores of
sarSapariilaS and other blood
purifiers, all cracked up to be
the best. purest, most peculiar
and wonderful, but bear in
mind for your own sake.
there's only onc guaranteed
blood-purifier and remedy for
torpid liver and all diseases
that come from bad blood.
That 0a,e-standing solitary
and alone-sold or f,zaL is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
If it don't do good in skin,
scalp and scrofuIous diseases
and pulmonary consumption
is only lung-scrofula-just let
Its makers know and get your
money back.
Talks cheap, but to back a
poor medicine, or a common
one, by selling it on trial, as
" Golden Medical Discovery"
is sold, would bankrupt the
largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but only" Dis.
covery IS guaranteed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

PeAinS. the present, and Naukin, the
ancient capital. are scarcely half Is large
- tuey were "a hundred years ago. They
display ali tire symptoms OF decay and
death. In che seaportS the population Is
composed chiefly Of Young China" ener-
setic. enterpri>iu, and commercial, and
oilers . marked contrast 70 the couserva-
tive and literary communities OF the int
rioT. From the former viii come the rul-
erS and policies Il tae next century. Al
ready IL power = - great a. 20 be A
stumbling block u ;he manfarins and a
menace - tEe imperial government
China Letter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
col DUDLEY ON T4g OUTLOOK.
He Think German the Coming Democrat
snd Harrison a Winner


Bo>EcN, Jan. >--Co,1nel W ". Dud-
ley, who i here ga legal business. was
tackled By reporter. lie would ,.ay very
Little aJOG- the Republican nomination Tor
president. 'ut thought Blaine could have
the nomination Il he wanted IT, lie was
asked: WHO 30 you think viii be nom
mated by the Democrats for PRESIDENT
->euatc- Arthur p German. u MARY
land SAT-. Dudley -Corman can carry
New York and. 10 win. the Democrats
must have that >tSte. The quarrel be
tween Cleveland and Hill would prevent
eiiher one q them carrying that state. and
takes tLeU both ont .: the list o csndi-
dates. Cleveland cannot carry New York.
AID Hsli cannot Therefor. German. who
Gan. VIII II nominated
Thih-s Harrison Could Win.
DO you think Harrison. II nominated.
would he al < 10 defeat Cleveland
y g, d. Harrison has made a good
Administered o--DeJter than Cleveland :.
talr uince. people cannot find any fault
with Il lie has been cautious. conSe~va-
tive and prudent. he ha- made fsyv
mistakes AMI been exceptionally discreet. =
Do yo'i think German c5uId defeat
Harrison
No, don't. but he would give him =
closer run J8an Cleveland. Il looks a. f
the Republicans were sure - win. Cor
man would carry New York and could al
ford 10 lose ne Democratic states in New
England He could hot carry Nla>,.i-
chu~-t'>, hur might come - near - Cleye-
land
Disguised with Politics.
! he Independents IN this state would
hardly vote II German. suggested the re-
porter
They VIII vote for almost anybody r7a-h-
er than Rel ubiicAu, said Colonel bud
ley i am OFT Il politics ROW. and Ii dos
not make any difference 10 me whether
Republican ], elected q a Democrat
60 not intend 20 take anv pa-t in the cam
paisn this year There ; nothing tg.t
Fe'sss Ia politics With the experience /
have rad there : Do fascination, in politics
Tor ne. II l. a th2uk!e-> task
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
AWFUL HOLOCAUST.
Fire in a Surgical Institute at
Indianapolis.
EUIEs GIVE Up SIXTEEN ooRPsEs

Half a Dozen Others Fatally Injured and
Many More Severely Hurt - Terrible
Scene Whez the Fire Breaks Out-HeIp-
less Inmates Screaming for Rescue
The Windows Fun OF Frantic CriPPles-
At Least Thirty Injured and Probably
More Bodies in The Debrfs-Half Mill
ion in Ashes IT New York.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 22-Sixteen dead
bOiies have been taken from the ruins Of
the Surgical Institute, which burned last
night. They ara burned past recognition
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22-The Indiana
Surgical institute burned last night, the
flames breaking out just before midnight
in the old annex, a block separated from
the main building by narrow space. Be
fore the IRE was discovered the whole in
terror was ablaze- The institute had about
500 inmates, most Of whom were helpless
crippleS- When the fire department ar
r1ved the windows were fun OF screaming.
moaning cripp!es and the scene was one
OF horror beyond description. The work
Of rescue was begun al once with ladders.
and the inmates were removed with great
rapldity, but IT least thirty were injured,
some terribly
Partial List of the Casualties.
Ia the confusion and excitement it = al
most impossible 10 get names. but some u
the worst hurt are: Mr. Gales. Of Madi-
son, Ind. fell from ladder with a child
IN her arms internally injured; Kate
ElStrang, indianapolis. fatally burned;
Mrs. Thomas. Indianapolis. fatally burned;
Fannie Breeder Memphis. Tenn, badly
burned, recovery doubtful. There J A !
story that EfJeeu CT 1-g-e !uyaiids in tie
annex were >UffcCste,i. but thi- csnnc; ne !
either verified OF GisprJven.
seen Ia Fan Back ia the Flames
The patients were carried 20 various
hospitals and hotels as soon - rescued ans!
nobody knows who ), missing. one cI-l I
was seen To came 70 a window and a mo-
menJ later fall hack into The flames. After
the IRE had been ~ --rg-s half an hour
twenty woTHen were found standing on q |
rear roct Just ready to jump. They had
escaped attention II the confusion, though
screaming al the TOP II tle.. voices. Thev
were rescued UnhuEt
Another List Of Casualties.
LATEG--Ine following j. al additional !
lisz Of injured. Mar ~tearu>. Warren. L.
burned about feet. Clara Morris. address
unknown. back Injured. Grant Van Hoe
sen Athena. y y, hand AMI ear burned: !
ClSrai1ce Need Athens y. y. leg hUr7: !
William Z -Ahach. DuHkirk, y. y, |
burned Le0-a knOwle- Independence, |
Ind, tack hurt in jumping. ". ". Snyder. |
Troy. o, internally injured falling from |
window; VIA Mansfield. OtseEO. Ny, foot |
hurt N jumping Nr>. John : Stokes, |
DaAvil.e, HI ankle sprai1e5: Nellie Nal
son, "aEworth county Wis jumped from
third story and J. fatally hUrj, Mrs. I.az.-
rus o. Texas, jumped from third story
and WI! die Hrs. g. !. Simpson and child. |
seriously burned. r ConnoT, fell through /
hole IN floor, fatally hurt: Nav Railiuger.
lndianapO.id, terribly burned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
An IOWA SENATE EPISODE.
The Republican Clerk Bounced by the
Democrats a. Expected.

The Republican Clerk Bounced by the
Democrats Expected.
l IDEs NOISES Jan. 23-Tbe senate cham
Der Yesterday afternoon was the scene OF
an exciting legislative episode. II was
nothing less han the deposition Of S-rr.-
tary Cliff by the casting vote Of the lieu
tenant govern OF and the election Of :. y.
Parsons, ot Linn county. the Democratic
caucus NOMINEE. Cliff waS elected by the.
Republicans with the aid Of Senator Enple
Ind Labor and by tie presiding officer
counting a quorum on the Reed plan.
Yesterday Senator Better offered rcsolgl-
ton declaring Cliff : selection Illegal am.
declaring the o nee vacant
Elected BY the s-reeAHt-at-Arms
A long discu ssion followed and when
the motion was put the vote stood twenty
four TO. twent -four. and the lieutenant
governor decided the question d. voting
aye. When Prisons was nominated The
pubEcanS rsfrained from voting. and a
call Of the hons. was made The question,
OF a quorum mo- being raised Parsons was
declared elected Cliff was given perrllis-
sion 10 make statement and being al
lowed TO do 80 declared that he had been
legally elected secretary and would refuse
TO vacate or turn over the keys and re-
cords. On motion of Kelly the sergeant
at arms WAS oriered 10 remove Cliff from
the floor, and that official, aided b. the
doorkeeper, promptly did so. and the
Democrats were monarch of all
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

Many old bachelors remain old bachelors
because they near - much complaint
about babies. The t1ct ! taaJ a baby IS
not o..e-QuAr'er tue trouble II Is charged
with being. Any young couple can get
along with one If they Jry- Papa can sit
up half the night with II aud mamma can
sit mp rhe other half. What could be sim
p.ere-Lo.lIsvi.lz CoQT.er-JOurlaL
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

lag at their way Tnro5lgn JoTifr rrzT- -AlI
at ono lur5d sheet OF fame reached our
from le burniag building and curled out-
ward . the Lincoln building but streams
Of vat'r had already be-n turned On Tie
top for o. the latter structure. and bur
little lamape was done. AFTER an hour
the wa IS u the Tiffany building had Be
gun - crack and baige. and tile ise-T OF
walls WOUND nUt have stood n.uch longer.
DUJ the fire had burned itself OK There
was no hing leit for Il u feed on. ard the
IEsural &c men. whose loses u sa~E year
had dis outraged them. Went nloadlly about
the sgHsre eldeayo-i-s- Io ascertain how
much icy were cut II pocket by ln3s new
vz.aui1y.
The Principal Lu>>->-
Prom the most accurate ,-~t5.ls..c- al the
present writing the lo-s,- VIII l3t A. fol-
lows. Schneider. Campbell y GO, SO
90: Br ntano. :. n-oaa. principally from
water Charles L Bentley & Co, $1,000:
Samuel Green ! Co. $4,000; .. Y.
Worms, S45,ap Tler- ! not a store OF
ONCE N { e block but that l. more OF les
damage BY water and smoke. Tiffany :
being The heayla-E loser IL this respect
The building thar uas burned extended
around the Tiffany store .ncc Fifteenth
street with narrow u Hedged in by
fire prof walls on either side, The IRE
could "a no further than IT did
One Man Possibly CremAted.
Mr.. = uei6e-. tie head u the firm q
Schneider. Campbell * Co has not been
seen s.ng= Jle fire broke OUT. and II !
feared b. lis friends 7h.- lie hiss persisted
IN tie flames. > few minor casualties Oc-
CURED, p-iGtirs .ly Cag~ed rs yEe fall OF The
-.-Ee F-are glass windows into the midst
Of the crowd
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

CHINA o. Jan. The town u Ohio
City iise-n miles from here. was totally
Destroyed by IRE ys~tv0lay morning. The
Ire originated IL the hardware store Of =
Miller about O'Clock, and de-, royed
nearly tie entire town. Il : supposed 10
be Of lucei diary o. KIN Los. 50 .s1
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
LETTERS STOLEN.
The Chilian Correspondents
Reporsrd Missing.
MATTA's LITTER TO SENIOR MoNTF.

The Document Generally Referred to a.
Offensive tifTen Nearly in FuIl-Nin-
lister Egan Referred to in Terms the Tse-
verse of CoriPiiIn eFstary-The Washing
ten Government Alleged to Have Been
Deliberately Nisled and Mi>InforIne ed
- IA Events in Uhili.
The Chill an Correspondence stolen
W A>IIINoTON. Jan 2.-I- WAS rumo-ed
here last night that the CHILEAN CORE
s'ondence has been stolen and sent ont 10
the paper OF papers WHOSE representatives
engileeresi ELr .chen..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
A Letter Mat 4. Long Counting

BoSToS. Jan 22-Colonei H. NJ. Fisher.
who represents the CHILEAN government
here, says he knows that letter is on its
way from Chill TO the United States gov
erament which will satisfy the lattet and
lead TO settlement OF all difficulties
Colonel Fisher thinks the Gillian people
have been misre presented. and says they
really merit our esteem and friendship.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
GREAT FIRE AT NEW YORK.
Tinany's Embellishments Barely saved
Loss of Half a Million

B-fAbil>Iuleut Barely saved
Loss of Half Million.
NV YORK, Jan. 22-5u>t before noon
yesterday fire was discoye-~d in the base
Inent OF the huge fye-sto-y building. 10 =
Union square, occupied By Breutano in
porter q books and fancy goods. Schnei-
der & Campbell, dealers IN Gas fxru-eS.
lamps and fancy brUuzes. and O K. ".
Worms. dealer in diamonds and je-vs-lrv.
The fire evidently originated in the base
ment Of Schneider * CampbelI'~. and 80
rapid was il spread that the boakkee-,e-
for that firm found it az impo->ibili,y 20
get the insurance papers from the safe
The frenen were on the scene IN but a
few minutes, and realizing that they we're
unable TO cope with the flames. a second
alarm was turned IN.
Hard Work TO Rezch the Blaze
The building j. situated in the very
heart Of the fashionable shopping portion
OF the city, being fianke-i on one side bv the
famous Tiffany jewelry house. and on the
right by the Lincoln office building. and the
big plaza in the square opposite vas soon
filed with an immense crowd. which i'm
Peded the efforts Of the f-eInen to a great
extent, notwithstanding the efforts of the
police to keep it beyond the ropes. Owing
TO the density Of the smoke. and the com.
parstive absence Of flame il was al first
impossible for the firemen to locate the
seat OF the fire and il WAS not until All
windows had been broken and the fire had
got good start in every floor that the
water tower began to throw streams on
the fourth floor, the liremen at the same
time attacking the blaze II the side and
rear Of the building
Valuable Vase nashed.
Tifauy's building. being separated from,
the neighboring building by fire proof
brick wall erected by the insurance com
panies in the event of such an emergency
as the present, no attention was paid to il
by the fremen, who used il as a vantage
ground from which to fght the flames in
adjoining building. 1t was 4 blind
fight al first, rs no flames conld be seer.
and at 12:45the fire had evidently gained
much Roadway. Brentano's was soon ON
fire, and the stock of valuable books del
uged with water. An $50 Sevres vase ia
Worms window was smashed by fire
man after breaking the plate glass to get
at the flames
Tiffany's Walls Begin to Crack.
Soon the flames reached Rheims yalua-
BILE dresses on the second and third floors.
arc then deserving the 'front.' or Jne DuIIJ
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
CARDINAL MANNINe,s FUNERAL.
The Route of Procession Lined by Thou.
sands-Significant Remarks

LONDON, Jan 22.-The funeral of Car
dinal Manning took place yesterday. The
route of the procession was lined by thou
sand of people and the church was crowd
ed The ceremonies were of the most
solemn of the Roman Catholic church,
and the body was inferred in Kensal
Green cemetery, and the people carried away
hundreds Of pounds of earth from the grave.
The Right Rev. John Cuthbert Hesiley.
bishop OF Newport and Meneyia, preached
the funeral sermon.
The Fight Over the schools.
The bishop declared that England and
" aies had never been properly Protestant,
ana then venT on TO make special refer
ence to the cspiiEal's efforts TO secure the
Roman Catholic education Of children, and
declared THAI thu struggle was not vet
over He added that perhaps the hottest
and dea.liiest hour OF the educational bat
'!e which i raging throughout the world
would soon be fought.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
Treated I;rutany by the Police.


OMAHA. Jan 22.-The executive council
Of the sovereign camp Of the Modern
No-SlnIen of the world Is now in session
n this city The reports Of the sovereign
officers show tia; the order, though little
tiofr. than YEAR old. has III camps DIS
'ribufezi throughout most states and has
Iosai na..f.ts-r.i.ir Of :, O.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

Satan himself would be oajoled into the
belief that he was Gabriel If be were 70
Gle, and certain men had e. writing Of his
e?:taph-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
REmEY~s REPORT HAS ARRIVED.
Summary of ihe sailors Testimony About
the Valparaiso Riot.

Summary of the sailors Testimony About
the valparaiso Riot.
WASHINGTON jan - complete Re
port OF the testimony taken by Judge
Advocate ReIney about the attack on the
Balyimore's sailors az Valparaiso, which
vas taken At Vallejo. Cal. has been NJ
eeived al the navy department. \ copy i
now IN the possession Of the president and
viii be transmitted to congress together
with the Gillian cDrTespoIldence Some
ffty Of the sailors attacked by the mob
were examined and in their testimony
agree that the attacks were made in diff
tsreut parts u tie town.
Treated Erutaly by the Police
They were all treated with great brutal
lty by Gillian CITIZENS, and even the police.
of whom they sought protection, in many
cases assaulted them Several of the sai!-
urs-Johnsol- Langen. ard I-arsen-;esti-
lied that Gillian soldiers fired the shots
which killed Boatswain's Mate Rigvin
The testimony showed that many of the
sailors were warned by friendly Chiliaus
that an attack upon them was preInedi-
tated, and these warnings later proved
tyr.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
SCORES in th. BicxeIs p...

CHICAGO, Jan -22.-At the close Of yestsr
days riding in the bike race Ashia1er
Stage, and Lamb had each covered 80
miles; Wood, 30. and O-FIanagan. 30.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 22-Sixteen dead
bodies have been taken from the ruins Of
the Surgical Institute, which burned last
night. They are burned past recognition
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-29
AGREED ON A TICKET
Colorado Peoples Party and
Silver Men Win Fuse.
The Peoples Convention Nominates the
Ticket Agreed on by The Conference of the
Two Conmittees-Win Endorse 1t.

DENVER, July 2S.-The Peoples party
state convention concluded its work this
evening. The ticket nominated was taken
from the list recommended by the joint
conference Of the committees Of the silver
league and the Peoples party. Soon after
The latter met this morning platform was
adopted, which Is substantially as follows
The platform warmly endorses the
Omaha declarations and declares it is the
sense OF the convention that our senators
ana representatives in Congress are not in
accord with the best interests of Colorado
III advocating the election of an enemy of
silver TO the Office of chief magistrate of
the UDiten STATES
The platform condemns the attempted
assassination of FCick, denounces the pun
lshment OF Soldier Iams by Lieutenant
Colonel Streeter at Homestead aud en-
phancally opposes Pinkertonism.
Through an oversight on the part of tue
resolutions committee the woman suffrage
plank was omitted. greatly TO the disgust
of The female delegates, but the matter was
dropped. Some other resolutions were
adopted, among them one that the state
shall close the sale of all coal lands, hold
the same aad operate them IN the interest
of tue people.
The following ticket was nominated:
Presidential electors, J. c. Higley, l. g.
Berry, A. j. Overholt, Silas Hanchett;
governor, D. Il. Waite; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
nor, d. h. Nichols; attorney general,
Eugene Engeley: secretary of state, NJ
h1cLease; treasurer, Albert Nance: audi
tor, W. NJ. Goodykountz; state regents
Il. D. n. Richards and W. Z. Anderson.
OF the presidential electors, Hanchett is
s silver Republican, and the others orig
inal Farmers alliance men. il is expected
the silver convention will endorse the
ticket tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-29
HELD FOR MURDER
Bail Refused One of the HQme-
stead Strikers.
SCALE FIXED BY THE COMPANY
AmaIganated Wages Paid, but No Association
Recognized-Oyer Seven Hundred Nor
Union Men at Homestead-The Situation.

PITTsDuRG, July 2s.-On the hearing of
Sylvester Critchlow, one of the Homestead
strikers, this morning for release on bail,
several witnesses swore that they saw
Critchlow load and ire o gun at the barges.
Judge Magee refused to admit him to bail
on the grounds that his acts were close to
murder in the first degree. HIS attorneys
claim that he was not there.
Finsley and Plrnock, the suspected an
archists, arrested yesterday were released
today as there was no evidence against
them
The authorities say the anarchists are
thoroughly frightened.
Prick continues to improve.
Deputy sheriffs are securing Homestead
to arrest the men against whom warrants
are out Most of them have disappeared.
Three anarchists gained admission to tae
mill some days ago, but were discovered
distributing anarchist literature and were
driven OUT. Officers are hunting Tor them,
but they have disappeared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-29
House.

WAsHISGToN, July 2S-The House
adopted joint resolution for adjournment
on Saturday at p. N.
The speaker then declared the next thing
in order was the motion made by Bingham
yesterday to table the motion to reconsider
the motion made by which 1900, coo are
appropriated for the Wotld's fair, included
in the sundry civil bill The opponents Of
the appropriation at once began hlibuster-
lug with motions to adjourn. to adjourn till
Saturday. adjourn till Monday. etc.
The Republicans decided to let the fill
clustering and notwithstanding wings of
the Democratic party fight It out and on
call of the House declined to vote. SO the
call was ordered by a small and close vote
of 81 TO 80
The call showed a quorum, but it dis
agreed again on the vote on the motion 10
adjourn till Monday.
FIlibusterlng continued until, tired out
Ia the excessive heat, the House decided
TO postpone the fight until tomorrow.
a lack of quorum being disclosed the
House adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-29
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.
A Cheyenne Backdrivsr Tries to Per crate
HimseIf with Bullets.

CHEYENNE, Wy, July 2S.-ISpecial tele-
gram to THE HERALD. AT an early hour
this'morning Drake Morgan, hackdriver,
charged few months ago with the rob-
berry of Hartvilie miner named Shaw of
$500, and held to bail TO appear in the dis
trict court, tried TO kill himself in saloon
here. He discharged pistol three times
in rapid succession. The first ball struck
the ceiling Of the saloon. Jerry Graham, q
colored man standing by, was hit
by the second innicting slight wound.
The third shot entered Morgan's head on
the right side, infiicting a probably fatal
wound. Morgan was accompanied to the
saloon by a woman with whom he had
spent the night carousing. 1t is thought
that one OF the shots was intended for her.
After The shooting Morgan was taken to
hospital. During the absence OF the
nurse he made his escape He was found
in an Unconscious condition two blocks
from the hospital and taken to the county
jail, where he now remains. His condition
is critical. No reason is given for the
shooting.