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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-12
Fur Capes.

We offer one lot regular S. Fur Capes
at So Is.
Real Coney Seal, the SIS and SIS kind,
we offer them at SO So.
Higher grades at proportionate reduc-
tons.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Philadelphia Was Gan Tore Tn. q"

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2S.-Great interest
was manifested in this city last night on
account of the promised appearance of the
comet, and as the shades of evening began
to gather hundreds of men, women and
children gathered on the streets for the
purpose of witnessing the expected heav-
emily wonders. There were many who were
afraid to venture from their homes and pre-
ferred to die by their own fireside if the ex-
pected death was to come Three cases of
insanity through fear of the destruction of
the world were reported by the police The
sky was cloudy, and nobody saw anything.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
NOTICE To CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at the city
clerks office, Rock Island, ILL.,, until Dec 10, 1892
at p. ID, for constructing the improvements
ordered by an ordinance OF said city, entitled
AN ordinance for the improvement of TWEEN
tieth street from the south line OF Ninth avenue
to the north line Of Eighteenth avenue" passed
August g. 1892, also IAN ordinance for the i'm
provement OF Fourth avenue from the west line
OF First street 10 the line of Twentieth street
and from the east line of third street to the
west liz OF Twenty fourth street, and of Twenty
fourth street from the south line OF Third avenue
to the north line OF Fifth avenue" passed ct.
ia. 1892 and for fu nj hing The mater al doing
the work according to the plans and specifications
Oh c at the city clerks OF ce.
Blank bids will lie furnished on application.
Bids must be separate for each improvement
above specified, and accompanied with certified
check in the sum OF $780, payable to the order OF
the treasure OF said city, which shall become for
fe ted 10 said city IN Gaze The bidder shall fail TO
enter INTO contract with approved sureties TO exc
cute the work for the price mentioned in his bid,
and according to the plans and specifications in
the event that the contract should be awarded to
him.
The right to reject any and all bids or pro-
posals ts hereby expressly reserved by said city
Rock Island, H., November, &C. 1892.
ROBERT koHLER,
CITY Clerk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Were No Clubs Around There.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 2S.-The house
of David Clark, a farmer living near Som
merville, was destroyed by fire Friday and
child years old persisted in the flames
Clark and his wife going out had left in the
house two orphan children, aged and 3
years. Neighbors fastening to the rescue
after seeing the flames were met by a fero-
cious bulldog which prevented them from
entering. They called to the children to
come out, the elder child obeying the Or
der. The other, too excited to understand
the danger it was IN, remained in the house
and was harmed to death.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Gunners n ate
Henry A. Eilers, serving on board the
Philadelphia, having distinguished him self
by extraordinary heroism on the occasi ion
of the sham attack on Fort McHenry, uear
Baltimore, Sept H. 1892, in remaining at
his post in the magazine of that vessel and
stamping out the burning particles Of a
prematurely exploded cartridge which
were blown down the schultz, has been pro-
NOTED upon the recommendation of his
commanding officer to the post of acting
gunner in the navy and is awarded a medal
of honor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Only One of the Three Dead.

CAIEo, Ills, Nov. 2s.-The bride of Cap
tain Ransom Sampson, who was shot at the
same time he was killed, and the woman
that did the shooting and then shot herself
are still alive. with slight prospects of re-
covery. They are at St. Mary's hospital
One bullet passed clear through Mrs.
SIMPSONS body. May Sans, the nur-
derous mistress, is considered as being IN
imminent danger, but her symptoms are
more favorable. Public sympathy is with
her so far as the killing of Sampson is con-
cerned, and had she not shot the innoce nt
bride also she would be completely exoner-
atpd
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Another Reassurinr Professor

CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Professor II. G.
Hough, director of Dearborn observatory,
said last evening Of the new comet: "The
comet lately supposed to be Biela's comet
has received more newspaper advertising
and notoriety than little, but it is not
Biela's comet, nor is it at all likely to col
hde with the earth. 1t is, however, the
Holmes comet, discovered Nov. 6, scarcely
a month ago, and is atpresent moving away
from the earth at the rate of fifteen miles
per second, and is now $50, 000, 900 miles dis
tant, SO no one need have the least fear of
being hurt. Holmes comet has a closed
orbit with period Of about seven years"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Will Never Get Near u.
Listened for GabrieI's Trump.

MEMPHIS, Nov. 28.-The negroes ofMem-
phis were wild with excitement last night.
All the colored churches were crowded
with dusky worshipers who every moment
expected to hear the blast of Gabriels
bugle announcing the end Of the world.
The colored ministers, with one accord,
took the comet as their texts and succeed
ed in working their congregations into q
frenzy of excitement by picturing the terri
BILE effects of a collision between the
heavenly tramp and the earth. Men, wom-
en- and children fell on their knees in the
aisles and prayed God to save them from
the devil
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
PHELPS WAS UNSUPPORTED.

He Denies the Diplomatic Break Credited
to Him.
BERLIN, Nov. 2S-In an interview yester-
day Minister Phelps said that he had re.
ceived number of cable dispatches inquir.
ing about his alleged attack on Count Won
Caprivi. He expressed himself as surprised
at the story. AS q matter of fact he had
not alluded to German politics, and had
warmly praised the emperor, who had re-
ferred to Prince Bismarck in single SEN
tence, praising his work as the unifier Of
Germany and comparing him with an old
lion whose roar still attracted the worlds
attention. He thought that the German
papers had published correct reports for
none had commented unfavorably on his
Thanksgiving day speech.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
PASSED THE CRISIS
The Comet Seems to Have Gone
on Its Way,
AND TIE Earth Is STILL INTACT

People in Various Places Stay Awake to
Meet Grand Climax of Disaster That
Fails to Make Connection - Negroes
South Wildly Terrified-People Go In
sane at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Astronom-
ical Doctors Who Don't See AIike-And
the Vaporous VagabOnd Attends Strictly
to Business.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov 2S.-After bright
day yesterday the skies became heavily
clouded at night and a slow drilling rain
set in. The only reason why these facts
should be mentioned is that to-day was the
night" that good m any people-and not
all of them ignorant by any means-had
come to believe that Biela's % comet was
likely to have a one-round scrap" with the
earth in which the latter wouldn't "be in
1t" either at the start or finish. But If
there was any unusual meteorological dis
play it took place behind the curtain on the
stage of illimitable space, while the earth,
undlsturbed by the antics of the comet went
serenely on her way, so far as this neck %
woods is concerned, at any rate.
Were Waiting to Hear from the Comet.
But the pail of fear" was not lifted en-
tirely. The general expectation hereabouts
was that the comet would be heard from on
Saturday night. AS one result the confess
SIGNALS Of the two Roman Catholic churches
were crowded all Saturday evening. AS
the night advanced there were many who
insisted that they could detect a change in
the atmosphere. The air, they said, was
sitting upon them. 1t was wonderful to
see how many persons gathered from differ
ent sections of the city around the newspa-
per offices with substantially this same
statement.
Sat Up to Welcome the Visitor.
AS consequence many families Of the
better class kept watch all night in order
that If the worst came they might be awake
to meet 1t. The orgies around the colored
churches would be lauGhable were it not
for the seriousness with which the wor-
shippers take the matter. Last night they
were all full and sermons suited To the
terrible occasion we've delivered.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed propos3 will be received at the City
Clerh's Office. Rock island, Ill, until Mon lay,
Dec ~, 1892 at O'Clock p m. for oonsrruc ting
The improvement ordered by an ordinance OF
said city entitled An ordinance for the con-
struction OF q storm Grain from the west side o
Seventeenth street and Ninth q d Tenth avenues
to the west side of Twenty-ffth street." passed
Nov. 81, 1892. Plans and specific atoms for said
improvement on the City Clerks ONCE.
AL bids must be accompanied with q certified
check in the sum OF $500 for the proper perfor M
ance Of the contract IL secured.
The city reserves the right TO reject any
and all bids.
Rock Island, H., Nov. f6. 1892.
ROBERT KoEHLER,
CITY Clerk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
A woman Horsethief Captured.

SANTA FE, n. NJ, Nov. 2S.-John Mcleod
and Sam Pollock. two Sierra county ran CHI
ers in pursuit of horsethie es, Friday came
upon band of three, and fight ensued in
which one of the thieves was killed and
one wounded. The third proved TO he a
woman named Alice Parker, and known
as "the Kid" She was dressed in male at
tire with big revolver in her belt. Herself
and wounded partner are in Jail
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28

special study or comets, declares thai from
his observation the comet in Androu eda is
really Biela's comet. He says that it orbit
Is precisely the same rs Bella and it is nat
ural to assume it to be the same Barnard
saw the comet last on Nov. u, when it was
four times as large as on the Sth, but was
fainter Barnard added: The faci that
the comet is increasing so markedly in It's
apparent size is conclusive proof to me that
1t Is getting nearer to US, and the fact that
1t is getting fainter is quite natural
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
A Big scheme in Beer Making,

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2S-The consolidation of
the four mammoth export breweries Of the
United States-Anheuser-Busch, William
Lemp, OF this city, and the Schlitz and
Pabst, the last with its four auxiliaries-
with a capital stock of $40O0O,OOO and
bonds to the extent of S20O, 0O0, 900, to sup
ply the world is the gigantic enterprise
which is being fathered by the Rothschilds
Of England That it will ultimately be &C
complished Adolph Busch, of the Anheuser
company. has little doubt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
No View 1T Chicarn.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2S-The SKY was cl0uded
here lastnight, and ifthe unidentified comet
was cavorting around anywhere in the
vicinity of the globe it couldn't be seen.
The day and night were both warm, in
spite OF the weather managers at Washing
ton, who Friday night predicted much
colder weather. Comets are said to get
very hot when switching around the sun,
and if the celestial wanderer did get any
where near Us il may be an explanation of
the misfit weather prediction.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Freshmen Try Conclusions.

BOsToN, Nov. 2S.-Six to six was the
score of the great foot ball game betW cen
the Harvard and Yale freshmen elevens on
Jarvis field, Cambridge, Saturday after
noon. The day was perfect one for foot
ball and 6,0O0 persons, the largest crow II atd
ever witnessed a freshman game, turned
out to see the spirited and well-played con
test
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Death of Abby Hutchinson.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S-Mrs. Abby Hutch
inson Patton, wife of Ludlow Patton, died
in this city on Thursday evening, Nov. "a,
after brief illness, the immediate cause
of which was rupture Of one of the blood
vessels of the brain. Mrs. Patton and her
brother John were the last survivors of the
famous Hutchinson family of singers of
New Hampshire.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
TWO GAMES OF FOOT BALL.
Yale and Harvard Play Tie-Annapo oils
Beats West Point.

WEST POINT, N y, Nov. s.-Yesterday
was great day for the navy. Eleven
picked men, the pride of the United States
naval academy, matched their siren 9Th,
power and science against that of West
Points eleven in the great game of foot
ball, while the army and navy looked on.
1t was the third annual battle between the
cadets Of Uncle Sans two academies, and
though the navies were in the heart of the
enemy's camp they carried everything be-
fore them, and cheered on by hundreds Of
pretty girls or they won a great victory. 1t
was a stubborn fight clear.through. The
score was: Annapolis u, West Point 4
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Hoist by His Own Petarh

CHATTANOOGA, Nov, ga peculiar
double tragedy occurred at Summerville,
Ga, Saturday evening A young man
named Wooten, the son of prominent citi-
zen. became engaged in a quarrel with ne
gro and struck him over the head with a
shotgun. The weapon was discharged, the
load striking Wooten in the chest, killing
him instantly. The skull of the negro was
fractured and he will die
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Wind from a Dry Quarter.
MAY DECIDE A SENATORSHlP.
Political Complexion of the Kansas II Gus,
To BE Decided by Lot.

~ DC Declued Dy Lot.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 2S.-The complexion
OF the next legislature and the election of
United States senator, it is discovered,
depends upon one vote, and that vote is to
be decided by lot. The house of representa-
tives at present stands 62 Republicans, IS
Populists, Democrats, Independent, and
one tie. The law says that in case Of tie
for member of the legislature the seat shall
be awarded by lot. If the Republicans are
successful in the drawing for the Coffey
county seat they will have 63 members
Just enough to organize the house. Two
years ago there was tie and the Repu bic
ans won. It'll the general belief that if the
Republicans win this time they will unseat
enough Populists TO give them a majority
On Joint ballot.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28

Dies MONIES, Ia. Nov. 2S-Willam May.
hor, of Riyerton, Fremont county, who Is
under arrest for poisoning five of his wires.
the last dying Oct. rs, had the life Of his
last victim insured in the Equitable insur.
ance company of New York for S, COO II
he is proven guilty the policy will not be
paid.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
A HUSBANDS HORRIBLE CRIME.

He Carves His Wife and a Man and
Es& Throws Their Remains to the Hogs.
GAINESVILLE, Ark, Nov. 2s.-Henry
Banks, colored farmer who had been alb
sent from home, returned yesterday morn
ing and found his wife talking to Joseph
Perry, neighbor. The enraged husband
pllled out razor and literally carved them
io pieces cutting the limbs of the victims
from their bodies and throwing them IN
the hog pen. The murderer escaped, but a
posse is in pursuit.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
SUCCESSFUL ROBBERY OF A BANK
The Cracksmen DO Good job But
Might Have Done Better

The CraChsmen Do a Good job But
Might Have Done Better.
LIBERTY, No, Nov. 2S.-Four cracksmen
with the use of dynamite and the latest
approned tools succeeded in cracking the
biz safe of the First National bank of this
city Saturday night, and securing sum of
money which, though it cannot be fixed
definitely, owing to the reticence of the Of
ficials of the bank, is variously estimated
at from su 900 to $4,000 by those who are
in a position to know The burglars were
scared away before they had completed
their work, and did not get into the reserve
vault of the safe, in which was $40 coo more.
principally in gold. They had dynamite
and fuse attached. but for some unknown
reason fled without touching it off
Might Have Got That $40, 900.
The first intimaticn of the robbery came
at 1890 O'Clock yesterday morning when
County Treasurer Riley, who has an Office
in the building adjoining the bank. went
to his Office. When he entered the room
he saw that the wall Of the building was
caying in, AMI on investigation found that
there had been terrible explosion in the
bank, which had almost wrecked both
buildings. lie at once gave the alarm. and
upon search it was learned that burglars
had been at work successfully in the bank.
They had entered the bank by means OF
skeleton keys.
Great Thing for Burglars, Dynamite.
They then drilled holes through the out.
er door OF the vault and with a charge of
powder blew out the time lock which had
been set to open this morning. Inside this
was a steel door to the burglar proof COM
partment. The only money known to be
outside this door was 500 deposited late
Saturday afternoon by the Liberty Build
ing and Loan association. They used dyna.
mite to effec. an entrance through this sec
ond door. They must have used terrific
charge, for the heavy steel door was so
completely blown to pieces that not even a
good sized piece of it has been found.
Twelve the Isand dollars is considered a
low estimate OF what they got
Went OF With a Stolen Team.
1t was learned that four suspicious look
ing characters had been seen in town on
Saturday afternoon and evening who were
total strangers. Two were old men and
two were apparently about 20. One of
them bought large quantity of putty just
before dark and this was used with the
dynamite to deaden the sound. Leaving
the bank the burglars went to the house OF
Mr.. James Steele and stole a carriage and
a team of horses, with which they made
their escape. The sheriff and posse traced
them as far as the Milwaukee railroad
bridge over the Missouri river at Kansas
City, where the borses were found in an
almost dying condition, having been driven
furiOusly. Lere all trace Of the men wqs
lost, but the officials of Kansas City are
working on the case and think they have
learned who the men are, but refuse to give
names. 1t is stated that they got acr, g
the river By means OF boat which confed-
crates had in waiting
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

COMMANDMENTS Chief Weissert. G. A R..
being informed that the Texas department
G. A. r. has refused charter to negro
post, has ordered the immediate issue OF
the charter on pain of dissolution OF the
state department.
William O'Brien, the Irish agitator, has
written to Home Secretary Morley asking
him to stop evictions of tenants who do not
pay their rents.
Gladstone dined at Windsor castle with
the queen Friday.
William Miller, a farmer, was robbed and
murdered by footpads between his home
and Lawrence, Kan. He was giving his
murderers ride at the time. They only
got SIS
The ore shipments from the Creede Colo,
silver camp during Oct. were $685. tons.
Otto II. Garfield, clerk in the local
freight station of the Union Pacific at Den
yer, is charged with forgery as an outcome
of frauds in weighing grain by which GER
tain parties had their shipments under
weighed.
T. Ehbert Wheeler, Of Armourdale, Kan,
is dead. He had prayed for death inces-
sanity almost since his daughter died three
weeks ago. His death was painful one,
taking place after he had gone to bed APP
parently in perfect health.
J. d. Hallock and Mrs. Martha Stafford
were married in Chillicothe. Mo. They
were married once before-thirty-two years
ago-lived together nine years and were
then divorced.
The billposters of St. Louis are on a
strike, and as a means OF emphasizing that
fact tore down all the theatrical paper in
the town which had been put up by nom
UNION posters.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Sat Up to Welcome the Visitor
WE WILL PROBABLY PULL THROUGH
The NaPorous Vagrant Is Shooting Out
Into nIimitable Space.


Into Illimitable Space.
ALBANY, Nov. 2S.-Professor Boss, of the
Dudley observatory yesterday emphatical-
ly denied the statement of Professor Very.
Of the Allegheny observatory, that the
comet about which there is so much talk
Biela's. Hesays: "There is emphatically
no foundation whatever for such an opin-
ion now. ! have made many observations
upon the comet and most careful computa-
tions as to its orbit. The comet is unques-
tionably at least 100,OOO,OO0 miles beyond
the orbit Of Bela's comet. 1t was in peri
helion last June, when its distance from
the sun was 2UO,0 900 miles, and from the
earth more than 100, 900 90 miles
Will Never Get Near u.
"While it moves in its present orbit. as il
will until it comes near Jupiter at some
time in the future not known at present, it
will never come anywhere near the earth
Since June the distance of the comet from
the sun has been increasing continually,
and for several weeks it's distance from the
earth has been increasing, until the dis
lance has become 10000, 900 miles. All
these figures are uncertain in the sense that
the distance may be wrong 10 per cent.
The comet may have been nearest the sun
in May or as late as July. But the essen
tial facts have been conclusively demon
gtr n
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
THEY DID BRING SOME RAIN.
Dyrenfurth Produces Ouite a Liberal
DOwnpour in TeNas.

~ III AFouuces Unite u Ii oeTal
DownPOur in Texas.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. est was
demonstrated Saturday morning that the
Dyrenfurth system of exploding things in
the air Will make it rain. The lombard
ment had been going on all Faiday night,
and at IL O'Clock a particularly om.nous
cloud came up and soon was directly over
head. One OF the balloons was let 20 with
fuse timed at two minutes The balloon
contained 900 cubic feet of hydrogen -oxy-
gen, and arose almost perpendicularly to a
height Of 6,OOO feet, when it exploded in the
very center of the cloud.
Wind from Dry Quarter.
A slight sprinkling of ram had begun to
Iail few minutes before, but the balloons
explosion was followed by a drenching
downpour which, however lasted but a
lew minutes, when a slow drizzle set in and
was kept up until o'clock in the morning
The wind during the entire time that the
experiments were in progress was blowing
gale from the southeast, and as il has
never been known to rain before here when
the wind is in that quarter the inhabitants
give General Dyrenfurth and his party
credit for the fall
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28

D. E. Grouse, OF Syracuse, sporting
millionaire in the horse line, died worth
100000 leaving his money to nineteen
first cousins and old employees woman
has come forward, with a son, claiming to
be his widow. In his will he LEFT his con-
fidential clerk $3.50, 600, his jockey slOo, 600,
and his valet $500
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-28
Hope for n Good Item Yet.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.-Professor Bar
nard, of Lick observatory, who has made a