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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14

Une-nalt mue-fIrs5, W. IT. Douglass,
New York Athletic cluo; second, A T.
Kenney, P..iladelphia; third, I. NJ. Carey.
The starters time, 1339 %, was Is of
second more than the worlds record.
One mile race-First George Whitaker,
Milwaukee,: second, w e. Douglass. New
York. Time, 2S:55 , )
Kenney WIS entered, but was so ex-
hauSted in the half mile race that he could
not respond to the call of the starter
There was n bloody free fight in and ont
side of tie Big Trec restaurant in the
south part of the fair grounds between
forty waters and fftecn Columbian
guards The walters, who were the ag-
eressors, came ont of he melee battered
and bruised and the ringleaders were ar
rested. Tie guards had been ordered 10
remove a sign that lad been put up by
the proprietors of the restaurant in disre-
gard of the standing rules of the exposi-
ton. The walters, probably encouraged
thereto by the nier in which certain
Chicago newspapers lahitually speak Of
the Columbian guards first "guyed"
and then assaulted the guards Al first
the walters were five T. one, but reinforce
mentS of guards evenei things up and the
lmprUieuJ ASSISTANTS were given "A lesson
in politeness and then l ride in the patrol
wagon
The convention OF American Associa;
ton Dailies concluded its first annual
meeting at the Mecca hotel The CORES
pondin- secretary was authorized TO issue
monthly confidential circulars to mem
ber' giving information on new business
and standing Of foreign advertisers. 1t
was decided 20 amend the constitution
and bylaws OF the organization TO agree
with the Illinois statutes, respecting in
corporation. A paper was read by +. r
ellison, Of Benton Harbor, Mich, on the
subject of the Position Nuisance" After
one or two other papers the convention
adjourned to meet next year at place to
be chosen by the board OF directors
Florida has postponed it, big celebra-
ton until Oct Q, on which dav. however.
the southern state viii make amends for
delay by presenting a programme full of
popular features and by bringing up some
7 thousands of visitors % the far. Ii the
! weather Is favorable a land and water pa
geant VIII be ARRANGED Ponce de Leon
ana DE Soto, with q good following are
TO land at the fair and march toThe build
ing, where they will receive all Floridafl>.
IN carrying out the programme the men
who have made Floridl's exhibit ar the
fair ignore the governor.
Texas has decided 10 celebrate On Satur-
day next. In the forenoon addresses viii.
/ be delivered at the bIilding by ex-Gov-
l.ernor Hubbard Ex-Governor Ireland and
Mrs. Is. b. Iobin, pres dent Of the Won
| ans board. Professor Katzenberger's
Columbian chorus viii sing. and the even
ing VIII be given over 10 a ball and enter
| talnmeut.
Members of the Old Time Telegraph as
I lot ! 81,
Telegraph corps did not meet yesterday.
but spent the day visit ng the Worlds fair.
In the evening the members gave a ban
quet at the Great Northern hotel. Ia
bles were Set for 100.
Paid admissions to the fair yesterday
were lGJ6j5, which : about L, 900 less than
on Sent. 3
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
ABBREVIATED TELEeRaMs.

1t is stated that Actor Curtis, who was
recently acquitted OF the murder OF po-
liceman at San Francisco, will put diana
on the stage representing the scenes of his
trial, etc.
A mans body dressed in sailors Garb
but with the face mutilated beyond recog-
milton, has been found at Detroit
The British Liberals have issued mani
festo in which they threaten the abolition
of the house of lords because it rejected
the home rule bill.
Fire at West Bay City, Mich. destroyed
100000, feet of lumber belonging to
Battling, Hanson & Co. and Fisher & Co.
Charles De Lesseps, who was sentenced
to five years imprisonment at Paris for
completely IN the Panama canal scandal,
has been released from prison. The SEN
tence was set aside on appeal to the court
of cessation
The new United States cruiser Columbia
has developed speed of 2l.3 knots an
hour. This exceeds the speed of any fight
ing or merchant vessel afloat
a certificate of incorporation of l..
Waterbury & Co. has been filed in Jersey
City. This is the first step toward the re-
organization of the cordase trust.
b. X. Miller, Jr., of milwaukee, has de-
clined the professorship of English and
American law at the Imperial Japanese
university, at Toxic.
Ex-senator Ingalls, will not run for gov
ernor OF Kansas, but says he will contest
with Senator PETER for the United States
senate in 1896.
The largest gas well in the world has
just been opened near Findlay, O. Its
daily output is over 50,01O,O0O cubic feet.
Obituary: At Boston, Paymaster John
! MacMahon, aged 81 At Bethel. Ills,
John Drake. At Seattle, Wash, Guy c.
Phinney.
Figures taken at New York show that
more people are going out of the country
than are coming in.
Survivors of the Forty-second Illinois
held an interesting reunion at Chicago
and elected B. +. Gray, of MomeLcc,
| president.
| The Byron Trerice burned in harbor at
| bennington, Ont, and George Shaw and
John Crank were cremated on board.
| Jennie FuFniss escaped the flames by
. jumping into the water and drowning.
The president has nominated William
; H. Stackhouse. of Iowa, for internal reve-
nue. collector of the Fourth district ofthat
state.
John Weijicki, Chicago butcher, took
| hold OF live telephone wire and was
| killed by aU electric shock. The wire had
| fallen across the street car trolley wire.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
In the Senate and House.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l4-There is not the
least sign of let-up in the debate on the
repeal bill in the senat e. Voorhees, with
words of honey tried to get the silver men
to discuss day for a vote, and even prom
ised that other fpancial legislation should
follow as soon as the repeal bill was passed.
but the silver men would have none of it,
and declared practically that they would
talk the bill to death. Stewart began
speech on his resolution about senator's
owning national bank stock, but soon
dropped to the silver question Shoup
opposed the repeal bill. Dolph spoke
against free coinage and an executive ses-
sion was.held.
The only thing the house did was to get
the house into committee on the printing
bill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
FIRE AMONG TELEGRAPH WIRES.
Shuts on Connection by Western Union
with Washington

shuts on Connection by Western Union
with Washington.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l4-Fire broke out
in the Corcoran building in this city which
greatly damaged the wires OF the Western
Union Telegraph company, whose offices
are located on the upper floors of the build
ing, and shut off all Geographic communi-
cation Of the city by hat company. The
fire originated in the cupola on the roof.
directly above the operating room, where
the wires were strung to connect with the
switchboard. The cause was probably an
electric light wire a bout 400 wires were
burned and cut out by the firemen during
their work.
Considerable damage was also done bv
water, which thoroughly saturated the
insulated wires, rendering them totally
useless until they became dry The on
Grating room was flooded with water, but
aside from wetting the desks, Instruments
and papers did no serious damage None
of the switchboards suffered from the fire
The damage done aside from the DELAY
OF business is roughly estimated at be
tween $500 and $500. Messages and other
Geographic mattera-e being received at the
business Office subject te delay
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
ATHLETES AT THE PARK.
The Amateur Association Shows Some
swimming Contests.

The Amateur Association Shows Some
swimming Contests.
The first real sporting event of natl onal
interest to take place in the exposition
grounds was the swimming contest under
the auspices OF the Amateur Athletic
Union Of the United States. The races
were witnessed by thousands OF people
who gathered along the edge of the south
basin from the bridge to the obelisk. The
swimming races were part of the regular
series of athletic contests held annually bv
the Amateur Athletic union The refe, ee
was Barto 5. Weeks, vice president of the
New York Athletic club. The results of
the races were as follows:
One hundred yards dash-Firs:, Arthur
T. Kenney, University of Pennsylvania
an Australian who won the amateur cham
pionship last year; second, T. NJ. Carey,
Cathedral Athletic club, New York; third
George Whitaker. Milwaukee Rowing and
Swimming association. Time, liz Is
Four hundred and forty yards race
First, Arthur T. Kenney. University of
Pennsylvania; second, It. NJ. Carey. New
York; third, H. Greiser, Chicago Athletic
association. Time. GA 1-a
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
FARIBAUlT PLAN A FAILURE.
Rome and the State Cannot Agree on =
school Combine.

Rome and the state Cannot Agree on =
school Combine.
FAEIBAULT, MINI, Sept. 1.-THE formal
announcement of the failure of the Fari-
bault school plan, which during the past
eighteen months has been discussed from
Rome to San Francisco, has been made.
Father Conroy appeared before the board
of education and said the Roman Catholics
could no longer consent to the assignment
of two Protestant teachers to the Hill
school, which had been Roman Catholic
school up TO the time of the union.
1t is understood that the order came
from Archbishop Ireland and that he had
been requested to take the action by Pope
Leo. As result of tbs order all Protest
ant children will be withdrawn from the
Hill school and That institution will in flu
ture be conducted strictly as a parochial
school. The board of education annulled
its lease of the Hill school and took steps
to lease another building for the acconmo
dation of Protestant children
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Illinois Guardia ms for Girls.

SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 14-Governor Alt
geld has determined to appoint W. D.
Kerfoot, Bernard Roesing, Volney w.
Foster, Mrs. NJ. r. NJ Wallace. Mrs.
Charlotte c. Holt, Mrs. Marian A. Multi
gan, and Mrs. George A Weiss, all of
Chicago, the state guardians for girls
provided for by the last legislature in the
act appropriating slOo 900 for home for
juvenile female offenders.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Old soldier RoI.bed of 5000

OAKLAND, Ills, Sept. IA H. Car
mon, an old soldier who had been attend
ing the encampment, was found in dazed
condition here. He claims 20 have been
robbed of 500 by two men with whom he
had been drinking the last he remem
bers was last Thursday, and how he came
to Oakland is what apuzzles him. His
home is at Piqua, o., and the local Grand
Army post furnished him with money to
return there
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Not a Sweet State ofnhiprs,

St. LOUIS, Sept. l4.-There l. a scarcity
of sugar in this city and all parts of the
country supplied by the American Sugar
Refining company, or sugar trust" that
amounts almost to famine. Retail gro
GERS are making unavailing demands on
the jobbers for supplies Of sugar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Nancy Hanks Fails.

CHICAGO, Sept. Infancy Hanks did
not lower her record of 2:04 in her flight
against time at Washington park Twenty
thousand persons encouraged her as best
they could, but the watch stopped at 2:O6
The great crowd was attracted 10y Nancy,
and all the applause and enthusiasm of
the spectators was divided between the
mighty mare and her trainer and driver,
Budd Doble
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Mighty Close for Such a Face.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Britannia won
the Brenton Reef Cup race, from the
Needles to Cherbourg and back, beating
the Navahoe by 2j5 seconds. This is very
close, especially when we consider that the
course was l20 miles
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Assignment at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept. H.-Hunter & McCue,
manufacturers of parlor furniture at SSS
South Jefferson street, have made an as
signment in favor of William Shultz as
assignee. Assets were placed at $4,000
and liabilities at So, 500
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Those Convicts Surrender

NASHVILLE, Sept. 1.-THE convicts who
refused to work in Lone Rock mine al
Tracey City have come out of the mine
and were Immediately taken to the stock
ade. Their supply of food became ex-
hausted during the night and they con-
Guided to surrender. All is quiet at Tracy
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Rain ouenches Forest Fires.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Sept. 14-Rain
has commenced falling here and is com
ing down in generous measure. 1t is
the most welcome visitation that has
come to these parts for many weeks Dan
ger from forest fires hereabouts is prac-
tically out of the possibilities now.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Thanks For President Cleveland

CHICAGO, Sept 1.-THE National Afro
American Press association in convention
in the Art Palace has adopted a resolu-
tion in which, claiming to represent 300
newspapers, they thank President Cleve-
land for appointing Hon. c. H. Taylor en-
voy extraordinary and minister pienipoten-
tiary to Bolivia"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Receiver for a Life Company.

CHICAGO, Sept 14.-Richard D. Walsh
has been appointed receiver for the Total
Abstinence Life Insurance Association Of
America. He was given ten days in which
to qualify on bond Of S10O,O
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Burned Six Acres of buildings.

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 1.-THE worst
fire that ever visited the town of Spencer
resulted in a total loss that will amount TO
S250, 900. Fully six acres of buildings were
totally destroyed Insurance not known.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14

French archaologlsts are gong TO
England to study her antiquities. The
members of the French Archaeological
society intend to visit Dover. Battle Alb
hey and Hastings in order to discuss the
Norman conquest Of, England
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
Ealf Died of the Cholera.

TINS. Sept. 14.-Of the 5000 pilgrims
that left here and other ports on May last
for Mecca only half have returned, the
others having fallen victims to the cholera.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14

THE DAILY ARGUS DELIVERED ATYoUR
I door every evening for 1ssc per week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14

I OST-A PAIR OF sPECTACLES. EITHER
IL on Milan street car, or in pavilion at the
Tower. Finder please leave st this Office.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14

I OST-A WHITE AND YELLOW BEETLE
Ia hound, this side of Watch Tower Fiude,
please leave at City Bakery ami receive reward
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-14
AIDES CAN MAKE SO DAILY BIT FOLDING

IL and addressing circulars for use at home
No canvassing; position permanent; reply with
stamped envelope, Miss Grace Paul. South Bend,
Ind.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-09
plouehea Up Meteor in California.

About a year ago a great meteor fell
at or near Table Mountain. The fall or
the visitor from unknown spheres AMI
the CONSERVATION II caused among those
who We're witnesses was told in graphlc
manner TO a reporter Of this paper ~
Professor George IL. stout, superintendent
oc schools, and created wide interest.
Searching parties were organized, And
several scientific gentlemen came
here 70 get. If possible, piece
of the meteor. Mr. Stout re-
celved letters from all over the United
states ana even from Europe. But de-
spife strenuous efforts no trace OF he
mysterious mass could be found.
The other day. however, Charles r.
Rloom6eld. who resides some miles 10
the west Of where this meteor was sup
nosad 10 have struck. discovered what
is undotibtedly a fragment Of the same.
To vvas nloughing his field when the i'm
nlenent turned up a mineral mass when
Mr. Bloomfield Immediately recoshized
az not being Of the ordinary character.
re brought the same 10 OroVhle TINS
morning, and II Is now on eNnloluon at
Norton & Ekman's drug store me rag
rnent weighs fifty pounds, Is or ilint or
hrownish color on the surface ana lor
its size Is remarkably heavy. Assaver
Lkroan saws that the mass Is mostly
comnosad OF iron, although he has as
,,at made no regular assay. lie says
,hot there Is no doubt OF IT'S being OF
raeteoric origin. and he will at once test
a. and find what its component parts are.
H. win also send samples OF the meteor
20 different sclentists.-Oroville Mercury.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-09
Love I'm the Country.

So lovely the grand sweeping lines
or mountains. the wonderful light
Softening dome and peak with n pale
Azure veil, and-mosquitoes that bite.
Majestic the vast branching pinesl
Delicious for midsummer chats
With her IAN incdrable case
OF love at first sghD-but the gnats!
Bewitching the rambles, the climbs.
CA plump man like me sometimes PANTS
The luncheons under the trees
Good heavensl what numbers OF ants.
When I tell her of fair snowy peaks
OF italy, screams Of despair
Rend the soft summer silence. ''What.
dearY
IAN inch-worm there in your hahn"
Yet my happiness grows. Does she ioyel
Dare | hope? An effort I'll make,
IT'S destinys hour. Dear" ! say
Shrieking she runs from a snake.
O mountain dappled with shade,
Dropped from clouds on your mist-paiht-
ed slopes,
o meadow embroidered with flowers,
sky tenderly bright as my hopes.
Sweet country wished for so long.
You are very charming, It's true,
But / own I'd be quite satisfied
With a rather more distant view.
Tomorrow 1 leave for town;
She has promised to write, and all that,
I shall nut off love making till fall,
When we meet In her iifth-story nat.
Boston Transcript.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-09

world, has taken in his arms just such
sweet. coulding thing as she. crushed
and bruised IFS innocent life and turned
the sweet, pure flower into a gaudy.
painted, tiger lily that naunts itself
among the weeds he has left TO grow
around fl. 10 be cut by societys merci-
less sickle, and LEFT to die aloue2 Think
YOU, my dear sirl, that because he
promises reform he intends keeping his
word? Yes; perhaps for n time. Your
influence may be good. but he frets under
restraint. lie has known many women
as sweet and as beautiful as YOU. The
veneer of the new toy has worn of. lie
wants something else 10 occupy his
thoughts. You fret over his absence
from home. lie complaius-thin you
should De satisfied with money and car
riages. That is all that is necessary 20
make woman happy TO his way Of
thinking. You love him. and let the
thorn sink deep into your heart too lar
for probing; or. on the other
dreamed was your ideal, and for the sake
Of the child who bears MS name live
lie 10 save its little life from sorrow and
shame Idleness begets vice. IT'S not
the man who inherits his fortune 10
spend in fast Twins who owns yachts.
drags horses and no brains that makes
the husband and father the coming gen.
Grafton can be proud OF as an ancestor,
but the sef-made man. the student, the
thinker. the plodder in youth; he IS the
man who knows stubble from chan. who
tenderly holds the wife Of his choice 10
his heart, and, forsaldng all others.
keeps her only unto him so long as they
both shall live.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-09
ABDOMINAL BREAThIN0.
Women Usually Breathe by the Top OF the
Chest.

In the interesting account OF the strorS
man. Eugen Sandow, who has been ex-
amined and written about by PROFESSOR
SARGENT. OF Harvard, much stress is laid
an the breathing OF this ath'ote. said to
be the strongest man I'm the world. Ho
breathes through hts abdomen. as dogs
do. and as women do not, because they
cannot. II appears to be the natural
wav of breathing, not because the dogs
do IL that way. A dog perspires not by
his skin, but from the end OF his tongue
which does not make this the natural
way OF perspiring by human beings.
Abdominal breathing is correct. but. ow-
ing 10 the construction OF the clothing, .
woman usually breaths by the top OF her
chest only. Exercise in filling the lungs
and holding the breath until fun action
IS had Of the breathing muscles OF the
abdomen are among the good things
taught in women's gymnasium and sloyd
classes. South Kenslngton. Professor Sar-
gent says: "a popularity about SaDdow
ia taking a deep breath was that he filled
the top Of the chest first. You VIII ma
n usually the case that a man will natu-
rally begin 10 NIL his lungs at the bottom.
But IN the machine registering the nor
NAL breathing movement IL was seen that
the abdominal breathing was greater
than the thoracic This Is as IL should
be though / md IL rarely among ath-
letes at Harvard His breathing was also
remarkably synchronous. Altogether San
dow IS the most wonderful man / have
ever seen. He is strong, active and
graceful. combining the characteristics OF
Apollo. Hercules and the ideal athlete.
There is not the slightest evidence OF
sham about him. on the contrary, he n
lust what he pretends TO be. HIS be-
havior under the tests was admirable.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-09

by the bridal party. the bride and groom
leading off the dance. Minuet parties are
said 10 be most conducive TO wedding
parties, for. among other things. a min
yet party "a "a charming manner for fos-
tering friendships almost as good as pri-
vate theatricals. one retains the same
partner at all The practices, Of course,
and Il a careful selection has been made
this is m advantage, as American girls,
who encourage the idea, even If there
be no minuet IN question. know well A
great deal in minuet party depends on
the mise en- scene. II is not enough TO
provide pretty faces and graceful dancers.
The room should be large and the specta-
tors be crowded as much as possible out
OF sight. A line Of benches set close
against the wall IS recommended, as It
takes far less space than chairs. IL must
be admitted that they are not so comfor-
table; stiil some sacrifices must be made.
II a bower-like appearance be given 20
the room by wreaths Of evergreen round
the cornice, dropping down In the corners
and round the windows, so much the bet
far