Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-31
ABBREVIATED TELecRAss.

Three men got away with few dollars
in gold from the Citizens bank at London,
n. D.. pursued by Cashier Bradley, who
shot one Of the robbers. Before he died
he gave his name and said he and his con-
panions were farm hands out Of work. Cho
other two escaped.
Ex-Judge Cunning s. Bedford, for years
prominent figure in New Rork, died aftee
. short illness.
Two saloon men who were denied mem
bership in the order are now under arrest
at Sioux Falls, s. D., for firing the hsll Of
the Knights Of Pythias.
Pickpockets at Erie, Pa, relieved J. n.
BeckWith, . travelling salesman for . New
York jewelry house, Of . roll Of diamonds
and pearls valued at between 5000 and
$4,000. :.
DAN Murphy, Jr., wantsd tor the murder
OF Henry Stevenson 1t Norris, NJ, has
been arrested At Peoria
The steamer City Of Concord and her
eonsort. theDunford. which were givsp Hp
Tor lost in Georgian bay, have arrived g
East Tawas.
Peoria has . sensation in the discovery
that supposed female vagrant confined n
the house Of correction, b . man in wom-
ans clothes. he has been travelling under
wore men's attire.
The death il announced At SprinsAsl4
0ls., Of Nrs. Harriet Van Desberf. eok
ored. at the age a ITO ysarx
Judging BY the yearly amount exported
n u estimated that 4Q fewer than 2Ooo.0o4
women annually procure fal0e hair feoA
AarseilleA
In Germany. when tAs vote oe ths Jury
seends six against six The tsisoneR d -
quilted. A vote OF seven against 6S0
leaves the decision to the court and in .
vote OF eight against four The prisoner Il
convicted.
Superintendent Byrnes, of the New
York police, advocates the locking nm
promptly OF all cranks who make them
selves known. He says lock them up and
keep them locked up.
Rev. Mr. Parkhurst, the noted New
York reformer, whose crusade is for social
purity, has received number OF letters
threatening him with death j: lie persists
in his work.
1t is reported in Brazil tha, a secret
treaty has been negotiated with the United
States, in which Uncle Sam is pledged to
help Brazil il called upon. But they are
holding an election in Brazil.
The empress of Austria recently averted
terrible railway accident by jumping Of
her horse and helping her groom to re-
move a large pile OF stones from a railway
track. The work was completed just in
time.
The entire Austrian cabinet has re-
signed as q result Of the discont ent with
the bill for increased suffrage intr oduced
in the reichsrath by Count Taafe.
Il is said that Victoria Woodruff (Alrs.
John Biddolph Martin, of London.) and
her sister Teunie lady Cook are ''out'
and have dissolved partnership in the
woman suffrage business, Mrs. Martin
carrying on the propaganda alone.
The president has nominated Edwin F.
Chl, OF Michigan, to be assistant secretary
Of state, vice Josiah Quincy, resigned
The body of = lynched negro near Pike
vile, Tenn, which no ore would permit
to be burned on his land was simply cut
down and buried on the spot where the
lynching took place.
Ben. Butcher, Of Edgewooi, ". Va,
Went home drunk and began abusing his
wife. When his iather interfered the
young brute drew a knife and stabbed him,
probably fatally.