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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
BLOWN TO PIECES.
Frightful.Result of an Explosion
of Dynamite.
TWO MEN REDUCED TO LITTLE BITS

Their Remains Gathered Up In Baskets
Which But Two Limbs Were Found
Seven Workmen Caught Under a Failing
Roof and All Badly Hurt-Cyclone in
North Carolina-Other Mishaps.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May A special
to The Express from Brazil, Ind, says:
Intelligence of a most horrible accident
near Eel River station south of here has
reached this city. Three men, one named
Mace, another johnson and the other
name unknown, have been sinking small
coal shaft. The three men went into their
blacksmith shop at the mouth of the shaft
to do some blacksmithing. While ham,
mering a piece of red hot iron piece of
the heated metal broke off and flew into
a box near by containing fifty sticks of
dynamite. Instantly there was an explo-
sion that shook houses on their founda-
tions for several hundred yards about the
scene.
When the smoke cleared away neighbors
hurried to the shaft. where horrible sight
greeted them. The shop and shaft houses
were wrecked, while in the ruins lay the
mangled and torn remains OF three unfor-
tunate men. Two of them We're fairly
blown to pieces and were gathered up in
basket. Mace lived about an hour. when
he too, died. The three men were very
poor. but frugal, and had saved just en-
ouSh to launch into the coal business on a
small scale.
Only Leg and Arm Found.
PITTsBURG, May About 200 pounds
of dynamite exploded in the High EXplo-
sive company's magazine at Willow Grove,
Pa Thomas Irwin, of Bolivar. y. Y, two
COWS and horse Were killed. All that
was found of Irwin was a foot and leg.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
The sherman Bin Not Responsible.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE World says that
Senator j. h. Jones, of Arkansas, said
when asked if the Sherman bill was re-
sponsible for the large expectation of gold:
at is not. The balance of trade has been
against US, and that accounts in great
measure for the expectations. ! do not
anticipate repeal of the law next session,
unless a satisfactory substitute is offered.
l opposed it when it was brought before
the senate. because l done believe in max
ing a commodity of silver. l would suggest
a return to the Bland law if a compromise
is to be raaaa hardly think free silver
bill will become a law next session or dur
ing the administration of President Cleve-
land
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
MCPHERSON on the Financial Situation.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Senator McPher
son Of New Jersey, who is here for few
days prior to his departure for the sum
mer, being a member of the finance COM
mittee, has watched the financial situation
closely. II do not believe" said he, shat
there is anything in the money situation
that will necessitate the president calling
an extra session of congress earlier than
he intended-probably Sept. 15 The finan-
cial condition of the country is all right if
the people will only let it lone"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Man Wanted by Claus Spreckels,

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-Advices from
Honolulu say that Claus Spreckels was in
terviewed shortly after his arrival in Hon
olulu on April Is. He said, among other
things: The monarchy cannot be restored.
If / could find man of ability whom l
could trust 1 would favor a republic. An
nexation would involve another point-that
of japanese suffrage. l tell the people that
it is absurd to think that the United
States constitution can be changed to per-
NIT Asatic suffrage"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
,.yvmakinr for Michigan

LANSING. May 4-In the senate the bill
providing for the inspection of factories
under the supervision of the commissioner
of labor was tabled, it lacked one vote
to pass it. The house committee of the
whole passed the bill providing for food
and dairy commissioner. He is to be ap-
pointed by the governor for term OF two
wears at salary of 81, 200 per annum.
There will also be state analyst, who is
to receive fees not to exceed 81 900 per year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
MUST HAVE A CARD.
New Departure at Cincinnati in
Labor Strikes.
ISSUES POOLED BY THE EMPLOYERS

And Union Labor Required to Show Why
the Supreme Court Ruling as to the Co
Homestead Caused by Improved Ma
chinery.
CINCINNATI, May 4.-Three weeks ago
the cabinetmakers of Huss Bros's furni-
ture factory struck for nine hours and ten
hours pay. They got il, but promptly
struck again, demanding that all the nom
union men be discharged This was re-
fused, and the factory has been practically
idle since. The Furniture Manufacturers
exchange at a meeting determined to send
one or more men from the respective fac
tories in proportion to their own force to
start up Huss Bros
Men Refusing Were Discharged.
The men were accordingly sent, drawing
pay from their employers and privileged
to return when the Huss Bros. factory
was supplied with men of their own. No
discrimination was made between union
and non-union men. All but four of the
men thus sent refused to work for Huss
Bros. Those refusing We're promptly dis
charged. Seeking work at other factories
they were told they must bring cards from
thciA Aux hcf SLllployeTS showing why tQey
had quit.
To Be Brought to an Issue.
This card system has been unanimously
agreed upon by the Man ufacturers' ex-
change and the unions have taken the
matter up. The manufacturers have de-
termined to stand together and succor each
other as far as possible. The unions pro-
pose to bring the matter to an issue at
once. a general strike is expected The
cabinet workers number 200 men, but if
they strike it will affect 800 others in the
repairing and carpentering departments.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
CYCLONE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Many Buildings Destroyed But Only One
Fatality Reported.


RALEIGH, y. c., May 4.-A.terrific cy-
clone has struck this part of the state. 1t
destroyed fifteen buildings at Oxford, a
town of 5000 people forty miles west of
here AS all telegraph and telephone wires
are down it is impossible to get particulars
of the calamity. 1t passed through the
western part of the town near the station
of the Richmond and Danville railroad,
wrecking several large tobacco warehouses,
among them those of King and Smith.
Several persons were caught in the ruins
of the large buildings and one was killed.
One negro who was on the second floor is
dangerously hurt Four others are badly
injured. The Masonic Orphans asylum,
in which there are 300 orphans, narrowly
escaped being wrecked. tThe storm crossed
the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line at
Greystone, where it also wrecked several
buildings and badly injured three per-
SQQa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
STRIKE IN THE HOMESTEAD MILL
Caused by Improved Machinery That
Was No Use to the Men.


PITTsBURG, May 4.-The recent reduc-
ton of the wages of some twenty-five men
who struck, or, as both they and the firm
prefer to call it, quit work, at the Carnegie
Homestead steel works has caused consid-
cradle excitement among the employees.
The incident was the outgrowth of the
adoption of improved machinery. The
strike occurred among the heaters, crane.
men, tongsmen and others employed in a
mill where recent Improvements practically
double the output with fewer men.
The readjustment of wages and number
of men proved unsatisfactory to the latter,
who did not share in the benefit of the n
creased output. The extensive improve
ments in the Carnegie plants is causing
much uneasiness among mill workers in
general. They fear that it may become i'm
possible for their employers to compete
with the Carnegies without cutting wages
very close.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
just So; Why Was This Thus?

WASHINGTON, May A prominent sem
ator is inquiring why it was that the ex-
president and ex-vice president of the
United States had not participated in the
naval review and the opening of the
Worlds fair. Whether Harrison or Nor
ton We're invited to the naval review or the
opening of the Worlds fair is not definite
" known here. The fact is of course PLAIN
that neither of them attended either cere-
mony The query is why?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Diaz Ill with TypIus Epyer

KANSAS CITY, May mir. a. l.. Car
penter, of this city, who has just returned
from an extended trip through Mexico,
reports Il terrible condition of affairs in
that country from the typhus and famine
Mr.. Carpenter says that the government Is
forcibly concealing the facts. President
Diaz himself is i'll with typhUs in the
Castle of Chapultepec and is in a very
serious condition.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Bursting of a Reservoir.

PITTsBURG, May A special to The
Times from Lima, o., says that no lives
were lost by the bursting of the reservoir
at Lewiston, twenty-five miles south of
Lima Hundreds of acres of farm lands
were flooded and the damage will run into
the thousands. The reservoir was the sec
ond largest body of artificial water in the
world A few houses are submerged and
several bridges were carried away.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
National sIachinists' Convention.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 4.-The national ma
chinists are discussing the restriction of
immigration. 1t is probable that the con-
vention will recommend the establishment
of labor bureaus in the large cities of the
east, which shall devote special attention
to the restriction of undesirable immigra-
ton. The request for shorter hours was
also under discussion and the sentiment of
the convention was in favor of asking for
shorter hours wherever it is practicable to
do
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04

ODESSA, May &.-Russian cotton spinners
boast that they will soon be in position
to dispense with American cotton aloogeth-
er. The Russian company's packing houses
both here and in Batoum are overstocked
with cotton from the Transcaspian region
awaiting transportation to Moscow and
Leeds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Dempsey to Meet Billy smith.

NEW YORK, May Jack Dempsey, the
erstwhile "NonpareiI" of Portland, Or, and
"Mysterious" Billy Smith. of Lynn, Mass,
who recently defeated Tom William. of
Australia, will contest for Sc, 900 purse
and the welter-weight championship of
the world before the Coney Island Ath-
letic club ON June 30
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Illinois legislative Notes.

SPRINGFIELD, May 4.-In the house the
butteriue bill, which was a special order,
was postponed. The bill to locate a hos
pital for the insane somewhere west of the
Illinois river was read the second time. 1t
appropriates 800, goo. 1t was amended to
require the institution TO be located north
or west of the Illinois river.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Admiral Hopkins at Cramps.

PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-On invitation of
the Messrs. Cramp, Admiral Hopkins, OF
the British navy, and four other officers
inspected the New York, now building at
the yards. Admiral Hopkins was particu-
larly pleased with the New York and said
she was much finer ship than the Blake.
The arrangement of the armor around the
vessels guns was much commended by all
the Englishmen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
The Floods in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, May 4-The rivers in central
Minnesota are all at flood tide and still
rising. The bridge mill at Hanover has
been swept away and Wright 6 Co.'s mill
at Rockford is about ready to fall. Here
the St. Paul stove works are submerged,
as well as many residences and other build
ings in the lower part of the city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
One KILLED. One Fatally Hurt

RICHMOND, May A freight engine RI n
into pile of sand and stones washed on
the track in this city. Yardmaster Allen
Tyler was killed, Engineer Christie was
fatally injured and Brakeman Z. Z. Bugg
and Wireman o. Peters badly hurt. The
accident occurred on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Murdered on the Road.

ATLANTA, Ga, May 4.-William Glover
was murdered on the road between Aus
tell, Ga. and Lithia Springs, about twenty
miles from this city. Glover was marshal
OF Lithia Springs a short time ago and it is
thought that he was murdered through
revenge for some act of his during his
term of office.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-04
Railway omciaf seriously HI.

NEW YORK, May Al. c. McMullin,
vice president of the Chicago and Alton
railway, is seriously i'll at the Gilsey house
with paralysis.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17

the bath house, he told the boy in at
tendance that he wanted suit, which
vas furnished him at once. Then, look
ing around, he inquired whether the
boy could take care OF his watch and
some money that he carried. The boy
drew his attention to q sign over the
safe which informs the bathing public
that the management is not responsible
for the goods left there, but the boy or
fered to lock the yaluables up III the
safe. The man proceeded to draw sew
eral sums of money from as many diff
ferent pockets, and, with his watch, he
tied the whole up in his pocket hand
kerehiet. handing the parcel to the boy.
The astoniSiled yOungSter, who had
never seen so much gold together in
his life before. asked INN if he would
like to have n receipt, which he refused.
He had his bath and received his booty
from the bath house boy. In the mean-
time. it seems that enc of his ehalns hal
decided that he too would enjoy dip,
but he first went up to the cafe ami
ordered dinner for three to be ready by
4:3U. He then remarked to the waiter to
whom he gave his order that he had
bag of money that he would like to dis
pose OF while he went in bathing. He
Immediately slipped it down under
suuie shelving, remarkiug that there
Was about $500 in gold in that sack. The
waitrr infarEfed him, as did the boy. his
friend, that lie could not be responsible
for 80 much money. but offered TO take
the best care he could of it. and asked
the fellow if he would take receipt
This he also refused to do, reinarking
that il was unnecessary, that there was
about $500 there.
After having their dip the trio came
up to the cafe and had dinner. They
fared sumptaoaSly and afterWard the
mau who had ordered the dinner and
left the bag Of gold with the waiter pro-
dnced tweDty-dollar gold-piece to pay
for the dinner They spent some little
time after this around the place.
discussed the art of swimming
with Prof Allen. whom they
saw giving lessons during the afternoon,
and finaliy. somewhat after 6 o'clock,
departed for town. The first man who
went in bathing and left his booty in the
bath house is spoken of as aa English
man, rather tall and well dressed. Inc
other two were equally well-to-do in
appearance, ane Americans.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
At THE HOTELS.

Ryan,. Ii. Xinau, Butte; j. O..
Grand Rapids; j. n. Manson, Wausau,
Wis; II. Martin, Des Moines; C. Ii.
Sinclair. Jordan. .
Cgarendon-A. T. Drakeiy aud wife,
Sherbreo&. n. D.: Thomas Charles,
Ciljeago; w. w. Kiigore. Red Wing: G..
+, Brady, Blue Earth City: III. G. Walsn,
Lee esSuenr: L. II. Pratt, Pine Shore; A.
Johnson, Hastings.
opolitan-Wi!liam Brophy, Bos,
ton; ID. w. Courtney, Brainerd; j. ".
RobInson, Milwaukee; E. j. Draper. ST.
Luuis. Eo.; Mrs. E. Moore and sister,
New i furk city: Frank c. Jones, Den
ver, Col; A. E. Bates, Chicago; Charles
+. Morris. Cincinnati. o.; Miss l..
Hafnes, Dnbuque; Amos Fairchild. De-
troit, Mich.
-WIndsor-J. b: Thayer, Superior; T.
W.GMerritt. Duluth: B. f. Chrlslheb.
Loag Lake; a. Monkmau. Winnipeg; :;
Harry Silver and wife. Crookston; Ma
than Abbott. Patio Alto, CAL: William
;Mclntosh, Mrs. I. I'll. Mcintosh, Miss G..
Bar:its,. WihQna; JOHN b. Sehmid,
SpfingiitiM,r Mimi: G. III. Truman,
Fargo; q. l.. Nye, Shakopee; t. A.
johnson, Hutchinson.
f., laercnanlS-W. III. Smith West Su-
perier; &. j. Shannalian. Man kaio; A.
E. Graft a. j. Graut. FaribauIt; j. W..
Gray, Sioux City; Ed C'Conner. So
crest. WASH; Mrs. j. r. Johnson, Dray-
ton, n. D.; Mrs. Ella Russell, Stockton,
Cal; l.. b. Franks and wife, Seattle: o.
q. Barnes, Fargo; George Fl. Davis,
Brain erd; W. l.. Farrell, Fergus Falls.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
TERRE HAUTFi TROTTERS.
Image and Lady Robert the Lucky
Winners

TERRA HAUTE. Ind. Aug. 16.-The
weather was threatening for the third
day of the races, but it did not begin 10
rain until after the two first big events
were finished. and the judges postponed
the 2:35 pace and tile 2:30 trot until IL
O'Clock tomorrow. This makes six big
events Oh the card for tomorrow.
The first race today for three-year-eld
tIotterS drew out great field. Image,
2:2fA, one of the stars of the Doble
stable. sold as favorite. and she did
not .disappoint her hackers. winning
atetr duel with Wilmarch, 2:23, of the
Antrim stables. Wilmarch won the
fjrst heat, but lie had to go in a 2:17I
clip to do it. The next two heats Image
wOa after battle royal, and reduced
her record to 2:19. The field was nearly
distanced. The four-year-old trot was
a hot affair. Grace Simmons, the Swear
ingen flly, was picked as a winner by
the talent, but she was not in it. Break
o. Day, 2:2219, took the first heat,
reducing ner record to 2:194,
but the next two heats were taken by
Lady Robert, of the RushvilIe stable,
who brought her mark down from 2:1S
to 2:174. A protest was filed against
Lady Robert and Break o. Day, the first
and second winners. by all the other
owners, on the ground that as three
year-olds they are not eligible in the
four-year-oid class, and the matter will
be taken before the American Trot.ing
association. The owners of Lady Robert
and Break o. Day claim the first entries
called for were for four-vear-oldS and
under, and later, after they had entered
from the announcement was changed to
four-year-el Summaries:
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
ST. PAUL PiCK-UPs.

@ Reported at the. health office yester-
day: Diphtheria at 3g6 Rice street.
A special meeting of the school board
Will be held this afternoon at go.
The assembly committee Oh licens,
will meet this AFTERNOON AT =: :.,J q clock.
9iiAt about 9 O'Clock asst evening a fire
ttltt little damage 10 JOHN tiagenmifI-
er barn on Cedar and Twelfth streets.
nDaAiel Burns, charged with the lar
eeBy %of watch from A. B. Howard.
will have hearing in the police court
: tkis rnorning.
Gerge Nj. Giltinan, the newly ap-
pointed deputy state auditor, filed his
bond Ill the office of the secretary OF
state yesterday.
. .oLewis Lord asks judgment i'm the dis
tEict court against Henry Niemann and
and w I. Swan for S2J2.o2 due on
pfonlissory notes.
The First State Bank of Tracy yester-
day hled a statement with the state
auditor that the capitalization of the
pank; had been increased $4,000.
The Mime, ota g. West, IN Grain COM
paay, OF, minneapolis, filed amendments
to its articles of Incorporation in the
office OF the secretary OF state yesterday.
Judge Kelly has sustained the clerks
.
Halt ct al. against The ST. Paul s. Duluth
+ Railroad Company. and overruied the
Objections thereto nfasle by The railroad
company.
The Pittsburg Leader of Sunday,
Aug. Is, tells of great haul of blue
FISH made by party of which John A.
SteeS, OF st. Paul, was member. In
two hours 800 pounds of the game beau
ties were caught.
A building permit was issued yester-
day TO James j. Keatihg for one and a
haif-stOry frame dwelling Oh Virginia,
between Thomas and Latond, To cost
81 900. Five minor permits, amounting
to Sl,35U, were also issued.
g 'fhe case OF Marie T lbot. charged
with the larceny Of several articles of
wearing apparel from Mrs. Archer
Burton. was called i'll the poiice court
yesterday ana was continued for one
week. The prisoner was released oil
her own reeogliZance.
The copy of a contract between the
Industrial Works of Bay City, Mich,
and the Duluth. MiSSabe 81 Northern
railway. was filed in the cfhce of the
secretary of state yesterday. 1t states
that the works have leased wreeking
crane to the road for the sum of 50, 800
The conductors of the summer train
ing schools of the state have flied their
formal reports i'll the Office OF the state
superintendent of public Instruction.
The attendance has been unusually
large. better, i'll fact, than had heen an
ticipated. The conductors went to Min
neapolis yesterday to attend the uni
ytrSity training school.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
CLOAK ROOM.

Light weight Capes or
Jackets are almost a neces-
sity these cool days. Our
prices were never so low.
Capes made of All-Wool
Cloth, with Embroidered
Butterfly Collar, SO each;
marked down from 81. so.
A small line. of Triple
Capes, 50 each; worth $3.50.
Broadcloth Capes, with
Silk Butterfly Capelets. Sc
each; marked down from
Then there's a little lot of
last seasons Jackets, sizes 81
and "a only which will be
sold for SIS So, So. SO and
$4. So. They were originally
$I2 to SIS. - .
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
Summit Park CONCERT.

Seibert's orchestra will give free
public concert in Summit park this
evening. Fhe programme, which wifi
begin at O'clock. is as follows:
hiarch-'.The Gladiator" ~ ... Sousa
Seleeti0n-'Uiiyette -. ........ Audran
Kiss Waltz from opera Merry -
War Strauss
Oyertare-'Nilliam Tell -. ......... .. Ressili
Observation-Disclosures Reivelie" :. Meyrelies,
Duet for cornet and barit one from
''SemiramIde" ".......-.......Ro Rossini
Messrs NARROW aud Danz.
IA. Turkish Dance e'....... Linden
10. The Lime Kiln Club Soiree"- q
Lauereudeau
Aylophone solo-''Wren Polka -. Damare
y. T. Zyoianek.
'.Ye Olden Times grand popular -
Introducing mary of the Old favorite meiol!
dies. .t q
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
a SMALL re DEBT.
MinneSota's EIna..c5at Con 1ition
Is Excellent.

MinneSota'S EIna.Ie.at Con 1ition
Is Excellent.
The report of State Treasurer Bob
Letter for the year ending July 81 was
issued yesterday Ii makes an inter
eSting showing, and indicates that the
finances of the state are in excellent
condition. The stale debt has been re-
duced during the year from S2.05I. 754.77
to Sf.9Il. .316S9. That is TO say, bonds
in the sum of $50, ,427 s. have been taken
up, and the investments in state trust
funds have Increased S576, ,9I7 81.
The report is not complete, inasmueh
as it does not show the tax settlements
for several of the counties. Since the
compilation Ramsey and Heunepin
counties have paid in something like
$4,000, and 1t is estimated by the
treasurer that about 100000 will be
added. Following is the tabulated
statement:
Cash in treasury, July 81. f........S S. 5;4 13S 20
investments IN State Trust Funds
Permanent school fund......... 81, 1885,. 459 20
Permanent university fund. I,U26,584 23
lnternGl Improvement land fund
(SluRluS) 5,5i L ~
Total. l......---................S SIt, All, 595 50
Stale Indebtedness
minnesota funding bonds (i537l
9r2 per cent. -. SiG59,0Oe CO
MINNESOTA revenue and building
bonds Us S9) per cent -, 100000 90
Total .;..................... S.,9U9.05o %
DedGct cash in sink
Deduct cash in re
demption fund. ;Sa, b 32t rs 39Ga3 If
Actual state deDr.. -. =. 81 .97i BOG SO
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17
The Purchasing Public

Should peruse the interesting lot Of
business announcements that will ap-
pear tomorrow under the following.
heading: For twenty-five years East
Third street has been and now is the
location of the leading houses IN these
lines" They comprise the cards of
DIR. Hurd, st. Paul Cycle Company,
Henry E. Wedelstadt & Co.. Ransom
& Horton, e. A. Brown. Whitney's
Music Store, and the Horton Portrait
f'onnaOu