Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-15
ABBREVIATED itLEGRAMS.

The floods are abating in the Mississippi
below Memphis.
AT meeting of the Prohibition national
committee held at Chicago it was decided
to have national Prohibition rally in that
city the latter part of August or early in
September.
The kissimee City bank, at Kissimee,
Fla, has closed its doors. Liabilities, s75,
900; assets, 100000
The Scotch Irish congress has closed its
session. IL said nothing about home rule
for Ireland.
Gill & Wright rolling mill proprietors
at Duluth, have assigned. Liabilities, S6i,
900; assets, $4,000.
The New York Press publishes report
that the New York Herald is no longer the
sole property of James Gordon Bennett.
His name has disappeared at the head of
the editorial page. 1t is stated that John
W. Mackay has a mortgage on The Her
aid to cover money advanced Bennett to
cover losses in the cable enterprise and
Benefits European papers. An officer of
the United Press at Chicago, who is init
mately acquainted with The Herald's af-
fairs, says that the foregoing is not true
in any particular, except regarding Ben
nett name disappearing.
Cincinnati has dedicated fine new city
hall, costing 100000.
Sadie Ringold, under arrest as "fence"
at Columbus, o, jumped out of a win
dow forty feet from the ground and will
likely die, suicide having been her pur-
pose. she feli on n stone pavement, broke
her left leg in two places and received other
injuries.
Three of the robbers who held up the
train on the Mobile and Ohio last week
have been captured. One of them had
been out of the penitentiary only three
weeks.
AmDDo tho DasSa,,rrars bv tho New York
from Southampton was Hon. Robert Lin
coin, late minister to England, He was i'm
good health and started at once for Chi
cago to resume the practice of the law, and
recoup himself for some of the money it
has cost him to serve his country.
The war on saloons at Muscatine, Ia.
goes on in spite of dynamite. 1njunctions
have been obtained closing fourteen saloons
since the explosions. E NJ kessinger,
whose house was blown up, has sold his
property and left the town never to return.
Governor BOies will offer reward for the
dynamiters.
Walter Boose and Gertie Kriete, of Bal
timore are sweethearts against the wishes
| of Gertie's family. Gertie's brothers caught
the two together and assaulted Walter
Gertie next morning testified in police
court against her brothers and both were
fined for assault and battery.
The National League of Musicians, which
has been holding a meeting at Detroit, has
adjourned, failing to censure Theodore
Thomas for employing European musi-
clans. The next meeting will be held at
Baltimore in 1894.
Mrs. r. Hodge. the local telephone man
ager at Ninton, Ia, attempted to Commit
suicide by pouring kerosene on her body
and setting fire to it. She was rescued, but
not until she was dangerously burned.
Frederick Einstman, grain merchant at
Jacksonville, Ills, has made an assign
ment. His assets are nominalIy S32, 900 and
liabilities scheduled at $40
The jury in the case of Rippey, who shot
John w. MacKay, disagreed. His next
trial will begin May 10.
The quicksand on the Brandywine shoals,
| in lower Delaware bay, are swallowing
| up a ship which has struck there.