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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
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In the Second series of the
Home Building and Loan Asso-
citation, Of Rock Island.
A safer and better investment
than Government Bonds, be-
cause the loans are made only
upon esta blished values and it
pays more than three times as
much interest besides the
amount Invested and the profits
can be Withdrawn at any time
Money loaned at lowest rates.
R. A. DONALDSON, Secretary.
OFFICE Rooms 8, d. 5 and Masonic TemLle,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
AGENTS.

We now have some fr.t-class bargains in resl
estate which viii net all the way from to II per
cent the investment. 1t Will be to the interest
of pa ties who have their money placed at less
of interest cali and examine these bargains
Room 4. Mitchell & Lynde building, ground
floor, in rear of Mitchell & lynde bank.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
South Rock Island II ,.rnncrn,s

The democrats of South Rock Island
are requested 20 meet at the SO nth Rock
Island town hall on Saturday evening,
July %. at 7:30 o'clock, to select dele
gates to the democratic county conven
ton. GEORGE r ICHMoND.
Chairman
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
CLOSE
OUT.

On Monday a. m. Angus. 10, we put
out a lot of children's and misses DO dy
ribbed vests at 4c az &c at Sc at &c al DC
at 12c These are al Jobs. and prices
named are to sell them off quick; no
more after present stock is gone: big
rash might close out any one lot the first
morning.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
HncYeaf ENcursinl.

Tuesdays, Aug. 30th, and Sept. 9Th.
1892 the c.. N. s. St p. Railway will
sell harvest excursion tickets to points in
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota for one fare
for round trip Tickets are good for re-
turn 90 days from date of sale. No stops
over permitted on these tickets
f. ID. W. HOLMES, Agent
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
HOW THE VOTE STOOD.

The formal ballot resulted: Marsh. II
Gest, 81; Mclean. %; necessary to a
choice Sc. Marsh being nominated on the
first formal ballot.
NJ. NJ. Sturgeon of Rock Island was
nominated for the state board of equsliza-
ton and the convention adjourned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17
Wheelmen, Attention.

All members of the Twin-City Cycling
club are requested to meet at Market
square Thursday at 7o'clock sharp. to
take short run to Thirty eighth street
to meet the Moline wheelmen. By order
of the captain. WILL RAMsER.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-17

Coughing leads to consumption
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough AZ
once.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
THE DREADFUL SCOURGE.
The Cholera Said to Have Reached the
City of MexIco-Its Progress I'm Russia.

The Cholera Said to Have Reached the
City of MeNIco-Its Progress in Russia.
CITY or MEXICO, July 29.-The start
ling report has reached here that the
dreaded Asiatic cholera scourge had
reached Vera Cruz, despite the strict
quarantine regulations that have been
enforced at that port by the Mexican
government for several weeks past
This rumor was set afioat by an
American tourist named Haskell. who
arrived last evening from Vera Cruz
He stated that there We're three deaths
from the disease on the day previous TO
his departure and that the authorities
were making an effort to keep the in
formation quiet
Inquiry was made here at the board
of health headquarters and denial of
the report was authorized. There is an
epidemic of typhus fever raging in this
city, twenty deaths from that cause be-
ing reported to the board of health.
MAKING STEADY HEADwAY.
LONDON, July 29.-The Paris CORE
spondent of the Lancet telegraphs that
NJ. Meter, a member of the Hygiene
pupllque, reports Jhat In tWenty-nlne
out of forty-nine cases of illness report
ed as cholera which he has investigated,
he has found the true cholera bacillus.
NJ Meter further says that the true
cholera is limited to the suburbs of
Paris and that only that form of the
disease known as cholerine exists in the
city.
The Lancet in an editorial says that
the cholera is making steady Roadway
in Russia and that even the incomplete
official returns received admit that $50
deaths are daily caused by the scourge
in that country.
The disease is spreading westward
and the report that it has invaded Rou-
mania, if true, is of serious Import to
Europe
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

Fearful Boiler Explosion in = Michigan
shin gle MiIl-Chemical Works Explode.
GAYLORD, Mich, July ga frightful
accident occurred at Bagley on the
north shore of Otsego lake. Hartnell &
Smiths shingle mill, which had been
built about ninety days, was blown to
atoms at 1870 yesterday morning by the
explosion of the boiler, and the follow
ing men killed:
John Thompson, jointer of Deerfeld,
Mich, leaves family of five.
Irwin Hutchins, boiler, brother-in-
law of one of the proprietors, leaves \
family Of three.
Leon Skinner, packer, married, Of
Lapeer county.
Andrew Swedocl1. single.
Swedock Fowst, fireman, had one
arm and leg blown completely from
his body, and the others were horribly
mangled.
Tom Small, packer, living in Gay
lord, was injured internally and will
die.
Frank Davis, sawyer, was badly hurt
over the eye.
At the time of the explosion the mill
was in charge of the foreman, E. G..
Berry, who WIS acting as engineer. He
can assign no cause for the accident
CHEMICAL WORKS EXPLODE.
ORANGE, y. J., July 29-The Crane
chemical works at Springfield blew up
at o'clock last night and several build
ings which composed the plant were
shattered A number of houses in the
vicinity were blown to atoms and sew
eral persons slightly injured One man
is missing. The shock was tremendous,
the vibrations being plainly felt in this
city, which is four miles from the scene
of the explosion. The explosion shook
building after building to pieces.
Houses in which some of the employees
lived succumbed to the conclusion and
fell upon the inmates Hardly had the
noise of the explosion died away when
the wreck caught fire anG was burned
to ashes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
STARTING UP.

The Homestead Works Reported to Be In
Operation with a Steadily Increasing
Force.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 29.-The Car
negie Steel Co. has prepared a scale for
the Union mills in this city and the
Beaver Falls plant, which the new men
or those of the former employees who
return to work will be required to sign.
The scale will extend until January,
1894, and the wages will be the same as
paid the Amalgamated workmen, but
no association will be recognized The
finishers, it is said, will profit by the
new arrangement Fires have been
started in the Union mills and work
will probably be resumed in few days
The strikers are quiet and no trouble is
anticipated There have been no at
tempts made as yet to resume at Du-
quesne or Beaver Falls and none will
be made until tthe Homestead and
Union plants are in full operation.
At the Homestead plant the force is
being steadily increased. Nearly 100
new men were sent up on the Tide yes
terday. An Associated press reporter
went through the works and found fully
200 men at work. The men are very
intelligent and not a few college
graduates who, attracted by the re-
ports of high wages in the steel
works, prefer learning 4 trade to set
Ting down to the doubtful expediency
of profession for a livelihood. There
are besides a number of experienced
mechanical engineers who exhibited
their certificates and really seem to
handle the ponderous machinery very
easily. Three heavy plates were rolled
before the Associated press reporters
eyes and seemingly with as little fric-
ton as in any rolling mill. Work is
being especially directed toward the
naval contracts and Superintendent
Potter says there will be little or no
delay in furnishing the material
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
ROB8ING A BANK.
Two Chilblain Tempered individuals Hold
Up the Bank of FL Reno, ok.

Two Chilblaln Tempered individuals Hold
Up the Bank of FL Reno, ok.
Ell RENO. Ok July Is. AT 1880 o'clock
outlaws entered the Bank of Ell Reno.
overawed Mrs. s. w Sawyer, wife of
the president. and herself cashier, and
forced her to give up $40, 800.
While Mrs Sawyer was alone in the
banking house a stranger entered,
stepped up to the cashiers window,
made an inquiry about some town lots
and then went to a desk and began
writing. In moment another stranger
appeared at the cashiers desk and pre-
senting a revolver at Mrs. Sawyer's
head, demanded that she hand out all
the money in the bank.
Mrs. Sawyer was so frightened at first
that she could not move, but the rob-
Der threatened to shoot if she did not
act quickly, and in a dazed way she en-
tered the vault and handed to him all
the packages of bills in the safe and
what was in the daily change drawer,
aggregating about S1O,5O0, less than
800 of it in silver
The man who was writing at the desk
turned quickly, seized the money as
Mrs. Sawyer handed it through the
wicket and disappeared out the door,
the one holding the revolver following
quickly. Mrs Sawyer screamed several
times and fell over in a swoon.
The robbers mounted horses standing
at the edge of the pavement and rode
out Rock Island avenue as fast as they
could go.
Mrs. Sawyer was the only person in
the bank, the president, Mr.. Sawyer,
being absent in Oklahoma City and ar
irving home about thirty minutes after
the robbery. The attack was made at
an hour when business was quiet
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA
A Banker Murdered in His O1ice by IA
Customer Who Then Kills Himself

A Banker Murdered in His Office by "A
Customer Who Then Kills Himself
Losses in Speculation the Cause.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2S.-Stock gam
bling brought about a tragedy yester-
day as a result of which Charles ii.
Page, a well known broker, lies dead at
his home, assassinated by customer,
Ronald Kennedy, who has closed his
own account with the same weapon that
ended the brokers career. No one wit
messed the murder and suicide. The
only one who could have thrown any
light upon the encounter left the Office
where it occurred as the murderer en-
tered. and half a minute later all was
over.
The scene of the double crime was in
the offices of E. D. Page & Brother,
bankers and brokers at 1872 South Fourth
street, one of the busiest portions of the
city. The senior member of the firm,
Mr.. E. d. Page, was absent and in addi-
ton to the junior members of the firm
there was clerk, Ed Hallowell. The
latter was leaving the offices by
a rear door at 11:15 a m. and
observed a man coming in by
the front entrance. The clerk
recognized the newcomer as a former
customer, Ronald Kennedy, and con-
tinued on his way He had gone but
few PAGES when he heard two shots
fired in succession. With others he
rushed in just in time to see Broker
Page gasp his last breath. He had
been shot in the back while attempting
to escape and had reached the rear
doorway, where ne fell and died almost
instantly.
Into the front of the Office the crowd
surged only TO find the murderer, Ken
nedy. dead upon his face in frontvof the
ticker, a bullet wound in his head and
his revolver lying beneath. Nothing
could be done but inform the coroner,
who took charge of the place and en-
deavored to ascertain the cause of the
assassin's act
The brokers' wife.and child were abb
sent at Cape May and other of the fami-
ly We're also out ofreach. Hallowell, the
clerk who has been eight years with
the firm. was the only person who knew
anything of the transactions of the two
dead men. He SAYS that it is two
years since Kennedy first came to
the Office and began dealing on 10
and Is per cent margins, chiefly
in Atchison. For several months
his transactions were profitable and he
made from SAC to $4,000 Then the
tables turned and Kennedy lost as much
as he had made in a short time Halo
well declares that the firm only bought
and sold as directed by Kennedy, who
deposited Pennsylvania railroad stock
as collateral When the Spectator lost,
this was sold to cover the margin. The
dead broker always kept Kennedy's &C
counts according to the clerk and gen.
orally had some difficulty in making his
customer understand them even when
they were in his favor.
Hallowen decla res that Kennedy
came out about even on his ventures.
For a year past he has dropped into the
Office occasionally, sometimes without
speaking to anyone and generally ex-
aiming the ticker He was regarded
as a crank of the harmless variety and
had never made any threats
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
A Modern Miracle.

ST. PETERSBURG. July ga sensa-
tion has been caused among the lower
classes here By the miraculous discovery
OF an image of the Virgin in the founda-
ton OF the church that is being built on
the spot where the car. Alexander IL,
was murdered. 1t is said the Virgin re-
vealed the presence of the image to an
old woman in a dream The image was
conveyed to the palace of the Grand
Duchess Catherine Michaeiovna. where
the court chaplain was the first to
venerate it Doubters assert that
the story was concocted to quicken the
zeal OF the public in behalf of the church
building fund
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
a MATRIMONIAL CLOCK.
The Ingenious Invention of an Over
Daughtered Father.

The Ingenious Invention of an Over
Daughtered Father.
Many a man fails to act simply be-
cause nothing suggests the right thing
at the right time. Alonzo Stubs
was poor but worthy man with seven
grown-up daughters. He tried to dress
them well, but despite the fact that they
made over their dresses and retrimmed
their hats he felt that he could, with
out any special sacrifice on his part,
spare few of them as wives for
promising but seemingly hesitating
young men. One time Alonzo saw an
advertising clock that presented new
placard to the observer every five min
utes. 1t struck Alonzo with forceful
suggestiveness. He bought one and on
the next Sunday evening had it placed
against the parlor wall opposite to the
place where the sofa stood. Reginald
was just seating himself beside Roxana
when tiny bell rang and the following
flashed into view:
Let those love now who never loved before,
And those who always loved now love the more.
The young people laughed at the
happy arrangement which the fathers
mind had devised, and drew nearer to-
gether. Presently the bell rang again
and Gas Bills are Getting Higher met
their gaze. They tried to laugh again,
but it was almost n failure. However,
they looked into each others eyes with
seriousness they had never exhibited
before. The next placard pleased them
much more. 1t read as follows:
sorrow shared is a half a trouble,
But joy that's shared is JOY made double.
Here the bashful young man took her
hand in his, something he had often
wished to do, but until then had never
mustered up sufficient courage to under
take. The next motto that came into
view was less poetic, but more to the
point: Long Courtships Cost Money
and are a Great Waste of Time" Had
some one been listening at the door a
moment later he would have heard
a noise that sounded very much like the
parting of something clinging. 1t
might have been kiss. Again the bell
rang, and the following appeared:
Let US then be up and doing
With a heart for any fate;
Let's have done with endless wooing
And propose or emigrate.
In five minutes more the pledge had
been made and Roxana led her accepted
lover from the room to make way for
her next younger sister and her beau
At the end of two weeks the seven
daughters were all engaged Mr..
Stubs told his secret to a neighbor
with number of girls, to whom he sold
the clock for four dollars more than it
cost him. And the man whose face once
wore a ultra marine expression now
goes whistling to and from his work.
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
FIFTY DEATHS,
Terrible Effect of the Heat at Chicago
Fifty Deaths In One Day.


Fifty Deaths In One Day.
CHICAGO, July 2S-The slaughter by
the sun was still on in Chicago yester-
day, fifty deaths and twice as many
prostrations by the heat having oc-
Cured Although there is in the pre-
diction of cold wave possibility of
relief, it is certain the number of deaths
will be largely increased during the
next few days. The hospitals are filed
with patients suffering from sunstroke,
many of whom can not possibly recov-
er. The record Tuesday, which sur
passed anything in the number of
deaths and prostrations from heat that
this city has ever known. was eclipsed
by the awful work of the sun yester-
day.
The temperature was about 4 deg.
lower than that of Tuesday according
to the official record of the government
Office, which was IS at noon on the
Auditorium tower, but down on the
pavements, where what little breeze
there was came hot and sitting, the
mercury was in many places los to 112
in the sun and from % to "a in the
shade.
The parks were packed from earl 2
morning until late at night by crow Is
OF people who imagined that sticky
green branches and brown shriveled
grass were more comfortable than the
inside of their own homes. But all
their efforts to find a habitable abiding
place were in vain. There was no COM
fort to be had anywhere and the man
who sought it was the man who found
the least of il.
There were not enough horses in the
entire police department to carry Off
the animals which fell during the day
in and about the business center of the
city alone, and it was found necessary
to call in outside help, for the ambu-
lances and patrol wagons had all they
could do in caring for the suffering peo-
pie, and had little or no time to devote
n, bOrcaS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
Atmn.nhe-ic Frenks.

DESIsoS, Tex, July 29.-On the even
ing o: Nay s, Joseph Dayton, while
retiring to his dwelling from the farm
yard was struck by lightning. which
deprived him Of speech Yesterday
afternoon he was proceeding to this
city on wagonload Of oats and was
overcome by the heat His brother was
obliged TO remove him to the dwelling
of Mr. Everhart, five miles southwest
of Denison. Dayton slept very well
during the night This morning his
speech was restored and ne was able to
converse for the FIRST time since he was
Frustrated
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
NEW LANDS OPENED.
Mild Excitement in California Over Ne
Homestead Lands.

Mild Excitement in California Over New
Homestead Lands.
SAN Francisco, July 29.-Seveu hun
dred and fifty thousand acres of land
in San Bonita and Monterey counties
which, according to the act of congress
of September %, 1890, reverts to the
government by reason of the failure of
the Southern Pacific railroad to COM
plete a certain portion OF its line within
the specified time, was thrown open to
settlement yesterday under the home
stead act
HOLSTER is crowded with land seek
ers who have not yet taken selections.
The old timers are affected very little
by the opening of the new lands, but
new corners are nervous and excited.
There has been no violence outside of a
few fights A few hardy women are
here to take up claims, and will prob
ably secure lands.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
THE LAST OF THEM.

A Briton and an American Disappear In q
Volcanic Eruption aS a Result of Folly.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 2S.-A special
to the Anglo-American says that Henry
Adams, of New Hampshire, and Dersby
Walton, an Eaglishnan, were scorched
to death in an attempt TO reach the
crater of a volcano near Colima-
The two men had dispute
as to the pluck OF English
men. and Americans, each claiming
superiority for his countrymen, and it
was agreed that he who should succeed
in first planting the flag of his country
at the edge OF the crater. should be
held TO have made good his claims The
next day they started and when they
reached the top an explosion was heard
and that was the last of them
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
A SEXUAL PERVeRT.
Alice Mitchell CoolIy Relates the Brutal
Mnrder of Freda Ward.

Alice Mitchell CoolIy Relates the Brutal
Murder of Freda Ward.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 2S.-The ninth
days proceedings in the Alice Mitchell
insanity inquiry found the defense's
case closed.
Miss Mitchell, the defendant was
placed upon the stand and there was a
great craning of neclzs by the audience
TO obtain a view of her. She suffered
no embarrassment, but answered all
questions coolly and nationally. She
said she had known Freda ever since
she could remember. The defendant
told of her following Freda and of
the latter winking at her with her
right eye which signifed II love you. ="
She told this coolly enough, but when
she came to following Freda down the
hill saying she wanted to see her once
more she burst into tears.
Then followed a most remarkable
scene, unparalleled in court annals per-
hapS This young girl, without dis
playing the slightest remorse or even
nervousness of manner, told down to
the most trivial detail the story of how
and why she murdered Freda Ward.
She said:
y took the razor ont while going down
the hill toward the boat. When l
reached Freda 1 cut her with the razor.
AS I cut her throat she tried to say some
thing. l intended to cut Freda's throat
and then mine, but her sister, 10, made
me mad by striking me with an UNI
brella, so, after slashing at 10, l fol-
lowed Freda and cut her again. All
wanted TO do was to cut her so as to
kill loved her better than anyone in
the world"
She expressed a desire to die, now
that Freda was no more.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
WILL BOMBS BE USEOa
Homestead Strikers Said to BE Ready Fol
the Most Desperate Expedients.

Homestead Strikers Said to BE Ready For
the Most Desperate Expedients.
CHICAGO, July 2S-A local paper
prints the following special from Home
stead: ''Since it has become evident
that the Carnegie Steel Co, under the
protection of the national guard, is alb
solutely successful in operating its mills,
members of the advisory committee have
been considering ways and means for
preventing any successful working of
the plant. One of the prominent men,
bers of this committee said: I'VE will
not under any circumstances permit
those mills to run if there is any agency
which may be employed to prevent it.
We have already selected men
who will go into those mills
as fast as they can secure en-
ployment. who are instructed and
sworn to carry out our orders in con-
summating the policy which we have
agreed upon. When We are sure
there is no longer any hope
for us our representatives in the
mills will place explosives where
they will do the most harm to the ma
chinery. We have definitely deter
mined that these mills shall not be op-
Grated by non-union men and the prin-
cipal way to prevent it is either to con-
troll or wreck the property. might
say great deal more, but under the
circumstances l have gone as far as
dara